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Let the mutherfuker burn!
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yellojkt1972 – US swimmer Mark Spitz helps his team win the medley relay in a record setting time, thus winning his 7th gold medal at the Munich Olympic games, setting a record that would last for 40 years. Spitz also set new world records in each of the other 6 events in which he won the gold. His tally of 7 golds will remain a record until 2012 when Michael Phelps took home 8 at the Beijing Olympics.
1957 – The Edsel, the first new car brand to be introduced by one of the Big 3 motor companies in 20 years, and perhaps the most infamous flop in car manufacturing history, is presented to the public by the Ford Motor Company. Veiled in secrecy, Ford had hyped the new car with a marketing campaign that showed only the hood ornament and promised simply “The Edsel is coming.” But when it was finally unveiled, the public was not impressed. Coming amidst a changing economic landscape, the car was too big and too expensive, and had a myriad of technical problems, including a hood ornament that tended to fly off on the highway. After only 3 years, and a loss of $250 million, the Edsel division folded.
1886 – The Indian wars of the American southwest effectively come to an end when Geronimo, the last remaining warrior chief to organize resistance to US forces, surrenders. Geronimo is sent to reservations first in Florida and then in Louisiana, finally ending up in Oklahoma, where he converted to Christianity, became a successful farmer, and even participated in Theodore Roosevelt’s inaugural parade.
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including a hood ornament that tended to fly off on the highway
I didn’t know that………….hahaha
And I loved watching Mark Spitz swim. I love the summer olympics because of swimming. I was a swimmer and my sister was a gymnast and diver in high school so we always enjoyed the summer games. When my kids were swimming our house was always full watching swimming, trials and olympics, it was a lot of fun.
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Lms: Bunch of kill joys!
http://tinyurl.com/kzc7e3e
Maybe Nyad didn’t do it right… .
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This is one of my favorite documentaries of all times about the 1972 Olympics.
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jnc:
This is one of my favorite documentaries of all times about the 1972 Olympics.
You are spoiling a soon-to-be Today in history post!
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Sorry, my bad.
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meant to post this — https://www.facebook.com/pages/Potomac-Crossfit/128399033839815
Sept. 4. “alive day” for a Fallujah vet at my sister-gym.
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Compare:
Sanders told Schultz he had similar concerns, especially since Republican lawmakers have expressed opposition to further tax hikes. “What may well be happening is the cost of this war is more kids being thrown off Head Start, senior citizens being thrown off Meals on Wheels programs, educational programs being cut,” he said.
And contrast:
In this afternoon’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee vote on the resolution to authorize military action, seven Democrats voted for it compared with three Republicans. Meanwhile, five Republicans voted against it compared with two Democrats. Massachusetts Democrat Ed Markey voted “present.”
How’re Senators Sanders, Warren and Markey gonna vote?
http://m.nationalreview.com/corner/357639/sanders-gop-using-syria-cut-head-start-meals-wheels-andrew-johnson
P.S. How could they forget that Republicans will drown puppies as well? That’s some sloppy reporting Ed.
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