Wrecked Czech
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Music geek, movie geek, politics geek, food geek, happily engaged to the unicorn-haired Queen of the G Dimension, retired state droog and all-around Irascible Old Fart.
Today, in Musical History, November 19th, 1990: The Grammys strip those preening poseurs Milli Vanilli of their truly-unearned award - The only time a Grammy has ever been revoked.
This still does absolutely nothing to boost the credibility of the Grammys themselves.
This still does absolutely nothing to boost the credibility of the Grammys themselves.
November 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Today, in Musical History, November 19th, 1990: The Grammys strip those preening poseurs Milli Vanilli of their truly-unearned award - The only time a Grammy has ever been revoked.
This still does absolutely nothing to boost the credibility of the Grammys themselves.
This still does absolutely nothing to boost the credibility of the Grammys themselves.
"Democracy is the power of equal votes for unequal minds." - " Charles I of England, king of all of Britain, and a ruthless, "divine-right" monarchist if there ever was one -
So, of COURSE he hated democracy. Possibly the inspiration for the phrase "a royal pain in the ass".
B. 1600. Executed 1649.
So, of COURSE he hated democracy. Possibly the inspiration for the phrase "a royal pain in the ass".
B. 1600. Executed 1649.
November 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"Democracy is the power of equal votes for unequal minds." - " Charles I of England, king of all of Britain, and a ruthless, "divine-right" monarchist if there ever was one -
So, of COURSE he hated democracy. Possibly the inspiration for the phrase "a royal pain in the ass".
B. 1600. Executed 1649.
So, of COURSE he hated democracy. Possibly the inspiration for the phrase "a royal pain in the ass".
B. 1600. Executed 1649.
Today in History, November 19th, 1915: Joe Hill, labor activist and songwriter, scapegoated and convicted by a conservative, anti-union court on the flimsiest of evidence, is executed by firing squad, for a murder of which he has since been exonerated.
"Don't mourn. Organize."
"Don't mourn. Organize."
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Today in History, November 19th, 1915: Joe Hill, labor activist and songwriter, scapegoated and convicted by a conservative, anti-union court on the flimsiest of evidence, is executed by firing squad, for a murder of which he has since been exonerated.
"Don't mourn. Organize."
"Don't mourn. Organize."
"No plan can prevent a stupid person from doing the wrong thing, in the wrong place, at the wrong time. But a GOOD plan should keep a concentration from forming." - Charles Edward Wilson, businessman, civil rights director, and WW II economics advisor, b. 1886, NYC, NY
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"No plan can prevent a stupid person from doing the wrong thing, in the wrong place, at the wrong time. But a GOOD plan should keep a concentration from forming." - Charles Edward Wilson, businessman, civil rights director, and WW II economics advisor, b. 1886, NYC, NY
Today in History, 11/18/1307: Using a bow and arrow, William Tell shoots an apple off his son's head.
This started as a lone act of civil disobedience, but by the time it was all over, Switzerland had declared it's independence from the Hapsburg monarchy in Vienna.
Truth IS stranger than fiction.
This started as a lone act of civil disobedience, but by the time it was all over, Switzerland had declared it's independence from the Hapsburg monarchy in Vienna.
Truth IS stranger than fiction.
November 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Today in History, 11/18/1307: Using a bow and arrow, William Tell shoots an apple off his son's head.
This started as a lone act of civil disobedience, but by the time it was all over, Switzerland had declared it's independence from the Hapsburg monarchy in Vienna.
Truth IS stranger than fiction.
This started as a lone act of civil disobedience, but by the time it was all over, Switzerland had declared it's independence from the Hapsburg monarchy in Vienna.
Truth IS stranger than fiction.
"When you find out who you're not allowed to criticize, then you will realize who is in control." - Voltarine de Cleyre, anarchist proto-feminist writer and speaker, b. 1866, Leslie, MI
November 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"When you find out who you're not allowed to criticize, then you will realize who is in control." - Voltarine de Cleyre, anarchist proto-feminist writer and speaker, b. 1866, Leslie, MI
Today in History, November 17th, 1973: Richard Nixon opens his piehole and blurts out one of the most obvious, bald-faced lies any politician has ever dared utter in front of cameras and an audience:
"I am not a crook."
(I learned to tell how dumb or crazy people were by how they reacted to that.)
"I am not a crook."
(I learned to tell how dumb or crazy people were by how they reacted to that.)
November 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Today in History, November 17th, 1973: Richard Nixon opens his piehole and blurts out one of the most obvious, bald-faced lies any politician has ever dared utter in front of cameras and an audience:
"I am not a crook."
(I learned to tell how dumb or crazy people were by how they reacted to that.)
"I am not a crook."
(I learned to tell how dumb or crazy people were by how they reacted to that.)
"A religion that requires persecution to sustain it, belongs to the devil." - Henry George Seldes, investigative journalist, foreign correspondent, editor, author, and media criritc, b. 1890, Alliance Colony (now Pittsgrove Township), NJ
November 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"A religion that requires persecution to sustain it, belongs to the devil." - Henry George Seldes, investigative journalist, foreign correspondent, editor, author, and media criritc, b. 1890, Alliance Colony (now Pittsgrove Township), NJ
Today in History, November 16th, 1938:
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide first synthesized, by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hoffman, at Sandoz Laboratories, in Basel, Switzerland. It's psychedelic properties went undiscovered for almost five years, until Hoffman himself accidentally ingested a solid dose.
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide first synthesized, by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hoffman, at Sandoz Laboratories, in Basel, Switzerland. It's psychedelic properties went undiscovered for almost five years, until Hoffman himself accidentally ingested a solid dose.
November 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Today in History, November 16th, 1938:
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide first synthesized, by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hoffman, at Sandoz Laboratories, in Basel, Switzerland. It's psychedelic properties went undiscovered for almost five years, until Hoffman himself accidentally ingested a solid dose.
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide first synthesized, by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hoffman, at Sandoz Laboratories, in Basel, Switzerland. It's psychedelic properties went undiscovered for almost five years, until Hoffman himself accidentally ingested a solid dose.
Today, in Musical History, November 15th, 1969: Janis Joplin is arrested and accused of "vulgar and indecent language", in - of all places - Florida.
(She cussed out Tampa cops harrassing her concert audience. So, it wasn't actually the language itself - It was WHO she directed that language AT.)
(She cussed out Tampa cops harrassing her concert audience. So, it wasn't actually the language itself - It was WHO she directed that language AT.)
November 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Today, in Musical History, November 15th, 1969: Janis Joplin is arrested and accused of "vulgar and indecent language", in - of all places - Florida.
(She cussed out Tampa cops harrassing her concert audience. So, it wasn't actually the language itself - It was WHO she directed that language AT.)
(She cussed out Tampa cops harrassing her concert audience. So, it wasn't actually the language itself - It was WHO she directed that language AT.)
"The Enlightenment view of mankind is a complete myth. It leads us into thinking that we're sane and rational creatures most of the time, and we're not." - James Graham ("J.G.") Ballard, novelist, essayist, satirist and short-story writer, ("Empire Of The Sun", "The High-Rise") b, Shanghai, China
November 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"The Enlightenment view of mankind is a complete myth. It leads us into thinking that we're sane and rational creatures most of the time, and we're not." - James Graham ("J.G.") Ballard, novelist, essayist, satirist and short-story writer, ("Empire Of The Sun", "The High-Rise") b, Shanghai, China
Today in History, November 15th, 1815: John Banvard, panoramist and portrait painter, b. NY; Banvard created the largest known painting in human history, a revolving panorama of the shores of the Mississippi Valley that was 12 feet high and over half a mile long; Not a shred of it survives today.
November 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Today in History, November 15th, 1815: John Banvard, panoramist and portrait painter, b. NY; Banvard created the largest known painting in human history, a revolving panorama of the shores of the Mississippi Valley that was 12 feet high and over half a mile long; Not a shred of it survives today.
"The downfall of any civilization comes, not from the moral corruption of the common man, but from the moral complacency of common men in high places." - Edward Digby Balltzell, sociologist, academic, and author, b. 1915, Philadelphia, PA
November 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"The downfall of any civilization comes, not from the moral corruption of the common man, but from the moral complacency of common men in high places." - Edward Digby Balltzell, sociologist, academic, and author, b. 1915, Philadelphia, PA
Today in History, November 14th, 1851:
Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick or, The Whale" published.
Insomniacs rejoice.
Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick or, The Whale" published.
Insomniacs rejoice.
November 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Today in History, November 14th, 1851:
Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick or, The Whale" published.
Insomniacs rejoice.
Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick or, The Whale" published.
Insomniacs rejoice.
"The real enemy is the man who will try to mold the human spirit so that it will not dare to spread its wings." - Abraham Flexner, education reformer, b. 1866, Louisville, KY
November 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
"The real enemy is the man who will try to mold the human spirit so that it will not dare to spread its wings." - Abraham Flexner, education reformer, b. 1866, Louisville, KY
Today in History, November 13th, 1953: Specious, propaganda-addled, Indiana Textbook Commission moron, Mrs. Thomas J. White, proclaims that Robin Hood is a commie, and the book "Robin Hood" and all references to him should be removed from the Indiana school system.
November 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Today in History, November 13th, 1953: Specious, propaganda-addled, Indiana Textbook Commission moron, Mrs. Thomas J. White, proclaims that Robin Hood is a commie, and the book "Robin Hood" and all references to him should be removed from the Indiana school system.
"A government cannot be premised on the belief that all persons are created equal, while it asserts that God prefers some of them." - Harry Blackmun, lawyer and 100th Associate Judge of the United States Supreme Court, b. 1906, Nashville, IL
November 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"A government cannot be premised on the belief that all persons are created equal, while it asserts that God prefers some of them." - Harry Blackmun, lawyer and 100th Associate Judge of the United States Supreme Court, b. 1906, Nashville, IL
Today in History, November 12th, 1946:
RKO Studios releases Walt Disney's incredibly racist "Song Of The South".
Good luck finding a copy of that ANYWHERE these days. Disney went to great lengths to erase that movie from existence; You have a better chance of seeing the original Epstein file.
RKO Studios releases Walt Disney's incredibly racist "Song Of The South".
Good luck finding a copy of that ANYWHERE these days. Disney went to great lengths to erase that movie from existence; You have a better chance of seeing the original Epstein file.
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Today in History, November 12th, 1946:
RKO Studios releases Walt Disney's incredibly racist "Song Of The South".
Good luck finding a copy of that ANYWHERE these days. Disney went to great lengths to erase that movie from existence; You have a better chance of seeing the original Epstein file.
RKO Studios releases Walt Disney's incredibly racist "Song Of The South".
Good luck finding a copy of that ANYWHERE these days. Disney went to great lengths to erase that movie from existence; You have a better chance of seeing the original Epstein file.
"Men do not accept their prophets, and slay them - But they love their martyrs, and worship those whom they have tortured to death." - Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian novelist ("Crime And Punishment", "The Brothers Karamazov", and others), b. 1821, Moscow, Russian Empire
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"Men do not accept their prophets, and slay them - But they love their martyrs, and worship those whom they have tortured to death." - Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian novelist ("Crime And Punishment", "The Brothers Karamazov", and others), b. 1821, Moscow, Russian Empire
Today in History:
November 11th, 1930: The U.S. Patent Office awards patent No. US1781541 to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd, for their invention of a refrigerator with no moving parts, and that required no electricity.
November 11th, 1930: The U.S. Patent Office awards patent No. US1781541 to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd, for their invention of a refrigerator with no moving parts, and that required no electricity.
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Today in History:
November 11th, 1930: The U.S. Patent Office awards patent No. US1781541 to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd, for their invention of a refrigerator with no moving parts, and that required no electricity.
November 11th, 1930: The U.S. Patent Office awards patent No. US1781541 to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd, for their invention of a refrigerator with no moving parts, and that required no electricity.
"These Yankee politicians are the lowest race of thieves in existence." - John Sparrow Thompson, lawyer, judge, diplomat, and 4th Prime Minister of Canada, b. 1845, Halifax, Nova Scotia
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"These Yankee politicians are the lowest race of thieves in existence." - John Sparrow Thompson, lawyer, judge, diplomat, and 4th Prime Minister of Canada, b. 1845, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Today in History:
November 10th, 1017: The new bolshevik government of the USSR, under Vladimir Lenin, suspends freedom of the press, and never really returns it.
Because it can't happen HERE, right ? Right.
November 10th, 1017: The new bolshevik government of the USSR, under Vladimir Lenin, suspends freedom of the press, and never really returns it.
Because it can't happen HERE, right ? Right.
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Today in History:
November 10th, 1017: The new bolshevik government of the USSR, under Vladimir Lenin, suspends freedom of the press, and never really returns it.
Because it can't happen HERE, right ? Right.
November 10th, 1017: The new bolshevik government of the USSR, under Vladimir Lenin, suspends freedom of the press, and never really returns it.
Because it can't happen HERE, right ? Right.
"Those who live by the sword...get shot by those who don't." - Gary Hamel, American management consultant, b. 1954, St. Joseph, MI
November 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"Those who live by the sword...get shot by those who don't." - Gary Hamel, American management consultant, b. 1954, St. Joseph, MI
Today in History:
November 9th, 1851: ICE is really nothing new in American history; Thanks to the Escaped Slave Act, Kentucky marshals crossed the Ohio River into Jeffersonville, IN, and abducted an abolitionist minister, Calvin Fairbank, who was convicted of violating the Act and got 15 years.
November 9th, 1851: ICE is really nothing new in American history; Thanks to the Escaped Slave Act, Kentucky marshals crossed the Ohio River into Jeffersonville, IN, and abducted an abolitionist minister, Calvin Fairbank, who was convicted of violating the Act and got 15 years.
November 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Today in History:
November 9th, 1851: ICE is really nothing new in American history; Thanks to the Escaped Slave Act, Kentucky marshals crossed the Ohio River into Jeffersonville, IN, and abducted an abolitionist minister, Calvin Fairbank, who was convicted of violating the Act and got 15 years.
November 9th, 1851: ICE is really nothing new in American history; Thanks to the Escaped Slave Act, Kentucky marshals crossed the Ohio River into Jeffersonville, IN, and abducted an abolitionist minister, Calvin Fairbank, who was convicted of violating the Act and got 15 years.
"Citizenship is a tough occupation, which obliges the citizen to make their own informed opinion and then stand by it." - Martha Gellhorn, novelist, journalist, and one of the first woman war correspondents, b. 1908, St. Louis, MO
(By that argument, MAGA will NEVER be "citizens".)
(By that argument, MAGA will NEVER be "citizens".)
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"Citizenship is a tough occupation, which obliges the citizen to make their own informed opinion and then stand by it." - Martha Gellhorn, novelist, journalist, and one of the first woman war correspondents, b. 1908, St. Louis, MO
(By that argument, MAGA will NEVER be "citizens".)
(By that argument, MAGA will NEVER be "citizens".)