Morning Update, June 12, 2009

The_Kitchen_Guy

There were no new developments in Paige's case yesterday. No news, no new developments.

In news of Candles for Paige we had 71 candles as of this post. Remember, candles go out after 48 hours so keep lighting candles for Paige, her family and her three children.

Instructions for lighting candles for Paige are in the Missing thread, in this post.

On this date in History...

...in 1987, President Ronald Reagan made a speech with the Brandenburg Gate as a backdrop, in which he made one of his most oft heard sound bites: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." In 1945, at the conclusion of World War II, Berlin was sliced into four areas of influence, with the French, British and Americans having the three areas in the western half of the city while the Russians took the eastern half of the city. In May 1949, the three western sections became the Federal Republic of Germany while the eastern section became the Gerrman Democratic Republic in Ocotber 1949. Over 2.5 million east Germans left East Germany, which was very much against the law, to flee to West Germany, seeking a less represive government. In light of the escapes, East Germany built the Berlin Wall to keep their citizens in. There were many creative crossings of the wall, including tunnels and interesting vehicles, far more than we have room to have here. On this date, President Reagan asked for Premier Gobachev to "...tear down this wall." The wall came down in November 1989 and the two halves of Germany were reunited on October 3, 1990.


"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall."

...in 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were brutally murdered outside Nicole's home in Brentwood, California. She was the ex-wife of O.J. Simpson who was later charged in the murder. The entire case, billed as the "Crime of the Century" but actually one of several, was full of bizarre twists and turns, including a slow speed chase that was watched across the country, Jay Leno's "Dancing Itos", a line of dancers all looking like presiding Judge Ito and wearing robes, and Simpson's "Dream Team" of lawyers. A just aquitted him but in a civil suit, Ron Goldman's family won a settlement of $33.5 million, of which very little has been paid.

...in 1939, the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was dedicated in Cooperstown, New York, in a ceremony that was presided over by Lee Frederick Andrews, grandson of Edward Clark who founded the Singer Sewing Machine Company in Cooperstown. The Clark family owned a hotel in Cooperstown and the idea of having the Hall of Fame in the hometown of Abner Doubleday seemed like a good way to attract tourists. (Doubleday is the legendary inverntor of baseball, although many sources have disproved the legend.)


A pilgrimage to Cooperstown should be mandatory
for any true baseball fan.

That's it. That's all we know as of 12:01 AM, EDT.

Jolie_Paradoxe

It's always astonishing to read about the wall keeping it's citizens within....and even more amazing to have seen it torn down.

The_Kitchen_Guy

Alfred E. Newman, in the pages of the erudite MAD magazine, was once quoted as saying, "If Communism is so great, why don't they put up a picture window instead of an Iron Curtain?"

I've never been able to fault that logic.


Alfred E. Newman, "What, me worry?"

chefann

Bumping to get this above the continuing discussion in yesterday's thread.

The_Kitchen_Guy

What, me worry?

Jolie_Paradoxe

It's is a good point....I remember poring over those MAD mags and trying to understand some of the more adult topics....led to quite a few discussions with my uncle. Sweet memories.

Hijack - On a side, separate note....did you see the Yahoo article, "Is capitalism fatally flawed?". It's listed as an "opinion".....but I fear I see where media's slant is heading....the media is now jumping on the bandwagon....sigh..

Is capitalism fatally flawed? - Yahoo! News

raebates

Giving the thread a bump.

raebates

Oops. Posted in the 06/11 update. Bumping this thread for better placement.