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The FReeper Foxhole Presents the Saturday Symposium - The Posse Comitatus Act - Sept. 3rd, 2005
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Posted on 09/03/2005 7:42:08 AM PDT by snippy_about_it

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35 Facts you were perfectly happy not knowing


1. Rubberbands last longer when refrigerated.


2. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

3. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

4. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

5. The shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

6. There are more chickens than people in the world.

7. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.


8. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is

"screeched."


10. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck
on 4:20.


11. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange,silver or purple.


12. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters

"mt".


13. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln
Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.


14. Almonds are a member of the peach family.

15. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

16. Maine is the only US state whose name is just one syllable.

17. There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous" - tremendous, horrendous, stupendous and hazardous.


18. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la

Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"

19. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

20. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

21. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

22. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10

23. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.


24. The Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's A Wonderful Life."


25. Some dragonflies have a life span of 24 hours.

26. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

27. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

28. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

29. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

30. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.


31. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.


32. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.

33. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

34. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.


35. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.


21 posted on 09/03/2005 12:06:41 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (Two Years of Poetry.......)
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To: snippy_about_it; All
Good morning all
Great topic! LOL.

I will be interested in seeing everyones thoughts especially considering this last week. I have to wonder if it would have been better to turn the entire emergency response over to the military right from the start. I can see several benefits to doing so.

I have to go up north and check on the progress of the house but I will be back later tonight. I look forward to seeing everyones thoughts.

Thanks for the facts Feather, There were several on there I did not know. I will have to see if I can somehow sneak a few into normal conversation.
22 posted on 09/03/2005 12:38:05 PM PDT by USMCBOMBGUY (You build it, I'll defeat it!)
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To: bentfeather
Regards Post #21.

MY DAY IS COMPLETE!!!

HE HE HE

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

23 posted on 09/03/2005 12:41:13 PM PDT by alfa6 (BLOAT)
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To: alfa6

LOL Hiya Alfa! So glad to add to your pleasure.

ROFLOL


24 posted on 09/03/2005 12:42:57 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (Two Years of Poetry.......)
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To: bentfeather

Wow. Some great facts there miss feather.

33. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.


In that case I wish I was average. :-)


25 posted on 09/03/2005 1:17:54 PM PDT by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: snippy_about_it

Oh my gosh, I am not normal! It takes me hours to go to sleep. LOL


26 posted on 09/03/2005 1:19:34 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (Two Years of Poetry.......)
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To: USMCBOMBGUY
Great topic! LOL.

Ha!

I think you're idea is very timely. I'm not real sure what I think about it yet. I think there are times, especially like this past week where the military could have been used as a police force. I need to study the three posts I have and see what the current deal is. I'll post my thoughts after that.

27 posted on 09/03/2005 1:19:52 PM PDT by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: bentfeather
33. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

Hmmm... how does that work? I'm sitting on the couch watching TV, next thing I know I'm waking up. Somebody must know when that 7 minutes starts counting I guess. :-)

28 posted on 09/03/2005 1:26:32 PM PDT by Wneighbor
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To: Wneighbor

LOL

How are you today??


29 posted on 09/03/2005 1:29:39 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (Two Years of Poetry.......)
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To: bentfeather

I'm fine as wine and twice as sweet, thank you! LOL

And you? Is the world treating your as well as you deserve today? :-)


30 posted on 09/03/2005 1:31:56 PM PDT by Wneighbor
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Doing well, thanks. Just lazy today, can't watch much more of the horrible scenes from NO.

Finally those folks are getting out of there.


31 posted on 09/03/2005 1:34:58 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (Two Years of Poetry.......)
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To: snippy_about_it

On This Day In History


Birthdates which occurred on September 03:
1596 Nicolo Amati Italy, violin maker (Stradivari & Guarneri)
1803 Prudence Crandall founded school for "young ladies of colour"
1811 John Humphrey Noyes Vt, found Oneida Community (Perfectionists)
1825 Armistead Lindsay Long Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891
1825 William Wallace Burns Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1831 S.R. Gist Brig General(Confederate Army), died in 1864
1835 William Gaston Lewis Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
1856 Louis Henri Sullivan Boston Mass, father of modern US architecture
1860 Edward Albert Filene merchant, established US credit union movement
1875 Ferdinand Porsche, German automotive engineer, was born. He designed the Volkswagen in 1934 and the Porsche sports car in 1950. (not to mention various German panzers...but we won't mention that...unfortunate little fact.
1905 Carl David Anderson NYC, physicist (1936 Nobel Prize for physics)
1907 Andrew Brewin Canada, lawyer/cofound New Democratic Party
1907 Dr Loren Eiseley professor of Anthropology (Animal Secrets)
1910 Dorothy Maynor Norfolk Va, soprano (founded Harlem School of Arts)
1913 Alan Ladd actor (Shane, Carpetbaggers, Boy on a Dolphin)
1914 Dixie Lee Ray, Gov. Wash / author "Environmental Overkill, whatever happened to commonsense?" / Marine Biologist / UN Peace Prize winner
1923 Mort Walker cartoonist (Beetle Bailey)
1926 Anne Jackson Penn, actress (Dirty Dingus Magee, Angel Levine)
1926 Irene Papas actress (Anne of Thousand Days)
1931 Mitzi Gaynor Chicago Ill, actress (South Pacific)
1935 Eileen Brennan LA Calif, actress (Laugh-In, Pvt Benjamin)
1942 Al Jardine rocker (Beachboys-In My Room)
1944 Sherwood C "Woody" Spring Hartford Ct, Col USA/astronaut (STS 61B)
1944 Valerie Perrine Galveston Tx, actress/worldclass babe (Steam Bath, Superman, Slaughterhouse 5)
1948 Donald Brewer, musician-drums, songwriter-Silver Bullet Band, Flint, Grand Funk Railroad, born. (We're an American Band, Walk like a Man, Shinin' On, Some Kind of Wonderful, Bad Time)
1965 Charlie Sheen actor (Carlos Estevez), NYC, actor (Wall St, Platoon)



Deaths which occurred on September 03:
1189 Rabbi Jacob of Orleans killed in anti Jewish riot in London England
1658 James I king of England (1603-25), dies at 92
1658 Oliver Cromwell the Lord Protector of England, dies at 59
1917 Fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed
1962 e. e. cummings poet, dies at 67
1969 Ho Chi Minh North Vietnamese president, dies
1970 Vince Lombardi football coach, dies in Washington DC at 57
1984 Duncan Renaldo actor (Cisco Kid), dies at 80
1990 David Acer Florida dentist, dies of AIDs after infecting 5 patients
1991 Frank Capra director (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 94
1992 Nobel laureate geneticist Barbara McClintock



Take A Moment To Remember
GWOT Casualties

Iraq
03-Sep-2004 4 | US: 4 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Lance Corporal Nicholas Wilt Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire
US 1st Lieutenant Ronald Winchester Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire
US Captain Alan Rowe Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire
US Lance Corporal Nicholas Perez Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire


Afghanistan
A GOOD DAY


http://icasualties.org/oif/
Data research by Pat Kneisler
Designed and maintained by Michael White
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Go here and I'll stop nagging.
http://soldiersangels.org/heroes/index.php
HELLO! HELLO! Anyone there? Do I have to come to your house and nag you...cause I will if I have too...Trust me, you don't want that.


On this day...
0590 St Gregory I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1189 England's King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) crowned in Westminster (promptly leaves England for France)
1260 Mamelukes under Sultan Qutuz defeat Mongols at Ain Jalut
1650 Battle of Dunbar, Oliver Cromwell defeats a superior Scottish army under David Leslie
1651 Battle at Worcester, Oliver Cromwell defeats English royalists
1658 Richard Cromwell succeeds his father as English Lord Protector
1683 Turkish troops break through defense of Vienna
1752 This day never happened nor the next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the govt stole 11 days of their lives

1777 The American flag (stars & stripes), flown in battle for the first time by forces under General William Maxwell during a Revolutionary War skirmish at Cooch's Bridge, Maryland.

1783 Treaty of Paris signed (ending the US Revolutionary War)

1826 USS Vincennes leaves NY to become 1st warship to circumnavigate globe
1833 NY Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper)
1838 Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery disguised as a sailor
1852 Anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm
1855 Battle of Blue Water (Nebraska) General William Harney defeats Little Thunder's Brule Sioux (Dakota)
1861 Confederate forces enter Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality
1865 Gen. Oliver O. Howard orders SC Freedmen's Bureau to stop seizing land
1891 Cottonpickers organize union & stage strike in Texas
1891 John Stephens Durham, named minister to Haiti
1895 First professional football game was played in Latrobe, PA. (later became the Pittsburgh Steelers training camp) The Latrobe YMCA defeated the Jeannette Athletic Club 12-0.
1900 British annex Natal (South Africa)
1902 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client"
1903 Resolute beats Shamrock III (England) in 13th America's Cup
1904 St Louis Olympics close
1908 Orville Wright begins 2 weeks of flight trials of his new Type A Military Flyer. Sets an altitude record of 310 feet and an endurance record of more than one hour, carried aloft the first military observer, Lieutenant Frank Lahm.
1912 World's 1st cannery opens in England to supply food to the navy
1914 The French capital moved from Paris to Bordeaux as the Battle of the Marne began.
1914 Cardinal Giacome della Chiesa becomes Pope Benedict XV
1916 The Battle of Guillemont
1916 Dar-es-Salaam, capital of German East Africa, surrenders to British Naval Forces.
1917 1st night bombing of London by German fighter planes
1917 Grover Cleveland Alexander pitches complete wins in a doubleheader
1918 5 soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot of 1917
1925 1st international handball match held
1925 Dirigible "Shenandoah" crashed near Caldwell Ohio, 13 die

1930 Hurricane kills 2,000, injures 4,000 (Dominican Republic)

1935 1st automobile to exceed 300 mph, Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph)
1935 Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in 10 games

1939 Britain declares war on Germany. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa & Canada

1940 Artie Shaw and his Gramercy Five recorded "Summit Ridge Drive," "Special Delivery Stomp," "Keepin' Myself for You" and "Cross Your Heart" in Hollywood for RCA Victor.
1940 US gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease
1940 Sep 3, In France more than 700,000 books were seized from bookshops and destroyed. The “Otto lists,” or liste Otto, were comprised of books banned by the German occupying authorities in Vichy France. By September, 1940, 1,060 titles were on the list. The list aimed to ban anti-German, antifascist, pro-Marxists books, works by Jewish authors and British and American books.
1940 In Germany the SS banned Free Masons, Rotary & Red Cross.
1941 1st use of Zyclon-B gas in Auschwitz (on Russian prisoners of war)
1943 Allies invade Italy
1944 US forces enter Belgium at Peruwelz led by reconnaissance scout James W. Carroll on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle
1944 The 68th & last transport of Dutch Jews, which included Anne Frank, left for Auschwitz
1945 Japanese forces in the Philippines surrender to Allies
1947 Yanks get 18 singles to beat Red Sox 11-2
1951 TV soap opera "Search for Tomorrow" debuts on CBS
1954 Pope Pius X canonized a saint
1957 Warren Spahn sets record for a lefty pitcher with 41st shut-out
1957 KTCA TV channel 2 in St Paul-Minneapolis, MN (PBS) begins broadcasting
1964 Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson
1965 Jim Hickman becomes the 1st NY Met to hit 3 HRs in a game
1966 24th World SF Convention honors Gene Roddenberry
1967 Final episode of "What's My Line?," hosted by John Charles Daly
1967 Nguyen Van Thieu elected pres of S Vietnam under a new constitution
1967 Sweden begins driving on right-hand side of road
1968 Chicago White Sox set AL record of 39 losses by 1 run
1970 Billy Williams ends the longest NL consecutive streak at 1,117 games
1971 John Lennon leaves the UK for NYC, never to return
1971 Qatar regains complete independence from Britain
1971 Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office
1974 NBA guard Oscar Robinson retires
1975 Steve Garvey begins his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak
1976 Viking 2 soft lands on Mars (Utopia), returns photos
1978 Crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29
1978 Pope John Paul I officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff

1979 Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm kills over 1,000

1981 Longest game in Fenway Park, completed in 20, Mariners-8, Red Sox-7
1985 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-returns to Earth
1986 Astros & Cubs use a record 53 players in an 18 inning game
1990 Helen Hudson sings national anthem in 26th park of year (San Diego)
1997 Arizona Gov. Fife Symington was convicted of fraud by a federal jury in Phoenix. He resigned two days later, becoming the third governor in recent years to quit because of a criminal conviction.
1997 Belarus tax officials empty the bank account of the Soros foundation and forced the it to close down.
2000 In Egypt a 2-day meeting of Arab League foreign ministers opened. Yasser Arafat said he would not accept a peace deal without control of Jerusalem
2001 The U.S. and Israel walked out of the United Nations Conference on racism in Durban, South Africa. Accusing Arab nations of hijacking the summit as a platform to embarrass the Jewish state. (Now where would they EVER get that idea?)
2001 South Korean National Assembly passed a no confidence vote on Unification Minister Lim Dong Won, the chief architect of the “sunshine policy” towards North Korea, for being too conciliatory toward the North.
2002 US Senate opened debate on legislation creating a new Homeland Security Department
2002 Iraq said it was ready to discuss a return of U.N. weapons inspectors, but only in a broader context of ending sanctions and restoring Iraqi sovereignty over all its territory. ("I got a better idea. Why don't we kick you out of power, have the Iraqi people form a new government, put you on trial for crimes against humanity & hang you?" G W Bush)
2003 North Korea's parliament re-elect Kim Jong Il President...and the greatest babe magnet the world has ever known, not to mention the finest smartest most caring funniest more bestest person of all time....and did we mention the hair? GREAT hair! Yes sir great guy...life of the party...and does a great soufflé!
2004 Russian Commandos storm a school in southern Russia and battle Chechen terrorists. 338 people, including 155 children, were killed in the battle, 31 of 32 hostage takers were killed. 6 Chechens and 4 Ingush were identified among the hostage takers.


Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Monaco : Liberation Day
Qatar : Independence Day (1971)
San Marino : Founding Day
Tunisia : Memorial Day (1934)
US, Canada, Guam, Virgin Islands : Labor Day (1894) (Monday)
National Spanish Green Olive Week (Day 5)
Do "It" Day
Barkley the Dog's Birthday day
Hot Breakfast Month


Religious Observances
RC : Memorial of St Gregory I the Great, pope/doctor
Old Catholic : Feast of St Pius X, pope (1903-14) (now 8/21)
Feast of St. Simeon Stylites


Religious History
590 St. Gregory the Great was consecrated the 64th Catholic pope, ruling 14 years. Gregory's administration took responsibility for converting the Anglo-Saxon tribes in England, chiefly through the work of St. Augustine of Canterbury.
1752 This date became September 14th, when Great Britain (including Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the American colonies) officially implemented the Gregorian Calendar (developed by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 to replace the Julian calendar).
1776 Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'The love I bear Christ is but a faint and feeble spark, but it is an emanation from himself: He kindled it and he keeps it alive; and because it is his work, I trust many waters shall not quench it.'
1934 In London, Evangeline Cory Booth, 69, the seventh child of founder William Booth (1829-1912), became the fourth elected commander and the first woman general of the Salvation Army.
1946 Founder Sidney N. Correll established United World Mission. This interdenominational agency focuses on evangelism, church planting and Christian education in 13 world countries.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.


One reason to say yes to lap dancing..


LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An angry San Diego topless dancer pulled out a knife and stabbed a customer after he refused a lap dance, police said on Thursday.

Lawanda Dixon, 24, was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon shortly after the altercation with 33-year-old Melik Jordan at the Dream Girls Cabaret early on Wednesday, San Diego police Det. Gary Hassen said.
"He was in the club with some friends watching the shows when she came up and asked if he wanted a lap dance," Hassen said. "He said no, she got upset about it, they argued back and forth. She pulled knife out of her bag and stabbed him."

Dixon was taken into custody and police found methamphetamine in a small metal container in Dixon's bag, Hassen said, adding that she may face drug charges. Officers also confiscated a small folding knife.

Jordan was treated for his injuries and released by a local hospital.


Thought for the day :
"Seven days without laughter makes one weak."
Mort Walker


32 posted on 09/03/2005 2:14:00 PM PDT by Valin (The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.)
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To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf; PhilDragoo
Happy Labor Day Weekend, everybody.


33 posted on 09/03/2005 3:14:21 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul
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Tragedia Nowego Orleanu - zdjęcia Mężczyzna używający grabi jako wiosła płynie ze swoim psem zalaną Aleją św. Bernarda.

Sure, that's easy for you to say.

I like this one.


Fot. IRWIN THOMPSON AP

34 posted on 09/03/2005 6:30:18 PM PDT by Professional Engineer (As an Engineer, you too can learn to calculate the power of the Dark Side.)
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To: Valin
1777 The American flag (stars & stripes), flown in battle for the first time by forces under General William Maxwell during a Revolutionary War skirmish at Cooch's Bridge, Maryland.

Long may she wave.

35 posted on 09/03/2005 6:39:27 PM PDT by Professional Engineer (As an Engineer, you too can learn to calculate the power of the Dark Side.)
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To: Valin
1875 Ferdinand Porsche, German automotive engineer, was born. He designed the Volkswagen in 1934 and the Porsche sports car in 1950. (not to mention various German panzers...but we won't mention that...unfortunate little fact.

Like this one for instance...

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

36 posted on 09/03/2005 6:53:38 PM PDT by alfa6 (BLOAT)
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To: alfa6

I SAID we wouldn't mention this! :-)


37 posted on 09/03/2005 6:57:27 PM PDT by Valin (The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.)
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To: bentfeather
can't watch much more of the horrible scenes from NO.

Finally those folks are getting out of there.

I know what you mean bentfeather. I'm living with an aunt and uncle in central Texas now. We are all 3 HAM operators and it's been a busy time here relaying emergency traffic. I suspect PE is busy doing the same 'bout now.

38 posted on 09/03/2005 7:13:26 PM PDT by Wneighbor
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To: Wneighbor

Sure gotta give it to the survivors, they have been literally through hell and high water.


39 posted on 09/03/2005 7:16:07 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (Two Years of Poetry.......)
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