[Homer_J_Simpson]

. . . Taft’s comments on the sending of 50,000 Roosevelt buttons to the Arabs . . .

"Does it have any message such as 're-elect to a fourth term' on it?" [Senator Bridges asked]

"There is a message in Arabic but I don't know what is says," Mr. Taft answered.

Ha.

[freefdny]

This is pretty amazing. http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2012/05/the-irony-of-the-ss-john-harvey-deadly-mustard-gas-and-lifesaving-chemotherapy/
“Hundreds of survivors were picked out of the harbour and taken to hospital suffering from no more than shock, exposure and burns. Or so it seemed; but within a few hours these apparently only slightly hurt men began to die. They had succumbed to the effects of mustard gas, a weapon which caused thousands of casualties in the last war and which the Allies have in the past declared too horrific to be used by decent nations. One of the ships hit in the raid, the SS JOHN HARVEY unloading at Berth 29, was carrying a top-secret US consignment of 2,000 deadly M47-A1 mustard gas bombs, ( brought in case the Germans resort to chemical warfare) and guarded by a unit of the 701st Chemical Maintenance Company.”

[GeronL]

lol