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August 27, 2024

Happy LBJ Day

Lyndon Baines Johnson was born on August 27, 1908. He is often known as “LBJ” and was the 36th president of the United States, serving from 1963-1969. In 1963 Johnson took on the role as the nation’s president after president John F Kennedy was assassinated. In an address before Congress Johnson pledged support for Kennedy's legislative agenda that included civil rights and education legislation.

In conjunction with the civil rights movement, Johnson overcame southern resistance and convinced Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed many forms of racial segregation. Johnson signed it into law on July 2, 1964. In 1965, he achieved passage of a second civil rights bill, the Voting Rights Act to outlaw discrimination in voting and to allow many African Americans in the southern states to vote for the first time. In 1965 the "Great Society" program became the agenda for Congress:

Aid to education.
Protection of civil rights (including the right to vote).
Urban renewal.
Medicare.
Conservation and beautification.
Control and prevention of crime and delinquency.
Promotion of the arts.
Consumer protection.

https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/lyndon-baines-johnson-day

December 13, 2023

Woman sneaks gun into MRI, gets shot in the buttocks

I get it that people love guns, I assume that she was afraid, either of loosing the gun or being attacked. Yet this is extremely funny and sad.

Gun in MRI, shot in butt

September 28, 2023

I remember Watergate, long before the House took actions these was news of Nixon's crimes

This 'investigation' has nothing to do with truth, only about how to throw mud at Biden -- even through it is not true.

August 12, 2023

... he also says "stuff" over and over

Maybe, you know, because he, you know, has stuffing between his ears.

August 1, 2023

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