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Wednesday, November 23, 2016
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"The highest degree of wisdom is integrity."
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Outlook
This Thanksgiving, let's remember what it means to give thanks
Reality Check
Will the "worst deal ever negotiated" be the next of the president-elect's pledges to be "revised"?
Passionate Parenting
For most of my life, I've tried to become a person who never cracks beneath the fear of it all. But now my daughter is doing the same thing. And suddenly, I am afraid again
On Law
Blind faith in any technology can be dangerous --- especially when it comes to areas of forensic science such as DNA fingerprinting
Wellness
The answer may surprise you --- and your kids
Etc.
The alderman likened the squirrel to a "suicide bomber."
Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
Succulent stuffing for us all, and tips for potlucking + recipe
[ W O R T H 1 0 0 0 W O R D S ]
• Chip Bok
[ T O D A Y I N H I S T O R Y ] • 1499, pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. He had invaded England in 1497, claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV of England
• 1654, French mathematician, scientist, and religious philosopher Blaise Pascal experiences an intense mystical vision that marks him for life
• 1765, Frederick County, Md., became the first colonial entity to repudiate the British Stamp Act
• 1876, corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Marcy Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain
• 1889, the first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco
• 1919, the first play-by-play football game broadcast by radio in the United States described Texas A&M's 7-0 shutout of the University of Texas
• 1945, World War II rationing ended in the United States on all foods except sugar
• 1954, for the first time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the peak it reached just before the 1929 crash
• 1963, President Johnson proclaimed November 25th a day of national mourning following the assassination of John F. Kennedy
• 1971, the representatives of the People's Republic of China first attended the United Nations, including the United Nations Security Council, as China's representatives
• 1980, a series of earthquakes in southern Italy kills approximately 4,800 people
• 1984, Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie throws a game-winning 48-yard Hail Mary pass to Gerard Phelan to defeat the University of Miami Hurricanes 47-45. It is one of the most famous plays in American college football history
• 1992, the United States lowered its flag over the last U.S. base in the Philippines, ending nearly a century of military presence in its former colony
• 1999, in a plea met with scant applause and silent stares, President Bill Clinton told ethnic Albanians in Kosovo that "you must try" to forgive Serb neighbors and stop punishing them for the terror campaign of Slobodan Milosevic
• 2001, the U.N. war crimes tribunal said it would try former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic for genocide in Bosnia, linking him for the first time in court to the murders of thousands of non-Serbs and the displacement of a quarter million people. (Milosevic died in March 2006 while his trial was in progress.)
• 2004, Dan Rather announced he would step down as principal anchorman of "The CBS Evening News" in March 2005
• 2006, former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko died in London from radiation poisoning after making a deathbed statement blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin
• 2008, the government unveiled a bold plan to rescue Citigroup, injecting a fresh $20 billion into the troubled firm as well as guaranteeing hundreds of billions of dollars in risky assets
• 2010, North Korea unexpectedly bombarded South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island, killing two civilians and two marines and injuring 18 others, in an apparent effort to discourage the upcoming U.S.-South joint military exercises. Two days later, South Korea's defense minister resigned and new defense measures went into effect
• 2012, a day after Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi issued a decree stating his decisions weren't subject to review or appeal, police in Cairo used tear gas on thousands of protesters accusing him of making a despotic power grab
• 2014, Israel's Cabinet approved a bill to legally define the country as the nation-state of the Jewish people
• 2015, Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket took its unmanned capsule some 62 miles above Earth's surface, before successfully landing the reusable rocket booster after a trip to the edge of space. ALSO: The White House urged its allies to step up their contributions to the campaign against the Islamic State, as President Barack Obama faced pressure to show the U.S.-led coalition would intensify efforts even without a major shift in strategy
Michelle Malkin: The Return of Assassination Fascination
News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: News That Sounds Like a Joke
Mona Charen: Thankful for Pets
John Stossel: Thanksgiving Tragedy
David B. Rivkin Jr. & Lee A. Casey: It's unrealistic and unfair to make Trump use a blind trust
Bill Whalen: Now That Trump's Decided To Meet The Press, Will His White House Choose To Beat The Press?
Albert R. Hunt: Four 2016 election myths
Dick Morris: Discrepancy Between Popular and Electoral Votes
Kathleen Parker: The Meaning of Mitt
Walter Williams: Trump and College Chaos
• Dry Bones by Ya'akov Kirschen
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