So many adults all over the world still believe that a politician is coming to save them. I’ve seen this play out so many times over my relatively short life and it never happens, but people hold on to the fantasy. It’s like the adult version of believing in Santa Claus.
— Nzube Olisaebuka Udezue
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Today is Thursday, February 8th, the 39th day of 2024. There are 327 days left in the year. It is Laugh and Get Rich Day, National Molasses Bar Day, and National Kite Flying Day.
On This Day
In 1693, the College of William & Mary, in Virginia, was granted a charter by King William III and Queen Mary II.
In 1885, the first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
In 1887, the Dawes Act authorized the president to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
In 1915, D. W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation premiered in Los Angeles. Portraying the Ku Klux Klan in a positive light, it became the first motion picture to be screened at the White House. (Although some dispute the quote, “progressive” Woodrow Wilson is said to have declared, “It is like writing history with lightning, and my only regret is that it is all so terribly true.”)
In 1924, the first state execution in America by gas chamber took place in Nevada.
In 1950, the German Democratic Republic established the Ministry for State Security, commonly known as the Stasi.
In 1958, The Quarrymen performed at the Wilson Hall in the Garston section of Liverpool. Afterwards, member Paul McCartney introduced his friend George Harrison to John Lennon.
In 1974, after 84 days in orbit, the crew of Skylab 4, the space station’s last, safely returned to Earth.
In 1996, Congress passed the Communications Decency Act. The following year, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the law’s “indecency” restrictions violated the First Amendment.
In 2007, Anna Nicole Smith (born Vickie Lynn Hogan) died of a drug overdose at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
Today’s Birthdays
“Journalist” Ted Koppel is 84. Actor Nick Nolte is 83. Comedian Robert Klein is 82. Actress and left-wing moron Mary Steenburgen is 71. Actress Mary McCormack is 55.
The Links
Director’s Statement on the Budget and Economic Outlook for 2024 to 2034 (Congressional Budget Office)
“In the projections we released today, the deficit grows from $1.6 trillion in 2024 to $2.6 trillion in 2034. Measured in relation to economic output, deficits during that period are about 50 percent larger than their historical average over the past 50 years.”
Badge of Honor: Cato Designated ‘Vexsome’ FOIA Requester by FBI (Cato Institute)
“If government bureaucrats are internally describing the civil society organization you work for as ‘vexsome,’ it’s a good sign you and your organization are doing a good job of holding a federal agency or department accountable for its actions or misconduct.”
Family Of Young Kansas City Chiefs Fan Sues Deadspin (The Daily Caller)
“The complaint clarified Armenta did not wear blackface, pointing out that the boy neither knows what blackface is nor wore the faceprint or headdress to symbolize racism. The complaint reiterated previous reports that Armenta is Native American. The headdress the boy wore resembles the traditional logo from the 1960s and early 70s.”
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