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Disasters usually bring out the worst in authority and the best in ordinary people.
— Alexander Cockburn
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Today is Sunday, December 4th, the 338th day of 2022. It is Santa’s List Day, Wear Brown Shoes Day, Extraordinary Work Team Recognition Day, Chester Greenwood Day (in Farmington, Maine), National Cookie Day, National Dice Day, National Sock Day, and International Cheetah Day.
On This Day
In 1619, 38 colonists arrived at Berkeley Hundred, Virginia. The group’s charter proclaimed that the day “be yearly and perpetually kept holy as a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God.”
In 1783, in New York City, George Washington bid farewell to his officers.
In 1786, Mission Santa Barbara was dedicated.
In 1861, the 109 electors of the Confederate States of America unanimously elected Jefferson Davis as president and Alexander H. Stephens as vice president.
In 1875, notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escaped from prison. He was recaptured in Spain.
In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson sailed for the peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first American chief executive to travel to Europe while in office.
In 1945, by a vote of 65-7, the U.S. Senate approved American participation in the United Nations.
In 1969, Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were killed during a raid by Chicago police officers.
In 1991, Pan American World Airways ceased operations after 64 years.
In 2017, the Thomas Fire began, near Santa Paula in California. By the time it was extinguished, it burned approximately 281,893 acres, and was the largest wildfire in modern California history at the time.
Today's Birthdays
Former actor Max Baer Jr. is 85. Actress Marisa Tomei is 58. Actor, comedian, and musician Fred Armisen is 56. Former model Tyra Banks is 49.
The Links
“A Cautionary Tale for Everyone”: The Media Mob Turns on Taibbi (Jonathan Turley)
“The key to the trick was involving the media in the original illusion. Both Twitter and these reporters became invested in the trick. It is like calling audience members to the stage to assist in the performance. Reporters have to insist that there was nothing to see or they have to admit to being part of the original deception. The Bidens were able to make this elephant of a scandal disappear because Twitter and the media wanted it to disappear.”
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