Suffering Official Shenanigans
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Shenanigans Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Hana Ma‘alaea: Devious trick (Shenanigan) HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “This is a pig strangling.” TODAY:
Hawaii Superferry resumes commercial service to Maui, arriving Kahului Harbor 10:15am. Public protests of state shenanigans are scheduled. Read the Maui News acrticle …
December 13th, 2004:
Maui firemen work to clean up the mess begun by Maui policemen in the central valley near Kihei. Yesterday, in an effort to rid the island of an illegal fireworks facility, the police set off the inventory of said facility.
People in Kihei thought the island was under attack. Reports came in from north Kihei about incessant gunshots, kids screaming, etc.
After about an hour, the noise was over. Oh, and the cane field fire had begun. Several acres were burned before the fire was brought under control.
Typical of Maui official shenanigans, neither the Maui fire nor police departments said they could say who was in charge of the demolition, and no one ever answered the question.
HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY – December 13th
1577: Sir Francis Drake sets sail from England in the Golden Hind,
1642: New Zealand is discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman
1769: Dartmouth College in New Hampshire receives its charter
1774: The first incident of the American Revolution
1903: Italo Marcioni is granted a patent for the ice cream cone
928: George Gershwin’s “An American In Paris” premieres
1947: The Maine Turnpike opens to traffic
1971: John Sinclair, sentenced to 10 years for selling 2 joints, is freed from prison
1974: Malta becomes a republic
1978: Minting begins of the Susan B Anthony dollar
1983: Martha Layne Collins is inaugurated as Kentucky’s first female governor
1991: Both Koreas sign an accord calling for reconciliation
1996: The U.N. chooses Kofi Annan of Ghana to become the 7th secretary-general
2000: 36 days after Election Day, and a day after U.S. Supreme Court shenanigans shut down further recounts of disputed ballots in Florida, Republican George W. Bush claims victory in the presidential election and Democrat Al Gore concedes defeat. This ill-gotten election “victory” has had the world suffering ever since.
BORN ON THIS DAY – December 13th
1797: Heinrich Heine, German poet/lyricist
1810: Clark Mills, U.S. sculptor
1818: Mary Todd Lincoln, first lady
1871: Russell W Porter, explorer
1897: Drew Pearson, newscaster
1903: Carlos Montoya, guitarist
1910: Lillian Roth, singer/actress
1910: Van Heflin, actor
1911: Kenneth Patchen, poet/novelist
1915: Ross MacDonald, detective novelist
1922: Rex Allen, cowboy actor
1925: Dick Van Dyke, actor
1929: Christopher Plummer, actor
1948: Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, guitarist
1948: Ted Nugent, guitarist
1949: Randy Owen, country singer
1958: Dana Strum, rock bassist
