RADICAL COMEDIAN GEORGE CARLIN DIED YESTERDAY of heart failure at age 71 in Santa Monica, CA.  His most famous comedy bit was probably “The 7 Words You Can Never Say on TV,”  which became the most searched for term on Google today. According to George, the dirty words banned from TV were: shit, piss, fuck, cunt, motherfucker, cocksucker, tits, fart, turd, twat.  Watch Carlin’s comedy  |  Read The Nation Obit.

Advice for Obama #3
Realizing that Barack Obama hasn’t the time to read as much history as he should in preparation for the coming electrion, we thought we’d help him along by sharing the wisdom of the greats. Today’s advice comes from Marcus Aurelius:  “Do what you will. Even if you tear yourself apart, they will continue doing the same things.” – Maui Curmudgeon

EVENTS ON THIS DAY - June 23rd
1784: First U.S. balloon flight (13 year old Edward Warren)
1947: Truman’s veto of Taft-Hartley Act overridden by congress
1949: First 12 women graduate from Harvard Medical School
1956: Gamal Abdel Nasser elected president of Egypt
1969: Warren E. Burger was sworn in as chief justice of the United States.
1972: Nixon & Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate
1972: President Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports
1993: Lorena Bobbitt mutilates the genitalia of her husband, John, after he allegedly rapes her
2005: Former Ku Klux Klansman Edgar Ray Killen was sentenced to 60 years in prison for the 1964 Mississippi slayings of three civil rights workers.

BORN ON THIS DAY - June 23rd
1910: Jean Anouilh, dramatist
1912: Alan Turing, mathematician/pioneer in computer theory
1927: Bob Fosse, choreographer/director
1929: June Carter Cash, country singer
1940: Diana Trask, singer
1947: Bryan Brown, actor
1948: Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court Justice/perjurer/pornographer
1956: Randy Jackson, TV personality
1957: Frances McDormand, actress