McBush’s VP McPander
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Today: Could this woman really be president? Septuagenarian Senator John McCain turns 72 today, and in an obvious pander to women voters, announces his VP choice as Sarah Palin, the inexperienced governor of Alaska. The 44 year-old first term governor is an ardent opponent of abortion, lifetime member of the NRA, mooseburger afficianado and mother of five. McFossil would be the oldest person ever elected to the US presidency if voters were foolish or fearful enough to elect him. Palin would replace him in the event of his demise. More >x
EVENTS ON THIS DAY — August 29th
1533: The last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa, is murdered, ending the Incan Empire (his death came on orders from Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro)
1758: The first reservation for Native Americans is established
1786: Shay’s Rebellion begins in Springfield Massachusetts
1817: The first U.S. abolitionist newspaper, “The Philanthropist,” begins publication in Mt Pleasant Ohio
1831: Michael Faraday demonstrates the first electrical transformer
1852: The Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) first publish its doctrine of celestial marriage, aka polygamy (in effect until the Manifest of 1890 outlawed the practice)
1949: USSR explodes its first atomic bomb
1953: USSR explodes its first hydrogen bomb
2005: Hurricane Katrina, a category 4 hurricane with 145 mph winds, makes landfall along the Gulf Coast causing damage in Lousiana, Mississippi and Alabama
1758: The first reservation for Native Americans is established
1786: Shay’s Rebellion begins in Springfield Massachusetts
1817: The first U.S. abolitionist newspaper, “The Philanthropist,” begins publication in Mt Pleasant Ohio
1831: Michael Faraday demonstrates the first electrical transformer
1852: The Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) first publish its doctrine of celestial marriage, aka polygamy (in effect until the Manifest of 1890 outlawed the practice)
1949: USSR explodes its first atomic bomb
1953: USSR explodes its first hydrogen bomb
2005: Hurricane Katrina, a category 4 hurricane with 145 mph winds, makes landfall along the Gulf Coast causing damage in Lousiana, Mississippi and Alabama
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BORN ON THIS DAY — August 29th
1632: John Locke, empiricist philosopher
1809: Oliver Wendell Holmes, physician/author
1915: Ingrid Bergman, actress
1920: Charlie “Bird” Parker, jazz musician
1924: Dinah Washington, singer
1936: John McCain, US Senator (R-AZ)
1632: John Locke, empiricist philosopher
1809: Oliver Wendell Holmes, physician/author
1915: Ingrid Bergman, actress
1920: Charlie “Bird” Parker, jazz musician
1924: Dinah Washington, singer
1936: John McCain, US Senator (R-AZ)
1938: Elliott Gould, actor
1958: Michael Jackson, singer
1962: Rebecca De Mornay, actress
1963: Greg Steele, rocker
1958: Michael Jackson, singer
1962: Rebecca De Mornay, actress
1963: Greg Steele, rocker
