September 6, 2008
Raphael O'Suna
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John McCain’s psychic damage
from acts he perceives as weakness
and treachery while a POW,
threatens the lives of millions.
When I was in the army during the most terrible days of the Viet Nam War, we were instructed in Basic Training–soon after arriving in South Carolina–that we were not expected to remain silent, if captured, and suffer torture and death.
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September 6, 2008
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 Nat’l Papaya Month
Day 250 of 2008
116 days left in this year
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY —
Mikana: Papaya
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY
— Marita: Pandanus fruit
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY
— “Homely he may be but his name is fragrant.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization. - George Clemenceau
September is National Papaya Month
The papaya, Carica papaya L., is a member of the small family Caricaceae allied to the Passifloraceae. Commonly and erroneously called a “tree”, the plant is actually a large herb growing at the rate of 6 to 10 ft ( the first year and reaching 20 or even 30 ft in height), with a hollow green or deep-purple stem becoming 12 to 16 inches or more thick at the base and roughened by leaf scars. Both the stem and leaves contain copious white milky latex Papain, which produces allergies in some people. More >
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EVENTS ON THIS DAY — September 6th
1853: The Women’s Right’s Convention meets in New York City
1869: The first westbound train arrives in San Francisco
1899: Carnation processes its first can of evaporated milk
1901: President McKinley is shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo NY (McKinley lives 7 more days before succumbing to the wounds)
1997: Funeral services for Princess Diana are held at Westminster Abbey
2004: Former President Bill Clinton undergoes successful heart bypass surgery.
2005: The California Legislature becomes the first state in the nation to approve same-sex marriages. (Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger later vetoed the bill.)
2006: President George W. Bush acknowledges previously secret CIA prisons around the world and said 14 high-value terrorism suspects had been transferred from the system to Guantanamo Bay for trials.
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BORN ON THIS DAY — September 6th
1902: 1860: Jane Addams, pacifist/social worker/feminist
1925: Jimmy Reed, blues singer
1944: Swoozie Kurts, actress
1947: Jane Curtin, actress
1958: Jeff Foxworthy, comedian/actor
1964: Rosie Perez, actress
1972: Dylan Bruno, actor (”Numb3ers”)
1972: Idris Elba, actor (”The Wire”)
1979: Foxy Brown, rap singer
