October 9, 2008
National Election, Raphael O'Suna
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There is only one thing left for John McCain and Company, and that is to turn dirty.
Republicans have made the dirty campaign into an art form. Reverend Wright will be back, along with all the nonsense one can hear on right wing radio. One can detect a pitch of hysteria in some of the voices of these program hosts.
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October 9, 2008
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 Yom Kippur
Day 283 of 2008
83 days left in this year
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY —
Kuhi: Imagine
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY
— Gutpela taim: Peace
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY
— “In working one learns.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Imagine no possessions. I wonder if you can.
No need for greed or hunger. A brotherhood of man.” - John Lennon
WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Sarah Palin’s Lies
WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — Keating Economics – McCain’s Complicity in Financial Crises
NETCAST OF THE WEEK — Radio Nation
GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — Hole in the Wall Camps
October 9, 1944: Penicillin comes to Maui. Toward the end of 1943, penicillin was manufactured on Oahu, and distributed to service men there. Its first use was to stem the tide of sexually transmitted diseases, especially gonorrhea, which was rampant among servicemen. It was near the end of the following year that the drug was flown to Maui and neighbor islands for public distribution.
EVENTS ON THIS DAY — October 9th
1000: Leif Ericson discovers “Vinland” (possibly New England)
1776: A group of Spanish missionaries settle in present-day San Francisco
1779: The first Luddite riots take place in Manchester England, as part of their opposition to the use of machinery to spin thread
1888: The 555-foot tall Washington Monument opens to the pubic
1975: Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov wins the Nobel Peace Prize
2001: Letters postmarked in Trenton, N.J., that later tested positive for anthrax spores were mailed to Sens. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.
2006: North Korea announced that it had conducted its first nuclear weapons test, drawing condemnation from around the world.
2006: Google Inc. announced it was snapping up YouTube Inc. for $1.65 billion in a stock deal.:
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BORN ON THIS DAY — October 9th
1547: Miguel de Cervantes, novelist
1918: E Howard Hunt, Watergate break-in burglar
1940: John Lennon, rock musician/song writer
1941: Trent Lott, Senate Minority Leader (R-Miss)
1944: John Entwistle, rocker
1944: Peter Tosh, reggae musician
1948: Jackson Browne, rocker
1954: Scott Bakula, actor
1975: Sean Ono Lennon, John’s son:
