Monday, April 15, 2024

Monday's video: Israel and Iran, Trump trials, Lincoln 1865, Jackie Robinson 1945....


Monday's video: 
Israel and Iran, Trump trials, Lincoln 1865, Jackie Robinson 1945....

 

Peddling fear with rosary in hand




Peddling fear with rosary in hand: Does anyone remember the 2020 campaign?      I mean the one where one candidate hid in the basement and walked out to buy ice cream once in awhile.     
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April 15, 1865: "Now he belongs to the ages"



We recall April 15th or one of the saddest days of US history.     

On Friday, April 14th, President and Mrs. Lincoln, accompanied by Clara Harris and Maj. Henry R. Rathbone, entered Ford’s Theatre for the performance of “Our American Cousin” featuring Laura Keene.   It was a popular comedy of its time.   By all accounts, the President was in good spirits and ready for a night of relaxation.

Otto Eisenschiml wrote that the shots were fired at around 10:15 pm.  (In the Shadow of Lincoln’s Death (New York: Funk, 1940).
Shortly after, the President was moved across the street to William Petersen's home.  He was placed in a small room at the rear of hall on the first floor.
Mrs. Lincoln and the surgeons stayed with the President all night.    VP  Johnson dropped in for a visit around 2 am.
Dr. Charles S. Taft observed that the President stopped breathing “at 7:21 and 55 seconds in the morning of April 15th, and 7:22 and 10 seconds his pulse ceased to beat.”  (Eisenschiml)
After some silence, Secretary Stanton said:   “Now he belongs to the ages“. 
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Happy Tax Day





We get to celebrate another Tax Day in the U.S.  Our return was submitted a week ago, so I won't be rushing to the post office today.  

Once again, I will remember that we need tax reform. We need to throw out the current tax code and replace it with a national sales tax or something that requires everybody to pay taxes.

In other words, the U.S. should be more like Texas or other states where the tax code actually helps the economy.

No income taxes and I'm marching with the spirit of George Harrison today.  

 "Let me tell you how it will be There's one for you, nineteen for me 

'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman

Should five per cent appear too small

Be thankful I don't take it all

'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman

If you drive a car, I'll tax the street,

If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat.

If you get too cold I'll tax the heat,

If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.

Don't ask me what I want it for

If you don't want to pay some more

'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman

And you're working for no one but me." 

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