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Today in History

1468		Lorenzo the Magnificent and his brother Giuliano succeed their father, Piero de Medici, as rulers of Florence, Italy.
1762		France cedes to Spain all lands west of the Mississippi–the territory known as Upper Louisiana.
1818		Illinois admitted into the Union as the 21st state.
1800		The French defeat an Austrian army at the Battle of Hohenlinden, near Munich.
1847		Frederick Douglass and Martin R. Delaney establish the North Star, and anti-slavery paper.
1862		Confederate raiders attack a Federal forage train on the Hardin Pike near Nashville, Tenn.
1863		Confederate General James Longstreet moves his army east and north toward Greeneville. This withdrawal marks the end of the Fall Campaign in Tennessee.
1864		Major General William Tecumseh Sherman meets with slight resistance from Confederate troops at Thomas Station on his march to the sea.
1906		The U.S. Supreme Court orders Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) leaders extradited to Idaho for trial in the Steunenberg murder case.
1915		The United States expels German attaches on spy charges.
1916		French commander Joseph Joffre is dismissed after his failure at the Somme. General Robert Nivelle is the new French commander in chief.
1918		The Allied Conference ends in London where they decide that Germany must pay for the war.
1925		The League of Nations orders Greece to pay an indemnity for the October invasion of Bulgaria.
1926		British reports claim that German soldiers are being trained in the Soviet Union.
1950		The Chinese close in on Pyongyang, Korea, and UN forces withdraw southward.
1965		The National Council of Churches asks the United States to halt the massive bombings in North Vietnam.
1977		The State Department proposes the admission of 10,000 more Vietnamese refugees to the United States.
1979		Eleven are dead and eight injured in a mad rush to see a rock band (The Who) at a concert in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1984		Toxic gas leaks from a Union Carbide plant and results in the deaths of thousands in Bhopal, India.
1989		Presidents George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev announce the official end to the Cold War at a meeting in Malta.
1992		A test engineer for Sema Group sends the world’s first text message, using a personal computer and the Vodafone network.
1997		Representatives of 121 nations sign the Ottawa Treaty prohibiting the manufacture or deployment of antipersonnel landmines; the People’s Republic of China, the US and the USSR do not sign.
2005		First manned rocket aircraft delivery of US Mail takes place in Mojave, Cal.
2009		Suicide bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia, kills 25 people, including three ministries of the Transitional Federal Government.

So True

In These Times, We Must Continue Down the Long Road to Peace

In These Times, We Must Continue Down the Long Road to Peace

American Workers Talk About Their Jobs

The Atlantic has published a fascinating set of interviews with 100 American workers who talk about their jobs. They include business owners, artists, politicians, military, service workers you see every day, and occupations you've never heard of. They include a woman who works 65 hours a week at two jobs to make ends meet, a teacher and rap artist who combined the two to become a children's songwriter, a tattoo artist who started work when tattooing was still illegal in her state, and a guy who climbs up on wind turbines. The interviewees are listed in this index.

Werner Herzog Gets Shot During An Interview, Says It's "Not Significant"

Werner Herzog makes Alfred Hitchcock look like a big softie, and his broody demeanor is so inscrutable it almost seems like an act he's spent decades practicing and refining.But proving Werner is every bit as unflappable as he seems is as easy as pulling the trigger and seeing how many f@#ks he gives.

(YouTube Link)

Luckily, Werner was only shot with a pellet gun while taping this interview for The Culture Show back in 2006, and the pellet only embedded itself in his skin rather than blowing his guts out.
But judging by Werner's reaction afterwards you'd think the man had just been bitten by a flea! They should give that man an Oscar just for being such a badass!

8 Foods That Help You Fall Asleep Fast

8 Foods That Help You Fall Asleep Fast

Choose your snacks wisely and you might just snooze more soundly

Your Aloe Vera Might Not Actually Contain Any Aloe Vera

Bad News: Your Aloe Vera Might Not Actually Contain Any Aloe Vera

Um, what?!

How It’s Possible to Overdose On Coffee

How It’s Possible to Overdose On Coffee—and What to Do If You Drank Too Much

Plus, what you can do to curb caffeine’s worst side effects

Emailing Your Teacher While High

Abby Jo Hamele is a student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She got her wisdom teeth removed last week. Hamele emailed her philosophy teacher about an assignment that she was afraid she'd miss. Because she remembered the deadline wrong. Here's the text of that email.

Kevin-

I believe that i relmebmer you said we, as us students, would be able to send you our papers for classss for you to look at over before we turn them in to cColin if we got them to you by the 22nd of Novermber.
I unfortmately got my wisdom teeth sliced outr and have not not been reacting very well to the surgeryy nor the medicatioon i were given/ so I do not thimk that I will be able to habe my paper finisherd by Tuesday at all.
Is tehere any way I would be able to send you my paper at any later date??? I wnt to do very good on this paper you know becayse i like to do well in my classes.
please sir I workled very hard and thouught that I would be abel to finish it on timme but my doctor said I will most likelly not be normal again until at least Thanksginvg turkey. If you say no then that is okay but i would be sad and i would reallyyyy lik e it if you said yes. Thank you Kevin, my dude.
Abby Jo Hamele (pronounced hah-mil-lee) (if you were wondering)
P.S. I will answer youpr questions in class forever so theere are not any more awkard silence. and i will buy you expo markers that work (even thougjh our tuition should pay for markers that work)
love you bye

Hamele later Tweeted the email and blamed it on her pain medication. I don't think so. She was obviously still under a cloud of anesthesia, which can take quite a few hours to wear off. Kevin Patton, the philosophy TA, reacted exactly as the rest of us did, by laughing hysterically. And he answered the email. See more of Hamele in her drug-induced state at Buzzfeed.

MDMA Could Be on the Market Legally by 2021

MDMA Could Be on the Market Legally by 2021

Katzen Frau

2,000 Veterans Just Arrived At Standing Rock To Form "Human Shield" Around Protesters

2,000 Veterans Just Arrived At Standing Rock To Form "Human Shield" Around Protesters

Will the media finally start to pay attention?

A two legion strong group of veterans, some having walked thousands of miles to reach the site, will “self-deploy” themselves in a “human shield” to protect the innocent protesters.
“We want to offer them a moment of peace and, if we can, take a little bit of pressure off,” said veterans spokesperson Ashleigh Jennifer Parker. People are being brutalized; concussion grenades are being thrown into crowds. They’re spraying people, even old women, and other elders of the tribe with tear gas and pepper spray and all of this is just unconstitutional. I can’t believe the media hasn’t taken more of an interest in this.”
While the media obsesses over Dumbass Trump’s tweets, unconstitutional brutality has been playing out in North Dakota. We applaud our brave veterans for their determination and wish them the best of luck in the face of the unfeeling boots of an oppressive wingnut regime.

Trevor Noah Has Brilliant Suggestion for Standing Rock

Trevor Noah Has Brilliant Suggestion for Standing Rock: Maybe This Time the White People Could Move

Callers for dollars

Callers for dollars: Inside India's scam call centers

How to talk someone out of a damaging cult

How to talk someone out of a damaging cult 

In Dumbass Trump's AmeriKKKa this is needed more than ever ...

White man who gunned down black ex-NFL player in road rage case released without charges

White man who gunned down black ex-NFL player in road rage case released without charges

Witnesses said Gasser, who is white, pulled McKnight, who is black, from his Audi, argued with him and then shot him more than once as he stood over him.

Carrier Denies Local Reporter Access To Dumbass Trump 'Celebration'

Reporter Rafael Sánchez was denied credentials to cover the Carrier event celebrating the jobs they didn't ship to Mexico.

Hilarious Hashtag 'Breitbart Cereals' Makes Uncle Liberty Mad

Kelloggs pulls advertising from Breitbart and it's like the world ended! (Not.)

Mississippi Woman Knocked Unconscious in Kroger Baking Aisle for Asking How to Make a Pie

Mississippi Woman Knocked Unconscious in Kroger Baking Aisle for Asking How to Make a Pie

This Beaver Went Xmas Shopping at the 99 Cent Store

Everyone gets so into the Xmas shopping rush this time of year -even critters. This cute little furball was discovered browsing the Xmas aisles of a Dollar General in Maryland on Monday. Unfortunately, he didn't seem to find anything he was looking for, so instead he just messed up some of the shelf displays and left. I guess they just don't sell quality wood at Dollar General.

He was eventually caught by Animal Control and released back to a wildlife rehabilitation center -though I have to wonder if they would have let him keep shopping at local strip malls if he actually bought some items like a civilized creature.
See more pictures of the busy beaver over at the Daily Mail

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