Saturday, October 25, 2014

Saturday, October 25, 2014

flapdoodle \ FLAP-dood-l \ , noun;
  • Informal . nonsense; bosh. 
Origin: Flapdoodle came to English in the 1800s and is of uncertain origin.

ratfuck
  • Politics: Formerly known as "the double-cross," it refers to infiltration and sabotage of the opposition party, particuarly during (but not limited to) an election campaign. The second half of "All the President's Men" describes ratfucking done to 1972 Democratic presidential candidates by employees of the Committee to Re-Elect Nixon. A typical ratfuck is to falsely claim there's a political rally for the opposition party, order 300 pizzas for delivery in the name of the party, and then nobody shows up.
Ken Clawson, Nixon's communications director, confessed to a ratfuck when he told how he forged a letter making it look like a Democratic candidate was a racist.
History
  • The Charge of the Light Brigade: the British assaulted Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava, which was commemorated in a poem by Tennyson (1854)
  • Battle of Leyte Gulf: one of the largest naval battles in history took place between the US and Japan as the US invaded the Philippines (1944)
  • United Nations: voted mainland China in, Taiwan out (1971)
  • Operation Urgent Fury: the US invaded Grenada in response to the execution of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop (1983)
Birthdays
  • Georges Bizet 1838
  • Pablo Picasso 1881
  • Richard Byrd 1888
  • Leo G. Carroll 1892
  • Whit Bissell 1909
  • Minnie Pearl (Sarah Ophelia Colley) 1912
  • Lee MacPhail 1917
  • Chubby Jackson 1918
  • Buddy Thomson (MLB) 1923
  • Earl Palmer 1924
  • Billy Barty 1924
  • Jimmy Heath (Heath Brothers) 1926
  • Barbara Cook 1927
  • Marion Ross 1928
  • Jeanne Cooper 1928
  • Tony Franciosca 1928
  • Earl Ingarfield 1934
  • Jeanne Black 1937
  • Bobby Knight 1940
  • Ann Tyler 1941
  • Helen Reddy 1942
  • Jon Anderson (Yes) 1944
  • Taffy Danoff (Starland Vocal Band) 1944
  • Glen Tipton (Judas Priest) 1948 
  • Brian Kerwin 1949
  • Matthais Jabs (The Scorpions) 1955
  • Nancy Cartwright 1957
  • Mark Miller (Sawyer Brown) 1958
  • Nick Thorp (Curiosity Killed the Cat) 1958
  • Christina Amphlett (Divinyls) 1960
  • Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers) 1962
  • Tracy Nelson 1963
  • Michael Boatman 1964
  • Speech 1968
  • Chely Wright 1970
  • Adam Goldberg 1970
  • Ed Robertson (Barenaked Ladies) 1970
  • Midori 1971
  • Pedro Martinez (MLB) 1971
  • Lamont Bentley 1973
  • Ben Gould 1980
  • Young Rome 1981
  • Jerome Jones (Immature) 1981
  • Katy Perry (Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson) 1984

   


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