mordacious \mawr-DEY-shuhs\, adjective:
1. sharp or caustic in style, tone, etc.2. biting or given to biting.
Mordacious came into English in the 1640s from the Latin word mordāx meaning "given to biting."
government
- government is like a condom in that it allows for inflation, halts production, destroys subsequent generations, protects a bunch of pricks, and provides its constituents with a sense of security while they are actually being screwed.
... too many to list.
oh yea, government.
Holiday
- Flag Day (US)
History
- Munich: Benedictine monks founded the Bavarian city on the banks of the Isar River (1158)
- US Army: was founded to fight the British (1775)
- Bear Flag Revolt: the California Republic was declared by Sonoma settlers while California was still ruled by Mexico (1846)
- UNIVAC I: the first commercial computer was dedicated at the US Census Bureau (1951)
- Pledge of Allegiance: President Eisenhower signed the order inserting the words "under God" (1954)
- Falkland Islands: military dispute ended as Argentine forces surrendered to the British (1982)
Birthdays
- Harriet Beecher Stowe 1811
- Burl Ives 1909
- Dorothy McGuire 1916
- Sam Wanamaker 1919
- Gene Barry 1921
- Pierre Salinger 1925
- Don Newcombe 1926 - Baseball player
- Cy Coleman 1928
- Che Guevarra 1928 - racist socialist
- Marla Gibbs 1931 - Actress, producer
- Jerzy Kosinski 1933
- Jack Bannon 1940
- Muff Winwood 1943 - Musician (Spencer Davis Group)
- Donald Trump 1946 - POTUS
- Barry Melton 1947 - Musician (Country Joe and the Fish)
- Alan White 1949 - Musician (Yes)
- Eddie Mekka 1952 - Actor ("Laverne and Shirley")
- Will Patton 1954 - Actor
- Eric Heiden 1958 - Olympic gold-medal speed skater
- Boy George (George O'Dowd) 1961 - Singer (Culture Club)
- Chris DeGarmo 1963 - Musician (Queensryche)
- Yasmine Bleeth 1968 - Actress ("Baywatch")
- Steffi Graf 1969 - Tennis player
- Traylor Howard 1971 - Actress ("Monk," "Two Guys and a Girl")
- Diablo Cody 1978 - Screenwriter ("Juno")
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