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July 21, 2004
Time Magazine Highlights of 1980 
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February 22, 1980 In early 1980, Dan Rather became America’s first $8-millionaire. Not even the Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, or my family had amassed such wealth. Not 3 weeks after this cover was released, however, Rather hosted a $7,999,999 crack party, and quickly plummeted from the #1 spot of Forbes’ Wealthiest Americans list. |
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July 21, 1980 After expressing tons of regret about holding the Republican Convention in Detroit, the GOP hated on the city, vowing to “blow it up after we’re done with the Middle East.” I guess that means once the Iraq situation gets settled, the Motor City is next on their list. That sound is the rest of Michigan rejoicing. |
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January 21, 1980 If you want to find the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, look no further than Iowa. Saddam Hussein once controlled 4 Iowa counties, and if Iowa’s supply of wheat grain was ignited, it would have the force of roughly 3 billion atomic bombs. With so many open fields of grain, every meth lab explosion in Iowa has the potential to be Armageddon. |
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June 16, 1980 This sobering report concluded that, in 1980, 79% of America’s public school teachers couldn’t read past the 5th grade level. At the time, America’s education system ranked second-to-last in the world, slightly ahead of Mozambique. But in all fairness to Mozambique, their education budget was $1,400 and it boasted 0 teachers and one caged hamster in a mud classroom. |
Wednesday
Hawk Flies Into Powerlines, Ignites, Sets Off California Wildfire
so obviously the wildfire wasn’t a natural one. and if anyone tries to blame the hawk and say it’s “nature” at work, they’re idiots. the government needs to figure out a solution to having power and telephone lines draped all over this ugly country, so crap like this never happens and we don’t have to look at them any more. talk about scarring the landscape.
Man arrested for keeping alligator and tiger in his New York apartment
i’d be willing to bet that the tiger was less dangerous than half the people in that apartment building. if i had my choice, i’d have preferred the tiger be discovered after it got loose and imposed a massive tragedy on the building. now that’s news.
what’s up with all of the stupid tiger stories in the news these days?
DNC protesters fenced off prison-style
as much as i’d like to see protesters ruffle feathers at the effing DNC, i don’t think it’s out of line to fence them off like that. it’s not their right to gather in the “most convenient manner possible” or anything. it makes them easy targets though. i may take a stroll by the fleet center and toss stinkbombs into the protester area and watch them run into the fence and knock themselves out.
Drunk flight attendants freak out on Russian flight
the only problem with being a drunk Russian flight
attendant is that you have drunk Russian authorities to deal with after you get caught. i would be shocked if any of those attendants survive the “questioning process.” in Russia, plane flies you!
