Archive for May, 2010

yankeePad

May 23, 2010
By Elwood Foreclift

You’d think that overpriced and sucky would be allowed at a Yankee’s game. All iPads fall under the “no laptops” rule in its existing security policy and are not allowed at Yankee Stadium. //Last baseball joke ever to appear on this blog.
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Today In History: May 17

May 17, 2010
By Elwood Foreclift

1673 – Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River. 1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Continental Congress bans trade with Canada. 1792 – The New York Stock Exchange is formed. 1849 – A fire threatens to burn St. Louis, Missouri to the ground. 1902 – Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the...
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Today In History: May 11

May 11, 2010
By Elwood Foreclift

330 – Byzantium is renamed Nova Roma during a dedication ceremony, but it is more popularly referred to as Constantinople. 1310 – In France, fifty-four members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake as heretics. 1502 – Christopher Columbus leaves for his fourth and final voyage to the West Indies. 1792 –...
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You Decide

May 10, 2010
By Elwood Foreclift

“The country is so totally given up to the spirit of party, that not to follow blindfold the one or the other is an inexpiable offence.” – Then Senator John Quincy Adams in his diary. Some things never change, or history repeats itself?
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Today In History: May 10

May 10, 2010
By Elwood Foreclift

1497 – Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World. 1503 – Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there. 1534 – Jacques Cartier visits Newfoundland. 1655 – England, with troops under the command of Admiral William Penn and General Robert...
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