Sunday, April 8, 2012

Daily Links-2 April 2012

Today is April 2. On this date in 1513 Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain. He believed that an island. He called it "La Florida", both for the lushness of foliage, and because it was Easter week or Pascua Florida. Visit Disney World, he decided after a few days it had become "too commercial" and carried out looking for the fountain of youth, which it turned out was really just a night club. Also on this date, in 1917, President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war against Germany, stating that the world safe for democracy should be created. Wilson once said "we must not only use all the brains that we have, but everything we can lend," and immediately became the first zombie elected mandate. Glass ceiling: broken! And finally today is national peanut butter Jelly & day! If you do not find so exciting, we can to break. No, no, it's not you, it's me. Consider this an Open thread.

Media Matters Lackey admits there is a Liberal Media | The right atmosphere
@ RBPundit he has on a hilarious Exchange with a Media Matters employee on Twitter.

SF protestors occupy vacant inherit building | San Francisco Gate
"Occupy SF activists put the usually moribund movement back in the spotlight Sunday, acquisition of an unoccupied building which is owned by the Archdiocese of San Francisco with plans for the establishment of a" permanent occupation ' "

Video: Boston's Northeastern University Holocaust Remembrance hijack | Jawa report
"Podravska professors and guest lecturers are invited their seen Israelis Nazis compare and denying Jewish peoplehood"

Taxpayers on the hook for anti-soda lobbying campaigns | Hot air
"Members of Congress are turning the heat on the Obama administration for millions of dollars in grant money that was used to attack soda and, in some cases, lobby for handing out higher taxes."

Contemporary Merriam-Webster Word of the day comes through.
toddy (GRAHK): verb to understand deep and intuitive


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