Continuing on with whack a Prius week, Holman Jenkins attacks a bunch of Prius strawmen in today’s Wall Street Journal (Subscription may be required). Writing sarcastically as the Toyota company Jenkins proceeds to tell Prius owners they are fools by setting up a number of Prius owner assumptions then knocking them down. I found the [...]
November 3oth: Today in 1979 Pink Floyd released The Wall giving teenagers for the next ten years or so theme music for their angst. Not that I ever sat listening with my headphones on…..
November 29th: Today in 1330 Roger de Mortimer was hanged for treason on orders of Edward III. Roger had ruled England along side Queen Isabella, together they are accused of the murder of Edward II. Earlier in November 1330 Edward III and some knights had snuck into Nottingham Castle, which had been locked against him, [...]
November 28th: Today in 1520 Ferdinand Magellan enters the Pacific Ocean with three ships, becoming the first europeans to sail to the Pacific under South America.
November 27th: Today in 1095 Pope Urban II declared the first crusade at the Council of Clermont against the peace loving Moslems who lived in harmony with nature until the arrival of the dreadful europeans.
November 26th: Today in 1922 Howard Carter enters King Tutankhamun‘s tomb along with Lord Carnarvon his patron. Rumors of a curse haunted the dig as eventually, all those on the dig died. This goes along with the Mark Twain’s fith birthday party curse, as eventually all those who attended this party died as well.