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.
Apparently the US Chamber of Commerce thinks owners of hybrids and other fuel efficient cars should be taxed because by not driving big ol SUVs like patriotic Americans we aren’t paying enough taxes via our fuel purchases to keep the roads up. Don’t worry, there are more than enough SUV drivers out there to make [...]
November 25th: Today in 1936 Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan signed the Anti-Comintern Pact to ally themselves if either was attacked by Soviet Russia forming the basis for the Axis. You see a lot less of this sort of big treaty now as countries try to destroy each other thru trade rather than straight out [...]
November 24th: Today in 1859 Darwin’s book the Origin of the Species went on sale to the public. This has kicked off a non-stop fight that carries on till this day. I personally believe we are living on a puff ball kicked into the air by Horton, thus dodging the debate neatly.
November 23rd: Today in 1499 Perkin Warbeck is hanged after trying to escape from the Tower of London where he was imprisoned for his attempt to usurp the throne of England. It seems like there were dozens of these guys running around at one point, now even the true King of England can’t be tempted [...]