March 31rst: Today in 1492 Ferdinand and Isabella published the Alhambra Decree expelling all Jews from Spain. This led to the exodus of several hundred thousand people whose possessions were seized by the state.
Leta over at the The Flibbertigibbet has a post today attacking three great American institutions, Rex Morgan MD, The Phantom, and Mark Trail. Rex Morgan I will refer over to the Comics Curmudgeon who seems to cover it along with the other soap opera strips fairly well. The Phantom is seventy years old this year [...]
March 30th: Jeopardy debuts on NBC. What popular TV Game show debuted today in 1964? The show has had many runs, the current one began in 1984 with popular host Alex Trebek.
I really think we are starting to strangle on copyrights and patents in America. The nonsense of it all is becoming enormous, you cannot publish important historical works, inventors cannot bring products to the market without battalions of lawyers around them and a whole industry is arising just to sue people who actually make things. [...]
Incompetent airline storys always amuse me as a frequent flyer, some airlines have noticeably tighter controls than others, Ryanair is the laxist airline I have ever flown on. Thus it is no suprise to see they had a flight land at completely the wrong airport the other day. The airline spokesweasel assures us that over [...]
March 29th: Today in 1857 Mangal Pandey, a soldier in the British Indian Army, attacked and wounded his British Sargeant and attempted to shoot an officer due to his belief that new bullet cartriges were coated in animal fat. This incident led to his execution several weeks later and increased the discontent in the Indian [...]