Good evening! I am pleased to report that after 3 full days, the small-scale Franco-US summit we're hosting at Casa Brillig is wildly successful! Both sides are learning a great deal and have found common ground in yogurt, salmon, and music! As a wild game of Xbox FIFA15 proceeds between the French Ambassador S and the younger brother of the American Ambassador K1, I thought I'd see what other events happened on this day in history. Follow me through the orange mists of time after a word from our sponsor...
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1582 In order to halt the drift of Easter, many Catholic countries switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. As a result, Julian Thursday, 4 October 1582 was followed by Gregorian Friday, 15 October 1582, leading to an outcry that 10 days were lost!
1651 Laws are passed in Massachusetts forbidding the poor to adopt "excessive styles of dress". Clearly, had the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program been around in 1651, MA lawmakers would have decreed the poor would not be allowed to eat beef and only yellow but NOT white maize.
1917 Dutch national Margaretha Geertruida "Margreet" MacLeod (née Zelle), who we know better by her stage name of Mata Hari, was executed in France on charges of spying for the Germans.
1949 Billy Graham begins his ministry at a revival/crusade in Los Angeles.
1951 I Love Lucy, starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, had its television debut. I cannot eat chocolates without thinking of the famous candy factory scene.
1956 The first FORTRAN reference manual is released, six months before the first compiler's release. And the phrase RTFM comes into existence shortly thereafter :-)
1991 Clarence Thomas got a narrow (52â48) Senate confirmation of his nomination to the Supreme Court. That he's been on SCOTUS for 24 years should motivate anyone to work hard to ensure a Democratic POTUS. Republican Presidents who choose judiciary appointments are the gift that keeps on giving.
So... anyone have other October 15th events? Please share those... or whatever happened to you TODAY, in the comments! And let's see what we've got in our Top Comments, Pictures and Mojo tonite, thanks to BeninSC, who history will show as the best TC collaborator possible, I am sure.
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From blue aardvark:
I am nominating this comment, in which Mad Ruth opines up Sanity and her sanity ...
Tonight's comment flags:
Flagged by camlbacker, this truly terrific comment by CindyV on the things that fall through the cracks when one does not earn a living wage.
Flagged by output and Gallifreyan Jedi, this debate analysis comment by costello7 cautions against underestimating how precarious the times are, politically.
Top Mojo for Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, first comments and tip jars excluded. Thank you
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FAQing Top Mojo.
1)Â I'm still going to vote for him by duckpin236Â Â +359
2) Address WHAT??? by earicicle  +297
3) Add Consistency and Vision to it by JekyllnHyde  +223
4) That moment showed who Bernie really is. Honest by doroma  +210
5)Â I agree. That was excellent. by TomPÂ Â +201
6) The BLM answer from Sanders showed viewers by doroma  +191
7)Â That made me smile. Good one. by TomPÂ Â +177
8) Which is why the MSM's certainty that Hillary won by Diane Reynolds  +164
9) I Still Do Not Believe She Is A Progressive... by Kalisiin  +163
10) What was most exciting about it is how awesome by Jon Sitzman  +144
11) I can't... quite... agree. by Jon Sitzman  +141
12) ALL details are in the diary. Did you read it? by earicicle  +135
13) he's a class act by Laurence Lewis  +126
14) i hope so by Laurence Lewis  +125
15) LMAO! by agnostic  +124
16) A similar thing happened with Webb by Le Champignon  +121
17) Clear indication that her gender makes a differ... by Sally Foster  +119
18) He was the only candidate by cruz  +116
19) Surely TN mandates education for... by BlueMindState  +111
20) Yes! by gdreadradio  +109
21) Here ya go. by dance you monster  +95
22) I loved his climate change answer. by Scan  +94
23) Shaun, thank you and wishing you the best by Torta  +93
24) ... by Trix  +91
25) Good luck. by Wisper  +90
26) Not only not afraid to by emorej a Hong Kong  +89
26) Right on. by One Pissed Off Liberal  +89
26) She's Mrs. Alan Greenspan, for those who didn't by Albanius  +89
29) I agree. It's only one by OLinda  +87
30) I think what is making me crazy by Denise Oliver Velez  +83
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