AGITPROP NEWS 7.31.99
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AGITPROP NEWS
7.31.99
In this issue:
1. A Model for Social Action and Celebration
2. Fun Facts About World Poverty
3. To Whom It May Concern
4. This Is All Hogwash
5. Just Health Care? Get A Life
6. Cure For the Hiccups
7. Cropatista Action
8. Migrant Labour
9. The Priesthood
10. No More Green Sweatshops
11. KPFA Re-opened
12. KPFA Sales Plan
13. Picketing of KPFA Continues
14. Bay Area Mass March & Rally
15. Topless Protesters Slam Schroeder
16. Expanding the Frontiers of Commercialization
17. Friendly Systems
18. The Strike
19. American Justice
20. Rabbis Support Workers
21. Nun Cleansing
22. This Weak in History
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1. A Model for Social Action and Celebration
July 16, 1999
Dear Friends,
If you know Baltimore Clayworks, then you know that we are passionate
about connecting artists and communities throughout the region. Now
that passion and commitment has been recognized and rewarded on a
national level. We are excited to announce that Baltimore Clayworks, a
19 year old ceramic art center in northwest Baltimore, has been named
as one of the 54 institutions nationwide as a "millennium" organization
in community arts (see enclosed press release). In implementing the
program, entitled Artists and Communities: America Creates for the
Millennium, we intend to design a program that will provide real
opportunities for participation to residents of several communities
statewide who have limited or no access to the arts. We anticipate that
the program will also achieve national visibility for the artist, the
participants, the supporters and our institution.
We are writing to invite you to serve on an honorary advisory committee
that will convene one time, at Baltimore Clayworks at 7 pm on Tuesday,
August 3 to meet with the selected artist and to make recommendations
on the communities and individuals who should be involved with the
program.
Under the grant guidelines, we can design a major community arts
project which will have statewide involvement. We have chosen Mike
Alewitz, an internationally renown muralist, from the pre-selected pool
of artists who qualified for selection based on artistic excellence
plus years of community arts experience and impressive credentials (see
enclosed bio.) Mike will be working in ceramics for the first time and
will have an opportunity to translate his remarkable talents and
abilities as a painter into clay and glaze.
In preliminary discussions with the artist and the Clayworks program
staff and volunteers, The Underground Railroad has emerged as a rich
topic to inform the artmaking. When asked how he could respond to that
theme as springboard for inspiration, Mike replied, " As Harriet
Tubman, a young Black woman, organized a volunteer army that crossed
racial and economic lines when neither the North or the South wanted
her to do it and organized a transportation and communication system
that changed the shape of American culture forever, she serves as a
model for social action and celebration in the millennium."
Does this excite and inspire you? If it does, Baltimore Clayworks would
be honored to have you join with us in our efforts to continue to
produce arts programs that have authenticity, relevance and meaning to
Marylands diverse population.
Thank you for your consideration of our request. Please reply on the
enclosed post card.
Sincerely,
Deborah Bedwell
Executive Director
Yes! I am interested in the Millennium Project.
I will attend the meeting on August 3 at 7:00 PM
_____I canąt come to this meeting, but Iąd like to come to the next one.
I canąt be involved, but Iąd like to be kept informed.
I need directions to Clayworks _____yes _____no
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2. Fun Facts About World Poverty
The Poorest Getting Poorer
Globalization -- the free movement of goods, money, people and
information -- has offered great opportunities to people in
industrialized countries, but it has marginalized many more in the
developing world. With global communications playing a growing role,
poor countries are likely to fall further behind, the annual U.N. Human
Development Report predicts.
In 1985, the average income per person in the richest country was 76
times as much as that in the poorest; in 1997, it was 288 times.
Of the 34 countries the United Nations ranks lowest in terms of human
development, taking into account income, life expectancy and education,
29 are in Africa.
The poorest 10 nations of 174 reviewed: (based on personal income
measured in gross national product per person)
Congo
1997 $97
1985 225
Sierra Leone
1997 159
1985 227
Burundi
1997 162
1985 219
Malawi
1997 166
1985 159
Ethiopia
1997 171
1985 139
Madagascar
1997 209
1985 246
Chad
1997 211
1985 226
Bangladesh
1997 218
1985 278
Nepal
1997 219
1985 165
Rwanda
1997 222
1985 341
The richest: (based on personal income)
1. Luxembourg
1997 $28,010
1985 17,133
7. U.S.
1997 21,541
1985 18,000
The richest 20 percent of nations produce 86 percent of the world's
goods and services (GDP); the poorest 20 percent produce 1 percent.
richest 20% 86%
middle 60% 13
poorest 20% 1
Share of exports of goods and services:
richest 20% 82%
middle 60% 17
poorest 20% 1
SOURCE: U.N. Human Development Report
(http://www.washingtonpost.com)
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3. To Whom It May Concern
From New Scientist, August 28, 1993, Feedback column:
"The National Westminster Bank admitted last month that it keeps
personal information about its customers, such as their political
affiliation, on computer. But now Computer Weekly reveals that a
financial institution, sadly unnamed, has gone one better and moved into
the realm of personal abuse.
The institution decided to mailshot 2000 of its richest customers,
inviting them to buy extra services. One of its computer programmers
wrote a program to search through its databases and select its customers
automatically. He tested the program with an imaginary customer called
Richard Bastard.
Unfortunately, an error resulted in all 2000 letters being addressed
"Dear Rich Bastard". The luckless programmer was subsequently sacked.
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4. This Is All Hogwash
Campaigners for millions of Bangladeshis at risk of severe arsenic
poisoning after drinking water from wells dug by Unicef are to sue the
United Nations body for compensation. It would be the biggest mass
poisoning in history.
Between 18m and 70m Bangladeshis could be affected, analysts say.
About one-fifth of the 300,000 tube-wells checked so far - out of 4.5m
throughout the country - have shown signs of significant contamination.
Evidence recently presented to the World Health Organisation suggests that
the high levels of arsenic may be caused by sediments brought by repeated
flooding, and only affects shallow wells, not deep ones .
Unicef sank 900,000 tube-wells more than 25 years ago to wean the vast
majority of Bangladeshis away from drinking contaminated surface water,
the main cause of large-scale diarrhoea-related deaths in the 70s and 80s.
Campaigners claim that although the problem was detected by Bangladesh
government scientists in 1993, nothing substantial has been done to save
between 18m and 70m people who are at risk of arsenicosis.
The health ministry says 7,000 people have so far been diagnosed as having
arsenicosis, but the number is expected to rise dramatically.
Since the issue received international attention two years ago the bank
and UN agencies allocated nearly $32m to "mitigate" the problem. But
campaigners claim that apart from holding endless meetings and seminars,
nothing concrete has been done to help the victims directly.
"We've already appointed the consultants who'll tell us how to address the
problem", a World Bank official replied.
"This is all hogwash", said a Bangladesh health ministry official. "The
only beneficiaries in the whole issue have been the national and
international consultants."
GUARDIAN (London)
Thursday July 22, 1999
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5. Just Health Care? Get A Life
1999 CHICAGO LABOR AND ARTS FESTIVAL: A CALL TO ARTISTS
This year the Chicago Labor & Arts Festival sponsors an exhibit entitled:
JUST HEALTH CARE? GET A LIFE!
The exhibit will be held at the Peter Jones Gallery, 1806 W Cuyler St., 2nd
Floor, opening September 5 and closing September 18.
This year the Labor & Arts Festival extends a call to artists to respond to
the crisis in health care. Do you perceive inequality and unavailabilty of
health care insurance coverage? Gaps in quality of care? Do you believe
there is a failure on the part of our political and financial leaders?
What do you envision will be the outcome of today's situation? Do you
imagine alternatives or solutions? What do you think of universal coverage?
Socialized medicine? Managed care? Will the free market model solve the
problems? These are just some of the questions we ask you to consider and
reflect in your uniquely creative expressions.
The opening reception will be Sunday, September 5, from 3-6 pm. There will
be a closing party Saturday, September 18, 3-6 pm.
Artists are requested to submit up to three works that contextually respond
the the crisis in health care, from a working class perspective.
Diana Berek
6916 N Wayne
First Floor
Chicago, IL 60626
E-mail submissions (this computer does not download graphics, so please DO
NOT send graphics attached to your e-mail submission) may be sent to:
rose...@popmail.mcs.net
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6. Cure For the Hiccups
Yelling "boo" at someone with the hiccups won't make them stop.
Neither will holding your breath or standing on your head. But
"Physician and Sportsmedicine" magazine claims briefly holding ice
cubes to both sides of your neck...at the level of your larynx...will
make them stop. It interrupts the reflex nerve signals that cause the
spasmodic contractions of the diaphragm - the event we know as
"hiccups."
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7. Cropatista Action
Lodi, California - In the early morning darkness of California's central
valley, two seperate actions were taken to fight the deadly scourge of
genetic engineering. One group, known as the Lodi Loppers, attacked a
comercial crop of DeKalb's Round-up Ready corn, the activists were able to
destroy approximately one acre of this heinous bio-hazard.
In a seperate action a group known as the Cropatistas laid waste to just
over one acre of Seed-Tech's Round-up Ready corn. These actions were taken
in order to show the Biotech industry in general, and Monsanto in
particular, that these genetically engineered crops are not wanted in the
U.S. and that Californians will use any means neccessary to eradicate this
menace.
Round-Up, manufactured by Monsanto, is the largest selling herbicide in the
world. This type of herbicide is one of the most common causes of
pesticide-related illness among agricultural workers. Now Monsanto has
genetically engineered crops such as corn, cotton, and soy beans to be
resistant to huge amounts of this deadly chemical. This technology is a
total scam; farmers are told that they will only have to spray their crops
once per year but recent research has shown that they are needing to spray
three and four times a year. While the Round-Up Ready crops withstand
increased applications of this deadly herbicide, non-target species,
agricultural workers and the people who eat these crops have no resistance
and therefore suffer the dire consequnces of this corporate profiteering.
From: "LodiLopper Cropatistas" <cropa...@hotmail.com>
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8. Migrant Labour
Drik Multimedia is glad to announce it's fourth online exhibition on
"Migrant Labour"- a photodocumentary project developed by Shahidul Alam of
Drik. Please visit the exhibition at http://www.drik.net/workers and leave
your comments at our discussion forum-
http://www.drik.net/wwwboard/wwwboard.html
The single hope, to change one's destiny, is what ties all migrants
together whether they be the Bangladeshis who work in the forests of
Malaysia, those who work as unskilled labour in the Middle East or those
who go to the promised lands of the US. Not all of them are poor. Many are
skilled and well educated. Still, the possibility of changing one's
destiny is the single driving force that pushes people into precarious
journeys all across the globe. They see it not merely as a means for
economic freedom, but also as a means for social mobility.
From: partha <par...@drik.net>
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9. The Priesthood
A man joined the preisthood. The order he joined
could not speak for seven years. Then they could only
say 2 words. The first seven years passed and they went
into a small room. His 2 word were "too cold".
The next seven years passed and they took him back into
the small room and his 2 words were "bad food".
The next seven years passed they took him back into
the small room and his 2 words were "I quit".
Good they said,"all you have done is complain."
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10. No More Green Sweatshops
Rally/Picket
To Support Organizing at Lower East Side Greengrocers
Saturday, July 31, 12 noon-6 pm
Outside Graceland & Gracefully Grocers
Avenue A at 2nd Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side
The majority of the 110 mostly immigrant workers at Lower East
Side greengrocers have signed union cards asking to be
represented by UNITE Local 169. But the greengrocers have refused
to recognize the workers' choice of representation. The owners of
two stores, Graceland and Gracefully, have fired the workers who
tried to organize.
The Lower East Side Community Labor Coalition--including the
Coalition for a District Alternative, the Lower East Side
Collective, Blackout Books, the Labor and Religion Coalition, and
the Mexican American Workers Association--has called a boycott
against Graceland and Gracefully. Join us for a rally/picket next
Saturday to defend immigrant workers' right to organize and right
to be paid the minimum wage. No more "green sweatshops" in New
York!
For more information on rally:
<msp...@email.gc.cuny.edu>.
Weekly News Update <w...@igc.apc.org>
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11. KPFA Re-opened
BERKELEY, Calif., July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacifica Foundation announced
this afternoon its Board has passed a resolution to re-open KPFA following
a two-week shutdown. The Board voted today to resume program operations
under the direction of the CWA union and KPFA staff beginning Friday, July
30. The station will be re-opened Friday at 9:00 a.m. and all private
security personnel inside the station will be removed.
Pacifica's national headquarters will be relocated to Washington, D.C.
within the next few weeks.
KPFA staffers, all of whom have been on paid leave since the shutdown,
July 14, are invited back to resume their role at the station. An interim
station manager will be named in the near future.
"KPFA staff has long been advocating its commitment to public radio and
diversification," said Dr. Mary Frances Berry, Chairperson of the Pacifica
Foundation Board. "Re-opening the station is a goodwill gesture on the
part of Pacifica toward resolving the conflict and moving toward
diversification on local terms."
Pacifica will remove itself from the management of the station for six
months to one year. It will monitor audience share in the KPFA signal area
during this time. Pacifica's goal is to increase listenership during this
time period and reach a more diversified audience.
Mediation meetings under the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
will continue to resolve issues beyond re-opening the station and until a
more permanent resolution is met.
Select Pacifica Board members will be meeting with community
representatives to gather public input on the direction of the station.
SOURCE: Pacifica Foundation
From: MichaelP <pap...@PEAK.ORG>
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12. KPFA Sales Plan
BERKELEY, CA - The San Francisco Chronicle reported today that the
executive committee of the Pacifica Foundation's national board of
directors will meet this morning to vote on the sale of KPFA, the oldest
listener-sponsored radio station in the United States. KPFA supporters
will hold an emergency press conference on the impending vote at noon
today at Berkeley's Old City Hall, 2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way.
The Chronicle reported that Pacifica's seven-member executive committee
will meet by phone today to vote on the station sale. "Three sources said
a majority of the committee appear inclined to support a sale," wrote
reporter Charles Burress.
Pacifica spokesperson Michael Fineman of Fineman Associates told the
Chronicle that Mary Frances Berry denies that the sale is "an option
being seriously considered."
But Bay Area community leaders are not inclined to trust Berry's word.
Last week Pacifica denied it would use a high speed internet connection
to broadcast out-of-state programming; Pacifica has been using the line
for at least 24 hours.
From: Greg Ruggiero <gregru...@earthlink.net>
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13. Picketing of KPFA Continues
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Protesters outside community radio station KPFA were
unmoved - literally and figuratively - by news that station owners planned to
end a two-week staff lockout.
``It's a positive move, but we're still concerned that the sale of the
station is still on the table,'' said protester Tracy Rosenberg of the
free-speech advocacy group Media Alliance.
From: Allen...@aol.com
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14. Bay Area Mass March & Rally
BRING THE COMMUNITY BACK TO COMMUNITY RADIO!
Bay Area Mass March & Rally
Saturday, July 31
Assemble: 11 am at Sproul Plaza, University of California, Berkeley
(Telegraph & Bancroft, the birthplace of the free speech movement)
Mass Rally: 1:30pm at Martin Luther King Jr. Park
(MLK at Center St., Berkeley)
* Bring back all staff! * End the gag rule! * End the lockout! *
Restore Third World & Gender Desks! * Democratize Pacifica! *
For Info on the Web:
<http://www.savepacifica.net>http://www.savepacifica.net &
<http://www.radio4all.org/freepacifica>http://www.radio4all.org/freepacifica
Sponsors:
KPFA Steering Committee * Friends of Free Speech Radio * Media Alliance
* Coalition for a democratic Pacifica * Communications Workers of
America, Local 9415 * Central Labor Council of Alameda County, AFL-CIO
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15. Topless Protesters Slam Schroeder
Hundreds of anti-military protestors, including two topless women,
disrupted a swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday for army recruits in Berlin.
Everything was going to plan when suddenly ... In front of
the German Chancellor, Gerhard Schroder, the demonstrators broke through
tight security in an attempt to stop proceedings..
The swearing-in of more than 400 raw recruits in the German capital was a
ceremony laden with symbolism.
The parade ground was the old headquarters of Hitler's army, soon to
become the German Ministry of Defence when the government moves to Berlin.
This was where the leaders of the failed assassination attempt against
Hitler were shot by a firing squad.
But exactly 55 years later, Chancellor Schroder said the world no longer
needed to fear Germans in uniform. After taking part in Nato's mission in
Kosovo, he said, it was clear the army was now a force fighting for
democracy.
However, a small but vocal group of anti-military demonstrators disagreed.
Young men and women from the far left had managed to mingle with invited
guests before suddenly invading the parade ground.
Pandemonium broke out as soldiers tried to tackle the protestors,
including two women stripped to the waist.
BBC July 20 1999
From: MichaelP <pap...@PEAK.ORG>
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16. Expanding the Frontiers of Commercialization
Canadian race car fans who viewed the Molson Indy race on television may
have been treated to a sight denied to fans at the event. While fans at
the scene would get to watch cars racing under two bridges in Toronto,
plans were in the works to allow TV viewers to see the cars race under
three bridges. Molstar Sports and Entertainment has been working with the
Canadian Broadcasting Company to add a computer generated bridge to the
broadcast. With commercials limited to a mere 12 minutes per hour, Molstar
executives plan to use the virtual bridge to post virtual advertisements.
Although Molstar has been superimposing ads in the backgrounds of sporting
events since 1995, this represents the first attempt at building a piece
of architecture to expand the frontiers of commercialization. Stay tuned.
(Toronto Star 7/16/99)
From: Wayne Grytting <wgr...@animal.blarg.net>
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17. Friendly Systems
ABERDEEN, S.D. (July 15, 1999 8:07 a.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com)
- A Texas company illegally sold pesticides used to sanitize floors
and silverware for use in disinfecting toothbrushes used by American
Indian children in a Head Start program.
Friendly Systems Inc. of Irving, Texas, was found guilty in federal
court Wednesday of three counts of selling products with claims they
could be used for purposes different than those stated on its
EPA-approved labels.
The products are approved for sanitizing floors, walls, tables and
kitchen items such as glasses and silverware, but they are not
registered for killing germs on toothbrushes.
Parents have said 100 or more children were exposed to the chemicals
and many have developed medical problems such as nosebleeds, excessive
fatigue, chest and joint pains, headaches, tooth decay and blisters
around the mouth.
Head Start programs are meant to benefit preschool children whose
parents are on public assistance or whose income is below the poverty
level.
Copyright © 1999 Associated Press
From: MichaelP <pap...@PEAK.ORG>
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18. The Strike
This is an announcement that the Chicago band "The Strike" is headed on
their first national tour. To make a long story short, "The Strike" are a
rock band in a similar vein to "The Clash" that have been playing together
for six years. We are not named because of a fascination for bowling, but
because of our commitment to labor and social justice.
Tour dates and clubs:
JULY
24-Grand Rapids MI Subculture
25-Cleveland OH Grog Shop
26-Columbus OH Bernica
27-Morgantown WV 123 Pleasant St.
28-NYC The Continental
29-Freeport NY Ground Zero
30-NYC The Continental
31-Philadelphia PA Stalag 13
AUGUST AUGUST AUGUST AUGUST
1-Boston MA Middle East
3-Atlanta GA Club 513
4-Nashville TN Indienet
5-Pensacola FL
6-New Orleans LA State Palace Theater
7-Houston TX Zeldas
8-Austin TX Red Eyed Fly
10-Phoenix AR Nile Theater
11-San Diego
12-Anaheim
13 Kingman AR House of Sound (or possibly LA)
14-San Jose CA Cactus Club
15-San Fran. CA Club Cocodrie
17-Seattle WA Crocodile Cafe
18-Portland OR EJ's
20-Denver CO Raven
21-Lincoln NE Knickerbockers
22-Mpls, MN Cedarfest at the Triple Rock
23-Mpls, MN The Whole Music Club (U of M)
26-Green Bay WI Concert Cafe
27-Chicago IL Fireside Bowl
From: "Chadwick Anderson" <kin...@hotmail.com>
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19. American Justice
Gregory Taylor of Los Angeles may have set the Guiness record for earning
a lifetime jail sentence for the most trivial offense. The 37 year old Mr.
Taylor was sentenced to 25 years in prison under the state's "three
strikes" provisions when he was caught, according to police, "trying to
go in the (church) kitchen to get something to eat.'' His previous
offenses were almost as serious -- purse snatching and attempted robbery
on a street without a weapon. The last was 14 years ago. However,
Prosecutor Dale Cutler put things in a little different light. Noting that
Gregory had not only failed at drug rehabilitation but had been befriended
by the priest at the same church he tried to rob, Mr. Cutler emphasized
``What he violated was the trust of a man who showed him nothing but
kindness over a nine-year period.'' Let's see if we all get this
correctly. If you are a nearly homeless drug addict who breaks a trust,
life in prison is appropriate, but if you are a politician who breaks a
trust.... (AP 7/17/99)
From: Wayne Grytting <wgr...@animal.blarg.net>
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20. Rabbis Support Workers
Escalating a four-year labor dispute, Southern California rabbis today will
urge a halt to Jewish donations to USC as they link the hardship of
university workers with their own sacred fast day dedicated to
commemorating community suffering and loss.
The action, aimed at obtaining job security for USC food and housing
workers, comes on the fast day of Tisha b'Av. The day of mourning marks the
ancient destruction of the two Jerusalem temples and the long history of
other Jewish calamities.
The uncertain future of the 360 largely Latino workers--many of whom live
in what used to be the flourishing Jewish neighborhood of Boyle
Heights--recalls centuries of Jewish wandering and pain, said Rabbi Aaron
Kriegel of Temple Ner Ma'arav in Encino.
"Unless we understand the pain of the destruction of the temples, we won't
feel the pain and suffering of people all over the world," Kriegel said.
"Tisha b'Av is our link with the human condition of suffering, especially
in Los Angeles."
Jane G. Pisano, USC senior vice president for external relations, predicted
that the campaign would have no impact on donations, which she said have
"dramatically increased" throughout the labor dispute.
The issue of job security has deadlocked negotiations with Local 11 of the
Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Union, AFL-CIO, since 1995, when the
contract expired. Workers are asking for a written guarantee that their
jobs will be preserved should the university decide to subcontract their work.
Pisano said the university has no intention of subcontracting the jobs in
question but would not accede to union demands for a written pledge of that
commitment.
By TERESA WATANABE, Times Religion Writer
meise...@igc.org
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21. Nun Cleansing
Nuns are admitted to Heaven through a special gate and are expected to
make one last confession before they become angels. Several nuns are
lined up at this gate waiting to be absolved of their last sins before
they are made holy.
"And so," says St. Peter, "have you ever had any contact with a penis?"
"Well," says the first nun in line, "I did once just touch the tip of
one with the tip of my finger."
"OK" says St. Peter, "Dip your finger in the holy water and pass on
into heaven."
The next nun admits that "Well, yes, I did once get carried away and
I, you know, sort of massaged one a bit."
"OK" says St. Peter, "Rinse your hand in the holy water and pass on
into heaven."
Suddenly there is some jostling in the line and one of the nuns is trying to cut in front.
"Well now, what's going on here?" says St. Peter.
"Well, your excellency," says the nun who is trying to improve her
position in line. "If I'm going to have to gargle that stuff, I want
to do it before Sister Mary sticks her butt in it!"
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22. This Weak in History
1876 - US: Workingman's Party forms, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1877 - US: 30,000 Chicago workers rally on Market Street, by
Madison. Speaking to the crowd, Albert Parsons advocates use of
the ballot to obtain "state control of the means of production,"
& urges workers to join the workingmen's party. ( . . . )
1893 - Vladimir Mayakovsky lives, Georgia, Russia. Leading poet
of Russian Revolution of 1917 & early Soviet period.
1910 - US: 20 blacks lynched by mob in Palestine, Texas
1938 - Hitler presents highest non-citizen award -- "Grand Cross
of the Supreme Order of the German Eagle" -- to Henry Ford in Berlin.
łThe International Jew The Worldąs Foremost Problem˛
Abridged from the original as published by the world renowned
industrial leader Henry Ford, Sr. archive
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/2539/
http://www.natcavoice.org/un/f97/ford.htm
1945 - USS Indianapolis, having just completed its secret mission
to deliver the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima, is
torpedoed. The ship sank in 12 minutes. Because of the secret
nature of its mission, the incident went unreported for 5 days;
survivors were left to fend for their own before a Navy plane on
routine patrol discovered them. Of the 1,100 men aboard, 880
lost their lives to drowning, sharks & exposure.
1953 - Cuba: Young radical & baseball player (a pro prospect)
Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful guerrilla raid on Moncado Barracks.
1957 - Jimmy Wilson, a black farmhand from Marion, Alabama is
sentenced to death for stealing $1.95 from a white woman.
1970 - US: National Chicano Moratorium Committee march & rally
draw 5,000 people in Houston, Texass.
1972 - 53 caribou found dead near an army base that had served as
the site of a chemical & biological warfare laboratory. The post
commander suggests the animals might have been struck by
lightning.
1981 - Nancy Reagan -- giddy to be in London for the Royal
Wedding -- announces, "I'm off to see the King & Queen," --
though there hasn't been a King of England in 27 years. British
press detests her on sight. "Maybe she'll fall again," writes one
paper of the First Lady's propensity for toppling over, "& break
her hair."
1983 - Surrealist filmmaker/director Luis Buńuel (1900-1983)
dies, Mexico City. Noted especially for his early Surrealist
films & his work in the Mexican commercial cinema. Buńuel is
distinguished for his highly personal style & controversial
obsession with social injustice, religious excess, gratuitous
cruelty, & eroticism.
Buńuel was cremated in a simple ceremony & his wife, Jeanne, has
always refused to say where his ashes are scattered. Luis Buńuel
said that "When I am dead I hope they burn everything I ever
made. I share the feelings of the Marquis de Sade. I want them to
burn me & throw me to the four winds. I want to disappear
completely, without trace."
http://www.clark.net/pub/jumpsam/jewels/bunuel.htm
http://www.bunuel.demon.co.uk/bunuel.htm
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