Secrets, lies and journal entries
When you have a secret and you're the only one who knows it, assuming you don't disclose it inadvertently, there is only one way to be absolutely certain that it is never revealed. Don't share it with anyone. The late Tom Clancy wrote about this in his novels, having one of his characters share a dictum that the probability of a secret being revealed increases incredibly based on the number of people who know it.
So when we're told by Dawn Zimmer, Mayor of Hoboken that the Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey told her that funds for Superstorm Sandy relief for her city would not be forthcoming unless the mayor backed a project that Governor Chris Christie was interested in seeing approved; it's a she said/she said situation. The only evidence that the Governor was involved in this is what lawyers refer to as double hearsay. The mayor's journal entries on the subject are certainly suggestive that she's more likely to be telling the truth, but they are not really "proof" of anything except she took pen to paper.
However, if the Governor were to have told the Lt. Governor to have this discussion with Mayor Zimmer, the likelihood of proof of that secret being revealed is based on who else knew of the conversation between Governor Christie and Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno. If they were the only two in the room, then as long as Lt. Governor Guadagno remains silent, nothing can be proved. However, I doubt the two were completely alone if this conversation took place. If they were, then Governor Christie learned one of the most important lessons from the movie "The Godfather."
It's actually articulated much more clearly in the novel by Mario Puzo. Both book and film have Amerigo Bonasera calling on Don Corleone on the day of his daughter's wedding to ask that the two boys who raped and beat his daughter; and were given only probation by the courts, be killed. The Don agrees only to make them "suffer as she suffered." After Bonasera leaves the room, Don Corleone tells Tom Hagen, his consigliere Tom Hagen to have some of Clemenza's men take care of this.
The Don tells Hagen. Hagen tells Clemenza. Clemenza tells Paulie. Paulie carries out the operation. The only way anyone will ever link that brutal beating to the Don is for Paulie, Clemenza and Hagen to all turn traitor and rat him out. Highly unlikely.
The military is very good at limiting access to certain classified information. SCI is an acronym for the additional protocols for information that is classified above Top Secret (SCI = Sensitive Compartmented Information).
Will we ever know the truth about what Governor Christie did and didn't know, and when he knew it? Probably not. But in the court of public opinion, he's already convicted by a majority, based on recent polls.
The other reason that secrecy is important is that without flaws and failures in how we as a nation keep and protect our secrets, we would have never heard of Edward Snowden.
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These are the exact words of NY Governor Andrew Cuomo when he was appearing on MSNBC last Friday morning with host Susan Arbetter:
"And the moderate Republicans in Washington can't figure out how to deal with the extreme Republicans, and the moderate Republicans are afraid of the extreme conservative Republicans in Washington, in my opinion. You’re seeing that play out in New York. The SAFE Act. (Cuomo proudly calls "The SAFE Act" [The Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act of 2013] the "toughest" gun control law in the nation. — Ed.) The Republican Party candidates are running against the SAFE Act. It was voted for by moderate Republicans who run the Senate! Their problem is not me and the Democrats; their problem is themselves. Who are they? Are they these extreme conservatives who are right-to-life, pro-assault-weapon, anti-gay? Is that who they are? Because if that’s who they are and if they are the extreme conservatives, they have no place in the state of New York because that’s not who New Yorkers are."
So we have a state governor telling the residents of the state he governs that if their political ideology falls into a certain range, they have no place in that state.
This is abhorrent. This is ridiculous. He's referring to the roughly 1/3rd of New Yorkers who are against abortion rights, the same amount who are against same-sex marriage, and based on his own numbers, roughly four in ten of the state's residents they have no place there.
Now he's trying to spin his remarks, claiming they were taken out of context. He said what he meant and he meant what he said. I am in favor of abortion rights. I am in favor of same-sex marriage. However, unlike the intolerant Governor Cuomo, I am in favor of dissenting opinions and their right to exist in this nation.
Apparently they are no longer welcome in the State of New York.
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Random Ponderings:
Jonah Hill earned only $60,000 for seven months of work on the film "The Wolf of Wall Street" and taking the pay cut was one of the best career moves he's ever made. Two-time Oscar nominee. WTG, Jonah.
Kudos also to Alison Sweeney for making the decision to leave her long-running gig on the daytime soap opera "Days of Our Lives" to focus on having just one job and spending more time with kids and husband. Then again, it is definitely nice to have enough money to make such choices, but no one should begrudge her the success she's earned.
As the family of Kim Pham keeps her body on life support in order to facilitate organ-donation, law enforcement are searching for the other four people who allegedly kicked and stomped her to death. Apparently because she accidentally stepped into a cellphone photo someone was taking, believing she was photobombing them. All five of the people who allegedly did this, deserve to spend the rest of their lives behind bars.
While that is going on, the attorney for the family of Jahi McMath has penned an editorial lashing out at those who criticize the family's decision to keep her corpse on life-support. It's officially a corpse because a death certificate has been issued. Now that it is no longer a media sensation, the naysayers can say what they want, but the family deserves to be left alone to grieve and cope, in peace.
$3.85 million for a 46 year old car? No thanks.
It must have been really weird for two college co-eds to find a look-alike roommate to share a residence hall room with, and then discover that they are actually half-sisters. Very weird.
According to the folks who track information about tax returns, the ones that Mitt Romney got that 47% number from in 2012, by 2022 that number will be down to only 34%. And that projection is based on what they describe as the "improving economy." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GxY559Qfbc (you don't need to watch all 47 minutes)
Back in July of last year, Consumer Reports listed the best and worst of the pre-paid debit cards. This is their rating of the American Express for Target pre-paid debit card: Score: 17/100. $3 activation fee and no monthly fee. The American Express for Target prepaid card is the only prepaid card to receive Consumer Reports' "poor" rating for safety. It scored the worst for fee accessibility and clarity, and "lacks essential convenience, since it is not widely accepted and doesn't provide access to in-network ATMs," Consumer Reports said. Did they know what was going to happen later in the year ahead of time?
The majority of the members of the Major League Baseball player's union want to kick Pay-Rod (Alex Rodriguez) out of their union, but they can't. That's a shame. He deserves it. He sued the union.
I thought Catholic priests take a vow of poverty. So why was Monsignor Nunzio Scarano living in a luxury apartment filled with valuable paintings and antiques? It was seized along with the rest of 6.5 euros in assets as he stands accused of laundering millions through his Vatican accounts. Poverty? I guess chastity and obedience were also out the window for him.
China has a "boot camp" for those who are addicted to the Internet. How many parents around the world would love to send their children there?
A doctor is saying that "shape wear" (read Spanx?) pose serious health risks for the women who wear them. Like those risks didn't exist for corsets and girdles?
Justin Bieber says he's only 19 and stop giving him a hard time about drugs. Well Justin, if you're just 19, then all those photos of you drinking beer are evidence of underage drinking, aren't they?
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January 21st in History:
763 – The Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa ends in a decisive Abbasid victory.
1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
1535 – Following the Affair of the Placards, French Protestants are burned at the stake in front of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris
1720 – Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.
1749 – The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire. It is rebuilt in 1754.
1789 – The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston, Massachusetts.
1793 – After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
1840 – Jules Dumont d'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica.
1861 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
1864 – The Tauranga Campaign begins during the Maori Wars.
1887 – 465 millimetres (18.3 in) of rain falls in Brisbane, a record for any Australian capital city.
1893 – The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
1899 – Opel manufactures its first automobile.
1908 – New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
1911 – The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
1915 – Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit, Michigan.
1919 – Meeting of the First Dáil Éireann in the Mansion House Dublin. Sinn Féin adopts Ireland's first constitution. The first engagement of Irish War of Independence, Sologhead Beg, County Tipperary.
1925 – Albania declares itself a republic.
1931 – Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
1941 – Sparked by the murder of a German officer in Bucharest, Romania, the day before, members of the Iron Guard engaged in a rebellion and pogrom killing 125 Jews.
1948 – The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Quebec Flag Day.
1950 – American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
1954 – The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
1958 – The last Fokker C.X in military service, the Finnish Air Force FK-111 target tower, crashes, killing the pilot and winch-operator.
1960 – Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
1960 – Avianca Flight 671 crashes and burns upon landing at Montego Bay, Jamaica, killing 37. It is the worst air disaster in Jamaica's history and the first for Avianca.
1961 – 435 workers are buried alive when a mine in Coalbrook, Free State collapses.
1968 – Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
1968 – A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.
1971 – The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.
1976 – Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.
1977 – President of the United States Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all American Vietnam War draft evaders, some of whom had emigrated to Canada.
1981 – Production of the iconic DeLorean DMC-12 sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland.
1997 – The U.S. House of Representatives votes 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.
1999 – War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500 lb) of cocaine on board.
2000 – Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutierrez, Carlos Solorzano and Antonio Vargas depose President Jamil Mahuad. Gutierrez is later replaced by Gen. Carlos Mendoza, who resigns and allows Vice-President Gustavo Noboa to succeed Mahuad.
2003 – A 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes the Mexican state of Colima, killing 29 and leaving approximately 10,000 people homeless.
2004 – NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.
2005 – In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.
Famous Folk Born on January 21st:
Charles V of France
Ethan Allen
John C. Fremont
Stonewall Jackson
Roger Nash Baldwin
Georges Vezina
Christian Dior
Karl Wallenda
Telly Savalas (hard to believe he's been gone for 20 years)
Paul Scofield
Ann Wedgeworth
Wolfman Jack
Jack Nicklaus
Richie Havens
Mike Medavoy
Ivan Putski
Mac Davis
Edwin Starr
Jill Eikenberry
Billy Ocean
Eric Holder
Paul Allen
Robby Benson (what is a Professor of Practice?)
Geena Davis
Hakeem Olajuwon
Jam Master Jay
Charlotte Ross
Ken Leung
And since it is Ken Leung's birthday, movie quotes today come from "Rush Hour":
Clive Cod: Let me tell you something, I don't know anything about that, so you can kiss my fat ass.
Carter: Clive, it would take me all day to kiss your fat ass.
#2
Carter: That's why I don't have no partner, that's one thing I learned from my daddy.
Lee: Your father was a policeman?
Carter: Fifteen years LAPD.
Lee: My daddy also a policeman.
Carter: Your daddy was a cop?
Lee: Not a cop, an officer, a legend all over Hong Kong.
Carter: My daddy a legend too all over America. My daddy once arrested fifteen people in one night by himself.
Lee: My daddy arrested 25 by himself.
Carter: ...My daddy once saved five crackheads from a burnin' building, by himself.
Lee: My daddy once caught a bullet with his bare hand.
Carter: My daddy'll kick your daddy's ass all the way from here to China, Japan, wherever the hell you from and all up that Great Wall too.
Lee: Hey, don't talk about my father.
Carter: Don't talk about my daddy.
#3
Captain Diel: Two officers were shot, one man lost a pinkie.
Carter: But didn't nobody die!
Captain Diel: You destroyed half a city block!
Carter: That block was already messed up.
Captain Diel: And you lost a lot of evidence!
Carter: We still got a little bit left.
#4
Sang: The drop will be made tonight. The amount will be fifty million dollars.
Carter: Fifty million dollars? Man, who do you think you kidnapped? Chelsea Clinton?
Sang: We want twenty million in fifties.
Carter: Okay, twenty million in fifties.
Sang: Twenty million in twenties.
Carter: Okay, twenty million in twenties.
Sang: And ten million in tens.
Carter: Ten million in tens. Okay. Ey d'you want any fives with that?
So when we're told by Dawn Zimmer, Mayor of Hoboken that the Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey told her that funds for Superstorm Sandy relief for her city would not be forthcoming unless the mayor backed a project that Governor Chris Christie was interested in seeing approved; it's a she said/she said situation. The only evidence that the Governor was involved in this is what lawyers refer to as double hearsay. The mayor's journal entries on the subject are certainly suggestive that she's more likely to be telling the truth, but they are not really "proof" of anything except she took pen to paper.
However, if the Governor were to have told the Lt. Governor to have this discussion with Mayor Zimmer, the likelihood of proof of that secret being revealed is based on who else knew of the conversation between Governor Christie and Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno. If they were the only two in the room, then as long as Lt. Governor Guadagno remains silent, nothing can be proved. However, I doubt the two were completely alone if this conversation took place. If they were, then Governor Christie learned one of the most important lessons from the movie "The Godfather."
It's actually articulated much more clearly in the novel by Mario Puzo. Both book and film have Amerigo Bonasera calling on Don Corleone on the day of his daughter's wedding to ask that the two boys who raped and beat his daughter; and were given only probation by the courts, be killed. The Don agrees only to make them "suffer as she suffered." After Bonasera leaves the room, Don Corleone tells Tom Hagen, his consigliere Tom Hagen to have some of Clemenza's men take care of this.
The Don tells Hagen. Hagen tells Clemenza. Clemenza tells Paulie. Paulie carries out the operation. The only way anyone will ever link that brutal beating to the Don is for Paulie, Clemenza and Hagen to all turn traitor and rat him out. Highly unlikely.
The military is very good at limiting access to certain classified information. SCI is an acronym for the additional protocols for information that is classified above Top Secret (SCI = Sensitive Compartmented Information).
Will we ever know the truth about what Governor Christie did and didn't know, and when he knew it? Probably not. But in the court of public opinion, he's already convicted by a majority, based on recent polls.
The other reason that secrecy is important is that without flaws and failures in how we as a nation keep and protect our secrets, we would have never heard of Edward Snowden.
* * *
These are the exact words of NY Governor Andrew Cuomo when he was appearing on MSNBC last Friday morning with host Susan Arbetter:
"And the moderate Republicans in Washington can't figure out how to deal with the extreme Republicans, and the moderate Republicans are afraid of the extreme conservative Republicans in Washington, in my opinion. You’re seeing that play out in New York. The SAFE Act. (Cuomo proudly calls "The SAFE Act" [The Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act of 2013] the "toughest" gun control law in the nation. — Ed.) The Republican Party candidates are running against the SAFE Act. It was voted for by moderate Republicans who run the Senate! Their problem is not me and the Democrats; their problem is themselves. Who are they? Are they these extreme conservatives who are right-to-life, pro-assault-weapon, anti-gay? Is that who they are? Because if that’s who they are and if they are the extreme conservatives, they have no place in the state of New York because that’s not who New Yorkers are."
So we have a state governor telling the residents of the state he governs that if their political ideology falls into a certain range, they have no place in that state.
This is abhorrent. This is ridiculous. He's referring to the roughly 1/3rd of New Yorkers who are against abortion rights, the same amount who are against same-sex marriage, and based on his own numbers, roughly four in ten of the state's residents they have no place there.
Now he's trying to spin his remarks, claiming they were taken out of context. He said what he meant and he meant what he said. I am in favor of abortion rights. I am in favor of same-sex marriage. However, unlike the intolerant Governor Cuomo, I am in favor of dissenting opinions and their right to exist in this nation.
Apparently they are no longer welcome in the State of New York.
* * *
Random Ponderings:
Jonah Hill earned only $60,000 for seven months of work on the film "The Wolf of Wall Street" and taking the pay cut was one of the best career moves he's ever made. Two-time Oscar nominee. WTG, Jonah.
Kudos also to Alison Sweeney for making the decision to leave her long-running gig on the daytime soap opera "Days of Our Lives" to focus on having just one job and spending more time with kids and husband. Then again, it is definitely nice to have enough money to make such choices, but no one should begrudge her the success she's earned.
As the family of Kim Pham keeps her body on life support in order to facilitate organ-donation, law enforcement are searching for the other four people who allegedly kicked and stomped her to death. Apparently because she accidentally stepped into a cellphone photo someone was taking, believing she was photobombing them. All five of the people who allegedly did this, deserve to spend the rest of their lives behind bars.
While that is going on, the attorney for the family of Jahi McMath has penned an editorial lashing out at those who criticize the family's decision to keep her corpse on life-support. It's officially a corpse because a death certificate has been issued. Now that it is no longer a media sensation, the naysayers can say what they want, but the family deserves to be left alone to grieve and cope, in peace.
$3.85 million for a 46 year old car? No thanks.
It must have been really weird for two college co-eds to find a look-alike roommate to share a residence hall room with, and then discover that they are actually half-sisters. Very weird.
According to the folks who track information about tax returns, the ones that Mitt Romney got that 47% number from in 2012, by 2022 that number will be down to only 34%. And that projection is based on what they describe as the "improving economy." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GxY559Qfbc (you don't need to watch all 47 minutes)
Back in July of last year, Consumer Reports listed the best and worst of the pre-paid debit cards. This is their rating of the American Express for Target pre-paid debit card: Score: 17/100. $3 activation fee and no monthly fee. The American Express for Target prepaid card is the only prepaid card to receive Consumer Reports' "poor" rating for safety. It scored the worst for fee accessibility and clarity, and "lacks essential convenience, since it is not widely accepted and doesn't provide access to in-network ATMs," Consumer Reports said. Did they know what was going to happen later in the year ahead of time?
The majority of the members of the Major League Baseball player's union want to kick Pay-Rod (Alex Rodriguez) out of their union, but they can't. That's a shame. He deserves it. He sued the union.
I thought Catholic priests take a vow of poverty. So why was Monsignor Nunzio Scarano living in a luxury apartment filled with valuable paintings and antiques? It was seized along with the rest of 6.5 euros in assets as he stands accused of laundering millions through his Vatican accounts. Poverty? I guess chastity and obedience were also out the window for him.
China has a "boot camp" for those who are addicted to the Internet. How many parents around the world would love to send their children there?
A doctor is saying that "shape wear" (read Spanx?) pose serious health risks for the women who wear them. Like those risks didn't exist for corsets and girdles?
Justin Bieber says he's only 19 and stop giving him a hard time about drugs. Well Justin, if you're just 19, then all those photos of you drinking beer are evidence of underage drinking, aren't they?
* * *
January 21st in History:
763 – The Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa ends in a decisive Abbasid victory.
1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
1535 – Following the Affair of the Placards, French Protestants are burned at the stake in front of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris
1720 – Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.
1749 – The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire. It is rebuilt in 1754.
1789 – The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston, Massachusetts.
1793 – After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
1840 – Jules Dumont d'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica.
1861 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
1864 – The Tauranga Campaign begins during the Maori Wars.
1887 – 465 millimetres (18.3 in) of rain falls in Brisbane, a record for any Australian capital city.
1893 – The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
1899 – Opel manufactures its first automobile.
1908 – New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
1911 – The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
1915 – Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit, Michigan.
1919 – Meeting of the First Dáil Éireann in the Mansion House Dublin. Sinn Féin adopts Ireland's first constitution. The first engagement of Irish War of Independence, Sologhead Beg, County Tipperary.
1925 – Albania declares itself a republic.
1931 – Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
1941 – Sparked by the murder of a German officer in Bucharest, Romania, the day before, members of the Iron Guard engaged in a rebellion and pogrom killing 125 Jews.
1948 – The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Quebec Flag Day.
1950 – American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
1954 – The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
1958 – The last Fokker C.X in military service, the Finnish Air Force FK-111 target tower, crashes, killing the pilot and winch-operator.
1960 – Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
1960 – Avianca Flight 671 crashes and burns upon landing at Montego Bay, Jamaica, killing 37. It is the worst air disaster in Jamaica's history and the first for Avianca.
1961 – 435 workers are buried alive when a mine in Coalbrook, Free State collapses.
1968 – Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
1968 – A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.
1971 – The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.
1976 – Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.
1977 – President of the United States Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all American Vietnam War draft evaders, some of whom had emigrated to Canada.
1981 – Production of the iconic DeLorean DMC-12 sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland.
1997 – The U.S. House of Representatives votes 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.
1999 – War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500 lb) of cocaine on board.
2000 – Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutierrez, Carlos Solorzano and Antonio Vargas depose President Jamil Mahuad. Gutierrez is later replaced by Gen. Carlos Mendoza, who resigns and allows Vice-President Gustavo Noboa to succeed Mahuad.
2003 – A 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes the Mexican state of Colima, killing 29 and leaving approximately 10,000 people homeless.
2004 – NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.
2005 – In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.
Famous Folk Born on January 21st:
Charles V of France
Ethan Allen
John C. Fremont
Stonewall Jackson
Roger Nash Baldwin
Georges Vezina
Christian Dior
Karl Wallenda
Telly Savalas (hard to believe he's been gone for 20 years)
Paul Scofield
Ann Wedgeworth
Wolfman Jack
Jack Nicklaus
Richie Havens
Mike Medavoy
Ivan Putski
Mac Davis
Edwin Starr
Jill Eikenberry
Billy Ocean
Eric Holder
Paul Allen
Robby Benson (what is a Professor of Practice?)
Geena Davis
Hakeem Olajuwon
Jam Master Jay
Charlotte Ross
Ken Leung
And since it is Ken Leung's birthday, movie quotes today come from "Rush Hour":
Clive Cod: Let me tell you something, I don't know anything about that, so you can kiss my fat ass.
Carter: Clive, it would take me all day to kiss your fat ass.
#2
Carter: That's why I don't have no partner, that's one thing I learned from my daddy.
Lee: Your father was a policeman?
Carter: Fifteen years LAPD.
Lee: My daddy also a policeman.
Carter: Your daddy was a cop?
Lee: Not a cop, an officer, a legend all over Hong Kong.
Carter: My daddy a legend too all over America. My daddy once arrested fifteen people in one night by himself.
Lee: My daddy arrested 25 by himself.
Carter: ...My daddy once saved five crackheads from a burnin' building, by himself.
Lee: My daddy once caught a bullet with his bare hand.
Carter: My daddy'll kick your daddy's ass all the way from here to China, Japan, wherever the hell you from and all up that Great Wall too.
Lee: Hey, don't talk about my father.
Carter: Don't talk about my daddy.
#3
Captain Diel: Two officers were shot, one man lost a pinkie.
Carter: But didn't nobody die!
Captain Diel: You destroyed half a city block!
Carter: That block was already messed up.
Captain Diel: And you lost a lot of evidence!
Carter: We still got a little bit left.
#4
Sang: The drop will be made tonight. The amount will be fifty million dollars.
Carter: Fifty million dollars? Man, who do you think you kidnapped? Chelsea Clinton?
Sang: We want twenty million in fifties.
Carter: Okay, twenty million in fifties.
Sang: Twenty million in twenties.
Carter: Okay, twenty million in twenties.
Sang: And ten million in tens.
Carter: Ten million in tens. Okay. Ey d'you want any fives with that?
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