Uncle Mort Attends Lions Club Meeting in East Texas Style
An older guest, Uncle Mort, enjoys a Lions Club gathering with neighbors and jokes about dues, a dream of forming an RFD Club, and cheering for Dirk Nowitzki. Tales include his bench experiences, funeral plans, and a humorous misquote about leaving his body to fiction. A phone number and website note conclude.
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Today in History highlights space walk and key events
On this date in 1965 Edward H. White II became the first American to walk in space during Gemini IV. Other notes include the 1979 Ixtac I oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, Montenegro's 2006 independence, notable births, the Casey at the Bat poem, 1860 census facts on slavery, a Ginsberg quote, and the 25 foot tether length from the 1965 spacewalk.
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Tony Curtis
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Casey
Mississippi
South Carolina
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Obama counters GOP jabs with sharp political counterpunches
The piece argues President Obama outmaneuvers GOP figures by waiting for missteps and striking decisively. It cites Rep. Paul Ryan, Newt Gingrich, Donald Trump, and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, noting Netanyahu’s attempt to divide American Jews. It portrays Obama as a steady, strategic president amid contentious commentary.
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Charles Krauthammer
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