Meme Scholar with Madness (PhD)

[EndtheMadnessNow]

Feb 7, 1943: CDR Howard W. Gilmore was wounded on the bridge of USS Growler (SS-215) when the submarine was attacked while on the surface off the Solomon Islands. Unable to get below, Gilmore sacrificed his life to save his sub by ordering "Take her down!" which remains one of the legendary phrases of the U.S. Submarine Force. His remains were never recovered; listed on the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Gilmore was the first sub commander to be awarded the Medal of Honor.




In the early morning hours of February 7, 1951, radio commentator Paul Harvey [1918-2009] was arrested while trying to highlight lax security at Argonne Lab in Lemont, Illinois.



And now you know the rest of the story...




Feb 6, 1958: Joan Baez protested a civil defense drill at her high school in Palo Alto, California. Unfortunately, this key event in Ms. Baez's biography is skipped in the documentary, I AM A NOISE (2023).



"I'm protesting this stupid air raid drill because it is false and misleading. I'm staying here, in my seat."

[To which her French class teacher says] "I don't theek I understand," he said.

"That's OK. Neither will anybody else."

"Comme vous êtes un enfant terrible!" he mumbled as he left the room, shaking his head and tucking his multitude of disorganized notes higher under one arm.
From Joan Baez's "And A Voice to Sing With: A Memoir" (1987; pg 42)


"Unless it rains." The Feb. 5, 1958 announcement of a civil defense drill; And coverage of the drill published Feb. 7, 1958 in the Palo Alto Times.



"The school civil defense drills have obsessed my 6-year-old daughter with death and conditioned my two older children to the casual inevitability of war and mass destruction..." - Frank Calma to the Palo Alto Times a few months after the Joan Baez civil defense protest...


The more things change, the more they stay the same.



Joan Baez’s Fighting Side: The Life and Times of a Secret Badass

What does the "rose" symbolize? It is very ancient mythology.


Feb 7, 1974: Mel Brooks' BLAZING SADDLES opened in New York City at the Sutton and in Los Angeles at the Avco Center Cinema.


The day before the theatrical release of BLAZING SADDLES, there was a premiere at the Pickwick Drive-In in Burbank. Guests attend not in cars—but on horseback.



‘Crazy Days and Nights’ Gossip Blogger Unmasked—by Furious Ex-Mistress


Russia/Eastern Europe, Middle East powder keg and might as well add South Africa...


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