Today is the feast day of St. Saturninus, a healer whose presence in Toulouse short-circuits the regular news bulletins local pagan priests were receiving from supposed "gods"... in A.D. 257...
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| One of my favorites, he is... yes... yes... When locals tried to force him to make sacrifice to pagan idols, the idols actually crumbled! Aleluia! | |
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| I don't know, your holiness... the enraged mob then immediately dragged him across the streets behind a bull, until he died... they were not won over at all! | |
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1919: The U.S. deports anti-war activist and author Emma Goldman...
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| At least the U.S. does not drag people around until they die... but they drag them through the mud - and deport them! Is that any better treatment than poor Anne Frank got some 20 years later? | |
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| Hey... quit staring at me like that! I didn't do it personally... and anyway, I am sure they coaxed my ancestor into doing their dirty work for them... okay?!? | |
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1965: Dale Cummings does record 14,118 consecutive sit-ups.
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| Oh, Jolly! Oh, Joy! I love that one... I saw it many times... the best all-male DVD like... EVERRRRRR! He has such muscular legs... and those hairless thighs! He is n Apollo... an Adonis! An... | |
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| ... An a$$, while you're at it! And you are one too, dah-ling... you're confusing Mr. Cummings with the up-and-coming (...) star of "Dale Does Dallas" - aren't you, you shameless drag queen b!tch? | |
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