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This day in History: January 8th: Happy Birthday Kim Jong-Un!
1360 – Ulrich von Jungingen, German Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights [born].
1945 – World War II: Philippine Commonwealth troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack Japanese Imperial forces.
Fine art? My kid could have made that.
1964 – President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty" in the United States.
ANY QUESTIONS?
1547 – The first Lithuanian-language book, Simple Words of Catechism, is published in KönigsbergIt's also the last, from now on it's just collections of recipes for vodka drinks.
1790 – George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York City.Is instantly attacked in the press for distracting attention away from CherryTreeGate.
1806 – Cape Colony becomes a British colony.Just in time for capes to go out of fashion. The injuns laughed all the way to the bank, or bead-storage area, whatever.
1811 – An unsuccessful slave revolt is led by Charles Deslondes in St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana.Unsuccessful because they rebelled against Christ:
Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. -Ephesians 6:5
1828 – The Democratic Party of the United States is organized.Truly the DARKEST OF DAYS.
1918 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I.No wonder the post WW1 order was such a total cluster-lay. 14 points? People must have fallen asleep trying to read them all. Even the Almighty Lord stopped at ten.
1920 – The steel strike of 1919 ends in a complete failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.See 1811 above.
1936 – [Iran:] Kashf-e hijab decree is enforced by Reza Shah ordering the police to physically remove the Hijab from any woman in public.This basically bans women from praying in public: 1 Corinthians 11:5
A few years later both USSR and Western Allies invade Iran. The Soviets only leave after Truman threatens to nuke them.
Long story short, people really, really care about whether women wear headcoverings.
1940– World War II: Britain introduces food rationing.A few years later both USSR and Western Allies invade Iran. The Soviets only leave after Truman threatens to nuke them.
Long story short, people really, really care about whether women wear headcoverings.
Limiting the amount of blandness they can consume.
It's a mopping-up operation.
Get it? Because Filipina maids, and maids mop, and...Never mind.
1956 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.Get it? Because Filipina maids, and maids mop, and...Never mind.
We should have bombed them into the stone age. Well, the stonier age, anyway.
1963 – Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.Americans join the world in saying "Just what is that butterface smirking about anyway? 1 Timothy 2:9-10"
After a token resistance, France surrenders.
1984 – Kim Jong-un, 3rd Supreme Leader of North Korea [born]Rocket man rocketed from the womb on this day.
Everybody sing along (to the tune of Happy Birthday):
"Happy Birthday Jong-Un
Your Bomb goes Kaboom
You will turn Seoul to ashes
And then we'll nuke you too"
Born in 1984!?!? That feels like yesterday. Clearly a sign of the end times that the most urgent threat to US national security was 99% likely to be conceived with Spandau Ballet playing in the background:
Last of 5, Billy Ray must have broken his achey brakey balls while conceiving her.
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