"Sic transit gloria mundi", as they say. Better, "Pride goeth before the fall". Hubris leads to nemesis.
A bit like the torpedo business in WWII. The upper brass just don't want to hear that they have hatched out a POS.
Trying to be a little more charitable (me??!!) I've been told that ADs have destroyed MIGs attacking them. Perhaps apocryphal GI legends.
On This Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on October 30:
1391 Eduard [Dom Duarte], King of Portugal (1433-38)
1735 John Adams Braintree, Mass (F) 2nd pres (1797-1801)
1751 Richard Brinsley Sheridan playwright (School for Scandal)
1807 James Samuel Wadsworth Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1821 Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski Russian novelist & short-story writer (The Brothers Karamazov)
1830 John S Bowen Major-General (Confederate)
1873 Francisco Madero Mexico, revolutionary, president (1911-13)
1882 William "Bull" F Halsey, US vice-admiral (WW II Pacific)
1885 Ezra Pound Hailey, Idaho, poet (Cantos)
1893 Charles Atlas body builder
1896 Ruth Gordon Mass, actress (Rosemary's Baby, Harold & Maude)
1914 Marion Ladewig Mich, bowler (9 time woman bowler of year 1950-63)
1918 Ted Williams Red Sox hitter (AL MVP '46, '49; Triple Crown '42, '47)
1919 Jane Randolph singer, backup for Tony Orlando (Dawn)
1924 Hannelore Weygrand German FR, equestrian dressage (Oly-silver-1956)
1931 Dick Gautier LA Calif, actor (Hymie-Get Smart, Mr Terrific)
1936 Jim Perry pitcher (Cy Young Award 1970)
1939 Grace Slick Chicago, rock vocalist (Jefferson Airplane-White Rabbit)
1940 Ed Lauter Long Beach NY, actor (Sheriff Cain-BJ & the Bear)
1945 Henry Winkler NYC, actor (Fonz-Happy Days, Night Shift, Crossing Jordan )
1946 Andrea Mitchell NYC, newscaster (NBC-TV, Summer Sunday USA)
1946 Robert L "Hoot" Gibson Cooperstown NY, USN/ast (STS 41B, 61C, 27)
1951 Harry Hamlin Pasadena Calif, actor (Michael Kuzak-LA Law)
1957 Aleksandr I Lazutkin Russian cosmonaut
1965 Charnele Brown East Hampton NY, actress (Kim-A Different World)
1969 Brittany Gae Thompson Portland Oregon, Miss Oregon-America (1991)
Deaths which occurred on October 30:
1583 Pirro Ligorio, Italian architect/painter/archaeologist, dies at 83
1611 Karl IX King of Sweden (1604-11), dies
1632 Henri de Montmorency, French duke/plotter, beheaded
1893 Sir John Abbott PM of Canada (C) (1891-92), dies at 72
1984 Mario Gallo actor (Delvecchio), dies at 61
1985 Kirby Grant Hoon Jr., Butte Mont, actor (Sky King), dies in an auto accident at 74
1988 John Houseman, actor (Paper Chase), dies at 86
1991 William Shea (Shea Stadium namesake), dies at 84
1995 Terry Southern, writer (Candy, The Magic Christian), dies at 71
1997 Sam Fuller, director/writer (Big Red One), dies at 86
2000 Steve Allen comedian, television host, author and composer dies age 78.
Take A Moment To Remember
GWOT Casualties
Iraq
30-Oct-2004 8 | US: 8 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Private 1st Class John Lukac Fallujah - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - car bomb
US Sergeant Kelley L. Courtney Fallujah - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - car bomb
US Private 1st Class Andrew G. Riedel Fallujah - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - car bomb
US Lance Corporal John T. Byrd II Fallujah - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - car bomb
US Corporal Christopher J. Lapka Fallujah - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - car bomb
US Lance Corporal Travis A. Fox Fallujah - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - car bomb
US Lance Corporal Michael P. Scarborough Fallujah - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - car bomb
US Lance Corporal Jeremy D. Bow Fallujah - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - car bomb
Afghanistan
10/30/03 Sweeney, Paul A. Staff Sergeant 32 Army 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group Hostile fire Musa Qaleh, Oruzgan Province
http://icasualties.org/oif/ Data research by Pat Kneisler
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On this day...
0701 John VI begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1270 The seventh crusade ends with the treaty of Barbary
1485 King Henry VII Tudor crowned, after defeating the forces of King Richard III at Bosworth Field
1534 English Parliament passes Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the English church
1864 Helena, Montana's capital, founded
1866 Jesse James gang robs bank in Lexington Missouri ($2000)
1888 1st ballpoint pen patented
1905 "October Manifesto" Russian Tsar Nicholas II grants civil liberties
1917 British govt gives final approval to Balfour Declaration
1918 Slovakia asks for creation of Czechoslovakian state
1918 Turkey signs an armistice with the Allies, agreeing to end hostilities at noon, October 31
1919 Baseball league presidents call for abolishment of the spitball
1922 Mussolini forms cabinet in Italy
1925 KUT-AM in Austin TX begins radio transmissions
1938 Orson Welles panics a nation with broadcast of "War of the Worlds"
1939 USSR & Germany agree on partitioning Poland
1941 The U.S. destroyer Reuben James, on convoy duty off Iceland, is sunk by a German U-boat with the loss of 96 Americans.
USS REUBEN JAMES (FFG 57)
Back with a Vengeance
http://www.reuben-james.navy.mil/index1024x768.htm 1944 Anne Frank (of Diary fame) is deported from Auschwitz to Belsen
1944 Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring," premieres in Wash DC
1945 US government announces end of shoe rationing
1948 20 die & 6,000 made ill by smog in Donora Pennsylvania
1950 The First Marine Division moves up to the Chosin Reservoir
1953 Dr Albert Schweitzer & Gen George C Marshall win Nobel Peace Prize
1954 Defense Department announces elimination of all segregated regiments
1956 Israel captures Egyptian militay post at El-Thamad
1961 Soviet Party Congress unanimously approves a resolution removing Josef Stalin's body from Lenin's tomb in Red Square
1961 Soviet Union tests a 58 megaton hydrogen bomb
1967 USSR Kosmos 186 & 188 make 1st automatic docking & Venmera 13 launch
1972 Worst US rail accident in 14 years; 45 die in Chicago
1973 Tom Seaver becomes 1st non-20-game winner to win Cy Young award
1974 Muhammad Ali KOs George Foreman in 8th round in Kinshasa, Zaire (The Rumble in the Jungle)
1974 "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” was released in Los Angeles.
1975 Juan Carlos assumes power in Spain
1975 NY Daily News runs headline "Ford to City: Drop Dead"
1976 Rev Joseph Evans elected president of the United Church of Christ
1979 NASA launches space vehicle S-203
1980 Honduras & El Salvador settle their boundary dispute
1985 22nd Space Shuttle Mission (61-A)-Challenger 9-launched
1988 2 gambling clubs & 1 player share 61.38 M California lotto jackpot
1988 NY Jets finally beat Pittsburgh Steelers for 1st time
1989 Smith Dairy at Orrville, Ohio, makes the worlds largest milk shake (1,575.2 gal).
1991 Mid East peace conference begins in Madrid Spain
1996 Michael Kahoe, who ran the FBI's violent crime division, pleaded guilty to obstructing justice, admitting he destroyed a report which detailed FBI misconduct in the 1992 Idaho standoff that killed Randy Weaver's wife and teenage son at Ruby Ridge..
1993 Martin Fettman, America's first veterinarian in space, chopped the heads off six rats and performed the world's first animal dissections in space, aboard the shuttle Columbia.
1996 After a four-hour trial, a Chinese court sentenced pro-democracy activist Wang Dan to 11 years in prison for "conspiring to subvert the Chinese government." (Wang was freed in April 1998 and sent into exile in the United States.)
2001 Yasser al-Siri, an Egyptian "activist", charged in London in connection with the assassination in Afghanistan of Ahmed Shah Massood, a Northern Alliance leader.
(Released 29 July 2002)
2002 Walter Mondale replaces the late Sen. Wellstone for US Senate seat. Mondale ended up losing to Republican Norm Coleman.
2003 US House approves an $87.5 billion package for Iraq and Afghanistan
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Bhutan : Descending Day of Lord Buddha from Heaven.
World Temperance Sunday.
National Candy Corn Day
National Save Your Back Week Ends
National Pizza Month
Religious Observances
Unification Church : Children's Day
Christ : Feast of St Alphonsus
Feast of St. Serapion, Bishop and confessor.
Feast of Christ the King.
Religious History
1536 Thirteen years after Lutheran ministers came to bring spiritual renewal to its people, Denmark adopted Lutheranism as its official state religion.
1738 English founder of Methodism John Wesley explained in a letter: 'By a "Christian," I mean one who so believes in Christ as that sin hath no more dominion over him.'
1768 The Wesley Chapel on John Street in New York City was dedicated. It was the first Methodist church building to be erected in the American colonies, and was restored in 1817, and again in 1840.
1902 Pope Leo XIII published the apostolic letter "Vigilantiae," which officially established the Pontifical Commission of Biblical Studies. Created to safeguard the authority of Scripture from outside secular criticism, in 1904 the Commission was empowered to confer academic degrees.
1976 Dr. Joseph H. Evans was elected president of the United Church of Christ. It made him the first African-American leader of this predominantly white denomination.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
BIGFOOT TO JOIN THE CAST OF 'THE SOPRANOS'
By MARK MILLER
Los Angeles, Calif.
ALL of Hollywood is abuzz with the incredible rumor that an actual Bigfoot will join the cast of the hit HBO series The Sopranos playing a mob boss called Biggy the Foot.
A reliable inside source reveals that execs have their hearts set on the recently proposed idea.
"It's the perfect choice for a number of reasons," states the source. "First, no one's ever used a Bigfoot before to play a fictitious character on a high-profile TV series. Since people associate Bigfoot with size, strength, power and ruthlessness, it's ideal because those are the same qualities associated with Mob bosses."
Weekly World News has acquired a copy of the script, in which Biggy the Foot arrives in New Jersey to challenge Tony Soprano's power and position. There is also a romantic sub-plot in which Biggy the Foot seduces Tony's wife, Carmela, when Tony is away at the Bada Bing nightclub. As Carmela melts into his arms, he growls, "Once you've tried Biggy the Foot, you can never go back." Later, Tony confronts Carmella, screaming at her, "What is it -- I'm not @#*$%& hairy enough for you!?"
In another powerful scene, Tony and Biggy the Foot meet for the first time:
Tony: What is it you want, Biggy, you fat @#*$%&!?
Biggy: You know what I want, Soprano. I want your territory, your house, your wife, and your daughter. You can keep your @#*$%& son.
Tony: (DRAWING GUN) You want the first bullet through your head or through your @#*$%& @#*$%&!?
Although the Bigfoot is a relative newcomer to dramatic TV roles, he is by no means a newcomer to show business. His resume includes years of work in community theater. He has also worked as a street musician, a mime at several Renaissance Fairs, a fire-eater and as a juggler for spare change in the park.
In preparation for his first major dramatic role, Bigfoot has been studying with famed Hollywood acting coach Miles Duvalier. He is also watching many classic gangster films, studying the stars' techniques.
"I especially admire the early work of George Raft, Edward G. Robinson, and Humphrey Bogart," reveals the Bigfoot. "And more recently, I learned a lot from observing Brando in The Godfather and Pacino in Scarface."
As this next season will most likely be the final one for The Sopranos, there is talk of spinning Bigfoot off into his own series. "I'd love to do something light -- perhaps a sitcom," the Bigfoot confides. "Maybe one where I play the dad. And if Kirstie Alley is available to play my wife -- she's the perfect size for me."
Thought for the day :
"No matter how big or soft or warm your bed is, you still have to get out of it."
Grace Slick
