What was so special about the Battle of Cerignola in 1503? It was the first in which gunpowder-based small arms was responsible for the victory. Oh, the winner? It was Spain. France was the loser.
Day: January 16, 2016
Trump Al Wilson And Snakes
Trump Al Wilson And Snakes — Donald Trump at a rally in Cedar Falls, Iowa read the lyrics from a song which few Millennials know by a singer which few Millennials have heard to illustrate the wisdom of allowing Muslim refugees from ISIS controlled territory.
He made it work.
The singer is Al Wilson and the song is The Snake which was released in 1968.
Here are the lyrics.
On her way to work one morning, down the path along the lake, a tender-hearted woman saw a poor, half-frozen snake. His pretty colored skin had been all frosted with the dew. ‘Oh, well,’ she cried, ‘I’ll take you in and I’ll take care of you.’ ‘Take me in, O tender woman, take me in, for heaven’s sake. Take me in, O tender woman,’ sighed the vicious snake. She wrapped him up all cozy in a curvature of silk and then laid him by the fireside with some honey and some milk. Now, she hurried home from work that night. As soon as she arrived, she found that pretty snake she’d taken in and revived. ‘Take me in, O tender woman. Take me in, for heaven’s sake. Take me in, O tender woman,’ sighed the vicious snake.
“Now she clutched him to her bosom. ‘You’re so beautiful,’ she cried, ‘but if I hadn’t brought you in, by now you would have died.’ She stroked his pretty skin, and then she kissed him and held him tight. But instead of saying ‘thank you,’ that snake gave her a vicious bite. ‘Take me in, O tender woman. Take me in, for heaven’s sake. Take me in, O tender woman,’ sighed the vicious snake. ‘I saved you,’ cried the woman, ‘and you bit me. Heavens, why? You know your bite is poisonous, and now I’m going to die.’ ‘Oh, shut up, silly woman,’ said the reptile with a grin. ‘You knew darn well I was a snake before you took me in.’
And here is the song.
Trump Al Wilson And Snakes
Fiscal Code Bill Sneaks In Spending
Fiscal Code Bill Sneaks In Spending — State Rep. Russ Diamond (R-102) is one of the good guys. He explains on his Facebook page why he voted against the final version of HB 1327 which made changes to the state’s fiscal code.
“This bill, HB1327, passed the House unanimously the first time around, when it was a small tweak to the fiscal code regarding investments by the State Workers’ Insurance Board,” he said. “But after the Senate loaded it up, I was forced to vote against it on concurrence.”
Commonwealth Foundation notes the final passage includes 45 earmarks that funnel more than $40 million to “lobbyist priorities.”
For instance one earmark gave $450,000 “to a multimunicipal revitalization organization in a county of the sixth class with a population, based on the most recent Federal decennial census, of at least 68,000 but not more than 70,000 for sidewalks and repairs associated with downtown revitalization.”
Another $1,500,000 earmark is set aside for “a physician practice plan serving a health system located in a city of the first class and a contiguous county of the second class A which did receive funding during fiscal year 2014-2015.”
Fiscal Code Bill Sneaks In Spending