JULY 20 — 1969 Armstrong takes giant step; 1976 Viking 1 goes to Mars; 1993 Vince Foster found dead at Ft. Marcy Park; 1988 Eisner Awards commence
JULY 20
1969 – Armstrong takes a giant leap.
…Specifically, a 240,000 mile leap for mankind. And we know what that means…conspiracy theory time! I love a good conspiracy theory. There the main points of my entertainment. I not only find them fascinating, I often find them hilarious. Especially the Flat Earth Society’s version of the story how it didn’t happen simply because it’s easier for Walt Disney to fake the landing than actually go there.
Yeah ok, 400,000 who worked on the mission for ten years are lying to us, plus the 12 men who actually walked on the moon, plus the 6 others that went on the mission. Even the Russians couldn’t make up this stuff. Well why is the flag fluttering when there’s no air on the moon? Uh, because it’s fastened to an upside-down L shaped-rod. So you could see it better.
Well why are there footprints all over the place beyond where the astronauts would’ve walked? Because the moon dust hasn’t been weathered like here on earth, so in its vacuum the dust holds together and looks like wet sand. Look, we don’t have time for this. On and on it goes. It appears the Flat Earth Society should do less thinking and more learning.
I’d start with the show Mythbusters who have debunked all this fake moon leaning nonsense. For over forty years, the American flag has been proudly sitting there, as it’s blown over through the years, So what it’s not standing; it’s there isn’t it? After all these years? And there the American flag will stay. In space, much like the conspiracy theories that for some reason would have to accommodate how it got there. National Aeronautics and Space Administration everybody. the Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong and his crew. Like a boss!
Speaking of NASA greatness…
1976 – The Americans did go a little further just 7 years to the day later. Viking 1 becomes the first spacecraft to make a successful landing on Mars and held the record for being the longest there 2307 Earth days, a record that wasn’t broken until May 19, 2010 when the Opportunity Rover landed.
1993 – Vince Foster is found dead at Fort Marcy Park near the outskirts of Washington DC.
Was it murder or suicide? Let me rewind.
After Bill Clinton became president in 1992, allegations began to surface that the President and the first lady were involved some failed business ventures in the Whitewater Development Corporation, which was connected to a failed savings and loan bank owned by Jim and Susan McDougal. This branched out into Whitewater, which was the first big scandal that President Clinton would have to deal with.
Vince Foster, from Little Rock AR, was a fellow law partner and friend of Hillary’s, joined the first lady at the White House as Deputy Council. But according to the Washington Post, Foster had a tough time transitioning into Washington, leaving his wife and son behind. He had little experience in politics, and as such had a hard time in his role in giving background checks to Clinton nominees during the transition. In particular, he was of no use at all to the failed nomination of Zoe Baird, who withdrew her nomination for Attorney General due to Nannygate, which dealt with Baird’s hiring of illegal immigrants and failure to pay taxes for 15 years. From there he tried to unravel Whitewater’s fraudulent tax returns and Savings and Loan scandals, and he just wasn’t doing a good enough job. In fact, Foster couldn’t even protect the first lady from excessive White House decoration spending. Then came another Clinton scandal, Travelgate, in which Foster had to explain why seven staff members from the White House travel Office may or may not have been fired after financial mismanagement and waste, which were charges that never held up.
From there his failures continued, and with it, clinical depression. Which brings us to this date in 1993, and why Vince Foster went to his local park to commit suicide, a gunshot from a .38 that may or may not have been his father’s, to his head. Foul play seemed to be involved when another gunshot wound was found by the paramedic, who would describe it as a small caliber bullet hole. Why, how talented Vince Foster must’ve been to pull those triggers in his head at the same time!
But after an autopsy and investigation, White House Independent Counsel Kenneth’s Starr ruled it a suicide, and the conspiracies spun out of control faster than an Ebola outbreak. Crime reporter Dan Moldea wrote the book A Washington Tragedy: How the Death of Vince Foster ignited a Political Firestorm. David Brock wrote his share of scandalous articles for the Washington Post, Christopher Ruddy for the New York Post would dedicate years of his career trying to get to the bottom of Foster’s Death.
The accusations of scandal never left the Clintons. In June 2017 Representative Pete Olsen stated that Bill Clinton spoke of the murder of Foster as he confronted then Attorney General Loretta Lynch on a tarmac at an Arizona airport during the 2016 election season.
1934 – Ridiculous 118 degrees in Iowa, which is a records that still stands from what I hear.
1908 – Happy birthday Vincent “Mad Dog” Coll.
He’s an Irish American mobster hitman most famous for shooting a child during mob kidnap attempt. It was an accident. Coll is also credited for coming up with the drive by shooting. He lived all the way up through almost his 25th birthday when the morgue had to remove 15 bullets from his dead body. There are a few films about him, the latest I’m aware of is the one where Chris Bradley plays him in the 1992 movie Mad Dog Coll and also in the film Hit the Dutchmen.
In more psycho news,
1975 – Happy Anniversary William Peter Blatty and tennis player Linda Tuero. He was 47 and she was a 24 year old hottie. Blatty wrote The Exorcist, folks. I don’t know if he wrote any books after that or not, but I don’t think he needed to.
1973 – Sorry to see America’s favorite badasses from Hong Kong Bruce Lee. Only 32 years old. Died from allergic reaction to a painkiller.
He’ll be given props for sure at the San Diego ComiCon,…
1988 — Eisner awards commence.
Excelsior!
It’s happening in San Diego and if anyone wants to rent out my garage the current rate is $10000 per night. My garage contains a car as well as a single cot, some blankets and a pillow and you can even use the guest bathroom inside my house! My kitchen’s off limits and please don’t put your belongings on my car.
Will Eisner, born 1917 died in 2005 was the pioneers of American cartoonist from the day, starting with The Spirit which ran for twelve years starting in 1940, In his 1978 work A Contract With God in 1978, Eisner coined the term “graphic novel.” Every year the Eisner awards are given for a huge variety of categories including best graphic album, and best humor and best blah blah blah, look. If you have $5000 I’ll put a partition in the garage so you won’t have to see your neighbors also attending Comic-Con. You iknow how to reach me!
Nuff said.