Archive of entries posted on 30th November 2019

IMAO Time Machine: IMAO Podcast #9 7-25-05

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The 9th podcast from 2005. — The Editors


Refresher link: Karl Rove accused of outing Valerie Plame

  1. George Bush recruits the IMAO crew for a spy mission
  2. Introduction & sponsors
  3. “World of Knowledge” w/ host Frank J: Adam and Eve
  4. Laurence Simon: The World Zionist Conspiracy [reference link]
  5. SarahK & Frank: Wedding band engraving
  6. Spacemonkey’s Secret Agent career
  7. SarahK & Frank: Wedding cake
  8. Harvey: Fun Facts about Florida Part 1
  9. Frank: Why I’m not a spy
  10. Harvey: Fun Facts about Florida Part 2
  11. SarahK & Frank: Post-wedding celebration
  12. Laurence Simon’s Crappy Bedtime Stories: The Billy Goats Gruff
  13. Harvey: Why I’d be a good spy
  14. SarahK reviews “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”
  15. “Ask Ducky” with Right Wing Duck
  16. Frank: Conclusion
  17. SarahK: Why I’d be a good spy

This Day in Python: Nov. 30

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1979:

Collect Terry and Maggie and we drive out in the Citroen to George H[arrison]’s for a Python dinner. George scuttles around putting records on the juke-box, playing silly pieces on the piano and generally trying to make everyone feel at home — …

Cleese and I decide that the house would make a superb set . . . “Ripping Towers” . . .

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George confesses to feeling uncomfortable with a “posh” evening like this, which I find reassuring — all the glitter and glamour that money can buy, all the success and adulation, have only affected our George very superficially.

Love That Chicken!

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Everybody knows that the United States bought Louisiana from France, right? But did you know that France didn’t own it? Spain did. But it’s okay.

For complicated reasons, Spain actually owned the territory of Louisiana — that whole big tract of land, not just the part that makes up the current state — when the U.S. was negotiating with France. Okay, they didn’t exactly own it, but … it’s complicated.

Here’s a pretty good summary of it all.

[The YouTube]

The part about where Spain officially transferred the property back to France on November 30, 1803 is what prompted this. So, was it a good idea? I think so. If not for it, would we even have a Popeye’s Chicken?