Smoke two...

....for John "Stugots" DeRosa and Kevin "iowaboy" Patterson who share a
birthday, today.

Elsewhere in history...


Dec 1 1934 Politburo member Sergei Kirov killed by Leonid Nikolayev on
orders of Josef Stalin. The assassination is used as an excuse to
commence the Great Terror in the years 1935 to 1939, in which 800,000
were executed and over 8.5 million arrested. But these figures pale in
comparison to the 47 million who died from Stalinist collectivization
and other purges.

Dec 1 1947 Aleister Crowley, the wickedest man in the world, dead in
Hastings England, aged 74. He wrote that "for nearly all purposes, human
sacrifice is best", and taught the Law of Thelema, "do what thou wilt
shall be the whole of the Law." Crowley also appears on the cover of
Beatles' Sgt. Pepper.

Dec 1 1958 An intentionally-set trash fire at the Our Lady of Angels
school kills three nuns and more than 90 students in Chicago. Many of
the students leaped to their deaths.

Dec 1 1976 The Sex Pistols appear on a British TV show to fill in the
place of orchestral band Queen. The boozed-up punks are goaded by the
host, Bill Grundy, to "say something outrageous." Several fucks later,
the band is suddenly a notorious example for the press.

Dec 1 1997 A high school student in Paducah, Kentucky opens fire on
fellow students during a prayer service. The 14-year-old freshman
student was armed with a .22-caliber Lugar handgun and earplugs. Two
Bible thumpers are killed, the rest are only injured.

Dec 1 1997 Motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson files suit against
Anabolic Video Productions, the makers of Gang Bang #20, a hardcore
pornographic film in which biker bitches are filmed having sex on the
company's brand of motorcycle, and atop other promotional merchandise
bearing the brand name. Harley claims that the film may confuse viewers
into believing that the company authorized or endorsed the activities.

Dec 1 1997 Member of the Georgia Senate Ralph Abernathy attempts to
smuggle marijuana into the US from Jamaica in his underwear. He is
caught by a drug-sniffing canine and fined $500. Abernathy is the son of
the famous civil rights leader of the same name who was Martin Luther
King's lieutenant. In January he is censured by the Georgia State
Senate.

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