On this day...

by **vills** Fri Apr 19, 2013 11:30 pm

70 years ago.

http://www.lemondejuif.info/la-derniere-lettre-du-chef-de-la-revolte-du-ghetto-de-varsovie/

by **vills** Fri Apr 19, 2013 11:33 pm

"Black milk of morning we drink you at dusktime we drink you at noontime and dawntime we drink you at night we drink and drink we scoop out a grave in the sky where it’s roomy to lie There’s a man in this house who cultivates snakes and who writes who writes when it’s nightfall nach Deutschland your golden hair Margareta he writes it and walks from the house and the stars all start flashing he whistles his dogs to draw near whistles his Jews to appear starts us scooping a grave out of sand he commands us to play for the dance"

Dein goldenes Haar Margarete

Dein aschenes Haar Sulamith

by Guest Sat Apr 20, 2013 12:01 am

Whaaa?

by **vills** Sat Apr 20, 2013 12:02 am

Sorry J; a bit turgid.

End of the Warsaw Ghetto.

by **Cheyanne** Sat Apr 20, 2013 8:31 am

1927 U.S.A. Mae West was sentenced for an obscene stage performance to ten days in a work house and fined $500

In 1926, Mae West got her first starring role in a Broadway play entitled Sex, which she wrote, produced, and directed. Though the play was a hit at the box office, the "more respectable" Broadway critics panned it for its explicit sexual content. The production also did not go over well with city officials, who raided the show and arrested West along with much of the cast. She was prosecuted on morals charges and on April 19, 1927, sentenced to 10 days in jail on Welfare Island (now known as Roosevelt Island) in New York. The incarceration was cordial, as West reportedly dined with the warden and his wife on a few occasions. She served eight days, with two off for good behavior. The media attention of the entire affair did nothing but enhance her career.

by **Cheyanne** Sat Apr 20, 2013 8:32 am

Today in 1982 NASA finally selected the first American woman to leave the Earth behind

Today, April 19, in 1982 Dr Sally Ride became the first American woman to be selected for spaceflight, fulfilling that selection the following year courtesy of Space Shuttle Challenger. In total she spent over 343 hours in space before retiring from NASA.