Probably not a great idea

I don't know - maybe it's just me but it probably wasn't the best time or place for the very strident, very people hating former presidential candidate loser, Rudolph Giuliani to discuss his future plans. While at a paid speaking engagement in Dubai, Rudy mentioned that he is open to the possible of either another presidential run or a stab at the New York gubernatorial race.



Again there's something a tad off putting about discussing running for an elective office while pocketing money in an oil rich emirate.


November 17, 1942


Martin Scorsese, Academy Award-winning American film director, writer, producer, actor, film historian and asthmatic



Today in History -

November 17, 1558 -
Elizabeth I of England ascended to the throne, on this date. She is best known for her imperfect application of the cosmetic sciences, a flaw that is strikingly evident in all her portraits but that courtiers were apparently reluctant to address.



Nov 17 1796 -
Empress Catherine the Great dies of a stroke while sitting on the commode and not while astride her steed (or something like that) on this date.



So dammit, stop making those jokes.


November 17, 1903 -


Vladimir Ilyich Lenin's stubbornness split his Russian Social Democratic Labor Party into two factions: the slim majority who sided with him, and the vast minority who opposed him, on this date.

The Russian terms for majority and minority are bolshevik and menshevik, respectively, and so these factions took their names.

Later the Mensheviks became the majority party, meaning that the Mensheviks had become bolsheviks and the Bolsheviks mensheviks.

This was confusing. If you asked someone what they were and they said "bolshevik," you'd have no way of knowing whether they meant Bolshevik (menshevik) or bolshevik (Menshevik). This state of affairs quickly became intolerable. All sorts of remedies were suggested — placards, ID bracelets, hats, tattoos—but it was impossible to arrive at a consensus until Lenin clarified matters by having all the Mensheviks shot.

It was easy after that.


November 17, 1968 -
NBC preempts the final 1:05 from a very close Jets-Raiders NFL football game with "Heidi". Two touchdowns were scored during this missing time. Sports fans everywhere applaud and understand the network's decision.




November 17, 1973 -
"People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I am not a crook".



Thus spoke Richard M. Nixon on this date.

38 more shopping days until Christmas, 35 more shopping days until Hanukkah.

And so it goes