A Special Birthday Shoutout To Michelle Obama

Progs celebrate as FLOTUS turns 50 today

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Ridicule is man's most potent weapon - Saul Alinsky

Bonus links:

• Summary of Saul Alinsky's 'Rules for Radicals'
• Rules for Radicals at amazon.com

Military-Industrial Complex Cited, Mooch Born, Bill Clinton Accused

On this day: January 17

Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg disappears in Hungary while in Soviet custody (1945)

The German Socialist Workers Party (Nazis) begin the evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp as Soviet forces close in (1945)

President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military-industrial complex" (1961)

Paula Jones accuses President Bill Clinton of sexual harassment (1998)

President B. Hussein Obama travels to Boston, MA to campaign for Martha Coakley in the Senate special election to fill the Teddy Kennedy Seat (2010)

b: Muhammad Ali (1942), Michelle Obama (1964); d: Patrice Lumumba (1961), Barbara Jordan (1996), Zhao Ziyang (2005)

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