askland on May 27th, 2007

I received this question via email from a reader. Having no idea what the answer is I’m posting it in case someone else knows.
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Could you please tell me if you could find out the name of an adagio acrobatic trio that appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show?
It definitely was not The Bal Caron Trio or [...]

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askland on May 27th, 2007

Today is the 100th anniversary of the Bubonic plague outbreak in San Francisco, California.
Today is the anniversary of the jukeobox (so I am told).
And today is my birthday.
Gratulerer med dagen!
Grattis pŒ fšdelsedagen
Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag
Events on May 27th
1120 - Richard III of Capua anointed as prince a fortnight before his untimely death.
1153 [...]

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askland on May 27th, 2007

From Michael Shermer’s “Why People Believe Weird Things”.
Five Pre-Points
1. They concentrate on their opponents’ weak points, while rarely saying anything definitive about their own position.
2. They exploit errors made by scholars who are making opposing arguments, implying that because a few of their opponents’ conclusions were wrong, all of their opponents’ conclusions must be wrong.
3. [...]

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