Comments on: The Militant Wing of the Salvation Army http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2007/07/09/the-militant-wing-of-the-salvation-army/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:42:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mark Desrosiers http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2007/07/09/the-militant-wing-of-the-salvation-army/#comment-32554 Mark Desrosiers Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:03:25 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/index.php/2007/07/09/the-militant-wing-of-the-salvation-army/#comment-32554 Apparently the shoe incident is generating lots of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Nikita_Khrushchev#Shoe_incident" rel="nofollow">heated debate</a> on Wikipedia. There's no doubt in my mind he did not remove or bang his shoe on 9/29 though. I think the Brits just want their unflappable PM to get credit for the incident, rather than some lowly Filipino diplomat. Apparently the shoe incident is generating lots of heated debate on Wikipedia. There’s no doubt in my mind he did not remove or bang his shoe on 9/29 though. I think the Brits just want their unflappable PM to get credit for the incident, rather than some lowly Filipino diplomat.

]]> By: ericka http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2007/07/09/the-militant-wing-of-the-salvation-army/#comment-32261 ericka Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:39:44 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/index.php/2007/07/09/the-militant-wing-of-the-salvation-army/#comment-32261 washingtonblade.comRe: the Salvation Army. This is why it should come as no surprise to anyone that they maintain anti-gay policies (http://www.washingtonblade.com/2003/12-19/news/national/salvation.cfm). I refuse to drop a dime in those red buckets. I had no idea Irma la Douce was a French stage musical first. I'm only familiar with the Shirley MacLaine/Jack Lemmon movie. You learn something new every day! washingtonblade.comRe: the Salvation Army. This is why it should come as no surprise to anyone that they maintain anti-gay policies (http://www.washingtonblade.com/2003/12-19/news/national/salvation.cfm). I refuse to drop a dime in those red buckets.

I had no idea Irma la Douce was a French stage musical first. I’m only familiar with the Shirley MacLaine/Jack Lemmon movie. You learn something new every day!

]]> By: Maria http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2007/07/09/the-militant-wing-of-the-salvation-army/#comment-32212 Maria Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:31:36 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/index.php/2007/07/09/the-militant-wing-of-the-salvation-army/#comment-32212 "Cherokee (Indian Love Song)" was a big band hit in the 1940's . . . maybe that was it. I don't remember the wording of the question too well, however I know it was asking what song had a chorus or lyrics that primarily were, "you-ooooo-oooo-oooo-oooo." “Cherokee (Indian Love Song)” was a big band hit in the 1940’s . . . maybe that was it. I don’t remember the wording of the question too well, however I know it was asking what song had a chorus or lyrics that primarily were, “you-ooooo-oooo-oooo-oooo.”

]]> By: massdistraction http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2007/07/09/the-militant-wing-of-the-salvation-army/#comment-32211 massdistraction Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:13:23 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/index.php/2007/07/09/the-militant-wing-of-the-salvation-army/#comment-32211 Mark, wow. You've totally made my day. Mark, wow. You’ve totally made my day.

]]> By: Mark Desrosiers http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2007/07/09/the-militant-wing-of-the-salvation-army/#comment-32209 Mark Desrosiers Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:38:30 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/index.php/2007/07/09/the-militant-wing-of-the-salvation-army/#comment-32209 I think the Wikipedia article is incorrect about the shoe-banging on 9/29/60: it cites as its only source an incorrect recent BBC article. On that date, Khrushchev did interrupt MacMillan twice by rapidly pounding both fists (not his shoe) on the table (but NOT saying "we will bury you" -- another false "fact" in the BBC article). Just to be sure I'm not daft, I checked the N.Y. Times from that week, and all I could find was an article from September 29, 1960 entitled "MacMillan in U.N. Appeal; Khrushchev Shouts Protest", which says "The Soviet leader shouted back at Mr. MacMillan from his seat in the General Assembly hall and pounded on his desk with his fists." No mention of shoe removal at all. Another article from Oct. 4, 1960 describes a more colorful picture of "shouts from the floor and rub-a-dub of fists on his desk." As far as I can tell, the first shoe-banging actually happened at the UN on Oct. 12, 1960, in response to Filipino delegate Lorenzo Sumulong. The "We will bury you" quote also didn't happen at this time either: that was four years earlier on Nov. 17, 1956, in Moscow. -- your fact-checking cuz I think the Wikipedia article is incorrect about the shoe-banging on 9/29/60: it cites as its only source an incorrect recent BBC article. On that date, Khrushchev did interrupt MacMillan twice by rapidly pounding both fists (not his shoe) on the table (but NOT saying “we will bury you” — another false “fact” in the BBC article). Just to be sure I’m not daft, I checked the N.Y. Times from that week, and all I could find was an article from September 29, 1960 entitled “MacMillan in U.N. Appeal; Khrushchev Shouts Protest”, which says “The Soviet leader shouted back at Mr. MacMillan from his seat in the General Assembly hall and pounded on his desk with his fists.” No mention of shoe removal at all. Another article from Oct. 4, 1960 describes a more colorful picture of “shouts from the floor and rub-a-dub of fists on his desk.”

As far as I can tell, the first shoe-banging actually happened at the UN on Oct. 12, 1960, in response to Filipino delegate Lorenzo Sumulong. The “We will bury you” quote also didn’t happen at this time either: that was four years earlier on Nov. 17, 1956, in Moscow.

– your fact-checking cuz

]]> By: Maria http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2007/07/09/the-militant-wing-of-the-salvation-army/#comment-32181 Maria Tue, 10 Jul 2007 05:25:27 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/index.php/2007/07/09/the-militant-wing-of-the-salvation-army/#comment-32181 Fantastic! Now, to complete the questions, I'll have to see what info I can find on Indian Love Song . . . Fantastic! Now, to complete the questions, I’ll have to see what info I can find on Indian Love Song . . .

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