Celebration Excuse
OUR WEEKEND STARTS ON WEDNESDAY
1492
The oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, the Ensisheim Meteorite, strikes the earth around noon in a wheat field in France.
1977
The US Congress overrides President Richard Nixon’s veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limited presidential power to wage war without congressional approval. Ah, the days when Congress used the power granted to it by the people.
1991
NBA star Magic Johnson announces that he is infected with HIV and his retirement from the league. He subsequently mounts a comeback and, to the casual observer, seemingly beats the virus.
2000
The DEA discovers one of the country’s largest LSD labs in a converted military missile silo in Kansas. To repeat the best part of the story: They were using a converted military missile silo to make drugs. Also, see today’s Good/Bad for an alternative hallucinogen.
2002
Iran bans advertising of US products. No, McDonald’s, they’re not lovin’ it.
SOME OF THE PEOPLE MAKING IT POSSIBLE
1879: Leon Trotsky, the famed Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist
1918: Billy Graham, the famous evangelist whose lifetime audience has surpassed two billion
1952: Gen. David Petraeus, you may know him from such famous wars as Iraq. He’s the Commander of the Multi-National Force there.
1970: Morgan Spurlock, the independent documentary film director and star of the documentary Super Size Me and the reality television series 30 Days
Daybook
POTUS
President Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy do some sightseeing during the French President’s visit. They’ll stop at Mount Vernon to discuss a number of current events and issues.
STUMPIN’
Mitt Romney fundraises in Connecticut
John Edwards campaigns in New Hampshire
John McCain campaigns in Michigan
CONGRESS
HOUSE
9 AM
The House (Select) Energy Independence and Global Warming Committee hear testimony from retired Marine Corps General P.X. Kelley during a hearing on disruptions in oil supply as well as potential solutions
2 PM
The House Foreign Affairs Committee listens to Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte during a hearing on the situation in Pakistan
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee National Security and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hear testimony from James Dobbins, the special envoy to Afghanistan, and others during the second part of hearings on foreign policy with Iran
The House Rules Committee meets to formulate a rule on H.R. 3996, the “Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2007,” which amends the Internal Revenue Code provisions that deal with the alternative minimum tax and other tax incentives
SENATE
9:30 AM
The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee meets for markup of S.2300, the “Small Business Contracting Revitalization Act of 2007”
2 PM
The Senate Judiciary hears testimony from Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) and others during a full committee hearing on federal government enforcement of intellectual property rights
2:30 PM
The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Science, Technology, and Innovation Subcommittee discusses the use of carbon sequestration technologies
TV
TIVO…
Oprah: Beauty Queen Raped by Her Husband and other stories of Domestic Abuse
The View: Comedian Damon Wayans, Kayce Freed Jennings the wife of news anchor Peter Jennings, and musician Colbie Caillat of Myspace fame
Regis and Kelly: Former NBC Nightly News anchor and author Tom Brokaw, and musician and Heidi Klum beau Seal
Ellen: Ugly Betty’s America Ferrera, musician Lyle Lovett, and Criminal Minds star Shemar Moore
STAY UP FOR…(writer’s strike edition)
Letterman: Daytime talk and game show host Regis Philbin, with musical guest Chamillionaire (Rerun)
Leno: Actress Reese Witherspoon, the Comebacks star David Koechner, and English musician PJ Harvey (Rerun)
Late Late Show: Angel star David Boreanaz, with musical guest Juliette Lewis & the Licks (Rerun)
Conan: King of Queens star Kevin James, My Boys star Jordana Spiro, and comedian Greg Giraldo (Rerun)
Last Call: From the Black Donnellys Olivia Wilde, and musical guest Pittsburgh Slim
Kimmel: Dr. Phil McGraw, and musical guest Gary Allen
Daily Show: Bee Movie star Jerry Seinfeld (Rerun)
Colbert Report: Former LA Times reporter and Communications Director at the Center for Responsive Politics Massie Ritsch, and Craig Venter the founder of the Institute for Genomic Research (Rerun)
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