Leap Day Interlude

On leap day in 1504, Christopher Columbus used his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Jamaican natives to provide him with supplies.

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On Leap Year, we should scrap February 29th and create October 32nd, or Second Halloween. It would be more fun and still keep the cosmos equally balanced.

February 29, 2024

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Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Academy Award on leap day in 1940, for her performance as Mammy in Gone with the Wind.

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Joe Biden won the South Carolina primary election on leap day in 2020, giving him the momentum he needed to go on to secure the nomination.

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Baseball player and manager, Dickey Pearce, was born on leap day in 1836. Dickey Pearce.

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Other notable birthdays- William Wellman (1896), Dee Brown (1908)

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Quite a day for serial killer birthdays. Aileen Wuornos was born on Leap Day in 1956, and then Richard Ramirez in 1960.

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Notable deathdays- 

Pat Garrett (1908), Melvin Purvis (1960), Davy Jones (2012)

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I have an unpopular opinion I'd like to share. It might sound like support for Bloomberg, but it's not because the same argument could arguably be applied to Trump.

I don't think you can "buy an election" by spending your money on advertising. You can only buy an election by paying people to vote for you. If you spend a billion dollars on advertising, and it convinces enough people to vote for you, that's more of statement on the fickle nature of the population. Nothing says they have to vote for you because you spent a billion dollars asking them to.

February 29, 2020

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Think Progress- Ted Cruz Vows To Make ‘Grave Mistake’ And Back Trump

Haha, now THAT'S a headline! Kind of calls this guy Cruz's judgment into question. (My party, right or wrong.)

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/02/28/3754580/ted-cruz-trump-grave-mistake-will-back-anyway/

February 29, 2016

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A must watch! John Oliver's Trump segment from this day in 2016.

https://youtu.be/DnpO_RTSNmQ

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Mitch Hedberg- "I drank some boiling water... because I wanted to whistle."

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