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Today in History (1862) - The U.S. government forbids all Union army officers from returning fugitive slaves, thus effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation. On the same day in 1865, the Confederate Congress voted to enlist 300,000 black troops, granting them freedom with the consent of their owners. Lee surrendered a few weeks later. |
BREAKING NEWS!
The Smoking Gun has uncovered a videotape of Milbarge hacking into our servers and changing his readership numbers. As that violates Rule 12.3(a) of our contest bylaws, we unfortunately have no choice but to disqualify Milbarge from the competition. Thus, Wings & Vodka emerges as the champion, and he will be sticking around to blog with us for the rest of the summer. Congratulations.
And a special thank you to all who participated in Survivor, whether as contestants, commenters or readers. We'll do it again, but not too soon.
Not too soon is--uh--soon enough.
Posted by: Opinionated opinionator at July 30, 2004 6:09 PMYeah, my bad. My annotated handbook of the rules did not have the new amendment to Rule 12.3(a). That's what I get for buying it used from the bookstore instead of getting the new version with the pocket part. Good luck to the five of you.
Posted by: Milbarge at August 4, 2004 11:11 AM