On this day in 1886, The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) was dedicated. The copper-clad statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, and its metal framework built by Gustave Eiffel.
The statue is a figure of a classically draped woman, likely inspired by the Roman goddess of liberty, Libertas. In a contrapposto pose, she holds a torch above her head with her right hand, and in her left hand carries a tabula ansata inscribed JULY IV MDCCLXXVI (July 4, 1776, in Roman numerals), the date of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. With her left foot she steps on a broken chain and shackle, commemorating the national abolition of slavery following the American Civil War.
The statue was built in France, shipped overseas in crates, and assembled on the completed pedestal on what was then called Bedloe’s Island. The statue’s completion was marked by New York’s first ticker-tape parade and a dedication ceremony presided over by President Grover Cleveland.
BADA BING!
At a couples counseling meeting the speaker mentioned that couples are so disconnected that 85% of husbands don’t know their wives favorite flower.
Mick turned to his wife and whispered, “It’s self rising, right?”
Front doormat – WELC… Wait, who did you vote for?
Trump: “I do not think any President has ever ended a war. One war. I did eight of them”. Me: Kinda feels like we’re all living in a giant mental hospital with him.
I’d rather be an American than a Trump supporter.
Shannon Kobylarczyk, the woman who went viral for telling a US citizen and veteran she would call ICE on him for cheering on the LA Dodgers has been FIRED.
What’s Irish and stays out all night? Patty O’Furniture.
A leaked Young Republican group chat included horrific violence, racism, sexism, antisemitism, and homophobia. The thing about it that really surprises me is that anyone else was surprised.
They’re giving all this money to Argentina so they have a safe place to go when the international trials start.
Scientists have discovered the 99.9% of those who are told to “Hold your horses!!” do NOT in fact HAVE horses.
If I understand the MAGAs in my comment section, No Kings was poorly attended and the pictures are fake, but also those in attendance were friendless losers, but also those in attendance were groups of unemployed people, but also those in attendance were paid to be there, but also the attendance doesn’t matter because the protests won’t change anything, but also if things change it’s not because of the protests, but also…
You know that feeling you get after you wake up from what was supposed to be a 20-minute nap and aren’t sure what day it is?
A lady just asked me what “mansplaining” is. I think it’s a trap. We’ve been staring at each other in silence for a half an hour now.
I discovered that answering the door naked helps deter trick or treaters.
Oh, here we go again. Here’s two dressed as policemen.
Filling a whoopee cushion with chocolate pudding adds a whole new dimension to the joke.
tRUMP: Everybody wants to have sex with me. Obama: Donald, that’s not what “fuck tRUMP” means.
Comment: Food stamps should not be used to buy soda.
Reply: Wild how a poor person buying a $1 soda with food stamps sends you into a moral panic. But billionaires writing off private jets and yachts on their taxes? Not a peep. Your outrage is as cheap as that soda.
The best part about No Kings was the comforting proof that millions of us still haven’t lost our goddamn minds.
Could someone explain which crimes get you deported and which ones get you elected president? It’s so confusing.
I knew school was a scam when my business teacher didn’t own a business, and my PE teacher was fat.
A man is driving to an important meeting. He’s running late, completely stressed, and can’t find a parking spot anywhere. In desperation, he looks up to the sky and says, “Lord, please help me find a parking spot. If you do, I swear I’ll quit drinking and go to church every single Sunday!” At that exact moment, a car pulls out of a spot right in front of him. The man looks up to the sky again and says, “Ah, never mind. Found one!”
My daughter was doing history homework and asked me what I knew about Galileo. I said, “He was a poor boy from a poor family.”
Can’t wait to see how MAGA pretends that the Trump-supporting, gun-loving, confederacy-promoting, cis straight white man, who tried to shoot up the Atlanta airport was somehow not one of theirs. (Steve Hofstetter)
Founding fathers: We never wrote a rule against electing felons. We mistakenly assumed America wouldn’t be that stupid.
Calling it “the nuclear option,” House Speaker Mike Johnson opted on Tuesday to enter a medically induced coma to avoid swearing in newly elected congresswoman Adelita Grijalva.
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Today is the birthday, in 1940, of British singer Wayne Fontana, who had the 1966 UK No.2 single with Mindbenders, ‘Groovy Kind Of Love’, and the 1965 US No.1 single ‘Game Of Love’. Fontana died from cancer on 6 August 2020 at the age of 74. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8kq1IU7Y44
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