(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Morning Open Thread: Daleks - Cats - Wright Flight - Graf Zeppelin - Great Train Robbery [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2025-08-08 _________________________________________________________________ “To refuse to qualified women and colored men the right of suffrage and still count them in the basis of representation is to add insult to injury as it is unreasonable. The trouble, however, is farther back and deeper than the disenfranchisement of the negro. When men deliberately refused to include women in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the National Constitution that left the way open for all forms of injustice … Men who fail to be just to their mothers cannot be expected to be just to each other. The whole evil comes from the failure to apply equal justice to all mankind, men and women alike. Therefore I am glad to join those who are like sufferers with my sex in a protest against counting the basis of representation in the Congress of the United States, or in the Legislatures of the States, those of any class or sex who are disenfranchised.” – Susan B. Anthony, from a 1903 letter about disenfranchisement of Black men in Southern states, read at a Cooper Union meeting _________________________________________________________________ “We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” – Abraham Lincoln, in an 1859 speech ____________________________________________________________ AUGUST is: National Black Business Month National Water Quality Month National Wellness Month ____________________________________________________________ AUGUST 8th is: Dalek Day: August 8, 1930 – Terry Nation, creator of the villainous Daleks on Doctor Who, is born. To honor him, his birthday is celebrated by Doctor Who fans as Daleks Day Frozen Custard Day: Frozen custard is different from ice cream because it is made with eggs in addition to cream and sugar. Archie and Elton Kohr invented frozen custard on New York’s Coney Island in 1919. They found that adding egg yolks to ice cream created a smoother texture and helped the ice cream stay cold longer. On their first weekend, the Kohr brothers sold 18,640 cones on the boardwalk. International Happiness Happens Day: started August 8, 1999, by the Secret Society of Happy People, on the one year anniversary of the group’s founding. International Cat Day: August 8, 1969 – The International Fund for Animal Welfare is founded in Canada – it now has projects in over 40 countries. For over 50 years, IFAW has rescued, rehabilitated, and released animals while restoring their habitats worldwide. IFAW is also the sponsor of International Cat Day National Dollar Day: August 8, 1786 – The Second Continental Congress established the U.S. currency as the dollar, with dimes, cents and mills as fractions of it. On August 8, 1862. the U.S. printed its first paper dollar bill, which had the face of Salmon P. Chase, Lincoln’s Secretary of the Treasury, on it. Sneak Some Zucchini on Your Neighbor’s Porch Day: If you have an overabundance of zucchini, “gift” some to a neighbor who doesn’t garden. Iraqi Kurdistan – Ceasefire Day Mongolia – Bā bā Day (Father’s Day) Sweden – Namesday of the Queen Tanzania – Wakulima ya Nane Nane (Farmers’ day) Ukraine – Signal Troops Day 422 – 11 Rabbit born (nicknamed “Casper” by archaeologists who thought his glyph resembled the friendly ghost); at age 13, he became Mayan Ajaw (ruler) of Palenque, and ruled for 52 years [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/8/2337173/-Morning-Open-Thread-Daleks-Cats-Wright-Flight-Graf-Zeppelin-Great-Train-Robbery?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/