Baker’s Dozen III

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Automobiles That Have, At One Time or Another, Held the Land Speed Record

  1. Spirit of America (1963) – 407.447 mph (655.722 kph)
  2. The Blue Flame (1970) - 622 mph (1001 kph)
  3. Mors Z Paris-Vienne (1902) - 76 mph (122 kph)
  4. ThrustSCC (1997) - 760.035 mph (1227.985 kph)
  5. Golden Arrow (1929) - 231.36mph (327.34 kph)
  6. FIAT Mephistopheles (1924) - 145.89 mph (234.98 km/h)
  7. Jeantaud (1898) - 39.2 mph (63.13 km/h)
  8. GCA Dogcart (1899) - 41.42 mph (66.66 kph)
  9. Thrust2 (1983) - 634 mph (1020.406 kph)
  10. Stanley Rocket (1905) - 127.66 mph (205.44 kph)

Was the last steam powered automobile to hold the land speed record

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Automobiles That Have, At One Time or Another, Held the Land Speed Record

  1. Spirit of America (1963) – 407.447 mph (655.722 kph)
  2. The Blue Flame (1970) - 622 mph (1001 kph)
  3. Mors Z Paris-Vienne (1902) - 76 mph (122 kph)
  4. ThrustSCC (1997) - 760.035 mph (1227.985 kph)
  5. Golden Arrow (1929) - 231.36mph (327.34 kph)
  6. FIAT Mephistopheles (1924) - 145.89 mph (234.98 km/h)
  7. Jeantaud (1898) - 39.2 mph (63.13 km/h)
  8. GCA Dogcart (1899) - 41.42 mph (66.66 kph)
  9. Thrust2 (1983) - 634 mph (1020.406 kph)
  10. Stanley Rocket (1905) - 127.66 mph (205.44 kph)
  11. Gobron-Brillié (1904) - 103.561 mph (166.665 kph)

First land speed record to exceed 100 mph.

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Automobiles That Have, At One Time or Another, Held the Land Speed Record

  1. Spirit of America (1963) – 407.447 mph (655.722 kph)
  2. The Blue Flame (1970) - 622 mph (1001 kph)
  3. Mors Z Paris-Vienne (1902) - 76 mph (122 kph)
  4. ThrustSCC (1997) - 760.035 mph (1227.985 kph)
  5. Golden Arrow (1929) - 231.36mph (327.34 kph)
  6. FIAT Mephistopheles (1924) - 145.89 mph (234.98 km/h)
  7. Jeantaud (1898) - 39.2 mph (63.13 km/h)
  8. GCA Dogcart (1899) - 41.42 mph (66.66 kph)
  9. Thrust2 (1983) - 634 mph (1020.406 kph)
  10. Stanley Rocket (1905) - 127.66 mph (205.44 kph)
  11. Gobron-Brillié (1904) - 103.561 mph (166.665 kph)
  12. CITA No 25 La Jamais Contente (1899) - 65.79 mph (105.88 KPH)

The first land speed record to exceed 100 kph. Also the last electric powered car to claim the title

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Automobiles That Have, At One Time or Another, Held the Land Speed Record

  1. Spirit of America (1963) – 407.447 mph (655.722 kph)
  2. The Blue Flame (1970) - 622 mph (1001 kph)
  3. Mors Z Paris-Vienne (1902) - 76 mph (122 kph)
  4. ThrustSCC (1997) - 760.035 mph (1227.985 kph)
  5. Golden Arrow (1929) - 231.36mph (327.34 kph)
  6. FIAT Mephistopheles (1924) - 145.89 mph (234.98 km/h)
  7. Jeantaud (1898) - 39.2 mph (63.13 km/h)
  8. GCA Dogcart (1899) - 41.42 mph (66.66 kph)
  9. Thrust2 (1983) - 634 mph (1020.406 kph)
  10. Stanley Rocket (1905) - 127.66 mph (205.44 kph)
  11. Gobron-Brillié (1904) - 103.561 mph (166.665 kph)
  12. CITA No 25 La Jamais Contente (1899) - 65.79 mph (105.88 KPH)
  13. Bluebird CN7 (1964) - 403.13 mph (648.783 km/h)

For today’s midterm elections
Elected officials, past and present, anywhere in the world, who were never heads of state

  1. Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London
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Elected officials, past and present, anywhere in the world, who were never heads of state

  1. Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London
  2. Judge Roy Bean, Val Verde County Justice of the Peace (1885)
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Elected officials, past and present, anywhere in the world, who were never heads of state

  1. Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London
  2. Judge Roy Bean, Val Verde County Justice of the
  3. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
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Elected officials, past and present, anywhere in the world, who were never heads of state

  1. Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London
  2. Judge Roy Bean, Val Verde County Justice of the
  3. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
  4. Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President of the United States

Lincoln’s first vice-president. He was replaced by Andrew Johnson for Lincoln’s second run as president, because Hamlin was a Radical Republican who wanted revenge on the South, and Johnson, a War Democrat, believed in Lincoln’s vision of Southern Reconstruction.

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Elected officials, past and present, anywhere in the world, who were never heads of state

  1. Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London
  2. Judge Roy Bean, Val Verde County Justice of the Peace (1885)
  3. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
  4. Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President of the United States

Just correcting the part of #2 that got lost when I quoted.

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Elected officials, past and present, anywhere in the world, who were never heads of state

  1. Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London
  2. Judge Roy Bean, Val Verde County Justice of the Peace (1885)
  3. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
  4. Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President of the United States
  5. John Fetterman, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (2019–present)

Also Mayor of Braddock, PA (2006–2019); currently running for US Senate in PA.

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Respectfully, I think this is a misreading of the situation. I have never read that Hamlin “wanted revenge on the South.” Far more important was that, going into the 1864 election, Johnson of Tennessee could help Lincoln in the border states and among pro-Union Democrats, while Lincoln knew he was probably going to carry Hamlin’s Maine and most or all of New England, so he didn’t need Hamlin on the ticket anymore.

Turned out to be a terrible decision, as I believe Hamlin would have been a far better President than Johnson was after Lincoln’s assassination early the next year, but dumping Hamlin was a politically-realistic thing to do at the time.

Back to the game:

Elected officials, past and present, anywhere in the world, who were never heads of state

  1. Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London
  2. Judge Roy Bean, Val Verde County Justice of the Peace (1885)
  3. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
  4. Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President of the United States
  5. John Fetterman, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (2019–present)
  6. Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The PM is head of government, not head of state.

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I sit corrected. I probably read a little bit more into Hamlin’s Wikipedia article than I should have.

Onward ho!

Elected officials, past and present, anywhere in the world, who were never heads of state

  1. Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London
  2. Judge Roy Bean, Val Verde County Justice of the Peace (1885)
  3. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
  4. Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President of the United States
  5. John Fetterman, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (2019–present)
  6. Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
  7. Garret Hobart, Vice President of the United States
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Elected officials, past and present, anywhere in the world, who were never heads of state

  1. Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London
  2. Judge Roy Bean, Val Verde County Justice of the Peace (1885)
  3. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
  4. Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President of the United States
  5. John Fetterman, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (2019–present)
  6. Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
  7. Garret Hobart, Vice President of the United States
  8. Richard Celeste, Governor of Ohio
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Elected officials, past and present, anywhere in the world, who were never heads of state

  1. Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London
  2. Judge Roy Bean, Val Verde County Justice of the Peace (1885)
  3. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
  4. Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President of the United States
  5. John Fetterman, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (2019–present)
  6. Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
  7. Garret Hobart, Vice President of the United States
  8. Richard Celeste, Governor of Ohio
  9. Henry Clay, Senator of the United States
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A tweak to Clay’s title, if you’ll permit it, Prof. P.

Elected officials, past and present, anywhere in the world, who were never heads of state

  1. Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London
  2. Judge Roy Bean, Val Verde County Justice of the Peace (1885)
  3. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
  4. Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President of the United States
  5. John Fetterman, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (2019–present)
  6. Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
  7. Garret Hobart, Vice President of the United States
  8. Richard Celeste, Governor of Ohio
  9. Henry Clay, United States Senator
  10. Madeleine Kunin, Governor of Vermont
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Elected officials, past and present, anywhere in the world, who were never heads of state

  1. Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London
  2. Judge Roy Bean, Val Verde County Justice of the Peace (1885)
  3. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
  4. Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President of the United States
  5. John Fetterman, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (2019–present)
  6. Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
  7. Garret Hobart, Vice President of the United States
  8. Richard Celeste, Governor of Ohio
  9. Henry Clay, United States Senator
  10. Madeleine Kunin, Governor of Vermont
  11. Leonor “Leni” Robredo, Vice President of the Philippines

She’s the 2nd of the country’s 3 female Vice Presidents

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Elected officials, past and present, anywhere in the world, who were never heads of state

  1. Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London
  2. Judge Roy Bean, Val Verde County Justice of the Peace (1885)
  3. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
  4. Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President of the United States
  5. John Fetterman, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (2019–present)
  6. Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
  7. Garret Hobart, Vice President of the United States
  8. Richard Celeste, Governor of Ohio
  9. Henry Clay, United States Senator
  10. Madeleine Kunin, Governor of Vermont
  11. Leonor “Leni” Robredo, Vice President of the Philippines
  12. Eugene Debs, Indiana Senate, 8th District
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Elected officials, past and present, anywhere in the world, who were never heads of state

  1. Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London
  2. Judge Roy Bean, Val Verde County Justice of the Peace (1885)
  3. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
  4. Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President of the United States
  5. John Fetterman, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (2019–present)
  6. Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
  7. Garret Hobart, Vice President of the United States
  8. Richard Celeste, Governor of Ohio
  9. Henry Clay, United States Senator
  10. Madeleine Kunin, Governor of Vermont
  11. Leonor “Leni” Robredo, Vice President of the Philippines
  12. Eugene Debs, Indiana Senate, 8th District
  13. Jennifer Brunner, Secretary of State of Ohio

Pass.

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Your favorite moments in the Star Trek franchise

  1. Picard is revealed to be assimilated. “From this time forward, you will service us.” Riker: “Mr. Worf: FIRE.” The music reaches a rounding, horrifying crescendo and we see the words “TO BE CONTINUED…” on the screen. TNG: “The Best of Both Worlds”
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Your favorite moments in the Star Trek franchise

  1. Picard is revealed to be assimilated. “From this time forward, you will service us.” Riker: “Mr. Worf: FIRE.” The music reaches a rounding, horrifying crescendo and we see the words “TO BE CONTINUED…” on the screen. TNG: “The Best of Both Worlds”
  2. Checkov and Uhura have a difficult time finding the nuclear wessels in Star Trek IV.
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Your favorite moments in the Star Trek franchise

  1. Picard is revealed to be assimilated. “From this time forward, you will service us.” Riker: “Mr. Worf: FIRE.” The music reaches a rounding, horrifying crescendo and we see the words “TO BE CONTINUED…” on the screen. TNG: “The Best of Both Worlds”
  2. Checkov and Uhura have a difficult time finding the nuclear wessels in Star Trek IV.
  3. Kirk tricks Khan by sending the self-destruct sequence.