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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Mom’s body piercings are
becoming targets of ridicule
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
That she has done it among her friends
Dear Abby: My sister and I
is one thing, but for her to disrobe to
have no interest in body piercing
show your friends her nipple piercings
(except our ears), but we have seen
is wrong. She may do this because she
it on friends and are not impressed.
wants to prove to them (or herself)
However, our 44-year-old mom got
that she’s still young and “with-it.” If
her nipples pierced and has started
wearing jewelry there!
that’s the case, it’s pathetic.
Our parents are divorced and she’s
If you haven’t told her that when
not in a relationship right now, so it’s
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not to impress a man. She says she did Phillips rassing and you want her to stop, you
it to feel good about herself, which
should. If she realizes she’s making
Advice
makes no sense to us. She takes off
herself a laughingstock, she may stop.
her top to show her female friends
However, if she doesn’t, then you and
when they come over, and we can see them your sister will have to accept that you can’t
literally roll their eyes, but she doesn’t seem change her, and realize that what she’s doing
to notice.
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She has now started showing off her
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piercings to OUR friends. I’m talking about fake Facebook account with pictures of an
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embarrassing. They’re polite to her face but target married or committed men. I talk to and
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we should be thankful that at least she hasn’t invite me to meet somewhere for sex. I never
pierced her most personal place to show off give real information or meet any of them.
to our friends like we’ve seen some girls do.
My question is, should I let the women
We think some kind of midlife crisis or these men are involved with know that their
hormonal imbalance is causing her to act this men are unfaithful or keep it to myself? —
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she wants to make a fool of herself in front
Dear Karma: How can you be concerned
of her friends, that’s one thing. But we don’t for the wives and girlfriends when YOU are
think she has the right to embarrass us in front the person providing the temptation? I think
of our friends! What can we do? — Embar- you would be better served if you worked on
rassed In The West
your own problem before you try to resolve
Dear Embarrassed: I agree that what the issues of people you have never met and
your mother has been doing is inappropriate. never will.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 23, 1916
Fido’s release is at hand. After going about
for several months with a birdcage over his
mouth, he is to be permitted to resume his
natural ways again. The council last night
repealed the muzzling ordinance which is
taken to mean that the danger from rabies is
believed to be over.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 23, 1966
There was a hot mail delivery in the Long
Creek, Monument area yesterday, so hot in fact,
that a pickup load of mail burned up. Pendleton
postal inspector Dave Madden said he was
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that all the mail was destroyed. Ray Lunceford,
the driver of the truck, said he felt some heat at
the back of his neck and turned around to see
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pickup had a wooden top. Madden said that
nine sacks of mail, containing approximately
350 letters and an undetermined number of
packages, were burned.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 23, 1991
A new-generation weather forecasting
system will be on-line at the Pendleton
Airport by early 1996, along with 21 jobs.
Bob Farrell of the National Weather Service
recently outlined the timetable for several
improvements coming to the area. The
National Weather Service is in the midst of a
nationwide modernization project. A Weather
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leased land at the airport in 1993, Farrell said.
By late 1992 or early 1993, the weather service
will install Automatic Surface Observing
stations at Pendleton, Baker and Hermiston.
The automated stations will provide data on
wind, temperature, dew point, air pressure,
sky conditions up to 12,000 feet, and visibility
up to 10 miles. They will also indicate current
weather conditions such as rain or snow.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
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BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
Today is the 83rd day of
2016. There are 283 days
left in the year. The Jewish
holiday Purim begins at
sunset.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On March 23, 1775,
Patrick Henry delivered
an address to the Virginia
Provincial Convention in
which he is said to have
declared, “Give me liberty,
or give me death!”
On this date:
In 1792, Joseph Haydn’s
Symphony No. 94 in G Major
(the “Surprise” symphony)
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mance in London.
In 1806, explorers Meri-
wether Lewis and William
Clark, having reached the
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journey back east.
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installment of “The Perils
of Pauline,” the legendary
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Pearl White, premiered in the
greater New York City area.
In 1919, Benito Mussolini
founded his Fascist political
movement in Milan, Italy.
In 1933, the German
Reichstag
adopted
the
Enabling Act, which effec-
tively granted Adolf Hitler
dictatorial powers.
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nese-Americans evacuated
by the U.S. Army during
World War II arrived at
the internment camp in
Manzanar, California.
In 1956, Pakistan became
an Islamic republic.
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two-person space mission
took place as Gemini 3
blasted off with astronauts
Virgil I. Grissom and John
W. Young aboard for a nearly
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In 1973, before sentencing
a group of Watergate
break-in defendants, Chief
U.S. District Judge John
J. Sirica read aloud a letter
he’d received from James W.
McCord Jr., which said there
had been “political pressure”
to “plead guilty and remain
silent.”
In 1983, President Ronald
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developing technology to
intercept incoming enemy
missiles — an idea that came
to be known as the Strategic
Defense
Initiative.
Dr.
Barney Clark, recipient of a
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heart, died at the University
of Utah Medical Center after
112 days with the device.
In 1996, Taiwan held
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elections; incumbent Lee
Teng-hui was the victor.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Comedian Marty Allen is
94. Sir Roger Bannister
(the runner who broke the
4-minute mile in 1954) is
87. Movie director Mark
Rydell is 87. International
Motorsports Hall of Famer
Craig Breedlove is 79. Sing-
er-producer Ric Ocasek is
67. Singer Chaka Khan is 63.
Actress Amanda Plummer is
59. Actress Catherine Keener
is 57. Actress Hope Davis is
52. Actor Richard Grieco is
51. Country musician Kevin
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51. Actress Marin Hinkle is
50. Rock singer-musician
Damon Albarn (Blur) is 48.
Actress-singer Melissa Errico
is 46. Rock musician John
Humphrey (The Nixons) is
46. Bandleader Reggie Watts
(TV: “The Late Late Show
With James Corden”) is 44.
Actor Randall Park is 42.
Actress Michelle Monaghan
is 40. Actress Keri Russell
is 40. Actress Anastasia
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nist-blogger Perez Hilton is
38. Actress Nicholle Tom is
38.
Thought for Today:
“When people say, ‘She’s
got everything,’ I’ve got
one answer — I haven’t had
tomorrow.” — Elizabeth
Taylor (1932-2011).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE