The Round Stable

Perrydotto wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 08, 2019 12:53 am

On 19 February 1913, General Victoriano Huerta overthrew Madero. Lascuráin was one of the people who convinced Madero to resign the presidency while he was being held prisoner in the National Palace and claimed that his life was in danger if he refused.

Under the 1857 Constitution of Mexico, the vice-president, the attorney general, the foreign secretary, and the interior secretary stood in line to the presidency. As well as Madero, Huerta had ousted Vice-President José María Pino Suárez and Attorney General Adolfo Valles Baca.[3] To give the coup d'état some appearance of legality, he had Lascuráin, as foreign secretary, assume the presidency, who would then appoint him as his interior secretary, making Huerta next in line to the presidency, and then resign.

The presidency thus passed to Huerta. As a consequence, Lascuráin was president for less than an hour; sources quote figures ranging from 15 to 56 minutes.[4] To date, Lascuráin's presidency is the shortest in history, even briefer than that of Venezuelan politician Diosdado Cabello in 2002.

Huerta called a late-night special session of Congress, and under the guns of his troops, the legislators endorsed his assumption of power. A few days later, Huerta had Madero and Pino Suárez killed. The coup and the events surrounding it became known as La decena trágica ("the tragic ten [days]").

Mr. Big wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 08, 2019 1:26 pm

Gloomy Rube wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 08, 2019 4:41 pm

I've seen lots of bad and wacky movies, but this even took me by surprise. The exploding bad guy ending wasn't too uncommon, but the 'epilogue' is something I've never seen before.

Octavia wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 10, 2019 11:08 pm

Mr. Big wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 11, 2019 11:22 am

Family friendly newspaper comic, yo

Bigdog wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 12, 2019 2:13 am

Also, this comic wasn't actually printed this year, was it?

Mr. Big wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 12, 2019 2:23 am

It's from 1997! Even the most out-of-touch newspaper comic don't feature VCRs anymore

Bigdog wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 12, 2019 2:39 am

Between that and the AOL address, I was hoping.

Pocket wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 14, 2019 4:17 pm