Alamanc of Absurdities for 11/8/10

On this date in 1942, the environment of “Casablanca” came to an end with Operation Torch. 400 French Patriots fighting their own countrymen, the Vichy controlled XIX Army Corps, take Algiers after a 15 hour battle, beginning the recapture of French North Africa from the Nazis. M. Ferrari no doubt raises the price of Cognac and Absinthe at the Blue Parrot. It’s Bonnie Raitt’s Birthday