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Post by pegasus on Dec 30, 2013 10:11:53 GMT -7
National Bacon Day Good afternoon my friends Gloomy day with light snow falling off and on. The temp is going down which is not that pleasant if going out. Thankfully, I'm snug and warm inside for the entire day.
Thought for Today:: "It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends. --J. K. Rowling (b. 1965) British novelist
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Have a marvel of a MOnday
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Post by pegasus on Jan 3, 2014 10:51:14 GMT -7
Fruitcake Toss Day Good afternoon my friends The sun has poked itself through the clouds so I guess that means the storm is over. We wound up with around 10 inches of snow with treacherous roads. Unfortunately the temp is COLD (- 3ºF that feels like -9ºF). I am sooooo glad that I don't have to go out there!!
The violence between Muslim and Christian groups is getting so bad in the Central African Republic that now they are beheading children! in atrocious revenge attacks! That is just the tip - 1000s are being forced to be soldiers as well. The UN says it verified the deaths of 16 children since violence broke out in the capital of Bangui on December 5. The nation plunged into chaos after a coalition of rebels named Seleka ousted President Francois Bozize in March, Since then, political turmoil raged and violence became the order of the day. Seleka is a predominantly Muslim coalition, and to counter the attacks, vigilante Christian groups fought back, The French have sent troops to the C.A.R. to try and resore order to that sad country.
People are getting more bizarre everyday. An Indianapolis man stole samples of the brains of dead mental patients from the Indiana Medical History Museum and sold them on eBay! This despite the auction site's company policy against listing "humans, the human body, or any human body parts or products To buy or sell them is a felony under federal law, and trading in illegal goods is a violation of eBay's rules. Incredible what people will do and/or buy. Why would anyone be interested I jars of human brains outside a research lab?
Thought for Today: "Mistakes are the portals of discovery." --James Joyce (1882-1941) Nobel Prize-winning Irish author
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TGIF everyone
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Post by pegasus on Jan 5, 2014 12:02:18 GMT -7
National Bird Day Good afternoon my friends It's another cloudy but the temp is a bearable 26ºF. I'm dreading the coming arctic blast. The weatherman is saying that we'd better learn to live with super cold of a polar vortex because it's going to last all winter!! Where, oh where did global warming go? It sounds like New York City had airplane problems yesterday. I wonder what the drivers on the Major Deegan Parkway in the Bronx thought when they were joined by a small private plane? Two men and one woman were the only passengers of the small aircraft and all were hurt when the plane landed near East 233rd Street because one of them had an "onboard emergency".
And as that was not enough, a plane slid off an icy runway at NYC's John F. Kennedy International Airport, temporarily shutting down the airport. The plane was a Bombardier CRJ Jet owned by Endeavor Air and flown by Delta. The plane had 35 people aboard and skidded into a snow bank while turning onto a taxiway after landing safely at runway 22L.
As violence worsens in Iraq in the predominantly Sunni Ambar Province, Secretary of State John Kerry says we'll help Iraq's Shiite-dominated government, against al Qaeda-linked fighters but not by sending troops to the country. Kerry said the US government is concerned that al Qaeda and ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) are trying to assert their authority not just in Iraq but in Syria. One bright spot - a number of Sunni tribal leaders have struck a deal with the government to fight alongside Iraq's security forces against al Qaeda forces. Good luck to them. I hope they succeed.
Thought for Today: "The one thing that matters is the effort. --Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944) French pilot, writer and author of 'The Little Prince',
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Have a sun-filled Sunday (even if it's a cold one)
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Post by pegasus on Jan 7, 2014 12:27:47 GMT -7
Someday We'll Laugh About This Week Good afternoon my friends Well, I survived unharmed last night with temp of -1ºF with winds of 25-35 mph. The winds bothered me more than the cold, being nice and warm inside. But hearing the wind howling and things going "bump in the night" caused me some anxious moments. Now the sun is weakly breaking through the clouds and I don't have to go out in it. However my DS has bundled up and gone out to get me my Dunkin Donuts coffee and donut. The long-term jobless benefits extension has cleared a key hurdle - the US Senate gathered enough support (60-37) to begin debate on a temporary extension of benefits to the 1.3 million jobless Americans who lost that benefit on the first of the year. Unfortunately, the major sticking block will be in the GOP controlled House, but at least this gives them hope. Now I hope our government can get this done quickly. This is not a time for people to be without a source of income. You need money to heat your home.
Slow but steady - cancer death rates drop 20% in 20 years. Why? Less smoking, increased prevention and better detection. The rates have fallen dramatically in some areas — i.e. plunging 50% for middle-aged black men — while barely budging for elderly white women. And disease experts say there’s still plenty of room for improvement. Lung cancer remains a scary diagnosis, but rates have declined thanks to less smoking and better detection. It remains the top killer for both sexes, followed by prostate cancer for men and breast cancer for women. But largely because of declines in smoking, the lung cancer death rate dropped by 34%. However, cancer remains the second-most common cause of death in the US, behind heart disease. Death rates are rising for cancers of the head and neck, anus, liver, pancreas and soft tissues, including the heart.
The US Winter Olympic team has suffered a major blow, not that they didn't see it coming. Lindsay Vonn, defending women's downhill Olympic and world champion will not be able to be part of the team. Her latest knee injury hasn't healed enough. Bummer!!
Thought for Today: "When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong. --R. Buckminster Fuller(1895-1983) American architect & engineer
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Have a Toasty Tuesday (keep warm )
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Post by pegasus on Jan 16, 2014 7:57:23 GMT -7
National Hat Day Good afternoon my friends It's another overcast day with no sun in sight. Snow is in the forecast but so far hasn't arrived. I'd be just as happy it it skipped us for the rest of the year. On the other hand, the dull gray brown world outside is singularly unappealing. UPDATE: Three Russian servicemen and four gunmen were killed in a shootout in southern Russia during a sweep for militants ahead of next month's Sochi Winter Olympics. A group of Islamist militants had been trapped in a house in the Dagestan region of the North Caucasus. Five officers were also wounded in what a spokesman called a special operation. I think that the Olympic athletes will be safe, but what about the tourists? Are the 37,000 security forces also protecting Sochi?
Well, it's the beginning of the tennis major slam season with the Australian Open beginning this week. So far the biggest story is the almost unbearable heat wave that has hit Melbourne. The players are having to play in triple digit heat where even the wind doesn't bring relief. One player described it as if your hair dryer was continuously in your face. I have a feeling that the heat will hurt the so-so players more than the top echelon, if for no other reason than the top players are in top condition too..
And the shootings keep happening. This time it's back in Florida t another movie theater. And the amazing fact is that it wasn't Curtis Reeves first blow-up - a few weeks before he had another run-in with another moviegoer. Prosecutors said they had heard from another theater patron who said the 71-year-old former Tampa cop saw her texting and "glared at her the entire time throughout the movie." In the latest incident, a man was texting his daughter's babysitter and Reeves became upset. They argued and the man through some popcorn at Reeves, who pulled out a .380 semi-automatic handgun and shot him to death. His attorney tried to plead it was a "stand your ground" incident but the police, attorney and the judge didn't agree and he was charged with 2nd-degree murder. I'll bet that the next defense will be "temporary insanity. You'd think that a retired cop would know better.
Thought for Today: "Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes." --Zig Ziglar (1926-2012) American motivational speaker and author.
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Have a wish-fulfilled Wednesday
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Post by pegasus on Jan 16, 2014 10:45:30 GMT -7
Appreciate a Dragon Day Good afternoon my friends The sun is trying hard to shine and the temp has dropped into the 20s., but still it's a fairly pleasant day for winter. And the violence goes on - today in Elkart, Ind. A gunman shot two women in a grocery store before turning his gun one cops confronting him, who shot him first, killing him. They do not know why he did it, or if there was any connection between him and his victims - one was in her late teens and worked at the store; the other a customer in her mid-40s. The gunman was in his 20s and lived in the area. He was armed with a semi-automatic handgun and a large knife. Can we please have universal background checks? Surely, that is something we can all agree on.
A dangerous giant smog cloud is hovering over and around Beijing, China - AGAIN. The air pollution readings have prompted residents to don air masks while offices and homes are using electric air purifiers overtime. The thick, gray haze is registering readings over 20 times the recommended exposure levels suggested by the World Health Organization. It has several causes. Biting cold forces the region’s coal-burning power plants to meet heating demands, while increased car usage and relentless construction chokes the skies with dangerous particulate. And the city's topography (hills surround much of its population) can also keep the capital immersed in dirty air unless strong winds blow it out. It appears that they are decades behind us in such things, although I sometimes think the Republicans are trying to turn back the clock on environmental protection issues.
Well, what do you know! It seems that the era of the printed book has not been supplanted by e-books and is not likely to be any time soon. Print books still reign supreme, even among the younger "digital natives" to whom one might think paper media would seem old-fashioned. A paperback works as well today as it did 50 years ago — and as it will 50 years in the future and for the same reasons. They've survived so far due to low cost, no power required, easy to gift — they're even recyclable. I am definitely one who still prefers the book. I have a kindle but have yet used it and the way things are going, I probably never will.
Thought for Today: "Truth is what stands the test of experience." --Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-born Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist
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Have a truly tasty Thursday
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Post by pegasus on Jan 18, 2014 9:35:11 GMT -7
Thesaurus Day Good afternoon my friends I had a surprise when I woke this morning. It had snowed overnight and it's still coming doewn. So once more the world is a pristine white - better than that dreary brown of yesterday!! Temps in the mid-20s, so that's not too bad for mid-January. In Kabul, the Taliban targeted a popular restaurant to attack, killing at least 21 people, including two Americans and 11 other foreigners. The American University of Afghanistan later confirmed that two of its employees had been killed and the International Monetary Fund said its resident representative in Afghanistan was another victim. Three UN employees wee also victims in the attack. In the attack, one detonated a bomb and two then fired on customers and employees of the Lebanese restaurant. In a statement taking responsibility for the attack, the Taliban said they had targeted "foreign invaders ... having their dinner." What a country. I say let's get out of there and leave them to their civil war.
;A federal judge has ruled unconstitutional a North Carolina law that made women who wanted an abortion get an ultrasound, and then have the image described to them, And so another Republican ruled state's effort to restrict a woman's right to abortion has been told that it cannot. Now if there was only some way to prevent those states from making laws that force abortion clinics to close. I also think that a pregnant woman should make it clear what should be done in case she should die. If her fetus is less than 20 weeks, yes. If over 20 weeks, no. Keep her alive long enough for the fetus to be safely birthed.
Russia is contemplating making restrictions on the gay life worse. They are now trying to strip gays of their parenting rights. In other words, taking children away from any gay person, making only "those with a heterosexual lifestyle" allowed to be parents. To outsiders who criticize the Russian attitude toward homosexuality, they respond, "If you in the west are so tolerant, let Russia live with its established traditions. Be tolerant to us."
Thought for Today: "Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." --A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English humorist and creator of Winnie-the-Pooh,
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Have a satisfying Saturday
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Post by pegasus on Jan 20, 2014 11:50:41 GMT -7
]] Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Good afternoon my friends It's been lightly snowing all day and the temp is slowly dropping. It's going to be Arctic cold time again tonight and tomorrow. Hopefully, not beyond that. It's been quite a day at the Australian Open. Roger Federer looked like his old self defeating Joe Wilfred Tsonga in straight matches. Over on the women's side it's chaos. Serena Williams?? Gone. Maria Sharapova? Gone. Sloane Stephens? Gone? I could go on but I won't. Victoria Azarenka must be chuckling with glee. There's hardly any real competition left that can beat her. As for me, I've been clued to the TV watching it all.
.UPDATE: Russia may be scouring for up to four women sent to carry out attacks related to the Olympics, including at least one woman thought to be in or near Sochi, They have hung wanted posters in Sochi that describe at least one suspected terrorist — Ruzan Ibragimova, also known as Ruzana, the 22-year-old widow of an Islamic militant killed by Russian security forces last year. On Sunday, a video surfaced in which two men from an Islamist militant group threatened to attack the Olympics, warning that “a surprise” is in store for President Vladimir Putin and tourists attending the games. Within Sochi and its Olympic sites, the athletes and spectators are probably safe. But how about other venues? How about the means of transportation to get there? Or stops along the way? In other words, the attack doesn't have to be in Sochi itself..
Thought for Today: " Whoever does not love his work cannot hope that it will please others." --Anonymous
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I hope your Monday is munificent.
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Post by pegasus on Jan 22, 2014 9:02:14 GMT -7
Celebration of Life Day Good afternoon my friends The sun may be shining in a blue skies, but don't let it fool you, IT IS COLD: -1ºF that feels like -17ºF!! But we did miss the storm that's blown up the east coast, thank goodness. Australian Open.: And now it's Andy Murray's turn to be bumped from the Open while Federer keeps on winning. Next up for Federer, now in the semi-finals, is Rafa, who has been mowing down all opponents. Should be an interesting match tomorrow. Tonight is the ladies semi-final (9:20 EST, so I hear). The women's defending Aussie Open champion, Victoria Azarenka, was also defeated yesterday.18-year-old Eugenie Bouchard of Canada reached the semifinals in her first trip to the Australian Open, beating 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 setting up a showdown with China's 32-year-old Li Na, a former French Open champ, who has lost in the finals of the Open twice. Bouchard is the first Canadian to reach the semi-finals of the Open and the first Canadian woman to reach a Grand Slam semifinal since Carling Bassett at the 1984 U.S. Open..Thw other semi-finalists are #20 Dominika Cibulkova vs. #5 Agnieszka Radwanska. Cibulkova beaat Maria Sharapova and Radwanska beat defending champion Victoria Azarenka. Tonight's matches I'm sure will be interesting.
.A South African miner at the Cullinan mine near Pretoria has found an 'exceptional' 29.6-carat blue diamond, one of the rarest and most coveted in the world with a possible price tag of tens of millions of dollars. The mine was also where the Cullinan Diamond was found in 1905 - described as the largest rough gem diamond ever recovered and weighing 3,106 carats. Other notable diamonds found in the mine include a 25.5 carat Cullinan blue diamond, found in 2013 and sold for $16.9 million, and a diamond found in 2008, known as the Star of Josephine, which was sold for $9.49 million. Diamonds from both the Cullinan mine in South Africa and the Williamson facilities in Tanzania, both owned by Petra, have been displayed at London's Buckingham Palace and are regarded as among the rarest and most valuable in the world. The 1905 Cullinan Diamond has been cut into two stones - the First Star of Africa and the Second Star of Africa - and form part of Britain's Crown Jewels held in the Tower of London.
Thought for Today: "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe." --John Muir (1838-1914),American pioneering conservationist
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Have a warm Wednesday, if you can.
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Post by pegasus on Jan 24, 2014 9:50:12 GMT -7
Belly Laugh Day Good afternoon my friends It's a fair day here with the sun shining, but don't be fooled. Its COLD - 9ºF and it feels like -7ºF. Now they are projecting this cold to last into next week. I hope they are wrong. Australian Open.: So now all the finals are set. Last night Rafael Nadal continued his dominance over Roger Federer (7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-3 ) to reach the final for the third time. Sunday, in the men's final, he will meet #8 Stan Wawrinka, Switzerland's second best player. With his 23rd win in 33 matches against Federer, the 27-year-old Spaniard set up a chance to win a 14th Grand Slam title and to become the first man to win all four majors at least twice in the Open era.The women's final is tomorrow between Li Na and Dominika Cibulkova..
Yesterday authorities made arrests for the so-called "Goodfellas" heist - five reputed mobsters or "wiseguys" have been indicted in a string of unsolved crimes that includes the famed 1978 Lufthansa heist. In 1978, gangster Jimmy "The Gent" Burke stole $8 million in cash and jewels from John F. Kennedy International Airport that was the largest robbery in US history at the time. Burke died in 1996 while serving 20 years to life in a New York prison. Yesterday, five alleged mobsters were arrested on racketeering charges related to the 1978 heist, plus other crimes. .In an indictment that reads like the script of Goodfellas, alleged mob captain Vincent Asaro, 78, and other alleged members of the Bonanno organized crime family are accused of murder, racketeering, armed robbery, arson and extortion. Nice work. I bet it was a shock to those elderly men that they had finally been caught.
Thought for Today: "There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. " --Josh Billings [a.k.a. Henry Wheeler Shaw] (1818 - 1885) American humorist .
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Have a friendly Friday
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Post by pegasus on Jan 26, 2014 12:17:10 GMT -7
Meat Week Good afternoon my friends So far it's a snow-less day but it's turned gloomy with a snow look to it. And I am so tired of this COLD. Only two more weeks until pitchers and catchers report for spring training - my first hint of spring. I can hardly wait!! Australian Open.: Stan Wawrinka is the new Aussie champ, having beat Rafa in four sets (thanks to an injury Rafa experienced to his back in the 2nd set). Wawrinka now becomes #3 in the world to surpass for the first time his fellow countryman #4 Roger Federer. I'm glad he won but I wish it had been against a healthy Nadal.
UPDATE: The Texas hospital has finally taken the brain -dead pregnant Marlise Munoz off life support so that she and her unborn and not viable fetus can be finally put to rest. The action comes after a wrenching court fight about who is alive, who is dead and how the presence of a fetus changes the equation. It's about time. I swear that only in Texas could something like this happen.
Olympic Security: And now the Cossacks in their tall, fur hats and embellished traditional jackets are helping to watch over the Olympic Games in Sochi. Once Russian henchmen, hundreds of Cossacks are now patrolling the streets of Sochi to help with security. These Russian soldiers, whose ancestry dates back thousands of years, are known in the West for their gravity-defying dance style, but ar to home, they have long symbolized rebellion and military might in Western and Southern Russia and Ukraine. So far, most Russians have embraced this rebirth of the Cossacks, due in part to the mythology surrounding them, aided by Tolstoy and Pushkin's writings. But Putin would be wise to remember their past when they have not hesitated to rise up against the prevailing Russian government, be it Tsarist or Communist.
Thought for Today: " If you fell down yesterday, stand up today." --H. G. Wells (1866-1946) English novelist, journalist, sociologist and historian. .
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I hope everyone is having aserene Sunday
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Post by pegasus on Jan 28, 2014 10:22:32 GMT -7
28th anniversary of the Challenger disaster Good afternoon my friends It's a fairly decent day but cold. Temp is only 4ºF and the wind child less at +11ºF. Will this cold Arctic air never go away???
Ready or not? The unprepared South has been slammed by the worst snow and ice in a generation with snow removal/ice prevention services practically non-existent. Schools from Texas to Florid and up to North Carolinaa were closed, hundreds of flights were scrapped and cities blew the dust off the few snowplows they have as the region hunkered down a miserable deep freeze. In New Bern, N.C., where the last 6-inch snowfall happened in 1989, forecasters said as much as 7 inches could come down. In Charleston, S.C., and Savannah, Ga., ice was the major threat — as much as a half-inch. Columbia, S.C., a city of 130,000 people with only eight snowplows, was expecting up to 4 inches of snow. The Johnson Space Center in Houston shut down for the day, while Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant declared a state of emergency for almost half the state’s counties. By Wednesday, forecasters said, the storm will bend up the East Coast, traveling as far north as Providence, R.I., before moving offshore by lunch. Up north, millions of people suffered today under another day of deep freeze. Subzero temperatures stretched from Montana to Pennsylvania. It was 11 below zero as the sun came up in Chicago, 8 below in Pittsburgh and 6 below in Cincinnati. And as that was not enough, the latest blast of frigid weather arrived just as a shortage of propane, the fuel used by 14 million Americans to heat their homes, reached critical proportion. Does anyone still believe in global warming?
Olympic Games: Anatoly Pakhomov, mayor of Sochi and Winter Olympics host, has warned gay visitors they must "respect Russian law" during their stay, adding that they must not "impose their habits on others." He insists that there are no gays living in his city. Many world leaders are expected to turn down an invite to the event in protest of Russia's anti-gay laws. Barack Obama decided against joining the American delegation and also stopped first lady Michelle Obama from attending. Instead, Obama opted to send openly gay tennis legend Billie Jean King, perhaps as an act of defiance. This lack of local tolerance threatens to overshadow the sporting action and cripple the nation's hopes of putting on a positive sporting event. It's hard to believe that a major nation in the 21sst century would still have this archaic attitude. How can it be the host to worldwide sporting events?
Thought for Today: "The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination." --Tommy Lasorda (b.1927) American baseball manager (Los Angeles Dodgers),
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Have a toasty Tuesday
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Post by pegasus on Jan 30, 2014 10:09:14 GMT -7
National Snow Sculpting Week Good afternoon my friends Another sunshiny winter day and it's warming up to normal winter temps. The Arctic cold has left, at least for now!
Atlanta is still littered with abandoned cars as it tries to find its way back to normal. At the same time, the Atlanta mayor and Georgia governor are busy trying to blame everyone else for the boondoggle that the city faced. Their favorite target has been the weather service. But that's difficult for Mayor Kasim Reed who assured people on Tuesday on Ttwitter - “Atlanta, we are ready for the snow.” He has finally admitted that authorities made a mistake by not staggering their orders for people to go home — schools first, then private businesses, then government employees. Instead, hundreds of thousands of people poured onto the interstates at the same time. But he stressed: “The highways are not the responsibility of the city.”(Making the freeway mess the state's fault). Gov. Nathan Deal infuriated meteorologists by calling the storm “unexpected” and saying that nobody “could have predicted “the degree and magnitude of the problem.” In fact, the National Weather Service issued a winter storm alert for Atlanta at 3:38 a.m. on Tuesday, 12 hours before the worst of the traffic set in. No one has heard from the school system as to why the schools were not closed for the day. Maybe they are laying low, hoping nobody remembers them.
Olympic Games: Russian anti-terror officials identified the two suicide bombers who killed 34 people in the city of Volgograd in December, as international fears grow about security surrounding the Sochi Winter Olympics. In Dagestan, they also detained two suspected accomplices, who they believe transported the bombers to the city of Volgograd. On Jan. 6, a four-minute video emerged on-line and likened the Olympics to those hosted by Adolf Hitler in Germany in 1936 and warned again of terror at Sochi., In the meantime, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said that the US has made arrangements, if needed, to extract the 10,000 American athletes and spectators expected to attend the games.
I just read an article of a mafia killing in southern Italy by 'Ndrangheta -- one of the most powerful organized crime syndicates in the world. One of the victims was a 3-year-old who was shot in the head, along with his grandfather and his grandfather's 27-year-old companion. This is essentially why I never watched The Sopranos or saw The Godfather movies. I do not want to see anything that in anyway, shape, or form exploits these monsters. There's nothing I can do to prevent this kind of atrocity, but boycott anything that has to do with any mafia family, real or imaginary.
Thought for Today: "If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will." --Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) 16th US president (1861-65)
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Have a thrilling Thursday
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Post by pegasus on Feb 1, 2014 9:29:31 GMT -7
National Black History Month Good afternoon my friends Well, it's somewhat warmer today (35ºF) but gloomy. It still might snow. <<sigh>>
Speaking of the weather. It doesn't look like England is having it easy either, as a record rainfall has left parts of the country under water. The figures for January 1-28 show that southeast and central southern England had more than twice the usual amount of rain., while southwest England and south Wales had their fifth wettest January since records began in 1910. The torrential rain has left villages on the Somerset Levels, a low-lying area of southwest England, under water for almost a month. Military planners have been sent in to work with local authorities and a 24-hour pumping operation is now running to try to drain off the excess water from the Somerset Levels. The Environment Agency has warned that high tides and gale force winds could bring more flooding in some coastal areas, and nine severe flood warnings are in place. Maybe the English could try and build one of the new Noah's Ark scholars have discovered and see it it works. The government doesn't seem to be doing much to help.
Christie Update: The old "What did he know and when did he know it" is putting pressure on Gov. Christie. A former official said that New Jersey's governor knew about the George Washington Bridge closure when it happened — an accusation Christie denies. The new allegation is in a letter to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, from a lawyer for David Wildstein — the Port Authority official who last September actually ordered the closing of two of three local access lanes from Fort Lee, N.J., to the George Washington Bridge, one of the busiest bridges in the world. Wildstein's lawyer says "evidence exists tying Mr. Christie to having knowledge of the lane closures, during the period when the lanes were closed, contrary to what the Governor stated publicly in a two-hour press conference." Things seem to be getting more and more murky in regard to the governor's knowledge of what was going on.
In North Sumatra, Indonesia, the volcano Mount Sinabung has erupted again, killing at least 14. The victims were hit by hot ash clouds and were all found in Sukameriah, a village close to the volcano's crater, Now, why would people live close to an erupting volcano's crater? The volcano has been active since last September and spewed ash columns 2,000 meters high sending hot ash clouds down its slope. I feel sorry that people died but talk about "courting danger".
Thought for Today: "Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly." --Langston Hughes (1902-1967) African-American writer, poet and essayist,
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Have a safe Saturday
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Post by pegasus on Feb 3, 2014 9:43:50 GMT -7
Four Chaplains Memorial Day Good afternoon my friends It's mostly cloudy today and it looks like we're missing the big snowstorm once again. That's fine by me. Let New York City and New England have it all.
The Super Bowl blowout was disappointing to any but Seahawk fans. I turned it off at halftime. And what happened to the "famous" Super Bowl ads? They matched the game - boring - a bunch were ads that have been running all year. Not much new here. All in all, a waste of my time.
It's hard to believe that the opening ceremonies for the Sochi Olympics will be Friday. And reports say that hotels are without doors, ticket systems don't work and buildings are incomplete. But this isn't the first Olympics that such reports were made beforehand and everything was fine. This will be the first Russian Olympics that the US will participate in. The only other one was a victim of the Cold War and when Russia boycotted our Los Angeles games, we did the same with Moscow's. So I cuse that's an improvement.
Eyeing Dinner I found this bald eagle watching a flock of geese at Seneca Lake State park. Photo by Shelly Lannon
Iced Shallows The eastern shore of Seneca Lake as viewed in the afternoon is frozen with a rough ice that has also encased docks. Photo by Tom Jackson Thought for Today: "People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use." --Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) Danish philosopher
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Have a "mod" Monday
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