Cooley Hurd
Cooley Hurd's JournalBernie Sanders, don't drop out By Paul Begala
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/04/opinions/bernie-sanders-begala/index.html(CNN)
Dear Bernie:
Don't drop out of the race; redefine it.
As you know, I am a friend of Hillary Clinton's. I also advise a super PAC that helped re-elect President Obama and now supports Hillary. But I also have known, liked, respected and admired you for many years, and you know that, too.
We shared the stage at the 2011 Tom Harkin Steak Fry in Iowa, and I cheered as you lit the crowd on fire that soggy afternoon. You seemed to like my barbs aimed at the GOP, too.
I recall two decades ago, when you and Hillary were both fighting for universal health coverage -- back when it was called Hillarycare -- you hosted the first lady on a trip to Vermont and I tagged along. I still remember how gracious you were -- and how good the ice cream was.
Despite my devotion to Hillary I do not think you ought to withdraw from the race, and it is wrongheaded for anyone on my side of the Democratic contest to presume to tell you to. To quit or not to quit; that is not the question. The question is: Will you use your campaign to show Donald Trump how to attack Hillary -- or to show Hillary how to attack Donald Trump?
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Philip Kives, Founder of K-tel, dies at 87
The man who brought you the Miracle Brush, the Veg-o-matic and millions of albums containing 25 Country Hits or Hooked on Classics died Wednesday.
Philip Kives was 87.
Born on a Jewish colony farm near Oungre, Sask., Feb. 12, 1929, Kives came to Winnipeg in 1962 to create the company that bore the first letter of his last name, K-Tel.
Kives produced a live, five-minute TV commercial — the first infomercial, he claimed — to sell a Teflon non-stick frying pan, and sales took off afterwards. From then on he always wrote and directed all the TV commercials.
But wait, there’s more.
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If you grew up in the 70's, nearly half the ads you saw on TV were K-tel product ads.
My 8-tracks were a mess UNTIL this:
Cross gently, Mr Kives...
Source: Prince had opioid medication on him at time of death
Source: CNN.com
(CNN)Authorities investigating the death of music legend Prince found prescription opioid medication on his person and in his Minnesota home, a law enforcement official told CNN on Wednesday.
The pills are commonly used to treat pain, and investigators have brought in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to help with the case, the source said.
Investigators believe a health scare about a week before Prince's death, which caused an unscheduled landing of his plane in Illinois, was likely the result of a reaction to the pain medication, the official said.
The pilot told air traffic control that a passenger, later known to be Prince, was unresponsive.<snip>
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/27/entertainment/prince-opioid-medication/index.html?adkey=bn
One of the last survivors of USS Arizona dies
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/military/clarendon-hetrick-dies-1-last-7-uss-arizona-survivors-attack-pearl-harbor
By KEITH ROGERS
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Clarendon “Clare” Hetrick, one of the last seven USS Arizona survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack that launched the United States into World War II, died in a Las Vegas hospital Monday, his family said. He was 92.
“It’s a great loss to us,” his granddaughter, Stephanie Hetrick, of Las Vegas, said Thursday.
Clare Hetrick had planned to attend ceremonies for the upcoming 75th anniversary of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack at the sunken USS Arizona Memorial at Oahu, Hawaii.
“Come hell or high water, he was going to go,” Stephanie Hetrick said. “Every year he was ready to go to the Arizona in Hawaii to honor his brothers who were lost.”
She said his ashes will be interred Dec. 7 in the USS Arizona along with those of his wife, Jeannie Hetrick, who died in 2014, and a shipmate, John Anderson. She said he died Monday night at University Medical Center where he was recovering from lip cancer surgery.
Of the 2,403 men and women who died in the attack by Japanese warplanes, almost half — 1,177 — were on the Arizona. About 335 of those aboard the Arizona survived that day.
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Migrating humans may have killed off Neanderthals by accident
http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/15/health/humans-responsible-for-neanderthal-extinction-by-transferring-diseases/index.htmlDid we kill off Neanderthals?
Um... no:
Why are there no people at Secretary Clinton's town hall at the Apollo?
I honestly am asking because I thought it would be a town hall? 
On edit: Please don't think I'm mocking Secretary Clinton. It's just the Trump and Kasich segments were actual town halls. I was hoping for the same with Secretary Clinton.
Today is the 35th anniversary of the Reagan assassination attempt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Ronald_ReaganI remember it and found it fascinating it's been 35 years. I'm glad he didn't die, despite having opposed most, if not all, of his policies.
I had a meltdown and disappeared for 8 months...
My last posts were posted in anger and despair, and I was embarrassed to return after my outbursts. I dove into a bottle as I was watching my sister die (she passed in December). At the time, I was a member of MIRT and probably broke every MIRT rule during my meltdown. May I ask for forgiveness for my transgressions? I've been here for 14 years this month. I really miss you all.
Warm regards.
Cooley.
Question submitted by Cooley Hurd
Heads up: Secretary Clinton's at the mike now...
I'm watching MSNBC, but I'm sure it's being broadcast elsewhere.
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