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August 17, 2015

Babies for Bernie...

hope this photo works.



August 16, 2015

So Serena is NOT in the finals of Roger's Cup.....some little pipsqueak, 18 years old is.

And she's just won a tie break first set against Halep which took almost an hour.

August 15, 2015

Before Bruce Jenner becoming Caitlyn.....there was Renee.....the tennis player.

her story is going to be on ESPNC at 11:00 tonight.

August 13, 2015

Police dog dies in cruiser at PGA Whistling Straights.......

HAVEN, Wis -- A police dog of the Brown County Sheriff's Department died at Whistling Straits on Thursday. The K-9 officer, named Wix, was part of the security team at the PGA Championship.

The Sheriff's Office announced the passing on Thursday afternoon.

"Wix was a valuable member of this agency and community and will be sadly missed by all."

According to the Sheriff's Office, the dog died of heat exhaustion while in one of the police cruisers. The car was running and the air conditioning was on when last checked by an officer in the morning.

However, when Wix was found unresponsive in the afternoon, the AC unit had crashed. A K-9 heat alarm system, which is supposed to roll down the windows if the car becomes overheated, also failed.

Brown County is lending its services to Sheboygan and Whistling Straits for the PGA Championship. Brown County Sheriff’s Office said Wix, a Malinois, had been with the department since 2014.

August 13, 2015

Al Franken: Why I support Iran deal

After careful review, I have decided that I will vote in support of the agreement the United States and our international partners reached with Iran last month.

It's not a conclusion I came to lightly. Since the deal was announced, I've consulted with nuclear and sanctions experts inside and outside government; Obama administration officials, including Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz; ambassadors from the other countries that negotiated alongside us; advocates for Israel on both sides of the issue; my constituents in Minnesota; and, of course, my colleagues in the Senate.

Many have expressed reservations about the deal, and I share some of those reservations. It isn't a perfect agreement.

But it is a strong one. This agreement is, in my opinion, the most effective, realistic way to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon anytime in the next 15 years. It does so by imposing a series of physical limits on Iran's nuclear program, especially its production of the fissile material it would require to make a bomb. The agreement's verification provisions are extremely strong: 24/7 monitoring of, and unfettered access to, Iran's nuclear sites and ongoing surveillance of Iran's nuclear supply chain.

That means: In order to make a nuclear weapon in the next 15 years, Iran would have to reconstruct every individual piece of the chain -- the mining, the milling, the production of centrifuges, and more -- separately and in secret. The regime would have to run the risk of any of these steps being detected by international inspectors or our own comprehensive intelligence efforts. It would risk losing everything it gained from the deal, and the re-imposition of sanctions.

Full article: http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/13/opinions/franken-iran-deal/index.html

August 13, 2015

I'm over the headlines.....over mags, newsites, newshows, it all......

Huffington Post is starting to get on my brain cells......their headlines reads like the tabloids in the express or not lanes at the store.....WHAT THE THE HELL?????

August 11, 2015

My Giant Life.......of course on TLC....anyone watching???

I've become attached to some of the women.....and I do like it.

August 8, 2015

Wooooooo, nothing since 2009????? Really? The New Pope, as in Francis??

Just asking.... he seems like the hip pope we need....together with Sanders/O'Mally......JMHO

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