February 22, 2013

I once drove 7200 miles in 11 days..

well.,..I didn't get to stay long anywhre..,...but I sure did go far..
..Chciago, to Glacier National Park, to Banf and Jasper National Parks.., to Vancouvor to San Franciso to Reno..and back to Chicago....summer..1973..It was driven in a 1971 Dodge Dart...with stick shift...ok,,not exactly easy on those hills.................

February 15, 2013

Fox News may have fatally shot itself..by mocking 102 year old woman for standing in line

Making fun of a 102 year old woman standing for 6 hours will not work in this country..(see video in Video and Multimedia Forum) here, posted by... Grassy Knoll ..last night:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/101799134


.Nope...this one will not fly...This will destroy Fox's reputation among a lot of seniors that followed Fox without thought. For once, some of the seniors who are stuck on Fox, will think. So..in my opinion, Fox will lose another 20 to 30 percent of viewers, over time..slowly as this one, or its equivilant..spreads throughout the country....
...very slowly..this will evolve into an incredible moment that could bring Fox down....

....This is it...in my opinion...Yes, some will stay with Fox..of course...but to lose 20 to 30 percent more viewers as Fox gets pounded over time...and it will take time..like the 47 percent statement..will destroy Roger the asshole.
.....Or..maybe they will apologize...but if they do.......it is will be like that asshole who discussed "legitimate rape.."...too late..too little. Roger will have to fire all three of those talkers..and he won't..But that mocking must go viral..and it will...slowly, as the rest of the media picks this up..This one will be really fun to watch..

February 15, 2013

If this goes viral.. end of Fox News..make it so..

Making fun of a 102 year old woman standing for 6 hours will not work in this country...Nope..This will destroy Fox's reputation among a lot of seniors that followed Fox without thought. For once, some of the seniors who are stuck on Fox, will think. So..in my opinion, Fox will lose another 20 to 30 percent of viewers, over time..slowly as this one, or its equivilant..spreads throughout the country....
...very slowly..this will evolve into an incredible moment that could bring down....

....This is it...in my opinion...Yes, some will stay with Fox..of course...but to lose 20 to 30 percent more viewers as Fox gets pounded over time...and it will take time..like the 47 percent statement..will destroy Roger the asshole..Or..maybe they will apologize...but if they do.......it is will be like that asshole who discussed "legitimate rape.."...too late..too little. Roger will have to fire all three of those talkers..and he won't..

February 11, 2013

This is the sexiest scene ever....Lauren Becall...at 2:47 ..." a lot depends who is in the saddle"

and she really was riding with Bogie.
.....Listen carefully from about 2:10 to 2:50...look at the way they are talking..well...it aint about horses, that is for sure....and as you know..they kinda had a thing going when this film was made..........very very sensual..
Please enjoy this truly great scene...

From ...The Big Sleep...

February 10, 2013

DCFS: Credible Evidence of Abuse Exists at Main West..

Source: Chicago Tribune


Tribune reporter
9:37 p.m. CST, February 9, 2013

The state’s child welfare agency has ruled that two staff members at Maine West High School abused and neglected children, a revelation that appears to be linked to a soccer team hazing scandal at the Des Plaines school involving allegations of beating and sodomy.

An Illinois Department of Children and Family Services investigation concluded on January 30 that there were “indicated” reports of abuse and neglect against both staff members, according to spokesman Dave Clarkin. An “indicated” report means that the agency uncovered credible evidence that abuse took place.
Clarkin declined to comment on whether the targets of the investigation were boys and girls varsity coach Michael Divincenzo and freshman boys coach Emilio Rodriguez

Both men, who have denied knowledge of hazing and could not be reached for comment Saturday, have been suspended and face being fired in the wake of the scandal that was revealed in November.

Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-dcfs-credible-evidence-of-abuse-at-maine-west-20130209,0,5107661.story?track=rss

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Main West High School is in Des Plaines Illinois...
Des Plaines is a suburb of Chicago..approximately 5 to 8 miles Northwest of Chicago depending on how you measure. It is 3-4 miles northeast of O Hare Airport.

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This story now has the kind of proof will keep this going for a long time. This kind of thing is not supposed to happen in a suburb like
Dis Plaines. Actually this kind of thing can happen anywhere there is lax control over sports or deranged coaches. Not new, just very very sad...

February 10, 2013

Credible Evidence of Abuse at Main West High School..

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-dcfs-credible-evidence-of-abuse-at-maine-west-20130209,0,5107661.story?track=rss

February 5, 2013

Dog/Drunk ..Joke...

A couple has a dog that snores. Annoyed because she can't sleep,
the wife goes to the vet to see if he can help. The vet tells
the woman to tie a ribbon around the dog's testicles and he will
stop snoring.

"Yeah right!" she says. A few minutes after going to bed, the
dog begins snoring as usual. The wife tosses and turns, unable
to sleep Muttering to herself, she goes to the closet and grabs
a piece of ribbon and ties it carefully around the dog's
testicles. Sure enough, the dog stops snoring. The woman is
amazed!

Later that night, her husband returns home drunk from being out
with his buddies. He climbs into bed, falls asleep, and begins
snoring loudly. The woman thinks that maybe the ribbon will work
on him. So, going to the closet again, grabs another piece of
ribbon, and ties it around her husband's testicles. Amazingly,
it also works on him! The woman sleeps soundly.

The husband awakes from a drunken stupor and stumbles into the
bathroom. As he stands in front of the toilet, he glances in the
mirror and sees a blue ribbon attached to his privates. He is
very confused, and as he walks back into the bedroom, he sees a
red ribbon attached to his dog's testicles. He shakes his head
and looks at the dog and says, "I don't know where we were or
what we did, but, by God, we got first and second place!"

January 31, 2013

A very old joke, but maybe some fun..

> A noted sex therapist realized that people often lie about the
> frequency of their encounters, so he devised a test to tell for
> certain how often someone had sex. To prove his theory, he filled up
> an auditorium with people, and went down the line asking each person
> to smile. Using the size of the person's smile, the therapist was
> able to guess accurately how often each person had sex. The last man
> in line was grinning from ear to ear.Twice a day," the therapist
> guessed, but was surprised when the man said no. "Once a day, then?"
> Again the answer was no. "Twice a week?" "No." "Twice a month?" "No."
> When the doctor asked, "Once a year?" the man finally said yesThe
> therapist was angry that his theory hadn't worked with this
> individual, and he asked the man, "What the heck are you so happy
> about?" The man answered, "Tonight's the night!"

January 30, 2013

Worst Smog event. ever,London December 1952, killed at least 4000, sickened 100,000, it changed life

Great Smog...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Smog


The Great Smog of '52 or Big Smoke was a severe air pollution event that affected London during December 1952. A period of cold weather, combined with an anticyclone and windless conditions, collected airborne pollutants mostly from the use of coal to form a thick layer of smog over the city. It lasted from Friday 5 to Tuesday 9 December 1952, and then dispersed quickly after a change of weather.

Although it caused major disruption due to the effect on visibility, and even penetrated indoor areas, it was not thought to be a significant event at the time, with London having experienced many smog events in the past, so called "pea soupers". However, government medical reports in the following weeks estimated that up until 20th December 4,000 people had died prematurely and 100,000 more were made ill because of the smog's effects on the human respiratory tract. More recent research suggests that the total number of fatalities was considerably greater at about 12,000.
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You know..it would take an event like the one above to really get everyone thinking about "pollution" and the "enviornment"..Here is what happened in Illinois a few years after this event. So I am living in a two flat apartment with my family...Dad and my uncle upsairs announce they got to change the furnace..All furnances in Chicago had to change to "oil" or "gas" burners by a certain date..all..Now Illinois used to be the largest soft coal producer in America...I was never told why...but sometime in the 80s, I read about the above event...and that is why...yes, every apartment had to be converted..cause of the above event..60 years ago...maybe a movie about it..to wake people up...but I am afraid only if a couple of thousand or more die...like in China....maybe then we will have another moment.....
Yes, I posted this before..needs to be posted again..even the Chinese would act, if 10,000 die cause of this.............

January 28, 2013

A Chart to Make Fillibuster Reformers Optimistic: Daily Kos

ProSence .originally put this up in General Discussion Forum here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022272535
title there was... "Chart, the eight Democrats who opposed the talking fillibuster"
.........The story is kind of a good read, has a positive slant, so here it is in Good Reads..............................................


Sun Jan 27, 2013 at 11:40 AM PST.

This chart will make filibuster reformers feel optimistic:

by Chris Bowers .......from the article...after the chart...

"The eight opponents—Sens. Leahy, Baucus, Levin, Reid, Feinstein, Boxer, Pryor and Manchin—form a pretty odd grouping in when it comes to factors like ideology or geography. However, their seniority paints a clear picture of what happened to the talking filibuster: The 11 members of the Democratic Senate caucus with more than 20 years of seniority opposed the talking filibuster by a 6-5 margin.
The 44 members of the Democratic Senate caucus with less than 20 years of seniority favored the talking filibuster by a 42-2 margin.

Even if we didn't win last week, with 75 percent of the opposition to the silent filibuster coming from a small group of senators who have served for 20 years or more, the era of the silent filibuster is coming to an end.

This is another reason why I am significantly more optimistic about the outcome of this round of the filibuster reform fight than most of the more than one million activists who took part. Not only did we not come away empty handed, and not only have we come incredibly far in a few short years, but there is simply no way we lose in the long run."

here is a link to the article:


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/01/27/1182524/-This-chart-will-make-filibuster-reformers-feel-optimistic