April 2010

It is Spring And It's Snowing

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What's happening with the National Weather Service? It is snowing in up state New York,  in the Adirondack Mountains area, and in northern New England, northern Vermont and New Hampshire. --  and it is Spring, almost May. The people in the affected areas are experiencing a  rare late-season snowstorm, with two feet of the heavy, wet stuff falling on their homes and  heads. Thousands of homes lost electric power. 15,000 in Vermont, says the utility companies.  Say, how many people do they have in Vermont? Well, roads are snow covered and some school were closed.

Windmills for Nantucket?

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April 28, 2010  —  And here we go. After nine years of studying  the environmental issues involved, the affect of windmills on wildlife and on people's eyesight, the feds have approved the US first offshore wind farm,  off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts .-- 130-turbines spinning . Yeah, I read this and heard the green energy stump talk and phrases buzzing in my ears -- "Renewable energy" -- "getting the wind industry going"  --  "They've been doing this in Europe and China and we've been foot dragging" --. "There is a lot of wind power from the ocean breezes that can provide electricity -- clean renewable energy."

 Why am I skeptical about this? I just have a feeling. Wind power seems so common sense and still I feel that I'm not so sure about this.

The Pres Honors The Yankees

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Yesterday when President Obama welcomed the Yankees to the White House to honor them for winning their 27th World Series, I said, "Yes!"

I have a confession to make. My favorite sports team is the New York Yankees. I don't care much for New York. I just love the Yankees. I always have. I always will. I became a Yankee fan when I was a kid. I live in DC. I wouldn't give two cents for the Nationals, that is a long story. I wouldn't go to a National's game, unless I was paid, and I wouldn't accept anything less than a thousand dollars in cash to sit through a game. I wouldn't wear one of their caps, or t-shirts, or anything of theirs for a million dollars.

Benny Hill & Laughter Are Good Medicine

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"Repetitive laughter could have the same effects on the body as exercise, according to a new study. Results of the study, from Loma Linda University's Schools of Allied Health (SAHP) and Medicine, showed that laughing not only enhances a positive mood, but lowers stress hormones, increases immune activity, and lowers cholesterol and blood pressure, similar to moderate exercise. "

A blue stork?

In a German village there is a bright blue colored stork that has become a tourist attraction. Storks are normally white. This blue one has become a golden goose. People are flocking to the village to see it, snapping its picture, grabbing up souvenirs and spending money in the local shops and restaurants. An oddity always draws the curious and the enterprising.

What Did Heather Locklear Hit with her Beemer?

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The headline in People Magazine scared me: Heather Locklear was involved in a hit and run. Images ran through my head of a plastered Heather repeatedly running over either a hapless senior citizen or a young child caught in her path in a fit of anger. Although there was technically a hit and run, the headline was a bit of a scam.

She didn’t hit anyone. Heather Locklear, who has had a long and semi-prosperous acting career  due to her hotness factor more than her acting ability, was busted for hitting a stop sign. Say what?

The Polanski dance

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The dance called the Polanski continues, as the slippery film genius Mr. Roman Polanski dances, tries to avoid justice --or is it punishment that he is trying to elude? It's been thirty three years. The child whom he had sex with is a fully grown middle age adult, and she says: Let bygones be bygones. Authorities in California are saying no  -- that it isn't her call to make. The law is to protect children from predators, famous ones too, so California won't do the Polanski dance, and give a self-confessed child sexual abuser a pass. Oh, wait, a second, the certifiable film genius, Mr. Polanski, didn't plea to child sex abuse, but to carnal knowledge with a minor. Ah, but that is the Polanski dance. Any sex with a minor is child rape, since the child can not legally give her consent -- that is the rule.

Ben Roethlisberger Gets Spanked

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Today, the NFL brought the hammer down on the head of  Ben Roethlisberger -- suspended  for six games  without pay-- "for violating the league's personal-conduct policy," and ordered him to undergo a "comprehensive behavioral evaluation by medical professionals."  A least he doesn't have to see a quack! Of course, if he is a good boy, the suspension could be reduced to four games! A savings in lots of dough. But seeing the "medical professional" is what the NFL is looking for to determine good behavior. The NFL wants to see a 'behavioral evaluation," report, until then Ben Roethlisberger will not be allowed to attend any Steelers offseason activity.

Larry King's Wife Gets Busy with Their Son's Little League Coach

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Celebrity marriages are one thing that I will never understand.

Larry King is possibly calling it quits with wife number 4,957,999. OK, in reality the CNN Talk Show host has not actually been married that many times, but it seems like it. Eight marriages should be more than enough for one man, but not for that talk show host. Now, in what has to the be ultimate humiliation for Larry King, his wife Shawn Southwick has admitted to an affair with their son’s little league baseball coach.

Medvedev wants Obama to text?

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that the current system of communication between the Russian and the US president is too slow, that a lot of time passes between transmission and the translations of messages. He suggested that he and President Obama get iPhones so that the two leaders will have a real-time connection that could possibly ease and speed up the communication between the Russian and the US leaders. The leaders could talk and text each other. Well, President Medvedev's suggestion may give a boost to the iPhone, which is doing well and maybe doesn't need a boost. And it might give ideas to TV and movie screenwriters who can always use ideas.

Something Rotten Again At Toyota

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What is this with Toyota? Is that company really General Tojo's revenge? Toyota had/has been selling dangerous vehicles and has been caught hiding information about how unsafe some of their vehicles are. Now that Consumer Reports has issued their report on Toyota's Lexus GX460, stating the SUV, was unsafe to drive, that it carried an unusually high risk of a rollover accident during certain types of turns, and urged its readers not to buy the vehicle. Toyota had no choice than to stop selling Lexus, for now.

The National Enquirer, not on the list

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This afternoon, Columbia University announced the winners of the 94th annual Pulitzer Prizes, awarded on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize Board. The winners of  the 2010 Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism were the usual crowd.:The Washington Post, the New York Times, The Dallas Morning News ... The only reason why any of this is worth a mention, is because the National Enquirer has been lobbying  high and low for a Pulitzer, based on the tabloid stories it ran on the very foolish Mr. John Edwards.  The only  conduct foolisher  than that which Mr. Edwards engaged in would have been for the trustees of Columbia University to award  the Enquirer a  Pulitzer.. The Enquirer didn't win, didn't place, didn't show. If it had that would have been  an embarrassment to journalism, and another sign that the end times are near.

Texas Stadium Go Crumbling Down

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According to press reports over 20,000 people showed up yesterday, Saturday, April 10th, to watch Texas Stadium fall down.Most of these folks were probably Texans with fond memories of the place, where among other things The Dallas Cowboys played for thirty eight seasons, where they won many championship games and went on to win five Super Bowls. More important to the men of America, Texas Stadium was the home of the world famous Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.

US & Russia New Treaty

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Now the US and Russia can only blow up the world a few less times over.

Today,  in the Czech capital Prague, US President  Obama and  Russian Federation President Dmitry Medvedev signed a nuclear arms reduction treaty. The two countries have agreed to new procedures to verify which weapons each country possesses. and they have agreed to reduce their strategic offensive nuclear arsenal by one third. Yes, by one third. Both nations will still have enough weapons left to blow each other up, and everybody else along with them, several times over. Still it is always good to see nuclear powers sit down and agree on something. The new treaty also is an effort to help stop the spread of nuclear weapons around the world.

Do Not Smoke And Fly

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Last night, Wednesday, April 7th, a diplomat from  Qatar, an oil-rich Middle East nation and close U.S. ally, tried to sneak a smoke in an airplane bathroom. This act and an alleged joke he made, set off a shoe bomber scare, jet fighters were scrambled to intercept the plane. He was manhandled by air marshals, taken into custody, and questioned for hours. Passengers  were kept on the plane for nearly an hour after it landed, and then were questioned by officials. The questioning of the passengers went on for hours and hours. Finally, when the authorities were convinced that the diplomat wasn't a bomber, just a man hooked on cigarettes, he was released without any charges filed.

A Farewell to Corin Redgrave

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The passing of Corin  Redgrave, best remembered for Four Weddings and a Funeral," " Charge of the Light Brigade," and  the  vampire hunting miniseries "Ultraviolet,"  is being noted today on the net.  Corin Redgrave died today, Tuesday, April 6th,  in a London hospital, where he was taken after falling ill at home last Sunday. His wife, Kika Markham, said he died  "surrounded by his family."  He was 70.

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