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Are_grits_groceries's JournalOkay. I am seriously creeped out now!
@Google_Photos:
It used to be common in areas to take photos 'Post Death' The girl standing in this photo is dead.
I know people would take pictures of the dead, but I never heard of or saw this.
In a letter to his brother,Eisenhower described the Tea Party & the possible effects on the country
@BeschlossDC:
Here President Eisenhower argues with brother Edgar's letter saying he is recycling FDR-Truman policies, 1954
Eisenhower would blow a gasket if he was confronted with today's GOP.
Russell Wilson's Special Wallet - a video that will warm your heart
What a great guy!
You can't fake that kind of caring.
Okay DU. WHY is Tippy the squirrel fainting?
This candid video above, titled "Tippy the Fainting Squirrel," has slowly become the talk of the Internet this week.
The short clip with no information provided by poster Honor Via depicts a squirrel appearing to eat a nut while standing, only to suddenly freeze, tip over for a few seconds, stand back up and start eating again. (Wash and repeat.)
The video has become the source of one burning question: what exactly is causing these 'fainting spells' to befall this poor squirrel?
Answers have varied from fermented foods causing drunkenness, orthostatic hypotension, forms of myotonia and more. Do you have some insight on this bizarre, medical condition?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/03/tippy-the-fainting-squirrel_n_4378809.html
I think Tippy is trolling people on the interwebs.
Whoooo! This is a DAWG! (Or half of one)
@Globe_Pics:
Black wolf hybrid or "Wolfdog"
A lawyer requested a recess to attend a bris if a grandson was born. The judge had one caveat:
In November of 2010, upon realising that the forthcoming birth of his grandchild would probably occur midway through the mortgage-fraud trial on which he was working, Manhattan defence attorney Bennett Epstein wrote the following letter to the judge presiding over the case, Kimba Wood. The reason? To apply for a recess mid-trial so that, should said newborn be a boy, Epstein would be able to attend his grandson's circumcision ceremony (known as the bris.)
Judge Wood agreed to his request, but on one condition. Her handwritten response can be seen at the foot of the letter.
Transcript follows. For those wondering, a boy was born.
In November of 2010, upon realising that the forthcoming birth of his grandchild would probably occur midway through the mortgage-fraud trial on which he was working, Manhattan defence attorney Bennett Epstein wrote the following letter to the judge presiding over the case, Kimba Wood. The reason? To apply for a recess mid-trial so that, should said newborn be a boy, Epstein would be able to attend his grandson's circumcision ceremony (known as the bris.)
Judge Wood agreed to his request, but on one condition. Her handwritten response can be seen at the foot of the letter.
Transcript follows. For those wondering, a boy was born.
<snip>
Dear Judge Wood:
I represent Mark Barnett in the above matter, which is scheduled for trial beginning November 29th.
Please consider this letter as an application in limine for a brief recess in the middle of the trial on the grounds known (perhaps not now, but hereafter) as a "writ of possible simcha¹".
The facts are as follows: My beautiful daughter, Eva, married and with a doctorate no less, and her husband, Ira Greenberg (we like him, too) live in Philadelphia and are expecting their first child on December 3rd, tfu tfu tfu². They do not know whether it will be a boy or a girl, although from the oval shape of Eva's tummy, many of the friends and family are betting male (which I think is a mere bubbameiseh³ but secretly hope is true).
Should the child be a girl, not much will happen in the way of public celebration. Some may even be disappointed, but will do their best to conceal this by saying, "as long as it's a healthy baby". My wife will run to Philly immediately, but I will probably be able wait until the next weekend. There will be happiness, though muted, and this application will be mooted as well.
However, should the baby be a boy, then hoo hah!⁴ Hordes of friends and family will arrive from around the globe and descend on Philadelphia for the joyous celebration mandated by the halacha⁵ to take place during daylight hours on the eighth day, known as the bris⁶. The eighth day after December 3rd could be right in the middle of the trial. My presence at the bris is not strictly commanded, although my absence will never be forgotten by those that matter.
So please consider this an application for maybe, tfu tfu tfu, a day off during the trial, if the foregoing occurs on a weekday. I will let the Court (and the rest of the world) know as soon as I do, and promise to bring pictures.
Very truly yours,
(Signed)
Bennett M. Epstein
<snip>
Judge Wood's handwritten response:
Mr. Epstein will be permitted to attend the bris, in the joyous event that a son is born. But the Court would like to balance the scales. If a daughter is born, there will be a public celebration in Court, with readings from poetry celebrating girls and women.
11-18-10
SO ORDERED, N.Y., N.Y.
(Signed)
KIMBA M. WOOD
U.S.D.J.
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2011/03/court-would-like-to-balance-scales.html
Ha!
Pic: Mississippi River frozen solid, February 1905
@History_Pics: Mississippi River frozen solid, February 1905
Now that's cold!
Governor Walker Tells Supporters To Forgo Buying Kids Presents,Give Money To His Campaign Instead
The War On Christmas may actually be happening this year, but it’s being waged by an unlikely culprit: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R).
Last week, Walker’s campaign sent an email encouraging supporters not to buy gifts for their children and to use that money instead to support his reelection effort.
“Instead of electronics or toys that will undoubtedly be outdated, broken, or lost by the next Holiday Season, help give your children the gift of a Wisconsin that we can all be proud of,” the email read.
Here is the email in full:
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/12/02/3010341/scott-walker-christmas-present/
Somebody is going down a coal chute!
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