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December 19, 2014
Rock On DU!
Love her!
Darlene Love sings "Christmas" on the Letterman Show for the last time last tonight.
A compilation of her performances:
Rock On DU!
Love her!
December 18, 2014
Paramount won't let theaters show the movie 'Team America'
@TPM:
Paramount blocks 2004 North Korea-themed movie "Team America" from being shown in theaters http://bit.ly/1x3e6UB
Now Paramount won't let the movie Team America be shown in theaters. It has a scene of Kim Jong-Il apparently.
They have all lost their minds.
December 18, 2014
cop: you know i got you going 83
Heisenberg: great, now I'm lost!
Ha!
A Heisenberg joke(the physicist)
@MDaware: Heisenberg gets pulled overcop: you know i got you going 83
Heisenberg: great, now I'm lost!
Ha!
December 18, 2014
Dear Marco Rubio,
"Your arms are too short to box with the Pope."
(Apologies to V.J.Carroll)
He is an idiot. The US has tried for decades to force Cuba to do this and that. Opening the island up to more exchanges by many people and entities will do more to bring about change than any embargo.In addition, picking a fight with Pope Francis is fighting way out of your class.
December 15, 2014
Hostages fleeing the cafe. Stun grenades used.
No word on casualties.
BREAKING: Police storm cafe. Shots fired.
http://bbc.in/1wxaMizHostages fleeing the cafe. Stun grenades used.
No word on casualties.
December 3, 2014
Family Throws Neglected Dog a Heartwarming Goodbye Party
Butch the Boston terrier struggled for most of his life, but the Buzbee family of Pinson, Alabama, made sure his final days were a wonderful treat.
According to AL.com, Butch was initially adopted by a careless owner, who tried to control the dog with a shock collar. When that failed, the owner abandoned the Boston terrier to fend for himself on the streets.
<snip>
Butch was recently discovered in someone's yard struggling to breathe. Hoping to save the dog, Alicia Buzbee and her daughter Kansas Humphrey took the sickly canine to Birmingham Boston Terrier Rescue. Unfortunately, Butch's prognosis was bleak. The dog was suffering from little lung capacity, a leaking trachea and a swollen heart. The rescue told Buzbee and Humphrey that there was little that could be done for Butch.
The mother and daughter decided to schedule a humane euthanasia for the ailing pooch, but not before giving him a final few days packed with the love and treats he deserved. For Thanksgiving, Butch was given hamburgers and pumpkin pie, toys and cuddles. Buzebee and Humphrey threw Butch a party where he spent the day enthusiastically playing with his new family and friends.
Throughout all the celebrating, Butch's new caretakers held out hope the dog would miraculously rebound. Sadly, Butch's poor condition was irreversible. On Saturday, after a week of compassionate pampering, Butch crossed the Rainbow Bridge.
<snip>
http://www.peoplepets.com/people/pets/article/0,,20878495,00.html
Good on them!
Sigh.......
Alabama Family Throws Neglected Dog a Heartwarming Goodbye Party
Family Throws Neglected Dog a Heartwarming Goodbye Party
Butch the Boston terrier struggled for most of his life, but the Buzbee family of Pinson, Alabama, made sure his final days were a wonderful treat.
According to AL.com, Butch was initially adopted by a careless owner, who tried to control the dog with a shock collar. When that failed, the owner abandoned the Boston terrier to fend for himself on the streets.
<snip>
Butch was recently discovered in someone's yard struggling to breathe. Hoping to save the dog, Alicia Buzbee and her daughter Kansas Humphrey took the sickly canine to Birmingham Boston Terrier Rescue. Unfortunately, Butch's prognosis was bleak. The dog was suffering from little lung capacity, a leaking trachea and a swollen heart. The rescue told Buzbee and Humphrey that there was little that could be done for Butch.
The mother and daughter decided to schedule a humane euthanasia for the ailing pooch, but not before giving him a final few days packed with the love and treats he deserved. For Thanksgiving, Butch was given hamburgers and pumpkin pie, toys and cuddles. Buzebee and Humphrey threw Butch a party where he spent the day enthusiastically playing with his new family and friends.
Throughout all the celebrating, Butch's new caretakers held out hope the dog would miraculously rebound. Sadly, Butch's poor condition was irreversible. On Saturday, after a week of compassionate pampering, Butch crossed the Rainbow Bridge.
<snip>
http://www.peoplepets.com/people/pets/article/0,,20878495,00.html
Good on them!
Sigh.......
December 2, 2014
<snip>
He was not well known outside of Australia, though, and not much considered on the world sprinting scene. He had not medaled at a major championship going into the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. But he was running well at those Games, and he worked his way into the final. Then a series of strange and confusing events happened ... and these would mark the rest of his life.
The first was that Norman ran the race of his life. His time -- 20.06 seconds -- was the fastest he had ever run, the fastest he ever would run, and even now, 44 years later, stands as the Australian record.
<snip>
So Carlos and Smith went to Norman and asked him if he believed in human rights. Norman said yes. They asked him if he believed in God. Norman said yes. They told him what they intended to do on the stand and how they were sure that it was the most important thing they would do at the Olympics. Norman said four words that Carlos and Smith would never forget. He said, "I'll stand with you."
Carlos and Smith went to the medal podium wearing black socks. They had intended to also wear black gloves, but Carlos had left his pair behind. Norman suggested that one wear a black glove on his right hand, the other on his left. And that's what they did. The photo of John Carlos and Tommie Smith holding up one black gloved hand has become one of the most iconic in American history, and perhaps THE most iconic in Olympic history.
Peter Norman stands to the left, an unclear look on his face. What you cannot see in the photo is that Norman was wearing a badge that read: "Olympic Project For Human Rights," which he had borrowed from Paul Hoffman, a white member of the U.S. rowing team.
"I believe that every man is born equal and should be treated that way," Norman told reporters after the ceremony.
You probably know that all hell broke loose after that. The IOC immediately suspended Carlos and Smith from the U.S. team and expelled them from the Olympic Village. The two men received much abuse when they came home -- including death threats -- and were ostracized for a long while. But, like I say, you probably knew that.
What you may not have known -- what I did not know -- was that Peter Norman also went through his own personal turmoil after Mexico City. He was vaguely reprimanded by the Australian Olympic Committee for his support of Carlos and Smith -- according to The Guardian, Australia's chef de mission, Julius Patching, told Norman: "They're screaming out for your blood, so consider yourself severely reprimanded. Now, you got any tickets for the hockey today?"
But the press was not so accommodating. It tore Norman to shreds. Back home, Norman was banned from track for a couple of years. And even after he returned, though he was by far Australia's top sprinter and one of the best in the world, they did not send him to the Olympics in Munich four years later.
<snip>
Peter Norman died in 2006. He was 64 years old. A few weeks ago, the BBC showed footage of his funeral. They showed John Carlos and Tommie Smith carrying Peter Norman's casket.
Please read the rest:
http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/36921250/the-forgotten-story-of-australian-olympian-peter-norman
John Carlos and Tommie Smith made a tremendously courageous and meaningful gesture.
Peter Norman should be remembered too.
Remember the 3rd man on the podium with John Carlos and Tommie Smith at the 1968 Olympics:
<snip>
He was not well known outside of Australia, though, and not much considered on the world sprinting scene. He had not medaled at a major championship going into the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. But he was running well at those Games, and he worked his way into the final. Then a series of strange and confusing events happened ... and these would mark the rest of his life.
The first was that Norman ran the race of his life. His time -- 20.06 seconds -- was the fastest he had ever run, the fastest he ever would run, and even now, 44 years later, stands as the Australian record.
<snip>
So Carlos and Smith went to Norman and asked him if he believed in human rights. Norman said yes. They asked him if he believed in God. Norman said yes. They told him what they intended to do on the stand and how they were sure that it was the most important thing they would do at the Olympics. Norman said four words that Carlos and Smith would never forget. He said, "I'll stand with you."
Carlos and Smith went to the medal podium wearing black socks. They had intended to also wear black gloves, but Carlos had left his pair behind. Norman suggested that one wear a black glove on his right hand, the other on his left. And that's what they did. The photo of John Carlos and Tommie Smith holding up one black gloved hand has become one of the most iconic in American history, and perhaps THE most iconic in Olympic history.
Peter Norman stands to the left, an unclear look on his face. What you cannot see in the photo is that Norman was wearing a badge that read: "Olympic Project For Human Rights," which he had borrowed from Paul Hoffman, a white member of the U.S. rowing team.
"I believe that every man is born equal and should be treated that way," Norman told reporters after the ceremony.
You probably know that all hell broke loose after that. The IOC immediately suspended Carlos and Smith from the U.S. team and expelled them from the Olympic Village. The two men received much abuse when they came home -- including death threats -- and were ostracized for a long while. But, like I say, you probably knew that.
What you may not have known -- what I did not know -- was that Peter Norman also went through his own personal turmoil after Mexico City. He was vaguely reprimanded by the Australian Olympic Committee for his support of Carlos and Smith -- according to The Guardian, Australia's chef de mission, Julius Patching, told Norman: "They're screaming out for your blood, so consider yourself severely reprimanded. Now, you got any tickets for the hockey today?"
But the press was not so accommodating. It tore Norman to shreds. Back home, Norman was banned from track for a couple of years. And even after he returned, though he was by far Australia's top sprinter and one of the best in the world, they did not send him to the Olympics in Munich four years later.
<snip>
Peter Norman died in 2006. He was 64 years old. A few weeks ago, the BBC showed footage of his funeral. They showed John Carlos and Tommie Smith carrying Peter Norman's casket.
Please read the rest:
http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/36921250/the-forgotten-story-of-australian-olympian-peter-norman
John Carlos and Tommie Smith made a tremendously courageous and meaningful gesture.
Peter Norman should be remembered too.
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