DECEMBER 15, 2010
December 15 is … National Lemon Cupcake Day. I do not like Lemon Cupcakes.
In 2009 Hallmark sold 85,000 birthday cards for people celebrating their one-hundredth birthday.
Christmas is getting real close. Pretty soon we will all be saying “Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house…”
Please watch the video below. Many of you, especially those around my age have likely seen it before but it may have been years. I always enjoyed Red Skelton. I like him more today.
a London Judge released Julian Assange on bond. He is staying in London’s Wandsworth Prison for the next 48 hours o the Swedish government can appeal the decision. He must post 2000,000 lbs or $320,000.00 in cash to be released. The money is to be posted by friends, strangers and wannabees.
A group of 10 celebrity supporters pledged to post Assange's bail, including film director Michael Moore, British filmmaker Ken Loach, war journalist John Pilger, human rights advocate Bianca Jagger and socialite Jemima Khan. In a statement posted on his website, Moore called the WikiLeaks boss a "pioneer of free speech, transparent government and the digital revolution in journalism" and said that he would contribute $20,000 to the bail fund.
This move is sure to make Moore popular no matter where he takes his sagging, nearly nonexistent career.
The New York City police are looking into the possibility that a serial killer is working in the New York City area. Three bodies were found Monday in the same beach area. A fourth body had been previously discovered in the same area. Two of the bodies were wrapped in burlap. The bodies were badly decomposed making identification difficult. Two of the bodies have been determined to be female. No result s are in on the other two.
Las Vegas police are looking for a man who robbed the Bellagio Casino around 3:45 a.m. Tuesday. A man with a similar description robbed the Suncoast Casino on December 9th.. At the Suncoast the robber made off with about $20,000.00. The robber got away with 1.5 million in gaming chips from the Bellagio. It may not be all that easy to cash in the chips, however. The chips are only good at the Bellagio. Many Casinos embed a radio chip into their gaming chips for tracking purposes. The Bellagio will not say if they follow that practice. Where is George Clooney when you need him?
I am real glad to see President Obama is taking care of the people’s business. With yesterday’s appointment, we can all sleep better and I am sure we are safer. Jon Bon Jovi: rocker and presidential adviser? It's true. The "Livin' on a Prayer" singer has been appointed to the 25-member White House Council for Community Solutions.
In its announcement Tuesday, the White House said the new panel will "provide advice to the President on the best ways to mobilize citizens, nonprofits, businesses and government to work more effectively together to solve specific community needs."
Bon Jovi, a long-time supporter of the Democratic Party, performed at President Obama's inauguration. The Grammy winner heads the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation, a group devoted to ending homelessness.
In its announcement Tuesday, the White House said the new panel will "provide advice to the President on the best ways to mobilize citizens, nonprofits, businesses and government to work more effectively together to solve specific community needs."
Bon Jovi, a long-time supporter of the Democratic Party, performed at President Obama's inauguration. The Grammy winner heads the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation, a group devoted to ending homelessness.
This announcement comes on the same day The Brookings Institute released a study detailing how and why Presidential appointments have become a joke in Washington DC. The actions of the Senate clearly prove our government is too big. The government does not need the employees and appointments it has but refuses to confirm.
When it comes to its constitutional duty to confirm presidential nominations, the U.S. Senate often spends more time on advice and far less on consent.
But here are two things all should all agree on: The system for confirming presidential appointees is broken and puts the country in peril. How else to explain the manufactured crisis in the early days of the Obama administration when Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner found himself "Home Alone," facing one of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression while his key deputies awaited Senate confirmation?
The problem, the subject of one commission and study after another for a quarter century, is well-known and cuts across partisan lines. Yet despite reams of recommendations, little if anything has been done to address the problem, which is a recurring theme in Washington DC.
But here are two things all should all agree on: The system for confirming presidential appointees is broken and puts the country in peril. How else to explain the manufactured crisis in the early days of the Obama administration when Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner found himself "Home Alone," facing one of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression while his key deputies awaited Senate confirmation?
The problem, the subject of one commission and study after another for a quarter century, is well-known and cuts across partisan lines. Yet despite reams of recommendations, little if anything has been done to address the problem, which is a recurring theme in Washington DC.
The name of the report is "A Half-Empty Government Can't Govern: Why Everyone Wants to Fix the Appointments Process, Why It Never Happens, and How We Can Get It Done."
The authors are Brookings Institution senior fellows William Galston and E.J. Dionne Jr., who also write columns for the Washington Post. They call for a new urgency and political will to reform a dysfunctional system. Yet they note the challenges before them.
The authors are Brookings Institution senior fellows William Galston and E.J. Dionne Jr., who also write columns for the Washington Post. They call for a new urgency and political will to reform a dysfunctional system. Yet they note the challenges before them.
Two of the problems pointed out are the political games played in Washington and the fact the government has grown too big.
By the midterm elections, nearly one in five key policymaking slots in the Obama administration were still unfilled, and most still remain that way. The problem is particularly acute for Obama's judicial appointees. The Huffington Post recently reported that only 39.8 percent of his judges have been confirmed, compared to 76 percent for George W. Bush and 89 percent for Bill Clinton at the same juncture in their presidencies.
The problem also has been aggravated by a proliferation of presidential appointees requiring Senate confirmation. When Ronald Reagan took office in 1981, he filled 295 core policy jobs in Cabinet departments and executive agencies. Obama had 422 such positions and a total of 1,177 full-time appointments that required Senate confirmation.
The problem also has been aggravated by a proliferation of presidential appointees requiring Senate confirmation. When Ronald Reagan took office in 1981, he filled 295 core policy jobs in Cabinet departments and executive agencies. Obama had 422 such positions and a total of 1,177 full-time appointments that required Senate confirmation.
During the alarmist early days of the manufactured economic crisis, we often heard the term “too big to fail” Clearly, our government does not practice what it preaches.
Notable births on this date:
1735 Cesare Beccaria-Bonesana Italian lawyer
1832 Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel French engineer (Eiffel tower)
1836 Edmond Picard French/Belgian lawyer/writer (La forge Roussel)
1836 Edmond Picard French/Belgian lawyer/writer (La forge Roussel)
1879 Hugo W C Bordewijk Dutch lawyer
1922 Alan Freed Pennsylvania, DJ, accepted payola/introduced term "rock-n-roll"
1929 Keith Andrew cricketer (England wicket-keeper in 2 Tests 1954-63)
1930 Alim-ud-Din cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 25 Tests 1954-62)
1930 Alim-ud-Din cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 25 Tests 1954-62)
1933 Tim Conway Willoughby OH, comic (McHale's Navy, Carol Burnett Show) NOW HE IS FUNNY
1942 Dave Clark London England, rock drummer (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over)
1985 Sheeba Reiter Florida, illegitimate daughter of Jackie Mason
Notable deaths on this date:
1688 Gaspar Fagel lawyer/Netherlands grand pensionary (1672-88), dies at 54
1890 Sitting Bull Hunkpapa-Sioux chief (Little Big Horn), killed by US Army
1939 Tom McKibbin cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1895-1898, 17 wickets), dies
1944 Glenn Miller US band leader/jazz composer, dies at 40
1966 Walt Disney animator, dies at 65, put in suspended animation NOT REALLY DEAD?
1997 Lillian Disney widow of Walt Disney, dies at 98
Notable events on this date:
1791 Bill of Rights ratified when Virginia gave its approval
1791 1st US law school established at University of Pennsylvania
1792 1st life insurance policy issued in US (Philadelphia)
1877 Thomas Edison patents phonograph
1791 1st US law school established at University of Pennsylvania
1792 1st life insurance policy issued in US (Philadelphia)
1877 Thomas Edison patents phonograph
1894 Cricket day 2 1st T Australia vs England Australia 586 (Gregory 201) England 3-130
1939 1st commercial manufacture of nylon yarn, Seaford DE
1939 World premiere of "Gone With The Wind" in Atlanta GA
1939 Snip departs for 1st flight to Paramaribo, Curaçao
1941 USS Swordfish becomes 1st US sub to sink a Japanese ship
1939 World premiere of "Gone With The Wind" in Atlanta GA
1939 Snip departs for 1st flight to Paramaribo, Curaçao
1941 USS Swordfish becomes 1st US sub to sink a Japanese ship
1944 Bandleader, Major Glenn Miller, lost over English Channel
1944 Hizbu'allah (Arm forces for Allah) forms
1944 Hizbu'allah (Arm forces for Allah) forms
1973 American Psychiatric Association declares homosexuality is not mental illness
1978 Test Cricket debut of Malcolm Marshall, vs India at Bangalore
1979 Deposed Shah of Iran leaves US for Panamá
1979 World Court in Hague rules Iran should release all US hostages
1979 Deposed Shah of Iran leaves US for Panamá
1979 World Court in Hague rules Iran should release all US hostages
1988 Lori Davis of Long Island sues Mike Tyson for grabbing her buttocks
1990 Rocker Rod Stewart marries super model Rachel Hunter
1990 Rocker Rod Stewart marries super model Rachel Hunter
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