Sunday, 10 May 2009
Movie Review: 'Cadillac Records'......
This film covers the rise of Chess Records in the South side of Chicago. It opens with the wheeling and dealing Leonard Chess (Adrian Brody) establishing his business and finding his talent. The talent he finds continue reading
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Tacoma news of protest failure.....
Anti-war groups protesting the deployment of our Stryker brigades to Afghanistan gathered tonight ...continue reading
Wow: Flying under Stockholm
Don't show this to Predator pilots, they will get ideas.
The challange was to do the impossible, fly a huge aerobatic RC-plane under Stockholm through a 3.9km long tunnel called Södra länken.
The plane is 80" wide and weighs 13lb. The mighty electric motor provides 35lb of thrust and a topspeed closer to 120mph.
H/T DML
White Wash at the White House?
Possibly not but you'll find Jonathan Gabay's "White Wash" Ning group quite interesting. It's the group for his new book "Soul Traders" which will be available in the UK and elsewhere later this month. Timing for his book launch couldn't have been better, right slap bang middle of the MP's expenses scandal which has rocked the British government. Jonathan writes about it here on his main blog.
Who is the odd man out in this list - and more importantly why ?
Lord Stevenson: Former chairman, HBOS.
Andy Hornby: Former chief executive, HBOS.
Sir Fred Goodwin: Former chief executive, RBS.
Sir Tom McKillop: Former chairman, RBS.
John McFall MP: Chairman of Treasury select committee.
Alistair Darling: Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Gordon Brown: Prime Minister and former Chancellor.
Sir Terry Wogan: Presenter of Radio 2's 'Breakfast Show'.
You're probably thinking .. "Terry Wogan"
You're right, However, though the actual reason might surprise you ...................
Terry Wogan is the only one out of this motley crew who actually holds any formal banking qualification !!
H/T DML
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Clueless in Washington.....from Rico
The Audacity of Unawareness
April 15th, 2009 5:03pm Barack Obama, through his spokesman, claimed today that he was unaware of the tax day tea parties. Granted, the MSM has done a good job in suppressing any sort of coverage ahead of time (and the little coverage they did provide was derisive at best)… but how out of touch is the Community Organizer in Chief, really?
This much.
- He was unaware that he was attending a church (for 20 years) with a racist pastor who hates America.
- He was unaware that he was family friends with, and started his political career in the living room of, a domestic terrorist.
- He was unaware that he had invested in two speculative companies backed by some of his top donors right after taking office in 2005.
- He was unaware that his own aunt was living in the US illegally.
- He was unaware that his own brother lives on pennies a day in a hut in Kenya.
- He was unaware of the AIG bonuses that he and his administration approved and signed into a bill.
- He was unaware that the man he nominated to be his Secretary of Commerce was under investigation in a bribery scandal.
- He was unaware that the man he nominated to be his Secretary of Health and Human Services was a tax cheat.
- He was unaware that the man he nominated to be his Secretary of the Treasury was a tax cheat.
- He was unaware that the man he nominated to be the U.S. Trade Representative was a tax cheat.
- He was unaware that the woman he nominated to be his Chief Performance Officer was a tax cheat.
- He was unaware that the man he nominated to be #2 at the Environmental Protection Agency was under investigation for mismanaging $25 million in EPA grants.
For the love of God, there are people in comas that are more aware of world affairs than this guy.
Kitchen Wisdom..............
One of these women has good advice - you choose!
#1 Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of an ice cream cone to prevent ice cream drips.
#2 Just suck the ice cream out of the bottom of the cone, for Pete's sake! You are probably lying on the couch with your feet up eating it anyway!
#1 To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the potatoes.
#2 Buy Hungry Jack mashed potato mix. Keeps in the pantry for up to a year.
#1 When a cake recipe calls for flouring the baking pan, use a bit of the dry cake mix instead and there won't be any white mess on the outside of the cake.
#2 Go to the bakery! Hell, they'll even decorate it for you!
#1 If you accidentally over-salt a dish while it's still cooking, drop in a peeled potato and it will absorb the excess salt for an instant 'fix-me-up.'
#2 If you over-salt a dish while you are cooking, that's too bad. Please recite with me the real woman's motto: 'I made it, you will eat it and I don't care how bad it tastes!'
#1 Wrap celery in aluminum foil when putting in the refrigerator and it will keep for weeks.
#2 Celery? Never heard of it!
#1 Brush some beaten egg white over pie crust before baking to yield a beautiful glossy finish.
#2 The Mrs. Smith frozen pie directions do not include brushing egg whites over the crust, so I don't.
#1 Cure for headaches: take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go away.
#2 Take a lime, mix it with tequila, chill and drink! All your pains go away!
#1 Don't throw out all that leftover wine. Freeze into ice cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces.
#2 Leftover wine??????????? HELLO!!!!!!!
H/T Shelly
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