March 2010

Massa: Trying To Make a Mess

The Washington departed Rep. Eric Massa is trying to make a mess. In explaining  his departure from the House, he at first claimed that it was for health reasons, then he hinted that he also left because of a conversation that he had with a male staffer was misunderstood, and  he said, "This ethics issue is my fault and mine alone. " (Daily News) Now he says that the Democratic leadership, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, and White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, whom he called the "son of the devil's spawn," forced him out, because he voted against the health care bill. Earlier, he said that he opposed the bill because it wasn't strong enough, wasn't progressive enough, because it didn't have the single payer provision.

Betty White To Host SNL

A big win for us fans. The date and time has not been announced, but "Betty White fans, (our) prayers have been answered. The former Golden Girl will appear on Saturday Night Live in the near future, she confirmed to PEOPLE at Elton John's annual Oscars viewing party on Sunday night. " (People Style Watch)  Betty White will be making an appearance on Saturday Night Live as a host, later this season. Details about the upcoming show has not been released.

  

For weeks now, on Facebook, a half a million strong,  fans of the veteran “Golden Girls” star, the eighty eight years old, Betty White, have made the case to NBC for a guest appearance by her on  the Saturday Night Live show, and wisely, the suits at NBC have extended an invitation to one of the funniest ladies in show business.

Bad Guy Reported Caught

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Adam Gadahn, born Adam Pearlman,  the American al-Qaeda, an American, who is a senior operative, and spokesman for the terrorist group Al-Qaeda,  is in the news today (3/7/10). First, another of his obnoxious videos, the kind of crazy stuff that he's been making for the past six years, encouraging violent jihad, appeared -- in this one he urges  American Muslims to attack their own country. Second, and welcomed news, it was announced that he has been captured in Pakistan by Pakistani intelligence officers. Gadahn, (Pearlman), a former Californian, is a high value snatch. He is under indicted in the Central District of California for treason and material support to Al Qaeda. He is the first person in fifty years charged by a US court with treason. According to an US spokesman, Gadahn is being held in Pakistan for interrogation.(Associated Press)

Pentagon Shooter: Man With Issues

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John Patrick Bedell, who was 36, was from California, and was apparently a man with issues. Yesterday, (3/4/5) at 6:40 PM,  according  to authorities, he calmly walked up to the Pentagon checkpoint outside the Metro subway station, drew his gun and opened fire. (Associated Press)  He wounded two Pentagon police officers, and he was fatally shot. He died later at a hospital. The two injured policemen were treated and released from the hospital. Pentagon Chief Richard Keevill told the AP that, "One suffered a thigh wound and the other was hit in the shoulder."

Betty White Is Hot!

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Eighty-eight year-old Betty White's star is shining bright. She is hot on the Internet, where her fans are all a buzzing and tweeting her praises. In January, she won the Screen Actors Guild's Awards Life Achievement Award, and rocked the socks off of Hollywood. In February, she went viral  nova, was a big hit, in the best of the best Super Bowl Commercials. And hundreds of thousands of fans began a campaign on Facebook to get her to Host Saturday Night Live. 

Quake Caused Loss of Time

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Ever had that feeling that time is moving faster? Or that feeling of sleepiness when you wake up in the morning, because the night seemed to have gone faster? Well, sleepy time is shorter, because time is shorter, but only by a few milliarcseconds.

Yesterday, a NASA scientist announced that the massive 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile on Feb. 27th, may have changed the entire Earth's rotation and shortened the length of days on the planet. Research scientist Richard Gross of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif,  announced that  NASA scientists, using a computer model to determine the effects of the Chile earthquake, found that (the quake) may have moved Earth on its axis by about 3 inches (8 cm or 27 milliarcseconds)  and may have shortened the length of an Earth day by 1.26 milliseconds.

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

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Today, March 2, is .the birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known to the world as Dr. Seuss.  Dr Seuss  (1904 –1991),  an American writer and cartoonist most widely honored for his children's  books, is being remembered worldwide as one of the best children literature author-illustrators of all time. (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/mmagowan/detail??blogid=188&entry_id...).

Happy birthday Dr. Seuss.

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." ~ Dr. Seuss.


"Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you." -Dr. Seuss.

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose." ~Dr. Seuss.

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