Wednesday May 16, 2018

Show Notes for Wednesday May 16, 2018
TODAY IS A SPECIAL DAY!!! (A special thank you to NationalDayCalendar.com)

"Believe you can and you're halfway there." --Theodore Roosevelt


Brought to you by the Addiction Hope and Helpline! 1-800-438-0380Americans have always loved their beer. But not every state loves the
beverage 
equally. According to data (pulled together by 24/7 Wall St.),
New 
Hampshire surpasses all other states in terms of the gallons of
beer 
consumed per capita. Each resident of New Hampshire drinks,
on 
average, 40.6 gallons of beer per year, which is more than twice asmuch as the 18.7 gallons consumed by the people living in Utah, thestate that drinks the least amount of beer in the country.


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A traffic stop on Interstate 40 led Metro Police to discover more than $1 million 
of heroin concealed in a fire extinguisher. Police charged Roberto Hernandez, 
25, of Arkansas, with possession of heroin after authorities found 16.8 pounds 
of heroin hidden in a fire extinguisher that had been tampered with. Hernandez
was stopped on Wednesday on Interstate 40 at the Charlotte Pike exit by 
interdiction officer Joe Simonik.Simonik’s K-9 partner Boston sniffed the outside 
of the Dodge Charger and indicated that a drug odor was coming from the trunk. 
Inside the bag of Hernandez, who was a passenger of the car, was a red fire 
extinguisher that appeared to have been tampered with. Upon dismantling the 
extinguishers, police discovered a package contacting 16.8 pounds of heroin. 
Hernandez told police that he was approached by an unknown person in 
Arkansas and asked to bring the fire extinguisher to Nashville in exchange 
for a job. He is being held in lieu of $250,000 bond. The investigation is 
continuing by the police department’s Major Case Task Force, DEA and TBI.
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Alan Thicke’s widow Tanya is claiming that her son Robin Thicke is keeping her inheritance from her.(
http://goo.gl/GT4qFH)

UNDERCOVER BOSS: CELEBRITY EDITION
As the title implies, this spinoff will see celebs going undercover. In the premiere, Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas goes undercover to discover gifted gymnasts and coaches. It started last Friday, at 8p ET on CBS.



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Starbucks is being slammed on Twitter for dropping its only gluten free sandwich off the menu and doing so during celiac awareness month, no less. (
https://goo.gl/MMCiTt)
A survey by the Social Security Administration found that “Melania” is one of the five fastest growing baby names in the country, moving up 720 spaces in the past year.  
(https://goo.gl/daVRoC)
Scientists in Germany are conducting a study to see if they can develop miniature neanderthal brains. (
https://goo.gl/84f39p)
A Long Island man has filed a $6 million lawsuit after burning his feet on the hot deck of a cruise ship in Greece. 
(https://goo.gl/oLFfSL)
A man who was wearing full makeup on his face was denied entry into a night club in Corpus Christie, Texas. 
(https://goo.gl/FaKDWF)
A survey by Eden Fantasies found that 1 in 6 Americans would rather have sex with a robot than a human. The survey found that the number of people having sex with robots is expected to double in the next 5 years. (
https://goo.gl/J6RjZs
Hawaiian police have arrested a man who was looting homes that were evacuated near the volcano. (
https://goo.gl/JqaVwZ)
B&G foods unveiled a 90 foot billboard of the Jolly Green Giant in Times Square Thursday. (
https://goo.gl/6iYDzL)
A South Carolina high school is threatening to fine families $1,000 dollars if they cheer when their child’s name is announced at graduation.
https://goo.gl/wjYpW7


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In Ancient Egypt , priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.


More than 8,100 US troops are still listed as missing in action from the Korean War.

In the great fire of 1666, half of London was burnt down but only six people were injured.
The Grandiloquent Word of the Day



LINK TO TODAY'S WORD - Grandiloquent Words

Obfuscate (OB-few-skeyt)
Verb:
-To render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.
-To confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
-To make obscure or unclear.
-To darken.

From Late Latin “obfuscātus” (past participle of obfuscāre to darken), equivalent to Latin “ob-“ + “fuscus” dark + “-ātus”.

Used in a sentence:
“Every question was met with an incoherent attempt to obfuscate, to the point that he sounded completely inebriated.” 
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A Virginia man who was twice spotted walking through a park wearing high heels and stockings--but no pants--has been arrested on indecent exposure charges. Cops say that 37-year-old Jeffrey Battaglia was seen without pants on two separate occasions at Gypsy Hill Park in Staunton, a city about 40 miles from Charlottesville. A male witness reported seeing a man with his genitals exposed wearing a black hat, black dinner jacket, and high heels. A week later, a female witness also got a look at the private parts of the suspect, who was wearing a black jacket, high heels, and stockings. Police subsequently identified Battaglia, who lives about seven miles from Staunton, as the pants-less stroller. Battaglia was charged with two counts of misdemeanor indecent exposure. (https://goo.gl/hT5WBK)

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91-year-old Johnnie Douglas of Richmond, England was arrested Monday after he opened fire at another McDonald's customer in front of him at the drive-thru because the guy wasn’t moving fast enough. Police say that Douglas engaged in a verbal dispute with 39-year-old Phillip T. Bailey outside of the fast food restaurant around 3:45 a.m. Richmond Police Department Captain Kevin Wampler said Douglas became infuriated that the service was too slow and vehicles in front of him were not moving forward. That's when he began arguing with Bailey, an off-duty McDonalds employee, and fired a shot toward him. Bailey then defended himself by throwing a smoothie at the elderly man. No injuries were reported from the incident. The department's news release states Douglas was jailed and charged with criminal recklessness as well as pointing a loaded firearm at another individual. Bailey was also jailed and charged with misdemeanor intimidation and disorderly conduct.
(https://goo.gl/NnyLXZ)

FAKE NEWS OR FLORIDA:
Is this story "Fake News" or something that actually happened in Florida.

A Florida man told his roommate, “The next one's going in you!” 
after shooting at him following an altercation over cat hair. 
FLORIDA - (https://goo.gl/AyyRqi)
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