Show
Notes for Friday December 28, 2018
Today
we visit with award-winning documentary filmmaker, Tim Samuels, who
was recently featured in National Geographic Channel’s
EXPLORER.
https://openexplorer.nationalgeographic.com/home
https://openexplorer.nationalgeographic.com/home
December 28
National
Chocolate Candy Day
National
Card Playing Day
Holy
Innocents Day
Pledge
of Allegiance Day
Friday December 28, 2018
"Too
low they build, who build beneath the stars." --Edward Young
IS IT A GOLF COURSE... OR IS IT A REHAB CENTER!
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I'm
going to give you the name of a REAL place...I want you to tell me if
it houses a GOLF COURSE or a REHAB CENTER!
The
Honours in Ooitewah, Tennesse….. GOLF COURSE
BRAIN ON DRUGS:
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Each day we talk about people doing dumb things under the influence,
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A
Florida Man tried to trade a bag of marijuana for food at a
McDonald’s, but was rebuffed by a drive-thru worker who called
9-1-1 to report the unorthodox barter attempt. Cops allege that
23-year-old Anthony Gallagher ordered food at a McDonald’s in Port
St. Lucie around 1:30 a.m. When Gallagher pulled his Pontiac up to
the drive-thru window, he allegedly “produced a clear plastic bag
that contained a green leafy substance” and offered to provide
“marijuana in exchange for the food that he ordered.” McDonald’s
manager Ghassan Awad declined Gallagher’s request and called 9-1-1.
By the time police arrived, Gallagher had left a McDonald’s parking
lot. However, around 2:05 a.m., Gallagher returned to the drive-thru
line, where he was pointed out to police by Awad. Gallagher’s
vehicle was hard to miss since it had a surfboard “protruding
through the rear window.” Police reported that Gallagher’s ride
reeked of marijuana and that “loose cannabis” was found on the
vehicle’s center console. In addition to a possession rap,
Gallagher was charged with driving under the influence.
(https://bit.ly/2LkO3Ce)
BIG
SCREEN-LITTLE SCREEN:
A Federal Judge ruled that Harvey Weinstein’s sex assault case will move forward to trial and will not be dismissed as he had requested.
(https://pge.sx/2BzBwGu)
The Kardashian-Jenner sisters announced that they will be shutting down their paid apps in 2019. (http://goo.gl/RBQHWi)
The new Halloween reboot was one of the biggest box office hits of the year.
(https://bit.ly/2GzPBtq)
SCOOP OF THE DAY:
The biggest marijuana grower in Massachusetts has been temporarily shut down by health officials for spraying plants with harmful pesticides. (https://nyp.st/2R1xocd)
A
parrot in the United Kingdom has been using his owner’s Amazon
Alexa to order packages and play music. (https://fxn.ws/2PKf56A)
The son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been banned by Facebook.(https://yhoo.it/2PHxHnZ)
The Census Bureau announced that the U.S. Population is growing at its slowest rate in eighty years. (https://on.wsj.com/2GGCAy6)
A Rootmetrics survey found that 1 in 4 Americans checks their cell phone within a minute of waking up. (https://bit.ly/2PR82t9)
A European study found that women frequently disguise their voice to lure men into sex. The study found that women make their voice sound huskier when they’re around a man they want to be with. (https://nyp.st/2SiTJzD)
FUN
FACT FOR YOU:
Share this with your friends... they'll think you're really smart!
Share this with your friends... they'll think you're really smart!
Our
silly constitutional amendments that never happened
A
U.S. constitutional amendment was proposed in 1893 suggesting that
the country be renamed “The United States of Earth.” There was
another failed amendment, a few years prior, that wanted to abolish
the presidency and install a “Roman-style triumvirate.” As if the
United States needed any more comparisons to the doomed Roman Empire!
THE
GRANDILOQUENT WORD OF THE DAY!
LINK
TO TODAY'S WORD
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Forswunke (for-SWUNK)
Adjective:
-Exhausted after physical exertion.
Middle English past participle of forswinke, “exhausted from physical exertion,” most commonly in the performance of household chores. Terms with similar meanings included dwang and snool, “to oppress or exhaust one’s vital energies by overwork,” while tireling denoted a person who was easily fatiqued by physical exertion. The sixteenth-century toilful was used of a hardworking individual or one who was characterized by toiling, and the related verb thripple meant “to toil ceaselessly.” Titteravating was an early dialectic variant in eastern England for “tiresome.
Used in a sentence:
"I'm positively forswunke after tea with the bridge club splatherdabs."
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WEIRD
NEWS:
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GoFundMe REFUNDS DONATIONS FROM SCAM... GoFundMe has refunded more than $400,000 to 14,000 donors who were scammed into helping what they thought was a homeless veteran from Philadelphia. The people behind the scam, Johnny Bobbitt, Mark D’Amico and Katelyn McClure, face charges of theft by deception and conspiracy to commit theft of deception. Officials say they falsely claimed in a viral GoFundMe post in 2017 that Bobbitt, who is homeless gave his last $20 to McClure so she could get gas when stranded in Philadelphia. Bobbitt sued D'Amico and McClure in August, claiming they were using the GoFundMe money as their “personal piggy bank.”
GoFundMe REFUNDS DONATIONS FROM SCAM... GoFundMe has refunded more than $400,000 to 14,000 donors who were scammed into helping what they thought was a homeless veteran from Philadelphia. The people behind the scam, Johnny Bobbitt, Mark D’Amico and Katelyn McClure, face charges of theft by deception and conspiracy to commit theft of deception. Officials say they falsely claimed in a viral GoFundMe post in 2017 that Bobbitt, who is homeless gave his last $20 to McClure so she could get gas when stranded in Philadelphia. Bobbitt sued D'Amico and McClure in August, claiming they were using the GoFundMe money as their “personal piggy bank.”
Federal
court records show a Florida man duped a Texas school district into
transferring him nearly $2 million and then used the money to
purchase a BMW and Rolex watches. Records show 61-year-old Donald
Howard Conkright was arrested last week and charged with wire fraud.
He's currently in the custody of U.S. marshals pending his transfer
to Texas. A manager for the Crowley school district near Fort Worth,
Texas, received an email in October saying a construction company
that works as a vendor for the district needed to provide updated
banking information. The district owed money to the company and later
sent more than $500,000 to a new account. The next day it sent a $1.4
million payment. The district says it contacted authorities after
discovering the fraud and began an internal review.
(https://nbcnews.to/2R7sMBl)
FAKE
NEWS OR FLORIDA:
Is
this story "Fake News" or something that actually happened
in Florida.
A
man was busted for abusing 9-1-1 after he called to report a stripper
who refused to give him, QUOTE, “boom boom.”
FAKE NEWS
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Bus
Driver Saves Money From Every Paycheck to Buy Christmas Presents for
All 70 of His
Students
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/texas-bus-driver-buys-gifts-for-all-70-students/
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/texas-bus-driver-buys-gifts-for-all-70-students/
