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Breaking News — Open Thread by jenny on February 3, 2009 at 2:57 pm

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suzys's comment on April 14, 2009 at 11:31 am
The woman who flipped her car in the field across from my house is OK. The sheriff said that the Spring plowed fields often protect people in such instances. So the moral of the story is, if you’re going to flip your car, don’t wear your seat belt, get drunk first, and do it in a newly plowed field.
Evan's comment on April 14, 2009 at 11:10 am
In light of the SEALs’ outstanding job with the pirates, here is a great story about what makes special forces troops different from the rest of us.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/184156/output/print

The article has interesting information about differences in body chemistry between normal people and people who easily handle highly stressful situations. It also includes some of the entertaining details of special forces training.
Evan's comment on April 13, 2009 at 8:09 pm
For pure sentimental value, here is a video of President Obama reading “Where the Wild Things Are” to a bunch of kids (complete with goofy sound effects and intermittent heckling from the First Lady.)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/13/obama-reads-where-the-wil_n_186259.html
suzys's comment on April 13, 2009 at 11:58 am
We have a mountain lion running around Kenosha County, and my employee Dawn was on the news last night talking about it. She didn’t actually see the mountain lion but others have seen it on her street. People have been reporting mountain lion sightings but I guess the DNR didn’t take them seriously until someone brought in a scat sample and a footprint.

Yesterday, a 48 year old woman was racing down my street in her Corvette convertible, top down, and overcorrected after swerving onto the shoulder–resulting in the car flipping a couple of times into the corn field. Probably because she was drunk (her third DUI) and not wearing a seat belt, she walked away from the accident.

This is my report from the country.
Gramma's comment on April 13, 2009 at 7:09 am
This was amazing, those sharp shooters should be given a medal or something to honor them.
Evan's comment on April 12, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Tedder’s AUNT?!!
jenny's comment on April 11, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Wow that’s funny that Tim Bernards-Lee was a victim of computer fraud, interesting. I wonder if I would have known? I secretly think there might have been a red flag, but I bet I shop more online than he does.
Gramma's comment on April 11, 2009 at 6:09 pm
I don’t think those are the measurements Marshall meant, or the Barbie.
suzys's comment on April 11, 2009 at 4:25 pm
She is Tedder’s aunt. She is a tar Heel fan because that sounds like Choo Hoof.
Evan's comment on April 11, 2009 at 4:01 pm
If there is a type of situation which can be described as “Frankensteinian,” then this is undoubtedly it.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/technologynews/4990442/World-Wide-Web-creator-Sir-Tim-Berners-Lee-fell-victim-to-online-fraud.html
Evan's comment on April 11, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Is she related to Tedder??!!? Besides through Auntie Sue and Mom.

It sounds from her post like Gramma is emphatically against the idea but count me emphatically for it!!!
suzys's comment on April 11, 2009 at 3:49 pm
She’s 20.5 inches tall weighs 65 pounds. I have never heard her bark. She loves to play and has no desire to wander off, at all. Gramma can walk her with no leash. She will retrieve the paper and bark if there is a carbon monoxide leak. The last part is a lie.
Marshall's comment on April 11, 2009 at 10:11 am
What are her measurements?
Evan's comment on April 11, 2009 at 8:35 am
How old is Barbie?? I think she should move to Princeton, too!!!!
Jon's comment on April 10, 2009 at 5:56 pm
A doggie bone might cheer her up.
suzys's comment on April 10, 2009 at 5:49 pm
How am I going to tell her you rejected her?
Gramma's comment on April 10, 2009 at 4:50 pm
No, no, no. I like Barbie but I can visit her. I am living a long healthful life without a dog or cat. I like my lazy life.
suzys's comment on April 10, 2009 at 4:12 pm
I am thinking that Barbie should move east and live with Gramma. Studies show that dogs help people live longer, healthier lives. And Barbie will help Jenny’s campaign.
Aunt Julie's comment on April 8, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Nice article, Jenny.
jenny's comment on April 8, 2009 at 10:54 am
here’s a new article in our local paper about the council race
Jon's comment on March 31, 2009 at 7:49 am
Here is the Trenton Times article about the PCDO endorsement
http://www.nj.com/news/times/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-16/123847233962280.xml&coll=5
Evan's comment on March 30, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Congratulations Mom!!! It seems like the PCDO endorsement vote means a lot so that is a big win.

Here is a cool article with a headline that sounds like an exclamation from a super-villain:

“Super-Laser Fully Operational At Last”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29964926/

the article says that engineers have finally completed a $3.5 billion dollar laser “capable of simulating the energy force of a hydrogen bomb and the sun itself.”
jenny's comment on March 30, 2009 at 8:26 pm
articles about the recent endorsement meeting

http://centraljersey.com/articles/2009/03/30/the_princeton_packet/news/doc49d145786392a879729982.txt

http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2009/03/30/23198/

http://www.politickernj.com/editor/28609/princeton-dems-dump-karcher
jenny's comment on March 27, 2009 at 7:13 pm
http://www.nj.com/news/times/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-16/1238159148278280.xml&coll=5 kind of boring article, but it’s on message because info about me was taken completely from my website
Evan's comment on March 18, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Well, it’s March Madness time again! And which men’s college basketball team will President Obama pick in his Official Presidential Bracket? Will it be the dreaded Duke Blue Devils from Durham, for whom his personal aide Reggie Love played?

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/ncaatourney09/columns/story?columnist=katz_andy&id=3991859

No! The President picks the high-flying Tar Heels of the University of North Carolina!
Evan's comment on March 9, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Holy Cow! Terrific reporting!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/13/AR2008091302284.html?referrer=digg&sid=ST2008091302818&s_pos=

This is another excerpt from Washington Post writer Barton Gellman’s book “Angler” about the Cheney vice-presidency. I think I posted another part that was about John Aschcroft refusing to sign off on the domestic surveillance program from his hospital sickbed.

This part is basically the prequel to that, and it is gripping. I want to buy this book “Angler,” but i’m always convinced that they’ve published the best parts in the Washington Post already. Then they post a new excerpt that is even better than the last. Check it out!
Evan's comment on March 3, 2009 at 7:16 pm
President Obama, in keeping with his promise to be more involved around DC, recently attended an NBA game between the Washington Wizards and his hometown Chicago Bulls.

The President’s love of talking trash is well-known, so it shouldn’t be surprising that one particularly confident DC resident has become famous as “The Wizards Fan Who Talked Trash To Obama:”

“‘We were up by 15,’ Rawls remembered in a phone conversation this afternoon. ‘I told [Obama], ‘You can tell them to warm up the limo, Sir, because this is a wrap here.’

And really, not too many people can claim to have taunted a sitting President with the old ‘Warm up the limo’ chant.”

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2009/03/the_wizards_fan_who_talked_tra.html
Evan's comment on March 2, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Here is a great (and short!) story about how the Obama administration (and their allies) have a plan to make Rush Limbaugh synonymous with the GOP. Note Rush’s response at the end of the article, in which he completely plays into their hands.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19460.html
Evan's comment on February 24, 2009 at 10:17 pm
It really was magnificent. I was totally blown away from start to finish! I had been a little bit worried about the administration’s communications efforts so far but the big guy put that all to rest tonight. Way to go, Mr. President!!!
Jon's comment on February 24, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Obama’s speech…

…was awesome.
Evan's comment on February 24, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Hooray!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29371588/
jenny's comment on February 24, 2009 at 7:57 am
I hope this Diebold story gets confirmed by the MSM!
Jon's comment on February 23, 2009 at 9:42 pm
The pundits strike again.

“I think people are anticipating that capital expenditures will be lower this year,” said Kim Caughey, senior investment analyst Fort Pitt Capital Group in Pittsburgh. “I think that looks like a good bet.”

Duh.
Jon's comment on February 23, 2009 at 6:47 am
If this story is true, then it reveals the true character of Diebold (the company who manufactures electronic voting machines.)
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Diebold_offices_listed_in_yellow_pages_0222.html
Evan's comment on February 19, 2009 at 5:54 pm
Whoa, the stodgy old Republican party is totally reinventing itself and appealing to young voters like me! How? With their new public relations effort which is totally “off the hook!!!”

At least according to RNC Chairman Michael Steele.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/19/steele-gop-needs-hip-hop-makeover/
Jon's comment on February 15, 2009 at 12:23 am
So Nate Robinson of the Knicks just out-slammed 6′11″ Dwight Howard to win the NBA slam dunk competition. Awesome.

By the way, Nate Robinson is 5′9″. Whoa.
jenny's comment on February 12, 2009 at 7:17 am
I do like it Marshall, it’s exactly the kind of thing I would do. It’s funny how good the instructions are!

It’s pretty similar to how to make Schnapps, which I did — here’s the website for comparison http://www.danish-schnapps-recipes.com/schnapps-recipes.html.
Marshall's comment on February 12, 2009 at 2:16 am
I thought Mom might like this: http://mixthatdrink.com/skittles-vodka-tutorial/
jenny's comment on February 11, 2009 at 9:36 pm
I think it’s neat that Grampa was a postal carrier when there were still horses for transportation. He was also an elected member of the school board!
Gramma's comment on February 11, 2009 at 3:20 pm
i thought it was rather interesting that way back in the old days when my father was a rural mail Carrier the farmers would put their wind up clocks in the mail box expecting my Dad to set the correct time. They knew he was a government worker and would know the correct time. You have to remember that this was before radios and very limited phone service. He always set the clocks.
Evan's comment on February 11, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Five years ago, I made one of my famous predictions that marijuana would be legal within twenty-five years. Everyone laughed. I think now it might be even sooner.
Jon's comment on February 11, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Watch Reefer Madness to find out. Bad, bad stuff happens!
Marshall's comment on February 11, 2009 at 1:45 pm
On another note, here’s an interesting graph I came across:

source: Source: Jack E. Henningfield, PhD for NIDA, Reported by Philip J. Hilts, New York Times, Aug. 2, 1994 “Is Nicotine Addictive? It Depends on Whose Criteria You Use.”

Tell me again why it’s not legal?
Marshall's comment on February 11, 2009 at 1:43 pm
My comment never showed up! Anyway Dad, I think the problem lies in semantics. Don’t get caught up on the fact that a US Postal worker is labeled an “official”–there’s not really anything official about them, except for the fact that they’re only the only ones “officially” allowed to handle our mail. It’s definitely good that there are penalties against unauthorized people opening and handling mail.
Evan's comment on February 7, 2009 at 5:02 pm
I’m with Gramma.
Gramma's comment on February 7, 2009 at 3:37 pm
I appreciate the government official coming to my door every day with the mail.
Jon's comment on February 7, 2009 at 1:28 pm
This week I was reading an article about the U.S. Postal Service, and there was a fascinating quote/concept in the article that I keep mulling over — not in a good or bad way, just in a strange way. Referring to postal carriers –

“Every day, a government official goes to your door.”

I had never thought about postal carriers like that before. Is it a good thing that a government official comes to our door every day? Bad thing? Or just a strange thing?
Marshall's comment on February 6, 2009 at 5:05 pm
Whoa…this family’s dog died, so they cloned it, and now they have the same dog again! http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/02/06/cloned.puppy/index.html
jenny's comment on February 3, 2009 at 6:06 pm
A news clip from 1981 about the sci-fi concept of reading a newspaper on a computer!

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/31/a-newspaper-on-a-pc-thats-crazy-talk/?em
jenny's comment on February 3, 2009 at 2:59 pm
I forget if I already posted about this– we were having a debate about premium vodka - here’s the taste test that came out in favor of Smirnoff:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/26/dining/26wine.html?_r=1

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