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Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Spanish Guitar Hits TT - 4

Single Parents Day

From USA Today -








http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/21/best-single-parents-day-posts-weve-seen-today/99446378/

The Padre for Life

From Now I Know  - I'm not a baseball fan, but this is a great story.

The Padre for Life

http://nowiknow.com/the-padre-for-life/

A Flying Cruise

From Bloomberg -

See All the World’s Greatest Places in One Month On a Flying Cruise
The ultra-elite trend is hoping to tap a broader crowd.
by Nikki Ekstein

So you want to see all of the world’s greatest sights … in 29 days?

Good news: For the first time ever, it’s a realistic proposition.

But there’s a catch: You’ll have to do it on a private jet. And it’ll run you $159,000 per person.

At least that’s what Edie Rodriguez, chief executive officer of Crystal Cruises, is proposing with the company’s soon-to-launch AirCruises, whose first “Around the World: Iconic Sights” tour will pit stop in Easter Island, Uluru, Lhasa, Jaipur, Victoria Falls, and Prague (among others)—all between Oct. 21 and Nov. 18.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-20/best-around-the-world-private-jet-trips-four-seasons-crystal?bcomANews=true

Adoptive father helped formerly homeless boy to basketball stardom

Here's How to Make America Great Again

Monday, March 20, 2017

Love This "This is Us" Review

From Very Smart Brothas -

I BINGED WATCHED ‘THIS IS US’ AND MY FEELINGS ARE IN SHAMBLES. I MAY NEVER RECOVER. ZOMG!
Panama Jackson, 3/20/17

http://verysmartbrothas.com/watch-this-is-us/




Sesame Street Parodies Trump

From the Washington Post - 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/entertainment/sesame-streets-brutal-parodies-of-donald-trump/2017/03/20/2a53a75e-0d72-11e7-aa57-2ca1b05c41b8_video.html

This is What Terrorism Looked Like For Us

From the Huffington Post - Click the first link below for interactive map

This Interactive Map Reveals The History Of Lynching In America
Take a comprehensive, shocking look at lynchings from the 1830s to the 1960s.
By Zeba Blay



From the early 1900s to the late 1930s, African American sociologist Monroe Nathan Work researched every known lynching in the United States. Now, his tireless work has become the inspiration for an interactive map that offers a striking visualization of racist domestic terrorism spanning decades.

The Monroe Work Today research group launched a map earlier this year that allows users to discover the roughly 4,770 people of color lynched in the United States from the 1830s to the 1960s. By clicking on each colored point on the map, users can read information about each known individual, including their name and the circumstances of their lynching.

http://www.monroeworktoday.org/explore/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/this-interactive-map-reveals-the-history-of-lynching-in-america_us_58d0204fe4b0ec9d29de4056?section=us_black-voices

Ronald Isley & Burt Bacharach - This Guy's in Love with You

Generous chef gets aid of his own after restaurant burns down

This is your brain on terrorism

Is This the Answer?

From Wired -

Running Delivery Trucks on Trolley Wires Isn’t as Crazy as It Sounds
By Jack Stewart

ELECTRIC TRUCKS OFFER all the advantages of electric cars, namely, they’re greener. Trucks are a big source of the noxious emissions linked to smog and climate change. Minimizing the number of stinky, dirty diesels rumbling through town carries obvious public health benefits. But powering delivery trucks, let alone an 18-wheeler, with a big honkin’ battery simply isn’t practical. So engineers are taking another look at a century old solution: Stringing electrical cables over the road.

Siemens, best known in the transportation world for its trains, and the truck manufacturer Scania developed a hybrid electric truck that draws power from overhead cables like a bus or trolley. You can find some of the trucks undergoing testing on a 1.25-mile stretch of highway in Gävle, Sweden, and crews installing cables alongside a stretch of the 710 and 405 highways in Los Angeles.

https://www.wired.com/2017/03/running-delivery-trucks-trolley-wires-isnt-crazy-sounds/?mbid=nl_32017_p7&CNDID=

Period Tracker

Thank God I don't need this, but for you ladies who are still visited by Aunt Flo each month, there's an app that can help.  It's called Clue.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/clue-period-tracker-period-ovulation-tracker/id657189652?mt=8

Federal Budget: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Slumber party! These twin toddlers are much more interested in building ...

Dave Chappelle on escaping fame, returning to stand-up with Netflix

How About Dinner?

From 100 Days 100 Dinners -

For millennia, sharing a meal has stood as one of the few things that all of us—whoever we are and wherever we come from—have in common. In the wake of this divisive election, we're hungrier than ever for spaces to break bread, be heard, and build bridges across lines of difference.

Over the course of the first 100 days of the new Administration, we invite you to pull up a chair.

https://www.100days100dinners.us


Sunday, March 19, 2017

Filed Under "No Sh*t Sherlock"

From the Huffington Post -

White House Admits Trump ‘Insurance For Everybody’ Guarantee Isn’t Going To Happen
“The only way to have universal care, if you stop to think about it, is to force people to buy it under penalty of law.”
By Amanda Terkel

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-insurance-mulvaney_us_58cea736e4b00705db502fef?mvq1e5ddvz6txd2t9&

Chuck Berry (Rest in Peace) - Johnny B-Goode