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Google Street View Finally Reaches Faroe Islands, With Help From Sheep
by Shifra on November 12, 2017Google calls this story “shear brilliance” 🙂 Via Guardian. The Faroe Islands has become the latest remote part of the world to be featured on Google Street View – thanks to one woman and five sheep. Last July, tired of waiting for Google to map the autonomous Danish archipelago between Norway and Iceland, resident Durita Andreassen started her own Sheep View. She strapped 360-degree cameras to a handful of sheep and uploaded the resulting images, with their GPS coordinates, to Street View, while petitioning Google to finish the job. (There are nearly twice as many sheep as people on the 18 islands, hence the attention-catching method.) When the project hit the headlines, Google responded by supplying islanders with camera equipment....
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Winners of 2017 Toy Hall of Fame: Clue, Wiffle Ball, Paper Airplanes
by Shifra on November 10, 2017Clue was an excellent choice. But the PEZ candy dispenser lost to the wiffle ball? Maybe the Toy Hall of Fame voting is rigged. Must ask Donna Brazile. Via IGN. Clue, Wiffle Ball, and paper airplanes are this year’s National Toy Hall of Fame inductees. The three entries beat out nine other 2017 finalists, according to The Strong Museum, including Magic 8 Ball, Matchbox Cars, My Little Pony, PEZ Candy Dispenser, play food, Risk, sand, Transformers, and Uno. Speaking on why these three classics were chosen, The Strong said Clue has remained an “icon of pop culture” for decades, while Wiffle Ball “changed the outdoor play landscape.” Regarding paper airplanes, it added, “Where some toys require financial investment, paper airplanes...
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World Series Game Plays ‘God Bless America’ During 7th Inning Stretch
by Shifra on October 25, 2017Love this! And, added bonus: Libs freaked out on Twitter 🙂 Via BizPac Review. God Bless America! Thank you God and America! Look NFL no whinny NFL babies #GoStros @nflcommish #BoycottNFLSponsors @MLB pic.twitter.com/mGSPF8kMtY — IBC Medias (@ByChauvin) October 25, 2017 The song choice, God Bless America, immediately led to a backlash from the Perpetually Outraged…. @FOXSportsPR why do you guys air God Bless America when it only sings to Christians and divides? But won’t broadcast anthem protests?? — Travis Sherman (@pennywisechao) October 25, 2017 The paranoia is so great in this new era of McCarthyism, the players are standing with their hands over their hearts for God Bless America. #WorldSeries2017 — Elisabeth (@EquaLiza333) October 25, 2017 Ew, they replaced 7th...
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Melania Trump Cuts Michelle Obama’s First Lady Payroll Spending… ‘Bigly’
by Shifra on October 22, 2017More Winning 🙂 Via Breitbart. Melania Trump is running a lean East Wing operation as she is seeking to trim the fat off the payroll of her predecessor, Michelle Obama. Fox News reports Melania has slimmed down the number of aides on her payroll compared to Michelle Obama’s East Wing operation, who employed 16 people in her office during former President Barack Obama’s first year as commander-in-chief at the cost of $1.24 million a year. In contrast, only four people were listed on Melania Trump’s payroll as of June, with salaries totaling $486,700, according to the White House’s annual staffing report to Congress…. The first lady’s spokesperson confirmed that Melania’s approach to staffing is intentional. “As with all things that...
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Video: Las Vegas Shooting Survivor Reunites With Stranger Who Saved His Life
by Shifra on October 3, 2017Because this is who we are. Via NBC 12 News.
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Happy 60th Birthday to “In God We Trust” on U.S. Paper Currency
by Shifra on October 1, 2017Despite all the lawsuits, these words endure. Via CBS News. ….October 1st, 1957, 60 years ago today … the day a familiar phrase gained currency. For that was the day the words “In God We Trust” first appeared on America’s paper money. First stamped on a two-cent coin during the Civil War, and on ALL U.S. coins starting in 1938, the phrase owes its debut on our bills to the Cold War. Representative Charles Bennett of Florida had campaigned hard for the words, seeing them as a bulwark against what he called “materialistic Communism.” Occasionally challenged on separation of church and state grounds, these official invocations of God have been upheld by the United States Supreme Court….
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Flashback: Usain Bolt Stops Interview at Olympics… For National Anthem
by Shifra on September 29, 2017Usain Bolt is an eight-time Olympic gold medalist from Jamaica. And, in this video, he shows respect for our anthem; take notes, NFL! Via CNS News. While some NFL players are kneeling at games in protest, apparently against alleged police brutality, it is refreshing to note that some non-Americans have great respect for the Star Spangled Banner, such as Jamaica’s Usain Bolt, who even stopped an interview with a reporter and turned to listen and honor the national anthem. During the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Bolt, an eight-time Olympic gold medalist in sprinting, was interviewed by Spain’s Television Espanola. As they were talking, the national anthem began and Bolt stopped the interview, turned around, and listened as the anthem...
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Video: Social Piano Experiment in Jerusalem
by Shifra on September 28, 2017If you are wondering if the piano might be damaged by rain, no worries: it never rains in Israel in the summer. And looks like the social experiment was a success, but I wonder what would happen if they tried to replicate this experiment in Times Square. Via Times of Israel. It was a Tuesday morning in September, and a small crowd had gathered around the grand piano on Jaffa Road, listening to a medley of jazz improvisations performed by a guy who had plunked his battered fedora hat on top of the piano. His audience included an Arab street cleaner standing under a nearby tree, an older gentleman swinging his leg in tune, an ultra-Orthodox teenager twirling his sidecurls...
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Video: The Spirited Lives of Distillery Cats
by rtthorne on September 27, 2017**Bumped Up From TAM Wire. Posted by rtthorne** I never knew how amazing these little creatures were until I got one out of “necessity”. The story mostly glosses over just how essential these kittehs are to the distilleries. It’s long been known around here that they are a must around the distilleries with all of the ingredients stored there. Via WBRD. WDRB 41 Louisville News
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Chick-fil-A To The Rescue: Sends Boat and Jet Skis to Trapped Elderly Houston Couple
by Shifra on August 31, 2017Two chicken burritos…and a boat. *That’s* service! Via Federalist. An elderly couple trapped in their Houston home amid the rising floodwaters called their local Chick-fil-A to order two chicken burritos and a side of help. The greatest chicken restaurant of all time responded to their call on Monday by sending a boat and two jet skis to save the couple and some of their belongings. “I ordered two grilled chicken burritos with extra egg and a boat,” J.C. Spencer, of Houston explained in an interview with Good Morning America. “And can you believe that one of the managers of Chick-fil-A, she sent her husband to pick us up and we are so grateful.”….
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President Trump Expected to Endorse Flake Challenger at Arizona Rally
by Shifra on August 16, 2017Two weeks ago, the NYT asked: Republican Senator Jeff Flake Rails Against Trump, but to What End? Well, we are about to find out: Via Washington Times. President Trump’s new campaign trip to Arizona next week has state Republicans speculating that he is going to endorse a primary challenger to Sen. Jeff Flake. Mr. Trump is leaning towards endorsing Arizona Treasurer Jeff DeWitt, state Republican sources told The Washington Times, in a move that could help crystalize the race. Mr. DeWitt, who was chairman of the Mr. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign in Arizona, has been eyeing the race but has not yet announced his candidacy. The White House announced the Aug. 22 rally on Wednesday, and it comes at a...
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Video Going Viral: Dog Saves Drowning Baby Deer
by cestory on July 19, 2017**Bumped Up From TAMWire. Posted by cestory** Just amazing! Watch this heroic dog pull a drowning baby deer out of the water! Via Fox News. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com
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President Trump’s Ag. Sec. Perdue Plans to ‘Make Lunch Great Again’
by Shifra on July 6, 2017If the Obamas are worried if they will have a lasting legacy, they need not be concerned: We will always remember Michelle Obama’s meddling in the school lunch program, which resulted in students skipping their hated lunches, and tons (literally) of food being thrown in garbage cans. Via CNS News. In response to dwindling participation in school lunch programs, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue will be attending the School Nutrition Association’s (SNA) annual meeting next week in Atlanta, Ga., to discuss “improving menus, strengthening school meal programs, and expanding student access to healthy meals.” “The event will give Secretary Perdue the opportunity to hear first-hand about successes and challenges as schools have worked to improve menus for students while...
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‘Jeopardy’ Trolls Libs With New Category: ‘Stay Woke’
by Shifra on July 5, 2017Really, Libs have no sense of humor. And apparently, no sense, either. Via Daily Caller. When “Stay Woke” showed up as a category in Friday’s screening of “Jeopardy!,” progressives on social media were elated, thinking that it would advance their ideology and promote social justice to a nationwide audience. Their hopes were dashed to pieces when the game show revealed the term to be nothing more than a play on words — which should be expected, given the show’s fierce love of puns…. As with everything else on Jeopardy, the term was meant as a play on words, to be taken in literal terms to refer to staying awake. The first question that popped up reads: “This substance many use...
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Video: Syrian Survivor Slams CNN Host, Praises Trump
by Shifra on April 9, 2017The sour look on Brooke Baldwin’s face as the interview does not go her way: priceless. Via Daily Mail. A Syrian man lashed out after being asked by a CNN reporter to criticize Donald Trump’s refugee ban. Anchor Brooke Baldwin attempted to make a point about acceptance of refugees while talking to Kassam Eid, who survived a 2013 chemical attack on Syria. Eid praised the President’s action in firing missiles at Bashar al-Assad in retaliation for chemical attacks against his citizens on Tuesday…. ‘With all due respect,’ he began, ‘I didn’t see each and every person who was demonstrating after the travel ban, I didn’t see you three days ago when people were gassed to death…. Eid then went on...
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