Former NBC reporter Boyd Matson shared this delightful Today Show story from the 1980s. It examines outrageous headlines from tabloid newspapers and contains interviews with a woman who slept with aliens, a man who was saved from drowning by his Howdy Doody puppet, and a woman with a toaster possessed by the devil. You're welcome.
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Never stop on Hottie Highway
Clowns on both sides of the barricades
Here's a brilliant counterpoint to racist protest groups. We can only hope this is copied across America.
Papa Jaundice
After the re-election of Barack Obama, Papa John's pizza founder John Schnatter told a Florida newspaper that he would have to make business adjustments to absorb the costs of Obamacare. The primary method may be to limit more employees to part-time status (under 30 hours weekly) to avoid having to offer health care benefits. Internet meme generators, plus Facebook and Twitter users are having a field day with with Schnatter's candid cutback strategies. Lydia Burrell @LydiaBurrell "Wait till you see what's next" I'M GUESSING IT ISN'T A F***ING DENTAL PLAN #papajohns The web site Democrats For Progress used an aerial photograph of Schnatter's home to berate him. CNN's Tom Foreman counters John Schnatter's increased costs claims:
Gimme 12 Steps Toward The Door
Pestervationists
wave3.com-Louisville News, Weather Who decides what buildings should receive landmark status, and how does that designation handcuff owners of these properties? WAVE-3 News anchor John Boel examines Louisville's quirky web of meddlesome preservationists who have power to hold landowners hostage. Here is my complete You Tube video "Blight vs. Might" that is cited in Boel's story:
Diane Sawyer in a not ready for Prime Time moment
This obviously dated video was snared from an open satellite feed as Diane Sawyer waited to go on the air during the ABC-TV show "PrimeTime Live." Some celebrity web sites are making a big deal out of Diane sipping what appears to be red wine and then taking a pill from a prescription bottle. During ABC-TV's coverage of Election Night 2012, many speculated that Diane was tipsy. Perhaps the most amusing part of the video is Diane referring to a news subject as "crazy" and then pantomiming drinking and snorting like an out of control partier.
Here come the Judds
"Sen. Judd, you'll have to lower one of those hands to pound the gavel."
Semantics
2nd half begins, Obama to receive kickoff
Congratulations to Barack Obama for earning a second term as POTUS. The Democrats retained control of the U.S. Senate and the Republicans retained control of the House of Representatives. Here is the response from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, the voice of Pres. Obama's opposition and Kentucky's senior senator. WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement today regarding President Barack Obama: “I extend my sincere congratulations to President Obama and Vice President Biden on their hard-fought victory, and I would like to thank Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan for running a great campaign based on concrete solutions to the tremendous economic challenges we continue to face. The American people did two things: they gave President