Opening Stuff:
The five words I love
hearing this time of year are: “Melt-in-your-mouth Shortbread”.
It was disheartening
yesterday as I walked in NYC past the Saks 5th Avenue Christmas window
display. It had a sense of darkness, and at times the fairy tale iterations
felt more like evil than the happiness of seasons past; when children would
press their faces of glee against the big windows. Of course NYC critics will praise
it all as an inventive departure from a naïve past, or some silliness like
that. But, it was a full downer. I didn’t see a soul walking away smiling or
with the sense of the true meaning of the season shining thorough their eyes.
We’re losing something here, folks.
The Question:
What was the first truly coed college and when did it open?
Bonus: Today marks the anniversary of the largest ever industrial disaster, and
the beginning of the end of a one tie great American corporation. Name the
country of the disaster and the US Company.
The Headlines:
--US Dollar Strengthens; Optimism For 2015 Bull Markets
Renewed
--Russia Ruble Taking Nosedive.
--Iran Launches Missile Strikes Against ISIS in Iraq
--Treasury Inspector general for Tax Administration (TIGTA)
Reveals That White House Illegally Asked For And Received From IRS Individual
And Corporate Tax returns.
--Savages Department: American Teacher Stabbed To death in
Abu Dhabi; Taliban Ramping Up Attacks As US departure Date Approaches; Somali Shabab
Militants Selctively Line Up Non-Muslim Kenyan Quarry Miners And Murder 36.
--US Attorney General Absent In Outrage Over Roving Teens
Bludgening White Man To Death With Hammers Near Ferguson.
Cool tech for homes
Department:
--Saving fuel is cool, so new self-programming Thermostats are
hot. Smart Thermostats like “Nest” monitor humans and adjust according to
collected data. --Next, Nest and competitive Birdi have smoke and carbon
monoxide detectors that can talk to thermostats to shut down furnaces if necessary,
and talk to smart phones to alert home owners away from home. I see it as a
nuisance at times as it reports too much info like dust in air and moisture. –The
Dropcam is an easy-to-use webcam. It is particularly useful for people with
second homes. I don’t personally see the need, and it is known that hackers can
get in and see what you got…and probably turn off the cam while they go in and
take it. –Smart Appliances that can operate through your cel phone, or determine
when food is cooked. A couple of these are LG Smart Washer Dryer or the iGrill
digital thermometer. –Smart watches will let you monitor your home and turn up
the heat before you return.
I worry that kids
will have no clue about where they are in the universe because they never
will be taught about maps. They will just be led blindly by GPS systems. Let’s
also hope the kids gets some good value lessons at home so they won’t be led blindly
by the single minded opinion of a Federally owned education system.
Cosby is dead meat
as more women come out suing for serial sexual assault.
Al Sharpton is like
that mosquito that buzzes in your ear all night while you try to sleep, but
says nothing of substance. Now the man with no conscience and no morals wants
all black athletes to raise their arms before games to perpetuate a lie. Just
what the NFL needs -- athletes who look like they have been arrested during the
games too.
Bill Clinton always
said that if you deny something repeatedly people will believe it didn’t
happen. And Al says if you keep promoting the lie, it will become the truth.
Maybe they could teach kids in school something about how many ways they can be
fooled by con artists.
Speaking of legal
tricks, when a lawyer says “My client made a mistake” it could mean that
the client defrauded an elderly widow out of her life savings. When the lawyer
says it was a serious mistake, it means the client murdered the widow who was about
to go to the police to report fraud. There are times when the law business is a
laugh a minute.
With apologies to
many lawyer readers who are among my all time favorite people. I only
report what I read in the papers. Uh-oh, I think I plagiarized that line from
Will Rogers. I’d better call my lawyer.
Aren’t you glad that
Radio City Music Hall isn’t a public venue so they can end their annual
Rockette Christmas extravaganza with a moving scene of Mary, Joseph and Jesus
and a rousing Hark The Herald Angels Sing.
As the new Governor
of RI (And I’m sure in many other states across the country) takes out a brand
new clean white sheet of paper to set the course for a new beginning, you have to
wonder what promises she made to contributors outside the state? Yes the Grinch
lives in the hearts of citizens. We want to believe, but we’ve received too
much coal in our stockings hung with care.
Of course that’s good
for West Virginia as coal livelihoods under attack, and the hard working
people look for new cleaner markets for their valuable asset.
My guess is that
Russian moguls liked being rich rather than nationalistic.
The Answer:
Oberlin college in Ohio which opened its door is 1833 is
considered the first true coed college. Bonus:
Of course when a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal India misfired and blasted a
huge cloud of dangerous pesticide based chemicals into the air, thousands of
local, mostly incredibly poor, India residents died.
Are there bigger
price gougers in the country than the states who regulate the convenience
stores and gas pumps on Interstate service and food centers?
Mistake! Hah!
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