Post by: CigarBanter on July 12, 2019, 12:02:19 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on July 12, 2019, 04:45:39 AM
Anyway, the espresso is ready.
Post by: South Carolina Redfish on July 12, 2019, 05:26:22 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on July 12, 2019, 05:51:40 AM
Morning Mayor TGood morning, CoffeeDave.
Post by: South Carolina Redfish on July 12, 2019, 05:55:01 AM
Is it something like 1:00 in the afternoon there? You had lunch yet?Morning Mayor TGood morning, CoffeeDave.
Post by: South Carolina Redfish on July 12, 2019, 06:01:26 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on July 12, 2019, 06:04:40 AM
It's noon and no, not yet.Is it something like 1:00 in the afternoon there? You had lunch yet?Morning Mayor TGood morning, CoffeeDave.
Post by: South Carolina Redfish on July 12, 2019, 06:07:03 AM
Surely you have a lunch plan by now😀It's noon and no, not yet.Is it something like 1:00 in the afternoon there? You had lunch yet?Morning Mayor TGood morning, CoffeeDave.
Post by: Travellin Dave on July 12, 2019, 06:52:47 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on July 12, 2019, 06:55:08 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on July 12, 2019, 06:55:54 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on July 12, 2019, 06:58:29 AM
Today's Highlight in History:
On July 12, 1984, Democratic presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale announced his choice of U.S. Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York to be his running-mate; Ferraro was the first woman to run for vice president on a major-party ticket.
On this date:
In 1543, England's King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr.
In 1817, author, poet and naturalist Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts.
In 1862, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill authorizing the Army Medal of Honor.
In 1909, the House of Representatives joined the Senate in passing the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, allowing for a federal income tax, and submitted it to the states. (It was declared ratified in February 1913.)
In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower was flown by helicopter from the White House to a secret mountaintop location as part of a drill involving a mock nuclear attack on Washington.
In 1960, the Etch A Sketch Magic Screen drawing toy, invented by French electrician Andre Cassagnes, was first produced by the Ohio Art Co.
In 1962, The Rolling Stones played their first-ever gig at The Marquee in London.
In 1967, rioting erupted in Newark, New Jersey, over the police beating of a black taxi driver; 26 people were killed in the five days of violence that followed.
In 1977, President Jimmy Carter defended Supreme Court limits on government payments for poor women's abortions, saying, "There are many things in life that are not fair."
In 1994, President Bill Clinton, visiting Germany, went to the eastern sector of Berlin, the first U.S. president to do so since Harry Truman.
In 2003, the USS Ronald Reagan, the first carrier named for a living president, was commissioned in Norfolk, Va.
In 2005, Prince Albert II of Monaco acceded to the throne of a 700-year-old dynasty.
Post by: Travellin Dave on July 12, 2019, 06:59:03 AM
Five years ago: Afghanistan's two rival candidates reached a breakthrough agreement brokered by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to allow a complete audit of their contested presidential election. (Former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani emerged the winner over former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah.)
One year ago: After an emergency gathering of NATO leaders held to address his criticisms, President Donald Trump said the U.S. commitment to the alliance "remains very strong," despite reports that he had threatened to pull out in a dispute over defense spending. Trump then flew to Great Britain for his first visit as president. Syria's government raised its flag over the southern city of Daraa, the cradle of the 2011 uprising against President Bashar Assad, after rebels in the city surrendered. "Game of Thrones" led the way with 22 Emmy nominations; Netflix programs captured 112 nominations, taking away HBO's front-runner title.
Post by: Travellin Dave on July 12, 2019, 07:01:30 AM
Movie director Monte Hellman is 90.
Actor-comedian Bill Cosby is 82.
Singer-musician Christine McVie is 76.
Actress Denise Nicholas is 75.
Singer-songwriter Butch Hancock is 74.
Fitness guru Richard Simmons is 71.
Singer Walter Egan is 71.
Writer-producer Brian Grazer is 68.
Actress Cheryl Ladd is 68.
Country singer Julie Miller is 63.
Gospel singer Sandi Patty is 63.
Actress Mel Harris is 63.
Actor Buddy Foster is 62.
Rock guitarist Dan Murphy (Soul Asylum) is 57.
Actress Judi Evans is 55.
Rock singer Robin Wilson (Gin Blossoms) is 54.
Actress Natalie Desselle Reid is 52.
Actress Lisa Nicole Carson is 50.
Olympic gold medal figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi is 48.
Country singer Shannon Lawson is 46.
Rapper Magoo is 46.
CBS newsman Jeff Glor is 44.
Actress Anna Friel is 43.
Rhythm-and-blues singer Tracie Spencer is 43.
Actress Alison Wright is 43.
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., is 43.
Actor Steve Howey is 42.
Actor Topher Grace is 41.
Actress Michelle Rodriguez is 41.
Actress Kristen Connolly is 39.
Country singer-musician Kimberly Perry (The Band Perry) is 36.
Actor Matt Cook (TV: "Man With a Plan") is 35.
Actress Natalie Martinez is 35.
Actor Bernard David Jones is 34.
Actress Ta'Rhonda Jones is 31.
Golfer Inbee Park is 31.
Actress Melissa O'Neil is 31.
Actress Rachel Brosnahan is 29.
Actor Erik Per Sullivan is 28.
Olympic gold medal gymnast Jordyn Wieber is 24.
Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai (mah-LAH'-lah YOO'-suhf-zeye) is 22.
Post by: Travellin Dave on July 12, 2019, 07:01:55 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on July 12, 2019, 07:04:08 AM
Post by: FloridaDean on July 12, 2019, 07:19:17 AM
Post by: FloridaDean on July 12, 2019, 07:21:32 AM
I miss that guy.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on July 12, 2019, 07:26:00 AM
Still nothing. Hoping to be chowing down in the next 15-20 minutes.Surely you have a lunch plan by nowIt's noon and no, not yet.Is it something like 1:00 in the afternoon there? You had lunch yet?Morning Mayor TGood morning, CoffeeDave.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on July 12, 2019, 07:26:46 AM
Taking my parents up to my son' in Boston for the weekend. 5 hour drive....pray for me.Wow. I will definitely put a good word in with the big man.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on July 12, 2019, 07:28:24 AM
Thought for Today: "A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears." — Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher (1533-1592).What an asshole.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on July 12, 2019, 07:29:31 AM
good morning guys. slept in. coffee and cigar ready.Good morning, Deano.
Post by: FloridaDean on July 12, 2019, 07:32:31 AM
😂Thought for Today: "A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears." — Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher (1533-1592).What an asshole.
Post by: FloridaDean on July 12, 2019, 07:34:21 AM
while in Italy you should be able to have a word with Pope Francis.Taking my parents up to my son' in Boston for the weekend. 5 hour drive....pray for me.Wow. I will definitely put a good word in with the big man.
Post by: FloridaDean on July 12, 2019, 08:30:52 AM
A sudden outburst of mob justice Thursday night in Philadelphia ended with a carjacker dead and a 25-year-old man being questioned by police Friday after the thief's attempt to snatch a running vehicle -- with the man's children inside -- reportedly went awry.
Officials said an unidentified 25-year-old woman was traveling with her three children Thursday when she stopped outside a pizza shop on 29th and Dauphin St. at about 9 p.m. to visit her boyfriend, who worked at the pizzeria, according to WCAU.
When she went inside, the woman reportedly left her car running with her three children -- a 7-month-old, a 1-year-old and a 5-year-old -- inside.
That’s when police say a 54-year-old man entered the car and took off.
Investigators say the boyfriend, who is the father of two of the children, chased the suspect on foot and was able to catch up to the car when it got stuck in traffic.
The boyfriend, also 25, pulled the suspect from the car and a short foot chase ensued, Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small told WPVI.
“He fled on foot about a half a block. And the boyfriend caught up to him and there was some sort of physical struggle that ensued," Small said. "Then other males from the neighborhood intervened and began punching and kicking the male who took the vehicle."
About an hour after the carjacking occurred, emergency services arrived on the scene and found the carjacker unconscious, WCAU reported. He was taken to Temple University Hospital and pronounced dead.
The mother and father were taken in for questioning and police say they're cooperating. Authorities have not said if charges will be filed, a decision the District Attorney’s Office will make.
Post by: Travellin Dave on July 12, 2019, 08:36:46 AM
Well....French.Thought for Today: "A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears." — Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher (1533-1592).What an asshole.
Post by: FloridaDean on July 12, 2019, 09:36:48 AM
Post by: FloridaDean on July 12, 2019, 09:45:12 AM
you'd never know it.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on July 12, 2019, 10:04:51 AM
really, 855 members?Take away the Russian and Chinese bots and we're down to about 15.
you'd never know it.
Post by: FloridaDean on July 12, 2019, 10:25:24 AM
that many?really, 855 members?Take away the Russian and Chinese bots and we're down to about 15.
you'd never know it.
wow.
where are they?
Post by: FloridaDean on July 12, 2019, 10:26:34 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on July 12, 2019, 12:51:40 PM
so Tony, you travelling around Italy at all visiting historic sights, taking tons of pictures?Not really. Mostly doing family things. I've done the siteseeing thing plenty times before.
Post by: FloridaDean on July 12, 2019, 03:53:46 PM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on July 12, 2019, 05:45:47 PM
Post by: Threebean on July 12, 2019, 09:05:51 PM