NBC's Dan Hicks Credits Olympian's Husband/Coach For Her World Record Achievement

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Monday August 08, 2016 · 5:23 AM PDT

2016/08/08 · 05:23

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Katinka Hosszu broke the world record in the 400 meter individual medley swim. Sportscaster Dan Hicks credits — her HUSBAND/COACH.

NBC sportscaster Dan Hicks was the first to spark outrage when he appeared to credit Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszu’s husband, Shane Tusup, for her world record-breaking win in the 400-meter individual medley on Saturday. As the cameras panned over to Tusup, who was also Hosszu’s coach, the commentator said, “And there’s the man responsible.”

It gets worse. His apology? None. His “clarification” — none. He just offers a vague generalization:

Hicks attempted to clarify his comment on Sunday, telling The Associated Press there were often times in live television “when you look back and wished you had said things differently.”

“It is impossible to tell Katinka’s story accurately without giving appropriate credit to Shane, and that’s what I was trying to do,” Hicks added.

“Appropriate” credit to Shane? Um, no. No, Dan. You gave him ALL of the credit.

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Monday August 01, 2016 · 10:00 AM PDT

2016/08/01 · 10:00

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Founders Dick and Mac McDonald first created arches to be built on either side of the restaurant's buildings across the country

The brothers eventually wanted to change the design and transformed the arches into a letter 'M' for the logo

When Ray Kroc took over in the late 1960s, he wanted a new logo and enlisted several design consultants to help

But design consultant Louis Cheskin convinced the company to maintain its branding with the golden arches

He argued that they carried the 'Freudian symbolism of a pair of nourishing breasts' and so the company kept the logo still used today

Cheskin argued that the golden arches carried the 'Freudian symbolism of a pair of nourishing breasts,' the BBC reported.

In this time period, the effects of Freudian theory were still reshaping the world and Cheskin's view is a deeply Freudian concept.

Freud apparently believed that human impulses were influenced by libido and early childhood experience, as breast feeding is one of the earliest, if not first many humans have experienced in life.

Since his stance on the golden arch argument, there have only been minor adjustments or tweaks made to the logo that is recognized around the world by millions.

I dunno. See if your family has ordered more milk there than other fast food places.

"Donald" Calls Hillary

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Thursday July 28, 2016 · 10:13 AM PDT

2016/07/28 · 10:13

Enjoy. :)

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The Entire Text Of The Chilcot Report

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Wednesday July 06, 2016 · 7:15 AM PDT

2016/07/06 · 07:15

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We have had issues in the past with “Executive Summaries.” Just look at the National Intelligence Estimate Executive Summary used for the 2002 AUMF vote which excluded all the skepticism voiced by two departments from the actual text. SO this is for those who want to get to the whole truth.

Cat Escapes Pen Into Dog's Pen With Dog's Help

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Wednesday June 29, 2016 · 1:14 PM PDT

2016/06/29 · 13:14

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Sweet.

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Monday June 27, 2016 · 7:51 AM PDT

2016/06/27 · 07:51

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LYNCHBURG, Tenn. — Every year, about 275,000 people tour the Jack Daniel’s distillery here, and as they stroll through its brick buildings nestled in a tree-shaded hollow, they hear a story like this: Sometime in the 1850s, when Daniel was a boy, he went to work for a preacher, grocer and distiller named Dan Call. The preacher was a busy man, and when he saw promise in young Jack, he taught him how to run his whiskey still — and the rest is history.

This year is the 150th anniversary of Jack Daniel’s, and the distillery, home to one of the world’s best-selling whiskeys, is using the occasion to tell a different, more complicated tale. Daniel, the company now says, didn’t learn distilling from Dan Call, but from a man named Nearis Green — one of Call’s slaves.

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For years, the prevailing history of American whiskey has been framed as a lily-white affair, centered on German and Scots-Irish settlers who distilled their surplus grains into whiskey and sent it to far-off markets, eventually creating a $2.9 billion industry and a product equally beloved by Kentucky colonels and Brooklyn hipsters.

Left out of that account were men like Nearis Green. Slavery and whiskey, far from being two separate strands of Southern history, were inextricably entwined. Enslaved men not only made up the bulk of the distilling labor force, but they often played crucial skilled roles in the whiskey-making process. In the same way that white cookbook authors often appropriated recipes from their black cooks, white distillery owners took credit for the whiskey.

I just thought this was very cool.

Clinton Will Take Warren On A Test-Drive

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Thursday June 23, 2016 · 7:32 AM PDT

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Hillary Clinton is taking Elizabeth Warren for a test drive on the campaign trail on Monday.

Warren will appear at a rally with Clinton in Cincinnati, Ohio, the presidential candidate's campaign said today.

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Yesterday, the Associated Press said Clinton was seriously considering bringing Warren onto her campaign as running mate.

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One of Clinton's primary challenges now that she has secured enough delegates to win the nomination is finding a way to maintain the enthusiasm that Sanders generated and get his supporters to vote for her in substantial numbers.

Warren could do that for her ticket.

She has also established herself as someone willing to take on Donald Trump…

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Asked if she was qualified to be vice president, Warren said she was. Clinton said of Warren in an interview with Politico, 'I think she is an incredible public servant, eminently qualified for any role.'

Looking like Warren is very close to getting this.

Nader Hearts Trump

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Tuesday June 14, 2016 · 11:26 AM PDT

2016/06/14 · 11:26

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Nader:

Trump is extremely clever with the use of language. Short sentences, no prepositional phrases, immediately understood. And he is a father figure. “Don’t worry, I’ll give you the jobs, take care of the terrorists.” And when he stumbles, he reverses. He said he didn’t want higher wages, and then he reversed himself within a week, said: “Look, I can change my mind. Don’t worry. The wall. Who’s going to pay for it? Mexico. I heard they might not pay for it. You know what? The wall just got 10 feet higher.” There’s a certain skill in that.

And the third thing is, he’s a hybrid. I call him a Rep-Dem. He’s got Social Security, Medicare, he’s probably got a hidden single-payer guy, because he’s been around Canada, Western Europe, understands how it works, talks to business people, they don’t have to pay premiums, all of that. And then he’s big on public works. So that reassures even white, male conservatives and others that he’s not going to be a crazed conservative like Senator Ted Cruz and the rest of them.

No commentary from me — this was just a funny surprise to see this. Lots more in the interview than may leave you open-mouthed.

Islamic center near Orlando recently hosted an anti-gay Muslim speaker

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Monday June 13, 2016 · 6:21 AM PDT

2016/06/13 · 06:21

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On March 29, 2016, Farrokh Sekaleshfar — a British-born medical doctor and Shi’a Muslim scholar — was invited to speak at the Husseini Islamic Center just outside Orlando, Florida.

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During his sermon, “How to deal with the phenomenon of homosexuality,” at the Sanford-based center, the scholar and sheikh described in characteristically sotto voce what it meant to do the compassionate thing for gay people:

“Death is the sentence. There’s nothing to be embarrassed about this. Death is the sentence.”

Did the murderer see or hear about this? If so, did it influence him?

In any case the speaker is now attempting to walk it back.

86-Year-Old Had Some Choice Words Put In Her Obituary About Donald Trump Voters

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Friday May 13, 2016 · 9:22 AM PDT

2016/05/13 · 09:22

You just need to read it. Heh.

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I can’t add anything to this anyway.

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Wednesday May 04, 2016 · 1:06 PM PDT

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In the last couple of months I’ve been noting huge amounts of anecdotal evidence of Republicans planning to abandon Trump and vote Democratic.

Well, it’s happening.

Republicans are burning their voter cards and rallying behind #nevertrump

The billionaire business mogul is now the GOP's presumptive candidate

But he remains deeply unpopular with swathes of the party elite and voters

Many Republicans are planning to vote for the Democrats to keep him out

One thing to keep in mind. Never, ever assume she will be a shoe-in. Everybody has to go out and vote. Do not stay home.

Only one short but true funny story. That's all.

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Friday April 08, 2016 · 12:49 PM PDT

2016/04/08 · 12:49

A true story, according to David Brenner, who was a good comedian and passed away some years ago. And I’m paraphrasing.

Brenner is on the train or plane. Happens to be sitting on his newspaper. Guy across the aisle says:

“Excuse me, are you reading that?”

“Actually yes, I am.”

Guy just stares at him, eyebrows slightly raised.

After half minute, with them looking at each other, Brenner gets up about a foot, turns a page then sits down again.

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Only one short but true funny story. That's all.