….A few years ago I posted a song called… “Facebook Is For Stupid Idiots”…and the song is right.….because one idiot posted an article saying..…Lena Horne died yesterday..…if this person had decided to do his homework he would’ve realized..…she passed away six years ago…..anyway,…..just in case you didn’t know this….. Brooklyn (Bedford-Stuyvesant) born Lean Mary Calhoun Horne was.….an American Jazz singer.….dancer……actress.…and civil rights activist…..because of her political activism, she found herself blacklisted in Hollywood…..but still her career spanned over 70 years.….including film, television, music and Broadway…..she became active in the civil rights movement for blacks (early Black Lives Matter).….after she came back from performing overseas for the G.I’s…..what pissed her off was the fact the German P.O.W. prisoners were allowed to sit in the front rows to watch her show…..and black soldiers had to stay in the back rows…..since the Army refused to allow integrated audiences.….I love this lady and I probably would’ve done the same..…and when she noticed this..…she walked off the stage to the first row of black soldiers and performed..….with her back to the German soldiers…..she was the first black performer to sign a long-term contract with a major Hollyweird studio..….so folks if you’re free and have nothing planned for the weekend……go find copies of Stormy Weather and Cabin in the Sky.
PAKISTAN’S “SOLAR KIDS” LIVE NORMAL LIVES BY DAY, BECOME MYSTERIOUSLY PARALYZED AT NIGHT…..Two brothers…..Shoaib Ahmed and Abdul Rasheed…..suffer from a conditions that has doctors scratching their heads…..both of them wake up when the sun rises..…they tend to their chores, go to school and make sure everything they need to do is done by the afternoon…..because when the sun starts to set…….their energy level drops..…and they are completely paralyzed until the next day……their father thinks they get their energy from the sun.….but doctors are wondering why they still have energy on cloudy days…..and they’re thinking since their parents are first cousins.….that could also be the cause of their condition.….and their one-year-old child is suffering from the same illness.
MORE THAN 1,200 NEW PLANETS DISCOVERED THROUGH NASA’S KEPLER SPACE TELESCOPE….And yep folks…..we’re the only ones existing in the known galaxy….right!
THAI STUDENTS CAUGHT CHEATING WITH MISSION IMPOSSIBLE SPY GLASSES..…Hey gotta admit…..it’s a step up from cheat sheets…..the professor discovered them wearing wireless cameras embedded in the frames of the students glasses…..which were connected to smart watches on their wrists..…they used the cameras to send images of questions to an external group…..who then replied with the answers via the watch..…they each spent $22,700 for the setup.
20 OF EUROPE’S MOST BEAUTIFUL HOTELS…..Just in case you’re heading our way….and seriously want to max-out your credit cards….Monastero Santa Rosa (Amalfi Coast, Italy)……Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet (Istanbul, Turkey)…..Mystique (Santorini, Greece)….The Peninsula Paris (Paris, France)….Cliveden House (Berkshire, England)…Ashford Castle (Cong, Ireland)….Four Seasons Hotel Firenze (Florence, Italy)….Bela Vista Hotel & Spa (Algarve, Portugal)….Hotel d´Angeleterre (Geneva, Switzerland)….Trianon Palace Versailles (Versailles, France)….Schloss Fuschl (Fuschlsee-Salzburg, Austria – trust me on this one…I stayed there)….Blue Palace (Crete, Greece)….Schloss Elmau Retreat (Elmau, Germany)….Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace (Budapest, Hungary – stayed here also)….Le Sirenuse, Positano (Amalfi Coast, Italy)….Belmond La Residencia (Mallorca, Spain)….Villa Gallici (Aix-en-Provence, France)…Mandarin Oriental Prague (Prague, Czechs Republic)….Gravetye Manor (Sussex, England)…Hotel Savoy (Florence, Italy)….Google them…it’s nice to dream sometimes!
U.S. DEFENSE SPENDING EXPLAINED SO A FOUR-YEAR-OLD CAN UNDERSTAND IT…..In modern warfare..…you need to spend $2 billion dollars on a plane..….and then drop a $40,000 bomb.….on a $100 tent.
IS THIS JUSTICE?…..Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert faces 6 months in jail for raping 5 little boys….single mother Shona Banda..…faces nearly 30 years in prison for treating her disease with cannabis.
HOW DID ROME FALL?….They started endless wars…..had greedy leaders…..wasteful spending.….unpaid debts…..and their monetary system collapsed…..now does this sound familiar?
THANKS NICOLE FOR THIS QUOTE YOU READ SOMEWHERE…. “Never hold your farts in. They travel up your spine, into your brain and that’s where shitty ideas come from.”