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August 26, 2019 9:35 am Published by

A photo of a fish with TWO MOUTHS is making the rounds online.  A woman caught it while fishing on Lake Champlain in upstate New York, then took a few photos and released it.  And her co-worker shared the photos on Facebook.  (If you don’t know, in season two of The Simpsons, Bart catches a three-eyed fish in a pond close to the nuclear facility.)

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Chances are that no one is really happy about climate change, but if you think it’s just people who are mad about it, think again. A new study says that extreme weather conditions could be making populations of spiders angry. Researchers from McMaster University in Hamilton found that after a tropical cyclone, colonies with the most aggressive spiders produced more eggs and had more offspring that survived. This trend was so consistent that the researchers think it must be an evolutionary response to climate change to ensure their survival and creates more aggressive types of spiders.

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ENTERTAINMENT

 

“Angel Has Fallen” easily won the box office this weekend, with an opening take of $21.3 million.

  1. “Good Boys”, $11.8 million.  Up to $42.1 million in its 2nd week.
  2. NEW:  “Overcomer”, $8.2 million.

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Last month, LEONARDO DICAPRIO and some other activists launched an environmental organization called Earth Alliance.

And yesterday, he announced they’re putting up $5 million to help combat the wildfires that have been burning up the Amazon.  They’re also asking for donations.

Leo said, quote, “100 percent of your donation will go to partners who are working on the ground to protect the Amazon.  We are deeply concerned about the ongoing crisis in the Amazon”

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TODAY IS……………….

  • “Dog Appreciation Day”, to encourage support, rescue, and help for dogs in need.

 

  • “Women’s Equality Day”, celebrating the civil rights movement by women that had its formal beginnings in 1848 at the world’s first women’s rights convention, in Seneca Falls NY.

 

1996 [23] Electronics giant Philips unveils the 1st ‘Flat TV’, which can be hung on a wall

 

2014 [05] It’s announced that Brazil’s 3G Capital, owners of Burger King Worldwide, is purchasing Canada’s Tim Hortons restaurant chain and merging the two companies to create the 3rd-largest global fast-food company (now fifth)

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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE

 

John Denver recorded “Thank God I’m A Country Boy” at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles in 1974 in his first night of concerts that become the album An Evening With John Denver.

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Nine Stats About Our Love of Dogs for National Dog Day

Give your dog an extra treat or two, because it’s NATIONAL DOG DAY.  Here are a few quick stats from a recent survey about man’s best friend . . .

 

  1. 86% of dog owners tell their dog “I love you” at least once a month.

 

  1. 73% buy their dog at least one gift a month.

 

  1. 68% sometimes let their dog sleep with them in bed.

 

  1. 79% of women and 67% of men think that showing love toward a dog is attractive.

 

  1. 39% of women and 23% of men with dogs would rather hang out at home with them than go on a date.

 

  1. 86% of dog owners say their dog helps comfort them.

 

  1. 65% say owning a dog makes them more loving.

 

  1. 64% look forward to coming home because of their dog.

 

  1. And just under two-thirds say that having a dog teaches them to be more patient.

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RANDOM REPORT

  1. Marvel Comics, which owns the Incredible Hulk, got $100 in royalties from the WWF for every match Hulk Hoganwrestled and a small piece of his royalties too.  And Hogan wasn’t allowed to wear green or purple like the Incredible Hulk.

 

  1. Every passport in the world has a cover that’s red, green, blue, or black.

 

  1. Ketchup gets its name from a Chinese sauce from the 1600s called koe-chiap.  It was made of pickled fish brine and spices.

 

  1. The woman who invented the sports bra made her first prototype out of two jockstraps.  Her name is Hinda Miller and she helped invent it in the 1970s.  She eventually went on to be a state senator in Vermont.

 

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GOOD NEWS

A group of firemen near St. Louis recently helped a woman in a wheelchair after they saw her tip over trying to get into her home.

 

Her house wasn’t wheelchair accessible.  So she had to wheel herself through the front yard, then make it up multiple steps to get in.

 

Luckily she wasn’t hurt.  But they knew it would happen again.  So a bunch of firemen went back to her house a few days later with shovels and concrete and built her a PATH.

 

They dug out part of the front yard to make it even, then poured cement . . . made a path all the way from the sidewalk to her front porch . . . and put in a ramp for her.

 

The most amazing part is none of them were on the clock.  They did it over the weekend in their off-time, and weren’t paid.  That’s how much they cared.

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BIRTHDAYS

[62] Rick Hansen, Paralympic games athlete (3 gold medals) /philanthropist/wheelchair marathoner (his “Man in Motion” world tour logged more than 40,000 km through 34 countries on four continents before crossing Canada)

 

[49] Melissa McCarthy, actress

 

[39] Macaulay Culkin, actor

 

[34] Brian Kelley,  country singer (Florida Georgia Line)

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Woman Reports Her Car Stolen . . . While She’s Driving It in a Police Chase

There’s a 20-year-old woman named Rachel Thornburg in Clinton, Iowa.  And she called 911 to report her 1998 Buick Century had been stolen.

But . . . that was a lie.  Because Rachel was driving that car in a high-speed POLICE CHASE at the time.

Apparently, a cop had clocked her speeding and tried to pull her over . . . but she took off.  And as the cops were chasing her, she came up with the idea to report the car stolen so they’d think someone else was driving.

But that genius plan blew up when the cops laid down spikes on the road which popped her tires . . . and they saw Rachel was the driver.

She was charged with eluding, driving with a suspended license, reckless driving, and speeding.  There’s no word on whether she’ll also be facing charges for filing a false report.

 

A Driver Throws a Dirty Diaper Out the Window . . . and Hits a Cop Car

A guy was driving on the interstate in Johnson County, in central Indiana and he threw his baby’s DIRTY DIAPER out of his car window.

And . . . the diaper hit a COP CAR.

The cop immediately pulled the guy over and saw a baby in the backseat.  The guy wouldn’t admit that he threw the diaper out of the window, though . . . he said the wind had blown it out.

I’m not sure how that works, but the cop gave the guy a ticket for littering.

 

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GILLIGAN WAS ON TO SOMETHING:
If you’ve never quite found the perfect bed, or maybe even you haven’t found the perfect sleeping position, you might want to go have a look in the backyard.

 

A growing body of research that says the simple, ancient hammock may be the most ingenious bed humans have ever created.

Modern science shows that the hammock can be credited with putting you to sleep faster, and keeps you in a deep sleep longer. Hammocks also provide what some researchers call the ideal sleeping position, with the head elevated 10-30%.

 

Hammocks are also recommended by many chiropractors, orthopaedic surgeons and other doctors to alleviate back pain. And if that weren’t enough, swaying in a hammock is said to improve memory, and as a result improve reading and learning.

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More Than 90% of People Are Burned Out at Work . . .

According to a new survey, 91% of employees say they’re at least a little burned out at their job right now.

 

And their bosses know it . . . 96% of bosses say their employees are showing signs that they’re burned out.

 

On a scale of 1 to 10, the average person ranks their burnout at 5.6 . . . but 28% are between 8 and 10.

 

So what’s causing it?  Here are the top five reasons we’re burned out . . .

 

  1. Constantly being interrupted during work.
  2. Your career is stagnating.
  3. An unmanageable workload.
  4. Toxic culture.
  5. Having to use dated technology.

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MONDAY AUGUST 26TH                                            

 

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

[62] Rick Hansen, Paralympic games athlete (3 gold medals) /philanthropist/wheelchair marathoner (his “Man in Motion” world tour logged more than 40,000 km through 34 countries on four continents before crossing Canada)

[49] Melissa McCarthy, actress

Happy birthday to comedy queen Melissa McCarthy!  The star from “Bridesmaids”, “Gilmore Girls”, “Mike and Molly”, and “The Heat” turns 49 today.  Check out Melissa pre-apologizing to Ellen about how she’s going to act at her birthday party.

[39] Macaulay Culkin, actor

[34] Brian Kelley, country singer (Florida Georgia Line)

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  1. MLB

Seattle                  3              Toronto                1

Minnesota          7              Detroit                  4

 

Indianapolis Colts QB Andrew Luck shocked many by announcing his retirement on Saturday.  He blames being in a cycle of injuries making it impossible to enjoy the game.  Here is part of his announcement.

 

  1. “Angel Has Fallen” easily won the box office this weekend, with an opening take of $21.3 million.
  2. “Good Boys”, $11.8 million.  Up to $42.1 million in its 2nd week.
  3. NEW:  “Overcomer”, $8.2 million.

 

 

3.   No winning ticket was sold for the $5-million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw.

However, the guaranteed $1-million prize went to a ticket holder in British Columbia.

The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Aug. 28 will be approximately $7 million.

 

  1. Combating porch pirates, and hair loss tattoos.  (From “Real Time with Bill Maher” on Friday, August 23, 2019.  He was the only guy working.)

 

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LUKE BRYAN TO RELEASE ‘DOIN’ MY THING’ ALBUM ON VINYL

Luke Bryan will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of his sophomore project, Doin’ My Thing, by issuing the album in vinyl on October 4th as an expanded deluxe edition featuring 13 tracks, including two bonus songs, “Ya’ll Can Have This Town” and “Favorite Flowers.” Previously, the bonus tracks were only available on the iTunes exclusive version of the album.

The LP will be released on standard black vinyl as well as limited edition translucent clear vinyl, available exclusively at via Luke Bryan and UMG Nashville’s web stores. The deluxe edition of Doin’ My Thing will also be released digitally on October 4th.

Doin’ My Thing produced three Number One hits — “Do I,” “Rain Is A Good Thing” and “Someone Else Calling You Baby.” Currently, Luke has 22 Number Ones to his credit.

 

 

MIDLAND’S NEW ALBUM REPRESENTS ‘EVOLUTION’ 

Midland will release their sophomore album, called Let It Roll, tomorrow (Friday, August 23rd). Lead singer Mark Wystrach tells us the project is both a continuation and an evolution of their first album, 2017’s On the Rocks. [“From On the Rocks, we’ve all three, as individuals, have grown.  As musicians and songwriters, we’ve grown, which comes from living, which comes from practicing, which comes from playing and experiencing.  And that’s what Let It Roll is to us, I think, it’s a continuation but it’s an evolution, and I think that’s what you’re seeing in the songs.”]

Let It Roll features Midland’s current hit, “Mr. Lonely.”

The band will kick off their Let It Roll Tour on September 17th in New York City.

 

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE ARE ‘ENJOYING THE CREATIVE PROCESS’

Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line met and forged their friendship while students at Nashville’s Belmont University where they were both pursuing degrees in Music Business. Their time at Belmont certainly put them on the path to a successful music career, but as Tyler tells us, there was really no plan for putting his degree to work.[“Naw, not really. I mean, I think we both knew we wanted to be songwriters and kind of had a one-track mind at that age. At times I think it’d be fun to be some sort of designer or architect. Actually, about every year I think of another hobby that could turn into a career, that if this music thing weren’t our life what we’d be doing, but I think that’s just part of being creative and really enjoying the creative process.”)

Besides their music, including their Top 10 hit, “Talk You Out of It,” Florida Georgia Line’s Brian and Tyler have branched out to co-own the FGL House bar/restaurant in Nashville, Old Camp Whiskey, and most recently, their own record label, Round Here Records, among other things.

FAST FACTS

FGL’s Can’t Say I Ain’t Country Tour rolls on to West Palm Beach, Tampa and Atlanta this week with special guest Dan + Shay.

They’ll perform at their headlining FGL Fest at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on September 7th.

 

 

 

 

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This post was written by Dave Palmer