Sunday, October 5, 2014

John Legere, CEO of T-Mobile - GeekWire Summit 2014





I first wanted to watch what he had to say about, "bendgate", which starts at the 20 minute mark. But I watched the whole thing. He's smart and very funny and R rated. Lots of bad language but... The 44 minutes went by fast and I laughed a lot. Makes me want to check out T-Mobile.

Friday, October 3, 2014

2014 World Championship of Public Speaking 1st Place winner

Little Akio

The teacher said, "Let's begin by reviewing someAmerican History. Who said 'Give me Liberty, or give me Death'?" She saw a sea of blank faces, except for Little Akio, a bright foreign exchange studentfrom Japan, who had his hand up: "Patrick Henry, 1775," he said.   “Very good! -- Who said, 'Government of the People, by the People, for the People,  shall not perish from the Earth'?" Again, no response except from  Little Akio: "Abraham Lincoln, 1863." "Excellent!" said the teacher  continuing, "Let's try one a bit more difficult -- Who said, 'Ask not what  your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country'?" Once again, Akio's was the only hand in the air and he said: "John F.  Kennedy, 1961. The teacher snapped at the class, "Class, you should be  ashamed of yourselves, Little Akio isn't from this country and he knows more  about our history than you do." She heard a loud whisper: "F---! those Japs." "Who said that? -- I want to know right now!? she angrily demanded. Little Akio put his hand up, "General MacArthur, 1945." At that point, a student in the back said, "I'm gonna puke.' The teacher glares around and asks, 'All right! -- Now who said that?" Again, Little Akio says, "George Bush to the Japanese Prime Minister, 1991." Now furious, another student yells, "Oh yeah? -- Suck this!" Little Akio jumps out of his chair waving his hand and shouts to the teacher, "Bill Clinton, to Monica Lewinsky, 1997!" Now with almost mob hysteria someone said, "You little shit! -- If you say anything else -- I'll kill you!" Little Akio frantically yells at the top of his voice, "Michael Jackson to the children testifying against him, 2004." The teacher fainted. As the class gathered around the teacher on the floor, someone said, "Oh shit, We're screwed!" Little Akio said quietly, "The American people, November 6, 2012."
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Louisiana teachers accused of group sex with student freed on bail

Louisiana teachers accused of group sex with student freed on bail | Fox News



Couple points. Teachers never looked this good when I was 16 and to my knowledge never had sex with the students.



This is just another example of my being born too soon!

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Jimmy Carter says he would have defeated Reagan had he been more 'manly' | WashingtonExaminer.com

Jimmy Carter says he would have defeated Reagan had he been more 'manly' | WashingtonExaminer.com
Former President Jimmy Carter claimed Wednesday that he would have been re-elected and beaten Ronald Reagan in 1980 if had been more “manly” in his dealings with Iran.
Interviewed by the show "CNBC Meets," Carter repeated his belief that the failed mission to free American hostages held in Tehran killed his chances, but then added that had he gone to war, America would have rewarded him with a second term in 1980.
The delusions of an old man with a failing memory.

Senate Update: Watching The Signal And Not The Noise | FiveThirtyEight

Senate Update: Watching The Signal And Not The Noise | FiveThirtyEight... Overall, there has been a lot of noise, but the signal has remained mostly steady. Republicans are ahead — by a few hairs.
The Reps will screw it up I'm sure.