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___________________________________________________ History: on this day, January 27, in 1998, U.S. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton appeared on NBC's "Today" show. She charged that the allegations against her husband were the work of a "vast right-wing conspiracy." ____________________________________________________ Bonehead Awards: Illinois wife killer re-sntenced to 30 years __________________________________________________ Q And that's the world in a nutshell, an appropriate receptacle. --- Stan Dunn In politics, absurdity is not a handicap. --- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821) _________________________________________________ A man went to get his driver's license renewed. The line inched along for almost an hour until the man finally got his license. He inspected his photo for a moment and commented to the clerk, "I was standing in line so long, I ended up looking pretty grouchy in this picture." The clerk looked at his picture closely. "It's okay," she reassured the man. "That's how you're going to look when the cops pull you over anyway." __________________________________________________ (This one you have to read out loud) "Information? I need the number for Caseway Trasnport." "Would you spell that, please?" "Certainly. C as in sea. A as in aye. S as in sea. E as in eye. W as in why. A as in are. Y as in you." "Just a minute, sir. I'll connect you with my supervisor." __________________________________________________ Reported by Rock An International Bonehead Award has been earned by Shadwick King, 55, Geneva, Illinois, USA Illinois wife killer re-sntenced to 30 years 55-year-old Shadwick King, of Geneva, has been sentenced to thirty years in prison for the second time for murdering his wife, 32-year-old Kathleen King, back in 2014. King had been convicted and sentenced in 2015 to 30 years in prison, but an appellate court had ordered a fresh trial due to issues with an expert witness. King was found guilty in a trial-by-judge back in August. The Kane County State's Attorney's Office says that Shadwick strangled Kathleen after learning that she was emotionally involved with another man in July of 2014. Shadwick is then said to have left the body on the Union Pacific Railway tracks in the area of the 200 block of Briar Lane and Esping Park on Geneva's east side. A commuter train conductor found the body later on. Shadwick will need to serve his full sentence. ___________________________________________________________ Roban Alsaphina Macaws ___________________________________________________ Just saw a headline on the news ticker: "Scientists say English Foot and Mouth out of control" hmmm, I know some Irish who have been saying that for decades! ___________________________________________________ If you can spare a coin, PLEASE hit PayPal with it! ____________________________________________________ The basketball coach stormed into the University President's office and demanded a raise right then and there. "Please," protested the college President, "you already make more than the entire History department." "Yeah, maybe so, but you don't know what I have to put up with, the coach blustered. "Look, I'll Give you an example." The coach went out into the hall and grabbed a jock who was jogging down the hallway. "Run over to my office and see if I'm there," he ordered. Three minutes later the jock returned, sweaty and out of breath. "You're not there, sir," he reported. "Oh, I see what you mean," conceded the University President, scratching his head. "I would have phoned first." ____________________________________________________ The young teacher of the earth science class was lecturing on map reading. After explaining about latitude, longitude, degrees and minutes the teacher asked Morris, "Suppose I asked you to meet me for lunch at 25 degrees, 4 minutes north latitude and 130 degrees, 15 minutes West longitude...?" After a confused silence Morris replied, "I guess you'd be eating alone. That's halfway to Hawaii, and I can't swim." __________________________________________________ If you can spare a coin, PLEASE hit PayPal with it! _____________________________________________________ Kasun Madhushka ___________________________________________________ If you can spare a coin, PLEASE hit PayPal with it! ___________________________________________________ Here's a woman with no luck for names. Born Jennifer Crabb, and enduring teasing throughout school, her nearest neighbors had the last names Beaver, Butt, and Blow. Finally she attended Denison College where she slept in Beaver Dorm. Denison College, by the way, is in Licking County, Ohio. Philadelphia Inquirer ____________________________________________________ DearWebby's Tech Support Pits FROM: Amanda RE: Is fiber faster? Is fiber faster, or is all their hype about copper corroding and glass fiber optics a lot faster, just bullshit? As anything coming from the Turkmenistanian Fiber Salesmen at Telass? I am seriously disappointed that they replaced all three support techs with hordes of one finger typing fiber salesmen sitting in the bushes outaide a Starbucks somewhere far away and having the ethics of a used car salesman in a junkyard. Ananda Dear Amanda! You sure identified current Telus support 100% correctly! Their road techs are still good, just their online support totally stinks. Yes, their hype about speed and copper corroding is just a bunch of lies. Copper does not corrode. If you use it to cover an outhouse roof, it will get a patina, but it will NOT corrode. My speed from here to Calgary, via good, old-fashioned copper, has always been good: 29 - 30 Mbps. On fiber, that is still the same. Identical. As before, the bottleneck is in Calgary. That is where they need fiber, instead of ancient hemp rope. So, in summary: Don't believe a word the fiber salesmen tell you, and DON'T pay extra for fiber. They will get desperate enough to give you a fiber connection at the same price you are paying for copper. The fiber is THEIR need, not yours. You will find a 2 - 4 second lag (delay) to get to a site, but once you are there, the connection is just as fast as with copper. The lag is apparently just something you have to get used to with fiber and hemp. Have FUN DearWebby _____________________________________________________ >From Jaques Driving home after working late the other day, I was stopped by a police officer for speeding. I explained that I was rushing home to be with my wife on our first anniversary, which was the truth. However, instead of being let off with a warning, the officer said "Congratulations!" and then proceeded to write out the ticket. As he handed it to me, he said, "The first year is paper, right?" ____________________________________________________ Today, January 27 in 1606, The trial of Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators began. They were executed on January 31. 1880, Thomas Edison patented the electric incandescent lamp. 1900, In China, foreign diplomats in Peking, fearing a revolt, demanded that the imperial government discipline the Boxer rebels. 1926, John Baird, a Scottish inventor, demonstrated a pictorial transmission machine called television. 1927, United Independent Broadcasters Inc. started a radio network with contracts with 16 stations. The company later became Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS). 1943, During World War II, the first all American air raid against Germany took place when about 50 bombers attacked Wilhlemshaven. 1944, The Soviet Union announced that the two year German siege of Leningrad had come to an end. 1945, Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland. 1948, Wire Recording Corporation of America announced the first magnetic tape recorder. The Wireway machine with a built-in oscillator sold for $149.50. 1951, In the U.S., atomic testing in the Nevada desert began as an Air Force plane dropped a one-kiloton bomb on Frenchman Flats. 1967, At Cape Kennedy, FL, astronauts Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee died in a flash fire during a test aboard their Apollo I spacecraft. 1967, More than 60 nations signed the Outer Space Treaty which banned the orbiting of nuclear weapons and placing weapons on celestial bodies or space stations. 1973, The Vietnam peace accords were signed in Paris. 1977, The Vatican reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church's ban on female priests. 1981, U.S. President Reagan greeted the 52 former American hostages released by Iran at the White House. 1984, Wayne Gretzky set a National Hockey League (NHL) record for consecutive game scoring. He ended the streak at 51 games. 1985, The Coca-Cola Company, of Atlanta, GA, announced a plan to sell its soft drinks in the Soviet Union. 1992, Former world boxing champion Mike Tyson went on trial for allegedly raping an 18-year-old contestant in the 1991 Miss Black America Contest. 1996, Mahamane Ousmane, the first democratically elected president of Niger, was overthrown by a military coup. Colonel Ibrahim Bare Mainassara declared himself head of state. 1997, It was revealed that French national museums were holding nearly 2,000 works of art stolen from Jews by the Nazis during World War II. 1998, U.S. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton appeared on NBC's "Today" show. She charged that the allegations against her husband were the work of a "vast right-wing conspiracy." 1999, The U.S. Senate blocked dismissal of the impeachment case against President Clinton and voted for new testimony from Monica Lewinsky and two other witnesses. 2002, A series of explosions occurred at a military dump in Lagos, Nigeria. More than 1,000 people were killed in the blast and in the attempt to escape. 2003, Altria Group, Inc. became the name of the parent company of Kraft Foods, Philip Morris USA, Philip Morris International and Philip Morris Capital Corporation. 2010, Steve Jobs unveiled the Apple iPad. 2022 Do smiled.
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