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New series on the History Channel tonight Project Blue Book

The series takes its name from the real-life  Project Blue Book, a U.S. Air Force campaign that investigated UFO reports starting in the 1950s. Hynek was the scientific consultant for the project, as he was for two earlier investigations known as  Project Sign and  Project Grudge.

Storyline

The story of the real-life, U.S. Air Force-sponsored investigations into UFO-related phenomena from 1947-70.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6632666/

Entry #766

Why I stay out of the gym the first two weeks of January

Most gym rats know this but that's when all the New Year's resolutions show up, and about how long they last.

Depends on the gym of course, but still....

I lived in Evansville, IN (very interesting town and best place I've lived in the Midwest) for 2 years and got to work out in a gym called The Pit, a gym like no other. The 'aerobics' equipment was one Schwinn Air Dyne and a couple of weighted won duffel bags. Some of the members were competitive powerlifters and competed as far away ass Russia. 

Also, in some gyms, as with the New Year's resolutions, when school let's out if the price is right parents park their kids there with summer memberships in effect making the gym their babysitter. There's no sense in going to a gym where school age kids bogart benches abd sit in front of a mirror popping zits.

Entry #764

Very interesting ...Vatican has alien skulls? and more

2. Somebody get Mulder and Scully on the line, because the Vatican could be hiding extraterrestrial skulls! That’s right: it turns out aliens have been real this whole time and Rome is trying to keep it quiet… if you believe the whispers.




http://mentalflare.com/secrets-of-the-vatican-vaults-hc-mf/3/?as=2100013880307&bdk=a2100013880307&ch=bt

Entry #763

New Year's Eve circa late 1960s South Korea

Back in those days there was a midnight curfew every day of the year, except for New Year's Eve.

(This was in villages close to the DMZ).

At about 11:45 pm ROK Army soldiers would set up a .50 caliber machine gun in the streets, get on a loudspeaker, and in Korean make an announcement;

GO BACK TO YOUR HOMES OR BE READY TO STAY WHERE YOU ARE. AT MIDNIGHT WE WILL FIRE THE .50 CALIBER AS A WARNING, ANYONE IN THE STREET AFTER THAT WILL BE ASSUMED TO BE NORTH KOREAN AND WILL BE SHOT.

It was really something to experience. 

Koreans would tell US solders that were new in country that tomorrow was New Year's Eve, real big deal and the soldiers would day of course it's a big deal it's New Years' Eve and the Koreans would say you don't understand.

Entry #762

lexiphilia

  WHO ON EARTH DREAMS THESE UP? A lexophile, of course! (A lover of words, especially in word games, puzzles, anagrams, etc.)
 
 
. Venison for dinner again? Oh deer!
 
. How does Moses make tea? Hebrews it.
 
. England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool.
 
. I tried to catch some fog, but I mist.
 
. They told me I had type-A blood, but it was a Typo.
 
. I changed my iPod's name to Titanic. It's syncing now.
 
. Jokes about German sausage are the wurst.
 
. I know a guy who's addicted to brake fluid, but he says he can stop any time.
 
. I stayed up all night to see where the sun went, and then it dawned on me.
 
. This girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but I'd never met herbivore.
 
. When chemists die, they barium.
 
. I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can't put it down.
 
. Why were the Indians here first? They had reservations.
 
. I didn't like my beard at first. Then it grew on me.
 
. Did you hear about the cross-eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn't control her pupils?
 
. When you get a bladder infection, urine trouble.
 
. Broken pencils are pointless.
 
. What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary? A thesaurus.
 
. I got a job at a bakery because I kneaded dough.
 
. Velcro - what a rip off!
 
. Don't worry about old age; it doesn't last.
Entry #761

How much the top 50 charities donated last year

Every time a lottery jackpot is pumped up, usually MM or PB. people say if they win they're going to gove to charity.

This is most interesting......

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poverty/the-top-50-charities-and-how-much-they-actually-donated-last-year/ss-BBPSo2I?li=BBnb4R7#image=2

This is #48 of 51. So there are three that gave more.

The Smithsonian Institution donated $1,307,694,171.

I'm not at all saying don't give, but when you get to the end of the lisy (highest givers) you'll see that in comparison a lot of jackpots are mere chump change.

Entry #758

The new me, so sad and yet so true

Received in an e-mail

I used to think I was just a regular guy, but I was born white, which now, whether I like it or not, makes me a racist & responsible for slavery.
 
I am a fiscal & moral conservative, which by today’s standards, makes me a fascist because I plan & support myself.
 
I went to HS, worked through college, got a degree & have held a job, & am here not because I earned it but because I was advantaged.
 
I am heterosexual, which according to gay folks, now makes me a homophobe.
 
I am non-union, which makes me a traitor to the working class & ally of big business.
 
I am not a Muslim, which now labels me as an infidel.
 
I am older than 65 & retired, making me a useless old man who doesn't understand Facebook.
 
I think & I reason, so I doubt what main stream media tells me, which must make me a reactionary.
 
I am proud of my heritage & our inclusive American culture, making me a xenophobe.
 
I value my safety & that of my family, & I appreciate the police & the legal system, making me a right-wing, cop loving extremist.
 
I believe in hard work, fair play, & fair compensation according to each individual's merits, which today makes me an anti-socialist.
 
I believe our system guarantees freedom of effort - not freedom of outcome or subsidies which must make me a borderline sociopath.
 
I believe in the defense & protection of America for & by all citizens, now making me a militant.
 
I am proud of our flag, what it stands for, & the many who died to let it fly so I stand & salute during our National Anthem, taking me back where I started - I must be a racist.
 
Please help me come to terms with the new me because I'm just not sure who I am anymore!
 
I thank my friends for sticking with me through these abrupt, new found changes to my thinking!
 
I just can't imagine or understand what's happened to me so quickly!
 
Funny - it all took place over the last 7 or 8 years! (Thanks liberal media)
 
If all this nonsense wasn't enough to deal with, I don't know which restroom to use, & I gotta go!!!
Entry #757

Secrets of the Millionaire Mind

by T. Harv Eker

This book has Law of Attraction beaten by galaxies

Throughout the book are Wealth Principles

Money will only make you more of what you already are

p119

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I wonder if that's part of the reason or the reason why some who win jackpots blow it all

Might be something to consider when the next round of what I'm going to do when I win this jackpot kicks in

Wink

Entry #756

Enigmas

Enigmas

  (1) Isn't it weird that in America our flag and our culture offend so many people, but our benefits don't?

(2) How can the federal government ask U.S. citizens to pay back student loans, when illegal aliens are receiving a free education?

(3) Only in America are legal citizens labeled "racists" and "Nazis," but illegal aliens are called "Dreamers."

  (4) Liberals say, "If confiscating all guns saves just one life, it's worth it." Well then, if deporting all illegals saves just one life, wouldn't that be worth it?

 (5) I can't quite figure out how you can proudly wave the flag of another country but consider it punishment to be sent back there.

  (6) The Constitution: It doesn't need to be rewritten; it needs to be reread.

  (7) William F. Buckley said: "Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other points of view and are then shocked and offended when they discover there are other points of view."

  (8) Joseph Sobran said: "'Need' now means wanting someone else's money. 'Greed' means wanting to keep your own. 'Compassion' is when a politician arranges the transfer."

  (9) Florida has had 119 hurricanes since 1850, but some people still insist the last one was due to climate change.

 

You can’t fix stupid…. I don’t care how much duct tape you use!

 

Entry #755