“This is not how we want to run a business.”
– Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase, the biggest bank in the United States, on its $2 billion loss through what he called “sloppiness” in stock market bets.
I’ve seen garage sales function better than some of these banks!
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Tigryulia holds one of her newborn cubs at the Skazka Zoo in Yalta, Ukraine. Photo courtesy of the Associated Press.
The three white male cubs cuddle with their albino sister shortly after being born at the Skazka Zoo. The zoo has launched a competition to find names for all of them inspired by former Ukraine presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko. Photo courtesy of the Associated Press.
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Survivalist Tip: Since today is Mother’s Day, I want to remind everyone preparing for the apocalypse to remember your mothers or the mother figures in your lives. Whether or not your mother is still alive, keep pictures of her close by or take at least one with you as you flee to safety. There’s nothing like a mother to keep your ego in check and make you feel like a kid again. Even if you don’t or didn’t have as a great a mother as I do, think of a female individual who made a positive impact on your life. The blessings of a mother or mother figure will guide you to safety into the new Baktun. Besides, mothers will still love you even if you have to kill an uncooperative member of your posse.
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If today is your birthday, “Happy Birthday!”
Actress Zohra Lampert (Alan & Naomi, Splendor in the Grass) is 75.
Actor Harvey Keitel (The Last Temptation of Christ, Death Watch, Blue Collar, Taxi Driver) is 73.
Actress Senta Berger (The Victors, See How They Run, If It’s Tuesday This Must Be Belgium) is 71.
Bass guitarist Danny Klein (The J. Geils Band) is 66.
Actor Tim Pigott-Smith (The Jewel in the Crown, Remains of the Day) is 66.
Actor – comedian Franklyn Ajaye (The Wrong Guys, Fraternity Vacation, The Jazz Singer, Convoy, Car Wash) is 63.
Singer Stevie Wonder (Uptight, Living in the City, Isn’t She Lovely) is 62.
Actress Frances Barber (We Think the World of You, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, Home Sweet Home) is 54.
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1607 – Some 100 English colonists arrived on the west bank of what is now the James River in present-day Virginia and founded Jamestown.
1821 – Samuel Rust of New York City patented the first practical printing press built in the U.S.
1842 – Opera composer Arthur Sullivan (H.M.S. Pinafore, The Mikado, Pirates of Penzance) was born in London.
1846 – President James K. Polk declared war on México in a dispute over Texas.
1898 – Thomas Edison sued the American Mutoscope Company, claiming they infringed on his patent for the Kinetograph movie camera.
1907 – Writer Daphne du Maurier (Rebecca, The Loving Spirit) was born in London.
1949 – The first gas turbine to pump natural gas was installed in Wilmar, AR.
1958 – Vice-President Richard Nixon was attacked in Caracas, Venezuela, during his Latin America goodwill trip, nearly overturning the car in which he was riding. The mob was angry about U.S. Cold War policy.
1981 – Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded in St. Peter’s Square in Rome by Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca.
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Just remember – behind every successful person there was a mother figure who wiped their nose and their butt years earlier!
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Survivalist Tip: Peas have always been treated like Chihuahuas of the vegetable world: nothing more than little runts. But, although they don’t make as much noise, peas are among the most nutritious and versatile of all vegetables, which is why you should include them in your food supply. Pease have high concentrations of sugar and starch, but even higher levels of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents. They also feature an element called coumestral, which research has suggested can fight some cancers. Other research has shown they fight diabetes, despite their high natural sugar content. Green peas are also low fat and have sizeable concentrations of Vitamin E.
Peas are also good for the environment and not just because they won’t give you gas. Agricultural research has shown that, with the help of bacteria in the soil, pea crops can take nitrogen gas from the air and convert it to more usable nitrogen in the soil without the need for added fertilizer. Pea plants have a shallow root system, which helps prevent soil erosion and once the peas have been picked, the plant remainders tend to break down relatively easily for soil replenishment. This may not seem like an ideal survivalist food, but in the chaotic aftermath of the apocalypse, just give peas a chance.
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If today is your birthday, “Happy Birthday!”
Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi (Lawrence Peter) Berra is 87.
Composer – songwriter Burt Bacharach (Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head, Promises, Promises; What the World Needs Now, Walk on By, Close to You, I Say a Little Prayer, Do You Know the Way to San Jose; with wife, Carol Bayer Sager: Arthur’s Theme) is 84.
Abstract artist – sculptor – painter Frank Stella (Empress of India, Guadalupe Island) is 76.
Actress Susan Hampshire (The Forsythe Saga, The First Churchills, Vanity Fair, The Story of David) is 75.
Actress Millie Perkins (Wall Street, Ensign Pulver) is 74.
Actress Lindsay Crouse (The Juror, The Arrival, Desperate Hours, Places in the Heart, The Verdict, All the President’s Men) is 64.
Singer – songwriter Steve Winwood (Blind Faith; Traffic; Spencer Davis Group; solo artist) is 64.
Actor Bruce Boxleitner (Scarecrow and Mrs. King, The Babe) is 62.
Singer Billy Squier ((Everybody Wants You, Lonely is the Night, The Stroke)) is 62.
Actress Kim Greist (Homeward Bound series, Throw Momma from the Train, Brazil, Chicago Hope) is 54.
Actor Emilio Estevez (The Breakfast Club, Repo Man, Young Guns, Stakeout) is 50.
Actor Stephen Baldwin (Fled, The Usual Suspects, Under the Hula Moon, Threesome) is 46.
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1812 – Poet and artist Edward Lear was born in Highgate, England.
1820 – Health activist and nurse Florence Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy.
1828 – Writer and artist Dante Rossetti was born in London.
1831 – The first indicted bank robber in the U.S., Edward Smith, was sentenced to five years hard labor on the rock pile at Sing Sing Prison.
1847 – Mormon pioneer William Clayton invented the odometer.
1900 – Captain Mildred McAfee, 1st Director of the U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service; Distinguished Service Medal, 1945, was born in Parkville, MO.
1903 – While visiting San Francisco, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first U.S. president to be photographed using moving picture film.
1907 – Actress Katharine Hepburn was born in Hartford, CT.
1914 – Journalist and TV anchorman Howard K. Smith was born in Ferriday, LA.
1932 – The body of Charles Lindbergh’s baby was found in a wooded area near the family home in Hopewell, NJ.
1937 – Prince George VI was crowned king of England after his older brother, King Edward VIII, abdicated the throne to marry an American divorcee.
1950 – The American Bowling Congress abolished its White males-only membership restriction after 34 years.
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