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Funny 90's Pizza Hut commercial that goes to show when it comes to certain foods, you better be able to hold your own, no matter how old you are!
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hut
commercial
senior
citizens
humor
Added: 8th November 2007
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There will be a new children's movie The Golden Compass premiering December 7th, starring Nicole Kidman, and is being highly promoted.
Many well intended parents/grandparents will think this is a great movie to take the kids to see, even my wife and son wanted to see it.
The movie has been described as "atheism for kids" and is based on the first book of a trilogy entitled "His Dark Materials" written by Phillip Pullman. Pullman 's main objective is to bash Christianity and promote atheism. Pullman left little doubt about his intentions when he said in a 2003 interview, "my books are about killing God." He has even stated that he wants "to kill God in the minds of children".
I always verify my info with Snopes.com first; here are a bunch of links to verify and to read more info:
http://snopes.com/politics/religion/compass.asp
http://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000005672.cfm
http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1573421/story.jhtml
They have a right to produce this movie and I'm not saying not to go see it, just be aware that this isn't as innocent as they are advertising! Heck, MTV is giving a warning!
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Childrens
Movie
Added: 28th November 2007
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Chess was front page news and on the cover of Time Magazine in the summer of 1972 when American Bobby Fischer challenged world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union. Fischer, 29, had been prominent on the chess scene since 1958 when he won the U.S. championship just before he turned 15. The Soviet Union had dominated international chess for 25 years, but Spassky was bamboozled by Fischer's unpredictable openings. Fischer clinched the 24-game match, held in Reykjavik, Iceland, after 21 games with a record of seven wins, three losses, and eleven draws. Fischer's victory generated tremendous interest in the game in the United States. Known as the 'Fischer Boom,' membership numbers in the U.S. Chess Federation reached their peak in the following two years. The eccentric Fischer never defended his title. He opted to resign as world champion in 1974 when not all of his 64 conditions to defend against Anatoly Karpov were accepted by chess' governing body. Since then Fischer has been a recluse. He did make an appearance in 1992 to play his old rival Spassky in a specially arranged match in Yugoslavia. (This violated UN sanctions against Yugoslavia at the time.) Fischer won the match and proclaimed he was still the legitimate world champion. Despite having Jewish ancestry, Fischer is an anti-Semite and a passionate Holocaust denier. Fischer called a Manila talk-radio station to applaud the 9/11 terrorist attacks in a profanity-filled rant. Fischer now lives in Iceland where he was granted citizenship.
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Added: 12th December 2007
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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Always ranked among the greatest Hollywood movies ever made is Orson Welles' masterpiece Citizen Kane (1941). In the movie's final scene we learn what Charles Foster Kane's last word ('Rosebud') referred to. This clip has a bit of Italian dialogue dubbed into it. Pay no attention to it; it is unimportant.
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Added: 15th December 2007
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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From the Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle attempts to put Deputy Barney Fife under 'citizen's arrest' for making an illegal U-turn.
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Pyle
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Added: 27th December 2007
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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At the 1972 Academy Awards, 83-year-old Charlie Chaplin received a long overdue honorary Oscar for his immense contributions to cinema. It was the first time Chaplin had set foot in the United States since 1952. (Chaplin had never obtained American citizenship and, after a trip abroad, he was refused admission into the U.S. during the Red Scare era because his political views were thought to be pro-communist. Idiocy!)
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Added: 29th May 2008
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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Stella Walsh was one of the first female Olympic heroes--but she could never shake the accusations that she was really a man. The masculine-looking Walsh was born in Poland in 1911 and came to the United States before her first birthday. Naturally gifted at sports, she won track and field contests sponsored by a Cleveland newspaper that were supposed to lead to a place on the 1928 American Olympic team. However, the immigration laws of the era said Walsh could not become an American citizen until the age of 21. She toured her homeland in the early 1930s and became hugely popular. She competed for Poland at the 1932 summer Olympics in Los Angeles and won gold in the women's 100 metres. At the 1936 Olympics she finished second to Helen Stephens, who, ironically, had to undergo a medical examination to prove she was a female. In November 1980, television station WKYC was heavily criticized for airing a story that questioned Walsh's gender. A month later the 69-year-old Walsh was murdered in a botched armed robbery at a Cleveland mall. Through a court order, WKYC obtained the coroner's report to vindicate their earlier claims. It said Walsh had male sex organs, no female sex organs, and both XX and XY pairs of chromosomes.
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Added: 1st August 2008
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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Early on the morning of July 24, 1915, the lake passenger steamer Eastland cast off from the Chicago River dock at the Clark Street Bridge with On board 2,572, all Western Electric Company employees and their families.
What was to have been a pleasant Lake Michigan cruise and picnic quickly turned into Chicago's worst single disaster. As she pulled away from the dock, the Eastland. slowly rolled over on her side and settled on the mud of the river bottom.
Of the 2,572 persons on board, 844+ lost their lives
For the 1,728 who did survive, their lives would be changed forever
This is dedicated to the 1915 Western Electric Family - the 844 who perished and those who survived - to the firefighters, police, and Chicago citizens who rushed to their aid.
your bravery will be remembered!
Photos ....
Lyman Atwell, Chicago Herald
Fred Eckhardt, Chicago Daily News
Jun Fujita, Chicago Evening Post
Robert Hollihan Sr, Chicago American
Godfrey Lundberg, Chicago Tribune
Chicago Historical Society
Karl J. Sup Collection
MaritimeQuest
Music
Aaron Copeland
Fanfare for the Common Man
Andy Street & Krys Mach
Celestial Light
Light of Day
Info: http://www.bcieclipse.com
conceived and produced by: Dale Caruso
For more information concerning the 1915 Eastland Disaster, I highly reccomded the following web sites:
The Eastland Memorial Society
www.eastlandmemorial.org
The Eastland Disaster Historical Society
http://www.eastlanddisaster.org/
The Chicago Public Library (The Eastland Disaster)
http://www.eastlanddisaster.org/
The Bell System Memorial
http://www.porticus.org/bell/eastland...
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Eastland
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Chicago
Western
Electric
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1915
Eastland
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Chicago
Western
Electric
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Added: 25th September 2008
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Posted By: dalecaruso |
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Here's an interesting NBC news clip. It was filmed on a New York City street less than two hours after John F. Kennedy had been killed in Dallas. Three average citizens share their thoughts.
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Added: 19th November 2008
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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