Good Tuesday!
Today finds me exhausted- for a variety of reasons not just because of work. Yesterday was very busy here at work and like yesterday, today I'm playing around with fire trucks and helicopters again.
Some things I saw yesterday and this morning on the net was.....
Haiti's still in the dumper and despite progress being made, the photo ops and rubber bullets are flying. Regardless of which political jersey you wear, Haiti IS politicized by the White House. These things usually are in my opinion. Rahm Emanuel was crucified in the press and the right wingers by making the statement "never let a good crisis go to waste"- or " never let a serious crisis go to waste". While it is appalling and a weasel like statement at first, it's pretty much a smart way to react to something unavoidable that you HAVE to deal with politically.
Hugo Chavez and the French are criticizing the US's "occupation" of Haiti. --Feh..
Students at Ebinport Elementary in Rock Hill, SC have raised over $1,000.00 at their Haitian Relief Lemonade stand.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Conan O'Brien is close to signing a nearly $40 million deal to walk away from his job hosting NBC's "The Tonight Show," in a new move that will also award severance pay to his employees. The deal, which has been fiercely negotiated for the last week, will give O'Brien $32.5 million to go on garden leave until September. This would prevent him from hosting any other TV shows if he pockets the cash, but gives him an option to sign other deals. The remaining $7.5 million will go in severance pay to about 200 of Conan's "Tonight Show" employees after they expressed outrage about the prospect of going penniless after relocation across the country months ago.
Jay Leno FINALLY gives us his version of how this whole debacle began - http://www.hulu.com/watch/121471/the-jay-leno-show-jays-pov#s-p1-sr-i1
New Jersey's 55th crime boss/governor, Christopher J. Christie will be sworn in today.
Meanwhile Fox News is projecting Massachusetts State Senator Scott Brown as the winner in the special election today. Not really, but it sure seems like that. Obama made the obligatory appearance over the weekend for fellow Democrat State Attorney General Martha Coakley. Apparently George Soros and his money are no where to be seen as I can tell. This is important obviously as it will take away the Democrat's invulnerability in regards to a filibuster proof senate.
Japan Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection today
A Michigan weapons company is under fire for branding thousands of rifle scopes used by US soldiers and Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan with passages from the Bible. U.S. military rules prohibit any service member from proselytizing while serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, which are primarily Muslim nations.
British candy maker Cadbury has accepted a takeover offer worth $19.5 billion from U.S. food conglomerate Kraft Foods.
Want to see pics from upcoming movie called "Predators"? http://www.collider.com/2010/01/16/behind-the-scenes-pictures-from-nimrod-antals-predators/
“Paranormal Activity 2 will be released October 22 of this year. One of the SAW movie series directors is set to helm.
JJ Abrams is working to get a sequel to 'Cloverfield" made this year.
Ghostbusters 3 is still set to begin production later this year.
Oh yeah, there are plans to remake Hawaii 5-0 and bring it back to television.
Mark Strong, who played the villain Lord Blackwell in "Sherlock Holmes" is rumored to play Sinestro in DC Comics big screen adaptation of 'Green Lantern'. According to Variety, the 1980s comic book origin story "Emerald Dawn" as a basis for the film.
It looks like Marvel Comics is ending all 4 monthly issues of 'The Avengers' in April. Haven't read for how long or when an eventual restart would begin.
A 42-year-old Taiwanese man with a history of high blood pressure has died of a stroke likely triggered by over-excitement from watching the blockbuster "Avatar" in 3D, a doctor said Tuesday
Today in RECALL news- Some 390 tons of ground beef produced by a California meat packer, some of it nearly two years ago, is being recalled for fear of potentially deadly E. coli bacterium tainting, U.S. officials said on Monday.
Chrysler is recalling many of it's 2009/ 2010 vehicles (Jeep included) because of potential faulty brakes. Chrysler also bought a 60 second Super Bowl ad.
and finally, drivers in downtown Moscow squinted in disbelief as an electronic highway billboard blazed a two-minute pornographic video instead of its regular advertising clips. Late-night traffic on one of the Russian capital's busiest roads slowed Thursday as a couple's explicit escapades appeared on the 9-by-6-meter display.
The screen's owner, 3 Stars, told the AP that a hacker attack was likely to blame. Some people took pictures of the sight with their mobile phones and posted them on the Internet.
