Republicans Throw Tantrum Over Having To Work on The Weekend

WASHINGTON : Howls of protest filled the halls of the U.S. Senate today as dozens of Senators expressed their outrage at having to work through the weekend to save the United States from financial Armageddon.

“We’re hearing a lot about the country plunging back into recession and millions of people being thrown out of work,” said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky). “What we’re not hearing much about is how our Sunday is being completely and irrevocably ruined.”

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Now That's A Really Big Shark

The Mammoth Megalodon, A Shark About 30 Times the Size of a Great White

 

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The (Carcharodon) Megalodon is thought to have looked something like a Great White Shark, only a bit more stocky and overall bigger… much bigger,

 

with an average adult Megalodon estimated to have weighed around 70-100 tons (about 30 times that of a Great White Shark which full grown tend to be about 2.5-3 tons).  The Megalodon is estimated to have been around 15-24 meters long (50-78 ft., compared to a typical adult Great White Shark which is only 6m or 20 ft long).  It is also estimated that the bite force the Megalodon’s jaws could generate was somewhere in the vicinity of 108,514 N – 182,201 N (11-18 tons of force).  For reference, this is about 6-10 times the biting power of a Great White Shark and 18-30 times that of a Lion.

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Could Iowa City Rank In he Top Ten Cities For Singles?

 If your answer is yes, you are correct!

 

 

Finding the best cities for singles goes beyond simply identifying the places with the highest percentage of bachelors and bachelorettes. Financial factors count, too. After all, you’ll want to meet someone who can afford to date, right?

To put together a list of best cities for singles, taken into account were income and living costs. The cities that made the final cut boast household income levels well above the Census Bureau average of $49,536. The cost-of-living score -- derived from Council for Community and Economic Research data -- indicates essential costs, including rent. A high score is acceptable as long as it’s offset by attractive incomes and a strong dating pool.

Cities were screened based on the percentage of unmarried households because many otherwise great places to live are heavily populated by happily wedded couples, not swinging singles. And the cities were limited by unmarried households comfortably above the average of 49.4%.

Finally, added was what was dubbed a date-night tab: the average cost of two movie tickets plus a bottle of wine. Use the amount to budget for your next night out. Take a tour of the top-10 cities for singles.

 

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A Visit To The Archives -Virginia Earthquake Devastation

Remembering the devastation of August 2011. What a tragedy.

 

 

Mayan Calendar Revisited-Yields New Forecast

News Flash-World Didn't End

If you are reading this, then the world didn't end on December 21.

News Flash # 2: The Mayan's Never "Predicted" the world would end on December 21, 2012. 

The scenario is not entirely different from the old example of telling a short story to the first person in a line of people.

Each person then turns around and whispers it to the next person, who then turns, and so on. By the time the story reaches the last person in line, the original story is often wildly differnt than the original version.

I remember first hearing the story about the Mayan calendar a few years ago.

The original version went something like this:

The Mayan calendar will be recycling into a new period in 2012. Each period is called a "baktun."

 

 

 

 

Each baktun represents 144,000 days — or nearly 400 years. The 13th baktun of the Mayan calendar is slated to come to an end on the solstice marked on Dec. 21, 2012.

 

 

The years will simply click-over and start a new cycle.  Similarly, if a car's odometer runs past its complement of numbers, you can still drive it.

Compare this story to today's madness, early school closings, families teaching their young children to wear gas masks, and many, many other outrageous stories.

Never underestimate the sheer zaniness of some segments of our population. And enjoy thr rest of your day.

Keep in mind that "Life's Journey is the Reward, not the destination."

Billy

25 Really Funny I Phone Auto Corrects

 

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10 Overlooked Reasons Romney Lost

1. Amish warlocks placed a curse on Mitt because he put a bonnet manufacturing company out business during his Bain years and was against the buggy bailout.
2. Democrats secretly distributed 200,000 copies of Fifty Shades of Grey to Republican women in Michigan, thus giving them something more satisfying to do with themselves than vote.
3. An astrologer in Budapest claimed that the position of Jupiter's third largest moon foretold that Democrats would win Ohio, thus affecting the vote there.
4. Secret Chinese experiments with electromagnetic rays caused Republican voters to go temporarily sane on November 6 and vote for Democrats.
5. An insidious Democratic cabal of scientists at NASA electronically altered the orbits of five tracking satellites, thus sabotaging the GPSs of Ohio Republicans who drove voters to the polls and, as a result, ended up in Canada.
6. Fortune cookies in Miami were biased, influencing elderly Jews to vote Democratic.
7. Kenyan operatives infiltrated polling places in Wisconsin.
8. False rumors that The Kingston Trio would be giving a free concert in Orlando on Election Day were circulated among young Republicans.
9. Obama's prayers to the Vishnu influenced the Latino vote.
10. In response to Romney's stand on immigration, aliens from the Andromeda Galaxy telepathically controlled the minds of a million Republicans, causing them all to vote for Obama.

Thanks to John Blumenthal

Follow-Up 13 y.o. Girl Wins Fight Against Hasbro Toys

Hasbro to  introduce new line of gender-neutral Easy Bake Ovens.

 

 

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20 Celebrity Stars Who Have Not Aged Well

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Some people age gracefully, and other dont.

All the money in the world can’t save Hollywood stars from getting older, but while some manage to maintain their looks through the years, others haven’t been quite so fortunate. From too much plastic surgery to outrageous weight gain, BillyChicago has located photos of the 20 most shocking celebrity transformations.

PHOTOS: The 20 Most Shocking Celebrity Age Transformations

 

Great Tweets From 2011

Great Tweets From 2011

20 More Interesting and Funny Facts for Friday December 14

1. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
2. Over 75% of people who read the first list tried to lick their elbow.
3. A crocodile can't move its tongue and cannot chew, but its digestive juices are so strong that it can digest a steel nail.

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Billy Chicago Is Moving Uptown

As of today, BillyChicago is beginning a move to BillyChcago.Com

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Same interesting and funny stuff, but more of it, and in a better package.

 

To my loyal readers, Thanks for your interest and support.

 

I started this blog just as a way to keep in touch with my children and, out of the blue, and I'm not sure how, other people started reading it. I now have readers from all over the world, even in places where I was unaware English was spoken.

 

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How To Locate A Gas Leak

 

Don't Take Chances With Natural Gas

Don't take chances with natural gas. An undetected leak could change your life forever, or end it entirely.

If you suspect a gas leak, remember that gas leaks can be fatal, causing death and immense property damage, often to not only you, but your neighbors and friends as well.

Your first priority should be to call your local gas provider right away. Your Gas Utility Company places the highest priority on your safety and will send someone to visit you immediately.

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Leggo My Underpants !!

I meant to say LEGGO MY UNDERPASS!

 

20 Interesting and Funny Facts

Warning : Some May not Be True!

 

1. It is impossible to lick your elbow.
2. A crocodile can't stick it's tongue out.
3. A shrimp's heart is in it's head.
4. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze,your heart stops for a mili-second.
5. In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand.
6. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
7. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
8. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
9. Rats and horses can't vomit.
10. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib.
11. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.
12. If you keep your eyes open by force when you sneeze, you might pop an eyeball out.
13. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.
14. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
15. In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
16. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
17. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
18. A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
19. 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.
20. In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders.

Headline:"Study: Bears "most engaging" NFL team on social media"

Isn't that sweet! I want my old Bears back. The ones who ran the ball down your throat and would kick your a** just for looking at them funny.

 

 



 

Fiscal Cliff For Dummies Defined

 

 

There's no less than 10 jillion articles on the internet these days titled "What is the Fiscal Cliff?". Unfortunately, almost none actually answer the question.

Here is the simple answer.

 

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke came up with the term “fiscal cliff” while urging

Congress to avoid a steep dropoff (as in "cliff")for the economy at the end of 2012 thanks to tax increases and automatic budget cuts.

 

If you want to find out more about it, please read any of the aforementioned articles.

Why Are Barns Red?

Have you ever thought about it? Why are most barns painted red?

History suggests that as barns came into existence, when planning a barn, weather and how it would affect the barn was a major consideration. Building a barn was a major undertaking for the farmer. It involved a huge commitment of labor and finances. It only stands to reason that a farmer or rancher would attempt to protect this significant outlay of time and money.
Early builders of farms took into consideration many factors. In addition to the health and welfare of his animals and stored harvest, the early farmer noted the direction of water runoff and drainage, the direction of sunlight and wind patterns. Equally important was the preservation of the barn’s wooden timbers.

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Early thinking considered the type of wood and its placement to be critical and the prevailing thought at the time was that wooden structures needed no paint. As the 1700’s began, barns, wooden bridges, and houses in the early settlements were not painted. It was thought that natural, unpreserved “seasoning” of the wood was satisfactory.
As the century progressed, by the late 1700’s, the practice of wood seasoning gave way to artificial methods of preservation. Paint was becoming the new law of the land. Virginia farmers paved the way for considering paint as a means of protection from the elements. And in Pennsylvania, Dutch settlers began using the color red. It is uncertain whether, at the time, the color red was just a fad or if the use of red had more practical purposes. It is apparently fact that red paint was the lowest price paint available at the time until the invention of “white wash”.
The Dutch, by custom, favored red for use in bricks, flower geraniums, barns and even reddish brown cows.
On the practical side, it was discovered that red paint, when combined with linseed oil would prevent certain contaminants and from subjecting wood to decay. Some farmers also added red blood from slaughter animals to the paint and as the paint dried, the color changed from a bright red to a darker burnt red. The exact reasoning for addition of blood remains unclear.
Ferrous oxide or rust was found to be a toxic poison for fungus such as mold, mildew, and moss which grew on the barns and decay the wood. Since rust was plentiful on the farm it soon became the practice to add it to the paint used to coat barns, again the color of rust contributed and preserved the continuing tradition of red.
It is also said that red barn became a fashionable thing that contrasted well with traditional white farmhouses.

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New Website For Home Portraits

Billy Chicago has a new venture. Home Portraits for Realtors to provide as gifts to their clients.

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5 Athlete Quotes That Make You Think

Drew Gooden

 

"I've had to overcome a lot of diversity." -- Milwaukee Bucks' Drew Gooden on the ups and downs of his NBA career.

 

Maurice Clarett

 

"It's a humbling thing being humble." -- Former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett on seeing his stock drop as the 2005 NFL draft was approaching. The Broncos selected Clarett in the third round but eventually released him.

 

Antoine Walker

 

"Because there are no fours." -- Former professional basketball forward Antoine Walker, on why he shoots so many threes.

 

Alex Rodriguez

 

"Therapy can be a good thing; it can be therapeutic." -- Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez on the benefits of seeing a therapist.

 

Roberto Kelly

 

"It's permanent, for now." --San Francisco Giants' Roberto Kelly, announcing his new name would be "Bobby."

Jeb Bush Will Win in 2016!

Fresh off a strong prediction in this year's election in both the outcome and the Electoral Count, Bill Chicago makes Another Prediction!

Jeb Bush Will Win In 2016!

 

 

Billy Chicago's research files are stuffed with data.

 

To summarize, The Democrats will be able to offer only one candidate strong enough to win, Hillary Clinton. She may not run, but probably will.

 

Bush is a shoe-in for the nomination, has all the tools already in place to begin campaigning immediately and be fully able to fine-tune his image for the next four years.

 

Because of her current health, Clinton will need a recovery period before she starts campaigning in earnest. Eventually Bush will prove to be unbeatable.

 

Tuck this prediction away. We'll discuss it again.

What is Supply Side Economics?

 

 

 

What is Supply Side Economics, Trickle-Down Economics, Reaganomics, Voodoo Economics?

Chances are, if you have watched the news or have been reading the papers lately, you've often wondered, what exactly is supply side economics anyway. If so, you are not alone.

Here is the answer, in a nutshell. But to really get a better grasp of the subject, please read on.

Supply Side Economics is a theory. The theory contends that lowering tax rates  for the rich will unleash an avalanche of new business investment by the rich and that investment will, in turn, spur economic growth, boost job creation, and lead to general economic growth for everyone.

Please note that supply side economics, trickle-down economics, Reaganomics and voodoo economics are all different ways of naming the same idea.

Better Understanding of Supply Side Economics

In order to better understand supply side economics, you'll need more than just the simple definition above.

What follows is an attempt to not only provide you with the simple definition, but to provide you with some thoughts and insights as to how exactly the concept works in practice and some additional ideas about whether the concept works as it’s originators originally intended.

 

 

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The Sky is Falling Meteor Shower Saturday

Don't look now, but the sky is falling.

Or maybe you do want to look; it's harmless and pleasant. Every year at this time, the Leonid meteor shower briefly brightens the sky.

The peak comes this weekend, in the hours before dawn on Saturday. If the weather is clear and you have an appetite, you may enjoy a quiet display of shooting stars.

We're passing through the debris left by a comet called 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. As pieces -- some as small as grains of sand -- burn up in the upper atmosphere, they leave brief, bright streaks. They'll appear to come from the constellation of Leo the Lion, south of the Big Dipper, though they can appear anywhere in the night sky.

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Walt Disney's Little Mermaid Says Don't Call Me Ariel



Remembering My Marine Hero On Veteran's Day

 

I pray for my uncle's soul today. My mother's brother. Pray with blurry eyes and  tears streaming down my face.

 

God bless this solitary life. Nobody lives in this world forever, but when the time is taken to imagine what traits would be required, Hilary Burkey could easily fill in as a model.

 

Captured in the Bataan-Corrigidor area as a young marine of 17, yes 17 is correct, his POW destiny  would include 4 seemingly endless, unimaginal years of confinement and almost daily torture. First hand stories of  some fellow prisoners are too painful to recount in a public forum.

 

His body of steel and his will of iron would never give in. The demons planted in his mind would prove, in the end, to never let him break free. He spent the remainder of his 75 years in a veteran's hospital until he, at last, succumbed some years ago. One of my sons carries his name.

 

He was honored by the Marines and some fellow prisoners at his funeral.

 

I pray for him today and for the millions of other true heros who pay the fare for the rest of us so that we may enjoy our lives in a way that others who are less fortunate do not.

 

 

 



How Do You Know When Your Political Party Is In Trouble?

Actor Alec Baldwin said it best when he Tweeted that you definitely know when someone's political party is in trouble when you ask them how their Crazy Rape Candidate made out and they answer..Which One?

Improve Your Thanksgiving Cooking 6 Easy Cooking Tips

Improve your Thanksgiving with  6 great cooking tips from America's Test Kitchen.

 

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Obama Will Win!

Billy Chicago's Day Before The Election Prediction:

 

Obama 303 Votes to Romney 235!

 

 



Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun Times and I agree on almost everything. It's not surprising then that he came up with the same exact number in this morning's newspaper. In 2008, I beat him out by one state. James Carville, of National fame, beat us both out and hit the electoral number right on the head. As of this moment, Carville has not announced, but, as always, his number will bear watching.

  

Remember, Billy Chicago predicted an Obama win on September 7. I'm now raising the bet.

And, as Rooeper said this morning, "when it’s all over, a small but not tiny percentage of Americans will continue to believe Barack Obama is a foreign-born Socialist bent on destroying America, the government engineered Hurricane Sandy to give the president a crisis to handle in the stretch run, the mainstream media was overwhelmingly biased in its coverage of the election, and the election was probably rigged so real Americans couldn’t take back the country".

On a lighter note be sure to read our new food blog at CookingEasyWithBillyChicago.com. Be sure to read today's recipe for a Mark Twain Favorite,  Oyster Ice Cream.


Crock Pot Cooking To The Rescue

 

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Announcing the Brand New Billy Chicago Cooking Website

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Chicago Cubs Update

After this season, the old phrase "Wait till next year" has moved up to a totally new level.

 

 



Breaking News: Mitt Romney Fails In Front of Tough Crowd

Exclusive Picture: Mitt Romney's Board Room at Bain Capital



How Marshmallow Rumors Start

How Marshmallow Rumors Start !

 



Learn about Acupuncture Cupping. Does it work?

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Poll Shows good news for Romney

Thanks to Andy Borowitz for this Billy Chicago Live Update

Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney got a rare piece of good news today, as a new poll showed him faring well among voters who have never heard him speak…

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Bears v. Packers 9/13/12 Who Will Win?

Billy Chicago is Taking Sides

 

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Can you Guess? Why is Facebook's color scheme blue on blue?

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Billy Chicago Predicts Election

Billy Chicago predicted the George W. Bush would lose in 2000. Billy Chicago was wrong.

Billy Chicago made the same prediction in 2004.  Alas. Wrong again.

Undaunted,  I'm sticking my neck out again. Despite the dead-even polls of today, I'm predicting Romney will lose and may even lose by a unexpectedly wide margin. You heard it here first.

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3 Top Baby Medical Symptoms Not To Ignore

3 Top Baby Medical Symptoms Not to Ignore – Appearance - Bad Headache - Rash

We probably all realize that a crushing, severe pain in your chest, sudden loss of vision, and unexplained fainting spells are worthy of an immediate visit to the doctor or a hospital emergency room. 

But what about other more subtle signs, especially for your baby. Are they serious enough to warrant seeing a doctor or are they just normal aches and pains of childhood. Are you a new parent who becomes overly concerned with every minor issue? Are you the seasoned veteran parent or grandparent?

Are you absolutely certain that a mistake in judgment will not result in a serious cause of concern for your child?

Certainly, I'm sure everyone would want to err on the side of extreme caution with the health of the children you love at stake. With that caution in mind, here are 3 symptoms that are considered by medical professionals as SYMPTOMS TO NEVER IGNORE.

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Book Review-Must Read-A Hit For Sure-Winnie the Pooh

Check out this advertisement for a new release due out in October. Billy Chicago is sticking his neck out. He predicts it will be a game changer on the children's scene for generations to come, movies, book, TV shows, apparel, THE WORKS. The new star and predicted STAR OF THE FUTURE. WINNIE THE POOH.

Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back On The Bus