Hi! I love TV! In fact, The Simpson's is my favorite show. However, there's an episode where Bart never makes an appearance nor is even mentioned that I still want to see. I bet it's weird never seeing Bart! What about you?


Wow, I wonder why. I like Simpsons as well. When South Park aired its Family Guy episode they got flowers from the Simpsons Crew.


That was very nice of them! Did you ever watch the 70s Show? There was a UK remake but sadly it only lasted ten episodes.


I really liked it. I think those in the UK should have just watched the original.


That is a good point and they should. It just amazes me Pokemon has over 750 episodes yet the 70s Show remake only lasted ten episodes. That's a head scratcher!


I used to watch Pokemon when I was younger. I also watched Thomas the Train. Ringo Starr, George Carlin and Alec Baldwin have all narrated for at least 52 episodes each.


Really? That makes me want to rewatch it just to see if I recognize their voices. Ha! Maybe I can find old episodes on the internet. Speaking of the internet, did you know the Library of Alexandria saved a copy of the internet in case it ever burns. I bet that's a huge file!


Oh, what would i do without the internet? Hopefully I won't ever have to be without it. Even if I climb Mt. Everest there is service up there!


That's crazy, isn't it? Like why would the summit need internet? But what's even crazier is only 7% of the population reads the full terms while buying a service/product online. That's a little scary, actually!


Right, I might be guilty. Ironic because I think I have a clicking addiction. That is a real addiction.


I should be tested for it, then. Ha! On a related internet note, did you know the three horizontal line menu on websites and apps is actually called the hamburger button?


I never knew that! Do you like to watch YouTube?


I do, actually! In fact, I watch a lot of stuff about the Canadian rapper, Drake! I also found out he graduated high school at 25 years old. That's unbelievable!


Well at least he finished. He seems to be into education though? He spent an insane amount of money on first editions of children's classic books.


Yeah, it's good he gives back like that! He also visited Drake University one night during a tour stop just after students gave up trying to get him there. That was a nice surprise for them!


That was cool of him. Do you like the song Hotline Bling? That is actually from the 1972 hit Why we can't live together.


Was it really? That's pretty cool! I know that song also earned him a Grammy for Best Rap/Sung performance as well as best rap song also!


I think the song God's Plan is quite catchy.


Agreed. I also think it's cool that Kanye cancelled appointments and took two days to rewrite his own after he heard Eminem's verse on Drake's song Forever!


I think I'm going to go listen to some Drake's song Forever right now. Have a good night!


How's it going? It's crazy how far reaching the internet is nowadays  and is essential for public, academic, business,  and government functioning


Things are good here.  It is important.  I think Id like to be an astronaut, strictly for the purpose of getting faster internet.


Yea 3g isn't gonna cut it anymore, even if you're on the peak of Mt. Everest


Well, ill take 3G, if you dont instagram it right then, they how are you going to get validation.  LOL


One thing I can do without is the full terms of a product/service, only 7% of people read them anyway


For real.  Give me bullet points.  That way I wont promise my soul and first born to multiple companies.


Save the first born for the hamburger button, I heard the the 3 horizontal lines represents sacrificed souls


Man and all these years I thought it was just a menu button.  Heres to poking more souls as I feed my internet addiction.


Hopefully insurance companies will recognize internet addiction and pay for online rehab


Thats genius, we should patent it.  We could become so rich.


It wouldn't be a bad idea as long as it makes it, the Library of Alexandria's saved copy of the internet


I am thankful for that copy of the internet.  I would be so lost without it.


I wonder if there is a copy of all the TV shows, then I can see if there really is an episode of the Simpsons that does not feature Bart.


I feel like I have to search for that too, and if it exists, is it truly the only one?  So much to do!


Well at least you don't have to search for "Days Like These", no one wants to see that show


Yeah, I mean there is not that much of it to be found in the first place,  10 episodes?  Ugh.


A verbatim remake of That 70s Show is a bad idea in any country


It may have launched a few careers but thats about it


I think Day's Like These most likely ended some careers


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Great! and you? Isn't it terrible what happen to the Parkland kids? Seems like it's something all the time!


I'm not too bad either! It was so sad to see all that unfold!


Yes, very upsetting! Do you use the internet a lot? I'm on it daily it seems. I never knew the menu button was called hamburger?


I do as well. It seems like it runs our lives, especially that hamburger button lol.


lol, I try to make myself get off and do other productive things. Sitting too long is not good. Of course you can walk around and still be on your phone.lol


I avoid my phone when I can too haha. Sometimes I like to put the television on haha.


lol, I know, that use to be what was on all the time. Its rare now. I have cable and never watch it.


Did you ever watch the Simpsons when you did?


Yes, I like that show. I heard Bart was in all shows except one? Do you know?


I wish I did know that one because I would re-watch it again!


Yes, would seem strange without him. Did you watch the 70's show? Apparently the Uk made one like it.


I watched the US version but not the UK one, since it lasted 10 episodes.


Oh, ok, It was pretty good. I didn't know there were 750 episodes of  Pokemon?


I didn't know either. I watched when there were only 150 pokemon back in the day. That is like 50 per year for 16 years straight!


Long running show for sure! Do you like Drake? Did you know he graduated high school at 25? Its good he finished, sometimes people don't go back and do that.


I'm surprised he did, but he was famous at a young age with that show he was in! He made a stop at Drake University too.


Really, interesting! I think he went in the middle of the night! lol


All because students gave up trying to get him to come there haha. Anyways, great chatting with you!


Yes I love country music. It originated back in the 1920s.


I like it too.  In 2009 country music was the most listened to rush hour radio genre during the evening commute in the USA.


Oh wow that is really cool. Must be some feel good music for people just getting off work. The term country music gained popularity in the 1940s.


That's neat!  I really love the old style country music the older I get from back then.  They call it deep southern music.  lol


Ha ha that is very funny. Country music was originally inspired and derived from Celtic music


I guess since I like that style it makes me a hillbilly.  lol lol I didn't know that but I can see the resemblence with the fiddles, etc.


Yeah very good point. The fender stratocaster was intended for country music!


Nice guitars!  Did you know that George Strait and Jeff Bezos are cousins?  I never knew that.


That is very surprising. Cool. NFL players even got in on the action on an album in 1996!


Nice!  There are only 2 African Americans in the Country Music Hall of Fame.  I wonder who they are?  Maybe Charley Pride is one of them?


Yeah and Darius Rucker maybe? I like watching tv sometimes too. I watch SNL occasionally and the weekend update skit is the longest running skit on the show!


Maybe!  That's right!  I love SNL!  I also like the Simpson.  There has only been 1 episode ever where Bart neither is mentioned or appears in.


Oh wow I didn't think there was any you such a popular character why would they take them out of an episode? He has held 188 jobs in the first 400 episodes.


Wow.  Sounds like quite a few people I have known through the years.  lol


Ha ha. I was sad to know that most deals on the show Shark Tank or never actually an enacted.


I didn't know that.  I used to watch that show alot.  Have you ever watched Pokemon.  I only have through my kids but there are over 750 episodes of it!


Yeah I watched it a few times but I can't believe there are that many episodes. Only one of Shakespeare's plays has not been adapted for film or television. His stuff is so popular.


I agree!  Did you know that they remade "That 70s show" in the UK and called it "Days Like These"?  It only lasted for 10 episodes.


Kind of a weird choice to remake in the UK I think. In one of the Simpsons episode Daniel Radcliffe was the voice of the cartoon parity of twilight's Edward Cullen. I would like to see that.


That would be interesting.  I didn't know that.  Do you use Facebook alot?  I only check it a few times a week now.


Not that much anymore. Facebook make most of its revenue from the public and I think that annoys people now.


Yes.  They were valued at $104 billion when they held their first IPO in 2012.  Crazy.  I actually think it's a total waste of time to go on there.  I just jump on to say hi to friends that live far away and that's about it.  Anyhow...It's been fun chatting with you!


Did you know myspace turned down $75 million dollars to buy facebook?


Well I guess we can see who easily won that social media battle


As of 2012 Facebook was valued at 104 billion!


Have you ever seen the videos of Mark Zuckerberg at a bbq behaving like a robot?


He is a little socially awkward. I watch some of his hearing with congress


I feel like people like mark and elon musk their mind operates on a different level


Mark Zuckerberg does suffer from red-green colorblindness. Thats why facebook is primarily blue


Well he chose a color that is very visually pleasing, He definitely has an eye for aesthetics


Yes but only because of one artist that went on joe rogans show his name is Wheeler walker Jr do you know who he is


Take a look at his episode of the joe rogan podcast when you have a chance the man has a vast knowledge of music and he's hilarious


Will do. Henry for help make country music popular by financing it because he was scared of jazz music


Since when has country music been around?


In the early 1920s. In 2009 it was the most listened to rush hour radio genre


What is your favorite country music artist?


The dalton brothers from galveston tx. They opened for U2 in 1982


I am unsure but i know hes getting up there in age. I know he did a song recently that had a lot of controversy


Just like the 2 african americans in the country music hall of fame


I  cant honestly say that I am.  I dont care much for his music.


I think he is a good musician, but I don't really listen to him myself.


Did you hear he graduated from high school at age 25?


I think I read about that, very interesting.  Did you know he has sampled Timmy Thomas before?


Wasn't that what he used in Hotline Bling?


I think you are right! Good call.  I know he has spent a lot of money buying children's books as well.


I heard, first Editions too, like Charlotte's Web.  I wonder why.


Yeah I wonder that as well, but when you have enough money who knows what you would want to buy.


Very true.  I didnt realize he was in Degrassi!


I think you are right!  We used to watch that show back in high school.


I think I missed some of it, but I heard of it.


Yeah it was like a Saved by the Bell, but not funny, more dramatic.


Ahh.  I loved saved by the bell, especially mario lopez.


Heck yeah that was one of my favs and then I watched again in college.


Yeah I did, I thought they were ok, Mike Golic lol, but not like the original at all.


Very true, and pretty unrealistic too.  LOL


Oh yeah some of those episodes were so unrealistic, Zach was the master though, of good and bad.


He really was.  MPG has really disappeared from the acting scene though


Yeah he sure has, well it's been nice talking with you, I hope you have a good day.


Remember David Hogg the kid from the Parkland school shootings?


I do.  I have friends who life in that area.


I thinks these kids were used and discarded by a liberal press that is a gun control lobby.


They really were.  They did have every right to be upset and advocate, but a year later they are off the scene.


Yep.  I guess there were some inconsistencies in Hogg's defense of the local deputy sheriff... I don't remember that being reported?


Neither do I.  I just remember them being outraged and asking people to help fix our gun laws, and the other side being afraid someone was coming for their guns.


Same ol' story... I think we need to start thinking deeper than that.  It's not a simple problem.  I goes into our very violent culture in general. Movies, internet etc.


I agree. There are so many factors that we need to address.  Violence in society in general is a problem.  Hatred, bullying, it all needs to be addressed.


I totally agree.  Did you know constant clicking links on the internet can cause a real addition that is measurable in the brain?  Maybe something can be learned in that?


I do, I think it is hard to sometimes shut off the internet, social media.  People replace a like with actual social interaction.


I agree again.  Socialization skills have suffered among children and even many adults.  Not surprisingly, only 7% of people read the terms when buying something on the internet.


I dont think I have ever read a terms agreement.  I wonder what sketchy things I may have unknowingly agreed to.


I am one of the 93%.  You can almost count on them sharing your info to some degree. Did you know there is a 3g cell service at the top of Mt. Everest?  Why?


So you can post it to facebook, duh.  If it is not on facebook, it didnt happen.   Everyone knows that.  LOL.  But seriously, I don't know...


Oh, what was I thinking?  It's just that it would get a lot of use would it?  I think it would go over like "The 70's Show" did in the UK.


Probably, but I dont plan on making it to the summit of everest, so it makes no difference to me either way.


I guess in the very unlikely event I would survive that, I would want to brag to someone.  Have you heard of a rapper named "Drake".  I thought that was a duck.


I guess he didn't graduate HS until he was 25.  What's the story behind that?


I don't know.  He's from Canada.  I wonder if it was like getting a GED.  I know he was in Degrassi, maybe he put off his studies?


SOme stuff, like Wilson being the only one to have a PhD


Nice. Do you know who the three wealthiest ones are?


Yes and top of the chart are Washington, Jefferson and JFK


Wow cool. Did you know in Guatemala relatives of the president cannot run for that position?


Nice I guess that is how they combat nepotism too


I guess. Did you know Lincoln was the first one to be photographed during inauguration?


Cool, those must be interesting to see in this day and age


Yeah and JOhn Wilkes booth was in the photo too


Wow that is crazy Do you know what the first President of Zimbabwe was called


Hmmm not sure. Do you know who the last one to speak a foreign language was?


He was called President Banana. Did you know the white house has twin buildings?


One is in Ireland and the other is in France


Cool. Do you know the first number of the white house was 1


Nice. They still use floppy discs to save stuff on


A little bit, they use too much water in my opinion


Yeah they too. They have a disc one in Antarctica


I learned that the White House has twin buildings in other countries. I never knew that!


I didn't know that, but with it being Christmas, I heard Teddy Roosevelt banned Christmas Trees in the White House when he was president.


That's very strange! I guess he thought it was a waste of trees or something.


They say he was quite the conservationist, so I bet you are right.


George W is a bit like him. He put solar panels back on the roof of the White House.


That's pretty cool.  Maybe not as cool as Indonesia's president who has released three pop albums while in office!


What?! The president of Indonesia can sing? I bet he made it a law for everyone to buy an album.


Ha!  Maybe he is more of a dictator president than what we are used to in the United States?


I like the old system of presidential elections until 1805. It creates an interesting White House dynamic.


I was thinking about that.  I am sure they had good reasons not to keep with it, but it actually sounds like more fair than the "winner take all" way we have it now.


It would change how people vote for sure. Do you play golf?


I don't get out as much as I would like to.  Definitely not as much as Samuel L. Jackson who has a clause in his film contracts that lets him play golf during film production.


I didn't know he was such a big golfer. I heard that Babe Ruth was America's most famous golfer.


Was there anything Babe Ruth wasn't great at?  I am surprised by how many athletes really love it, like Michael Jordan, for instance.


He ate 32 hot dogs before a game I heard.


I wonder how many he had to eat before a trip to the golf course.


What would happen if you had to go to the bathroom in the middle of the course?  I wonder how Babe would handle that.


I might want to steer clear, but with as much water a golf course can consume per day, at least it could be cleaned up easily!


Oh, like that golf course in Dubai? Where do they get 4 million gallons?


I don't know and hopefully they have a way of making it renewable in some way or that could be a lot of wasted water.


That's a good idea. Thanks for the chat! I've gotta go.


Hello there, do you play or watch golf at all?


Hi!  Yes I do both.  Did you know that if you combined all the golf courses in America they would take up more land space than Rhode Island and Delaware combined?


Wow, that is pretty wild, imagine all of the water used keeping those green during the summer?


It's incredible.  An average American course can consumer around 3112,000 gallons per day!


Holy crap that is a ton!  It sounds like in Dubai they have one that needs 4 million a day!


Wow.  They must have one heck of an irrigation system.  Babe Ruth was once America's most famous golfer.  That's surprising to know.


That is interesting that is one golf fact that I definitely never knew about.


I just learned about it.  Samuel Jackson puts a golf clause in his film contracts that allows him to play golf twice a week during production.  Wish I could work with that kind of benefit.  lol


That is an awesome clause, sounds like a very smart guy to me.


I agree!  Speaking of smart...I wonder how smart the president of Indonesia is?  He released 3 pop albums while in office.  He must have had a lot of free time on his hands.


Wow, I bet he sold a ton of albums though.  I would be a bit upset if my press that much free time on his hands lol.


I know right?  lol  The first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana.  Hilarious!  I wonder if he got razzed a lot over his name?


That is pretty funny, I bet he did, but I think his actual name was banana lol.


lol I wonder if he ever visited the US presidents guest house?  It is larger than the White House.


Isn't that funny, I wonder what the guests from other countries think when they come to stay?


I was thinking maybe they did that to treat the guests good?  Up until 1805 the runner up in the US presidential election automatically became vice president.  Could you imagine that happening now.  As if the fighting was bad enough already between political parties....


That would be pretty crazy if they went back to that type of system.  It would be a reality show for sure.


For sure.  The top 3 wealthiest presidents in American history were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.  Although I think Trump is in the top 3 now.


I didn't know that.  I wonder if Trump is, or just thinks he is.


I think I read somewhere recently where he is the richest president ever.  I could be wrong though.  Did you know that the White House has twin buildings in Ireland and France?  I don't know what they are used for.


No that is interesting though.  It's been nice chatting, I hope you have a good day.


hey did you know that Babe Ruth was also a famous golfer?


I didnt, so not only a baseball hall of famer but also a famous golfer, I guess he had sports running through his veins


haha definitely! kind of like Michael Jordan! do you play golf


I dont, I think its a boring course, my dad used to play it, its a popular game indeed theres a golf course even in Antartica


ya I think it's boring too, I guess there is a course in Saudi Arabia that needs 4 million gallons of water a day, it seems like a waste


Wow that much water!! that seems like a big waste of resources. You know the military has about 234 golf cources around the world?


wow I didn't know that, but I do know that in the USA all the golf courses take up more space than delaware and rhode island combined!


That is a lot of land!  you know there is a golf course in Australia that has sharks living in one of its water hazards holes, that must be really scary.


wow that is scary! speaking of other countries, did you know that the white house has a twin building in ireland and france?


I did not know that. I wonder how they are different. There is also a replica in Atlanta but it was built as a private home


oh wow thats cool, also cool is that GWB put solar panels on the white house during his term


Yeah apparently Jimmy Carter had them installed on the White House then Reagan had them removed and then it looks like Bush put them back up


haha oh weird, also weird is they still use floppy disks for storing files in the white house, like how outdated is that


I know its ancient tech for sure, maybe they used them because they cant be hacked unless the hack occurs from the inside


ya that is a good point, do you like teddy roosevelt? I think he was a great president


I do, I think he was a great president as well, did many important things I also liked Jimmy  Carter


do you know who the top 3 wealthiest presidents were? i'll give you a hint, Trump isn't on the list


Im guessing JFK was one  of them, maybe Obama and Carter?


so it was JFK, washington and Jefferson! it must be adjusted for inflation I'd imagine, but still thats crazy


I guess it is, I forgot to put Trump on that list,


ya, have you heard of Zimbabwe? I guess his nickname is president banana


I was reading an article and it stated that our White House has twin buildings in Ireland and France. I thought that was interesting


I think so too! I never really thought the white house would be replicated anywhere else. I wonder why the white house still uses floppy disks to store files?


wow that's ancient.  I also read that Teddy Roosevelt banned christmas trees from the White


That's so odd. I think back in those times of Teddu Roosevelt that was probably frown upon to not have Christmas trees in the white house. George w. bush put solar panels back in the white house!


I also heard that the secret service back in 2011 took four days to even realize that a bullet had struck the white house


That's really disturbing. But they are always quick to catch people at the fence. Its hard to believe the u.s. president's guest house is bigger than the white house itself.


wow that is surprising.  I thought this was funny..The first president of Zimbabwe was called president bananna


hahah. speaking of funny the president of indonesia released 3 pop albumbs while in office. imagine a us president doing that!


I wonder how you would have the time while running for president


I know right. A lot of presidents golf. Did you know babe ruth was once america's most famous golfer?


wow i guess he was good at multiple sports.  I saw that Samuel l. Jackson puts a golfing clause in his film contracts that allows him the oppurtunity to play golf twice a week.


I guess you can do that when you are rich and famous haha. The average american golf course comsumes 312,000 gallons of water. Other countires are literally dying to have that water to drink!


wow exactly thats crazy.  Also golf courses here take up more land space than Rhode Island and delaware combined


That's wild. Even dubai uses 4,000,000 gallons of water a DAY for their gulf course. What a waste in my opinion


I guess that how they stay so green right?


I agree haha. Its interesting that the hole or cup for the gulf course is 4.24 inches in diameter.


I know that the standard forms of terrain are a fairway rough, bunkers, and various hazards


That's true. Gulf is the only ball game that does not utilize a standardize playing area either!


yes, they have to learn to overcome the various terrain and hazards


That's right. The various hazards (water an rock) just add to the uniqueness and probably challenge the game itself.


Also you have to focus on hitting the ball into the tee in as few strokes as possible


Yes. the game at the usual level has 18 holes, that's a lot!


Do you ever play golf?  It can be a fun, but very challenging sport.


Yes, I do, but not very often. The cost of playing is prohibitive for me. I don't have a private golf course like Trump, nor am I a millionaire like many of our former presidents.


I understand the cost issues!  Since there isn't any standard equipment, people can spend hundreds of dollars on just one club - that you might use 8 - 15 times per game!


Yeah, and all that use might be on one hole, in one sand trap! At least that has been my experience! You know who the wealthiest three presidents were?


I don't.  I would guess Trump is one, but don't know who the other two are.


Trump doesn't even make the top three! THey were Washington, Jefferson, and JFK.  Hard to imagine George Washington playing golf...


I find that amazing!  Not what I would have expected at all.  But it is also true that not all wealthy people want to spend their free time chasing down a little white ball.


True. But these days, even though the White House is considered the workplace and residence of the president, I would bet that a lot of his work, including making deals with politicians and foreign dignitaries,  is actually accomplished on the golf course...


I guess that sort of thing is the reason folks talk about "privilege" and how some people can be at a disadvantage if they are not part of the good old boys network.


My sister-in-law is a doctor, and she spends tons of time on the golf course.  She may be privileged, but she is not an old boy, LOL  The US has more golf courses than the rest of the world combined, so it is a pretty popular game here in the states...


That's great.  Do you know the most popular board game is Monopoly?


That is because it takes so long to play one game that it seems people are playing it all the time! LOL I wonder if the President plays Monopoly? His life was spent as a developer, so he would be great at it!


I don't know that real estate skill would really translate into Monopoly prowess.  I read a great book about the odds of landing on each square and which properties to buy, etc. - I would think that works a bit differently than real life.


Yeah, you a probably right. You know who else was "right


Teddy Roosevelt! He was so conservative that he banned Christmas trees in the White House!


Are you sure that was from being conservative and not from his naturalist ideals?  Or could he have been worried about a fire hazard?


Who really knows who these Presidents are on the inside? Like, would you have guessed that George W Bush restored the use of Solar panels on the White House? That would mean that the Clinton regime did not use them.


You are right.  I guess everyone is an individual, just like us.


Yup. Just like the President of Indonesia, who released three pop albums while in office. I wonder if they were rap albums?


I bet the first president of Zimbabwe knows, the honorable President Banana!


Yes I do. Do you know who the three wealthiest ones are?


Yeah . Do you know what the first president of Zombabwe was called?


Yeah . Did you know the white house is smaller than the guest house?


Ye I guess they get a lot of people there so that makes sense


True. Do you know how the VP used to be elected?


Yes that was the runner up that moved into that position


Yeah. Did you know the president of Indonesia is a pop star?


Yes he has already released three albums while in the office


Yeah. Did you know there are white house twins in other countries?


Yeah. Did you know Roosevelt did not allow Christmas trees in the WHite House?


Yes he was a huge conservationist and did not allow them in


Yeah Did you know they still use floppy discs to save stuff?


Yes pretty old fashioned but I am assuming that is safer still


True. Did you know it was Bush who brough back the solar panels to the house?


That is cool and I wonder who removed them from there to begin with.


I wonder about that too . Nice chatting with you.


Did you know that the President is the head of government?


That is true in most republics.  It certainly is in the US.


I didn't know that the wealthiest presidents were JFK, Washington and Jefferson. I knew JFK was rich, but not that rich.


I question that too.  Trump released a financial statement (not taxes) that showed his wealth at more than $10 billion.  I don't think that JFK had that much.


Wealthiest, sorry, my fingers went by everywhere.


I have done that before and wondered if the person I was chatting with thought that I spelled "quit" as "quite".  The presidential guest house is bigger than the White House.  It should be, it is newer.


Is funny to know that your President is releasing pop albums while in office, that is so cool! haha


It is.  Of course we have had a movie actor and a reality TV personality.  No one who has been called "President Banana", at least in a friendly way.


hahahaha, you are right. That is really a derogatory term. Well, I am in ecstasies to know that there are three subway lines under the Capitol, and House and Senate offices.


It is heartening to know that the republicans play the democrats in congress in baseball---for over 100 years too!


hahahaha, yes, but did you see that they are winning? hahaha


To be ahead by 3 games out of over 100 is pretty close.  Did you know that the republican party started as an anti-slavery party around the middle of the 1800's?


Yes, it got my attention too. Then, by that time, they were liberals and pro-black people, what happened to them?


Well, they were also pro-economic development and they still are.  I think things like school vouchers which would allow poor children to go to private schools is pro-black and republicans favor it.  The democrats cannot because they are supported by teacher's unions.


Well, in reality, I have always been thinking that there are only 2 parties in USA. It has never been a President who wasn't a republican or democrat since 1853. Since that independents don't stand a chance.


That is true.  Since the electoral college in most states is all or nothing, an independent cannot win.  Strange that every president with a beard was republican


Yes, very strange, really. I liked how JFK looked. He was handsome, not republican, but a nice person, I think. In 2000 is when the consistent use of red and blue colors started.


Yes.  I actually saw one TV network that used those colors in reverse before 2000.  Truman would not take a picture with Dumbo because the elephant was the symbol for republicans.


Yes, he was very peculiar. Thank you for working with me, it was a very difficult subject and we didn't fight. Nice to meet you. Giving you an excelent.


Enjoyed it also.  I don't fight over politics.  I will discuss issues.  I cannot complete yet so it seems like we need one more round.  Some recent republican gains have been due to gerrymandering.


Yes. I use to fight over politics, lol, but I am taking this so seriously and taking into account your feelings. Well, let's wish good luck to USA.


We are better off as a people every decade!  Technology helps us as much as politics. Bye!


I know some stuff . Do you know who the three wealthiest presidents are?


Yes that is JFK, Washington and Jefferson


Yeah. Do you know what the first president of Zimbabwe was called?


Yes I wonder if that means something else in their language too


Good point. Did you know the guest house is larger than the white house?


Yes I guess they get a lot of guests there and need the space


Yeah I guess so. Do you know how the VP used to be elected back in the day?


yes that was the runner up that moved into that position


Yeah I think that is fair as they put a lot of work into that as well


True I agree,. Did you know the president of Indonesia is a pop star?


Yes and he has already released 3 albums while in office


Yea. Did you know that congressman take separate subway lines?


Yes that is how they move safely between the capitol and the house and senate


yeah. Both major parties play a game of baseball each year since 1909


Yeah and the republicans are actually leading in that game by 3 points


Yeah. Did you know Elmo testified in front of the COngress?


Yes and that makes Elmo the only non-human to have testified there


yeah. Did you know women were elected in Congress before they were allowed to vote?


Yes some things just seem really backwards. Nice chatting with you


What do you think about Kevin Durant? Do you think that the media really hates him?


I think thats just excuses, I dont really like him as a player, if you dont win dont blame the world about it


Yeah I think it's an excuse to. He should just concentrate on playing good basketball. I also didn't know that the Warriors have won the past two NBA titles


He did win the award of MVP both times but the team has a lot of talented players,


Yes I agree, he's so good he has held opponents to 38% shooting before which is insane


That is insane, well maybe the media has something against him, winning the NBA tittle twice is no joke


No I agree with you. How often do you watch the NBA by the way? Did you know that they have 30 teams in the league


I did, 29 belong to the US and only 1 belongs to Canada


The one in Canada is the Toronto Raptors right? Interesting that the NBA merged with the NBL back in 1949 too


Yeah thats the one, there should be more Canadian teams, the league would be more interesting that way


Yes it would give Canadians another team through for which I think would be good, have you ever shot a basketball granny style by the way


I do, I find its the easiest way to score at least for amateurs like me


I'm an amateur too. It's funny that professionals won't try to do a shot granny style though, it's the most accurate but it definitely looks the dumbest


That is funny, NBA is full with funny facts like how coach Stan Van Gundy got fired, did you hear about that case?


No I didn't what happened? I just think it's funny that they banned Air Jordans and then Nike just kept paying the fee so that Michael Jordan could keep wearing them LOL


He got fired only for saying NBA shouldnt be played on Christmas day, thats a crazy reason to get fired


Yeah that is a really dumb reason. What do you think about Allen Iverson? I think he's so good at basketball and I'm glad that he makes 800,000 dollars a year just from Reebok alone


He got a sweet deal, many pro players do, they do earn a lot of money, sadly most of them end up broke, 60% of them actually


Yes that is very sad. Also sad is that Reggie Miller sister was probably better at basketball van him lol I would be sad if my sister were better than me at a physical sport


She was? Reggie Miller was like one of the all time best players of the game, his sister must be really skilled


Yep she was amazing! He would come home from school with some record, and she would come home with two or three similar ones LOL


Hey how's it going. I think animals are so fascinating and I love learning about them. Did you know there are about 20 quintillion individual animals on planet earth?


That is how many zeroes ? Does it count insects ?


I don't believe it counts insects. But yes a lot of zeros. Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described.


By definition animal are multi cellular and eukaryotic, so it includes insects.  I just remember. Which is your favorite animal ?


Oh nice good call. I love wolves. I would like to know more about them. Apparently the study of animals is called zoology.


And they have a long history, there are animals on earth since 542 million year ago.


That is amazing. They are of all shapes and sizes to ranging in length from 8.5 millionth of a meter to 33.6 m.


Yeah, Whenever I have hiccups, I think about the fact that is from the time that animals had lungs and gills.


Yeah pick ups are so annoying. I wonder when evolution will finally released their hold on us LOL.


Yes perhaps. I like how some countries protect animals. Scotland even protects fantasy animals like the Loch Ness monster.


That is funny, but more seriously Germany gave constitutional  right to animals, do you think they went too far ?


I think animal should be protected but I think it's kind of funny that they were given rights. That happened a while back in 2002 I wonder if anything has changed since?


Maybe they when back to when animals had no rights because it created too much drama, do you like dramas ?


Yeah I love dramas! Aristotles Poetics were actually the earliest work of dramatic theory.


Humans like to listen to stories, you can even listen to old radio dramas on the web, have you ever listened to one ?


Oh nice. I never have but it sounds like there are thousands to choose from!


There are really good and relaxing, it is less engaging for the eyes than watching a drama on TV.


Yeah and perhaps more stimulating. Michael Caine became a drama actor to get close with all the pretty girls!


Jon Hamm taught drama in high school, I hope it was not because of the pretty girls.


Haha maybe it was too. He taught Ellie Kemper who acted in The Office-a great show! Well it was great talking with you today! Hope you have a good rest of your day.


I do, i just bought a new one in September.  How about you?


Nice. Yeah I have one too. do you know how drive thru came by?


I heard it was because soldiers couldnt exit their cars in their fatigues.


Yeah. Do you know why the trunk of the car is called a trunk?


No, I heard it called the boot some other places.  Is it related to why the call it the trunk?


because old cars used to have wooden trunks on the back


That makes sense.  There is actually one place cars are banned - as are all motor vehicles.  Mackinac Island in Michigan.  They use bikes and carrages.


THat must be such a peaceful place.do you know who jann mardenborough is?


I cant say I am all that familiar with him.


he beat 90 000 people in a video game gran turismo andbecame a professional car driver that way


Wow.  he must have logged a lot of hours playing the game.  I personally have never played.  I am more of the Mario Kart type.


Yeah me either. do you like to travel much?


I do it just never seems that there is funds or time for it.  Id love to go to Iceland, but I hear they dont have public rail service.


I wonder how they get around, maybe just buses


If they don't own cars they use domestic flights to get to major towns.  I guess it isnt that different than the US, just than other parts of the EU


The dutch on the other hand are wrking in a bus that can go 160 mph


That would be crazy fast.  I wonder if it would have a separate lane.


I hope so because that is quite fast. Do you know who the first king is?


I'm not sure, maybe one of the Kings of England?


It was the king of hawaii actually. nice chatting with you


Hey! Trump has been having a tough go lately. Especially back when implemented a zero crackdown on immigrant families.


Yeah, more and more Republican are against him, do you think he will change his policy ?


I think he will an order to please more Americans. He is just trying to secure the border along with the Department of Justice.


Btu even evangelicals were against the separation of the children from their parents. That policy has little to do with the border.


Well not entirely. By enforcing this roleIt would Make families less likely to try to cross out of fear of being separated. But it is interesting that they are transferred to places, essentially tent cities.


I think there would be more constructive alternative than to separate families. They could do  something more effective for an economical standpoint. It would be more Republican.


Yes I agree. Well said. They are for two at the grand old party and they were founded by anti- slavery activists.


But at the same time, I would welcome more parties, it always been  republicans or democrats since 1853.


Yes I think more parties other than Democrats Republicans would be better. Also maybe not use red and blue so much, although that only started in the 2000's.


That is strange, in Canada is has been this way since like forever, priests would tell that people who voted red would go to hell.


Really? That sounds very authoritative. Every US president with the beard has been a Republican oddly enough.


In Quebec, religion was really powerful until the mid-50s.  Do you think you will have a bearded president soon ?


Oh wow interesting. I'm not sure I don't think so. It will be interesting to see especially with the Congress currently. Elmo is the only non-human to testify before the US Congress.


He was hairy, but it does not have a beard. It is funny to think that a woman was elected before she had the right to vote.


Yes that doesn't make sense to me! 1916 must have been a weird time!


It was an another era it shows that a government can change for the better. Have you heard about the subway exclusively used by congressman ?


No I didn't even know they existed. I didn't know there was one let alone three.


Yeah, it must be really small, so it cannot be used for the general population, I wonder what it looks like.


Yes I wonder as well. Kind of cool they get their own subway. They also play a Republican first Democrats baseball game annually since 1909. I would like to watch that. I really enjoyed talking with you today.


Me too, I want to see who is  fit enough to play. have a good day.


Have you heard of Chelsea Hodson before?


No, haven't heard of her who is Chelsea Hodson?


She has written a book, a collections of essay's called Tonight I'm Someone Else


She seems like a really smart person do you think she likes animals? there are 20 quintillion in the planet so maybe she does


I'm guessing she likes some animals, but not all 20 quintillion of them.


Yeah there is a wide variety, 7 million species, I like dogs personally and also lions.


We have a dog, but no lions in this house.  My daughter likes to study animals, zoology I  believe it is referred to.


She must know a lot of cool facts about animals, maybe you can ask her if its true that animals develop white patches on their foreheads once they are domesticated


I believe that to be true, I think it is the same with dogs and floppy ears, wolves ears are rigid.


Could be, dogs have evolved a lot over the years we have as well, do you know hiccups are a hold over from early evolution stages


I wonder what the purpose was even back then?  I always get the hiccups during really tense scenes in dramas, ruins it for everyone.


It does, I  just hate hiccups, Germany is the first country to give animal constitutional rights, wonder how laws are affected by that.


I'm sure it just means you can't mistreat them.  The Scots have something similar for the Lock Ness monster, that might be taking it too far.


If Nessi is real, I think its a myth, they should send an exploration team and find out the truth about the Loch Ness Monster, truth or myth? what are your thoughts


I am going to put my money on myth, I'm sure the whole protected species thing was a publicity stunt.


Yeah I would think that is a safe bet looks like a lot of drama surrounding Nessie, do you like drama films, novels?


When the kids are in bed I like to fire up Netflix and find a ten part drama to keep me going for a few weeks.


Yeah I get the feeling, do you like the show House?


Back in the day, my wife liked it more than me, it was appointment television for her.


I see, well you must know the leading actor then, Hugh Laurie he gets paid $700,000 per episode.


It's amazing that they could pay him so much, you'd never think TV drama could have that kind of money.


I know right apparently drama TV moves a lot of money around, its been great chatting with you by the way.


Same here, have a good rest of the day. Bye.


Have a nice day and thanks for all the cool facts about animals and drama, bye.


I sure do. Do you know who Reggie Miller is?


Yes I love the guy he is so good but did you know his sister is even better?


Yes she broke 8 national records once by scoring 105 points


Yeah what a family with so much talent in it for the sport


I know. Did you hear of the deal Iverson signed with Rebook?


Yes he is making $800 000 a year from them till he is 55


Yes and then he gets $32 million after that


Yes the guy is pretty much set for life I think


Yes he sure is. Do you like the granny style shot?


Yes it is so good but players think it looks stupid. Do you listen to the radio?


Yes I do. Do you listen to Canadian radios?


Yes I do but they play a lot of canadian music though


yes they are required by law to play 40% canadian music


Yes. Do you know how soldiers made foxhole radios back in the day?


Yes they used pencils and razorblades to do that


yeah so cool. Do you listen to radio dramas?


Yes I do as there is a free website to listen to them


Yeah. In Norway there is a radio station that gives the news in latin


TOo bad I do not speak it too. Nice chat


Same here and give latin a try just in case


Hello, have you ever made a  car rental mistake?


Not yet, I don't want to get charge a $150 cancellation fee or something else stupid


That sounds like a terrible mistake, also having prepaid raids or booking a non refundable rate


Yea, plus people have to deal with Insurance challenges too if there is a claim


That can be a pain, insurance a road hazard, not planing for insurance can be a big mistake


Also filling a diesel tank with regular fuel like Norma Hopcraft did


That can really screw an engine up, seems like thats the worse mistake of them all


Yea and the people at Hertz didn't even tell her the fan ran on diesel either


I guess the company is to blame for that but I  can tell if a car has Diessel engine or not, the sound is more than enough usually


Dealing with rental companies is so frustrating, if you don't buy the most expensive insurance rate you're basically screwed if anything happens


I know right, thats something you shouldnt save money in, it can also get stolen and then what will you do?


What sucks is insurance companies will wait months before charging you a fee


then interests pile up, sometimes they will charge you for damages previously done in vehicles, like Enterprise charged to Kristin Budinich


So much hassle. I wonder in South Africa if you can rent a car equipped with a flame thrower


Wow for real? equipped with a flame thrower!! that sounds dangerous and could rise the insurance rate


Yea but I don't know if it is more dangerous than a 160 mph commuter bus the Dutch are building


That seems like a fast way to travel, do you like to travel?


Yea, I'd like to visit Japan but the $300 in tolls to drive through the country is expensive


That sounds expensive, still, it might be worth it, Japan must have beautiful landscapes all around


Iceland does, but you have to take airplanes to travel from major cities


I guess thats ok I like to travel by air. or maybe I can rent a car, ill be careful not to make those mistakes mentioned above.


Wow...did you know why McDonald's initially added drive thru's to their restaurants?


I heard soldiers could not get out in their fatigues, good response by them. REading this, I kinda wish my trunk was still actually a wooden trunk.


Yes exactly!  I think it is so interesting that drive thru's were created just for soldiers to not have to get out in their fatigues. It would be funny to have a wooden trunk now.


Might not be as safe, though  not nearly as fun a being in south africa and having a flame thrower mounte to your vehicle


I did not know that Detroit was founded by Antonie de la mothe Cadillac.


Didnt know that either. Do you travel often?


I do travel every other month for work.  I usually take my kids on two vacations each year too.  I love to travel.


Cool. I don't travel alot out of the midwest, though I want to do so with the kids. I had no idea Japan charged around $300 to travel across country.


That is crazy! You could probably fly across the country cheaper.  They must have the best roads at that cost.  Have you ever been to Mackinac Island?  I can't imagine an island with no cars or motorcycles.


People must really like bikes there. I dont thik they have the best roads, just so many people they have to limit traffic.


Oh that makes a lot of sense.  I didn't think about it that way.  Have you ever been to hawaii?  I did not know they had a king.


Had no idea they had a king. Explains King's Hawaiian rolls (not really)


I love all kinds of music.  Music is so important to me.  I mostly listen to hip hop or country.  I like when the music has a story.  I can relate to so much of it.  How about you?


I like old school rock. I was one also that bought Linkin Park's Hybrid theroy, which is the best selling album since 2000


I did not buy that album but I do like Linkin Park.  It is surprising to learn that they have the best selling album since 2000.  It's also surprising to learn that Pink Floyd's dark side of the moon was one of the best selling albums in 2014.  Their music is timeless.


Certainly is. I listen to them all the time on the radio/


I need to hear this rap album made by the two twins from Japan at 100 years old.  Sounds hilarious.  I am learning a lot about Japan today!


I hope to be able to speak still at that age!


Absolutely let alone make a rap album!  Impressive.  Did you ever listen to Straight Outta Compton?


Good morning!  It's a snowy day here and I was thinking of spending some time with a movie.  Do you like dramas?


I'm more of a comedy person myself, but I understand that drama is traditionally the middle ground between comedy and tragedy.


I am with you.  I don't know that I will choose a drama, but the wife may have final say.  It's interesting that Jim Carrey won't do dramas now because they don't promote positivity.  It's a little weird, but he was always better in a comedic role.


That is surprising.  Patrick Stewart is a good dramatic actor.  He played a pretty good Macbeth and was awesome on Star Trek. :)  I guess he also teaches drama, so he does it all.


I wonder if he initially got into for the girls like Michael Caine did?  LOL!


Perhaps! I've heard that a lot of women find him attractive.  Maybe it's that Yorkshire dialect of his.


Maybe!  Beyond the pretty girls, it can make you a wealthier person as well.  Hugh Laurie was making like $700 K an episode while he starred in House.


Wow!  That's a pretty good gig.  I wonder what ancient dramatists like Aristotle would think of today's fare.  The genre has evolved so much since 335 BC.  It's interesting to think it's been around that long.


I agree or that its roots were more in poetry whereas today it's a lot different.  You might consider checking out a website that contains over 1,000 classic radio genres for your listening pleasure.


Oh wow, that's a lot of choices!  Radio soap operas are awesome.  I always liked the way they kept a listener hooked and waiting for the next episode.  The soap manufacturers that sponsored them in the early days knew that was where the money would be.


LOL. Despite all this talk about dramas, I bet I will just watch some show about animals.  With over 20 quintillion individual ones on the earth, there is bound to be something interesting!


Yes, you might find one or two interesting things. :)  Maybe you can find a reality show about the Swiss lawyer that represents animals in court.  That could be fun.


Not sure about Switzerland, but I know for sure that animals have legal rights guaranteed by the German constitution.  Maybe a Judge Clifford the Big Red dog themed show?  LOL


That would be outstanding!  He could hear cases from all kinds of species since animals have complex interactions with each other, much like humans do.  I would watch that for sure.


There would be no shortage of cases!  Even the loch ness monster is protected per Scottish law.  You could just imagine a little cryptozoology cases that Clifford would hear as well.


Cases involving animals that can theoretically live forever would be intriguing as well.  I'm sure that a "biologically immortal" lobster could file a number of curious civil cases.


Wow!  Unfortunately for that lobster, a lot of the animals it would bring cases against might be long gone!  Also might be tough to get some 110 foot animals in the courtroom.


This idea has so many possibilities.  Even in animated form, it would be outstanding.  Zoologists could be creative/expert consultants, as could actual attorneys.  We may be on to something.


We might be in the wrong line of work!  There could be real debates and learning opportunities, like where do hiccups come from?  Are they really based on evolution and animals that had gills and lungs?


Yes!  And how can animals that speak different dialects still communicate?  How can dolphins communicate over a telephone?  We could really provide an entertaining and educational service to so many.  That would be fun.


Really great chat!  I hope you have a great day!


Unfortunately, at the Youth Peace Center in Chicago a person spoke of being shot six times in the back of the head. "It was like Iraq", the person said, but he hasn't been in Iraq.


What a sad day. Also the day of the Parkland, FL shooting. WHat is wrong with people these days?


I'm sure it's complicated and also a reflection of the broken mental health and social systems as well.  Scary that there are war zones right in America.


I think some of the gang activity is to blame. Gangsters can elevate issues quickly and result in years of problems.


Chicago itself had 650 murders in 2017 and they say that number is down.  Scary!


Hopefully they continue to improve. Gangsters need to move toward reconciliation instead of retaliation.


When Chicago's high-rise was torn down that caused gangs to move to other neighborhoods and smaller groups engaged in chaotic block-by-block warfare.


They should all get in their cars and go elsewhere where it's safe. Thank goodness for 20th century inventions of transportation!


Social media also is more prevalent and can cause major disruptions over minor provocations.


Very true. Social media has changed the world. I enjoy coming across rap music on social media though. I love the rhyme and street language.


It can be very emotional as well and deeply touching.  BAM was created to employ a form of group therapy to keep young men from going off track.  The students can share personal struggles, building a kind of brotherhood.


They are also assisted in getting jobs and a career. It's a great program!


Also they have older mentors for the younger men giving a father figure to many who don't have fathers.


Growing up without a dad is rough. My dad wasn't around.


That's great that men are volunteering to help these young men.  Some of the young men in the program have young children themselves like M. who has a 4 month old.


Arne Duncan deserves praise for all his hard work and dedication to helping the young men.


Yes, people like him make a huge difference.  Ironically, Billy Moore who was in prison 20 years helps and coaches at IMAN to help reclaim lives, but his own son was shot and murdered shot 16 times.


Very sad. Too bad he couldn't have gotten into sports as a distraction.


Speaking of sports, did you know that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's dunk shot was banned from college basketball for over a decade.


I did not! I follow shaq closely though and he only had one 3 pointer ever!


Hard to believe!  To end on a funny note, the us supreme court has a basketball court on the top floor known as "the highest court in the land"


How's it going, did you know Karl Benz was the first person to patent the car?


I didn't.  It makes sense... Did you know that McDonald's developed drive-thus to help soldiers?  I helped me too.


Yea, apparently Mcdonalds invented the drive thru in 1975, I thought the drive thru existed before then


The had drive in things with people on roller-skates in the 50's.  Way back they actually put trunks in the "trunk".


Driving with a wooden trunk must of been unsafe, I wonder what happened when someone crashed into it?


I bet your stuff went everywhere... It's probably safer than having a flame-thrower on one's car like if S. Africa.  It's actually legal there to prevent carjacking.


Safer but not nearly as much fun as having a flamethrower equipped to your car


Yeah, for sure.  But it would fit with banging out the rap as you cruised the streets.  Do you like rap?


Yea, Tupac is my favorite, nice to know his music is in the library of congress


Funny, Busta Rhymes did the voice of the Reptar Wagon in the Rugrats 1998 movie.


Lol, I didn't know Busta was the Reptar wagon, I wonder how much he got payed for such a small role


Don't know... Did you know Eminem wanted to be a comic book artist before he was a rapper?


No but I did know Eminem was a huge comics fan, his favorite hero is Spider-man


Rap is definitely international... Korean rappers invented a new freestyle called "compliment battle."


That sounds pretty awful, I hope Korean Compliment battles don't make it to the US


It probably sounds like a cat fight... Are you into basketball?


Yea, I love watching college ball, apparently Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's got the dunk ban in college ball


In New Zealand their basketball team is nicknamed "The Tall Blacks".  I'm not sure that would fly in the US.


That's crazy, not as crazy as 39 of the highest paid state employees being a college football or basketball coach


Yeah, they get paid a lot at some schools.  Funny, the only losing coach at KU was the guy that invented the game.


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Hi.  I don't know what I'd do without a telephone.  Did you know an iPhone has more computing power that the entire U.S. nuclear deterrent?  Wow.


Yes, that says a lot about both things doesn't it?  I agree, my phone is my lifeline as well.  It's funny how vulnerable they seem to be.  The cables carrying phone and Internet data across oceans are only 2.7 inches in diameter and just lay on the ocean floor.


Must be fiber optic... Did you know that the NY area code is 212 because it was easier to dial with rotary phones?  Is that lazy?


Might have been back in the day!  How about Unicef?  They will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you don't use your cell phone.


Mighty nice of them!  It is said to be impossible to separate two phone book with their pages overlapped.  Really, not even with two big tractors?


Good point.  Do you do Facebook?  I am an avid user and goto my FB page everyday.  It started back in 2004 and I've been on it ever since.


Yeah, I use it to stay in touch with people.  It has many uses now.  Iceland is using it to re-write their constitution.


Yes, can you imagine?  And Burger King gives a free whopper to anyone who unfriends 10 people.  Gee.


Why would they do that?  Do they hate Zuckerberg?  I guess he suffers from red-green colorblindness.


Yes, but that's not reason to hate.  I found it hilarious when Facebook's "like" button is illegal in the German state of Schleswig-holstein.  What's up with that, lol?


I have do idea.  I wondered the same.  So do you like to go to concerts?  I guess the prolific Linkin Park did 324 concerts in 2001 alone.


Yes, I am a concert goer.  I love to hear that live music being played in the big venues like the sports stadiums and amphitheaters.  Now, that's entertainment!


Cool for you.  I guess the Ramones toured constantly for over 20 years and did 2,263 concerts.  I now know why they wanted to be sedated.


Hmm, me either. That was one of their biggest hits, too.  Yes, concerts are held in a wide variety and size of settings from private houses and small nightclubs to the large multipurpose buildings.  Some of them are indoors and some of them are held outdoors.


I guess Lana Del Rey has a stalker idiot that was going to kidnap her at a concert.  Have people always been this crazy or is this a recent thing?


No doubt always been this crazy, there's just more people now.  Back in 2002, a Creed concert was so bad that four concert goers filed a lawsuit against the band.  What did they get, I wonder?  Their ticket money back?


Good point, more people... Sounds like a frivolous thing to me.  As for people with mental health issues, we need to be more proactive... This guy gave plenty of clues, concerning videos, locked up 5 times...


Yes, our justice system has a few loopholes in it I would say. ARRESTED: Michael Hunt, for aggravated stalking & attempted kidnapping w/a weapon.  Clearly something more should be done about people like him.


Yeah, the cops did a good job once they got a tip but there should be some kind of database where they wouldn't need a tip.  It's the same way with these school shooters. Oh well, hard to do without creating a police state.


Yes, every viable solution seems to have its big drawbacks, doesn't it?  If you are a celebrity and in the spot light, you have to put up with a lot and Lana Del Rey is certainly no exception to that rule.


Yeah, it's a deep and complex problem.  I want to thank you, you were an excellent chat partner.


hey what are your thoughts on Pink Floyd?


pretty cool, as cool as to play a concerts in an ancient amphitheatre without an audience?


haha that is cool, I hope they recorded it though I bet it was a great show, do you like any other artists?


ya I don't mind them, crazy that they played 324 concerts in an entire year, thats almost 1 a day!


I know they are so amazing, too bad about what happened though


what happened? I don't know much about them


oh that is sad I didn't know that, did you see that on Facebook? Or how do you get your news


It was all over the news but yeah I saw it on facebook do you use it much?


I have facebook but I don't use it much no, what about you, I guess it's valued around 104 billion dollars


Too bad for myspace who did not buy it when they could


haha ya 75 million to buy them back in 2005 would have been a bargain


exactly, their loss. do you know why facebook is blue?


well I think it's because Zuckerberg is colorblind? did you know there's a state in Germany where the like button is illegal?


Yeah that is it. I wonder why it is illegal though and how they control people


right it is very strange, did you do the burger king facebook promotion back in the day?


Yeah defriend 10 people and get a free whooper? what was that about?


ya that would happen, and it would message your friend and say that you valued them less than 1/10 of a whopper haha


yeah. On the other hand Iceland is using it to rewrite the constituton


ya I don't know how I feel about that I'd be scared personally, do you still have a landline phone in your house?


No that is gone for a while now. nice chat


Avidly, but not a fan of vindictive, blistering comments. You?


Not really. I think we have similar sensibilities... well, let's see. What are you thoughts on the president?


Guess I'd have to agree w/a guy named Jeff Talman, a NY artist, who said, "Trump (was) a vile candidate, (is) a vile president, a vile man." How about you?


WE DO AGREE! I have such reverance for the office that his presidency will be seen as a stain on the history of the USA. I do not mind talks of walls or economics but the way he has done it has divided this country and caused such unnecessary anger.


Absolutely. Trump is not presidential, doesn't come anywhere close to Lincoln or FDR, who both responded to our needs.


Yeah. I was so turned off by the "Grab them by the *****..." comment. I am not sure there is enough secret service if he were to repeat his actions


Good point. Trump's not a thought-FULL man, like, say, W. Wilson, our only Pres. with a PhD.


Agreed. He's not even in the top 3 wealthiest presidents!


We don't know that for sure!! Yes, JFK had daddy's money, Washington & Jefferson were both rich, too, but partly because of the profits off their cheap slave labor. Trump's wealth...not just real estate, I guess...


he got more than $400M from his dad... I read an article recently that at 8%, the average american could have done the same ROI as trump.


Yes, and Trump's father built NY apts where "C" (colored) were excluded. Lincoln must be rolling over in his grave! Did you know he was 1st. pres. to be photographed for inaug. - and - J. W. Booth was in that photo!


I had no idea. That's crazy! When was it?


Think it was his 2nd inaug. in March, 1864. Sadly prophetic photo.


Correction: 2nd Lincoln inaug. was March, 1865. (elected prev. Nov.). Yes, like some country music. Who's your favorite artist or group?


I am just now getting into it but like george Strait and a few new artists. Strait is cousins with Jeff Bezos!


Didn't know that. Did Strait ever sing with Loretta Lynn or Dolly Parton?


there are a few singles but I am not sure if they did a lot together.


When Lynn 1st came on the scene, country music was still called hillbilly music, I think.


I had no idea. It was really nice chatting with you today!


Both, but I like dogs a bit more, what about you?


I love dogs, not so much cats. Even google prefers dogs!


I'm indifferent, but they have been up to bad stuff lately.


for sure, all those big companies have been. Do you follow the president much>


Sometimes, I think he's the best one so far for entertainment purposes. Can't imagine it going back to the way it was before him. Real game changer.


For sure, he sucks but it is quite entertaining and said. Good thing he isn't top 3 for richest presidents


Yikes, I don't like Trump, sorry. But anyways the runner up in presidents back then was made vice president, can you imagine Hillary being vice?


Yup, he's the best. I think he's doing a lot of good.


True, he is getting things done, did you know zimbabwe calls their president, president banana, lol


Sometimes, but only in the snow. And you?


same, I love my boots in the snow. did you know uggs were created by surfers


ha for sure, they are kind of out there. it was to keep their feet warm after leaving the water. Good chatting with you!


Hi. Wouldn't it be funny to be watching a soccer match and have a dog on the field save a play?


I heard that happened at a soccer game in Juventud Unida de Gualeguaychù. But where was the goalie?


I believe the goal was unattended at the time. Funny, they didn't penalize for too many players on the field. ;)


In that country, more households own dogs than in any other Latin American country. I wonder who the dog belonged to


Good question. It could even have been a stray. I understand that can be a problem there. Anyway, he is a hero. "man's best friend."


Maybe the reason the team wasn't penalized was due to the fact that it was in a third division league


I understand there is a bit of rioting over soccer in Buenos Aires. You know, soccer players make more money that football, basketball, etc.players?


Is the the players themselves that make more money or the sport in general? Because it is an sport played in over 200 countries


It is definitely the biggest sport in the world. Personally, I like American football, but parents of young children prefer their children to learn soccer, since it is safer that American football.


Plus soccer requires less equipment. I wonder how the game would work with three teams playing at once


That would be interesting to watch. I wonder how the newscasters would cover that on the airwaves. Trying to keep three teams in perspective would be rough.


True, but I guess use of colors maybe. It would still be less confusing that picking up a Jupiter storm on the AM radio


Ha. what would that sound like? Pure static. Might be better than listening to classical Latin, if you listened to a Finnish radio station back in 1989.


I think that radio station still has a news program in Latin, which must have enough listeners to still be on air


Either that or there's enough other entertainment to encourage listeners to stay with the station. I never learned Latin. How about you?


Only certain schools teach it since it's considered a dead language. Canadians, on the other hand, speak English, so it wouldn't be so bad to have to listen to stations required to play 40% Canadian music


I don't know if I would like that station. Listening or reading, it's good to understand the language. Reading a foreign language take lots of work, since reading requires understanding.


True! I do love to read though. I'm glad that the spread of novels is no longer considered a "moral panic" like it was in the 18th century


Depends upon what one reads ;)  There's some pretty racy stuff today, too. It is good to read some deep stuff to exercise the brain and to improve your reading speed. Can you imagine reading 4700 words a minute?


I wonder how many of those words she retains. Though, I have heard those with a photographic memory can read quickly, so I wonder if she falls under that category


Oh, good point. Well, it was nice sharing with you. Have a blessed day.


Dogs are my favorite pet so I guess I do, what about you?


They are man's best friend and our unique associate allow us to be closely attuned to each others behavior


I agree with you there, did you know dogs are the only animals with elephants to understand pointing


I'm sure pointing is a vital means of communication when dogs perform a large range of roles from protection to assisting police and military


They do, they also provide joy to sick kids, I guess thats why Google prefers them over cats, a dog can save you a cat would just ignore your call of distress


Personally, I think that dogs have better personally than cats, but then again some smaller dogs are crazy. I guess I am open to most animals, but what really depends is their personality


They sure are loyal to its owners and loved ones that is a trait I repect and like about them.


I was surprised to learn that dogs have 12 different blood types and they can donate blood to eachother. I wonder why I never considered it before


That is suprising, I have a dog and wasnt aware of that fact I might take him to a blood drive so that he can make a small difference in the life of other dogs.


I mean even istanbul has a vending machine to release necessities for the city's strays for recycled bottles. Does the us have lots of strays?


That is a great inniciative, clean street, happy dogs, happy citizens, I guess everyone wins.


When I walked my dog, I tend to wear boots since I sometimes run with my dog and have bad experience with sandals


Yeah I can see your point its better to wear shoes or boots you never know if you will need to chase them, strange fact but boots were invented by surfers


Can you imagine life before boots? I heard farmers used turkeys to walk back in the 18th century


Didn't they put little custom boots on the turkeys like the little shoes on dogs today?


Yeah they did, poor turkeys they sure suffered a lot, 250,000 defenceless turkeys


They had a 3 month walk. Tough enough for the farmers and much worse for the turkeys themselves.


I agree, in 1838 a man stood still seven minutes on the street and ended up being the firs man photographed by accident


I didn't even know that! In any case, thank you for the interesting chat.


Yea I like to read although I wish I could read 4700 words per minute like Anne Jones


Right i wonder how they judge that. Why is Starship Trooper required reading for our military...have you seen this movie?


Yea I saw the movie as a kid but I've never read the Starship troopers books


Nothing i can recall would lead me to believe that our military needs to read it. They must know something i do not, lol!


The US miltary also has Ender's game as suggested reading, maybe something is up


Well the only thing i can think of is that they're going to let the kids run the military.


You can argue there is one running it now. Did you know novels caused a moral panic in the 18th century?


Stop it my sides hurt!! On a different note did you know that storms on Jupiter can be picked up by AM radio?


Yea that is pretty cool, I wonder what am stations you have to tune to to hear the radio storms from Jupiter


Me too i'd like to know what that sounds like. I think its pretty cool that Canada created a law that thirty percent of there music played has to be in house.


Yea it's also cool that there is a website that streams classical radio dramas for free


Yeah that is cool. Radio technology is cool when the radio waves strike an electrical conductor, the oscillation fields induce an alternating current.


Wow, I didn't knew that. I'd like to try to make a foxhole radio out of a razor and pencil


Yeah now that was pretty cool they did that back in world war 2 right?


Yep. THeres a radio station in finland that broadcasts a program entirely in classical latin


Wow that's awesome!! Switching gears do you like soccer?


A little, it's amazing Soccer makes more than baseball, football, basketball, golf, tennis, and hockey combined


Right, i think it's because it's played by 250 million ppl in over 200 countries.


That's crazy, I'd love to play the variation of soccer with 3 teams facing each other


Yeah that sound highly confusing. Do you know why we call it soccer?


Because soccer is slang for Association football. Well I have to go, nice chatting


Hello! Are you interested a lot in politics?


I sometimes follow politics. How about you?


I do but not very often! It seems that President Trump is very prone to freaking out at his staff.


I'm not surprised. Watch him on the Apprentice and in interviews. He's got a temper. I'm surprised he's not one of the top three richest presidents.


I am as well! The U.S. president's guest house is larger than the actual white house, I'm sure his ego must have taken a hit from that.


He could rent out the place. Just put up a Trump sign and then it's a hotel.


Oh absolutely, don't give him any ideas haha. To be fair a lot of presidents do seemingly unpresidential things. The president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums in office.


He probably wants everyone to buy his albums. He can get a law passed mandating the purchase. I would be a hoot to see the old presidential election system in place. The one from pre-1805.


For sure, I hear it used to be that the runner up in the presidential election was automatically vice president, I'm sure that would never work today.


It would be fun to watch though. Clinton and Trump sitting at the same table every morning trying to run the country. Classic!


Ahaha I can imagine. I think the whole Senate would be a disaster with the two of them. Although it's had its issues in the past as well. Women couldn't even wear pants until after 1993.


Really was a boys' club. Times are changing though. I wonder how many senators take candy from the candy desk.


Haha I'm sure even senators are kids at heart. There was a senator that once had to be dragged by his feet into the senate chamber after trying to leave.


They can be a sneaky bunch too. I think it's funny that Richard Nixon broke the senate gavel.


It definitely seems that he'd be the angry type to do that haha. Speaking of animals, do you have any pets?


Neither do I! But I'd be interested to, maybe in other countries that treated them better. In germany, animals have legal rights by the constutution.


I guess they are big on rights in germany. I wonder who would represent the animals in court.


Maybe animal lawyers haha. There's over 20 quintillion individual animals, I bet several of them have their own courts of law somehow.


I don't think human beings would fare well in those courts. There are over 7 million animal species and we are just one. I guess the loch ness monster is also a species.


That seems impossible but I guess every country has their own beliefs. I wonder if you could domesticate it, maybe it would develop a white patch like other animals that become pets


I have not developed a white patch, so I guess I'm not a pet. Well, I enjoyed chatting!


Haha let's hope it stays that way. Nice talking to you too!


The president is a common title for the head of state or government.


Good morning! Yes, it seems to be a universal term. Even in Zimbabwe although they referred to their first president as President Banana.


The US president guest house is larger than the white house. President is the executive head of the nation.


Wow. I wonder how the President feels about that? Do you know who the wealthiest three Presidents of the US were?


JFK, Washington and Jefferson. They are played important role in the improvement of the nation.


Yes, you are right, that was who I was thinking of. I agree they were very important in history. In the US the runner up won the tile of VP automatically until 1805! I'm glad it is no longer that way.


If it happens in current years it very difficult to handle the situation and the nation also suffers.


Yes, I agree. I wish it were more easygoing like Indonesia. There the President released 3 pop albums while in office.


It very interesting. The study of animals called zoology. Animals are help to maintain the balance the eco-system.


Oh I love animals. On earth there are about 20 quintillion  on Earth.


Germany became the first country in world to give Constitutionally guaranteed legal rights. This shows how they affection towards animals and Dog was the first domesticated animal by man.


Many of the animals species are lost  by hunters, they hunt the animal for skin, nails and valuable things.


Well, then I am glad dogs are domesticated. Did you know domesticated animals have white patches on their foreheads?


Yes, now I have to look at my dog! Early land animals had both gills and lungs and hiccups are a holdover from this early evolution.


But today water animals only have gills and lungs, In land animals have only lungs. Some of the different can live in both land and water. It's our duty to preserve it.


That is interesting. Around 1 million living animal species are insects.


Totally 7 millions animal species all over the world.


Yes, and the can be as big as 110 ft long to as small as 8.5 millionths of a meter. I imagine there are ones we never even notice.


Yes, it was nice chatting with you as well.


Hello there, do you watch many baseball games?


Not really bout i'm familiar with the sport.


Did you know the rule on baseball managers and their uniforms?


Is it because they are technically able to play.


Good call!  I never knew that, I think that would be so cool if (barring a major injury) a manager had to bat one day.


Yeah and run his own basses. ha! Kickball is also called Soccer-kickball in Canada.


I think that is so funny, I wonder why they didn't come up with something different, that's such a long name!


Right! Apparently there was a married couple who scheduled 2430 major baseball games.


That is an incredible feat, I wonder what ever got them that job in the first place?


That is awesome.  Did you know a man once found a 3 million dollar baseball card collection in his grandfather's attic?


Wow! why can't stuff like that happen to me. Apparently Japan feels like they invented baseball or something.


Yeah Japan has always been passionate about the sport.  I think a lot of young people growing up thinking they did invent it.


Yeah I am, I always think of that movie Mr. Baseball when I think of Japan and that sport.


I never saw that. Did you know trump does not rank in the top 3 wealthiest precedents.


Yeah I read that, I didn't know that those other 3 were, maybe JFK i did.


Yeah him Washington and Jefferson were the wealthiest.


Yeah that is a pretty interesting fact I must say.


Apparently the president of Indonesia has 3 pop albums.


Yeah they must have sold really well too!  Nice chatting, have a nice day.


Hi there! How are you today? I'm hanging out waiting for the weather to get warmer so I can wash my car. Do you like cars?


Hello, I'm great - thanks. I love cars. What about you?


Yes, I LOVE cars! Guess what you can do with your car in South America?


I heard you can attach a flamethrower lol.


Yes! People there can attach flamethrowers to prevent car-jacking. I bet that would be handy in the US!


That would be sweet. Did you know the trunk of a car got its name because older cars actually had wooden trunks in them?


That is really cool. Although I could not imagine trying to fit all my groceries into a wooden trunk.


Me either. Cadillac was named after a French explorer.


I wonder what the French explorer was it was named after?


Okay, then it must have been Antoine De La Mothe Cadillac then, does that sound right?


I do like dogs. I've always had a dog. What about you?


I love dogs too. Did you know there are 12 different blood types for dogs?


I knew there were a lot, but not that many! I know they do actually have blood drives for dogs, which is sweet.


That is sweet. Istanbul has vending machines that dispense food and water to stray dogs in exchange for plastic bottles.


It's hard to believe that we don't have those in the US. Did you know that dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand pointing.


I did not know that about dogs and elephants. They must be pretty smart animals.


Yes, I would agree. It is pretty amazing that a dog can play so many roles, including hunting, herding, pulling loads, protection, assisting police, companionship and more.


I think it's amazing. Dogs are also not colorblind which is a big myth.


I have heard that. I've heard they can see color, just not as many as humans can. Nice chatting with you today!


It's hard for me to sit and watch it because I would rather play the game. Even the coaches are dressed in uniforms in case the need arises for them to play for their teams


That is so cool actually. do you know what kickball is called in Canada


Soccer-baseball? It really is like a combination of those two sports


Yeah I guess it makes sense. do you know who did the scheduling for major baseball leagues games?


I heard it used to be a married couple. I'm not sure who does it now


Not sure either but what a career for them, 24 years is a long time


I wonder how many of the games they attended themselves. Although it's known as America's pastime, it's so popular is Japan that the term may apply to them better


yeah and they cannot believe that it is just a pasttime here


For some, it's just a pastime until the NFL season starts again. For others, they hide 3 million dollars' worth of baseball cards in their attic only for the grandson to find it 50 years later


Yeah , lucky grandson that found it and made three million dollars of it


I don't know what the odds of that are, but the odds of dating a supermodel are way lower than that of winning the powerball jackpot


Well there you go. Do you know who the wealthiest presidents are us history?


Washington and Jefferson both had a lot of money, and I'm not sure how it would compare in our economy now


yeah same with jfk too. did you know the guest house is larger than the white house?


I wonder how many people the guest house could hold in comparison and where it's located on the property


Yeah I wonder too. do you know the president of indonesia is also a pop star?


I heard he's released three pop albums. Now the real question is if they're actually good


Yeah I wonder about that too. and do you know what the president of zimbabwe is called?


President Banana is a strange nickname that definitely needs some context to understand


I never knew that the reason a baseball manager wore a uniform was so that he could play if needed. Did you?


I did not know that at all thats a cool thing to learn


I've never seen one play though.  Do you watch baseball?


I dont anymore i use to play in my younger years i loved playing it.that really neat that a man found baseball cards worth millions of dollars


That is cool!  I didn't know that a married couple was scheduling all the games either.


Yeah i like to learn new things like that.ho w about the guest house being bigger then the white house i wonder why its built like that


I don't know.  Maybe they wanted to show a degree of humility or humbleness back in the day.


yeah i guess so and did you read about the president of indonesia releasing 3 pop albums what is up with that


It is interesting.  I am surprised that Trump did not make the list of wealthiest presidents.


I think it is because its from american history trump is not part of that yet


Possibly.  I do like Zimbabwe's first president being called president banana.


yeah that is a great name i am going to have to look more into some of these things they are very interesting and i want to know a little more about certain things i read about in this article


I never knew Martha Stewart had been a model before. DId you?


I know me either.People say you learn something new everyday and i definiley have today


As have I.  I learned that I should have collected baseball cards!


LOL right could be rich .I did not know that about the mona lisa


I didn't either.  Why would Norman Rockwell apologize for rosie the riveter's size?


maybe he made her to fat and it was unbecoming for her as a model to be represented like that


I've seen it and thought it was size appropriate for the time period.  Strange.


I suppose.  Hey, did you know that kickball is called soccer-baseball in canada?


All the timer. Do you know why it is blue?


Yes because Mark is green red colorblind


Yes. DId you know the like button is illegal in parts of Germany?


Yes but I wonder what prompted them to make it illegal


Yeah me too. Did you ever use MySpace before Facebook?


Yes I did. They had a chance to buy Facebook once and passed on that


Yes for $75 million back then, they could be making billions now


True,. Do you know what they are using it for in Iceland?


Yes they are rewriting the constitution that way actually,, pretty cool


I know, I have nor heard of another country that is that transparent


Yeah I know, Burger King had a promotion where you get a free whooper if you unfriend 10 people in Facebook


Wow wonder how that went. Do you listen to the radio?


Yes sometimes. Did you know in the AM radio you can listen to Jupiter's storms?


yes. Do you listen to any of the Canadian radio channels?


Yes but they play 40% canadian music as they are require by law


yeah. Do you know how soldiers during WWII made foxhole radios?


Yes they used razorblades and pencils, pretty creative


Yeah I know . There is a radio channel in Finland that gives the news in latin?


Yes and I wonder how many listeners they have


Hey there! Have you heard of the disturbing scandal involving the  Minnesota legislator and his daughter?


If it's that disturbing he should probably face criminal charges.


I agree but like all crimes guilty until proven innocent no matter what the alleged crime is.


That's true. Very strange story none the less. Do you listen to the radio?


Oh yeah, i have my radio blasting every day all day!


Did you now Jupiter radio storms can be picked up by AM radio?


WOW Really? That's incredible! And Jupitor is so far away too!


Yeah, it is pretty amazing! I wonder what it sounds like?


I bet it sounds just like static because that is all you hear on the Am dial nowadays haha


LOL. I wonder if we've ever heard it and not realized it. According to candian law requires at least 40 percent of the radio to be candian artists.


That's good to know since the majority is American artists.


Yeah, I imagine they dominate a lot of radio stations. I wonder what kind of candian artists they listen to.


That would be interesting to find out. Maybe they play a lot of classical canadian music like that one website lets you listen to?


Maybe! Soldiers in WW2 made simple radios using a razorblade and a pencil! Incredible!


That's awesome! I'm sure that cut dcown the boredom and depression


Yeah, you would definitely be desperate for basic entertainment i'm sure. Do you ever use Facebook?


Yeah, i use my facebook daily. I have been a member of Facebook since 2010. And you?


Yeah, ive been a member for a while, but I only get on every few days now. It's become pretty frustrating to use after all the ads got put on there.


Yeah, but you can customize your page to turn ads off.


I haven't messed around with it too much, but I will check it out. Myspace turned down and offer to buy facebook for 75 million in 2005.


Yeah, i bet MySpace is kicking themselves in the butt now too haha


Yeah, for sure! I think facebook is worth around 600 billion now!


haha anything is possible nowadays! Well, it was great chatting with you, i gotta run. Have a great day!


What do you think about Trump's economic advisor?


Hello, I think he is pretty good. What do you think? I also like Trump though.


I think his numbers are a bit off, but I do like Trump one of the best presidents ever


For sure. Did you know the white house has twin buildings in Ireland and France?


No, I didnt know about that, I wonder who lives in them?


Not too sure on that. Roosevelt banned Christmas trees at the white house because he was such a conservationist.


That doesnt sound like a good policy, many people like Christmas and respect the tree tradition,


I agree. The white house uses floppy disks for storing files still.


That tech seems kind of primitive I wonder why


I agree. I think floppy disks are very secure though and hard to hack.


Oh so maybe that why, for security reasons they must keep really sensible data in them


Bush had solar panels put back on the white house.


I wonder who took them away? solar energy is the future so its a great thing he placed them back


I forget what president took away the solar panels.


I see, well did you hear about the incident the secret service  had?


I did. Hard to believe it took them 4 days to figure out it was struck by bullets.


That is a huge mistake, I bet someone got fired over that, how can it take you 4 days you are like the elite of the elite


Crazy to think. Did you know the top 3 wealthiest presidents were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson?


No didnt know about that, so no Trump in that list?


I bet he will be. The first president of Zimbabwe was named president Banana.


That is funny, how can you name you kid after a fruit lol, anyways the chat has been really interesting, thanks a lot for your time


Haha that is funny. Well, it was good chatting with you. Have a good day.


Hello, have you ever been to the white house?


no i have not been to the white house. id love to go some day. You?


I haven't been either. Did you know there are twin buildings in Ireland and France of the white house?


i heard something about that. i wonder who built them and why. are they an homage?


I'm not too sure on that. Roosevelt banned Christmas trees from the white house because he was such a conservationist.


he respected nature but then went out and hunted animals. strange hypocrisy.


Very strange. The white house uses floppy disks for storing some of their files.


the govt is so woefully behind the times. many govts use machines from decades ago.


I agree. Bush had solar panels put back on the white house which is pretty cool.


carter put them on, reagan took them off. if you watch the movie Vice, you'll see that happen.


That's interesting. I saw it once took the secret service 4 days to figure out the white house was struck by bullets.


a permanent mental govt shutdown? what was going on there? hm. i guess the president is pretty safe in their hands.


I think so. Do you follow Congress at all?


i try not to for the sake of my mental health. it is a depressing mess. you?


HAHA - me too. There are 3 subways lines that are only allowed to be used by congressmen.


i guess they need to get places pretty quick in order to serve special interests in a timely fashion.


I think so. There's an annual baseball game between the republicans and democrats in Congress.


that would be fun to watch. what's the over-under on that? LOL i bet they could get a lot done at those games, more than elsewhere.


I think so. Did you know there is a Fantasy Congress league?


i heard about that. i guess there are nerds for politics. how much money can you make from that hobby? I wonder. Anyway, great chat!


I bet lol. Elmo is the only non-human to testify before Congress.


Elmo probably needed to teach those guys about budgets. Have a good day!


How's it going, did you know an AM radio can pick up Jupiters radio storms?


Good morning, I did not know that. I wonder what they sound like?


Me too, I'd rather listen to that than the all Latin program Nuntii Latini broadcasted in Finland


It's cool that they have a program dedicated to an ancient language, but that does not sound like my sort of show.


No, I'd rather listed to the website that streams classic radio dramas for free


Could you imagine if the radio was still the main source for entertainment? It would be cheaper than cable!


Yea but I probably wouldn't enjoy it if I lived in Canada since by law the radio has to play at least 40% of music played by a canadian


That's a good way to help promote local artists. I get tired of hearing the same songs all the time.


It's pretty cool that a radio can be made from a razoblade and pencil, I might try to make one some time


It is amazing how versatile of a technology it is. I am sure it had helped people out of some tough spots.


Yea but it's not all good, like when facebook came out in 2004


I remember when it started and was limited to college campuses, it was fun then. Once they started collecting and selling data, it all went downhill.


Yea I stopped enjoying it when they started to let 13 year olds on back in 2006


It's too much misinformation these days, I wish people would take the time to research something before blindly re-sharing ti.


Yea, it's a shame myspace didn't buy facebook back in 2005


I think social media was always headed down this path. The amount of money offered for data collection was probably always going to be too much to resist.


Yea, Facebook is valued at 104 billion from all the data it collects


It could have been used for fun promotions like that Burger King one where you had to unfriend people for a free Whopper.


I wonder if data collection has any influence on make the like button illegal in Schleswig-Holstein


I was wondering if it was a case like that or if in some different cultures hand gestures have different meanings and it could be seen as offensive.


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


I would like to visit the White House some day, so many history in one place.


It is a wonderful place. But the president there now is making false statement.


What false statement is the president making? I know its a sensible subject but I don't like Trump or he's managing the country.


President Trump's chief economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, told Fox News that the federal budget deficit is declining, but it's actually growing.


I wonder why his advisor lied about this, it seems like its a basic economic number and a mistake that can be easily perceived.


Indeed, the deficit in fiscal year 2017 ($665 billion) was bigger than it was in fiscal year 2016 ($587 billion)


That is a huge deficit, I worry about the numbers in 2020 as it will climb to 1 trillion annually.


yes that is a number not hit since the recession spurred Congress to pass an economic stimulus package in 2009.


that will have some serious consequences to the country, hopefully this problem gets solved before it arrives to that.


I am too, the 09 reccession was pretty harsh, there shoud be some budget cuts.


I don't think that's going to happen what with Trump approving a billion dollar border wall. Ugh.


Yeah, that is one of the silliest expenses, you can give a much better use to that money.


Indeed. Do you know that the first president of zimbabwe was called president banana?


I did not know that, that is a fun fact, who gets called after a fruit?


I know, that's a good line for a dinner party.


Yeah, I will probably use that one next time I eat with friends, heres another fun fact, Elmo is the only non-human to testify before the u.s congress


OMG, lol. I wonder what he testified about?


Aparently Elmo testified before the Education Appropriations subcommittee in support for music education programs, Elmo was wearing a cool suit.


Oh cool, Elmo is a cute guy! I have to look that up.


You should definetely do it! and Elmo is the best!


Good morning!  Do you use facebook?  Can you believe it was launched back in 2004?


Yes I do! It is very hard to believe wow. I remember when I first got mine. Don't use it so much anymore. Hard to believe a third of all divorce filings in the USA in 2011 contained the word "facebook"


I didn't know that!  That many people are getting divorced over facebook?!  Maybe that's why a state in Germany has the like button banned,made illegal to use.


Yes they must be. Oh wow that is surprising. Maybe Germany is on to something...Another crazy thing is that there are more people on facebook than there were people in the world 200 years ago!


Seriously?  That is something that really makes you think.  Practically everyone in the world is using a site that was started for harvard students by harvard students.


Yes exactly. Now Zuckerberg is one of the richest in the world! A worrying thing is that 30% of Americans use facebook as their primary news source. No wonder the Russians want to exploit that.


That's true.  I admit that I am one of them but I use multiple news sources to compare and contrast.  As for zuckerberg, facebook had a value of $104 billion in 2012 alone so you can imagine how rich he is.


Wow that is incredible. One odd thing is that Facebook has 56 gender options. That seems excessive.