Did you know the president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office?


Did he really? That's kind of funny! I also think it's funny that the US president's guest house is actually bigger than the white house itself. It's like, I didn't even know the president had a guest house!


Yeah, I'm not sure if that is true. I've been on a tour of the white house.


Oh, that's awesome. I bet it was fun! Did you learn the three wealthiest presidents of all time were Jefferson, JFK and Washington? Isn't that hard to believe?


Yeah, I also know that it says on Trump's wikipedia page that he is the wealthiest ever, not sure if it is true though.


They must measure for inflation! Since we're on the subject of presidents, have you ever heard about Zimbabwe's first president? He was known as President Banana. That's kind of sad.


Yeah, I wondered that myself. Can I ask why you think it is said to address the President by his last name?


That's a good question! I honestly don't know! Just as I didn't know until recently that until the year 1805, the presidential runner ups automatically became vice president. Can you imagine the chaos if that rule was still in place today?


Being serious, that was his last name. I think that it would make for great TV cable fodder, but I don't think it would ever work.


Agreed! Ha! I wonder if President Banana was a fan of what Americans call soccer. We call it soccer because it's actually slang for association football.


I'm not sure. I wonder about the variation of Soccer where 3 teams face each other at the same time.


I bet the would be interesting to watch! Isn't it wild soccer makes more money than pretty much all the other major sports combined?


I can believe it. It is really popular in every other country other than the U.S.


True. Plus it's played by over 250 million players in well over 200 different countries and dependencies. It's easy to see it's the world's most popular sport!


When I was younger I played soccer, a lot of people in America do, I'm actually a bit surprised it isn't more popular.


Agreed! I mean, America finished in 3rd place in its first FIFA World Cup final back in 1930. You'd figure that would have caused the popularity to spread!


I just think that Football and Baseball are more interesting personally. I lost interest in soccer as well.


True. I do watch it occasionally. I love how America has never placed below third in the women's world cup since it started back in the early 90s!


Interesting. I'm still curious about the 3 teams playing each other, how does that work?


I wonder if we'll see it in the 2022 World Cup? I'd like to even though, crazily enough, the city set to host it that year doesn't exist yet! That's pretty unbelievable!


I doubt it, although that would be really cool. I wonder if they want to bring it to the USA?


It's not one of my most favorite sports because I'm a little on the short side so I was never very good at it! How about you?


No, I don't keep up with it much. I'm better at talking on the phone or adventure traveling. Do you like those things?


I do like to travel. It is interesting that the first king to travel around the world was the king of Hawaii. I would have thought it was a European King.


Wow, that's amazing! I'd like to travel to Mackinac Island in MI. I hear most travel is by horse carts or bikes. They've banned motorized vehicles there, it seems.


I guess that takes care of air pollution, though I wonder who picks up the horse droppings so the bikes don't run through them!


Hopefully as they travel there is a separate path for each. I'd like to travel to Japan as well, but I've heard it's very expensive to travel once you're there.


Yes, I would imagine that $300 in tolls to travel across Japan, might make it difficult for some. Would you feel safe on the Dutch bus that travels at 160 mph? I'm not sure I would!


Definitely would not be the way I'd like to travel! Iceland doesn't have a rail service for public. I wonder if that is also an expensive place to travel?


It must be since they have to fly between major cities rather than drive. It's funny how different travel is, depending on where you live.!


I'll bet it was cheap but hard for King Kalakaua of Hawaii when he traveled. I wonder how much food he had to bring and if they were able to catch fish along the way?


I am picturing sailing around the world on those dugout canoes, but probably it was on a more modern ship. Speaking of ships, isn't it surprising that phone cables just lay on the ocean floor and yet don't get damaged!


That is strange! I hope the phone waste can at least be an environment something can live in? I hear phone books are impossible to take apart if you overlap the pages. Think that's a myth?


I guess I don't really understand that. It seems like they would just pull apart, right? I can't remember the last time I used a phone book! Our iphones have so much computing power now. Kind of scary that its more powerful that our nuclear deterrent system!


That's really cool! I wonder if the phone companies make much money? I'm sure not nearly what a basketball coach makes.


I don't know how much ATT makes as a company but their execs may not make as much as basketball coaches at state schools. It's funny because I can still remember the fact that James Naismith invented basketball. It's one of those random facts I learned and never forgot! Couldn't tell you the name of any other people that started a sport!


Inventing a sport sounds super hard! I hear the US Supreme court has basketball court that's called "the highest court in the land." I'm not sure if it actually is or not, though.


Good question! Maybe there are other roof top courts, though it is a good play on words. I wonder if they actually go up there and shoot hoop in their robes! Ha Ha!


That is interesting! I wonder if pro basketball players were ever tried in their court and then later played with them on their basketball court there?


Wow, I hope not! Hope they don't get into any trouble that goes all the way to the supreme court. I think it's interesting that a basketball is almost exactly half the diameter of the rim. For some reason, I thought the rim was smaller than that.


That is pretty larger sounding for a basketball rim but I've seen cheerleaders go through them, so that makes sense I suppose.


Can you believe they are scouting high schoolers from the class of 2020?


Yeah, the player Jeremy Roach is like the most sought after player ever.


Oh I heard about him, seems like he is a really talented kid, he is 6 foot 2 really tall


I wonder why they started recruiting them so young. I thought there was ruled rules against that.


I thought that as well, they should start in college and in the later years many players end up in bankrupcy because of the lack of education


So, he has scholarship offers from Virginia, Virginia Tech, Maryland, Miami, and Texas What do you think happens to those if he gets hurt?


If he gets hurt badly his carreer might end and then regrets come, lets hope that doesnt happen


Did you know that in 39 out of the 50 states the highest state paid employee is either a college football or basketball coach?


The US supreme court has a court called The Highest Court in the land


That's interesting! I wonder if their baskets are the mounted at the stander 10 feet?


I dont really know about that, do you know there is a team called the Tall Blacks in New Zealand!!


Get out of here! I bet that wouldn't go over well in the US.


It wouldnt, that would generate a lot of controversy.


Maybe we should call someone and let them know. Do you happen to have a phone book I could borrow? Or an Iphone?


No not really, I used to have an IPhone, its crazy how it has more power than the entire icbm nuclear deterrent of our country


That's interesting. Hey do you remember back in the day when we had Rotary phones?


Yeah I do remember those times, my grandmother used to yell at me because I played with the dial


Well, the reason that New York areas code is 212 is because Is the fastest number to dial on a Rotary phone. Whenever I travel there I usually just use a bus to get around.


Oh so thats why 212 is the area code, thats interesting, do you like to travel?


Most the time but I hate packing luggage and don't get me started on Japan. I went there and it cost me 300 bucks to go across the country because all their highways have tolls on them.


Sounds expensive, Japan seems like a nice country but thats excesive.


Hello, Cars are certainly popular throughout many places of the world. Did you know that in South Africa it is legal to equip your car with a flame thrower to prevent carjacking. Wow!


Yes, that is quite interesting since they can be dangerous. Do you know how cadillac got its name?


No I do not know the answer to that. Do you know?


It got the name after the founder of Detroit


Interesting. I read that McDonald's added drive-thru in 1975 because soldiers were not allowed to get out of their cars while wearing their fatigues. I remember when they did not have drive thrus but never knew why they added them.


Yeah that is interesting and more interesting how they never went away and we have adopted them in our daily life now


Yes it is. I guess soldiers can get out of cars now while wearing fatigues lol. Radios are still around, even with all the newer technology. Did you know in Canada the radio stations have to play at least 40% canadian music.


Wow, that is interesting. And if you listen to am, you might catch Jupiter's storms


Wow I will have to try listening to that some time. Can you imagine listening to news in Latin. That is a hard language to learn.


That is for sure. And if you like to tune in, there is that radio in Finland


I never knew all of this interesting stuff! WWII soldiers made radios with a razorblade and a pencil, they do not have to do that any more.


That is so creative of them to do that actually. Do you like radio dramas?


Good for them! Oh, yes I do like radio dramas. I do not hear them though,.


Well, if you ever change your mind, there is a radio that plays a bunch of them for free


I will have to look for that. I just learned that the president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office. Must be his side work. Good for him!


Yeah, good for him. Do you like pop music?


I like some of it. I am more of a classic rock fan. I wonder why scientist have voted "we are the champions" as the catchiest pop song ever.Scientists study everything.


Nice, I can see why that is though. Do you know which band is the most popular in North Korea?


I just learned that it is a K-pop girl band called Moranbong band. I wonder if Kim Jong-un listens to them.


I bet he does, they are the most popular band in the country


I think so too. Well it has been nice chatting with you. I have learned so many new things. Have a wonderful evening.


Hey there do you drive a car? I drive mine to work everyday haha what about you


Same here. Do you know why the trunk of the car is called that?


I think it's because old cars used to have trunks in the back. I guess they were made of wood? That seems super dangerous to me


Yeah and imagine if we still had them in south africa where flme throwers are legal


I know right! Talk about a fire hazard haha. Do you know about the French explorer who founded Detroit? I bet in the winter he wished he had a flamethrower haha


Yeah that was Antione de la Mothe Cadicall and that is how Cadillac got its name


Yep that's really cool. I'm from Michigan and even I never knew that! Did you hear about the reason for the drive-through's founding back in 1975


Yeah all about the soldiers and not being able to leave their cars  in uniform


Yep apparently soldiers couldn't leave their cars I guess. I think that rule has been changed. Have you ever played the video game GranTurismo?


Yeah it has. I have actually but have not been able to beat 90 000 people like that guy did


I wish I could have done that! I also wish that I could become a professional race car driver! That sounds awesome


That sure does. DO you listen to the radio on the car?


I do. I have never listened to a Jupiter radio storm though haha. I guess you can hear that on AM radio


Yeah I want to catch that one too on the radio. DO you listen to Canadian radio?


I don't think fully. I heard that they require 40% of the radio music to be of Canadian origin. I can't think of any good Canadian music honestly haha


Well there are some artists but that is a lot to require the radios to play


Yep I agree. Do you know what a fox hole radio is? I guess they use them in World War II


Yeah those were radios made out of pencils and razorblades, how creative


I agree. I don't even know how that works haha. Do you listen to any pop music by the way?


I do, sometimes. Apparently has grown louder since the 60s


I also heard that the president of Indonesia has made three pop albums. While he was in office too! That is so insane haha


I know a talent in music and politics. Good for him. Nice chatting with you :)


hi how are you doing over thee? do you like to travel?


i usually dont have the money or time to travel. i would love to go to foreign countries. where have you traveled?


The last place was Alaska. Air travel is up to 10% slower than it was n the 1960s in order to save fuel costs. That's interesting.


i thought the planes would have gotten faster though. and more efficient with fuel. i prefer a fast train anyway.


Yeah, they are both kinda scary to me. During the age of discovery, ships would release rabbits onto islands in order to provide food for travelers. That's going way back though.


that was thoughtful but i guess people did not only think about themselves when they traveled.


Yes, exactly. Instead of fetching baggage faster, airports make travelers walk further because people would get made waiting. in a weird way it's the same thing.


that is a sneaking way to solve one problem by creating another one. oh, well. people stopped complaining.


Yeah, pretty tricky for sure. Did you know there websites that will let you connect with people and you can stay on the couch for the night. Yikes!


um, no thanks. i dont want to sleep on a strangers couch. i dont want a stranger on my couch.


I don't either, can you imagine! That beats the people that steal gnomes as a game. Have you heard of that?


i have not. i am not a thief, nor do i own gnomes.


Yeah, people play a game with them and hide them and take pictures of them as if they are traveling. Then they return them to their owners.


that is an odd "game" and the rules are strange. but people are people and travel changes people, sometimes in ways that are hard to fathom.


Yeah, people are strange,lol. Have you ever heard that dolphins communicate over a phone and appear to really be talking?


I guess they can understand each other. i think their chirps and trills have meaning and emotion.


Yeah, its adorable. The inventor of the dial phone was an undertaker by trade. Amazing.


that is an odd profession for a phone inventor to be in. I wonder how he got interested in phones. Anyway, great chat!


Yes, You too! Real quick, the undertaker would convince the telephone operators to reroute his calls to rival business. lol Funny story. HAve a good one.


Thanks! you too. have a good day! take care.


Thank you, I wont take your gnome and travel.


I'm fine. Did you know that Hillary Clinton used to be a republican?


I did not know that! I wonder why she switched?


Probably the political landscape of the country changed. The tea party and the Republicans love Ayn Rand, but she received social security and medicare.


Ayn Rand was an author that did not like socialism, but she received money from the government. The Republicans and Democrats in Congress have been playing a baseball game for decades. Probably the only time they can agree on something.


Didn't someone get shot at that game a few years back? Truman wouldn't ride the dumbo ride so no one could associate him with the republicans...


That's funny! I guess Truman knew the importance of image. Richard Nixon proposed a guaranteed minimum income, something that I would not expect of a Republican.


I read that he started Fox News with roger Ailes. I had no idea!


I wonder what Trump will be remembered for. He doesn't have a PhD, like Woodrow Wilson.


I am fearful to say what he will be remembered for. I think it will be a blip on the historical radar... like, we got through those 4 years...


He got elected even though he lost the popular vote. Five presidents have been elected that way.


5? Wow, I did not know it was that many, I would have guessed 2, maybe 3.


Politics is a funny thing. Did you know that close relatives of the president in Guatemala cannot run for president? I guess they have a problem with nepotism?


Wow, I did not know that. What about wives? I think Michelle Obama will run.


She could run one day. She was part of the White Hosue for many years. I believe she speaks a foreign language. The last US president to do so was FDR.


Really? I had no clue. I think she is also a lawyer. I think she has the disposition for it... But the bar is not too high right now...


The next election should be an interesting one. The balance of politics might change.


Agreed. There will be a lot of Dem in the race. I am not sure if Trump has even declared...


the incumbent usually runs and has a good chance of getting re-elected.


Not sure he has the temperment for another 4 years but we'll see. Nice chatting with you!


How's it going? Did you know the size of the entire Universe is till unknown?


I think I did know that! The universe is so crazy. There are people who believe that the universe is actually virtual reality. Did you know that (though it's impossible) if you folded paper 103 times, it would be as thick as the universe that we can observe?


I had no idea, it's crazy how much we have learn about the universe since the earliest models from ancient Greek and Indian philosophers


I agree! We now know that there used to be so much plasma in the universe that the universe was actually opaque--light couldn't travel through it!


We also discovered stars that are cold enough to be touched by a human hand too!


What?? That's incredible! I would love to experience that. There are so many hidden gems in the universe. There are theories that the universe actually exists in a black hole, and also that there is one cold spot in the universe where it might be a link to a parallel universe!


There's another theory that the Universe is just one giant superhologram, pretty scary


Right, that's what I meant earlier about virtual reality--I was confused. But yes, that's a really terrifying thought! It really puts everything into perspective. Do you keep up with politics and current events at all? At the very least, I'm guessing you know about the 2016 election and some of Trump's rhetoric.


Yea I think Trump has said a lot of cruel and misogynistic things


Agreed. Who'd have thought that someone who said what he said on the Access Hollywood tape would still win the election?! He's made fun of a disabled reporter, he's invalidated and disregarded the accomplishments of so many people in and out of this country... I'm shocked. Kids are being ripped from the arms of their parents and then Trump and his supporters call for unity. What do you think of all of this?


It's appalling, and I'm tired  of hearing Trump complain about migrant caravans


I completely agree. Trumpism is so popular with the right, and the majority of the right is conservative and religious, so I think he adopts those views just to appease and win the support of his supporters.


Yea, the Grand Ole party has fallen a long way since being the party of Lincoln


Yeah. And there's so much flip-flopping now. Did you know that Hillary Clinton used to be the president of the Young Republicans in college?


I read about that, it's a shame our politics have come down to the terms "red" and "blue"


I completely agree! My political beliefs mostly fall in line with one particular party, but I think the other major party has some ideas that aren't necessarily bad and I would like to support in theory. But it's basically impossible to support the other party's policies without endorsing their entire platform and defecting from your own party! There should be more middle ground and more collaboration between parties (and including other, smaller parties)!


Yea, it's a shame there has only been a republican or democratic president since 1853


Yeah, quite a shame. And the way the media (especially social media) works does not help things. People are so polarized now and only read the news that fall in line with their beliefs. Trump blames the media all the time but really they're just reflecting his own wrongdoings back at him.


Yea it is unfortunate that trumpism is now in the GOP mainstream and each side gets more polarized and extreme with an either or mentality


Now it's so commonplace for political candidates to personally attack their opponents based on their ethnic backgrounds or views on things like immigration. One Republican ad attacked a black candidate by calling them a "big-city rapper". It's terrible how things are developing this way!


Yea it's pretty bad right now. Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Hello. What do you think of the universe?


Well, I think it's vast and that our human minds can't even begin to comprehend it.


I agree. It's interesting and overwhelming to know this vast space that we know little of.


But before we knew nothing about the universe and we thought the Earth was at the centre of the universe. So slowly, we are learning more and more.


Yes. It's interesting to know too that there are stars that can actually be touched.


I would die to do that. I must admit it can happen in the future, but not in our lifetime.


Apparently some people believe that there is only one electron in the universe. I wonder how that works.


Probably thinking it is the beginning of the universe, you know, where it all started.


And there might be a region of space pulling galaxies outside of the universe that we know. That's kind of scary.


Well that's what gravity does unfortunately.


I just imagine us being pulled like a rubber band!


Just like straight out of a movie. Scary! But if everything just goes through a natural selection process, it all boils down to cause and effect. It's really interesting to know how it all started.


Exactly. It's interesting to think that our universes go through the same type of natural selection.


I wonder what breakthroughs would be discovered soon. Parallel universe perhaps?


Some people even think that the universe may be one big superhologram.


that sounds so deep, I cannot ecven comprehend it.


And here we are, just a little speck in the universe, worried about things like politics.


ahrg. If only people would respect each other, there would be no need for political parties.


Since 1853 there has not been a president that wasn't either republican or democrat.


At least the presidents here do not sell records while in office.


Yes, I will have to check out the pop albums that the president of indonesia released, because that is too funny.


Hey there!  Are you a basketball fan?  I am Bulls fan and we stink!  We are probably as good as the Lakers though which is funny since they had such high expectations.


I'm a little bit of a fan. I watch some of the Spurs games.  Have you heard of Tim Duncan?


Yes, I am a big Tim Duncan fan.  "The big fundamental"  He would never do something like Lebron did with "the decision."


The decision?  I'm not a follower of Lebron James all that much.


He basically televised his free agent decision back when he first left Cleveland.  He made a huge spectacle of it.  He did make 6 million for charity by doing it, but most people found it ridiculous.


Oh yeah!  I do know some about that.  I thought his leaving was wrong, a little disloyal.


Yes, totally disloyal.  He just grew up so differently though so maybe that is why.  Tickets to his high school games used to go for $100-$120.


Sounds like he is very used to being made a big deal of and spoiled in a way.  It's as if he's been money motivated from the start.


He is the highest paid celebrity right now actually.  Crazy that second behind him is Judge Judy!!


That is crazy.  I never would have thought she was that high paid!  Lebron though, he is money motivated. He rejected a ten million dollar offer from reebok when he was 18 because he figured he'd get more from nike.


Haha, he is a shrewd business man.  I will give him that.  He is no Jordan though and now we are going to have to watch him do the Space Jam sequel


I know what you mean about that.  I like Michael Jordan.  Have you heard that Lebron has a photographic memory?


I did not know that.  Maybe that helps how he processes defense so well!?


Probably does.  He can remember exact in game scenarios and memorize moves in fighting games.


Going back to Jordan, did you know that Air Jordan's were once banned by the NBA?


No, why were they banned?  Seems odd to ban a pair of shoes.


I am not sure the reason, but Jordan wore them anyway because Nike was ok paying the fines each game!


I bet they were! It was a great way to get some advertising!  Companies make profits but in all honesty not many players remain wealthy.  It's said that over 50% of players are broke within five years after retiring.


That is a very sad thing to here.  More people should have been like Iverson.  He is receiving 800k a year until age 55 then a 32 million dollar lump sum!


Definitely! That is a brilliant contract to get!  What company agreed to give him that?


Reebok!  They must have been desperate!  It was great chatting with you today!!


Maybe that's why they went low on lebron. They were paying Iverson so much!  Great chatting with you too!  Have a good one!


I sometimes watch the NBA, usually around the playoffs. What about you?


With Indiana Pacers. He was super good but his sister was always better than him


His sister? Wow, you don't often get to hear something like that


I guess, yeah the woman broke 8 records and scored 105 points


Oh boy. She set the bar high for Reggie then. I wonder if Reggie got any sponsorship deals like Allen Iverson.


Yeah I am not sure but Iverson got a lot from Rebook


When he turns 55, he gets enough money to buy part of a team.


That is true , $32 million is a lot of money


He could invest in an NBA team, or and NFL team, or start his own shoe company.


Like Jordan did and made so much money off of it, millions


He tried to come back, but I don't think it's ever a good idea. Once you retire, stay out. You can do endorsements to make cash. Think of LeBron. He'll do that.


Yeah LeBron always played it smart. He once even raised $6 millionn for a charity


His generosity goes unmatched in the NBA. Yes, he makes tons of dough, but he doesn't have to give it away. I wish more athletes would do that. I guess it's tough because they don't know what their earnings will be.


Yes that is true. And he will also be in the sequel of space jam


I guess it was inevitable. The next big hoops star will be in the next sequel, too. Will Bill Murray be in there?


Maybe he will. Did you know LeBron rejected a deal from Rebook for $10 million?


He was only a kid, but he already knew his potential value to the big brands.


Yeah he did and that is how he got $90 million deal from Nike. Nice chat :)


Are you a fan of basketball? I like LeBron James, I think he's really good


I am not really that much of a fan of basketball, but everyone knows LeBron James.


Yeah, I don't know too much about basketball either, I just know LeBron is really good. I actually used to play when I was younger, but I was pretty bad so I stopped playing. Did you ever play when you were younger?


I played football in High school, never did play basketball because I found it to be a bit boring.


Nice! I played mostly soccer in high school. I never wanted to play professionally because I knew I wasn't good enough, but also because there's no money in that haha


There can be money in pro sports, but the vast majority of kids in school will never make it pro. They accept a very very small percentage of people into pro sports. The way it is now, if you are not born into the life by someone that is already famous in it, your likely hood of getting there is slim to none.


Exactly. Have you heard of Reggie Miller? Amazing player, but his older sister Cheryl was even better (at least compared to her teammates and opponents). One time she scored 105 points in a game!


I have heard of Reggie Miller, but had never heard of his sister, but like I said I don't follow much basketball. I hear the games going all the time on our local radio station and always change it right away.


I normally just listen to Spotify, I don't listen to radio almost ever anymore. But even though radio has been around for so long, I wonder if it's on its way out what with all these new streaming platforms


I do not listen to very much regular radio any more either, I do think that radio is dying out, especially with things like spottily and Pandora, even youtube has youtube music now which in my opinion is all a lot better than regular radio.


Agreed! I do hope these time-old institutions like the radio and the post office, etc. stay alive. Radio is so cool, even though I don't listen to it. There's actually a website where you can listen to classic radio dramas for free.


I don't think the post office is gonna die anytime soon and I can see radio staying around at least for a while longer, but newspapers on the other hand are quickly dying out. Our local paper was canceled like 2 years ago because they just didn't make money anymore, but to be fair they started selling the newspaper online in digital form.


I agree, I'm nervous for the newspaper industry. But I don't think basketball will ever die out. The NBA in some form has been around since the 40's, and basketball players are typically the highest paid workers in the country


Oh yeah pro sports are not going anywhere, as long as there are people that excel at certain things and people will watch them do it, there will be sports.


Yeah, at least in pro sports people have talent. I can't watch these reality tv shows like the Kardashians, there's no talent involved in that. Even Judge Judy is pushing it for me, she's a real judge but she's all show now. And still she's the second-highest paid celebrity only after LeBron James...


Yeah reality tv is all really badly scripted and acted. My mom likes all those music shows, like The voice and American Idol but i feel like a lot of stuff on those is even faked.


Agreed. American Idol used to be one of my favorite shows when I was younger. It used to be mainly about the singing, now it's about the frills and diversions.


Speaking of Judge Judy, did you know her bailiff pulls in more than a million a year. He is one of the most wealthy bailiffs in the world.


That's absolutely crazy! See, it's all about the show of it all and not about the actual job/talent. A bailiff making more than a million a year just because he's being watched by America to do his job is unreal.


Yeah in America it is really about the people you know/your family knows. You can be a talent less hack and as long as your family knows the right people it makes no difference, hence how we get people like the Kardashians.


I couldn't agree more. Well, at least we have talent like LeBron James out in the world!


Do you consider yourself a basketball fan?


Not really. But I do like to watch good game, I can learn a lot from it.


I rarely see any games, and only have a passing knowledge of what's going on.  I've been to a grand total of one games, but LeBron James was playing in it.


Yes, we all know LeBron James. He is quite famous. What do you think about him ignoring the play calls of Lakers Coach Luke Walton and him" running the plays  he prefers?"


Conflicted, he has a history of doing it, players should listen to their coaches, but on the other hand you feel like if anyone can it is him, being who he is.


Yes, that is true, indeed. The Lakers stuff want to go about their situation in a different way, so that it would not be " Cleveland all over again." What are your thoughts?


When the Lakers acquired LeBron they knew what they were getting, can't really complain when he does what he does.  The team was built for him


Yes, agree. "LeBron needs his specialists around him- that is what makes the game successful." I hear that line a lot when it comes down to LeBron  playing.


My in laws are from the Cleveland area, they go from extremes when it comes to him, one minutes burning jerseys, the next in love with him.


Lol...And what about Reggie Miller, NBA Hall of Famer, Do you remember he scored his career high 40 points, and later found out about her sister Cheryl`s 105 points?


Good for her, I'd imagine being in that family all she heard was how great he was doing.  It must have been good to get one up on him for once.


Yes. Not only that , Cheryl managed to brake 8 national records that same day, not bad. Certainly it was her day.


That granny style of free throws intrigues me.  It's proven to be better and players make more free throws by doing it, you'd think the success would overcome any stigma.  I thought winning was the number one goal.


This is how the game goes. What comes to my mind is another NBA player Allen Iverson, who signed a lifetime endorsement contract with Reebok in 2001. It was quite a bargain. Allen was suppose to get $32,000,000 when he reaches age of 55.


That sounds like a lot of money, well it is a lot of money, but I'm sure what LeBron earns makes it look small.  He could turn down 10 million when he was 18.


Ok. Did not know that. Hey, LeBron often considered as the best basketball player in the world and regarded by some as the greatest player of all time. Not bad, but is subjective, to say the least.


He certainly got a resume that supports that subjective view, plenty of MVP's and scoring awards.


Yep. And speaking about status. Judge Judy makes $123,000 per episode, making her the highest paid celebrity only after LeBron James. He made quite a legacy for himself already..


You could have asked me who was second and I don't think I would have ever guessed Judge Judy.


Yes I know, right?! I think LeBron is on his way to Hollywood, though. He has already signed with Warner Bros a new deal for a "space jam" sequel. Hollywood hold on.


I'll keep an eye out for that one.  Have  a good day.


Hi, do you like to talk to a complete stranger about your political leanings?


Sure. I do have an interest in politics.


Good. I do too but I am a WASP so I am not big on confrontation so here goes! Do you like the job our president is doing?


Me either!!!! I think this is going to go well... I have chatted with a few people that have been pro-Trump and I just asked questions and did not opine.


I feel like our country is going in the wrong direction and I'm praying that the Democrats win the senate and the presidency in 2020.


I feel the same way, and that hurts to say because I am financially conservative. Although I am socially liberal so who knows... I do want him out. I respect the office so much but these four years have been disappointing.


He is dividing the country right now. I read somewhere that the Republicans have lost the popular vote in 6 out of the last 10 Presidential elections.


That makes me sad. I just want a country that is united.


Me too. I also read that the core support from the Republican Party comes from the South.


Yeah, I also wonder if that is why the party is related to racism?


I wonder that as well. There is so much ignorance in this country. Do you happen to know who were the top 3 wealthiest presidents in American history?


I know Trump is not one of them. Do you think wealth is necessary for political power?


It was JFK, Washington and Jefferson. I believe that wealth plays a major part in getting elected in this country.


Do you think it has to do with personal wealth or PAC wealth and support?


I think this a combination of both to be honest. Did you know that 1805 the runner up became the vice president automatically here in America?


Can you imagine Hilary and Trump in the same white house! Ha!


Ha Ha!!!! I think Hilary and Trump will argue all the time in the white house.


I can see secret service having to get involved at times too. It would definitely not be Obama/Biden!


I agree. Ha Ha!!! Did you know that the U.S. president's guest house is larger than the white house?


I had read that. Nice chatting with you!


I do as well. Did you know there hasn't been a president who wasn't a rep or dem since 1853?


I wonder who that was. I guess I could google it... Republicans have won 24 of the last 40 elections!


That's pretty good. I saw that every US president with a beard has been a republican.


I did not know that GOP stood for Grand Old Party!


Oh wow I had no idea! The last time a republican was elected president without a Nixon or Bush on the ticket was back in 1928.


It seems like the civil rights act of 1964 shifted politics in the south, with more southern states becoming more republican.


Interesting...I did not know that. I didn't know the red and blue that represents each party wasn't established until 2000.


I feel like that has been around longer than 2000. Right?


I would have thought it was from earlier than that. Do you like voting?


I do. There's something about going into that booth that makes me feel either powerful or patriotic.


I agree. Did you know the Indian government sets up their polling booth in a forest full of lions?


Would you vote if you had to go into a forest filled with lions? I may pass for the mid-terms...


Heck no lol. I saw astronauts can vote from space.


And not all men in the UK had the right to vote until 1918.


Wow that's odd. 34% of the male black population in Alabama lost their right to vote.


Did you know the top 3 wealthiest presidents were JFK, Jefferson, and Washington?


I had no idea. Did you know there is a garbage dump named Fred Durst in Austin TX?


Wow I had no idea. Well, it was great chatting with you. Take care!


There are a lot of Democratic candidates running for President - they want to be the head of state in the US


I definitely follow it a lot these days - especially with our current president.  I wonder if he knows President Banana of Zimbabwe?


lol That name is crazy! Every president that has had a beard was a Republican!


For sure.  I guess Dems just prefer being clean-shaven.    I had never been aware that George Washington was loaded.


Yeah, I am pretty sure he owned alot of land!!


Jefferson too.  I wonder why they made the guest house larger than the White House?


I don't know! Its great the astronauts can vote while in space!


Yes - in India there was actually a voting booth in a forest filled with tigers!  That is pretty crazy.


Lions too! I don't think I'd take the chance and do that!! Too dangerous!!


Wonder if they do that in Indonesia too - they did manage to elect a president who recorded 3 pop albums while in office!


Yes, I wouldn't think they would have the time, But if they sound good would be interesting!


It is important in a democracy to maximize who can vote.  It was crazy that all men in the UK did not even have the vote until 1918.  And even later for women!


I agree, It was a good idea in 1805 to change the idea that the runner up to president automatically became vice president!


I do not know - I think that a Trump/Hillary combo would have been absolutely hilarious!


I don't think it could survive! Ha, ha, ha Since 1853 there hasn't been a president that wasn't a republican or democrat,


Yes we do need a good third party in this country.  People need some alternative to the Dems and the GOP


Very true. Harry Truman road the Dumbo ride at Disneyland, but would let them photograph him.lol


Teddy Roosevelt formed the Bull moose party after being rejected by the Reps.  He did not win but some of his ideas did get elected.


Really, interesting. I assumed they always used red and blue colors consistently, not since 2000! Good chat!!


Hi. The last us president to speak a foreign language fluently was fdr.


that is very interesting I wasn't aware of that


I just learned that. The US has had many presidents.


That is surprising! I would have figured that many more presidents would have been


didn't know that either. I once read that all presidents that had beards were republicans


Interesting. John Wilkes Booth was photographed with Lincoln.


I believe I've heard that before.Truman refused to have his picture made on the Dumbo ride because he didn't want to have anything look as if he was connected with the republican party


How silly. Speaking of animals, in 1988 a chimpanzee received 400.000 votes in a mayoral election in rio de janeiro, coming in third place.


that is hilarious!!! not sure if it is true but I once read or heard that Mickey Mouse received more votes than several candidates in an election but I don't remember which it was


I can totally see that I would probably vote for Donald Duck before Mickey


Pluto was always a mystery to me because Goofy could talk and acted like a human and Pluto was just a dog... haha I think all characters might have something in common with presidental candidates


really? I always thought he had it made... he was carefree and didn't have any responsibilities Mickey took care of all his needs


That's a god way to look at it. He didn't have to vote.


lol true but I consider the right to vote as a privilege and not so much a responsibility... but I can see where some platforms would make it more like a responsibility


True. Hillary clinton was president of young republicans in college.


wow! she definitely changed over the years, lol republican president to democratic candidate....can you believe that the republicans and democratic are the only parties that


It's interesting how Trump has such loyal supporters that they would wait in a lawn chair before an event where he will be attending.


Right? I tell my friends all the time, there isnt


Trump supporters who once supported John McCain, stopped doing so before his death as they feel Trump's values are more in line with theirs.


Sorry, premature send... there isn't anything I would picket for or stand in line for. I'm just not that passionate...


I understand that. I am pretty passionate but I don't support Trump. Some supporters believe that "Trump is brining Christian values back" and I truly don't understand that.


I agree with you. I lean republican with social values but I think he is not presidential


Interestingly, when Hillary Clinton was in college, she was president of the Young Republicans. Of course, the Republican platform was not what it is today.


yeah. It seems like evrything is so weird now a days... I do not recognize the country and Im not old...


I agree. There seemed to be a big core shift in the Republican party in the 60s after the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The states became more divided regarding presidential politics between Northern and Southern states.


Very astute comment on your part. I just get irritated with the bickering and inability to work accross the isle..


Yes, I hope that we will be able to work together in the near future, but I feel like it will be a while.


There hasn't been a non-republican or democrat president since 1853!


I find it interesting that the GOP was originally known as "classical liberalism' and were anti-slavery.


I remember learning that there was a switch between the two parties but do not remember much about it. Does that sound familiar to you?


Yes, I have heard that as well. It seems that in the 1930s, Republican supporters were at odd with the new economic stance and shifted to the Democratic Party.


Thanks for clarifying. Every president with a beard was a republican!


Oh really? I never knew that! Another odd fact is that a chimpanzee once received 400,000 votes for mayor in Rio de Janeiro!


Funny, the US just voted one into office. Ba-zinga!


Ha ha! That chimpanzee in Rio didn't win unfortunately, but came in third place.


I actually do. My Twitter is full of it, lol. I thought Obama had a PHD, but I guess Wilson was the only president who has one.


Is it ever.  I also heard the last to speak a foreign language fluently was FDR.


I also thought Clinton spoke French. Maybe that is Hillary? I think we need to do away with the Electoral College, as there are too many presidents who have been elected...and lost the popular vote.


Some by as much as 10% I heard.  I agree, go with what the people want.


I agree. I didn't know Ayn Rand was on Medicare and Social Security, with the way everyone on the right holds her up, I bet they don't know either.


I didnt know she was either, there is a lot of things the far right doesnt know, for example  what is good for them.


There is that. Oddly, Nixon propsed a guaranteed minimu m income. Sounds like he may have had more in common with the Dems.


Yeah, I think in the past people tended to be more in the middle and now there is a huge dividing line.


I hear the Republican VS Democrat baseball game has been going on since 1909. I didn't know there was a thing, until the shooting a few years ago.


I must have missed the shooting too.  I think it would be an interesting thing to watch.


I think the Republicans are up by three games.


The Dems are getting some younger people in there, they will come back.


I would like to see AOC on the field, lol. I didn't know JFK voted against the civil rights act.


AOC is pretty amazing, and I didnt know JFK voted that way either.  I would have always thought he would be for that.  Did you hear about Truman?


No, I didn't. is he the one the chimpanzee almost beat for Mayor?


Lol, that is funny but no.  He wouldnt be photographed with Dumbo in 1957 because he didnt want to be associated with Republicans.


Honestly, that sounds like something trump would do. I keep forgetting that Teddy Roosevelt's party, was The Bull Moose. Fitting, since he basically had a zoo on the white house lawn.


Yeah, it does sound a bit Trumpish.  Teddy was a big conservationist, so much so he even banned chirstmas trees.


As an allergy sufferer, I'm in favor of that. There have been 19 republican presidents. I think it's time for a third party.


I agree with having a third party.  WIth the way the country is moving I am sure one might start to gain power soon.


We can only hope. It was nice chatting with you, have a wonderful night.


I think it is interesting that the President is not just a term for the US.  Many other countries have Presidents too


Interesting I know Guatemala is one that does this.  I wonder what some other ones are.


Well, there are many countries that do.  However, some presidents are just more of a cerimonial position.


True, there are parliamentary republics like the UK I believe and then there are also dictatorships like in North Korea.  I think they refer to them as President but I am not sure.


Yes, in a lot of countries the term President is used for the dictator.


With the US system of government, one can still be President even though they lost the popular vote, it has happened 5 times already!


That is pretty crazy how the voting works in the US.


Apparently the greatest margin of losing was like 10%, that is a lot of people.


It really is.  Funny, up until 1805, the runner up in the election became the VP.  Can you imagine Clinton being the Vice for Trump?


That would be strange, earlier in her life she was president of Young Republicans in college.  How ironic.


And now she is on the other side.  And I believe Trump used to identify as Democrat as well


Makes sense, at some point the base shifted from the North, now a lot of Southern states are Republican, the Northeastern states have become more reliably Democrat.


And the Midwest is kind of a mix.  It might change with the new regime coming in.  Paul Ryan is out as the Republican leader soon.


Everything is backwards, Ayn Rand who was pretty famous as a republican used social security and medicare, which is usually opposed to an extent by Republicans which I think is kind of funny.


I think politicians should be a bit more laid back.  Heck, The Indonesia President released 3 pop records in office


Well Congress has an annual baseball game between the Democrats and Republicans.  Maybe they should televise it.


I know, except I recall the congressman getting shot a couple of years back at the game


Well people are people, 40% of people in Alabama still voted to ban interracial marriage in 2000 even though it can't be enforced.


Interesting.  Speaking of race, 34 percent of black men in Alabama have permanently lost their voting rights.


I don't think that matters, people are voting for chimpanzees, one almost won a mayoral race in Rio De Janiero getting like 400,000 votes.


That would be awesome.  Bananas for everyone.


Yea, it's pretty crazy a chimpanzee got 400,000 votes in a mayoral election


Finally, a candidate I can get behind!  Citizens of Austin voted to have a dump named after Fred Durst.


Pretty funny, I never knew that Canada was a US state it would only have 50 electoral votes


Funny!  If there is such a thing as Canadian Astronauts, I wonder if they would be able to vote from space like the US astronauts do?


That would be pretty cool. Did you know in 1957 JFK voted against the Civil Rights Act?


How times change!  34% of black males in Alabama have lost their right to vote. What happened to "count every ballot?"


In 2000,  40 percent of voters voted to keep a ban on interracial marriage


Well, in Zimbabwe they elected someone they call, "President Banana"


That's pretty cool, did you know that Woodrow Wilson was the only President with a PhD?


Most politicians can also Pile if Higher and Deeper (PhD)... but can he sing?  The President of Indonesia released 3 pop albums while in office!


I doubt so, most US presidents don't even speak a foreign language fluently, the last to was FDR


Well, the top three wealthiest presidents were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson. They could afford to buy a translator...


Yes but were any one of the 5 presidents to be elected by still losing the popular vote


I don't know, but until 1805, the loser in the presidential election automatically became VP, so that must have made things interesting!


That is pretty crazy, like John Wilkes Booth being in Lincoln's inauguration photo


I wonder if he stayed at the guest house while he was there? It is bigger than the White House you know!


Lol, that would be pretty funny. Did you know Hilary Clinton was the president of the young republicans in college?


That is probably because every President with a beard has been a republican. She was keeping her options open.


I think Nixon was president during that time, he was the only president to propose a guaranteed minimum income


Yeah. Before Trump, 1928 was the last time a republican was elected president without a Nixon or Bush on the ticket.


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


I know some stuff, like who the three wealthiest guys are so far, and you?


Nice, so who would that be on the top of the list?


That would be Jefferson, Washington and JFK


Yeah. Did you know the first president of Zimbabwe was called Banana?


Yeah I wonder if that means something else in their language too though


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


That is pretty cool. Do you know how the runner up used to be elected?


Yes that was just the runner up moving into that position


Yes I guess both parties won in one way or another


Right? The president of Indonesia is a pop star


Yes and released three albums. Did you vote at the last election?


I sure did. Did you know even astronauts vote?


Yes they vote from space, much cooler than we do here


I know. In India the government set up a polling station for a guy who lived in the forest with tigers


WOw that is total dedication. In the UK not all men were allowed to vote until 1918


I wonder what rules existed back then to prevent them from voting.


I wonder too. IN Alabama most black man cannot vote


Yeah that is about one third of them, and that is permanent


Yeah. Did you know republicans presidents have a bear


Yeah I wonder until when though because some have not had one


Can you believe the first president of Zimbabwe was called "President Banana"? That's pretty crazy


hahaha thats wierd.  1988 a chimpanzee received 400.000 votes in a mayoral election in rio de janeiro, coming in third place.


I mean, politicians, apes, there isn't much of a difference haha


haha true.The only us president to have a phd is woodrow wilson


Yeah, I think a bunch of them got honorary PHDs too, but he's the only one that earned it.


what is that Honorary Phd,  they just give that to you?


Yeah, it's pretty meaningless, just sort of a University's way to honor success and service


haIf all of canada was one state in the us, it would have 50 electoral votes , fewer than california.


Yeah, Canada isn't that big at all. California is huge, it's got like 40 million people


Canada seems huge on the map though.  I guess the population is just more spread out.


Yeah, it's mostly along the US border, and it's actually smaller than depicted on most of the maps because of the Mercator projection.


In 2000 40 percent of alabamans voted to keep the state's unenforceable ban on interracial marriage


Also, 34% of their black male population have permanently lost the right to vote.


oh right I read that.  I wonder why though


I think most of it has to do with being a convicted felon, but I could be wrong


That makes sense.  5 presidents have been elected while still losing the popular vote. greatest margin 10%


Yeah, and in 6 out of the last 7 elections Republicans have lost the popular vote. I think the only one that won it was Bush in 2004


Yeah, it's crazy to think that majority doesn't always win


I know right.  Like the previous election.


Yeah, I think Trump lost by a couple million votes, but that's what gerrymandering does to elections


Hello. Do you prefer either republican or democrats when voting?


Hello.  I would rather not answer that. Are you comfortable answering such a question?


Well I'm still deciding. Currently I am more republican of the two simply based on the party's ideals and side on hot issues, but I wouldn't say I am a fervant republican. I often care more about the candidates than party, but the last elections candidates weren't favorable


Interesting.  So you favor the Republicans on issues, but don't care for most of the candidates?  Did you vote in the 2018 midterms?


I could not since I was out of the country at the time. I wonder if we will ever get a president from an unaffiliated 3rd party who isn't republican or democrat? We still haven't


I think it's unlikely.  There hasn't been one in over 100 years. And the government is set up to be a two-party system.  Do you think having lots of viable parties would be better?


Not really, but as I said I care more about the candidate. If memory serves, I think I learn that Roosevelt came remarkably close


I have an idea, I think billionaires shouldn't be allowed to run for president. JFK was one of the wealthiest presidents, and he was only a millionaire. What do you think?


Well this might be a digression, but according to plato, the most idealistic of rulers/presidents would be philosopher kinds who have the mental capacity, wisdom, and experience, but wouldn't have worldly affiliations or possessions to influence his judgement.


Not a digression at all!  I think big money is what has destroyed politicians today. It is what's allowed all three branches of government to be Republicn right now. I wonder if there should be safeguards against THAT!?


I guess at the end of the day we are all human so any system we create is inherently flawed despite the best intentions. In any case, both republicans and democrats have their history of pros and cons such as the republicans being initally founded by anti slave activists, economic modernizers, and etc


Yes, but things like gerrymandering have gotten out of hand.  The GOP seems to be willing to "bend the rules" on things like gerrymandering in order to stay in power.  Also, the Electoral College seems to me to be way out of date. Don't you thnk we should abolish that?


From my current limited understanding I do support your point, but I think to have a solid view, I need to learn more in depth about the current situation to make a decision I won't regret


That's fair.  I do think in this current climate we have to educate ourselves as much as possible.  It's not impossible to change the Constitution, which would be required in order to get rid of the Electoral College.  Until 1805 the runner up in a presidential election automatically became vice president. That was a good change, don t you think?


Well I know when people wrote the constitution, they knew that times would change, just not how it would so inherently the constitution is fixable, leading to amendments. Also normally i think that traditions would be a good idea, but I personally would not want that both trump and hillary to be president and vp


Speaking of Trump, I didn't vote for him and never would. I think he's destroying America.  Being as you lean GOP, do you  think he's doing a good job?


Although the republican party is holding the presidency of trump, I don't think as a president he is doing very well. There are some good things that are an indirect consequence like his unpredictability, but that is a double edge sword for both US and other countries


I don't think we need a double edged sword in the White House.  I think we need someone who is solid, predictable and reasonable.


We would need respectable, solid, and predictable people to be running in the first place unlike the last election. Sometimes votes don't seem to matter since people can become president even when losing in the popular vote


That's because of the Electoral Collge. It allows the person with FEWER votes to win.  It's wrong.  I agree with the Democratic party, "stop the madness".  Time for some big changes, I think.


I personally understand why everyone gets a vote, but I feel all votes should be the same. At the same time, who gets to decide whose vote should be valued more right? It is a grey line


There is an important idea that it should be "one person one vote".  Why should any vote be valued more than any other?  It seems we agree on this, but I don't understand the idea that there's a 'grey line'.


Well I feel that all votes should be equal, but people should be required to do a certain degree of studying or have unbiased education. It seems a bit unfair how the vote of a person who did the research is equal to someone who just randomly chose


Unfortunately that's not the American way.  Stay frosty, my friend!


In any case, it was fun to think in depth about politics. Thank you for the wonderful chat.


I have, I dont know much about guns but it seems like its a popular gun. It is quite a scary model


True. All of the customization options make it even scarier.


That rifle should be banned or sold with hard to get permits


Well, there was a ban in 1994, but it expired in 2004. It didn't do much good anyways.


I see, well I guess criminals will always find the way to get guns. There was a military officer that wanted to order 80000 of them its a good thing the military already had M-14 in production


I only hope that they go ahead and stop manufacturing the military-style assault weapons.


Less weapons can only be good for the streets, its scary how the AR-15 can be bought by mostly anyone older than 18, you just have to have a clean record


Very true. If it wasn't for civilians getting their hands on them, I think they could be useful for the military.


They could, it seems like they are easy to use, it can fire dozens of rounds per second although I think the military  issued version is different


It probably is. It still most likely has a low recoil.


Yeah, I wonder if Barack Obama was in office when the AR-15 became popular in the states


I think it became popular before he became president.


I see, well maybe when he was a senator then back in 2005-2008


Possibly. That was back before he got the codename Renegade.


I see. I know this has nothing to do with the topic but I think Obama and Michelle make a great couple


They really do. I bet she was so proud when he became the first African American president.


I bet she was, I bet they both were and their first date was to see Spike Lees show, do the right thing


Yeah they also earned a lot of money together by 2010 they had a 1,728,096 fortune and pair like 453,770 in taxes!


I agree, I think they complement each other.


Hi there, Do you know much about world presidents?


I know alot about presidents actually, for instance the only president to have a PhD was Woodrow Wilson. He was president in the early 20th century


That is amazing, good for him. DO you know who the three wealthiest US presidents in its history have been so far?


I think I do. one is probably Washington another is Jefferson, who is the third?


The third one is actually JFK. I guess we have to consider inflation there too


Yes I think so. I'm also shocked that Trump is not in the top three, and further I'm shocked that the last President to speak a foreign language fluently was FDR, that was a long time ago


That was a long time ago, I am surprised by that actually. Did you know the president of Indonesia is also a pop star?


No I didn't know that! What are some songs that he sang? I'll look them up. What are your thoughts on Guatemala by the way?


I am not sure of his songs as I have never heard them but the guy has already released three albums. Not sure if they like him or they listen to them because he is the President.


Haha that's a good point. did you know that Abraham Lincoln was the first president to be taken with a photograph on his inauguration? And John Wilkes booth was actually in that picture with him? That's so crazy


That is crazy indeed. Do you know how the vice president used to be elected prior to 1805? Wonder how that would work today.


Yeah that seems like it could be a problem today haha. Did you know that only five presidents have been elected while losing the popular vote? That's pretty nuts to me


To be honest I still do not get that very much but as well I guess this is how the system works. On another topic, do you attend concerts much?


I do. I do go to concerts from time to time. I never saw a Lou Reed concert though. Apparently him and his wife put on high-frequency concerts for dogs haha. I wonder how they know if the dogs like the music


I would love to go to one of those. I bet you they are better than that Creed concert that was so bad, people sued them.


That would be embarrassing LOL, do you like Abba by the way? they turn down a billion dollars to do a, 100 concert tour. That seems crazy, I know I would do taht


I wonder why they did that and yes, I actually like them quite a bit. Maybe someone needed to offer them that ancient theater in Croatia to perform there.


Yeah I would check that out! I would also check out a Foo Fighters concert, they did one so loud, that it showed up on seismic monitors back in New Zealand LOL


Wow, probably freaked them out at the station a bit. And did you know the Ramones toured for 20 years and played a staggering number of concerts, 2263 of them


That is staggering! Very impressive in my opinion, speaking of loud concerts though, Deep Purple broke a record back in 1972 for loudness, and three people actually were rendered unconscious, that's scary


That is scary and does not make for a very great concert going experience I would assume. It was super nice chatting with you. Have a great rest of the day :)


Hello, do you want to chat about the President, Voting, or the Republicans?


Hey how is it going, I'm down for whatever. Voting is pretty patriotic though, unlike the President.


Ok, voting it is. Let's start with the basics. Voting is a method for a group to make a decision or express an opinion, usually followed by discussions, debates or election campaigns.


For sure, did you vote the last election?


No, but I'm going to in the next one.  I have to register my new address and then I can vote.


What do you think of the voting laws? Seems like the people in charge are not too willing to let everyone vote.


I haven't kept up on the current news about voting but I do know that astronauts vote from space.  Amazing!


The history of voting hasn't been great, not everyone had the right to vote until the 1960s. It's pretty cool that astronauts still vote.


Yes, I  heard that too.  Not all men in the UK had the vote until 1918, either.


That's pretty interesting, better than India, they have a polling booth in a forest full of lions for one voter. Texting is probably either at this point.


Wow, imagine that. I just found out that 34% of the black male population in Alabama has permanently lost the right to vote.  That's strange, wonder why?


Systemic racism and laws I would imagine, what would you guess?


I don't really know.  But I thought it was strange that the citizens of Austin Tx voted to rename their garbage dump after Fred Durst.


I would have voted for that. Can you think of any reasons why they can't vote in Alabama?


No, I don't follow a lot of news hype.  I thought it was funny, though, that the first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana.


For sure, thought that was pretty funny too, apparently it was his name and not a nickname like I first thought ha. I'm really surprised the guest house of the white house is bigger than the actual thing.


Well, apparently the old-time politicians got along better than they do today because up until 1805 in the US, the runner up in a presidential election automatically became the Vice President.


For sure, that would be pretty cool to see. It's so polarizing now it's unbearable to watch. I wonder what those tweets would look like back in the early 1800s haha.


I agree,  Politics is a strange thing in this country.  Even back in 1957 President Harry Truman visited Disneyland and refused to be photographed on the Dumbo ride so he wouldn't be associated with Republicans.  Come on, now.


Lol, for sure. That's pretty funny. I wonder how different it'd look for Truman at Disneyland back then, probably was just like any other person there right? Now the whole place would be shut down for whoever the president is.


Yes, good point, it's only gotten more out-of-control.  Another strange point is that every US president with a beard has been a Republican.  Well, nice chatting with you this evening.  Have a good one.


Hey how are you, what do you think of the president


I think he is doing good, did you know that the U.S. President's guest house is larger than the White House?


He is? That's interesting to hear. I did not know that, I've never see the guest house


Yeah it is located in Washington DC. as well. Did you know that until 1805 the runner up was selected as the vice president?


I did not, how do you think Trump and Hillary would get along if they did that now?


Trump is a business man, but Hilary doesn't like him. Did you know that the Republican party is named after republicanism which is a major ideology of the American Revolution?


You think Trump is a good businessman? Seems like his track record showed he wasn't and probably not that rich unlike JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.


Yeah those presidents were rich as well. Did you know that the Indian goverment sets up a polling booth in a forest full of lions for a single voter?


I did, you think they'd switch to texting or something by now. Do you think the Republicans of today would be the same anti-slavery activists from the 1800s?


Oh I did read that. Did you know that  astronauts vote from space?


Do you think they would be the same though?


No about the republicans of today being the anti-slavery activists of the 1800s that the party was founded on?


That is a good question. I dont think they support slavery so in that aspect they are the same. However the culture changes so do the people a little bit. Do you think that the republicans beleive the same today as they did in the 1800's?


No, they're completely different parties. Nothing about conservatives or Repubicans say anything about equal rights and what not, take a look at Charlottesville. I don't think they'd have fought for the north, that's just me though.


I agree the culture changes and what was considered conservative before now is ultra conservative.


The things that were going on in the 1950's as an example do not happen today. Woman were expected to stay home at that time now they are in the workplace. So as the culuture changes so do the people who become poilitians


To some extent, it definitely evolves. Lots of people want to go back to the 1950s way of life, you hear people say it all the time. I've never heard a person of color say that, it was pretty crappy for them. I'd like to think the culture keeps shifting but at this point the division is pretty clear. Oh well, as long as people are nice with each other it will go along way.


Yes the 1950's were not good for people of color, but I see their viewpoints on the other issue not that I agree with them. What do you think about going back to the 1950's culture with the exception of racial discrimination?


It'd suck lol, nostalgia is such a powerful thing. I love the internet, can research anything at any point in time about whatever. Same with youtube and all that. Plus, people were still getting polio back then lol. Anyways, great chatting with you, I hope you have a great rest of the night. Take care!


Hey how's it going? I think voting is so important. Astronauts even vote from space.


I agree.  I'm personally Republican.  I don't have a beard, but every US President with a beard has been a Republican.


Oh wow that is an interesting fact. The grand old party is definitely Conservative!


For sure, but the use of the color red to represent Republicans didn't start until 2000.


YesThat is interesting I thought it was always a moniker for the parties. I guess in the past the elephant used to be more representative of Republicans. Especially since Truman didn't even want to be pictured with one.


I think I heard of that.  I believe that was way back in 1957.


Yes exactly. Actually happened when Truman visited Disneyland and he didn't want to ride on the Dumbo ride.


Didn't want to be associated with the Republicans, but there hasn't been a President that was't a member of one of the two main parties since 1853.


Wow that is surprising they definitely have power. The last time a Republican was elected president without a Nixon or Bush on the ticket was 1928. I assume this doesn't account for the most recent election though.


Voting is so important though.  The Indian government once even set up a polling booth for one voter.


That is great to hear. Just got a watch out for those lions!


I know really!  You can vote for everything nowadays.  I think some people in TX even voted what to name their garbage dump.


I think it's funny that they voted on Fred Durst!


I guess if you're from Austin, TX, you must like Fred Durst.


Or they hate him and that's why they wanted to name garbage after him LOL. In any case I wonder if the rename actually happened?


Not sure.  That is a strange name though.  Almost as strange as the first president f Zimbabwe, President Banana


Yes exactly. I wonder what the president of Indonesia has for his nickname? Maybe pop king?


Possibly considering he released three pop albums while in office.


Yes I wonder how those albums were received in the country? Oddly enough the US presidents guest house is larger than the White House. It was nice talking with you this morning. Hope you have a good day.


I try, sometimes it gets very negative.  I always vote, it is so important.


Agree. Did you know that, in ancient Athens, a lottery was held to select officials. Apparently, they were afraid that, otherwise, a "ruling family" would take over.


Yes, me too. Lots of ruling families throughout history! Like our election system, mostly. Not sure how we limit the negative stuff today, though...?


I dont know, first step take away all of their twitter accounts?


Great idea. Eliminate the "talking heads"! Wonder what, say, Washington or Jefferson would say?


They would likely be surprised in the direction the country has gone.  Some of how people choose to interpret things today


I'll bet. Of course, money did help buy them power, and some of that $$$ came from slave ownership. Ever think we're heading toward a one-party state?


No, I always think there will be that huge division.  There are so many polarizing topics.


What about the x-factor, the internet, and its power in the 21st century? Good? Bad?


The internet is a wonderful resource, it helps us out so much.  Information is so accessible.


True. But misinformation is power-full, too. Do you think the role of the president has changed in, say, the last 25 years?


I do.  I think in the past they have taken a bigger leadership roll.  I think now their power is somewhat limited.


Interesting. Think in the past that many US presidents understood they headed only 1 branch of fed. gov't. Relied less on exec. powers, mostly. Could be wrong...


I think they lead their branch better, I feel now our president tries to control everything, but in actuality ends up controlling nothing well.


Well said. Still glad about our electoral system. In my state, it is well-run, w/lots of observers at the polls, when I worked them. In the US, even our astronauts can vote from space!


I live in the state that always manages to mess things up, Florida.


Ah, yes, Florida! Heard that, next door, in AL, about 34% of black male population has perm. lost right to vote. Felony arrests? Incarceration, I wonder?


Sad. Some GOP officials want to restrict voting even further, I've heard.


That is crazy.  They likely want to take away votes from those who vote against them


Could be. Odd, that the GOP was once a strong anti-slavery party...


It is odd.  Anyway, I must get going!  Have a great day!


Hi there! How cool is it that the three richest Presidents in history were Washington, Jefferson and JFK?


that is really odd, i take it that is adjusted for inflation? those are two different time periods


I would have to agree for sure. Otherwise it would likely include our current President.


speaking of that whole thing, hillary clinton was the president of the young republicans club in college


No way! That is insane!! Even more crazy, before the rule changed in 1805 in the US the runner up in the Presidential election became the VP.


I actually think that is sort of a good idea, as long as they are not too upset about losing i suppose


Oh, I think it was a great idea to change.  We need more relaxed rules though. Ones more like Indonesia where the President has released 3 pop albums while in office.


that is hilarious, i wonder if they get a lot of play time on the radio over there!


Yes, I wonder. It would be interesting to find out.


it sure would I can imagine if Trump put out a rap album or something similar haha


It is interesting that in the year 2000 consistent use of red and blue colors for Republicans and Democrats started consistently.


oh really? that makes sense, i have seen those two colors my whole life, but I was very young then


Well, since 1853 there hasn't been a President that was not Republican or Democrat.


what party won the election before that, do you know?


I do not, but I would have to guess it would be an Independent, right?


I suppose so, it is crazy to think they have a chance to win, or did in the past, since we are so often a two party system


Yes I agree. The Republican Party has also been given the name the Grand Old Party, or the GOP and originally subscribed to liberalism.


I had no idea that was what GOP stood for, you learn something new everyday, genuinely. they should bring back the democrat vs republican baseball games


Oh, I didn't know they had those.That would be fun.


it was, they did it for awhile, the republicans are leading by 3 wins at the moment apparently


I'm good with that. There has been such a rivalry between the parties that Truman visited Disneyland in 1957 and refused to get photographed on the Dumbo ride to not be associated with Republicans


that is hilarious, what an odd hill to die on. but to each their own I suppose. if he was that invested he would not be in disneyland. But it has been nice chatting with you, have a great day!


Are you comfortable talking about politics?


So what do you think about the current state of voting?


I think that it is awesome that astronauts can vote from space/


I feel that people should vote more in the usa. Do you think there should be mandatory voting?


I 'd rather just talk about the history of voting and fun facts.


Oh okay. Well a interesting fact, though not fun, is that 34% of the black population in alabama can't vote permanently


That is sad that they have permanently lost the right to vote.


I suspect it's due to the racism in our criminal justice system.


I agree. Have you heard of the funny vote in austin texas?


They voted to rename their garbage dump after fred durst.


I guess they really don't like fred durst?


I guess not. Did you know that not all men in the UK had the vote until 1918?


I sure wonder why. Well the indian government set up a polling booth in a forest full of lions for a single voter. I guess votes matter that much there


Right? After all it is an important decision to select the president


Very true. Do you know the top three wealthiest presidents?


I know washington was quite affluent. Not sure about the rest though


I didn't realize JFK was so wealthy. In any case, thanks for the informative chat.


Hello,  do you like music or dance?  Its so crazy that ballet dancers go through about 4 pairs of shoes in about a week!


I like music! I did not know stevie wonder was at the white house that much.


Presidential medal of honor for one and then he played for parties and the Obamas. Seems like a good gig.


Wow that is nice!  I read he tried to get the crowd to do sing a longs but it was a bust lol I guess no one wanted to sing a long!


Linkin park's "hybrid theory" is the best-selling album of the 21st century.


That was a great album so many great songs on it!  Do you like linkin park?  What's you favorite song?


I do like Linkin Park. Hybrid theory was so good. From front to back, a solid album. I like "in the end". Also liked the collaboration with Jay z.


Nice.  I think all the songs they did with Jay z were amazing!  My favorite LP song was Numb.


Nice!Despite being released over 40 years ago, the dark side of the moon was still one of the best-selling albums of 2014.


That is very impressive!  Who still buys it I wonder?  Like people who just lost their copy? lol


HA! I do not know if you know football, but that's like Tom Brady being in the top 5 in jersey sales. He's been in the league for 17 years. How can you not have a jersey by now?


Haha maybe you are waiting for that sale ...for 15 years for the price to go down.  surprise,  hes a very popular player,  its not going down. ll


Tupac danced ballet in high school and ended up portraying the mouse king in a production of the nutcracker.


I hope there is a video of this somewhere,  that would be hilarious!


Right? Babies spontaneously dance when they hear music, and smile more when they hit the beat


Awww it is so cute when babies dance!  I have seen it happen a lot! Do you remember the dancing baby from Ally Mc Beal?


HAHA . yeah thats quite the memory you have!


There is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free


Nice!  i guess it you dont have audible that would be the way to go!  Its been fun chatting!  Have a good one!


How's it going, did you know audio cassettes albums began in the 1970s?


I didn't know that. What about CDs, in the 80s?


I remember reading how expensive they were back then. I prefer cds to the mp3 format that's been used since the early 2000s


What about the radio, do you listen to the radio?


Yea, it's pretty crazy how you're able to manipulate the amplitude of radio wave to listen to music on a radio


That it is. Did you know there is a website where you can listen to classical radio dramas?


No, that's pretty cool. I wonder if WWII soldiers were able to listen to radio dramas with their foxhole radios


They were, they could make radios out of razorblades and pencils.


I'd really like to listen to Jupiter's radio storms using an am radio, I wonder what frequency picks them up


I'm not sure, I wonder what it sounds like.


Probably a lot better than Canadian radio that by law requires 40% of the music played to be Canadian lol


Interesting, it must be not very good up there then to listen.


Well it's probably better than listening to the classical latin program 'Nuntii Latni' that is broadcasted in Finland


Yeah, that is for sure. I don't speak latin, do you?


Nope. I think I'd rather listen to the 100 year old identical twins who released a rap album in Japan


I have no idea, maybe gangsta rap since the twins released it in 1992


Did you know that babies dance when they hear music?


Yea, and babies also smile more when listening to music beats


Interesting, they can probably dance better than me. LOL


Me too. Well it was nice chatting with you


Some of those skills are interesting, my kid is going to college soon and I bet they will come in handy.


Which ones in particular or do you want them to have them all?


Yeah most of them, prepare them to face challenges and help them be prepared for life.


Yeah we want the best for them. Talking to them about what modern colleges will be like will also help them greatly.


Libraries and self learning can also help them greatly, you know that there are more libraries than McDonalds, so no excuse there


Right, that's hard to believe but i like that it's true. In college our children will meet all kinds of different ppl from all over the world.


I think its ideal to show them to respect others. Talking to them about modern colleges can also be helpful.


You are right. It's good that there is literature that deals with sexual assault on campus. We hope our children will never need it but they should be prepared.


The good thing is that most campuses are like little towns or villages, theres a lot of people there so they wont be alone


Yeah that's good. On a different note the inter web has come a long way.


It has, its really popular now, can you imagine life without the net?


Right, i still remember dial up, haha! You know astronauts can vote from space, wow!


They can? wow, I guess all of that is possible thanks to the internet, there is signal on the top of Mt. Everest


The Mountain won!! Everyone in Finland is allowed the right to the internet. I think that's cool.


I think thats cool as well, after all the internet has become like a basic need


Right and don't misplace your phone oh my God!! Do you know what it's called when you look yourself up on line?


No no idea, whats it called when you look yourself up online?


I guess that's funny lol. Do you know what the 3 horizontal line menu on apps is called?


I love reading books and the library has so many sources of information available to you


I love reading, but I'm also a big television and internet streaming fan.


yes that is always fun as well.  I heard once that there are more libraries than Mcdonalds in the United States


I'd actually find that very surprising, but that's super cool to learn. Especially considering libraries are having to carry video games to get teenagers to come in these days.


yes, I found it a bit surprising as well.  I also read once that there was the man who was falsely imprisoned and spent most of his time in the library proving his innocence.  He is now free and a lawyer


That's so cool what people can teach themselves from only books they can find in a library. A teenager in Malawi once taught himself how to build a windmill to power and irrigate his whole village, just from reading books from the local library.


Now that is really awesome!  I saw that a library in Sacramento has whats called a "library of things" that you can check out stuff you need like sewing machines, and other items.


They also have the internet so that people can stay connected. In Finland, the internet is so important, it's seen as a right.


Ive read that that three horizontal line menu that appears on apps and websites is called a hamburger button.  I wonder why?


Maybe because it looks like the top bun, meat, and bottom bun? Did you know that they have a name for looking up yourself on the internet? It's called "egosurfing".


Ha thats hilarious!  Wow I read that there is actually 3g service and internet capabilities at the peak of Mt. Everest.


That's awesome! I wonder where they're getting it from. The International Space Station has faster internet than most Americans, evidently.


That is so crazy that the internet is literally everywhere.  They say that clicking links on the internet can cause some people actual addiction


Which is funny to think about, considering humans are outnumbered by automated software programs on the internet.


I am not even sure what this means but a library in Alexandria has a saved copy of the internet incase the internet burns down.  How do you save the entire internet when its constantly changing


That library actually has the originals to most of the earliest books. Whenever ships came to visit, they were required to surrender the books so the library could copy them. The owners then got the copies, while the library got to keep the originals!


that is interesting.  do you read the full term when you are buying something off the internet?  I saw that only 7 % of people actually do read them.


I try to always read the fine print, but it's hard to sometimes. Do you like to watch TV?


I do enjoy watching tv.  did you know that there is only one episode of the simpsons that Bart was never mentioned and never actually appeared on the show


That's crazy. Apparently, Homer held over 150 jobs in the first 400 episodes of the series.


Wow he had lots of work experiences.  LOL!  they have made 750 episodes of pokemon which equals out to 50 a year for 16 straight years.  I have never seen even one.


Did you ever go to college? What are the skills that you think we're the most necessary to your success


I did.  What you learn in college is very different from what you need for real life success.  Like how to buy a house, insurance, medical stuff...


Yes and I think it's important to make sure that you are ok with meeting a diverse group of people in college, because not everyone is going to be the same as where you came from


That is true.  While it wasnt for me, it was sure a culture shock from some people.


Yeah I can imagine. It's interesting how most campuses are like Villages where everyone gets to see the other people on campus and whether they are nice people are not almost immediately


It is true.  Many studenst are not prepared to deal with things like being sick, living with others, or just dealing with being away from home.


Yep you're right about that. They're also not used to using libraries, how often to use a Library?


I did a lot more in college than I do now.   In grad school I basically lived in the library, had food delivered there, took a nap there once.  Walked around barefoot.  It was pretty empty, so I could get away with it.


Haha I feel you on that. Did you know that if you sell a book in Norway that the government will buy 1000 copies to put in the government libraries?


I heard that.  How wonderful for authors, I heard that childrens books get an extra 500 copies.


Yep you're right so maybe we should both work together on a children's book LOL, have you ever been to the Sacramento Public Library


No, but I hear it is like a library of things, where you can check out items instead of books.  I love that idea.


Yep I wish they had that here, I would love to rent a sewing machine so I could fix my clothes instead of buying one outright


Very true, same here.  I have a few things I need to sew, and it would be so much easier if I could just borrow one.


Yep I agree. Are you going to donate any books to your local library by the way? William Gladstone donated an entire wheel barrel of books back in 1895


Yep that's very impressive especially considering his age. What do you think about television, do you ever watch it?


I cut cable, so whatever it is I catch on netflix.


Yeah we'll have a good timeyup I agree, I wish they had pokemon on netflix I would watch all 800 episodes!


It is crazy that that show has been on the air for 16 years.


Yep it is amazing! Also it's crazy that if you watch 50 episodes a year it would take you 16 years to watch them all LOL


I love watching TV. I like watching south park, do you watch that show?


I do watch the show I like how Kenny dies every single episode, thats just a classic lol


That is so classic lol. Did you ever watch the family guy one?


They made so much fun out of family guy stealing simpsons stories, after they did it, the simpsons crew sent flowers to south park as a thank you!


Thats so funny, I guess both crews have a good relatioinship, did you ever watch Thomas the Tank Engine?


I used to love that show as a kid, why do you ask?


Did you ever pay attention to the narrators?


I never did, were there ones that i would have recognized?


Yeah Alec  Baldwin, Ringo Starr, George Carlin, all big names of the industry


WHAT!? I never knew that. I will have to go back and watch some and get my mind blown! Did you ever watch Pokemon?


I did, I  used to love that show very much, 150 Pokemons and more to catch, I guess there a lot more by now


I think there was like 750 episodes of Pokemon. They must have caught them all!


Thats a lot of Pokemon then, its been almost 16 years by now so yeah, catching them all seems bit hard


lol, that is true. I loved that show. Did you like that 70s show too?


Me too, the UK remake didn't do too hot, only lasted 10 episodes. It was so nice chatting with you, check out the remake if you have time!


I bet that wasnt a good show, being cancelled after 10 episode can ruin some carreers so thats kind of sad, I hope you have a great day as well, its been good chatting.


Yes, I do. Speaking about facebook, did you know that 1/3 of all divorce filings in the US in 2011 contained the word 'facebook'? Astonishing, right?


1/3 of all divorce fillings? wow that is crazy, I guess Facebook can be a dangerous tool if you forget to log out or give a like to the wrong picture


I agree. It can also be the source of much fake news. 30% of Americans rely on Facebook as their primary source of news!


They do? I wouldnt trust Facebook to be my main source of news lol, did you hear about that crazy Burger King promotion?


No, what was that about? And I would not trust facebook as my primary news source either. They have no credibility


I agree, there are a lot of fake news in the media, and the promotion was about unfriending 10 friends on Facebook, you would get a free whopper by doing that


There are actually more people on facebook right now than there were in the world 200 years ago!


That makes sense almost everyone has an account these days, amazing how much Facebook is worth, $104 billion dollars


They also have a total of 58 different gender options!


Thats a lot, I can only think of 5 or 6 tops lol, wonder what the other 52 are


Two of the 58 are Male and Female but 56 other custom genders is still a lot


It is, Mark Zuckerberg is a genius though, do you know that Facebook is blue primarily bacause he suffers from a form of colorblindness!!


Really? That's very interesting. Facebook was actually originally intended to be only used by Harvard students. I am suprised it blew up so quickly!


MySpace must regret the decision of not buying the company back in 2005, they had the chance to buy it for $75 million


Yep. In Ohio, it is illegal to warm up your car. I found that very surprising!


It is surprising, just like how its legal to equip your car with flame-throwers in South Africa all to prevent carjacking


That must be very dangerous! Google's self driving cars have an 'aggressive' mode.


Im not sure about self driving cars, Jann Mardenborough became a pro driver by beating 90,000 people


A man in New York bought a barn filled with classic cars. Talk about lucky!


That is lucky, how much did he buy the barn for?


I am not sure, but I am sure that it was much less than the amount that the cars were worth


Yeah, I bet, classic cars can be worth a lot of money specially if they are in great conditions.


Hey I'm doing well thank you. Have you ever played the game monopoly.? It is available in more than 103 countries.


I have! I love that game, except when I lose, I get really competitive and may lose my temper. Do you like it?


Yes I like playing at two and I also get angry when I lose LOL. The longest game of monopoly lasted 70 days.


Wow that's a long time! Did you know you could get monopoly pieces by mail? I had no idea!


No I actually didn't know that but it's good to know. Monopoly was once banned in Russia and China. I wonder why?


My best guess, capitalism... Were you ever convinced to act while playing monopoly with Nicholas Cage?


Haha never but that's funny he did that to Johnny Depp!


Well, in all my times asking that question, Johnny Depp has been the only one flipped by Nick Cage. I wonder if there has been more than one that he flipped?


Good question. Monopoly was initially intended to be a capitalist teaching tool!


You don't have to lie, that was a terrible question! I would have loved to learn capitalism that way. I had to learn when my lemonade stand lost all of it's investment due to no one passing my deadend street.


Lol. Haha tough life lesson. I wonder if any US presidents have ever played the game?


I am not sure. I bet JFK, washington and jefferson would dominate though!


Yeah I bet you're right especially the fact that they were the top three wealthiest president in American history.


I was surprised to learn Trump was not on that list. It seems like he should be. Although he has not released his tax returns so who knows...


Yeah he must be on that list. Luckily no USA president ever has ever released a pop album like the president in Indonesia.


If there is a president banana, he should have a food nickname too.


Ha ha yeah that would be a good nickname. I'm just glad we don't have a dictator like authoritarian regimes around the world.


Maybe we do, those are called president too. We may just have a shadow government.


Yes. I think our government does a decent job. I know each government has a constitution but I think ours needs to be updated.


Not on Facebook though. Nice chatting with you!


SOme stuff. Do you know what wikileaks is?


Yes the website that unveils government secrets


Yes, and once revealed how the government is trying to destroy them


Cool. Did you know the government owns most of the land in NEvada?


Yes 86% of it but there  is much desert there


True. DId you know a guy in france sold the eiffel tower twice?


Yes he was good at impersonating officials it seems


Yeah. Did you hear of the Norwegian government's donation for the Amazon?


Yes they donated $1 billion, that is amazing


Yeah I know. DId you hear how the US is protecting their employees abroad?


Yes they are protected from prosecution by legislation


Yes sometime. Did you know it was supposed to be a teaching tool?


Yes for the injustices of capitalism, how fitting


I know. DO you know what is the longest game?


Yes that was 70 days, must have been exhausting


I know. Do you know how Nicolas Cage convinced Johnny Depp to get into acting?


Yeah. It was really nice chatting with you


Hello, are you particularly interested in comedies?


I do as well! Have you seen Mindy Kaling's new one? It's called Champions I believe.


No. It sounds interesting.  I think it would be something I would enjoy.


I think it would definitely be unconventional! It's about a proudly gay, snarky nerd, I feel like it'll deal with issues not normal for comedies.


I agree. I think it is what we need to help combat people's views.  I heard it is like post-post Will and Grace.


That's interesting! I definitely was really excited to look into it . Then again I heard the reception has been mixed, and the laughs end up being far spread throughout the show.


Well 3rd rock from the sun won a golden globe for best comedy series back in 1997 and I didnt find that one that funny.  So anything can happen.


I remember that! And it beat a lot of  other shows maybe more deserving. I like Friends and Seinfeld a lot more, and I don't think Frasier is too bad either.


I have seen her in other things, Mindy Kalling that is, and I think her show would have promise.  My favorite superhero is deadpool because of the comedy.


I loved deadpool! It almost felt like it should be a comedy instead. It reminds me a little of the Green Lantern movie, which was actually going to be a full on comedy at first, starring Jack Black.


Yeah, I heard that.  I couldnt imagine it any other way than what it was.


It's always interesting what people involved in comedy think are the best movies, but I can't believe Bill Murray thinks Kung Fu Hustle is the supreme achievement in comedy.


That is a bit odd, I think many other things out do that one.  I am  a big fan of the comedic cartoons, what about you?


I am to some extent! I liked a lot of cartoons that used to air on Comedy Central. Unfortunately they've canceled over 100 shows I believe.


I know, its kinda crazy.  But they are a pretty successful network, so I guess they know what works.


Yeah definitely. On a lighter note it's nice when successful shows support each other. I saw once the Simpsons crew sent flowers to the producers of South Park.


I saw that, it was right after their parody of family guy.  the big joke is that family guy steals ideas from the simpsons.


Oh that's funny! I think there's a lot of differences between them regardless, like the Simpsons has only had one episode without Bart, I'm sure Family Guy has had a lot of episodes without some main characters.


I guess there are so many episodes I never noticed that while watching.  Family guy killed off Brian, and hen brought him back.