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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Nov 8, 2016
November 8, 2016
Have an opinion? Add your comment below. "A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country."
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Election Day!
Quotable: Actor/comedian RICKY GERVAIS says: "Americans are different. They're brought up to believe they can be the next president, while British people are told, 'It won't happen to you.' We don't even get our teeth straightened."Quotable: I offered my opponents a deal: "if they stop telling lies about me, I will stop telling the truth about them." -- ADLAI STEVENSON, campaign speech, 1952.
Quotable: "A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country." -- TEXAS GUINAN, 19th century American businessman
Quotable: "One of the penalties of not participating in politics is that you will be governed by your inferiors." -- Plato
What was the closest U-S presidential election in history?
a) Kennedy vs Nixon, 1960
b) Hayes vs Tilden, 1876
c) Bush vs Gore, 2000
d) Winfrey vs Eastwood, 2008
The answer is (c) Bush vs Gore!Grace notes:
The woman who was singing in New York's Washington Square Park last night that looked like MADONNA, was Madonna. Billboard.com says she did a short acoustic set to drum up votes for HILLARY CLINTON. Madonna sang JOHN LENNON's "Imagine"; PETER, PAUL & MARY's "If I Had A Hammer," along with her own "Rebel Heart" and "Like A Prayer." (Marino)
Making the rounds in Tinseltown:
There's a remake of the classic 1981 movie, "An American Werewolf in London" coming. Deadline reports the film, which was originally done by JOHN LANDIS, will be written by his son, MAX, who's also going to direct the movie. The original film starred DAVID NAUGHTON of "Dr Pepper" fame along with JENNY AGUTTER and GRIFFIN DUNNE. No word on casting for the new film, yet.
Taking everything much too seriously:
The ice bucket challenge is ancient history. So, make way for the "mannequin challenge."
The latest stupid viral craze involves people standing completely still in an attempt to resemble mannequins. Videos are popping up online showing entire sports team pausing on the field to assume dramatic mannequin positions. The Dallas Cowboys even got in on the act. In fact, they took the challenge to new heights by doing the mannequin challenge while on board a cross country flight. (Still) -
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