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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Sep 1, 2017
September 1, 2017
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Labor Day Weekend:
Labor Day weekend marks the traditional end of summer and beginning of fall (even though fall doesn't begin for almost three more weeks).
The first Labor Day in the United States was celebrated on Sept 05, 1882, in New York City. It became a federal holiday in 1894, when, following the deaths of a number of workers at the hands of the federal marshals and military troops during the Pullman Strike.
President GROVER CLEVELAND made reconciliation with the labor movement a top political priority and as a gesture of good faith, pushed legislation to make Labor Day a national holiday. The legislation was unanimously approved by Congress (a tradition of bipartisanship that continues even today!)
Even though many school districts now start classes in August, the long weekend tends to be a five-star farewell to summer, usually celebrated with a big ol' family barbecue. Fire up the grill, chow down, and remember: The best thing about a three-day weekend is that you come back to a four-day work-week!The annual MDA Telethon:
With Jerry Lewis' passing a couple of weeks ago, we want toremember the annual MDA Labor Day Telethon. It's no longer going on. Even the two-hour "MDA Show of Strength" was discontinued. ButTurner Classic Movies will be remembering Jerry by airing five JERRY LEWIS films beginning at 8 pm (Eastern) on Labor Day:
--8:00 pm, "The Nutty Professor"
--10:00 pm, "The King of Comedy"
--12:00 am, "The Stooge"
--2:00 am, "The Bellboy"
--3:30 am, "The Disorderly Orderly."Health and Medical Briefs:
Warning --note content:
About six in 10 sexually active single men in the United States are taking responsibility for birth control, government health officials say. WebMD.com says when these unmarried men have sex, 45 percent are using a condom, have had a vasectomy, or "withdrawal." The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report found that any male birth control method rose from about 52 percent in 2002 to more than 59 percent by 2011-2015.
Male-method contraception was highest --75 percent-- among men who had never married, followed by formerly married men at 55 percent, and men currently living with their partner, at 36 percent. The proportion of guys relying on condoms or vasectomy hasn't changed since 2002, but use of the withdrawal method has. Reliance on pulling out nearly doubled, rising from about 10 percent in 2002 to nearly 19 percent in 2011-2015, the study found. (Bartha)Animal Stories:
Warning! NSFW video!
Some people will do anything to impress their friends.
JAMIE GRAINGER, a beekeeper in Australia, accepted a dare from his friend, AUREL BRAGUTA, to sit on a beehive for 30 seconds. If he did, Braguta would pay him one thousand dollars. So Mr. Grainger dropped trou and sat. You can see his face contorting in pain, but he did it and got the money.
"One thousand bucks for 30 seconds is the easiest money I've ever earned," he said. See the pain on his face here. (Myers) -
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