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Anheuser-Busch Producing Canned Water for Flood Victims
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/05/29/us/ap-ga-brewery-cans-water.html?_r=0
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. — An Anheuser Busch plant in northwest Georgia has started canning water instead of beer to help flood victims in Texas and Oklahoma.
Multiple media outlets report the Cartersville plant halted its beer production to produce 50,000 cans of water to distribute to the flooded areas by this weekend.
Cartersville brewery manager Rob Haas told NBC News the brewery has participated in similar initiatives in the past, including during the Northeast’s recovery from Superstorm Sandy.
The brewery even has a special white can that it uses for the water.
I remember many years ago, maybe even 12 or more years, my daughter who was quite young at the time, suggesting all water should be manufactured into cans rather than stupid plastic bottles, and she was mystified why no one was doing this. I’ll tell ya’, the kids are the future, if only we could learn to listen to them!
If only… :-)
Sliding on in..
Hi TD, I slid in with you :-)
Indeed! Hi 5! ;-)
*high five
^5 :-)
…looks like I’m safe on 3rd
Knowledge…
Modern humans migrated out of Africa from Egypt unlike previously believed
It turns out that modern human populations took the route out of Africa from Egypt, finds a new study.
New genomic analyses of people currently living in Ethiopia and Egypt indicate that migration followed a northern rather than a southern route.
To uncover the migratory path that the ancestors of present-day Europeans and Asians (Eurasians) took when moving out of Africa around 60,000 years ago, Dr. Luca Pagani, of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the University of Cambridge, UK, and his colleagues analysed the genetic information from six modern Northeast African populations (100 Egyptians and five Ethiopian populations each represented by 25 people).
Pagani explained that two geographically plausible routes have been proposed: an exit through the current Egypt and Sinai, which is the northern route, or one through Ethiopia, the Bab el Mandeb strait, and the Arabian Peninsula, which is the southern route. In their research, they generated the first comprehensive set of unbiased genomic data from Northeast Africans and observed, after controlling for recent migrations, a higher genetic similarity between Egyptians and Eurasians than between Ethiopians and Eurasians.
This suggests that Egypt was most likely the last stop on the way out of Africa.
http://www.financialexpress.com/article/lifestyle/science/modern-humans-migrated-out-of-africa-from-egypt-unlike-previously-believed/77580/
Quick! Somebody tell somebody to give the Clintons another award!
Don, what does the Clintons have to do with the story I posted??? :-)
Absolutely nothing, I’m just practicing for the upcoming campaign season.
Youse a crazy one :D
LOLz!
Bwahahahaha!
Cool!
Thanks for this GGail. I’ve always been fascinated by this subject. I can only imagine the overwhelming climatic necessity that impelled people to travel so far and start again in an alien land. And how on earth did they cross the Mediterranean?
Jackie I think I saw a program that explained how early man traveled across the various continents. It showed a map where the continents were closer together and over the years the ocean came between them……
Looks as though the President has gone on to R/T two tweets!
Ha. Party of two!
Good job FIFA, I hope Blatter rob you motherfuckers blind. I shouldn’t complain, Bush was elected twice, or was it once and he stole the other election, I don’t know whatever. Point being is that if you elect a crook, crooked things will happen.
AMEN…
Did I miss this celebration yesterday??
The legendary Gladys Knight turned 71 (May 28).
Coming out of Atlanta, Ga., Knight achieved acclaim when she became the lead singer of Gladys Knight & the Pips, an act that included members of the Knight family. The group had multiple hits with Motown in the late ’60s, including “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” and “Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye).”
Gladys Knight & the Pips truly blew up when they joined Buddha Records in 1973. They brought their pop acumen and Knight’s soaring vocal talents to the label. That same year, the group released ”Midnight Train to Georgia.” Although the hits kept coming, that would be the group’s lone No. 1 song.
The family group disbanded in 1988, but of course, Knight was great enough of a singer to carry on by herself. She had 11 solo albums, and Good Woman, her 1991 effort, was the only one to go gold with the help of the R&B hit “Men.” ”That’s What Friends Are For,” a collaboration with Dionne Warwick, Elton John and Stevie Wonder, is the only No. 1 single she has as a solo artist.
These days, Knight sits as one of the greatest singers of all time. She puts out music every now and then, and pops up for a public appearance every so often. Three years ago, Knight competed on Dancing With the Stars, where she lost on Week 6. Ironically, that night was Motown night.
Read More: Happy Birthday, Gladys Knight! | http://theboombox.com/happy-birthday-gladys-knight/?trackback=tsmclip
Gladys is my favorite singer of all time.
So Don, do you know if Dudette or anyone celebrated with video’s yesterday? I haven’t gone back to look and I was too damn busy with work yesterday.
I’m not sure, GGail.
Well here’s one for you Don😊
My mom would have Gladys Knight and the Pips playing on the record player everyday when I came home from school. That and Stevie Wonder’s “Songs In the key of Life”. I miss those days, that’s when music was music.
<3
And the men would love to move their feet and dance :-)
I still have My “Songs to the Key of Life” LP, and my hubby and I saw Gladys Knight and the Pips in concert back in 1970.
Missed it GGail! Thanks for the heads up! Luckily the good people of Twitter had Miss Gladys well-covered! 😊
Bootsy and me be like…
Grant you that she’s up there, but she isn’t alone.
UGH, I hope this guy gets nailed.
They are perverts, child molesters, & bigots! Real lovely people, eh? :-(
They should be in JAIL but instead roam the halls of power. UGH.
You can add not a fan of oral sex to your list, this guy was the number one Republican going after Slick Willie.
Yeah but you know I’m not a fan of Slick Willie, either.
I know, I was speaking more to the level of hypocrisy these guys deal in.
It really turns my stomach to see these RWNJ complete idiots rise to this level of power in this country.
http://organizing-for-action.myshopify.com/
Hmmm…….
Darn, looks like a stunt.
I thought it was a free box of Krispy Kreme doughnuts.
WTdoubleF!!
UTTTTTTTTTTTTTT OHHHHHHHHHH :-O
TGIF! Love the west wing week. Our president just continues to shine, so happy for the lady that got to meet and greet with him and Joe B.
Also, did you know according to Bernie and Emotarians everywhere our exploding wealth gap is due to TPP and other trade deals like that? hah, of course nothing to do with wall street running a smash and grab, or the systematic disembling of unions, etc etc, the stupid never ends.
Hmmmm…….
I take this to mean it was very successful.
Truth or non-conformist?
msnbc is reporting that the Hastert payoff was due to ” sexual misconduct “…..Gawd… I hope this does not turn into another Sandusky type incident……
I’m be willing to bet there are other shoes to drop. Predators don’t usually have just one incident.
Since it is a One Off payola of $3.5M……I am leaning towards an under aged girl with a child. If it turns out to be a Pedophilia type of abuse, then, like Sandusky, the list will soon get longer and the explosion will numerate quickly. Those engaged in such despicable acts never stop with just One Singular Act.
Well, well…..
These people can hire all the former Obama people that they want to, at some point in time they will have to show what they are made of.
In_Deed.
To Copy, is to Flatter.
But Copying, isn’t to Duplicate.
It is the Man. The Person. The Hope and The Change ;)
I’m not so sure that hiring a Latino outreach person will do anything much for HRC and MO’M at this point.
When the field of Democratic candidates is set—by which I mean that nobody else will be joining the fray—at that point, maybe this or that person hired is significant.
Now, meh.
Just something to say to fill the void. 24 hour cycle is always needing something to report on.
And since positive news that relates in any way whatsoever to POTUS is out-of-bounds, the pickings are slim.
HRC comes out strongly in favor of rear seatbelts. MO’M declares that redleaf lettuce is his choice. UGH whatever.
i think these announcements are meant for US…the Obama Coalition…but HRC and MO’M will come to understand…that we are much smarter than this…
for instance:
I didn’t mean to be dismissive of your reporting, Meta.
I am interested in all these items. Sorry if I offended with my snide remarks.
Also, Very Interesting is that as of today The Obama List remains in PBO’s hands.
Plus there has been no Presidential endorsement.
Plus Mayor de Blasio (currently on my not-so-good list due to his “stand with Elizabeth” remark) still has offered no endorsement.
Plus, the hire that is super important, John Del Cecato, remains undone. Mr. Del Cecato is traveling with Bill de Blasio these days.
Seems as though former Speaker Hastert was playing footsie with some male years ago, he paid the guy a bunch on money to keep quiet.
Did that little boy say: That’s Obama?
Wow! the kid is definitely less than 2yrs old.
That is impressive.
Chips with the Golden :star: Congrats ;)
Didn’t those children just melt your heart? And to think that a 2 year-old can recognize him instantly! He has left his imprint on all of us.
I’m starting to think that President Obama told AG Lynch to go get all their asses. The Republicans wanted Eric Holder out as AG so bad, he’s out, and look what they got. Be careful what you ask for.
That would be a glorious sight to see! FBI just arresting all the crooked bastards!
Drip, drip, drip, DRIP!
Hmm?
Buzzefeed and Co will be Buzzing ;)
now we are lynching ourselves…smh…..there have been 3 reported cases…i have not heard the outcome of the other two…but betcha there were will be others…
Smdh
DOJ has to follow an evidence code. I’m sure if they get additional information that meets their standard they will definitely pursue it.
idon…..say what you will… i do not believe that man hung himself…
And Wendell Pierce will play Clarence Thomas!
Go get’em Bunk!
I look forward to this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And with Kerry Washington as Anita Hill, it’s going to be a showstopper.
Kerry, too. OMG
this is going to be awesome
Alex Wagner said that the President will be speaking some time this afternoon. Have anyone else heard that?
The guy who made the “Hope” Obama poster says he is disappointed with the President. Who made the poster? I have no idea.
What’s the matter with him annieb, he’s mad that he didn’t make enough money from the poster or what. And what is his name anyway - no one remembers nor cares who he his
I didn’t catch the guy’s name, but they were talking about the NSA, Snowden, and stuff like that. As I said I have no idea who he is, I’ve seen the poster. I just never knew who made it.
The hope poster guy is name Shepard Fairey. And he was asked if Obama had lived up to the poster “Hope”, and this guy said not even close.
I just turn it cause I didn’t want to hear Alex and her guess talk about what that Fairey guy had to say.
Hollah!
Original tweet
Facts Do Not Lie.
Facts have a Liberal Bent…… ;)
#FORWARD!
….and Democrats running away from him
Ah yes! Back in the day…
Alright stop…
:) :)
Never had them at school (blackboards only) but I remember them from work seminars!
Nerdy’s tweets!
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/05/29/a-tweet-or-two-292/
You Too, WSJ ;)
It’s getting Press Coverage.