Good
morning to you, today is Thursday, February 02, 2012, and I am your humble
host, the sultan of satire, the purveyor of non-pertinent information and as
always the troublemaker extraordinaire and I am coming to you recorded from the
Eagle’s nest here at wake up central with news you can’t use here on the Thursday,
Groundhog edition of The Morning Wake Up Call.
Financial
Dow Jones
12,716.46 +83.55 (0.66%)
S&P 500
1,324.09 +11.68 (0.89%)
Nasdaq 2,848.27
+34.43 (1.22%)
Election News
Prostitutes
at a Carson City, Nevda brothel are donating their tips to Ron Paul!
Weather
The
ground hog has seen his shadow meaning that we have 6 more weeks of winter.
Gambling on Welfare
The House passed
legislation Wednesday that would prevent welfare recipients from spending money
on adult entertainment, alcohol or gambling.
The
bill's sponser, Rep. Charles Boustany, (R-LA), said that the measure was in
response to reports that people had used welfare funds inappropriately.
The
Welfare Integrity Now for Children and Families Act of 2011 is part of a
package of measures that Republicans want to include in an upcoming agreement
to extend the payroll tax cut over the next year.
Democrats
supported the measure but criticized Republicans for not focusing on larger
national problems, such as job creation.
The
vote was 395 to 26.
Prepaid Debit Card or
Not
Anisha Sekar of Nerdwallet has officially
launched a comparison tool which allows you to work out which prepaid debit
card might be best for you — and, crucially, allows you to compare the cost of
a prepaid debit card to the cost of a bank account. Nerdwallet has run the
numbers about as many ways as is humanly possible, and has come to the
empirical conclusion that it “is very rarely the case” that prepaid debit is
cheaper than checking.
Donation to Charity
DISCOVERY BAY — When Fat
Smitty’s restaurant closed for the season last week, Boy Scouts and other
volunteers jumped into the annual cleanup by first stripping the walls of more
than 10,000 $1 bills.
Since
1985, customers have been writing messages on the paper money and tacking them
onto the walls and ceiling of the landmark restaurant on Highway 101, home to
giant wood carvings and the award-winning Fat Smitty’s burger — a 5-inch-thick
concoction with two thick patties, bacon and all the trimmings.
Before
the dollar bills were plucked off the walls Saturday, nearly every inch of
wooden paneling in two rooms was covered with cash. In a few areas, the bills
were two, three or four layers thick. Of the $10,316 collected, all but $3,000
will go to build a new dining hall at nearby Camp Parsons Boy Scout Camp near
Brinnon. The other $3,000 will go to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,
based in Memphis, Tenn.
“I’ve
never taken any dollars down,” said Carl “Fatty Smitty” Schmidt, who has owned
the restaurant since 1983. “This money never belonged to me.”
The
first bill went up in 1985, when two men selling Caterpillar equipment came
into the restaurant to eat at the bar, Schmidt said. One of them asked whether
he could stick a dollar bill on the ceiling with his business card. That
launched a tradition that has grown through the years.
On
Saturday, Schmidt was not able to locate that first bill among the many
yellowing dollars hanging from the ceiling. Schmidt and his nephew, Casey
Carson, who now manages the place, agreed to leave all the bills on the ceiling
to maintain some of the history. That cash could easily exceed another $1,000.
“It
is hard to take all this down,” Carson said, looking at the currency, business
cards, photos and other items that have become part of the restaurant’s walls.
“It makes it easier to know that the money is going to charity, and hopefully
people will put it back up again.”
Quote of the Day
I don't mind being
asked to do something for some one else but don't tell me like I'm your child!
I'll laugh in your face!!
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