Friday, July 15, 2016
Man gets Sued for Starting a Wildfire
So apparently a guy in 2013 started a wildfire and the Federal Government chose to sue him for 25 million dollars. The basic story behind this goes that a junction box that wasn't managed well sparked and set fire to the San Jacinto Mountains which is above Palm Springs. Through an investigation that took pace they had figured out that some wires inside the box part of the machine was warped and left open. Because of this something inside a box started to spew out sparks, and because it was open hot metal fell onto the ground below the box. Now, this is a problem because there is a law stating property owners must make sure that the property they own is maintained. Because of this fire hundreds of lives were in danger, but I do not know if anyone died during the incident. The lawsuit that has taken place happened a day before the anniversary of when the fire happened ( that's kind of fucked up honestly). It was filed after the attorney for Al-Shawraf and the caretakers of the property failed to pay the costs of the damage and the labor of the firefighting. James R. Lance, attorney for Al-Shawaf and the caretakers are denying that they started the fire. They are saying they aren't responsible for starting the fire and or the damages caused by the fire. The fire was so big that it burned for more than two weeks. About 3,000 firefighters and 250 fire engines were needed to help put it out, and they also used about 30 aircraft.The National forest service spent millions of dollars on firefighters and other firefighting equipment, and about 300,000 on rehabilitation of the area in which the fire happened.
Friday, July 8, 2016
Merv Griffin
Early Life
Merv Edward Griffin Jr. was born on July 6, 1925 in San Mateo, California. Merv Griffin as most people know him was actually very lucky because do to certain health problems he wasn't allowed to go into war, but he was eventually deemed healthy enough however he was over the age of 26. And if you were wondering which Wars he was not in because you somehow don't remeber timelines, it was the Second World War and The Korean War.
His Career
Apparently he started singing when he was just 19 years old which at the time would be very young. He was also overweight when he was an adolescent, and apparently that made some of his fans very angry (we also call the fans that got angry douche-bags). He actually became really fucking embarrassed about it and decided to loose the weight, and honestly good job for him but it's actually really sad. He was able to loose like 80 pounds in 4 months so yay! He toured with this guy for 4 years and his name is Freddy Martin. Eventually he got enough money to form a record label with Panda Records (Best fucking name ever, and im not even joking). In 1947 he had his own 15 minute singing program on a radio show. In 1953 he was also in a musical called So This Is Love.
Between 1958-1962 he was a host of the game show known as Play Your Hunch. The show was on three networks however it mainly appeared on NBC. In 1963 NBC gave him the position to host a game show he helped produce known as Word For Word. I honestly don't know whether or not he actually accepted this offer.
Griffin actually got his own Talk Show in 1962, but it was canceled in a year later. Two years after his first talk show got cancelled he launched his own show called The Merv Griffin Show. In the show he had kind of a sidekick character which was played by a man named Arthur Treacher. His sidekick left the show in 1970 and then Merv just kind of took over for everything that he did. According to Entertainment Weekly the show ran for 21 years, and that is actually a really long time for a talk show.
In 1969 CBS actually gave him a Late Night Talk Show however a few months later CBS had fired him. The funny thing is that he a new show which aired it's first episode on the following Monday and it actually ran all the way into the mid 1980's.
Although he did have a very successful time in all the other careers he had Merv Griffin actually produced shows such as Jeopardy! in 1964 and Wheel of Fortune in 1965. in 1965. Jeopardy! was actually originally called Whats The Question and it aired for about 11 years before it got canceled. Wheel of Fortune also know as "Wheel" barely escaped being canceled in the 1980's.
Death
Sadly, Merv Griffin died in 2007 from prostate cancer. He had had it for many years and his treatment began in 1996. AS sad as his death was he was actually very successful considering people still talk about Jeopardy! and other things he did and was featured in.
Merv Edward Griffin Jr. was born on July 6, 1925 in San Mateo, California. Merv Griffin as most people know him was actually very lucky because do to certain health problems he wasn't allowed to go into war, but he was eventually deemed healthy enough however he was over the age of 26. And if you were wondering which Wars he was not in because you somehow don't remeber timelines, it was the Second World War and The Korean War.
His Career
Apparently he started singing when he was just 19 years old which at the time would be very young. He was also overweight when he was an adolescent, and apparently that made some of his fans very angry (we also call the fans that got angry douche-bags). He actually became really fucking embarrassed about it and decided to loose the weight, and honestly good job for him but it's actually really sad. He was able to loose like 80 pounds in 4 months so yay! He toured with this guy for 4 years and his name is Freddy Martin. Eventually he got enough money to form a record label with Panda Records (Best fucking name ever, and im not even joking). In 1947 he had his own 15 minute singing program on a radio show. In 1953 he was also in a musical called So This Is Love.
Between 1958-1962 he was a host of the game show known as Play Your Hunch. The show was on three networks however it mainly appeared on NBC. In 1963 NBC gave him the position to host a game show he helped produce known as Word For Word. I honestly don't know whether or not he actually accepted this offer.
Griffin actually got his own Talk Show in 1962, but it was canceled in a year later. Two years after his first talk show got cancelled he launched his own show called The Merv Griffin Show. In the show he had kind of a sidekick character which was played by a man named Arthur Treacher. His sidekick left the show in 1970 and then Merv just kind of took over for everything that he did. According to Entertainment Weekly the show ran for 21 years, and that is actually a really long time for a talk show.
In 1969 CBS actually gave him a Late Night Talk Show however a few months later CBS had fired him. The funny thing is that he a new show which aired it's first episode on the following Monday and it actually ran all the way into the mid 1980's.
Although he did have a very successful time in all the other careers he had Merv Griffin actually produced shows such as Jeopardy! in 1964 and Wheel of Fortune in 1965. in 1965. Jeopardy! was actually originally called Whats The Question and it aired for about 11 years before it got canceled. Wheel of Fortune also know as "Wheel" barely escaped being canceled in the 1980's.
Death
Sadly, Merv Griffin died in 2007 from prostate cancer. He had had it for many years and his treatment began in 1996. AS sad as his death was he was actually very successful considering people still talk about Jeopardy! and other things he did and was featured in.
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
A Post About Donald Trump
Okay, before I start this off, I'd just like to say that I know I haven't posted in forever. . But yeah here is some facts about Donald Trump and stuff.
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Donald Trump was born on June 14, 1946, so he is currently 70 years old. He was born in Queens, New York and his mothers name is Marry Anne Macleod. And I know that this isn't really important but apparently he was the fourth or fifth child of his family. His fathers name was Fred Trump, and he died in 1999 at the age of 93. Trump's brothers and sisters are named Maryanne, Frederick Jr. , Elizabeth, and Robert. This man has also had five children which is pretty surprising cause who would want to start a family with an orange? His kids names are Donald Trump Jr (very classy like omg), Ivanka, Eric, Tiffany and Barron.
Donald attended Fordham University for about 2 years. After that he had gone to Wharton School of Finance and Commerce. And he actually graduated with a Bachelors degree in Economics in the years of 1968. Here's a fun fact for you all also, Trump was never drafted into the Vietnam War for a number of reasons one of those being that he got lucky with a very high draft number.
Now let's get into his real estate career because that is what he is mostly known for. Trump started working for his fathers company called Elizabeth Trump and Son when he got out of college. This company had mainly focused on renting out middle-class houses. Donald Trump's father Fred had purchased a place known as Swifton Village, which was an apartment complex for 5.7 million dollars. Trump has stated that because of this project; which his father and himself had invested $500,00 into gave him a net worth of $200,000 in 1968. He moved to Manhattan in the year of 1971, where he got into bigger projects, however he became really well known when his company The Trump Organization was accused of violating the Fair Housing Act. Now Trump didn't actually become guilty and the accusation was unsuccessful, but several years after that he was again taken to court for violating the terms of settlement. And as you guessed it he denied the charges and it wasn't stated if he was guilty. Skipping a few years into the future it is now 1981 and Trump has bought building he plans to turn into the Trump Plaza. The Plaza became home to some people known as Dick Clark and Martina Navratilova. Trump also came into custody of the Tahj Mahal Casino in a transaction with some guy no one gives a shit about in this post named Merv Griffin (sorry but the truth hurts). In 2011 the Tahj Mahal was bought and had hit bankruptcy. When 2012 rolls around Trump again identifies with the Republican Party, as well as offering Barack Obama 5 million dollars to release his birth certificate. In 2014 Trump gets sued so he has to remove his name from the Tahj Mahal and Trump Entertainment Resorts. Trumps show The Apprentice was cut from NBC for some immigration remarks that he made.
On June 16th of last year Donald Trump had announced that he would be running for president. Probably the biggest news from Trump now is that he is in the lead for the Republican Nominee. You heard me right, a fucking fruit is in the lead. On December 7th he announces that he would like to ban all the Muslim travel to the United States. He also announced that he wanted to build a wall that was literally the entire length of the Mexican Border, and if you thought that was crazy you haven't heard the funniest part. He said that he was going to make Mexico pay for it. The latest we know about the election is that Trump has beaten all other competitors and will be competing against Hilary Clinton for the position. I fear for our country.
Sites Used:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
http://sites.middlebury.edu/trump/tax-reform/timeline/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-would-seek-to-block-money-transfers-to-force-mexico-to-fund-border-wall/2016/04/05/c0196314-fa7c-11e5-80e4-c381214de1a3_story.html
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Donald Trump was born on June 14, 1946, so he is currently 70 years old. He was born in Queens, New York and his mothers name is Marry Anne Macleod. And I know that this isn't really important but apparently he was the fourth or fifth child of his family. His fathers name was Fred Trump, and he died in 1999 at the age of 93. Trump's brothers and sisters are named Maryanne, Frederick Jr. , Elizabeth, and Robert. This man has also had five children which is pretty surprising cause who would want to start a family with an orange? His kids names are Donald Trump Jr (very classy like omg), Ivanka, Eric, Tiffany and Barron.
Donald attended Fordham University for about 2 years. After that he had gone to Wharton School of Finance and Commerce. And he actually graduated with a Bachelors degree in Economics in the years of 1968. Here's a fun fact for you all also, Trump was never drafted into the Vietnam War for a number of reasons one of those being that he got lucky with a very high draft number.
Now let's get into his real estate career because that is what he is mostly known for. Trump started working for his fathers company called Elizabeth Trump and Son when he got out of college. This company had mainly focused on renting out middle-class houses. Donald Trump's father Fred had purchased a place known as Swifton Village, which was an apartment complex for 5.7 million dollars. Trump has stated that because of this project; which his father and himself had invested $500,00 into gave him a net worth of $200,000 in 1968. He moved to Manhattan in the year of 1971, where he got into bigger projects, however he became really well known when his company The Trump Organization was accused of violating the Fair Housing Act. Now Trump didn't actually become guilty and the accusation was unsuccessful, but several years after that he was again taken to court for violating the terms of settlement. And as you guessed it he denied the charges and it wasn't stated if he was guilty. Skipping a few years into the future it is now 1981 and Trump has bought building he plans to turn into the Trump Plaza. The Plaza became home to some people known as Dick Clark and Martina Navratilova. Trump also came into custody of the Tahj Mahal Casino in a transaction with some guy no one gives a shit about in this post named Merv Griffin (sorry but the truth hurts). In 2011 the Tahj Mahal was bought and had hit bankruptcy. When 2012 rolls around Trump again identifies with the Republican Party, as well as offering Barack Obama 5 million dollars to release his birth certificate. In 2014 Trump gets sued so he has to remove his name from the Tahj Mahal and Trump Entertainment Resorts. Trumps show The Apprentice was cut from NBC for some immigration remarks that he made.
On June 16th of last year Donald Trump had announced that he would be running for president. Probably the biggest news from Trump now is that he is in the lead for the Republican Nominee. You heard me right, a fucking fruit is in the lead. On December 7th he announces that he would like to ban all the Muslim travel to the United States. He also announced that he wanted to build a wall that was literally the entire length of the Mexican Border, and if you thought that was crazy you haven't heard the funniest part. He said that he was going to make Mexico pay for it. The latest we know about the election is that Trump has beaten all other competitors and will be competing against Hilary Clinton for the position. I fear for our country.
Sites Used:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
http://sites.middlebury.edu/trump/tax-reform/timeline/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-would-seek-to-block-money-transfers-to-force-mexico-to-fund-border-wall/2016/04/05/c0196314-fa7c-11e5-80e4-c381214de1a3_story.html
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