In our last post, I talked about how if the federal government were to default on its debts, among other concerns was the worry that gas prices would go up (see immediately preceding post for the reasoning).
The government, as you know, didn't default, so the theory may be just that. However, the government came close to defaulting, the non-funding of the fed agencies lasted two weeks, and investor confidence in the country may have been reduced, all because of the GOP nonsense.
Today, the dollar went down to a 2-year low against other currencies, and what's called Brent North Sea Crude oil went up in price. Coincidence? I think not.
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Trivia Questions:
More questions follow on the subject of presidential elections, etc. I hope you like this stuff. If you do, or don't and want to let us know, or contact us about something else, our new e-mail address appears below. Or, you could listen to the radio show and call in. Info on that below as well. So do the trivia answers.
1. What was Thomas Jefferson's middle name?
2. Who was Lincoln's Vice-President in Abe's first term?
3. JFK and another president each had a secretary whose last name was the same as the last name of the other president. In case that's not clear, if the other president were Johnson, Kennedy would have a secretary named Johnson and Johnson would have a secretary named Kennedy. It wasn't Johnson, so which president was it?
4. Who was president when Hawaii became our 50th state?
5. Who was the only president born in New Hampshire.
How To Reach Us:
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The Radio Show And Our Special Guest
Many of you have listened to our radio program. Thanks. While I'm inclined to ask why the rest of you haven't, I'll restrain myself. But if you'd like to hear the program, please go to http://GoingBeyondRadio.com
If you'd like to hear the show live, we do that at 9:00 P.M. Eastern time on Wednesday nights. We have great guests coming up on this Wednesday and the following one (two scientists who are part of Popular Science magazine's "Brilliant Ten"), and on the second Wednesday in November, in recognition of the 50th anniversary of JFK's murder, we have a return of Larry Hancock, the author of several books having to do with political assassinations and U.S. government dirty tricks in our history. Larry will be speaking at a convention of assassination historians in Dallas the week after our show, but you get to hear him first.
If you'd like to hear some of our past shows (with Larry and others), go to the same site with the addition of my name after a slash, i.e., http://GoingBeyondRadio.com/JeffBushman
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Ordering from Amazon is easy, right? You go to Amazon.com, sign in, search for what you want and order it with your credit card and await delivery.
BUT WAIT!!!!!
You could help us and not cost yourself an extra nickel. At the top of this page is a banner from our friends at Amazon. It doesn't matter what you want. You can click on any of the categories on that banner, then when you're at Amazon.com, you can search for what you want (and sign in of course) and when you buy it for whatever you'd normally pay for it, we get a small commission, which helps support the radio show, this blog and the insatiable appetite of Autumn, our chihuahua.
And for what it's worth, you'll have my appreciation.
Trivia Answers
1. Thomas Jefferson had no middle name. Most people didn't in those days.
2. You may have thought this was a trick question. It isn't. I know you know that his Veep in his second term, the man who took over when Lincoln was killed, was Andrew Johnson. But in his first term, Abe's VP was Hannibal Hamlin. Yes, that's quite obscure. But if it ever comes up again, and that's awfully unlikely, you can at least remember his last name. The last syllable of Abraham and the first syllable of Lincoln equal HAM LIN.
3. Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy. Kennedy had a secretary named Evelyn Lincoln.
4. This one actually was a semi-trick question. If someone looked up Hawaii's admission date, they'd see it was 1960. Some people associate Jack Kennedy's presidency with that year, but that was the year he was elected. All presidents are inaugurated in odd-numbered years - in this case 1961. Dwight Eisenhower was still president in July, 1960 when Hawaii came in.
5. New Hampshire's claim to presidential fame was Franklin Pierce who's really not famous for anything else. He was our 14th president.
Ciao
That's it for now. I hope you enjoyed this and I'll see you on the radio.
All of these are e-books in Kindle format. You can - but don't have to - buy a Kindle reader. Or, you can download a free Kindle reader for your computer or smart phone. See the note in the far right column of this blog to find out more.
Trivia Questions:
More questions follow on the subject of presidential elections, etc. I hope you like this stuff. If you do, or don't and want to let us know, or contact us about something else, our new e-mail address appears below. Or, you could listen to the radio show and call in. Info on that below as well. So do the trivia answers.
1. What was Thomas Jefferson's middle name?
2. Who was Lincoln's Vice-President in Abe's first term?
3. JFK and another president each had a secretary whose last name was the same as the last name of the other president. In case that's not clear, if the other president were Johnson, Kennedy would have a secretary named Johnson and Johnson would have a secretary named Kennedy. It wasn't Johnson, so which president was it?
4. Who was president when Hawaii became our 50th state?
5. Who was the only president born in New Hampshire.
How To Reach Us:
The new e-mail address that works is: tjbRadio@gmail.com The "R" doesn't need to be capitalized. I just did that to make it clearer. Also, the second letter in the address is a "j" in the event that's not clear, i.e. tjb radio.
The Radio Show And Our Special Guest
Many of you have listened to our radio program. Thanks. While I'm inclined to ask why the rest of you haven't, I'll restrain myself. But if you'd like to hear the program, please go to http://GoingBeyondRadio.com
If you'd like to hear the show live, we do that at 9:00 P.M. Eastern time on Wednesday nights. We have great guests coming up on this Wednesday and the following one (two scientists who are part of Popular Science magazine's "Brilliant Ten"), and on the second Wednesday in November, in recognition of the 50th anniversary of JFK's murder, we have a return of Larry Hancock, the author of several books having to do with political assassinations and U.S. government dirty tricks in our history. Larry will be speaking at a convention of assassination historians in Dallas the week after our show, but you get to hear him first.
If you'd like to hear some of our past shows (with Larry and others), go to the same site with the addition of my name after a slash, i.e., http://GoingBeyondRadio.com/JeffBushman
The Next Time You Order From Amazon
Ordering from Amazon is easy, right? You go to Amazon.com, sign in, search for what you want and order it with your credit card and await delivery.
BUT WAIT!!!!!
You could help us and not cost yourself an extra nickel. At the top of this page is a banner from our friends at Amazon. It doesn't matter what you want. You can click on any of the categories on that banner, then when you're at Amazon.com, you can search for what you want (and sign in of course) and when you buy it for whatever you'd normally pay for it, we get a small commission, which helps support the radio show, this blog and the insatiable appetite of Autumn, our chihuahua.
And for what it's worth, you'll have my appreciation.
Trivia Answers
1. Thomas Jefferson had no middle name. Most people didn't in those days.
2. You may have thought this was a trick question. It isn't. I know you know that his Veep in his second term, the man who took over when Lincoln was killed, was Andrew Johnson. But in his first term, Abe's VP was Hannibal Hamlin. Yes, that's quite obscure. But if it ever comes up again, and that's awfully unlikely, you can at least remember his last name. The last syllable of Abraham and the first syllable of Lincoln equal HAM LIN.
3. Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy. Kennedy had a secretary named Evelyn Lincoln.
4. This one actually was a semi-trick question. If someone looked up Hawaii's admission date, they'd see it was 1960. Some people associate Jack Kennedy's presidency with that year, but that was the year he was elected. All presidents are inaugurated in odd-numbered years - in this case 1961. Dwight Eisenhower was still president in July, 1960 when Hawaii came in.
5. New Hampshire's claim to presidential fame was Franklin Pierce who's really not famous for anything else. He was our 14th president.
Ciao
That's it for now. I hope you enjoyed this and I'll see you on the radio.
"all because of the GOP nonsense." Really? From my vantage point there were 2 parties in this tango. I recall that, waaaaaay back in the 80s, Mr. Reagan actually stepped forward and worked though such divisions and compromised rather than just playing King (not a perfect analogy, I know). Point is, when I hear that the fault falls solely on one side or the other, I pretty much stop listening. Just like I stopped listening to the drivel from the like of Limbaugh and Fox News.
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