Sunday, October 25, 2009

Was Neville Chamberlain an Idiot?

If one looks to the fact that 40 million people were killed during WW II one can see if one could have avoided such huge loss of life then he couldn't been an idiot. Neville Chamberlain wanted to spare the world from such misery, human loss and total destruction.

Friday, June 5, 2009

Neal Wanless, 23, South Dacota Rancher Wins $232 Million Jackpot



Wanless, who is single, lives with his mother and father on the family's 320-acre ranch near Mission, where they raise cattle, sheep and horses. They don't own a phone, a mobile home of theirs was repossessed last year, and records show they have fallen $3,552 behind in their property taxes.

Wanless bought $15 worth of tickets to the May 27 30-state Powerball drawing at a convenience store in Winner during a trip to buy livestock feed. He will take home a lump sum of $88.5 million after taxes are deducted.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_rags_to_riches

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Kavya Shivashankar, 13, US National Spelling Bee Champion


WASHINGTON – Cool and collected, Kavya Shivashankar wrote out every word on her palm and always ended with a smile. The 13-year-old Kansas girl saved the biggest smile for last, when she rattled off the letters to "Laodicean" to become the nation's spelling champion.

The budding neurosurgeon from Kansas outlasted 11 finalists Thursday night to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, taking home more than $40,000 in cash and prizes and, of course, the huge champion's trophy.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_spelling_bee
http://spellingbee.com/