THEY ARE PATHETIC, I AM NOT SYMPATHETIC

Apparently even ABC News President, James Goldston realizes that their recent FAKE NEWS report from Brian Ross was a bit too much. Once his suspension is over, Brian Ross will be forbidden from reporting on anything to do with Donald Trump. I guess we can look forward to seeing this dolt reporting his fake news stories from important events like Groundhog Day. If this guy reported that the groundhog saw his shadow, I would conclude that the groundhog probably hadn't. 

The Brian Ross report about Michael Flynn went above and beyond the call of lefty duty. The heartbreak from the lefties all across America was very sad. Imagine this unthinkable scenario: An announcement is made in front of a live worldwide audience that you have won the Oscar for Best Picture and experienced the elation of this great achievement - only to have it immediately plucked away. Oh wait, that actually happened earlier this year. That error only disappointed the small number of people involved with the production of La La Land. The fake news report from Brian Ross disappointed and caused heartbreak in millions of lefties all across the United States. It's been a tough week for the lefties. They are pathetic, I am not sympathetic.

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ABC News president excoriates staff over 

Brian Ross' Michael Flynn error

by Oliver Darcy and Brian Stelter   @CNNMoneyDecember 4, 2017: 6:40 PM ET

ABC News president James Goldston excoriated staff Monday over Brian Ross' major error on a report about former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, and announced that Ross, the network's chief investigative reporter, will no longer cover stories related to President Trump.

Goldston also told staffers that the network was conducting a "full review" of the error and its aftermath. 

Ross had initially reported Friday morning that Flynn was prepared to testify that Donald Trump as a candidate had instructed him to reach out to the Russians. Ross said more than seven hours later on "World News Tonight" that his information was actually that Flynn was prepared to testify Trump made the request as president-elect. On Saturday evening, ABC News said Ross had been suspended for four weeks without pay for what it termed the "serious error." 

During ABC News' morning editorial call Monday, audio of which was obtained by CNN, Goldston excoriated his staff for the error. 

"I don't think ever in my career have I felt more rage and disappointment and frustration that I felt through this weekend and through the last half of Friday," Goldston said. 

"I don't even know how many times we've talked about this, how many times we have talked about the need to get it right," he added. "That how we have to be right and not first. About how in this particular moment, with the stakes as high as these stakes are right now, we cannot afford to get it wrong." 

CNN provided the quotes from the recording included in this article to an ABC News spokesperson, who did not deny that they were authentic. The spokesperson declined to comment beyond Goldston's remarks. 

Goldston noted that ABC News "spent this weekend getting absolutely pilloried as a news division for reporting fake news." 

"250,000 tweets. One percent positive, 99 percent negative about this news division. Two tweets from the president," he told staff. 

Goldston also said, "If it isn't obvious to everyone in this news division, we have taken a huge hit and we have made the job of every single person in this news division harder as a result. It's much, much harder. We have people in Washington who are going to bear the brunt of this today and in the days forward. Very, very, very, very unfortunate. Really, really angry about it." 

The ABC News chief said that Ross reported information that was "just plain wrong," and did so without anyone "having ever made a decision that we were going to go to air with that information." 

"We just went on air with that information," he said. "We hadn't approved doing that. And the thing that just kills me about this is all we had to do was wait. We had to wait a few minutes. A few minutes after that, the charging documents came out. We know that those charging documents had come out, and we had looked to those charging documents, and the charging documents didn't match what we thought the story was. We would have not gone with that story." 

Goldston expressed additional frustration at the fact that it took more than seven hours for ABC News to clarify the story on ABC's "World News Tonight." Later, Friday evening, the network issued a full blown correction in a written statement. 

"The thing that compounded our mistake is that not only did we make a mistake, if we had then corrected ourselves right away, again -- we wouldn't be in this position. It would have been a very different story," he said. "But we ended up in the impossible situation where we had actually conflicting information that we said on air, which conflicted with the information that was online. And then it took us seven hours, eight hours to get our story straight. This is not acceptable. It's not acceptable. And we will all pay the price for a long time." 

Multiple ABC News employees, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to publicly discuss the issue, told CNN there is widespread discussion about Ross' credibility moving forward. 

"No one wants to work with him," said one ABC News employee. 

"The future doesn't seem bright for him," added another. 

ABC News employees have also told CNN that there is great internal embarrassment over the blunder. 

"It's a major embarrassment," one ABC News employee said. 

"It makes me cringe," echoed another. "This is not what any networks needs when people are so quick to say 'fake news' to you. It makes me sick to my stomach." 

Goldston himself also said during the call that Ross' credibility, and ABC News', had been damaged. 

Goldston has been the president of ABC News for the past three and a half years. A native of Britain, he was a producer at the BBC and executive producer of ITV programs before joining ABC in 2004. 

His anger on the morning call reflected a weekend's worth of criticism of the news division, which is owned by The Walt Disney Company. 

On Sunday's "Reliable Sources" on CNN, political analyst Jeff Greenfield said ABC had made a very "consequential" error, especially given the current political climate. 

"This is exactly what Trump and his allies want to say: 'No matter what you hear on mainstream media, it's fake. They're doing it to hurt us.' And this is like handing a sword to the people who want all media to be looked at in that regard," Greenfield said. 

On Saturday night, Trump tweeted his "congratulations" to ABC for suspending Ross. The next morning, he ramped up his language, tweeting that "people who lost money when the stock market went down 350 points" after Ross' reporting "should consider hiring a lawyer and suing ABC." 

Not all of Friday morning's losses were attributable to the ABC report, and by the closing bell, the market had mostly recovered..

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The temperature in Chicago on Monday which were hovering in the mid-sixties was scheduled to depart by Tuesday when they would return to a more seasonal mid-thirties range.

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Your Food Diary For:

Monday, December 4, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Grits	400	88	6	8	1,240	4
Nutty Oat	250	46	5	11	393	7
	650	134	11	19	1,633	11
L U N C H
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich	700	55	31	17	286	31
	700	55	31	17	286	31
D I N N E R
Campbell's Roasted Beef Tips w/Vegetables	330	54	3	21	2,370	12
	330	54	3	21	2,370	12
S N A C K S
Oreos	400	63	18	3	350	35
	400	63	18	3	350	35
Totals	2,080	306	63	60	4,639	89
Your Daily Goal	3,860	482	128	194	2,300	144
Remaining	1,780	176	65	134	-2,339	55
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 1,930 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 209.7 lbs in 5 weeks     

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Definition of pathetic

1: having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity

2: marked by sorrow or melancholy : sad

3: pitifully inferior or inadequate 

• the restaurant's pathetic service

4: absurd, laughable 

• a pathetic costume

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Definition of sympathetic

1: existing or operating through an affinity, interdependence, or mutual association

2a : appropriate to one's mood, inclinations, or disposition

b : marked by kindly or pleased appreciation 

• the biographer's approach wassympathetic

3: given to, marked by, or arising from sympathy, compassion, friendliness, and sensitivity to others' emotions 

• a sympathetic gesture

4: favorably inclined : approving 

• not sympathetic to the idea

SUPERMOON TRILOGY: ACT I

Last night our planet was illuminated at night under the only Supermoon of the year.  We will have two more supermoons in January next month. So this is the beginning of a supermoon trilogy. Last night was simply Act I. A supermoon occurs when a full moon is closer to Earth than normal due to its elliptical orbit. Although my iPhone camera is incapable of properly capturing this astronomical event, at least with me behind the lens making the attempt, I am sharing a couple of photos I took as the moon rose over Lake Michigan in Chicago shortly after moonrise.

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Your Food Diary For:

Sunday, December 3, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Grits	400	88	6	8	1,240	4
Corn Bread Muffin	300	48	8	4	599	12
	700	136	14	12	1,839	16
L U N C H
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich	700	55	31	17	286	31
Campbell's Chunky Manhattan Clam Chowder	240	36	6	10	1,600	6
	940	91	37	27	1,886	37
D I N N E R
Sushi - Tuna Roll Maki w/Avocado	400	51	9	31	0	0
	400	51	9	31	0	0
S N A C K S
Fudge bar	300	51	6	9	0	0
Oreo Cookies	320	50	14	2	280	28
	620	101	20	11	280	28
Totals	2,660	379	80	81	4,005	81
Your Daily Goal	3,374	422	112	169	2,300	126
Remaining	714	43	32	88	-1,705	45
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 1,444 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 220.3 lbs in 5 weeks     

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from forbes.com posted last night:


DEC 3, 2017 @ 06:26 PM 38,609 
The Little Black Book of Billionaire Secrets

Don't Miss Tonight's Supermoon: The Biggest Full Moon Of 2017

Trevor Nace , CONTRIBUTOR

Tonight (December 3), skywatchers will be treated to the only supermoon (scientific name: perigee syzygy) in 2017. If you step outside you'll notice the Moon is especially large and bright, which is because the moon is at its closest distance to Earth.

The perigee moon (prerequisite for a supermoon) exists because as the moon orbits the Earth it does so in an oval or elliptical shape, meaning sometimes the moon is closer to the Earth and other times it's farther. For a supermoon to exist, there must both be a full moon as well as a perigee moon, hence why the moon tonight will look especially close, full, and bright.

This is your opportunity in 2017 to see a supermoon. The most recent supermoon was around a year ago on November 14, 2016. However, 2018 will delight skywatchers with two supermoons, one on January 2nd and another just a few weeks later on January 31st. The supermoon on January 31st will also be a blue moon as it is the second full moon in the same month. NASA has tokened this the supermoon trilogy, with three supermoons occurring in just a few month timespan.

When stepping outside tonight, the moon will be 7% larger and 15% brighter than normal, which may be hard to discern without a direct comparison of a normal moon beside it. The moon will be brightest around midnight when it is highest above the horizon, but that, of course, will depend on local cloudiness and weather.

While the difference between a normal moon and a supermoon isn't as large as people make it out to be, sometimes optical illusions can create the appearance of a bigger moon. For instance, if the moon is on the horizon our brains are tricked into viewing the moon larger and brighter than it really is. This is called a "moon illusion" and results because your brain compares the moon's size with adjacent objects such as buildings or trees and interprets the moon to be much larger than it actually is.

The 2016 supermoon on November 14, 2016, was the closest the moon got to the Earth since 1948, which won't happen again until November of 2034, 17 years from now.

Tonight's supermoon will be 222,761 miles from Earth, 16,139 miles closer than the average distance of 238,900 miles from the moon to the Earth. If you do go outside be sure to dress warm and try to drive to a location away from light pollution so you'll be able to see the moon better.

THERE IS NO JOY IN MUDVILLE

Have you ever seen anyone in the media so happy reporting a story damaging to a sitting president and to the United States of America? When Joy Behar read the (fake) news story released by Brian Ross of ABC, she was positively giddy with joy and so was her moronic studio audience which erupted in cheers. She announced that 'Christmas had come early.'  

Sorry Joy, Santa giveth, and Santa taketh away.

Never mind, that the story, if true, might indeed have been explosive. Certainly, stock traders thought so, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average immediately dropped 350 points. One snag crept through, the story was completely false. The (fake) story as initially reported claimed that General Flynn had agreed to cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller and testify that presidential candidate Donald Trump had ordered him to contact the Russians. There it was. the glorious smoking gun. The proof that the ridiculous story told and re-told by every moron in America was true. One minor change to the story, deflated the importance of the story. What General Flynn did agree to do was cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller and testify that president-elect Donald Trump had ordered him to contact the Russians. You see the conundrum here, yes? It is nearly impossible to collude with The Russians to get oneself elected AFTER the election. Sorry, Joy Behar, you lefty loon, you hateful despicable, might I say, deplorable dolt. Christmas did not come come early. Although one might argue that purveyors of truth might have gotten an early Christmas gift, as disgraceful Brain Ross has been suspended without pay for four weeks. Yep, there is no joy in mudville, mighty Brian Ross has struck out.

Enjoy this photo of Brian Ross, as you won't be seeing him on TV for the next month. Apparently fake news isn't quite as acceptable these days as it used to be. After all, when a fake news story is reported, we have a president who has the guts to point it out in an immediate tweet.  

It was really kinda sad to see all those happy people all across our great nation enjoying one of the most happiest days of their lives - only to have that joy swept away once it was evident that their joy was emanating from yet another fake news story. 

I have never shaved my head. Even this look, represents my trip to the barber where I requested my 'hair' be cut to the length of 1/2 mm. I suppose this would be what a shaved head would look like soon after a shaving ones head. Basically, it's five o'clock shadow on ones scalp.

Your Food Diary For:

Saturday, December 2, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Grits	400	88	6	8	1,240	4
Special Recipe Bread - Nutty Oat	250	46	5	11	393	7
	650	134	11	19	1,633	11
L U N C H
Sushi Dragon Roll Special	325	47	11	10	687	10
	325	47	11	10	687	10
D I N N E R
Fried Chicken Cutlet	600	41	12	85	1,250	2
French Baguette	300	60	2	10	740	2
	900	101	14	95	1,990	4
S N A C K S
Chocolate Chip Brownie	400	62	18	8	60	46
	400	62	18	8	60	46
Totals	2,275	344	54	132	4,370	71
Your Daily Goal	3,279	410	109	164	2,300	123
Remaining	1,004	66	55	32	-2,070	52
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 1,349 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 217.4 lbs in 5 weeks.





from cnn.com

ABC News suspends Brian Ross for 4 weeks over erroneous Flynn story

by Oliver Darcy   @oliverdarcyDecember 2, 2017: 9:32 PM ET. 

ABC News announced Saturday that it has suspended investigative reporter Brian Ross for four weeks without pay after Ross was forced to correct a bombshell on-air report about Michael Flynn.
"We deeply regret and apologize for the serious error we made yesterday. The reporting conveyed by Brian Ross during the special report had not been fully vetted through our editorial standards process," ABC said in a statement. "As a result of our continued reporting over the next several hours ultimately we determined the information was wrong and we corrected the mistake on air and online." "It is vital we get the story right and retain the trust we have built with our audience -- these are our core principles," the statement added. "We fell far short of that yesterday." Citing a single anonymous source, Ross told viewers during an ABC special report on Friday morning that Flynn was prepared to testify that Donald Trump, as a candidate for president, told him to contact Russians. During Friday's edition of "World News Tonight," Ross walked back his report, telling viewers that the source who had provided the initial information for his story later told him that it was as president-elect, not as a candidate, that Trump asked Flynn to contact Russians..
An ABC News tweet about the report was retweeted about 25,000 times before being deleted. Ross' incorrect report prompted a dramatic reaction in the financial markets, and the Dow fell more than 350 points. Stocks largely recovered later in the day. CNN had initially reached out to ABC News early Friday afternoon to ask why Ross' initial reporting was not included in the network's online story about Flynn pleading guilty for lying to the FBI. Hours later, a spokesperson told CNN a correction was forthcoming. But ABC News initially attempted to downplay the mistake, referring to its correction as a "clarification" on "World News Tonight" and then online. After a barrage of criticism, the network changed the language online from "clarification" to "correction." Saturday evening's statement further ramped up the language; the network now calls it a "serious error." Ross commented later Saturday night. "My job is to hold people accountable and that's why I agree with being held accountable myself," he tweeted.Shortly after that, President Trump weighed in, tweeting his "congratulations" to ABC News for suspending Ross. Multiple ABC News employees, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they weren't publicly authorized to discuss the matter, told CNNMoney on Saturday there was internal embarrassment over the blunder. "It's a major embarrassment," one ABC News employee said. "It makes me cringe," echoed another. "This is not what any networks needs when people are so quick to say 'fake news' to you. It makes me sick to my stomach." This is not the first high-profile mistake by Ross. In a 2012 piece for which he apologized, he suggested that the Aurora shooter may have had a connection to the Tea Party.

Hey Joy, That Donald Trump guy is a real oaf ain't he? Oh wait, sorry, that  isn't Donald Trump, that's the Honorable Senator Al Franken who you would surely vote for President if you had the opportunity. 

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THIRTY MILES!

Sometimes I set out for a walk and I leave with the goal of walking 5 miles minimum. Sometimes I set out for a walk and leave with the goal of walking a bit more. I think that yesterday was one of those days. The weather was spectacular, and kept chugging along until I had walked 30 miles. I was convinced that this week, a week where I was well aware that I hadn't eaten too well, that I would  show weight gain when I stepped on my scale. I think I might have erased a pound or two yesterday. My Saturday weight was 239.2 lbs. I lost a half pound from last week. Considering how poorly I ate this week, I am actually happy about this.

My 30 mile hike only registered as 28.8 miles on my app, as I had to 'save' the workout as my iPhone battery was about to  die. Just so there is no dispute about my claim that I walked 30 miles yesterday, I took an additional 2 mile trip to the grocery store with my daughter late last night. Now that it is Saturday morning, me thinks me legs are a bit sore.  

My hike included a visit to Northerly Island

Your Food Diary For:

Friday, December 1, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Grits	400	88	6	8	1,240	4
Vita Coco - Pure Coconut Water	100	25	0	0	167	25
	500	113	6	8	1,407	29
L U N C H
Philadelphia Roll - Sushi	300	60	14	14	120	0
	300	60	14	14	120	0
D I N N E R
Taco Bell - Soft Taco, 4	760	68	36	36	2,000	4
	760	68	36	36	2,000	4
S N A C K S
Roasted Seaweed Snacks	320	60	6	0	760	4
	320	60	6	0	760	4
Totals	1,880	301	62	58	4,287	37
Your Daily Goal	6,629	828	221	332	2,300	248
Remaining	4,749	527	159	274	-1,987	211
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 4,699 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 180 lbs in 5 weeks.

Yesterday, I earned my second 'genie shoe' badge from fitbit. I had earned my first one on October 11, 2015.  On that day, I had mirrored the path of the Chicago Marathon coupled with some additional walking on that same day.

HARRAH'S CASINO

I spent most of the day driving back to Chicago from Ohio after visiting two customers. It was approaching 8PM and I was wondering how I could accomplish my daily walk.  On the way home I found a park with a trail, but it was too close to sunset when the park would close and lock its gates and trap my car so I decided to not take any chances there. Less than 20 miles outside Chicago, at the Illinois/Indiana border,  I thought that I could park my car at the Walmart and walk around and peek my head inside the Harrah's Horseshoe Casino and see what it looks like. This is precisely what I started to do. I parked my car in the Walmart parking lot, but I immediately found a walking/bike trail and although I only walked about 2.5 miles out and another 2.5 miles back, the trail extended much further. This will be a place I will chose to revisit with more time and in sunlight. I never did get to the Harrah's Casino. So my opportunity to see what the place looks like will have to wait until another day. I do not gamble, and when I do, I don't win, which is why I don't.

Your Food Diary For:

Thursday, November 30, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Simple Super 8 Cinnamon Roll - Cinnamon Roll, 2	620	96	30	8	1,100	50
Quaker - Instant Oatmeal- Maple	640	128	8	16	1,040	48
	1,260	224	38	24	2,140	98
L U N C H
Ruffles Cheddar & Sour Cream	400	38	25	5	450	3
Bacon, Egg & Cheese Bagel, 1 Sandwich	410	56	14	17	920	5
	810	94	39	22	1,370	8
D I N N E R
Subway - Sunchips Harvest Cheddar	210	29	9	4	240	3
Subway - Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki	740	114	9	50	1,540	32
	950	143	18	54	1,780	35
S N A C K S
Klondike - Klondike Bar	500	58	28	6	140	46
	500	58	28	6	140	46
Totals	3,520	519	123	106	5,430	187
Your Daily Goal	2,781	347	92	140	2,300	104
Remaining	-739	-172	-31	34	-3,130	-83
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 851 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 235.2 lbs in 5 weeks