Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Neil Gaiman to Read Cheesecake Factory Menu to Benefit Refugees




Neil Gaiman to Read Cheesecake Factory Menu to Benefit Refugees
by Daniel Nussbaum 30 May 2017
Prolific film, television, comic book and novel author Neil Gaiman will do a complete reading of the menu at popular eatery The Cheesecake Factory if his fans donate $500,000 to help benefit displaced refugees.

The American Gods author, a longtime supporter of the United Nations Refugee Agency, agreed to participate in a fundraiser for the organization after being contacted by writer Sara Benincasa on Twitter earlier this month, according to the Wrap.

“If we hit $500K, Neil has kindly agreed to do a live reading of the greatest restaurant menu of all time. It’s about 8000 pages, last time I checked,” Benincasa wrote on the crowdfunding page for the event. “Have you heard Neil’s voice? Mellifluous, I tell you. There’s a reason he won an award for audiobooks along with all the 18,000 other things he’s won as an author/screenwriter/producer/raconteur/hero.”

Donations to the campaign continued to roll in Tuesday, with users contributing as little as $10 and as much as $150. The campaign had raised more than $74,000, or 14 percent of its $500,000 goal, by Tuesday morning. The deadline for the campaign is June 20, World Refugee Day.

Benincasa wrote that if the money is raised, she will arrange for Gaiman to do the reading in a public setting and will make a livestream of the event available online.

“You think you loved ‘American Gods’ or ‘Sandman’ or ‘Good Omens’ or his ‘Doctor Who’ episodes or the other 18,000 great things he’s written? This will almost certainly be better or at least involve more Snickers and Oreo references,” she wrote.

Gaiman has worked with the UNHCR since 2013, and was named a goodwill ambassador to the agency this year, according to its website. The British author visited a camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan in 2014, and later wrote about the experience for the UK’s Guardian newspaper.

The Cheesecake Factory is known for its extensive menu, which includes everything from pizza to pasta to “Glamburgers” to “Skinnylicious” options. In accordance with its name, the eatery also boasts a formidable list of cheesecakes and desserts.

Cheesecake Factory
Alexander L. Cappello is a director at the Cheesecake Factory, and was a trustee at the Jordan River Foundation.

Note: Rania Al Abdullah is the chair for the Jordan River Foundation, a director at the International Rescue Committee, the Jordan queen, and a director at the United Nations Foundation.
Kathleen Newland is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, and a board member for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee, the Refugees International, the Aspen Institute (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and the Human Rights Watch.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch, is a director emeritus at Refugees International, and a friend of Michael Douglas.
Queen Noor is a director at Refugees International, the queen dowager of Jordan, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Walter Isaacson is the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was the chairman & CEO for CNN.
Ted Turner is the founder of CNN, the chairman for the United Nations Foundation, a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and the founder of the Turner Broadcasting System Inc.
Michael Douglas is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and a friend of George Soros.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Jessica Tuchman Mathews is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), was the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)
Patricia E. Mitchell was an executive in charge of original productions for the Turner Broadcasting System Inc, a director at the Human Rights Watch, and a trustee at the Jordan River Foundation.
Alexander L. Cappello was a trustee at the Jordan River Foundation, and is a director at the Cheesecake Factory.
Syrian Electronic Army reportedly hacked the Human Rights Watch.
Bashar al-Assad is supporting the Syrian Electronic Army a hacker group, is the president of Syria, and a friend of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is a friend of Bashar al-Assad, was a friend of Saddam Hussein, and a friend of Muammar Abu Minyar Al-Qadhafi
Saddam Hussein was a friend of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, and the president of Iraq.
Muammar Abu Minyar Al-Qadhafi was a friend of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, and said he loved Condoleezza Rice & kept scrapbook of her photos.
Condoleezza Rice is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), Muammar Abu Minyar Al-Qadhafi said he loved her & kept scrapbook of her photos, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Kathleen Newland is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, and a board member for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Rania Al Abdullah is a director at the International Rescue Committee, the chair for the Jordan River Foundation, the Jordan queen, and a director at the United Nations Foundation.
Alexander L. Cappello was a trustee at the Jordan River Foundation, and is a director at the Cheesecake Factory.
Queen Noor is the queen dowager of Jordan, a director at Refugees International, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Walter Isaacson is the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was the chairman & CEO for CNN.
Ted Turner is the founder of CNN, the chairman for the United Nations Foundation, a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and the founder of the Turner Broadcasting System Inc.
Patricia E. Mitchell was an executive in charge of original productions for the Turner Broadcasting System Inc, a director at the Human Rights Watch, and a trustee at the Jordan River Foundation.
Alexander L. Cappello was a trustee at the Jordan River Foundation, and is a director at the Cheesecake Factory.

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Vietnam Veterans Memorial





Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Building the memorial
On March 11, 1982, the revised design was formally approved, and on March 26, 1982, ground was formally broken. Stone for the wall came from Bangalore, Karnataka, India, and was deliberately chosen because of its reflective quality. Stone cutting and fabrication was done in Barre, Vermont. The typesetting of the original 58,195 names on the wall was performed by Datalantic in Atlanta, Georgia. Stones were then shipped to Memphis, Tennessee where the names were etched. The etching was completed using a photoemulsion and sandblasting process. The negatives used in the process are in storage at the Smithsonian Institution.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Maya Lin is the designer for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, an honorary trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council, and a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation.

Note: Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a friend of Michael Douglas, and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.  
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Michael Lynton was a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council, and is a regent at the Smithsonian Institution.
David M. Rubenstein is a regent at the Smithsonian Institution, and was a benefactor for the Aspen Institute (think tank).   
Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).   
Walter Isaacson is the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was the chairman & CEO for CNN.   
David L. Grange is a military analyst for CNN, and a director at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Ted Turner is the founder of CNN, a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), a member of the Kappa Sigma, and was married to Jane Fonda.
Michael Douglas is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and a friend of George Soros.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).  
Jessica Tuchman Mathews is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), was the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war. We are now at the year 1908, which was the year that the Carnegie Foundation began operations. In that year, the trustees, meeting for the first time, raised a specific question, which they discussed throughout the balance of the year in a very learned fashion. The question is: “Is there any means known more effective than war, assuming you wish to alter the life of an entire people?” And they conclude that no more effective means than war to that end is known to humanity.
        So then, in 1909, they raised the second question and discussed it, namely: “How do we involve the United States in a war?”
        Well, I doubt at that time if there was any subject more removed from the thinking of most of the people of this country than its involvement in a war. There were intermittent shows in the Balkans, but I doubt very much if many people even knew where the Balkans were. Then, finally, they answered that question as follows: “We must control the State Department.” That very naturally raises the question of how do we do that? And they answer it by saying: “We must take over and control the diplomatic machinery of this country.” And, finally, they resolve to aim at that as an objective.
        Then time passes, and we are eventually in a war, which would be World War I. At that time they record on their minutes a shocking report in which they dispatched to
President Wilson a telegram, cautioning him to see that the war does not end too quickly.
William G. McAdoo was the treasury secretary for the Woodrow Wilson administration, and a member of the Kappa Sigma.
Ted Turner is the founder of CNN, a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), a member of the Kappa Sigma, and was married to Jane Fonda.
Robert Redford is a member of the Kappa Sigma, and a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Maya Lin is an honorary trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council, the designer for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation.
Michael Lynton was a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council, and is a regent at the Smithsonian Institution.
Jane Fonda was married to Ted Turner & Tom Hayden, and is known as Hanoi Jane.
Jane Fonda A.K.A. Hanoi Jane
Several requests from students and other visitors have asked if the photos depicting Jane Fonda sitting on an NVA anti-aircraft gun were really her or not.  The answer to this question is YES.  Jane Fonda has expressed her regrets for having her picture taken while sitting on the anti-aircraft gun and for the pain that her action has caused many American Veterans.  
Jane Fonda sitting on a seat of an anti-aircraft gun
Jane Fonda looking admiringly at an NVA gun crew
Jane Fonda applauding an NVA anti-aircraft gun crew.  These guns were used to shoot down American planes and contributed to the deaths of American Airmen.
Notice the anti-aircraft shells that are ready to be used to shoot down American planes by Jane Fonda's  foot
Close up of Jane Fonda wearing a steel pot from the Communist NVA. gun crew
Color photo of Jane Fonda sitting in the gun seat
Jane Fonda laughing with an NVA gun crew
Jane Fonda laughing with an NVA gun crew
Tom Hayden and Jane Fonda being interviewed after their return from North Vietnam.  Jane Fonda tells the world press that the American Prisoners of War were being well treated and not tortured.

As the American POWs returned home in 1973, they spoke out about the inhumane treatment and torture they had suffered as prisoners of war.  Their stories directly contradicted Jane Fonda's earlier statements of 1972.   Some of the American POWs such as Senator John McCain, a former Presidential candidate, stated that he was tortured by his guards for refusing to meet with groups such as Jane Fonda's.  Jane Fonda, in her response to these new allegations, referred to the returning POWs as being "hypocrites and liars."