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.

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