United States Pulls Back The Welcome Mat

I have no comment to offer on this post other then to say the world isn't as scary or nasty as some would have us believe.

The following items should speak for themselves.

Rejected visas keep thousands from Hawaii (03/31/2017)
Allison Schaefers | Star Advertiser (Honolulu, Hawaii)

"Hawaii will host its largest incentive travel group from China next month, but roughly 40 percent of Nu Skin’s top distributors won’t be joining their peers because their visa applications were rejected.... More than 6,000 Nu Skin distributors in China and Hong Kong qualified for the trip, but fewer than 4,000 of them were able to get approved to travel to Hawaii..."What do Chinese people think of America? (2015)



Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Trump's travel ban could cost $18B in U.S. tourism, analysis shows
Bart Jansen | USA Today (03/29/2017)

"About 4.3 million fewer international travelers will visit the U.S. this year because of the bans, a revenue loss of $7.4 billion, according to Tourism Economics of Wayne, Pa. Another 6.3 million visitors and $10.8 billion that they would have spent will be lost in 2018, it estimated."

Cool Website I Came Across

If you ever find yourself with a little bit of time on your hands visit boredpanda.com. They feature some truly unique photos and other stuff.

I got a kick out of "10+ Accidents Waiting To Happen Thanks To These Architects And Designers". Here's a bit of a sampling from that post.

Along those same lines I spotted this in 'The Sun' (U.K.)

Apparently 'The Royal Mail' in England decided to drop his package in thru a open window. The source of the piece came from Sam Cooke's Twitter feed.

Frederick Douglass Rise Up

Another music video from my distant blogger buddy Steve Schalchlin.

"Frederick Douglass, Rise Up"
(Published on Mar 23, 2017)

A April Fools Prank (2017)

Matthew Weathers who teaches math at Biola University in California pulled this prank on his class.



Speaking of April fools pranks--more then a few of us are wondering if we're being had. Despite 'Animal Adventure Park' saying--April The Giraffe Will Giving Birth Any Minute Now--as of 1:26 pm (04/01/2017) nothing seems to be happening on THE LIVE FEED.

This has been going for over a month from when people expected to see her give birth. Is the sponsor "ToysRus" having a little fun given the giraffe was named "April"?

Time will tell. We shall see.


UPDATED
(04/15/2017)

"April" the giraffe finally gave birth on Saturday April 15, 2017

Peter Hollens Responds To Cuts For The Arts

Click HERE for so much more information.

Crayons, Hamburgers-- Who Cares!

Crayola is discontinuing a color. McDonald's is using unfrozen hamburger meats in some of it's burgers.

I've suffered through numerous social media reports along with TV constantly reporting on this nonsense for days.

Recently an expert giving testimony to the senate investigative committee explained how robotic software can fake stories into the top ten in popularity. As a result major media then reports on these hyped stories thinking they are at the top of the list. That's how the news business works today. As for me...

Should You?

What Constitutes An Allentown Nuisance?

New law would target nuisance Allentown businesses
Sarah Cassi | Lehigh Valley Live

"The ordinance would create a point system based on various infractions, from crimes such as corrupt organizations, human trafficking, child endangerment to violations of the Clean Water Act, animal cruelty law and noise control ordinances. Points can be assessed against a property owner or a tenant."

Sounds like a good plan to me. What say you?