#telethons

[whattolearntoday]

A bit of September 5th history...

1698 - Russian Tsar Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards

1774 - The 1st Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia; they adopt a trade embargo against Great Britain as well as make Philadelphia the 1st capital of the US

1793 - French Revolution: The “Reign of Terror” begins

1939 - FDR declares US neutrality at the start of WWII in Europe

1946 - Amon Goth becomes the 1st conviction of homicide at a War Crimes court - he was head of Krakow-Plaszow concentration camp

1966 - Jerry Lewis’ 1st Muscular Dystrophy Labor Day telethon raises $1 million

1972 - 11 Israeli athletes are taken hostage and later killed by Palestinian Black September group at the Munich Olympics

1976 - Jim Henson’s “The Muppet Show” premiers on tv

2019 - Erramatti Mangamma becomes the world’s oldest woman to give birth - she was 74 years old

[milfadvisors]

#420 #Latepost: Hope everyone had a great #4202020 and got to enjoy all the live #digital #telethons and #podcasts while being #StuckAtHome with nothing to do but celebrate #Cannabis! 💻🌱 How did you indulge?! 🥳🎉 We had #edibles, #Flower, #kief rolled #joints, #dabs, and #Kalvara #THC #cocktails... and then later along with “#Pot” pies 🥧😉 we enjoyed my #homemade #FreshBaked #CannaBanana #Bread w/#maplesyrup 🍌🍞🍁 #YUM!!! As much as it SUCKED to be locked in #quarantine, it was great to spend it with @ipasspot and check in on friends throughout the day📲 Just really #grateful regardless: we are super lucky to live in a State where our #CannabisRights are more than a #PipeDream 💨 I am extremely proud to represent @sensimagazine as a publisher for #LasVegas, and be part of an amazing industry full of so much #HeartAndSoul! 💚 Because #Covid or not- you can’t deny the power of #Pot! 😘🙌✨ https://www.instagram.com/p/B_RBGRNpj3H/?igshid=q9mblk4h0z9n

[pgbuote]

Kitimats Aluminum City Telethon

Kitimats Aluminum City Telethon

Forty Years of this  Aluminum City Telethon and well I thought I would take a peek as I was Informed that I have Grandchildren in the show , And I know that John Degerness also had his grandchildren in the show So Here is a screen shot of the Telethon when they appeared .

And I hope All the grandparents are happy . Sending a link to everyone  .

Thanks for watching Perry

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[ceevee5]

I’m watching the series of “Bake Off: Stand Up To Cancer” episodes. It’s basically comedians and a few athletes/politicos baking, and every 15 minutes, there’s a short fundraising pledge now film about someone who has died from leukemia aged 25. Both parents, one aunt, one uncle and a grandparent have died from it.

[clocksarebigmachinesareheavy]

If wealthy celebrities stop doing telethons asking poor people to give money to people in desperate need, and gave the kind of percentage of their wealth that the people who watch the telethons gave, there would be much less poverty in the world.

[autisticadvocacy]

By Catherine Kudlick Jerry Lewis is back in the news with a truly bad movie the same weekend that his MDA Telethon would have been 50. America still suffers from the *crippling* effects of t…

America still suffers from the effects of the Labor Day event that the MDA finally ended last year.

[rampyourvoice]

This book has been added to my “to read” list.  

(If anyone wants to gift it to me, please do.)

[weemaykmusic]

A new Spotify playlist for “October 2015.” Also, playable on Youtube.