The late night host who leaves at the top of his game.. why?

They say it’s good to leave when you’re on top.. Jerry Seinfeld even did that when he stopped his program before the end of the 20th century.
The world of late night television will soon see an exit  of Jay Leno, who will leave the NBC’S TONIGHT SHOW. When he does leave, he will move on with some really high ratings..

As a matter of fact, one must ask why is leaving when he is so young, when he’s on top, and when he wins in the ratings every night (and has done so since the mid 1990s)..

I am a watcher of late night comedy..
Leno turned the tables on David Letterman in the 90s when he had Hugh Grant on his program after a sex scandal. After that, it seemed that all of the viewers who left the TONIGHT SHOW came back again.

For over a decade, Letterman was trailed. Jimmy Kimmel has been moving up in recent months, but still is behind the juggaruant of the TONIGHT SHOW.

As the DAILY BEAST points out in an extremely inter sting article today, Leno has been on top for 17 seasons..

17 seasons..
And this is the second time, even with high ratings, that NBC is tossing Leno aside in place of someone else they think can win the young demographic—even though Leno trounces competition in that age group!

I think Jimmy Fallon will start big and fail.. I predict that. While the TONIGHT SHOW will never perhaps be canceled for bad ratings, I do not think Fallon is ready for early late night. Beer pong and celebrity games will not work.. There may be a chance that Jimmy Fallon will end up being the best thing that could happen to David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel.

If you’re interested, read the DAILY BEAST article here.. And afterwards think to yourself, why in the world is NBC getting rid of the best thing they have..in place of someone who may not live up to the expectations placed on him..

House Republicans gone wild: A farm bill passes that rewards big agribusiness, seniors will lose visits from Meals on Wheels, and fewer lower income people will get cards to buy unhealthy canned food. A must read story that may effect your future--but will undoubtedly effect the future of the nation as a whole..

House Republicans gone wild: A farm bill passes that rewards big agribusiness, seniors will lose visits from Meals on Wheels, and fewer lower income people will get cards to buy unhealthy canned food. A must read story that may effect your future--but will undoubtedly effect the future of the nation as a whole..

When the giant spy apparatus fails..

The NSA (Yes, the NSA) says that they cannot comply with a record request because they do not have the technology to search its own email system .. The NSA..

We have been told that early humans were warlike. What if they were not?

There would be some big implications.. And our modern “civilized society” would need to do some soul searching about how we have lost the way.. 

Consider this:

And here we thought that road rage evovled from stone age cave rage..

We have long been told that war is bred deep within humanity.. that our early ancestors killed and maimed for food and terrirtory.. that we are warlike in our nature.. But maybe that is all wrong! 

A new study seems to suggest that mankind didn’t go to war until much later than previously thought, and that tribal societies found war to be an alien concept! So those old humans we would laugh and joke about perhaps were one with the land, one with each other, and learned to live, hunt, and forge new worlds without killing and destroying.. Could that be possible!? 

As the UK INDEPENDENT details: Douglas Fry and Patrik Soderberg [umlaut over o] of Abo Akademi University in Vasa, Finland, studied 148 violently lethal incidents documented by anthropologists working among 21 mobile bands of hunter-gatherer societies, which some scholars have suggested as a template for studying how humans lived for more than 99.9 per cent of human history, before the invention of agriculture about 10,000 years ago.

Amazing to consider..

As the quote from THE STAND goes: Those summer colds are the worst

Those summer colds are the worst: New strain of a stomach virus circulating around the United States.. The CDC says that GII.4 Sydney is the leading cause of outbreaks in the US .. it can be confused with the flu, it causes severe vomiting and diarrhea.. According to the CDC, about 51% of the cases in the U.S. were caused by person-to-person transmission and 20% resulted from contaminated food..

Gasland: Amanda Bynes accidentally drenched her dog in gasoline and then struggled to save it.. and yes, TMZ has surveillance footage of the entire weird thing.. According to USA TODAY, Bynes has been hospitalized for a mental health evaluation .. the fire and the dog drenching event could force Bynes to remain in the hospital for mental care for “two weeks”

If it’s not Andy Dick terrorizing your neighborhood, it’s Amanda Bynes setting your driveway on fire.. please be safe out there, America.. Hollywood has gone crazy..

More Lady, less Gaga.

Less Gaga.. less makeup.. Lady Gaga releases a photo of herself without makeup and the typical appearance you’re used to .. this is being done to tease fans for her new ARTPOP album.. She wrote: “As they pry the single from my bleeding fingers. It’s a scary thing to revisit those things underneath, the pain in your past. But all I found was raw passion. I thought I was destroyed inside. I’m ready to fight. Start the music”..

Lady Gaga is 27 right now. That is the magic age—and not magic in a good way. We should send as many positive thoughts to her as we all can because …..we’ve lost too many stars at 27.. We don’t want anymore talent to join the club..

Wood shafted..

New Zealand BANS Elijah Wood horror flick! MORE: the movie has been banned by the country from release after its film festival screening..

According to the NZHERALD, Wood’s movie MANIAC has been targeted by the Office of Film and Literature.. And now the debate begins: Is this censorship or a nation deciding to keep the mental health of its citizenry safe (I feel its censorship, despite the fact I do not care to see the Frodo remake of this movie, this type of horror is not my cup of blood, really)..

The Office of Film in New Zealand said that the movie could be disturbing to children and adults..

However: The film WILL be able to be shown at film festivals..

I’d love to hear thoughts?

Weiner ‘Very Sorry’ For Latest Sexting Revelations; Hopes For ‘Second Chance’ - CBS New York

He chose “Carlos Danger as his sex-messaging name. 

Now that is cool… no?

Weiner ‘Very Sorry’ For Latest Sexting Revelations; Hopes For ‘Second Chance’ - CBS New York

Pope Francis forced into helicopter to avoid protests

Pope Francis had to arrive at his welcoming reception at Guanabara Palace in Rio de Janeiro by helicopter on Monday night as protests gathered outside during his first foreign trip to Brazil.

It would seem that the Papal trip is getting a bit alarming security wise..

Pope Francis forced into helicopter to avoid protests

Let it be known, in the world of headline writers, the SUN may be the best.

6 Startling Facts About Moms Working In The Restaurant Industry

Well… they are not startling unless you are a mom in the restaurant industry, know one, or have one..

This could go for several industries.. 

But so often people, not just moms, but also some men, who work in the trade of serving the well-to-do their steak and lobster are unappreciated. 

Even Justin Bieber urinates in your bucket when you least expect it..

6 Startling Facts About Moms Working In The Restaurant Industry

Say what you will about Matt Drudge, he sure can write a headline when he needs to.

This may be one of the more memorable ones at the expense of Anthony’s Weiner

The truth can be a royal pain in the ass

New York mayoral candidate and former Rep. Anthony Weiner confirmed as real some newly emerged, sexually tinged online exchanges he had with an unnamed woman.

"As I have said in the past, these things that I did were wrong and hurtful to my wife and caused us to go through challenges in our marriage that extended past my resignation from Congress," Weiner said in a statement. "While some things that have been posted today are true and some are not, there is no question that what I did was wrong."

A CNN news alert I just received on the Weiner that cannot be tamed

This may be good.. BATMAN VS SUPERMAN film is coming in 2015..

The Pope goes to the young.. Pope Francis has delighted Brazilian crowds .. he is also frustrating security.. The AP reported it this way: “A wrong turn sent a humble Fiat carrying Pope Francis into the thick of a frenzied Rio crowd Monday, in his first minutes back in South America since becoming pontiff. It was a nightmare for security officials, but for the clearly delighted pope just another opportunity to connect.”..The Pope enjoyed his WRONG TURN.. much more than other Popes have ever..

MORE ON WORLD YOUTH DAY:

Police disperse Papal protesters..

Tens of thousands great Pontiff..

Crowd swarms Popemobile..

RIO Cops fire tear gas..

Homemade bomb found..

One more Pope story

Another image that is striking—much more than Popes with royal palaces or those who wore Prada shoes.. this pope carries his own luggage.

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Thanks to UNDER THE DOME last night, this song has re-entered pop culture …and it’s much creepier than it was when the love song originally debuted. 

And if the world was going to end today, this Skeeter Davis song would be the perfect signoff.  

Cue it up CNN. Let’s be ready.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

For those who don’t come under the rule of the Royal Family, you may have never seen a town crier. Thanks to the birth of another royal spawn, now we have..

It looks like Anthony Hopkins in a 1776-era flick..