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Adam Sandler Plays a New Version of His ‘The Chanukah Song’ [Video]

It is Holiday Season again ... Wow, how time flies.

To my Jewish friends, Happy Chanukah.

And, as a 'gift' to all of you, here is a new version of "The Chanukah Song," performed by comedian Adam Sandler.  It became an instant classic, in 1994, when Sandler performed it on Saturday Night Live.

   

 

via YouTube.

 

Here is the Wikipedia post about the Chanukah Song.

Here are links to the Original Video,  Version 2, and, Version 3.  

Hope you enjoy them ... and best wishes for a happy holiday season.

 

Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading

Someone sent me a motion-activated toilet bowl night-light for my birthday.  I guess that is an early indicator that Depends won't be far behind.

  

 

 

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• Palestinian Activists at the DNC Believe Time is on Their Side. (Huffington Post)
• The Hidden Meanings behind the Set Designs of the RNC and DNC. (Wired)
• Why the Suspected Russian Hack of the DNC is Such a Game Changer. (FastCompany)
• Scientists Use Lasers to Regrow Teeth from Stem Cells. (IFLScience)
• Mark Cuban Says He’d Consider Being Vice President — for Trump or Clinton. (Re/code)

 

 

Trading Links:

• Nasdaq 100 Catching up to All-Time Highs - What Could this Mean for Market? (Stockcharts)
• AI Needs Oversight – Time to Set Standards for Autonomous Tech. (NewScientist)
• 'Pokémon GO' is the Biggest Mobile Game in History & It's about to Top Snapchat. (Forbes)
• Cadillac Bets on Virtual Dealerships. (Wall Street Journal)
• How Will Bots Make Money? Here are 7 Business Models. (VentureBeat)

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

Saw this and laughed.  The too true story of life as an entrepreneur.

via Gaping Void.

Here are some posts I saved this week.

 

Lighter Links:

• 17 Handy Tools for Entrepreneurs, Startups, and Marketers. (MarketingProfs)
• Brexit Will Not Affect 'Game of Thrones' Production. (Mashable)
• Frequent-flyer Programs are Too Complicated to Understand, the US Government Has Concluded. (Quartz)
• Why Bose’s New Wireless Headphones should Always Be in Your Hand Luggage. (TNW)
• Hillary: the New Mother Teresa? (DailyReckoning)

 

Trading Links:

 

• Goldman Sachs’ Favorite Books List – General Books on Investing. (ValueWalk)
• Warren Would Give a Middle Finger to Wall Street as Clinton's Vice-president. (TheGuardian)
• Indonesia Considers Onshore Financial Center after Tax Amnesty. (Reuters)
• The Short- and Long-Term Economic and Market Impact of a Brexit. (InstitutionalInvestor)
• Getting Serious About Trumponomics. (Apple)

Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading

I look forward to "Orange is the new Black" ... But Trump getting elected isn't what I mean.

  

  

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• Why Julian Assange Doesn’t Want Hillary Clinton to Be President. (Observer)
• Mark Zuckerberg: 'Entrepreneurship is about Creating Change, Not Just Creating Companies'. (Entrepreneur)
• Statistics is Dead – Long Live Data Science…. (DataScienceCentral)
• Elon Musk Tells You His Plan for Mars. (FoxBusiness)
• How ISIS Became the World’s Deadliest Tech Start-Up. (VanityFair)

 

Trading Links:

 

• Google Searches Suggest Many in UK Don't Understand Brexit. (Gizmodo)
• This Fascinating Map Shows How OPEC's Oil Flows around the World. (BizInsider)
• How Much More Does the Top 1% Make, by US County. (ValueWalk)
• Ag Traders Time to Shine? (Managed Futures)
• Why Uber Keeps Raising Billions. (New York Times)

Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading

While conspiracy theorists argue whether the NBA rigged the finals to get to get to game 7, I find this more disturbing ... it's a photo combining Hillary and Trump into a Clump.

 

 

 

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• 12 Neglected Questions Successful Leaders Keep Asking. (LeadershipFreak)
• The 5 Books Bill Gates Wants You to Read this Summer. (Inc)
• Netflix Launches Fast.com, a Dead Simple Way to Test Your Internet Speed. (Mashable)
• Your Life in Weeks. (WaitButWhy)
• The 8 Most Elite Special Forces in the World. (BusinessInsider)

 

Trading Links:

• Buffett Becomes Apple’s 56th Largest Shareholder with $1 Billion Investment. (BuzzFeed)
• Apple's Latest Billion-dollar Business: Venture Capital? (Mashable)
• 22 U.S. Companies that Just Keep Getting More Profitable. (MarketWatch)
• What Current Trends Tell Us about the Future of the Hedge Fund Industry. (QuantNews)
• JPMorgan Has New Theory about What Really Caused the Flash Rally. (Bloomberg)

Jimmy Kimmel Ghostwrote a Children's Book for Donald Trump Titled 'Winners Aren't Losers'

Donald Trump has accomplished a lot in his career.  

He built a real estate empire and wrote 12 books -- but, there is something he hasn't done.

 

Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! recently, Trump admitted he wanted to give authoring a kids' book a try, but hadn't yet.  Fortunately, host Jimmy Kimmel revealed he ghostwrote one for the presidential hopeful.

 

Authored and illustrated in the style of a Dr. Seuss book, Winners Aren't Losers tells the story of an inspiring Trump trying to direct children and animals to be winners instead of—you guessed it—losers.

 

 

 

 

Jimmy Kimmel via YouTube.

 

"Winners aren't losers. They're winners—like me! A loser's a loser. Which one will you be?" Kimmel read from the book. "Winners do deals and winners get rich, while sad little losers just sit there and bitch."

 

"This should be a big seller," Trump joked.

 

Here is the full text of the 'book'.

 

Changing the Game: Dustin Brown's Perftect Start Against Nadal

I'm not a big tennis fan. But while flipping channels this Sunday, I saw Serena Williams hit tennis balls over 120 miles an hour in her Wimbledon win.

My son and I commented how impressive that was, and how much the game has changed.

Then, I saw this clip of Dustin Brown playing. Wow! Click it, and watch it. 

 

Dustin Brown's Perfect Start (against Nadal) at Wimbledon.

 

It surprised me by how fast the game was played, and how the ball's path seemed to bend. More importantly, one of the best players in the world seemingly had no response.

Even though Brown was defeated in the third round of the tournament ... Sometimes the game changes right before your eyes.

The Dangers of Selfie Sticks - PSA Parody

This PSA parody warns people to stop abusing their selfie sticks.

Apparently, self-obsessed people will go to any lengths to top other selfie addicts. This results in longer selfie sticks, and increasingly dangerous situations. 

 

 

via YouTube.

The video ends by asking viewers to “please selfie responsibly,” an aptly-timed message considering Disney World’s recent ban on selfie sticks at the theme park.

This social commentary is a cleverly disguised Pizza Hut ad.

Show Me The Money - How Big Have Sports Broadcast Rights Become?

March Madness is upon us.

In case you missed it, sports is big business.

Here is a chart showing the broadcast fees paid to various sports leagues.

 

via Financial Times.

Is the bubble going to burst?  The trend of the past 20 years suggests that it won’t.

Broadcasters have been locking in their costs through long-term deals. That also makes it harder for tech companies — such as Netflix, Google or Apple — to buy into the market.

'Schoolhouse Rock' Bill Gets Schooled In 'SNL' Executive Order Skit

What a blast from the past!

 

He's "still just a bill sittin' on Capitol Hill," but Kenan Thompson's recent take on the classic Schoolhouse Rock! character on "Saturday Night Live" had a much harder time than "that sad little scrap of paper" from the original Saturday morning cartoon.

 

 

 

 

 

via YouTube.

 

In keeping with Obama's plan to enact executive actions on immigration reform, the president replaces the Bill with a new Schoolhouse Rock! character: the Executive Order.  In the wise words of this new addition: "I'm an executive order, and I pretty much just happen … and that's it."

 

 

Here is the original "Schoolhouse Rock!" clip.

 

 

 

 

 

via YouTube.