Mary Thornberry is 76. She’s from Fort Worth, but moved to Cairo a while back to study Egyptian culture. Ancient Egyptian — like pharaohs and so on. Now she’s stuck inside, as the protests rage. NBC’s Brian Williams caught up with her. She sounds like a pretty amazing woman.
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He joined January 31 with his first tweet: “test.” Three tweets since, each with a behind-the-scenes pic of him (hanging with Deion, on the set of Showtime’s Inside the NFL). I’m looking forward to seeing what he tweets late night, after he’s had a few pops. Follow him @realjerryjones.
We don’t want their immigrants (some of us don’t, anyway), but when the weather turns bad, we will take their electricity.
It’s Still Cold and Icy Outside. The roads are not great. Oh, and it’s supposed to snow again on Friday.
Guess Who Has a Crush on a Certain Former President. Snooki. Yes, the Jersey Shore “star.” I’ve never seen an episode. I only barely recognize her name. But I’m pretty sure if you’re George Bush, you’re feeling pretty good today. Or not. Either way.
City Council Members Cost Us Tax Payers $28.33. That’s right. Four council members got rides to work and two even got rides from work on Wednesday. This, my dear, fellow tax payers, cost us $28.33. I’m enraged.
The Consequences of Power Outages. While the outages caused people to be cold and inconvenienced for a few minutes, it did a lot worse for the Williams’ family. Their 18-year-old daughter has cerebral palsy. She also has a breathing machine and a feeding machine. Fifteen minutes without electricity can literally mean life or death for her. And although the family has a doctor’s note on file saying electricity should not be interrupted, they’ve been told that there’s really no way to ensure that it won’t happen again. This is a concern as power outages are possible again this morning.