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DEMOCRATIC DEBATE
Hilary, Bernie “I hate Wall Street” and that guy in the corner aka Martin O’Malley debated on a multitude of issues including gun rights/control, Obamacare, Wall Street and more. Sanders, whose campaign has touted his resent for Wall Street and their campaing dollars hit at Hilz stating “I don’t take money from big banks. I don’t get personal speaking fees from Goldman Sachs, I have huge doubts when people receive money from Wall Street.” This debate was dubbed their most contentious so far and its about to get hotter and O’Malley might get 5 seconds at their next debate. Fascinating that during the GOP debate only Hilary’s name is mentioned and during the Dems debate, it was Donald Trump mostly.
NFL PLAYOFFS
We’re getting closer to Sunday Feb. 7 aka Superbowl and with that, closer to the two football teams that will vie to hoist the Lombardi trophy. Yesterday, the Denver Broncos led by Peyton Manning handled the Pittsburgh Steelers 23-16 to advance; Cam Newton and the Panthers’ hot streak continued as they routed the Seattle Seahawks 31-24 at home. Saturday, New England Patriots, the reigning champions, inched one game closer to Levis Stadium beating the Kansas City Chiefs 27-20; Green Bay lost to Arizona 26-20. The AFC championship will be between the Patriots & Broncos (another Manning-Brady matchup) and the NFC Championship game will be between the Panthers and Arizona Cardinals.
SNIPPETS
Three American who are employed as contractors at the Baghdad International Airport, have been kidnapped in Iraq by militiamen from what’s being desribed as a prostitution apartment. Amro Mohamed, Wael al-Mahdawi, and Rusul Farad, were invited to the home of their Iraqi interpreter before being reported missing…The World Economic Forum, a Swiss nonprofit foundation, aka the rich and intelluctuals’ think tank will begin its annual winter meeting of political, intelluctual and business leaders in Davos Jan. 20 and go until Jan 23…Right before the start of the Australian Open, allegations of widespread match fixing in tennis dropped. A report by Buzzfedd+BBC indicated 16 players who have been ranked in the top 50 in the past decade, had been repeatedly flagged to the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) over suspicions they had thrown matches. Speaking to members of the press current #1 ranked Novak Djokovic said back in 2007, someone tried to offer his people $200,000 to lose a first round match at a tournament in St. Petersburg.
OVER THE WEEKEND
President Obama addressed a press conference Sunday morning to discuss the US deal with Iran, nuclear sanctions have been removed as well as the prisoner exchange decision…A Burkina Faso hotel and cafe, popular with foreigners was attacked by al-Qaida militants on Friday killing at least 28; after the more than 12-hour siege at the upscale Splendid Hotel in downtown Ouagadougou ended, President Roch Marc Christian Kabore addressed the nation beginning three days of national mourning Sunday… On Friday, an ABC7 Chicago web producer Anne Swaney was found dead while on vacation in Belize. Autopsy revealed cause of death was “asphyxia due to compression of the neck area, throttling (manual strangulation) and blunt force traumatic injuries to the head and neck region,” and a person of interest is being interviewed by police.
ENTERTAINMENT
Last night’s Critics Choice awards winners included Amy Schumer who received the Critics’ Choice MVP award for her work in TV, film and stand-up and best actress in a comedy (“Trainwreck”), Leonardo DiCaprio won for best actor in a drama (“The Revenant”), Alicia Vikander won best supporting actress for “The Danish Girl” and Sylvester Stallone won for best supporting actor award for “Creed” this time remembering to thank the films director Ryan Coogler.Rachel Bloom took home the Best Actress in a Comedy Series award for “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Cutest moment of the night went to nine year old actor Jacob Tremblay of “Room” who won for Best Young Actor/Actress.
FASHION
Starting October 1, current Henkel CEO Kasper Rorsted will replace Herbert Hainer as the CEO of Adidas and news of this leadership change bumped Adidas’ share up 9.8%…The Tamara Mellon Brand (TMB) is back in businessfollowing a 60-day period of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and acquiring New Enterprise Associates (NEA) as new investors.
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’”
– Dr. Martin Luther King
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