Show Notes for December 29, 2010
Our December 29th show was a giant pile of randomness, which included a retrospective of the past year.
A look back at 2010…
- January: Haiti earthquake (http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2010/haiti.quake/)
- February: Plane crashes into IRS building (http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/18/texas.plane.crash.profile/index.html)
- March: Obama signs health care bill (http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/03/25/health.care.law.basics/index.html)
- April: BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2010/gulf.coast.oil.spill/index.html)
- May: Car bomb found in Times Square (http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/02/nyc.car.bomb.explainer/index.html)
- June: Joran Van der Sloot arrested in Peru (http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/06/07/peru.murder.case/index.html)
- July: Launch of WikiLeaks (http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/12/02/explainer.wikileaks/index.html)
- August: Combat mission ends in Iraq (http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/08/31/obama.oval.office.address/index.html)
- September: Florida pastor calls off Quran-burning ceremony (http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/11/new.york.jones/index.html)
- October: Trapped miners rescued in Chile (http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/10/13/chile.world.watches/index.html)
- November: Midtern elections shift House control to Republicans (http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/11/03/election.obama/index.html)
- December: Snowpocalypse! Passengers trapped for 11 hours on tarmac (http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/12/28/jfk.stuck.tarmac/index.html), Metrodome collapse (http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/12/13/vo.metrodome.damage.cnn), Atlanta’s first white Christmas since 1882 (http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-weather-airlines-affected-787907.html), $1 billion hit to retailers (http://money.cnn.com/2010/12/29/news/economy/Christmas_week_sales_drop/index.htm), among others…
Other stories…
- Overprotective mother writes crazy school letter: http://artoftrolling.memebase.com/2010/12/23/irl-troll-overprotective-mother-writes-school-crazy-letter/
- Woman begs for business loan, gets one: http://www.wkrn.com/Global/story.asp?S=13752017
- Family shocked to find porn on tablet PC: http://www.wsiltv.com/p/news_details.php?newsID=12037
- Man claims wife’s death was result of sex fantasy accident: http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/12/28/oklahoma.sex.death/index.html
- Husband defends reading wife’s e-mails: http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/12/29/michigan.hacking.spouse/index.html
- Obama moves to the center (or closer, anyways): http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/12/29/obama.review/index.html
- All stamps to become “forever” stamps: http://money.cnn.com/2010/12/29/news/companies/usps_forever_stamps/index.htm