Democratic Forum Debate Tweets from Winthrop U (1 of 3): Live from Rock Hill, SC, it's Saturday Night Live........

Welcome to those of you in Greece where perhaps tourists heading to Turkey, my late father's country, have decided to stay put following the re-election of ultra right wing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, perhaps they will join Syrian refugees who have decided not to head north to Serbia!

Tonight's Democratic Party Forum at Winthrop U in Rock Hill, SC, is perhaps just over now, but we got some tweets from the debate including one from Bakari Sellers, a former Democratic state legislature from Denmark, SC, who was at the debate himself (he is a contributor to CNN; yet he slams the media in his tweet).

Our images are of Democratic Party front-runner Hillary Clinton (top), a bald eagle (center, since Winthrop's mascot is an eagle), and Dale Earnhardt Jr., since the band Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. (now Jr. Jr.) was playing gig at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC, where everyone not watching the debate in the nation's capital were probably gathered.

Here are the tweets:

1) Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, SC, newspaper, earlier in the day): "Rand Paul talks about Keystone XL while stumping in Spartanburg." (the GOP candidate Paul later went to Rock Hill).

2) Overheard in Newsroom (not about the debate, but we thought it was amusing): "Those pesky interns with their creative impulses and their hope."

3) Shane Goldmacher (Politico): "So Marco Rubio is asking for Scott Walker's endorsement."

4) Ken Rudin: "Ben Carson, accused of making things up and not being truly informed, announces he would appoint Judge Reinhold to the Supreme Court." (This is a joke, Judge Reinhold was a teen movie actor in the '80s).

5) Jack Miller (Clinton campaign): "Hillary Clinton supporters loud and proud! Turnout is amazing!"

6) Martin O'Malley: Hillary Clinton wants to go after Jeb Bush for making excuses on guns. But, she did the same thing in 2008."

7) Washington Post: "Amid national coverage about race, Yale acknowledges failing its minorities."

8) Shannon Greene ("Rock Hill Herald" reporter): Meet Hillary "fangirl," Madison Kimrey, the first in line for the debate.

9) Bakari Sellers: Mainstream Media....there is one reason your Bernie is making a comeback like in '08 is really off, Bernie is not Barack Obama. You're welcome.

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Quotes from Famous Authors (3 of 5): Vladamir Nabakov

"You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style."

We have been considering writing a satire of "Reading Lolita in Teheran" called "Reading Naked Lunch in Rock Hill, South Carolina" but we haven't gotten around to it quite yet!

Image to Fill Space- Woman in White Bikini

It's come to our attention that the only three people reading this blog are a Winthrop  Univeristy college student in Rock Hill, SC, a Turkish taxi driver in Baltimore (orginally from Eskisehir, if you're Turkish you might get the joke) and a house wife in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Hopefully, this blog entry which might remind one of Acapulco, Mexico, might change all that.

We expect this particular entry will be popular in Latvia, Pakistan and Dubai!

Today's GeoQuiz-A Question About Spain?

For today's entry, which we dedicate to students at Northwestern High School in Rock Hill, SC, which is the alma mater of my cousin Michael and former North Carolina State gymast named Ashley Shepard (I had initially forgotten her name!).

Today, we ask what is Spain's third largest city. This city is also home to soccer player Raul Albidol, who will one of the 22 players taking the field for the World Cup final between Spain and Holland. He also plays for Real Madrid.

The mayor of this city (its flag is pictured here) is Rita Barbera, and it boasts a population of 810,000 and it shares a Siste City program with Sacramento, Calif.

Is this city?:

A) Valladolid
B) Valencia
C) Zaragoza
D) Seville

SIDEBAR: We are always looking to see who is visiting us from where. Today, we are curious if any of you are from Athens, Georgia, or Thessaloniki, Greece, which is the country's second largest city and ironically the birthplace of The Republic of Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

PS- The answer to last week's GeoQuiz is Yaounde, which is the capital of Cameroon.