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  • The Job

    Elon The Richest Man In The World and Donald Trump POTUS are feuding!  OMG!  It could even be double OMG or as readers of this column know it as OMG!! which is the absolute end of it all.  But that’s only if it is real.  Right now it seems too much like the WWE.  Maybe it will end with Trump hitting Elon over the head with a folding chair.  Maybe it will end with Elon writing a book ‘My Struggle’ detailing how he was humiliated and denigrated during his tenure at the White House.  How Trump is a meanie and how Elon endured the “slings and arrows of outrageous fortune”.  Then again, there has been a whole lot of those books and it might not sell at all.  Better to go with the folding chair over the head.  If they do it right, Elon won’t feel a thing.  If they do it wrong, it will only hurt Elon’s head.  His ego will be intact.

    BTW this all begins when Elon loses his job as the head of D.O.G.E..

    Then there is Karen Jean-Pierre she was Old Brains Biden’s Press Secretary.  She’s writing a book about how she is no longer a democrat but an Independent.  That’s the name of her new book, ‘Independent’.  And ‘Independent’ will tear the cover off the Old Brains Biden Administration, supposedly.  Some have speculated that there is no way she could have written a 300 page book between election night 2024 and now.  There isn’t enough time.  That presupposes that she wrote it.  We mean there are a whole lot of books out there with authors names on them that were written by someone else.  So maybe someone else started writing it as a plan B.  Plan A was Old Brains or Harris wins and she still has a job.

     And many of you may be wondering why a 41 year old Aaron Rogers signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers, for one more season.  We mean he’s a multi-millionaire and a shoo in for the Hall of Fame once he retires.  His last two seasons due to age and injury were nothing to write home about.  So why?  Why risk a season of mediocrity after so much excellence?  Why risk painful injury more prevalent with age?  Why?  

    Well, he’s an NFL  Quarterback and now he has a job.  And as we know now, it’s the job.  It is always the job.

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  • All Good Things…

    We can file this under all good things come to an end.  So, it’s goodbye to RHONY after 22 seasons.  That’s the Real Housewives of New York.  This show was a cultural phenomenon and a game changer.  It started off simple enough, a group of New York City Housewives and their daily lives.  But then the Housewives started screaming at each other and calling each other names.  Little wars broke out among the Housewives.  This led to the creation of a lot of other groups of Housewives in other cities all over America and even in cities of other countries.  All, of whom engaged in the same antics.  The cry of “You disrespected me?” echoed through the land along with “Can I trust you?” and “I can’t trust you!”.  

    Then the phenomenon took hold, as people in other venues began screaming at each other and calling each other names.  They got disrespected and wondered if they could trust anyone.  People on opinion shows that had heretofore simply stated their different views, now began to call each other names and not so nice ones either.  Then this spilled over into regular news shows and Podcasts which went uncensored and the name calling really got hot.  Last but not least to pick up on this, were the Politicians.  And modern political theater became a series of insults thrown left and right.  Then the American people began to wonder, if they were being disrespected?  And could they, trust anyone?

    You may be saying, it’s not all fault of the Housewives!  And I like those shows!  We’re not laying all the blame at their feet and people who took up the call are responsible for their actions.  But historians, anthropologists and sociologists of the future, will certainly see the Real Housewives of here, there and everywhere, as the focal point, of when everything, began to circle the drain.  And a whole lot of previously good things, began their descent into the crapper.

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  • What Do You Think?

    Now a whole lot of articles and even a few books are coming out about how the vaunted members of the What Once Was The Main Stream Media aka the WOWTMSM, missed the mental decline of Old Brains Biden.  Most of these articles and books are written by the vaunted members of the WOWTMSM.  Now we didn’t miss it and neither did you but they did. 

    The first hint, might have been when Old Brains in front of all the cameras said.  “I can sum up America in one word .”Asufutimaehaehfutbu.”  Then in case anyone missed it, he repeated it “Asufutimaehaehfutbu” for effect.  We noted it at the time.  The What Once Was The Main Stream Media aka the WOWTMSM missed it.  Of course there were other times, like when he thought his wife was his sister.  Then there were all the times he fell.  Then all the times he appeared to be sleepwalking and didn’t know which way to turn or where to walk.  And the Asufutimaehaehfutbu was hardly the only time he mangled a word or words.  He mangled a lot of words.  And they missed all that too.  We didn’t and neither did you.  But that leaves us with this one question.  Should they be writing this stuff?  

    A lot of the stuff they’re writing are Mea Culpas which is always good, especially when you make a big boo boo.  But if they missed all that, it kind of begs the question, what else did they miss?  Are they missing anything now?  Will they miss things in the future?  What do you think?

    And James O’Keefe late of Project Veritas, announced that he was not suicidal.  Almost all of us are also not suicidal, so why make this announcement?  Well, he now has a scandal he’s about to expose that will uncover billions that is billions with a B and even tens of billons in government fraud.  There will be indictments!  He exclaimed.  And if he winds up dead, it’s because they killed him.  He’s not going out like Jeffrey Epstein.  It will be homicide.

    Well one of the first things we learned in the News business is if a dog bites a man, it’s not news.  It happens all the time.  If a man bites a dog, then it’s news.  Got it.  So, we hate to burst James O’Keefe’s balloon but so far the D.O.G.E. people have found 160 billion dollars in waste and fraud.  And, well, no one has committed suicide over there at D.O.G.E., certainly not Elon.  And, no one has been indicted either or even arrested.  So if Mr. O’Keefe has found a few billion or even a few tens of billions, well we’re sorry to say, it will be more like a dog biting a man.  There will be no indictments, no arrests and hopefully, no suicides.  That’s what we think.  But what do you think?

    Oh that’s a picture of the White House Correspondence Dinner at the top of the page.  Those are the people who missed the mental status of Old Brains Biden and they are giving each other awards.  It looks a lot like the winners at the Grammys, just the senior division.

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  • They Died in Office

    Mortuis Honoris Datus

    William Henry Harrison the hero of the battle of Tippecanoe. Sworn in March 4, 1841 where he caught a bad cold and then died April 4, 1841. Historians who rate Presidents always rate this guy near the bottom but that’s not really fair, as he was dead for 3 years and 11 months of his first term. Some of these historians are meanies.

    Abraham Lincoln Sworn in March 4, 1861 assassinated April 14, 1865. One of the great tragedies in American history. He was shot in the back of the head in Ford’s theater while watching the play ‘Our American Cousin’. His wife wanted to see the play. He should have let her go and stayed home. Both General Grant and Capt. Robert Todd Lincoln, Lincoln’s son, declined to go as they were tired. No, there was no internet, cable TV, streaming or even the old broadcast TV. That’s why they had to go to Ford’s theater. Like we said, one of the great tragedies in American history.

    James A Garfield Sworn in March 4, 1881, shot on July 2, 1881 and then died two and a half months later on September 19, 1881. Garfield is usually ranked somewhere in the middle of the pack. Like in the 20’s which might be kind of nice. Considerably nicer than they rank Harrison, seeing as how Garfield was only President a few months longer than ole Tippecanoe. So it could be just a nice gesture for a guy who got shot. Or it could mean these historian meanies, just hate twenty or so other guys who were President, a whole lot more.

    BTW Robert Todd Lincoln was Garfield’s Secretary of War and an eye witness to the assassination.

    William McKinley Sworn in March 4, 1897 shot on September 6, 1901 and dies a week later on September 14, 1901. This assassination thing is getting to be a bad habit for this young nation. McKinley is ranked pretty high. He’s usually in the top 20. The moral of the story here is, don’t try to shake hands with a guy who has his hand wrapped in a handkerchief. This guy, the assassin, Leon Czolgosz, had a gun in his.

    BTW Robert Todd Lincoln was just outside of the building when McKinley was shot.

    Warren G. Harding. Sworn in March 4, 1921 and died of a heart attack August 2, 1923. Warren G, returned the died in office, back to natural causes, instead of getting shot. Harding was a very popular President while alive but after he died, there were all kinds of scandals that came out. People getting caught with their hand in the till and well it seemed Warren G, cheated on his wife. Sort of like a whole lot of Presidents that came after him. The history meanies don’t rate him too high, while they rate some of the other guys who had scandals and cheated on their wives, a lot higher.

    FDR Sworn in March 4, 1932, died April 12, 1945 from a brain hemorrhage. Hey the guy ran and got elected four times. He was in office for over 12 years, what did anyone expect? He was going to live forever? But the whole country was in shock and saddened. A whole lot of people didn’t even remember the guy before him.

    JFK Sworn in January 20, 1961, assassinated November 23, 1963. And, now it was back to getting assassinated, as the reason for died in office. This assassination is the first one caught on film. Then the unfolding events, the shooting of the assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, the funeral and the unending commentary where the TV talking heads would get all choaked up, were all on TV. This is also one of the great who dun it’s, as almost no one believes the official document, The Warren Report, on the assassination anymore.

    BTW Robert Todd Lincoln wasn’t at this one. So far as we know.

    Joe Biden. Sworn in January 20, 2021 and you may say he’s still walking around but trust us, he’s dead. When the leaders of your own party, a whole lot of the Cognoscenti of the Known World, the TV Talking Heads and actor George Clooney, tell you not to run right in the middle of your re-election campaign, it means you’re dead. Even if you’re still walking around in the White House.

    While we don’t have a date for the funeral trust us, it’s already planned; the burial plot picked out, his obituary written, the media has the little 1 and 2 minute video clips, that will encapsulate his life, all set up and ready to go. President DJT’s staff has already written his remarks as well. Remarks, where he doesn’t call him Sleepy Joe or the worst President of all time. DJT will just say a few nice things because Joe Biden will be among the mortuis honoris datus, the honored dead. The funeral home is just waiting for the phone call.

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  • Nice Work If You Can Get It

    Aaron Donald, Los Angeles Ram and three time NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year, has a Stalker.  She is Jenelle Anwar.  Usually the Stalker is a man and he’s obsessed with a woman but there are Stalkers who have been known to be female.  So that’s nothing new.  And celebrities have been known to have Stalkers of all kinds.  Some who break into their homes and some who even cause harm to them.  But Jenelle is a little different.  She wants a divorce.  Even though she’s never even been in the same room with Aaron Donald.  She filed papers in court and she wants $1,500 a month in alimony.  Nice work if you can get it and we guess you can get it if you try.*  That’s a riff off of a line from an old song.

    And Six time Jeopardy champion Andrew Hayes did not get final jeopardy in that sixth game but he was so far in front that the other two contestants couldn’t catch him.  He had 28,800 going into final Jeopardy and he bet 8,800 so he lost that 8,800 and only wound up with 20,000.  As opposed to 37,600 if he would have gotten final Jeopardy right or the 28,800 if he’d just bet nothing.  But leave it to Ken Jennings to put things in perspective when he said.  “Twenty thousand dollars for a half hours work, not too bad.”  Andrew lost in his 7th game but his six wins gave him $137,804.  Nice work if you can get it and you can get it if you try.

    Now the Enchanted Six pictured above, took to the skies in their Blue Origin capsule and landed to a chorus of boos.  Then came the memes making fun and the cruel jokes.  We won’t repeat them here as we don’t do nasty, even if it’s funny.  Well sometimes we do but we try not to.  Also people pointed out that the Blue Origin craft didn’t go up that high and it looked like a chance to take selfies more than a Space flight.  So they weren’t really Astronauts, as they claimed to be.

    In response to the negativity Gail King of the CBS morning show said she was like Alan Shepard.  Alan Shepard was the first American and only second man in Space.  He rode into Space on a first generation ballistic missile and it had a tendency to blow up during its tests.  Also Alan Shepard was a graduate of Annapolis, a veteran of WWII, a test pilot and one of the few men to walk on the moon.  So, she might want to re-think that one.  Also, Alan Shepard wore a helmet.  All Astronauts wear helmets.  The Enchanted Six did not wear helmets.  It would have ruined their hair, in the selfies.

    But don’t feel bad for Gayle King, she gets 12 million a year to read off a teleprompter, asks questions and talk about whatever.  And that is nice work if you can get it and you could never get that, no matter how hard you try.  Fugettaboutittitt!

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    * ‘Nice Work If You Can Get It’ by George and Ira Gershwin

  • Quiz Time

    Yes it’s that time again. Time to see if you have been paying attention and if you have grasped what is going on in the world. Remember “Democracy dies in darkness.”

    Question 1.

    D.O.G.E. is

    A. An old car company from the 20th century.

    B. A game played by kids in the 1950’s.

    C. Something you do on or about April 15th of every year.

    D. None of the above.

    Question 2.

    As April 15th looms on the horizon, we’ve have found out that.

    A. I.R.S. workers pay their taxes on time, just like you and me. Or as one I.R.S. employee said. “We’re no better than anyone else. We have a duty just like all Americans, to pay our taxes.”

    B. They have until Christmas to file their own tax returns.

    C. I.R.S. employees owe 45 million in back taxes. Or as one I.R.S. employee said. “We run the joint. If we don’t pay our taxes what are you going to do about it? Who are you going to call?”

    D. Answers A and B but not C.

    E. Answers A and C but not B.

    Question 3

    Disney’s latest live action remake of Snow White is

    A. A movie that is breaking box office records and is better than the original.

    B. A movie about a girl and an apple.

    C. A movie about a girl and some short guys.

    D. A movie that redefines what it means to be a girl, along with, some short guys and an apple.

    E. A and C.

    F. B and C.

    Question 4

    The Trump Administration inadvertently let a reporter listen in on a meeting that discussed the bombing of the Houthis in Yemen.

    A. This is a serious breech of security because the Houthis now know who bombed them.

    B. This is a serious breech of security because the Houthis now know which type of airplanes, bombed them.

    C. This is not a such serious breech of security as a whole lot of the Houthis went on the get the 72 virgin package, so they never found out who bombed them. The could only guess.

    D. A and B but not C.

    E. B and C but not A.

    F. All of the above.

    This quiz was a little tough as there is more than one correct answer to some of the questions here. We like to do this because it forces the student to focus. Quizzes like life, are not fair.

    Answers. Each correct answer is worth 25 points.

    Question 1. Answer is D. This one was easy but maybe a little tricky, as there is only one D in D.O.G.E. Just like there is no I, in team.

    Question 2. Answer is E, as both A and C are true. This one was a little tough, as the news reported that I.R.S. employees owe 45 million in back taxes but we assume that it wasn’t all of the I.R.S. employees. There are always people in any situation, who do the right thing. Even paying their taxes.

    Question 3. Answer F. This was a little tough, as we didn’t bother to see the movie. But we do know that they kept the apple in this version and there are some short guys. Originally there were Dwarfs in the tale of Snow White but we’re not sure if we can use that term or if you can put actual Dwarfs in a movie nowadays. But we do know that the guys in the new movie are short. We could have or should have a more definitive question but then for that to happen, someone would have had to sit through the whole movie. So, give yourself 10 points for any answer you put down but only F, gets 25 points.

    Question 4. Answer A, B, C, D, E & F. With all the crazy reporting on the matter, you can give yourself 25 points for any answer here. We’re tough task masters but we’re not heartless.

    If you got 100, CONGRTUALTIONS! You’re a winner baby! We used to give out prizes but with the price of eggs nowadays, not to mention gas… We knew you would understand. So now, no prizes but the heartfelt knowledge, that you know what’s going on the world.

    If you got anything less… Well this was a little tough, as there were multiple correct answers and fake news being what it is, trying to figure what’s actually going on in the world, is not so easy. If you were able to complete all the questions, give yourself a pat on the back.

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