70sEraVet
70sEraVet's JournalAfter one of these school shootings, maybe they should make all members of Congress....
show up at the school and help pick up pieces of young children. A great photo-op for some of them, to be wearing their little assault-weapons pins.
(Sorry, there's not an emoji that represents how sick i feel)
Limburger cheese joke
The grandfather had fallen asleep on the couch, and for a joke the grandkids rubbed limburger cheese under his nose!
After a while, the grandfather woke up, and he sniffed. "Boy, this couch STINKS!".
He got up and walked around the room. " The ROOM stinks!"
Then he walked into different rooms in the house, "My HOUSE stinks!"
Finally he walked outside, took a big sniff, and his eyes opened wide. "My GOD! The whole WORLD stinks!!!"
I'm sure there's a moral to this story. But right now I'm too busy listening to Fox News telling us how migrants and gays are turning our country into a hell-hole!
On Top Of Everything Else, Kevin McCarthy Wetting Bed Again
https://www.theonion.com/on-top-of-everything-else-kevin-mccarthy-wetting-bed-a-1849959561Nepotism babies and the myth of American meritocracy
https://www.alternet.org/nepotism-babies-myth-american-meritocracy/
It's unfortunate that the author of this opinion piece chose to start off with the example of Jamie Lee Curtis. An example of someone who benefitted from movie star parents, to become, herself, a movie star, is not quite as dangerous to a society as someone who, completely devoid of merit, inherits wealth and influence, then proceeds to use that inherited power as if it were his/her natural right.
Still, a good, thought provoking piece.
Criminal defense attorney explains why you should avoid self-checkout lanes: 'Theft by mistake'
A surprisingly informative article about the perils of using self-checkout at stores. Are we accepting a legal liability when we check our own items?
Jernigan explains that, in the early days of self-checkout, she noticed stores letting people off if they forgot to scan an item.
“They let almost all of these people either scan and pay for the item, or just let them go, but took the item they did not pay for,” she says.
Now, however, stores aren’t as lenient, she says. Jernigan believes this is because shoplifters have become so adept at stealing from self-checkout lanes that stores no longer want to take a gamble on whether a theft was accidental.
“They have lost all sympathy, and they are just taking a ‘Tell it to the judge’ approach,” she adds.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/criminal-defense-attorney-explains-why-170210360.html
A Christmas miracle? Trumpers dumping Trump?
I drive the 20 miles into Clarksville about twice a week -- to shop at a hardware store or a Wal-Mart, or pick up prescriptions at Kroger, etc. On the way there, I pass the Super-Trumper's house. He has a very long driveway, and I always look at all the flags lining his driveway. There are two very large US flags, accompanied by six or eight flags that denote his particular brand of patriotism -- Trump flags, Confederate flags, and Gadsden flags. His driveway is a Deplorable Landmark!
Anyway, I'm writing to report that I drove past it yesterday afternoon and ...... THEY'RE GONE!
Only the two US flags still stand.
What happened?
Did he get visited during the night by three Christmas Spirits?
Or did the angel Clarence show him how much better the world would be if Trump had never been born?
Or, ..... were the superhero trading cards the final grift, the last gift he could take? A Christmas grift.
In honor of the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, I'd like to recommend a book.
'1945' by Robert Conroy is an alternative history of the attack, and subsequent war against Japan. The historical details presented in the novel are eye-opening, and the 'if events worked out a bit differently' is really frightening.
https://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/1945/
I live in a rural Tennessee county, and I ALWAYS see 'Let's Go Brandon' bumperstickers, keyrings,
flags, etc.
I've decided I would like a 'You Don't Know Jack (Smith)' sign.
I know it only costs a few bucks for a personalized bumpersticker.
"Ancient Apocalypse is the most dangerous show on Netflix"
I've noticed this series listed in Netflix's Top Ten list this past week, and have been momentarily tempted to check it out. But then I remember reading a couple of books based on pretty much the same premise -- that there was a great, prehistoric civilization, that has somehow gone unnoticed by every archeologist in the world except, of course, for the book's author. The books were always a waste of time, and I suspected that this series would prove to be the same. Then I saw this article in 'the guardian' that reinforced my suspicions:
The thrust of Ancient Apocalypse is as follows: Hancock believes that an advanced ice-age civilisation – responsible for teaching humanity concepts such as maths, architecture and agriculture – was wiped out in a giant flood brought about by multiple comet strikes about 12,000 years ago. There are signs everywhere you look, he says. To prove this, he spends an entire television series looking everywhere.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/nov/23/ancient-apocalypse-is-the-most-dangerous-show-on-netflix
I have to say, that given today's political climate, a well-crafted series that challenges the body of knowledge of every scientist in the world, IS much worse than merely a waste of one's time; it is a DANGEROUS waste of time.
Just watched this great film on YouTube.
https://m.Description on YouTube:
This was before Truman called for the military to be desegregated.
The part about the Tuskegee Airmen gave me the chills a bit, knowing what we know now.
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