Common Wisdom

Regarding our cosmic view of "men" and "women" consider this; common wisdom is that we always LOSE to Father Time, but GET the gift of life from Mother Nature

The art of the deal

In business as in life it's always a work in progress to stay on top of a guy who deals from the bottom.

On Addiction Predictions

The movements to legalize marijuana have (as have many things) divided our country. 49% favor it and 48% oppose it and those that oppose it point out (correctly) that a certain amount of people will definitely become addicted. But and it's a big but, putting aside that marijuana by almost all accounts is far less lethal than alcohol or tobacco, just how does it stack up habit wise, particularly for those that begin using as teenagers? Here are the numbers as to just how many will become addicted; 9% of the people who smoke marijuana, 15% of the people who drink, and 32% of smokers will never quit. Isn’t it ironic that the substance which is the least addictive (on many levels) and is the least dangerous has by far the greatest legal consequences?

Global warming, global cooling, Global fooling

Record weather events of the snow and ice variety are going  to be hitting  the Southeast in the next day or two and yet Alaska is experiencing some record warm temperatures. How wacky are these changes in the climate? This couldn't be the reason why they call it climate change, could it? Yes possible snow and ice in the deep south, and flash floods in Alaska in the winter, wow that's climate fooling.

The faux religious

 One knack the faux religious have is they do all the "right" things but none of the important ones

Mutt in your eye

For 100 years Westminster dog show has been for only the "pure" of breed but now at least a partial change has been made, and for the better. Mongrels - or mutts as those  of mixed parentage might be called - are going to be allowed to compete in the show at least in the agility areas. They won't be allowed as yet to compete for best of show but ask anyone who has a rescue dog there, they win best of heart, every time. And so to all those newly eligible beasts...here's Mutt in your eye.

A real Beck-er head

We have a new high in reaching a new low and  that has been done by one Gregory Beck, an elected school board member in the town of Brookfield, Connecticut. Brookfield is a neighboring town to Newtown which of course was the scene of the awful tragedy on December 14, 2012. So in homage to those 26 victims there has been declared "26 days of kindness" in the Newtown area and here's how Mr. Beck plans to "celebrate" those days. He will give out ammunition to all of his friends on each of those days as his way of "commemorating" the gun violence perpetrated on 26 innocent victims. Now that's a real Beck-er head.

Newsflash on Liz Cheney

Newsflash; Liz Cheney has announced she's dropping out of the race for the Republican senate  nomination in Wyoming because of "serious health issues" surrounding her family. Yes her freakin candidacy was on life support due to  her idiotic political and social positions. Oh, by the by, her dad Dick said that she was going to win without a doubt. Another slam dunk, Darth.

Guns don't shoot asses

This past week a gentleman in Dearborn, Michigan while attempting to pay his bill in a store actually shot himself in the butt with his 40 glock. We are naturally then expecting the NRA to issue the following bulletin: Guns don't shoot asses, asses shoot themselves in the ass.

Kudos to Greta

Kudos (and  this is shock to us) to Greta Van Sustern from FOX News for offering  the quote of the day on the NSA controversy. She refers to "the plain language of the amendment" and basically says as follows "there is no fear exception to the Constitution". Greta you've given us - pardon the pun - some van sustenance.

Good advice

 To succeed legally, the following is recommended: Use your insistence, take all assistance combined with your persistence overcoming resistance. And it sounds good too.

White supremacist: Not all that supreme

There is a man in Leith, North Dakota which if he has his way will be 100 percent all-white all the time. Slight problem; it seems someone submitted a sample of his DNA to a local talk show, and as it turns out Mr. Cobb is neither all right nor all white as he is part black. Which in his world makes him all-black. As a local black resident so astutely commented "is he going to kick his own self out of town and discriminate against himself?"
If he does he should call the ACLU to defend himself from himself, although if I were the judge I would ask Mr. Cobb "can't you and Mr. Cobb work it out"?

Rock paper scissors by rote we mean robot

At the University of Japan they have developed a robot which can recognize the game of "rock paper scissors" and as the other person is opening and/or closing their hand in 1000th of a second the robot can anticipate and win 100 percent of the time. But as they said on NBC news is the robot having any real fun I would say by reflex.

A catch up on ketchup

 McDonald's after decades has dropped Heinz ketchup.  No not on the floor, but from their stores and it's because a Burger King executive - or should we say a former one - is now working for Heinz. Fast food news, slow news day.

A drug trend

In the first poll in 1969 whether marijuana should be legalized, 12% said yes and 84% said no. Just last year 48% said yes and 50% said no. This year 58% said yes and 39% no, this trend may be very tough in the future for drug dealers of America.