Pass the duct tape that I might wrap my head before it explodes.
Common sense has been taken out behind the shed and shot. Truth is a relative term where once it was absolute. Science is propaganda. Open debate is allowed only if all agree with the left’s view of the topic.
And the result is a cornucopia of confusion.
ITEM: I ordered several books last week, an act occasioned by the death of satirist P.J. O’Rourke and then the need to hit the order dollar total for free shipping. The books were sent independently in two shipments, with tracking available, all the better to monitor the insanity. One shipment departed Halethorpe, Md., and stopped in Glendale Heights, Ill., a day later. For the geographically challenged, this means the books went from east of Johnstown to far west of Johnstown without bothering to stop to say hi. Then, within two days, the books had traveled to York, Pa., Harrisburg, Pa., and Warrendale, Pa. To get to York and Harrisburg, they moved from west to east and went past Johnstown yet again. To get to Warrendale, they went east to west and . . . passed Johnstown again. As of very early Monday morning, they were in Pittsburgh and have gone radio silent, at least as far as tracking updates. The other order is supposed to be on my doorstep by 9 p.m. tonight, having originated in Dallas, Tx., and traveled to – wait for it – Harrisburg, York, Warrendale, Pittsburgh and Johnstown. So, from far west of me, to far east of me, and back west of me, theoretically to come back east and reach my humble abode tonight.
ITEM: I find the travels of my books to be strange at best, absurd at worst. Then I read on Zerohedge.com of some lunatic proposing Fox’s Tucker Carlson be charged with treason for giving aid and comfort to an enemy, that being Russia. The author of the tweet, on social media (megaphone of morons) was not some uneducated, all-hat-and-no-cattle type as one might suspect. No, it’s someone named Laurence Tribe, who is a professor of law, and at Harvard, no less. When the full weight of backlash to his ridiculous first post hit the good professor, he backtracked with a half-baked apology, the kind that insinuates idiocy on the part of anyone who though that he’d gone off half-cocked. Both original tweet and followup have since been deleted, but live on though the modern miracle of screenshots. I wonder if Tribe was citing Hanoi Jane Fonda for treason when she visited North Vietnam while we actually were AT WAR with that nation in 1972 and she both praised her hosts and criticized the USA?
ITEM: My mother has been confined to a long-term care facility for more than two years, with the family having ongoing struggles to guarantee proper care for her. Of late, she has had mild coughs, observed by both my brother and me during visits. But, according to what we’ve been told, not a single staff member has witnessed same. Regardless, we requested some attention and were told she could have cough syrup, if she asked for it. My mother tells us she tells people she is coughing. We tell her that this, technically, is not asking for cough medicine. Yes, it’s ridiculous. Yes, her speaking of coughing would seem to be enough to prompt staff to ask if she wants cough medicine. After about a week of give and take, it seems my son, who has power of attorney for my mother (we figured he was the best bet to live the longest) finally has gotten though to the people in charge. If my mother says she’s been coughing, even though no staff has observed it firsthand, they supposedly now will ask if she wants cough medicine. Trust me, I’m telling you this exactly as it has happened.
But at least we have Joe Biden finding time between naps to put Russia’s Putin in his place and telling him hands off Ukraine. What? It didn’t work? OK. Never mind.
Let’s move to more pressing issues. Anyone seen my books hitchhiking on Route 22? How about Tucker Carlson in federal prison for treason? Maybe you can spare some cough syrup?
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