Saturday, September 23, 2017

Trivia, useless information, and chuckles

With John McCain's announcement yesterday afternoon that he would vote No on  Graham-Cassidy, this very likely dooms the bill -- and any real possibility of repealing Obamacare.   Kim Jung Un and Donald Trump are still trading their schoolboy taunts;  and that is truly scary.   But, with one big worry lifted, I'm in a lighter mood.   
. . .  So, herewith . . . 

1.  (NYT)  "The United States director of the International Knife Throwers Hall of Fame is named Jack Dagger."
    This may even top that:   One of the handful of physicians in my small home town was Dr. Marion Hurt.

2.  (NYT)  "The Yiddish for rhinocerus is the rather literal 'nozhorn.'"

3.  (From a church lawn message board)   "Do not criticize your wife's judgment.   See whom she married."

4. (From late night host Jimmy Kimmel)   "I guarantee [Trump] doesn’t know anything about this Graham-Cassidy bill. He doesn’t know the difference between Medicare and Medicaid; he barely knows the difference between Melania and Ivanka.”
 
5.  (NYT)  "A small asteroid named Bennu periodically crosses Earth's orbit.   There's a one in 2,700 chance that it could hit us between 2175 and 2196."

     But will it matter?   What's the chance Earth will still be inhabitable in 2175?

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