WHAT I'M READING

I just finished reading "Big Ones:  How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us," by Dr. Lucy Jones. Now I'm reading "The Accidental President:  Harry S. Truman & the Four Months That Changed the World," by A.J. Blaime. Although I'm a native Nebraskan, born in Odell in 1953, I grew up in Missouri, so I claim Harry Truman as one of my own. 

DEPT. OF SHAMELESS JOKE-STEALING *

* Courtesy of ranker.com

"Jokes That Scientists Will Love"

* A neutron walks into a bar & asks for a drink. The bartender says, "For you, no charge."

* What do you think about the new restaurant on the moon? The food's great, but there's no atmosphere."

* What's the fastest way to determine the sex of a chromosome? Pull down its genes."

* Our friend was reading a book on gravity. He found it hard to put down."

* What does DNA stand for? National Dyslexics Association.

THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE ALABAMA

"Alabama becomes first state to ban discrimination against mullets." Babylon Bee

SPEAKING OF THE BABYLON BEE

"Conservatives have been on the ropes in the culture war for a long time. We’re in a defensive posture, fighting back against the top-down tyranny of the Left’s progressive agenda. The jokes we make that they find so objectionable are aimed at popular progressive positions (e.g., the view that biological males who identify as women should be allowed to compete in women’s sports) promoted by politicians, celebrities, Big Tech, and all the largest corporations. If attacking those ideas isn’t punching up — given where they’re coming from and how they’re being advanced — then I don’t know what is.

"More important, the Left’s prohibition of “punching down” is nothing but speech suppression. It’s people in positions of power protecting their interests by telling you what you can and cannot joke about. Comedians who self-censor in deference to that power are themselves a joke. You certainly won’t find us doing it." Seth Dillon, CEO of The Babylon Bee, National Review Online

THE WIT & WISDOM OF CAL THOMAS

"As adults we become more sophisticated when lying. That's why White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said last week in a briefing that "Some might say that the other party was for defunding the police..." all because congressional Republicans won't sign off on two "infrastructure" bills. Psaki is channeling the line of the day from Democrats who want to divert attention from Democratic mayors and city councils across the country who have voted to take money away from police departments, causing cops to quit, retire and making it difficult to attract new recruits. The facts say otherwise, that's if facts matter anymore." Cal Thomas, Townhall

DR. FAUCI

"Dr. Fauci has been a federal government bureaucrat since 1968. He's the J. Edgar Hoover of public health. He talks about the COVID virus as if we're at war. But he seems to think a country wins a war by taking it out on its own population rather than the enemy which is what we've done." Mark Steyn, Imprimus, a publication of Hillsdale College, April/May 2021

RULES

"Rules for Being the Age You Are . . . Always order one extra dish--an unfamiliar one--at a restaurant. You might like it, which would be splendid. If you don't like it, all you lost was a couple of bucks. If you can't afford to order that one extra dish, then the restaurant is too expensive for your budget anyway & you should find a cheaper one." Reader's Digest, March 39