JOBS *

* Compliments of Drudge Report

Top 5 Most Boring Jobs

1. Data analysis

2. Accounting

3. Tax/insurance

4. Cleaning

5. Banking

Top 5 Most Exciting Jobs

1. Performing arts

2. Science

3. Journalism

4. Health professional

5. Teaching

HOTEL AMENITIES

"Whether out of necessity due to staffing shortages out, out of respect for social distancing or perhaps just to save money, one of the primary amenities that sets a hotel apart from you home--daily housekeeping--is disappearing." Norfolk Daily News, 3/18. Yeah, I've noticed this in the hotels we've stayed at within the last year or so. A lack of housekeeping doesn't usually bother me. What does bother me is soap, shampoo, & conditioner. For years I've collected hotel soap, shampoo, & conditioner, & I've built up quite a collection. Now, more & more hotels are foregoing this amenity & replacing it with containers that pump out shower gel, shampoo, & conditioner. 

DEPT. OF SHAMELESS JOKE-STEALING *

* Compliments of Reader's Digest, Nov. 2021

"I have an idea for a hot wings restaurant:  The wings are free, but napkins cost $100."

GENDER IDENTITY

"Gender identity” was once just a fringe concept of postmodern philosophy. Today, it’s regularly causing real-world harm to children and teenagers (particularly girls) across the country in sports, schools, and even youth camps . . . The blatant promotion of transgenderism has infiltrated schools without parental consent and at the expense of academic learning. Gender-identity school policies and practices are becoming widespread. And curricula, books, videos, and activities promoting the transgender ideology are used with students as young as five. It’s common, moreover, for these materials used with students to contain sexually explicit content." Keri Ingraham, National Review Online

"When I spoke with parents of female swimmers at the NCAA women’s swimming championships this week, there were typically two main concerns they wanted to communicate. First, they are not transphobic. Second, allowing a biological male to compete against their daughters is unfair. As much as I sympathize with the falsely accused, so long as avoiding accusations of “transphobia” is the primary concern, this madness will continue." Madeleine Kearns, NRO

"At this year’s NCAA swimming championships, organizers allowed a biological male, Lia Thomas, to compete against female athletes on the basis of transgender status. And so, what should have been a moment of sporting pride — a celebration of some of the best female swimmers in the country — became a scandal . . . Even if Thomas had finished last in every race, the effect would still have been to deprive female athletes of their hard-earned opportunities to compete . . . 

"The trouble is that most people know that the emperor is naked but are too intimidated to say so. Inside the McAuley Aquatic Center, cheers and applause for Thomas were relatively muted compared with that for the female athletes. Some crowd members even booed Thomas, and one women’s-rights protester shouted, “He’s a man!” If the reaction to Thomas seems unsporting, consider how the female athletes feel. Parents report that their daughters have been instructed by their coaches to smile, stay silent, and step aside. So much for Title IX, which was supposed to protect women from this kind of discrimination. Instead of allowing, indeed actively encouraging, this fiasco, adults should have taken a hand from the beginning and politely but firmly said “no” to a biological male competing in a women’s sport." The Editors, NRO

CLIMATE CHANGE

"Democrats were so enamored with their Green New Deal delusion that they failed to understand that most people aren't as hyper-obsessed with climate change as they are. A new poll sponsored by my group, Committee to Unleash Prosperity, found that people are much more concerned about inflation and high gas prices than climate change. Moreover, the poll found that respondents' average amount they would be willing to pay for the climate change agenda was $55 a year. Sorry, that's the extra cost we are already spending with two fill-ups at the gas station. Then there is the increasingly unavoidable reality that the green energy sources they fantasize about are decades away from being technologically feasible to replace old-fashioned oil, gas and coal. Even the Energy Department predicts that even with the trend toward renewable energy, by 2035, we will still be heavily reliant on oil, gas and coal for electricity production, home heating and transportation fuels." Stephen Moore, Townhall

"The apocalyptic talk about climate change is nothing more than a diversion tactic by the government, the radical Left, and their mainstream press. The many laws, the trillions in federal appropriations and tax credits, and the unworkable proposals to address climate change will not slow the rise of the oceans or heal the planet. Lobbying for more climate regulation is to enhance the power of the authoritarian state, not protect the environment." Bill Kovacs, Townhall