APRIL SHOWERS

It finally happened! We had a knock-down drag-out thunderstorm in Norfolk last night, complete with thunder & lightning. Can't remember the last night this happened. And there's a pretty good chance that we'll get rain off-and-on throughout the weekend. My prayer continues to be that God would bless us with the weather we need & help us cope with the weather we get.

CRIMINAL MINDS

"Israel's Ben Gurion Airport erupts in panic after American family shows up with artillery shell . . . The family said they found the shell in the Golan Heights & intended to bring it back as a souvenir." Fox News Online

POLITICAL POTPOURRI

"Pennsylvania school district 'appalled' at drag show during after-school LGBT club." Fox News Online

"Disinformation Board detects high levels of disinformation coming from mysterious white building in Washington, D.C." Babylon Bee

"Biden administration announces student loan forgiveness will be paid in Kohl's Cash." Babylon Bee

MORE WISDOM FROM THE BABYLON BEE

Reasons Why It's Way Better to Just Let the Government Take Care of the Poor

* There's literally no other way to care for the poor.

* The government is known for it compassion & mercy in all things.

* Just look how happy all the people on welfare are.

* The government is very efficient & always accomplishes its missions.

* Thousands of government bureaucrats need something to do with their time.

* Nobody knows the people in your community better than a government living 2,000 miles away.

* Poor people are completely incapable of rising to any challenge or living a life of meaning.

* Welfare is so successful, its rolls grow more & more every year.

DAD JOKES *

* Compliments of Reader's Digest, Dec 2021/Jan 2022

> Just so everyone's clear, I'm going to put my glasses on.

> A generous army general walked into a bar & ordered everyone around.

> I lost my job as a stage designer. I left without making a scene.

> Fran & her friends named their band Duvet. It's a cover band.

> Dave lot his wife's audiobook & now he'll never hear the end of it.

RON DESANTIS

"MSNBC column sounds red alert over DeSantis:  'Most dangerous figure in American politics.' Fox News Online  Well if that's what MSNBC says. I trust them almost as much as I trust the Babylon Bee.

COVID

"Covid deaths no longer overwhelmingly among unvacced." Drudge Report

SEX EDUCATION

"If inflation feels like we’ve returned to the 1970s, the current education culture war more resembles the early 2010s, when arguments over abstinence-only or comprehensive sex education filled op-ed pages. Sex education is once again the issue du jour. Unlike the previous decade, however, this argument centers on gender ideologyand sexual expression . . . 

"To begin, there are two points worth noting: First, research finds that a general overview of sex education (via basic anatomy and physiology) delays the onset of sexual activity and reduces risky behavior; second, polls find that a plurality of voters across demographics support this basic form of sex education. This debate is not an “if” issue but rather a “what, how, and when” issue. The problem isn’t whether kids should learn about the birds and the bees. The problem with many sex-ed curricula is that they go far beyond that stated goal, do so increasingly early, and incorporate sensual and graphic elements considered inappropriate for minors . . . 

"Left-wing teachers would bristle were we to inject conservative Christian views into the classroom. Parents equally bristle when teachers force contentious claims into publicly funded institutions. Any curriculum in a public school is, by design, stamped with the approval of that state’s department of education, provided for by each taxpayer, and presented to young, impressionable minds.

When sex education becomes a means to incorporate hyper-progressive views on gender, sex, and behavior, it ceases to be ideologically neutral material necessary for development. Activism presented to students as moral education, often in direct opposition to the standards of their parents, smacks of the Pied Piper of Hamelin rather than the classic American teacher." Daniel Buck & Anthony Kinnett, National Review Online