Well Well

Jimmy Kimmel recently asked random people on the street to name countries on a world map.  The results were surprising and discouraging as most failed at obvious choices.  Maybe they should do some research on those cell phones which seem to be permanently attached to their hands. 

Not heartening news for Red Sox fans, Chis Sale will begin the season on the injured reserve list He’s a valuable but brittle commodity. 

Quote of the week from candidate Tom Steyer: “This is a huge deal and he’s turning it over to Mike Pence? I can’t be more scared. This is a much bigger deal than I think people in the United States understand in terms of how many people are going to be infected and how much economic impact this is going to have. Trump is incompetent”. 

A group honoring the Confederacy, The Sons of Confederate Veterans, who fought the Civil War expressly to keep Black Citizens as slaves, held its annual conference February 29^th, the final day of Black History Month. It took place at Hilton’s Embassy Suites at the Raleigh-Durham Airport. Hope you boys had your sheets recently washed.

One more note on Donald Trump’s unfortunate awarding of The Presidential Medal Of Freedom to Rush Limbaugh. He is the sole recipient to compare black athletes to thugs, made fun of a celebrity with Parkinson’s disease and said “Have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson”. Surely he doesn’t deserve to be included on a list of former Medal of Freedom awardees such as Mother Theresa, Rosa Parks, Pope John Paul II, Martin Luther King Jr. and former U.S. Presidents.

Considered for “quote of the week” was this one from Mick Mulvaney who opines. ”The reason you’re seeing so much attention  to it (the coronavirus) is that they think this is what is going to bring down the president. That’s what this is all about”. Mulvaney is another of the “acting” administration staff. By the way “acting” translates to “making believe” or “appearing to be”.