Friday Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations,

Sad to hear of the passing of NFL original Gil Brandt. Condolences to his family and friends. He was 91... With investigators looking into how many times Hunter Biden used Air Force 2 while his dad was VP, I can't help but wonder how many times Donald Trump's son-in-law may have traveled on Air Force 1 while the Donald was President. At least Jared Kushner was trying to bring peace to the Middle East not drum up bribes for the family... Andy Staples writes about Big 12 officials and Texas (plus Oklahoma) games, "Would you intentionally screw up at your job if you wanted to keep it?" I understand the sentiment he's trying to get across but his statement could be taken two very different ways... Biden Administration admits it has no plans to send any more than $700 per family in Lahania Hawaii. This Administration has no shame... If you ever wondered who the target market is for Tarot readers or people who claim to bend spoons with their minds just pay attention to all those "Coexist" bumper stickers you see on the road... Tucker Carlson saying the Left may escalate against Trump by trying assassination makes me wonder if he's being prophetic or giving some nutjob an idea. There's also the chance by saying this out loud he's actually insulating Trump against them actually trying this extreme measure... Out of curiosity - could Victor Shokin  sue Joe Biden for civil damages? That would be some explosive discovery... The Buddhist idea that the universe is a vast chaotic soup of causes and conditions seems to be proved out in those photos taken of the paths of particles that make up all matter... The Tucker assertion of a potential Trump assassination may get all the press but saying Barack Obama was having gay sex and smoking crack with the media knowing since at least 2008 may be the real bombshell. Hope he survives the accusations... Interesting: the root of the word "happiness" is "hap" meaning "luck" as in "haphazard" or "hapless." This would indicate that language would simply happiness be a lucky happenstance...  Thoughts that keep you up at night: do Japanese athletes like baseball players have a lower incidence of hamstring injuries? And is this because of the culture of bowing or sitting on the floor that they were raised in?... Business idea: have signs made up showing a Royal flush in poker with the reminder "Flush" to be put up in bathrooms. Think there'd be a market for these... Speaking of language: the Germans have the word "schadenfreude" which is roughly translated as taking joy in the pain of others while Buddhists have the word "mudita" which is roughly translated as "sympathetic joy." Think it speaks volumes that our culture is more aware of one word versus the other...  

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