The Trojans Were Really Stupid People!

When were used to teach History in our schools we used to teach...

Ø The Greeks laid siege to Troy because they were mad because one of the Trojans, a guy named Paris of Troy, took one of their women by the name Helen of Greece to go live with him in Troy.

Ø The Greeks got extra mad when Helen changed her name from Helen of Greece to Helen of Troy.

Ø After 10 years of trying to get into Troy the Greeks decided to implement a very sneaky plan to get it that Kirk Douglas had come up with.

Ø They built a Big Horse that was big enough to contain a whole bunch of Greeks who were very good at opening gates from the inside and hid them inside of it.

Ø Overnight they left the Big Horse outside Troy's Big Gate and withdrew their many ships over the horizon to give the impression to the Stupid Trojans that they had gone back to Greece.

Ø The Trojans woke up and saw that the Greeks had left and before leaving they had left the Big Horse outside the Big Gate as a tribute to one of their many gods.

Ø The Trojans got all excited and decided to have a Big Party.

Ø They were extra pleased when they noticed that the Greeks had been kind enough to install wheels on the Big Horse.

Ø The rolled the Big Horse inside the Big Gate and partied until they all fell down drunk.

Ø While they were partying the Greeks came back across the horizon and gathered up in front of the Big Gate and were patiently waiting for Kirk and his gate opening technicians to come out of the Big Horse and opened the Big Gate.

Ø After Kirk and the boys opened the Big Gate the Sneaky Greeks ran into Troy and killed all the Stupid Trojans.

The Late Paul Harvey is visiting with me today and he insisted I tell you The Rest of the Story which proves how really Stupid the Stupid Trojans were...

Ø Recently an iPhone was found buried at where Troy used to be.

Ø After using a wee bit of WD-40 on it and installing a new very old battery the finders found that the iPhone worked just fine.

Ø Inside of the iPhone they found a picture of the Big Horse and here it is...

Did you just say you don’t see why this proves that the Trojans were really Stupid people? I can’t believe it! Do I have to tell you everything?

The Big Horse Had 2 Windows on Each Side of It and There Was a Climbing Ladder Under Its Big Belly

When the Trojans first saw the Big Horse they should have immediately known that something was amiss because they saw a whole bunch of Sneaky Greek Heads looking out of the Big Horse’s Windows.

That, my dear readers, is Stupid of Epic Proportions!

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

 

 

Let’s Issue A Restraining Order To Restrain People From Doing Things They Should Be Restrained From Doing. That’ll Work For Sure!

 

WhatDoYaThink he went up there to Fiddle?...

Ø In California a mother got a restraining order to prevent her Estranged Husband from coming to the home where his Estranged Wife and their 2 Estranged Sons were living.

Ø The Restraining Order also was supposed to prevent the Estranged Husband from Possessing Fire Arms.

Fella Comment:

A Restraining Order Is Not Bullet Proof

Here is what happened after the Restraining Order was issued against the Estranged Husband...

Ø The estranged husband picked up his AK-47 Type Weapon and a Hand gun and when to the home he was restrained from going to.

Ø He shot and killed his Estranged Wife (42), his 2 Sons (ages 17 and 24) and a sheriff’s deputy (leaving a wife and 2 young children).

Ø Three other deputies were injured in the mayhem.

Ø Two other women and 2 young girls escaped the home before they could be harmed.

Ø The Estranged Husband then climbed on top of his house with his restrained weapons and was shot and killed by sheriff’s deputies.

More than 100 deputies responded to the scene and 23 of them have been placed on Administrative Leave. Why are 23 of them on Administrative Leave? Are they suspected of using Unnecessary Force? Aghhhhh!

Can’t you just hear the Dead Restrained Husband’s Lawyer saying at the hearing that has been called to have all 100 of the deputies fired saying*

“Your Honor, from the outset I must go on the record that Estranged Dead Client considered this Restraining Order to be very restraining on his freedom of movement.

 That being said I must also say these 100 deputies acted in callous disregard for the location of my Estranged Dead Client. They shot my client while he was on the roof of his recently deceased wife’s restrained house. He had gone up there to grieve for the loss of his recently deceased wife, who I might add, was the Mother of his 2 recently deceased children. 

The deputies should been cognizant of the fact that being this high up was a long way from the safety of the ground. They acted in collective callous disregard for the obvious fact that, if they shot and killed my Estranged Dead Client while he was so high above the ground, he might fall and sustain further injuries from the fall itself after he was dead. 

It makes no never mind that firing these 100 officers will leave 100 wives and 412 children without any visible means of support. They should have thought of that before they tried to hurt my Estranged Dead Client while he was in the process of grieving on top of a slippery roof. 

Yes, your honor, justice demands that the State of California throws the book at all 100 of these Callous Disregarding Uncaring Trigger Happy Deputies!”

Would I kid u?

Smartfella 

*Lagniappe: The hearing is being held in a special courtroom with a sign over the entrance door that reads, “Foolish Trials R Us”.

 

This Is A Clear-Cut Case Of Marketing Run Amuck!

 

Years ago, when I was younger, I played a lot of Four Wall Handball. Still today I think that Handball was the greatest sport I ever tried my hand(s) at (no pun intended).

I used to think, when I got old, I would take up Racquetball. Handball player had a great dislike for Racquetball Players, Racquetball Racquets and Racquetballs.

We felt this way because they appeared overnight from out of nowhere. We played at the YMCA. There were only 2 courts but we never had a problem getting a court reserved when we wanted to play. Once Racquetball Players arrived on the scene there were so many of them that we had a hard time getting a court reserved.  They were very good at beating us to the reservation desk and they got the time slots reserved ahead of us.

To get right down to it, we also had no respect for their “sport”...

Ø The Racquetball Racquet made their reach longer.

Ø With this longer reach they did not have to run as much.

Ø Since they did not have to run as much they were not in great shape as we knew we were.

Ø Because of their longer reach they did not have to go crashing into the walls as much as we went crashing into walls.

Ø Because they did not crash into walls like we did they never left blood on the walls they did not crash into.

We thought why bother playing such a sport if you did not get to experience the extreme pleasure of the excruciating pain you would experience when you hit a ball wrong with your unprotected hand. (Actually it hurt a lot even when you hit it correctly with your unprotected hand.)

Racquetball Players never banged or scraped their hands into the wall trying to get to that impossible to get to shot from that lucky opponent you were playing. (It was at moments like this when we developed an extreme dislike for our opponents.)

Racquetball players never got the exhilaration of looking at their hand after a match and seeing a whole bunch of black and blue bruises (Definition of Bruises: Tender areas of skin discoloration caused by blood leaking from blood vessels damaged by pressure or impact).

We just knew we were in better shape than they were, we knew we would live longer than they would (This was a plus because, when they started dying, we could then get our time slots back) and we knew our bellies were flatter than their bellies were.

Regarding the 3 “knews” in the above paragraph...We Were, We Would and They Were.

The Bottom Line Before The Bottom...We Thought They Were Sissies.

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Finally I am getting around to the Subject Title of this Blog Posting... “This Is A Clear-Cut Case Of Marketing Run Amuck!”

Back in California in the 1990s, long before I got old, I did play some Racquetball. I succumbed because there were no Handball Players in the gated community where I lived. I bought my own Racquetball Racquet and it has been hanging in my garages ever since.

I held onto it all these years because of the Features Card that came with the Racquet which told me of all the wonders of my Racquetball Racquet.

My Dear Readers, I now give you the Lying Promo Words that came with my Dust Covered Hanging In My Garage Racquet...

Dare To Discover The Player You Could Be

Our racquets excel in every facet of the game, each has also been “turbo charged” in particular qualities to maximize each player’s strength and style.

For the power player daring enough to summon the ultimate force in racquetball, capable of blasting all opponents to smithereens.

This is Fella...Remember the word “Smithereens”.

For the shot-maker and pacesetter who deftly delivers searing, precision zingers that are unrelenting in their pacesetting game of attrition, punishing opponents on a torturous tour over every inch of the court.

For the counter-punching, shot-making maestro calling on catlike quickness and defensive wizardry to bedevil the opponent into disbelieving bewilderment and frustration.

If there is a jail for Exaggeration, the guy who wrote this over the top Description of this Racquet’s Destructive Powers would be in Jail. Not only that he would be Solitary Confinement in that jail.

If one day a guard said to the warden, “We can’t find the key to the Lying Racquet Composer’s Solitary Confinement Cell!”. 

The warden would probably reply, “  he ain’t ever getting outa Solitary Confinement!”

It is frightening to think about the possibility of 2 players buying this Weapon of Destruction Racquet and playing a game against each other. If these racquets lived up to the Manufacturer’s Exaggerated Hype, at the end of the match there would be...

No Smithereens Left Standing

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: One night as my Cousin Leon and I left the YMCA he said to me, "Handball is like hitting yourself in your head with a hammer. It feels so good when you quit." My Cousin always did have a way with words.

We Are Evolving

 

The form of government that Benjamin Franklin and his Drinking Buddies set up for us in 1787 was a Democratic Republic. That was 234 years ago. It has been a good ride being a Democratic Republic but The Times They Are A-Changin and it looks like a whole bunch of you fellow Americans want to Fundamentally Change the form of Governance in the Good Ole USofA.

Many of My Dear Readers just figured out where I am heading in with this Blog Posting but they are wrong in their thinking because my thinking is Sillier than what they are thinking I am thinking.

What I am thinking is our becoming the Czech Republic but different. We have already started becoming what I am thinking we going to become. I’m sure many of you are now getting my drift...Or are you?

I say we are evolving, not into the Czech Republic, but into the Check Republic. For more than a year now, the Checks have been flying out of Washington D.C. like bats flowing out of Uncle Mark’s Bat House at dusk  going looking for dinner.

You still don’t get my drift? Where have you been?...

• The First Stimulus Checks maxed out at $1,200 per person with an extra $500 per dependent.
• The Second Stimulus Checks capped out at $600 per person, and another $600 per qualifying child dependent.
• If you didn't get a First and Second Stimulus Check or got less than the full amounts, you may be eligible to claim the 2020 Recovery Rebate Credit and must file a 2020 tax return even if you don't usually file a tax return.
• The Third Stimulus Checks were $1,400 for an eligible individual and $1,400 for each qualifying dependent.
• With the first checks sent out, the IRS automatically sent Stimulus Checks to many who normally aren’t required to file a tax return – including Older Adults, Social Security and SSDI and SSI Recipients and Railroad Retirees.
• During all of this, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Checks have continued going out. (SSI Recipients were concerned that their Stimulus Checks would be treated as income by the Internal Revenue Service but the IRS reassured them that Stimulus Checks were not to be treated as income.)
• Checks have been sent out to prevent Child Poverty (Child Tax Credits) to about 64 million children.
• There are also $1,000 “Thank You” Payments going to teachers and other school staff in states such as Texas and Florida.
• Soon, California will be issuing another round of Golden State Stimulus Checks, providing $600 (or up to $1,100) for millions of eligible residents.
• We are hearing calls for a Fourth Round of Stimulus Checks in the form of $2,000 extra per month for adults and $1,000 for children.
• The Eviction Moratorium is a form of Reverse Check because people who have mortgages or who pay rent do not have to send in checks for an ever changing period of time.
• The American Rescue Plan passed in March 2021 set aside $21.5 billion for rental assistance. This is in addition to $25 billion allocated to states under December Stimulus Law. 
• There are new rules for the Child Tax Credit that give parents the option of receiving the advance monthly checks for extra cash this year or getting one lump sum for up to $3,600 per kid in 2022.
• A Change.org Petition that has collected more than 2.7 million signatures calls on Congress to send out a Fourth Stimulus Check of $2,000 for adults and $1,000 for children on a monthly basis for the Remainder of the Pandemic.
• In late March, a group of lawmakers asked the Administration to include Regular Stimulus Payments in its Next Stimulus Package.
• In May, several members of the House Ways and Means Committee made a similar request.
• There's also money going to certain individuals in the form of "plus-up" payments (whatever that is).
• A weekly $300 Unemployment Bonus was extended to Labor Day.
• Some lawmakers are petitioning for Federal Unemployment Assistance to extend beyond Labor Day.
• Pandemic Unemployment Assistance was also extended to Gig Workers, Freelancers and the Self-Employed.
• Our President has called on Congress to extend the Expanded Child Tax Credit through 2025. 

This last one below is not law yet but on July 30, 2021 it was introduced in the House of Representatives to begin the process of possibly becoming the Law of the Land...

The Sending Unconditional Payments to People Overcoming Resistances to Triumph (SUPPORT) Act will create a guaranteed income program of up to $1,200 per month for adults and $600 for kids.

Yes Siree Bob! We Are The Check Republic! 

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My computer just ran out of Bullet Point Symbols and I’m tired of doing this Blog Posting anyway.

That’s it. That’s all there is. That’s the name of that tune. That’s how the cow eats the cabbage...Or is it?

You may remember Fella can see the future and here is the Future He Is A-Seein...

All of the Manufacturers listed below stepped up to protect us from the ravages of the Pandemic. These people are Heroes! When the Pandemic finally fades into our past these Heroes are going to see a dramatic drop in revenues. When that time comes, we are obligated to send them Checks to allow them to transition into other areas of Manufacturing Stuff...

Ø Plexiglas Manufacturers

Ø Face Mask Manufacturers

Ø Vaccine Manufacturers

Ø Sanitizer Manufacturers

Ø Latex Glove Manufacturers

Ø Face Shield Manufacturers

Ø Vitamin E Manufacturers

Ø Zinc Manufacturers

Ø Vitamin C Manufacturers

Ø “Heroes Work Here” Sign Manufacturers

This list could go on and on but, as I said above, I’m tired.

I sure hope Our Rulers are working on a check for people who are tired.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

CDC Is Now Into Making Law...Or is it?

 

Fella wrote this first part of this Blog Posting on July 27, 2021

Fella Observation of the Day:

Our Duly Elected Congress is empowered to make the Laws of the Land. One would think that a Congress that is paying any attention at all would object when this law making power is usurped by another government entity which is not empowered to make the Laws of the Land.

Fella Question of the Day:

What took the Judicial System so long to rule that a government entity which is not empowered to make the Laws of the Land has passed a Moratorium of the Land which ended up being enforced from September, 2020 until (it will expire) July 31, 2021 (Actually it was originally supposed to end December 31, 2020 but the agency that did not have authority to enact the Moratorium kept extending the Moratorium they did not have the authority to create.)

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July 23, 2021

Federal Court Rules CDC’s COVID-19 Eviction Moratorium Is Unlawful

A federal court on Friday ruled that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) overstepped its authority by halting evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Cincinnati-based U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously agreed with a lower court ruling that said the CDC engaged in federal overreach with the eviction moratorium, which the agency has consistently extended for months. Several weeks ago, the CDC announced it would allow the policy, which was passed into law by Congress, to expire at the end of July. (Fella did the underlining.)

Take note of the line above which states, "which was passed into law by Congress". This means to Fella that Congress passed its law after the CDC had already passed its “law”.

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I actually know why it took the Judicial System so long to decide that the CDC did not have the authority to enact this Moratorium.

The Court got distracted and delayed because it tried to read the Moratorium. That is a Herculean Task. The Moratorium is long long long. It is complicated. It is confusing. (It is linked below.)

Please do not be tricked as the court was tricked and start trying to read it. If you do click on the link below, just look at it, skim it and say, “Aghhhh!” and go about your life. You have better things to do...

• The Moratorium is more than 7,000 words.
• It has an almost uncountable number of references to other confusing government dictates, moratoriums, laws, regulations, etc.
• I copied and pasted 1 Single Paragraph out of the Moratorium for you to read so you might understand just how confusing the full 7,000 Word+ dictate is.
• This is the first and last paragraph I looked at.
• Can you understand what this example paragraph is saying?

You can bet the rest of the Moratorium is just as confusing...

This Order is not a rule within the meaning of the Administrative Procedure Act (‘‘APA’’) but rather an emergency action taken under the existing authority of 42 CFR 70.2. In the event that this Order qualifies as a rule under the APA, notice and comment and a delay in effective date are not required because there is good cause to dispense with prior public notice and comment and the opportunity to comment on this Order and the delay in effective date. See 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B). Considering the public-health emergency caused by COVID–19, it would be impracticable and contrary to the public health, and by extension the public interest, to delay the issuance and effective date of this Order.

The Courts should have said, “We are not going to read this (same as Congress will not read it). It does not matter what the Moratorium says because the CDC does not have authority to take such action. We are going to leave now and join Congress at Happy Hour. Yes we know it is early for Happy Hour but Congress knows that too and they have already been there for 20 minutes.”

Here is the link, as promised...

CDC’s COVID-19 Eviction Moratorium

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-09-04/pdf/2020-19654.pdf

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

 

Fella Statement of Fact: All our laws are too long and too complicated to be understood by any of us. Shadow Bureaucrats write our laws and then the chaos begins as we salute and fall into line.

Here ends the first part of this Blog Posting which Fella wrote on July 27, 2021

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Fella pecked this second part out on August 5, 2021...

As stated above all of the above was a completed Blog Posting which was finished on July 27, 2021. This was 4 days before the Moratorium was again due to expire again on July 31, 2021.

I decided not to publish it because I saw where Congress had stepped in (after the CDC had acted) and passed a law making the CDC’s Law Making Attempt actually a Law.

Don’t you agree this was handled very sloppily? Next time the CDC wants to make a law it ought to send a Tweet to Congress. In its Tweet the CDC can tell Congress what it wants done. Congress can then pretend that the law was its own “brilliant idea” and not a dictate to it from the CDC.

When the CDC acts first and Congress has to follow along to save face it is not really saving face it is just looking silly.

On August 3, 2021 the CDC extended the Expired Unconstitutional Moratorium which Congress had stepped in and formally made a Law of the Land because the CDC told Congress that it ought to make it a law but which Law the Judicial System has already ruled to be Unconstitutional.

Interesting Fella Tidbit: Even though Congress had taken “ownership” of the Moratorium it has been the CDC which has enacted the several extensions that have taken place since the first expiration date of December 31, 2020. Why was not Congress doing the extensions? It’s Congress’ Law is it not...Or is it not?

Do you see the silliness in all of this?...

Ø The CDC passes a law which they can’t pass because our Constitution says Congress makes law not the CDC.

Ø Congress steps in, after the fact, and makes the Moratorium a law.

Ø The Judicial System steps in and declares the Moratorium (no matter who passed it) Unconstitutional.

Ø Now they (whoever “they” are) decide to the reinstate the Expired Unconstitutional Moratorium.

Ø Congress steps in and extends the Expired Unconstitutional Moratorium because it is a Law of the Land that they passed.

No! That’s not what happened!

Ø What happened was the CDC steps in and extends the Expired Unconstitutional Moratorium which they had no power to pass in the first place.

Are you still asking why is the CDC doing the extending and not the Congress?

I have the answer to your question...

Someone (whoever they are), knowing that the CDC cannot make Law has stepped in and determined that, while the CDC cannot make Law, the CDC does have the power to extend laws they did not make!

Do you now have a better understanding of all of the Foolishness? I’m glad I could help.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

 

Lagniappe: I’m sorry this Blog Posting is so complicated and so confusing. Here’s a plan of action. Let’s keep electing our Representative and Senators. They are sure to get better at explaining things to us as they get more practiced at it. Or will they? An awful lot of awful can be hidden is a forest of Complicated Confusion. Besides, Football Season is about to start and we need not concern ourselves with any of all of this until next February.

 

Foot Note (Somehow different from a Lagniappe...Or is it?):

• Moratorium was due to expire at the end of December ’20 but was extended.
• Moratorium was due to expire at the end of January ’21 but was extended.
• Moratorium was due to expire at the end of March ’21 but was extended.
• Moratorium was due to expire at the end of June ’21 but was extended. (The CDC said in a statement that this extension is intended to be the final extension of its eviction ban.)
• Moratorium was due to expire at the end of July ’21 AND IT WAS NOT EXTENDED!
• On August 3, 2021 (3 days after it expired) the Unconstitutional Moratorium (Just like Jesus) was resurrected and extended through October 3, 2021...

The CDC’s order states the moratorium will only last through Oct. 3, will cover 90% of Americans and will be especially targeting areas where “substantial and high levels” of infection from Covid-19 could occur. It is also “subject to further extension, modification or recission based on public health circumstances.” 

(Fella did the underlining.)

Fella Comment on the above Foot Note: Does “further extension, modification or recission based on public health circumstances” mean It Will Never End?

Just When You Thought This Blog Posting Would Never End...This is the end: I’m sure glad there is also a Moratorium on the ongoing expenses and taxes of the Landlords...Or is there?

 

A Single Example Is A Single Example

How many times have we seen the following happen...

Someone will make a perfectly logical statement and the person spoken to will come back with a single retort about a single instance when the exact opposite happened. The retorter is certain that because he knows of this single happening happening the perfectly logical statement cannot be depended on to happen again because it does not happen Every Single Time.

Here is a perfectly logical example about the Life Face Down in the Gutter Drug Culture, “If you spend your life spaced out on narcotics and falling face down in gutters, you are not going to have a productive life”.

Just because 99.9999% of the people to whom this statement was made would agree with this obvious fact, one would think that the conversation could move on to another subject like coming up with ten easy ways to solve the Mid-Eastern Situation.

In some people’s minds Obvious Logical Truth is not able to be depended upon because it does not happen Every Single Time. In other words, the obvious is not obvious. If you ever make the bolded statement above, be prepared for someone coming back with this kind of Yea But...

“Yea But, I once read where a person who had flunked out of college and then proceeded to spend the next 27 years completely spaced out on every drug you can imagine and usually ended up his day on his face in a gutter, actually did end up doing pretty well in his later life.

Once while he was laying in a gutter outside of a Crack House, he had been tripped over by a person on the way to a Beethoven Concert. The person going to the concert felt such compassion for the filthy gutter dweller that he reached down and stuck a piece of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit Gum in his mouth.

That piece of juicy kindness made the filthy gutter dwelling person realize that it was possible for at least one person to feel compassion for such a fine example of the scum of the earth as he was.

The gutter dwelling person came to the understanding that Gutter Dwelling was not a productive life’s calling. At that very moment, he decided to do something more positive with his life. He picked himself up and enrolled in medical school (which happened to be right across the street from the Crack House).

He was so inspired by that piece of gum he chewed it 24 hours a day all through medical school. (You probably remember that he was featured on 60 Minute a few years back when they ran a story about how he chewed gum while he was asleep.)

Since becoming a doctor he has had many remarkable medical achievements. His only medical failure was when he claimed he had invented a pill that would make politicians sometimes tell the truth.

The person who just told you the above Yea But now stops talking and waits for an apology from you for using such a Broad Brush against the Drug Gutter Dwelling Culture of America.

In modern day America we all want to be understanding of everyone else’s lot in life. We often find ourselves apologizing and expressing our understanding about things like how tough Gutter Dwellers have it. Once this “understanding” is behind us, we come to the realization that, if we really want to make something of ourselves in life, the best place to start is Face Down Passed Out in a Filthy Gutter.

(Am I saying The Exception Proves the Rule? Heck if I know but, if you really want to get confused, look up The Exception Proves the Rule in Wikipedia.)

I apologize again because I got carried away again...Or did I?

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: I started writing this Blog Posting in 2012. At that time I became so confused I decided I needed more maturity before I could finish this foolishness. I have now matured to the point where I must know what I am talking about...Or must I?

Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied

 

The Legal Maxim, “Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied”, has been around a long time. It goes back at least as far as the Magna Carta of 1215 where Clause 40 reads, "To no one will we sell, to no one will we refuse or delay, right or justice”.

Just because we have a Legal Maxim pointing us toward the Speedy Administration of Justice does not mean we are all walking around saying, “Wow! That was quick!” Other factors are at work to slow things down...

• The guy who invented, “I object!” played a big part in delaying the Wheels of Justice.
• "Hold on a minute, let’s not get the Cart before the Horse!" was important also.
• Today’s biggest delaying tactic is, “Your honor, Football Season is about to start. I request a Continuance until after the Super Bowl”.

However, there are some instances where the Legal System jumps right in the middle of itself and works at lightning speed like when Abortion is the Issue.

For example, the State of Mississippi passed a law that prohibited abortions at 15 weeks of gestation. This Blog Posting is not a discussion of the right or wrong of this Mississippi Law but it is about the sometimes swiftness of the Administration of our Legal System. Here are the Bullet Points... 

• Mississippi’s law was passed March 8, 2018.
• Less than an hour after the signing, it was challenged by the Jackson Women’s Health Organization (the only abortion provider in the state)... (Boy! That was quick!)
• The law was blocked by a federal judge from taking effect the following day... (Man o Man! That was quick!)
• In November 2018 that same judge struck down the law as unconstitutional.
• The state of Mississippi appealed, but in December 2019 the New Orleans-based Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the judge’s decision.
• The very next month, January 2020, the Full 5^th Circuit Court denied the state’s request for a rehearing...
  >The law, which prohibits health-care providers from performing, inducing, or attempting to perform an abortion on an "unborn human being" if 15 or more weeks have passed since a woman’s last menstrual period, was "unequivocally unconstitutional", the trial court said.

That’s only 22 months. Did you just say, “That sounds like a long time”? Not in the world of Justice and Justice Delaying. For example, death-sentenced prisoners in the U.S. typically spend more than a decade on death row prior to exoneration or execution. Some prisoners have been on death row for well over 20 years.

So here comes the Yea But Bullets...

• Yea but this is about Abortion!
• Yea but we must act quickly when it comes to Abortion Decisions!
• Yes but if we did not act quickly, we might be accused of Delaying a Late Term Abortion Decision!

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

 

Are They Going To Tell Us Every Time Anybody Anywhere Gets COVID?

The other day I saw this “shocking” headline on top of a News Article...

Portuguese Surfer Frederico Morais Tests Positive for COVID-19

Who? Do you know who this guy is? I sure don’t. Is this the tip of the Proverbial Iceberg? Does this mean that we are going to see a News Article Attention Getting Headline every time anyone anywhere gets COVID?

I don’t have this much attention in me! I must have Attention Deficit Disorder! J

Here are 3 COVID Positive Test Result Headlines we will see in times to come...

Ø Raymond Rasputin of Toledo, OH has tested positive for COVID-19!

Ø Agnes Hickenloop of Meridian, MS has tested positive for COVID-19!

Ø Bradley Paseworth of Provo, UT has tested positive for COVID-19!

I made up these 3 People especially for use in the above phony headlines. It makes no never mind that these 3 people do not exist. They deserve to be worried about as much as people who do exist. Let’s all try to live by the new Mission Statement that was adopted at last February’s Fictitious People of America’s National Convention...

Fictitious People May Not Exist but They Deserve the Same Respect Real People Do Because Fictitious People Are People Too

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: Now we have Snow Leopards to worry about. News headline I actually saw on the Internet... Unvaccinated snow leopard at San Diego Zoo catches COVID-19 I feel Silly because I did not even know we were Vaccinating Snow Leopards. (They must be people too.)

Blame It On COVID-19

 

Have you noticed how often we are told something that is happening to us or not happening to us is happening or not happening because of COVID-19? I have noticed but that may be because I am The Noticer.

My Credit Union has discontinued the Free Coffee Service for us members. The Coffee Do-It-Yourself Machine is still there but there is a sign on it telling members they can’t use it Because of the Pandemic.

Here is what really happened:

Ø At a Board of Directors Meeting last year Director Sidney Pennypincher stood up and said, “We have to do something about this Free Coffee Service we offer our members. It is a significant financial drain on our bottom line. Two months ago I made a proposal that we spend $35,000 to study just how much this Perk (did you get my little play on words here?) was costing us. We now have the results of the study and I was shocked to find out it was costing us $512.76 a year! I am hereby proposing that we discontinue this wasteful practice!”

Ø One of the directors said, “Maybe we ought to tread lightly here before we make our members mad at us?”

Ø Pennypincher countered, “No problem. We will put a sign on the machine and say we had to stop the Coffee Service because of COVID-19”.

That being said all hands shot up and the Free Coffee Service was history.

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Other Pandemic Changes...

Ø Due to the pandemic sales people are no longer required to be nice to customers.

Ø Because of the Pandemic after putting your groceries in your paper or plastic bags in the grocery story, the check out engineers have been directed to no longer allow you to take your groceries out of the store with you.

Ø Due to the pandemic banks have discontinued paying interest on all CDs and Savings Accounts.

I apologize for the 3 above Completely Made Up Bullet Points because there is no way any such Silly Foolishness could ever happen...Or could they?

 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Of Course I Know What That Means. Everyone Knows What That Means. You Say You Don’t Know What That Means. What’s The Matter With You?

 

Be careful how you use Acronyms that you think you know the meaning of. For example, MSN, of course, stands for Microsoft Network...Or does it?

You may use it and think you are referring to Microsoft Network and find that you offended the people who are just crazy in love with Mahou Sensei Negima...

Negima! Magister Negi Magi, known in Japan as Magical Teacher Negima! (Japanese: 魔法先生ネギま!, Hepburn: Mahō Sensei Negima!), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Akamatsu. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from February 2003 to March 2012, with its chapters collected into 38 tankōbon volumes.

Below is the list of other confusion you may be in danger of spreading because of your MSM Confusion...

Source: The Free Dictionary by FARLEX

Acronym

Definition

MSN

Microsoft Network

MSN

Master's of Science in Nursing

MSN

Mission

MSN

Mobile Suit (Newtype; Gundam gaming)

MSN

Medical Surgical Nursing

MSN

Messi-Suárez-Neymar (nickname for Barcelona soccer stars)

MSN

Make Some Noise

MSN

Mobile Social Network

MSN

Mobile Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks (International Conference)

MSN

Medicare Summary Notice

MSN

Multiple Subscriber Number (ISDN)

MSN

Michigan School of Nursing

MSN

Middle School North (various locations)

MSN

Mobile Service Node

MSN

Multilayer Switched Network

MSN

Multiple Subscriber Number

MSN

Multi System Network

MSN

Modem Serial Number

MSN

Multiple Serial Number

MSN

Multicast Service Node

MSN

Manufacturing Sequence Number

MSN

Management Services Network (various locations)

MSN

Mahou Sensei Negima (anime)

MSN

Message Sequence Number

MSN

Mandatory Spay/Neuter

MSN

Museum Security Network (mailing list)

MSN

Martian Successor Nadesico (anime series)

MSN

Microsoft Service Network

MSN

Maquila Solidarity Network (Canada)

MSN

Manufacturer Serial Number

MSN

Military Service Number

MSN

Moesin (gene)

MSN

Mexico Solidarity Network

MSN

Merchant Services Network

MSN

Multi-Service Network

MSN

Multiple Special Needs

MSN

Medium Spiny Neurons

MSN

Math/Science Network (Oakland, CA)

MSN

Madison, WI, USA - Dane County Regional Airport (Airport Code)

MSN

Monitoring Cell Sequence Number

MSN

Most Significant Nibble

MSN

Multi-Service Node

MSN

Maine Support Network (Readfield, ME)

MSN

Muslim Student Network

MSN

Mechanical Serial Number

MSN

Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticle

MSN

Marine Safety Network

MSN

Modern Satellite Network

MSN

Memorial Service Network (National Cemetery Administration; US VA)

MSN

Methodist Student Network (University of South Carolina)

MSN

Mass Spectrometry to the N-th Power

MSN

Migration Storage Node

Glad I could help.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

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