Archive for June, 2023

Never Cross The Lines

June 30, 2023

If you have a boss
It’s not rocket science, folks
You need a Union

Ronnie Rayguns Cancelled Your Flight

June 30, 2023

The FAA’s Air Traffic Controller shortage ultimately dates back to President Ronald Reagan’s mass firing of striking air traffic controllers in 1981, which the FAA replaced with hires who were all eligible to retire around roughly the same time. Republican policies often have unintended consequences.

Slidin’ Biden

June 29, 2023

Biden says Putin is clearly losin’ his War in Iraq which also says that Biden is clearly slidin’ down Geezer Mountain.

Breathing Is Deadly

June 29, 2023

The hazy air contains microscopic particles that go straight into your bloodstream every time you breathe. Stay indoors or wear a mask.

A Lyricist’s Lyricist

June 28, 2023

And daddy won’t you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I’m sorry my son, but you’re too late in asking
Mister Peabody’s coal train has hauled it away

Pothole Pete is Useless in 7 Languages.

June 28, 2023

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If your flight gets delayed or cancelled you can blame Sleepy Joe & his sidekick, Pothole Pete. The DOT Inspector General says “the FAA has made limited effort to insure adequate controller staffing at critical air traffic facilities & has yet to implement a standardized scheduling tool to optimize controller staffing at these facilities.”

Resist Evil

June 28, 2023

Lest we forget, the Trump Administration was filled to the brim with evil people willing to do evil things on behalf of a very evil person.

Supply Chain Blues

June 27, 2023

In 2022 an FDA inspection shut down a sole source factory in Ohio & caused a shortage of baby formula. In 2023 an FDA inspection shut down a sole source factory in India & caused a shortage of generic cancer drugs. The U.S. allows too much monopoly in the supply chains for too many essential products.

New Arboretum

June 26, 2023

Check out this article from Des Moines Register:

New arboretum coming to former church camp in West Des Moines. Props to everyone involved. West Des Moines church camp to become arboretum, with city funds, private fundraising campaign

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/local/west-des-moines/2023/06/26/west-des-moines-is-getting-a-new-arboretum-at-2296-grand-ave-former-church-camp/70339241007/

Gun Violence Has Become Invisible

June 26, 2023

The new American normal: almost nobody but the victims & their families noticed the mass shooting at the Sweet 16 birthday party in Alabama in April.