Nuclear rivals clash in the Himalayas
Wed, 06/24/2020 - 12:00am
Last week, the world’s most populous nations, India and China, both nuclear armed, clashed in the high Himalayan region of Ladakh.
Opinion
Fire-Ant Attack
Wed, 06/24/2020 - 12:00am
I’m thinking the other day that times are tough enough, then I got bitten by fire ants, and I thought, yep, things can always get worse. Nasty little $#@*&$#@. I hate them. Apparently, looking at the red bumps on my leg, they feel the same way about me.
The world has gone crazy
Wed, 06/24/2020 - 12:00am
Over the last couple of days, two more statues have come down. As I predicted, George Washington was one of them. Thomas Jefferson was the other. He was a slave owner and must be rejected, even if he is largely responsible for our country’s founding documents. Those documents themselves are now in danger.
Governor, education commissioner say schools will open in fall
Wed, 06/24/2020 - 12:00am
AUSTIN — While COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, case counts, hospitalizations and deaths increased last week, more and more Texans ventured out of their homes with the deadly coronavirus showing no sign of abatement.
DOWN ON THE FARM...
Wed, 06/24/2020 - 12:00am
It’s election time in rural Ireland and a bus-load of local politicians crash off-road into a nearby field. Emergency services are called to the scene, but no passengers are found. The ambulance crew ask a nearby farmer has he seen the politicians. “I buried them”, he replies. “Are they all dead?” Ask the ambulance crew. The farmer said, "Well, some of them said they were alive but you can't believe anything a politician says can you?"