Quiz Time

Yes it’s that time again. Time to see if you have been paying attention and if you have grasped what is going on in the world. Remember “Democracy dies in darkness.”

Question 1.

D.O.G.E. is

A. An old car company from the 20th century.

B. A game played by kids in the 1950’s.

C. Something you do on or about April 15th of every year.

D. None of the above.

Question 2.

As April 15th looms on the horizon, we’ve have found out that.

A. I.R.S. workers pay their taxes on time, just like you and me. Or as one I.R.S. employee said. “We’re no better than anyone else. We have a duty just like all Americans, to pay our taxes.”

B. They have until Christmas to file their own tax returns.

C. I.R.S. employees owe 45 million in back taxes. Or as one I.R.S. employee said. “We run the joint. If we don’t pay our taxes what are you going to do about it? Who are you going to call?”

D. Answers A and B but not C.

E. Answers A and C but not B.

Question 3

Disney’s latest live action remake of Snow White is

A. A movie that is breaking box office records and is better than the original.

B. A movie about a girl and an apple.

C. A movie about a girl and some short guys.

D. A movie that redefines what it means to be a girl, along with, some short guys and an apple.

E. A and C.

F. B and C.

Question 4

The Trump Administration inadvertently let a reporter listen in on a meeting that discussed the bombing of the Houthis in Yemen.

A. This is a serious breech of security because the Houthis now know who bombed them.

B. This is a serious breech of security because the Houthis now know which type of airplanes, bombed them.

C. This is not a such serious breech of security as a whole lot of the Houthis went on the get the 72 virgin package, so they never found out who bombed them. The could only guess.

D. A and B but not C.

E. B and C but not A.

F. All of the above.

This quiz was a little tough as there is more than one correct answer to some of the questions here. We like to do this because it forces the student to focus. Quizzes like life, are not fair.

Answers. Each correct answer is worth 25 points.

Question 1. Answer is D. This one was easy but maybe a little tricky, as there is only one D in D.O.G.E. Just like there is no I, in team.

Question 2. Answer is E, as both A and C are true. This one was a little tough, as the news reported that I.R.S. employees owe 45 million in back taxes but we assume that it wasn’t all of the I.R.S. employees. There are always people in any situation, who do the right thing. Even paying their taxes.

Question 3. Answer F. This was a little tough, as we didn’t bother to see the movie. But we do know that they kept the apple in this version and there are some short guys. Originally there were Dwarfs in the tale of Snow White but we’re not sure if we can use that term or if you can put actual Dwarfs in a movie nowadays. But we do know that the guys in the new movie are short. We could have or should have a more definitive question but then for that to happen, someone would have had to sit through the whole movie. So, give yourself 10 points for any answer you put down but only F, gets 25 points.

Question 4. Answer A, B, C, D, E & F. With all the crazy reporting on the matter, you can give yourself 25 points for any answer here. We’re tough task masters but we’re not heartless.

If you got 100, CONGRTUALTIONS! You’re a winner baby! We used to give out prizes but with the price of eggs nowadays, not to mention gas… We knew you would understand. So now, no prizes but the heartfelt knowledge, that you know what’s going on the world.

If you got anything less… Well this was a little tough, as there were multiple correct answers and fake news being what it is, trying to figure what’s actually going on in the world, is not so easy. If you were able to complete all the questions, give yourself a pat on the back.

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FUGGETTAABOUTTTITT!

Not since Who Shot J.R. has there been so much anticipation over the release of anything like there has been over the release, of the remaining JFK files.  Oh wait, most of you might not remember Who Shot J.R.?  There was this TV show called 'Dallas' and J.R. was the mega rich, shady, double dealing character, who got shot in the last episode of a season.  Everyone had to wait till the next season to find out if J.R. lived and Who Shot J.R.?  'Dallas' was the number 1, T.V. show back in the day, when that designation meant something.  Just about everyone in the country got into 'Who Shot J.R., including people who never watched the show.  Betting on the question of 'Who Shot J.R. grew rapidly and odds on the different characters in show, were set, just like it was the Superbowl.  Then office pools were set up as well.  Again, just like the Superbowl.  The betting was fierce and almost every office had a pool.  JFK, on the other hand, was the 35th President of the United States and he was assassinated in Dallas, no connection to the TV show, back on November 23, 1963.

At first, we were told and most everyone believed, that the assassination of JFK was the work of a lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald.  But a few years later the conspiracy theories began and they haven't stopped since.  We've always had our money on LBJ, who had been the Vice President but we're not into conspiracy theories, so we've never printed that before.  But now, with the release of all the files, we know...  Well... nothing.

And this after all these years of conspiracy theories on top of conspiracy theories.  Theories  like...  It was the C.I.A, the F.B.I, the Joint Chiefs, the Mafia, the Russians, Fidel Castro, Cuban Exiles, the Bay of Pigs survivors, the Watergate Burglars, All of the Above, Some of the Above and just about anyone else, you want to throw in there, like LBJ, our favorite.  And, even though there is nothing in this new release of the files, it won't stop the conspiracy theorists.  It will just whet their appetites.  They will see conspiracy in any mention of the aforementioned cohorts and others we and you have forgotten about.  Hell, the conspiracy theorists will see conspiracies in the smudges and coffee stains, left on the documents.

In the end, the President got assassinated.  Like it of not, everyone got over it.  Even Jackie his wife, who married a billionaire.  And, the rest of the Kennedys too, who went on to drive their cars, boats and planes into things just like they always did.  Rumor has it that they weren't too good, with wagons and carts back in the old country.

There is never going to be a note in any file that says.  'I shot the President from the Grassy Knoll.  Yours truly, Joe Meltzer.'  

It's going to be just like Who Shot J.R.?  Once everyone knew it was Kristen, his Sister-in-law/Mistress and all the bettors and the office pool winners were paid off, it was just one big FUGGETTAABOUTTITT!!!

So everyone, just FUGGETTAABOUTTITT!!!

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P.S. J.R. survived getting shot and went on to be the shady, double dealing character for quite a few more seasons of 'Dallas'.

Missing A Few Things

Now if you watched the President's speech the other night you could see a lot of the democrats holding up signs.  Some of them you couldn't read, as the print was too small or the powers that be, didn't want you to see them, so the camera didn't stay on them too long.  So, you might have missed a few things.

One sign said.  'Go Fund Me@#######'*

Another one said.  'Will work for food.'

And, still another said.  'Elon is my Daddy.'

Then there is the WOWTMSM or What Once Was The Main Stream Media.  ABC News now averages 6.69 million viewers a night.  NBC News 5.79 million, a night and CBS News 4.49  million a night.  Since the population of the US of A is 345 million people, those numbers are pretty bad.  But they get worse because among the coveted demographic, people aged 24 to 54, these news shows are only drawing; ABC 886,000 viewers, NBC 842,000 and CBS 638,000.  So if you're under 55 and that's over 99% of the country, whatever was on those shows, you missed.

And P. Diddy, Diddy, Puffy, Puffy Daddy, Puff, Love, Brother Love, Sean Combs stories have gone puff.  This after a veritable parade of indictments, lawsuits, stories of orgies, rapes, gang rapes, human trafficking, drugs, guns and all of it recorded, has run its course.  All the while P. Diddy rots away in the MDC in Brooklyn, proclaiming his innocence and awaiting his trial.  So, if you miss all the salacious P. Diddy, Diddy, Puffy, Puffy Daddy, Puff, Love, Brother Love, Sean Combs escapades, rest assured, he misses them too.

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Who?

Jeffrey Epstein files were released!  But well, what was there?  Flight logs and Jeffrey's contact list.  Stuff everyone's already seen and heard of.  And, we all know that just because someone flew on Jeffrey's plane or he had their phone number and email, doesn't mean anything.  So, there was much gnashing of teeth and finger pointing over what wasn't there.  Because what everyone wants to know, except for "certain people", is, who got serviced?

The "certain people" already know and they just don't want you to know, who got serviced.

What most people did not pay any attention to, was the list of recordings.  Seems like those recordings covered a very long time period because some are listed as VHS and then other various types of devices we've all used over the years, all the way through to micro disc recordings.  Now what everyone wants to see, are those recordings.  Because we'd all like to see, who got serviced.  And, preferably while they were getting serviced.

Is this an invasion of their privacy?  No, because these are people who never get tired of telling us what to think, how to live and who to vote for.  So, if they got caught in flagrante delicto, we'd like to see that too.  It would create a certain symmetry in our minds about them.

And, for those of you who are worried that seeing certain politicians, actors, celebrities of renown and Know-It-Alls in flagrante delicto, will in turn, bring down society as we know it...  Fugheettaaboutit!  

There isn't going to be anyone whose life measures up to a hill of beans or means diddly squat to your real life.  It's just going to be, some, of the usual suspects.

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