Saturday, August 12, 2023

DeSantis, Slavery and Stealing Cadbury Creme Eggs

The Schloss-Blog is wondering if slavery was as good for the Jews in Egypt as DeSantis and the Republicans in charge of education in Florida think it was for Blacks.

We're also looking at invading or bombing Mexico and what fuel-efficiency standards set down for 2032 mean for EV development between now and then.

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Does Ron DeSantis really believe that slavery taught Blacks useful skills?

DeSantis needs some useful skills, like how to lower insurance rates in Florida, how to stop the population loss in Miami-Dade and how to win an arm-wrestling match with a mouse.

He also needs a personality.

And he needs to stop throwing the Florida educators who wrote that disgusting curriculum, at his direction, and take responsibility for it himself, racist that he is.

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Did you hear the one about the guy who got 18 months in prison for stealing 200,000 Cadbury Creme Eggs?

Because he did.

Really.

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Hey, I'm as much for EV development as the next guy (the "next guy" is for it, right?).

I mean, Volkswagen is supposedly going to only build electronic vehicles as of 2030.

But what about America's street corners? Will charging stations replace gas stations as the principle places to stop, "refill" and keep your car running?

I doubt it. In fact, the government just released its new fuel-efficiency standards for 2032 that automakers are supposed to live by.

We are supposed to be living in, by then, a 58-mile-per-gallon world by then.

But not a 58-mile-per-volt world.

When all those street corners are recharge stations instead of gas stations, I will purchase an all-electric automobile.

Until then, maybe a hybrid.

Maybe.

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Republicans reportedly are floating suggestions to bomb and/or invade Mexico to get after the cartels that control the drug traffic so prevalent in this country.

Really.

If they are successful in waging war with Mexico, but lose that war, rumor has it we'll be giving back Texas.

Which means Ted Cruz and family can go to Cancun tax free.

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Couldn't help but notice that my Giants finally signed Saquon Barkley to a new contract, a franchise tag at an adjusted $11 million.

Daniel Jones, meanwhile, who had a decent year and helped the Giants even win a playoff game, got a 4-year, $160 million contract.

I'm thinking, considering what Saquon means to the offense and the fact that the Giants offense runs through him, not Jones, Saquon should've got the $160 million and Jones the franchise $11 million

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Donald Trump's Save America PAC has spent virtually all of its money on his legal fees and is now, says the NY Times, "...broke."

He will likely spend the campaign season of the election running from courtrooms in Florida to New York to Washington, D.C.

Couldn't happen to a nicer, more-deserving defendant.

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Commander, the resident White House dog, is that no more, after reportedly biting as many 10 Secret Service agents.

Who says the Secret Service doesn't protect the president with its blood.

Does it do that for Trump?

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All I want for Christmas is a Kencore T-shirt.

Not really, but...

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Good night, Mrs. Calabash. Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson.

More Sunday night on my Radio Free Phoenix rock 'n' roll show.

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