Eric Scheske
Monday
Miscellaneous Rambling
Strange days indeed: Detroit casino sponsors garden to produce seedlings for
Detroiters to replant throughout the city
[http://detroitagriculture.net/the-farm/]. * * * * * * * I'm stunned at the
growth of urban gardening. Last week while driving home from northern Michigan,
I saw a billboard for a "rural
Sunday
Free Lunches
Related to yesterday's rant: “Children are creating their own black markets to
trade and sell salt due to First Lady Michelle Obama's school lunch rules." Link
[https://www.lewrockwell.com/2015/06/pater-tenebrarum/would-you-eat-official-lunches/]
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It's a
Saturday
A Rant
"The whole world groaned," wrote Jerome, "and marvelled to find itself Arian."
I returned from vacation and marvelled to find the world gay.
And found the Supreme Court, led by conservative John Roberts, had again
judiciously bent over backwards to save the Affordable Care
Friday
BYCU
Whenever I think of Australian beer, I think of Foster Lager. Because it was my
Dad's beer of choice back in the 1980s, it was my beer of choice ("If it's free,
it's me"). I loved those big oil cans. When
Kimmel
The world's oldest person has died. Again. Third time this year. Someone is
killing the world's oldest people and we do nothing about it.
Fallon
The Obama administration announced that a woman will replace Alexander Hamilton
on the $10 bill starting in 2020. I want to be the first person to congratulate
Caitlyn Hamilton.
Meyers
President Obama this weekend used the N-word when speaking about race relations
in America. Which explains why everyone at Fox News today kept shouting, “And I
quote ”¦”
A Pennsylvania brewery said that it is introducing a new beer to honor the late
Penn State football coach, Joe Paterno. And
Kimmel
I hope everyone who deserved it had a good Father's Day. Kids will buy cards and
T-shirts and even little trophies that say their father is the best dad in the
world. But the fact of the matter is that simple math tells us the vast majority
Wednesday
Chesterton Short(s)
This isn't really GKC, but the current issue of Gilbert
[http://www.chesterton.org/membership/]features an interview between Dale
Ahlquist and Thomas Cook, a psychiatrist. This exchange cracked me up:
Dale: You have worked as a forensic psychiatrist in a state hospital. That
sounds