The Immortal Words of Mark Twain

Hello People. Where have I been? Thank you for asking. I've been banging my little head against the wall. Why? Because this world has gone nuts, seriously nuts, and the crazy seems to be spreading like wildfire! Mark Twain famously said, "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience". Some days, as I scroll through Farcebook, I can actually feel my brain cells dying. Why people, why? Just today I saw a flurry of posts stating that "The President if Iran school Senate Republicans on our Constitution. This, of course, is in response to that stupid letter that 47 Senate Republicans sent to the leaders of Iran. I don't really care which side of the debate you come down on. I do care that you're stupid and aren't afraid to show it. I guarantee that not one person who posted that even knows who the President of Iran is. How do I know that? Because the statement they were all referring to was made by Javad Zarif, the Iranian Foreign Minister. Hassan Rouhani is the President of Iran. Splitting hairs? No. It's another case of people spouting off about something they know nothing about. Don't let the facts get in the way of your outrage people. It's this constant perpetuation of misinformation that dumbs down the entire society. By the way, and with all due respect, sending an open letter to foreign leaders does not, in any way, violate our Constitution. Not that it really matters.
Hillary Clinton used a personal email account during her entire run as Secretary of State. An email, I might add, that was hacked in 2010 by a group with ties to Ukraine. Since this was made public, we've been treated to a host of excuses and reasons why it's a non-issue. It is NOT a non-issue. Excuse #1, Mrs. Clinton was just used to using that account. Really? Because records show that she registered that account in 2009, on the day of her Senate confirmation hearing. It was clearly her intent, from day one, to eliminate any paper trails. Excuse #2, Mrs. Clinton was unaware that a private email account violated department policy. Really?? Beacuse in 2011, the State Department, under Secretary Clinton, issued instructions to all employees not to use personal email accounts or forward department email to personal accounts "which is prohibited by government policy". That directive went on to say that "violators would face disciplinary action". Indeed, in 2012 former Kenyan Ambassador Scott Gration was forced to step down after an Inspector General report criticized him for using personal email for government business. Ridiculous, right? The bottom line is, she knew it was wrong and she did it anyway. It's okay though. No big deal. It's Hillary. Don't even get me started on the President claiming he didn't know anything about it until he saw it on the news. It just never ends.
There's a prisoner, in the Peoples Republic of Massachusetts, suing the Sheriff for a wage increase. The inmate, who is here illegally, says he should be paid the state minimum wage ($9 an hour) for work he does while incarcerated.
A Georgia garbage collector was sentenced to 14 weekends in jail. His crime? He started work too early. Yup. Kevin McGill started his route at 5am. Unfortunately, a city ordinance prohibits trash collection before 7am so, they're sending him to jail. Seems like a bit of an over reaction to me but, hey, who wants ambitious city workers. That'll teach them!
Sway