Thoughts Over Catnip

Hello My Dear Friends! Happy Friday! It's currently 31 degrees and snowing in Syracuse. Thank God for wine, weekends and catnip! So, a 20 year Pittsburgh TV news veteran was fired last week after a post she put on her personal Facebook page was deemed "racist". Wendy Bell wrote, after a mass shooting at a backyard cookout that left 6 people dead, that, among other things, "You needn't be be a criminal profiler to draw a mental sketch of the killers. They are young black men in their teens or early 20s. These boys have been in the system before. They've grown up there. They know the police. They've been arrested before". The problem is that, at the time she wrote this, police hadn't named any suspects and no arrests had been made. As it turns out, the "persons of interest" in this shooting match Bell's description to a tee but, because she assumed the shooters were young black men, she is a racist who can not be allowed to work. Go figure.
Moment of Zen: When you use a bottle opener, you become a bottle opener.
The post office announced that, for the first time in 97 years, they were lowering the price of a first class stamp from $0.49 to $0.47. This would be great news but for the fact that they didn't bother telling anyone as they sold them Forever Stamps at $0.49 apiece. A little heads up would have been nice Mr. Postmaster!
4 Mexican gunmen, who were dressed like Federal Officers and driving a vehicle painted and outfitted exactly like an official vehicle, were arrested in Michoacan by the real Feds. What gave them away? They misspelled the word "division" on the side of the car. It's nice to know that every Country has stupid criminals, not just ours.
Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta told CNN that, if Mrs. Clinton is elected, she will have all of the Government's alien related documents regarding Area 51 in Nevada declassified. Says Podesta, "That's a commitment she intends to keep and that I intend to hold her to".  Podesta went on to say that, "There are a lot of planets out there, Americans can handle the truth". Yikes! A Couple of thoughts here. First, Mr. Podesta, I think you've misunderstood the current controversy over aliens in America. Second, Mrs. Clinton does have to declassify any documents, she can just email them to you. And, finally, Mr. Podesta, I would think you would be aiming for a lower profile while this whole Panama Papers scandal works itself out. Why? Because, as you will learn as this story unfolds, one of the key players in hiding these ill-gotten gains and lobbying Washington on behalf of the players, is none other than Mr. Podesta's brother Tony. Stay tuned! Enjoy the Weekend!
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