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February 8, 2019Fun on Friday

Fun on Friday: Dumb Politician Edition

When I was a kid, I thought people in elected offices were among the brightest and best. Then I grew up, started interacting with politicians and realized they are no smarter than anybody else. And in fact,  a lot of them are downright dumb. Well, I’ve got an Oklahoma lawmaker for you that fits neatly […]

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January 25, 2019Fun on Friday

Fun on Friday: Move the Gold; Build a Bar

So, budgets are tight everywhere, right? Even at the Bank of England. Well, that’s not altogether true. It would be more accurate to say the central bank wastes a lot of money. Some government functionary got wind of it and now there’s a scramble to tighten things up over at the BoE. Said government functionary […]

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January 18, 2019Fun on Friday

Fun on Friday: Trump Grounds Nancy Pelosi

Did you hear what President Trump did to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi? He grounded her airplane — 40 minutes before she was supposed to take off on a big excursion. Whether you love Trump or hate him, you have to admit he’s the greatest troll to ever occupy the Oval Office.

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December 28, 2018Fun on Friday

Fun on Friday: Government Shutdown Survival Guide

How are you weathering the great government shutdown of 2018? We’re in day seven now. It’s been tough here in Lexington. I’m pretty sure I saw some kid setting up an unauthorized lemonade stand. I’m not sure we will survive the plague that’s sure to follow without the FDA to put a lid on such things. 

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December 14, 2018Fun on Friday

Fun on Friday: Extreme Bling

Bling isn’t really my thing. But a lot of people enjoy sporting gold jewelry. Well, a 36-year-old businessman in Vietnam takes bling to a whole new level. Tran Ngoc Phuc wears a total of 13kg of gold wherever he goes. If you don’t have your kilograms to pounds calculator handy, that about 28.7 pounds of […]

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