just not sure

“No more pencils, no more books, no more teacher’s dirty looks.”

Just like it does every year, school is coming to an end for a short while. This is of course time that youngsters will spend in the field picking off potato bugs and other critters that damage crops. Good for a youngster to understand that food doesn’t grow on trees – or better yet that they understand that food does grow on trees and on vines and on stalks and right up from the ground where that seed was buried.

We are long removed from the day when we needed the kids to do farm work in the summer time. For the health of our economy, it may be a good time to explore schools that are open 12 months a year. Until then, grab a book and a cold one and head to the hammock.

Were you paying attention?

1) Notably absent from the opening of the 9/11 Memorial in NYC Thursday were what two retired politicians?

2) US senate candidate Joni Ernst admitted she had carried a gun into the state capitol building. Some noted that was only a small problem since Ernst _________ _________ ___ for sessions.

3) Thursday the FCC voted to change ______________ _____________ as we currently know it. There will be a 4 month comment period before the new rule takes effect.

4) U of Iowa officials said they will keep what throwbacks to an earlier era even though their need has been supplanted by cell phones?

5) Ten years ago May 14th, Massachusetts was the first state to make what legal?

6) Despite the big show by the commissioner of the NBA, the owner of what NBA team said he will maintain ownership of the team and not pay any fines?

7) Which midwestern state had an outbreak of 13 tornadoes early in the week?

8) A controversy of sorts boiled up when right wing radio talkers mocked who for displaying support for the kidnapped Nigerian students on Twitter?

9) Thursday marked another day of protests for a raise in the minimum wage at what locations around the world?

10) He claims he never said “brain damaged” but that was the implication. Who made this connection to Hillary Clinton?

11) Flip-flop-flip. What Florida politician can’t decide where to stand on man’s effect on global warming? But he is sure he is presidential material.

12) It looks like the unstoppable melt of glaciers on what continent has begun? This may result in as much as a 3 foot rise in sea water levels.

13) Which Department of Administrative Services (DAS) quit suddenly after it became known that hush money had been paid to laid off workers?

14) Looks like Iowa Republicans will dust off what old wealthy man’s big wish to add to their platform for this year’s campaign?

15) Evidence is in that President Obama is really bad at being in what philosophic camp? The evidence is yet another record-breaking Dow industrials closing.

BONUS: San Diego is on fire during weather that usually takes place during what months?

Bonus 2: In just the opposite problem what major midwestern city reported snow on Friday?

Yet another fun week. Things just never let up any more.

Answers:

1) George W. Bush and Dick Cheney

2) seldom showed up (or something like that)

3) internet neutrality

4) the blue emergency phones around campus

5) same sex marriage. Yep – 10 years.

6) San Diego Clippers.

7) Nebraska

8) Michelle Obama

9) Fast food companies

10) Karl Rove

11) Marco Rubio

12) Antarctica

13) Doug Woodley

14) the flat tax! old and still stinky

15) He is either a lousy communist or socialist

BONUS: August, September

BONUS 2: Chicago and its suburbs reported snow Friday.