The thing about my jokes is, they amuse me.
Category: News
May 22 2019
Six In The Morning Wednesday 22 May 2019
A look inside Huawei, China’s tech giant Photographs by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images Story by Kyle Almond, CNN The Chinese company Huawei is one of the giants of the tech industry. It’s the world’s largest provider of telecommunications equipment, a leader in next-generation 5G technology, and last year it passed Apple to become the second-biggest smartphone …
May 21 2019
Dominoes
You know, not everyone knows how to play. To begin the dominoes are placed face down and “shuffled.” Players draw one domino. The player drawing the highest double or if no double, the highest domino plays first. Re-shuffle and then begin drawing the first hand. Each player then draws seven dominoes for his hand. The …
May 21 2019
Profiles In Courage
I mean it both sardonically and sarcastically. The main difference between the two is sardonic is more strictly contemptuous and sarcasm has an admixture of irony. I’ve told you I like The Magicians, right? We have to work together and we have to do it now. This is going to sound weird, but just go …
May 21 2019
Six In The Morning Tuesday 21 May 2019
A legacy of lunacy haunts Kenya’s old railway. Will China’s $3.6B line be different? Kenya took on huge debt to buy a modern railway from Beijing that it hopes will boost its economy … despite the controversy it has attracted. By Jenni Marsh, CNN Updated 0651 GMT (1451 HKT) May 21, 2019 In 1903, British colonial …
May 20 2019
Fifth Child Dead
There are people who think I exaggerate when I compare the United States to Nazi Germany. 5th migrant child dies after detention by US border agents by NOMAAN MERCHANT, Associated Press May 20, 2019 A 16-year-old boy from Guatemala who died in U.S. custody Monday had been held for six days — twice as long …
May 20 2019
Junk Science
Bad Evidence by Liliana Segura and Jordan Smith, The Intercept May 5 2019 As an alternative theme for the 2019 AAFS (American Academy of Forensic Sciences) meeting, “complacency kills” might not have been half bad, at least if anyone had wished to inject some urgency into things. The Baltimore event began amid an ongoing crisis …
May 20 2019
Cartnoon
As its run is now finished you can hardly accuse me of spoilers. I’m somewhat puzzled by those who object to the heel turn of Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Protector of the Seven Kingdoms, the Mother of Dragons, the Khaleesi of …
May 20 2019
Six In The Morning Monday 20 May 2019
Huawei’s use of Android restricted by Google Google has barred the world’s second biggest smartphone maker, Huawei, from some updates to the Android operating system, dealing a blow to the Chinese company. New designs of Huawei smartphones are set to lose access to some Google apps. The move comes after the Trump administration added Huawei to …
May 19 2019
In Memoriam: Grump Cat ( (April 4, 2012 – May 14, 2019)
In is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Grumpy Cat, who entertained millions on-line, at the age of seven. Grumpy Cat, whose sourpuss expression entertained millions on the internet and spawned hundreds of memes, national television commercials and even a movie, died at age 7. Her owners posted on social media that …
May 19 2019
Episode 21
So SNL is done for another season and won’t be back until mid-September. I suppose I shouldn’t complain, I travel summers and my output is occasionally sketchy. The problem it poses is what kind of Sunday content do I replace it with? More Muppets! Grace and Frankie 50 Years of Computing NASA Game Show! Sleepover …