Neewollah parade on TV

The Neewollah parade a week from Saturday will be on rural lifestyle network RFD-TV. High school bands from all over the area will march, marking the end of marching band season in Kansas. They will be accompanied by the usual parade floats and other miscellaneous entries. At least this is not an election year. IfContinue reading “Neewollah parade on TV”

Putting the duh in dumb blonde

Michelle Lujan Grisham, Governor of New Mexico, issued a temporary ban on carrying handguns in Bernalillo County including the city of Albuquerque. The rationale is “public health” because gun violence kills two to three children a month. This executive order has not exactly gone over well with the public. In addition to the usual fringeContinue reading “Putting the duh in dumb blonde”

Storm troopers raid newspaper

In Marion, Kansas the entire police department raided a weekly newspaper office and the publisher’s home. Since five cops were not enough, a couple of Marion County deputies went along. Almost everything the paper needed to publish next week was seized, including cell phones, computers and hard drives. The publisher said he would get somethingContinue reading “Storm troopers raid newspaper”

Pot not that OK in OK.

There was an election in Oklahoma Tuesday to allow recreational use of marijuana.  It went down in flames 62 percent to 38.  Oklahoma allows medicinal marijuana for almost any medical condition.  Oklahoma residents don’t even have to see a doctor,they can get a prescription online.  As a result medical marijuana shops are as common inContinue reading “Pot not that OK in OK.”

Mayor Beetlejuice thrown out.

Chicago held its mayoral primary election yesterday. No only did incumbent Lori Lightfoot not get a majority of the vote, she wasn’t the leading vote getter in a field of eight. She didn’t even finish second to make it to the general election. When you piss on and piss off so many voters that notContinue reading “Mayor Beetlejuice thrown out.”

Food inflation takes a breather

The after Christmas sale is on. Not only is Christmas candy on sale, but turkeys and hams are on rollback as well. Even better in Kansas, Sunday the sales tax on groceries goes down from 6.65% to 4.65%. Of course most places that sell food are in towns that add 3% to that. Hopefully theContinue reading “Food inflation takes a breather”