Today, Elaine and I went to our podiatrist and had our toenails carved out. The Doctor told Elaine that she can now go into the pool, since her toe has healed up nicely.
Because of that good report, we treated ourselves to delicious ice cream at the World Famous Hoffman's Ice Cream Shop and Deli. We had the dessert placed into waffle cones. I had never had that before. Man, it's good!
After this treat, we went to the Senior Center and did early voting. Maryland has a new voting system using optical scanning. Seems to work ok.
After doing our duty, we spent the next three hours spending a bunch of money at Walmart's. With the few bucks we had left, we had supper at Ruby Tuesday's. Nice.
Politics
I just read that Clinton and Trump won the New York primaries. That was expected. I hope that Bernie put up a good fight.
Ted Cruz
The Southern Poverty Law Center newsletter came today and Morris Dees, the founder of the Center, talked about Ted Cruz:
He said that Cruz has enlisted Frank Gaffney as a foreign policy adviser. According to Dees, Gaffney spreads all kinds of conspiratorial nonsense about Muslims, and insists that President Obama is secretly a Muslim and that radical Islamists have infiltrated the U. S. Government.
Dees also says that Cruz has formed a "religious liberty" advisory council that includes activists for the Family Research Council (FRC), which is a group that cloaks its bigotry in religion. The FRC president has long equated homosexuality with pedophilia.
The People for the American Way wrote in a brochure I received today that Mr. Cruz lied when he said that no Supreme Court nominee has ever been confirmed in an election year, thus ignoring Justice Kennedy's confirmation in 1988, the last year of Reagan's second term, as well as several others.
Towards More Fairness in Elections
The People for the American Way also mentioned that multiple bills have been introduced to try to clear up the "dark money" situation. However, the Republicans have bottled up the bills, which are:
o The Fair Elections Now Act .. which would created public funding for congressional elections.
o The DISCLOSE Act .. which would require corporations to disclose the sources of their political spending.
o The Shareholder Protection Act.. which would make companies reveal to their shareholders how much money they are spending to influence elections.
Enough with Politics already!
The Humor of Harry Hershfield
Most folks these days have never heard of Harry Hershfield. I learned about him by listening to "Can You Top This?" during the old days of radio. He always had something funny to say, at least I thought so. He wrote a book in 1959 called "Laugh Louder Live Longer," which was a collection of his jokes and witticisms. Here are a few excerpts:
Coincidence
Two strangers standing together on a corner and along towards them came two women, walking together, and one fellow said to the other: "Funny, here comes my wife and my girl friend." "Funny, I was just going to say the same thing," replied the other.
Tattle
The Minister, during his sermon, looked sternly at little Tommy and said to him: "Do you know where boys and girls go who neck and spoon?' "Yes, in back of Smith's Garage," informed Tommy.
Names
"Why did you name your boy John? Every Tom, Dick and Harry is named John."
Advice
A panhandler got a dime from a pedestrian. Ten minutes later, he approached the same fellow for another touch. This time the fellow got angry: "You bum, I gave you a dime ten minutes ago!" "Stop living in the past," retorted the moocher.
Final Confession
A dying husband called his wife to his bedside and murmured: "Darling, before I go, I want you to know that I wasn't a good husband to you .. that I was a philanderer." "I know it," replied the wife, "why do you think I poisoned you?"
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