Menthol

London Mayoral candidate Count Binface, Palace of Westminster. AFP via Getty Image, posted at standard.co.uk. Use The Force, Sir.

This may be the most amusing headline of the day. From nypost.com: “Biden admin scraps menthol ban for fear of alienating black voters critical to prez’s re-election.”

This sounds like a good short story idea. From NYP: “AI priest quickly defrocked after giving users oddball answers, taking confessions like ‘real’ clergyman.” Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. I’ve done hundreds of illegal song downloads and I visit naughty sites a couple of times a week.

From NYP: “‘Hypocritical’ anti-cop NYC council members plead for NYPD protection after receiving ‘scary’ threats.” I’ll be your best friend — not! Anyone surprised?

What election advantage does billionaire George Soros see in funding the campus protests? The pre-2020-election rioting helped dethrone Trump. Wouldn’t the current strife help oust Quid Pro Joe?

Among the many celebrations of April 27th, it’s Independent Bookstore Day:

It’s also National Tell A Story Day. ‘Scuse me while I blow my own horn:

Great news out of Chicago. Headline from foxnews.com: “NFL team told to pay for own ‘damn stadium’ after trying to take billions in taxpayer funds.” Private money should fund these projects. The league makes a mint. I don’t believe in taxing corporations, who fund the medical coverage of millions of employees, all of whom pay taxes, or in corporate welfare. Photo from Google Images:

A pleasant day to do business curbside. My thanks to Tanya, who donated a bunch of books in Russian, and to the guy who bought five of them, all novels by Danielle Steel; and to Dave, who overcompensated me for a book in The Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley and Peter Ferguson, which he hopes his granddaughter will like; and to the woman who took home The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller and My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy by Clint Hill & Lisa McCubbin Hill; and to Andy, who purchased The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw and Class of ’67 by yours truly. He is trying to set up a web site based on WMCA’s Good Guys, back in the day when they played popular music. Good luck, Sir.

I listened to Joe O’Brien Monday-Friday before trudging off to another round of agony at St. Mary’s Mother of Jesus elementary school.

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