No kidding. 

Issue 5,914 

 

I learned this morning from a man with impeccable credentials and vast knowledge that the general consensus among scientists is that the Universe is 13.8 billion years old. Now, I'm not the smartest person in the world, but how do you put a time determination on infinity. 

 

There are questions in this time of ours on earth that may seem too immense to grasp. But the smartest people in this world don't have all the answers either. Don’t fret. If in doubt, follow your heart. 

 

All the odds makers and game pickers are coming out of the woodwork say there is no relevance of the NBA mess to the growing rate of legal gambling. There is no inherent problem with gambling. Ask the guy who just lost his house. 

 

The Question: 
Who is Anne Edson Taylor? 

 

The Headlines: 

--New Inflation Number Surprises; Up from August but Lower 0.1 from Forecast; Stocks Rise as Rate Cut Chances Improve.  

US Sends Aircraft Carrier from Mediterranean Sea to South American Waters in Major Escalation of Military Treat, 

--After Meeting Zelensky, UK’s Starmer says Putin Not Serious about Peace.  

--Social Security to give Retirees 2.8% Cola.  

--Canada Tariff Ad Has Trump Canceling Talks with Northern Good Neighbor; Trump Says Ad is Fake; All Reagan Words are Exact but Paragraph Juxtaposition Altered. 

 

It is possible to think beyond reality and find it is true. 

 

Isn’t it unfortunate that all the brainpower used to cheat in that huge national poker scam or rob the Louvre isn’t used to produce something positive for all people.  

 

To a lot of people, the new SS Cost of living increase looks like a diet Cola! 

 

There aren’t many must watch college s games screaming out at me this weekend. Actually, maybe the most interesting game of all is between number’s one and two in the FCP rankings -- North Dakota State versus South Dakota State. UCLA wont surprise Indiana like it did Penn State. Bama-USC, Ole’ Miss-Oklahoma and Mizzu- Vandy are mildly interesting. Interested or not, I will see lots of similarly appearing throngs at gridirons much too often as the games preempt the Saturday Evening News. Definitely a pet peeve even for this football fan. Enough. 

 

How many of those online stories with clever headlines that suck you in go nowhere. And it takes you fifteen or more paragraphs to learn that nothing really happened except innuendo.  

 

There are some observers saying we shouldn't be surprised if Trump invades Venezuela. Just so long as they didn't do it during the Patriots Games.  

 

A lot of Politicians when accused of dastardly misdeeds turn around and say to the political accuser, well you too have onerous misdeeds. So, the focus of media and and national opinion goes to the battle between accusers masking the fact that both are guilty of something unethical, illegal, inane or uncivilized.  

 

The Answer: 

Anne in 1901 1was the first person to successfully go over the Niagara Falls in a Barrel. She was a schoolteacher with a dream who at the age of 63 she achieved it. Unfortunately, this woman who had been unsuccessfully chasing money all her life thought this venture would secure her future, But she made little money from the newsworthy feat and died penniless, buried by the state. But she designed the barrel and made it. And we're talking about her today 124 years later.  

 

Have a great weekend, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!!