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On Second thought for August 14, 2017

8/11/2017

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A lighthearted look at news of the day  
This is the week Republican voters in Utah's third congressional district narrow the race to become the 435th most influential member of the House. 
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Primary elections typically have a low turnout in Utah. That's because many voters mistakenly assume you have to be teaching little children in church in order to cast a ballot. 
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​For years, baseball fans were fond of associating a future Cubs World Series victory with Armageddon. Turns out they were only about a year off. 
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It was nice of the North Koreans to give us an approximate date when the nuclear holocaust will begin. Military leaders said they will time their attack on Guam for mid-August. Let's hope they don't spoil the eclipse. 
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Some people thought President's Trump's statement that North Korea would see "fire and fury" if it didn't back off was a little too belligerent. Actually, it gives him the perfect way out. "What I meant was, 'you're fired and I'm furious.'" 
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Later, Trump said maybe those words weren't tough enough. He should have said, "You will see bigly fire and huge fury." 
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The White House is being renovated for $3.4 million. Apparently, there was a swamp leak in the basement. 
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Ousted White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci now wants to turn his experience into a television sitcom. Too bad his job at the White House only lasted about as long as a pilot episode. 
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TMZ says the sitcom might be called, "10 Days in July," or "Attack of the Swamp Monsters." It might be hard to follow the plot, however, as all the dialog will be bleeped out. 
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A better name would be, "How we solved the national debt by putting a swear jar in the White House." 
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President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin both were on vacation last week. One thing was clear from the photos. New economic sanctions have obviously created a shirt shortage in Russia. 
 
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On Second Thought for Aug. 7, 2017

8/4/2017

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A lighthearted look at news of the day:
The town of McIntire, Iowa, held a special election last week to decide whether to extend the terms of the mayor and city council members from two to four years. Exactly zero voters showed up. The place couldn't have been quieter if it was a Kim Jong-Un hair stylists' convention. Even the poll judges didn't cast ballots. But look at the bright side. A government finally came up with a political question that got a unanimous voter response. 
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From now on, you have to take the people of McIntire, Iowa seriously when they say one vote can make a difference. 
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What do the president of Mexico and leaders of the Boy Scouts have in common? They apparently have the ability to telephone the president without using a phone. 
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At various times recently, President Trump said he had spoken by phone to the Mexican president about border policies, and that leaders of the Boy Scouts had called him to tell him his speech at a Jamboree, for which the scouts later apologized, was the "greatest speech that was ever made to them." Then, after the people involved made denials, the White House acknowledged these were not exactly real phone calls.  
By the way, Domino's owes the president a free pizza for not delivering within 30 minutes of a call he might have made to them, too. 
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You have to feel sad for former White House spokesman Anthony Scaramucci. He didn't last long enough to even write a tell-all op-ed, let alone a book. 
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Once again, a public official falls victim to being lured into giving an obscenity laced interview to the New Yorker about a co-worker. 
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As the president demonstrated with Scaramucci, sometimes you have to fill the swamp a bit before you can drain it. 
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It's municipal election time again in Utah. I'm waiting for the candidate who will promise to bring the next total solar eclipse to my city. How did Idaho and Wyoming win that bid? 
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