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On Second Thought for Nov. 13, 2017

11/14/2017

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A lighthearted look at news of the day 
In Las Vegas, the first self-driving shuttle bus went into service last week and promptly got into a collision with a delivery truck. As officers hooked a breathalyzer up to the bus's exhaust system, witnesses heard the engine's hard drive mutter something about a cute little video poker machine that led him to this. 
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Actually, authorities blamed the accident on the truck driver, a human. So that's how it's going to be in the future, folks. If you're don't have RAM and a modem, it's your fault. And the worst thing is when the self-driving cars start yelling, "Where were you programmed? In a barn?" 
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Former President Barack Obama was summoned to jury duty last week. He was quickly dismissed. It seems that once you lose the power to pardon people, no one wants you anymore. 
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For his part, Obama was just happy to be there and was reportedly excited to plan how to spend the $17 he earned. 
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Really, though, it's inspiring to know that former presidents are treated just like anyone else when it comes to civic duties. Well, just like anyone else who shows up with a full security detail and TV cameras in tow, that is. 
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Seems the new iPhone is automatically changing the stand-alone letter "I" to weird symbols. This is Apple's way of making us a less self-centered nation. 
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President Trump visited China last week. He was intrigued after a tour of the Forbidden City in Beijing and reportedly left wondering how he could make Washington forbidden — to reporters, Democrats, establishment Republicans and special prosecutors. 
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Sure, people are focused right now on threats from North Korea and on the future of Syria, but let's not overlook the tensions unfolding on Sen. Rand Paul's lawn. 
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 As the story goes, Rand Paul was calmly mowing his lawn when his neighbor, an anesthesiologist who spends his days trying to keep people from feeling pain, allegedly tackled him and broke six of his ribs. Details are fuzzy, but some neighbors said the two men had argued over lawn clippings and leaves. CNN quoted a GOP strategist who chided East coast journalists for being unaware of "the leaf blower wars that take place all across Middle America." Apparently, we can add to the mottos "e pluribus unum" and "don't tread on me" with "leaf me alone." ​
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On Second Thought for Nov. 6, 2017

11/6/2017

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A lighthearted look at news of the day 
 
Yesterday marked the end of Daylight Saving Time for the year. That raises an interesting question. Where does the government store all the daylight it saves? 
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I'm sure special prosecutor Robert Mueller would like an answer to that question, too. After all, he could use some of it to shine a light on Russian meddling in the 2016 elections. 
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So now we know Russians used Facebook to try to organize protests on all sides of issues. They tried to foment both pro and anti-Trump demonstrations. Maybe they also wanted to sell concessions at these events to pay for the cost of imprisoning people who try to demonstrate in their own country. 
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Why is Russia so obsessed with disrupting our nation? Didn't they get the memo about how they lost the Cold War? 
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A poll by the American Psychological Association found that a majority of Americans feel this is the lowest point in the nation's history. And they were just thinking about the recent Baywatch and Power Ranger movies. 
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An even higher percentage said they were stressed about the nation's future. And even more people than that said they are stressed by having to answer questions from a pollster. 
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President Trump said he wants to call the new tax reform bill the "Cut, Cut, Cut Act." That was a compromise between the far right, which wanted the "Cut, Cut, Cut, Cut Act," and moderates who wanted the "Cut, Cut Act." 
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In true Washington fashion, special interests are heading to Capitol Hill to change it to the, "Cut, Cut, Cut Someone Else Act." 
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If Washington was forced to always tell the truth, the bill would be named the, "Cut A Little Here, Raise A Little There, Pass It First And Then See What's In It Act." 
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Republicans in Congress want to simplify taxes so much you could file your returns on a postcard. The president wants to go a step further, making it so could file your returns in a tweet. 
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