—-stuff we can’t resist commenting on but don’t want to spend time writing more about.
As we were about to file this piece last night, the New York Times reported that this country’s largest Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptists, had overwhelmingly voted to try to get the Supreme Court to overturn its ruling approving same-sex marriage.
I am a Protestant. And as is the case with the Southern Baptists, I consider myself a Christian. But I struggle to understand how those who also call themselves Christians can then dictate who other people can love, how they can love, and whether some are not permitted to love at all.
After all, love is at the core of Christianity.
Protestants and Catholics alike like to quote First Corinthians 13:13: “Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.” (New Living Translation,)
We are free to practice our religion however we wish in this country, even if it seems inconsistent with the great Love chapter of the Inspired Word. I think my faith (which is different from religion)
Okay—-now that the heavy stuff is out of the way:
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If I was a reporter covering the White House, there are two words that I would say almost all the time when I’m talking to today’s President or other politicians, but especially the President whose statements are from here to Mars away from the truth:
“Prove It.”
He wouldn’t. But he’d call me “nasty” for suggesting something he has no interest in doing.
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Wonder what’s going to happen to the Tesla that President Trump bought from Elon Musk while they were still best buds.
Tell ya what I’m gonna do. If there are any who view these entries who has the fevered ear of our president, tell him that I’ll give him $2,500 for it. I’ll even fly to Washington on my own dime and drive it back to Missouri, stopping for a relaxing recharge every 375 miles or so. I would like for him to sign it somewhere that won’t get lost in a rainstorm and to have it fully charged when I pick it up.
That’s my top offer. I could lower the price it if the President thinks my offer is too high for showing his new disdain for Elon. And I won’t object if he’d just give it to me.
If any of you have any connections that can accomplish this deal, let them know of this kind offer.
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We like Andy Borowitz, a satiric columnist and a serious observer of things. He recently reported, tongue in cheek, that the President of Mexico—exercising the beyond-boundaries prerogatives our President thinks the world should honor—has exercised her own beyond-boundaries prerogative. She has renamed our Liberty Bell.
TACO Bell.
As in, “Trump Always Chickens Out” after his big tariff announcements.
Mr. Trump is real touchy on a lot of things and this one really is sand in his underwear. All the more reason to say it. But I won’t remind him of that when I pick up the Tesla
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Missouri has an artists and athletes tax that requires the state income tax be deducted from payments made for concerts and professional sports event participants.. When the Cubs play in St. Louis, the players’ daily pay during the series is subject to the income tax.
I suggested to the House Ways and Means Committee earlier this year that we need to similarly tax highly-paid college athletes for their Name, Image, and Likeness incomes. They’re not amateurs anymore, nor are they student-athletes. We have athlete-students with the emphasis on the first word. You can’t have million-dollar amateurs.
Plus, the experience would be a good introduction to the real world of income taxes for these players.