Headlines

All from Internet news sites. Guess which from CNBC?

GOP faces wrenching call: Running with or away from Trump

California NAACP wants to replace 'racist' Star Spangled Banner

GOP senator [Corker] announces hearing to probe Trump's 'authority to use nuclear weapons'

Border Patrol losing agents faster than it can hire them ...

Republicans have a serious suburban problem in 2018

Trump critics fear DOJ is using merger deal to punish CNN

Gates, Bezos, Buffet richer than poorest half of USA ...

Beijing residents on Trump: 'More honest than Obama'

CBO: Obamacare mandate repeal would cut deficit by $338 billion

China state-controlled media sides with Trump over American 'fake' media

Palm Springs City Council now entirely gay ...

Trump: South Korea agrees to 'tremendous' U.S. weapons purchase

Pillars of Salt

20,000 lesbians from around the world have descended on Palm Springs, California in what has become an annual gathering of rug munchers called "Dinah." This is a gala celebration of rampant sexual freedom and random hookups on a massive scale ... see: The Guardian Story. To me this gathering is something that is unique to our modern times. Try to imagine such a spectacle taking place at any other time or in any other place ... except maybe in Sodom and Gomorrah in the time of Lot.

I guess this is the ultimate test of Judeo-Christianity and the teachings of the Bible. If the departure lounge at the Palm Springs airport is not now chock-a-block full of pillars of salt, then I think we can conclude that the Judeo-Christian religion is on the down slope.

But, I am also a realist. I think it much more likely that I will be punished from on high for calling these ladies "rug munchers."

Desert Bloom

Years ago my wife and I were fortunate enough to visit the desert at Joshua Tree National Park near Palm Springs, California shortly after a heavy rainfall and during a dramatic blooming of desert flowers. It was quite a spectacular and rare experience. The entire landscape there was covered with multi-colored wildflowers. Now the desert at Death Valley in California is experiencing an equivalent super bloom ... see: New York Times Article.

For those of you who covet nature, I heartily recommend that you follow the weather forecasts for desert areas and try to be there when equivalent blooms occur. It should be on everyone's bucket list.