And some more things which make me go huh?

         The Saturday morning local news is generally  just background noise  while I do the Soduku, Jumble and Crossword, but sometimes one will hear things which shatter your concentration and make you go "huh?"

        A local action news report featured the line, "A local teen on a bicycle was struck and killed and then drove off." Honest, that's precisely how the reporter read it!  Unfortunately, it was actually the driver of the motor vehicle who left the scene , while the child remains dead.  

        

     On the same broadcast, a local auto dealership commercial trumpeted  a "no-commission" pricing policy.  I was struck by the fact that sales persons work for incentives, and that no commission would mean no incentive. Closer investigation, of course shows that there are of course, commissions, they just don't call them that. Salesperson compensation is based on the number of cars sold (and their gross cost). Liars!

     Of course, the above commercial also piggybacks on the new trend of  having actors portray people who are frightened to death at the thought of purchasing a new vehicle. It is even worse when they finish each other's sentences.

        In a remarkable turn of events, a Republican  has finally managed to be so objectionable that even Faux News objects! The Donald managed this feat, previously deemed impossible, by implying that  Megyn Kelly, who actually (and surprisingly) asked reasonable questions during the recent debate/steel cage match, must have been "bleeding from somewhere" (yeah, no shit, that's what he said) because she had the temerity to broach the subject of Trump's well documented history of inappropriate comments related to women. Who would have dreamt  that Faux even had a gag reflex when it came to Far Right sycophants?      

        Of course, by that time the bar had been lowered  significantly by Mike Huckabee's comment that the purpose of the military as he , never having been a member,  sees it is "killing people and breaking things."  Of course Huckabee's mere presence at any rational airing of opinion calls the entire process in question. After all, this is the man who chooses to give hyper critical parenting advice to the Obamas for allowing their model citizen girls to listen to Beyoncé, while his own son was charged with torturing a dog to death! It is also worthy of note that while considering Beyoncé a bad influence, the Huckster (def: "a pejorative for a person who sells something or serves biased interests, using pushy or showy tactics.") considers Ted Nugent to be just fine. After all why wouldn't  a Baptist minister love a guy who writes lyrics like "Whang Dang, Sweet Poontang?"  

       The jury in the James Holmes (Aurora CO theater shooter) case was unable to come to unanimous agreement re: the death penalty so Holmes who was, at the time,  insane by any standard will be sentenced to life without parole. 

     I would propose that his psychiatrist, whose notes clearly show that she had serious concerns regarding Holmes' sanity yet did nothing and told no one, spend the first ten of those years with him. In Aurora, as in Va. Tech, we had severely disturbed individuals who have been identified as such by  mental health professionals and yet are unidentified as threats to local law enforcement and are able to procure weapons (or in Holmes case, a stockpile of weapons and ammo) with relative ease.  At the point that  maintaining doctor- patient privilege may well mean the deaths of  other  innocents, something needs to change.

        Other than that, it's been a good day so far, Ciao!