Even more things which make me wonder

                                  Even more things which make me wonder:

        The more I see USAA commercials, the more I recall how when I was a young enlisted man USAA was not available to me because I wasn't an officer. Now that the business has become more competitive, they have decided that we enlisted swine may actually have been trustworthy all along. How hypocritical!

        New Rule: If there are more than 10 candidates in one party for high elected office, they field must be winnowed down, not by the arbitrary decision of Faux News, and corporate influence,  but by a steel cage match. Here are the contestants (partial list) for this upcoming Republican race. Mike "Homeboy" Huckabee, Bobby "The Chocolate Cracker" Jindal,  Ben "Huh?" Carson,  Jeb "The Faux Floridian" Bush,  Marco "The  Mormon Mauler" Rubio,  Chris  "Bridge Blocker" Christie,  Ted "The  Canadian Crusher"  Cruz,  Lindsey "Prettyboy" Graham,  Donald "The Dipshit" Trump,  Rand "Prissy" Paul,  Rick "I have no f***ing Idea" Perry, Rick "The Fetus" Santorum, and Scott  " The Wisconsin Whiner" Walker.   Others would be eliminated in prelims, although the Nikki Haley/Carly Fiorina  fight would be fun to watch.   

        Basic rules for the match would be that all contestants are forced into the ring and the first one to actually arrive at a workable, original idea to improve government without shitting on the middle and lower classes wins.

        Saw a promo for a new sleep aid drug, which portrays sleepiness and wakefulness as cats, one dark and restless, one white, fluffy and purring. After the pleasant and low key hype came the sotto voce list of "possible side effects."  I was mildly interested right up to that point, but the list was truly frightening. Among the side effects were: Depression, suicidal thoughts, Inability to move immediately upon waking (really troubling, if what woke you was your bladder! ), driving or working without remembering , and more. Try a cup of hot Cocoa!

        Along the same line, another "new" drug promises the possibility of "Ruptured spleen!" Now there's an offer that's hard to turn down. This same drug's advert gives this sage advice, "Don't take "this drug " if you are allergic to "this drug." Wow! Would never have thought of that!

        New sign of the apocalypse: vegan Dog and Cat foods! Look, I couldn't care less if you,  as  a rational omnivore, decide for whatever cosmic muffin induced reason to go vegetarian or vegan. As I've often said, just don't tell me it's "natural" because it isn't. Your dentition  alone tells that tale. but "Spot's Choice Vegan Garden Recipe Dry Dog Food"?? Really? Did your dog signal their unhappiness and deep seated racial guilt over 50,000 years of canid meat consumption?  Next you'll be saying they shouldn't lick their crotch because you don't care to do it.  An impartial dog food analysis organization rates this attempt at human conscience salving thus (just a blurb of the entire article): "Below-average protein. Below-average fat. And above-average carbs when compared to a typical dry dog food."

         It goes on to rate this expensive delight as two stars out of five on the dry dog food spectrum - well below average! If this wasn't sufficient insult to the dog, hold on to your wallet, because this garden cornucopia of  yuck will cost you about  $6 per pound! On the other hand Blue Buffalo Wilderness (dry) costs about $2.20 per pound and is rated five stars.  So starve yourself for meat protein  if it makes you feel good, but trust me, your dog doesn't give a rat's ass. Sure they like sweet potatoes and need the beta carotene, but sometime ya just gotta sink your teeth into some meat protein.

And I do believe that's all I have to say about this today.