What's All This Brouhaha? » Current Events https://whats.all.this.brouhaha.com miscellaneous musings and random rantings Fri, 01 Nov 2019 06:31:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9 Retired businessmen https://whats.all.this.brouhaha.com/2008/03/23/retired-businessmen/ https://whats.all.this.brouhaha.com/2008/03/23/retired-businessmen/#comments Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:20:28 +0000 http://whats.all.this.brouhaha.com/?p=649 Continue reading →]]> Joe and Fred were relaxing on the beach in Florida, and struck up a conversation. Joe asked Fred what he did for a living, and Fred relied, “I owned a grocery store. Business was good, but last year there was a fire and the building burned down. I got an insurance settlement, and considered rebuilding, but I’m no spring chicken, so I decided that it was a good time to retire.”

Joe said, “That’s similar to my situation. I had a hardware store, but was wiped out by a flood, and decided to use the insurance money to retire.”

Fred thought about that for a minute, then asked, “How do you set a flood?”

Admittedly this isn’t a good time for telling flood jokes, and I’m not trying to make light of the misery of others. A completely unrelated conversation brought this joke to mind. I just made a donation to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, and would encourage others to do likewise. Some companies offer matching for donations to the Red Cross; I’ll check with my employer tomorrow.

]]> https://whats.all.this.brouhaha.com/2008/03/23/retired-businessmen/feed/ 0 Vatican astronomer says Intelligent Design isn’t science https://whats.all.this.brouhaha.com/2005/11/19/vatican-astronomer-says-intelligent-design-isnt-science/ https://whats.all.this.brouhaha.com/2005/11/19/vatican-astronomer-says-intelligent-design-isnt-science/#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2005 23:14:52 +0000 http://whats.all.this.brouhaha.com/?p=170 Continue reading →]]> Now even the director of the Vatican Observatory has stated that
“Intelligent Design” is not science, and that if it is taught in schools, it should be in religion classes, not science classes.

If even the Vatican can recognize the difference between science and religion, why can’t the Kansas State Board of Education?

]]> https://whats.all.this.brouhaha.com/2005/11/19/vatican-astronomer-says-intelligent-design-isnt-science/feed/ 1 Shenzhou 6 https://whats.all.this.brouhaha.com/2005/09/26/shenzhou-6/ https://whats.all.this.brouhaha.com/2005/09/26/shenzhou-6/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2005 02:04:18 +0000 http://whats.all.this.brouhaha.com/?p=142 Best wishes to the crew of Shenzhou 6, the next Chinese manned space flight! It was just announced that the launch has been scheduled for 13 October 2005.

]]> https://whats.all.this.brouhaha.com/2005/09/26/shenzhou-6/feed/ 0 The Onion nominated for a Pulitzer Prize https://whats.all.this.brouhaha.com/2005/09/10/the-onion-nominated-for-a-pulitzer-prize/ https://whats.all.this.brouhaha.com/2005/09/10/the-onion-nominated-for-a-pulitzer-prize/#comments Sun, 11 Sep 2005 03:48:05 +0000 http://whats.all.this.brouhaha.com/?p=130 Continue reading →]]> This week , The Onion (“America’s Finest News Source”) has abandoned their usual parody format in favor of completely factual reporting of the Hurricane Katrina disaster. It is nice to see that they are willing to take things seriously in this time of need.

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