JM: If I were the Kansas City Chiefs, I would have cut this loser Rashee Rice after he put so many lives at risk during his joyride on a Dallas, Texas expressway in 2024. He got off easy with probation, but now has violated that probation and has been sentenced to 30 days in jail. Will this finally be enough for the Chiefs to part ways with him? I would hope so.
JM: Donald Trump and Mark Cuban have had an on-again/off-again relationship over time. Currently, it is on again. Cuban went on to speak about the new prescription program…
JM: TrumpRX is a way for people to order 600 generic prescription drugs at discounted rates. Apparently, one of Cuban’s companies runs the back-end of this. I don’t really know much more about it. I’ll have to look into it more.
JM: Fuhrman’s death was buried in the news of the day. For good reason. There is not even going to be a funeral. He is one of the big reasons that a double murderer, OJ Simpson, was found “Not Guilty.” The New York Post headline described it well, but someone went back and looked at their headline when Simpson died….
JM: Fuhrman deserves to be described as “disgraced,” but the Simpson headline makes it seem like he courageously fought cancer like some kind of hero. Talk about disgraceful.
JM: Last night, our television severe weather alarm and the severe weather alarms on our phones went off. There were severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings issued across the city. It wasn’t raining at our house, or even really windy. It was just cloudy outside. Why did we have a tornado warning? Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t it used to be that a “tornado warning” meant that there was a tornado on the ground and people in the immediate vicinity were in possible danger, and a “tornado watch” meant that conditions could cause a tornado? Nowadays, it seems that a “tornado warning” means “let’s send a loud, annoying alert to everyone in the city’s phone and television and have the TV weather people try to scare everyone for four hours for no reason whatsoever.” We watched the news for a bit, and at some point, they showed the entire map in red, meaning a tornado warning was in effect for almost everyone in the viewing area. I tried to find a picture of it today, but couldn’t. Next time I’ll snap a picture with my phone. I finally got tired and went to bed. I expected to get up this morning to news of multiple tornadoes and storm damage. There wasn’t really anything of note. So why the hysteria? Look, I want people to be safe, but this hyperbolic reporting of the weather is eventually going to fall on deaf ears, and someone is going to get hurt because of it.
Ever hear of the story “The Boy Who Called Wolf?” The story is a classic fable that conveys an important moral lesson about honesty and the consequences of lying.
In the tale, a young shepherd boy is tasked with watching over a flock of sheep. Bored and wanting attention, he decides to play a trick on the villagers. He cries out that a wolf is attacking the sheep. The villagers rush to his aid, only to find that there is no wolf. The boy laughs at their gullibility.
Encouraged by the excitement of his deception, the boy repeats this trick several times. Each time, the villagers come running, only to be disappointed to find there is no danger. However, when a real wolf eventually appears and threatens the flock, the boy cries out for help once more. This time, the villagers, having been fooled too many times, ignore his pleas, thinking it’s just another false alarm. As a result, the wolf attacks the sheep, and the boy learns a harsh lesson about the consequences of lying.
The moral of the story is that lying can lead to a loss of trust. Once people are deceived, they may not believe you when you are telling the truth. It serves as a reminder of the importance of honesty and the potential repercussions of making a habit of dishonest behavior.
I think of this story almost every time I see the television weather people interrupt programming with a severe weather report.
JM: Wow, now that’s quite a gift to those graduates. I’ll always try to end on a positive note!