Criminal intent

Josh is five, and the day before his kindergarten graduation he and some buddies found a pocket knife under a bush on their way to school. He stuck it in his backpack, thought better of it, and left the knife in a park.

His principal got wind of the "incident" and suspended him for having intended to bring the knife to school.

Principal Chris Lineberry of Queen Creek, Arizona  then spent the rest of the day wiggling around, trying to evade blame for a stupid act of biblical scale. He  finally relented, apologized, and allowed as how Josh could go ahead and graduate with this class.

We send our kids to school so  that they may sit at the feet of wise educators, don't we?

(Another H/T to GMA John.)

A friend reminds me that "life is what happens while you're making plans."

It will be an unusual weekend, a passing to mourn, a confirmation to celebrate. Who knows what else?

TEOTWAWKI

Experts like Soros and Volcker have proven themselves full of gobshittery before, not to mention being part of the establishment which got us into the current economic mess. So it is just  for what it may be worth that I cite their most recent rendition of, "Holy Libido, Romulus. This  really is the Decline and Fall."

Their gloom probably accounts for some part of today's panicky pre-market business reporting which includes:

"S&P futures fell below 1,060, the level hit at the bottom of the still-unexplained market "flash crash" on May 6."


What? Me worry? I bought an extra five tins of chicken breasts at the Fareway yesterday, and there's still 20 pounds of  rice stashed away in a cool, dry place.

Montana needs an English-only law.

A newspaper there reports:

"Members of the Missoula County Search and Rescue Team had their hands full Sunday as a half-dozen hikers reported route-finding issues in the Mormon Peak area."

Having route-finding issues is more respectable than being lost?

(H/T to Friend John in the GMA)