Chicago Tribune Reports the Death of Facts

Yes, that’s correct.They report Facts death not a dearth of facts. A Chicago Tribune reporter has the sad news of the final passing of Facts. In memoriam: After years of health problems, Facts has finally died. Over the centuries, Facts became such a prevalent part of most people's lives that Irish philosopher Edmund Burke once said: "Facts are to the mind what food is to the body." To the shock of most sentient beings, Facts died Wednesday, April 18, after a long battle for relevancy with the 24-hour news cycle, blogs and the Internet. Though few expected Facts to pull out of its years-long downward spiral, the official cause of death was from injuries suffered last week when Florida Republican Rep. Allen West steadfastly declared that as many as 81 of his fellow members of the U.S. House of Representatives are communists. And here are the final details: Facts is survived by two brothers, Rumor and Innuendo, and a sister, Emphatic Assertion. Services are alleged to be private. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that mourners make a donation to their favorite super PAC. Read the entire piece it’s brilliant. And more about it here:about Facts has Died

Have You Heard Any Word of the Iceberg?

HAVE YOU HEARD ANY WORD OF THE ICEBERG?

A Titanic poem by Les Barker

On a cold rainy night on a Liverpool quayside
In the years before the Great War
The world was in shock at the loss of Titanic
So proud had they been days before.
Relatives gathered for news of their loved ones,
To read through the list of the dead,
When into the throng came a sad-eyed Polar Bear,
And to the clerk at the counter he said …
(Chorus)
Have you got any news of the iceberg?
My family were on it you see.
Have you got any news of the iceberg?
They mean the whole world to me.

My wife and children were coming from Greenland
To be by my side in the zoo.
Belinda's my wife and the eldest's called Bernard, and Billy, well, he's only two.
I know on the ship there were hundreds of people,
And I know the iceberg's not yours.
The Polar Bear's eyes held the start of his teardrops
He covered his face with his paws.

It's been over a year since I last saw my children,
I left home to build my career:
I've worked very hard, I'm a star in the circus,
It's all been for nothing I fear.
There's my face on the poster,
We're in town this week.

My children were meeting me here.
Everyone watched as he struggled to speak.
By now all the people had gathered beside him,
His grief was one they could share,
The people around him in silence and sadness,
Listened to the sad Polar Bear.
I wanted my children to see me performing,
And Belinda, she would have been proud.
At last, lost for words and his tears flowing freely,
The question was asked by the crowd.
(Chorus)







A poem by Les Barker

Bush is a Shining Wit

George W. Bush has surfaced in the news speaking at a forum sponsored by the George W. Bush Institute. Bush got over his reluctance to weigh in on issues since leaving office and spoke in New York City in favor of tax cuts for the rich or as he now says “the so-called rich”.

“I wish they weren’t called the ‘Bush tax cuts,’ ” he said of the tax rates set to expire at the end of the year. “If they were called some other body's tax cuts, they're probably less likely to be raised.”

Bush, whose time in office among other things included two long deadly wars and the country’s deepest recession claimed he didn’t miss being President however

"I enjoyed it; it was an unbelievably interesting experience," then he added, perhaps after some thoughtful introspection "It was inconvenient to have to stop at some stop signs -- stop lights -- coming over here, but I guess I miss that."

It only took a short speech and a couple news stories to get a stunning reminder of what an awful jackass he was and still is. The President responsible for starting the war in Iraq guesses he misses being able to drive though stop lights. Well, Cheney got a new heart since leaving office but Bush is obviously still trying to function with the same brain.

Mangoes In the News !

Well we’ve all been waiting for it and at last it is here.


The
National Mango Board's latest consumer
attitude and usage study.

According to the board, the study showed increases in mango movement, number of current purchasers, incidences of people eating mangoes plus higher consumer satisfaction.

The board exceeded its 2011 goals by influencing nearly 950 million consumers, generating a 117% increase in mango volume and working with more than five million foodservice professionals through foodservice publications and partnerships, according to a news release.

There’s still opportunity out there ! The results also showed 41 percent of consumers have never bought a mango! But the marketing board is taking an aggressive posture “We want to eliminate barriers of uncertainty about mangoes and encourage consumers to enjoy the benefits of the nutritious and tasty fruit.”
There is a mango in your future

In Vermont Kale is NOT Chicken

That's all I've got to report!

April Fool's Poisson,Vite on est camarades!