A lighthearted look at news of the day
The world was atwitter last week with news that Amelia Earhart may have survived her around-the-world flight in 1937. Apparently, she landed successfully but was forced off her plane by United Airlines.
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A photo has surfaced supposedly showing Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, on a Japanese island near a boat and, possibly, their plane. Experts say the photo is authentic, even though Earhart is sitting next to Elvis and Jimmy Hoffa and the head of the Loch Ness Monster is poking out of the water.
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Actually, Earhart may have been spying on the Japanese for the United States. FDR might have known she was captured and worked to keep the truth from the media, which wasn't easy. This explains that video of FDR punching a guy with "CNN" superimposed on his head.
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President Donald Trump has responded to critics who say his incessant tweeting is not presidential. It is "modern-day presidential," he tweeted. Modern-day presidential, then, is sort of the equivalent of old-fashioned Third World, banana republic, Nikita Khrushchev shoe-pounding presidential.
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Utah lawmakers are considering hiring a homeless czar to help Salt Lake City's out-of-control crime situation near its homeless shelter. That has me wondering, what do they appoint in Russia to handle such things?
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Danny Ainge must have had a tough week last week, choosing between helping his son's fledgling political career in Utah and nabbing Gordon Hayward for the Celtics. Well, son, congressional races come and go, but quick-release jump shots last only a few years.
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The world recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the iPhone. It also was the 10th anniversary of the last time a man had to ask for directions.
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Just think, 10 years ago you had to carry a camera separate from your phone; people sat in public with their heads erect, looking at each other; an app meant you misspelled the type of primate that includes monkeys, and no one had heard that joke about the past, present and future walking into a bar.