Tuesday! Such a flavorless way to fill the gap between Monday and Wednesday. Records don't even come out on Tuesday anymore, and they had to make it Election Day just to justify its ridiculous existence. Anyway, this happened:
Some people want college students who live on campus to be able to carry concealed firearms. Some people seem to forget many college students can't be trusted to safely and responsibly handle A SPONGE.
U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, a man who regularly exhibits all the tact, restraint and understated eloquence of a drunken bare-knuckle boxing promoter, finally succeeded in having his 25-year marriage annulled. Let's play "You Pick The Punchline" — A) I dunno, it might be worth losing out on half of a $30 million fortune just to not have to deal with this guy on the regular, or B) The Democratic Party is now considering annulling its own long-term relationship with the Congressman.
A conservative group backing Marco Rubio is running an ad slamming Barack Obama for the Iran nuclear deal that mentions the presidential hopeful by name. Pretty bold move — after all, the pros and cons of the deal are a bit more difficult for the average voter to parse than "socialist Kenyan."
And finally, a St. Pete woman who painted her blue recycling bin green because she found it an "eyesore" not only got snubbed repeatedly by the program's trucks, but also will be charged to replace the bin with another blue one. How this unsung American hero will soldier on in the face of such oppression is a story yet unwritten.
This article appears in Jul 9-15, 2015.