Looking for inspiration for an article or two . . . and naively hoping for something perhaps a bit more cheerful than the Israel-Gaza disaster, the Russia-Ukraine disaster, the Japan-China-Philippines typhoon disasters, or the latest mass shooting disaster . . . I started my Sunday by scanning the headlines.

Bi-i-i-ig mistake.

Come with me, please, as we tiptoe through the titles — just the headers, no details, though maybe a snarky little comment or two — and you’ll see what I mean:

— The mother of the teenager suspected of killing four people during a Georgia school shooting called to warn a school counselor prior to the shooting. – Wasn’t anyone listening?!!

— Three Israeli border guards were killed in a shooting at the Allenby Crossing on the border between the occupied West Bank and Jordan. – How many more centuries . . . ?

— A manhunt continues for an “armed and dangerous” person of interest in the shooting that wounded five people . . . in Laurel County, Kentucky. – Guns, guns, guns!

— 65 people in nine states have been sickened by a salmonella outbreak linked to recalled eggs. – I guess that “recall” wasn’t loud enough.

— Russia takes Ukrainian town in advance on Pokrovsk. – Can we call Putin’s “special military operation” what it is, please: a WAR!!

— US believes Iran has transferred short-range ballistic missiles to Russia. – Same %*@#$%# war.

And to wrap things up:

— Her father listened as she was shot in the head at Taco Bell.

No. I can’t even.

Come and get me when it stops . . .

Brendochka
9/8/24