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The movie Poltergeist came out 43 years ago, but perhaps you’ve seen it.
After the family has already been through hell, and things seemed to finally be getting back to normal, the haunting begins, and worse than ever. The young child, Carol Ann, who had been saved from the demons, could only stare in disbelief at the forthcoming terror and meekly murmur, “No more………….”
Carol Ann, I know precisely how you feel.
Here’s another example of California progressivism, but not in the way you might expect. Early in the 20th century, the concept of eugenics was gaining momentum, and state after state passed laws providing for the sterilization of those deemed mentally deficient. California, vanguard that it is, led the way in this gonad-hacking state-supported exercise. By 1940, most of the country was on board!
In a moment reminiscent of Castaway, I spent part of the morning hacking away with very primitive tools at one of the coconuts sitting in our front yard. My moment of victory came when I wrecked this thing open with my bare hands, after having extracted about a pint of coconut water from it. Booyah!
It looks like the mass of federal employees pretending to work from home have now been forced back to pretending to work from the office. I’m so relieved.
