… Scientists have decipher the earliest writing yet found in the area of ancient Mesopotamia. They say the message indicates a highly developed civilization with a welcome something like “for a good time, visit…”. … In the latest version of the Lion King, Simba orders a survey of his kingdom to determine how many species have become extinct. Meanwhile, his uncle Scar is crippled with a severe case of mange… The toilet on the United flight had a sign I have not seen before—“Do not flush while seated.” I guess they have just lost too many people. … Watching special prosecutor Robert Mueller testify before Congress had me thinking he must have felt about as welcome as rapper R. Kelly at a Girl Scout convention. … President Trump explained the restraint firing of two rockets by North Korea as carrying a belated birthday wish from his pal Kim Jung Un. … Some are calling on actor Dwayne (FNA, the Rock) Johnson to run for president after his support for a protest to block the construction of a new telescope on Hawaii’s Mauna Kea. I believe his election would give us a chance to pull even with the Russians in that we would finally have a candidate who could go bare chest-to-bare chest with Russian President Vladimir Putin and challenge him to an international smackdown.