Asparagus and Uranium

Posted on 19/03/2019 by Grumpa Joe


The sign of a great writer is the ability to create interesting and real characters, and to place them into interesting situations. I just completed reading a book titled The Accidental Further Adventures of the 100 Year Old Man. Writer Jonas Jonasson lives in Sweden and crafted a superb story around two elements; asparagus and uranium. He included world leaders like Trump, Merkel, Putin, Rocket-man Kim Jong un, and others to embellish the story. In my opinion he lost points by making Trump a doofus. Other than that bit of bias I enjoyed the story because it was intriguing and funny. The idea of a one hundred year old man going on adventures drew me in.

So how were asparagus and uranium involved? A side kick of the hundred year old man grew and sold asparagus and the two of them happened upon a suitcase filled with nine pounds of enriched uranium headed for North Korea. Jonasson wove a complicated tale and made it all come together in the end.

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Affirmative Action President

Posted on 19/10/2017 by Grumpa Joe

I’m watching Tucker Carlson debate with some yokel about the deal Hillary made with the Russians to sell them 20% of U.S. uranium reserves, and a vision of my cartoon from March 7, 2010 came to mind. At the time I drew this funny I was being facetious, sarcastic, and sardonic in my attack of Obama; the only way I knew how to fight him. His spending was out of control for the entire eight years he spent golfing for a living. Little did I know then that our government would actually follow a scenario similar to that in the cartoon.

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Granted that in my scenario Obama tells Hillary to sell nuclear bombs, but selling pure refined bomb-grade uranium is pretty much the same thing. A country trying to develop nuclear weapons would be light years ahead if they didn’t have to first reduce tons of ore to get a few ounces of uranium. It would be similar to the soda jerk who creates a special sundae without having to milk the cow to make the ice cream first.

Why or how Obama and his cabinet escaped prosecution, or impeachment is a mystery. The only theory I have to offer is that Obama was an Affirmative Action president, thus he was protected from any negative comment. Another theory is that the Republicans in Congress have cojones the size of the period at the end of this sentence, and were really Republicans in name only (RINO), and they were too afraid to make waves for fear of being castrated by the press for appearing to be racist.

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