Category: See ya later

Nutty Putty Cave Tragedy at Thanksgiving

John-Jones nutty putty cave

I feel so bad about this guy, John Jones, who died while spelunking in Nutty Putty Cave near Salt Lake City. He and his wife are so beautiful; he was in medical school and she’s expecting their 2nd kid. (Utah, remember.)
More than 50 people tried to help him for over a day.
The 6-foot-tall, 190-pound [...]

Mary Jo and Teddy, sitting in a tree…

 Chappaquiddick_bridge with guardrail now from Wiki

When Ted Kennedy passed away, I re-investigated the Chappaquidick death of Mary Jo Kopechne here. And I came across a quotation that has stuck with me: “To those whom much is given, much is expected.”

Photo of bridge with new guard rail from Wikipedia.
Some attribute it to John Kennedy, but I read that the Kennedy patriarch, [...]

Ted Rall and Donna Barstow: Separated at Birth?

capital punishment cartoon

Ted Rall is a liberal who hates most things President Obama has done this year. I am (mostly) conservative, who thinks Obama is doing a decent job, although I can’t point out anything in particular that is great. So we’re kind of going in opposite directions, but I enjoyed pointing out to him recently on [...]

Ted Kennedy and Mary Jo’s purse.

Charon tells Ted Kennedy that a woman is waiting for him

I’ve always been curious about the Ted Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne drowning, so of course that’s where my mind went last night when I read about his death.
What? Is that bad, or is that normal!? I’ve only been following the news closely this last year, remember; it’s like a crash course of the history [...]

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