Fearless Presidential Election Prediction

Having seen both the Republicans and Democrats in their debate modes, and with the passage of time, I make my fearless prediction as to next year's election choices.

1. Hillary Rodham Clinton bests Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination, after a Draft Biden movement loses steam. She names Elizabeth Warren as her running mate, but she passes in order to run in 2020.  Some nobody Democrat fills in for their Vice-Presidential candidate.

2.  The Republicans, after a struggle, become so divided that delegates bolt the party. The Rump Republicans nominate Donald Trump for President, and Ben Carson for Vice-President.

3.  Dissidents from both parties form a third party with some conciliatory bows to both the left and the right. They draft Rand Paul and Jim Webb as running mates. Call them the Moderate Party.

4. In the general election, Hillary Rodham Clinton wins; and the Moderate Party candidates come in second. Too many people were put off by the Trumpster.

5.  America wakes up on the first Wednesday of November with a monsterous hangover and buyers' remorse.

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How to Be Happy

I looked around to see what advice people offered for being happy. Here's a distillation of some 0f those views.

1. LEAVE THE PAST BEHIND
To move ahead in the future, you must free yourself from the past. Clear up those negative thoughts, and shake off those hurts and other bad experiences. By being active you can escape from brooding.

2. TRAVEL LIGHT
Most people tend to accumulate extra possessions that take up too much of your space and time. Clean some out from time to time to make your life simpler.

3. START WITH A CLEAN SLATE
It is better to start a painting on a clean canvas. Kick those bad habits away!

4. GET EXCITED
The excitement you get in life depends upon how excited you are to live it. Anticipate great things to come and enjoy them to the fullest. 

5. HAVE A GREAT ATTITUDE
 It determines how you act and react to people and situations. 

6. EMPHASIZE THE POSITIVE
There is nothing to be gained from wasting your time on negative things. Sift the good from the bad. See the blessings, not the miseries. Look at life through rose-colored glasses. Seek beauty, nobility and truth!

7. FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU REALLY WANT
If you don’t know what you desire, you can't make effective plans.

8. MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION
What you project is what people see. You reveal your personality through your attire, your speech, and the way you carry yourself. Dress up in clean, comfortable and proper clothes. You have only three seconds to make that crucial first impression! As a bonus, it also helps you feel better about yourself.

9. GET OUTSIDE SUPPORT
You cannot fully succeed by doing it all alone. No man is an island and you cannot be educated enough to know it all. Employ the help of others. And strive to win their all-important trust and moral support!

10. GIVE IT TO GET IT
To get it, you must give it away. The most important things in life operate by the law of Cause and Effort. Love, happiness, understanding, and compassion — you must give them away first before you can receive them. Be aware that the law works on negative things, too, cause misery and it will strike back at you!

11. LIVE IN THE MOMENT
Yesterday is done; tomorrow is not yet come. You only have present, the very precious now. Make hay while you can!

12. KEEP ON TRYING13. SHARE YOUR BOUNTIES
Life showers us with glorious gifts. The tallest and biggest castle in the world becomes a lonely prison if you have no one to share it with. Share your bounties; share your time. Show you care by doing your share!

14. HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR
Cry and you cry alone, laugh and the world laughs with you! Keep your sense of humor. Laugh and stay wonderfully sane. Most importantly, learn to laugh at your mistakes and spare other people from being laughed at!

15. KEEP YOUR CHILDLIKE WONDER
Keep the childlike wonder. Live with wide-eyed enthusiasm. Be in constant awe. Never permit yourself to be dull or jaded. Experience everything as if it was your first time to experience it.

16. EXERCISE YOUR BODY
Your body is the temple of your soul. Make it powerful and strong to weather any storm. Feed it well. Keep it neat, healthy and well maintained. Move the body and flex those muscles. Don’t be a couch potato, be alive and be on the go!

17. EXERCISE YOUR MIND
 Continue to learn. 

18. BELIEVE IN MAGIC
For anything to happen, you must believe that it will. A shadow of doubt is enough to prevent it from becoming true. You have to have faith in yourself and your plans.

19. IF THINGS DON'T WORK, TRY AGAIN!

20. DON'T KICK YOURSELF

21. KEEP YOUR EYES ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT
Don't sweat the small stuff.

22. GIVE YOURSELF PLEASURABLE EXPERIENCES
You're worth it.

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The Ten Real States of Florida

According to the Miami New Times, the Sunshine State is really ten different states, with names and tempers like Jimmy Buffetstan, The New New York, Retirementville, Florida Concentrate, and all. You can read about them here, and possibly understand us.

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/the-ten-distinct-states-that-make-up-florida-6530661

The weather is warm enough now that midriffs are becoming bare locally.  I'm pleased to say that I can go complete Shania now, after one serious crash diet and exercise program!

The Lingerie of the Mid-West

Here's a concise map giving the Official State Lingerie for the different states of the Heartland, and the Forlorn Land.

Well, Connecticut has an official State Nut and New Mexico has a State Tie. Why not some states having a state lingerie? North Dakota can have full-sized panties, Ohio can adopt crotchless panties as its own, and uptight Kansas can go with pajamas. William Allen White missed this in his editorial, "What's the Matter With Kansas?"

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Indecent Prom Dresses

INDIANA COMMUNITY HIRES ATTORNEY GENERAL TO REGULATE INDECENT PROM DRESSES

Pork Rind, IN (DP) -- The Council and the School Board took the extraordinary step of hiring Former Attorney General John Ashcroft to act as monitor of prom dresses.  Thomas Fudd, President of the Board allowed that "We were all flabbergasted by the lack of decorum in that California school that made the news a few weeks ago, and we wish to avoid the same problem and adverse publicity.  However, we needed a commisar, er, dress monitor to regulate the dresses." 

Mr Ashcroft has been granted extraordinary powers to monitor said dresses, their contents (or lack thereof), and to determine that they meet officially published standards as to length and neckline.  His name was mentioned because of his efforts earlier in the past years to protect the citizenry from lewd tin statues.

Preliminary reactions by the Pork Rind High School students was puzzled and acceptant.  As Bitsy Flugleheimer said, "The really wild times happen after the Prom, like at the lake or in Louavul."  In all, the Prom of 2015 promises to be a relatively short one, but with fashionably long dresses, at least from the point of view of "an old dude from Missouri," as Bill Jones, a senior, styled Mr. Ashcroft.

Rest easy, Indiana! 

Butts

It's disconcerting to see so much of other peoples' butts in Florida. That's a definite cultural shock for someone from North Dakota. My boyfriend seems used to it. At least he seems to like mine. More than I do, but I'm still trying to shape up.