Before Mr. Beagles uses the site I mentioned to catch up on The Good Place I want to remind him of the many pop-up windows that may appear and some external links may be shady. I don't want to assume that his virus protection is up to date; his browser may freeze. Good security is required and it may not be worth the risk for his system setup.
It should be noted that the program is now on hiatus and new episodes will not air until January, so he may be able to catch older episodes in reruns.
I like snappy patter. How did I do?
You did well, Uncle Ken. Eleanor and Michael are original characters, but so are the others. And Jason wasn't always Jason. It will make a lot more sense if you can watch the first season episodes.
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The ships the Chinese used were not your average junk (Ha, ha. I make joke). In the early 15th Century (Ming Dynasty) they sent out what was called the Treasure Fleet, a whole bunch of ships, some as large as 400 feet in length. The intent was to gain riches for the glory of the emperor and to establish trade with other nations. But they were having problems with the Mongols in the north and decided they didn't need the expense of the naval expeditions, so they cancelled them to focus on domestic issues. They also decided that they were self sufficient enough to let other traders come to them; why go looking for trade goods when the trade goods would come to them? Makes sense to me.
There has been speculation that the Chinese reached North America in 1421 but there is no real proof. They very well could have done it; their ships and navigation skills were good enough to do so.
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It looks like there is something about Crooked Hillary according to Donna Brazile, former head of the Democratic National Committee. HRC and her minions took control of all of the finances before she was the nominee, which was highly unethical. This story is still developing, but even the stalwart Elizabeth Warren is claiming that the primary was "rigged." No wonder that Bernie was grumpy.
And now it looks like the Attorney General, the honorable Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, has perjured himself, many times. Senator Al Franken, of SNL fame, sent Sessions an eight page letter that's a real ball buster. Lots and lots of tough questions asking for explanations, in writing, by next Friday. It's not nice to lie during your confirmation hearing or to lie in front of a Senate committee. I suspect the future of Mr. Sessions is in jeopardy, at least as far as his role in the Justice Department is concerned. The letter, a long but interesting read, can be found here: https://www.franken.senate.gov/files/letter/171102_SessionsLetter.pdf
I have to admit, Franken has a way with words and turns a nice phrase, something he no doubt picked up during his years as a comedy writer. He can stick the knife in without it being felt.
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(Why don't we discuss zero more often?)
There's nothing to talk about, nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.
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