AP con job: headline says “Michelle Obama breaks jumping jacks record” – but it doesn’t mean what you think it means. Headline made us think she herself did a whole lotta jumping jacks, but the story reveals her “record” is for the most people doing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period. In other words, Moochie didn’t do squat besides have her staff send out emails hectoring people to do jumping jacks so she could get herself some cheap publicity. Con job.
Author: Bonfire of the Absurdities
After 35 year career writing software for IBM mainframes, am now self-employed contractor thinking of joining a union and striking for higher wages. Cured morbid fear of heights when I learned to look at them as lengths standing on end. Uncompromising in refusal to accept browser cookies. Amateur investor who has accumulated a small fortune in the market after starting out years ago with a large one. For recreation, I run, hike, kayak and play tennis but will not consider synchronized swimming under any circumstances.
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