Season 3, Episode 17 - Daylight Saving Time, Dr. Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) on the difference between hell and war, Oregon State Department of Education, horros of having to work a 9to5 job, and more!

This week's podcast will tell you when Daylight Savings Time started in the US and why. This week's quote is from the Mash character Dr. Hawkeye Pierce (played by Alan Alda) on the difference between war and hell.  In the stupidest thing I've heard all week, we have two contenders: The first is a decision by the Oregon State Department of Education to award high school diplomas to all seniors, even if they can't read, write, or do basic math. The second is a 90-second clip of a young girl who recently graduated from college on the horrors she is dealing with having to work a 9-5 job. We'll revisit the mass shooting that took place at a Maine bowling alley last week and tell you some things that you probably didn't hear on the news. We also tell you about an OODA loop and how breaking a shooter's OODA loop can save lives. We'll ask the question of why TV news reports frequently tell you that the victims of fatal traffic accidents weren't wearing seat belts but never tell you that murder victims were unarmed & defenseless. Aren't both of those things contributing factors to their deaths, and if so, why report one and not the other? We'll revisit the concept of "The Invisible hand of Capitalism," a term first used by economist Adam Smith in his 1776 book "The Wealth of Nations," and use the selection of ice cream in your local grocery store to describe how it works in real life. We'll give you an update on two recent Federal court decisions out of California dealing with guns that might impact what you can buy & legally own in all 50 states. We'll tell you about the most recent northern state claiming that they no longer can provide shelter to illegal immigrants despite a self-imposed state law requiring them to do so. Our taxpayer relief shot comes to us from Ohio, where four thugs broke into a closed smoke shop at 1:30 in the morning only to encounter an armed store employee who had been working in the back room.