(Delayed) Jumble Spoiler – 11/03/15

English: Publicity photo of Buddy Ebsen and Irene Ryan from The Beverly Hillbillies. Episode is “The Clampetts in Washington” (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Visual Description:  Jed and Granny, pre-Beverly Hills.

BIROT  =  ORBIT,  ROWDL  =  WORLD,  KYLELI  =  LIKELY,  DIQULI  =  LIQUID   —   Giving us:  OTWOLELD

Clue/Question:  After discovering oil on their property, they would become – – –

Beverly Hills (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Answer:  WELL-TO-DO

(Oil well, that is.  Black gold.  Texas tea.  There were no new clue words, but all of the jumbles came up as new today.  Nice job on the answer letter layout.  Nothing obvious.  The cartoon is great!  The Beverly Hillbillies was great fish-out-of-water story.  They always make for great comedy.  Unfortunately, the only surviving cast member is Max Baer Jr., aka:  Jethro Bodine.  A very similar fish-out-of-water sitcom, that I also thought was brilliant, is 3rd Rock from the Sun.  I believe all in that cast are still with us.  Joseph Gordon-Levitt got his start on that show.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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(Delayed) Cryptoquote Spoiler – 11/03/15

A grand jury investigating the fire that destroyed the Arcadia Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts in 1913. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.”   —   V.S. Naipaul

(So, maybe these police murders of civilians will be punished in the next life, because these grand juries don’t seem to have the balls to indict some of these bad cops.  If they’re going to maintain that they adhered to policy, then some of these policies need to change.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Cryptoquote Spoiler – 11/05/15

Charles Dickens, by Daniel Maclise (died 1870). See source website for additional information. This set of images was gathered by User:Dcoetzee from the National Portrait Gallery, London website using a special tool. All images in this batch have been confirmed as author died before 1939 according to the official death date listed by the NPG. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.”   —   Charles Dickens

(I guess this was Chuck’s way of saying he wasn’t a morning person!  Just kidding.  Even morning people need to work up a head of steam.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Jumble Spoiler – 11/05/15

NWS weather balloon station, Riverton WY (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Visual Description:  From Aberdeen, MD to Moreland Township, PA!

HOCAV  =  HAVOC,  FERIG  =  GRIEF,  TRARHE  =  RATHER,  TRIHTS  =  THIRST   —   Giving us:  HCGHETHI

Clue/Question:  The fancy new weather balloon was – – –

weather balloon (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Answer:  HIGH–TECH

Social Security Poster: old man (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

(I don’t see a secure tether cable!  This might be a repeat of last week’s JLENS balloon escape!  There were no new clue words today, but all of the jumbles came up as new, for me.  The answer letter layout could have been a lot better, guys.  It doesn’t take a genius to see HIGH in HCGH.  Moving the clue words around could have made it much more cryptic.  The cartoon is swell though.  Last week’s JLENS fiasco is another example of the U.S.’s bloated Defense spending.  They’ve been trying to kill the program since 2010, but certain lobbyist groups won’t let it die.  It’s already cost tax payers $2.7 billion, for this program that hasn’t performed well and is not very reliable.  Many hawks try to portray reducing Defense spending as cutting the number of service personnel and/or cutting their pay and benefits.  But that’s a complete red herring.  There are plenty of white elephant programs, like JLENS, that are sucking away budget bucks, so that certain corporations and certain politicians can get richer and richer.  All at the expense of Infrastructure, Education, Veterans Benefits, Social Security, Medicare, etc., etc.  Ike tried to warn us.  It’s a beast that is getting the best of us.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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