Jumble Spoiler – 04/24/17

Visual Description:  “I must be in the front row!”

VONLE  =  NOVEL,  MUPEL  =  PLUME,  ZEESEN  =  SNEEZE,  TROFAM  =  FORMAT   —   Giving us:  NESEFA

Clue/Question:  The elegant new box seats at the baseball stadium were – – – 

Answer:  “FAN–SEE“

(Seasonal, and cute.  No new clue words, but two of the jumbles appear to be new.  We’ve seen both “vonle” and “mupel” before.  Nicely jumbled answer letter layout.  Great cartoon.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

Cryptoquote Spoiler – 04/24/17

“We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine gun.“   —   George Orwell

(Aah.  Such a Brit, that George!  But speaking of food, have any of our brilliant leaders tried offers of food, and other forms of humanitarian assistance, to North Korea, as opposed to all these threats and saber rattling?  Our corporate media spends SO much time either making fun of Kim Jung-un, and/or demonizing him, to the point where our nukes are at the ready, with 45’s finger itching to push the button.  I have long been a follower of global relations, and I can’t remember the last time we made an overt, positive gesture to the overly so-called “rogue nation”.  Start out by sending the dude a case of Snickers bars, for Christ’s sake!  Remember about 30 years ago, or so, people were asking:  “Don’t the Russians love their children too?”  Be well and do good, friends.  And, try not to buy into the hype.)   —   YUR