Curtain Raiser

Complacency time is over, folks! There is a lot going on outside the U.S., and he barely scratched the surface of the C.F. that is going on in India. — YUR

CollTales

Satellites Crash, Ideals Don’t, Colltalers

A police massacre in Rio, political unrest in Bogotá and Jerusalem, and a blast in Kabul; some capitals had a hell of a weekend. Speaking of it, as rich countries walk to full Covid immunization, impoverished ones still suffer from lack of vaccines, even if drug patterns may be temporality lifted.
An assassination attempt against the Maldives’ former president and environmentalist Mohamed Nasheed rocked the tiny archipelago. Which made a  surprising second appearance in the week headlines: as it turned out, the out-of-control 10-store Long March 5B Chinese rocket crashed off its waters.
In the U.S. there’s a growing concern that, unless Congress axes the filibuster, much of the Democratic agenda won’t be even voted on, or it will but after being washed out. The party that controls the presidency, the House, and the Senate hasn’t yet passed any of the badly needed plans outlined in Biden’s campaign and first 100…

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Cryptoquote Spoiler – 05/11/21

“We cannot change anything until we accept it.  Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.”   —   Carl Jung

(I’m too tired to comment on this quote.  It took me quite a while to even get the darned thing started.  And, I wouldn’t want to be misunderstood.  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Happy birthday Eric Burdon!

Jumble Spoiler – 05/11/21

Visual Description:  He’s talking to her.  She’s talking to the horse.

INNOO  =  ONION,  LAGEE  =  EAGLE,  LDCEDU  =  CUDDLE,  FTAIYR  =  RATIFY   —   Giving us:  OONEEDDRF

Clue/Question:  When they returned to the stable on horseback, it was the – – –

Answer:  END OF THE RODE

(A fine homophonic pun.  They could also use this – kind of – answer for people returning to the dock in their row boat.  Perhaps they already have.  I’m not sure.  We’d need a Jumble historian to verify whether END OF THE ROWED has ever been used before.  Or, they could do something with a heckler being thrown out of a club, and have the answer be END OF THE RUDE.  Are you listening, Hoytie?  If you say it, Knurek can draw it!

All of today’s clue words have been down this trail before.  Two of the scrambles have come up as new, but we’ve definitely seen both “innoo” and “lagee” on past paths.  Nothing to malign about the nine letter answer letter layout.  It was fine for the end of the line equine themed Jumble.

Great drawing of what’s likely a dude ranch.  For whatever reason, my son brought up “dude ranch” yesterday, at lunch.  Don’t remember the context.  But, it kind of foretold today’s Jumble.  Weird, huh?  Be well and do good, friends.)   —   YUR

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Happy birthday to Eric Burdon, of The Animals, and War!