Happy Friday to you all out in the Internets, hope you are having a kick-ass day. I turned 42 yesterday and despite thinking for a few minutes that I’m now two entire “people who can drink” old, it was a great day. The wife and I spent two days in Foxwoods Resort and Casino in Connecticut, where you really never need to go outside, there are way too many restaurant choices, and there’s one solitary room where you can gamble in a non-smoking environment.
We ate, we slept, we doubled down on 11 in blackjack, and had a fabulous time. On with the show…
First today, there have been so much negativity in the news this week, involving neo-Nazis and white supremicists, that you would think it’d be pretty hard to find a good news story involving these hate groups.
But there’s a great one from a Bavarian town named Wunsiedel. From Heeb Magazine (that’s really what it’s called, but don’t worry, it’s run by Jews) in 2014:
In preparation for an upcoming neo-Nazi march in the small Bavarian town of Wunsiedel, local residents decided to fight back in a hilariously perfect way: by sponsoring each of the 250 fascist participants. Without the marchers’ knowledge, local residents and businesses sponsored the marchers in what was dubbed Germany’s “most involuntary walkathon”.
For every metre they walked, €10 went to a programme called EXIT Deutschland, which helps people escape extremist groups.
The anti-semitic walkers didn’t figure out the town’s scheme until they had already started their march, and by that time, it was too late to turn back. The neo-Nazis raised €12,000 for a cause they certainly did not believe in.
I love it! The video above is from the march, as the skinheads slowly tried to figure out what the hell was going on.
**Next up, it’s rare that I put the same person in “Good News Friday” twice in the span of a few weeks, but Darci Lynne, a 12-year-old girl from Oklahoma City, was so amazing again Tuesday night on “America’s Got Talent” that I feel compelled to include her again. This time the cute-as-a-button Darci brought out a different puppet to be part of her ventriloquist act, and together they belted out a classic Jackson 5 song.
This is so, so inspiring.
**And finally, if this doesn’t give you hope for the future, then man, nothing will! A 9-year-old boy submitted an application to NASA, trying to get a job as a “Planetary Protection Officer.”
“Dear NASA,” Jack’s letter begins, my name is Jack Davis and I would like to apply for the Plenetary Protection Officer job. I may be 9 but I think I am fit for the job. One of the reasons is my sister says I’m an alien and also I have seen almost all the space and alien movies I can see.”
Jack concludes with “I am young, so I can learn to think like an alien.” He signed it “Jack Davis, Guardian of the Galaxy, fourth grade.”
NASA, appropriately flattered, hired him immediately. No, they sent him a really nice letter back, which you can read here.
Love this kid.
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