Now having fun presenting radio shows, I tend to always steer clear of anything political, but I felt that this story was just so good that it became almost irresistible to me, and since it principally concerns the USA, I think I’m on pretty safe ground.
As the Taliban are not renowned for their treatment of women, it seems somewhat curious that they should have expressed surprise that the US was, in the end reluctant to elect a female as the next president.
Somewhat mockingly the head of their information and culture department, Inmullah Samangani said it was clear that Americans were clearly not ready to see a woman in the top job!
Well that’s as maybe but here’s something that’s really weird!
Conspiracy theorists have just come up with the notion that either the President-elect, Donald Trump and/or his youngest son, Barron might be time travellers!
Really?
And why might this be, I hear you ask?
Well apparently it’s all down to a recent discovery of a series of obscure children’s books written some 200 years ago by American lawyer, Ingersoll Lockwood.
It seems that many of these books feature a young boy named Barron Trump, which is of course, the name of the President Elect’s youngest son.
In the books young Barron is described as living in “Castle Trump” but being bored with the life of luxury to which he has become accustomed, sets off to Russia where he is mentored by a mysterious figure, known as Don, who reveals a portal allowing him to travel to other worlds and where he is reminded of the family motto that, ‘The pathway to glory is strewn with pitfalls and dangers.’
Well it is a children’s book after all, so why all the hullabaloo?
Well that it seems stems from Lockwood’s final novel, in which young Barron doesn’t actually feature, as this in fact a political thriller, entitled, ‘The Last President’.
Starting in NEW YORK CITY, this book is all about a political outsider who is unexpectedly elected president. This development results in panic amongst the top people, who the book describes as paralysed with fear and dread whilst mobs lead by anarchists and socialists, threaten to plunder major New York hotels and businesses, notably in the area where Trump Tower now stands.
But adding fuel to the fire is news that the now president-elect’s uncle, John G. Trump, had access to the papers of the inventor, NIKOLA TESLA, who died in 1943, and who was reportedly involved in the infamous PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT.
But here’s the rub, various documents and unexplained events surrounding Tesla’s death, have lead some to believe that TESLA really had invented a device capable of traversing the space-time continuum.
Tesla is quoted as saying that he was able to see the past, present and future all at the same time.
Ooer!
We returned to the more mundane in the second hour of today’s show to report on the discovery of an unexpected item for sale in a charity shop.
Now a charity shop is not the most likely place to find sex toys on full display, but that’s exactly what was found in an RSPCA shop in a quiet North Yorkshire village.
Believing them to be door knobs, volunteers had unknowingly carefully displayed a pair of “his N hers” butt plugs for the bargain price of £2 for the pair, in prime place, next to a ceramic vase!
The error only came to light after a presumably, rather more street wise customer, pointed out the error to a somewhat mortified 70-year old assistant, who immediately withdrew the items from sale.
The customer suggested that it might be a good idea to don rubber gloves before re-handling the items.
An RSPCA official said that it all goes to show that what brilliant bargains, and “unexpected surprises” are to be found in charity shops and that the organisation was grateful to everyone supporting their endeavours by shopping, donating or giving up their time volunteering.
“It all helps to make a huge difference to help animals rescued from cruelty and neglect”, they said, adding, “even if we do occasionally find some slightly unusual delights among the items we receive”!
I very much hope to see you once again tomorrow,
Scott
