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One of my early lessons in common sense happened as a nine-year-old sitting at the kitchen table with Grandma Lola and Grandpa Bill, looking at some old black-and-white photographs.

Everything was bare, and the people in ragged yet clean clothes, many barefoot, looked half-starved. They explained that it was the early days of the Great Depression.

Concerned, I asked, “So, what did you eat?”<

“Many times I had lard sandwiches,” Grandpa said.

“So did I,” Grandma added. “We had a warm house, a cow in the barn, chickens in the hen house.”

“So why didn’t you eat the cow or the chickens?”

“Eat the cow or the chickens?!” Grandpa nearly shouted.

Then Grandma explained, “The cow was for milk, which we drank some of, and the rest we sold, the chickens laid eggs that we used for food and sold too.”

I had to think about that for a minute.

“So besides lard sandwiches, what else did you eat?” I asked.

“We ate vegetables we grew ourselves or traded for,” Grandma said.

“No meat?” Grandpa said as he got up and took me by the hand.

We walked out back of the house to the small barn he was using as a workshop and pointed at the row of boxes on either side of the building.

“What are those for?” I asked.

“Pigeons,” he answered. “They were always on the menu.”

The idea of eating a pigeon made me shudder.

“You’d be surprised what you can get used to eating when your real hungry,” he said, seeing my physical reaction.

Heidi Kasama is withdrawing from the Third District Congressional race to focus on defending her current state Assembly 2 seat.

“I could not imagine myself in Washington, D.C. trying to fix Congress if Governor Lombardo faced veto-proof majorities in both chambers at home in Nevada,” Kasama said. “Any such victory would be a hollow one.”

The move leaves Drew Johnson and Elizabeth Helgelien as the remaining Republicans competing for the chance to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep. Susie Lee in the 3rd Congressional District. The district includes parts of Las Vegas, Henderson, Boulder City, and unincorporated Clark County and is historically considered the most competitive district in Nevada.

Her decision to shift her focus comes after discussions with Lombardo, who endorsed her shortly after she announced her decision to campaign again for Assembly District 2. In the primary, Kasama will face Clark County GOP Chair Jesse Law.

Law is one of five persons indicted as a “fake elector” for then-President Donald Trump following the 2020 election. He has pleaded not guilty to felony charges that could result in prison time.

My Cousin Elmo says, “Burning bridges means nothing when standing in a mud puddle.”

My Cousin Elso says, “I’m a trophy husband. It might read ‘participation,’ but it’s still a trophy.”

My Cousin Elmo says, “After Chicago voted for a cease-fire in Gaza, Gaza voted for a cease-fire in Chicago.”

Captain Sam Brown, a candidate aiming to unseat Senator Jacky Rosen, has announced a record-breaking fundraising achievement, securing $1.85 million in the fourth quarter of the last year, surpassing any challenger’s fundraising efforts against an incumbent running for re-election in Nevada history.

Combining his third-quarter fundraising, Brown establishes another record, amassing $3.04 million.

Brown will face a competitive primary, including Air Force Veteran Tony Grady, former Ambassador to Iceland Dr. Jeff Gunter, and former Assemblyman Jim Marchant. The winner of the primary will challenge incumbent Rosen.

Having finished second in the 2022 GOP primary against former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt, who lost to Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, Brown positions himself as the frontrunner in the current GOP field. The National Republican Senatorial Committee has endorsed Brown.

He continues to criticize the policies of Rosen and President Joe Biden, asserting that they have made the American Dream unattainable for most Nevadans and left borders open to drugs and violence. Meanwhile, Rosen continues emphasizing her bipartisanship while maintaining a high voting record alignment with Biden.

Nevada’s Senate race has a”Lean D” rating by the Cook Political Report.

My Cousin Elmo says, “Alabama executed a murderer using laughing gas. He didn’t find it funny.”

My Cousin Elmo says, “Beheading a satan statue is a hate crime but tearing down a Thomas Jefferson statue is celebrated. Welcome to 2024.”

My Cousin Elmo says, “Nikki Haley losing to ‘None of the Above’ in Nevada is self fulfilling prophecy.”

My Cousin Elmos says, “When two people have sex, it’s a twosome. When three people have sex, it’s a threesome. Now I know why people call me handsome.”