What’s Harder: Winning The Big $700 Million Lotto OR Getting Struck By Lightning AND Bitten By A Shark AND Smacked By A Meteorite AND Hitting A Hole-In-One ALL On The Same Day?

The lotto prize was $700 million… wow!

Just read a great piece at CNBC from Kevin Breuninger that puts the odds of winning that in perspective, though:

The odds of grabbing the grand prize are 1 in 292.2 million, according to the game’s own assessment. To put this in context, your chances of being killed by a lightning strike are approximately 1 in 161,000. The odds of being killed in a shark attack are 1 in 3.7 million.

Even getting hit by a meteorite is more likely than winning the Powerball — 1 in 1.9 million.

 

But here’s my favorite part:

In fact, your chance of getting struck by lightning, bitten by a shark, smacked by a meteor and hitting a hole-in-one on the same day is statistically far more likely than winning the jackpot, according to Jim Murphy of sportsbettingexperts.com.

With all of that said, I’m still happy that I bought a ticket… after all, someone has to win it, right?!  :)

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A Song About The Sadness Of Alzheimer’s

Glen Campbell past away from Alzheimer’s.

When you have a quiet moment, please check out this song… I think his last… a song about the sadness of Alzheimer’s.

And I Thought There Was Only One Party-Sinking Political Issue… Trump Single-Handedly Created Another

We have a LOT of problems in the United States.  All of them are important… but, realistically, if we can’t PRIORITIZE correctly, we’re shooting ourselves in the foot… and maybe the head.

It’s this prioritization that has strangled the Republican party… or should I say “hijacked.”

The greatest example of this is pro-life and pro-choice.  Clearly this is a hugely important issue… but it’s a hugely important PERSONAL issue… and as such should actually stay out of politics. 

Practically speaking, the Republican party has alienated large numbers of Americans on this single issue… meaning, no matter how intelligent the rest of the republican agenda may be, regulating right-to-choose is a complete and utter deal-breaker for many voters.

I would hope the Republican party would have learned this lesson by now.

But — unbelievably — Trump just created a SECOND complete and utter deal-breaker:  Climate change.

From Business Insider this morning:

The US officially tells the UN it is quitting the Paris climate change deal

Are you kidding me?

Whether you agree there’s people-made climate change or not… whether you agree this is good for business or not… Trump has just created YET ANOTHER deal-breaking issue for a mass of voters.

How stupid.

P.S.  My take on climate change?  Go live in Beijing for a couple months — A COUPLE OF DAYS — and then give me your opinion.