Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Daylight Savings Time: how to handle it from here

 Miracle of miracles: the Sunshine Protection Act passed the U.S. Senate! Unanimously! 




So it should sail through the house and be on Joe Biden's desk for his signature any day now, right?

Not so fast ... all of a sudden a bunch of whiny sleep experts and others have come out saying things like:

  • "We've evolved to be synchronized with daylight, so we should really be focusing on staying on Standard Time, not Daylight Time!"
  • Melatonin only works when it's getting dark, so this will mess up sleep!
  • "Little children will have to go to school in the dark in the winter! This is baaaad!"



So to keep us from missing the opportunity to get this done ... I propose the Light Up All the Little Kids Waiting for the Bus rider for this bill. Since the last time we tried this (Nixon administration), there have emerged a bunch of cheap LED headbands:



This one is $19.99 from Amazon ...

Let's allocate enough money ($100 million?) to get one of this for any little child who wants one.

OK? Let's not miss this opportunity!





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