Tulip City Dispatch

  Yep.  They're here.  I tried them, so you don't have to! It's mushy, in a word.  The fries at Taco Bell are always sort of soggy and stale feeling.  The toppings are incredibly saucy - they work nicely with the structure of a plate of tortilla chips (a'la Nachos Bell Grande) or a burrito.  The texture reminds me of poutine, but the flavors are all wrong.  This dish is an exercise in futility. I don't know why I chose these off of the menu. I would not order these again. Bleh.

 In an earlier post on Grandville's Grand Castle , I explored some Boss Hogg level, small-town politics conspiracy theories dealing with money laundering and grift.  Everything was pretty much exactly as I expected:  From an outsider's perspective it feels slimey, but it's basically just how business is run . A new, more salacious conspiracy theory came across my radar courtesy of the Grand Rapids subreddit :  This one involves nuclear holocaust, international espionage , and a 500 year old branch of the Catholic Church .  A woman has been handing out papers to passersby in Grand Rapids, and a few Reddit users got ahold of these and shared them online. One attachment from May 2022 reads as follows: Dear Fellow American, I come to you today to ask that you seriously consider what I am about to tell you because it is of the greatest importance.  You must take steps for your own safety from a nuclear attack planned to occur on our soil during the month of May (editors note:  I