THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1703 – The Mount Gay Estate starts distilling rum… the oldest existing rum distillery in the world.
1792 – George Washington established the Post Office as a cabinet post
1939 – 20,000 Americans held a Nazi rally in Madison Sq Garden
1962 – John Glenn orbits the earth – the first American to do so
1985 – Ireland allows the sale of contraceptives
1998 – 15-yr-old Tara Lipinksi is the youngest woman to win Olympic Gold in figure skating in Nagano, Japan
News and The Politics out of D.C.
JOE AND JILL BIDEN HECKLED IN DC RESTAURANT (I’M BLAMING MAXINE WATERS FOR THIS)
JOE IS HEADED TO POLAND TO MARK THE 1 YR ANNIVERSARY OF RUSSIA’S WAR ON UKRAINE
PRETTY GOOD BET JOE BIDEN FACES AT LEAST ONE PRIMARY CHALLENGER… GUESS WHO IS FIRST?
KAMALA DELIVERS A MESSAGE TO VLAD… ‘CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY’
ALSO KAMALA — HER PLANE BROKE DOWN IN GERMANY AND SHE FLEW HOME ON A CARGO PLANE
JOHN KIRBY DENIES U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN NORDSTREAM 2 PIPELINE DESTRUCTION
BLINKEN WARNS CHINA ABOUT HELPING RUSSIA… CHINA BITES BACK OVER RESPONSE TO BALLOON
U.S. SENDS A LITTLE MESSAGE TO NORTH KOREA AFTER LATEST MISSILE LAUNCH AND SABRE RATTLING
UKRAINE SECURITY CHIEF VOWS ‘OUR TANKS WILL BE PARKED IN RED SQUARE’
FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER IS NOW IN HOME HOSPICE CARE
PEOPLE ARE ALREADY ‘REMEMBERING’ CARTER
81-YR-OLD BERNIE SANDERS HAS A PROBLEM WITH NIKKI HALEY’S IDEA ABOUT COMPETENCY TESTS
WOTUS… WHAT IS IT? — YOU NEED TO KNOW
PROGRESSIVES LOVE ‘RANKED CHOICE VOTING’ – YOU SHOULD BE WARY OF IT
PILOTS REPORT A LARGE WHITE BALLOON IN THE SKIES OVER HAWAII
General News
OHIO DEM SENATOR HAS AN ODD ANSWER WHEN ASKED OF HE WOULD DRINK THE WATER IN E. PALESTINE, OH
OH STATE SENATOR BEGS RESIDENTS IN 10 MILE RADIUS — DON’T DRINK THE WATER
CINCI AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY SHUT THEIR WATER INTAKES AFTER TRAIN CRASH
WELL, WELL… ‘MAYOR PETE’ FINALLY STARTS TALKING TOUGH ABOUT DERAILMENT
HOW MANY TRAIN DERAILMENTS HAVE THERE BEEN IN 2023??? SO FAR, JUST OVER A DOZEN
12-YR-OLD NJ BOY DIES OF A HEART ATTACK DURING NO-CONTACT FOOTBALL PRACTICE
LOS ANGELES BISHOP IS MURDERED – REPORTEDLY SHOT IN THE HEAD
BORN IN 2007 OR LATER? CALIFORNIA WANTS TO BAR YOU FROM BUY ANY TOBACCO PRODUCT
ATVs OVERTAKE HIGHWAY IN MIAMI, WREAK HAVOC
MAN ACUSED OF KILLING TEMPLE UNIVERSITY COP ARRESTED WITH SLAIN OFFICER’S HANDCUFFS ON HIM
ALSO PHILLY – COPS FIND 18-IN PIPE BOMB BEHIND CATHOLIC CHURCH
AUTO-INFLATION? THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A MERCEDES-BENZ IS UP 43% SINCE 2019
LOOK WHO WON THE NBA’S SLAM DUNK COMPETITION
DON LEMON’S APOLOGY IS NOT WELL RECEIVED (MAYBE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT REALLY AN APOLOGY?)
WAIT… CHICK-FIL-A IS THINKING ABOUT ADDING A SANDWICH MADE FROM WHAT???
WOKE
MUSLIM DEI CHIEF OF LEFT WING GROUP ACCUSED OF BEING WHITE
SPAIN DECRIMINALIZES BESTIALITY BUT WILL IMPOSE JAIL TIME FOR INJURING A RAT
WHICH COUNTRIES DUMP THE MOST PLASTIC INTO THE OCEANS? (IT AIN’T US… CAN WE HAVE OUR STRAWS BACK?)
UK — SHAKESPEARE AND ‘1984’ FLAGGED FOR ‘ENCOURAGING FAR-RIGHT SYMPATHIES’
ALSO UK – MIDDLE-AGED TRANS WOMAN ALLOWED TO COMPETE AGAINST GIRLS AS YOUNG AS 12
‘WOKEY WONKA?’– ROALD DAHL’S CLASSIC STORIES ARE GETTING A WOKE MAKEOVER
Other News Catching My Eye
REST IN PEACE — RICHARD BELZER… COMIC, ACTOR, SMART ASS — GOT AT 78
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN STAR, TOM SIZEMORE IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER SUFFERING BRAIN ANEURYSM
RICHARD GERE WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH PNEUMONIA ON VACATION IN MEXICO – REPORTEDLY RECOVERING
ALEC BALDWIN CAN’T BE HAPPY ABOUT THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT IN HIS TRIAL
TIGER WOODS’ TAMPON STUNT HAS TRIGGERED MANY, INCLUDING A USA TODAY REPORTER
JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOU’VE SEEN EVERYTHING BROOKLYN… A 4 FOOT GATOR PULLED FROM A LOCAL LAKE
