From The Podcast
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1587 – Virginia Dare is born on Roanoke Island (NC now) — she would be the first baby born in what would become the United States
1914 – Germany declares war on Russia, President Wilson announces our neutrality
1920 – Thanks to Tennessee, the 19th Amendment is ratified and women get the right to vote1939 – The Wizard of Oz opens in NYC
1953 – Four cows in Minnesota were picked up by a tornado and set down unharmed
1974 – The Soviets land their lunar exploration craft on the moon… Yeah, we’d been there already – six times with people and they walked around, drove around, one hit a golf ball.
1991 – Soviet hardliners launch a coup against Gorbachev
2010 – The USDA recalled 380 million eggs from two egg producers in Iowa over salmonella
News and The Politics out of D.C.
THE AFGHANISTAN MESS:
TALIBAN WARNS — U.S. MUST BE GONE BY 9/11
TREASURY FREEZES BILLIONS IN. AFGHANISTAN ASSETS – DENYING TALIBAN CASH
TUESDAY — THOUSANDS STRANDED AS TALIBAN BLOCKS ACCESS TO THE KABUL AIRPORT
WH – AMERICANS SHOULD GET THEMSELVES TO THE AIRPORT IN KABUL AND WE’LL TAKE YOU OUT
WH– CERTAINLY A FAIR AMOUNT OF US WEAPONRY IS IN THE HANDS OF THE TALIBAN
HAMAS CONGRATULATES THE TALIBAN – CELEBRATES ‘DEMISE OF AMERICAN OCCUPATION’
BIDEN IN 2021 – THE MISSION WAS NEVER ABOUT NATION BUILDING — BIDEN IN 2001 HE SAID…
CNN REPORTER PRESSES TALIBAN FIGHTER ON FACE COVERINGS FOR WOMEN
H.R. McMASTER BLOWS UP CBS’ ‘FALSE NARRATIVE’ ON AFGHANISTAN
SENATE DEMS WANT A ‘FULL ACCOUNTING’ OF BIDEN’S SCREWED UP WITHDRAWAL
THE ONLY AMERICAN JOURNALIST WHO WITNESSED FALL OF SAIGON SPEAKS
DO WE HAVE 30,000 U.S. TROOPS “HIDDEN” IN TAIWAN? THIS TWEET MAKES ONE WONDER
DONALD TRUMP ON HANNITY LAST NIGHT… IT WAS CLASSIC TRUMP
WHERE’S KAMALA? WHY HAVEN’T WE HEARD FROM THE VP? SHE’S PLANNING A VIETNAM TRIP
General News
TEXAS GOV HAS BREAKTHROUGH CASE OF COVID
TEXAS TEACHER CRIES, COMPARES LACK OF MASK MANDATE TO SCHOOL SHOOTING
TENNESSEE GOV SIGNS ORDER ALLOWING PARENTS TO AVOID MASKING THEIR KIDS
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS WILL NEED TO SEE YOUR VACCINE PASSPORT, OFFER JABS AT GATE
THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THE ECONOMY IS IN SERIOUS PERIL
BUS DRIVER SHORTAGE HAS SCHOOLS PAYING PARENTS TO DRIVE THEIR KIDS
MEGHAN RAPINOE MAY BE QUITTING SOCCER
Other News Catching My Eye
GALLUP POLL: NEARLY 50% OF ADULTS HAVE TRIED MARIJUANA. (seems low to me)
ONE OUT AWAY FROM LITTLE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP, COACH COMES OUT TO GIVE PLAYERS A PEP TALK
AND ONE OF THE PLAYERS DECIDES TO GIVE HIM A HAND… HILARITY ENSUES
TIM TEBOW IS OUT OF THE NFL (AGAIN) BUT HE SOLD A LOT OF JERSEYS AND T-SHIRTS
– TEBOW’S RESPONSE TO THE FIRING IS CLASSY, VERY CLASSY
HERE’S WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER RUN ONTO THE FIELD AT A MLB GAME AND PRETEND TO PITCHWHAT WE
