THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1732 – George Washington’s birthday
1819 – The US acquires Spanish Florida
1879 – Franks Woolworth opened his first “Great Five Cents Store” in Utica, NY
1935 – FDR bars flights over the White House because he can’t sleep with the noise
1954 – The US to install 60 Thor nuclear missiles in the UK
1959 – Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500
1963 – Soviets warn the US an attack on Cuba would mean war
1980 – The “Miracle on Ice” — the US beats the Soviets in Olympic hockey
1984 – US and British warships head to the Persian Gulf as Iran attacks Iraq
2014 – Drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ is captured in Mexico
News and The Politics out of D.C.
PUTIN / BIDEN COMPETE FOR ATTENTION IN DUELING SPEECHES
SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA HAVE NOT KNOCKED OUT THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY – AS PROMISED
CHINA IS NOT PLEASED WITH THE PENTAGON VISITING TAIWAN
WAYCH MAYOR PETE GET CREEPY WITH DAILY CALLER REPORTER… (HE’S SOOOO CREEPY)
BIDEN ADMIN PROPOSES NEW IMMIGRATION POLICY THAT SOUNDS LIKE A TRUMP POLICY
TRUMP WANTS ANYONE RUNNING FOR THE PRESIDENCY TO TAKE A COGNITIVE TEST
SCOTUS HEARS CASE THAT COULD HAVE A SERIOUS EFFECT ON THE INTERNET
CNN HOST CLAIMS McCARTHY GIVING J6TH TAPES TO TUCKER CARLSON IS A BRIBE
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE UNDERGOES FBI SEARCH OF BIDEN DOCUMENTS
RUSSIA TESTED A HUGE ICBM WHILE BIDEN WAS IN UKRAIN (ALSO – THE TEST WAS A MASSIVE FAILURE)
FORMER PRESS SECRETARY JEN SNARKY FINALLY GETS HER OWN SHOW AT MSNBC
ANOTHER NAME IN THE GOP 2024 POOL… THE MISPRONUNCIATIONS ON NEWS REPORTS WILL BE PLENTIFUL
General News
EPA CHIEF TELLS NORFOLK SOUTHERN TO PAY ALL COSTS IN EAST PALESTINE
RAIL COMPANY CEO SAYS TOWN IS SAFE FOLLOWING DERAILMENT
ILLINOIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS SPEND OVER $35K PER STUDENT AND NOBODY CAN READ OR DO MATH
NYC SELLS $250M IN COVID SUPPLIES FOR $500K
THE BIG APPLE ALSO HAS A MASSIVE PROBLEM WITH ILLEGAL POT STORES – 1500 OF THEM
IDIOTIC MAYOR OF PHILADELPHIA DECLARES – IF YOU DON’T SUPPORT GUN CONTROL, YOU DON’T BACK THE BLUE
WV LEGISLATURE PASSES ‘CAMPUS CARRY’ BILL
OUCH! DOWN FALLS ALMOST 700 POINTS
HOUSING INFLATION COOLS, HOME PRICES FALL FOR THE 12TH STRAIGHT MONTH
MORMON CHURCH FINED $5MIL FOR OBSCURING A HUGE CHUNK OF ITS WEALTH (THE REASON WHY…)
A YEAR LATER… BRITNEY GRINER RETURNS TO THE WNBA (IS THAT STILL A THING?) WILL SHE STAND FOR ANTHEM?
WOKE
STANFORD OFFERED FINANCIAL REWARDS FOR SQUEALING ON OFFENSIVE SPEECH
DOCTOR TWEETS ‘GENDER-AFFIRMING’ CARE ON THE SAME LEVEL AS GETTING A HAIRCUT (IT ENDED BADLY)
MEGAN AND HARRY ARE ROYALLY PISSED AT ‘SOUTH PARK’ FOR ITS HILARIOUS PARODY OF THEM
UMPIRE BOOTS COLLEGE BASEBALL PLAYER AFTER HE HIT A HOMER AND ‘CELEBRATED EXCESSIVELY’
JANE FONDA JOINS CAMPAIGN TO ‘SAVE OUR BRETHREN IN THE OCEAN’
Other News Catching My Eye
SPANISH OFFICIALS QUIT OVER TRAINS TOO WIDE FOR TUNNELS
FAUXCAHONTAS — WHITE FEMALE SCHOLARS KEEP PRETENDING TO BE NATIVE AMERICANS
SPORTS RADIO HOST SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY AFTER MAKING RACIALLY INSENSITIVE REMARK ON AIR
ODD — HUGE IRON SPHERE WASHES UP ON BEACH IN JAPAN (FIRST BALLOONS, NOW SPHERES?)
ELLEN BARKIN CLAIMS ‘SEA OF LOVE’ DIRECTOR RIPPED OFF HER MERKIN DURING FILMING
