Tuesday – October 17, 2023

National Pasta Day

Meme Du Jour

H/T – Jennifer Ohman

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1777 – British Major General Burgoyne surrenders 5,000 men at Saratoga, NY
1863 – Gen U.S. Grant is named Commander of the Union Army
1931 – Al Capone goes to prisonĀ 
(Back when Chicago actually locked up criminals)
1973 – OPEC shuts off the oil — Remember “even and odd” gas days?
1989 – San Francisco is hit by a massive 6.9 earthquake just before a World Series game
2003 – Taipei 101 is finished — It was the world’s tallest until 2009

News and The Politics out of D.C.

BIDEN TO VISIT ISRAEL AND SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS TOMORROW (YES, TOMORROW)

 AMERICANS STILL SUPPORT ISRAEL, BUT SOUR ON BIDEN’S HANDLING OF THE WAR

    MEANWHILE, 2000 U.S. TROOPS MOVED TO ‘READINESS”

    U.S. MARINES RAPID STRIKE FORCE TEAM MOVED INTO THE AREA

 IRAN WARNS A ‘PREEMPTIVE’ STRIKE ON ISRAEL MAY BE COMING

    HAMAS HOLDS 200 HOSTAGES, OTHERS HAVE 50 MORE — GROUND OPS DON’T SCARE US

 – NON-ISRAELI HOSTAGES TO BE RELEASED UNCONDITIONALLY???

TRUMP AND DeSANTIS AGREE ON THIS — NO REFUGEES FROM PALESTINE

    WATCH ABC REPORTER GET A LESSON FROM AN IDF SOLDIER

    THE UN IS COMPLICIT… SEE THE UNICEF KITS FOUND AMONG HAMAS TERRORIST GEAR

EUROPE SHAKEN BY DEADLY ‘ISLAMIC TERRORIST ATTACK’– SUSPECT STILL AT LARGE

WHAT ABOUT THE SPEAKERSHIP? JIM JORDAN IS CLOSER TO HIS MAGIC NUMBER, BUUUUT

FIVE SENATE SEATS MOST LIKELY TO FLIP NEXT YEAR

CAMPAIGN MONEY UPDATE — THIRD QUARTER TOTALS ARE IN

BOBBY JINDAL RESURFACES, ENDORSES TRUMP

CAN’T MAKE THIS UP — BIDEN CAMPAIGN JOINS TRUTH SOCIAL

TIM SCOTT’S CAMPAIGN GETS SOME BAD NEWS FROM A SUPER PAC

AFTER JUDGE HITS TRUMP WITH A GAG ORDER, THE FORMER PREZ POSTED AN 8-WORD RESPONSE

 – LEGAL EXPERTS CLAIM GAG ORDER PUTS LEGAL SYSTEM IN ‘UNCHARTED TERRITORY’

 – TRUMP — I’VE BEEN INDICTED MORE TIMES THAN AL CAPONE

SPR IS DOWN… WAAAAAAY DOWN AND NOT GETTING REFILLED ANY TIME SOON

General News

IF YOU’RE NOT PISSED ABOUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, READ WHAT CHICAGO IS GIVING MIGRANTS

MEXICO’S DRUG CARTELS REPORTEDLY ORDER A BAN ON MAKING FENTANYL… SURE THEY DID

NY GOV HOCHUL IS HEADED TO ISRAEL ON A ‘SOLIDARITY MISSION’

THE TICKING TIME BOMB OF FOOD INFLATION — HITTING LOWER INCOME PEOPLE HARDEST

LINKED IN CUTS ANOTHER 668 JOBS, ALMOST 1400 IN RECENT MONTHS

THE PHILLIES OPENED THEIR SERIES VS ARIZONA WITH A BLISTERING HOME RUN (THE AZ CALL…)

WOKE

WATCH: TPUSA CAMERAMAN ATTACKED BY QUEER PROFESSOR AT ASU

 – NBC’s HEADLINE ON THE STORY IS BEYOND MISLEADING

STOCKHOLM TO BAN GAS AND DIESEL CARS STARTING IN 2025

 THE BABYLON BEE ‘GUIDE TO GENDER’ IS REAL AND I’VE ORDERED IT

CORNELL PROFESSOR WHO CALLED HAMAS TERROR ATTACK ‘EXHILARATING’ STILL HAS A JOB

Other News Catching My Eye

JOHN R LOTT, JR: THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD GUYS WITH GUNS

TAYLOR SWIFT’S SECURITY GUARD RETURNS HOME TO ISRAEL TO FIGHT HAMAS

10 FOODS YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO REFRIGERATE — BUT, NOT MANY OF US DO