National Lemon Cream Pie Day
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1929 – Commander Richard Byrd makes the first flight over the South Pole
1933 – PA authorizes the first State-run liquor stores
1942 – Wartime coffee rationing begins in the US (Imagine that happening today)
1961 – NASA launches a chimp named Enos into space
1973 – Atari introduces Pong — the first commercially successful video game
1977 – Apple Computer registers the trademark “Apple”
1981 – Actress Natalie Wood drowns
1991 – A dust storm caused a massive pile up on a CA highway, killing 17 people
2001 – George Harrison passed away
News and The Politics out of D.C.
BREAKING THIS MORNING: US MILITARY OSPREY CRASHES IN THE SEA NEAR JAPAN
THE NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE FALLS… A METAPHOR?
IRANIAN DRONE HARASSES U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER
HUNTER BIDEN WANTS TO TESTIFY – BUT ONLY IF IT IS IN PUBLIC
BIDEN AIDES AND DEM OPERATIVES ARE SPLIT ON THE WISDOM OF HUNTER TESTIFYING
DEUTSCHE BANK TESTIMONY MAY HAVE GIVEN TRUMP A HUGE ADVANTAGE IN NY CASE
CHRIS CHRISTIE SAYS HE’S IN THE RACE TO THE END (WHICH, FOR HIM WAS ALSO THE BEGINNING)
– CHRISTIE ALSO SAYS HE WON’T SIGN A ‘HEARTBEAT BILL’ (CLAIMS THERE’S NO CONSENSUS)
NATIONAL ARCHIVES IDENTIFIES DOCUMENTS CONNECTED TO BIDEN’S VARIOUS EMAIL ADDRESSES
ISRAEL / HAMAS
HAMAS CONFIRMS SENIOR LEADERSHIP KILLED IN EARLIER IDF ATTACKS
STORIES FROM HOSTAGES: GRANNY OF 12-YEAR-OLD SAYS HE WAS ISOLATED FOR TWO WEEKS
SENIOR CIA OFFICIAL CAUGHT POSTING PRO-PALESTINIAN CONTENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA
GRETA THUNBERG CALLS FOR ‘CRUSHING ZIONISM’
PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS DISRUPT OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL MEETING
General News
UK STUDY SHOWS MEMORY PROBLEMS, COGNITIVE LOSS TIED TO COVID LOCKDOWNS
TESLA BUILDING 24-HR CHARGING STATION WITH A DRIVE-IN THEATER AND DINER
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED CAUGHT USING AI TO WRITE ARTICLES
MARK CUBAN WORKING TO SELL THE DALLAS MAVS — IS HE THINKING POLITICS IS NEXT?
R-I-P CHARLIE MUNGER – BUFFET’S ‘SANCHO PANZA’ – GONE AT 99
WOKE
THE U.N. IS SET TO CALL ON THE U.S. TO STOP EATING MEAT
CT BACKS DOWN FROM VOTE TO BAN CARS WITH INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
MI GOV WHITMER SIGNS ONE OF THE MOST EXTREME GREEN ENERGY MANDATES EVER
Other News Catching My Eye
HOW BIG IS JEFF BEZOS’ YACHT? BIG… VERY VERY BIG
ROSEANNE BARR HAS MORE RETWEETS THAN JOE BIDEN
ICYMI – THIS IS THE VOLCANO THAT’S CAUSING CLIMATE CHANGE (IT’S NOT COW FARTS)