Thursday – April 18, 2024

RADIO: TODAY I’LL BE SITTING IN FOR “THE OX” TODAY ON ‘HOT TALK WITH THE OX’  (9-NOON EASTERN) ON KNSI

National Animal Crackers Day

Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1775 – Paul Revere and William Dawes ride through Mass warning ‘The British are coming!’
1906 – A devastating 8.25 earthquake hits San Francisco, California 
1923 – Yankees Stadium opens, Babe Ruth hits a 3-run homer, Yanks over Boston 4-1
1934 – The first laundromat “The Washateria” opened in Fort Worth, Texas
1937 – Trotsky calls for the overthrow of Stalin
1956 – American Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco
1983 – A suicide bomber kills US Marines in Lebanon 
2020 – Crude oil prices were under $19/barrel due to COVID shutdowns

News and The Politics out of D.C.

UNCLE BOSEY? BIDEN REPEATS CRAZY STORY A FEW TIMES (SOCIAL MEDIA DELIVERED)

 – WATCH JOE REPEAT THIS BIZARRE AND UNTRUE STORY

 – WATCH: BIDEN ALSO GAFFED ON ISRAEL…

JILL BIDEN DEPLOYED AGAIN – CALLS TRUMP A ‘BULLY’ DANGEROUS TO LGBTQ PEOPLE

LOOKIE HERE – JOE IS SUDDENLY GETTING TOUGH ON CHINA (COPYING TRUMP)

 JOE COPIED TRUMP AGAIN – STOPPING AT A SHEETZ IN PITTSBURGH TO BUY SAMMICHES

SPEAKER JOHNSON TO PUSH VOTES ON FOREIGN AID BILLS — WRAPPED BY WEEKEND?

AS EXPECTED: SENATE DISMISSES MAYORKAS IMPEACHMENT – NO TRIAL – IT’S OVER

 – SEN MIKE LEE PERFECTLY POINTS OUT SCHUMER’S ABSURD REASONING

WATCH: SEN KENNEDY ASK AG GARLAND WHY HE LET STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS RUN OUT ON HUNTER BIDEN

MISSOURI AG FILES SUIT TO BLOCK BIDEN’S LATEST STUDENT LOAN SCAM

TRUMP’S BACK IN COURT TODAY FOR MORE JURY SELECTION

ANOTHER MSNBC ANALYST MELTDOWN OVER TRUMP – ‘LIKE A CAGED ANIMAL’

THE LATEST FROM ISRAEL / IRAN — IRANIAN LEADER SEEMS TO TEMPT ISRAEL

US MILITARY, NOT THE IDF SHOT DOWN MOST OF THE IRANIAN DRONES & MISSILES

 – HEZBOLLAH DRONE SLAMS COMMUNITY CENTER, AT LEAST 18 INJURED

General News

TERRORISM? 9-1-1 SYSTEMS DOWN IN SEVERAL CITIES ACROSS SEVERAL STATES

TESLA SHAREHOLDERS TO VOTE ON RESTORING ELON MUSK’S PAY PACKAGE

GRAPHIC: GAS PRICES UNDER THE LAST FOUR PRESIDENTS

FORD RECALLS OVER 450K TRUCKS AND SUVS OVER A BATTERY DETECTION PROBLEM

DR PHIL WITH SOME GOOD ADVICE FOR PEOPLE – PLAN FOR THE NEXT PANDEMIC

IS KATIE COURIC LOOKING TO RETIRE OR GET A NEW GIG? MORE INFLAMMATORY WORDS

NBA BANS PLAYER FOR GAMBLING ON GAMES (MLB, YOU SEEING THIS?)

RORY McILROY APPEARS TO REJECT LIV GOL’S MASSIVE OFFER TO LEAVE PGA

 – MAN CHARGED WITH STEALING MILLIONS IN MASTERS MERCH

WOKE

NPR CEO AT TED TALK: ‘TRUTH’ IS A ‘DISTRACTION’

    – THE VETERAN EDITOR SHE SUSPENDED HAS RESIGNED QUITE PUBLICLY

GOOGLE ‘OCCUPIERS’ LEARN AN EXPENSIVE ‘FAFO’ LESSON – ARRESTED AND FIRED

ILLEGAL ALIEN (WHO IS ALSO A PROF AT CORNELL) REMOVED FROM ANN COULTER’S SPEECH

TN SENDING BILL TO GOV THAT WILL MAKE SCHOOLS TELL PARENTS ABOUT TRANSGENDER KIDS

Other News Catching My Eye

REAL LIFE ‘WEEKEND AT BERNIES’ – WOMAN WHEELS DEAD UNCLE INTO BANK

THE ROBOTS ARE HERE – SEE THE NEW HUMANOID ROBOT FROM BOSTON DYNAMICS

FORGET THE FOUR-DAY WORK WEEK, ECUADOR JUMPS TO A THREE-DAY WORK WEEK

LOST CHILD MISTAKES MARISKA HARGITAY FOR A REAL COP – ASKS FOR HELP