Monday – August 19, 2024

Natl Hot & Spicy Food Day, Soft Serve Ice Cream Day (Good combo)

Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1692 – Five women are hanged in Salem, MA (they were witches, duh!)
1909 – The first auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
1964 – The Beatles played the Cow Palace in San Francisco
1976 – President Gerald Ford wins the GOP nomination at the RNC in Kansas City
1993 – Alec Baldwin married Kim Basinger
2004 – Google stock goes on sale at $85 / share
2010 – Operation Iraqi Freedom ends (6 US Brigades remained to train Iraqis)

News and The Politics out of D.C.

DNC – DAY ONE

  BIDEN TO SPEAK TONIGHT

 – 100,000 ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTERS EXPECTED (LET’S CALL THE DNC, ProtestCon)

 – PROTESTERS ARE INSIDE THE MACHINE

 – YUP, PROTESTERS MARCHING IN CHICAGO ARE DRESSED AS ABORTION PILLS

 – 5 THINGS TO WATCH FOR AT THE DNC (FROM THEHILL.COM)

 – MICHELLE OBAMA TO SPEAK TUESDAY NIGHT

 – CHICAGO BUSINESS BOARD UP STOREFRONTS AHEAD OF PROTESTS

 – COME FOR THE CONVENTION — STAY FOR THE FREE VASECTOMIES/ABORTIONS

 – CODE PINK AND THE KITTY CAT HAT BRIGADE ARE BACK!

KAMALA WITHOUT TELEPROMPTER

    – WHAT IN THE WORLD???

 – SHE WAS ASKED ABOUT PAYING FOR HER PROPOSED GIVEAWAYS

 – COACH KAMALA TELLS TEAM THEY CAN BE UNDEFEATED, EVEN IF THEY LOSE

 – SHE’S DONE THE ‘POST-GAME’ LOSS SPEECH BEFORE, REMEMBER?

TRUMP / VANCE TO BARNSTORM BATTLEGROUND STATES DURING THE DNC

JD VANCE’S ZINGER ON KAMALA HARRIS BEING IN CHARGE OF THE ECONOMY

 – OPINION FROM THEHILL.COM – COULD DEMS MAKE KAMALA PRESIDENT IN OCTOBER?

SEN LINDSEY GRAHAM WANTS NIKKI HALEY TO CAMPAIGN FOR TRUMP WITH HIM

WATCH DON LEMON MEET TRUMP SUPPORTERS ON THE BOARDWALK IN ATLANTIC CITY

MI GOV WHITMER THINKS IT’S IMPORTANT TO GIVE ILLEGALS A LOT OF FREE STUFF

GEORGE SANTOS (‘MEMBA HIM?) TO PLEAD GUILT IN FRAUD CASE

US IS TRYING TO BAN ELECTION BETTING WEBSITES

REPUBLICAN ELECTION INSPECTORS NEEDED IN MICHIGAN

BIDEN SAYS A CEASE-FIRE IN GAZA IS VERY CLOSE (NETANYAHU TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY)

General News

THE FARMER’S ALMANAC IS PREDICTING A ‘WET WINTER WHIRLWIND’

 – SPEAKING OF WET WEATHER — ERNESTO IS STILL CAUSING PROBLEMS

    – YIKES! HURRICANE ERNESTO CLAIMED AN OCEANFRONT HOME

GOT PERDUE CHICKEN NUGGETS IN YOUR FREEZER? CHECK THIS OUT

POLIO? DIDN’T WE ERADICATE POLIO? CASE REPORTED IN GAZA

FERRIS WHEEL CATCHES FIRE IN GERMANY, MORE THAN A DOZEN INJURED

Woke News

BACK-TO-SCHOOL — ANTI-ISRAEL ACTIVISTS RETURN TO RUTGERS

SCOTUS SUPPORTS INJUNCTIONS BLOCKING BIDEN’S TITLE NINE MOVES

Other News Catching My Eye

LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE CLAIMING TO HAVE THE ‘HOLY GRAIL’ 

 – CATHEDRAL OF VALENCIA SAYS THEY’VE GOT IT

‘BEARDED FIREWORMS’ ARE WASHING UP ON TEXAS BEACHES! (DON’T TOUCH THEM)

THIS IS WHY YOU DON’T PROPOSE ON THE ‘KISS CAM’ AT A GAME