National Go Fishing Day!
– International Picnic Day (What makes a picnic international?)
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1778 – The British evacuate Philadelphia after occupying the city for nine months
1812 – The War of 1812 begins (It formally ended on Christmas Eve 1814 with the Treaty of Ghent)
1873 – Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for trying to vote
1892 – Macadamia nuts are planted in Hawaii (a HUGE cash crop)
1898 – Atlantic City, NJ opens its steel pier — nine miles of food and fun
1928 – Amelia Earhart is the first woman to cross the Atlantic in a plane
1942 – Paul McCartney is born — that’s right — Sir Paul is 83 years old!
1979 – President Carter and Soviet Leader Brezhnev sign SALT II pact on nuclear arms
1983 – Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space
1993 – Africanized Killer Bees reach Tucson, AZ and kill a dog
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– 2019 — REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP DECIDED NOT TO DROP BOMBS ON IRAN?
– TUCKER CARLSON DROPS A ‘GOTCHA’ QUESTION OR TWO ON TED CRUZ ABOUT IRAN
– SCHUMER BLAMES ‘RHETORIC’ OF THE ‘HARD RIGHT’ FOR THE LATEST VIOLENCE
– ALSO SCHUMER FROM 4/27/2023 – ‘YOU HAVE RELEASED THE WHIRLWIND AND YOU WILL PAY’
– SCHUMER FROM MARCH – ‘FORCING THEM TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE OR FACE THE CONSEQUENCES’
– SEN RON JOHNSON DIGS IN — HE WANTS MORE CUTS IN THE SENATE BILL
– BLUE COLLAR WAGE GROWTH HITS THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN 60 YEARS
– DEM RON WYDEN CALLS TAX CUTS AND NO TAX ON TIPS – ‘CLASS WARFARE’
– DEM SEN HICKENLOOPER CLAIMS OBBB WILL ‘SCREW OVER’ SMALL BUSINESSES
– DEM SEN ALEX PADILLA TRIES TO CRY…HE TRIED, DAMMIT
– DON’T FORGET – DEMS AND THE MSM WANT YOU TO KNOW PADILLA IS ‘MILD-MANNERED’
-GRANDSTANDING DEMS TRY TO ENTER A CHICAGO ICE FACILITY – GET THE WINDOW CLOSED IN THEIR FACES
– NOT IRRITATED ENOUGH? HERE’S ILHAN OMAR CALLING AMERICA ONE OF THE WORST COUNTRIES
– GREAT MONTAGE FROM TOM ELLIOTT (GRABIEN) MOSTLY PEACEFUL MEDIA REPORTS
– WANNA BET THE VIEW WAS EXPECTING A DIFFERENT RESPONSE FROM SCHWARZENEGGER?
– 2007 – TRUMP TALKED ABOUT THE IRAQ WAR, THE WOUNDED SOLDIERS AND HONORING THEM
– FLASHBACK MONTAGE FROM TRUMP’S FIRST TERM — HE’S GONNA GET US INTO A NUCLEAR WAR
More News Out of DC
– IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER THREATEN ISRAEL — IN HEBREW
– U.S. EMBASSY IN JERUSALEM IS CLOSED UNTIL FRIDAY
– THE 15-TON MEGABOMB NEEDED TO BUST BUNKERS AND WHY ISRAEL CAN’T DELIVER IT
– HHS SECRETARY ANNOUNCES KRAFT IS REMOVING ALL DYES FROM FOODS (EVENTUALLY)
– DHS SEC NOEM RECOVERING AFTER BEING RUSHED TO HOSPITAL AFTER ALLERGIC REACTION
– HOMEBUILDING NUMBERS TAKE A HIT
– SENATE’S VERSION OF OBBB HAS THE $1000 BABY BONUS — HERE’S WHO QUALIFIES
– THE WHITE HOUSE AGREES WITH ME – JIM ACOSTA – FORMER CNN ANCHOR – IS A PRIG
General News
– IF YOU’RE RUNNING FOR OFFICE AND NEED ATTENTION, INTERFERE WITH ICE! INSTANT PRESS
– NOT A FLASHBACK: TREN DE ARAGUA GANG IS TAKING OVER APT COMPLEX IN AURORA, CO
– WNBA FINDS WAY TO MAKE GAME INTERESTING — PRETEND IT’S UFC!
– FLORIDA PANTHERS REPEAT – BEAT THE OILERS 5-1 TO TAKE STANLEY CUP 4-2
– GM UNVEILS NEW CORVETTE ‘HYPERCAR’ — 0-60 IN UNDER TWO SECONDS
– DO YOU HAVE THIS POPULAR CELLPHONE? THE FAA HAS PUT IT ON THE ‘NO FLY LIST’
– WHAT IN THE FRESH HELL IS RHODE ISLAND’S ‘TAYLOR SWIFT TAX?’
– KELSEY GRAMMER AND WIFE KAYTE ARE EXPECTING (BABY #8 FOR KELSEY)
– MADEA IS NOT GONNA BE HAPPY ABOUT TYLER PERRYING BEING SUED FOR SEXUAL HARRASSMENT
Other News Catching My Eye
– THOSE META GLASSES ARE GOING THE DESIGNER ROUTE — PRADA, OAKLEY, ETC
– CAPTAIN JAMES TIBERIUS KIRK IS BACK FROM THE DEAD IN THE NEW STAR TREK REVIVAL
– ELON MUSK RELEASES RESULTS OF HIS DRUG TEST — BUT, DID HE HAVE TIME TO FLUSH HIS SYSTEM?
– BEAR WANDERS INTO HOME, FAMILY DOG DOESN’T LIKE IT AND LETS THE BEAR KNOW
