Chicken Soup for the Soul Day
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1775 – American revolutionary troops captured Montreal
1789 – Ben Franklin writes the letter containing the famous line – “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”
1875 – Harvard vs Yale in the first college football game with uniforms (Harvard won 4-0.)
1927 – The Holland Tunnel opens – connecting NYC and Jersey City, NJ
1940 Disney’s ‘Fantasia’ opened
1974 – The Amityville murders happened – A young man killed his parents, bothers and sisters
– also ’74 – Karen Silkwood died in a mysterious car crash
1980 – One of the 20th century’s greatest films, ‘Raging Bull’ premiered
1982 – Vietnam Veterans Memorial Dedicated
2015 – The terror attacks in Paris — the big one at the Bataclan theater – leaving 130 dead
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNS BILL RE-OPENING THE GOV’T – THE FULL 11 MINS FROM LAST NIGHT
– ‘IT’S AN HONOR TO SIGN THIS INCREDIBLE BILL’
– THE PRESIDENT PUT THE BLAME FOR THE SHUTDOWN PAIN SQUARELY ON DEMOCRAT SHOULDERS
– MR TRUMP IS WILLING TO WORK WITH ANYONE TO FIX HEALTHCARE
– THERE WAS A MESSAGE FOR DEMS AND INS COMPANIES ABOUT OBAMACARE
– THE SHUTDOWN IS OVER, BUT NOT UNTIL ONE LAST ‘SOMBRERO’ VIDEO WAS POSTED
– REP TIM BURCHETT PUSHED UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO RELEASE EPSTEIN FILES – DEMS BLOCKED IT
– MORE FROM BURCHETT WITH THE PRESS AROUND HIM
– PRESS SEC ON THE LATEST DEM DUMP OF EPSTEIN EMAILS
– ALSO ON PRESIDENT TRUMP SUING THE BBC
– SPEAKER JOHNSON CLOSED THE HOUSE SESSION WITH A SOLID 2:12
– THE SPEAKER ALSO ROASTED SCHUMER TO THE PRESS
– HAKEEM JEFFRIES WAS MELTING DOWN IN THE HOUSE AHEAD OF THE VOTE
– AG SEC ROLLINS SAYS THERE IS BIG NEWS COMING SOON ABOUT FIXING FRAUD IN SNAP
– HOW BIG IS THE FRAUD IN SNAP? SEC ROLLINS HAS THE NUMBERS
– FBI DIRECTOR PATEL ON THE FENTANYL BREAKTHRU WITH CHINA
– BILL O’REILLY ON THE LATEST EPSTEIN EMAIL DUMP – ‘DEATH BY INNUENDO’
– DEM REP STANSBURY IS ALLOWED TO GO ON CNN AND SPREAD SMEARS AGAINST TRUMP
– JASMINE CROCKETT CALLED OUT BY CNN OVER DEM REDACTION IN EPSTEIN EMAIL
– CROCKETT MOCKS THE LOOKS OF ‘MAGA’ WOMEN WHILE STANDING BY A MAN IN A DRESS
– ‘THE VIEW’ WAS SPINNING OVER THE EPSTEIN RELEASE YESTERDAY
– FLASHBACK: CNN 2024 – CLINTON PRESSURING VANITY FAIR TO SUPPRESS EPSTEIN STORY
– PAT MACAFEE IS STILL RESPONDING TO PEOPLE WHO ARE PISSED HE INTERVIEWED TRUMP
More News From DC
– FIVE TAKEAWAYS (FROM THE HILL.COM) AS THE SHUTDOWN ENDS
– SIX HOUSE DEMS JOINED THE GOP TO RE-OPEN THE GOV’T
– LOOK FOR A VOTE NEXT WEEK TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
– ARE THE AIRPORTS FIXED? NOT YET, BUT FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS ARE NOT GROWING
– IF YOU’RE ON A PLANE WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, DON’T SCREAM ABOUT FASCISM!
– JUST TWO MORE SHOPPING DAYS ‘TIL MSNBC BECOMES MS NOW – SAME EDITORIAL LEANINGS, NEW LOGO
– FBI ARRESTS GAVIN NEWSOM’S FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF
– 84-YR-OLD JESSE JACKSON IS IN THE HOSPITAL (CHECKING MY ‘POOL’)
General News
– FL AND TX TO WIN BIG AS BILLIONS AND BILLIONS WILL BE FLEEING NY AND NJ
– CA TO CANCEL COMMERCIAL DRIVERS LICENSES FOR 17,000 ILLEGALS
– IT’S ‘RED CUP DAY’ AT STARBUCKS – BUT, IT’S ALSO A STRIKE DAY FOR 1000 BARISTAS
– NJ IS ‘GONNA NEED A BIGGER BOAT’ – LARGEST GREAT WHITE SHARK TAGGED/TRACKED
– WHO LEFT A LOADED FIREARM ON A FRONTIER AIRLINES FLIGHT? WAS IT A FED?
Other News Catching My Eye
– DID YOU KNOW PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED THE OSBOURNES AFTER OZZY DIED?
– HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT BAGPIPES? HOW ABOUT 374 BAGPIPERS PLAYING AC/DC?
– GET READY FOR A NEW ICE AGE (WAIT, WHAT? I THOUGHT THE PLANET WAS WARMING.)
– WELLNESS CHECK IN BROOKLYN APARTMENT LEADS TO DISCOVERY OF MUMMIFIED MOTHER AND SON
– (I CAN’T BELIEVE I’M POSTING A STORY ABOUT DANCING WITH THE STARS – THE 2018 WINNER)
