March 16, 2026 – St Patrick’s Day Eve
– National Panda Day (No longer an endangered species.)
– Natrional No Selfies Day (I thought we were done with the selfies thing YEARS ago.)
– National Freedom of Information Day (If it’s free, why do we have to apply for it?)
– National Artichoke Day
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1802 – The U.S. Military Academy is established (The cool kids call it West Point.)
1850 – Hawthorne’s ‘The Scarlet Letter’ is published
1867 – Joseph Lister details his plans for antiseptic surgery (Yeah, THAT Joe Lister, as in Listerene)
1912 – The first cherry tree is planted in DC by First Lady Helen Taft
1926 – Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket
1964 – LBJ submits a billion dollar budget for his War on Poverty — (So, we won that war, right?)
1968 – GM produced its 100 millionth vehicle – Oldsmobile Toronado
1985 – AP Newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut
2008 – Bear Stearns collapses and is sold to Chase
2020 – Coronavirus — Canada closed its borders to non-citizen, Africa banned travel from Europe and Asia
Apologies to Will Cain and all other Cowboys fans here
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– HARRY ENTEN DELIVERS LAUGHABLE NUMERS ON CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS’ APPROVAL
– THE OVERALL UPDATE FROM TRUMP WITH CALL FOR OTHER COUNTRIES TO JOIN THE EFFORT
– PRES TRUMP ASKED ABOUT GROUND TROOPS
– PRESS SEC CALLS OUT MSM OVER COVERAGE OF THE IRAN SITUATION
– KEVIN HASETT LAUGHS AT MARGARET BRENNAN’S QUESTION ABOUT IRAN AND THE U.S. ECONOMY
– TRANSPORTATION SEC DUFFY ON THE AIRPORT SITUATION — IT’S NOT GETTING BETTER
– CBS IS EVEN REPORTING THAT 10 AIRLINES CEOS ARE DEMANDING CONGRESS PAY TSA STAFFERS
– INTERNAL FIGHT OVER SAVE AMERICA? HOUSE GOP VOWS TO BLOCK ALL BILLS UNTIL IT PASSES
– SEN MIKE LEE SCHOOLS SEN DICK DURBIN ON THE ‘SAVE AMERICA ACT’
– FETTERMAN RIPS HIS PARTY FOR BEING AN ANTI-TRUMP CULT
– THE SENATOR ALSO WANTS ‘PROOF OF LIFE’ FOR IRAN’S LATEST AYATOLLAH
– FETTERMAN: COUNTRY OVER PARTY
– NBC’s WELKER PUTS SEN SCHIFF ON BLAST FOR DEMS’ SHUT DOWN OF TSA/DHS
– CNN’s TAPPER SEEMS TO HAVE TURNED ON THE SHUTDOWN, ASKING SEN BOOKER ABOUT IT
– TAPPER ALSO POINTED OUT DEM HYPOCRISY ON LETTING OBAMA BOMB W/O APPROVAL
– MAYOR PETE AND HIS BEARD WERE ALSO MAKING THE SUNDAY ROUNDS – ON CNN TALKING IRAN
– DAN CRENSHAW WENT TO CBS TO BURN SOME BRIDGES AFTER HE LOST HIS PRIMARY
– BILL MAHER DELIVERS A STERN WARNING ABOUT NYC MAYOR MAMDANI (US, WHERE WAS THIS LAST SUMMER?)
More News From DC
– BTW – PRESIDENT TRUMP WARNED IRAN ABOUT KHARG ISLAND SOME 38 YEARS AGO
– TRUMP WANTS NATO TO GET ON BOARD IN THE IRAN FIGHT
– THE IRANIANS ARE TRYING TO FIGHT BACK BY GOING AFTER OIL ASSETS IN OTHER USA-FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS
– IRAN MISSILE KILLED A PALESTINIAN IN DUBAI
– FCC CHAIR CARR SAYS HE’S LOOKING AT RENEWALS OF BROADCAST LICENSES — TRUMP APPROVES
– SEN RON JOHNSON IS NOT PLEASED WITH THIS NEWS
I HOPE THEY GET THE WHITE HOUSE INVITE – GREAT STORIES HERE
General News
– YOU CAN ADD BOMB THREATS TO THE OF THINGS DELAYING AIR TRAVEL
– VIRGINIA IS TAKING GUN RIGHTS AWAY FROM EVERYONE EXCEPT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS
– VA ALSO JUST PASSED A LAW BASING ALL. GOV’T CONTRACTS ON RACE AND GENDER
– TSA TROUBLES ARE FORCING CANCELATIONS AT MAJOR AIRPORTS
– STATE BY STATE — WHO PAYS THE MOST AND THE LEAST FOR ENERGY?
– DID YOU BUY A MEATLOAF KIT FROM COSTCO? IT MIGHT BE RECALLED OVER A BONUS INGREDIENT – SALMONELLA
– TEAM USA TAKES GOLD IN HOCKEY FROM CANADA IN THE PARALYMPICS!
AN EVEN BETTER STORY FROM THIS TEAM — HOW WE GOT OUR GOALIE
– 104-YR-OLD FIREFIGHTER GETS A LOVELY SAULTE ON HIS BIRTHDAY
– THE 50 BEST BURGERS IN LOS ANGELES (AFTER THE TOP 5, DO WE REALLY CARE?)
H/T Mrs Malaprop
Other News Catching My Eye
– OSCARS ROUND UP
– KIMMEL SHOWED UP TO SLAM THE TRUMP ADMIN AND CBS
– KIMMEL — WE LIVE IN A RIDICULOUS COUNTRY
– CONAN DID A LITTLE POLITICAL JOKE (REFERENCING TRUMP’S NAME ON THE KENNEDY CENTER)
– A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT — WHEN ‘HAMNET’ OSCAR WINNER JESSIE BUCKLEY PROMOTES MOTHERHOOD AND MARRIAGE
– JANE FONDA MADE THE RED CARPET POLITICAL — BUY ALSO HAD A TOUGH TIME FINDING HER WORDS
– PATRICIA ARQUETTE DIDN’T GET THE MEMO THAT AMERICA IS DONE WITH THE TRANS COSPLAY THING
– HOW DID NICOLE KIDMAN PREPARE FOR THE OSCARS? ‘GO TO CHURCH’
– WILL A-I CURE CANCER? THIS GUY THINKS HE’S ON THE RIGHT TRACK
– ALSO TECH — ROBOTS ARE NOW PLAYING TENNIS
– MORE TECH FOR YOU — GUY USED CHAT GPT TO SELL HIS HOUSE FOR HIM
WAIT, THERE WERE FUNNY SKETCHES ON SNL THAT COULD MAKE ALL OF US LAUGH?
– ‘TUCKER CARLSON’ PREVIEWS THE OSCARS (SOME PEOPLE ARE PISSED, I FOUND IT FUNNY)
