The feast of San Giovanni / St John’s Day
– Swim a lap day
– Pralines Day
– National Parchment Day (Parchment used in cooking)
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1664 – The colony of New Jersey is founded
1812 – Napoleon crosses the Neman River and invades Russia
1853 – President Pierce signed the Gadsden Purchase – $10 mil for almost 30K miles of Mexico
1889 – Butch Cassidy and his crew rob their first bank in Telluride
1901 – 19-yr-old Pablo Picasso has his first exhibition in Paris
1922 – George Halas renames the Chicago Staleys — they are now the Chicago Bears
1947 – Pilot Ken Arnold spots flying saucers over Mount Ranier
1948 – The Soviets begin the Berlin Blockade — We respond with the Berlin Airlift
1957 – SCOTUS rules obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment
1964 – The FTC mandates warning labels on cigarettes1982 – SCOTUS rules the President can’t be sued for actions taken while in office2004 – Capital punishment declared unconstitutional in NY
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– POTUS ON IRAN AND INSPECTORS
– AND HOW ARE WE DOING WITH IRAN
– THE PRESIDENT REMINDED EVERYONE OF LAST YEARS’ TAX BILL AND ITS BENEFITS
– THE PRESIDENT HAS ADVICE FOR ASPIRING PUBLIC SPEAKERS
– TRUMP WAS KILLING IT AT THE MACK TRUCK PLANT
– THE TRANSGENDER WEIGHT LIFTING MOMENT WAS A TOUCH BIZARRE
– TRUMP ALSO BROUGHT OUT UFC STAR BO NIKAL
– BUUUT, MY FAV TRUMP CLIP OF THE DAY WAS IN THE OVAL OFFICE ‘NOBODY CARES’
– SEN TOM TILLIS HAS NOTHING NICE TO SAY ABOUT BILL PULTE’S MASS FIRINGS AT DNI
– CHUCK SCHUMER THINKS AMERICANS ARE AGAINST THE SAVE AMERICA ACT
– HOW MANY DEMS NEED TO TELL YOU WHAT THEY ARE PLANNING? (WES MOORE)
– MAMDANI-BACKED CANDIDATE BEATS DAN GOLDMAN IN DEM PRIMARY
– SENATE CANDIDATE PLATNER THANKED PLANNED PARENTHOOD FOR (HIS) STD CHECKS
– PLATNER ATTACKS AGAINST SUSAN COLLINS USING KAVANAUGH VOTE
– THE DEM’S FAV NAZI WANTS NEW RIGHTS, NEW DEFINITIONS OF FREEDOM
– PLATNER’S ADVISOR (MR VOCAL FRY 2026) IS TRYING TO HELP, BUT FAILS
– CORY BOOKER IS NOT REALLY READY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT PLATNER
– DEM WHO WON A PRIMARY IN NYC PREVIOUSLY BLAMED 9/11 ON CAPITALISM, RACISM, ETC
– DOJ ANNOUNCED 455 INDICTMENTS FOR FRAUD COVERING $6.5 BIL (LET’S SEE CONVICTIONS!)
More News From DC
– UPDATES ON THE PRIMARY RACES FROM TUESDAY
– FOUR REPUBLICANS JOIN DEMS IN REBUKING TRUMP WITH WAR POWERS RESOLUTION
– SCOTUS RULES GREEN CARD HOLDERS CAN LOSE LEGAL STATUS IF THEY HAVE PENDING CHARGES
– TRUMP TO PRESENT THE WORLD CUP TO THE FIFA WINNER
– POSSIBLE THE NASTIEST THING TO SURFACE ABOUT GRAHAM PLATNER – THIS ‘JOKE’
– HEY, CHINA’S NEW SUPERCOMPUTER HAS JUST PASSED OUR SUPERCOMPUTER
– MAGGIE HABERMAN’S NEW BOOK ON DONALD TRUMP WILL NOT MAKE THE PRESIDENT HAPPY
General News
– IT WAS A PRIMARY DAY AROUND THE COUNTRY — HERE’S THE BIG LIST
– WHY WERE SO MANY PEOPLE SHOT IN CHICAGO LAST WEEKEND? SLAVERY, OBVIOUSLY
– FINANCING A CAR THRU A CREDIT UNION CAN BE CHEAPER — CHECK OUT THESE FIVE
– SKIP THAT JUICE BOX FOR YOUR KID — THEY MAY CAUSE HYPERTENSION LATER IN LIFE
– BOY WALKS AWAY FROM 50 FOOT FALL DOWN 50-FT WATERFALL AT DISNEYLAND
– FAFO — KNICKS FAN WHO STOLE A NYC TRASH CAN HAS LOST HER BIG D-E-I JOB AT CHASE
– MAJOR CHANGES COMING TO PROFESSIONAL GOLF
(OK, OK, THIS IS REALLY JUST FOR TWO PEOPLE WHO READ THE PREP.)
Other News Catching My Eye
– CAN A ‘CHEESE WITCH’ PREDICT YOUR FUTURE?
– THE WORLD CUP FOOD — INCLUDING CAVIAR-TOPPED TATER TOTS
– WHAT THE HECK IS KRATOM? (I’M THINKING YOU SHOULD KNOW.)
– AUSTRALIAN SPIDER HUNTS JUST ONE KIND OF ANT AND HOW IT DOES IT IS CRAZY
– OHIO ROBOCOP FIRED AFTER A YEAR ON THE JOB – ZERO ARRESTS, ZERO TICKETS
