Good Friday
– Don’t Go To Work Unless Its Fun Day (I’m working in Philly later)
– Pony Express Day
– National Chocolate Mousse Day
– National Tweed Day
– World Marbles Day (Is anyone still playing marbles?
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1513 – Ponce De Leon claims Florida for Spain
1860 – The Pony Express started delivering mail from St Joseph, MO to Sacramento, CA
1862 – Slavery is abolished in Washington DC
1882 – Jesse James is shot in the back and killed by his cousin Bob Ford
1936 – Bruno Hauptmann, convicted killer of the Lindbergh baby, is executed
1948 – President Truman signs the Marshall Plan to help rebuild Europe
1956 – 25% of America tuned into The Milton Berle Show to watch Elvis sing ‘Heartbreak Hotel’
1973 – An engineer from Motorola makes the first call on a cellular phone (a 2.2 pound phone)
1978 – ‘Annie Hall’ beats ‘Star Wars’ for Best Picture Oscar
1985 – The iconic Brown Derby Restaurant closes (The Cobb Salad was invented there)
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– WITH PAM BONDI OUT AT DOJ, WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE DEPT? TODD BLANCHE (THE TEMP) ANSWERS
– POST BONDI OUSTER (PREDICTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON) THE LEFT SAYS TRUMP IS FIRING WOMEN!
– FLASHBACK TO 1993: HARRY REID WAS STRONGER THAN TRUMP ON KILLING BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP
– ALSO 1993: DIANNE FEINSTEIN HAD THE SAME OPINION ON THE TOPIC AS HARRY REID
– CHINA WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THE DEMS ON THIS ISSUE AND WENT AFTER THEM
– TOM HOMAN UNDERSTANDS WHAT IS CAUSING THE CRIME/MURDER SPIKE IN VA — ELECTING RADICAL DEMOCRATS
– SEC OF WAR HEGSETH ALLOWS UNIFORMED SERVICE MEMBERS TO CARRY GUNS WHEN OFF DUTY
– TSA AGENTS ARE GETTING PAID THANKS TO TRUMP — CHUCK SCHUMER DISAGREES
– GAVIN NEWSOM’S WIFE HAS PARENTING TIPS THAT ARE WONDERFULLY MOCKABLE
– WILL CALIFORNIANS EVER WAKE UP TO THE WASTE IN THEIR STATE? (POINT AT HIGH-SPEED RAIL PROJECT)
– NEWSOM’S CALIFORNIA IS ONLY LOSING $50BIL A YEAR TO FRAUD (25% OF THE STATE’S BUDGET)
– HHS PUTS THE SIZE OF CALIFORNIA’S FRAUD INTO PERSPECTIVE — IT IS EFFING MASSIVE
– WILL CAIN ASKS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LATEST SPATE OF MISSING/DECEASED HIGH PROFILE SCIENTISTS
– DID CATHERINE HERRIDGE’S WORK HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HEGSETH REMOVING A GENERAL
– DEMS WANT TO MAKE IT ILLEGAL FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE AWAY FROM CITIES/STATES WHEN DEMS TAX TOO MUCH
More News From DC
– WELL, WELL, WELL – FRANCE AND SOUTH KOREA TO WORK TO KEEP STRAIT OF HORMUZ OPEN
– THE GERALD R. FORD IS HEADED BACK TO THE MIDDLE EAST
– BONDI OUT, BLANCHE IN (TEMPORARILY FOR NOW) — BLANCHE SQUASHES SOME OF THE RUMORS
– PRESIDENT TRUMP PRAISED SEN RAND PAUL! (PAUL WAS A STRONG ‘YES’ FOR THE NEW BALLROOM)
– MILITARY ANNOUNCES A NEW GRENADE — IT USES A SHOCK WAVE NOT SHRAPNEL
– THE MIDTERMS WILL BE ABOUT AFFORDABILITY — GROUND BEEF HAS HIT AN ALL TIME HIGH
– THEN AGAIN, IS THE PRICE OF BEEF RISING FASTER THAN THE MARKETS?
– TOM ELLIOTT WONDERED WHO SHOULD BE DON LEMON’S RUNNING MATE — THE POLL RESULTS ARE HERE
– THE PRESIDENT WONDERS IF BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN WILL SUE HIS PLASTIC SURGEON
General News
– TEN BUCKS A GALLON FOR GAS IN CALIFORNIA? (YES – BUT, THERE IS A REASONABLE EXPLANATION)
– DOES THE POLICE BODY CAM FROM TIGER WOODS’ INCIDENT HELP OR HURT HIM?
– WILL YOU EVER HAVE ENOUGH MONEY RETIRE? WELL, THAT NUMBER IS NOW BIGGER
– AS OIL PRICES RISE, JET FUEL GETS EXPENSIVE, AIRLINES ARE RAISING CHECKED BAG FEES
– TRADER JOE’S IS GETTING SUED BY SMUCKERS OVER IT’S VERSION OF ‘UNCRUSTABLES’
– THANK GOD YOU DON’T LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO — THE CITY OF KARENS — FINES FOR TRIMMING TREES
– WEEKEND READING — LONG, DETAILED ARTICLE OUTLINING THE MASSIVE FRAUD IN CALIFORNIA UNDER NEWSOM
– RETIREES WOULD TRIGGER AN IRS AUDIT IF THEY DON’T DO THIS EVERY YEAR
– IF YOU BOUGHT THE DINO-SHAPED CHICKEN NUGGETS AT WALMART — DON’T EAT THEM YET
– THE TOP WATERING HOLES IN NORTH AMERICA? THE LIST OF THE 50 BEST BARS
Other News Catching My Eye
– JUDGE TOSSES MOST OF BLAKE LIVELY’S CLAIMS AGAINST JUSTIN BALDONI
– PUBLIC LIBRARY IN MAINE IS HOSTING A DRAG STORY HOUR WITH ‘LETTA DICKEN’ (TAX DOLLARS AT WORK?)
– WATCH: GRANDSON OF REESE’S CREATOR SPILLE THE BEANS ON WHY THE CANDY STARTED SUCKING
– DIABOLICAL SCAM EXPOSED — MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS POISONED TO TRIGGER HELICOPTER RESCUES
– ‘SUPERGIRL’ ACTRESS (WITH THE WORST NON-PORN NAME EVER) IS NOT HAPPY WITH HER LOT IN LIFE
