Friday – August 11, 2023

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1806 – Meriwether Lewis (of Lewis & Clark) is shot in the butt — likely by one of his own crew
1874 – Harry Parmelee of CT patents the sprinkler head
1934 – Federal prisoners land on Alcatraz (It used to be a military prison)
1962 – Booker T & the MGs release “Green Onions” 
(on the soundtrack from “American Graffiti”)
1972 – The last US ground troops leave Vietnam
1973 – “American Graffiti” opens in theaters, asking “Where were you in ’62?”

1984 – Carl Lewis wins four gold medals — Tying Jesse Owens’ record from 1936
1984 – President Reagan jokes about bombing Russia
1992 – The “Mall of America” opened in Bloomington, Minnesota
2013 – Robin Williams dies at the age of 63

News and The Politics out of D.C.

BIDEN DOJ WANTS DONALD TRUMP IN COURT STARTING IN JANUARY — AS PRIMARY SEASON KICKS OFF

 TRUMP REACTS TO THE COURT SCHEDULE

 TODAY IS PROTECTIVE ORDER DAY FOR DONALD TRUMP… COULD IT EVEN BE A GAG ORDER?

INDICT-O-RAMA! LOOK FOR A BASKET OF INDICTMENTS AGAINST TRUMP AND VARIOUS GOP-ers

– FANI WILLIS IS ALSO DENYING SOME OF THE CLAIMS DONALD TRUMP MADE ABOUT HER

TRUMP A FLIGHT RISK??? A FEDERAL COURT JUDGE THOUGHT SO

JAMES COMER SAYS HE’S GOING TO SUBPOENA BIDEN FAMILY MEMBERS

HUNTER BIDEN’S ‘SUGAR BROTHER’ MAY FACE PROSECUTION IN CALIFORNIA

IT TOOK GOLD STAR FAMILIES TO GET BIDEN’S STAFF TO TELL HIM, ‘STOP WITH THE BEAU DIED IN IRAQ STORIES’

JAKE TAPPER + ELIZABETH WARREN TALKING ABOUT BIDEN CRIME FAMILY ALLEGATIONS IS WORTH YOUR TIME

THIS OLD GAG… JOE MANCHIN IS ONCE AGAIN THINKING ABOUT SWITCHING PARTIES

POSSIBLE 2024 3RD PARTY CANDIDATE, CORNELL WEST OWES $500K IN BACK TAXES

NEW POLL HAS VIVEK JUMPING AHEAD OF DeSANTIS

MEANWHILE IN IOWA, DeSANTIS WOULD USE DRONES (IF NEEDED) TO HIT MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS

JONAH GOLDBERG HAS A PROBLEM WITH SMALL DONORS TO POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS

ANOTHER DEM HOUSE MEMBER SHOWS WHY WE NEED RULES/LAWS AGAINST TRADING WHILE IN CONGRESS

APPARENTLY, RUSSIA IS CAPABLE OF JAMMING THE HIGH-TECH MISSILES WE SENT UKRAINE, MAKING THEM USELESS

WHERE DOES JOE BIDEN RANK ON THE LIST OF ‘WORST WORLD LEADERS???’ (HE’S NOT AT THE TOP)

KATHY GRIFFIN POSTS ANOTHER BEHEADING OF TRUMP IMAGE (SHE’S STILL NOT OVER HIM)

General News

MAUI UPDATE: IT IS STILL A RESCUE OPERATION — BUT A LOT OF RECOVERY NOW TOO

MORE DETAILS SURFACE IN THE STORY OF THE UTAH MAN KILLED BY THE FBI AFTER THREATENING THE PRESIDENT

SUPREME COURT PAUSES BANKRUPTCY OF BIG PHARMA’S PERDUE FAMILY

THINKING ABOUT STARTING A BUSINESS? GUESS WHICH STATE IS THE COSTLIEST FOR START-UPS?

PBS DOC SAYS YOU SHOULD START WEARING MASKS — EVEN AT HOME

YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE HOW MUCH MONEY EV STARTUP LUCID IS LOSING ON EVERY CAR IT SELLS

AVERAGE MONTHLY RENT IN MANHATTAN HITS A NEW RECORD $5588/MONTH

IS ANYONE TALKING ABOUT THE DRUG-RESISTANT GONORRHEA SWEEPING THE GLOBE???

WOKE

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY IN CALIFORNIA IS PAYING 100% OF STUDENT ABORTION COSTS

AUTISTIC GIRL AGGRESSIVELY ARRESTED BY UK COPS FOR ALLEGED ‘HOMOPHOBIC REMARK’

COLLEGE SAYS… STOP USING TERMS LIKE “BLACK SHEEP” AND “DARK WEB” (YOU KNOW WHY)

Other News Catching My Eye

LIST OF THE 10 BABY NAMES YOU SHOULD AVOID AT ALL COSTS

IRAQ BANS MEDIA FROM USING THE TERM ‘HOMOSEXUALITY’ — INSTEAD, ‘SEXUAL DEVIANCE’ MUST BE USED

GENTLEMEN, DO YOU HAVE ‘THE RIZZ?’ — IT’S THE LATEST DATING TACTIC DRIVING WOMEN WILD (REPORTEDLY)

HERE’S TODAY’S STORY ABOUT JUST HOW EVIL AND HEARTLESS BIG NAME CELEBS CAN BE

WILL CHAT GPT FORCE COLLEGES TO RETURN TO PAPER EXAMS, MAYBE EVEN HANDWRITTEN TERM PAPERS?