Friday – August 9, 2024

National Rice Pudding Day

Meme Du Jour

H/T Marea

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1854 – Thoreau’s “Walden” is published 
1936 – Jesse Owens wins his 4th gold medal in Berlin Olympics
1969 – Members of the Manson family kill a pregnant Sharon Tate and three others
1974 – After Nixon resigned, Gerald Ford is sworn in as President
1982 – Diet Coke was introduced
2010 – Jet Blue flight attendant quits via exit slide on plane on runway

News and The Politics out of D.C.

POLL UPDATE SHOWS KAMALA HARRIS IS NOT EXACTLY FADING AWAY

 – COOK POLITICAL REPORT SEES A SHIFT IN KEY STATES

THERE WILL BE DEBATES — JUST HOW MANY IS STILL IN QUESTION

 – KAMALA AGREES TO ABC DEBATE

HARRIS CAMPAIGN QUIETLY CORRECTS SOME OF TIM WALZ’S HISTORY

TRUMP PRESSER

 – FIVE THINGS THEHILL.COM TOOK AWAY FROM TRUMP’S PRESSER

 – TRUMP IS ALL IN FOR COMMON SENSE

 – REITERATES ‘NOT TAX ON TIPS’ AND ‘NO TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY’ PAYMENTS

WILL KAMALA HARRIS BE DOING A PRESSER OR INTERVIEW SOON??? (SHE RESPONDS)

 – HARRIS WAS ASKED ABOUT CONTROVERSY AROUND WALZ’s MILITARY SERVICE

DEMS IN MN TELL CNN THEY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH TIM WALZ

PELOSI DOESN’T WANT KAMALA TO DO ANY INTERVIEWS (WE WONDER WHY?)

JOE ROGAN TO ENDORSE KENNEDY OVER TRUMP? (IT LOOKS THAT WAY)

 – ROGAN ALSO CALLS OUT HARRIS – WALZ CAMPAIGN FOR ‘GASLIGHTING’

MORE INFURIATING VIDEO FROM POLICE BODY CAMS THE DAY TRUMP WAS SHOT

REMEMBER PRESIDENT BIDEN? HE’S STILL PRESIDENT, STILL SAYING DUMB THINGS

TULSI GABBARD CONFIRMS SHE’S UNDER OBSERVATION BY ‘QUIET SKIES’ PROGRAM

 – THE ORIGINAL REPORTING ON TULSI BEING TRACKED EVERY TIME SHE FLIES

J6 CASE AGAINST TRUMP IS MOVING AGAIN

HEADS UP: CENTCOM CONFIRMS F-22 RAPTORS SENT TO THE MIDDLE EAST

General News

DEBBY DOES THE NORTH EAST – DEADLY STORM RAMPAGES THE EAST COAST

GMAIL IS BACK — BUT THE OUTAGE WAS CONCERNING

THE OLYMPICS

 – MEDALS COUNT (LIVE UPDATES)

 – FASTEST MAN IN THE WORLD LEAVES TRACK IN WHEELCHAIR AFTER WINNING MEDAL

 – AMERICAN SPEED CLIMBER SETS A WORLD RECORD, BUT LEAVES WITHOUT A MEDAL

NEVADA TO PURGE 90K INELIGIBLE VOTERS FROM ROLLS

WELL, WELL, WELL, CA GOV ORDERS HOMELESS CAMP CLEARED AFTER NEW DIRECTIVE

DO YOU LIVE IN ONE OF THE SAFEST COUNTIES IN AMERICA?

TWO MAJOR BANKS STILL SEE POSSIBILITY OF U.S. RECESSION THIS YEAR

H/T Suzykool

Woke News

DID YOU KNOW PLANNED PARENTHOOD IS ONE OF THE LARGEST SUPPLIERS OF TESTOSTERONE?

UK AUTHORITIES ARREST PEOPLE FOR POSTING ‘INACCURATE INFORMATION’ ON SOCIAL MEDIA

CA CITY COULDN’T BAN GAS STOVES — SO THEY’RE TRYING TO TAX THE HELL OUT OF THEM

Other News Catching My Eye

WHAT DO YOU KNOW? ADVERTISING GROUP AGAINST CONSERVATIVE MEDIA SUDDENLY DISBANDS WHEN LAWSUITS EMERGE 

A GATOR SPOTTED IN LAKE ERIE???

19TH CENTURY SHIPWRECK HAS DOZENS OF CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE — SWEDEN WON’T LET US SAMPLE THEM

MORE THAN HALF OF US ARE BUYING OUR FOOD ONLINE