Friday – January 19, 2024

National Popcorn Day

Meme Du Jour

They’re laughing at us…

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1861 – Georgia secedes from the Union
1883 – Roselle, NJ is the first to be lit up with Edison’s incandescent bulbs
1937 – Howard Hughes flies from California to NY in under 8 hours

1953 – Lucille Ball makes babies being born on tv shows a normal thing
1966 – Indira Ghandi becomes Prime Minister of India
1977 – President Ford pardons Tokyo Rose
1993 – Fleetwood Mac reunited to play at Bill Clinton’s inaugural ball
2004 – Howard Dean delivers “the scream” that killed his presidential dreams
2007 – The first McDonald’s in Beijing opened

News and The Politics out of D.C.

HOUSE PASSES YET ANOTHER SPENDING BILL EXTENSION

 – THE VOTE — FEWER THAN HALF THE HOUSE GO SUPPORTED THIS BILL

 – DeSANTIS PRESSURES SPEAKER JOHNSON TO REJECT THE SENATE BORDER DEAL

 – LAUREN BOEBERT BLASTS SPENDING DEAL AS ‘PELOSI-ESQUE’

TWO NEW POLLS SHOW JOE BIDEN BEATING DONALD TRUMP

TRUMP PREDICTS SCOTUS WILL RULE IN HIS FAVOR ON BALLOT REMOVAL

BIDEN HAD A GAFFE-TASTIC DAY ON THURSDAY

    – CATHOLIC PRESIDENT’S ADVICE TO THOSE AT THE ‘MARCH FOR LIFE’

GA JUDGE ORDERS REVIEW OF MISCONDUCT CHARGES AGAINST FANI WILLIS

WAIT, DEMS WANT EVERY MIGRANT TO GET A FREE LAWYER TOO

MOVE OVER AOC, WE HAVE A NEW CONTENDER FOR DUMBEST DEM IN THE HOUSE

HUNTER AND HIS ATTORNEYS AGREE TO A NEW DATE TO TESTIFY IN THE HOUSE

HOUSE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO CHAT WITH THE DEFENSE SECRETARY

DEM DAN GOLDMAN WAS NO MATCH FOR AN ANGEL MOM AT MAYORCAS HEARING

FORMER SPACE FORCE COMMANDER SPEAKS TO HOUSE COMMITTEE

HERITAGE PRESIDENT FIRES SERIOUS TRUTH BOMBS AT DAVOS

    – MORE FROM JAMIE DIMON AT DAVOS — BITCOIN SEEN AS A ‘PET ROCK’

CHINA IS ONCE AGAIN CONDUCTING LARGE MILITARY EXERCISES AROUND TAIWAN

NORTH KOREA CLAIMS IT TESTED AN UNDERWATER NUCLEAR DRONE

CHERYL HINES AS FIRST LADY??? PLEASE, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER CRAZY CLIP FROM JAMES CARVILLE

ISRAEL / HAMAS / MIDDLE EAST

NETANYAHU TOLD THE U.S. HE OPPOSES A PALESTINIAN STATE AFTER WAR ENDS

THE MISSILES IRAN IS USING IN LATEST ATTACKS ARE WORRYING THE WEST

General News

THE UVALDE REPORT IS FINALLY RELEASED – CONFIRMING WHAT WE KNEW

 – FAMILIES OF VICTIMS ARE DEMANDING POLICE FACE CRIMINAL ACTION

SAN FRANCISCO CAN’T BE HAPPY ABOUT SETTING THIS NEW RECORD

TESLAS CRASH MORE THAN GAS-POWERED CARS, HERE’S WHY

HUGE COUNTRY LEGEND TO PERFORM NATIONAL ANTHEM AT THE SUPER BOWL

HELMET MAKER SAYS PATRICK MAHOMES’ CRACKED HELMET ‘DID ITS JOB’

OVER ALMOST 600K BEDS ARE RECALLED OVER POSSIBILITY OF ‘COLLAPSE’

QUITTING CAFFEINE? SOME GOOD AND BAD THINGS ABOUT THAT IDEA

WOKE

BERKELEY IS NOW TEACHING KIDS HOW TO ‘GIT GUD’ AT VIDEO GAMES

REMEMBER — DOING YOUR OWN RESEARCH IS BAD FOR YOU… REALLY!

Other News Catching My Eye

OREGON TEEN SAVES BABY AFTER WATCHING THREE PEOPLE DIE

SAMSUNG’S MASSIVE “UFO” DRONE OVER LONDON FREAKS PEOPLE OUT

U.S. PRIVATE MISSION TO THE MOON SUFFERS A MASSIVE FAILURE – PRESUMED LOST

COOL — MAKE YOUR OWN CHANNEL — CHECK ‘BYO CHANNEL’ IN APP STORES