Friday – November 22, 2024

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November 22, 2024 – National Cranberry Relish Day

Kimchi Day

Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1842 – Mount St Helens erupts
1900 – The first Mercedes goes for a test drive
1917 – The NHL is formed in Montreal 
1927 – Wisconsin’s Karl Eliason gets the first patent for a snowmobile
1963 – Lee Harvey Oswald killed President John Kennedy in Dallas
1964 – 40,000 people showed up at Arlington National Cemetery on the anniversary of JFK’s assassination
1986 – Mike Tyson becomes the youngest heavyweight champion in history
1988 – The public gets a first look at the B2 stealth bomber
1990 – Margaret Thatcher resigns
1995 – “Toy Story” debuted – the first feature-length film that was 100% computer generated
2005 – Angela Merkel became Germany’s first female Chancellor

News and The Politics out of D.C.

CLIPS

– HOW TOUGH IS TRUMP’S LATEST AG NOMINATION? WATCH PAM BONDI

– DEMS, MSNBC ARE PISSED ABOUT PAM BONDI NOMINATION (BECAUSE SHE’S COMPETENT)

– MORE MSNBC MADNESS — THIS TIME, TARGETING PETE HEGSETH

– BYRON DONALDS BELIEVES LARA TRUMP WOULD BE A GREAT RUBIO REPLACEMENT

– HHS SEC BECERRA HAS NO IDEA WHY KIDS THEY RELEASED ARE ‘LIVING’ AT STRIP CLUBS

– SENATOR JOE BIDEN MAKES THE CASE FOR IMPEACHING PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN

– SENATOR FETTERMAN REACTS TO MATT GAETZ STEPPING ASIDE

– CNN’s MJ LEE ASKS KJP WHY BIDEN DIDN’T TALK TO THE MEDIA AT THE G20?

 – LEE ALSO ASKED IF BIDEN HAS A MESSAGE ON HOW TO DEAL WITH TRUMP – THE

EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO DEMOCRACY

– PETE HEGSETH ADDRESSES MEDIA ON SEXUAL ASSAULT CLAIM

– ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER ‘LEGAL NOTE’ TO BE READ FROM ‘THE VIEW’

 – PERHAPS THIS WHAT CAUSED THE LATEST ‘LEGAL NOTE’

– BOB CASEY FINALLY CONCEDES PA SENATE ELECTION

NEWS STORIES OUT OF DC

– WITH GAETZ OUT AS A.G. PICK, WHERE WILL HE GO NEXT? BACK TO THE HOUSE?

– AS JD VANCE PREPARES TO LEAVE THE SENATE, THERE’S A SCRAMBLE FOR HIS SEAT

– CHICAGO MAYOR SLAMS TRUMP AS ‘SMALL AND SOFT’ FOR TARGETING ILLEGALS

– DENVER MAYOR VOWS POLICE, POPULATION WILL RESIST TRUMP’S DEPORTATION OF ILLEGALS

– INTL CRIMINAL COURT ISSUES AN ARREST WARRANT FOR NETANYAHU AND OTHERS

– U.S. MISSILE BASE IS ON A ‘PRIORITY STRIKE TARGET’ LIST FROM RUSSIA

General News

167,000 POUNDS OF GROUND BEEF IS BEING RECALLED DUE TO E COLI RISK

JUSSIE SMOLLET IS A FREE MAN (ON A TECHNICALITY)

GUESS WHO OWNS MORE GUNS – REPUBLICAN WOMEN OR DEMOCRAT MEN???

 – SEE THE STATS FOR ALL GUN OWNERS HERE

NFL WARNS TEAMS AND PLAYERS: CROOKS CAN READ TEAM SCHEDULES

GOT AN iPHONE? APPLE WANTS YOU TO DOWNLOAD THIS CRITICAL UPDATE

CARS IN AUSTRALIA ARE SPYING ON EVERYONE INSIDE THEM (AMERICAN CARS TOO)

GENDER ORIENTATION BREAKDOWN COMPARED IN GENERATIONS

AHEAD OF THANKSGIVING TRAVEL – AMERICAN AIRLINES EXPANDS ITS ANTI-LINE CUTTING TECHNOLOGY TO GATES AT OVER 100 AIRPORTS

Leno’s worth more than $450 million. Hampton Inn?

Other News Catching My Eye

LOTS OF SPECULATION AS TO WHY ELLEN LEFT AMERICA (WAS IT TRUMP OR DIDDY?)

LAST NIGHT’S STEELERS VS BROWNS GAME WAS HELD INSIDE A SNOW GLOBE

 – ONE MORE FROM THE SNOW GAME — BECAUSE IT LOOKS LKE FUN!

NOMINEE FOR ‘FATHER OF THE YEAR’ (A FEEL-GOOD FRIDAY VIDEO)