Friday – October 16, 2026

National Dictionary Day (OED forever!)

– National Boss’ Day

– Department Store Day (Are they still a thing?)

– Intl Pronouns Day (Is this a woke thing?)

– World Anesthesia Day

Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1793 – Marie Antoniette is beheaded (nine months after her husband was beheaded)
1846 – Dr. William Morton demonstrates ether — the era of anesthesia is born
1854 – Abraham Lincoln speaks out against slavery
1901 – President Roosevelt invited Booker T. Washington to the White House
1923 – The Disney Brothers (Walt & Roy) start a cartoon studio
1934 – Mao, his pregnant wife and 30,000 Red Army troops begin the Long March
1958 – Chevy introduced the El Camino (On my list of cars I want to own)
1964 – China joins the atomic club when they announce they have a bomb
1987 – ‘Baby Jessica’ is rescued from a well in Midland, TX as the world watched on tv
1995 – The ‘Million Man March’ on Washington DC

News and The Politics out of D.C.

CLIPS

– TRUMP ADMITS TO HAVING ‘SOME SEVERE PROBLEMS’ (THEN CATCHES HIMSELF)

– THE PRESIDENT WILL POINT A FINGER AT JOHN CORNYN IF PAXTON LOSES

– TRUMP ON CALIFORNIA’S ELECTIONS — ‘THEY JUST RIG IT’

     – THE PRESIDENT ALSO SEES THE POLLING AS RIGGED

– PRESIDENT TRUMP HINTS AT A WHOLE LOT OF PARDONS IF DEMOCRATS GET CONTROL

– JD VANCE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AGAINST EL-SAYED

– VANCE CALLED EL-SAYED A ‘WEASEL,’ (HE DECLARED HIMSELF ‘A F*CKING WOLVERINE’)

– NEW PRESS SEC IS DEFENDING HERSELF — SAYS SHE WANTED THE JOB FOR YEARS

     – AND THEN SHE WENT ON HANNITY TO FURTHER EXPLAIN HERSELF

– AOC CLAIMS TRUMP ADMIN DOESN’T WANT WOMEN TO GO TO COLLEGE

– IF POLLING UNDERESTIMATES GOP BY 3 POINTS, GUESS WHO WINS MIDTERMS?

– DID YOU EVER THINK YOU’D SEE SUSAN COLLINS SAYING NICE THINGS ABOUT RFK JR?

– SEC OF STATE RUBIO EXPLAINS WHY WE HAD TO TAKE ON IRAN NOW

– REMINDER: MAXINE WATERS WILL LEAD HOUSE FINANCE COMMITTEE IF DEMS WIN

– JAMES TALARICO IS SAYING HE’S DAVID AND PAXTON IS GOLIATH

– GAVIN NEWSOM THINKS ELON MUSK ‘ONE OF THE GREATEST DISAPPOINTMENTS’

– STEPHEN A. SMITH IS WARNING PEOPLE WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF DEMS GET CONTROL

More News From DC

– IS THE U.S. GETTING SET TO USE THE ‘MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS’

– FEDS CALLED AS ELECTION OFFICES RECEIVE ENVELOPES WITH POWDERY SUBSTANCE

– FRANCE HAS DECIDED TO BE A HELPER IN THE MIDDLE EAST

– SAUDI-LED COALITION HITS YEMEN’S PALACES WITH ROCKETS

– I THINK WE ALL CALLED THIS — NO LIVE STREAMING OF NADAL HASSAN’S EXECUTION

 – FORT HOOD SURVIVORS APPROVE OF TRUMP’S DECISION

– DOJ IS SUING CA OVER 20,000 BALLOTS SENT TO NONCITIZENS

– THE KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE STORY IS NOT GOING AWAY QUIETLY

– IT ONLY TOOK 10 YEARS – HILLARY CLINTON FINALLY EXPLAINS FAINTING ON 9/11/16

General News

– HORRIFIC SCHOOL SHOOTING IN OREGON

     – A HERO WITH A GUN ENDED THE THREAT – A CIVILIAN

     – EVEN CNN IS REPORTING THAT A CIVILIAN SAVED LIVES

– IF YOU BOUGHT THIS PAIN KILLER ON AMAZON, PLEASE CHECK THIS STORY

– POPE LEO’s DOCS SAY HE’S HEALING WELL AFTER LUNG SURGERY

– ‘MADE FRESH’ SALADS ARE BEING RECALLED

– THE WEATHER WIZARDS ARE SAYING WE’RE IN FOR A WETTER, WARMER WINTER

– YOUR CAR IS SPYING ON YOU – CAR COACH LAUREN FIX BREAKS IT ALL DOWN

– ANOTHER REASON TO HUG YOUR FRIENDS WHO ARE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES FANS

– ‘DEPLETED GRANDMA SYNDROME’ IS A REAL THING

– BIG BIZ: KFC IS REPLACING PEPSI WITH COKE

– JEFF BEZOS IS BUYING UP A LOT OF PRICEY PLOTS IN FLORIDA

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Other News Catching My Eye

– CRAZY VIDEO: MUSK FINALLY SHOWS OFF THE RE-BORN TESLA ROADSTER

     – ZERO TO 60MPH IN UNDER A SECOND?

     – SURE, IT’S FAST — BUT, WHAT’S THE INTERIOR LIKE?

     – ‘WELL, IT WORKED.’ AND ‘FLYING CARS ARE REAL’

– CAN YOUR CAR DO A ‘KICK FLIP?’ (THIS HAS TO BE A-I VIDEO, RIGHT?)

     – THE FULL EVENT — 21 MINUTES OF JUST CRAZY & AMAZING

        (Fav moment – Elon saying, ‘This car really sucks.’ – about 6 mins into video.)

– RARE: BARN OWLS NESTING IN NYC ON THE PRICEY UPPER WEST SIDE

– JONI MITCHELL DUMPS CANADA TO BECOME AN AMERICAN CITIZEN (She’s also got TDS.)

– PAUL McCARTNEY CLAIMS HE REMEMBERS HIS OWN BIRTH

– BILLY JOEL HEALTH REPORT — HE CAN NO LONGER PERFORM OR DRIVE

– POLICE SEIZE ROBOT THAT GROPED A 16-YROLD GIRL

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