RADIO TODAY: I’m joining San Antonio’s First News – WOAI this morning 7-9am central (listen via iHeart)
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1836 – The match is patented
1861 – Western Union completes it’s transcontinental telegraph line – bye bye Pony Express
1897 – The comic strip is born with the first ‘Yellow Kid’ comic in the New York Journal
1901 – The first barrel ride over Niagara Falls (And, it was done by a woman – Annie Edson Taylor.)
1916 – Henry Ford begins equal pay for women
1929 – ‘Black Thursday’ – Markets crash, triggering the Great Depression
1931 – The George Washington Bridge is dedicated (It was finished 8 mos ahead of sked)
1938 – The Fair Labor Standards Act established the 40-hour work week
1945 – The United Nations becomes a thing – the first 29 member nations ratify their charter
2003 – The supersonic Concorde made its final commercial flight from NYC to Heathrow
2008 – ‘Bloody Friday’ — Global stock markets experience major declines
H/T TO THE INFAMOUS ‘HICKEY’ (IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW)
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– TRUMP IS NOT MINCING WORDS – HE BELIEVES THE DEMS HAVE GONE CRAZY
– PRESIDENT TRUMP DELIVERS SOME SPECIAL ATTENTION TO ADAM SCHIFF
– THE PRES DOESN’T WANT A DECLARATION OF WAR – HE’S JUST GONNA KILL NARCO-TERRORISTS
– DONALD TRUMP HAS SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT DAN GOLDMAN WANTING ICE AGENTS ARRESTED
– PRESS SEC TALKS ABOUT PROBLEMS FOR AIR TRAVEL CAUSED BY THE SHUTDOWN
– PILOTS WAS THE CLEAN CONTINUING RESOLUTION TO BE PASSED
– FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL HAS A FEW WORDS FOR STEPHEN A. SMITH
– LISTEN TO THE LOBBYIST — IS BIG HEALTH INSURANCE KEEPING THE GOV’T CLOSED?
– HALPERIN HAS A DECENT (BUT LONG) TAKE ON THE WH CONSTRUCTION
– AMERICAN DOCTORS COMPARES COST OF OBAMACARE 2010 TO OBAMACARE 2025
– CANDACE OWENS HAS A NEW THEORY ABOUT CHARLIE KIRK’S MURDER
– PALESTINIAN REFUGEE (IN CANADA) IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS
– FLASHBACK – 11 YEARS AGO SCHUMER SAID OBAMACARE WAS A MISTAKE
More News From DC
– PRESIDENT TRUMP AND CHINA’S XI ARE SLATED TO MEET NEXT WEEK IN SOUTH KOREA
– HERE’S WHATS BEING LOST AS THE WHITE HOUSE IS UNDERGOING A MAJOR REMODEL
– SENATE DEMS (ONCE AGAIN) BLOCK EFFORTS TO PAY MILITARY AND OTHER ESSENTIAL WORKERS
– MINORITY LEADER JEFFRIES IS NOW THE MASTER OF PROJECTION
Pee-wee’s Bike really is at the Alamo (After what happened at the Louvre, I was expecting more security)
General News
– IMPORTANT VACCINE DOCUMENTARY — ‘AN INCONVENIENT STUDY’ (YOU REALLY SHOULD SEE THIS)
– PROGRESS? TRANS SWIMMER BANNED FOR 5-YEARS FOR REFUSING GENDER TEST
– ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER STUDY SHOWING THE WHOLE NON-BINARY THING IS DYING
– DOES ‘NBA’ STAND FOR ‘NATIONAL BETTING ASSOCIATION?
– NBA AND THE MOB (IF THERE WAS A MOB)
– I HOPE YOU WERE NOT FLYING ON ALASKA AIR LAST NIGHT
– COCA-COLA IS RECALLING SOME POPULAR SOFT DRINKS
– CALIFORNIA REDISTRICTING PLAN APPEARS TO HEADED TOWARDS PASSAGE
– TARGET REPORTEDLY LAYING OFF 1,800 CORP STAFFERS
– THERE IS A BIG INFLATION REPORT COMING OUT TODAY – HERE’S WHAT CNBC EXPECTS
– VA AG CANDIDATE HAS EVEN MORE PROBLEMS (AND A LEAD FOOT, APPARENTLY)
– TULANE IS SLOW WALKING THE APPLICATION OF TPUSA’S NEW CAMPUS CHAPTER
– SCHOOL TEACHER HAS A WARNING FOR ICE OFFICERS – ‘YOU’RE NOT THE ONLY ONES WITH GUNS’
THANKS MAREA (AGAIN)
Other News Catching My Eye
– REMEMBER SUSAN BOYLE? YOU SHOULD SEE HER NOW
– ‘WHAT’S THAT AWFUL SMELL?’ — FLIGHT HAS TO TURN AROUND WHEN THE STINK WAS TOO MUCH
– ‘RAY RAY’ THE CAT TRAVELED 105 MILES ON THE ROOF OF A CAR AT SPEEDS UP TO 70 MPH
– FIVE CRAZY DEGREES YOU CAN ACTUALLY ‘EARN’ AT THAT EXPENSIVE COLLEGE
– PERHAPS YOU NEED SOME FUN ALTERNATIVES TO THE GORY HALLOWEEN STUFF OUT THERE
