Friday – September 3, 2021

From the podcast:

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1777 – The American Flag (star and stripes) is carried into battle for the first time under General William Maxwell

1783 – The Treaty of Paris is signed by the US and Great Britain — ending the Revolutionary War1838 – Frederick Douglas, disguised as a sailor, escapes slavery

1939 – Britain and France declare war on Germany (After Hitler invaded Poland)

1967 – Sweden switched from driving on the left side of the road to driving on the right

1976 – The US unmanned spacecraft Viking2 lands on Mars, takes first color pics of the planet

News and The Politics out of D.C.

BIDEN SLAMS TEXAS ABORTION LAW, MEDIA SAYS JOE’S A ‘DEEPLY CATHOLIC’ PRESIDENT

– PRESS SEC SNAPS AT MALE REPORTER’S QUESTION ABOUT BIDEN’S CATHOLICISM AND ABORTION

LEFTIST BEMOANS TEXAS ‘HEARTBEAT LAW’ — UPSET THAT BABIES WITH DOWN SYNDROME WON’T BE ABORTED

LIBERALS LOSE THEIR MINDS OVER TEXAS ABORTION BILL, START ATTACKING THE DECEASED JUSTICE RUTHER BADER GINSBERG

MANCHIN WARNS DEMS TO HIT THE ‘PAUSE BUTTON’ ON MASSIVE SPENDING BILL

– PROGRESSIVES ARE COMING FOR MANCHIN AFTER HE WANTS A PAUSE

HOUSE GOP DEMANDS FULL, UNEDITED TRANSCRIPT FROM BIDEN’S CALL WITH PREZ GHANI

TALIBAN TAUNTS DESPARATE EVACUEES — ‘TELL THE STATE DEPT TO F**K THEMSELVES’

NPR POLL HAS BIDEN AT HIS LOWEST RATING EVER… INDEPENDENTS DUMPING JOE

WITH DIVING POLL NUMBERS, JOE PUTS ON HIS ‘EMPATHY CAPE’ AND BECOMES GRIEFMAN

– THE BIDENS VISITED WOUNDED SOLDIERS AT WALTER REED – LATER TODAY, GRIEFMAN HEADS TO NEW ORLEANS

PRESIDENT BIDEN CLAIMS HE VISITED THE TREE OF LIFE SYNAGOGUE AFTER ATTACK… HE DIDN’T

20 STATES SUE BIDEN FOR TRANS MANDATE THAT ALLOWS BOYS TO COMPETE AGAINST GIRLS IN SCHOOL ATHLETICS

BIDEN’S COMING TAX INCREASE WOULD BE THE LARGEST SINCE 1968

General News

FAUCI SAYS ‘MU’ VARIANT NOT AN ‘IMMEDIATE THREAT’ TO THE U.S. 

MOVING THE GOAL POSTS… FAUCI  EXPECTS ‘FULLY VACCINATED’ TO MEAN 3 DOSES

CALIFORNIA NURSING SHORTAGE CONNECTED TO VACCINE MANDATES

VACCINE MANDATES? THE ACLU SAYS THIS EXPANDS YOUR CIVIL LIBERTIES – WAIT, WHAT?

AUSTRALIA CONSIDERS ON-DEMAND TRACKING OF CITIZENS AS THEIR COVID CRISIS WORSENS

NY YANKEES ANNOUNCER HAD TO BE RESCUED FROM HIS CAR DURING THE FLASH FLOOD

SOME POWER RESTORED IN NEW ORLEANS

FAA GROUNDS RICHARD BRANSON’S SPACE FLIGHTS OVER ‘MISHAP’

THE JOBS NUMBER… WILL IT BE A HIT OR A MISS (OR A BIG MISS?)

Other News Catching My Eye

AFTER RORY McIROY’S COMMENTS… I MAY HAVE TO DENOUNCE GOLF

TODAY’S REILLY OPELKA STORY — A TERRIFIC PIECE IN VANITY FAIR

TIM TEBOW LANDS HUGE ESPN GIG

IN CASE YOU THOUGHT THE NFL HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT SOCIAL JUSTICE, THINK AGAIN

RAIDERS OWNER IS BUILDING A 15,000 SQ FT MANSION IN NEVADA

WOMAN CLAIMS HER BREAST REDUCTION FAILED AFTER HER BOOBS RE-GROW

FRIDAY’S DUMB STORY… IS BIGFOOT REAL AND IN IDAHO? VIRAL VIDEO REIGNITES THE DEBATE