RADIO TODAY: JOIN ME 9A-NOON (eastern) AS I HOST ‘THE CHRIS PLANTE SHOW (listen iHeart app)
World Introvert Day — (Don’t) Stand Up And Be Counted!
National Science Fiction Day (Asimov’s birthday)
National Cream Puff Day
National Buffet Day
Swiss Cheese Day
Meme Du Jour
If you didn’t push this yesterday – please push it today — H/T Car Coach Lauren Fix
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1492 – The Catholic forces of Ferdinand and Isabella boot the Muslims from Granada
1776 – The Continental Congress published the “Tory Act” on how to deal with loyalists to the Crown
1788 – Georgia enters the Union – The 4th to ratify the Constitution
1929 – US and Canada sign a treaty to preserve Niagara Falls
1965 – Joe Namath tells the NFL to pound sand – he’s signing with the upstart AFL’s NY Jets
1974 – President Nixon signs new national speed limit on the nation’s highways
1999 – Brutal winter weather smacked Chicago and the Midwest (Chicago tallied 19 inches of snow)
2008 – Oil hit $100 bbl for the first time (It was 58-62/bbl on 12/31)
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– DO WE BELIEVE CBS NEWS IS MAKING A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE???
– CNN HAD TO ADMIT TRUMP BOOTED EPSTEIN FROM MAR-A-LAGO OVER HIS CREEPING ON THE STAFF
– TRUMP ARRIVED AT MAR-A-LAGO FOR NEW YEARS EVE – HIS WISH FOR THE YEAR? PEACE ON EARTH
– PRESIDENT TRUMP REVEALS MORE DETAILS ON TRUMP’S HEALTH, AND CBS IS SPINNING IT
– DID YOU SEE THE PRESIDENT AUCTION OF THE PAINTING OF JESUS? (FOR CHARITY)
– NEW YEAR, NEW CLIP FROM ROSIE — SHE HEARD PEOPLE ON FOX WERE TALKING ABOUT HER
– DIDJA SEE THE B-2 BOMBER FLYOVER AT THE ROSE BOWL? I ALWAYS GET CHILLS SEEING THESE
More News From DC
– CATHERINE HERRIDGE IS DETAILING HOW CBS NEWS BLOCKED HER REPORTING ON HUNTER BIDEN’S LAPTOP
– IF YOU HAD TICKETS TO SEE ‘HAMILTON’ AT THE TRUMP-KENNEDY, IT’S ENTIRE RUN HAS BEEN CANCELED
– IRAN APPEARS TO BE IN THE EDGE OF A REVOLUTION OR SOMETHING
– WELL, WADDAYA KNOW? MADURO APPEARS TO BE OPEN TO DISCUSS HIS DRUG BOATS WITH THE U.S.
General News
– NYC HAS A SOCIALIST MAYOR WHO WAS SWORN IN BY A SOCIALIST AND WITH A SOCIALIST ANTHEM
– RUGGED INDIVIDUALISM OUT, COLLECTIVISM IN
– THE NEW MAYOR WANTS EVERYONE TO KNOW THE ERA OF BIG GOVERNMENT IS BACK
– MAMDANI MENTIONS MANY GROUPS – BUT THE LOUDEST SUPPORT CAME AFTER PALESTINIANS WERE SHOUTED OUT
– MAMDANI’S INAUGURATION BLOCK PARTY – NO FOOD, NO BATHROOMS — CONSIDER YOURSELVES WARNED
– BERNIE SANDERS WAS PUSHING MAMDANI’S IDEA OF CITY-RUN GROCERY STORES
– THIS SOUNDS LIKE WHAT BERNIE PLANNED FOR HIS OWN INAUGURAL SPEECH
– AND BERNIE GOT THE CROWD TO CHANT ‘TAX THE RICH, TAX THE RICH’
– DID HE OR DIDN’T HE? — MAMDANI’S SALUTE LOOKED A LOT LIKE ELON MUSK’S SALUTE AT TRUMP’S INAGURAL
– THE ‘ENTERTAINMENT’ AT THE INAUGURATION HAD SOME VERY INCLUSIVE POETRY
– THE MAYOR HAS A WARNING TO LANDLORDS — CITY GOVERNMENT WILL STEP IN
– NEVER FORGET, MAMADANI WANTS TO EMPTY THE JAILS BECAUSE VIOLENCE IS AN ARTIFICIAL CONSTRUCT
– MINNESOTA MESS
– NICK SHIRLEY TALKS ABOUT THE THREATS ON HIS LIFE — ‘YOU’LL BE KIRKED’
– ARE THE THREATS REAL? THIS ONE LOOKS TO BE A LEGITIMATE THREAT
– DAYCARE OWNER CLAIMS THE BUSINESS WAS JUST ROBBED OF ITS RECORDS!
– WE KNEW THE MONEY WAS GOING BACK TO SOMALIA OVER 7 YEARS AGO
– THIS FORMER TSA AGENT NEEDS TO BE IN THE HOUSE HEARING
– THE LIBS’ HAVE DEPLOYED THE RAPID RESPONSE CHOIR TO SING IN MINNESOTA
– SOMALIA’S UN AMBASSADOR HAS LINKS TOO ALL OF THIS
– SEATTLE MAY HAVE A SOMALI PROBLEM TOO
– WASH STATE AG HAS A PROBLEM WITH REPORTERS AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT
– SEATTLE’S NEW MAYOR SAYS REPORTERS ASKING QUESTIONS = A HATE CRIME
– GAS PRICES IN MI AND NJ ARE GOING UP — BLAME THE STATE’S TAXES ON FUEL
– THE DELIVERY ROBOTS ARE NOT PLAYING AROUND – THIS ONE KNOCKS OVER A PARKED MOTORCYCLE
– ELON MUSK IS TRYING TO GET TESLA’S SALES BACK ON TRACK WITH SOME CHEAP RENTALS
– FAIRFAX COUNTY VA HAS ADDED A 4% MEALS TAX THAT KICKED IN YESTERDAY
Other News Catching My Eye
– ICYMI FROM NYE
– AMY SIDARIS ON CNN – COMEDY THAT MAY GET HER DISINVITED
– SWISS NIGHTCLUB HORROR – AT LEAST 47 PEOPLE DIED, TRAPPED INSIDE INFERNO
– HISTORIC CHURCH BURNED IN AMSTERDAM – WAS IT FIREWORKS???
– EVEN THOUGH THINGS LOOK GRIM FOR SCOTT ADAMS – KEEP PRAYING
– BETTY BOOP AND BLONDIE HIT THE PUBLIC DOMAIN THIS YEAR
– 50TH ANNUAL ‘BANISHED WORDS LIST’ IS OUT, I’LL GIVE YA 6-7 GUESSES WHAT’S ON TOP OF IT
