Radio update: TODAY I’LL BE SITTING IN FOR “THE OX” TODAY ON ‘HOT TALK WITH THE OX’ (9-NOON EASTERN) ON KNSI
National Glazed Ham (Tax Day too)
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1865 – Lincoln dies after being shot by John Wilkes Booth
1878 – Harley Proctor developed Ivory Soap (yes, it floats)
1910 – William Howard Taft is the first President to throw out the first pitch at a game
1912 – The Titanic sank at 2:20 am (after striking an iceberg the night before)
1923 – Insulin becomes available for people with diabetes
1945 – FDR is buried on the grounds of his Hyde Park, NY hom e
1955 – The first franchised McDonald’s opened in Des Plaines, IL
1969 – Hepburn and Streisand tie for “Best Actress Oscar”
News and The Politics out of D.C.
BETTING ODDS ON 2024 ELECTION ARE BASICALLY TIED
RFK JR WON’T BE RUNNING AS A LIBERTARIAN (DUH)
SUNUNU IS BACKING TRUMP AND ABC HAS A PROBLEM WITH THAT
AP HAS AN ENTIRE PAGE OF LINKS TO STORIES ABOUT TRUMP ‘HUSH MONEY’ TRIAL
ICYMI – IRAN ATTACK ISRAEL THIS WEEKEND
U.S. SHOT DOWN OVER 80 DRONES AND SIX BALLISTIC MISSILES
BIDEN APPARENTLY TOLD NETANYAHU TO ‘TAKE THE W’ AND NOT RESPOND
TURKEY KNEW THE ATTACK WAS COMING — IRAN LET THEM KNOW
ISRAEL WAR CABINET FAVORS A STRONG RESPONSE, BUUUUUT WHEN AND HOW MUCH?
IS ISRAEL WALKING BACK FROM ITS PROMISE TO RESPOND TO THE ATTACK?
CHUCK SCHUMER IS SUDDENLY SUPPORTING ISRAEL AFTER BLOCKING AID
SEN FETTERMAN PRAISES ISRAEL – HE’S STILL SUPPORTING THEM
SEN RAND PAUL WOULD LIKE THIS ONE QUESTION ASKED ABOUT IRAN/ISRAEL CONFLICT
HOUSE DEMS LOOK TO BLOCK ISRAEL’S PURCHASE OF F-15s
MEANWHILE, ISRAELIS RETURN TO NORMAL LIFE LESS THAN 24 HOURS LATER
SAUDIS SAY IRAN INSTIGATED GAZA WAR TO SLOW NORMALIZATION OF ISRAEL
WE’VE TOLD YOU ABOUT TRUMP AND THE NATL GUARD ON 1/6/2021 — PROOF IS COMING
MONTAGE OF JOE’S ‘SENIOR MOMENTS FROM THE PAST WEEK
General News
WHAT WAS AMERICA SEARCH FOR ON THE WEB AS ISRAEL WAS UNDER ATTACK?
WILL NEBRASKA GOV SIGN LAW ALLOWING TEACHERS TO ARM THEMSELVES?
TRUMP ACCUSER E JEAN CARROL HAD AN ILLEGAL GUN
HORRIFIC MASS KILLING IN AUSTRALIA – NUT JOB WITH A KNIFE ON STABBING SPREE
DIET COKE OR COKE ZERO — WHICH IS BETTER FOR YOU?
OJ SIMPSON TO BE CREMATED TOMORROW – BRAIN WILL NOT BE STUDIED FOR CTE
MASTERS MOMENTS
– SCHEFFLER’S POST WIN STATEMENTS ABOUT HIS FAITH GETTING CHEERS
– LONGER STATEMENT FROM SCHEFFLER – (PICK UP AT 1:18)
– A THIRD FAITH-FOCUSED STATEMENT FROM SCHEFFLER
– DAVE PORTNOY WON $1.5 MIL IN BET ON SCHEFFLER
– FORMER MASTERS CHAMP TELLS CROWD TO ‘F**K OFF’ AFTER HIS TRIPLE BOGIE
WOKE
BILL MAHER RECOGNIZES ABORTION IS MURDER – BUT, HE’S OK WITH IT
– MAHER ALSO HAD SOME THINGS TO SAY ABOUT CANADIAN MADNESS
NPR’s NEW CEO IS NOT PLEASED A 25-YR EMPLOYEE TOLD THE TRUTH
TEEN COMPLAINS ABOUT HAVING A WHITE GRANDMOTHER
Other News Catching My Eye
CAITLIN CLARK STOPS BY SNL TO DUNK ON MICHAEL CHE
IF YOU’RE THINKING OF GETTING A PET OCTOPUS, THIS STORY WILL FIX THAT
UFC CHAMP HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT VON MIESES AND AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS
HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE TOO MUCH MONEY? (YOU SPEND LOTS OF IT ON LEGOS)