Monday – January 17, 2022

FROM THE PODCAST

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1706 – Benjamin Franklin is born 

1819 – Simon Bolivar proclaims Columbia to be a republic

1893 – Hawaii’s monarchy is overthrown by business men and sugar planters

1922 – Betty White was born… she almost made it to 100

1929 – Popeye appeared in a comic for the first time

1939 – Germany’s Reich issued an order forbidding Jews to practice as doctors, veteranarians and dentists

1950 – The Brinks robbery in Boston — $2million in cash ($29mil in today’s money)

1963 – Soviet Union leader Khrushchev visits the Berlin Wall

News and The Politics out of D.C.

ABANDONING JOE…  

NEW CBS POLL IS NOT GOOD NEWS FOR JOE

SNL’s OPENING SKETCH MOCKED JOE FOR A VERY LONG TIME

CHUCK TODD SAVAGED JOE BIDEN OVER HIS FAILING PRESIDENCY

– ALSO ON MTP — ROMNEY BLASTS BIDEN… HE’S “HAD 52 WEEKS OF BAD WEEKS”

SOVIET STYLE STREET ART MOCKING BIDEN AND FAUCI APPEARS IN DC

SC REP JAMES CLYBURN ADMITS DEMS’ VOTING BILLS “MAY BE ON LIFE SUPPORT”

TRUMP RALLIED IN AZ ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND HE HAD A LOT TO SAY

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER SENATOR CAUGHT FLOUTING A STATE-ORDERED MASK MANDATE

IS RUSSIA SET TO INVADE UKRAINE? IT REALLY DOES FEEL LIKE IT, NO?

GUESS HOW MUCH WE’RE GONNA SPENDY STUDYING BIRTH CONTROL FOR WILD HORSES & MULES?

BIDEN’S TESTING MANDATE CALLED ‘UNWORKABLE’ BY INSURANCE COMPANY

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HOSTAGE CRISIS AT TEXAS SYNAGOGUE ENDS WITH ALL RESCUED, ATTACKER DEAD

– BIDEN RELEASES A STATEMENT CALLING IT A “TERROR ATTACK”

– TEXAS RABBI ‘GRATEFUL TO BE ALIVE’ AFTER HOSTAGE TAKING

– BRITISH POLICE MAKE MULTIPLE ARRESTS IN CONNECTION WITH SYNAGOGUE ATTACK

MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT ‘FELONIOUSLY’ KILLED IN 2021 THAN IN ANY YEAR IN 4 DECADES

General News

WINTER STORM IZZY HAMMERED THE AIRLINES AND THE EAST COAST (ended up as rain in DE)

OMICRON IS SLOWING IN EARLY U.S. HOT SPOTS — IS THIS THE SIGN WE NEED?

IS MASKING KIDS AT SCHOOL WORKING?

FULLY VACCINATED CANADIAN SOCCER STAR PULLED FROM GAME OVER SWOLLEN HEART

DR FAUCI’S FINANCIALS SHOW JUST HOW WELL HE’S DONE DURING THE PANDEMIC

DIRECT TV TO DROP OANN FROM CHANNEL LINE UP

UNITED VAN LINES DATA SHOWS MAJORITY OF MOVES ARE OUT OF HIGH TAX STATES

THE NEW VIRGINIA GOVERNOR HAD A VERY BUSY FIRST DAY

COWBOYS PLAYER’S NAME WAS MISSPELLED ON HIS JERSEY

TOM BRADY PROVIDES 12-YR-OLD CANCER SURVIVOR WITH SURPRISE BEFORE THE GAME

‘THE DILDOS ARE BACK!’ — FANS LAUNCH SEX TOYS ONTOP THE FIELD IN BUFFALO

‘GAME, SET AND VAX’ — NOVAK DJOKOVIC DENIED A VISA IN OZ… THE OPEN OPENED ANYWAY

– TENNIS STARS REACT TO DJOKOVIC’S DEPORTATION


TSUNAMI THREAT DIMINISHES AFTER PACIFIC UNDERWATER VOLCANO ERUPTS

Other News Catching My Eye

MICROSOFT WORD ADDS A NEW ‘WOKE’ FEATURE TO WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE

LORI LOUGHLIN AND HUSBAND LOSE A MILLION IN JEWELRY TO MASKED BURGLARS

NORWEGIAN CRUISE CANCELED MID-VOYAGE, HEADED BACK TO NY (BLAME COVID)

PERFECTLY LEGAL, HEMP-BASED BUSINESS SAY FACEBOOK BAN IS KILLING SMALL BIZ

WHO HAS THE MOST DANGEROUS JOB IN AMERICA? IT’S NOT FRONTLINE HEALTH CARE PEOPLE

FUNNIER THAN SNL — THE FREE BEACON’S “VEEP THOUGHTS” WITH KAMALA HARRIS