TDAY’S PUREOPELKA PODCAST
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1914 – Woodrow Wilson declared the first National Mother’s Day (Second Sunday in May)
1926 – Explorer Richard Byrd claims he flew over the North Pole (a first)
1950 – Sci-Fi writer L Ron Hubbard published “Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health” 1960 – The FDA approved “the pill”
1964 – The Beatles 3 1/2 months at #1 with “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” is ended by… (Guess before you click here.)
1971 – The last original episode of “The Honeymooners” airs
1974 – The House Judiciary Committee begins hearings on Nixon’s possible impeachment
2019 – University of Canberra (Australia) evacuated its library over a suspect gas leak. It was a durian giving off the smell — a fruit!
News and The Politics out of D.C.
ABORTION PROTESTS FORM OUTSIDE HOMES OF SOME SCOTUS JUSTICES
JUSTICE THOMAS ON THE LEAK — THE COURT CAN’T BE BULLIED
NPR PUSHES THEORY LEAK CAME FROM A CONSERVATIVEMcCONNELL SAYS FEDERAL ABORTION BAN ‘POSSIBLE’ IF ROE OVERTURNED
PELOSI ON MOTHERS DAY — IT’S DISRESPECTFUL NOT TO ALLOW WOMEN TO HAVE ABORTIONS
SPEAKING OF ABORTION, ‘SNL’ LEAD WITH IT THIS WEEK… IT WAS BORING AND UNFUNNY
RUSSIA MARKS ‘VICTORY DAY’ AS FIGHTING IN UKRAINE CONTINUES– PUTIN’S LOVER REPORTEDLY PREGNANT AGAIN (THEY ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE TWO SONS)
UKRAINIAN PREZ INVITES JOE BIDEN TO COME SEE THE COUNTRY… JILL BIDEN MADE THE TRIP
BONO AND THE EGDE PERFORM IN KIEV SUBWAY (IS IT REALLY THAT EASY TO GET INTO UKRAINE?)
JOE BIDEN’S APPROVAL RATING IS UNDERWATER IN ALL BUT FOUR STATES
TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN ORDERS ALL WOMEN BACK TO THE 9TH CENTURY
BIDEN’S BREADLINES — THE BABY FORMULA SHORTAGEFORMER AG HOLDER WANTS TRUMP INDICTED FOR JAN 6TH RIOT
WILL THE MEDIA REPORT ON CLIMBING COVID CASES FROM WHCA DINNER?
– MEDIA – MSNBC REMOVES ‘MEET THE PRESS DAILY’ FROM CHANNEL LINEUP
WAPO HIT PIECE ON HERSCHEL WALKER LABELS HIM A ‘USEFUL FOOL’
General News
MUSK TWEETS… ‘IF I DIE UNDER MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, IT’S BEEN NICE KNOWIN YA’
RECORD WAGERING ON KENTUCKY DERBY DAY AS LONG-SHOT SHOCKS RACING WORLD
3 AMERICANS FOUND DEAD IN MYSTERIOUS HEALTH EMERGENCY AT BAHAMAS RESORT
WISCONSIN PRO-LIFE OFFICES VANDALIZED, THE LEFT CHEERS NEWS ON TWITTER
BITCOIN SLIDES BELOW $34,000 — IF YOU BOUGHT 6 MONTHS AGO, YOU’RE DOWN ABOUT 50%
Other News Catching My Eye
WOMAN JAILED FOR SECRETLY POKING HOLES IN HER BOYFRIEND’S CONDOMS
NASA WANTS TO SEND NUDES TO SPACE TO ATTRACT ALIENS TO EARTH
KEN JENNINGS TO TAKE A BREAK FROM JEOPARDY! FOR A FEW MONTHS
SLEEP GURU HAS ADVICE ON HOW TO ‘POWER NAP’ WITHOUT FEELING GROGGY AFTER
THE LUCKY FEW WHO NEVER GOT COVID COULD TEACH US MORE ABOUT IT
