Monday – November 13, 2023

National Indian Pudding Day

Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1789 – Franklin declares ‘nothing is certain except death and taxes’
1940 – Disney’s ‘Fantasia’ debuted in NYC (And, it’s still great – especially in a theater)

1954 – Immigration Processing Center at Ellis Island closed (Can we re-open it?
2002 – Eminem released ‘8 Mile’ soundtrack with Oscar-winning ‘Lose Yourself’

News and The Politics out of D.C.

U.S. MILITARY HITS IRANIAN TARGETS AND REPORTED KILLS MULTIPLE IRANIANS/TERRORISTS

FIVE U.S. MILITARY MEMBERS KILLED IN PLANE CRASH IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN

GOV’T SHUTDOWN SEASON IS HERE – CAN SPEAKER JOHNSON 2-STEP AWAY FROM IT?

FBI GRABBED NYC MAYOR’S CELL PHONES AND IPAD RIGHT ON THE STREET

IRS WHISTLEBLOWERS IN HUNTER BIDEN TAX CASE ARE VALIDATED BY WITNESS TESTIMONY

2024 ELECTION

TRUMP AND HIS MAGA POSSE (TUCKER, KID ROCK ETC) AT THE BIG UFC BATTLE

 – 7TH WEEK OF THE TRUMP FRAUD TRIAL IN NYC AND IT’S TRUMP’S TURN

RFK JR POLLS HAVE A LOT OF POLITICAL ANIMALS GETTING VERY NERVOUS

 – CNN STILL SEES KENNEDY PULLINNG A BUNCH OF VOTES FROM TRUMP

TIM SCOTT DROPS OUT OF PRESIDENTIAL RUN (And, SNL just put his character in the cold open)ONE SCOTT OUT, ANOTHER SCOTT IN — JILL STEIN RETURNS TO RUN

TRYING TO DECIDE IF SNL WAS MOCKING THE GOP MORE THAN ITSELF IN THIS COLD OPEN

ISRAEL / HAMAS

NETANYAHU ON POTENTIAL DEAL FOR HOSTAGES

ISN’T TARGETING A TRANSPORTATION HUB CONSIDERED TERRORISM??? (ASKING FOR NYC)

ISRAELI MILITARY SHOWS WEAPONS FOUND IN CHILDREN’S SCHOOLS IN GAZA

IDF FIND ARABIC COPY OF HITLER’S ‘MEIN KAMPF’ IN KIDS BEDROOM

1600 JEWISH ALUMS PULL DONATIONS FROM HARVARD — PREZ CONDEMNS PROTESTS

‘QUEERS FOR PALESTINE’ PROTESTERS GET A MESSAGE FROM JEWISH MAN IN NYC

General News

MISSING! THOUSANDS OF HOMELESS DISAPPEAR IN SAN FRAN AHEAD OF SUMMIT

 – THE FEDS ARE ALSO WARNING OF HARSH TREATMENT FOR PROTESTERS

CALIFORNIA SHERIFF RIPS TARGFET STORES FOR STANCE ON SHOPLIFTING

NYC WOMAN WHO WAS SAVED BY A MAN WITH GUN IS NOW PISSED ABOUT HIS GUN

CHICAGO IS SUCKING SOOOO BAD, VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS ARE GOING BACK HOME

MOODY’S DROPS U.S. CREDIT RATING TO ‘NEGATIVE’ STATUS

STRAWBERRIES HELP FIGHT DEMENTIA? WHAT ABOUT STRAWBERRY DRINKS? 

WOKE

LA COUNTY APPROVES AN OFFICE OF ‘FOOD EQUITY’(BUT IT’S NOT SOCIALISM)

KEYYIFIAH-WEARING GRETA THUNBERG INTERRUPTED BY MAN AT A CLIMATE EVENT

PRINNCETON PROFESSOR WANTS STUDENTS TO PONDER SUPPORT FOR BESTIALITY

Other News Catching My Eye

[INTENTIONALLY EMPTY – NOT PUBLISHING LINKS TO TAYLOW SWIFT/TRAVIS KELCE KISS STORY)

DIDN’T MEGAN RAPINOE RETIRE AT LEAST TWICE ALREADY? THIRD TIME’S A CHARM

QANON SHAMEN MAY RUN FOR CONGRESS (IF FETTERMAN CAN WEAR SHORTS, A FUR VEST IS…)

SCIENTISTS CREATE MONKEYS WITH GLOWING FINGERS BECAUSE WHY?