Monday – October 21, 2024

Natl Pumpkin Cheesecake Day

National Mezcal Day (On a Monday?)

World Apple Day

Meme Du Jour

(There were soooooo many good ones)

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1797 – The USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston
1854 – Florence Nightingale takes a crew of 58 nurses to the Crimean War
1879 – Edison demonstrated the first commercially viable light bulb in his NJ lab
1945 – Women in France allowed to vote for the first time
1959 – The Guggenheim Museum opens in NYC
1960 – Nixon and Kennedy faced off in a 4th and final debate
1961 – Bob Dylan records his first album, it took one day and cost $400
1967 – The anti-war ‘March on the Pentagon’ draws 50,000

1992 – Madonna’s book, ‘Sex’ goes on sale

Not a meme – just historic

News and The Politics out of D.C.

CLIPS

– ‘I KNOW WORKED AT McDONALD’S 15 MINS LONGER THAN KAMALA’

 – EVEN SNOPES HAS A PROBLEM WITH KAMALA’S MICKEY D’s CLAIM

 – MICKEY D’s POSTED A BRILLIANT RESPONSE TO THIS PR LOTTERY WIN

– WHO WON THE STEELERS / JETS GAME? (TRUMP WON)

– TRUMP TOWN HALL — WILL YOU PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE?

– TRUMP W/ HOWIE KURTZ – ON DEMS’ THREAT TO DEMOCRACY – THE BIDEN COUP

 – SCARBOROUGH GETS SCORCHED BY TRUMP (MIKA WON’T BE PLEASED)

– MR TRUMP ON DAUGHTER TIFFANY’S MARRIAGE TO A LEBANESE MAN

– SO, TRUMP TOLD A STORY ABOUT ARNOLD PALMER’S ‘DRIVER’

 – JAKE TAPPER WAS BROKEN BY THE ARNOLD PALMER STORY

– RICH ZEOLI ON TRUMP VOWING TO PROTECT THE CHEESEBURGER

– VANCE: A LOT OF CATHOLICS FEEL ABANDONED BY BIDEN/HARRIS

– MSNBC’s MELTDOWN OVER McDONALD’S WAS PALPABLE (NOT SURPRISING)

    – LAWFARE COMING? MTP IS PISSED ABOUT ELON MUSK’S MILLION-A-DAY GIVEAWAY

    – MARK CUBAN SEEMS TO ADMIT THE MUSK MILLIONS GIVEAWAY LOOKS LEGAL

– MTP POLLING DATA SHOWS THE MOMENTUM GOING TRUMP’S WAY

– FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE HILL’s DECISION DESK SWINGS TO TRUMP WINNING

– LIZZO STUMPS FOR KAMALA, DELIVERS A PERFECT AD FOR TRUMP

– KAMALA SAT DOWN WITH SHARPTON TO REPEAT HER CAMPAIGN TALKING POINTS

 – A FRESH WORD SALAD WAS SERVED

 – ARE MEN WHO WON’T VOTE FOR YOU MISOGYNIST?

– CNN CONTRIBUTOR SAYS WHITE PEOPLE WHO DON’T VOTE FOR HARRIS MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE

– AND THEN, THERE’S THE CRINGEY KAMALA AD ABOUT BLACK MEN DATING / VOTING

– THE TYRUS INTERVIEW OF TRUMP WAS ONE OF THE BEST I HAVE SEEN

 – KAMALA GETS AN ASSIST FROM STEVIE WONDER IN GEORGIA

    – DID MAYOR PETE JUST DOCUMENT HIMSELF BREAKING CAMPAIGN LAW???

 – HULK HOGAN (not a typo) PREDICTS A TRUMP LANDSLIDE

 – BILL MAHER SEEMS RESIGNED TO A TRUMP VICTORY

 – IS ADAM SCHIFF A RESIDENT OF CALIFORNIA OR MARYLAND? DOES HE EVEN KNOW?

 – HOW DID TOP-SECRET U.S. DOCS ABOUT ISRAEL’S WAR PLANS END UP IN IRAN

 – JIMMY FAILA SURVEYS COMIC-CON VOTERS — GUESS WHO WINS?

 – CBS / 60 MINS ADMITS TO EDITING KAMALA’S INTERVIEW BUUUUUT

H/T @grandoldmemes

General News


DESPITE HURRICANE DEVASTATION, NC EARLY VOTING IS MASSIVE

MICHIGAN HAS TOO MANY VOTERS ON THEIR ROLLS… 500K TOO MANY

K-MART SHUTS DOWN ITS LAST FULL SCALE STORE

VENEZUELAN GANG IS NOW IN 10 US CITIES

Other News Catching My Eye


ROSIE O’DONNELL’S DAUGHTER CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE, DRUG POSSESSION

ICYMI – THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INSTALLED A NEW CLASS LAST WEEKEND

IT’S TIME TO START THE ARGUMENT ABOUT MOVING THE CLOCKS AGAIN