Thursday, August 8, 2024

National Frozen Custard Day 

Sneak Some Zucchini on Your Neighbor’s Porch Day

Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1588 – The Spanish Armada is defeated
1844 – Brigham Young is chosen to head the Mormon Church
1876 – Edison patents the mimeograph
1945 – President Truman ratified the UN charter
1961 – A record-setting 101-lb lake trout was caught in Saskatchewan, Canada
1963 – England’s “Great Train Robbery” — 2.6 mil pounds were stolen ($7.3 mil)
1974 – Richard Nixon resigns the Presidency
2006 – Krispy Kreme Donuts opened in Hong Kong
2009 – SCOTUS Justice Sotomayor is sworn in to the highest court

News and The Politics out of D.C.

STOLEN VALOR?

 – IRAQ WAR VET SAID IN 2006 THAT WALZ NEVER SERVED, ‘ABANDONED FELLOW SOLDIERS’

 – KJP RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT WALZ’S SERVICE CLAIMS

 – VANCE CALLS OUT WALZ ON SERVICE CLAIMS

 – CNN ACTUALLY FACT-CHECKED WALZ’S CLAIMS ON HIS SERVICE

 – CNN’S JIM ACOSTA CORRECTS A DEM SENATOR TRYING CLAIM VANCE DIDN’T SERVE

TRUMP ON ‘FOX & FRIENDS’ — RIPPING KAMALA’S REFUSAL TO ANSWER QUESTIONS

HECKLERS GET UNDER KAMALA’S SKIN DURING RALLY

KAMALA’S VP PICK ALSO WANTS FREE COLLEGE FOR ILLEGALS

CARVILLE URGES KAMALA NOT TO CAMPAIGN ON HER LIFE STOR, Y ‘NOT ALL AMERICAN’

HARRIS/WALZ CAMPAIGN SELLS $1MIL WORTH OF CAMMO HATS IN THEIR FIRST DAY

JD VANCE TROLLS KAMALA AND THE MEDIA WITH TARMAC STUNT

MEGYN KELLY ON HARRIS’ PICK OF VANCE, ‘HE SCARES ME’

STEVE MARTIN RESPONDS TO CALLS FOR HIM TO PLAY WALZ ON SNL

DEMS ANNOUNCE MAJOR SIT-DOWN INTERVIEW FOR BIDEN (NOT HARRIS) ON CBS

ICYMI – LAME DUCK HOUSE DEM CORI BUSH IS COMING FOR AIPAC’S ‘KINGDOM’

General News

TAYLOR SWIFT VIENNA CONCERTS CANCELED OVER TERRORIST THREAT

VA GOV YOUNGKIN ISSUES EXECUTIVE ORDER PREVENTING ILLEGALS FROM VOTING

ASTRONAUTS’ SCHEDULED RETURN TRIP TO EARTH ON BOEING’S STARLINER… WHEN?

OLYMPIC UPDATE

 – MEDALS COUNT (WE’RE CLOSING IN ON 100 TOTAL MEDALS)

 – QUINCY HALL AND A MIRACLE FINISH IN THE 400 METERS

 – AND THEN THERE’S COLE HOCKER AND HIS AMAZING FINISH TO WIN GOLD

 – CHINA PULLS OLYMPIC BROADCAST AFTER TAIWAN BEAT CHINA IN BADMINTON

 – SPEED CLIMBING IS A BRUTAL SPORT (NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH)

Woke News

STUDY: CLIMATE CHANGE ANXIETY IS HIGHER GIRLS THAN IN BOYS

UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO WELCOME LETTER CRITICIZES SCOTUS, SEEMS WOKE TO ME

PAPER STRAWS ARE NOT THE ANSWER – IN FACT, THEY’RE TOXIC

Other News Catching My Eye

ICELANDIC LOVE SECRET — SHOULD WE HAVE SEX BEFORE COFFEE?

JUST VIDEO OF A NAKED GUY STEALING A CAR AND RUNNING OVER THE OWNER

IF YOU HAD TICKETS TO THE FUGEES REUNION TOUR, WE’RE SORRY, IT’S CANCELED

UPDATE: LAHAINA’S 150-YR-OLD BANYAN TREE IS MAKING A COMEBACK