Thursday – December 14, 2023

Roast Chestnuts Day, Bouillabaisse Day

Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1799 – George Washington passes away on his Mount Vernon estate
1900 – The birth of Quantum Theory theory 
(Still mystifies me)
1911 – Roald Amundsen and 4 others make it to the South Pole
1939 – The USSR is booted from the League of Nations
1960 – A B-52 bomber sets a record – 10,000 miles without refueling
2008 – Iraqi journalist throws his shoes at George W. Bush
 (Bush ducked both)
2012 – Sandy Hook Elementary School — 20 children, 6 adults killed by 

News and The Politics out of D.C.

VOTE ON IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY HAPPENED LAST NIGHT — IT’S A GO FOR INQUIRY

HUNTER SHOWS UP OUTSIDE OF CONGRESS, HOLDS PRESSER

 – JOE SMIRKS, WON’T ANSWER IF HUNTER SHOULD HAVE IGNORED SUBPOENA

 – REPORT: JOE EXPRESSED GUILT OVER HUNTER’S LEGAL WOES

 – WAIT, WAS THAT ERIC SWALWELL IN HUNTER’S POSSE?

    – NY TIMES DOCTORS HUNTER’S STATEMENT

JUDGE PAUSES TRUMP’S 2020 ELECTION CASE AS SCOTUS DECIDES IMMUNITY CASE

SCOTUS AGREES TO HEAR CASE ON MAIL ORDER BIRTH CONTROL

FED HOLDS INTEREST RATES STEADY, HINTS THEY COULD GO LOWER IN 2024

 – THE FED NEWS TRIGGERS A BIG SPIKE IN STOCK MARKETS

HILLARY CLINTON TAUGHT A CLASS AT COLUMBIA, SORT OF… READ WHAT IT WAS LIKE

ISRAEL / HAMAS

BIDEN ADMIN SAYS NO CONDITIONS ON MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL

 – BUUUUUT THEN, THE U.S. DELAYS SALE OF M-16s TO ISRAEL OVER SETTLER VIOLENCE

ISRAEL’S AMBASSADOR BLISTERS THE UN, HOLDS UP CARD WITH HAMAS’ PHONE NUMBER

JOY REID TRIED TO NAIL ISRAELI OFFICIAL WITH A ‘GOTCHA’ QUESTION — IT BACKFIRED

General News

OPRAH DECLARES OBESITY A DISEASE AND ADMITS USING WEIGHT LOSS DRUG

BOSTON BOONDOGGLE: SANCTUARY CITY MAY GIVE ILLEGALS LOCAL VOTING RIGHTS

DEM AGs TRYING TO CLAIM ‘ASSAULT WEAPONS’ NOT PROTECTED BY THE SECOND AMENDMENT

PRES OF IL NAACP ASKED TO RESIGN AFTER CALLING IMMIGRANTS ‘SAVAGES, RAPISTS…’

 – LET’S GO TO THE VIDEO

BUY EGGS TODAY – ANOTHER BIRD FLU OUTBREAK IS GONNA RAISE PRICES

SURVEY: MOST AMERICANS FEEL LIKE WE’RE IN A RECESSION

BEFORE YOU BUY A USED HYBRID — PREPARE FOR STICKER SHOCK FOR A NEW BATTERY

FACEBOOK / META’S RAY-BAN WEARABLE CAMERA GLASSES — OUR NEW SURVEILLANCE WORLD

TESLA RECALLS 2 MILLION CARS — SOFTWARE UPDATE COMING

SW AIRLINES IS GETTING LOVE FROM PLUS-SIZED CUSTOMERS OVER ITS SEATING POLICY

THE BIGGEST SCAM IN TIMES SQUARE IS EXPOSED — DON’T PAY THE COSTUMED CHARACTERS

NBA SUSPENDS DRAYMOND GREEN INDEFINITELY

WOKE

BOSTON’S WOKE MAYOR PLANNING A SECRET, ‘NO WHITES’ HOLIDAY PARTY

 – THE MAYOR’S TRYING TO CLEAN UP WITH MESS ‘HONEST MISTAKE’ (WHAAAAAAAT?)

Other News Catching My Eye

(NSFW) CHRIS CUOMO INTERVIEWS WOMAN WITH TURRETS — (I THINK THIS WAS SLIMEY)

GENTS, WOULD YOU TAKE IT? BIRTH CONTROL PILL FOR MEN IS EFFECTIVE

GUY FIERI’S THREE KIDS WON’T BE TRUSTAFARIANS — THEY’LL WORK FOR EVERYTHING THEY HAVE

THE HYPOCHONDRIA PARADOX — (HYPOCHONDRIACS DIE SOONER)

ICYMI – LAST FRIDAY, TRIUMPH THE INSULT COMIC DOG DESTROYED JOY BEHAR ON ‘THE VIEW’