Thursday – February 1, 2024

Baked Alaska Day

Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1790 – The first session of the Supreme Court
1861 – Texas secedes from the Union (Gov. Sam Houston was pissed)
1884 – The OED debuts — And still the gold standard in dictionaries (imho)
1909 – US. Troops leave Cuba after installing Jose Gomez as President
1951 – We completed 3 atomic bomb tests in the Nevada desert
1961 – ‘The Misfits’ opens in theaters (You. should. see. it.)
1968 – Nixon announces he’s running for President
2002 – Journalist Daniel Pearl is murdered
2004 – Janet Jackson’s nipple is kinda sorta seen during Super Bowl halftime show

News and The Politics out of D.C.

U.S. MILITARY SHOOTS DOWN IRANIAN DRONES & HOUTHI MISSILES OVER GULF OF ADEN

SENATE HEARING WITH TECH BOSSES

TED CRUZ GOT TENSE WITH ZUCK

MEGA’s ZUCKERBERG APOLOGIZED TO FAMILIES PRESENT WHO LOST LOVED ONES

HOUSE PASSES TAX RELIEF BILL –  IT HEADS TO THE HOUSE

DEMS AND THE WH SAY BIDEN ALREADY HAS THE POWER TO FIX THE BORDER

GOP REP CALLS OUT TAPPER FOR PUSHING BORDER BILL NO ONE HAS SEEN

FBI CHIEF SAYS CHINESE HACKERS ARE COMING FOR US –  AND THEY OUTNUMBER US

BIDEN GETS A NEW CLIMATE CZAR – A FAMILIAR FACE,  JOHN PODESTA

JOE’S BROTHER JAMES SET TO TESTIFY IN FRONT OF OVERSIGHT PANEL

QUINNIPIAC POLL SHOWS BIDEN AHEAD OF TRUMP AND HIS LEAD GROWING

STEFANIK JUMPS TO THE LEAD IN BETTING ODDS FOR TRUMP VP RACE

RFK JR —  A LIBERTARIAN. RUN? (IT’S GONNA FREAK OUT SOME DEMS)

TRUMP COURTS TEAMSTERS ENDORSEMENT – ‘STRANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED’

    –  PENALTY RULING IN NY FRAUD CASE VS TRUMP DUE NEXT WEEK

KRYSTEN SINEMA IS HAVING MONEY PROBLEMS – HER INDY RUN IS AT RISK

TARA READE FILES $10 M LAWSUIT AGAINST THE DOJ

WHISTLEBLOWER FROM ATF SAYS BIDEN ADMIN IS COMING FOR YOUR GUNS

FEDERAL JUDGE RULES CA AMMUNITION BACKGROUND CHECK IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL

ISRAEL / HAMAS

REPORT: ISRAEL IS PREPPING FOR A WAR WITH HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON

THAT SOLVES IT  – CHICAGO ROASTED AFTER IT PASSES GAZA CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION

BLINKEN HEADS  BACK TO THE MIDDLE EAST FOR THE FIFTH TIME SINCE HAMAS ATTACKED ISRAEL

General News

ANOTHER DAY, MORE DIRT ABOUT FANI WILLIS, HER LOVER,  HIS CLIENTS, HER SUPPORTERS

 – SIX QUESTIONS WILLIS NEEDS TO ANSWER

HOW NASTY IS YOUR STATE? CHECK THE TOP 10 STD STATES 

AWAKENING? NY. GOV IS OPEN TO DEPORTING CRIMINAL ILLEGALS

A MESS IN MASS – GOV CLOSES REC CENTER TO KIDS IN ORDER TO HOUSE ILLEGALS

MIAMI BEACH SETS MIDNIGHT CURFEW DURING SPRING BREAK… NICE TRY

GA STATE SENATOR EXPOSES HIDDEN ROOM FILLED MIGRANTS AT ATL

OR DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY OVER FENTANYL —  AT LEAST THEY DIDN’T LEGALIZE DRUGS…

WAIT – HOW MUCH IS THAT EGG McMUFFIN??? $7.99?

COMPANY THAT MAKES OZEMPIC IS WORTH $500BIL

DISNEY LOSES BIGLY TO DISNEY IN FLORIDA  FIGHT

DON’T SHOOT THE MESSENGER –  THE NEWS OUTLET DID IT TO THEMSELVES

FORD PLANS TO HIRE CHINESE SOFTWARE SUPPLIERS FOR ITS US EV PLANT

WOKE

TEXAS CANCELS ‘CULTURAL’ GRADUATIONS – NEW LAW FORCED IT

CALIFORNIA RELEASES 111 PAGE REPARATIONS LEGISLATION – NO CASH PAYMENTS, BUUUUT

MAN PRETENDING TO BE A WOMAN BREAKS TRACK AND FIELD RECORDS AT NY COLLEGE

Other News Catching My Eye

THE ORIGINS OF PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL AND GROUNDHOG DAY (TOMORROW)

64%. OF US HAVE BAD DREAMS ABOUT WORK

ALEC BALDWIN PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN MANSLAUGHTER CASE

DEAD & COMPANY TO RETURN TO THE STAGE — IN THE. LAS VEGAS SPHERE