Thursday – November 21, 2024

National Stuffing Day (Does yours contain meat?)

National Gingerbread Cookie Day

Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1783 – Men fly over Paris in a hot air balloon
1789 – North Carolina ratifies the Constitution – the 12th state to do so
1877 – Scientific American announces Edison’s “wonderful” invention – the phonograph1906 – In San Juan, President Roosevelt pledges citizenship for Puerto Ricans
1934 – Ritz Crackers hit shelves in stores for the first time
1970 – #1 on the pop charts, “I Think I Love You” by the Partridge Family
1976 – “Rocky” opens in theaters
1980 – Millions of us tuned in to find out “Who Shot JR?”

(With proper training, of course.)

News and The Politics out of D.C.

CLIPS

– WITH JD VANCE IN TOW, MATT GAETZ VISITED SENATORS

    – SEN JOSH HAWLEY IS ON THE GAETZ TRAIN: ‘LET THE GUY SPEAK’

 – SEN SUSAN COLLINS WAS NOT AMONG THOSE WHO WERE IMPRESSED

– ABC NEWS BLAMES TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS FOR LAKEN RILEY’S MURDER

 – IN CASE YOU WONDER WHERE ABC NEWS GOT THIS CRAZY IDEA

– HHS SEC CAN’T SAY WHERE THE ADMIN HAS PUT SOME 400,000 CHILDREN

    – REP JAYAPAL SAYS THERE ARE NO MISSING CHILDREN

– REP JASMINE CROCKETT NEEDS TO ACCESS HER MENTAL HEALTH BENEFITS ASAP

– FEMA ADMITS TO SKIPPING (AT LEAST) 20 HOUSES WITH TRUMP SIGNS

– BILL O’REILLY PREDICTS WHAT’S NEXT FOR MSNBC AND MORNING JOE

– BECK – TRUMP COULD BE LIKE LINCOLN IN TERMS OF TRANSFORMING THE REPUBLIC

– THROWBACK THURSDAY CLIP: HILLARY ON THE VIEW LAST YEAR MAKING BAD PREDICTIONS

– HERE’S 4:20 OF GENIUS FROM MILTON FRIEDMAN

– OH NO, ROSIE O’DONNELL HAS ABANDONED ‘MORNING JOE’

– REPORT: RUSSIA FIRED AN ICBM INTO UKRAINE

– POLITICO: TRUMP TO RE-START THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE

– MARTY MAKARY RUMORED TO BE LEADNG PICK TO HEAD FDA

– BITCOIN IS APPROACHING $100,000

– HOUSE ETHICS PANEL HAS NOT AGREED TO RELEASE THE GAETZ REPORT

England has not gotten the memo just yet.

General News

FLORIDA MAN IS BACK – HE’S ALSO ARRESTED FOR PLOTTING TO BOMB THE NYSE

COMCAST IS PUTTING ITS CABLE CHANNELS ON SALE

 – MSNBC STAFFERS REPORTED TO BE IN A PANIC

BAY AREA DA FINALLY THROWS IN THE TOWEL AFTER 63% VOTE TO RECALL HER

TWO AMERICANS CAUGHT SMUGGLING ALMOST 1/2 LB OF FENTANYL IN SOME NASTY PLACES

NO REAL SHOCK DEPT – ‘TAMMY FAE’ MUSIC IS CLOSING AFTER 5 DAYS, $25 MIL

THE McRIB IS BACK! (AND THERE’S A BONUS FOR THOSE WHO LOVE THE SAUCE)

ICYMI – HERE’S THE COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS FROM THE CMAs

Other News Catching My Eye

ELLEN DEGENERES HAS MOVED TO ENGLAND – AND SHE’S NOT COMING BACK

THE JAY LENO FALL (ANYONE ELSE THINKING THIS DOESN’T MAKE SENSE?)

TRAVEL SECRETS OF THE WORLD’S MOST FREQUENT FLYERS

NEW (AND BIZARRE) THEORY ON WHY MEN HATED BARNEY THE DINOSAUR

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