Thursday – October 19, 2023

National Seafood Bisque Day, Intl Gin & Tonic Day

Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1781 – The Americans defeated the British at Yorktown
1796 – Editorial speculates Thomas Jefferson had an affair with a slave
1873 – Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Rutgers declare the first rules of football
1949 – The People’s Republic of China is formally proclaimed

1973 – President Nixon tells the Appeals Court to pound sand – he ain’t turning over any tapes
1985 – The first Blockbuster Video store opened
1987 – Black Monday: The stock market gets hit with the largest ever one-day loss
2003 – Mother Theresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II

News and The Politics out of D.C.

BREAKING: ROCKETS FROM LEBANON HITTING NORTHERN ISRAEL (LIKELY HEZBOLLAH)

BIDEN TO SPEAK TO THE NATION TONIGHT — 8PM

U.S. VETOES UN RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE IN ISRAEL AND GAZA

RASHIDA TLAIB WEEPS, WHIPS UP PROTESTERS REPEATING LIE ABOUT GAZA HOSPITAL

– MTG WANTS TLAIB SANCTIONED

– 300 PROTESTERS ARRESTED AFTER INFILTRATING THE CAPITOL OFFICE BUILDING

ANOTHER DAY AND ANOTHER FAILED SPEAKER VOTE FOR JIM JORDAN

– JORDAN WANTS TO TRY AGAIN

DON’T FORGET CHINA — D-O-D NOTES 180+ PROVOCATIVE ENCOUNTERS WITH CHINESE AIRCRAFT

– CHINA AND RUSSIA ARE LINKING UP — AND IT SHOULD BE VERY CONCERNING TO ALL

SQUAD MEMBER CORI BUSH IS STILL PAYING HER HUSBAND’S SALARY, DESPITE COMPLAINTS