National TV Dinner Day Thank you, Swanson’s
– R U OK Day (Suicide Prevention Day)
– National School Picture Day
– National Port Wine Day (I’m a solid “no” on this one)
– X-Files Day The series debuted on this day in 1993
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1813 – The U.S. Naval flotilla on Lake Erie wrests control from the British
1858 – John Holden hits baseball’s first recorded home run in a game between NY and Brooklyn
1894 – A London taxi driver is the first person arrested for drunk driving
1919 – NYC honors WWI heroes with a parade
1953 – Swanson sells the first TV dinner (turkey, cornbread dressing, peas and sweet potatoes)
1977 – France uses the guillotine for the last time
1984 – The airing of the first episode of ‘Jeopardy!’ with Alex Trebek as host
1991 – Nirvana released the single ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
1991 – The Senate Judiciary Committee starts confirmation hearings for Clarence Thomas
2008 – The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is powered up in Geneva
2025 – Charlie Kirk is assassinated
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– FROM THE OPENING OF THE RNC MIDTERM CONVENTION
– BRANDON GILL OPENED WITH A LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
– ADAM CAROLLA WAS A SURPRISE – I LOVED HIS CLOSING LINE
– TRUMP IN DALLAS — 1:47 ON STAGE LAST NIGHT
– THE PRESIDENT SLAMMED THOSE WHO DOUBTED THE MIDTERM CONVENTION
– TRUMP IN DALLAS — ‘AMERICA BELONGS TO THOSE WHO LOVE IT’
– THE ‘TRUMP DIVIDEND’ – A $5000 CHECK TO EVERY ADULT AMERICAN? (IF…)
– TRUMP EXPLAINS HOW THE FAKE NEWS SPINS AN EMPTY SEAT AT THE CONVENTION
– RFK JR GOT SOME PRESIDENTIAL LOVE LAST NIGHT
– SPEAKER JOHNSON CALLED ‘THE GREATEST SPEAKER’ IN OUR HISTORY
– HOW ABOUT THE SENATE LEADER, JOHN THUNE?
– TRUMP MENTIONED EL-SAYED AND HIS SISTER
– THE PRES ON TALARICO’S ‘BEAT MEAT’ CAMPAIGN
– WELL, KEN PAXTON GOT SOME HEAT FROM TRUMP ON HIS CLOTHES AND SPEECH
– PAXTON GOT A LITTLE TIME ON THE STAGE TOO
– SOME TRUMP TROLLING
– AND THE NEW FOR THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ?
– TRUMP HONORING CHARLIE KIRK AND SLAMMING THOSE WHO CELEBRATE IT
– THE RALLIES WILL CONTINUE IN EVERY STATE THE GOP NEEDS A WIN
– JOHN FETTERMAN MADE A CAMEO — SOME COMMON SENSE FROM A DEM
– BEFORE THE SPEECH — WHEN WILL GAS PRICES COME DOWN?
– TALARICO WAS ON FOX NEWS – WALKING BACK ALMOST EVERYTHING HE’S SAID
– KIMMEL CLAIMS HIS TALARICO INTERVIEW HAS BEEN SUPPRESSED
– SUNNY HOSTIN PRAISED TED CRUZ? (IT’S ONLY 9 SECONDS)
More News From DC
– DRONE LIGHT SHOW OVER NY HARBOR HONORS LIVE LOST ON 9/11/01
– MAINTAINING THE MONUMENT AT GROUND ZERO
– TRUMP’S TRIP TO DALLAS DELAYED OVER EMERGENCY SLIDE DEPLOYMENT ON AF1
– CNN SAYS DEMS HOLD LEAD IN MAINE AND MICHIGAN SENATE RACES
– ABOUT THOSE $5000 TRUMP DIVIDENDS… LAYWER SAYS THEY’RE LEGAL, BUUUUUT
– BERNIE SANDERS’ 32-HOUR WORK WEEK MIGHT COST A LOT OF JOBS
– ONE PARTICULARLY INFURIATING CASE OF FRAUD — THE NIGERIAN SCAMMER
– CHINA IS SELLING A SH*T-TON OF EVs ALL OVER THE WORLD
– WITH OIL OVER $100/BBL EXPECT AIRFARES TO START JUMPING A LOT
General News
– CHICAGO MAYOR ANNOUNCES CELEBRATION OF MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE
– UC SANTA BARBARA PROF TELLS AUDIENCE TO PREPARE FOR ‘WAR IN THE STREETS’
– APPLE THINKS YOU NEED TO SPEND $2000 ON A FOLDABLE PHONE
– BUT, THE AIR PODS 5 MAY BE WORTH IT
– LOSING WORD MID-SENTENCE? WHEN IS IT NORMAL, WHEN IS IT DEMENTIA?
– WOKE 1 IS NOT DEAD – COLLEGE DECLARES ‘MISGENDERING IS VIOLENCE’
– SEAHAWKS WIN OVER PATS IN SUPER BOW, SEASON OPENER
Other News Catching My Eye
– TEXAS: IS A THREE-YEAR BACHELOR’S DEGREE IS THE ANSWER TO COLLEGE COSTS?
– REMEMBERING LIFE BEFORE 9/11/01 — A TEN MINUTE FILM WITH WATCHING
– HUNGARIANS HOLD A GRAVE DIGGING CONTEST — WHO KNEW?
– SCIENTISTS LOVE USING REFERENCES TO THE BEATLES MUSIC / LYRICS
