National Drink Beer Day
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1781 – The Battle of Yorktown begins
1904 – A woman is arrested for smoking a cigarette in public in NYC
1939 – Nazi Germany and the USSR agree on how to split up Poland
1918 – Parade in Philly exposes thousands to the Spanish Flu (first superspreader event?)
1941 – Ted Williams is the last MLB player to hit .400 in a season
1963 – Lichtenstein’s pop art piece “Whaam!” debuts
1965 – Castro announces Cubans are free to leave the island
2008 – SpaceX launched Falcon 1, the first private spacecraft
News and The Politics out of D.C.
DEBATE — VARIOUS REACTIONS FROM VARIOUS OUTLETS
– AP: TRUMP SKIPPED DEBATE, SO HIS RIVALS TOOK HIM ON DIRECTLY (DIRECTLY? HE WASN’ THERE)
– DAILY CALLER SAID THE DEBATE ‘FELL FLAT’
– THE ‘TRIBAL COUNCIL’ QUESTION ALSO WAS MOCKED
– JUST THE NEWS: LOTS OF BANTER BUT NO BREAKOUT
– DAILY WIRE: HALEY GOES AFTER VIVEK, ‘ EVERY TIME I HEAR YOU, I FEEL A BIT DUMBER’
– CHRISTIE’S ‘DONALD DUCK’ LINE — A HIT OR A DUD?
– AHEAD OF DEBATE, CHRISTIE TELLS TRUMP THEY ARE NEVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER
– THE HILL SAW THESE FIVE MOMENTS AS ‘MEMORABLE’
– GAVIN NEWSOM THOUGHT BIDEN WAS THE BIG WINNER (JOE LIKELY DID, TOO)
– REUTERS: CANDIDATES TURN ON EACH OTHER IN TRUMP’S ABSENCE
MEANWHILE, DONALD TRUMP WAS RALLYING IN MICHIGAN
BIDEN’S TEAM WAS LIVE TWEETING THE DEBATE AS MEDIA CLAIMED JOE WAS NOT WATCHING (HE WAS IN BED)
ANNNNND, HERE COMES THE FIRST HOUSE HEARING IN THE BIDEN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY
– HUNTER’S UNCLE JIM (JOE’S BROTHER) COULD START HAVING HIS DAY IN THE “LIMELIGHT”
THE FBI OPENS A SECOND INVESTIGATION INTO MENENDEZ… IS HE TOAST?
– WHY ARE NO REPUBLICANS CALLING FOR MENENDEZ TO RESIGN?
IF YOU DIDN’T SEE SEN KATIE BRITT’S POWERFUL STATEMENT ON THE BORDER DISASTER, YOU SHOULD
PUT ON YOUR BIG BOY PANTS, SENATE KILLS THE ‘FETTERMAN RULE’
GOVT SHUTDOWN, WHAT HAPPENS TO SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS?
DONALD TRUMP COULD LOSE TRUMP TOWER, HIS GOLF COURSE AND BUSINESSES IN NY STATE
ELON MUSK REMOVES TWITTER/X’s ELECTION INTEGRITY TEAM
General News
HYUNDAI AND KIA ARE RECALLING 3.4 MIL CARS (AND WANT YOU TO PARK THEM OUTSIDE DUE TO FIRE THREAT)
60% OF AMERICANS ARE STILL LIVING PAYCHECK-TO-PAYCHECK
WE SAY DC IS A WAR ZONE AND LAST NIGHT IT WAS JUST THAT WITH 100 SHOTS FIRED IN A GANG GUN BATTLE
GOOD JOB DEMOCRATS… ILLINOIS IS THE WORST STATE TO OWN A HOME
LOS ANGELES SCHOOLS DROP VACCINE MANDATE — WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO WERE FIRED?
NEW YORK BOOTS KOREAN WAR VET FROM HOME TO MAKE ROOM FOR ILLEGALS
WHAT IN THE HELL IS HAPPENING IN PHILLY? DEAD FLIGHT ATTENDANT FOUND IN HOTEL ROOM
CALIFORNIA STATE SENATOR PROMOTES STREET FAIR WHEN YOU CAN GET PEED ON IN A KIDDIE POOL
VERMONT CLOSES ROAD THAT GETS JAMMED BY THOSE EVIL ‘LEAF PEEPERS’ (THAT TERM MUST BE BANNED)
MUSK SAYS COVID SHOT ALMOST PUT HIM IN THE HOSPITAL, WON’T FORCE EMPLOYEES TO GET SHOT
SPRINGSTEEN POSTPONES ALL REMAINING 2023 SHOWS… HE’S STILL NOT RECOVERED FROM PEPTIC ULCER
WOKE
BILL GATES IS PUMPING THE BRAKES ON CLIMATE CHANGE PANIC
PROGRESS? NEW ZEALAND IS DELAYING ITS TAX ON COW AND SHEEP BURPS AND FARTS
MORE PROOF JUST HOW HORRIBLE WIND FARMS ARE FOR BASICALLY EVERYONE
Other News Catching My Eye
WAIT, COSTCO WAS SELLING GOLD BARS AND SOLD OUT ALREADY???
DID YOU GET SOME OF THOSE ODD SEED PACKETS FROM CHINA? DON’T THROW THEM OUT
TUCKER AND O’REILLY SIT DOWN FOR INTERVIEW AHEAD OF GOP DEBATE
A.I. SHOWS WHAT DEAD CELEBRITIES WOULD LOOK LIKE AS REALLY, REALLY OLD PEOPLE
WITH WRITERS WRITING AGAIN, WILL ACTORS START ACTING AGAIN???
SERIOUSLY? THERE’S A MONKEY ABLE TO OPERATE A DESKTOP COMPUTER?
