Tuesday – August 22, 2023

TUESDAY’S PODCAST IS HERE!

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1851 – The US wins the first America’s Cup
1865 – William Sheppard gets a patent for liquid soap (Answering half of this question in The Sure Thing)
1911 – The Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre in Paris — is recovered in 1913
1956 – Eisenhower and Nixon are nominated for a second time at the GOP convention in San Francisco

1969 – Hurricane Camille slams the US gulf coast, killing 256 people and causing billions in damage
1975 – President Ford survives a second assassination attempt (by Sarah Jane Moore) in 17 days
1989 – Nolan Ryan registers his 5000th strikeout
2004 – 105-lb Sonya Thomas ate 38 lobsters in 12 mins (almost 10 lbs of meat) to win the World Lobster Eating contest in Kennebunkport, ME — first prize was $500, a trophy and the lobster belt

News and The Politics out of D.C.

JOE IN MAUI FOR SIX HOURS

BIDEN LIED AND (AGAIN) TOLD THE EMBARRASSING ‘ALMOST LOST MY HOME IN A FIRE’ STORY

    DID JOE FORGET THE NAME OF THE ISLAND??? ‘THE ONE YOU SEE ON TELEVISION ALL THE TIME’

    NEVADA IS INVESTIGATING JOE BIDEN’S ‘FAIR MARKET’ RENTAL OF A RICH DEM’S 18MIL MANSION

 WH SPOX ROASTED ON MAUI ACTIONS FOR SAYING JOE’S ‘BEEN THERE SINCE DAY ONE’(HERE’S WHERE HE WAS)

RNC LISTS JUST EIGHT CANDIDATES WHO QUALIFIED FOR TOMORROW’S DEBATE

 – TRUMP SURROGATES WON’T BE ALLOWED IN THE POST-DEBATE ‘SPIN ROOM’

POLLING SHOWS DeSANTIS SLIPPING TO 3RD PLACE BEHIND RAMASWAMY

‘NO LABELS’ 3RD PARTY TALK IS SERIOUS… OR SOMETHING

GEORGIA JUDGE SETS TRUMP’S BOND AT $200K WITH CONDITIONS

 – TRUMP TO SURRENDER ON THURSDAY IN ATLANTA (WILL ‘MUGSHOT FRIDAY’ BE A THING?)

RFK, JR SAYS COMICS WEREN’T ALLOWED TO BE FUNNY DURING COVID

WHAT IS GOV SUNUNU UP TO WITH ALL HIS STATEMENTS ABOUT THE DEBATES AND THE CANDIDATES?

FEDS ARREST CHICAGO WOMAN WHO THREATENED TO KILL TRUMP AND HIS SON BARRON

THREE MORE HUNTER LAWYERS DROP OUT OF HIS LEGAL TEAM

SALE! BIDEN ADMIN QUIETLY SELLS OFF BORDER WALL MATERIALS ON THE CHEAP TO AVOID EMBARRASSMENT

CNN ANCHOR GETS ROASTED FOR EDITING DeSANTIS CLIP (THIS IS DELICIOUS, NO?)

REMEMBER LAST WEEK WHEN JOE SAID ALL HIS OBJECTIVES WERE A SUCCESS??? HERE’S A LIST HE’LL HATE

General News

MAUI MIRACLE? OWNER OF THE RED HOUSE THAT SURVIVED AMID OTHERS THINKS THIS IS WHY IT WAS SPARED

WATCH: GEORGIA STATE TROOPER IS A BADASS… THIS TAKEDOWN IS MUST-SEE

GALLUP: DALLAS AND BOSTON RATED ‘SAFEST’ BIG CITIES IN AMERICA

APPARENTLY WE ARE HAVING LOTS OF CLOSE CALLS IN THE AIR… ONE IS TOO MANY FOR ME

NYC LOSES A TRILLION DOLLARS IN BUSINESS AS WALL STREET IS RUNNING AWAY FROM THE CITY

 – FOLLOW THE MIGRATION OF MONEY FROM THE NE AND CALI TO ‘FINANCIALLY FRIENDLIER’ PLACES

MIGRANTS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT LIFE IS HERE IN AMERICA (YOU DON’T HAVE TO STAY)

‘MISSION IMPOSSIBLE’ AND THE LATEST ‘INDIANA JONES’ FILM HAVE BOTH FLOPPED, LOSING $100MIL EACH

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY WILL REQUIRE VACCINATIONS AND MASKS THIS FALL

WOKE

CATHOLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IN MASSACHUSETTS REQUIRES BIOLOGICAL PRONOUNS AND BIRTH NAMES

14 U.S. CITIES AIM TO BAN MILK, BEEF AND PRIVATE CARS BY 2030

DEM GOV IN BLUE STATE USES WILDFIRE ARGUMENT FOR HIS PUSH TO ‘DECARBONIZE’

Other News Catching My Eye

DAVE PORTNOY VS THE SAVANNAH BANANAS??? MY MONEY’S ON THE BANANAS

AND JUST LIKE THAT, THE ATLANTIC IS FIVE (COUNT’EM, FIVE)  TROPICAL SYSTEMS LINING UP

DO YOU HAVE ANY INK? ONE IN THREE AMERICANS ARE SPORTING TATTOOS

PRINCE HARRY IS NOW ‘PRINCE HAIRY’ — AND IT’S CRINGEWORTHY