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December 3, 2024 – McRib Day! (It’s back, for now)
National Green Bean Casserole Day (Seems a little late, no?)
Peppermint Latte Day
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1775 – The first official US flag (Grand Union Flag) raised above the USS Alfred
1818 – Illinois (FYI- the S at the end of Illinois is silent) becomes the 21st
1910 – George Claude demos his new invention, the neon light, at the Paris Auto Show
1934 – KYM-AM moves from Chicago to Philadelphia (where it still is today)
1947 – STELLLLLLLAAAA “A Streetcar Named Desire” opens on Broadway
1967 – The first human heart transplant happened (In South Africa)
1968 – The Soviets launch “Luna 8” – a moon mission (It crashed on the lunar surface)
1979 – 11 people are killed in a stampede at a Who concert in Cincinnati, OH
1979 – AMC killed the “PACER” (think, the car in Wayne’s World)
1984 – Thousands die after a toxic gas accident at a Union Carbide plant in India
1992 – The first text message is tested on a computer and the Vodaphone network
2013 – The city of Detroit becomes the largest US city to file for bankruptcy
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– GREAT MONTAGE FROM GRABIEN (TOM ELLIOTT)
– ‘NO MAN IS ABOVE THE LAW’ MONTAGE (1:29 OF ‘HYPOCRONY’)
– SHORTER, ‘NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW’ MONTAGE WITH A NOD TO “CURB”
– JONATHAN TURLEY HAS THINGS TO SAY ABOUT BIDEN PARDONING HIS SON
– DEM DAN GOLDMAN FORCED TO WATCH CLIP OF HIMSELF SAYING JOE WOULDN’T PARDON HUNTER
– CNN’S ELIE HOENIG: ‘LET’S BE CLEAR, HE LIED TO US FOR A LONG TIME’
– DOOCY: TRUMP TOLD TRUDEAU THAT MAYBE CANADA SHOULD BECOME OUR 51 STATE
– CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD SCOLDS DEMS AFTER HUNTER’S PARDON – START AT 1:14)
– MIKA IN JUNE AND MIKA IN DECEMBER (COMPARE AND CONTRAST)
– JASON MILLER ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 2016 AND 2024 TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
– FROM 2018: ADAM SCHIFF-FOR-BRAINS WAS WORRIED ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL PARDONS
– AFTER TRASHING PETE HEGSETH, THE VIEW HAS TO READ ANOTHER LEGAL NOTICE
– SUNNY HOSTIN ALSO TRIED TO SAY HUNTER WAS TARGETED BECAUSE OF HIS NAME
– PARDON BACKLASH CONTINUES AS DEMS RAGE AGAINST JOE’S MOVE
– KJP WAS GRILLED ABOARD AF-1 WHILE FLYING TO ANGOLA
– DESHOWITZ: BIDEN MUST NOW PARDON JAN6 PROTESTERS
– HUNTER GAINED A PARDON, BUT LOST HIS 5TH AMENDMENT RIGHT?
– TRUMP WILL BLOCK JAPANESE PURCHASE OF U.S. STEEL
– HEY, LOOK! MEXICO HAS STOPPED TWO CARAVANS HEADED TO OUR BORDER
– GUESS WHO’S GOING TO PARIS FOR THE RE-OPENING OF NOTRE DAME?
– PETE HEGSETH MEETS WITH SENATORS AHEAD OF CONFIRMATION HEARINGS
– TRUMP MESSAGE: HAMAS TOLD TO HAND OVER HOSTAGES BY JAN 20TH, OR ELSE
– DEM HOUSE STAFFER ARRESTED TRYING TO BRING AMMO INTO THE CAPITOL
– THEY’RE STILL COUNTING VOTES IN CALIFORNIA’S 13TH HOUSE DISTRICT
– ANOTHER $725 MILLION IN WEAPONS TO UKRAINE? BIDEN SAYS, ‘NO PROBLEM’
General News
EDISON, NJ BANS AMERICAN FLAGS AT COUCIL MEETINGS, CITIZEN OBJECTS, GETS REMOVED
WELL, WELL, WELL — NY IS CLOSING MIGRANT SHELTERS AHEAAD OF TRUMP SWEARING IN
PRO CRIMINAL TIP: DON’T POST TIKTOK VIDEOS OF YOUR STOLEN GOODS
THE WALMART VIDEO: LITTLE KID TRASHING THE STORE (WHEN DO YOU STEP IN?)
WE BETTER FACE IT, AMERICAN TEENS HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM
CAN’T WIN ‘EM ALL- ELON WON’T GET HIS $56 B PAY PACKAGE REINSTATED
CANADIAN MAYOR FINED FOR NOT FLYING ‘PRIDE’ FLAG, STAFF ORDERED TO TRAINING
Other News Catching My Eye
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS ANNOUNCES THE ‘WORD OF THE YEAR’
THEY SAID IT WOULD NEVER RETURN — THE McRIB IS BACK, BABY! (FOR NOW)
IT’S BEEN JUST OVER A YEAR SINCE ELON MUSK TOLD ADVERTISERS “G-F-Y!” (NO BEEPS)
TOO LAZY TO BATH? DON’T WORRY, JAPAN HAS INVENTED AN A-I SHOWER TO HANDLE IT
