From the Podcast
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1758 – Mustard goes on sale for the first time in the colonies — Benjamin Jackson’s mustard claimed to be the only one manufactured here
1898 – The Maine blows up in Havana Harbor, killing 268 sailors and triggering a massive enlistment to fight in the Spanish / American War (It lasted about 3 months, we won.)
1903 – The first Teddy Bear goes on sale
1933 – FDR survives an assassination attempt in Miami
1945 – Molson’s Beer goes public
1957 – Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaay-Ohhhhhhhh – Harry Belafonte hit’s #1 with the Banana Boat Song1965 – Canada raises the Maple Leaf flag for the first time
1998 – After 20 years of trying, Dale Earnhardt, Sr wins Daytona for the first time (Just over 3 years later he died from head injuries following a horrific crash at the Daytona 500 — His son, Dale Jr, finished 2nd that day behind Michael Waltrip.)
News and The Politics out of D.C.
WHITE HOUSE DECLINES TO ANSWER MULTIPLE QUESTIONS ON DURHAM NEWS
EX-DNI RATCLIFFE EXPECTS MORE INDICTMENTS FROM DURHAM INVESTIGATION
– CNN’S STELTER COVERED THE DURHAM FILING BY QUOTING FOX NEWS BANNERS
THE LIST GETS LONGER — THE WAYS HILLARY & GOV’T SPIED ON TRUMP
MANCHIN SLAMS ANOTHER DOOR ON DEMS… VOTING AGAINST BIDEN’S FDA NOMINEE
AOC BLAMES CRIME SURGE ON CHILD PAYMENTS ENDING, CALLS CONGRESS “A SHIT SHOW’
JUDGE TOSSES SARAH PALIN’S SUIT AGAINST THE NY TIMES
BIDEN SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS ADVISOR RESIGNS
McCONNELL CALLS OUT MASKLESS CELEBS AT SUPER BOWL
MARCO RUBIO DOESN’T SEE WHITE HOUSE RECORDS AT MAR-A-LAGO AS A CRIME
RUSSIA SAYS SOME FORCES PULLING BACK FROM UKRAINE BORDER
UKRAINE PRESIDENT SAYS INVASION IS COMING WEDNESDAY, UKRAINE OFFICIALS CALL IT ‘IRONIC’
General News
CANADIAN PRIME MINSTER DECLARES (TEMPORARY) EMERGENCY POWERS
– TRUDEAU IS ALSO FREEZING BANK ACCOUNTS OF TRUCKERS
– PRESS MEMBER ASKS TRUDEAU IF HE’S ‘THROWING OIL ON A FIRE’ WITH MEASURES
NYC MAYOR FIRES 1430 EMPLOYEES BECAUSE THEY ARE UNVACCINATED
HEY GERALDO — POLICE SAY WOMAN PUNCHED IN THE FACE TRYING TO STOP SHOPLIFTER
FENTANYL AND METH SMOKE ARE MAKING SEATTLE’S TRANSIT SYSTEM UNUSABLE
LIBERAL WOMAN, AN EXEC AT LEVI’S, WAS BULLIED OUT OF HER JOB OVER COVID QUESTIONS
HERE WE GO AGAIN… NOVAK DJOKOVIC COULD MISS THE FRENCH OPEN OVER VAX MANDATE
Other News Catching My Eye
OHIO MAYOR RESIGNS AFTER SUGGESTING ICE FISHING LEADS TO PROSTITUTION
NO BIG WHOOP… MS GOLDBERG RETURNS TO ‘THE VIEW’ AFTER SUSPENSION
– ALSO THE VIEW: JOY BEHAR TROLLS MEGHAN McCAIN’S HAPPY VALENTINES DAY POST
GUESS HOW MANY AMERICANS SAY THEY HAVEN’T HAD SEX IN THE PAST YEAR?
LIZZO LIGHTS THE ‘OVERSHARING LAMP’ AND IT CAN BE SEEN FROM SPACE
