Tuesday – February 27, 2024

National Strawberry Day, National Kahlua Day

Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1827 – New Orleans holds its first Mardi Gras celebration
1860 – Matthew Brady photographs presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln
1879 – Saccharin is discovered – (btw – the gov’t warning was removed in 2000 – its safe)
1900 – Germany’s Felix Hoffman got a patent for the chemical compound we call aspirin
1922 – SCOTUS defends women’s voting rights
1935 – 6-yr-old Shirley Temple was awarded a special mini Oscar
1988 – Debi Thomas is the first Black woman to win a medal at the Winter Olympics
1980 – “I Will Survive” wins the first / last Grammy for Best Disco song
1991 – Coalition forces liberate Kuwait seven months after Saddam’s invasion

News and The Politics out of D.C.

BIDEN TO THE BORDER — ON THE SAME DAY TRUMP WILL BE THERE

 – JOE SAYS HE’S NOT COPYING TRUMP ON BORDER VISIT – RIGHT, SURE PAL

 – BIDEN HAD TIME TO VISIT NYC, GET ICE CREAM WITH SETH MEYERS AND SCREW UP TRAFFIC

HAZMAT UNIT CALLED TO DONALD TRUMP JR’s HOME AFTER DEATH THREAT AND WHITE POWDER SENT

SEN KENNEDY RIPS BIDENOMICS – ‘A CANCER ON THE AMERICAN DREAM’

GOP HOUSE MEMBER CALLS ON KAMALA TO INVOKE THE 25TH AMENDMENT

DEM REP KATIE PORTER JUST SAID THE MOST INSENSITIVE IDIOTIC THING I’VE HEARD

YES, THAT IS CHUCK SCHUMER WAVING THE FLAG OF COMMUNIST CHINA

CLAIM: BIDEN ADMIN PLANTED AN OPERATIVE INSIDE FANI WILLIS’ OFFICE

 – JUDGE ORDERS FANI’S LOVER’S LAW PARTNER TO TESTIFY W/O PRIVILEGE

VEEPSTAKES: GOV KRISTI NOEM REPORTEDLY MEETS WITH TRUMP IN MAR-A-LAG

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THAT CHINESE BIOLAB IN CALIFORNIA?

REPORT: IRAN HAS ENOUGH ENRICHED URANIUM TO MAKE THREE NUKES

OPINION PIECE FROM A GUY NAMED ‘OPELKA’ – BLINKEN FIDDLES (ON THE ROOF) WHILE THE WORLD BURNS

ISRAEL / HAMAS

BIDEN HOPES CEASE-FIRE WILL TAKE EFFECT BY MONDAY

ISRAEL UNLEASHED STRIKES ON HEZBOLLAH SITED INSIDE LEBANON

HOUTHIS HAVE REPORTEDLY KNOCKED OUT UNDERWATER INTERNET CABLES IN RED SEA

General News

CNN ON SUSPECT IN LAKEN RILEY MURDER: ‘LITTLE EVIDENCE INDICATING A CONNECTION’ TO IMMIGRATION

 – ANDERSON COOPER DOESN’T WANT YOU TO POLITICIZE THE LAKEN RILEY MURDER

YET ANOTHER ILLEGAL IS ARRESTED FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A YOUNG GIRL

SF HARDWARE STORE HAS A SOLUTION TO CRIME WAVE — SHOPPERS ARE ESCORTED EVERYWHERE

TX GOV ABBOT RESPONDS TO UN LGBTQ HUMAN RIGHTS CRITICISM — ‘THE UN CAN GO POUND SAND’

I WAS NEVER A BIG DR PHIL FAN — UNTIL HE SHOWED UP ON ‘THE VIEW’

FORGET WOKE CLASSES – STATE UNIVERSITIES ARE TEACHING KIDS TO BLOW UP PIPELINES

THAT MASSIVE GROCERY CHAIN MERGER HAS JUST HIT A WALL AS THE FTC AND 9 STATES FILE SUIT

Woke News

VA STATE SENATE GOES INTO RECESS BECAUSE LT GOV MISGENDERED SOMEONE

CO STATE LEGISLATURE PUSHING A BILL MANDATING TEACHERS USE PREFERRED PRONOUNS

VT GIRLS COACH DEFENDS DECISION NOT TO PLAY AGAINST BOYS

WHAT IS THIS? NY POST IS PUSHING TO EMBRACE SOMETHING CALLED ‘BABYGIRL’ VIBE

ICYMI – JEOPARDY! WENT SUPER WOKE ON PRONOUN MADNESS LAST NIGHT 

Other News Catching My Eye

WAIT, STUDY FINDS BIG AB MUSCLES COULD BE BAD FOR MEN’S HEARTS???

IF YOU LIKED ‘YEEZEY’ SHOES, ADIDAS IS GETTING READY TO WIPE OUT THE REMAINING INVENTORY

SOMEONE PAID $3.7 MIL FOR AN UNOPENED BOX OF 1979 HOCKEY CARDS

NASHVILLE PUNK BAND BOOTS LEAD SINGER FOR DOING A VERY UN PUNK-LIKE THING

SNL MISSED IT – THIS IS THE ‘LIBERTY MUTUAL’ SKETCH THAT DIDN’T MAKE THE CUT