National Cartoonists Day!
– National Hoagie Day
– Museum Lovers Day (Do you have a favorite? I have several — The Chicago Art Institute, MOMA, The Witte and
– Great Lakes Awareness Day (Think HOMES)
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1795 – Great Britain passed a tax on hair powder (all those wigs) – so, people stopped using the stuff
1862 – Why do we celebrate today? The outnumbered Mexican army beat the French at Puebla
1891 – Music Hall (Now, Carnegie Hall) with Tchaikovsky as guest conductor of the NY Music Society Orchestra
1904 – Cy Young pitches baseball’s first perfect game (So, that’s why they named the award for him.)
1921 – Chanel #5 is launched (Is there another, more iconic fragrance?)
1945 – Holland and Demark are liberated from Nazi control
1951 – Charlie Brown adopted Snoopy (There’s video to prove it.)
1961 – Alan Shepard is the first AMERICAN in space
2000 – The Sun, Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn all aligned – (It was not the end of the world)
2002 – ‘Spider-Man’ becomes the first movie to sell $100mil in tickets in an opening weekend
CHECK THE TUCKER CARLSON CLIP
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– TRUMP TROLLING EVERYONE — NEEDED LAUGHTER ON A MONDAY (OR A TUESDAY)
– PAWN STARS’ RICK HARRISON WAS AT THE PRESIDENT’S SMALL BIZ EVENT YESTERDAY
– THE PRESIDENT IS STILL NOT FINISHED TALKING ABOUT NORAH O’DONNELL
– TENNESSEE STATE REP CALLS TRUMP ‘A WHITE SUPREMACIST DOMESTIC TERRORIST (AND MORE)
– ANYONE ELSE THINKING THE JUDGE IN THE WHCD SHOULD RECUSE HIMSELF?
– ARE THE MIDTERMS A DONE DEAL? FORMER CLINTON POLLSTER SAYS IT’S CLOSER THAN YOU THINK
– TUCKER CARLSON’S LATEST KOOKY TALK ABOUT. TRUMP — THINKS POTUS PUT A SPELL ON HIM
– JOHN BRENNAN’S TDS IS GROWING — HE’S NOW CALLING THE PRESIDENT A ‘MALIGNANT NARCISSIST’
– ACTOR MARK RUFFALO HAS TO BACKTRACK ON HIS TRUMP SMEARS — RUFFALO BLAMED ELON FOR FOOLING HIM
– STAR WARS DAY TROLLING OF DEMS AND WHAT THEY DID TO SPIRIT AIRLINES
– WATCH: MENTALLY ILL WOMAN TELLS MAYOR PETE OF HER FEARS FOR TRANS PEOPLE IN HER LIFE
– JAMES CARVILLE ATTENDED THE KENTUCKY DERBY AND CLAIMS A WOMAN TOLD HIM THIS OUTRAGEOUS STORY
More News From DC
– IRAN UPDATE — THE IRANIAN ATTACK ON THE UAE MAY HAVE BEEN A BIG MISTAKE
– THE STRAIGHT SCOOP ON THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ
– IRAN FIRED ON U.S. WAR SHIPS AND LEARNS A F-A-F-O LESSON
– ALITO IS FED UP WITH JUSTIC JACKSON’S NONSENSE
– BESSENT SAYS ‘HELP IS ON THE WAY’ FOR GAS PRICES
– IF ERIC SWALWELL THOUGH HE HAD A CHANCE TO REDEEM HIMSELF, HE DOES NOT – CHECK THIS HEADLINE
General News
– WHAT’S LEFT TO TAX IN VIRGINIA? THE NEW GOV IS LOOKING AT GYM MEMBERSHIPS AND STREAMING SERVICES
– KAREN BASS SAYS SHE’S WIPED OUT HOMELESSNESS IN LOS ANGELES — THIS STORY BEGS TO DIFFER
– TEXAS WATER PARK – FUDED BY TAXPAYERS TO HOST A ‘MUSLIMS ONLY DAY’ (KINDA SEEMS ILLEGAL)
– COMPLAINTS ARE COMING IN ABOUT EBT REQUIRING 20 HOURS OF WORK FOR FOOD WELFARE
– WALGREENS IS CLOSING A STORE IN CHICAGO (DUE TO SHOPLIFTING) ALDERMAN WANTS CHARGES!
– A DEMOCRAT WON THE MAYORAL ELECTION IN PEARLAND, TX (A FIRST FOR DEMS IN DECADES)
– GAS PRICES ARE CRUSHING RESTAURANTS
– IF YOU BOUGHT FROZEN SALMONELLA PIZZA AT WALMART OR ALDI, READ THIS BEFORE EATING IT
– DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE DAY — HOW NOT TO ROB A GAS STATION CONVENIENCE STORE
H/T Jen Ohman
Other News Catching My Eye
– FLORIDA MAN, DOING FLORIDA MAN THINGS INVOLVING A JET-POWERED HOVERBOARD, A JET SKI AND HIS DOG
– SILLY WEATHER FORECAST – WHEN LIFE MESSES WITH YOU, RIDE IT!
– CHIPOTLE CEO SAYS YOU SHOULD ASK FOR MORE FOOD IF YOU WANT IT (FOR FREE)
– THIS IS WHY MONSTER TRUCK EVENTS SHOULD BE HELD IN STADIUMS, FAR FROM PEOPLE
– KATY PERRY WAS PART OF THE MET BALL MADNESS
– THE ‘FASHION’ GAME OF CAN YOU TOP THIS WAS ENDLESS
– THE ROCK WAS WEARING A SKIRT — BECAUSE POLYNESIAN MEN DO THIS
