PUDDING SEASON! Intl Coffee Day, National Homemade Cookies Day
Meme Du Jour
Think tonight’s VP debate on CBS will be fair?
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1867 – Karl Marx publishes ‘Das Kapital’ (his attemped takedown of Capitalism)
1890 – Yosemite National Park is established
1907 – The 18-story Plaza Hotel opened in NYC (First guests? The Vanderbilts)
1908 – Henry Ford introduced the Model T at the price of $825
1949 – Mao declares the formation of the People’s Republic of China
1957 – ‘In God We Trust’ appears on US paper money for the first time
1958 – American Express introduced its travel and entertainment card
1962 – ‘The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson’ begins (It ran 30 years)
1968 – George Romero’s horror classic, ‘Night of the Living Dead’ is released
1971 – The first CT Scan (a Cat Scan) is performed in a hospital in Wimbledon, England
1975 – Ali beats Frazier in the ‘Thrilla in Manilla’
1982 – Sony released its first compact disc player
2017 – Gunman in Las Vegas opens fire on country music festival, killing 58
2023 – The world population is estimated to hit 8.1 billion
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– BIDEN ADDRESSES CRISIS IN GA, NC, FL, TN (AND HE SOUNDS SICK)
– KELLYANNE CONWAY HINTS TRUMP MAY DEBATE KAMALA AGAIN
– TRUMP IN VALDOSTA, GA – ASKING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR VICTIMS
– MR TRUMP TALKS UNITY WHILE ADDRESSING THE STORM VICTIMS IN GEORGIA
– KAMALA ASKED (AGAIN) HOW SHE WOULD MAKE THINGS CHEAPER???
– KAMALA TROTS OUT THE CRINGEY, OLD CHESTNUT, ‘I EAT NO FOR BREAKFAST’
– THE PRESS ASKS QUESTIONS, THE VICE PRESIDENT AVOIDS (THREE TIMES)
– KJP SPEAKS NONSENSE WHILE TRYING TO DIMINISH SHOCKING DATA FROM ICE
– COMMERCE SECRETARY ON STRIKE EFFECTS, ‘I HAVE NOT BEEN FOCUSED ON THAT’
– PA VOTER SAYS ABORTION AND TRANS ISSUES ARE MOVING HIM TOWARDS TRUMP
– NV VOTER HAS A MESSAGE FOR KAMALA (AND, IT’S NOT A GOOD ONE)
– CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD SAYS TRUMP’S AD SLAMMING KAMALA WAS ‘IMPACTFUL’
NEWS OUT OF DC
MORE THAN 200 ADMIRALS AND GENERALS ENDORSE TRUMP
TRUMP SAVAGES KAMALA OVER PHOTO SHOWING HER EARPHONES NOT PLUGGED IN
43-FT NAKED TRUMP IN NEVADA PROVES TDS IS A REAL THING
JAMES COMER WANTS MAYORKAS TO TESTIFY ABOUT TIANANMEN TIM AND CHINA
TED CRUZ IS IN A VERY VERY TIGHT RACE FOR HIS SENATE SEAT
REPUBLICAN INDICTED FOR THREATENING TO KILL HIS GOP OPPONENT
THE IDF IS GOING INTO LEBANON (‘A LIMITED GROUND INCURSION’)
– GERMANY IS EVACUATING ITS CITIZENS FROM LEBANON
POLLS
– TRAFALGAR (Scroll down for swing states)
– INTERACTIVE POLLS (several sources gathered here)
General News
HURRICANE HELENE DEATH TOLL CONTINUES TO RISE
– THEY ARE FINDING BODIES IN TREES IN NC
– MAN HIKES 11 MILES, UP 2200 FEET TO REACH PARENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA
– GOYA FOODS IS BRINGING FOOD TO PEOPLE AFFECTED BY HELENE
– SALT WATER + ELECTRIC CARS = SERIOUS TROUBLE
– VANDALS LOOT FLORIDA TRUMP STORE
STRIKE AT THE DOCKS — WILL YOU HAVE BANANAS AFTER TODAY?
ANY OTHER VERIZON CUSTOMERS HAVE A TOUGH DAY YESTERDAY???
BOSS OF MINNEAPOLIS FOOD PANTRY REPORTEDLY BANS WHITE PEOPLE???
THERE MAY BE A DIDDY SEX TAPE BEING OFFERED FOR SALE
– MR DIDDY ASSEMBLES A NEW LEGAL TEAM FOR A NEW PITCH FOR BAIL
FORD OFFERS FREE CHARGERS TO EV BUYERS
Other News Catching My Eye
R-I-P NBA LEGEND DIKEMBE MUTUMBO
R-I-P BASEBALL’S GREATEST HITTER WITH WORST HAIRCUT – PETE ROSE
MONTANA MAN FOUND GUILTY OF ILLEGAL SHEEP CLONING
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY IS A ‘FURRY-FRIENDLY’ CAMPUS
MAN PAYS $4000 FOR TAYLOR SWIFT-SIGNED GUITAR, THEN SMASHES IT