Tuesday – October 3, 2023

National Caramel Custard Day

Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1776 – Congress borrowed five million dollars to stop the rapid depreciation of paper money

1789 – George Washington declares Oct 26th to be the first national Thanksgiving Day
1863 – President Lincoln proclaims the Thanksgiving holiday is the last Thursday in Nov
1906 – S-O-S is officially designated as warning signal (via telegraph back then)
1951 – Bobby Thompson’s “shot heard around the world” wins the pennant for the NY Giants
1955 – Captain Kangaroo, The Mickey Mouse Club and The Dick Van Dyke shows all debuted
1990 – East and West Germany reunite after a 45 year split
1992 – Sinead O’Connor tore up a photo of the Pope on SNL
1995 – OJ Simpson is acquitted in the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman

2008 – The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act gave Treasury power to purchase “troubled assets”

News and The Politics out of D.C.

BIDEN TOLD DEMOCRATS TO TREAT FUTURE WHITE MINORITY WITH RESPECT

 – JOE’S BOY HUNTER TO APPEAR IN DELAWARE COURT, EXPECTED TO PLEAD NOT GUILTY TO GUN CHARGE

SPEAKER McCARTHY KNEW THIS WAS COMING — GAETZ FILES MOTION TO UNSEAT HIM (A VOTE IS COMING SOON)

ICYMI – DeSANTIS SAID HE WOULD SUPPORT A FEDERAL, 15-WEEK BAN ON ABORTION

TRUMP TRIAL DU JOUR

WATCH DONALD TRUMP ADDRESS THE MEDIA AFTER DAY ONE IN A NYC COURT

DIDJA SEE THE JUDGE SMILE FOR THE CAMERA?

THE JUDGE ALSO WANTS MEDIA TO STOP SAYING HE VALUED MAR-A-LAGO AT $18MIL

WAS LETICIA JAMES TRYING TO STARE DOWN TRUMP INSIDE THE COURTROOM?

DID YOU NOTICE HOW NBC COVERED DAY ONE OF THE TRIAL??? (NO BIAS HERE…)

DAY TWO — DONALD TRUMP IS COMING BACK TO THE COURT HOUSE

DEM’S FIRE MARSHALL BOWMAN SENDS OUT A LITS OF TALKING POINTS TO DEFEND HIS IDIOTIC MOVE

CALIFORNIA’S NEWEST SENATOR (THE PHONZ) ALREADY HAS SOME ETHICS PROBLEMS

SCOTUS REJECTS EFFORT TO KEEP TRUMP OFF THE BALLOT IN 2024

TEXAS CONGRESSMAN HENRY CUELLAR UNHARMED IN DC CARJACKING BY ARMED GUNMEN

NANCY MACE VS WHOOPI GOLDBERG — WHO DO YOU THINK WON THIS ONE?

POST OFFICE UNVEILS STAMP HONORING RUTH BADER GINSBURG

General News

NO POWERBALL WINNER… JACKPOT JUMPS OVER $1.2 BILLION

STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENTS RESUME TODAY

9-YR-OLD GIRL ABDUCTED FROM A NY PARK FOUND ALIVE AFTER MASSIVE SEARCH

IS IT STRIKE SEASON? MASSIVE HEALTHCARE STRIKE COULD HAPPEN TOMORROW

ILLINOIS WANTS ANYONE WITH AN ASSAULT RIFLE TO REGISTER IT — WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?

PHILADELPHIA CHARGES 72 PEOPLE IN CENTER CITY LOOTING SPREE (MEATBALL WAS AMONG THEM)

 COPS ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR BIKER WHO STOMPED OUT REAR WINDOW OF CAR WITH 2 KIDS INSIDE

 PHILLY JOURNALIST WHO MOCKED TALK OF CRIME CRISIS IS SHOT DEAD IN HIS OWN HOME

ST LOUIS WOMAN DRIVES 7 MILES WITH HUSBAND CLINGING TO THE HOOD OF HER CAR

HOMELESS PIRATES ARE NOW MAKING LIFE TOUGH IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY

IF YOU’RE STEPPING OVER SLEEPING PEOPLE AT O’HARE… THEY’RE IMMIGRANTS WAITING TENTS

HERE ARE ELEVEN RETAIL COMPANIES IN DANGER OF GOING OUT OF BUSINESS

TWO OUT OF THREE GEN Z MEMBERS ARE STILL FINANCIALLY DEPENDENT ON THEIR PARENTS

AFTER THE KNIFE VIDEO, BRITNEY SPEARS GETS A ‘WELLNESS VISIT’ FROM POLICE

WOKE

PAY ATTENTION, THE GREENIES ARE COMING FOR YOUR CAR AND THEY’RE USING YOUR TIRES TO DO IT

MORE PROBLEMS FOR FORD’S EV TRUCK… QUALITY ISSUES AND DECLINING INTEREST TRIGGER CUTS

Other News Catching My Eye

ENGLAND BANS CELL PHONES IN SCHOOLS — HOW WILL THEY ENFORCE IT?

WATCH: MAN DRIVES HIS CAR INTO A NJ POLICE STATION BLARING ‘WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE’

OPRAH CALLS WEIGHT LOSS USING DRUGS LIKE OZEMPIC, ‘THE EASY WAY OUT’

POP STAR SIA SHOWS HER FACE AFTER COSMETIC SURGERY

THIS IS COOL… SALEM RADIO’S TOM TRADUP IS EXPANDING AIN — ALL ISRAELS NEWS

104-YR-OLD CHICAGO WOMAN WANTS THE RECORD FOR. ‘OLDEST SKYDIVER’