TAX DAY
– Titanic Remembrance Day (The iceberg hit was yesterday before midnight today — when the ship sank, killing 1500.)
– McDonald’s Day – The first McDonalds opened in Des Plaines, IL on this day in 1955. (It’s a museum now.)
– National Banana Day (Can’t stand ’em — ya peel them and throw away the bone… ya got nothing.)
– National Griper’s Day! (We all know one — or, we are ONE)
Meme Du Jour
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1755 – Dr. Samuel Johnson published his Dictionary of the English Language
1865 – President Lincoln died after being shot the night before
1912 – The Titanic sinks – 1500 perished and yes, the band was playing on deck
1923 – Insulin becomes generally available to people who need it
1945 – FDR’s body is buried at his home in Hyde Park, NY
1947 – Jackie Robinson plays his first major league baseball game – breaking the color barrier
1955 – Ray Kroc opens the first McDonald in Des Plaines, IL (It’s a museum these days.)
1959 – Fidel Castro begins a goodwill tour of the U.S.
1997 – MLB retires Jackie Robinson’s number on the 50th anniversary of his first game
2013 – Three died, hundreds injured in Boston Marathon bombing
IT’S STARTING TO FEEL LIKE WE’RE GETTING CLOSE TO THIS…
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– VP VANCE WEIGHS IN ON THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE POPE
– TOM HOMAN WITH A GREAT RESPONSE TO THE POPE
– WHY IS JOE BIDEN STILL GIVING SPEECHES? — THIS IS EMBARRASSING AS HELL
– THE GUT-WRENCHING CLAIMS AGAINST SWALWELL FROM JUST ONE OF HIS ACCUSERS
– SWALWELL — APPARENTLY EVERYONE IN DC KNEW
– DID DEMS KNOW OR DIDN’T THEY? THE CONTRADICTIONS…
– MORE CURIOUS/CREEPY VIDEOS WITH SWALWELL AND GALLEGO JUST HANGING OUT
– GALLEGO HAS HIS SCRIPT — HE’S GOING WITH THE ‘DOUBLE LIFE’ STORY FOR SWALWELL
– KEVIN McCARTHY WARNED US ABOUT SWALWELL (AND GAETZ)
– SPEAKER JOHNSON WANTS ANOTHER DEMOCRAT EXPELLED FROM THE HOUSE
– STEPHEN MILLER — DEMS CONTROL THEIR MEMBERS WITH BLACKMAIL
– SEN KENNEDY DELIVERS SOME BRILLIANCE (ON DEMOCRATS’ HYPOCRISY)
– BIBLICAL SCHOLAR JOY BEHAR GETS CALLED OUT BY HER OWN PEOPLE
More News From DC
– PRESIDENT TRUMP HINTS MORE TALKS WITH IRAN ARE POSSIBLE
– NBC NEWS’ UPDATE ON THE IRAN WAR, TRUMP, THE POPE, ETC.
– TWO CONDITIONS TRUMP HAS SET FOR IRAN TALKS
– IRAN ANNOUNCES DEPLOYMENT OF NEW ‘MIDGET SUBMARINES’ AND GETS ROASTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA
– CENTCOM REPORTS THE BLOCKADE IS WORKING (IN JUST 36 HOURS)
– LINDSEY GRAHAM TELLS THE POPE HE’S ‘WRONG’ ON THE IRON WAR
– SWALWELL ACCUSER CLAIMS HE RAPED HER AND SHE WILL FILE A POLICE REPORT
– AOC BELIEVES SWALWELL AND CONGRESS CAN ACT LIKE THIS BECAUSE A JUDGE SAID TRUMP RAPED A WOMAN
– WE HAVE NOW HIT/DESTROYED/BLOWED-UP 50 NARCO TERRORIST BOATS
– WE WARNED YOU — TMZ IS NOW IN DC AND THEY ARE UNLEASHING THE DOGS ON CONGRESS
– FUN: TWITCHY HAS COLLECTED SOME OF THE BEST MARCO RUBIO MEMES FOR ‘RUBIO TUESDAY’
General News
– MD TRIED TO ELIMINATE THE ONE RED DISTRICT IN THE STATE — THE EFFORT FAILED
– VA GOV SIGNS LAW THAT WILL GIVE STATE’S ELECTORAL VOTES TO WINNER OF POPULAR VOTE
– NYC MAYOR IS DOUBLING DOWN ON THIS CITY-RUN GROCERY STORE THING (IT WON’T END WELL)
– OUTRAGE AFTER EAST TEXAS SCHOOL IS HANDING OUT BIBLES! (OH, WAIT, THEY’RE HANDING OUT KORANS)
– THE GUY BURNED DOWN THE TOILET PAPER WAREHOUSE FACES 10-YRS TO LIFE
– INCREASING PROPERTY TAXES MAY SPARK REVOLTS IN CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY
– ANOTHER BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY IS LEAVING CALIFORNIA, BYE-BYE KB HOMES
– WHAT WOULD AN AIRLINE MEGA-MERGER MEAN FOR PASSENGERS???
– PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE WILL LIVE ON (BUT, WILL IT BE AGENDA DRIVEN?)
– NEW DISNEY CEO CUTS ABOUT 1000 FROM STAFF IN TV AND MOVIES
– 7-11 SET TO CLOSE ALMOST 650 STORES IN NORTH AMERICA
– NFL REPORTER RESIGNS AFTER PICS OF HER WITH THE COACH SHE’S COVERING SURFACE
– SEVEN YEAR CAR LOANS ARE GROWING IN NUMBERS
– COLOR ME (NOT) SHOCKED — COUGH DROPS MADE IN CHINA RECALLED!
– MEGYN KELLY CROSSES A RED LINE — SHE’S TRASHING SYDNEY SWEENEY
– DON’T YOU HATE IT WHEN YOUR SURGEON REMOVES YOUR LIVER INSTEAD OF YOUR SPLEEN
Other News Catching My Eye
– DO YOU THINK YOUR PHONE IS LISTENING TO YOU? (I DO) CBS SAYS NO. (I DON’T BELIEVE THEM)
– CONSUMING CANNABIS? WHAT IS IT DOING TO YOUR AGING BRAIN?
– A BIG MAC AND A RED BULL? ENERGY DRINKS ARE COMING TO MICKEY Ds
– $117 LOTTERY TICKET BRINGS WINNER A $1MIL PICASSO
– DO YOU DO ‘SMALL TALK?’ — APPARENTLY, SMALL TALK IS GOOD FOR YOU
