Wednesday – August 18, 2026

World Photography Day

– National Aviation Day

– National Potato Day

– Talk Like Jar Jar Binks Day (Never really caught on like Talk Like A Pirate Day)

Meme Du Jour

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1692 – Five women are hanged for being witches in Salem, MA
1812 – ‘Old Ironsides’ earns its name defeating the British frigate Guerriere off Nova Scotia

1909 – The first race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

1964 – The Beatles kick off their American tour at the Cow Palace in San Francisco
1976 – The GOP nominated Gerald Ford 
(he became president after Nixon resigned)

1991 – Gorbachev placed under house arrest for two days (The coup failed.)
1993 – Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin marry 
(It didn’t last…)
2004 – Google started trading on the stock market at $85 / share (worth $13,400 today)

2010 – Operation Iraqi Freedom ends (Six brigades stayed to train Iraqi troops.)

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News and The Politics out of D.C.

CLIPS

– PERFECT REAGAN FLASHBACK CLIP FROM THIS WEEK IN 1992 – YOU ARE WELCOME

– NEWLY RE-BUILT ROSIE O’DONNELL THANKS TRUMP FOR MAKING HER ‘RE-FAMOUS’

– CNN IS TRYING SOOOO HARD TO MAKE THE NATALIE HARP STORY A ‘STORY’

– CORY MILLS LOSES HIS GOP PRIMARY IN FL (LIKELY SAVING THE SEAT FOR REPUBLICANS)

– REP BYRON DONALDS WINS GOP PRIMARY FOR GOV IN FL, VOWS AFFORDABILITY

     DONALDS ALSO PROMISED THAT DOGE WOULD RETURN TO FLORIDA

– THE RE-BRANDING OF AOC CONTINUES WITH TARLOV PUSHING HER TO THE MIDDLE IN PEOPLE’S MINDS

– FL SENATE SEAT NOW LISTED AS ‘SAFE’ AFTER DEM PRIMARY WON BY ANOTHER CRAZY WOMAN

– WHO IS ANGIE NIXON? HERE’S A LITTLE HELPER VIDEO FOR YA

     – DSA CANDIDATE NIXON IS ALL-IN ON DEMS’ ‘MEDICARE-FOR-ALL’ PUSH

– ASHLEY MOODY’S PRIMARY WIN WAS BIGGER THAN THE TOTAL VOTES IN THE DEM PRIMARY

– DEMS WENT FROM BILL CLINTON TO ZOHRAN MAMDANI IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE

More News From DC

– PRIMARY RACES IN FLORIDA AND ALASKA

– IRAN TALKS COLLAPSE, NO NEW TALKS PLANNED, TRUMP CLAIMS THE STRAIT IS A TERRITORY

– TRUMP SAYS U.S. AND CANADA HAVE A TRADE DEAL

– CUE THE LIBERAL MEDIA OUTRAGE — DOJ IS SENDING 1,000 ELECTION MONITORS OUT DURING MIDTERMS

– FBI CRIME STATS DON’T LIE — THE U.S. HAD THE BIGGEST CRIME DROP IN 90 YEARS

– ONE OF FAUCI’S INNER CIRCLE PLEADS GUILTY TO ATTEMPTING TO DEFRAUD THE UNITED STATES

– EBOLA IS STILL HAPPENING IN THE CONGO — HERE’S THE LATEST UPDATE

General News

– THE LATEST ON THE EXPANDED RECALL OF 1.6 MILLION DOZEN EGGS – SALMONELLA RISK

– BOSTON MAYOR TRYING TO BLOCK ICE FROM USING PARKING LOTS IN HER TOWN

– TX GOV BANS FOREIGN INFLUENCE IN HIS STATE’S PUBLIC SCHOOLS

– IDAHO COFFEE SHOP BOOTS PRO-LIFE TEENS FROM RESTAURANT, COMPARES THEM TO THE KKK

– MINNEAPOLIS’ 2021 ‘OUTSTANDING REFUGEE’ WINNER IS A BAD DUDE — CHECK THIS ARREST RECORD

– WNBA SAYS SECURITY WAS WRONG TO ASK FANS TO COVER SHIRTS CONSIDERED TO BE CONTROVERSIAL MESSAGES

– THE WNBA CRAZINESS CONTINUES — I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN EPISODE OF RU PAUL’S DRAG RACE

– I DOUBT THAT DR PHIL CARES MUCH — BUT, OPRAH IS OFFICIALLY ‘DONE’ WITH HIM

Mom goes viral

Other News Catching My Eye

– QUITTING ALCOHOL MAY INCREASE YOUR RISK OF COMPULSIVE DRINKING  (HOW DID THEY LEARN THIS FROM MICE?)

– PALM BEACH INTL AIRPORT IS NOW DONALD J TRUMP AIRPORT — THE CODE GOES FROM ‘PBI’ TO ‘DJT’ (DEMS WILL CHANGE IT BACK)

– HILARIOUS AD FOR BEER COMPANY AND ENERGY DRINK WANTS YOUR PEE TO COOL DATA CENTERS

– AND THEN THERE WAS ONE —– R-I-P ZZ TOP DRUMMER FRANK BEARD, GONE AT 77