THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1858 – Ezra Warner got a patent for his can opener
1889 – The word “hamburger” appeared in print for the first time (source: OED)
1914 – Henry Ford introduced a minimum wage of $5/day
1920 – The NY Yankees purchased Babe Ruth’s contract from the Boston Red Sox
1933 – Construction begins on the Golden Gate Bridge (It opened in May of 1937)
1961 – “Mr. Ed” debuted… “A horse is a horse of course of course…”
1980 – “Rapper’s Delight” (Sugar Hill Gang) is hip-hops for Top 40 hit (Bret Baier?)
1998 – Sonny Bono killed in a skiing accident
News and The Politics out of D.C.
BIDEN HITS NEW LOW IN NEW POLL
MEANWHILE, JILL BIDEN HAS A NEW ENTRANCE THEME SONG… (NOT A JOKE)
JOE BIDEN IS HOPEFUL ABOUT 2020 (NOT A TYPO — HE REALLY SAID “2020”)
ABOUT JOE’S BIG SPENDING BILL, MANCHIN SAYS NO NEGOTIATIONS ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW
TED CRUZ INDICATES THE GOP WOULD IMPEACH BIDEN IF THE RED WAVE HAPPENS
MANCHIN DOESN’T SOUND LIKE HE’S READY TO KILL THE FILIBUSTER JUST YET
RAND PAUL LEAVES YOUTUBE OVER CENSORSHIP
BORDER GUARD FIRED UPON FROM MEXICO WHILE ARRESTING ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSER
THE DNC IS NOW A UNION SHOP — JOINING SEIU
25TH DEMOCRAT ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT – WON’T BE RUNNING IN 2022
MELANIA TRUMP LAUNCHES AUCTION OF ‘HEAD OF STATE’ COLLECTION (IT’S PRICEY)
DONALD TRUMP CANCELS JAN 6TH EVENT AT MAR-A-LAGO
US LAUNCHES PRE-EMPTIVE STRIKE ON “ROCKET SITES” IN SYRIA
TEXAS GOV FILES LAWSUIT TO BLOCK BIDEN’S VACCINE MANDATE ON NATIONAL GUARD
‘THE VIEW’ HOST QUESTIONS LEGITIMACY OF TRUMP’S ELECTION, BLAMES RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE
General News
WINTER STORM AND CRASH HAS MOTORISTS STRANDED FOR 17 HOURS ON VIRGINIA HIGHWAY
CHICAGO TEACHERS VOTE TO RETURN TO DISTANCE LEARNING
— BIDEN SAID SCHOOLS SHOULD REMAIN OPEN
SCHOOLS GOT $130B TO RE-OPEN, SOME OF THAT WENT TO CRT (SOME ARE STILL CLOSED)
CDC SAYS OMICRON NOW MAKES UP 95% OF NEW COVID CASES
NYC MAYOR — ‘YOUR KIDS ARE SAFER IN SCHOOL”
NY TEACHER ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY GIVING STUDENT COVID VAX W/O PARENTAL OK
HOWARD STERN CALLS UNVAXXED ‘F**KING MORONS’ AND THREATENS A PRESIDENTIAL RUN
BORIS JOHNSON SAYS THE UK WILL RIDE OUT OMICRON SURGE
A RECORD NUMBER OF AMERICANS QUIT THEIR JOBS IN NOVEMBER
2021 AUTO SALES NUMBERS ARE IN — TOYOTA PASSES GM IN AMERICA
Other News Catching My Eye
MISSING A PACKAGE FROM AMAZON? HUNDREDS FOUND DUMPED IN OKLAHOMA
THE AKC (AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB) HAS ADDED TWO NEW BREEDS
THE WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM WILL ANNOUNCE ITS NEW NAME FEBRUARY 2ND
THE WOKE GET “WOKER?” PATTON OSWALD APOLOGIZES FOR TAKING A PIC WITH DAVE CHAPPELLE
DAVID BOWIE’S EXTENSIVE MUSIC CATALOGUE (400+ SONGS) IS SOLD TO WARNER MUSIC
JANET JACKSON HAS A TWO-PART DOCUMENTARY COMING OUT — DO WE CARE?
