Wednesday – January 17, 2024

Hot Buttered Rum Day

Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1706 – Ben Franklin was born!
1893 – Hawaiian monarchy overthrown by sugar planters and businessmen

1950 – Thieves pull of Brinks bank robbery in Boston
1953 – GM unveils the Corvette at Motorama!
1966 – Someone at NBC gave the green light to make “The Monkees”
1977 – Murderer Gary Gilmore is executed — bringing back the death penalty
1994 – Paula Jones accuses Bill Clinton of sexual harassment 
1995 – The Los Angeles Rams announce a move to St Louis
1997 – Ireland grants the first divorce that that country’s history

News and The Politics out of D.C.

DOJ ANNOUNCES HUNTER’S LAPTOP IS LEGIT (DON’T HOLD YOUR BREATH FOR AN APOLOGY)

YOU’LL NEVER GUESS WHAT SUBSTANCE WAS FOUND ON HUNTER’S ILLEGAL GUN

– ALSO HUNTER: FOREIGN AGENT ALLEGATIONS ARE LOOMING OVER JOE’S SON

– MORE HUNTER: THE DETAILS OF HIS ART SALES DON’T PASS THE SNIFF TEST

GEORGIA POLL NUMBERS ARE HUGE FOR TRUMP, BAD FOR BIDEN

ALL EYES ON NEW HAMPSHIRE

VIVEK JOINS TRUMP ON CAMPAIGN, CALLS FOR DESANTIS AND HALEY TO QUIT

TED CRUZ ENDORSES TRUMP, CALLS ON EVERYONE ELSE TO DROP OUT AND UNITE BEHIND TRUMP

DESANTIS AND HALEY BOTH SEND MESSAGE TO JOY REID – U.S. IS NOT A RACIST COUNTRY

ABC CANCELS DEBATE AFTER HALEY REFUSES UNLESS TRUMP PARTICIPATES

NY COURT REJECTS TRUMP’S APPEAL ON GAG ORDER IN NY FRAUD CASE

ICYMI – NIKKI HALEY FUMBLED QUESTION MEN BECOMING WOMEN

SOME ILLINOIS VOTERS WANT BIDEN OFF THE BALLOT

WATCH JOHN KERRY SNAP WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF DAVOS MEETINGS

 HARVARD PROF AT DAVOS EVENT IS SLAMMING ELON MUSK / TWITTER-X AS THE ENEMY

WATCH THIS ONE – CHINA’S POPULATION FALLS FOR A SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR

ISRAEL / HAMAS

WHAT’S UP WITH THE WATERMELON SYMBOLS ON PRO-PALESTINE SIGNS?

General News

HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE KILLED BY COPS? AND WHAT IS THE BREAKDOWN (GENDER, RACE, ETC)

WHAT THE HELL AUSTIN??? TEXAS CAPITOL HAS A MACHETE PROBLEM?

GOOD  SIGN – GEORGIA GOP WANTS RANKED CHOICE VOTING BANNED

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER AIRLINE INCIDENT — THIS ONE AT O’HARE

NJ’s LARGEST CITY GRANTS VOTING RIGHTS TO MINORS

SOME TARGET AND WALMART STORES ARE LOCKING DOWN UNDERWEAR AND SOCKS

WOKE

FED GOV’T TO SPEND $700K TO TEACH TRANSBOYS THEY CAN STILL GET PREGNANT

CALIFORNIA COLLEGE LAUNCHES PROGRAM – BUT, ONLY FOR STUDENTS OF COLOR

MAJORITY OF BLACK AMERICANS APPROVE OF SCOTUS STRIKING DOWN RACE-BASED ADMISSIONS

Other News Catching My Eye

JOURNALISM ON CNN – JOHN BERMAN CONFRONTED BIDEN SPOX ON ‘THREAT TO DEMOCRACY’

TRAVELING TO COLUMBIA??? MAYBE SKIP THE DATING APPS IF YOU WANT TO STAY ALIVE

IS THIS TOLKIEN’S SHIRE? (PEOPLE ARE LIVING THERE TOO)

THE EMMY RATINGS ARE OUT… NOT GOOD