Intl Waffle Day (Let”s watch fights at a Waffle House!)
– The Feast of the Annunciation
– Manaatee Appreciation Day
– Bed-In for Peace Day (John Lennon and Yoko Ono stages a bed-in)
– Pecan Day (see 1775)
Meme Du Jour
SPOTTED IN AN ELEVATOR — IYKYK
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1775 – George Washington planted pecan trees at Mount Vernon (some still survive)
1776 – The Continental Congress approves a medal for George Washington
1867 – Chicago opens the Lake Tunnel — the first water supply tunnel for a major US city
1882 – The first demonstration of pancake making happened in a NYC department store
1911 – 146 workers die in a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory (sweatshop) in NYC
1934 – The first Augusta National tournament is held (Eventually called ‘The Masters’)
1954 – RCA starts mass-manufacturing of color TVs
1957 – US Customs seized copies of Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Howl’ – describing it as ‘obscene’
1961 – Elvis performs at Pearl Harbor’s Bloch Arena to benefit the USS Arizona memorial
1970 – The Concorde makes its first supersonic flight
1985 – Sally FIELD (not ‘Fields’) wins an Oscar(‘You like me, you really like me!’)
1995 – Pizza Hut introduced the ‘stuffed crust pizza’
2001 – Bjork dazzles with her “swan dress’ at the Oscars
News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– AT DHS SEC SWEARING IN, TRUMP PROVIDED AN IRAN WAR UPDATE
– POTUS SAYS THE U.S. IS NEGOTIATING WITH IRAN
– WHAT ABOUT THE RUMORED SENATE DEAL ON RE-OPENING DHS?
– NEWLY-MINTED DHS SEC MAKES AN IMPRESSIVE FIRST STATEMENT
– IL GOV BLAMES TRUMP FOR ILLEGAL IN ILLINOIS KILLING AN 18-YR-OLD WOMAN
– WILL CAIN IS BREAKING DOWN THE HOSPICE SCAM IN CALIFORNIA — WHEN ARE THE ARRESTS HAPPENING?
– WAIT, WE’RE SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE MIKA CAN’T GET A BIRTH CERTIFICATE? DOES SHE NEED ONE?
– SEN CHRIS MURPHY SAYS THE QYIET PART OUT LOUD — DEMS CARE MOST ABOUT ILLEGALS
– PHILLY DA LARRY KRASNER IS THREATENING TO ARREST ICE AGENTS WORKING AT THE AIRPORT
– TEMPLE UNIVERSITY ALSO SENT OUT AN EMAIL ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO REPORT ICE SIGHTINGS IN CAMPUS
– OH NO… OLD VIDEO SURFACES WITH MARKWAYNE MULLIN ADMITTING HE SPANKS HIS KIDS
– A DEMOCRAT FLIPS FLORIDA STATE HOUSE SEAT IN SPECIAL ELECTION (FOR MAR-A-LAGO DISTRICT)
– ‘THE VIEW’ DOESN’T BELIEVE WHOOPI WAS ASKED TO SHOW AN ID TO VOTE
– HOLY COW! NEW FEMA BIGWIG TELLS STORY OF HIS TELEPORTING ‘SKILLS’ (WAFFLE DAY STORY)
More News From DC
– IRAN WAR UPDATE — 1,000 MARINES ARRIVE IN REGION, 15-POINT CEASE-FIRE PLAN SET TO IRAN AND MORE
– DELTA SUSPENDS (NOT CANCELS) CONGRESSIONAL PERK WHILE TSA AGENTS GO UNPAID
– CRAZY RFK JR STORY OF THE YEAR – DYK HE CUT OFF A ROADKILL RACCOON PENIS TO SHOW HIS KIDS
— (IT’S A LONG ARTICLE, SO YA GOTTA READ DEEP OR SEARCH ‘RACCOON PENIS’)
– MISSOURI HIGH COURT UPHOLDS GOP-DRAWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT MAP
– MICHIGAN DEMS VOTE AGAINST DEPORTING IMMIGRANTS WHO COMMIT FRAUD
– MARYLAND SUPREME COURT TOSSES LIBS SUITS AGAINST ENERGY COMPANIES
– MAIL-IN VOTING ABUSED? NAH – NEVAH! LOOK AT THIS COMPARISON
General News
– NO SHOCK DEPT: NYC MAYOR MAMDANI SAYS ICE DOESN’T BELONG IN NYC’s AIRPORTS
– VIDEO: MARYLAND POLITICIANS DEBATE ‘APPROPRIATELY SIZED TAMPONS’ FOR MENS ROOMS
– CHICAGO MAYOR JOHNSON KEEPS PUSHING HIS CLAIM THAT JAILING CRIMINALS IS RACIST
– THE AIRPORT LINES IN ATLANTA ARE STILL LOOKING MUCH BETTER THAN LAST WEEK
– GOV GAVIN NEWSOM REGRETS CALLING ISRAEL AN ‘APARTHEID STATE’
– IT’S BEEN TWO YEARS SINCE THE KEY BRIDGE FELL IN BALTIMORE — LOOK AT HOW MUCH HAS BEEN REBUILT
– AND THE COST? IT WAS PROJECTED TO BE $1.7 BILLION — PROBABLY RUNNING UNDER BUDGET, RIGHT?
– META LOSES IN COURT, ORDERED TO PAY $375MIL OVER MISLEADING PARENTS ON ONLINE ADDICTION
I MISS THE NUTS AND BOLTS PARTIES OF THE 80S
Other News Catching My Eye
– YESTERDAY WAS CHEESESTEAK DAY — HOW ABOUT A WORLD RECORD OF CHEESESTEAKS?
– STRESSED OUT? PERHAPS YOU SHOULD BE ‘NATURE BATHING’ OR ‘FOREST BATHING’ — MOM SAID, ‘GO OUTSIDE!’
– KARA SWISHER DRAWS A LINE IN THE SAND – SHE VOWS TO LEAVE CNN IF/WHEN THIS HAPPENS
