God delays Rapture for release of Epstein files; Trump: threatens Kimmel again; says UN sabotaged him; ChatGPT lobotomized; 'very mean squirrel' terrorizes CA town.
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While we’re all on the topic of free speech, on this day in 1789 the first U.S. Congress proposed the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution, guaranteeing essential liberties including freedom of speech, the right to publish, practice religion, possess firearms, to assemble, and other natural and legal rights.
It’s fortunate the first Congress enacted these amendments. As the late criminal defense attorney F. Lee Bailey observed: “Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn’t even get out of committee.”
Knee Deep in the Hoopla
Disappointed Christians say ‘God is delaying the Rapture’ until Epstein Files are released.
If you’re reading this, the rapture probably didn’t happen. (Again.)
The Rapture prediction videos are starting to disappear.
White House to pursue mass firings if government shuts down. The move sharply raises the stakes for funding talks and increases the pressure on Senate Democrats, who are demanding that Republicans restore hundreds of billions of dollars in healthcare spending as a condition of their support for keeping the government funded.
Kimmel is back on ABC to big ratings, but some affiliates still refuse to air his show. ABC reported nearly 6.3 million people tuned in to the broadcast alone, despite the blackouts in many cities. As is often the case with late-night hosts’ monologues, there was a larger audience online, with more than 15 million people watching Kimmel’s opening remarks on YouTube by Wednesday evening. ABC says more than 26 million people watched Kimmel’s return on social media, including YouTube.
And on tonight’s episode: “Only Donald Trump would try to prove he wasn’t threatening ABC by threatening ABC.” Jimmy Kimmel Live (Video)
Trump threatens Jimmy Kimmel—again—and destroys MAGA’s entire defense. In 136 words, the president blew all MAGA rationalizations out of the water: Trump just wants to punish media figures he deems guilty of lèse-majesté against him.
Kimmel Returns | Escalator Investigator | Should Trump Get A Nobel Prize? | A Dog Registered To Vote - Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Video)
Trump and his United Nations debacle:
Here’s a transcript of Trump’s shambolic UN speech. Reading it is even more painful. Better take a Tylenol first.
Trump says U.N. “sabotaged” him after embarrassing escalator and teleprompter snafus: A Closer Look (Video) How long will it take for the nations of the world to respect the U.S. again?
Checking in on the ‘seven un-endable wars’ Trump did (not) end.
What a childish, vindictive putz: Trump snubs Biden with autopen photo on new Presidential Walk of Fame.
Trump administration can’t require states to cooperate with immigration agents to get FEMA grants, judge rules. The judge the called policy “both arbitrary and capricious and unconstitutional.”
Graham says he would support third Trump term in 2028. I wish there were ghosts, and I wish John McCain’s would haunt this weenie.
Two-thirds of immigrants held at “Alligator Alcatraz” in July have disappeared. The Miami Herald reports about two-thirds of the 1,800 immigrants who were held there in July have gone missing from ICE’s online database, with their families unable to locate them.
As if you didn’t know: Trump’s tariffs, deportations and climate change are making groceries more expensive.
DNA study of 117-year-old woman reveals clues to a long life. My mother passed away at age 98 this year. Unfortunately, she spent the last 18 months in a senior living facility. When an attendant asked her to what she attributed her longevity, Mom said “punishment from God.”
Users are saying ChatGPT has been lobotomized by a secret new update. If you’re puzzled as to why OpenAI’s ChatGPT seems a little stupider lately, you’re not alone.
California issues historic fine over lawyer’s ChatGPT fabrications. A California attorney must pay a $10,000 fine for filing a state court appeal full of fake quotations generated by the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT.
‘Very mean squirrel that comes out of nowhere’ has sent at least two people to the ER in a California city.
Keep scrolling down. Lots of interesting stuff in On This Day, including videos.
Quote of the Day:
Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn’t even get out of committee.
--F. Lee Bailey (Wikipedia link)
(More F. Lee Bailey quotes from the KGB Quotations Database)
Today’s holidays:
Binge Day, "If You See Something, Say Something" Awareness Day, International Ataxia Awareness Day, Math Storytelling Day, National Comic Book Day, National Cooking Day, National Crab Meat Newburg Day, National Food Service Employees Day, National Lobster Day, National One-Hit Wonder Day, National Open the Magic Day, National Psychotherapy Day, National Quesadilla Day, National Research Administrator Day, National Tune-Up Day, Remember Me Thursday, World Dream Day, World Horizontal Directional Drilling Day, World Lung Day, World Maritime Day, and World Pharmacists Day.
Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA.
On This Day:
2018 – Bill Cosby was sentenced to three to ten years in prison for aggravated sexual assault. The conviction was vacated in June 2021 by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on the grounds that Cosby’s 5th Amendment and 14th Amendment due process rights had been violated
2017 – The series “Young Sheldon” premiered on CBS. (Video)
1999 – The series “Freaks and Geeks” premiered on NBC. (Video)
1992 – NASA launched the Mars Observer. Eleven months later, the probe would fail while preparing for orbital insertion.
1978 – PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collided in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashed in San Diego, killing all 135 aboard Flight 182, both occupants of the Cessna, as well as seven people on the ground.
1977 – About 4,200 people took part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon.
1970 – The series “The Partridge Family” premiered on ABC. (Video)
1965 – “The Beatles” Saturday morning animated series premiered on ABC. (Video)
1959 – Eisenhower and Khrushchev met for talks.
1957 – Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, was integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
1956 – TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, was inaugurated.
1928 – The first company to mass-produce car radios was incorporated.
1926 – The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery was first signed.
1912 – Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism was founded in New York City.
1894 – Grover Cleveland pardoned bigamists, adulterers, polygamists and unlawful cohabitants.
1890 – The United States Congress established Sequoia National Park.
1890 – The Mormon Church officially renounced polygamy.
1789 – The United States Congress passed twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the Bill of Rights, the (unratified) Congressional Apportionment Amendment, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment.
1775 – Ethan Allen surrenderd to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe.
275 – For the last time, the Roman Senate chooses an emperor; they elect 75-year-old Marcus Claudius Tacitus.
(For comprehensive lists of the day’s historical events, check here, here, and here.)
Some Birthdays:
1984 – Zach Woods, American actor and comedian (Video)
1983 – Donald Glover, American actor, rapper, producer, and screenwriter (Video)
1969 – Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress (Video)
1968 – Will Smith, American actor, producer, and rapper (Video)
1962 – Aida Turturro, American actress (Video)
1961 – Heather Locklear, American actress (Video)
1956 – Jamie Hyneman, American special effects designer and television host, founded M5 Industries (Video)
1952 – Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist (died 2004) (Video)
1951 – Mark Hamill, American actor, singer, and producer (Video)
1949 – Anson Williams, American actor, singer, and director
1948 – Mimi Kennedy, American actress and screenwriter (Video)
1947 – Cheryl Tiegs, American model and actress (Video)
1944 – Michael Douglas, American actor and producer
1943 – Robert Walden, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1936 – Juliet Prowse, South African-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 1996) (Video)
1930 – Shel Silverstein, American author, poet, illustrator, and songwriter (died 1999) (Video)
1929 – Barbara Walters, American journalist, producer, and author (died 2022) (Video)
1917 – Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2007)
1906 – Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian pianist and composer (died 1975)
1897 – William Faulkner, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1962)
1764 – Fletcher Christian, English sailor (died 1793)
(A more complete list of today’s birthdays.)
Some Deaths:
2023 – David McCallum, Scottish actor (born 1933) (Video)
2016 – Arnold Palmer, American golfer (born 1929)
2012 – Andy Williams, American singer (born 1927) (Video)
2006 – John M. Ford, American author and poet (born 1957)
2005 – Don Adams, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1923) (Video)
2003 – George Plimpton, American writer and literary editor (born 1927)
1999 – Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author (born 1930)
1991 – Klaus Barbie, German SS captain, known as the "Butcher of Lyon" (born 1913)
1988 – Billy Carter, American farmer and businessman (born 1937)
1984 – Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor (born 1897) (Video)
1971 – Hugo Black, American captain, jurist, and politician (born 1886) (Video)
1960 – Emily Post, American author and educator (born 1873) (Video)
1933 – Ring Lardner, American journalist and author (born 1885)
1928 – Richard F. Outcault, American cartoonist, created The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown (born 1863)
1849 – Johann Strauss I, Austrian composer (born 1804) (Video)
1791 – William Bradford, American soldier and publisher (born 1719)
(A more complete list of today’s deaths.)
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There aren’t enough bad things in the world that could happen to Lindsay Graham, IMO.