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Knee Deep in the Hoopla
That there was no Rapture today isn’t really a surprise. But I can see how the faithful were convinced it was going to happen, considering what appeared to be Trump’s efforts to facilitate the End Times by insulting all the world’s leaders in what was supposed to be a welcoming address:
‘Your countries are going to Hell’: Trump airs his grievances at the U.N.
After mechanical challenges, UN says Trump’s team to blame for nonworking escalator and teleprompter.
Trump calls climate change a ‘con job’ as leaders of drowning nations watch at the UN.
The UN isn’t the only group being targeted by Trump’s wrath. Trump’s new explosion of rage at Dems unnerves even his own advisers.
Trump cancels meeting with Democrats as prospects for shutdown increase.
76 percent of Americans say Trump does not deserve the Nobel Peace Prize.
U.S. bars Iran’s diplomats from shopping at Costco without permission.
Jimmy Kimmel returns:
Trump: “He had no ratings.”
Kimmel: “I do tonight.” (Video, including Kimmel’s monologue and hilarious cameo appearance from Robert De Niro as “the new FCC Chairman”. God, I love this country.)Kimmel returns to air as President hints legal action.
KGB Note: Nexstar and Sinclair, which control about 20% of ABC’s local affiliates, said they’d no longer air Kimmel’s show. While an inconvenience, Kimmel’s monologue and show segments can be seen on his YouTube channel, which has over 20 million subscribers. On average, about 1.6 million people watch Kimmel’s nightly broadcast on local ABC stations.
Escalator Justice | Trump to United Nations: You Suck | Blame Tylenol | “It Can Only Good Happen” - The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Video)
The acetaminophen controversy and real-time raptures. | The Daily Show (video)
A look at false and misleading claims made by Trump about autism, Tylenol and pregnancy.
As Ellison buys out TikTok, U.S. moves toward one-Party media.
Signs of the Apocalypse #945: ‘Baywatch’ reboot a go at Fox.
‘Nightmare bacteria’ cases are increasing in the US. It’s likely many people are unrecognized carriers of the drug-resistant bacteria, which could lead to community spread, the CDC scientists said.
Missouri woman gets more than four years in prison for trying to sell off Elvis Presley’s Graceland. The woman who tried to use a fake company and forged documents to sell off Elvis Presley’s Graceland for millions of dollars in a brazen and unrealistic foreclosure sale of the home-turned-museum was sentenced Tuesday to more than four years in federal prison.
Strike, Will Robinson! MLB will use robot umpires in 2026.
Disney decides it hasn’t angered people enough, announces Disney+ price hikes.
What is ‘Retro Walking’? The newest trend experts say can prevent dementia. TLDR: Walking backward 30 minutes a day. One assumes the onset of dementia is eliminated due to the inevitable infliction of fatal fall- or collision-induced trauma.
KGB Book Club: Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person’s Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds by John Fugelsang. I’ve been a fan of the author for a while; I have 26 of his observations in the KGB Quotations Database. He talks about the book on The Daily Show. (Video)
Keep scrolling down. Lots of interesting stuff in On This Day, including videos.
Quote of the Day:
Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.
--F. Scott Fitzgerald (Wikipedia link)
(More F. Scott Fitzgerald quotes from the KGB Quotations Database)
Today’s holidays:
aHUS Awareness Day, Festival of Latest Novelties, FH Awareness Day, Gallbladder Good Health Day, Kiss Day, Lash Stylists' Day, National Bluebird of Happiness Day, National Cherries Jubilee Day, National Horchata Day, National Mofongo Day, National Punctuation Day, National Women's Health and Fitness Day, Schwenkfelder Thanksgiving, See You at the Pole, World Cancer Research Day, World Day Against Software Patents, World Dense Breast Day, and World School Milk Day.
Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA.
On This Day:
2023 – NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule containing samples from the asteroid 101955 Bennu successfully landed back on Earth.
2016 – The National Museum of African American History and Culture opened.
2015 – At least 1,100 people were killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
2014 – The Mars Orbiter Mission makes India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.
2009 – The G20 summit began in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance.
2007 – “The Big Bang Theory” premiered on CBS. (Video)
2005 – Hurricane Rita made landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas.
1996 – Representatives of 71 nations signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
1977 – “The Love Boat” premiered on ABC. (Video)
1975 – Southwest Face expedition members became the first persons to reach the summit of Mount Everest by any of its faces, instead of using a ridge route.
1969 – The Chicago Eight trial began in Chicago.
1968 – “60 Minutes” premiered on CBS. (Video)
1964 – The Warren Commission report on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was delivered to President Lyndon B. Johnson.
1960 – USS Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched.
1957 – The single “Jailhouse Rock” by Elvis Presley was released. (Video)
1954 – The AEC Routemaster, the iconic London double-decker bus, was introduced.
1948 – The Honda Motor Company was founded.
1948 – Mildred Gillars—aka “Axis Sally”—pleaded not guilty to treason.
1929 – Jimmy Doolittle performed the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing was possible.
1906 – Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors led to the Atlanta Race Massacre, further increasing racial segregation.
1906 – U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
1902 – Fannie Farmer opened her cooking school.
1869 – Black Friday (1869): Gold prices plummeted after United States President Ulysses Grant ordered the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plotted to control the market.
1852 – The first powered, passenger-carrying airship, the Giffard dirigible, traveled 17 miles (27 km) from Paris to Trappes.
1789 – The United States Congress passed the Judiciary Act, creating the office of the Attorney General and federal judiciary system and ordering the composition of the Supreme Court.
787 – Second Council of Nicaea: The council assembled at the church of Hagia Sophia.
(For comprehensive lists of the day’s historical events, check here, here, and here.)
Some Birthdays:
1998 – Nikolas Cruz, American mass murderer
1972 – Kate Fleetwood, English actress
1962 – Nia Vardalos, Canadian-American actress and screenwriter
1958 – Kevin Sorbo, American actor and producer
1948 – Phil Hartman, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (died 1998)
1946 – Joe Greene, American football player, coach, and actor
1945 – Lou Dobbs, American journalist and author (died 2024)
1944 – Victoria Vetri, Playboy's 1967 Miss September and 1968 Playmate of the Year.
1941 – Linda McCartney, American singer, photographer, and activist (died 1998)
1936 – Jim Henson, American puppeteer, director, producer, and screenwriter, created The Muppets (died 1990)
1934 – John Brunner, English-Scottish author and screenwriter (died 1995)
1931 – Anthony Newley, English singer and actor (died 1999)
1922 – Bert I. Gordon, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2023)
1921 – Sheila MacRae, English-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2014)
1921 – Jim McKay, American sportscaster and journalist (died 2008)
1918 – Audra Lindley, American actress (died 1997)
1896 – F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short story writer (died 1940)
1893 – Blind Lemon Jefferson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1929)
1880 – Sarah Knauss, American super-centenarian, oldest verified American person ever (died 1999)
1755 – John Marshall, American Continental Army officer, jurist, and politician, 4th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (died 1835)
(A more complete list of today’s birthdays.)
Some Deaths:
2024 – Lou Dobbs, American journalist and author (born 1945)
2016 – Buckwheat Zydeco, American accordionist and bandleader (born 1947)
2016 – Bill Nunn, American actor (born 1953)
2008 – Oliver Crawford, American screenwriter and author (born 1917)
2002 – Mike Webster, American football player (born 1952)
1998 – Jeff Moss, American composer (“Rubber Duckie”) and screenwriter (born 1942) (Video)
1991 – Dr. Seuss, American children's book writer, poet, and illustrator (born 1904)
1984 – Neil Hamilton, American actor (born 1899)
1945 – Hans Geiger, German physicist and academic, co-invented the Geiger counter (born 1882)
1939 – Carl Laemmle, German-American film producer, founded Universal Studios (born 1867)
(A more complete list of today’s deaths.)
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