More Trump insanity; docs defy RFK; ChatGPT causes psychiatric harm; Earth disintegrating; Moldy Ding Dong alert; collected Florida weirdness.
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Knee Deep in the Hoopla
Trump’s fury erupts in many directions, unnerving experts: “Insanity!”.
The natural endpoint of Trump’s falsehoods. Someday, the president may need the American people to believe something he says—and they won’t.
Judge takes on Trump over DC takeover as he tosses Trader Joe’s gun stop case: ‘Lawlessness cannot come from the government’.
America’s leading physician groups are now openly defying RFK Jr.
After Trump’s DOGE action, 300 million people’s Social Security data is at risk, whistleblower says. More than 300 million Americans’ Social Security data was put at risk after Department of Government Efficiency officials uploaded sensitive information to a cloud account not subject to oversight.
‘Consumers are going to be shocked’: An expiring tariff exemption for goods under $800 is about to throttle the world of e-commerce. Such shipments will incur charges that range from 10% to 50% of their declared value or, for the next six months, a flat duty of $80 to $200 per parcel.
License plate camera company halts cooperation with federal agencies among investigation concerns.
Southwest Airlines will soon require travelers who don’t fit within the armrests of their seat to pay for an extra one in advance. The new rule goes into effect on January 27, the same day Southwest starts assigning seats.
OpenAI finally admits ChatGPT causes psychiatric harm.
Study links thumb length to brain size and cognition. New research reveals that primates with longer thumbs tend to have larger brains.
Common pesticide linked to “remarkably widespread” brain abnormalities in children. Prenatal exposure to Chlorpyrifos in the womb disrupts brain development.
Stop what you’re doing and check if your Ding Dong is moldy.
And if that’s not bad enough, is Earth disintegrating from within? Massive anomaly over South America alarms NASA.
Cracker Barrel scraps new logo after backlash. “Our new logo is going away and our 'Old Timer' will remain," the company said in a social media post.
White House takes credit for Cracker Barrel logo reversal. Of course it did.
Coast Guard seizes enough cocaine to fatally overdose entire Florida population.
Florida Man (and Woman!)
Bear attacks Florida man at his home after he yelled at it.
Florida man arrested after allegedly engaging in sexual acts with horse: police.
Florida woman allegedly poured acid on sleeping husband, locked him in room using wooden bar and wire.
Florida woman arrested for performing unlicensed dental work and allegedly using krazy glue during procedures.
Keep scrolling down. Lots of interesting stuff in today’s daily features.
Quote of the Day:
Only in rare instances and with rare individuals does there seem to be any guiding light from within.
--Theodore Dreiser (Wikipedia link)
(More Theodore Dreiser quotes from the KGB Quotations Database)
Today’s holidays:
"The Duchess" Who Wasn't Day, International Boxing Day, International Lottery Day, Just Because Day, Kiss Me Day, National Banana Lovers Day, National Petroleum Day, National Pots De Crème Day, Tarzan Day, Willing-To-Lend-A-Hand Wednesday, World Lake Day, and World Rock Paper Scissors Day.
Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA.
On This Day:
2014 – The film “Birdman” premiered at the Venice film festival. (Video)
2011 – Hurricane Irene made landfall on the United States east coast, killing 47 and causing an estimated $15.6 billion in damage.
2007 – NFL star Michael Vick pleaded guilty in dogfighting case.
2003 – Mars made its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005 km) distant.
1979 – Lord Mountbatten was killed by the IRA.
1976 – Transgender athlete Renée Richards was barred from the U.S. Open.
1964 – The film “Mary Poppins” premiered in New York and Los Angeles. (Video)
1962 – The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission was launched to Venus by NASA.
1956 – The nuclear power station at Calder Hall in the United Kingdom was connected to the national power grid becoming the world's first commercial nuclear power station to generate electricity on an industrial scale.
1955 – The first edition of the Guinness Book of Records was published in Great Britain.
1953 – The film “Roman Holiday” was released in the US. (Video)
1939 – First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.
1893 – The Sea Islands hurricane struck the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000 and 2,000 people.
1883 – Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions almost completely destroyed the island of Krakatoa and caused years of climate change.
1881 – The Georgia hurricane made landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
1859 – Oil was discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania, leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well.
410 – The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ended after three days.
(For comprehensive lists of the day’s historical events, check here, here, and here.)
Some Birthdays:
1976 – Sarah Chalke, Canadian actress (Video)
1969 – Cesar Millan, Mexican-American dog trainer, television personality, and author
1952 – Paul Reubens, American actor and comedian (died 2023) (Video)
1947 – Barbara Bach, American actress and model
1944 – G. W. Bailey, American actor (Video)
1943 – Tuesday Weld, American model and actress
1942 – Daryl Dragon, American keyboard player (Captain and Tennille) and songwriter (died 2019) (Video)
1937 – Tommy Sands, American pop singer and actor (Video)
1916 – Martha Raye, American actress and comedian (died 1994)
1908 – Lyndon B. Johnson, American commander and politician, 36th President of the United States (died 1973)
1906 – Ed Gein, American murderer and body snatcher, inspiration for the film “Psycho” (died 1982)
1899 – C. S. Forester, English novelist (Horatio Hornblower) “(died 1966)
1890 – Man Ray, American-French photographer and painter (died 1976) (Video)
1871 – Theodore Dreiser, American novelist and journalist (died 1945)
1770 – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher and academic (died 1831)
(A more complete list of today’s birthdays.)
Some Deaths:
2016 – Cookie, Australian Major Mitchell's cockatoo, oldest recorded parrot (born 1933) (Video)
1996 – Greg Morris, American actor (born 1933) (Video)
1980 – Douglas Kenney, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1947)
1975 – Haile Selassie, Ethiopian emperor (born 1892)
1971 – Bennett Cerf, American publisher, co-founded Random House (born 1898)
1967 – Brian Epstein, English businessman and manager of The Beatles. (born 1934)
1964 – Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian (born 1895) (Video)
1963 – W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist (born 1868)
1958 – Ernest Lawrence, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901)
(A more complete list of today’s deaths.)
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