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Knee Deep in the Hoopla
Senate grills RFK Jr.; Trump strikes alleged "drug boat"; radioactive shrimp recalled: A Closer Look (Video)
RFK Jr. sparks vaccine chaos | bad news for Disney fans | why Trump hates windmills. (Video)
Trump stops ALL the wars, MAGA mouth-breathers mad about Cracker Barrel and Ted Cruz shows off accent. (Video)
Conservative Watchdog Seeks FCC Probe Into Jimmy Kimmel Live. The 12-page filing accuses Jimmy Kimmel of using the public airwaves to advance Democratic politics without disclosing his personal ties to the candidates and campaigns he has supported
A different RFK Jr. just appeared before Congress. America’s health secretary has moved into attack mode.
FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made by RFK Jr. during Senate hearing.
1 in 4 Americans trust RFK Jr. with medical advice.
GOP discontent with RFK Jr. is growing.
Trump to sign order renaming the Defense Department as the Department of War. I guess “Defense” is too woke.
Judge upbraids prosecutors for handling of DC surge cases, saying they have ‘no credibility left’. He said U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office is routinely bringing cases that don’t belong in federal court and needlessly keeping people in jail for days while they evaluate charges.
Thanks, Trump: Jobs market grinds to a halt. President Donald Trump's economy continues to falter, with the private sector adding just 54,000 jobs in August, ADP announced on Thursday. That number fell way below the expectation of 68,000 jobs, and was a marked drop from July, when ADP estimated that the private sector added 104,000 jobs.
Judge rules White House ‘pocket rescission’ gambit is illegal. The ruling comes just days after White House budget chief Russ Vought announced a plan to withhold about $5 billion in aid despite an Oct. 1 deadline to spend the congressionally appropriated funds.
Trump hosts tech leaders for dinner at White House, but not Elon Musk.
Study finds possible molecular connection between air pollution and Lewy body dementia risk.
Jellyfish disrupt French nuclear power plant for second time in a month. The incident reduced output at the plant in Normandy by 2.4 gigawatts and crews are working to restore it to full operation.
Colossal Antarctic iceberg is finally breaking apart. Nearly 40 years after breaking off Antarctica, a colossal iceberg ranked among the oldest and largest ever recorded is finally crumbling apart in warmer waters, and could disappear within weeks.
Joe Rogan claims study shows Earth cooling – but report’s authors say he’s wrong. Rogan’s false claim about the climate crisis, which he has repeatedly aired on the Joe Rogan Experience, one of the world’s most popular podcasts, has exasperated the scientists who authored the research.
The chatbot therapist problem. The term “AI psychosis” has emerged to describe the disorientation and delusions some people experience after interacting with a chatbot — the “false or troubling beliefs, delusions of grandeur or paranoid feelings” caused by a persuasive, friendly entity that will follow you down any number of strange paths.
Florida man accused of attacking couple with bug spray after argument in Publix checkout line.
Florida man in dog costume accused of choking juvenile outside puppy store.
Florida man found dressed as woman with stolen U-Haul in Lancaster County.
Keep scrolling down. Lots of interesting stuff in today’s daily features.
Quote of the Day:
It's getting harder and harder to differentiate between schizophrenics and people talking on a cell phone.
--Bob Newhart (Wikipedia link)
(More Bob Newhart quotes from the KGB Quotations Database)
Today’s holidays:
Art Break Day, Bring Your Manners to Work Day, International Day of Charity, National 401(k) Day, National Be Late For Something Day, National Cellulite Day, National Cheese Pizza Day, National Chianti Day, National Food Bank Day, National Lazy Mom's Day, National Shrink Day, Wear Teal Day, World Samosa Day, and World Spinal Cord Injury Day.
Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA.
On This Day:
1996 – Hurricane Fran made landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people.
1980 – The Gotthard Road Tunnel opened in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.32 km) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo.
1977 – Voyager Program: NASA launched the Voyager 1 spacecraft.
1977 – “The Muppet Show” premiered. (Video)
1975 – Sacramento, California: Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme attempted to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
1972 – Munich massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attacked and took hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. Two died in the attack and nine were murdered the following day.
1969 – Mỹ Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lieutenant William Calley was charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai.
1966 – First Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon.
1960 – Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) won the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome.
1882 – The first United States Labor Day parade was held in New York City.
1836 – Sam Houston was elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
1774 – First Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia.
1666 – Great Fire of London ends: Ten thousand buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral, were destroyed, but only six people were known to have died.
(For comprehensive lists of the day’s historical events, check here, here, and here.)
Some Birthdays:
1973 – Rose McGowan, American actress
1969 – Dweezil Zappa, American actor and musician
1963 – Terry Ellis, American R&B singer–songwriter and actress
1951 – Michael Keaton, American actor and producer
1950 – Cathy Guisewite, American cartoonist, created Cathy
1947 – Chip Davis, American pianist, songwriter, and producer (Mannheim Steamroller)
1946 – Loudon Wainwright III, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1946 – Freddie Mercury, British singer and songwriter (died 1991)
1946 – Dennis Dugan, American actor and director
1945 – Al Stewart, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942 – Werner Herzog, German actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1940 – Raquel Welch, American actress and singer (died 2023)
1939 – Claudette Colvin, American nurse and activist
1939 – George Lazenby, Australian actor
1939 – William Devane, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1936 – Bill Mazeroski, American baseball player and coach
1935 – Werner Erhard, American author and philanthropist, founded Werner Erhard and Associates and The Hunger Project
1932 – Carol Lawrence, American actress and singer
1929 – Bob Newhart, American comedian and actor (died 2024)
1927 – Paul Volcker, American economist and academic (died 2019)
1921 – Jack Valenti, American businessman, created the MPAA film rating system (died 2007)
1914 – Stuart Freeborn, English make up artist (died 2013)
1902 – Darryl F. Zanuck, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1979)
1847 – Jesse James, American outlaw (died 1882)
(A more complete list of today’s birthdays.)
Some Deaths:
2024 – Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian pianist and composer (born 1941)
2016 – Phyllis Schlafly, American lawyer, writer, and political activist (born 1924)
2016 – Hugh O'Brian, American actor (born 1925)
2003 – Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-American singer and actress (born 1927)
1999 – Allen Funt, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1914)
1998 – Leo Penn, American actor and director (born 1921)
1997 – Mother Teresa, Albanian-Indian nun, missionary, and saint, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910)
1992 – Fritz Leiber, American author and poet (born 1910)
1988 – Gert Fröbe, German actor (“Goldfinger”) and singer (born 1913)
1877 – Crazy Horse, American tribal leader (born 1849)
(A more complete list of today’s deaths.)
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