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Knee Deep in the Hoopla
Trump can't escape Epstein questions in Scotland, calls Epstein Island a "privilege": A Closer Look (Video)
Trump goes on bizarre rant about windmills driving whales crazy.
Tilting at windmills? Trump’s claims about turbines fact-checked.
Ghislaine Maxwell pleads with Supreme Court, Trump to intervene in criminal case. She urged the Supreme Court on Monday to overturn her sex trafficking conviction as her attorney simultaneously made overtures to President Trump.
MAGA superintendent who put bibles in schools faces porn investigation. He allegedly displayed a pornographic video on a TV in his office during the closed-door portion of a Board of Education meeting last week. A witness said the video featured “multiple nude women” and “some sort of ‘chiropractic table.’”
American summers are starting to feel like winter. The heat is driving people indoors, depriving them of sunlight, and, in some cases, triggering a rare form of seasonal affective disorder, usually associated with the dark winter months.
CBS canceling Colbert begs the question: Are more late night shows next? All eyes are on Jimmy Kimmel, whose contract is up for renewal in 2026.
Elon Musk is furious that people are launching so many satellites, even though he's personally responsible for 60 percent of all satellites currently in space. This is peak hypocrisy.
OpenAI's CEO says he's scared of GPT-5. So, he’s going to slow the development process? Don’t be silly.
AI news videos blur line between real and fake reports. (Video)
“She was so much prettier before”: Fans say Melania Trump looks almost unrecognizable in photos taken more than ten years before marrying Donald Trump. This latest wave of scrutiny has reignited persistent questions about cosmetic procedures despite Trump’s previous denials of any surgical enhancements. “Yes, Doctor… Please put my cheekbones right next to my ears, remove 75% of my chin, give me a nice, big, healthy set of jugs… ooh, and make my eyes look like I’m permanently trying to bend spoons with my mind.”
Tom Lehrer satirized the national security state from the inside. The Cold War comedian and rumored Jell-O shot inventor had a lesser known side as an NSA operative.
Ah, Florida: Woman attempts to smuggle turtles through Miami airport security in her bra. In a social media post addressing these incidents, TSA pleaded, "Stop hiding animals in weird places on your body."
Quote of the Day:
The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.
--Alexis de Tocqueville (Wikipedia link)
(More Alexis de Tocqueville quotes from the KGB Quotations Database)
Today’s holidays:
International Tiger Day, National Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day, National Chicken Wing Day, National Lasagna Day, National Lipstick Day, and Rain Day.
Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA.
On This Day:
2015 – The first piece of suspected debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was discovered on Réunion Island.
2007 – Died: Tom Snyder, American journalist and talk show host (born 1936)
2005 – Astronomers announced their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.
1998 – Died: Jerome Robbins, American director, producer, and choreographer (born 1918)
1987 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand signed the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Channel Tunnel).
1984 – Died: Fred Waring, American television host and bandleader (born 1900)
1983 – Died: Raymond Massey, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (born 1896)
1983 – Died: David Niven, English military officer and actor (born 1910)
1982 – Died: Harold Sakata, American wrestler and actor (born 1920) (Video)
1982 – Died: Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American engineer, invented the Iconoscope, a television camera tube. (born 1889)
1981 – A worldwide television audience of around 750 million people watched the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London. (Video)
1981 – Died: Robert Moses, American urban planner (born 1888) (Video)
1979 – Bill Todman, American screenwriter and producer (born 1916)
1976 – In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") killed one person and seriously wounded another in the first of a series of attacks.
1974 – Died: Cass Elliot, American singer (born 1941) (Video)
1973 – Died: Roger Williamson, English race car driver (born 1948)
1972 – Gilbert O’Sullivan’s single “Alone Again (Naturally)” reached #1 on the Billboard Hot #100, where it would stay for seven weeks. (Video)
1967 – Vietnam War: Off the coast of North Vietnam the USS Forrestal caught on fire in the worst U.S. naval disaster since World War II, killing 134. (Video)
1967 – The Doors single “Light My Fire” reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. (Video)
1965 – The Beatles film “Help!” had its Royal Premier in the U.K. (Video)
1959 – First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
1958 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
1957 – Tonight Starring Jack Paar premiered on NBC with Jack Paar beginning the modern day talk show. (Video)
1957 – The International Atomic Energy Agency was established.
1954 – J. R. R. Tolkien’s “The Fellowship of the Ring,” the first of three volumes of the epic novel "The Lord of the Rings" was published.
1932 – Great Depression: In Washington, D.C., troops dispersed the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans using arson, bayonets, sabers, tanks, tear gas, and vomit gas.
1921 – Adolf Hitler became leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party.
1909 – General Motors Corporation bought Cadillac Automobile Company for $4.5 million.
1890 – Died: Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter and illustrator (born 1853)
1836 – Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.
1148 – The Siege of Damascus ended in a decisive crusader defeat and leads to the disintegration of the Second Crusade.
587 BC – The Neo-Babylonian Empire sacked Jerusalem and destroyed the First Temple.
(For comprehensive lists of the day’s historical events, check here, here, and here.)
Some Birthdays:
1982 – Allison Mack, American actress and criminal
1972 – Wil Wheaton, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Martina McBride, American singer-songwriter and producer (Video)
1953 – Tim Gunn, American television host and actor
1953 – Ken Burns, American director and producer
1951 – Dean Pitchford, American actor, director, screenwriter, and composer (“Fame”, “Footloose”)
1941 – David Warner, English actor (died 2022)
1938 – Peter Jennings, Canadian-American journalist and author (died 2005)
1936 – Elizabeth Dole, American lawyer and politician
1933 – Robert Fuller, American actor and rancher
1933 – Lou Albano, Italian-American wrestler, manager, and actor (died 2009)
1924 – Lloyd Bochner, Canadian-American actor (died 2005)
1923 – Jim Marshall, English businessman, founded Marshall Amplification (died 2012)
1918 – Don Ingalls, American writer and producer (died 2014)
1914 – Irwin Corey, American actor and activist (died 2017)
1907 – Melvin Belli, American lawyer (died 1996)
1905 – Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish economist and diplomat, second Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize Laureate (died 1961)
1905 – Clara Bow, American actress (died 1965)
1892 – William Powell, American actor and singer (died 1984)
1885 – Theda Bara, American actress (died 1955)
1883 – Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist revolutionary and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy (died 1945)
1878 – Don Marquis, American author, poet, and playwright (died 1937)
1869 – Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist (died 1946)
1805 – Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher (died 1859)
(A more complete list of today’s birthdays.)
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