The Daily Dose/September 12, 2025
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
READY…AIM…FIRE: Our first thought when we saw Charlie Kirk had been murdered was “who?” because we hadn’t heard of him before. However, his death was making the headlines of someone prominent, so we looked into him. We don’t get out as much as some others, and this was hardly the first prominent person to die whom we hadn’t heard of.
Now We Know: Kirk was a right-wing activist. His views are mainstream by the standards of the third decade of the 21st century, but there was a time, not too long ago, when he would’ve been dismissed as an extreme right-wing ideologue.
Fly In The Ointment: That time has passed because both parties are being run by their extreme elements, the species once known as “moderates” all but extinct now.
USA! USA!: We deserve better than this, but America cannot be bothered right now. We have twice elected Donald Trump president, a man of zero moral or intellectual substance, a man who blathers and bullies his way to what he wants. And Americans are doing what the bullied have done since time immemorial: complying and not making too much of a fuss. Voters complied by electing him, and bothCongress nor the Supreme Court are compliant, too.
Dry, Technical Matter: Charlie Kirk deserved better than being assassinated, but political assassinations are becoming the norm now, so we should get used to them.
The Bottom Line: There is no middle ground in America anymore. Going back to colonial times, America has always been a partisan country, but now we are a fractured and bickering mess, too, and the days of bipartisanship are gone for now. It is my way or the highway in America today, and if this doesn’t end, America will join, among others, the Romans and the Soviets on History’s scrap heap.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow deals with a dolt the constable brings in. Today’s Diary.
There was a blood draw, with the perp a guardhouse lawyer, who wanted an attorney and then we wanted to withdraw his consent for the blood draw, and then he wanted a lawyer to withdraw his consent for a blood draw…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1959 – The Soviet Union launches Luna 2 toward the moon from a cosmodrome in what is now Kazakhstan. Two days later, the spacecraft would, by design, crash into the moon, becoming the first man-made object to touch another celestial body. A previous Luna mission had missed the moon by 3,600 miles, while several other Luna missions were successful, including Luna 9 in 1966, the first soft landing on the moon.
In 1936 – Fred Perry of England wins the US National Championship – now the US Open – defeating Don Budge 2-6, 6-2, 8-6, 1-6, 10-8 at the West Side Tennis Club in New York City. It was the third and final US National Championship win for Perry and his eighth and final Grand Slam title, and was the only runner-up finish for Budge in the tournament, to go along with two titles. Perry remained the last British man to win a Grand Slam tournament until Andy Murray won the US Open in 2012.
In 1970 – Edwin Starr is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the third and final consecutive week with War. It was the third of four Top 40 hits for Starr, his second Top 10 hit, and remains his only #1. The song also went to #1 in Canada, peaked at #3 in Great Britain and on Billboard’s soul chart, and was Billboard’s 5th-biggest song of the year. Amid some controversy, an earlier version by the Temptations was not released as a single, and in 1987, a version by Bruce Springsteen peaked at #8.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
The only Triple Crown winner to also win the Travers Stakes was Whirlaway in 1941.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Over the years, what surfaces has the US National Championship/US Open been played on? – Answer next time!
