The Daily Dose/March 4, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.

USA! USA! One thing our current war with Iran has in common with other American wars is that this one was also not declared by Congress. This makes it illegal. 

Stop Us If You’ve Heard This Before: Our Constitution – which took effect 237 years ago today – is very clear on the matter, with Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 stating: 

The Congress shall have Power…To delcare War. 

Fly In The Ointment: That seems pretty cut and dry: Congress declares war. Unfortunately, this provision could not be more violated if prizes were issued for noncompliance because Congress has declared war only eleven times in five wars: the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Spanish-American War, and World Wars I and II.  

Dry, Technical Matter: This means every war fought since then has been unconstitutional. From Korea to Iran and every battle in between, none were declared by Congress. This means roughly one hundred thousand Americans have died illegal, unconstitutional deaths. 

The Bottom Line: In this regard, President Donald Trump is no different than any other president since FDR: he has gotten American kids killed illegally. We are tolerating this, too. Despite the fact we deserve better than this, despite the fact you and me – we the people – are entitled to have our constitution followed, we are not demanding it. We are content to appease ignorance and deceit. 

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The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow goes tactical. Today’s Diary

You don’t steal from Sparrow, tho…While this wasn’t worth calling the constables over, we exacted a measure of revenge by double-charging them…This gets them two ways: either they pay the double charge, or they are obliged to go thru the hassle of disputing it…

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In 1789 – The Constitution of the United States takes effect when the 1st Congress of the United States meets at Federal Hall in New York City. Quaroms in both the House and Senate would not be reached until April, with the Congress’s first act coming on April 6, the counting of electoral votes electing George Washington president and John Adams vice president on April 6. The Congress would pass its first law on June 1, prescribing the manner in which representatives and senators would take their oaths. 

In 1999 – The Toronto Maple Leafs establish a new NHL record for fewest shots on goal by a winning team in a 4-0 win over the St Louis Blues. The Maple Leafs had nine shots on goal, research into whose record they broke was inconclusive, and the record still stands. The Maple Leafs got outshot 28-9 in the game. 

In 1978 – Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson are at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the first of four consecutive weeks with Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys. It was the seventh of 15 country #1s for Jennings and the fifth of 22 for Nelson. The song also went #1 country in Canada, peaked at #42 on the Hot 100, and was Billboard’s #1 country song of the year. The song also won the Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group.  

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation, which give happiness.
Thomas Jefferson

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

The Billboard all-chart record for most weeks at #1 is 132 by You Say by Lauren Daigle on the Hot Christian Singles chart from 2018-2021. 

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The Daily Dose/March 3, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.

USA! USA! America is a rogue state right now. We don’t think you can argue with that. So far in 2026, we have kidnapped the leader of Venezuela and assassinated the leader of Iran. These are not the actions of a country hell-bent on being at peace. 

Dry, Technical Matter: Nicolas Maduro’s kidnapping followed numerous attacks at sea on Venezuelan shipping, resulting in dozens of deaths, deaths that were nothing more than executions at sea of people who had not been tried and convicted of anything. 

Oh Yeah: Our attack on Iran will long puzzle objective observers. They posed no real threat to us; we merely didn’t like what they were doing. 

How The Mighty Have Fallen: America is a shell of her former self. President Donald Trump is a man of zero moral or intellectual substance; we are being governed accordingly. And we’re taking it. From the witlessness of Canada as our 51st state, to the tragedy of fellow citizens being killed by masked federal agents, to the cruelty of the memes depicting the Obamas as primates, Donald Trump is getting a free pass from the media, from Congress, and from you and me – we the people – for ignorance on a scale that is almost beyond comprehension. 

The Bottom Line: We have nobody to blame but ourselves because we elected this. A hundred years from now, all new people – including Americans, if there are any left – will look back and wonder why this country decided to appease an ignorant bully, a childish, unread man whose only real talent is bullying and overpowering his way to what he wants. We deserve better than this, but we have to start caring on Election Day.  

Today At The Site
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The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow could be looking at chick problems. Today’s Diary. 

We strongly suspect we will run into Yvonne this week, plus we’ve seen the brunette gal once or twice, too, so we’ll see her again and what if they know each other and we ask one out but the other is a psycho and we end up shot or something???…

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In 1991 – An amateur video of Los Angeles police beating a motorist named Rodney King is recorded At first, no one was interested in the video, though KTLA-TV in Los Angeles eventually aired it. Four officers were arrested, and in April 1992 three were acquitted, with the jury unable to reach a verdict on the fourth, which resulted  in several days of rioting in Los Angeles. King died in 2012, found at the bottom of a swimming pool.  

In 1920 – The Montreal Canadiens establish a new NHL record for most goals in a game in a 16-3 win over the Quebec Bulldogs at the Quebec Arena in Quebec City. The Canadiens broke their own record of 14 goals they had set in January, and their record still stands. That season the Canadiens also established an NHL record for most goals per game with 5.38, a mark broken by the 1983-84 Edmonton Oilers, who scored 5.58 goals per game. 

In 2018 – Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line are at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then and now known as the Hot Country Songs chart – for the 14th of a Billboard major singles chart record of 50 consecutive weeks with Meant To Be. The song broke the country and major singles chart record of 34 weeks by Sam Hunt’s Body Like a Back Road and the record still stands. The song also peaked at #2 on the Hot 100 and remains the only #1 song by Rexha and was the sixth and most recent country #1 for Florida Georgia Line.  

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

Real freedom is possessed by those who are not anxious to be rich.
Will Durant
The Story of Civilization, Vol X: Rousseau and Revolution

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

The British Army abolished the practice of purchasing officer commissions in 1871. 

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The Daily Dose/March 1, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of the week’s nonsense

1. War With Iran – America nothing more than a rogue state now, what with the kidnapping of Venezuela’s president and the murder of Iran’s leader…And both done in illegal wars… The Constitution is very clear on the matter: Congress declares war, but Congress hasn’t done that since 1942, meaning every war the US has fought since then has been illegal. 

2. Epstein Files  – Hillary Clinton brought up a good point while testifying this week: if the Republican-dominated committee is so hell-bent on getting to the bottom of this, why don’t they subpoena President Trump and make him testify under oath? 

3. USA! USA! – The 3-hole staple…A hundred years from now all new people will wonder why America tolerated an ignorant liar like Donald Trump…Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters “pretty sure” that any other person would’ve been forced from public life because of the meme portraying the Obamas as primates. 

4. Winter Olympics – Forty-six years after fake snow was first used at the Winter Games, the planet is so warm now that over 80% of snow used at Milan Cortina was man-made, which takes enormous amounts of water and energy to make, which bring up sustainability issues for future Games. 

5. Donald Trump Fact Check: – Click here for a fact check of President Trump’s State of the Union address…Courtesy of the AP. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow’s a thief. Today’s Diary. 

The big news is we were asked for our receipt at the retailer…

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In 1966 – The Soviet Union becomes the first nation to put a man-made object on another planet when Venera 3 crashes onto Venus. The mission had launched on November 16 and required a major course correction in December. Typical of the good/bad history of the Soviet space program, the milestone was tainted by the fact the probe was supposed to parachute to the Venusian surface. 

1848 – Chandler, ridden by Lt. Josey Little, who also owned the horse, wins the Grand National Steeplechase by a half length over The Curate at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool. The race saw three horses fall and die, a record that was equaled the following year and in 1998, and still stands. Little used his proceeds from the race to purchase his captaincy in the British Army. 

In 2003 – Jennifer Lopez featuring LL Cool J is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the fourth and final consecutive week with All I Have. The song also reached #1 in Panama, New Zealand, and Croatia, peaked at #2 in Great Britain, at #4 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip Hop chart, and was their 15th-biggest song of the year. It was the fourth and most recent #1 for Lopez, and remains the only #1 pop song for LL Cool J.

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

And yet I knew that what I saw wasn’t as simple and good as it appeared. There was a price to be paid for it all, a general falsity, that could easily be believed, and could be the first step down a dead-end street.
Charles Bukowski
Ham On Rye

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

David Koresh was the leader of the Branch Davidian sect during the Waco Seige. He died of a gunshot wound on the final day of the siege, though it’s not clear if he was killed or committed suicide. 

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The Daily Dose/February 28, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.

 Leading Off will return. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow is getting stalked. Today’s Diary. 

…because how else would she know/remember what car we drove???…Regular readers of this crap know we have (some) experience in these matters, so the shoe’s on the other foot…Which leads to the question how much information on ol’ Sparrow has she aggregated???

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In 1993 – ATF agents raid the compound of the Branch Davidian church northeast of Waco, Texas, attemtpint to execute various search warrants. Four agents and five sect members were killed in the initial raid, which began a 51-day standoff. The siege ended on April 19 with the death of 76 more sect members, who were suspected of sexual abuse and storing illegal weapons at the compound.  

In 1906- The Ottawa Silver Sevens of the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association retain the Stanley Cup with a 12-7 victory in Game 2 over Queen’s University of the Ontario Hockey Association in Ottawa in a best-of-three challenge series. It was the eighth of nine successful defenses for Ottawa, who first won the Cup in 1903. It was the third and final time Queen’s University played for the Cup, and they remain the only college to do so. 

In 1976 – Rhythm Heritage is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the only week with Theme From S.W.A.T. It was the first of three chart singles for the group, their first of two Top 40 Hits and remains their only #1. The song also went to #1 in Canada, peaked at #11 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was Billboard’s 29th-biggest song of the year. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

The Buddha’s sacrifices are not of animals, but of the animal in the self
Gore Vidal
Creation

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

Billboard’s #1 album for 1992 was Ropin’ the Wind by Garth Brooks, which spent 18 non-consecutive weeks at #1, nine each in 1991 and 1992. 

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The Daily Dose/February 27, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.

CAPSULE BOOK REVIEW: Of Rats and Men: Oscar Goodman’s Life From Mob Mouthpiece to Mayor of Las Vegas, by John L. Smith: Like others, we have a modest interest in the mob, and we’re surprised it took us this long to read this. We’ve had it in our library for a while and, besides, we are also past residents of Sin City,  are more than familiar with Oscar Goodman, and (somewhat) know the author. 

Leading Off: Dry, Technical Matter: Goodman and his wife, Carolyn, moved to Las Vegas from Philadelphia (where his dad was a prosecutor) and, through some determination, work, and the usual luck that attends all attainment, Goodman built a lucrative defense practice known mainly for defending mobsters. He did this work well, getting acquittals when they were there for him and sometimes when they weren’t.

Dry Technical Matter II: Later, Goodman decided to run for Las Vegas mayor. Despite having little knowledge of the issues, he outworked his opponents, found that voters liked him and were ready for a change, won the primary, and then won the general election in a landslide. 

Police, Freeze: We’re basically law and order types here, but we fully support mob lawyers. One, everyone is entitled to a good defense. Two, lawyers need to earn a living, too, and mobsters generally can afford big fees. Three, like him or not, no one ever accused Goodman of being unethical, and apparently, he was always faithful to his wife, who was fond of saying Oscar never missed a soccer game. 

Get Your Official Daily Dose Rating Scale Here: 1 – The very best; 2 – Very good; 3 – Good; 4 – OK; 5 – A steaming pile. 

Final Rating: 2: John L. Smith, a longtime columnist with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, did his work very well here: the research was as enormous as it was extensive, and he presents people – good, bad, or otherise – in a manner that allows you draw your own conclusions about them. Fans of Vegas, or the mob, will like this. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow gets a patient watch started at the hospital. Today’s Diary. 

Good form here is for swing shift to take care of it…but Alisha was off on patrol and Travis was waiting for a vital Domino’s delivery, so in good spirits we went and got it started…

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In 1864 – The Andersonville prisoner of war camp opens with the arrival of the first Union prisoners. Eventually, the prison would become an overcrowded cesspool, with inadequate food, water, and sanitation. Conditions were so brutal that the prison’s commanding officer, Captain Henry Wirz, was later convicted of war crimes and executed in November 1865. Andersonville is about 130 miles south of Atlanta.

In 1988 – Bonnie Blair of the US wins the 500-meter speed skating gold medal at the Calgary Winter Games. Blair’s time of 39.10 seconds was a new world record, finishing ahead of Christa Rothenberger and Karin Kania of East Germany, and Blair also won the bronze medal in the 1,000 meters. It was the first of five Olympic gold medals for Blair, who also won the 500- and 1,000-meter events in 1992 and 1996. Blair would break the world record twice more, and the mark is now 36.09 seconds by Femke Kok of the Netherlands in 2025. 

In 1982 – The J. Geils Band is at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart for the fourth and final consecutive week with Freeze Frame. The album also went to #1 in Canada, peaked at #11 in Great Britain, and was Billboard’s 5th-biggest album of the year. It produced three Top 40 hits: Angel In Blue (#40), Freeze Frame (#4), and Centerfold, which was in its sixth and final week at #1 on the Hot 100. It remains the group’s only #1 album. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

More likely, he had died as he had lived – without ever learning who he really was.
Alex Haley
Roots

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

Tom Landry lost three Super Bowls as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. 

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