The Daily Dose/February 24, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.

AICHIWAWA: Sunday, outside of Guadalajara, an operation to capture a Mexican drug lord resulted in the drug lord’s death. Members of his cartel immediately got their shorts in a knot, protesting with country-wide violence. Everyone is stepping very gingerly in Mexico right now, and foreign governments have advised their citizens to avoid doing anything that might annoy cartel members, like buying gasoline or otherwise leaving their house. 

Goooaaallll: Guadalajara is scheduled to host several World Cup games this June, as well as some test matches later this winter and spring. Perhaps as a dry run for moving World Cup games elsewhere, some professional soccer matches were postponed, though the big Mexico-Iceland soccer friendly on Wednesday is still a go. For now. 

Dry, Technical Matter: Mexico has been torn by drug violence for years, as it tries to comply with US demands to prevent smugglers from producing and moving drugs into the US. 

Fly In The Ointment: People try to smuggle drugs into the US because there is a demand for them. If there’s no demand, there’s no smuggling. Good luck with that. We humans have enjoyed chemical mood management since time immemorial, and that is not going to change.

Get Your Official Daily Dose Policy Right Here: If drugs were legalized – or at least decriminalized – they wouldn’t be smuggled into the US, they would be imported, like any other legal substance, like scotch or coffee. If we do this, violence associated with drug smuggling ends, though admittedly the cartels might still fight it out over legal access to the lucrative US drug market. 

The Bottom Line: All US drug laws do is make criminals out of otherwise honest people. If you do not want to do drugs, that’s OK, we don’t either. In fact, we don’t really being around those who do. But just because something is legal does not make it mandatory. Morality laws have never worked, and the drug war is a complete failure. You and me – we the people – and the rest of the world, deserve better than the ignorance of morality laws.  

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow only gets six hours of sleep. Today’s Diary. 

This dilemma caused us to smile inwardly because being able to consider six hours down short sleep is a luxury some – like those with families, jobs that require real work, et al – do not have… 

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On This Date
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In 1582 – Pope Gregory XIII issues a papal bull mandating changes to the Julian calendar. The Julian calendar had been established in 45 BC, based on a year lasting 365.25 days, though because an actual year is 365.2425 the calendar had become out of synch. The new calendar dropped ten days, made some leap year changes, and was so thorough that in time it became known as the Gregorian calendar. The calendar was first adopted by European Catholic countries the following December. 

In 1980 – The US wins the ice hockey gold medal at the Lake Placid Winter Games with a 4-2 victory over Finland in the final game of the medal round. It was the second of three gold medals for the US and was the only silver medal for the Soviets, to go along with seven golds, and Sweden earned the bronze medal. Olympic hockey was decided by a round-robin competition from 1924 through the 1988 Calgary Games, with a preliminary round and bracket play being used in 1920 and since then. 

In 1979 – Eddie Rabbit is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the third and final consecutive week with Every Which Way But Loose. The song also went #1 country in Canada, and peaked at #30 on the Hot 100, at #41 in Great Britain, and was Billboard’s 4th-biggest country song of the year. It was the ninth of 34 Top 10 country hits for Rabbit and was his fourth of 17 #1s. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

It is hard to define morality, for each age makes its own definition to suit its temper and sins.
Will & Arial Durant
The Story of Civilization, Vol. X: Rousseau and Revolution

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

Sweden is the only nation besides Canada and the US, to play in the women’s ice hockey Olympic gold medal game. They won the silver medal at the 2006 Turin Games. 

Today’s Stumper
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How many #1s has Eddie Rabbit had on Billboard’s Hot 100? – Answer next time!

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The Daily Dose/February 23, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.

USA! USA!: At the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, the US won two hockey gold medals, with both the men and the women beating Canada 2-1 in overtime in the gold medal game. This should teach Canada a thing or two about turning down the idea of becoming our 51st state.

USA! USA! II: The women’s win wasn’t really a surprise, with the surprise really being it took overtime to beat the pesky Canadians. The US had won seven straight against Canada, including a decisive 5-0 win in the preliminary round. It was the third gold medal for the US women, and the two countries have met in seven of the eight gold medal games. 

USA! USA! III: The men’s win was a surprise, as Canada had a hell of a team. But the US had the best goalie on the planet, Connor Hellebuyck, with his brilliant, almost impossible, stick save keeping the Canadians from winning in regulation. 

Dry, Technical Matter: It was the third men’s gold medal for the US and their first won on foreign ice (1960 – Squaw Valley, California; 1980 – Lake Placid, New York). It was the fifth silver medal for Canada, to complement nine golds. 

Rubbing It In: Not only did Canada go oh-for-two in Milan, but a Canadian team hasn’t won the Stanley Cup since 1993. Since then, two teams from Florida and one from Las Vegas, of all places, have won it. 

The Bottom Line: Look, Canada, we like you. You’re a good neighbor, and you’re being more tolerant than we deserve for all the crap we’re foisting on you and the rest of the world right now. But hockey’s our national game and has been since our big silver medal finish – something Canadians can relate to – at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games. Had you accepted our 51st state invitation with some alacrity, there’s a good chance some of your players could’ve made our team, and they would be wearing gold medals now.  

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has the latest on the hotel’s key situation. Today’s Diary. 

…the new key safe – which cost three grand we looked it up – [is] mostly unused, doing about the same job as if we just threw all keys in a pile at the end of the day.

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On This Date
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In 1903 – The US leases 45 square miles of Guantanamo Bay in southeastern Cuba, for an annual rent of $2,000 in gold coin. The US unilaterally adjusted the rent in 1934, and now pays Cuba $4,085 annually, checks Cuba has only cashed once since the 1959 revolution. It is the only US base in a socialist country and remains the oldest US base in a foreign country. The lease can only be ended by bilateral consent or a full US military withdrawal. 

In 2014 – Canada wins the Olympic ice hockey gold medal, defeating Sweden 3-0 in the gold medal game at Sochi, Russia. It was the ninth and most recent gold medal for the Canadians, and the third and most recent silver medal for Sweden, to go along with two gold medals. Finland defeated the US 5-0 for the bronze medal.

In 1991 – Whitney Houston is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of two consecutive weeks with All The Man That I Need. The song also went to #1 in Canada and Cuba, peaked at #`3 in Great Britain, at #1 n Billboard’s soul chart, and was their 16th biggest song of the year. It was the 12th of 22 Top 10 songs for Houston and her ninth of eleven #1s. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

But he understood too that widespread misery also sprang from a privileged aristocracy that crushed the peasantry’s opportunity for self-betterment, and from the church, the vehicle used by kings and noblemen to bind the citizenry in the shackles of ignorance, superstition and subservience.
John Ferling
Adams vs Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

The countries/territories with the shortest phone numbers are Tokelau and Niue, both Polynesian islands, which have 4-digit phone numbers. 

Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.

Which is the only country besides Canada and the US to play in the women’s hockey Olympic gold medal game? – Answer next time! 

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The Daily Dose/February 21, 2026
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™

Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.

STOP US IF YOU’VE HEARD THIS BEFORE: Hardly for the first time, a president of the United States is threatening military action against a country without a Congressional declaration of war. This time, it is President Trump saber rattling with Iran. 

USA! USA! Trump being Trump – a man of no moral or intellectual substance – he is being very vague as to exactly what he wants and why. At least with some presidents – like George W Bush = they’ve been very clear as what they wanted and why. This didn’t make their wars any more legal. They were illegal because they were not declared by Congress. 

Write This Down: The US Constitution is very clear on the matter, with Article I, Section 8, Clause II stating: 

Congress shall have the power…To declare War. 

Dry, Technical Matter: It doesn’t say to pass a resolution authorizing the expenditure of funds or the sending of troops abroad. It doesn’t provide for a president to rustle up a coalition of like-minded nations to invade another country, and it certainly doesn’t provide for passing off the matter to the UN or NATO…Congress, and no one else, has the power to declare war. 

FunFact: Congress hasn’t declared war since World War II, on June 5, 1942, when we declared war against dreaded Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary. Every other war America has fought since then – from Korea to our six current conflicts – have been or are illegal because they were not declared by Congress. 

The Bottom Line: America cannot continue to ignore the Constitution with impunity. Eventually, we will collapse. Now, if a majority of the members of the US House and Senate think we should be at war with someone, well, OK, that’s the Constitution at work. Having presidents declare war on their own is not. 

Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually. 

The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow chats with David. Today’s Diary. 

He added that Sarah has a boyfriend, which we noted gives them something in common because David has a girlfriend, tho they do not appear to be Couple of the Year candidates, tho we are begininning to strongly suspect David is the type who isn’t really happy unless he’s whining about his woman…

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On This Date
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In 1878 – The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut by the District Telephone Company. The directory consisted of a single piece of cardboard and listed 50 subscribers – only twelve of which were residences – and, interestingly, did not include numbers because people then picked up their phone and had an operator connect them. The first yellow pages appeared in 1886 in Chicago. 

In 1973 – The Chicago Blackhawks extend their NHL-record streak of consecutive games not being shut out in a 4-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens. It was the 228th consecutive and final game with a goal for the Blackhawks, and the streak would end with a 2-0 loss to Pittsburgh on Feb 24. The mark broke the record of 134 consecutive games established by the Ottawa Senators from 1917-23, and the record was broken in 1983 by the Quebec Nordiques with 230, and is now held by the Calgary Flames, with 264, from 1981-85. 

In 1975 – The Average White Band is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the only week with Pick Up the Pieces. It was the first of five Top 40 hits for the group, their first of two Top 10s, and remains their only #1 song. The song also peaked at #6 in Great Britain, at #5 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was Billboard’s 21st-biggest song of the year. It was the sixth of twelve consecutive #1 songs in 1975 that spent only one week at the top, a Hot 100 calendar-year record that still stands. 

Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.

It was hard to believe he had evolved through the natural process of conception, birth and growing up.
McKinley Kantor
Andersonville

Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.

The most recent amendment to the US Constitution is the 27th, ratified in 1992, which limits Congressional pay raises until after the next US House election. It had been sent to the several states in 1789.  

Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.

What country has the shortest phone numbers? – Answer next time! 

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