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The Daily Dose/February 13, 2025
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
THE DAY IN TRUMP: President Trump’s blitzkrieg on our government continues with attacks Wednesday on both a free press and the courts.
Extra, Extra Read All About It: The White House barred the Associated Press from an Oval Office event because the AP has the temerity to continue to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as such and not as the Trump-mandated Gulf of America.
Oh Yeah: Then the White House press office declared that the courts are the problem and are the ones causing a constitutional crisis, and not Trump’’s executive orders, some of which are in violation of the Constitution and established federal law.
Stop Us If You’ve Heard This Before: The purpose of a presidential executive order is to help him administer established federal law. There is no legal basis for an executive order to establish new policy and courts are right to step in when this is tried.
LOL: How do these people keep a straight face? The idea of keeping the Associated Press from an Oval Office function for any reason is ludicrous. To keep them out for not complying with Trump’s witless renaming of the Gulf of Mexico is intolerable. To start pestering the courts because they aren’t marching in step is the first step to trying to eliminate them.
The Bottom Line: We elected this. We elected, pettiness, vindictiveness, and ignorance so lets not act all shocked when that’s what we’re getting. Trump’s complete disregard for anything other than his own ignorant worldview is as in character as it is dangerous. The next four years of bluster, ignorance, and blather may well spell the end of the American experiment if we don’t start paying attention.
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The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow stops reading a book midway through. Today’s Diary.
This book, however, is boring…We have no idea why, either: we’ve been reading dull biographies of this sort for decades – hell, we write this – and the subject and the era are right up ol’ Sparrow’s alley…
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In 1935 – Bruno Hauptman is convicted of kidnapping and murdering the baby of Charles and Anne Lindbergh by a jury in Flemington, New Jersey. Charles Linbergh, Jr. was 20 months old when he was kidnapped from the family home in March 1932 and his body was found on May 12. Hauptman came under suspicion after spending some of the ransom money, part of which was found in his garage. Hauptman was executed the following May.
In 2022 – The Los Angeles Rams win the Super Bowl, defeating the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 in Los Angeles. It was the second Super Bowl title for the franchise and their first while in Los Angeles, and was the third Super Bowl loss for the Bengals. Both teams were the fourth seed in their conference, marking the first time the game had been played without one team being seeded at least third. The Rams became the second team to win the Super Bowl in their home stadium, following Tampa Bay the year before.
In 1982 – Eddie Rabbit is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the only week with Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight. The song also went #4 country in Canada, peaked at #15 on Billboard’s Hot 100, and was their 45th-biggest country song of the year. It was the tenth of 16 #1 country songs for Rabbit, who died at age 56 of lung cancer.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Almost nothing great has ever been done in the world except by the genius and firmness of a single man combating the prejudices of the multitudes.
Will Durant
The Story of Civilization, Vol. X: Rousseau and Revolution
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
Besides Sonja Henie, the other woman to win consecutive Olympic figure skating gold medals is Katarina Witt in 1984 and 1988.
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The Daily Dose/February 12, 2025
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
NOW HEAR THIS: Years ago, we were on the bridge of the old diesel submarine, the USS Blueback (SS-581), heroically performing lookout duties. We were returning to San Diego and the officer of the deck (OOD) was one Ensign Wende. There was no bothering us, causing Ens. Wende to note we were cruising along “fat, dumb, and happy”.
USA! USA!: That describes America right now, because a country that was lean and thoughtful would never have taken someone as ignorant as Donald Trump seriously as a presidential candidate. He would’ve been laughed out of the race well before the 2016 primaries.
Fly In The Ointment: But he wasn’t, and an American electorate that has as little intellectual and moral substance as Trump himself has twice elected him president. We are paying the price for it.
BOHICA: He is trying to force-feed us attempts to countermand acts of Congress, established federal law, and the Constitution. His vice president recently suggested the courts would do well to get out of the way and stop obstructing them, which should cause all of us to shudder and clutch our Constitutions. Trump has ignorantly renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America and witlessly said Canada should be our 51st state.
Please Check Your Democracy At The Door: We must start paying closer attention to our government. Trump, as usual, is trying to keep us on our heels by overpowering us with bluster and blather so he can force-feed what he wants on us, most of it born in ignorance. Congress is useless, merely cooing and genuflecting, and while the courts are stopping some of it, who knows what will happen once cases arrive at the conservative Supreme Court.
The Bottom Line: America is facing its greatest internal crisis since the Civil War. If we’re not careful, the American Experiment may not see its 250th birthday next year. We’ve left our government unchecked for too long; it’s time for you and me – we the people – to start paying closer attention.
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The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow gets pestered. Today’s Diary.
Well, if we had no knowledge of the POS system, it was highly unlikely we’d acquired a manager’s code in the last five minutes…
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In 1999 – President Bill Clinton is acquitted in his trial by the United States Senate. The US House had impeached Clinton in December on two charges: lying under oath and obstruction of justice, and neither charge came particularly close to the two-thirds majority required for conviction. Clinton was the second US president tried by the Senate, following Andrew Johnson in 1868, and the last before President Donald Trump’s two impeachment trials.
In 1932 – Sonja Henie of Norway wins the women’s figure skating gold medal at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics. It was the second of three consecutive gold medals for Henie, an Olympic record that still stands and Henie also won ten consecutive world championships from 1927-36, also a record. Henie had made her Olympic debut at the 1924 Chamonix Winter Games as an 11-year-old, finishing eleventh.
In 2011 – Bruno Mars is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the fourth and final non-consecutive week with Grenade. It was the seventh of 24 Top 40 hits for Mars, his sixth of 18 Top 10 hits, and his third of eight #1s. The song went to #1 in 15 other countries including Israel, Noway, and Great Britain, and was Billboard’s 6th-biggest song of the year.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
…and what is still grander and more wonderful, going back into himself, there to study man and to to know his own nature, his duties, and his end.
Jean-Jaques Rousseau
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
Venus has the longest day in the Solar System at 243 Earth days, which is longer than its year of 225 days.
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The Daily Dose/February 11, 2025
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
NOW HEAR THIS: Years ago, we were on the bridge of the old diesel submarine, the USS Blueback (SS-581), heroically performing lookout duties. We were returning to San Diego, and the officer of the deck (OOD) EnsignWende noted there was no bothering us, noting we were cruising along “fat, dumb, and happy”.
USA! USA!: That describes America right now, because a country that was lean and thoughtful would never have taken someone as ignorant as Donald Trump seriously as a presidential candidate. He would’ve been laughed out of the race well before the 2016 primaries.
Fly In The Ointment: But he wasn’t, and Trump – a man of zero intellectual substance – has twice been elected president by an America that no linger any intellectual substance.
BOHICA: He is trying to force-feed us attempts to countermand acts of Congress, established federal law, and the Constitution. His vice president recently suggested the courts would do well to get out of the way and stop obstructing them, which should cause all of us to shudder and clutch our Constitutions. Trump has ignorantly renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America and witlessly said Canada should be our 51st state.
Please Check Your Democracy At The Door: Friends, we must start paying closer attention to our government. Trump, as usual, is trying to keep us on our heels by overpowering us with bluster and blather so he can force-feed what he wants on us, most of it born in ignorance. Congress is useless, merely standing by and cooing, and while the courts are stopping some of it, who knows what will happen once cases arrive at the conservative Supreme Court.
The Bottom Line: America is facing its greatest internal crisis since the Civil War. If we’re not careful, the American Experiment may not see its 250th birthday next year. We’ve left our government unchecked for too long; it’s time for you and me – we the people – to start paying closer attention.
Today At The Site
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The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow gets pulled over. Today’s Diary.
…we had entered a 50 mph zone with cruise control still confidently set to 67, and that is pulloverable in any jurisdiction…Especially here where constables generally don’t have anything better to do than catch evil arch-criminals like us.
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In 1999 – Then-planet Pluto, which spends 20 years of every 248-year orbit inside the orbit of Neptune – crosses outside Neptune’s orbit and again is the farthest planet from the Sun. Due to a couple of factors that are, thankfully, beyond the scope of this feature, the two planets can never collide. Pluto had last crossed in front of Neptune’s orbit in 1979, and it is expected to cross in front of Neptune again in 2229.
In 1973 – The Philadelphia 76ers establish a new NBA record for most consecutive losses in a 108-90 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. It was the 20th straight loss for the 76ers, breaking the record of 19 they established in the 1971-72 and 72-73 seasons. The mark has been broken several times, and is now 28, done twice, by the 76ers in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons and by the Detroit Pistons last season. The 76ers are the only NBA team to lose at least 20 consecutive games three times.
In 1978 – The Bee Gees are at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second of four consecutive weeks with Stayin’ Alive. The song went to #1 in seven other countries, including Mexico and Italy, peaked at #4 in Great Britain, on Billboard’s soul chart, and on their year-end survey. It was the fifth of nine #1 songs for the group, and their second of six consecutive #1 songs, a mark then shared with the Beatles and now held by Whitney Houston.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Genius is from the school of solitude.
Edward Gibbon
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
The NHL record for the fastest three goals by one team is 20 seconds by the Boston Bruins on February 25, 1971.
Today’s Stumper
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The Daily Dose/February 10, 2025
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 reports new uniforms are coming to the hotel. Today’s Diary.
Actually, it’s just a black dress shirt, plain, without a hotel logo…And, in keeping with Official Hotel Policy (OHP), there has been absolutely zero communication on the matter…
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In 1567 – Lord Darnley, the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is murdered in an explosion in Edinburgh. Darnley and Mary had married in 1565 and Darnley had claims to th Scottish and English thrones through his parents, though due to his erratic behavior, this didn’t seem to please anyone. Their union did produce a son, the future James VI of Scotland and I of England.
In 1883 – The New York Rangers and the Minnesota North Stars establish a new NHL record for the fastest three goals by both teams in a 7-5 North Stars’ victory. The two teams scored three goals – the first two by the Rangers – in 15 seconds to break the record of 18 seconds established by the Rangers and Montreal Canadiens in December 1963, and the record still stands. The goals came in the last minute of the second period.
In 1990 – Paula Abdul with the Wild Pair is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of three consecutive weeks with Opposites Attract. The song also went to #1 in Australia and Canada, peaked at #2 in Great Britain, at #3 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was Billboard’s 14th-biggest pop hit of the year and its 40th-biggest soul hit of the year. It was the fourth of six #1s for Abdul and remains the only Top 40 hit for the Wild Pair. Abdul’s album Forever Your Girl was also in its third of ten non-consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard’s album chart.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
One must show the truth to posterity with boldness, and to his contemporaries with circumspection.
Will Durant
The Story of Civilization, Vol X: Rousseau and Revolution
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
Billboard’s #1 country song of 1959 was Battle of New Orleans, which spent ten weeks at #1. It was also Billboard’s #1 pop sing of 1959, with six weeks at #1. It remains the only time a song has been both the #1 country and pop song in a year.
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The Daily Dose/February 9, 2025
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.
1. Donald Trump – Petty, vindictive, and ignorant, highlights of the week include firing Kennedy Center directors so he can take over himself, spitefully stripping former President Biden of his security clearance, and suggesting the US take over in Gaza…Only 1,141 days left of this nonsense, less if America collapses under the weight of her own ignorance beforehand.
2. Executive Orders – Executive fiat is not the way America was designed to be governed…We all remember Civics classes where we were told Congress is the lawmaking branch of our government, but Congress is now merely standing by and letting President Trump do whatever the hell he wants…An executive order allows the president to enforce current US law, not make new ones.
3. USA! USA! – The 3-hole staple…A hundred years from now all new people – including Americans, if there are any left – will look back at us and the Trump Era and wonder exactly how America – the nation that split the atom and put men on the moon – dumbed down enough to twice elect Donald Trump president…We are now as ignorant as he is.
4. Super Bowl 59 – While Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters remain “pretty sure” Chiefs pretty sure the dynasty has more Super Bowl titles in them, they “strongly suspect” Eagles have a bit more talent and are coached well enough to pull this one out.
5. Donald Trump Fact Check: – Click here for lies and misinformation from President Trump about his flurry of executive orders…From the New York Times.
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The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has beverage container news. Today’s Diary.
The big news is the Stanley water mug the clerk at the gym gave us was brought into the hotel tonite…
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In 1825 – John Quincy Adams is elected president of the United States by the House of Representatives over Andrew Jackson and William H Crawford. Though Jackson had earned the most electoral votes, 99, well short of the 131 needed for election, Adams was elected on the first ballot, receiving 13 votes as each of the 24 states had one vote. Adams would serve one term, losing to Jackson in 1828. The Electoral College had overwhelmingly elected John C Calhoun of South Carolina vice president.
In 1964 – The Winter Olympics conclude in Innsbruck, Austria. One thousand and ninety-one athletes, including 199 women, from 36 nations competed, with the Soviet Union winning both the most gold (11) and total (25) medals and the US winning one and seven, respectively. Innsbruck would also hold the 1976 Winter Games after Denver decided they didn’t want to host them.
In 1959 – Jim Reeves is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot C&W Sides chart – for the fourth of five consecutive weeks with Billy Bayou. The song spent 25 weeks on the chart – a long time for a chart with only 30 positions – including 18 in the Top 10, and was Reeves’ fourth of eleven #1 country songs. The song also peaked at #95 on the Hot 100 and was written by Roger Miller.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
…it was his nature to find greater ecstasy in contemplation than in fulfillment.
Will Durant
The Story of Civilization, Vol X: Rousseau and Revolution
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
Minnesota won the first Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest’s football title in 1892 with a 3-0 record.
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