The Daily Dose/July 16, 2023
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.
1. Tommy Tuberville – Alabama US senator holding up routine military appointments so he can force-feed personal morality down US military’s throat…Thanks, Senator Tuberville!
2. Vice Presidential Tie-Breaking Votes In US Senate – Another wonderful commentary on our partisan, fractured, bickering government/society, Vice President Kamala Harris obliged to cast record-tying 31st tie-breaking vote this week, matching mark set by John Calhoun who – in a simpler time – took leisurely seven (7) years to do it…History also remembers Calhoun as massa who called slavery “a good…a positive good”.
3. Mass Shootings – The 3-hole staple…The half-year numbers are in, with Americans from sea to shining sea marveling over record-setting 28 mass killings – defined as four (4) or more deaths – to start 2023, tho gun nuts herald fact only 27 were shootings…While some malcontents whine about total, America, collectively, doesn’t really care, because if we did we’d do something about it.
4. MLB All-Star Game Uniforms – Good gravy, who hell designed these, Stevie Wonder???…Or maybe some kids with finger paints…Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters remain “pretty sure” that having players wear their team’s uniforms would be objected to by no one at all.
5. Ms. Netherlands – For first time, Ms Netherlands was born a guy…Look, we appreciate that sometimes work orders get mixed up and birth genders aren’t what someone was meant to be, but it’s not fair to have those born as boys compete with those born as girls, though Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters “pretty sure” they will never understand what advantage a trans-woman has over a real woman in a beauty pageant and “strongly suspect” they don’t really want to know.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
Cheapskates rejoice! It’s Read Free Sunday (RFS) at The Diary.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow is obliged to deal with some idiots at the hotel. Today’s Diary.
…and by now were wondering how she ever got out of childhood with the usual credentials.
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1769 – Catholic priest Father Junipero Serra founds the first mission in California, Mission San Diego de Alcala, in what was then Spanish-occupied Alta California and is now San Diego. It was the first of 21 missions in California and the first of eight founded by Serra. The mission was seized by California in 1834 and was restored to the Catholic Church in 1862 and the original mission burned in a 1777 native uprising. The current church was built in the early 19th century and is the fifth to stand on the site.
In 1897 – Cap Anson of the Chicago Colts – now the Cubs – becomes the first major league player to reach 3,000 hits in a 2-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles at Chicago’s West Side Grounds. Anson would retire after the season with 3,081 hits and would remain baseball’s career hit leader until Honus Wagner broke his record in 1914. The feat has since been accomplished by 31 other players.
In 1966 – Tommy James and the Shondells are at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of two consecutive weeks with Hanky Panky. The song also went to #1 in Canada and peaked at #39 on Billboard’s soul chart – their only soul chart appearance – and was Billboard’s 19th-biggest song of the year. It was the first of 13 Top 40 hits for the group, their first of seven Top 10 hits, and their first of two #1s (Crimson and Clover, two weeks, 1969)
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
…the voyage which I am now to narrate was a natural outcome…of my lifelong experience.
Joshua Slocum
Sailing Alone Around the World
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The National League’s all-time leader for most home runs by a designated hitter is Marcel Ozuna of the Atlanta Braves with 42.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Where was Junipero Serra born? – Answer next time!
