The Daily Dose/June 4, 2023
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.
1. US Debt Ceiling Deal – The details don’t really matter – it was merely devout partisans playing chicken – but the fact we are obliged to go through this on a regular basis shows, again, our elected leaders are only concerned with increasing wealth and power and that you and me – we the people – continue to tolerate it.
2. American Express Platinum Card – Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters latest Platinum Card holders in what they “strongly suspect” is the greatest upset in history of credit…It was fate, though, as Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters had been denied admittance to airport Centurion Lounge for only possessing the green card commonly possessed by riff-raff and found Platinum Card upgrade in mail upon returning home.
3. US Mass Shootings – The new 3-hole staple, following Lauren Daigle, Donald Trump, and #USA! #USA!…22 more shootings with at least four injuries/deaths this week (Sat-Fri) as Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters remain “pretty sure” 2nd Amendment was designed to allow citizens to possess weapons needed consistent with times, and not license to own every weapon mankind can produce.
4. Miami, Florida – Noted US city trying valiantly to become ninth city (10th if you count Oakland/San Jose region, which Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters do not, though they manfully concede some losers might) to have teams lose NBA Finals/Stanley Cup Finals in same year…Confidence high as both teams are #8 seeds off to 0-1 starts
5. Fake News – Click here for fake stuff some wizards amongst us were believing this week…Runs occasionally when Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters can’t come up with sufficient material…Courtesy of the AP?
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
Si, senor, it is Read Free Domingo (RFD) at El Diario.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow shows a complaining guest his error and is offered an apology. Today’s Dairy.
…a heartfelt apology means this little incident is dismissed without prejudice and he was returned immediately to ol’ Sparrow’s good graces.
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1919 – Congress passes the 19th Amendment to the Constitution – giving women the right to vote – and sends the amendment to the several states for ratification following approval by the US Senate, while the US House had passed the measure on May 21 after previous votes in both houses had failed. On June 10, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan became the first states to approve the amendment and ratification was completed in August 1920. The last state to ratify the 19th Amendment was Mississippi in 1984.
In 2008 – The Detroit Red Wings win the Stanley Cup, defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 in Game 6, to win the series 4 games to 2. It was the eleventh and most recent Stanley Cup win for the Red Wings and this remains the only loss in the Stanley Cup Finals for the Penguins, who have won it five times. The series marked the first time since the 1909 World Series that teams from Pittsburgh and Detroit had met in a postseason game or series.
In 1977 – Waylon Jennings is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the third of six consecutive weeks with Luckenback, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love). The song also went #1 country in Canada, peaked at #25 on the Hot 100, and was Billboard’s #1 country song of the year. It was the fifth of 15 #1 country songs for Jennings, who is on record as saying he didn’t like the song, though he knew it would be a hit. It was only the second song to spend six weeks at #1 since 1972 and the first since Convoy by C.W. McCall in 1975-76.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Marriage, the last refuge of men unable to fend for themselves.
Garrison Keillor
Leaving Home
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Six athletes have been drafted by professional basketball, baseball, and football teams: Dave Winfield, George Carter, Jo Jo White, Noel Jenke, Mickey McCarty, and Dave Logan.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many states rejected the 19th Amendment, including states that would later ratify it? – Answer next time!
