The Daily Dose/March 7, 2024
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
HERE WE GO AGAIN: This really isn’t a bulletin, but barring planetary alignment and divine intervention, it will be Joe Biden vs Donald Trump once again this November.
Ladies And Gentlemen Of The Jury: Has the American electorate ever had worse choices than President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump? We don’t think so,
FunFact: One, forget our following points, both men are old. Trump will be 78 on Election Day and Biden will be 81 and both are starting to lose their cognitive abilities. This alone should have caused us to dismiss them, respectfully, out of hand.
Dry, Technical Matter: This November, we have two choices: the perpetual war offered by Joe Biden (and by Trump, too, frankly) and the perpetual stupidity offered by Trump. Let’s hope we have the wisdom to choose wisely.
In The Blue Corner: America has been at war continuously since 1989 and almost daily since World War II 80 years ago. No nation has survived perpetual war and America will not be the first. We have until this half-century is out, maybe, to get our act together before our country collapses and America is tossed aside the scrap heal of history along with, among others, the Roman Empire and the Soviet Union.
USA! USA!: Neither Biden nor Trump will stop this. War will continue to be America’s calling card.
And In The Red Corner: Donald Trump is stupid. He believes, among other things, that the moon is part of Mars, that the Revolution was won by the securing of British airports, and that Colorado borders Mexico. He also lies constantly and admits to grabbing women by the pussy. He has been indicted 91 times since leaving office.
The Bottom Line: We deserve better than both these choices, but we’re not demanding better right now. America is seven decades into television, and now the internet, being the focal point of American life and we are seeing the consequences of that now: an American media and an American electorate that now embraces perpetual war and perpetual stupidity.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow enjoys Day 2 of his 4-dayer. Today’s Diary.
The gym was the only time we left the house…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 161 – Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus – adoptive brothers – ascend the throne of the Roman Empire following the death of Antonius Pius. The Roman Senate was prepared to elect Aurelius emperor, but he refused to rule unless Verus was co-emperor. Despite some minor differences, the two ruled amicably until Verus died of natural causes in 169 and Aurelius died in 180. Rome would continue to have co-emperors until the fourth century.
In 1857 – A convention of baseball players in New York City adopts new rules, including two still in force: nine innings for a game and 90 feet between bases. Previously, winners had been determined by the first team to score a certain number of runs – 21 in the original 1945 Knickerbocker rules – and bases had been measured off as 42 paces between home plate and second base and between first and third bases.
In 1965 – The Beatles are at #1 on Billboard’s Top LPs chart – a predecessor to the Billboard 200 – for the fourth of eleven consecutive weeks with Meet The Beatles. It was the fourth of 21 chart albums for the group and their first of 19 #1 albums, totals that include albums originally issued in Great Britain. The album produced three chart singles, including I Wanna Hold Your Hand, which was in its sixth of seven consecutive weeks at #1 on the Hot 100.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
I believed in what I did so much, I couldn’t believe there were people who couldn’t hear it.
Barry Manilow
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The NHL record for most assists in a game with multiple goals scored is six, done three times by Paul Coffey, Mario Lemieux, and Bernie Nichols. They all had six assists in a game where they scored two goals.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many #1 albums did the Beatles have in Great Britain? – Answer next time!
