The Daily Dose/July 2, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.
1. Lauren Daigle – Past 3-hole staple returns to survey to celebrate installation of USA! USA! as latest 3-hole staple…Daigle fondly remembered by SB5 reader(s) for weekly entries chronicling chart run of hit single “You Say” which established Billboard singles chart and all-chart records for most weeks at #1 when song spent 132 non-consecutive weeks atop Hot Christian singles chart from 2018-21.
2. Donald Trump – Immediate past 3-hole staple sticks around to celebrate inauguration of USA! USA! as new 3-hole staple, an entry he is in no small measure responsible for…Trump still darling of GOP for brilliantly exposing that most of America is just like him: selfish, ignorant, and bigoted…Thanks Donny!!!
3. USA! USA! – Shiny and new, frequent Sunday Bottom 5 entry finds new home as latest SB5 3-hole staple…Declining, once-proud country now nothing more than cesspool of fringe elements trying to force-feed their way of life on others, as sensible middle ground now long gone from American scene…America now well closer to the oblivion that awaits her than the respect and esteem she once had.
4. USC, UCLA – Pac-8, Pac-10, Pac-12, stalwarts not really surprising anyone by money grabbing move to evil Big Ten Conference, but boy, for Pac-12 fans it’s like watching your parents find another family or watching the eastern time zone join the Warsaw Pact.
5. Presidential Fact Check – Another former stalwart, past 5-hole staple returning to cheer on USA! USA! in new home…Unfortunately, Biden Administration stubbornly sticking to facts, and Presidential Fact Check largely in remission right now, though skeleton crew of fact-checkers remain on 24/7 standby just in case.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
Three (3) cheers for Read Free Sunday (RFS).
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow is obliged to deal with some wizards at the hotel. Today’s Diary.
Well, ol’ Sparrow has been knocking around front desks for an awfully long time and this was the first request for a “manager’s rate” he’d ever fielded…It was, of course, reminiscent of that dolt at Hotel B who wandered in at zero dark thirty one morning, asking if there was anything on the “reserve list”, another lodging innovation we hadn’t heard of.
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1776 – One day after declaring independence from Great Britain, the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, conducts routine business concerning New Jersey and the commissioner of Indian Affairs before meeting as the Committee of the Whole to take up the matter of what its journals always refer to as the Declaration. After some discussion, the committee decides to defer the matter until the 4th. The Committee of the Whole was chaired by Benjamin Harrison V, whose son William Henry and his grandson Benjamin, later served as presidents of the United States.
In 1983 – The Texas Rangers establish a major league record for the most runs scored in an extra inning in a 16-4 win over the Oakland Athletics. The Rangers got 12 runs in the 15th inning to break the record of eleven set by the New York Yankees in 1928 and tied by the Minnesota Twins in 1969, and the record still stands. The Athletics chipped in an error, and only twelve of the runs were earned.
In 1982 – Ronny Milsap is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart for the only week with Any Day Now. The song also went to #1 country in Canada, peaked at #14 on the Hot 100, and was Milsap’s 20th of 35 #1 country hits, a figure that trails only Merle Haggard (38), Conway Twitty (40), and George Strait (44) on the all-time list. In 1962 a version by Chuck Jackson peaked at #2 on the soul chart and at #23 on the Hot 100, making the song one of the few to chart on all three major Billboard singles charts. The song was written by Burt Bacharach and Bob Hilliard.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
History and our own conscience will judge us harshly if we do not now make every effort to test our hopes by action.
John F Kennedy
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The author of the Lee resolution that was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 2, 1776, and declared independence from Great Britain, was authored by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What is the latest inning in which both teams have scored runs in a major league game? – Answer next time!
