The Daily Dose/August 7, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.
1. Si Green – Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters “thrilled” for opportunity to mention basketball player picked ahead of Hall of Famer Bill Russell – who died this past week – in 1956 NBA draft…Green averaged 9.2 points and 4.3 rebounds per game in a career that included two losses to Russell and the Boston Celtics in NBA Finals.
2. Brittney Griner – American basketball player in top shape, so she should handle Russian hard labor camps better than most…Americans still clamoring for her release despite fact you break laws in other countries you take your chances, just like foreigners do here…Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters still “pretty sure” President Biden will cave in and cut whatever deal the Russians want.
3. USA! USA! – The 3-hole staple…US assassination of al-Qaeda leader via drone strike in Afghanistan another example of US conducting acts of war against country Congress has not declared war against, despite tedious fact Constitution gives them that responsibility…Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters remain “pretty sure” US remains far closer to the oblivion that awaits it than the prosperity, influence it once had and that America has until half-century is out to show it can govern itself before someone comes in and does it for us.
4. National Football League Players Association – You know guys, collectively bargaining that NFL commissioner has appeal authority over punishments handed out by independent arbiters probably wasn’t too bright as Cleveland QB DeShaun Watson now probably going to get season-long suspension he probably should’ve received in the first place.
5. Nancy Pelosi – Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters “strongly suspect” US Speaker of the House’s visit to Taiwan as reckless as it was steeped in vanity, one last attempt to make the headlines before losing Speakership following 2022 midterms.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
Yay for Read Free Sunday (RFS) at The Diary.
The Diary of a Nobody – At the hotel, Sparrow fields a phone call. Today’s Diary.
About midnite this guy calls looking for a room and we’ve been knocking around front desks long enuff to know a guy who’s looking for a place to score…We had pretty good availability, tho The System was still asking $290, but we quoted $225 and evidently the prospect wasn’t all that hot because he said no.
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1942 – The Battle of Guadalcanal in the South Pacific between the United States and her allies against the Japanese begins when elements of the United States Marine Corps landed. The battle would last until the following February and was part of the Solomon Islands campaign, both of which resulted in Allied victories. The Solomon Islands were then a British protectorate that achieved independence in 1978.
In 1936 – Argentina wins the polo gold medal at the Berlin Summer Olympics defeating Great Britain 15-5 in the gold medal match. The competition featured five teams divided into Groups A and B, with the top two teams in Group A, with the best a Group B team could hope for was a bronze medal. Polo had previously been an Olympic sport in 1924, 1920, 1908, and 1900 and this remains the last polo match played at the Olympics. The day before Mexico had defeated Hungary for the bronze medal.
In 1965 – The Beatles are at # on the Billboard 200 album chart for the fifth of six consecutive weeks with Beatles VI. The album also went to #1 in Canada, peaked at #15 in West Germany, was not released in Great Britain, and produced one chart single, Eight Days a Week, which had spent two weeks at #1 in March. It was the second of nine consecutive #1 albums for the group and their fifth of 14 overall #1 albums in America.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
…all truth is old, and only error is original.
Will Durant
The Story of Civilization, Vol III: Caesar to Christ.
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Satchel Paige’s career batting average was .097, with two runs scored and four RBIs.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who was the commander of US Marines at the Battle of Guadalcanal? – Answer next time!
