The Daily Dose/April 28, 2024
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.
1. Hamas – What were you guys thinking???….We’re you expecting Israel to accept your invasion or, perhaps, provide only a light retaliatory response???…You had to have known their response would’ve been as decisive as it has been tragic.
2. Israel – All righty people, you made your point: you are capable of naming the score against Hamas…You can end this war and hold your heads high, at least until the next time you two go at it…Bombing hospitals and killing children not only violates international humanitarian law but also every standard of human decency…You should be ashamed of yourselves.
3. Mass Shootings – The three (3)-hole staple about to lose treasured status as only five (5) mass shootings – defined as shootings with four (4) or more (more) casualties – for week continues 2024 trend of being well below recent weekly averages…There were six (6) deaths, including one shooter, plus only 17 wounded, low numbers for country accustomed to being shooting gallery.
4. Harvey Weinstein – Dismissal of New York sexual assault convictions early candidate for Technicality of the Year, though Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters “pretty sure” defendants in this country are entitled not to have testimony not directly related to the charges they are being tried for offered into evidence.
5. Fake News – Click here for some of the news some wizards amongst us actually believed…Courtesy of the AP.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
Q: Is Read Free Sunday (RFS) at The Diary a thing today?
A: Yes. Yes, it is.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow moves some product at the hotel’s sundry stand. Today’s Diary.
The total is $2.50 – a steal, frankly – and he pulls out his wallet and removes three singles and it’s plain there are more in there, so we told him Powerades were priced to move tonite and that for an extra dollar he could get a second one, an offer he immediately jumped on…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1945 – Italian dictator Benito Mussolini is executed in northern Italy by a member of Italian resistance History has never clearly identified. Mussolini had led Italy into World War II on the side of Nazi Germany, but military failures had seen him reduced to being head of a Nazi puppet state in northern Italy. On April 25, Mussolini and his mistress had fled toward the Swiss border, but they were captured on the 27th. History also offers differing versions as to who gave the order to shoot Mussolini.
In 1901 – Bock Baker of the Cleveland Blues establishes a new American League record for most singles allowed in a game in a 13-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox. Baker, playing in his first and penultimate major league game, gave up 23 singles. Research into whose record he broke was inconclusive, and the major league record is 28 by Jack Wadsworth of the Louisville Colonels (NL) in 1894. Baker played his last major league game on May 13 for the Philadelphia A’s, earning the decision in a 14-5 loss to the Baltimore Orioles.
In 1962 – Elvis Presley is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the second and final week with Good Luck Charm. It was the 43rd of 102 Top 40 hits for Presley and was his 18th and final #1 song. The song also spent five weeks at #1 in Great Britain, and the B side of the record, Anything That’s Part of You, peaked at #31 on the Hot 100.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Take a good look at people as they are and where they are; then take them someplace else.
Richard Brookhiser
George Washington on Leadership
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The planet with the orbit closest to Earth is Venus. Their orbits are about 26 million miles apart. Right now, the closest planet to Earth is Mercury, currently about 60.4 million miles away.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What was Billboard’s #1 song for 1962? – Answer next time!
