The Daily Dose/March 6, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.
1. Vladimir Putin – Oh Jesus H, Russian president, already off rocker for senseless Ukraine invasion, shows he’s gone completely bonkers by attacking nuclear power plant, whose damage to Europe could’ve been catastrophic…Bullies, bravely confronted, can be vanquished, but ridding ourselves of Putin is going to take diligence, finesse, and courage…Or James Bond.
2. USA! USA! – What is Western World to do, though???…Putin has nukes…This isn’t Japan or Iraq or Panama who couldn’t nuke us back…SB5 pollsters “pretty sure” we should all just surrender to Communists right now, as both China and Russia continue to bitch-slap Western World around at will.
3. Donald Trump – The 3-hole staple remains a lying sexual predator who believes that 1) the moon is part of Mars and that 2) the Revolution was won by Continental Army securing British airports, ignorance almost beyond comprehension in anyone older than five…SB5 pollsters still curious as to which of these elements continues to impress adherents and secure their support.
4. USA! USA! II – Invader, slaughterer, homophobe, misogynist, it’s no wonder some far right-wingers in US media scrambling for membership in Putin Fan Club; it’s the same media that escorted Trump into 2016 primaries, White House…Good gravy, people, there is no reason for this war, it is merely the latest in History’s long line of dictators needing to show world his schlong is bigger than everyone else’s.
5. USA! USA! III – Yay: US knew about Putin’s plans last fall, sharing this information widely…Boo: we, nor anyone else was unable to prevent it…US first dying nation to appear three times in same SB5 survey since Roman Empire in 5th century AD
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
Q: Is it Read Free Sunday (RFS) at The Diary?
A: Of course, it is.
The Diary of a Nobody – At the hotel, there’s a leak in the roof. Today’s Diary.
Now, like yours truly, you might be skeptical that buckets had been in the ceiling for that long, but some checking of the buckets shows it was certainly possible because one of them – they were all big, commercial, plastic buckets – was from Dean’s Premium Pickles and further research showed it had been a delivery to the old Village Inn in town which further research showed had closed in 2010…So yeah, you don’t have to be Joe Friday to conclude that yeah, the buckets had been up there for a while.
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1820 – President James Monroe signs the Missouri Compromise, a bill which admitted Maine as a free state, Missouri as a slave state, and made the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free. The bill was effectively repealed in 1854 by the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which made slavery dependent on the wishes of a territory’s residents. The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to the demise of the Whig Party and the formation of the Republican Party.
In 1982 – The San Antonio Spurs and the Milwaukee Bucks establish a new NBA record for most points in a game in a 171-166, triple-overtime Spurs win. The 337 points broke the record of 316 done twice previously and the record stood until December 13, 1983, when the Detroit Pistons and Denver Nuggets combined for 370 points in a 186-184, triple-overtime Detroit win, a mark that still stands.
In 1982 – The J Geils Band is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the fifth of six consecutive weeks with Centerfold. It was the sixth of nine Top 40 hits for the group in a chart career that started in 1971, their first of two Top 10 hits and remains their only #1 song. The song also went to #1 in Canada and Australia, peaked at #3 in Great Britain, and was Billboard’s 5th biggest song of the year. The song was written and produced by band member Seth Justman.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
…my life itself was becoming my amusement and never ceased to be novel. It was a drama of many scenes and without an end…Follow your genius closely enough, and it will not fail to show you a fresh prospect every hour.
Henry David Thoreau
Walden
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Barbra Streisand has had one #1 song in Great Britain, Woman In Love, which spent three weeks at #1 in 1980.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who was the last Whig to be president of the United States? – Answer next time
