The Daily Dose/January 21, 2024
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.
1. Donald Trump – Newsweek article cites Trump’s cognitive decline, but how in the hell can anyone tell???…Trump is already on record as believing the moon is part of Mars and that the Revolution was won by the securing of British airports…How much more decline can there be???
2. Detroit Lions – Longtime NFL ineptitude standard bearers, Lions won second playoff game since 1957 last week and today host second game in same playoffs for first time ever… Needless to say, Lions looking to become first team ever to go 0-16, later make Super Bowl.
3. Mass Shootings – The 3-hole staple…Eight (8) mass shootings (incidents with four or more injuries/deaths) in US this week – almost triple last week’s total – with eleven (11) dead and 27 wounded…Slow start to 2024, as average of 1.2352 mass shootings per day down from 2023 average of 1.8
4. Japan Moon Lander – Japanese successfully land unmanned craft on moon, though failing solar panel means it is not generating electricity and will probably die soon…Difficulties of moon landings magnified by problems everyone – including US – having in getting/returning to moon, with Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters beginning to “strongly suspect” Apollo was ahead of its time.
5. Spirit/JetBlue Merger – Federal judge blocks merger, noting this was akin to the merging of two strains of the clap…Ruling also cited having two second-rate airlines focused on lousy service, plenty of tacked-on charges better for competition than one second-rate powerhouse.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
It’s Read Free Sunday (RFS) at The Diary.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow deals with someone who won’t shut up. Today’s Diary.
Good God, you’re annoying, which explains why you’re having problems with both your wife and your girlfriend…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1954 – The world’s first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus (SSN-571), is launched in Groton, Connecticut. Nautilus would be commissioned in September and in 1958 became the first submarine to transit the North Pole. Nautilus served until 1980 and is now a museum in New London, Connecticut. The ship was named after the fictional submarine in the Jules Verne novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea.
In 1978 – Roberto Duran of Panama becomes the undisputed world lightweight champion with 12th-round TKO of Esteban de Jesus of Puerto Rico at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. With the win, Duran retained the WBA title he had first won in 1972 and also won de Jesus’ WBC title. It was his last fight as a lightweight and he vacated both titles to move up in class to welterweight, a title he would win in 1980 with a victory over Sugar Ray Leonard. Duran last fought in 2001 and retired with a 103-16 career record.
In 1985 – Bruce Springsteen is at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart for the fourth of seven non-consecutive weeks with Born in the USA. It was the second of ten #1 albums for Springsteen and the album also went #1 in ten other countries including the Netherlands, Norway, and Great Britain, and was Billboard’s 28th-biggest album of 1984, its #1 album of 1985, and its 16th-biggest of 1986. It produced seven chart singles, all Top 10s, including the Top 5 hits Dancing in the Dark and Glory Days.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
…a nation so furiously dedicated to peace that it was almost never not at war to ensure ultimate peace for all time.
Gore Vidal
The Golden Age
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
George Washington’s first term as president of the United States began on April 30, 1789.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What was the last diesel submarine warship in the US Navy? – Answer next time!
