The Daily Dose/April 3, 2025
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
THE LATEST FROM THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF AMERIKA: Witless tariffs that cause the stock market to plunge; legal aliens being deported to untold horrors; equally witless talk of a third term: none of this is a bulletin. We elected a selfish, ignorant megalomaniac and when you do that, these things happen.
Dry, Technical Matter: This means America is in for another four years of not having competent executive leadership.
Get Your Official Daily Dose Policy Right Here: America hasn’t had this since Kennedy said let’s go to the moon. It was a clinic in executive leadership because that is what any CEO does: sets a goal and provides the inspiration to get there. And we met the goal, too, putting two manned missions on the moon before the 1960s were out.
Fly In The Ointment: Every president since has failed to measure up: Johnson got mired in Vietnam, not recognizing a fruitless endeavor when he saw one. Nixon might well have lived down the ages had he not had personal demons to answer to, which caused him to resign in disgrace. Ford, not elected, did well in circumstances the Son of Man would’ve found challenging. Carter meant well but couldn’t make it work. Reagan was brilliant at cutting an issue down to its most basic terms, but he was the most managed president in history. The first President Bush was another Carter. Clinton did produce our last balanced budget, but it was always something with him. The second President Bush lied to get us into war. Obama talked a good game but left the country much as he found it. Trump I has blood on its hands from an incompetent COVID response. Biden wanted government to be all things to all people. Trump II is even more witless than Trump I.
The Bottom Line: We are being governed off the top of Donald Trump’s head, which is bad because he believes – among other things – that the moon is part of Mars. He is ignorant because he doesn’t know things and stupid because he doesn’t want to know things. This is not a bulletin; we knew this when we elected him the first time. And as Trump is a man of no substance, this means America is no longer a nation of any particular substance.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow reaches a conclusion. Today’s Diary.
During the blood draw one thing I’ve been suspecting for a while became apparent: ol’ Sparrow’s new boots are the hottest security/cop footwear in town…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1841 – President William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia, the first president to die in office. His 31-day term remains the shortest in US history and he was the last president born a British subject. He was succeeded by Vice President John Tyler who insisted he was president and not merely an acting president, a battle he would eventually win. Tyler burned some bridges in the Whig Party and was not nominated for reelection.
In 1974 – Henry Aaron of the Atlanta Braves ties the all-time major league home run record in a 7-6 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. Aaron’s first-inning home run was the 714th of his career tying a mark that had stood since Ruth broke the all-time mark with his 139th career home run in 1921. Aaron broke Ruth’s record on April 8 and retired with 755 home runs, a mark now held by Barry Bonds with 762.
In 1992 – Vanessa Williams is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the third of five consecutive weeks with Save the Best For Last. It was the third of seven Top 40 hits for Williams, her second of four Top 10 songs, and remains her only #1. The song also went to #1 in Canada and Australia, peaked at #3 in Great Britain, was in its second of three consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was Billboard’s 3rd-biggest song of the year.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
The cost of partisanship for partisanship’s sake was, [Edward] Livingstone said, too high a price for a free society to pay.
Jon Meacham
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
Kenyon College’s men have won 35 Division III swimming and diving titles, the most of any school in one sport. Thirty-one of those were consecutive, between 1980 and 2010. The major division record is 34, by Oklahoma State wrestling.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Whose career home run record did Babe Ruth break? – Answer next time!
