The Daily Dose/February 7, 2025
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT: The line in the New York Times about how President Trump arrived at his plan for the US to take ownership of Gaza said it all:
There was little beyond an idea inside the president’s head.
Fly In The Ointment: The plan he read at a joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu surprised everyone, including Netanyahu. It had not been discussed or reviewed by anyone anywhere, either in the White House, the State Department, or the Pentagon.
Dry, Technical Matter: The plan, which calls for the US to occupy Gaza and for Palestinians to be relocated, has been meet with almost universal derision. With reason, too, because – like President Trump – it is vacuous and inane, not deserving of consideration by any thinking person.
Stop Us If You’ve Heard This Before: President Trump is not a thoughtful man; in fact, he is a man of zero intellectual substance. The Gaza plan is as witless as his plans for wanting the US to buy Greenland, wanting to take back the Panama Canal, and his saying Canada should become America’s 51st state.
The Bottom Line: We elected this nonsense. We’ve known for nine years that Trump was a blatherskite, but we don’t care. We have no idea why Americans and their media have given Trump’s idiocy a free pass, but a hundred years from all new people – including Americans, if there are any left – will be wondering why we did.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow deals with a disgruntled patient at the hospital. Today’s Diary.
The last thing this situation needs is a confrontational security officer and we’ve learned over the years the best way to handle these sorts is to be pleasant, calm, and respectful…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1984 – Man makes their first untethered spacewalk when US astronauts Bruce McCandless and Robert Stewart spend 5 hours and 55 minutes outside the space shuttle Challenger. McCandless got as far as 322 feet from Challenger, and on Feb 9 the pair made a 6 hour, 17 minute spacewalk. Challenger had lifted off on Feb 3 and would land on the 11th.
In 2023 – Lebron James of the Los Angeles Lakers establishes a new NBA record for most career points in a 133-130 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Los Angeles. James needed 36 points to break Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s record of 38,387 and scored 38, and his record still stands. James is still active and to date he has 41,557 points and is averaging 27.0 points per game.
In 1970 – Shocking Blue is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the only week with Venus. It was the second of three chart singles for the group and remains their only Top 40 hit.The song went to #1 in 13 other countries including Brazil and France, peaked at #8 in Great Britain, and was Billboard’s 33rd-biggest song of the year. A version by Bananarama went to #1 in 1986, making it the fourth of nine songs to go to #1 by different acts.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Fortune is guiding our affairs better than we ourselves could have wished.
Miguel de Cervantes
Don Quixote
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
Phil Spector, Cynthia Weil, and Barry Mann wrote You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What are the most points Lebron James has scored in an NBA game? – Answer next time!
