The Daily Dose/February 11, 2025
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
NOW HEAR THIS: Years ago, we were on the bridge of the old diesel submarine, the USS Blueback (SS-581), heroically performing lookout duties. We were returning to San Diego, and the officer of the deck (OOD) EnsignWende noted there was no bothering us, noting we were cruising along “fat, dumb, and happy”.
USA! USA!: That describes America right now, because a country that was lean and thoughtful would never have taken someone as ignorant as Donald Trump seriously as a presidential candidate. He would’ve been laughed out of the race well before the 2016 primaries.
Fly In The Ointment: But he wasn’t, and Trump – a man of zero intellectual substance – has twice been elected president by an America that no linger any intellectual substance.
BOHICA: He is trying to force-feed us attempts to countermand acts of Congress, established federal law, and the Constitution. His vice president recently suggested the courts would do well to get out of the way and stop obstructing them, which should cause all of us to shudder and clutch our Constitutions. Trump has ignorantly renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America and witlessly said Canada should be our 51st state.
Please Check Your Democracy At The Door: Friends, we must start paying closer attention to our government. Trump, as usual, is trying to keep us on our heels by overpowering us with bluster and blather so he can force-feed what he wants on us, most of it born in ignorance. Congress is useless, merely standing by and cooing, and while the courts are stopping some of it, who knows what will happen once cases arrive at the conservative Supreme Court.
The Bottom Line: America is facing its greatest internal crisis since the Civil War. If we’re not careful, the American Experiment may not see its 250th birthday next year. We’ve left our government unchecked for too long; it’s time for you and me – we the people – to start paying closer attention.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow gets pulled over. Today’s Diary.
…we had entered a 50 mph zone with cruise control still confidently set to 67, and that is pulloverable in any jurisdiction…Especially here where constables generally don’t have anything better to do than catch evil arch-criminals like us.
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1999 – Then-planet Pluto, which spends 20 years of every 248-year orbit inside the orbit of Neptune – crosses outside Neptune’s orbit and again is the farthest planet from the Sun. Due to a couple of factors that are, thankfully, beyond the scope of this feature, the two planets can never collide. Pluto had last crossed in front of Neptune’s orbit in 1979, and it is expected to cross in front of Neptune again in 2229.
In 1973 – The Philadelphia 76ers establish a new NBA record for most consecutive losses in a 108-90 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. It was the 20th straight loss for the 76ers, breaking the record of 19 they established in the 1971-72 and 72-73 seasons. The mark has been broken several times, and is now 28, done twice, by the 76ers in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons and by the Detroit Pistons last season. The 76ers are the only NBA team to lose at least 20 consecutive games three times.
In 1978 – The Bee Gees are at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second of four consecutive weeks with Stayin’ Alive. The song went to #1 in seven other countries, including Mexico and Italy, peaked at #4 in Great Britain, on Billboard’s soul chart, and on their year-end survey. It was the fifth of nine #1 songs for the group, and their second of six consecutive #1 songs, a mark then shared with the Beatles and now held by Whitney Houston.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Genius is from the school of solitude.
Edward Gibbon
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
The NHL record for the fastest three goals by one team is 20 seconds by the Boston Bruins on February 25, 1971.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What planet has the longest day? – Answer next time!
