The Daily Dose/February 3, 2025
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF AMERICA: The takeover of the American government continues, as President Trump’s prize toady Elon Musk continues to lay waste to whichever government agency happens to be in his crosshairs. Neither the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) nor Musk’s position at the head of it has been authorized by Congress. Neither DOGE nor Musk have any legal standing.
Dry, Technical Matter: This doesn’t bother President Trump, of course. Why should it? He believes the moon is part of Mars. The only reason we are not living under a Trump dictatorship right now is that while Trump is supremely ignorant, he is not evil.
Stop Us If You’ve Heard This Before: This is not the way America is meant to be governed. The president’s constitutional mandate is to see America’s laws are faithfully executed. He is not doing that; he is ignoring and circumventing both the Constitution and established federal law. These are, of course, impeachable offenses, something Trump is intimately familiar with.
We The People: There is, of course, no shortage of wastes, frauds, and abuses in our government, but no one knows if Hurricane Musk is doing anything of substance or merely pawing at air. We strongly suspect that anyone who tries to tell you no damage is being done is either deluding themselves, trying to delude you or, as likely as not, both.
The Bottom Line: We elected this. We’ve known Trump is a lying, ignorant, sexual predator for years, but we elected him anyway. And you and me – we the people – are accepting the destruction of our country. We deserve everything we get, including someone coming in to govern us when we can no longer govern ourselves.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has a good day in the sack. Today’s Diary.
7.5 hours for the day and 22.0 hours for the week, both solid totals…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1971 – Apollo 14 – commanded by Alan Shephard, with Stuart Roosa and Edgar Mitchell – lands on the moon, mankind’s third manned lunar landing. Though delayed by five hours due to a communications problem, Shepard and Mitchell later made two moonwalks totaling 9 hours and 22 minutes, and the crew returned to Earth on February 9. The lunar module landed closest to its intended target than any other Apollo mission, landing 55 feet north and 165 feet east away.
In 1960 – Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics establishes a new NBA record for most rebounds in a game in a 124-100 win over the Syracuse Nationals. Russell had 51 rebounds, breaking the record of 49 he had established in November 1957, and the record is now 55 by Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors, done the following November. The Nationals are now the Philadelphia 76ers.
In 1972 – Al Green is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the only week with Let’s Stay Together. The song also peaked at #7 in Gret Britain, was in its fifth of nine consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was Billboard’s 11th-biggest pop song of the year and its #1 soul song. It was the second of 14 Top 40 hits for Green, his first of eight Top 10 hits, remains his only #1 pop hit and was his first of six soul #1s.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
You must know the sea, and know that you know it, and not forget that it was made to be sailed over.
Captain Joshua Slocum
Sailing Alone Around the World
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
John Adams was inaugurated vice president on April 21, 1789.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Which lunar module landed the farthest away from its intended target? – Answer next time!
