The Daily Dose/December 15, 2019
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
The Sunday Bottom 5
The very best of the very worst of the week that was…
1. Republicans – Barring a palace coup in President Trump’s US Senate trial, GOP set to continue to defend the indefensible – a president who is a lying sexual predator who believes the moon is part of Mars – by acquitting president, probably next month.
2. Democrats – A party so fractured that two dozen of them thought they had a chance to earn their presidential nomination…Number now down to less than 12, but Democrats not doing selves, America any good as most candidates ignoring mainstream, focusing only on most hardcore Democrats who what government to pay for everything.
3. America – Going down harder than a whore with the fleet in now, as fractured, bickering, once-proud, once-relevant, shooting gallery of a country will collapse by the time this half-century is out if something is not done about perpetual wars, mindless spending, deep social divides that could make 1860s, 1960s, look like something out of Mother Goose.
4. American Electorate – Has two options on Election Day 2020: they can continue to accept the status quo – a partisan, fractured, bickering government – or they can make some changes…Entire planet, Main Street, standing by to see what they do.
5. College Football Playoff –Got off pretty easy this year, though Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters stubbornly point out a 32-team NCAA Division I Football Playoff could have started Thanksgiving weekend, played national quarterfinals yesterday, end on New Year’s Day.
Editor’s Note: Gaylon is a candidate for the Colorado Libertarian Party’s 2020 United States Senate nomination. Click here to visit his campain’s website.
Today At The Site
The Diary of a Nobody: More whining from Sparrow. Today’s Diary.
We may not be getting any comp meals this season, but there was a flyer in the back office announcing free yoga this month…It’s a new studio looking to draw tourists and they are trying to bribe us…Fabulous…I certainly appreciate their efforts to bribe us, but I can’t eat yoga…In fact, I’m such a hulking mess, I probably can’t evven do yoga, as anything more than touching my shins would probably find me helpless…
It’s Sparrow, an average man passing an average life.
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On This Date
In 1791 – What are now the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution take effect when the Virginia General Assembly approves the Bill of Rights. The amendments had been submitted to the several states on Sept. 25, 1789 after approval by Congress. Two amendments submitted by Congress were not ratified. One, concerning how representatives are determined, is still pending. The other, concerning Congressional compensation, was ratified in 1992 and is now the 27th Amendment.
In 1984 – Gus Williams of the Washington Bullets establishes a new NBA record with his 1,404th career steal in a 109-103 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. Williams broke the record of 1,403 that had been established by Randy Smith, who played for several teams between 1971 and 1983. Williams retired in 1987 with 1,638 steals, a mark now good for 27th on the all-time list, and the record is now held by John Stockton, with 3.265.
In 1973 – Charlie Rich is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of two consecutive weeks with The Most Beautiful Girl. The song also went to #1 in Canada and Belgium and also peaked at #2 in Great Britain. It was the first #1 song for Rich in a chart career that had begun in 1960 and earlier the song had spent three weeks at #1 on Billboard’s country chart, his second of nine country #1s. Rich died at age 62 in 1995 of natural causes.
Quotebook
Lethargy [is] the forerunner of death to the public liberty. – Thomas Jefferson
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
A nautical mile is 6,076 feet, 1.44 inches. This figure is commonly reduced to 2,000 yards in navigation.
Today’s Stumper
What active player currently leads the NBA in career steals? – Answer next time!
