The Daily Dose/September 27, 2018
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
In The News
At first, it seemed like Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s supreme court nomination was merely going to be a simple matter of the GOP ramming their choice through the United States Senate.
It’s not, of course. The list of women who have accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct is, as we write this, up to three. The allegations are from decades ago and more or less accuse Kavanaugh of getting drunk and copping feels more aggressively than he should have. Kavanaugh, of course, denies everything although he has acknowledged enjoying the occasional brewski and that he “did things in high school that make me cringe now…” Today Kavanaugh and his first accuser are scheduled to testify in an extraordinary session before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
I’m sure this can get more bizarre and, in fact, pictures of Kavanaugh’s wall calendar from 1982, made the whole thing seem utterly below the dignity of everyone concerned. The calendars didn’t have “sexually assault Tracy” penciled in anywhere, though I don’t think that is going to clear him.
One wonders how much more of this Kavanaugh will endure. As long as there is the prospect of the Senate confirming him he will probably persevere. But boy, if we were legally obliged or personally compelled to submit calendars from our childhood we’d probably say screw it, dancing through these hoops simply is not worth it.
Today at the Site
Sparrow is pretty busy at the start of his second swing shift on today’s edition of The Diary of a Nobody. There are a dozen guests to check in, plus the TV in 204 isn’t working. Sparrow is still faithfully keeping the Sleep Log, too, even though he is keeping relatively normal hours.
I took the remote and fiddled with the power button like I was Mr Sony or something and when that did squat I turned the power to the cable box off and on and I am pleased to report that did the trick…I threw up my hands triumphantly, giving the peace sign, and they thanked me profusely.
Our favorite book, Gore Vidal’s Creation, produces The Thought for the Day with a quote about Buddha and sacrificing the animal inside all of us.
And because Mother Nature gave these three instincts primacy over all others, overcoming ourselves is our biggest challenge.
On This Date
In 1777 – Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the capital of the United States for today only after the Continental Congress had fled Philadelphia, which was now held by the British. They would conduct routine business in the courthouse today and the official Journals of the Continental Congress states the Congress adjourned “…to repair to the town of York, in Pensylvania.”
In 1930 – Bobby Jones becomes the first golfer to win the Grand Slam, winning the US Amateur at Merion Golf Club in Pennsylvania. Jones had started 1930 by winning the British Amateur, the British Open and then the US Open. Jones had placed a bet with bookies in Britain that he would accomplish this feat, and he won $65,000. Jones remains the only golfer to win all four majors in one calendar year.
In 1969 – Sugar, Sugar by the Archies is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second of four consecutive weeks. The Archies were a studio group and the song was sung by Ron Dante, who would later produce Barry Manilow albums. Sugar, Sugar went to #1 in nine other countries and while other songs spent more weeks at #1 in the US in 1969, Sugar, Sugar spent 22 weeks on the Hot 100 and was Billboard’s #1 song for the year.
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Howard K Smith, then with CBS, was the moderator for the first Kennedy/Nixon debate. The panelists were Sander Vanocur (NBC), Charles Warren (Mutual) Stuart Novins (CBS) and Bob Fleming (ABC).
Today’s Stumper
How many cities have been the capital of the United States over the years? – Answer next time!
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