Associated Press - August 27, 2019. Racism in America is an institutional "White man's problem visited on people of color," Joe Biden said Tuesday, arguing that the way to attack the issue is to defeat President Trump and hold him responsi…
Some people ask the secret of our long marriage: We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight dinner, soft music, and dancing ... she goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.
Associated Press - August 23, 2019. Billionaire David H. Koch, who with his older brother Charles poured a fortune into right-wing causes, transforming the American political landscape and shaping American policies on such issues as climat…
National Public Radio - August 23, 2019. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ,86, has just completed 3 weeks of radiation treatment in New York City. ///// Possible opening for Trump for a third Supreme Court appointment?
Reuters News - August 23, 2019. President Trump ordering American companies to look at ways to close their operations in China and make more of their products in the USA.
The U.S. 45th Infantry had a swastika sleeve insignia to honor their Native American members until WW2. They dropped the swastika in favor of the Thunderbird.
Pew Research Center Poll conducted April 2019. 42% of Jewish Americans said Trump's policies favored the Israelis too much, versus 26% of Christians who expressed that view. ///// 70% of Jews voted for Hillary in 2016 election. 25% of Jews…
The "Dancing Plague" of 1518 was a mania that lasted a month and killed dozens of people in Strasbourg, France through exhaustion or heart attack. People just danced uncontrollably until they collapsed.
NBC News/ Wall Street Journal Poll - August 18, 2019. Topic: President Trump Job Approval Rating. 43% Approve, 55% Disapprove. Topic: Direction of Country. 33% Right direction, 60% Wrong track.
The original Playboy Bunnies were required to be able to identify 143 brands of liquor and know how to make 20 different cocktails as part of their job requirements.
Son: "Dad! I just had sex for the first time!" ///// Dad: "Great! Wanna sit down and talk about it?" ///// Son: "I can't sit right now, my butt is very sore."
Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944 (D-Day). The one-star general was granted permission to be part of the first wave of soldiers…
Pew Research Center Survey published August 13, 2019. Topic: Americans' opinion of China. 60% favorable, 26% unfavorable. Topic: Americans' opinion on China's growing economy. 50% - good thing for the USA, 41% - bad thing for the USA.
August 12, 2019. The federal government spent a record 3,727,014,000,000 dollars in the first 10 months of fiscal 2019 (October through July) according to the Monthly Treasury Statement released today.
President Theodore Roosevelt was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award, in 2001 by President Clinton for his actions during the Spanish-American War. He is the only U.S. President to receive the award.
During WW2 in California, the Great Los Angeles Air Raid of 1942 had the U.S. Army firing 1,400 anti-air artillery and .50 caliber rounds at an enemy aircraft. The "enemy aircraft" turned out to be a lost weather balloon.
Pew Research Center survey - published August 7, 2019. Topic: Giving a President more power to deal directly with many of the country's problems. 51% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say it's too risky. 82% of Democrats a…
There is enough concrete in the Hoover Dam to build a two-lane highway from San Francisco to New York City according to the US Department of the Interior.
A dick has a really sad life ... his hair's a mess, his family is nuts, his neighbor is an asshole, his best friend is a pussy, and his owner beats him.
Woodpeckers are capable of pecking 10,000 times a day. Their strong necks have natural shock absorbents which help them balance the vibration in order to avoid concussions.
Pew Research Center Survey on National Economy published July 26, 2019. 79% of Republicans and Republican leaners rate the national economy as excellent or good compared to 33% of Democrats and Democrat leaners.
The earliest known American porn film is "A Free Ride a.k.a A Grass Sandwich " in 1915. The film was directed by "A. Wise Guy" and was written by "Will She."
According to a new report from eMarketer, ad spending on 2020 federal elections is expected to climb to 6 billion dollars. The report focused only on ads sponsored by "federal candidates and campaigns." Trump is expected to spend about 1 b…