July 18th
Jane Austen, Nelson Mandela, M.I.A., Bob Newhart, Nico, Kelly Reilly, Hunter S. Thompson, Paul Verhoeven
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BORN (HAPPY BIRTHDAY): Jane Austen, Kristen Bell, Richard Branson, Bishop Briggs, James Brolin, Terry Chambers, Priyanka Chopra, Vin Diesel, Dion, Hampton Fancher, Elizabeth Gilbert, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Jared Hess, Jack Irons, Hoon Lee, Nelson Mandela, Margo Martindale, Elizabeth McGovern, M.I.A., Pickle, Martha Reeves, Kelly Reilly, Ricky Skaggs, Hunter S. Thompson, Joe Torre, Mark Udall, Paul Verhoeven, Wendy Williams
DEAD (R.I.P.): Caravaggio, Gorge Coe, Adrian Cronauer, Mimi Farina, Bobby Fuller, James Hatfield, Machine Gun Kelly, Mary Jo Kopechne, Willie Louis, Jean Negulesco, Bob Newhart, Nico, Alex Rocco, Rebecca Schaeffer, Dolph Sweet, Johnny Wayne
DEEP THOUGHTS: A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.
EAT ME: Caviar, Sour Candy - Culver’s (7/18/1984)
FOODIE: Trump hates Mexicans but loves Mexican Coke
HOLIDAY: World Listening Day, International Nelson Mandela Day
HOROSCOPE: What you first believe to be identity theft will soon turn out to be just another self-righteous asshole with commitment issues.
HOW-TO: Escape From a Car in Water, Keep Your Mouth Shut, Listen
JOKE: An elderly woman is driving who has a bit of a hearing problem. She gets pulled over by a cop. The officer notifies her that she was doing 38 in a 25 zone. The woman turns to her husband and asks "What'd he say?" The husband replies "He says you were speeding!" The woman turns back to the officer and says "Oh, sorry officer." The officer goes on; "License and registration please." The woman again turns to her husband. "What'd he say!?" The husband, growing irritated, says "He wants to see your LICENSE." The woman replies, "Oh, sorry officer. Here you go." The officer inspects her license and comments, "Ah, you're from Brownsville. I'll never forget that city... I had the worst piece of ass of my entire life in Brownsville!" The woman once more turns to her right and yells "What'd he say!!?" Her husband replies "He says he knows you."
THE ONION: Congress Rules Food Stamps Can Only Be Used On Rutabagas
PLAYLIST: The Byrds: Fifth Dimension (7/18/1966), Miles Davis: Sketches of Spain (7/18/1960), Ani Defranco: Not a Pretty Girl (7/18/1995), The Doors: The Soft Parade (7/18/1969), Echo and the Bunnymen: Crocodiles (7/18/1980), Grateful Dead: Anthem of the Sun (7/18/1968), Joy Division: Closer (7/18/1980), Ramones: Adios Amigos! (7/18/1995), Paul Young: No Parlez (7/18/1983) - M.I.A.: Argular (2005), XTC: Black Sea (1980)
New Music Releases: Laura Jane Grace: Adventure Club
Check out the Daily Playlist… Dig it! - M.I.A., Nico
Check out the Big Beat with Rascal PHX Station, Check out the Big Beat with Rascal PHX Chill Station
READ: Jane Austen: Emma (1815), Adolf Hitler: Mein Kampf (7/18/1925) - The Sentinel-Intellegance: The Dark Truth About MAGA's Obsession with Epstein, Abby Zimet: Good Trouble Lives On
RELIGULOUS: Franklin Graham
SCIENCE!: You are here…
SHITASS: Lou Dobbs, Gerald Gallego, William Westmoreland
SIGNIFICANT DIGITS: The midterm elections are in 474 days. Trump has 474 days to cancel elections.
SPORT: Dame Goes Back to Portland
STREAM: Billy Joel: And So It Goes (HBO Max), The Blue Caftan (Criterion/Kanopy), Emma. (Peacock)
New Film Releases: After Life, Cloud, Eddington, Finally Dawn, I Know What You Did Last Summer, No Sleep Till, Saint Claire, Shari and Lamb Chop, Smurfs, Unicorns
TRUMPED: Yesterday in one sentence: The Justice Department fired the federal prosecutor who led the criminal sex-trafficking cases against Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell; after being fired without explanation, Maurene Comey warned her former Justice Department colleagues that “fear is the tool of a tyrant”; Trump rejected calls to appoint a special prosecutor in the Jeffrey Epstein case; Senate Republicans pushed through Emil Bove’s nomination for a lifetime appointment to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit after cutting off debate and ignoring a whistleblower request; the Senate voted 51–48 to rescind $9 billion in federal funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting; and the House passed the GENIUS Act, sending the first major federal crypto bill to Trump for final approval.
WELLNESS: A Masterclass in Handling Failure
WORD: Incompetent - not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully.
WTF?!: Paramount and Trump Cancel ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ - Fascism’s silent and complicit media in action.
HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS: 2013 – The Government of Detroit, with up to $20 billion in debt, files for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. 1992 – A picture of pop group Les Horribles Cernettes was taken, which became the first ever photo posted to the World Wide Web. 1991 - Lollapalooza kicked off in Chandler, Arizona. 1989 - Actress Rebecca Schaeffer was shot to death at her Los Angeles home by an obsessed fan. (The killing prompted California in 1990 to pass the nation's first anti-stalking law.) 1984 – McDonald's massacre in San Ysidro, California: A psychopath opened fire, killing 21 people and injuring 19 others before being shot dead by police. 1976 – Nadia Comăneci became the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics. 1969 - A car driven by Sen. Ted Kennedy, plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island near Martha's Vineyard. His passenger, 28-year-old Mary Jo Kopechne, died.
"It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership." Nelson Mandela
“The edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.” Hunter S. Thompson
I am very sad about Colbert.