DISCLAIMER: Zak's Random News is very random and doesn't cover many things, and not everything may be accurate, because I'm just some guy. Go find a real news source.
Good afternoon. It’s May 22, 2022, and it’s a Sunday. Random whatnot ahead…
- I usually don’t watch SNL on Saturday nights. Instead, I watch clips that they post the following day. However, I was chilling on YouTube last night and saw the cold open just as it was posted, and wasn’t expecting the emotional exit of Kate McKinnon. She did 211 episodes of the show, more than any other female cast member, and was always among the best.
- Continuing my mention of Georgia’s primary election on Tuesday, Senate candidate and former NFL star who threatened to kill both his ex-wife and ex-girlfriend Hershel Walker stated this week that he supports abortion bans without any exceptions for rape, incest or the health of the mother.
- A better option than Walker? Pretty much everyone, but definitely the incumbent Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock. I also endorse Stacey Abrams for Governor and Michael Owens for Secretary of State in GA.
- 78,000 pounds of baby formula just arrived in Indianapolis from Germany on a US military aircraft. Nicely done.
- Monkeypox. Most people my age (born 1969) got the smallpox vaccination that also protects to some degree against monkeypox around age 1, and were never boosted after that. And guess what? The vaccine provides very good immunity… for 3-5 years. So basically try not to get monkeypox.
- In sports news, the White Sox and Yankees were playing yesterday, and NY’s third baseman Josh Donaldson called Chicago’s Tim Anderson “Jackie”, as in Robinson. It wasn’t meant to be friendly. It was some racist shit. I hope for Donaldson’s sake that he’s good at ducking, because he’s going to be experiencing some things during his upcoming at-bats.
- Jif peanut butter has been recalled due to salmonella. If your has lot code numbers 1274425 through 2140425, do not eat. You’ll see the number below the “best by” date. See, I sometimes give you actual important info here. You’re welcome.
- There’s a big fucking asteroid flying by Earth at 47,200 mph next Friday. It’s 1.1 miles in diameter, which is plenty big enough to destroy life on Earth as we know it. However, it will remain about 2.5 million miles away, which is probably a good thing if you like the whole life thing.
- Today in history… 1804: the Lewis & Clark expedition began. 1906: the Wright brothers are given a patent for their “flying machine”. 1960: the most powerful earthquake ever recorded, a 9.5., hits Chile. 2015: Ireland legalizes same-sex marriage, the first nation in the world to do so (the US would do do on June 26 of that year when Obergefell v. Hodges was decided by the Supreme Court).
- May 22 is also the birthday of composer Richard Wagner (1813), painter Mary Cassatt (1844), Unabomber Ted Kaczynski (1942), lyricist Bernie Taupin (1950), singer Morrissey (1959), model Naomi Campbell (1970), and retired NFL wide receiver Julian Edelman (1986).
That’s all I’ve got. I’m going to do laundry. It’s Sunday. That’s what I do. Enjoy the remainder of your weekend.
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