Random News: September 1, 2022

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.

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Good morning. It’s September 1, 2022, and it’s a Thursday for some reason. Here’s a general batch of things I may think about…

• Rabbit rabbit rabbit. Happy September.
• Here’s some amazing news.
• Yesterday, Democrat Mary Peltola became a) the first Democrat congressperson elected in Alaska in 50 years, and b) the first native Alaskan to get a seat in Congress.
• Oh, and she beat Sarah Palin too.
• I do want you to keep in mind that since this is a midterm election, the party opposing the current President is expected to win handily.
• In 1986, for example, Ronald Reagan was wildly popular and the Democrats still gained eight seats in the Senate and five seats in the House.
• In 1994, Bill Clinton was super popular, and yet the GOP completely destroyed the Dems, picking up eight Senate seats and 54 (!) House seats.
• So the current slight Dem majority in both the House and Senate were expected to flip to GOP. Kevin McCarthy was talking about 60 seats flipping in the House earlier this year.
• It’s impossible to say what will happen in November, but little signs here and there are telling us that a) the repeal of Roe v Wade and b) the continued awareness of the FPOTUS’s criminal actions are having an effect.
• So, there’s cautiously promising news with recent voting phenomena in red states like Kansas and Alaska, and hopefully more coming soon.
• I’m going to tell you something weird.
• You probably think the worst thing the FPOTUS could do right now would be to incite a civil war, or flee from justice, or perhaps sell the copies he’s made of our national security documents to North Korea, or something like that, right?
• Nope.
• The worst thing he could do, at any time between now and his indictment, trial, and sentencing, is to die.
• I’m 100% serious. That would be a nightmare. What would inevitably happen is that the MAGA world would go into martyr mode, and they’d quickly find a candidate to rally behind to “continue the MAGA direction started by our savior, DJT”.
• Whether that would be De Santis or another piece of shit, if FPOTUS dies before being brought to justice and the full evidence of his crimes being made public, it would actually extend this shit for far longer.
• While we’re on the FPOTUS topic, his legal team responded to the DoJ with another set of information that for all intents and purposes admitted once again that he’d stolen documents and that they were classified.
• There’s a hearing today regarding this request to appoint a special master. We’ll see how it goes.
• And now, The Weather: “Flake” by Toledo.
• From the Sports Desk… the Sports Desk has nothing to report, just waiting for the start of NFL season and… hey… wait… what’s going on? The Sports Desk is being invaded! Help! Help me! He-
• Hi everyone, it’s Special Assignment Sports Desk writer E Marie Robertson here. 40-year old entrepreneur and mom Serena Williams moved on to the 3rd Round of the US Open by defeating World #2 ranked Anett Kontaveit in 3 sets on Wednesday night.  Williams, who has played a total of seven matches this year and is currently ranked south of #400, previously announced her intention to “evolve away from tennis” after the Open. But fans, opponents, and oddsmakers are getting the feeling she’s in it to win it. 
• In another first, Arthur Ashe Stadium will host its first televised first-round doubles match, when Lucie Hradecka and Linda Noskova go up against Serena and her big sister Venus at 7 pm tonight. 
• Back to you.
• Wow! Thanks E Marie! Well, that was the first time we had a guest appearance on Zak’s Random News, but it likely won’t be the last.
• President Biden will be giving a primetime speech tonight from Philadelphia to address the “battle for the soul of the nation”. I’ll be watching.
• California is at the start of a pretty terrible heat wave. We’ve already received a flex alert yesterday, requesting that we keep our electrical power at a minimum between 4PM and 9PM.
• I am super incredibly fortunate to live near a giant ocean, which generally keeps things quite a bit cooler here than any place inland, where temps will easily reach the 110 range. Our highs here are around 90.
• That being said, we do not have any air conditioning here at the beach, so it gets a bit toasty.
• Along with this heat is very low humidity, so keep your fingers crossed that we don’t burst into flame over the upcoming Labor Day weekend.
• Today in history… A 9.4 earthquake nails Chile's Atacama Region causing tsunamis in Chile as well as Hawaii and Japan (1420). Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marquess of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England (1532). Louis XV becomes king of France at age 5 (1715). The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California (1772). The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America (1897). The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people (1923). Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II (1939). Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic murder of mentally ill and disabled people (1939). A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power (1969). The SR-71 Blackbird sets the still-current record for flying from New York to London in the time of one hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 mph (1974).
• September 1 is the birthday of Liao Dynasty emperor Jing Zong (948), organist/composer Johann Pachelbel (1653), baseball great Jim O’Rourke (1850), author Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875), boxer Rocky Marciano (1923), jazz musician Art Pepper (1925), politician Ann Richards (1933), musician Conway Twitter (1933), actress Lily Tomlin (1939), singer Barry Gibb (1946), drummer Russ Kunkel (1948), singer Gloria Estefan (1957), NBA player Tim Hardaway (1966), and NFL player Clinton Portis (1981).

Well, that’s it for now. I’ll be busy today with meetings and work deadlines. I think it will be a normal day, or whatever passes for normal in mid-2022. Things will happen, some good, some bad. This is life. I’m glad to be alive. Enjoy your day.