Ukraine invasion; Russian Billionaires lose billions in 24 hours, experts agree: couldn't happen to a nicer class of people; Prosecutors in Trump probe quit after new DA seems to abandon plan to seek indictment of former president, Former Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance approved seeking an indictment, but his successor, Alvin Bragg, seemed uninterested; disposing of Russian vodka; Massive Russian protests resulted in 100s of arrests; Belarusians also protest, and are arrested.  Altruistic Magpies remove each others tracking devices; Eurovision song contest; DNA exonerates Hank the Tank, the 500-pound bear!  

and, then I think we talked about memes

Ottowa police finally make arrests; White women tears trump justice; Ukraine crisis ending? (No); WH visitor logs turned over to Jan 6 committee (406 days after the fact); 3rd person CURED of HIV; everything is awful and no one is happy. California hits 1 MILLION Electric vehicles! Book ban in Walla Walla overturned. Gas prices hit a 7 year high - coincidentally Oil company profits last quarter ALSO hit 7 year high...Raytheon...Hyenas. Oh, and funny memes  

WWIII being teased, MGT made everyone crave Gazpacho, NY Daily Post writes "Dog Bites Man," #NotNews, Confederates Convoy points out the danger when a vulnerable trade chokepoint and privileged protest clash #NotBLM #NotKXL; the Wingers lose it over Eminem taking a knee; while folks are joking about clogged Whitehouse toilets some wonder When is it appropriate to forego a book deal, and inform the Public? TX group on a quest find tap-dancing spiders...and, then funny memes. Happy VD from FB4tB!     

Congress tries for $15 an hour, and got bombing Syria instead? Cuomo covering up nursing home deaths, J&J has a new vaccine, CPAC had a Nazi symbol-shaped platform...and Funny memes, Oh Hi, March

Macron flies to Moscow, and not just for the food!, Rev Locke book burning in TN,  only 17% of GOP polled would consider voting for a candidate who acknowledges reality, Fox PAC sent $1.5 Million to Sinena and Manchin; Starbucks getting Unions; 467K news jobs reported to the chagrin of some; Banned Books Reading Clubs; Llano County TX suspends all Library services (including online ebook access) pending 'review'; Spotify pulls 70 episodes of Rogan - not over health misnfo, but the N word...wow, 70?!; NBC hires misinfo king Stephen Hayes, Fox News contributor since 2009 and author of “The Connection: How al Qaeda’s Collaboration with Saddam Hussein Has Endangered America,” in a desperate to appeal to conservative viewers...; Jeff Zucker resigns from CNN (the guy who greenlit Fear Factor AND the Apprentice) ...over a consensual workplace affair? Yeah, where's Paul Harvey with the Rest of the Story? And, a chicken breached Pentagon security...   Plus, funny memes

San Jose requires Liability insurance for gun owners; Boris Johnson's BYOB parties under lockdown investigated; WA Trooper who quit over mandate dies of COVID at 51 y.o.; GA GOP Chair could face charges of falsifying 2020 Electors docs; the Orange that Ate DC teases pardons for Capitol rioters; Maus memes; Happy year of the Water Tiger!

Fauci says we're headed in the right direction, but don't get cocky; RIP Meat Loaf; Starbucks nixes employee vaccine mandate after Supreme Court ruling; Tucker loses it over Green M&M; Carhartt stuff, and more skunks can do handstands than we thought 

People sharing lots of MLK quotes out of context, Tonga volcano, CPS students staged walkout, Doctors urge Spotify to stop Joe Rogan from spreading misinformation, Flordia Republican loses by 59% but refused to concede because of "stuff," a pig's heart transplanted into a human for the first time. seditious conspiracy charges for 11 Oath Keepers, a bit on News Bias, and Illinois school district defends after school satan club. Plus, memes!

Baked Alaska, NC voters move on Cawthorne, Chicago teachers strike, Mayor (remotely) asks teachers to go into work(!), and the UK declares octopuses and squid sentient. (BTW - In the pre-show George called for a moment of silence for Paulie Shore, who didn't die, so I'm glad I made noise.) And, memes 

2021 been a heckuva time, eh? (BTW We did Gamestop memes FIRST, ok?) ABC News and Ipsos found that 52% of Republicans said the Capitol rioters were trying to *protect* democracy. Tik Tok is now #1 on the web, and it's a hassle (for me), average American lifepsan drops, NYE memes, Leftover Christmas memes