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Colokum Craft CoffeeUse the Promo Code [WSMG10] For 10% of any purchase through FebruaryBoomer Bunker DischordBecome a Bunker DwellerAaron KickstarterHelp Aaron with his Spicy Kickstarter500 Road Rage 101: 500!NATIONAL DAY: NATIONAL TOAST DAYBIRTHDAY: Johnny Cash, Jackie Gleason and Livi StraussTHIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1993: A truck bomb detonated by Islamic extremists exploded in the underground parking garage beneath the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. -----NJ Gov Mikie Sherrill booed at Devils game honoring US Olympic hockey hero Jack HughesNew Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill was booed by fans attending the NJ Devils hockey game at the Prudential Center on Wednesday.Sherrill was in attendance to welcome Hughes and other Olympic players back to stateside ice, but when she was announced by the PA spokesperson for the ceremonial puck drop, the Newark crowd erupted in relentless boos for her and her husband, Jason Hedberg.Newsom Backpedals-----CEO of World Economic Forum quits after Epstein ties scrutinizedOn Thursday, Borge Brende said he was stepping down as President and CEO of the World Economic Forum, a few weeks after the forum launched an independent investigation.U.S. Justice Department disclosures showed Brende had three business dinners with Jeffrey Epstein and communicated via email and text message.Saying his tenure spanned eight and a half years, Brende framed the move as avoiding distractions and made no mention of Epstein.-----Truck driver killed on Florida speedboat by Cuban guardsA truck driver who fell into an “obsessive and diabolical quest” for Cuba’s freedom was one of the four passengers killed on the Florida-registered speedboat that allegedly infiltrated its waters and was shot at by the country’s border guards.Michel Ortega Casanova “became so obsessed” with the plot that he and the three others killed on the stolen vessel “didn’t think about the consequences nor their own lives,” according to his brother, Misael.Misael, who spoke about how Cubans had endured “great suffering,” said his family was in the dark about the operation, which Caribbean authorities defined as an attempt to infiltrate the country for “terrorist ends.”-----SHOW CREDITS:Thank you to my co-host, Ken Madden of
