A judge ordered Stormy Daniels to cough up almost $300,000 to pay President Trump’s attorney fees in the defamation suit against him that was dismissed.

- Wow… It’s isn’t even Christmas and Stormy already got coal in her fish net stockings.

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William Shatner has angered some of his fans by taking to Twitter in defense of the song “Baby It’s Cold Outside”… which they say is about a man pressuring a woman for sex.

- QUESTION: How can Shatner’s Star Trek fans be outraged about sex when they’ve never even had it???

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Instead of having the traditional “Host”, the upcoming Oscars may feature a lot of different actors and actresses taking part in the show.

- That way EVERYBODY in Hollywood gets a chance to bash Trump.

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One of the most popular gifts this year is the line of “Golden Girls Chia Pets”.

- They make great stocking stuffers - or in the case of Betty White - Knee High Stuffers.

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Some members of the “Caravan” of migrants are demanding 50 Grand a piece from the US Government to turn around and return to their home countries.

- This is like going to a wedding you weren’t invited to and demanding the bride and groom give you everything on their registry to get you leave.

- Thus Lady Liberty’s Motto: “Bring us your Huddled Masses yearning to Extort the US Taxpayers”.

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Which of Santa’s Reindeer has the cleanest bathtub?

- Comet!

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Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Thursday!

-Dick

102 year old Olivia De Havilland is asking the US Supreme Court to hear her case against the FX network for misrepresenting her in a biopic about her lifelong feud with her sister/fellow actor Joan Fontaine.

- 102… Wow! So it’s true: Women NEVER forget.

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NBA player Stephen Curry said he doesn’t believe that US astronauts really landed on the moon.

- Sounds to me like Stephen’s been taking more than just 3 shots… on the court.

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A new law being considered in California would require baseball stadiums to offer Vegan entrees.

- Mmmmm! If this catches on here, who wouldn’t enjoy a yummy boiled carrot and mustard hotdog while rootin’ on the Tigers???

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A British couple - in their 70’s - were arrested after “an extremely large amount” of cocaine was found hidden in their stateroom.

- Cruise officials were tipped off when they realized the couple were jumping off the ship to play “Marco Polo” in the ocean.

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Delta announced that they will no longer allow kittens or puppies on board as “Trained Emotional Support Animals”.

- Notice they haven’t banned Sex Robots… Yet.

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According to an article in the NY Times, many apps on your smartphone record your location - up to 14 thousand times a day - and sell that info to the highest bidder.

- I take pleasure in knowing some high tech company somewhere is paying big bucks to find out I never left the house yesterday.

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Why does Santa see a therapist?

- He’s got low Elf-Esteem.

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Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Wednesday!

-Dick

Meryl Streep told an interviewer that she’s “afraid” of President Trump. 

- And you know she’s serious because her voice trembled in three different accents. 

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New research finds that best time to have your morning coffee isn’t first thing… but an hour after you wake up.

- Which begs the question… How are you supposed to stay awake for that first hour without your morning coffee???

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Dealing with nosy relatives over the Holidays can be stressful, and experts say the best way to get through it is by “picking your battles”.

- Or do as my ex brother-in-law Joe always did: pick your nose. 

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Students at Cal State University in California held a “Whiteness Forum” where they claimed the Christian cartoon “Veggie Tales” is racist because the villains are “vegetables of color” 

- This is what happens when you make the Redskin Potatoes the bad guys…excuse me… I mean the Native American Potatoes.

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Ten football players at an Illinois high school were suspended from the team last month after they ran across a field naked with Oreo cookies wedged between their buttocks.

- Talk about a sandwich cookie.

- You don’t wanna know where they put the Nutter Butters.

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New research from the European Heart Journal claims that people who get more than 6 hours of sleep a night are more likely to die early. 

- First it was 8 hours, then 7, now 6. By this time next year, a 20 minute nap should do it.

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What’s Bill Clinton’s favorite part of Christmas? 

- When Dancer, Prancer and Vixen stop by to give him a Santa’s Lap Dance. 

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Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Tuesday!

-Dick

Bad news… Kim Kardashian says that due to bickering between the sisters, there will be NO Kardashian family Christmas card this year.

- How about a pic of all the girls with the message: “Ho’s! Ho’s! Ho’s!”

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Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer debuted on TV on this day in 1964 - but some on social media say kids shouldn’t watch it because it features “bullying”.

- What next? Frosty the Snowman’s White Privilege? And doesn’t his Corncob Pipe encourage smoking?

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Meanwhile some people are saying radio stations shouldn’t play the song “Baby It’s Cold Outside” because the lyrics are “too suggestive”.

- Here’s a “suggestion”… GET A LIFE!!!!!

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Starting today, recreational marijuana is legal in Michigan.

- As the song says, “Doobie, Doobie, Do”.

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Instead of getting a real Christmas Tree Tuesday night, Dearborn gave residents a “techno tree” with LED lights attached to a metal pole in the shape of a tree.

- As a thank you, residents gave city officials a bunch of LED lights in the shape of a Middle Finger.

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What’s Santa’s favorite section in a bookstore?

- The Self Elf Section!

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Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Friday!

-Dick

Good news! Ohio State head football coach Urban Meyer will retire after the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1st.

- Would it have killed him to retire two weeks ago??? Ah… Timing is everything!

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Speaking of Ohio… a man stole a puppy from an Ohio pet store over the weekend by hiding him in his pocket.

- Which reminds me of the old question: “Is that a puppy in your pocket or did you just pee your pants?”

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Stanford University told the Sigma Chi fraternity to remove its American flag to improve its image saying the flag could be seen as “intimidating, aggressive or alienating.”

- So the only things flying at half-mast at Stanford are the officials’ brains.

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A NASA scientist says it’s possible that Aliens have already visited earth but we may not have recognized them because they are likely “extremely tiny super-intelligent” beings.

- In other words don’t waste your time looking for them at Stanford.

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Archeologists uncovered the skeleton of a man, dating back around 500 years, in the mud under London's River Thames, with his thigh-high leather boots virtually intact.

- They were even more surprised to find the receipt in his pocket from “Ye Olde DSW”.

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A Kenyan man needed to have emergency surgery after a cell phone he was smuggling into prison got stuck in his “caboose”.

- The poor guy only had one phone call and he accidentally butt dialed a pizza place.

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Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Wednesday!

-Dick

Stormy Daniels says she’s still friends with her attorney Michael Avenatti even though he spent money raised for her on himself.

- She added that she’d give Avenatti the shirt off her back… just like every other guy with a twenty dollar bill.

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Kid Rock was fired from his role as Grand Marshall at the Nashville Christmas parade after he called Joy Behar a word that rhymes with witch.

- That’s what you get for putting Kid Rock on live TV at 8am - when he’s on his way home from the bar.

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Dolly Parton had Jimmy Fallon rolling on the floor laughing when she told him her husband Carl dreams of having a threesome with her and Jennifer Aniston.

- This is known as The Star of ‘“Friends”… With Benefits.

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The Scientology community is mad at one of their former leaders who claims it was her job to “audition” women to be Tom Cruise’s girlfriend.

- You’d think a guy who bills himself as a Top Gun could get a girlfriend on his own.

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Ozzie Osborne cancelled several shows after getting an infection from a manicure.

- The guy bites the head off a bat and survives… but he can’t handle a manicure.

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Alec Baldwin reprised his role as Donald Trump on “Saturday Night Live” after saying over the summer that he’d stop doing it.

- It’s part of his effort to “Make a Really Bad Show Great Again”.

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Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Tuesday.

Happy Birthday Gail.

-Dick

According to Dictionary.com, 2018’s Word of the Year is… “Misinformation”.

- At least I THINK that’s what I read.

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Research shows that sleeping with a man or a cat can disrupt a woman’s sleep… but sharing the mattress with a dog actually helps women sleep better.

- Thus the old adage “Let Sleeping Dogs Lie… On your bed”.

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OJ Simpson’s former Business Manager Norman Pardo told the NY Post that he has proof that the Juice committed the murders… and had an accomplice who helped him get away with it.

- I believe he had 12 accomplices… Known as “The Jury”.

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Speaking of murderers… a prisoner on death row in Tennessee has asked for the electric chair instead of lethal injection because he feels it would “hurt less”.

- Somebody needs to jolt this guy back to reality.

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Barbra Streisand revealed that Trump’s Presidency has made her so upset, she turned to “pancakes with butter on them and maple syrup to ease the pain”.

- Hear more about it in her new song “Pancakes… People Who Need Pancakes”.

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Wayne Newton says that at age 76 - he’s happier than he’s ever been.

- Appreciate the update Wayne. On behalf of all of us… Danke Schoen! Although his kids pointed out that these days “Daddy Doesn’t Walk So Fast”.

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Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Thursday!

-Dick

Yet another court show is headed your way… “Judge Jerry” with Jerry Springer sitting on the bench, debuts next September.

- Jerry will throw the book at defendants, and defendants will throw chairs at each other.

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A giant cow in Australia named Knickers, which stands over 6 feet 4 inches tall, is such an oddity he’s been spared from the slaughterhouse.

- His owner says he looks just like his Giant Cow parents, and has his father’s nose and his mother’s Ribeyes.

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Bill and Hillary got a standing ovation when they attended a Broadway show over Thanksgiving weekend.

- In other news… there’s a Broadway musical in the works based on Bill’s life. It’s called “Fondler On The Roof”.

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The world’s largest Marijuana store has officially opened in Las Vegas.

- So now “What Happens In Vegas, Stays In Vegas” because after smoking a joint, you don’t remember what you did.

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Justin Bieber told an interviewer that he “wants to be more like Jesus”. 

- It’s not a religious thing… He just wants to be able to turn water into wine. 

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A new controversial study found that every human being is a descendant of the same couple who lived 200,000 years ago.

- Archeologists figured it out when they found stone tools with carved words reading “World’s Greatest Mom & Dad”.

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Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Wednesday!

-Dick

It’s Cyber Monday! Today is the day to get deep discounts on all your holiday gifts when you order online.

- Between “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday”… tomorrow is shaping up to be “Empty Bank Account Tuesday”.

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Forget Ugly Christmas Sweaters… the latest trend in Holiday wear are clip-on lights that men can attach to their beards for a festive look.

- The lights will make a great addition to the tinsel I always hang from my mustache.

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Kim Kardashian admitted that when she married her first husband at age 19 and when she made her infamous sex tape a few years later, she was “high on Ecstasy”.

- Even more shocking: She claims she was SOBER when she named her daughter “North West” after an airline. Well, at least it wasn’t Ireland’s “Aer Lingus”!

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Fans are still reeling after Michigan’s 62-39 loss to Ohio State on Saturday.

- On the bright side, it made the Lions 34-22 loss to the Bears almost seem like a win.

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The US Census Bureau says that by 2030 one in every five Americans will be retired.

- Which will give them plenty of time to cook and clean for the Millennials still living on the couch in their basement.

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Angry parents have hit out at Amazon for including a hardcore porn film in its "Dad Gifts" section.

- Nothing says Christmas like a Stormy Daniels DVD in Dad’s Stocking!

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Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Tuesday!

-Dick

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! And now we look forward to Saturday’s Big Game in Columbus… Michigan v. Ohio State. As we’ve done since the Woody Hayes Days, I present for your listening pleasure, “Liquidate Ohio State”! What you will hear is the original version of the song with the voices of Tom Ryan, Tom DeLisle and myself, recorded at WXYZ AM radio - 1270. Over the years we overdubbed the name of each new coach as he came in. This one was done sometime between 2001 and 2010 during Jim Tressel’s head coaching career with the Buckeyes. Enjoy… and Go Blue!

- Dick

From the Purtan Family to you and yours… Happy Thanksgiving!

Have a Safe, Healthy and Happy Holiday and I’ll see you back here tomorrow.

-Dick

In White House tradition, President Trump pardoned two turkeys - named “Peas” and “Carrots” - in the Rose Garden yesterday.

- A lotta people think the first time a President pardoned a Turkey was back in ‘74 when Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon.

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Nutritionists say that most Americans will eat as many as 4500 calories during tomorrows Thanksgiving feast.

- I’m gonna cut back on calories this year by using “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter” on my mashed potatoes and gravy. Nothing improves a Thanksgiving meal like a buttery spray of liquid chemicals.

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Towns in Northern Alaska said goodbye to the sun on Sunday. They’re so far north they’ll have 24-hour-a-day darkness until the sun rises again 65 days from now.

- Reminds me of that great song from the play “Annie”: The Sun’ll Come Out… In January”.

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A Florida man plead guilty to having sex with a miniature horse four times in one week.

- More proof that when a man cheats, it’s usually with his Secretariat.

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According to a new study, 55,000 kids in England between the ages of 11 and 17 are addicted to online slots and bingo for money… making them Gambling Addicts.

- It’s just nice to see young people acting like adults for a change.

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According to German researchers, more Millennials are moving back in with their parents than ever, leaving both generations depressed.

- The parents are depressed about the extra emotional and financial responsibility and the 20 somethings are depressed that they’re parents don’t have faster wi-fi.

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A camel named Einstein was caught on tape prancing around in the snow after the truck he was riding in got stuck in the snow in Pennsylvania.

- The vet who rushed to his recue said it was no biggie adding, “I’d walk a mile for a Camel”.

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Safe travels to you and yours as we begin this Holiday weekend! See you back here Thanksgiving Day!

-Dick

Martha Stewart told the Today show that the best way to avoid food poisoning when preparing your raw Turkey is to wear “surgical gloves”.

- That’s a little culinary tip she picked up while she was working in the prison cafeteria.

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Casey Kasem’s widow claims his three kids conspired to kill him in order to get his money… meanwhile the kids claim SHE did it to get the cash.

- Both sides have their motives… And we’ll be Countin’ Down the Top 40… right after this.

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Ford is working on technology that will eliminate the “new car smell” in vehicles… because a consumer in China complained about it.

- Wow. Sum Young Guy in China doesn’t like it… and the whole company comes unglued.

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250 passengers on a 737 in Beijing, China were forced to cough up cash for an airport mechanic who refused to fix a problem with the plane unless they paid on the spot.

- And there you have it… Communism at work!

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A man in New Orleans who threatened to “blow up the bathroom” of a Willie’s Chicken Shack restaurant now says there was no bomb, he was referring to a, um, shall we say, “nature calling”.

- As proof, he said the bomb squad ended up diffusing the situation with a can of Febreeze.

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Bo Derek turns 62 today.

- She’s still pretty but now “10” refers to the grams of fiber she needs each day to keep her system from running in slow motion.

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Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Wednesday!

-Dick

Mickey Mouse is 90! Both he and his wife Minnie (they were secretly married) made their debut in the animated cartoon “Steamboat Willie” during this week in 1928.

- Mickey and Minnie will be celebrating at their favorite restaurant… Chuck E. Cheese.

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NFL kneeler Colin Kaepernick says he’s working out five hours a day in the hopes of being hired as a QB for any NFL team that will have him.

- His friends say he’s a real “stand-up guy”… except when he’s not.

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Broward County Elections Supervisor Brenda Snipes will resign after missing the latest Florida recount deadline by two minutes.

- Snipes says the majority of people voted for her to keep her job… but she lost their ballots.

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In an effort to fit more passengers on board, Delta and other airlines are downsizing plane bathrooms - with some smaller than the average dishwasher.

- From here on out, the “Mile High Club” will be referred to as the “Clean Plate Club”.

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More than 1 million consumers canceled their cable and satellite TV subscriptions in the last 3 months, opting to “stream” instead.

- NOTE TO MEN: If you have trouble “streaming”… you might want to have your prostate checked.

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College professors in England have been told not to use capital letters in assignment instructions because it may “frighten students”.

- The only thing that frightened me in college was realizing my Dad was going to find out I got a “D” in Disc Jockey-ing 101. I’m sorry… that’s a “d”.

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Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Tuesday!

-Dick

Witnesses in Mexican Drug Lord El Chapo’s murder trial claim he even put out “hits” on members of his own family.

- Well that’s gonna make for an awkward Thanksgiving Dinner.

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A big debate is brewing over whether more suburban Detroit cities can allow people to keep live chickens in their back yards.

- I don’t know about Chickens in my backyard, but I do know that next Thursday I plan to have a Turkey in my Dining Room.

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Queen Elizabeth threw a huge birthday party for Prince Charles who turned 70 yesterday.

- Like most 70 year olds, Charles’ birthday wish was for a successful run on the throne… in the Palace bathroom.

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Ask your Amazon Alexa how to “Play like a Lion” and you’ll hear Quarterback Matthew Stafford’s voice guiding you through squats and jumping jacks.

- And if you want to shed a few pounds, just ask Alexa how to “Lose like a Lion”.

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Michael Avenatti, the attorney for the woman who accused Brett Kananaugh of “gang rape” is now facing domestic violence charges of his own - but said he will be “fully exonerated”.

- And if you can’t believe this guy, who CAN you believe??

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Harley Davidson debuted their first ever Electric motorcycle.

- It’s expected to be big with people who get Temporary Tattoos and listen to Orchestral versions of rock songs. You know… like Tony Bennett’s version of “Born to be Wild”.

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Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Friday!

-Dick

Dan Gilbert announced that he’s selling downtown’s Greektown Casino for $1 Billion dollars.

- Apparently he was short on cash and didn’t think he’d get approved for a Quicken Loan.

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In a new documentary, Monica Lewinsky says that she thought the stain on her infamous blue dress was “Spinach Dip”.

- Bill Clinton replied, “I did not share an appetizer with that woman… Miss Lewinsky”.

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A California man has been banned from all Disney theme parks after he was photographed holding up a “Trump 2020” sign while riding “Splash Mountain”.

- Proving once again that “It’s a Small-Minded World After all”.

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Police are on the look out for a woman who attacked a McDonald’s manager because he didn’t give her enough ketchup packets when she went through the drive thru.

- Officers say she dumped fries on the mangers head and kneed his McNuggets.

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Walmart is giving away Free coffee to shoppers on Black Friday.

- Which is good news for people who want to be wide awake as they’re trampled to death.

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Facebook has launched a new dating app in Canada.

- It will go up against Canada’s most popular dating site, “Eh, Harmony.com”.

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Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Thursday!

-Dick

Samsung is working on a new TV that will allow you to adjust the volume and change channels just by “thinking” about it.

- Remember back in the day when we had to get up and physically change the channel on the TV? Me either! I used to ask my daughter Jackie to do it for me.

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A new study found that 60% of Americans have had sex in a car, and that by 2040 self-driving cars will lead to “Prostitution on Wheels”.

- Just imagine… a Red Light District at every intersection.

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Meanwhile, a study by the University of Pittsburgh found that people who weigh themselves frequently are more likely to lose weight than people who ignore their scale and don’t hop on it as often.

- These days those people are known as “Scale Shamers”.

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A 35 year old Japanese man married a computer-generated hologram of a woman over the weekend.

- The happy couple vowed to love each other “Until a power outage us do part”.

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Bill Cosby is selling off his extensive art collection.

- He said the hardest piece to part with is his framed poster from the movie “Sleeping Beauty”.

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Police in Florida arrested a drunken woman who stole a live lobster out of a tank at Red Lobster and fled the restaurant.

- The officers drew their weapons… because the women had drawn butter.

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Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Wednesday!

-Dick

One hundred years ago “World War I” known then as “THE GREAT WAR” - that involved 32 countries - ended after 4 years and 10 million men killed. 21 years later, an even Greater War began, leading to 6 years and 50 to 60 million killed. Since then, the countries of the world have struggled to ensure there would be no more so call “GREAT WARS”. While there have been, and most likely always will be, “smaller” and regional conflicts, somehow or other we have been successful in avoiding another WORLD War. May our good fortune continue!

On this Veterans Day, we thank all of those who have served our great Country!

No go out and get half-off a mattress!

See you tomorrow…

-Dick

No matter what your Political persuasion… no matter if your favorite candidate or party won or lost, we must remember that we are - and always will be - Proud Americans.

With that in mind, I thought it appropriate today that we play a piece called “The Americans” written and broadcast in Toronto back in 1973 by Canadian radio commentator Gordon Sinclair. Detroit radio newsman Byron MacGregor heard Sinclair’s piece and was so moved by it, that he recorded it word for word, set it to music, and it went on to become a #1 selling record in this country.

“The Americans” was written at a time when our country faced great challenges, not unlike those we face today. I think it fitting to play now after witnessing the contentious midterm election season… and the chaotic state of the World today.

A growing number of Native Americans are calling on Elizabeth Warren to apologize for claiming that she’s a member of the Cherokee Tribe.

- To makes amends she sold her Jeep Cherokee and invited Tribe members to come to her Tee Pee to smoke the Peace Pipe.

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Meanwhile our neighbors to the South (Windsor) are smoking Pot… as legalized Marijuana officially went on sale in Canada yesterday.

- There were long lines at Pot dispensaries… and an hour later at Tim Hortons.

- So now it’s legal for a guy in a Toque to take a Toke.

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In honor of hunting season, some Arby’s locations will offer a Duck breast sandwich for one day only this Saturday.

- Thus there new slogan: “We Have The Mallards!”

- Donald Duck will protest by not wearing pants. No, wait…

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Lady Gaga’s fiancé reportedly spent a million dollars on her engagement ring.

- And on her Big Day she plans on wearing “Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed and Something Sirloin”.

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This Saturday, a coven of witches in Brooklyn, N.Y. will gather “to put a hex” on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

- You know the old Witches adage: “If at First the FBI Investigation Doesn't Go Your Way, Throw the Toe of a Frog in Boiling Oil”.

- This is what’s known in Witch Circles as “Sittin’ for a Spell”.

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A Bride-to-Be in England is being criticized for sending her Bridal Shower attendees an itemized bill… including 71 cents for napkins and 43 cents for M&Ms.

- Sure. Call her cheap… But these were the M&M’s with PEANUTS.

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Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Friday!

-Dick