Investigators have located over 6 thousand emails from Lois Lerner, the IRS toady at the center of the scandal involving the targeting of conservative groups. Guess she didn’t have her own server.

There’s a group wanting to elect as mayor the Baltimore Mom who famously snatched her son out of the riots live on TV. Hey, I’ve seen people elected for worse reasons than smacking some sense into a kid. Meanwhile, a bit in the Washington Post states the Smackdown Mom is encouraging black kids to obey cops until the kids are eventually murdered. Or something. I couldn’t read the whole article because most copies of the Post you find are lining birdcages or being used to pack dishes. Even the online versions.

To allow Baltimore crowd-control police to concentrate on the rioting, the White Sox/Orioles’ game in Camden Yard Wednesday was played before an empty stadium. It was a lot like being at the Birmingham Bowl at Legion Field.
73-year-old Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has thrown his hat in the presidential ring. That’s pretty old to be running for president. The fear is Sanders could die in office and it would be “Weekend at Bernie’s” all over again. This crusty old Socialist (who hopes to run for the I Party) just can’t cut it. His foreign policy proposals have no real teeth! Of course … neither does Bernie.

And a few things you need to know…

On this date in 1789, George Washington was sworn in as our first president. Think about it — he had to be president and didn’t have a predecessor to blame everything on.

On this date in 1952, Mr. Potato Head became the first toy to be advertised on TV… with the slogan, “This spud’s for you!”

A U.N. study claims the happiest country in the world is Switzerland. Wouldn’t you expect that from a country known for chocolate?

We’ve found the ultimate first-world problem: turns out the Apple Watch doesn’t work well if you have wrist tattoos. Even the gold version that people who are actively trying to get mugged wear.

Starbucks is now selling high-end coffee beans for $80 a pound. Funny, I thought they already were.

New trend in baseball? Teams banning Peanuts and Cracker Jacks for a night to call awareness to peanut allergies. I’ve been trying to come up with a peanut allergy joke all morning but got busy and I’m late posting this anyway, so fill in the blank.

Christopher Scarver is speaking up. He’s the inmate who killed serial killer Jeffry Dahmer while in prison. Scarver says he believes the prison guards set him up to kill Dahmer, he didn’t mind but thinks they planned it. I’ve been trying to come up with a serial killer joke all morning, but after my trivia contest ran long, I just couldn’t get it to work. So insert your own.

I’m just gonna start making News Mad Libs at this rate. ALSO … today is the deadline for the Sidewalk Film Festival, and my “Lullaby Procedure” is going in. It has to be accepted so if everyone could send some winning thoughts I’d appreciate it. Also, if you are the praying type… my husband has to assemble the final edit today with my very nervous and twitchy self hovering around so … yeah. Expect a lengthy post bragging about my awesome cast and crew coming soon. Everyone in indie film always says “I have the most awesome cast and crew.” Thing is: I really do  There. I put a smiley face on.