House Democrats voted Wednesday to make Hakeem Jeffries their leader in the next Congress, replacing Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House.

- Nancy left him a nice note, her gavel, and her standing weekly eyebrow waxing appointment at the Capitol Salon.

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In a photo shoot to raise awareness about skin cancer, 2,500 people posed naked on a beach in Australia.

- But they were photographed from the Outback so there were no Bloomin' Onions in the picture.

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Researchers at Penn State say older adults experience less stress in their daily lives than their younger counterparts... and that when something stressful does happen... Seniors are more likely to let it roll off their backs.

- Unfortunately, as it's rolling off their backs, Seniors are a lot more likely than younger people to pull their back OUT.

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North Korea's Kim Jong Un is ordering new Parents to give their children "Patriotic Names" including "Bomb" (Pok Il) and "Gun" (Chong Il), and to change the names of existing children with "soft names" like "Su Mi" (Super Beauty") to something more "Militaristic".

- What a great idea! I'm going to run this by Jackie - I'm sorry, that's “Intercontinental Ballistic Missile” when she comes over this afternoon!

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A Buddhist temple in central Thailand has been left without Monks after all its Holy men were defrocked after testing positive for Meth. The monks are now in rehab.

- This reminds me of a joke... Charlie Sheen, Hunter Biden and a Buddhist Monk walk into a bar...

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The number of same-sex couple households in the U.S. has surpassed 1 million for the first time.

- It's all good but it can get confusing. For instance, Rosie O'Donnell got mad at a bunch of her kids a while back and said, "Wait til your Father gets home!" That was 10 years ago... and they're still waiting.

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San Francisco will now allow police to deploy robots that can kill.

- What could go wrong??

- How long til we hear start hearing call to "UnPlug the Robots!"

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RIP... Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac has died after a brief illness. She was 79.

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

-Dick