It’s October 4th - and that can only mean one thing! It’s Actor Broderick Crawford Day! As a kid I loved watching his show, “Highway Patrol”… and how he’d sign off his Police radio transmissions with a brusque “10-4”! Thanks to all of you who called me over thru the years to remind me!!

It’s also the day that FEMA and the FCC will be conducting a Nationwide Test of the Emergency Alert System… This afternoon at approximentally 2:20pm, all TV’s Radios & Cell Phones will display a message that starts with “THIS IS A TEST of the Wireless Emergency Alert System. No Action is Needed”. There will also be the usual “tone” used during a test, so don’t panic. (The way things are going in the World… we’ll have plenty of time for that later!)

Speaking of panic…

Another crazy day in Washington, D.C. as a small group of Republicans backed by all the Democrats in Congress voted to oust Repub Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy. It’s the first time in history a Speaker has been forced from his role.

- Hey… If there looking for a “Speaker” that will do whatever you ask it to do… these day we go with "Alexa”!!

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Seriously… It turns out the Speaker doesn’t actually have to be a Member of Congress so people are throwing around all kinds of names as McCarthy’s replacement including… wait for it… DONALD TRUMP.

- Trump is said to be thinking it over while he’s in Court fighting some of the 91 Indictments against him.

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The NFL is being accused of relying too much on the Taylor Swift/KC Chief player Travis Kelce romance to boost ratings… with even Him admitting that cutting to shots of Her in the box cheering him on 17 TIMES during the game was “too much”.

- Maybe… but it’s still better than when we were all treated to those shots of Dennis Rodman canoodling Madonna.

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Scientists say that small amounts of venom from a Brazilian Wandering Spider could help treat Erectile Dysfunction.

- I don’t care how well it works, something tells me it’s gonna Frighten Miss Muffet Away.

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

-Dick