Happy Tuesday, September 20, 2022. Welcome to the Robert Rees show...On Today's Show, Robert discusses Crimes Against Humanity, More signs of a housing crash, mixed messages about the COVID vaccine for young people, and...it's national pepperoni pizza day
Quick Hits:
AOC - Crimes against Humanity | Migrants on Cruise Ships in NYC? | Biden's bad answer on 60 Minutes
Old Timey News:
Hurricane Fiona is now the first major hurricane of the season as it leaves Puerto Rico in the dark and heads towards the Bahamas. A 7.9 earthquake hit Mexico yesterday. It's the 3rd earthquake to hit on September 19th since 1985. Ukraine is accusing Russia of nuclear terrorism as a 2nd nuclear plant is threatened by rockets. After the "Serial" podcast highlighted the Adnan Syed case, a judge has now overturned his 1999 muder conviction & ordered his release from prison. Liz Cheney has introduced an Electoral Vote Bill to avoid a repeat of January 6th. US homebuilder sentiment has dropped for the 9th straight month. Gas prices have fallen for the 3rd straight month. In a 60 minutes interview, President Biden states that he has not made a decision about running for re-election. Biden also announced that the pandemic is over. In the Monday Night Football doubleheader, the Titans got routed by the Buffalo Bills 41 to 7 after Ryan Tannehill threw 3 interceptions. By the 3rd quarter both teams had their backups in. In the 2nd game, the Eagles dominated the Vikings 24 to 7. After Sunday's game between the Las Vegas Raiders and the Arizona Cardinals, a Raiders fan was seen on video slapping quarterback Kyler Murray. Police are now investigating the situation.
Top Stories:
More Signs of a Housing Crash | Housing is DeSantis fault? Mixed messages on COVID vax for younger people
Robert's Random Thoughts:
1. In 2006, Creed singer Scott Stapp attempted suicide by jumping off a hotel balcony . . . only to be rescued two hours later by rapper T.I.
2. Angelina Jolie, Reese Witherspoon, and Sarah Michelle Gellar all auditioned for the lead part in "Clueless" before it went to Alicia Silverstone.
3. Almost one out of three of Bob Dylan's songs make a reference to the weather. No other artist comes close to that many. The Beatles are second, at 16%.
4. More than half of the London Underground stations are actually above ground.
5. There have been 44 live-action Hollywood movies adapted from video games, starting with "Super Mario Bros." in 1993. And it took 34 movies and 25 YEARS for one to do better than 50% on Rotten Tomatoes. The first was "Tomb Raider" in 2018. It has a 52%. There have been 10 movies since, and six are better than 50%.
Today's National Holidays:
Pepperoni Pizza Day
Queso Day
International NFT Day
Voter Registration Day
Today's Sign of the Apocalypse:
We're in the midst of a STD epidemic