On The Beat- Monday, June 19, 2026 - From Broadway to Biscayne Boulevard, from the Bird Streets to Euclid Avenue to Lark Street- Any Topic is Fair Game Until it is a Bore…
By Mr. Curmudgeon
Around two million people were on hand for the Knicks Victory Parade. No Spurs fans tried to fight those overwhelming odds… When the Soviet Venera 13 Probe landed on Venus in March of 1982. It lasted 127 minutes before aliens melted it with their death ray… SpaceX buys AI startup Cursor for $60,000,000,000, because it was that, or put it all down on a single hand of poker. SpaceX is worth now about what all real estate is, combined on Manhattan Island, NYC… NHL sideline reporter for the Penguins fired after getting married. As if that, and potential pregnancies are the outlook… The Fed hints at possible rate hikes in the near future and toilet paper sells in record numbers, just because… Cape Verde isn’t that crater on the moon… Ambassador for the failed LIV golf league, Phil Mickelson, driven out of his country club after being accused of being a creeper. Lawyer says he resigned. Yeah. Ok… Wawa opens first store in Tennessee. About 300,000 new condos just went up too. Just in Johnson City alone… What ever happened to Jellies?… Shinnecock Hills is arguably the most difficult US Open course with greens actually made using over-sized upside down tupperware bowls, and I am not making that up… For a minute, amateur Okie, Ryder Cowan, held the lead at the US Open, and golf fans were immediately intrigued… Mitchell Robinson worst free-throw shooter in NBA playoff history…The New York Yankees vs. Cincinnati Reds game is blacked out on television for most of the country, as Nero fiddles… Kiki’s, the popular NYC eatery, was temporarily closed by the state due to $1.3 million delinquent tax bill. As if that would just get overlooked… Jazz Chisholm, despite being whacked in the fraternal twins in last night’s game, refuses to wear a “helmet”… Boxer Floyd Mayweather faces potential felony charges for passing a bad check. Wasn’t he supposed to be a billionaire?… We present it, you decide…