On The Beat- Sunday, June 21, 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
Debate rages in Eagle, ID, over the fate of the beautiful Orville Jackson House. Politicians want to turn it into a bonfire for a weiner roast. Developers want the land to build “affordable housing” at $4,000 a month rent. Plus HOA fee… GM replaces 1,000 workers with 50 naked robot cheerleaders… Iowa broadcaster quits on air, claiming the “Evening Wheeze” needs an Albuterol blast. But he won’t be the one to give it. “I’m outta here! This Candy Land circus is a sleazy rat show!” I paraphrased… Leonardo DiCaprio’s ex-girlfriend, better known as #5, calls home-wrecking hubby, Senhor Valente, a “role model father”… Nurse Practitioner in Nevada accused of stealing $906 million using multiple clinics in a Medicare and Tricare fraud. She was caught after buying a an $865,000 Bulgari, a $594,000 Ferrari, and a $4.6 million beach resort in the Philippines. She was still sitting on $900 million, but was trying to be careful and stay under the radar, only making small purchases … McDonalds is bringing back the Apple Pie for the 250th anniversary of the US independence from England who first created the apple pie in 1381. Apples aren't native to North America. The apple pie originally had thick nasty crust. Dutch bakers modified the crust to resemble the flakier texture we bave today, presumably in the 1500s. McDonalds instead should sell “Independence Cake”. A recipe created after the American revolution and published in Amelia Simmon’s cookbook in 1796. Just saying… Thousands of Swedish soccer fans arrived in Houston this week for the World Cup and died. Figuratively speaking… With adult obesity rates showing a slight decline, food companies and outlets are beginning to panic. Kraft, for example, has been working tirelessly to create a TSA-friendly ranch travel kit to keep those stats padded… After 220 years, the scaffolding is finally taken down and repairs finished on the Parthenon. And we complain about our construction crews and slow progress… Man in Florida found with 34 empty cans of White Claw on the passenger seat of his car during a traffic stop. He probably could have gotten a better buzz off green tea… Apple says AI will force them to increase retail costs? Is there anyone left in the world who isn’t driven solely by greed? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?… Broadview Heights Beer Fest, set for July 25th, featuring at least 20 Cleveland-area breweries, and music by Matt Whataguy. What a swell guy I’ll be after taste-testing 20 breweries… We present it. You decide…