On The Beat- Wednesday, April 8, 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

Kim Jong Un offers South Korea rare praise, but nobody cares…The four astronauts on Artemis II are heading back after making the farthest flight ever in space by humans. That was impressive. Who isn’t fascinated by space. Still would have been “far out” if they had landed on the moon with GoPro and body cameras, running non-stop in real time, jumped around and filmed the original flag placed there back in 1969… California says fast food workers aren’t as productive when making $20 an hour as when minimum wage was significantly less. Talk about aiming for the stars… The fact that Epstein is tied to Middle Eastern royalty is the most non-surprising part of his twisted story… Bill Ackerman bids $64 billion for Universal Music Group. This would move the world’s largest record label from the Amsterdam to the New York Stock Exchange, when the rest of the wealthy companies and individuals are fleeing the crumbling city under the cover of darkness… Benches clear in Anaheim as Jorge Soler and Reynaldo Lopez briefly throw straw-makers at each other, Lopez appeared to make contact by clunking Soler on the head with the ball. Both players were ejected when they really should have probably just gotten a 5-minute major each. We’ll say it ended in a draw… JJ Redick says the Lakers no longer care about the standings anymore. They don’t care about playing defense either… Meteor that was flying over New Jersey was traveling at 30,100 mph before disintegrating and releasing a “sonic boom” heard by residents… In-N-Out Burger says “no” to laziness, and rejects the idea of mobile ordering and pickup… American tourist is still missing after an apparent “fall” from a boat she was traveling on with her husband, into the dark waters off the coast of the Bahamas, near Elbow Key, on Saturday night. The husband claimed she went overboard with the engine key and he had to paddle for help. I think we’ve seen this episode 200 times on 48 hours over the years. Let’s hope in this case it’s different… The U.S., Israel, and Iran agree to a two-week ceasefire as Iran continues to fire upon U.S. and Israeli forces anyway… Tucker Carlson, named 2025’s “Antisemite of the Year” by the group StopAntisemitism, voiced this week that Trump’s Iran message was “vile on every level.” Trump responded calling Carlson a “low IQ person” and a “fool”. Carlson’s radical shift from being a staunch supporter to populist dissident is about as bizarre as Tiger Woods and Brittany Spears not hiring personal drivers so they can get blitzed without potentially killing innocent, sober people on or near the roadways… Dr. Dre becomes hip hops second billionaire… Professional golfer Bryson DeChambeau has actor and comedian Kevin Hart as his caddie at the Masters Par 3 contest. Remarkably, the gold bag was nearly as big as the caddie… U.S. Transportation Secretary, Sean Duffy, says there is room for mergers in the U.S. aviation industry. How much $$ will that “strategic move” cost the average traveler?… Sharks in the Bahamas have tested positive for painkillers, cocaine, cocaine, and other pharmaceutical drugs. As if Sharks aren’t psychotic enough, now they are pumped full of drugs… Mount Everest guides accused of poisoning foreign climbers to force fake rescues in $20 million scam. As if climbing the death rock wasn’t dangerous enough… President Trump signed an executive order that proposes a five-year eligibility cap for college sports. Add an age limit to that too… Nikki Glaser “kinda likes it” when her boyfriend hooks up with other women. What’s the catch? As long as she can watch?… Ketamine Queen, Jasveen Sangha, sentenced to 15 years in prison for her part in the death of Matthew Perry… Four volunteers are living on Mars Dune Alpha, a 3D-printed habitat at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, that simulates the Red Planet. The experiment is scheduled to last 378 days. The four can only communicate by email. “No phones on Mars.” And yet email there works just fine… The Yankees woeful hitting after the first inning left it up to Bednar in the 9th to hold the tie but it was not to be. The Yankees lost 3-2 to the A’s and lost their position as first overall in the majors on a cold night in the Bronx… We present it, you decide…