Some airports are dealing with the massive TSA delays by providing air travelers with entertainment while they wait. Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport has miniature therapy horses, and San Diego International Airport is bringing in the clowns.
Chicagoan George Quiroga was one of the people who get to ask Homer Simpson a question during the live Simpsons event on Sunday. He asked if he prefers New York or Chicago-style pizza. Homer naturally prefers Chicago-style. George joined John Howell to talk about his once in a lifetime experience with Homer. (Listen here)
On Monday one of the Trump Organization’s attorneys suggested that Donald Trump might sue The New York Times over a Sunday front page story about his behavior around women. Then on Tuesday morning, another Trump attorney said “I don’t think that this is going to end up in litigation,” but called on The Times to retract the story and apologize. The newspaper will not be doing that. It is standing firmly behind the story, which was the product of weeks of intensive reporting. A.B. Stoddard a columnist and associate editor for The Hill & Fox News contributor joined John to talk about what Trump’s comments about women could mean in the Presidential election. (Listen here)
Donald Trump says there will be more “9/11-style” attacks if we continue to let in Syrian refugees. He said we’re already letting people in who have cell phones that are paid for by ISIS, but hasn’t provided any proof that’s actually happened.
Illinois State Representative Jack Franks says that he’s had enough of the dysfunction in Springfield and will not run for re-election in the 63rd district. Instead, he’ll be running for the county board in McHenry county. He joined John to explain his decision. (Listen here)
Sinead O’Connor was missing in Wilmette for a couple of hours on Monday. She went for a bike ride and wasn’t heard from for several hours. Apparently she’s has some legal issues going on, and there were worries she might be suicidal.
A Congressional candidate in Virginia decided to share a screen capture on his campaign Facebook page. The problem is he a left open a couple other tabs in his browser that just happened to have porn sites open in them at the time.
You won’t have John Kasich to kick around anymore. He says he doesn’t want to be Trump’s running mate, and he doesn’t want to run as a 3rd party candidate.
A father and son found a Bison calf wandering alone in Yellowstone Park. They thought it looked “cold” so they but it in their car and took it to the authorities. Rangers tried to reunite it with the herd but it didn’t work, so the calf ultimately had to be euthanized.
