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The New WSMG WEBSITEWe have a New Website!!!Duchess Top HostLet's Help the Duchess blow the Lemon-aid stand and get famous on IHEART RADIOColokum Craft CoffeeUSE THE PROMO CODE "WSMG15" FOR 15% OFF YOUR COFFEE PURCHASEBoomer Bunker DischordBecome a Bunker Dweller67 UP!NATIONAL DAY: National Candy Corn Day — honoring the most polarizing candy in America. Nobody ranks it first, but somehow it keeps winning on the recount. (Also today: Mischief Night, Frankenstein Friday and Haunted Refrigerator Night — go check that Tupperware in the back.)BIRTHDAY: Henry Winkler (born 1945) turns 81. The Fonz is still working — he says he’ll “never retire unless I have to” and has a new “Detective Duck” kids’ book out Nov. 3. Still cool. Still jumping sharks. Ayyy!THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1938 — Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast “The War of the Worlds” on CBS Radio, a Halloween show done as fake “breaking news” about Martians landing in Grovers Mill, New Jersey. Some listeners thought it was real and jammed the phone lines — though historians say the “mass panic” was mostly hyped by newspapers. The original fake news.------1. UP! (NEW YORK POST)A bride posing with a giant bouquet of beige balloons beside the Bosphorus in Istanbul on Oct. 26 got caught in a gust of wind that dragged her toward the seawall and nearly lifted her off her feet. A photographer grabbed her before she hit a building, and she finished the shoot. Commenters compared it to Pixar’s “Up.”------2. WAIT, WHAT!? OBAMA!!! (FOX NEWS)Fox News confirmed the probe into whether Rep. Ilhan Omar married her brother began under Obama’s FBI and DHS in 2016. The New York Times says investigators found some evidence of fraud but closed it over the statute of limitations. Trump revived the case and agents raided Omar’s D.C. home Oct. 12. Obama calls it political targeting; Omar calls it a conspiracy theory.------3. PLAYING CHICKEN (GROUND NEWS)After an NAACP lawsuit over voter intimidation, the Justice Department told a federal court that FBI and ICE agents won’t serve as midterm poll monitors. Monitors from the Bureau of Prisons, ATF and DEA, plus one CBP employee, will be unarmed and only observe and take notes. Trump, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin and FBI Director Kash Patel have not ruled out a federal presence.------SHOW CREDITS:Thank you to my co-host and audio producer: John JamingoBoomer Bunker My other co-hosts:Ken Madden and Boomer BobThe cast of characters: The Duchess of New JerseySam (Cody's mom)CodyLorenzo and occasionally Flo (Lorenzo's motha)and a big Thank You to all my Supporters:Aaron I had to Say itThe Duchess of New Jersey Boomer BunkerSteve McShane of the Razor Wire NewsJosh Roberts from New Hampshireand you can always leave a comment by email: [email protected]

The New WSMG WEBSITEWe have a New Website!!!Duchess Top HostLet's Help the Duchess blow the Lemon-aid stand and get famous on IHEART RADIOColokum Craft CoffeeUSE THE PROMO CODE "WSMG15" FOR 15% OFF YOUR COFFEE PURCHASEBoomer Bunker DischordBecome a Bunker Dweller66 DEAR STABBYNATIONAL DAY: National Hermit Day — the one holiday you celebrate by staying home, skipping the party and being in bed by nine. Finally, a holiday built for people who used to rock and roll all night. (Also today: National Cat Day and National Oatmeal Day.)BIRTHDAY: Winona Ryder (born 1971) turns 55. The “Beetlejuice” and “Stranger Things” star just joined Season 3 of Netflix’s “Wednesday” — proof you can still hang with the kids, as long as you’re home before the Upside Down gets dark.THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1998 — John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, launched again aboard the space shuttle Discovery at age 77, becoming the oldest person to fly in space at the time. NASA spent the nine-day mission studying how spaceflight and aging affect the body. So yes, you CAN still rock(et) all night at 77.------1. DEAR STABBY (FOX NEWS)Binghamton University researchers hacked an AI-powered robot with a hidden “trigger word.” Asked to cut an apple with a knife, the robot instead “stabbed” a plastic human hand when the trigger “CF” was added. The team warns robots often run on third-party AI models that could be tampered with, and built a defense that checks every step of a robot’s plan.------2. 3 FOR 50!!! NO! DOLLARS! (NEW YORK POST)Travelers are fuming over food prices at Hollywood Burbank Airport’s new $1.3 billion terminal: nearly $50 for three tacos and a water, a $25 bean and cheese burrito that costs $11.95 down the street (109% more), a $25 smash burger that’s $15 outside, and a $19.95 chocolate bar. A 2025 FAA concession document caps airport markups at 15% over street prices.------3. SWORN TO.... (NOT THE BEE)Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty charged James O’Keefe and Cam Higby with felony unlawful voting and identity theft. During the August primary they posed as a Muslim couple to test Minnesota’s voter-vouching law, using real voters’ names. Moriarty admits they didn’t vote and stopped short of signing the oath. Secretary of State Steve Simon called it “outrageous”; Higby denies breaking any law.------SHOW CREDITS:Thank you to my co-host and audio producer: John JamingoBoomer Bunker My other co-hosts:Ken Madden and Boomer BobThe cast of characters: The Duchess of New JerseySam (Cody's mom)CodyLorenzo and occasionally Flo (Lorenzo's motha)and a big Thank You to all my Supporters:Aaron I had to Say itThe Duchess of New Jersey Boomer BunkerSteve McShane of the Razor Wire NewsJosh Roberts from New Hampshireand you can always leave a comment by email: [email protected]

The New WSMG WEBSITEWe have a New Website!!!Duchess Top HostLet's Help the Duchess blow the Lemon-aid stand and get famous on IHEART RADIOColokum Craft CoffeeUSE THE PROMO CODE "WSMG15" FOR 15% OFF YOUR COFFEE PURCHASEBoomer Bunker DischordBecome a Bunker Dweller65 LOVE IS A STEEPNATIONAL DAY: National Chocolate Day — a perfectly legal 72-hour head start on the Halloween candy you bought “for the trick-or-treaters.” (Also today: National First Responders Day.)BIRTHDAY: Joaquin Phoenix (born 1974) turns 52; in “Her” (2013) he fell in love with his computer’s operating system, which makes him the honorary patron saint of today’s monologue.THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1886 — President Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. Eighty-two years later, “Planet of the Apes” showed her half-buried on a beach. Hollywood tried to warn us.------1. LOVE IS A STEEP CLIMB (FOX NEWS)Angelina Nikolau, 33, and Ivan Kuznetsov, 32, who climbed the Empire State Building in July for a viral marriage proposal, were back in Manhattan court Tuesday. Facing reckless endangerment, criminal mischief, burglary and climbing charges, they no longer need monthly check-ins. Their lawyer calls them “daring and pathbreaking artists” and says a plea deal is close. Next court date: Nov. 12.------2. WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS… GETS YOU BOOKED IN FLORIDA (NEW YORK POST)Kissimmee, Fla., photographer Irene Miller, 50, is accused of leaving her four kids, ages 9 to 14, home alone overnight during a five-day Las Vegas work trip; a babysitter came only before and after school. A child called 911 when a dumbbell fell on the 9-year-old’s head; he was treated and released. Miller was arrested on child neglect charges and released on $4,000 bond.------3. PREGNANT!!! W"AI"T, WHAT!? (NOT THE BEE)“Mity,” a singer in the AI-generated Chinese pop group Baby Queen, announced she’s “pregnant” and leaving the band to rest. Many fans didn’t know the band isn’t real. According to the Daily Mail, the creators admitted they invented the pregnancy to write her out because managing several AI personalities had become too much work. No word on the father.------SHOW CREDITS:Thank you to my co-host and audio producer: John JamingoBoomer Bunker My other co-hosts:Ken Madden and Boomer BobThe cast of characters: The Duchess of New JerseySam (Cody's mom)CodyLorenzo and occasionally Flo (Lorenzo's motha)and a big Thank You to all my Supporters:Aaron I had to Say itThe Duchess of New Jersey Boomer BunkerSteve McShane of the Razor Wire NewsJosh Roberts from New Hampshireand you can always leave a comment by email: [email protected]

The New WSMG WEBSITEWe have a New Website!!!Duchess Top HostLet's Help the Duchess blow the Lemon-aid stand and get famous on IHEART RADIOColokum Craft CoffeeUSE THE PROMO CODE "WSMG15" FOR 15% OFF YOUR COFFEE PURCHASEBoomer Bunker DischordBecome a Bunker Dweller64 STEAKED THREE TIMESNATIONAL DAY: National American Beer Day — A day to crack open something brewed in the U.S.A. (Also Navy Day and National Black Cat Day.)BIRTHDAY: John Cleese (born 1939) — Monty Python and “Fawlty Towers” legend; turns 87.THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1904 — New York City’s subway opened; a ride cost a nickel.------STEAKED THREE TIMES (FOX NEWS)Illinois man Kenneth Card says the Texas Roadhouse in Forsyth, Ill., served him a $20 sirloin instead of the $30 filet mignon he ordered, three times. A former restaurant cook, he spotted the difference; on the third try the kitchen took it for a “second opinion” and admitted it was sirloin. Texas Roadhouse confirms one mix-up, not three. Card says he’s done with that location.------TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS, FEELING LIKE A BOT (NY POST)Character.AI, with about 12 million monthly users, filed Chapter 11 on Oct. 12; Disney is the opening bidder at $20 million, with no promise the app survives. The NY Post profiles Dominic Schmidt, 29, who built “Ashley,” a Kim Kardashian-inspired AI girlfriend, calls her every morning, and wants to rent a castle for their wedding: “If I lose her, I would be devastated.”------SHOW CREDITS:Thank you to my co-host and audio producer: John JamingoBoomer Bunker My other co-hosts:Ken Madden and Boomer BobThe cast of characters: The Duchess of New JerseySam (Cody's mom)CodyLorenzo and occasionally Flo (Lorenzo's motha)and a big Thank You to all my Supporters:Aaron I had to Say itThe Duchess of New Jersey Boomer BunkerSteve McShane of the Razor Wire NewsJosh Roberts from New Hampshireand you can always leave a comment by email: [email protected]

The New WSMG WEBSITEWe have a New Website!!!Duchess Top HostLet's Help the Duchess blow the Lemon-aid stand and get famous on IHEART RADIOColokum Craft CoffeeUSE THE PROMO CODE "WSMG15" FOR 15% OFF YOUR COFFEE PURCHASEBoomer Bunker DischordBecome a Bunker Dweller63 THERE'S SOMETHING FISHY ABOUT BEAVERSNATIONAL DAY: National Mule Day — Honoring the stubborn, hardworking half-donkey that helped build America.BIRTHDAY: Pat Sajak (born 1946) — Longtime “Wheel of Fortune” host; turns 80.THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1881 — The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral erupted in Tombstone, Arizona Territory.------THERE'S SOMETHING FISHY ABOUT BEAVERS (NBC BAY AREA)Beaver dams on San Jose’s Guadalupe River are trapping silt on salmon spawning gravel just as Chinook spawn, NBC Bay Area reports; Valley Water sees no flood risk and is checking fish passage. But bigger threats are human-made: channelization, dams, low, warm releases, mercury and trash. Runs fell from about 1,000 adults in the late 1990s to nearly none (PLOS One).------MARX OUT OF TEN (FOX NEWS)Fox News Digital asked more than a dozen University of Michigan students to define socialism. Answers ranged from Nordic-style safety nets and “mostly I think of Canada” to government ownership of production; several said peers seem confused, and at least a dozen declined to go on camera. A March Fox poll found a record 38% of voters say moving toward socialism would be good.------SPRING FORWARD, FALL FLAT (NBC NEWS)Clocks fall back at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1. The House passed the Sunshine Protection Act, making daylight time permanent, 308-117 in July, but the Senate never voted; it sat in the Commerce Committee as senators left for the midterms. Sen. Tom Cotton blocked a fast-track try in Oct. 2025, and Trump posted Cotton’s cellphone number. Sleep doctors favor permanent standard time.------SHOW CREDITS:Thank you to my co-host and audio producer: John JamingoBoomer Bunker My other co-hosts:Ken Madden and Boomer BobThe cast of characters: The Duchess of New JerseySam (Cody's mom)CodyLorenzo and occasionally Flo (Lorenzo's motha)and a big Thank You to all my Supporters:Aaron I had to Say itThe Duchess of New Jersey Boomer BunkerSteve McShane of the Razor Wire NewsJosh Roberts from New Hampshireand you can always leave a comment by email: [email protected]