THERE'S SOMETHING FISHY ABOUT BEAVERS: Socialism Quiz & DST

The New WSMG WEBSITE We have a New Website!!! Duchess Top Host Let's Help the Duchess blow the Lemon-aid stand and get famous on IHEART RADIO Colokum Craft Coffee USE THE PROMO CODE "WSMG15" FOR 15% OFF YOUR COFFEE PURCHASE Boomer Bunker Dischord Become a Bunker Dweller 63 THERE'S SOMETHING FISHY ABOUT BEAVERS NATIONAL 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 Jamingo Boomer Bunker My other co-hosts: Ken Madden and Boomer Bob The cast of characters: The Duchess of New Jersey Sam (Cody's mom) Cody Lorenzo and occasionally Flo (Lorenzo's motha) and a big Thank You to all my Supporters: Aaron I had to Say it The Duchess of New Jersey Boomer Bunker Steve McShane of the <a href="https://the-weatherd-