By my count, tonight’s event for PM Kishida is Biden’s 5th State Dinner. Previous dinners have been held for:
-Macron/France
-Yoon/South Korea
-Modi/India
-Albanese/Australia

Lots of birds chirping in Rose Garden during Biden-Kishida joint news conference. WH has air guns to scare birds away, occasionally used before Marine One landings and takeoffs.

By my count, Biden today holds his 19th joint press conference with a foreign leader. It’s his 3rd with PM Kishida, which includes one in Japan, a tri-lat at Camp David and today’s at the WH. Brings Biden’s total newser count including solo events to 34.

Some TV News people didn’t report on the eclipse so much as gushed over it.

Ridiculously breathless coverage all over.

Watching the eclipse would be worth it if it were tax deductible.

How will newspapers named “The Sun” cover the day of the lunar shadow?

Cable News greeting today: “Enjoy the eclipse.” Way over the top.

TV News says we’re “celebrating” the eclipse. “Celebrating?” What’s to celebrate? Do we celebrate the tides? “Clouds?” “Return of the Cicadas?” How much are the eclipse people paying them?

Would you rather see a total eclipse or a space monolith?

Jupiter has 95 moons. Think how many eclipses we could have there.

Local news in DC running promo promising viewers “the best seat” for the eclipse. Maybe they’ll be on the moon. That’d be a good seat.

Keep count how often you hear anchors and reporters proclaim “all eyes on the skies” tomorrow for the eclipse, even if it’s demonstrably false.

Eclipse previews and coverage promos way over the top. We get it. The Moon comes between the Earth and Sun. And they promo the event with photos of a prior solar eclipse. Don’t get the excitement.

Pre-eclipse tremor?

Why do we need previews of the solar eclipse? We know when and where it’s coming. Enough already.

Unappreciated but dustpans are most helpful when needed. Especially if you drop a bunch of thumbtacks. First patent for a dustpan issued in 1858 to T.E. McNeill. Beat that, AI.  

Please stop, please stop, leading nearly every evening news report with “Tonight.” Needlessly redundant and irritating.