Random News and Notes 25 May
The Constitutional Convention kicked off on this date in 1787. Four years after the United States won its independence from Great Britain, 55 state delegates, including George Washington, James Madison and Benjamin Franklin, convene in Philadelphia to compose a new U.S. constitution. The delegates representing every state except Rhode Island convened at Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania State House for the Constitutional Convention. The building, which is now known as Independence Hall, had earlier seen the drafting of the Declaration of Independence and the signing of the Articles of Confederation.
On this date in 1935, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Babe Ruth hits his 714th home run, a record for career home runs that would stand for almost 40 years. This was one of Ruth’s last games, and the last home run of his career. Ruth went four for four on the day, hitting three home runs and driving in six runs.
We start today’s news in La-La land where the LAPD cleared a rat infested homeless camp near West Olympic Boulevard. The camp blocked sidewalks and created health hazards with trash strewn about.
Several arrests followed though some tents reappeared soon after.
Staying on the left coast, homeowners in North Seattle are building makeshift barricades to keep out crime. Residents near Aurora Avenue North in Greenwood erected makeshift barricades on North 97th, 98th, and 102nd streets over Memorial Day weekend, citing eight recent shootings that turned quiet neighborhoods into danger zones.
The city says it ramped up patrols and enforcement, but some neighbors worry it isn’t enough.
I have just one thing to say: You voted for this.
A new map from moving company HireAHelper, based on nearly 15 million adult relocations, reveals South Carolina led per-capita gains at +79.7 per 10,000 residents, followed by Idaho, Delaware, Tennessee, and Alabama. Texas topped absolute inflows with over 68,000 new residents, while California saw the largest per-capita loss at -25.1 and New York lost over 55,000 people amid high living costs.
These shifts toward affordable Sunbelt states, driven by housing, jobs, and weather, match U.S. Census trends and hint at future political changes.
There is an Ebola outbreak in Congo and neighboring Uganda. There are currently 900 cases and I expect that number is about to explode. Why? Because the Congolese are breaking their infected relatives out of isolation hospitals.
Alerts came in early May 2026 about unusual clusters of severe illness and community deaths in remote northeastern DRC. It was likely circulating undetected for weeks prior. They gotta stop messing with the monkeys.