Liz's repeat proclamation "I am the decider!" is a reference to George W. Bush, who infamously proclaimed the same thing in 2006 in his defense of Donald Rumsfeld.
The "lady astronaut" that Liz talks about having a plan was Lisa Nowak that did, indeed, drive 900 miles and attempted to kidnap Coleen Shipman on February 5th, 2007.
Liz eats what look like Peanut M&Ms but the package says "Covered Candies"
Frank's trucker hat reads "Liz Rocks".
Jack says he hadn't seen his father for 17 years. In an earlier episode, Jack says he and his ex-wife had been separated since 1989, which at the time would have been 17 years earlier. In another episode, it says that Tracey had been married for 17 years.