Friday, December 14, 2018

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1799 – America’s very first President, George Washington died at the age of 67 in his home at Mount Vernon.

1911 – Explorer Roald Amundsen of Norway reached the South Pole — he was the first.

1977 – ‘Saturday Night Fever’ — giving ‘disco’ legitimacy.

2012 — ‘Sandy Hook’ and “Newtown’ became synonymous with tragedy — 20 year old madman Adam Lanza murdered 26 people…20 of them were children at the Sandy Hook Elementary School

News and The Politics out of D.C.


TRUMP CLAIMS NEW TRADE DEAL IS ACTUALLY MAKING MEXICO PAY FOR THE BORDER WALL

PRESIDENT TRUMP RIPS DISGRACED ATTORNEY MICHAEL COHEN IN SIT DOWN WITH FOX TV

SENTA VOTES TO REBUKE TRUMP AND SAUDI ARABIA AFTER KHASHOGGI KILLING

 NO CHRISTMAS FOR YOU! TRUMP CANCELS WH PRESS CORPS CHRISTMAS PARTY


U.S. BUDGET DEFICIT SETS RECORD IN NOVEMBER — NOT A GOOD THING

NEW JOBLESS CLAIMS TUMBLE TO A 49 YEAR LOW, COULD SIGNAL GOOD NEWS FOR THE ECONOMY


DEM REP TED LIEU WOULD LOVE TO REGULATE FREE SPEECH… SERIOUSLY

DEMS PLAN ON CHANGING RULES TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE HOUSE TO RAISE TAXES

WSJ: FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO THE TRUMP INAUGURATION SPENDING

CHRIS CHRISTIE TO MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT — MAYBE TO DISCUSS CHIEF OF STAFF GIG?

RUSSIA’S MARIA BUTINA STRIKES A PLEA DEAL AS SHE ADMITS BEING A RUSSIAN SPY

General News


GEORGIA POLICE OFFICER KILLED BY MAN DURING A TRAFFIC STOP, PERP ALSO SHOT A POLICE DOG BEFORE HE DIED


FRENCH POLICE SHOOT AND KILL SUSPECT IN CHRISTMAS MARKET TERROR ATTACK

EMAIL TERRORISM? MULTIPLE LOCATIONS HIT WITH BOMB THREATS…CAUSING EVACUATIONS AND STRESS

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT FORCED TO TURN AROUND BECAUSE SOMEONE FOUND A HUMAN HEART

ANOTHER PLANE HELD A SURPRISE IN THE SEAT BACK POCKET

7-YR-OLD GIRL DIED IN U.S. CUSTODY AFTER ILLEGALLY CROSSING THE SOUTHERN BORDER WITH HER FATHER

THE BOY SCOUTS MAY ADD A ‘BANKRUPTCY’ MERIT BADGE

NBA LEGEND AND CHARLOTTE HORNETS OWNER MICHAEL JORDAN CHEWS OUT AND SMACKS A PLAYER

CYBILL SHEPHARD CLAIMS CBS CANCELLED HER SHOW AFTER SHE REFUSED LES MOONVES’ ADVANCES

CBS PAID A FIRED ACTRESS $9.5 MILLION AFTER SHE COMPLAINED ABOUT A CO-STAR’S SEXUAL COMMENTS

JOY BEHAR BELIEVES SEN ORRIN HATCH SHOULD GO TO JAIL FOR NOT SPEAKING OUT AGAINST TRUMP

Strange News Catching My Eye


BAD SANTA? PARENTS HORRIFIED BY FOUL- MOUTHED KRIS KRINGLE

MALL CHANGES ITS MIND ON NATIVITY SCENE BAN…AFTER YOUNG PEOPLE STAGE THEIR OWN

‘SMART’ TATTOOS CHANGE COLOR TO INDICATE HEALTH ISSUES — WOULD YOU GET ONE?

VIRGIN GALACTIC TOUCHED THE EDGE OF SPACE — BRANSON’S ASTRONAUTS BEAT BEZOS AND MUSK

‘BORIS’ THE HIGH-TECH RUSSIAN ROBOT TURNED OUT TO BE A MAN INSIDE A ROBOT SUIT