Friday – November 14, 2019

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1851 – ‘Call me Ishmael…” HERMAN MELVILLE’S ‘MOBY DICK’ IS PUBLISHED

1889 – NELLIE BLY STARTS HER QUEST TO GO AROUND THE WORLD IN LESS THAN 80 DAYS (SHE DID IT IN 72)

1941 – CARY GRANT AND ALFRED HITCHCOCK TEAM UP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ‘SUSPICION’ (THE FILM GOT A BEST PICTURE NOMINATION. GRANT AND HITCH WOULD MAKE THREE MORE GREAT FILMS TOGETHER, INCLUDING ‘NORTH BY NORTHWEST’)

1969 – APOLLO 12 – THE SECOND MANNED MOON MISSION IS LAUNCHED

2006 – THE LAST ‘PIG STAND’ CLOSED (TEXANS WILL KNOW THIS WAS THE FIRST DRIVE-IN DINING JOINT)

News and The Politics out of D.C.

PRESIDENT TRUMP RESPONDS TO DAY ONE OF THE IMPEACHMENT, VOWS (AGAIN) TO RELEASE TRANSCRIPT

CNN LEGAL ANALYST SAYS WITNESSES NEVER MEETING THE PRESIDENT IS A PROBLEM FOR DEMS’ CASE

REP JORDAN GRILLED AMBASSADOR ON ‘QUID PRO QUO’ ALLEGATIONS AGAINST TRUMP

KEN STARR ON DAY ONE TESTIMONY: NO CRIME COMMITTED, DEMS’ CASE IN TROUBLE

UKRAINE PRESIDENT: NOBODY EXPLAINED TO ME WHY U.S. MILITARY AID WAS HELD BACK

DRAG QUEEN STORMED THE IMPEACHMENT HEARING

GOP CONGRESSWOMAN BRINGS UP SCHIFF’S ‘PARODY’ OF TRUMP’S CALL…HE CUTS HER OFF

DEM REP DURING HEARING: ‘HEARSAY CAN BE MUCH BETTER EVIDENCE THAN DIRECT’AP: TAKEAWAYS FROM DAY ONE

NEXT UP IN THE IMPEACHMENT PARADE OF WITNESSES

AOC ON IMPEACHMENT — IT’S ABOUT UNIFYING THE PARTY

TURKISH PRESIDENT SAYS HE RETURNED TRUMP’S LETTER WARNING HIM NOT TO ‘BE A TOUGH GUY’

BILLIONAIRE RIPS WARREN… ‘I GAVE AWAY MORE IN THE YEAR THAN SHE HAS IN HER F***ING LIFETIME’

WARREN BUYS ADS ON CNBC TO TRASH BILLIONAIRESDEVAL PATRICK IS OFFICIALLY IN THE 2020 RACE

JUSTICE GINSBERG CALLED OUT SICK… (STOMACH BUG), ENGAGE THE SCOTUS RUMOR MILL!

APPEALS COURT CLEARS THE WAY FOR CONGRESS TO REQUEST TRUMP’S TAXES

General News

DISNEY LAUNCHED STREAMING SERVICE, 10 MIL PEOPLE SIGNED UP… (IT TOOK HBO 4 YRS TO DO THAT)

ROCKETS ARE STILL RAINING DOWN IN ISRAEL DESPITE WORD OF A CEASE-FIRE

HONG KONG IS STILL BUBBLING… CONCERNS OVER WHAT CHINA WILL DO NEXT ARE RISING

FLYING SOMEWHERE FOR THANKSGIVING? TSA SAYS YOU WON’T BE ALONE…RECORDS EXPECTED TO BE SET

PIRATES??? ITALIAN SHIP WAS ATTACKED BY PIRATES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO

OH GREAT — CDC WARNS ‘SUPERBUGS’ ARE ON THE RISE

DOLLY PARTON JOINED CHRISTIAN ACT ‘KING & COUNTRY’ AND TOOK THE CMAs TO CHURCH

SEVERAL NFL TEAMS ARE ATTENDING A WORKOUT WITH COLIN KAEPERNICK ON SATURDAY

IF THERE IS A BUSINESS DOWNTURN, THESE STATES ARE BEST PREPARED TO HANDLE IT

Strange News Catching My Eye

EXCLUSIVE GOLF CLUB BOOTED A MEMBER BECAUSE HE PLAYED TOO MUCH GOLF (IS THAT POSSIBLE?)

‘TREASURE HUNTERS’ SWARM FRENCH BEACHES WHERE LOADS OF COCAINE HAS BEEN WASHING UP

MIAMI’S PAYING $15 PER CAT — THEY HAVE A LITTLE PROBLEM WITH FERAL KITTIES

‘PROZAC POLLUTION’ MAKING FISH LESS AGGRESSIVE