Monday – August 9, 2021

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1483 – Pope Sixtus IV celebrates the first Mass in the Sistine ChapelĀ (It was named for him)

1859 – The escalator is patentedĀ (But the first working model did not appear til 1900)

1910 – The first complete, self-contained electric washing machine is patented

1936 – Jesse Owens wins four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics

1944 – The US Forest Service and the Ad Council create “Smokey Bear”

1945 – “Bock’s Car” a B-29 bomber drops a second atomic bomb on Japan (Nagasaki)

1969 – Charles Manson’s followers kill actress Sharon Tate and her three guests in Tate’s Beverly Hills home

1974 – Gerald Ford is sworn in as President following Nixon’s resignation

2014 – Michael Brown is killed by a police officer in Ferguson, MO

News and The Politics out of D.C.


INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL’S LEAD PIPE REPLACEMENT FUNDS DRAW CRITICISM

OBAMA’S 60TH B-DAY PARTY WAS NOT AS ‘INTIMATE’ AS WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD BE

– CLIMATE CZAR JOHN KERRY ALLEGEDY FLEW HIS PRIVATE PLANE TO THE BASH

– NY TIMES REPORTER JUSTIFIED THE PARTY, SAYING OBAMA INVITED A ‘SOPHISTICATED, VACCINATED CROWD

AOC DOESN’T RULE OUT CHALLENGING SCHUMER

MELANIA TRUMP FIRES BACK AT WH HISTORIAN OVER ROSE GARDEN CONTROVERSY

General News

CHICAGO COP KILLED TWO MONTHS AFTER RETURNING FROM MATERNITY LEAVE

CUOMO UPDATE

‘WHAT HE DID TO ME WAS A CRIME’- CUOMO ACCUSER GOES PUBLIC ON CBS
– CUOMO’S TOP AIDE, MELISSA DEROSA RESIGNS (DOING WHAT HE SHOULD)

FAUCI: THE MANDATES ARE COMING (ONCE THE FDA APPROVAL IS A DONE DEAL)
– DR. FAUCI ALSO DOUBLES DOWN ON MASKING KIDS IN SCHOOL
– MORE DOUBLE STANDS FROM THE DOC — HE SLAMS STUGIS RALLY SILENT ON BORDER, OBAMA

SYMPTOMS OF THE DELTA VARIANT ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE ORIGINAL COVID 19


CORNELL CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR UNLOADS ON FAUCI AND COVID HYSTERIA


FAKE COVID VACCINE CARDS ARE ON THE RISE (AS EVERYONE PREDICTED)

WUHAN ‘BAT LADY’ WARNS OF COMING COVID MUTANTS
NEW ORLEANS CANCELS JAZZ FEST AGAIN

OLYMPICS WRAP UP
SUCK IT, CHINA — AMERICA ENDS THE GAMES WITH THE MOST GOLDS AND MOST MEDALS

NBC WAS “THE BIGGEST LOSER” AS RATINGS STILL WERE WELL BELOW PREVIOUS GAMES

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WHERE DOES AMERICA GET IT’S ONLINE NEWS? STATE-BY-STATE TOP NEWS SITES LISTED

‘PREPPERS’ ARE QUIETLY STOCKING UP… IS THERE A ‘PERFECT STORM’ ON THE WAY

NEW ARMORED S-CLASS BENZ COSTS $650K AND CAN WITHSTAND AN AK-47 ATTACK

Other News Catching My Eye

A MAN MET HIS SISTER’S RAPIST IN PRISON — HE’S NOW SERVING AN ADDITIONAL 25YRS


THE CIA FOLLOWS ONLY 35 ACCOUNTS ON INSTAGRAM — 11 OF THEM ARE CELEBRITIES WHY?

ICYMI — PEYTON MANNING’S HALL OF FAME INDUCTION SPEECH

LEGENDARY FOOTBALL COACH BOBBY BOWDEN IS GONE AT 91

GB PACKERS’ RECEIVER USES ANTI-ASIAN SLUR IN PRESS CONFERENCE

WATCH: L.A. DODGERS BALL GIRL TACKLES GUY WHO RAN ON THE FIELD DURING A GAME

STAR WARS STORE OWNER IN VIRAL CONFRONTATION WITH TRANS CITY COUNCIL MEMBER


COUPLES… YOU MAY WANT TO SLEEP APART — FOR YOUR HEALTH