Monday’s Two-Minute Drill
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1777 – France recognized America’s claim of independence (they also loaned us money to fight for it)
1903 – Kitty Hawk, NC was the site of the Wright bothers’ first flight by a ‘heavier than air’ craft
1944 – The U.S. announced the end of the internment of Japanese Americans
1969 – The U.S. military ends “Project Blue Book” (the search for extra terrestrial life found no evidence of such)
News and The Politics out of D.C.
OBAMACARE INVALIDATED BY A JUDGE — WHAT DOES IT MEAN
TRUMP NAMED MULVANEY AS HIS ACTING CHIEF OF STAFF (MULVANEY ONCE CALLED HIM A ‘TERRIBLE PERSON’)
WILL THE WH INSISTENCE ON MONEY FOR A WALL AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER CAUSE A PARTIAL GOV’T SHUTDOWN?
SCHUMER SAYS THE WALL WILL NEVER HAPPEN, KEEPS PUSHING TRUMP’S ‘TEMPER TANTRUM’ LINE
THE PRESIDENT WANTS COURTS TO LOOK INTO ‘UNFAIR’ NEWS COVERAGE
TRUMP’S INTERIOR SECRETARY ZINKE TO STEP DOWN AMID ETHICS INVESTIGATION
General News
GREEN BERET CHARGED WITH MURDERING AN AFGHAN BOMB MAKER — TRUMP SAYS HE WILL REVIEW THE CASE
AMAZON’S MUSLIM WORKERS WANT MORE TIME TO PRAY WHILE ON THE JOB…AND, THEY WANT TO BE PAID FOR IT
TRUCKER SAYS DOGS THROWN FROM MOVING CAR ON NY HIGHWAY
DELIVERY ROBOT AT U C BERKLEY BURSTS INTO FLAMES, STUDENTS HOLD A VIGIL (of course they did)
BRAZIL’S ‘JOHN OF GOD’ ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ABUSE BY MORE THAN 200
CITY COUNCIL MANDATES SCHOOLS TEACH ‘BOYS CAN HAVE PERIODS TOO’
THE MERRIAM-WEBSTER WORD OF THE YEAR IS…
Strange News Catching My Eye
PARROT ORDERS TREATS AND MORE VIA AMAZON ALEXA
DOES YOUR NATIVITY SCENE HAVE A ‘CAGANER?’ — IT’S A BIG DEAL IN SPAIN
EGYPT UNEARTHS AN ANCIENT PREIST’S NEVER-LOOTED, 4,400-YEAR-OLD TOMB — RELATIVELY UNTOUCHED
WOULD YOU PAY $2000 FOR A BETTER ORGASM? SOME WOMEN ARE…
THOSE FOOD VENDORS AT MLB PARKS DON’T ALWAYS PASS HEALTH INSPECTIONS
