Monday – February 17, 2020

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1801 – The Electoral College tie between Jefferson and Hamilton was broken by the House, who elected Jefferson as President.  (Great book on this and other election oddities — from Fred Lucas… “Tainted By Suspicion”)

1817 – Baltimore is the first American city to be lit by gas

1925 – The first issue of the New Yorker hits newsstands (it was an exorbitant 15 cents a copy)

1947 – ‘Voice of America’ begins broadcasting in Russian and beaming into the Soviet Union

1963 – Soviet Union leader Khrushchev visits the Berlin Wall

1972 – President Nixon leaves the US for his historic trip to China

News and The Politics out of D.C.

WHY YES, THE PRESIDENTIAL LIMO DID TAKE A LAP AT THE DAYTONA 500

ALSO, THE RACE WAS RAIN-DELAYED. RE-START AT 4PM TODAY)

AXIS OF WEASELS?   DRUDGE REPORTS BLOOMBERG IS THINKING ABOUT HILLARY AS HIS VEEP

AS RUMORS OF A BLOOMBERG-CLINTON TICKET BUBBLE UP, BLOOMBERG HIRED A CLINTON ALLY

PELOSI CONTINUES TO SPIN THE REASON SHE TORE UP TRUMP’S SOTU SPEECH… BLAMING THE MEDIA NOW

BERNIE SANDERS TEARS INTO BLOOMBERG — CLAIMS THE BILLIONAIRE CAN’T BEAT TRUMP

TOPLESS PROTESTERS STORM THE STAGE AT BERNIE RALLY (Are they trying to give him another heart attack?)

MAYOR PETE SAYS HE’S NOT TAKING LECTURES ON FAMILY VALUES FROM RUSH LIMBAUGH

KLOBUCHAR CRUSHES IT WITH $12 MIL IN CAMPAIGN CASH RAKED IN SINCE NH

BIDEN SNAPS WHEN BEING CALLED OUT OVER THE OBAMA ADMIN’S RECORD ON IMMIGRATION

MORE BIDEN PROBLEMS OVER HIS SON’S DEALINGS WITH CHINA

BILL MAHER BOOED BY HIS AUDIENCE AFTER MOCKING LIBS WHO CALLED BLOOMBERG A RACIST

OPINION PIECE FROM JONATHAN TURLEY: JUROR 1261… WAS JUSTICE UNDONE IN ROGER STONE’S CASE

MUST READ — LIFELONG DEM HAS AN EPIPHANY AFTER ATTENDING A TRUMP RALLY

General News

CORONA: WHAT DID PRESIDENT XI KNOW ABOUT THE VIRUS AND WHEN DID HE KNOW IT?

CHINA IMPOSING MAO-ERA SOCIAL CONTROLS TO TRY AND STOP THE VIRUS

CHINESE BANKS ARE PUTTING CASH IN QUARRANTINE

U.S. FINALLY GETTING AMERICANS OFF QUARANTINED CRUISE SHIP — BUT, 14 OF THEM ARE INFECTED

BILL GATES WARNS ’10 MILLION LIVES AT RISK’ IF CORONA VIRUS HITS AFRICA

HAS THE VIRUS OUTSMARTED US? A NEW MUTATION COULD CAUSE SUDDEN HEART ATTACKS

CORONA VIRUS HAS TAKEN DOWN PLANS FOR A HUGE JAMES BOND MOVIE PREMIERE IN CHINA

THE AIRPLANE SEAT RECLINING STORY IS NOT GOING AWAY — WOMAN WANTS AN ARREST AND MORE

Strange News Catching My Eye

WHO SAY THIS COMING? SEX ROBOTS POSE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM TO HUMANS

MEET HARRISBURG, PA’s MODERN DAY EXORCIST

THERE ARE FEW THINGS I ENJOY MORE THAN A PISSY REVIEW OF A BAD MOVIE LIKE — DOWNHILL

DAD MADE HIS DAUGHTER’S LUNCH, SHE HATED IT AND TOLD HIM SO IN A HILARIOUS NOTE GONE VIRAL

FORGET YARD OF THE MONTH… MINNESOTA WILL PAY YOU TO REPLACE YOUR LAWN WITH BEE-FRIENDLY PLANTS