Monday – March 9, 2020

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1822 – Inventor Charles Graham is granted a patent for false teeth1841 – SCOTUS rules Amistad slaves were free (Spain wanted them extradited)

1862 – he first ‘battle of the ironclads’ — the Monitor (Union) vs the Merrimack (Confederacy) changes naval warfare

1959 – ‘Barbie’ debuted at Toy Fair in NYC

1964 – The first Ford Mustang rolled off the assembly line

1990 – Dr. Antonia Novello is sworn in as America’s first female Surgeon General (also the first Hispanic)

News and The Politics out of D.C.

TRUMP ON CORONA: ‘FAKE NEWS MEDIA IS DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO MAKE US LOOK BAD’ (YUP)

SEN CRUZ TO SELF-QUARANTINE AFTER COMING IN CONTACT WITH COVID-19 PATIENT AT CPAC

THE PRESIDENT TO SKIP ST PATRICK’S DAY LUNCH ON THE HILL (BECAUSE… PELOSI)

MARCH 15TH DEBATE — BIDEN WANTS A ‘SIT-DOWN’ FORMAT, BERNIE’S PEOPLE RAISE BIDEN HEALTH CONCERN

WAIT, DID BIDEN ‘ENDORSE’ TRUMP? WATCH THE CLIP… CONTEXT MATTERS

DID KLOBUCHAR LEAK THAT SHE’S BIDEN’S VP PICK? OR WAS IT A SLIP UP?

KAMALA ENDORSED BIDEN

JESSE JACKSON HAS ENDORSED BERNIEJANE FONDA MAKES IT OFFICIAL — SHE’S ALL IN FOR BERNIE

WARREN QUIT THE RACE (STILL NO ENDORSEMENT) BUT, SHE SHOWED UP ON SAT NIGHT LIVE

TRUMP CAMPAIGN SUED CNN FOR LIBEL — SEEKING MILLIONS IN DAMAGES

DON JR WANTS TO DEBATE HUNTER BIDEN 

GENERAL NEWS

ITALY PUTS 1/4TH OF THE COUNTRY ON LOCKDOWN

POPE PRAYERS LIVESTREAMED, SISTINE CHAPEL CLOSED AS ITALY REACTS TO VIRUS

STATE DEPT — AMERICANS SHOULD STAY OFF CRUISE SHIPS DURING THIS CORONA VIRUS CRISIS

HERE’S WHERE THE CRUISE SHIP PASSENGERS WILL BE GOING WHEN THEY COME ASHORE

SURGEON GENERAL — EXPECT MORE DEATHS… BUT, DON’T PANIC

CPAC ATTENDEE HOSPITALIZED AFTER TESTING POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS

CAN YOU BE SUED FOR GIVING SOMEONE THE CORONA VIRUS?

OIL PRICE WAR COULD ADD TO MARKET WOES – MARKET FUTURES ARE WAY DOWN AHEAD OF OPENING

SOUTH KOREA — NORTH KOREA FIRED AT LEAST 3 ‘PROJECTILES’ INTO THE EAST SEA

FOLLOWING DAYS OF EMPLOYEE OUTRAGE, PUBLISHER CANCELS WOODY ALLEN MEMOIR

SY-FY CHANNEL STAR NICHOLAS TUCCI DIED — HE WAS 38 (CAUSED UNLISTED — CANCER IS LIKELY)

Strange News Catching My Eye

AFTER CONTROVERSIAL INTERVIEW, PETE DAVIDSON IS MISSING FROM LATEST EPISODE OF SNL

CONGRATS TO ENGLAND — ONE OF YOUR CITIZENS OWNS THE ‘WORLD’S BEST MULLET’

GUESS WHAT TIME THIEVES BROKE INTO A MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY???  (4:20, OF COURSE)