Monday – May 11, 2020

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1858 – Minnesota becomes the 32nd state to join these United States of America

1949 – Siam became Thailand — (Kinda screwed up the “King & I”)

1960 – Nazi Adolf Eichmann is capture by Israeli agents in Argentina

1981 – Bob Marley died of cancer in Miami — the reggae superstar was just 36 years old

1998 – India exploded a nuke — joining the very elite club of nuclear-armed nations

News and The Politics out of D.C.

THE PRESIDENT LASHED OUT AGAINST BARACK OBAMA IN A SUNDAY TWEET STORM

COVID-19 IN THE WHITE HOUSE? TOP WH AIDE SAYS IT’S ‘SCARY’ TO GO TO WORK

VP PENCE IS NOT IN SELF-QUARANTINE — WILL BE AT THE WH ON MONDAY

THE VP ALSO SAYS HE WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEE GENERAL FLYNN BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE

FLYNN ATTORNEY SAYS TOP ADMIN OFFICIALS SET UP HER CLIENT IN MEETING WITH OBAMA

HOUSE INTEL RANKING MEMBER — FBI DOCTORED FLYNN’S ‘302’ AND NOW IT’S MISSING

FAUCI ON LIMITED QUARANTINE — HE’LL TESTIFY REMOTELY IN SENATE HEARING

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS FURIOUS WITH NBC’S CHUCK TODD OVER MISLEADING EDIT IN POMPEO CLIP

TREASURY SECRETARY WARNS OF PERMANENT DAMAGE TO THE ECONOMY UNLESS WE RE-OPEN

IS THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN SECRETLY RECRUITING THE ‘NEVER TRUMPERS?’

BIDEN MISSING A BIG ENDORSEMENT — BILL CLINTON

AFTER CHINA FORCED OUT REPORTERS DURING EARLY VIRUS DAYS, TRUMP TAKES ACTION ON CHINA MEDIA

MEANWHILE, THE U.S. HAS DEPLOYED 8 OF OUR B-1 BOMBERS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA

BREAKING EARLY: IRAN ACCIDENTALLY KILLED DOZENS OF ITS OWN SAILORS IN WAR GAMES SCREW UP

General News

VIRUS UPDATE FROM AROUND THE WORLD

REPORT: CHINA’S PRESIDENT PRESSURED W.H.O. TO DELAY REPORTING CORONA VIRUS OUTBREAK

SOUTH KOREA MOVES QUICKLY TO SLOW SECOND WAVE OF INFECTIONS AFTER RE-OPENING

IS THE REAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OVER 25%?

ELON MUSK IS THREATENING TO TAKE TESLA OUT OF CALIFORNIA (YOU GO TO HELL, I’M GOING TO TEXAS?)

‘F*CK ELON MUSK’ — CALIFORNIA LAWMAKER RESPONDS TO MUSK’S LAWSUIT

COLORADO RESTAURANT DRAWS HUGE CROWD AFTER RE-OPENING IN DEFIANCE OF GOV’S ORDER

ATLANTA MAYOR BLAMES THE PRESIDENT FOR ABEREY KILLING, HE GIVES ‘RACISTS PERMISSION’

MASS ICE CREAM SHOP CLOSES THE DAY AFTER IT RE-OPENED (PEOPLE BEHAVING BADLY IS THE CAUSE)

GOOD DEEDS — TWITTER CEO DORSEY AND EMINEM PONY UP A BILLION DOLLARS FOR DETROIT

OOPS — ESPN ACCIDENTALLY RELEASED MLB PITCHER’S PHONE NUMBER ON TV — HIS CLEVER RESPONSE

Other News Catching My Eye

R.I.P. – JERRY STILLER (BEN’S DAD) GONE AT 92

R.I.P. LITTLE RICHARD
WE ALSO LOST ‘YOSEMITE BEAR’ — THE ‘DOUBLE-RAINBOW’ GUY

CREEPY ‘ROBOT DOGS’ PATROL STREETS TO ENCOURAGE SOCIAL DISTANCING

ROBOTS ALSO HELP ASU STUDENTS HAVE A ‘GRADUATION DAY’ CEREMONY, OF SORTS

WHAT THE…? DELAWARE COUPLE 86, 85 SHOT DEAD AT VETERANS CEMETERY