Monday, November 5, 2018 — Eve of the Midterms!

On This Day, Back In The Day

1605 – Guy Fawkes is arrested and charged with trying to blow up the British Parliament 

1872 – Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for trying to vote in the Presidential election

1935 – Parker Brothers launched “Monopoly” – the board game about real estate and capitalism (Originally called “The Landlord Game” — invented in the village of Arden, Delaware.)

1962 – President Kennedy’s public service announcement encouraging people to vote

1968 – Shirley Chisholm is the first black woman is elected to Congress – she served seven terms


BIG STORIES OUT OF D.C. AND POLITICS.

MIDTERMS — A DAY AWAY — ‘EVERYTHING’S AT STAKE’ 

COINCIDENCE? CNN INTERVIEWS ‘RANDOM’ ATTENDEE AT OBAMA/GILLUM RALLY — SHE’S GILLUM’S MOM

GA GUBERNATORIAL BATTLE HEATS UP AS DEMS FACE ‘CYBER CRIMES’ PROBE IN THE STATE

INTERN FOR FL DEM GILLUM WAS ARRESTED FOR TOSSING CHOCOLATE MILK ON COLLEGE REPUBLICANS

R.I.P. HERO: FORMER UTAH MAYOR, FATHER OF 7, DEPLOYED IN AFGHANISTAN IS KILLED DURING ‘INSIDER ATTACK’ 

NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN ARE COMING — IRAN’S PRESIDENT IS WARNING OF A ‘WAR SITUATION’

KAVANAUGH ACCUSER ADMITS HER STORY WAS MADE UP… SHE WANTED ATTENTION (she’s gonna get legal attention)

CNN WRITER SUGGESTS WOMEN GO ON A ‘SEX STRIKE’ AHEAD OF THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS

COMEDY CENTRAL CLEVERLY TROLLS THE USE OF CELEBS IN POLITICS

MEANWHILE OVER AT SNL — A WOUNDED VET IS MOCKED

 
 
NEWS

FOX REPORTS THE MIGRANT CARAVAN HAS GOTTEN BIGGER — WITH SOME HELP

MEANWHILE, U.S. TROOPS ARE DEPLOYING BARBED WIRE ON THE BORDER

WHAT’S SHAKING IN CALIFORNIA? MORE ACCURATELY — CALIFORNIA IS WHAT’S SHAKING

ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACKER ARRESTED FOR VANDALIZING NYC SYNAGOGUE — CNN LEAVES OUT SOME KEY DETAILS

MOM ASKS THE INTERNET IF ANYONE WANTS TO TRADE A FEMALE EMBRYO FOR A MALE EMBRYO

ACCUSED MAIL BOMBER’S MOM: ‘THIS IS NOT HOW I RAISED HIM.’ (Well, we sure hope not)

COLORADO GUN DEALER OFFERS FREE AR-15 RIFLES TO LOCAL RABBIS

 
OTHER STORIES CATCHING MY EYE

‘BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY’ TELLS THE BOX OFFICE — ‘WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS”

EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW — KELSEY GRAMMRR IS TALKING ABOUT A ‘FRASIER’ REBOOT 

OUR BEST ANGELS: CUSTOMERS BUY OUT DONUT SHOP EARLY EVERY MORNING — THE REASON IS JUST BEAUTIFUL

DID MICHAEL JACKSON KNOW SOMETHING??? LLAMAS MAY HOLD THE KEY TO ENDING THE FLU