Monday – September 23, 2019


THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1779 – Aboard the American warship, the Bonhomme Richard, John Paul Jones declared, ‘I have not yet begun to fight.’ (We did defeat and capture the British ship, the Serapis.

1875 – Billy the Kid is arrested for the first time — for stealing a basket of laundry 

1912 – Mack Sennett’s first Keystone Cop film debuts

1933 – Standard Oil geologists land in Saudi Arabia and begin America’s relationship/dependence on Saudi oil

2002 – Do you use the Firefox browser? The first version debuted on this day, back in the day.

News and The Politics out of D.C.

U.S. SENDING A SMALL NUMBER OF TROOPS AND SHIPS TO HELP SAUDIS WITH IRAN PROBLEM

TRUMP SPEAKS TO CROWD OF 50,000 AT ‘HOWDY MODI’ RALLY IN HOUSTON

TRUMP SAYS HE’LL CONSIDER RELEASING UKRAINE CALL TRANSCRIPT

WHISTLEBLOWER STORY UPDATE — WAS THE WHOLE THING BASED ON ‘HEARSAY?

WATCH:UKRAINE’S FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS HE DOESN’T BELIEVE TRUMP COERCED ZELENSKY

BY THE WAY, BIDEN’S SON CONTRADICTED HIS DAD ON UKRAINE…HUNTER SAYS THEY DID DISCUSS IT

ARE DEMS PANICKING OVER BIDEN-UKRAINE STORY? (IT KINDA FEELS LIKE IT)

WARREN BOUNCES AHEAD OF BIDEN IN IOWAPELOSI HINTS AT IMPEACHMENT

MEAT-HATING DEMS GRILL 10,500 STEAKS IN IOWA

General News

OIL PRICES SET TO SPIKE AS SAUDIS SAY REPAIRS COULD TAKE UP TO ‘8 MONTHS

SCANDAL? CANADA’S TRUDEAU IS BACK CAMPAIGNING…PROMISING LOWER TAXES AND GUN ACTION

BRITISH TRAVEL GIANT THOMAS COOK ABRUPTLY CLOSES, STRANDING TENS OF THOUSANDS

THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS DRAWING SOCIAL SECURITY AND LIVING ABROAD IS ON THE RISE

DID ANTONIO BROWN QUIT THE NFL VIA TWITTER?

BOYCOTT, SCHMOYCOTT… CHICK-FIL-A SALES HAVE ONLY DOUBLED SINCE LGBTQ BOYCOTTS STARTED IN 2012

SAD NEWS: FOOD NETWORK STAR AND GREAT GUY, CARL RUIZ IS DEAD AT 44

HIGH SCHOOL CANCELS FOOTBALL GAME AFTER CHEERLEADERS DISCIPLINED FOR PRO-TRUMP BANNER

MYSTERIOUS TOWERS GOING UP IN CINCI — ARE THEY 5G PHONE TOWERS?

‘DOWNTON ABBEY’ CRUSHED STALLONE AND BRAD PITT’S NEW FILMS
THE PRIME TIME EMMYS SCORECARD

OF COURSE POLITICS PLAYED A PART IN THE EMMYS…JUST NOT A LOT OF DIRECT HITS ON PRESIDENT TRUMP

‘FAMILY GUY’ SKETCH SKEWERS EMMYS… ‘WHO WILL BE THIS YEAR’S BILL COSBY AND ROSANNE?’

Strange News Catching My Eye

UNDERWATER MARRIAGE PROPOSAL ENDS HORRIBLY…

HILTON FAMILY PATRIARCH LEAVES 97% OF HIS BILLIONS TO CHARITY

THIS PICASSO PAINTING HAD NEVER BEEN SEEN UNTIL A NEURAL NETWORK PAINTED IT

‘DEEPFAKE’ TECHNOLOGY IS GETTING SOOOO GOOD…AND JUST IN TIME FOR THE 2020 ELECTIONS