Thursday – August 6, 2020

National Root Beer Float Day!

Countdown to the 2020 Election — 89 days to go!

Meme du Jour 

(Not brand new, just fun!)

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1888 – Martha Turner is murdered in London, by an unknown assailant believed to be Jack the Ripper

1890 – William Kemmler holds the dubious honor of being the first person to die by execution in an electric chair

1945 – Paul Tibbets drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima 

1962 – Jamaica becomes an independent nation (after 300 years of British rule)

1965 – LBJ signed the Voting Rights Act — outlawing literacy tests for voting

1972 – Hank Aaron cracked homers 660, 661 for the Braves, setting an MLB record for the most dingers by a player with a single franchise (Remember baseball?)

1997 – Microsoft announces a $150 mil investment into struggling rival Apple Computer

News and The Politics out of D.C.

BUT, THERE’S NO EVIDENCE OF FRAUD… 84,000 BALLOTS DQ’d IN NY PRIMARY

FACEBOOK REMOVED TRUMP POST FOR ‘MISLEADING’ VIRUS INFORMATION

TRUMP CAMPAIGN OFFERS LIST OF 24 DEBATE MODERATORS (WHO’S ON YOURS)

AFTER SELF-FUNDING IN 2016, DONALD TRUMP HAS NOT PUT A PENNY INTO 2020

BIDEN VEEPSTAKES DOWN TO A FINAL DUO – (IS RYAN SECREST TO HOST FINALS?)

REPORT: BIDEN CAMPAIGN KNOCKED ON ZERO DOORS THIS WEEK, TRUMP? 1 MIL

JOE ROGAN: BIDEN APPEARS TO BE ‘MENTALLY COMPROMISED’

McCONNELL MOCKS MALIBU FOR ASKING FOR $ FOR ELECTRIC CAR CONVERSION

SALLY YATES CONTRADICTS COMEY IN TESTIFYING DOSSIER ‘CRITICALLY IMPORTANT’ TO CARTER PAGE FISAs

TED CRUZ CALLED OPRAH’S WHITE PRIVILEGE COMMENTS AS ‘RACIST B.S.’

MICHELLE OBAMA SAYS SHE’S DEPRESSED… BLAMES TRUMP

General News

VIRUS UPDATES: TEXAS CASES STILL CLIMBING, CA DEATHS GROWING

DE BLASIO TO INSTALL CHECK POINTS AT ALL NYC ENTRANCES

NY GOV CUOMO BEGS WEALTHY NYers TO RETURN

LA MAYOR TO SHUT OFF POWER AND WATER TO HOMES HAVING LARGE PARTIES

UK OKs TOWN COUNCILS BULLDOZING HOMES DEEMED TO BE ‘CONTAMINATED’

AMERICAN CRUISE SHIP OPERATORS STOP RE-OPENING UNTIL 10/31

PROTESTERS IN PORTLAND CONTINUE VIOLENT BEHAVIOR

CHICAGO RAPPER SHOT TO DEATH IN BROAD DAYLIGHT, IN TOURIST AREA

STUNNING SATELLITE IMAGES — BEFORE AND AFTER FROM BERUIT

ISRAEL OFFERS AID TO BERUIT, MAJOR EU OFFICIAL MOCKS IT, HE’S ROASTED

IT ONLY TOOK HIM TWO WEEKS… ELLEN’S BROTHER IS SPEAKING UP

COMIC JEFF ROSS’ RELATIONSHIP WITH AN UNDERAGED GIRL SURFACES

Other News Catching My Eye

WOKE OLYMPICS: ONE COMPLAINT SINKS ‘KINDERGARTEN COP’ AT FESTIVAL

2+2=4 (RIGHT?) I MEAN, WE’RE STILL GOOD WITH THAT, RIGHT? ANYONE?

SOME OF THE MYSTERY SEEDS FROM CHINA ARE IDENTIFIED

TRANS-BEES??? RARE MUTANT HONEYBEE IS BOTH MALE AND FEMALE

TOMI LAHREN RELEASES A 14-MINUTE ‘PSA FOR BOYISH MEN’