Wednesday 4-15-2020

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1755 – Samuel Johnson published his Dictionary of the English Language

1865 – President Lincoln dies from the gunshot wound he suffered the day before

1923 – The first motion pictures with sound are played for audiences at NYC’s Rialto TheaterĀ  Also 1923 – Insulin becomes generally available for people with diabetes

1947 – Jackie Robinson breaks baseball’s color barrier

1955 – Ray Kroc opens his McDonald’s restaurant chain

News and The Politics out of D.C.

PRESIDENT TRUMP DROPS THE HAMMER ON THE W.H.O. — FUNDING ON HOLD AS U.S. INVESTIGATES

CHINA EXPERT GORDON G. CHANG AGREED WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP CUTTING OFF THE W.H.O. FUNDING

THE PRESIDENT IS ALSO BACKING DOWN HIS ‘TOTAL AUTHORITY’ CLAIMS, SUPPORTING STATES RIGHTS

MASSIVE GOV’T $26 BILLION IN AID SET TO HELP AIRLINES RECOVER FROM THE VIRUS SHUTDOWN

WH LEAKED PLAN TO REOPEN THE NATION’S ECONOMY

NOW THAT ALL THE OTHER DEMS ARE OUT, BARACK OBAMA HAS ENDORSED JOE BIDEN

AND, NOW THAT OBAMA HAS ENDORSED BIDEN, MICHELLE OBAMA’S BACK AS POSSIBLE V.P. PICK

OBAMA — GOP HAS AMASSED A MASSIVE WAR CHEST, PROPAGANDA NETWORK — TED CRUZ WRECKED HIM

A.G. BARR WARNS OFFICIALS TARGETING PEOPLE OF FAITH, SIDES WITH CHURCH LAWSUIT

CHAIR OF JOINT CHIEFS SAYS THEY LOOKED AT WUHAN LAB AND VIRUS — BUT, EVIDENCE POINTS TO NATURE 

General News

VIRUS UPDATE WITH GLOBAL AND NATIONAL NUMBERS

NYC ADDS 3700 DEATHS TO THE CITY’S TOTALS  — PEOPLE PRESUMED TO HAVE HAD THE VIRUS

IS ‘SOCIAL DISTANCING’ SET TO STAY WITH US UNTIL 2022?

MICHIGAN PREPS FOR PROTEST FROM PEOPLE ANGRY WITH GOV WITMER’S OVERREACH

NC AUTHORITIES — PROTESTING IS ‘NOT ESSENTIAL’ (HAVE THEY READ THE FIRST AMENDMENT???)

STOCK MARKETS RALLY, JUMPING 500+ POINTS ON TUESDAY

OPRAH STRESSES THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE VIRUS TO PEOPLE OF COLOR, ‘IT’S TAKING US OUT’

CNN’S CHRIS CUOMO SAYS HE DIDN’T MEAN IT… WALKED BACK HIS RANT ABOUT HATING HIS JOB

ALEX TREBEK SET TO RELEASE HIS STORY AND A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT ‘JEOPARDY!’

Strange News Catching My Eye

UPDATE: COORS DELIVERED 150 CANS OF COORS LIGHT TO THE 93-YR-OLD, ‘I NEED BEER’ WOMAN

WOMAN STEALS TV NEWS VAN (WITH SCREAMING REPORTER INSIDE) – IT WAS SENT TO COVER HER CAR CRASH

ITALIAN WOMAN FINED FOR TAKING HER TURTLE FOR A WALK DURING VIRUS LOCKDOWN 

WHAT’S AN ‘ESSENTIAL’ BUSINESS? IN FLORIDA, THE WWE IS DEEMED ESSENTIAL. (YES, RASSLIN’ IS ESSENTIAL)