Wednesday, January 16, 2019

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1868 – William Davis gets a patent on his refrigerated railway car — revolutionizing rail transport of things like fish

1920 – Prohibition begins…

1957 – Three B-52s made the first non-stop, round the world flight.

1991 – The Persian Gulf War begins — ‘Operation Desert Storm’ against Saddam Hussein (it would end a few weeks later)

News and The Politics out of D.C.

PRESIDENT INVITED DEMS TO THE WHITE HOUSE FOR A LUNCH AND BORDER TALKS…THEY BOYCOTTED

TRUMP WONDERS WHY NANCY PELOSI IS GETTING PAID WHILE SOME WORKERS ARE NOT

ANGEL MOMS SWARM NANCY PELOSI’S OFFICE, SHE WON’T MEET WITH THEM

LEADERS CANCEL MLK RECESS OVER SHUTDOWN

TRUMP’S AG NOMINEE SUPPORTS THE PRESIDENT ON THE WALL, DIFFERS ON RUSSIA PROBE

KRAFT OPENS ‘FREE’ GROCERY STORE FOR FURLOUGHED FEDERAL WORKERS

MSNBC HOST HINTS TRUMP IS BLACKMAILING LINDSEY GRAHAM WITH SOMETHING ‘PRETTY EXTREME’

ANOTHER FEMALE, DEMOCRAT SENATOR IS ANNOUNCING HER PLANS TO RUN IN 2020

CLEMSON QB DENIED TWEET SAYING HE CALLED WH VISIT ‘AWESOME’ — THEN, CALLED IT ‘AWESOME’

General News

EXTREMISTS ATTACK HOTEL IN KENYA — al-SHABAB TAKES CREDIT

BREXIT BUNGLE? UK’s PRIME MINISTER FACES ‘NO CONFIDENCE’ VOTE AFTER HUMILIATING DEFEAT OF HER EXIT PLAN

PARTIAL GOV’T SHUTDOWN MEANS BIG BUSINESS FOR… PAWN SHOPS

CNN ANALYST CALLS OUT FOX NEWS’ DAVID WEBB FOR ‘WHITE PRIVILEGE’ — SMALL PROBLEM, DAVID IS BLACK

MARYLAND COAST RATTLED BY A 4.7 QUAKE — NO EFFECTS, NO TSUNAMI

WHY ARE BMW, PORSCHE, AUDI, MERCEDES AND MAZDA MISSING FROM THE DETROIT AUTO SHOW?


Strange News Catching My Eye

TODAY’S TOTALLY FAKE NEWS — CURIOUS CRIME SPREE IN BOSTON — WAS IT DUE TO THE ‘IRISH MOB MIDGETS?’

CATS IN SILICON VALLEY LIVE BETTER THAN MANY OF US… 

DAD TAKES PHONE AWAY FROM TEEN DAUGHTER, SHE CALLED THE COPS

BUS DRIVER SAVES TODDLER FOUND WALKING BAREFOOT IN FREEZING WISCONSIN WEATHER