June 6, 2018
IT’S RODMAN’S WORLD, WE’RE JUST LIVING HERE
On This Day, Back In The Day
1930 – Frozen foods are sold commercially for the very first time
1933 – The first Drive-In movie theater opened in Camden NJ
1944 – ‘Operation Overlord’ – The D-Day invasion – 156K U.S., Canadian and British troops
1968 – A day after being hit in the head by an assassin’s bullet, Robert F Kennedy dies.
2002 – President Bush proposed a new cabinet department — the Department of Homeland Security
BIG STORIES OUT OF D.C. AND POLITICS.
MID-TERMS PRIMARY UPDATE — MUCH REMAINS UNDECIDED IN CALIFORNIA — THE GOOD NEWS? VOTER TURNOUT WAS UP
SENATE LEADER McCONNELL CANCELS MOST OF THE AUGUST RECESS IN ORDER TO GET SOMETHING DONE
THE ART OF THE DEAL ON DISPLAY? — CHINA OFFERS TO BUY $70B IN U.S. GOOD TO STAVE OFF TARIFFS
WHITE HOUSE AIDE WHO MOCKED MCCAIN IS QUIETLY RELEASED ON TUESDAY
COLBERT GIVES BILL CLINTON YET ANOTHER SHOT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT APOLOGIZING TO MONICA LEWINSKY
THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE EAGLES
HERE’S WHAT REPLACED THE WHITE HOUSE CEREMONY HONORING THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
FOX NEWS HAD TO ISSUE AN APOLOGY AFTER USING IMAGES OF EAGLES PLAYERS KNEELING — THE PLAYERS WERE PRAYING
NOW THE NBA IS INVOLVED… BOTH THE WARRIORS AND THE CAVS SAY THEY WON’T VISIT THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER THE FINALS
MYSTERY MAN TAKES A KNEE AND THEN LEAVES TRUMP’S ‘CELEBRATION OF AMERICA’ EVENT AT THE WHITE HOUSE
NEWS
JOB OPENINGS NOW OUTNUMBER THE JOBLESS IN AMERICA
DESIGNER KATE SPADE FOUND DEAD OF APPARENT SUICIDE IN HER NYC APARTMENT — SOCIAL MEDIA FILLED WITH ‘MY FIRST KATE…’ TRIBUTES
SPADE’S SUICIDE NOTE REPORTEDLY CONTAINED A MESSAGE TO HER 13-YR-OLD DAUGHTER
LAVA HAS CLAIMED HUNDREDS OF HOMES ON THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII… INCLUDING THE MAYOR’S HOUSE
FAMILY OF PARKLAND SCHOOL’S ANTI-GUN ADVOCATE DAVID HOGG IS ‘SWATTED’ AT HOME
DID YOU GIVE YOUR DNA TO MYHERITAGE? THEY WERE HACKED — 92 MILLION ACCOUNTS COMPROMISED
BY THE WAY… FACEBOOK SHARED USER DATA WITH A BUNCH OF CHINESE COMPANIES… SOME CONSIDERED A SECURITY THREAT
OTHER STORIES CATCHING MY EYE
IHOP IS CHANGING ITS NAME TO IHOb (AS IN BREAKFAST)
MISS AMERICA DROPS SWIMSUITS FROM COMPETITION… WILL NO LONGER JUST ON APPEARANCE (HERE COME THE BURQAS!)
THE HOTTEST BASEBALL SWAG SOLD IN HOUSTON??? THE ASTROS-THEMED ROSARY BEADS (EVEN THE POPE HAS ONE)
SPOOKY: KATE SPADE MADE A CURIOUS CAMEO ON ‘JEOPARDY!’ THE NIGHT BEFORE SHE KILLED HERSELF
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