THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1790 – Samuel Slater opened the first cotton mill in America
1891 – The first basketball game was played — Dr. Naismith invention is still going strong (Do we need a four-point shot?)
1970 – Elvis drops by the White House, meets with President Nixon…who deputized the King
1988 – Pan Am flight 103 explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland killing 259 in the air and 11 people on the ground
News and The Politics out of D.C.
HOUSE PASSED SPENDING BILL THAT INCLUDED MONEY FOR A BORDER WALL — SENATE IS NEXT
READ: THE SECDEF’S LETTER OF RESIGNATION
FIRST A WITHDRAWAL FROM SYRIA…IS A PULLOUT FROM AFGHANISTAN NEXT?
DESPITE THE LATEST FRICTION WITH NORTH KOREA, THE U.S. ENVOY IS OPTIMISTIC
General News
DOW DROPS AGAIN — TO A LEVEL NOT SEEN SINCE OCT 2017
DRONES FORCED A DAY-LONG CLOSING OF LONDON’S GATWICK AIRPORT
U.S. SAYS ASYLUM SEEKERS WILL REMAIN IN MEXICO UNTIL THEIR CASES ARE HEARD
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACCUSED OF MISTREATING PREGNANT EMPLOYEES
MEET THE GERMAN JOURNALIST WHO HAS BEEN MAKING ‘FAKE NEWS’ FOR YEARS (CNN WAS A HUGE FAN OF THE GUY)
BRAZIL’S ‘JOHN OF GOD’ IS OFFICIALLY CHARGED WITH SEX CRIMES
PIZZA JOINT APOLOGIZED AFTER CUSTOMERS GIVEN A RECEIPT READING ‘TRASH, WHITE’
CAN YOU HELP? — TOYS FOR TOTS IS HURTING AFTER THE CLOSING OF TOYS ‘R US STORES
Strange News Catching My Eye
TODAY’S WINTER SOLSTICE FEATURES A FULL MOON AND A METEOR SHOWER
HOLY COW! CATTLE FORM SIGN OF THE CROSS IN FIELD
WHAT IN THE HELL IS GOING ON WITH HERSHEY’S KISSES??? WHY ARE THE TIPS ALL BROKEN???
COMPUTER CHIP WITH AI CAN SMELL YOUR ARMPITS AND TELL YOU HOW BADLY YOU SMELL
