TODAY’S TWO-MINUTE DRILL – FAREWELL GEORGE H.W. BUSH NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING HONORING GEORGE H.W. BUSH THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1854 – Aaron Allen received a patent for the folding chair 1933
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Tuesday – December 4, 2018 — The Bush funeral update, Bill & Hillary push “pause” on their tour and more offensive words
TODAY’S TWO-MINUTE DRILL THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1783 – Fraunces Tavern in NYC was the place George Washington delivered his farewell address to the Continental Army officers 1945 – The US Senate
Read moreMonday, December 3, 2018 — A nation begins saying farewell to George H.W. Bush
MONDAY’S TWO-MINUTE DRILL — SAYING GOOD BYE TO GEORGE H.W. BUSH ‘SULLY’ – GEORGE H.W. BUSH’S SERVICE DOG STANDS WATCH BY HIS LATE MASTER’S CASKET “Mission complete,” Bush spokesperson Jim McGrath said when he posted
Read moreFRIDAY! November 30, 2018 — More speculation bubbles after the Cohen confession, Trump’s in Argentina and the War on Christmas is back.
TODAY’S TWO-MINUTE DRILL THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1782 – In Paris, Brits sign a preliminary agreement recognizing American independence 1940 – A Hollywood merger — Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez are married
Read moreNovember 29, 2018 – Pelosi marches towards Speaker position, Obama, Gore and the Clintons just won’t go away — ever.
THURSDAY’S TWO-MINUTE DRILL THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1929 – Commander Byrd makes the first flight over the South Pole 1947 – The United Nations voted to give Jewish people a homeland in Palestine
Read moreNovember 28, 2018 — Are the Midterms FINALLY over? Is a deal with China going to happen? FLOTUS decorates the White House and the Left whines
TODAY’S ‘PURE OPELKA’ PODCAST LISTEN TO THE TWO-MINUTE DRILL ON ‘GENDER REVEAL’ PARTIES THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1520 – Magellan makes it through the straits that would bear his name and to the Pacific
Read moreTuesday, November 27, 2018 — GM plant closures rile President Trump, Russia’s bold moves in Ukraine, NASA’s Mars mission succeeds
LISTEN TO TODAY’S ‘TWO-MINUTE DRILL’ THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1895 – Alfred Nobel writes his last will and testament and established the Nobel Prize 1910 – NYC’s Penn Station opened — the largest
Read moreMonday, November 26, 2018 — Cyber Monday, Tear Gas Stops Border Incursion
THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1789 – George Washington declared November 26th to be a national day of Thanksgiving 1922 – Archeologists enter King Tut’s tomb for the first time 1942 – FDR orders
Read moreWednesday, November 21, 2018 — Thanksgiving Eve — and the drama is only beginning
TODAY’S TWO MINUTE DRILL THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1904 – While in San Juan, President Teddy Roosevelt pledges citizenship for the people of Puerto Rico 1922 – Rebecca Felton of Georgia is sworn
Read moreNovember 20, 2018 — Ivanka’s emails have the Left chanting ‘Lock Her Up!’ Acosta’s back in the WH and Pelosi has a problem
TODAY’S TWO-MINUTE DRILL THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1789 – New Jersey ratified the Bill of Rights — the first state to do so 1945 – The Nuremberg Trials of 24 Nazi leaders begins
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