Life in the time of the Virus
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1860 – The Pony Express started delivering mail from St Joseph, MO to Sacramento, CA (it took 10 days)
1956 – An estimated 25% of Americans tuned in to watch Elvis sing ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ on the Milton Berle Show
1978 – ‘Annie Hall’ beats ‘Star Wars’ for Best Picture Oscar
1996 – The ‘Unabomber’ (Ted Kaczynski) is captured by the FBI in his mountain cabin in the Montana wilderness
News and The Politics out of D.C.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ISSUED DPA ORDER COMPELLING PRODUCTION OF VENTILATORS
DURING BRIEFING, TRUMP SLAMS PARTISAN POLITICS, ‘HERE WE GO AGAIN’
PRESIDENT TRUMP TESTS NEGATIVE FOR THE VIRUS (AGAIN)
DR FAUCI SAYS ALL STATES SHOULD HAVE ‘STAY-AT-HOME’ ORDER
THINKING A MASK WILL PROTECT YOU? DR BIRX CAUTIONS AGAINST A ‘FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY’
SEN SCHUMER RESPONDS TO TRUMP DURING MSNBC HIT, ‘STOP THE PETTINESS’
DEMS HAVE MOVED THEIR NOMINATING CONVENTION TO AUGUST (BLAME THE VIRUS)
JOBS REPORT IS COMING TODAY… WE ALREADY KNOW IT WON’T BE A POSITIVE ONE
FLORIDA OFFICIAL SAYS 3M WAS SELLING PPE TO OTHER COUNTRIES BEFORE SELLING TO AMERICA
THE U.S. NAVY FIRED THE CAPTAIN OF THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER STRICKEN BY THE VIRUS
MARK CUBAN HAS A PLAN FOR THE ECONOMY AFTER THE VIRUS HAS BEEN DEFEATED
General News
THE LIVE UPDATE — CASES, DEATHS, HOT SPOTS
COULD THE CURE OR VACCINE FOR THE VIRUS COME FROM TOBACCO?
UNIVERSITY WHERE THE POLIO VIRUS WAS CREATED SAYS THEY ARE CLOSE TO A VIRUS
NY GOV CUOMO SAYS AT CURRENT BURN RATE, HIS STATE WILL RUN OUT OF VENTILATORS IN SIX DAYS
WHY IS NEW ORLEANS’ DEATH RATE SO HIGH??? IS IT OBESITY?
CNN REPORT: THE VIRUS CAN BE TRANSFERRED BY JUST BREATHING ON SOMEONE
LAREDO, TX — WEAR A MASK WHEN ENTERING A BUILDING (OTHER THAN YOU HOME) OR EL$E
CNN’s CHRIS CUOMO HAS THE VIRUS, SHARES HIS EXPERIENCE (IT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE FUN)
AMAZON BANS SALES OF N95 AND SURGICAL MASKS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM ON LOCKDOWN TO PREVENT COVID-19 OUTBREAK
THE STOCK MARKET JUMPED… BECAUSE OF OIL NEWS, NOT CORONA VIRUS NEWS
YOU’VE JUST LOST YOUR JOB… NOW WHAT?
Strange News Catching My Eye
MICHIGAN GRANDFATHER WALKS FOUR MILES EACH DAY TO SEE NEW GRANDDAUGHTER THRU GLASS DOOR
‘TIGER KING’S’ JOE EXOTIC IS MOVED FROM ‘ISOLATION’ TO PRISON HOSPITAL
IF YOU WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE ‘TOP GUN’ REBOOT, YOU’RE GONNA WAIT TIL CHRISTMAS