Friday, January 11, 2019

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1908 – The first text message? A wireless (telegraph) message was sent from the Eiffel Tower

1935 – Amelia Earhart is the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California

1973 – MLB’s American League adopted the Designated Hitter rule (pitchers did not have to bat)

2002 – The first terrorist prisoners arrived at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba

2010 – A massive earthquake killed more than 316,000 people in Haiti

News and The Politics out of D.C.

THE PRESIDENT VISITS THE BORDER IN McALLEN TEXAS

LINDSEY GRAHAM WANTS THE PRESIDENT TO DECLARE A NATIONAL EMERGENCY TO SOLVE THE BORDER CRISIS

CNN’S JIM ACOSTA’s REPORT FROM THE BORDER APPEARS TO SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT’S CLAIM

‘DEAR DIARY’ — TRUMP BRUTALLY MOCKED ACOSTA ON TWITTER

‘MEXICO WILL PAY FOR THE WALL’ — BUUUUUUT, TRUMP CLAIMS HE NEVER MEANT THEY WOULD WRITE US A CHECK

DONALD TRUMP’S FORMER LAWYER/FIXER IS SLATED TO TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS

THIS IS THE FIRST MISSED PAYCHECK FOR FEDERAL WORKERS HIT BY THE SHUTDOWN

SEC OF STATE POMPEO’S RIP-SNORTING SPEECH IN CAIRO — HE RIPPED OBAMA

WHY??? BETO O’ROURKE POSTS HIS DENTAL CLEANING ON SOCIAL MEDIA

General News

POLICE FIND MISSING TEEN JAYME CLOSS ALMOST THREE MONTHS AFTER HER PARENTS WERE KILLED

MANHUNT FOR KILLER OF A DAVIS, CA POLICE OFFICER

JEFF BEZOS HAS BILLIONS IN AMAZON STOCK AND A WHOLE LOT OF REAL ESTATE

BEZOS’ RAUNCHY TEXT MESSAGES ALSO SEEM TO CONFIRM HIS AFFAIR

‘THE ROCK’ SLAMS THE SNOWFLAKES

TENNIS STAR ANDY MURRAY’S TEARFUL PRESSER — THIS MAY BE HIS LAST TOURNAMENT

THE BEST SELLING ITEM ON THE MENU AT CHICK-FIL-A IS NOT CHICKEN (BUT, IT MAKES SENSE)

FROM CES: YOU KNEW THIS WAS GONNA HAPPEN — SEX TOYS USING ALEXA AND VIRTUAL STRIPPERS

CALIFORNIA CHURCH SIGN DECLARING ‘BRUCE JENNER IS STILL A MAN’ CAUSES A STIR

Strange News Catching My Eye

THE EARTH’S MAGNETIC NORTH POLE IS ON THE MOVE AND SCIENCE DOESN’T REALLY KNOW WHY

FORGET ‘MOVEMBER’ — ‘JANU-HAIRY’ IS ALL THE RAGE — AND, IT’S EXACTLY WHAT YOU THINK IT IS

BAM! WATCH CAPITALS’ ALEX OVECHKIN FLIP A 6FT 9IN OPPONENT OVER THE BOARDS

NAKED DRIVER CAUSED TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE ON I-95 IN DELAWARE AND PA

STUDY: A HIGH FIBER DIET IS MUCH BETTER FOR YOU THAN THOSE PASTA-HATING LOW CARB DIETS