Friday – July 19, 2019

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1799 – THE ROSETTA STONE IS FOUND IN EGYPT — IT HELPED TRANSLATE HIEROGLYPHICS INTO GREEK

1848 – THE VERY FIRST WOMEN’S RIGHTS CONVENTION IS HELD IN SENECA FALLS, NY

1941 – WINSTON CHURCHILL USED HIS TWO-FINGERED ‘V IS FOR VICTORY’ GESTURE FOR THE FIRST TIME

1993 – PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON ANNOUNCED HIS ‘DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL’ POLICY FOR GAYS IN HE MILITARY

News and The Politics out of D.C.

IRAN IS MISSING A DRONE — WELL, IT WAS KNOCKED OUT OF THE SKY BY THE U.S. NAVY

ALSO, IRAN RELEASED VIDEO SHOWING REVOLUTIONARY GUARD SEIZING AN OIL TANKER

ARE WE ON THE BRINK OF A MILITARY CONFLICT (AKA WAR) WITH IRAN? THESE 5 THINGS POINT THAT WAY

PRESIDENT TRUMP DISAVOWS ‘SEND HER BACK’ CHANT

HOUSE APPROVED MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE TO $15/HOUR

ROUND 2 OF THE DEM DEBATES WILL FEATURE A RE-MATCH BETWEEN BIDEN AND HARRIS

BERNIE SANDERS’ CAMPAIGN WORKERS COMPLAINING, FLEEING OVER ‘POVERTY WAGES’

MARIANNE WILLIAMSON ASKED WHITE PEOPLE TO APOLOGIZE TO BLACK PEOPLE FOR SLAVERY

BERNIE SANDERS’ CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS ‘INSTITUTIONAL BIAS’ IS AGAINST THEM BY MEDIA MILLIONAIRES

THE IRONICALLY NAMED JOY BEHAR WANTS TRUMP CHARGED WITH A HATE SPEECH CRIME

IS AN EXORCISM NEXT? HOUSE CHAPLAIN PRAYED TO ‘CAST OUT ALL SPIRITS OF DARKNESS IN THIS CHAMBER’

STUDENTS THINK A QUOTE ON IMMIGRATION IS RACIST WHEN THEY BELIEVE IT’S FROM TRUMP

General News

SURVEY: MOST OF US STILL SEE ‘THE AMERICAN DREAM’ IS ACHIEVABLE

RUSSIA: NUCLEAR REACTORS TAKEN OFF-LINE THIS WEEK DON’T POSE A PROBLEM (CHERNOBYL FLASHBACK?)

GRACE: WRONGLY CONVICTED, HE SPENT 28 YEARS BEHIND BARS…JUST RELEASED AND HOLDING NO GRUDGES

THE RELIGIOUS MOMENT ON THE MOON NASA DIDN’T WANT YOU TO SEE

U.S. DRUG OVERDOSES DROP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 30 YEARS

‘TOP GUN 2’ TRAILER HIT THE INTERNET YESTERDAY — HERE IT IS

GOLF FAN? HERE’S YOUR CONSTANTLY-UPDATED BRITISH OPEN PAGE

GM UNVEILED THE ‘C8’ – THE 8TH VERSION OF THE CORVETTE — IT’S A MID-ENGINE ROAD ROCKET

COOLEST / STRANGEST AIR BNB EVER??? SPEND A NIGHT IN THE WIENERMOBILE

Strange News Catching My Eye

BERKLEY IS CRACKING DOWN ON SPEECH — THE WORD ‘MANHOLE’ IS NO LONGER ALLOWED

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY PUT OUT NEW SPEECH GUIDELINES — DON’T SAY ‘AMERICA’ OR ‘AMERICAN’

FLORIDA MAN CATCHES HIS WIFE CHEATING WITH A MAN…SO HE CUT OFF THE GUY’S PENIS AND TOOK IT

YES, THERE IS A TWITTER ACCOUNT TRACKING HUMAN POOP ON SAN FRANCISCO’S STREETS 

IN FLORIDA, FIVE GUYS WERE ARRESTED AT A ‘FIVE GUYS’