THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1933 – THE FIRST SINGING TELEGRAM IS DELIVERED BY THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH COMPANY IN NYC, NY
1942 – GLENN MILLER RECEIVED THE FIRST GOLD RECORD FOR ‘CHATTANOOGA CHOO-CHOO’
1957 – THE STYROFOAM COOLER IS INVENTED
1967 – THE 25TH AMENDMENT WAS RATIFIED, ESTABLISHING THE ORDER OF PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION
1996 – CHESS CHAMP GARRY KASPAROV LOSES MATCH AGAINST IBM’S ‘DEEP BLUE’
News and The Politics out of D.C.
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FRIDAY FIRINGS OF SONLAND AND VINDMAN MIGHT ONLY BE THE BEGINNING
TRUMP’S NEW BUDGET HAS A HUGE CUT IN FOREIGN AID
IOWA FINALLY ANNOUNCED CAUCUS RESULTS — MAYOR PETE GETS 14, BERNIE GETS 12…
SPEAKING OF PETE AND BERNIE, THEIR SUPPORTERS ARE TRADING BARBS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
THE DAY BEFORE N.H. PRIMARY HAS DEMS FIRING AT EACH OTHER
MAYOR PETE SAYS, BIDEN’S RIGHT…’I’M NO OBAMA, NEITHER IS HE’
‘LYING, DOG-FACED PONY SOLDIER’ — YES, JOE BIDEN SAID THAT TO A FEMALE, POTENTIAL VOTER
ICYMI: AOC AND HER BOYFRIEND TALKTING TO WHITE PEOPLE ABOUT RACISM
WATCH TWO MINUTES: STEVE BANNON DANCES CIRCLES AROUND BILL MAHER
WATCH: ‘SNL’ OPENED WITH A FAIRLY FUNNY MOCKING OF THE DEM DEBATES
General News
TWO U.S. SOLDIERS KILLED IN APPARENT ‘INSIDER’ ATTACK’ IN AFGHANISTAN
TWO NYPD OFFICERS SHOT AND WOUNDED IN WHAT’S BEING CALLED ‘ASSASSINATION’ ATTEMPTS
CORONA VIRUS UPDATE — THIS MORNING’S NUMBERS ON DEATHS AND INFECTIONS
EXILED CHINESE BILLIONAIRE SAYS CORONAVIRUS HAS INFECTED 1.5 MIL AND KILLED 50,000
14 AMERICANS ABOARD CRUISE SHIP CONFIRMED TO HAVE CORONAVIRUS
CORONA VIRUS? NO PROBLEM… WOMAN USES REMOTE-CONTROLLED CAR TO BUY STEAMED BUNS
OSCAR STUFF…
(WATCH THE COMPRESSED, FOUR-MINUTE VERSION OF THE THREE HOUR SHOW HERE)
‘PARASITE’ SCORES HISTORIC WINS FOR SOUTH KOREA
OBAMAS’ PRODUCED FILM, ‘AMERICAN FACTORY’ WINS AN OSCAR
BRAD PITT WINS THE FIRST AWARD OF THE NIGHT AND OPENED WITH IMPEACHMENT SHOT
JOAQUIN PHOENIX’S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH WAS AS EXPECTED…EXACTLY AS EXPECTED
STEVE MARTIN AND CHRIS ROCK GAVE HOLLYWOOD AND DC A LITTLE RIBBING IN THE OPENING
OPINION: JOHNNY OLEKSINSKI — BONG IS A SAINT, JOAQUIN IS A DISGRACE
BEFORE THE SHOW, RICKY GERVAIS SLAMMED CELEBS’ ‘INSPIRATIONAL SPEECHES’ IN TWEETS
Strange News Catching My Eye
‘AUTO-BREWERY SYNDROME’ — WHEN YOUR BODY CONVERTS CARBS INTO ALCOHOL
WITH 200 MPH WINDS, ATLANTIC STORM CIARA HELPED A BRITISH AIRWAYS JET SET A SPEED RECORD
R-I-P — COMIC GENIUS ORSON BEAN IS KILLED AFTER BEING HIT BY TWO CARS
R-I-P — TOUGH GUY ACTOR ROBERT CONRAD ALSO PASSED AWAY OVER THE WEEKEND
