MONDAY – MARCH 13, 2023

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1781 – Sir William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus

1793 – Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin

1852 – The first appearance of a drawing of “Uncle Sam” in the NY Lantern

1877 – Chester Greenwood got a patent for earmuffs

1881 – Czar Alexander II is assassinated by “The People’s Will” – a revolutionary group

1918 – Women are scheduled to march on the NYC St Patrick’s day parade due to a shortage of men (WWI)

1973 – The most bizarre “trade” MLB history from this week – The Kekich/Peterson swap (including wives, pets)

1985 – Gorbachev becomes leader of the USSR after Chernenko’s death

1991 – Exxon paid over $1B in fines and clean up costs for its Alaskan oil spill

2005 – Disney named Bob Iger as chief (for the first time)

News and The Politics out of D.C.

 SVB STORY

SVB STORY – UPDATED DEVELOPMENTS

THE U.S. GOV’T STEPS IN TO PROVIDE A ‘BACKSTOP’ FOR DEPOSITS

IS IT A BAILOUT OR NOT?

PRESIDENT OF SILICON VALLEY BANK RECORDED A MESSAGE TO STAFF – WATCH IT

SILICON VALLEY BANK EMPLOYEES GOT BONUSES JUST BEFORE THE CRASH

IS ANYONE SURPRISED TO LEARN FAILED SILICON VALLEY BANK WAS ALL-IN ON WOKE PROGRAMS?

REGULATORS SHUT DOWN A SECOND BANK IN AN EFFORT TO CONTAIN SVB FALLOUT

DR. FAUCI CAN’T BELIEVE PEOPLE ARE MAD AT HIM AFTER ALL HE DID FOR US

REP COMER ON CHINESE MONEY FLOWING TO THE BIDEN FAMILY — ‘IT’S AS BAD AS WE THOUGHT’

SEN KENNEDY RIPS BIDEN FOR LACK OF ACTION ON OUR SOUTHERN BORDER

WELL, WHAT DO YOU KNOW? A TOP DEM SENATOR CALLS TIKTOK A PROBLEM, CALLS FOR A BAN

NJ SENATOR MENENDEZ DOESN’T WANT MEXICAN CARTELS TO BE CALLED TERRORISTS… WAIT, WHAT?

NJ GOV MURPHY SURE LOOKS LIKE HE’S A 2024 DEMOCRAT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

MIKE PENCE UNLOADS ON TRUMP — CALLS JAN6TH ‘A DISGRACE’ AND ‘HISTORY WILL HOLD TRUMP ACCOUNTABLE’

DeSANTIS HOLDS A LEAD OVER TRUMP IN NEW POLL… BUT, IT’S A FLORIDA POLL

NBC’s CHUCK TODD SAYS DeSANTIS IS ‘POLITICIZING’ COMMUNISM BY TEACHING THE EVILS OF IT

TRUMP HAS THE #1 SONG ON ITUNES… 

MICHAEL COHEN SET TO TESTIFY IN NYC’s GRAND JURY LOOKING INTO TRUMP

ADAM KINZINGER JUST KEEPS EMBARRASSING HIMSELF

TUCKER CARLSON’S VERY PERSONAL INTERVIEW FOLLOWING HIS WEEK IN THE CROSSHAIRS

SUNDAY AFTERNOON, SVB DELETED ITS TWITTER ACCOUNT

General News

BORDER PROBLEM??? WATCH MASSIVE GROUP SWARM EL PASO CROSSING

TEXAS WARNS ANYONE THINKING ABOUT VISITING MEXICO… DON’T

ALSO… THE OSCARS WERE LAST NIGHT — THE LIST

 JAMIE LEE CURTIS WON HER FIRST ACTING AWARD (AT JUST 68 YEARS OLD)

 MICHELLE YEOH HAD A MESSAGE FOR DON LEMON IN HER ACCEPTANCE SPEECH

‘SCREAM 6’ CRUSHES IT AT THE BOX OFFICE — (NO NEVE, NO PROBLEM)

ACTOR RAINN WILSON HAS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION ABOUT HOLLYWOOD AND ITS ANTI-CHRISTIAN BIAS

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’S TOUR SIDELINED WITH ILLNESS

WOKE NEWS

POPE FRANCIS HAS SOME STRONG THOUGHTS ON ‘GENDER IDEOLOGY’

INDIANA UNIVERSITY FIRST YEAR MED STUDENTS ARE GETTING DEI INDOCTRINATION

Other News Catching My Eye

FLIGHT FROM HELL — LUFTHANSA DEMANDED PASSENGERS DELETE PICS AND VIDEO FROM AWFUL FLIGHT

ROYAL JUSTICE #1 – PRINCE ANDREW IS UPSET HE HASN’T GOTTEN ANY OF HIS LATE MUMMY’S MILLIONS

ROYAL JUSTICE #2 – RUMOR SAYS MEGHAN AND HARRY LOST A BOATLOAD OF MONEY IN THE SVB CRASH

DAD CUT OFF DAUGHTER’S CAR PAYMENTS AFTER LEARNING SHE WAS STRIPPING

VINYL RECORDS OUTSOLD CDs FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1987

MAINE RESIDENTS FIGHTING TO KEEP ‘SKETCHY’ VANITY PLATES — IS IT A PROBLEM? WHAT DO YOU SEE?