Monday – November 30, 2020

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1838 – The Great Pastry War between Mexico and France began (yes, it’s a real war)

1858 – John Mason got a patent for his glass jar 

1940 – Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez get married 1948 – Kids tv show “Kukla Fran and Ollie” debuts

1972 – ‘Pong’ debuts — the first commercially successful video game

2004 – Ken Jennings 74 game winning streak on Jeopardy! ends

News and The Politics out of D.C.

THE PRESIDENT VOICED HIS FRUSTRATIONS WITH THE COURTS BLOCKING HIS SUITS

TRUMP TELLS BARTIROMO HE’S ASHAMED OF HIS ENDORSEMENT OF GA GOV KEMP

BIDEN ECONOMIC TEAM TO INCLUDE CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS CEO

RUMOR: TRUMP CONSIDERS KICKING OFF 2024 RUN DURING BIDEN INAUGURATION

BIDEN’S DOGS TELL PET PSYCHIC THAT JOE WOULD BE A GOOD PRESIDENT

MORE MEDIA FLUFF OVER BIDEN — YOU GUYS, JOE’S GETTING A CAT!

BIDEN FALLS, FRACTURES FOOT PLAYING WITH HIS DOG 
(Gravity is not the friend of old folks)

RECOUNT FOR IOWA HOUSE SEAT NARROWS GOP CANDIDATE LEAD TO JUST 6 VOTES

OBAMA ECONOMIC EXPERT PUSHES DEMS TOWARDS SMALLER COVID RELIEF BILL

THE FBI SPIED ON CARTER PAGE… HE’S SUNG FOR $75 MILLION

CANDACE OWENS CHALLENGES FACT CHECKER AND WINS

General News

FIRST DOSES OF THE VACCINE ARE ON PLANES HEADED ACROSS AMERICA

CALIFORNIA SEES RECORD HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR COVID

FAUCI AND BIRX ISSUE DIRE WARNINGS ABOUT POST-THANKSGIVING VIRUS SURGE

STATEN ISLAND PUB DECLARES ITSELF TO BE AN ‘AUTONOMOUS ZONE’

NEARLY 1/3RD OF SMALL BUSINESSES IN NY & NJ HAVE CLOSED

MORE PEOPLE IN JAPAN DIED FROM SUICIDE LAST MONTH THAN FROM COVID ALL YEAR

NYC DROPS FROM ‘TOP 10 MOST EXPENSIVE’ ZIP CODE LIST

THE EARLY LIST OF NOMINEES FOR TIME’S ‘PERSON OF THE YEAR’

ANTIFA TOPPLED STATUES OF WASHINGTON AND VETERANS OVER THANKSGIVING

‘TIMES UP’ MOVEMENT SPENT BIG MONEY ON SALARIES, NOT SO MUCH ON VICTIMS

NEARLY EVERY MEMBER OF THE U.S. WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM KNEELS DURING ANTHEM

COPS CHASE SPEEDING CAR, IT CRASHED, THEN THEY FOUND A BODY IN THE TRUNK

Other News Catching My Eye

DID YOU CATCH THIS MORNING’S FULL ‘BEAVER MOON’ AND LUNAR ECLIPSE?

DEER CHARGES HUNTERS, STEALS RIFLE FROM ONE AND BOLTS

CALIFORNIA MEGACHURCHES RE-BRAND THEMSELVES AS ‘FAMILY FRIENDLY STRIP CLUBS’ — ST TIFFANY’S OF THE SACRED POLE? —

CLAPTON AND VAN MORRISON UNITE ON ANTI-LOCKDOWN SINGLE ‘STAND & DELIVER’

KEN JENNINGS’ OLD TWEETS MAY SCUTTLE HIS CHANCES TO REPLACE ALEX TREBEK

THAT UTAH ‘MONOLITH’ MYSTERY JUST GOT MORE MYSTERIOUS

TWO 50-SOMETHING BOXERS BATTLED TO A DRAW ON SATURDAY NIGHT…