On This Day, Back In The Day
1605 – Guy Fawkes is arrested and charged with trying to blow up the British Parliament
1872 – Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for trying to vote in the Presidential election
1935 – Parker Brothers launched “Monopoly” – the board game about real estate and capitalism (Originally called “The Landlord Game” — invented in the village of Arden, Delaware.)
1962 – President Kennedy’s public service announcement encouraging people to vote
1968 – Shirley Chisholm is the first black woman is elected to Congress – she served seven terms
BIG STORIES OUT OF D.C. AND POLITICS.
MIDTERMS — A DAY AWAY — ‘EVERYTHING’S AT STAKE’
COINCIDENCE? CNN INTERVIEWS ‘RANDOM’ ATTENDEE AT OBAMA/GILLUM RALLY — SHE’S GILLUM’S MOM
GA GUBERNATORIAL BATTLE HEATS UP AS DEMS FACE ‘CYBER CRIMES’ PROBE IN THE STATE
INTERN FOR FL DEM GILLUM WAS ARRESTED FOR TOSSING CHOCOLATE MILK ON COLLEGE REPUBLICANS
R.I.P. HERO: FORMER UTAH MAYOR, FATHER OF 7, DEPLOYED IN AFGHANISTAN IS KILLED DURING ‘INSIDER ATTACK’
NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN ARE COMING — IRAN’S PRESIDENT IS WARNING OF A ‘WAR SITUATION’
KAVANAUGH ACCUSER ADMITS HER STORY WAS MADE UP… SHE WANTED ATTENTION (she’s gonna get legal attention)
CNN WRITER SUGGESTS WOMEN GO ON A ‘SEX STRIKE’ AHEAD OF THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS
COMEDY CENTRAL CLEVERLY TROLLS THE USE OF CELEBS IN POLITICS
MEANWHILE OVER AT SNL — A WOUNDED VET IS MOCKED
NEWS
FOX REPORTS THE MIGRANT CARAVAN HAS GOTTEN BIGGER — WITH SOME HELP
MEANWHILE, U.S. TROOPS ARE DEPLOYING BARBED WIRE ON THE BORDER
WHAT’S SHAKING IN CALIFORNIA? MORE ACCURATELY — CALIFORNIA IS WHAT’S SHAKING
ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACKER ARRESTED FOR VANDALIZING NYC SYNAGOGUE — CNN LEAVES OUT SOME KEY DETAILS
MOM ASKS THE INTERNET IF ANYONE WANTS TO TRADE A FEMALE EMBRYO FOR A MALE EMBRYO
ACCUSED MAIL BOMBER’S MOM: ‘THIS IS NOT HOW I RAISED HIM.’ (Well, we sure hope not)
COLORADO GUN DEALER OFFERS FREE AR-15 RIFLES TO LOCAL RABBIS
OTHER STORIES CATCHING MY EYE