Thurs – Dec 19, 2019

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1776 – THOMAS PAINE PUBLISHED THE FIRST OF HIS ‘AMERICAN CRISIS’ ESSAYS — “THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman…”

1843 – DICKENS PUBLISHED ‘A CHRISTMAS CAROL’1945 – CONGRESS CONFIRMED ELEANOR ROOSEVELT AS A DELEGATE TO THE U.N.1972 – APOLLO 17 SPLASHED DOWN… BRINGING AMERICA’S MOON MISSION ERA TO AN END (so far)

1974 – AFTER THE HOUSE APPROVED, NELSON ROCKEFELLER WAS SWORN IN AS NIXON’S SECOND VP

1984 – GREAT BRITAIN AND CHINA SIGN A DEAL TO TURN OVER HONG KONG TO CHINA IN 1997…WITH A PROMISE THAT CAPITALISM WOULD CONTINUE IN HONG KONG FOR 50 YEARS.

1998 – PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON IS IMPEACHED… News and The Politics out of D.C.

THE HOUSE IMPEACHED PRESIDENT TRUMP

‘IT DOESN’T FEEL LIKE WE’RE BEING IMPEACHED’ — THE PRESIDENT RALLIED IN BATTLE CREEK, MI

IMPEACHMENT FIREWORKS: GOHMERT V NADLER

DEM AL GREEN BRINGS DEBUNKED PHOTO OF CHILD SEPARATED FROM MOTHER AT BORDER TO IMPEACHMENT

NOBODY CAMPAIGNED ON IMPEACHMENT??? UM…THAT’S A LIE

MEANWHILE, LEFT-LEANING JOURNOS WERE CELEBRATING, ‘MERRY IMPEACHMAS!’

TWO-THIRDS OF VOTERS SAY DEMS WANT TO IMPEACH TRUMP OVER HELPING AMERICANS

THERE IS A DEM DEBATE TONIGHT, THE AP HAS SIX QUESTIONS…STARTING WITH ‘WHY?’

PELOSI CONTINUES TO SPREAD A HUGE LIE ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA

FEDERAL APPEALS COURT SMASHED OBAMACARE’S INDIVIDUAL MANDATE

POLICE INVESTIGATING ANOTHER POSSIBLE TRESPASSING AT MAR-A-LAGO

PART-FLIPPING CONGRESSMAN — DEMS DON’T BELIEVE IN AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM

HEY…LOOKIE HERE, THE WASHINGTON POST MADE A CORRECTION, SORT OF…

IS ANYONE KEEPING AN EYE ON THE RUSSIAN SPY SHIP HANGING OUT NEAR FL, GA AND SC?

General News

JESUS BEATS SANTA… AGAIN. POLL SHOWS ‘MERRY CHRISTMAS’ CRUSHED ‘HAPPY HOLIDAYS’

WHY ISN’T THIS BIG NEWS? AMERICAN AIRLINES MECHANIC PLEADS GUILTY TO SABOTAGE

90% OF VIRGINIA COUNTIES ARE ‘SECOND AMENDMENT SANCTUARIES’

THERE ARE MORE $100 BILLS THAN $1 BILLS OUT THERE…BUT A WHOLE BUNCH ARE ‘MISSING’

DRINKING THAT DIET SODA MIGHT ACTUALLY BE HELPING YOU TO GAIN, NOT LOSE WEIGHT

NASA’S NEW, SUPERSONIC, SUPER QUIET JET, THE X-59 IS CLEARED FOR FINAL ASSEMBLY

REPORT: EPSTEIN PLANNED TO MARRY THE 24-YR-OLD GODDAUGHTER WHO CALLED HIM ‘UNCLE JEFF’

ALSO EPSTEIN: VIDEO OF HIS FIRST ATTEMPTED SUICIDE HAS GONE MISSING

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘CATS’ MUSICAL IS A TOTAL DISASTER

‘PIG EBOLA’ HITS INDONESIA IN A BIG WAY…. 30,000 PIGS DEAD, ROADS CLOSED IN QUARANTINED AREA

Strange News Catching My Eye

MAN HIJACKS VAN FULL OF LOBSTERS…THEN SLAMS INTO A TRUCK FULL OF LOBSTERS

ACLU WANTS TAMPONS IN MENS ROOMS TO ACHIEVE ‘MENSTRUAL EQUALITY’

‘PORCH PIRATE’ IS SEEN WEARING A MASK AND SPORTING HOLSTERS

IS IT REALLY A RECORD? MAN CLAIMS HE’S EATEN CHICK-FIL-A EVERY DAY FOR 114 DAYS…BUT, SUNDAYS?

‘ALEXA, CAN YOU BREAK UP OUR HOLIDAY DINNER TABLE ARGUMENT?’ (or something like that)