Thurs – February 13, 2020

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1866 – The (Jesse) James Gang robs a bank in Liberty, MO

1867 – ‘The Blue Danube’ debuts… (it’s my go-to waltz)

1914 – ASCAP is founded… 

1936 – the first Social Security checks are put in the mail

1960 – France joined the nuclear club, exploding its’ first atomic bomb

1970 – GM announced plans to design cars to run on unleaded gas (remembered leaded gasoline?)

News and The Politics out of D.C.

TRUMP CONGRATULATED AG BARR FOR ‘TAKING CHARGE’ OF THE ROGER STONE CASE

PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS TWEETING ABOUT ROGER STONE CASE IS NOT POLITICAL INTERFERENCE IN DOJ

SO, WHAT HAPPENED IN THE ROGER STONE CASE? DEFENSE LAWYER SAY, ‘PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT’

‘WILL YOU PARDON ROGER STONE?’ — TRUMP, ‘I DON’T WANT TO SAY YET’

REMEMBER WHEN OBAMA USED HIS OFFICE TO HELP HIS ALLIES? (DEMS FORGOT ABOUT THESE)

ELIZABETH WARREN WANTS AG BARR TO RESIGN (SHE’S SAID THIS BEFORE) 

BIDEN CAMPAIGN SCRAMBLES TO SOOTHE THE NERVES OF SUPPORTERS

MSNBC ANCHORS SAY ELIZABETH WARREN IS A ‘ REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOOD CANNDIDATE’

NY TIMES: CENTRIST DEMS WANT BIDEN OUT… BUT, THEY CAN’T DECIDE WHO CAN BEAT HIM

TOM STEYER SPENT $19.2 MIL IN NEW HAMPSHIRE — THAT EARNED HIM ZERO DELEGATES

General News

CORONA UPDATE: LARGE SPIKE IN # OF CASES AND DEATHS IN HUBEI PROVINCE

14TH AMERICAN CONFIRMED TO HAVE CORONA VIRUS… CDC NOW SAYS IT ‘LIKELY’ TO SPREAD HERE

CORONA VIRUS IS LIKELY TO HIT CHINA’S AUTO SALES VERY HARD IN FEBRUARY

THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUNNY TO SPILL THE ‘CORONA VIRUS’ ON A CROWDED NYC SUBWAY CAR

HOUSEHOLD DEBT IS HIGH…BUT, COMPARED TO INCOME, IT’S AT A RATE GOING BACK TO THE 1980s

VIRGINIA HOUSE PASSED GOV NOTHAM’S GUN BAN BILL 51-48

FEDERAL SUIT FILED BY 3 YOUNG WOMEN IN CT — THEY ONLY WANT TO COMPETE AGAINST REAL GIRLS

JEFF BEZOS GETS A BARGAIN… HIS NEW BEVERLY HILLS HOME ONLY COST HIM $165 MILLION

ACTOR JIM CARREY UNDER FIRE FOR TELLING INTERVIEWER SHE WAS THE ONLY THING LEFT ‘TO DO’ ON HIS BUCKET LIST

SNOOP DOGG HAS APOLOGIZED TO CBS’ GAYLE KING

Strange News Catching My Eye

BAFFLING ASTRONOMERS…REGULAR RADIO SIGNALS FROM DEEP SPACE 

IS SIRI CENSORING ITSELF? VIDEO SHOWS APPLE’S AI ASSISTANT WON’T SAY THE WORD ‘GUN’

WATCH: MAN PERFORMS MOUTH-TO-MOUTH ON GEKKO AFTER IS DROWNED IN HIS BEER

$110 BUCKS FOR A PRICELESS PICASSO? THIS CHRISTIE’S AUCTION TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN

SCIENCE SAYS IT TAKES THE AVERAGE STRAIGHT WOMEN 13.46 MINUTES TO ACHIEVE THIS… YOU KNOW…