Thursday – July 18, 2019

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

64 – THE GREAT FIRE OF ROME BEGINS – IT WOULD DESTROY MOST OF THE CITY – NERO BLAMED CHRISTIANS

1925 – THE FIRST EDITION OF HITLER’S ‘MEIN KAMPF’ IS PUBLISHED

1947 – PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN SIGNED THE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION ACT 

1976 – OLYMPIC HISTORY IS MADE AS 14-YR-OLD ROMANIAN GYMNAST NADIA COMANECI SCORED THE FIRST OF SEVEN ‘PERFECT 10s’ ON THE WAY TO WINNING THREE GOLD MEDALS FOR HER COUNTRY

1999 – NY YANKEES PITCHER DAVID CONE TOSSED BASEBALL’S 16TH PERFECT GAME  (THE TOTAL IS NOW 23)

News and The Politics out of D.C.

TRUMP DECLARED DEMS ‘RIDICULOUS’ IMPEACHMENT CAMPAIGN IS OVER

‘IF WE DIDN’T HAVE ALL OF THE BULLSHIT… WE’D BE MUCH FURTHER ALONG’

TRUMP RALLY CROWD CHANTS ‘SEND HER BACK!’ WHEN IHAN OMAR IS DISCUSSED

BEFORE THE RALLY: TRUMP MENTIONED ALLEGATION THAT ILHAN OMAR MARRIED HER BROTHER

SPEAKING OF THE ‘SQUAD’ — THE RNC IS RUNNING AN AD STARRING THE FOUR WOMEN IN THEIR OWN WORDS

AOC TO GET A REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER IN 2020…A JAMAICAN WOMAN

SEN RAND PAUL BLOCKED THE SENATE BILL FUNDING THE 9/11 FIRST RESPONDER VICTIMS FUND

NBC NEWS FINDS TAPE FROM 1992 WITH TRUMP AND JEFFREY EPSTEIN DISCUSSING WOMEN

HOUSE HOLDS TWO TRUMP OFFICIALS IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS OVER CENSUS QUESTION

WAPO POLL: A MAJORITY OF MEXICANS WANT ILLEGALS DEPORTEDPROTESTS IN PUERTO RICO TURN VIOLENT — ALL TRIGGERED BY GOVERNOR’S SEXIST, RACIST TEXTS

General News

DID YOU JUMP ON THE VIRAL ‘FACEAPP’ CRAZE??? — YOU MAY HAVE A RUSSIAN-CONNECTED SECURITY PROBLEM

HEAT WAVE — THE WEEKEND IS GOING TO BE STEAMY ACROSS MOST OF THE COUNTRY

DRUG KING EL CHAPO SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON

PROSECUTORS DROP GROPING CASE AGAINST KEVIN SPACEY

UH-OH… QUAKE STORM HITS CALIFORNIA

THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION — EBOLA IS NOW A GLOBAL CRISIS

NOOSE FOUND AT HOME DEPOT IN DELAWARE — THE CUSTOMER WHO PUT IT THERE COMES FORWARD

Strange News Catching My Eye

BASEBALL COACH EJECTED FOR ARGUING BALLS AND STRIKES WITH A ROBOT UMPIRE

WAS THE MOON LANDING A HOAX??? HERE ARE REASONS PEOPLE BELIEVE WE NEVER WENT THERE

THE CREATOR OF THE ‘STORM AREA 51’ FACEBOOK PAGE COMES FORWARD (MAYBE HE’S NERVOUS?)

11-YR-OLD’S ‘ICE COLD BEER’ SIGN GETS THE ATTENTION OF POLICE

APOLLO 11’s 50TH ANNIVERSARY IS BRINGING SOME VERY DIFFERENT CELEBRATIONS

HAVE YOU SEEN THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT’S APOLLO 11 TRIBUTE? (IT’S VERY COOL)

A FLIGHT MANUAL FROM THE APOLLO 11 LUNAR MODULE IS UP FOR AUCTION AND COULD SELL FOR MILLIONS