Tuesday — May 7, 2019

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1824 – BEETHOVEN’S ‘NINTH SYMPHONY’ PREMIERED IN VIENNA

1915 – A GERMAN SUBMARINE SANK THE LUSITANIA (128 AMERICANS WERE ON THE PASSENGER SHIP)

1945 – GERMANY SIGNED UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER — ENDING WORLD WAR II

1965 – KEITH RICHARDS WAKES UP WITH THE GUITAR RIFF FOR ‘SATISFACTION’ IN HIS HEAD

1994 – EDVARD MUNCH’S ‘THE SCREAM’ IS RECOVERED FOUR MONTHS AFTER IT WAS STOLEN

News and The Politics out of D.C.

TRADE WAR UPDATE: CHINA CONFIRMS ITS TRADE CZAR WILL COME TO DC FOR TALKS

TREASURY DEPT WON’T TURN OVER TRUMP’S TAX RETURNS — A BATTLE LOOMS

THE PRESIDENT PARDONED AN EX-SOLDIER CONVICTED OF KILLING AN IRAQI POW

KAMALA HARRIS CALLS FOR SCRAPPING THE ENTIRE TRUMP TAX BILL

BIDEN ALSO TALKS OF ELIMINATING TRUMP TAX CUTS

BOOKER PROPOSES GUN REGISTRY AND GUN BANS — BUT, WON’T ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT CONFISCATION

THE NAME OF THE THE GOP HEALTHCARE BILL IS A LITTLE TROLLING OF DEMOCRATS

NEW ICE PROGRAM WOULD EMPOWER LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ACT AS ICE AGENTS

 VIDEO: PA STATE REP OFFERS $100 FOR FOLLOWERS TO DOXX TEEN GIRLS PRAYING AT PLANNED PARENTHOOD

TIGER WOODS AT THE WHITE HOUSE — RECEIVED PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM FROM TRUMP

‘TAKE A LEFT ON OBAMA BLVD’ — CALIFORNIA NAMES A ROAD AFTER THE FORMER PRESIDENT

General News

CALIFORNIA CITIES CONSIDER  BANNING FACIAL RECOGNITION SYSTEMS

SAN FRANCISCO JOINS PHILLY AND NJ IN BANNING CASHLESS STORES

UH-OH, FDA SAYS SUNSCREEN INGREDIENTS MAY BE ABSORBED INTO YOUR BODY…IS THAT GOOD OR BAD?

IS POT A GATEWAY DRUG??? DENVER IS VOTING ON LEGALIZING ‘MAGIC MUSHROOMS’

GETTING LOTS OF ONE-RING CALLS? THE FCC SAYS — DO NOT CALL THEM BACK! 

REAL MEAT VS PLANT-BASED BURGERS — HOW DO THEY STACK UP?

THE MET GALA PHOTOS…IF YOU CARE

CREEPING SHARIA? TOP UK MUSEUM COVERS PAINTINGS AFTER MUSLIM COMPLAINTS CALLED THEM OFFENSIVE

Strange News Catching My Eye

SHARKS AS BIG AS YACHTS!!! SPOTTED OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST — FIRST TIME IN 30 YEARS — BASKING SHARKS

GUESS HOW MANY ESCALATORS ARE IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF WYOMING

MAN ARRESTED AFTER FLUSHING HIS GRANDPARENTS ASHES DOWN THE TOILET…HE WAS MAD AT MOM

UNIVERSITY PROVIDES ‘THERAPY GOATS’ TO STUDENTS AHEAD OF FINAL EXAMS

BRIDE FUMING AFTER SISTER-IN-LAW EATS HER DINNER — WHEN SHE WENT TO THE BATHROOM

HBO — ABOUT THE STARBUCKS COFFEE CUP SPOTTED IN ‘GAME OF THRONES’