Tuesday – October 8, 2019

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1871 – FIRES IN THE MIDWEST — THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE STARTS… ANOTHER MASSIVE FIRE IN PESHTIGO, WISCONSIN KILLED 1,182 PEOPLE

1918 – U.S. ARMY CPL ALVIN C. YORK KILLED 28 GERMANS AND CAPTURED 132 MORE IN THE ARGONNE FOREST

1945 – PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN ANNOUNCED THE U.S. WOULD SHARE NUCLEAR BOMB SECRETS WITH OUR PALS, GREAT BRITAIN AND CANADA

1956 – NY YANKEES PITCHER DON LARSEN TOSSED BASEBALL’S ONLY PERFECT GAME IN A WORLD SERIES

2004 – DOMESTIC DOYENNE MARTHA STEWART BEGAN HER BRIEF PRISON SENTENCE AT A ‘CAMP’

News and The Politics out of D.C.

PRESIDENT TRUMP DEFENDS SYRIA MOVE, ‘IT’S TIME TO COME HOME’

FROM TheHill.com: 5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT TRUMP’S MOVE WITH TURKEY, SYRIA AND THE KURDS

SENATOR MCCONNELL WARNS PRESIDENT TRUMP ABOUT PULLING TROOPS FROM SYRIA

HOUSE DEMS CONSIDER DRASTIC MEASURES TO MASK WHISTLEBLOWER’S IDENTITY

BIDEN AND SON COULD BE FORCED TO TESTIFY AT TRUMP IMPEACHMENT TRIAL

IG CAN’T EXPLAIN WHY IT TOOK 18 DAYS FOR THE WHISTLEBLOWER’S COMPLAINT TO SURFACE

SUPREME COURT KICKS OFF NEW TERM WITH ONE JUSTICE MIA — BUT, IT WAS NOT RBG

ILHAN OMAR FILED FOR DIVORCE — BLAMED MEDIA AND POLITICAL OPPONENTS

AOC’s MANIFESTO: RENT CONTROL, NO PRISONS, WELFARE FOR ALL ILLEGALS

JAMES COMEY’S BOOK TO BE MADE INTO A MINI SERIES WITH JEFF DANIELS PLAYING THE FORMER FBI CHIEF

SEN TED CRUZ MOCKED THE NBA WITH HIS TWEET ABOUT ‘South Park’ IN CHINA

WILLIE BROWN STIFFS KAMALA HARRIS, SAYS HILLARY CLINTON IS THE DEM’S BEST SHOT TO BEAT TRUMP

GOV’T DEFICIT APPROACHES A TRILLION DOLLARS — HIGHEST IN 7 YEARS

General News

THE NBA IS SCRAMBLING TO FIX ITS CHINA PROBLEM

CHINA IS STRIKING BACK AGAINST THE NBA — THIS COULD BE A BILLION DOLLAR HIT TO THE LEAGUE

DOCTORS SAY THE FLU SEASON IS HERE AND IT COULD BE A BAD ONE

NEW FBI CRIME STATS SHOW OVERALL VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN, KNIVES KILL 5XS MORE PEOPLE THAN RIFLES

JEOPARDY!’S ALEX TREBEK HINTS HE MAY BE RETIRING SOON — THE CANCER BATTLE IS A TOUGH ONE

WALGREENS TO STOP SELLING E-CIGS

BEAR CUBS GET LOCKED IN A VAN — SO, THEY HONKED THE HORN FOR HELP

MAN OVERSLEPT, MISSED JURY DUTY…SENTENCED TO SERVE 10 DAYS IN JAIL…WAIT A MINUTE

Strange News Catching My Eye

HEY DAD… CAN I USE THE 3D PRINTER TO MAKE A LAMBORGHINI?

GROOM SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BRIDESMAID TWO DAYS BEFORE THE WEDDING (THE WEDDING HAPPENED)

HORRIBLE BATON HAND-OFF AT TRACK MEET HAS SPORTSCASTERS STRUGGLING TO STAY SERIOUS

VIDEO: MAN WALKING HIS DOGS WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, SAVED BY GOOD SAMARITANS