Wednesday – April 1, 2020

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1778 – Oliver Pollack invented the dollar sign $

1789 – Who was the first Speaker of the House? Frank Muhlenberg of PA was the very first one to hold that post

1963 – ‘General Hospital’ debuted on ABC-TV

1970 – President Nixon signed the banning tobacco ads on radio and tv

1976 – The two Steves, Jobs and Wozniak founded a computer company called Apple

2003 – Army Private Jessica Lynch is rescued by US commandos in a raid on an Iraqi hospital

News and The Politics out of D.C.

A SOMBER PRESIDENT TRUMP WARNS AMERICA TO PREPARE FOR ‘VERY PAINFUL TWO WEEKS’

MCCONNELL: IMPEACHMENT DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM THE CORONAVIRUS

BOTH SIDES ARE TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER STIMULUS BILL… THIS ONE FOCUSED ON INFRASTRUCTURE

PELOSI IS AGAINST REMOTE VOTING AS FIVE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HAVE THE VIRUS

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER GAFFE-PACKED BIDEN APPEARANCE

SHOULD WE ALL BE WEARING MASKS? DR. FAUCI SAYS IT’S ‘UNDER CONSIDERATION’

UH-OH… RUSSIAN DOCTOR WHO MET WITH PUTIN LAST WEEK IS DIAGNOSED WITH THE VIRUS

TWO STATES ARE HANDING THE ADDRESSES OF CORONA VIRUS VICTIMS TO POLICE

General News

NEW, BIG NUMBERS OF FATALITIES AND CASES… WE’RE GOING TO BE GETTING DATA LIKE THIS FOR DAYS

CAPT OF USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT IS PLEADING FOR HELP WITH 100 CASES OF THE VIRUS ON HIS SHIP

CAN THE VIRUS TRAVEL 27 FEET IN THE AIR? DR. FAUCI CALLED MIT REPORT ‘TERRIBLY MISLEADING’

HOW MANY STRAINS OF THE VIRUS ARE THERE??? (A BUNCH)

CITIES AND STATES WITH THE MOST ‘AT RISK’ PEOPLE (OVER THE AGE OF 65)

NYC’s RIKER’S ISLAND JAIL IS A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, 900 INMATES RELEASED

CNN’s CHRIS CUOMO HAS THE VIRUS, HOSTS HIS SHOW FROM HAMPTONS HOME

THE STOCK MARKET ENDED A DISMAL FIRST QUARTER WITH ANOTHER DOWN DAY

CASINO OWNER, GOP MEGA-DONOR SHELDON ADELSON DONATED 2 MIL MASKS TO VEGAS AND NYC

AMAZON REPORTEDLY RETALIATED BY FIRING THE WORKER WHO ORGANIZED A WALK-OUT OVER THE VIRUS

28 SPRING BREAK ‘COVIDIOTS’ TEST POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS AFTER TRAVELING TO CABO

IT’S GOOD TO BE RICH… NYC’S WEALTHY PEEPS PAY LIMO DRIVERS TO BRING MAIL TO THE HAMPTONS

ALEC BALDWIN: THE VIRUS BEGAN IN THE U.S. IN JAN 2017, THE VACCINE ARRIVES IN NOVEMBER

Strange News Catching My Eye

HOA GONE MAD WITH POWER? PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME THREATENED FOR VIOLATING THE RULES

MOUNTAIN GOATS TAKE OVER STREETS OF WELSH TOWN DURING LOCKDOWN

MAN CLAIMED HE WAS TEACHING HIS PIT BULL TO DRIVE WHEN COPS FINALLY ENDED A 100MPH+ CAR CHASE

‘TEDDY BEAR HUNT’ — A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD IDEA FOR DISTRACTING THE LITTLE ONES IN LOCKDOWN

PC MADNESS — UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDENTS TOLD NOT TO SAY ‘CHINESE VIRUS’ (ALSO, DON’T LET OTHERS SAY IT)

WE’RE RUNNING OUT OF CONDOMS… (NOT AN ‘APRIL FOOL’S” STORY)

1957’s 30 MIN FILM ABOUT THE ‘ASIAN FLU’ — FROM WESTINGHOUSE BROADCASTING, ‘THE SILENT INVADER’