Dec. 14, 2020Vol. 9, No. 286 _____________________________________________ Just a Little Pinch: The coronavirus vaccine is on its way to the arms of Americans today. The first shipment is at least three million doses. Network news reporters are following the shipments like …

The Loser Loses Again: The Supreme Court yesterday spurned the Texas lawsuit seeking to overturn the presidential election  in four other states, pretty much ending legal efforts by President Trump and his supporters to win the election by court decision.   The unsigned …

Viral News: A 23-member panel yesterday advised emergency use of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine just as talk show host Ellen Degeneres announced that she has been diagnosed with Covid-19.   Degeneres shut down show production, just another Covid hit on the economy …

Unfriended: In a lawsuit with potentially enormous impact, the Federal Trade Commission and 48 states sued yesterday to break up Facebook, accusing the social network of becoming a monopoly by buying up or squashing competitors.    Federal and state regulators say in separate …

Viral News: Taking the spotlight of leadership from President Trump, President-elect Joe Biden yesterday laid out his plans for knocking down the virus, including asking Americans to wear masks for the first 100 days of his presidency. That would be mandatory …

Viral News: The federal government passed on an offer by the drug company Pfizer to reserve more than the contracted 100 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine, putting the US behind other countries in line until at least June..   The population …

I, Claudius: President Trump over the weekend called the governor of Georgia and asked him to appoint members of the Electoral College who would go against the popular vote and cast their ballots for Trump.   Joe Biden won Georgia by just …

Viral News: President-elect Joe Biden says that he will ask Americans to wear masks for his first 100 days in office to drastically reduce spread of the coronavirus.   He told CNN’s Jake Tapper, “Just 100 days to mask, not forever. One hundred …

Viral News: Britain has become the first country to approve the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, making it possible  to start vaccinating Brits next week.   The Pfizer shot is the one that has to be transported in a deep freeze.   This is likely to …

The Madness of King George: President Trump has repeatedly denounced the press as the “Enemy of the People,” but he has a big friend in Fox News host Maria Bartiromo.   Trump phoned in to Bartiromo’s “Sunday Morning Futures” yesterday for a 45 minute interview, his …