Odd issue with the electric lights in a display cabinet - help please.

I bought an older mission style Stickley display cabinet at an estate sale. It is solid cherry with glass doors and sides with 5 heavy glass shelves inside it. Got it for $450...it is in mint condition structurally so I got a great deal on it.
Here's the issue: It has two mini spot lights in the top of it that shine down through the cabinet. At first I thought the lights didn't work because it didn't light up when I plugged the cord into an outlet. By accident, I learned that the lights indeed work IF I plug the cord into the outlet twice. I plug the cabinet in...unplug it...then quickly plug it back in and the lights work! The only outlet on the wall where this cabinet lives is behind a small table next to it...it's kind of a hassle to move the table, plug the cabinet in and move the table back. Not a huge deal but I would like to plug the cabinet into an extension cord with a switch to turn it on and off but it doesn't work because of the having to plug it in twice to make the lights work. Any thoughts out there? I think the cabinet may be haunted. It is quite beautiful, however.

Montana author, David Quammen, predicted "scariest virus on earth" 8 years ago

Montana author, David Quammen, predicted "scariest virus on earth" 8 years ago.

How my town is showing support for health care workers, first responders and the community.

Every night at 8pm...everyone in the city goes outside and howls. At first I thought it was kinda weird until I heard it. Every neighborhood...Thousands of people in unison. It’s primal and it’s beautiful.

Jared reminds me of Robert The Doll.

The dogs apparently had a staff meeting.

It was clearly a coordinated effort.

https://twitter.com/cctv_idiots/status/1245690316944035843

Missoula, MT music teachers create video to inspire

and engage students to play music while sheltering in place. My kiddo plays saxophone at school and takes piano lessons privately. While his piano teacher can have his weekly lesson via Zoom or FaceTime, it isn’t as easy for the school band and orchestra directors to use those platforms with their music students.

Paging Susan Collins to the white courtesy phone!

Senator Collins? Do you really think this orange MF leaned his lesson? He’s killing people now Susie. You could have done something, you soulless coward.

Earthquake. Just felt it in Missoula.

USGS says it was close to Yellowstone. Any of you MT folks feel it?

ETA: USGS update...Challis, Idaho 6.5. That makes more sense that we felt it in western MT.

I typed all of my symptoms into WebMD