History for October 24

History for October 24 - On-This-Day.com 

Rafael Trujillo (Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina) 1891

• 1632 - Scientist Anthony van Leeuwenhoek was born in Delft, Holland. He created the first microscope lenses that were powerful enough to observe single-celled animals.
• 1836 - Alonzo D. Phillips received a patent for the phosphorous friction safety match.
• 1901 - Daredevil Anna Edson Taylor became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel. She was 63 years old.
• 1929 - In the U.S., investors dumped more than 13 million shares on the stock market. The day is known as "Black Tuesday."
• 1939 - Nylon stockings were sold to the public for the first time in Wilmington, DE.
• 1948 - The term "cold war" was used for the first time. It was in a speech by Bernard Baruch before the Senate War Investigating Committee.

Former FBI agents arrested for allegedly LYING to Congress about Hunter Biden laptop | Blaze Media

Former FBI agents arrested for allegedly LYING to Congress about Hunter Biden laptop | Blaze Media: 

One of the accused allegedly said she was 'basically' running a 'shadow government' in the FBI. Two former senior FBI officials have been indicted and surrendered to authorities on Friday in connection with Hunter Biden's infamous laptop, according to a U.S. Attorney's Office press release.

The way we were----- The Hungarian Revolution (1956) - YouTube

(184) The Hungarian Revolution (1956) - YouTube:

Only Britain would put an African asylum-seeker in charge of their oil and gas…

Only Britain would put an African asylum-seeker in charge of their oil and gas…:

John F. Di Leo - What are the riots in France really about?

I'll give you a hint: it's not school funding. - John F. Di Leo
John F. Di Leo
A bit more info. 

This particular murder happened in Toulouse in 2012.

The little girl was the daughter of the principal of a Jewish school in Toulouse, which is why this Algerian jihadist targeted the place. 

• The rap song that has become the "anthem" of the demons burning France right now is a song praising Mohammed Merah for his homicidal attack on teachers and little schoolchildren.
• So if you have wondered what these riots are really about... now you know.

Polish MEP Dominik Tarczyński issues a bold warning to migrants attempting to cross Poland’s border.

Facebook - he Western Journal

DOJ Uncovers Nearly $42M in SNAP Fraud, Targets 40 Defendants

DOJ Uncovers Nearly $42M in SNAP Fraud, Targets 40 Defendants: 

DOJ Uncovers Nearly $42 Million in SNAP Fraud in Nationwide Crackdown Targeting More than 40 Defendants Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images JASMYN JORDAN21 Oct 202631 8:30 The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday that a nationwide enforcement operation targeted alleged or proven fraud schemes responsible for nearly $45 million in intended losses to the federal government, including nearly $42 million involving the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps.

The Real Reason Starship Has 33 Engines - YouTube

(184) The Real Reason Starship Has 33 Engines - YouTube:

One might assume this'd be BIG NEWS with the MSM. It's buried!-----El-Sayed Flip-Flops Again on Medicare for All, Admits It Would End Your Private Insurance Plan

We all knew this was coming.  - Amy Curtis

For years, Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed touted the end of private insurance as part of his Medicare for All scheme. 

A couple of weeks ago, he said that some people could be allowed to keep their private insurance if they could afford it.
But now El-Sayed is back and saying that the government would be our insurer because it's "basically buying healthcare for everybody."...

Lunch video-----Paris City Tours | AI Satire - YouTube

(184) Paris City Tours | AI Satire - YouTube:

Noon-toon

 

Peggy Flanagan Promised Millions to Somali-Focused Nonprofits: They 'Know How to Spend that Money Best'

Peggy Flanagan Promised Millions to Somali-Focused Nonprofits: They 'Know How to Spend that Money Best': 

Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (D), now running for U.S. Senate, promised a Somali audience in 2023 to seek funding for “culturally relevant treatments and care” and support multifamily housing.

Trump asks a simple question.

 

Remember the hysterical "they're all dying out!" shouts from the Eco-left?-----Monarch Butterfly Populations Rebound as U.S. Honeybee Colony Counts Rise - Watts Up With That?

“Two new reports from WWF-Mexico and its partners found that colonies covered 7.24 acres of forest in the 2025-2026 season. That’s an increase of 4.42 acres compared to last season.” - Leslie Eastman

Somebody alert the mainstream media: Mother Nature has interrupted their regularly scheduled environmental doom-and-gloom broadcast with a little good news.
Monarch butterflies are fluttering into the headlines this autumn, as new reports indicate a 64% increase in their population.

The World Wildlife Fund reported in March that “two new reports, both released by WWF-Mexico and its partners, estimate a 64% increase in species population and a significant decrease in forest degradation within their critical winter habitat.”...

And the jobs are moving to USA!

 

When democrats rule!-----Just to review: The Flint water crisis was caused by the Democrat Flint city council with the help of the MEDC.

The city council voted to switch water sources to the more acidic Flint River... / X - Donnie Detroit@DonnieDetroit19
...the MEDC told them that further chemical treatment (with orthophosphate) wasn't required. 

Result? 

More acidic Flint River water dissolved the protective oxide layer from lead pipes and then the underlying base metal, increasing lead levels in drinking water.

Mike Rogers@MikeRogersForMI
It’s been nearly 13 years since the Flint Water Crisis began, and families are STILL being forced to pay an average of $157 per month for water that they cannot drink. That is criminal — and we have to fix it.

 

#1 This day 1991----- Mariah Carey - Emotions - YouTube

(182) Mariah Carey - Emotions - YouTube

And the media/political left? Silent!---Oz Says Minnesota Fraudsters Bribed Moms $1,500 to Fake Autism Diagnoses

Dr. Oz Says Minnesota Bribed Moms to Fake Autism Cases - Mariane Angela

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said fraudsters in Minnesota bribed mothers roughly $1,500 per child to falsely claim their children were autistic, saddling the children with diagnoses they did not have...

“Fraud doesn’t just steal our money. Fraud steals people’s lives and it also steals our trust as a nation, and that is devastating to any country,” Oz said.

He said the scheme carried two victims. 

• A child wrongly labeled autistic carries that record going forward, Oz said, 
• while mothers of children who actually need the services are left unable to afford care...

Worth remembering!

 

WATCH: Elissa Slotkin suddenly facing ethics complaint for threatening young people looking to work for Trump * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh

WATCH: Elissa Slotkin suddenly facing ethics complaint for threatening young people looking to work for Trump * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh: 

U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a far-left Democrat from Michigan, issued a threat to young adults to prevent them from choosing to work in the administration of President Donald Trump, and now is facing an ethics complaint for her agenda. A report in the Washington Examiner revealed the Center to Advance Security in America, a governmental watchdog group, asked Senate Ethics Committee Chairman James Lankford, R-Okla., and Vice Chairman Chris Coons, D-Del., to investigate whether Slotkin's remarks violated Senate ethical standards.

Why RealClearPolitics Didn't Fall for the Fake Polls | RealClearPolitics

For the second time in as many months, a fraudulent entity claiming to be a polling operation has been outed for releasing fictitious numbers in hotly contested midterm election campaigns. - Carl M. Cannon

The first episode involved an obscure outfit calling itself “Median Strategies,” which claimed that its August poll showed Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass with a double-digit lead over challenger Nithya Raman. 

• There was no such survey. 

It was a sham carried out by a 21-year-old recent college graduate named Rahil Prakash...

This week, a much more ambitious con job came to light.

“Wedgewood Polling” admitted it was a bogus operation hours before it was about to be exposed...

AM Fruitcake

 

History for October 23

History for October 23 - On-This-Day.com 

Michael Crichton 1942 - Author, director, physician ("Jurassic Park")

• 1910 - Blanche S. Scott became the first woman to make a public solo airplane flight in the United States.
• 1956 - Hungarian citizens began an uprising against Soviet occupation. On November 4, 1956 Soviet forces enter Hungary and eventually suppress the uprising.
• 1971 - The U.N. General Assembly voted to expel Taiwan and seat Communist China.
• 1998 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a breakthrough in a land-for-peace West Bank accord.

Breaking: High-Ranking Virginia Dem Arrested on Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering Charges

Breaking: High-Ranking Virginia Dem Arrested on Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering Charges: 

Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore Louise Lucas, a Democrat, was arrested by federal agents on Thursday on a litany of felony charges.

Fox News’ Bill Melugin posted about the arrest on X, writing, “BREAKING UPDATE: Virginia’s Democratic Senate President Pro Tempore Louise Lucas has been arrested by the Feds and is now in federal custody. She is charged w/ with Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering, Fraud, and Firearms Charge. DOJ press conference imminent.”