History for June 20

History for June 20 - On-This-Day.com

Charles Chesnutt (Charles Waddell Chesnutt) 1858 - Author, essayist, political activist

• 1898 - The U.S. Navy seized the island of Guam enroute to the Philippines to fight the Spanish.
• 1941 - The U.S. Army Air Forces was established, replacing the Army Air Corps. The Army Air Forces were abolished with the creation of the United States Air Force in 1947.
• 1950 - Willie Mays graduated from high school and immediately signed with the New York Giants.
• 1963 - The United States and Soviet Union signed an agreement to set up a hot line communication link between the two countries.
• 1977 - The Trans-Alaska Pipeline began operation.
• 2017 - Mattel announced it was adding 15 new body types for their Ken doll.

Bill to defund U.S. universities with CCP ties gains momentum in Congress * WorldNetDaily * by Pedro Rodriguez, The Daily Signal

Bill to defund U.S. universities with CCP ties gains momentum in Congress * WorldNetDaily * by Pedro Rodriguez, The Daily Signal: 

In response, Fallon introduced the Espionage Prevention Act, which would cut taxpayer funding to universities that maintain "contractual or in kind relationships with certain covered entities like the Confucius Institutes or the Thousand Talents Program and others that have CCP affiliations." "The legislation is long overdue," Fallon said. "What the bill does is it's going to modify the National Security Act of 1947 to essentially ban the IC community, which is 18 different intelligence community agencies, from funding universities that have CCP ties."

The way we were-----The Origins of Juneteenth: Marking the end of slavery in the U.S. - YouTube

(60) The Origins of Juneteenth: Marking the end of slavery in the U.S. - YouTube

Car Mechanics Are Quitting Across the UK — Nobody Wants These Jobs in 2026

Car Mechanics Are Quitting Across the UK — Nobody Wants These Jobs in 2026

Wonderin' if there was any graft there?-----The Barack Hussein Obama Presidential Library is now open to the public and it’s already being called the most hideous presidential edifice in American history.

It is also the most expensive presidential library in history.  - Todd Starnes

Some have likened the drab, gray, dystopian obelisk to a guard tower at a North Korean prison camp. 

Others have said it bears a striking resemblance to a Death Star.

• It is also the most expensive presidential library in history. 
• The original budget was $330 million but Fox News reports the final price tag could exceed $1 billion....

It turns out that a number of black contractors have not been paid. 

One plumbing company says they are owed nearly $4 million.
The African American Contractors Association says they have never seen anything like this happen in the history of their organization....

Wow! Everyone left him alone!-----They left poor Joe Biden on the stage alone -- even his wife deserted him. Biden looked lost as he shouted into the microphone, "Where's my granddaughter?"

Click to see video - Todd Starnes

Must read! This is the caliber of those ruining that city!-----Muskegon Heights councilman explains why he voted to fire the interim city manager - mlive.com

The city has not done tax compliance – collecting on unpaid taxes – in nearly a decade, Merriweather said during the meeting.  - Kayla Tucker| ktucker@mlive.com

The city has been without a city manager since January 2023, appointing interims since not renewing the contract of former City Manager Troy Bell...

• “The state’s not going take us coming in the front door - they’re already in the building,” William Kitchen said. “The door was open for them. So, yeah, I blocked it along with many of my colleagues, because we understand the ramifications that that bring(s).”

Representatives from the State of Michigan Department of Treasury proposed a 10-year agreement for full-service tax administration during an April 27 meeting in Muskegon Heights.

• The city has not done tax compliance – collecting on unpaid taxes – in nearly a decade, Merriweather said during the meeting. 
• It was proposed that the city would pay $255,000 annually for the state to do its income tax administration, processing, auditing, compliance and collections.

“She opened the door to bring the state treasury to co-op or to absorb into our income tax department,” Kitchen said. 

“Are we struggling in our income tax department? Absolutely. Can we do a better job? Absolutely. And we will. But when I asked the state, ‘If y’all came in and did that, and in three or four years we felt like we were in a better position to run things ourselves, could we do that?’ 

They specifically told me: ‘No, we’re here for 10 years, no matter what.’

DYSTOPIA NOW? UK will scan 'all content' on users' phones without face scan or uploaded ID | Blaze Media

DYSTOPIA NOW? UK will scan 'all content' on users' phones without face scan or uploaded ID | Blaze Media: 

Such is the shocking scope and speed of the latest amendment to the country's Online Safety Act. Just last week, embattled and unpopular Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced content detection and blocking would only be turned by age verification check, a process that in practice requires universal ID submission and/or face scanning in order to use your phone in an ordinary fashion.

Artist Wins $2.5M After Being Sued Over Painting That Wasn't His - YouTube

(62) Artist Wins $2.5M After Being Sued Over Painting That Wasn't His - YouTube:

It's what they hide that matters!-----The “news media” is a left-wing propaganda machine.

And all you have to look at is what they cover, and what they don’t. - Brittany M. Hughes

Lunch video-----What happened to the news? - YouTube

(62) What happened to the news? - YouTube:

Noon-toon

 

California 'decriminalized' voter fraud, charges top federal prosecutor * WorldNetDaily * by Mehek Cooke, The Daily Signal

California 'decriminalized' voter fraud, charges top federal prosecutor * WorldNetDaily * by Mehek Cooke, The Daily Signal: 

"California has basically what I will call decriminalized voter fraud, or a lot of things that people consider voter fraud," Essayli said. "The states have a lot of leeway as to how they want to run elections, and so California has just taken off all the safeguards that most states have to reassure the public that only eligible U.S. citizens are registered to vote and casting ballots in an election."

CA get's 80%??!! Buying votes! Illegally! With YOUR money!

 

Is the answer simply, they hate Trump because he loves America AND Americans?-----The Left's UFC Meltdown Was Never About Dignity

The Cage Was Temporary. The Class Contempt Was Permanent. - Alexander Muse

The people who spent a decade teaching us that drag shows, campus encampments, corporate pride rituals, and celebrity galas represent the highest expressions of American civic life suddenly rediscovered the word “dignity” when President Trump hosted UFC at the White House. 

Their complaints sounded serious for roughly five minutes. 

Then the facts arrived, and the complaints did not survive contact with them. 

• UFC paid the central production cost. 
• A federal judge refused to block the event. 
• The public had real access through a free lottery at the Ellipse. 
• The enormous structure that critics treated as a monument to vulgarity was temporary, and it came down the next morning. 

So the question worth asking is not whether the event was corrupt, illegal, or desecrating, since it plainly was none of those things. 

• The question is why the anger continued long after every factual basis for it had collapsed.

Consider a familiar pattern...

They for or against??

 

Gotta read this. Libs are brain-wired differently from the rest of us!-----I moved to New York to pay more in taxes—and I’m glad I did

The reason this statement rang my bells is that I moved to New York almost three years ago, and taxes were a big reason why. - Monica Potts

My then partner—now husband—and I decided to move here from Arkansas. 

• That’s right: We wanted to pay more taxes. 
• And I’ll tell you why.

It is true that New York and California have some of the highest income tax rates and estimated share of personal income residents pay in all taxes when property, sales, and local taxes are taken into account...

• How do we measure the effectiveness of the government? 
• These are the questions I found myself asking...

#1 This day 1986----- Patti LaBelle - On My Own ft. MICHAEL MCDONALD - YouTube

(60) Patti LaBelle - On My Own ft. MICHAEL MCDONALD - YouTube:

"Departure Tax" ??!!

 

The complainers "know" that if there was no Trump celebration of our Nation's 250th, food prices would go down. Where'd they learn that??

 

'Grotesque abuse': Judge orders homeschooling parents to JAIL for failing to teach daughters government 'gender' lessons * WorldNetDaily * by WND Staff

'Grotesque abuse': Judge orders homeschooling parents to JAIL for failing to teach daughters government 'gender' lessons * WorldNetDaily * by WND Staff: 

In a stunning illustration of what happens when politically correct and biased judges, driven by leftist social agendas, are put behind the bench, one jurist has ordered two homeschooling parents to jail for 50 days for failing to teach their daughters the judge's version of "gender" education. The parents now have convictions for "intellectual neglect," issued by the unidentified Brazilian judge, according to a report from ADF International.

This the same guy who won the Nobel Peace Prize?-----Obama fails to pay the help - American Thinker

The city should take a wrecking ball to that project which stiffs the little guy.  - Monica Showalter 

• After building an ugly, overprice, monstrosity marring the design of a famous Chicago park, anybody surprised to learn that the Obama Presidential Center has failed to pay the help?
• Multiple little-guy contractors have told Fox News that they've been stiffed on the payments for their goods and services...

 theirthey've been stiffed on the payments for their goods and services. goods and services.

AM Fruitcake

 

History for June 19

History for June 19 - On-This-Day.com 

Salman Rushdie 1947 - Author

• 0240 BC - Eratosthenes estimated the circumference of the Earth using two sticks.
• 1862 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln outlined his Emancipation Proclamation, which outlawed slavery in U.S. territories.
• 1865 - The emancipation of slaves was proclaimed in Texas.
• 1910 - The first Father's Day was celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
• 1944 - The U.S. won the battle of the Philippine Sea against the Imperial Japanese fleet.
• 1958 - In Washington, DC, nine entertainers refused to answer a congressional committee's questions on communism.
• 1964 - The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved after surviving an democrat party, 83-day filibuster in the U.S. Senate.