History for September 2

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• 1666 - The Great Fire of London broke out. The fire burned for three days destroying 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral. Only 6 people were killed.
• 1901 - Theodore Roosevelt, then Vice President, said "Speak softly and carry a big stick" in a speech at the Minnesota State Fair.
• 1945 - Japan surrendered to the U.S. aboard the USS Missouri, ending World War II. The war ended six years and one day after it began.
• 1945 - Ho Chi Minh declared the independence the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
• 1969 - NBC-TV canceled "Star Trek." The show had debuted on September 8, 1966.
• 1973 - Billy Martin was fired as manager of the Detroit Tigers. Martin was relieved of his duties three days after ordering his pitchers to throw spitballs against Cleveland Indians batters.

WATCH: Bank of America VP stabbed to death in grisly Times Square murder * WorldNetDaily * by Jack McGeever, Daily Caller News Foundation

WATCH: Bank of America VP stabbed to death in grisly Times Square murder * WorldNetDaily * by Jack McGeever, Daily Caller News Foundation: 

A Bank of America vice president, Erin Piacenti, was killed Monday in a stabbing attack in Times Square that also injured a tourist, the company confirmed. Piacenti died at a hospital from stab wounds sustained in the attack, the New York Police Department (NYPD) said in a briefing.

'Delete from the deleted file': Fauci tried to destroy gain-of-function research email, docs confirm * WorldNetDaily * by Emily Kopp, Daily Caller News Foundation

'Delete from the deleted file': Fauci tried to destroy gain-of-function research email, docs confirm * WorldNetDaily * by Emily Kopp, Daily Caller News Foundation: 

Eight years before COVID emerged, a journalist issued a prophetic warning that risky viral research could usher in "doomsday" and damage the reputation of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Anthony Fauci groused in an email to an aide about that warning, then instructed the aide to permanently delete the exchange, documents obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation show. The documents add to growing evidence that Fauci destroyed public records despite his sworn testimony that he never did. Deleting government records violates federal law. Fauci did not respond to a request for comment.

'Delete from the deleted file': Fauci tried to destroy gain-of-function research email, docs confirm * WorldNetDaily * by Emily Kopp, Daily Caller News Foundation

'Delete from the deleted file': Fauci tried to destroy gain-of-function research email, docs confirm * WorldNetDaily * by Emily Kopp, Daily Caller News Foundation: 

Eight years before COVID emerged, a journalist issued a prophetic warning that risky viral research could usher in "doomsday" and damage the reputation of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Anthony Fauci groused in an email to an aide about that warning, then instructed the aide to permanently delete the exchange, documents obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation show. The documents add to growing evidence that Fauci destroyed public records despite his sworn testimony that he never did. Deleting government records violates federal law. Fauci did not respond to a request for comment.

The way we were----- 1966 Oldie Hits - YouTube

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Canada CAN'T WIN Trump's Trade War. Here's What's REALLY Going On! - YouTube

(135) Canada CAN'T WIN Trump's Trade War. Here's What's REALLY Going On! - YouTube:

The Muslim Brotherhood's plan to destroy America has been in action for over 30 years and we are now witnessing the results.

Terror-linked groups like CAIR are celebrating the wins of 42 Muslim candidates in the 2025 election, and this is just the beginning. - Brigitte Gabriel

• Wake up, America!

The niqab is not a symbol of faith - it is a tool of oppression.

It reduces women to faceless shadows, stripping them of individuality, dignity, and humanity. - Bill Brindley

• When a woman’s face is erased, she is objectified, dehumanized - and in that void, men feel absolved of responsibility.

The niqab does not protect women from rape; it legitimizes it by pushing the lie that men are beasts who cannot control themselves, and that if a woman is assaulted, it’s her fault for being “uncovered.”

• Wearing a niqab is not just uncomfortable - it is disabling...

U.S. senator launches investigation into Flock cameras over surveillance * WorldNetDaily * by Nicole Silverio, Daily Caller News Foundation

U.S. senator launches investigation into Flock cameras over surveillance * WorldNetDaily * by Nicole Silverio, Daily Caller News Foundation: 

Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley opened an investigation Wednesday into Flock Safety cameras and its access to Americans' data. Hawley sent a letter to Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley requesting that he send all documents and information by Sept. 8 to investigate the company's "collection, retention, and dissemination" from its artificial intelligence (AI) powered surveillance cameras. The senator chairs the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, which will lead the investigation.

PCR massively wrong - YouTube

(138) PCR massively wrong - YouTube

This pretty much sums it up.

But here is where the outrage from the Left starts to get a little hard to take seriously. - The Federalist Papers

For years, the political and cultural Left has enthusiastically participated in renaming, rebranding and reclassifying anything it decides no longer fits the approved narrative.

• Columbus Day becomes Indigenous Peoples’ Day. 
• Military bases get new names. 
• Sports teams are pressured to abandon names used for generations. 
• Corporate brands are scrubbed. 
• Words that were perfectly ordinary yesterday are suddenly declared unacceptable today...

Lunch video----- Minnesota's "Ghost Student" SCANDAL Is Worse Than We Thought - YouTube

(137) Minnesota's "Ghost Student" SCANDAL Is Worse Than We Thought - YouTube:

Noon-toon

 

'Sinister': Watch Tom Homan take senator's claim that ICE terrorizes kids head-on * WorldNetDaily * by Spencer Lombardo, Daily Caller News Foundation

'Sinister': Watch Tom Homan take senator's claim that ICE terrorizes kids head-on * WorldNetDaily * by Spencer Lombardo, Daily Caller News Foundation: 

"ICE isn't in the business of terrorizing children. That's just political fire," Homan responded. "ICE is out there enforcing [a] law that was enacted by Congress, then we arrest illegal aliens. Are some parents? I'm sure many are. But we're not out there to terrorize children. We're out there to look for illegal aliens with final orders of removal, those who overstayed, those that are criminals, and we're out there looking for them and arresting them. ICE has no intention of terrorizing children."

Well, we all wanted honesty!

 

College football roster spending rankings: Most expensive teams in 2026 - CBS Sports

A CBS Sports poll of industry insiders reveals multiple programs have crossed the $40 million roster threshold, led by Lane Kiffin's massive spending spree at LSU -- which may be closer to $50 million - Chris Hummer & John Talty

A year ago, Indiana coach Curt Cignetti told CBS Sports that the day of $40 million college football rosters had arrived...

• A lot can change in a year as Cignetti and his Indiana football program upended college football norms on the way to a historic 16-0 national championship season. 
• But one thing that hasn't: Cignetti was dead accurate about the arrival of $40 million rosters.

More than $40 million

LSU Tigers

Big price tag: Jordan Seaton, OT 

Multiple sources anointed LSU as college football's most expensive roster in 2026, with several sources projecting it could be over $50 million...

How they "think".

 

According to the statisticians, Chicago just had had its most violent weekend of the year thus far; fifteen shot and one killed at a single event.

Why do these people stay in neighborhoods where such things occur? - John F. Di Leo
It reminds me of a column I wrote about 13 years ago. 

• It's so old it's not even in the Illinois Review archive anymore, so I'll just paste the entire article here, if you're interested...

I think it's worth a couple of minutes, if you have them to spare. - JFD
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The Inherent Violence of the Welfare State - Illinois Review - January 28, 2013

Chicago, home of one of the nation's most stringent gun bans for fifty years, has also been the source of many frightening statistics. 

The city of Chicago - not the greater metropolitan area, just Chicago proper - surpassed 500 homicides in 2012 all by itself. 

If gun bans are the solution, the problem must be something other than a murder epidemic, because this gun ban sure isn't solving that one...

 

#1 This day 1969-----Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women (Hyde Park, 1969) - YouTube

(135) Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women (Hyde Park, 1969) - YouTube:

Will blue states continue to allow unions to be in total control?-----Trump Administration Renews Push to Return Education to the States

“The Department of Education was established in 1980 with the promise of improving education outcomes for America’s students. $3 trillion in taxpayer dollars later, national test scores in reading, writing, and math have plummeted” - Mike LaChance

• The Trump administration is renewing its push to move control of education away from Washington and back to the states. 
• As evidence of this need, they cite massive federal spending on education alongside poor results...

Never let THEM forget!

 

The government would like to discuss your allowance | Blaze Media

The government would like to discuss your allowance | Blaze Media: 

Democratic socialism turns an old American presumption upside down: Your property is yours unless Washington decides you have more than you need.

Abdul El-Sayed did Americans a favor when he sat down with Jesse Watters on Fox News this week. The Michigan U.S. Senate candidate gave us a remarkably clear lesson in the philosophy behind America’s growing democratic socialist movement. The real question is simple: Who owns your property — you or the government?

Scott Bessent Responds to Canada's Retaliatory Tariffs With a Brutal Reality Check

In a CNBC interview Monday, Bessent laughed off the idea that Ottawa could meaningfully pressure the United States as the two countries escalate their trade war.  - Dmitri BoltFollow @_bolt_dmitri
The exchange came just a week after Washington and Ottawa imposed 50 percent tariffs on one another following failed negotiations to come to a trade agreement the Trump administration found satisfactory.

• Bessent argued that Canada cannot realistically go “tit for tat” with an economy roughly 13 times larger, dismissing the idea that Ottawa could pose any serious threat to the United States...

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