History for May 7

History for May 7 - On-This-Day.com 

Josip Broz Tito 1892

• 1763 - Indian chief Pontiac began all out war on the British in New York.
• 1915 - The Lusitania, a civilian ship, was sunk by a German submarine. Nearly 2,000 people were killed.
• 1940 - Winston Churchill became British Prime Minister.
• 1945 - Germany signed unconditional surrender ending World War II. It went into effect the next day.
• 1954 - French Colonial Forces surrendered to the Vietminh at Dien Bien Phu after 55 days of fighting.
• 1977 - Rookie Janet Guthrie set the fastest time on opening day of practice for the Indianapolis 500. Her time was 185.607.
• 1998 - Daimler-Benz bought Chrysler Corp. for close to $40 billion. It was the largest industrial merger on record.
• 1999 - A jury ruled that "The Jenny Jones Show" and Warner Bros. were liable in the shooting death of Scott Amedure. He was killed by another guest on the show. The jury's award was $25 million.

California health officials declare public health emergency after tuberculosis outbreak kills 1, infects 14 others | Blaze Media

California health officials declare public health emergency after tuberculosis outbreak kills 1, infects 14 others | Blaze Media:  

A deadly outbreak of tuberculosis inside a California hotel acting as a homeless shelter has led to at least one death. Health officials in Long Beach have consequently declared a public health emergency, according to Fox News Digital. The sudden outbreak at an unnamed hotel has reportedly infected 14 people, resulting in nine people having to be hospitalized. The Department of Health and Human Services for Long Beach made the announcement on Thursday. The identity of the individual who died has not been revealed.

The way we were-----Amazing Songs From The 60s That Have Vanished

"‘It’s a Great Thing It’s Burning to the Ground’

"‘It’s a Great Thing It’s Burning to the Ground’

Dr. Peter Boghossian, a philosopher and former professor, addresses what’s going on with protests taking over universities, how we got here, and what can be done to bring education back from its abysmal state.

Clarice Feldman - A perfect storm. Just about the time the DNC holds its convention in Chicago, the city will be facing a teachers strike.

"...the city will be facing a teachers strike: Chicago Teachers Union's $50B Demands:

"Just about the time the DNC holds its convention in Chicago, the city will be facing a teachers strike:
Chicago Teachers Union's $50B Demands: 

• Pay Hikes, 
• Abortions, 
• Migrants

The Chicago Teachers Union has stirred controversy by demanding a $50 billion contract, including pay hikes, fully paid abortions, migrant services, and LGBT training. 

This has sparked criticism, calls for a merit-based rewards system, and highlighted the city's low proficiency rates. 

The debate continues, with discussions about school vouchers and the role of the teachers' union.

Most relevant



Ellen Weisbord

There's not enough popcorn in the western hemisphere for this confluence of all the gimmicks and gimme groups in alignment

and vying for attention.

Noncitizens do vote in U.S. elections -- here's how they do it - Washington Times

Illegal noncitizen voters were three times more likely to be Dems than GOP -  Stephen Dinan 

"Eloy Alberto Zayas-Berrier was part of the Mariel boatlift that brought 125,000 Cubans, including criminals and mental hospital patients, to the U.S. in 1980.
He has been in a bizarre legal limbo ever since. 

He can’t qualify for U.S. citizenship, and Cuba has refused to take him back, so he is stuck on “parole.” He remains in the U.S. with only the barest legal protections and cannot obtain a green card. 

He is decidedly not a citizen.

• That did not stop him from showing up at an early-voting location in North Carolina on Nov. 5, 2016. 
• He registered, claimed to be a citizen, and cast a ballot on the same day...

Outrage erupts when authorities toss 2 farmers in prison on 30-day sentences | WND | by Bob Unruh

Outrage erupts when authorities toss 2 farmers in prison on 30-day sentences | WND | by Bob Unruh: 

The fight apparently stems from allegations the two were practicing veterinary medicine without a license for running ultrasound test on cattle, a procedure that is common for farmers to use for various reasons. The result was an investigation by the state of Pennsylvania, where officials demanded that the two turn over their records. They failed to do what state officials demanded, and the report notes that resulted in contempt orders against the men.

Dangerous Cruise Ports To Stay Far, Far Away From (2024)

‘Environmental madness’--Scottish Power wind turbines hooked up to diesel generators

Scottish Power has been accused of “environmental madness” after it was revealed more than 70 of its wind turbines had been hooked up to diesel generators. 

"The Sunday Mail revealed via a whistleblower that diesel generators were used on 71 turbines in order to prevent them freezing during cold weather in December...

Lunch video-----The Truth About the 1948 Arab-Israeli War by Benny Morris

Shocking Rise of Antisemitism on Campus | Blaze Media

Shocking Rise of Antisemitism on Campus | Blaze Media: 

“People who come into the country with their own culture are not assimilated into our culture because our culture is being attacked from our educational institutions — that is public schools, colleges, and universities — through our media and our entertainment,” Levin says.

“It’s why CRT, DEI, ESG, and all the rest of the Marxist alphabet soup is so damaging to the country,” he adds.

Lib-thought---Saving the world by sitting their fat ass.

 

The enemy within!-----The ‘Micro-Intifada’: How American Protesters Are Being Trained in ‘Militancy’

Guides created by radical groups are teaching pro-Palestinian students to use violence on campus. By Francesca Block

• Students participating in the Gaza Solidarity Encampments at universities across the country are being taught to become militants, according to nine manuals obtained by The Free Press...

Instructions from “The Do-It-Yourself Occupation Guide,” which was shared 24 hours after Columbia protesters broke into Hamilton Hall...

#1 Movie this week 1982-----Porkys (1982) HQ Trailer

U. Wisconsin Anti-Israel Protesters Chant ‘Heil Hitler’ at Jewish Students

I was told this doesn’t happen. Posted by Mary Chastain

#1 This day 1996-----Mariah Carey - Always Be My Baby (Official Music Video)

These loons want communism AND humans gone!-----Why climate change action requires "degrowth" to make our planet sustainable | Salon.com

Salon spoke with Japanese philosophy professor Kohei Saito about his new book, "Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto"

• Climate change truly is a major existential threat, one we're clearly not addressing fast enough. 
• But as individuals, there's little we can do to stop it on a grand scale — it will require global cooperation to overcome. 
• Nonetheless, the accompanying feelings of helplessness when faced with such a daunting crisis can make many feel paralyzed with despair. 

So what can be done?
"Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto," a new book from University of Tokyo philosophy professor Kohei Saito..."My idea is really not state socialism, but associated model production."
Saito's argument, as translated by Brian Bergstrom, is that climate change exists because humans as a species prioritize economic growth instead of economic sustainability. 

Capitalism itself, Saito asserts, is unsustainable...

THE most USA President EVER!

 

Elon Musk sounds alarm national debt | Blaze Media

Elon Musk sounds alarm national debt | Blaze Media: 

Wealthy business magnate Elon Musk is sounding the alarm about America's massive national debt, warning that unless action is taken to tackle the problem, the U.S. dollar will become worthless.

SEA LEVEL! EVERYONE PANIC! - Willis Eschenbach

Well, I see that the climate hypemeisters are at it again. 

Here’s Google News on the subject.

Figure 1. The usual, from the usual suspects.
So I thought I’d take a look at some of the claims. 

To start with, here’s an overview of the sea level rise around the US coasts...

AM Fruitcake

Happy #CincoDeMayo !

History for May 6

History for May 6 - On-This-Day.com 

Maximilien Robespierre 1758 - French revolutionary

• 1527 - German troops began sacking Rome, bringing about the end of the Renaissance.
• 1851 - The mechanical refrigerator was patented by Dr. John Gorrie.
• 1889 - The Universalxposition opened in Paris, France, marking the dedication of the Eiffel Tower. Also at the exposition was the first automobile in Paris, the Mercedes-Benz.
• 1937 - The German airship Hindenburg crashed and burned in Lakehurst, NJ. Thirty-six people were killed.
• 1941 - Joseph Stalin assumed the Soviet premiership.
• 1960 - U.S. President Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1960.
• 1994 - The Channel Tunnel officially opened. The tunnel under the English Channel links England and France.
• 1994 - Former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones filed suit against U.S. President Clinton. The case alleged that he had sexually harassed her in 1991.

Top Biden DOJ Official in Hot Water After Failing to Disclose Past Arrest During Senate Confirmation

Top Biden DOJ Official in Hot Water After Failing to Disclose Past Arrest During Senate Confirmation: 

A top Biden administration Justice Department official was not truthful during her Senate confirmation process in 2021 when she said she had never been arrested for an alleged violent crime. Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Kristen Clarke has served in her position since May 2021. However, according to news reports, she had an arrest record that was not disclosed when she was narrowly confirmed by the Senate, which led to calls for her resignation.

The way we were-----When We Entered the American Zone, The Sight Was Truly Astonishing (Ep.7).

Former Professor Explains The Woke Takeover of Education ft. Peter Bogho...

Climate Models, Catastrophe Scenarios and the Imaginary Climate Crisis

There is a canyon of difference between the IPCC science report and the climate crisis narrative. 

There is no compelling scientific evidence of a human-caused climate crisis or emergency.

"...However, we do not find a definition of this arguably existential threat to humanity in the expected concentrate of current climate science, i.e. the reports of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...

• A certain amount of warming of our planet's climate can indeed be detected if one chooses a suitable starting point in the time series of recent temperatures...
• However, looking back over the millennia, the hypothesis of an unprecedented warming of our times is rebutted by the Medieval and Roman warm periods, not to mention the Holocene Climate Optimum of around 6,000 years ago.8 ...

Treason!-----Military Leaders Plotted to Disobey Trump’s Orders as Commander-in-Chief on Jan. 6, Whistleblower Claims

Maj. Gen. Walker conveyed a request for assistance at around 1:50 p.m. on Jan. 6 but the Guard was not deployed to the Capitol until about 5:10 p.m.

"Senior military leaders plotted to disobey then-President Donald Trump’s orders on Jan. 6, 2021, because they “unreasonably” thought he might try to use the D.C. National Guard to block certification of the 2020 presidential election, according to whistleblower Col. Earl Matthews.

• “I think a very plausible argument can be made that through no fault of his own, President Trump’s command authority over both the D.C. National Guard and the U.S. Army itself had been surreptitiously curtailed by the senior leadership of the Army on January 6, 2021,” Col. Matthews, told The Daily Mail in a May 3 interview...

Court system yet to address looming new threat to free speech | WND | by Bob Unruh

Court system yet to address looming new threat to free speech | WND | by Bob Unruh: 

"The ramifications of this case could chill constitutionally protected civil rights protests across the political spectrum," explained John W. Whitehead, chief of the Rutherford and author of "Battlefield America: The War on the American People." "This is yet another Machiavellian attempt by the government to sidestep the Constitution and prevent Americans from exercising their First Amendment right to speak truth to power." The institute warned the case has the potential for huge influence on speech across all political spectrums as well as the right to protest.

What Happens To Children That Transition? | Helen Joyce

A Golden Age of Renewables Is Beginning, and California Is Leading the Way

The author, Mark Z Jacobson...Other scientists that have looked into his work find it impossible to reproduce his findings.  - Richard Bingham
Does anyone have more info on this? This seems to be an impossible sq mi of panels.

SCIENTIFICAMERICAN.COM - A Golden Age of Renewables Is Beginning, and California Is Leading the Way
California has hit record-breaking milestones in renewable electricity generation, showing that wind, water and solar are ready to cover our electricity needs
Kevin Roberts - The author, Mark Z Jacobson, has produced a number of scientific articles claiming that wind water and solar can power entire grids. 

You will notice that nearly every single study claiming this has him as an author, and he does a lot of referencing his own work.
Other scientists that have looked into his work find it impossible to reproduce his findings. 

He uses custom climate models, which he doesn't share.
Still, he has the prestige of being a Stanford professor, and propaganda outlets like Scientific American will happily let him make any claims he wants, no matter how dubious...

Lunch video-----Thomas Sowell: Is America On the Brink of Collapse Like Rome?

Noon-toon

 

Trump Brings a Surprise Gift to NYC Firefighters, Is Greeted with Cheers

Trump Brings a Surprise Gift to NYC Firefighters, Is Greeted with Cheers: 

But despite all his restraints, on Thursday evening, the former president once again made lemonade of his lemons when he delivered pizza to firefighters at a Manhattan firehouse shortly after appearing in court for his ongoing criminal trial, according to the New York Post. 

Trump arrived at FDNY’s Engine Co. 8, Ladder Co. 2 in Midtown around 5:30 p.m., carrying two boxes of pizza from Xeno’s Pizza that his campaign had delivered, along with 10 other boxes for the firefighters.

Stop funding America-haters!

 

All funded with OP$!-----Rutgers administration buckles to anti-Israel activists’ demands - DAVE HUBER

Among other things: ‘Displaced Gazans’ can study on campus; creation of ‘Arab Cultural Center’ by fall

"After an “anticipated escalation” of anti-Israel protest activity resulted in the postponement of final exams on Thursday, Rutgers University administrators ended up caving to all but a pair of the activists’ demands...
The announcement “provided an email template for students” to ask their professors to cancel final exams “in solidarity with students in Gaza” and Rutgers students “who cannot feel a sense of normalcy in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war.”...

Police refuse to do their job!

 

Cinco de Mayo: The Real Story!

#1 This day 1986-----Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls

The Death Of The Melting Arctic Sea Ice Scam

Recent years, including this one, have not continued the falling trend in Arctic sea-ice coverage, contrary to the alarmist musings of the Green lobby. - John Whitefisk 

• "Not a lot of people know, or rather a lot of people don’t want it to be common knowledge, that the maximum extent of the Northern Hemisphere sea-ice cover occurs at approximately the same time as the Spring Equinox.
• This simple fact would undermine the foundations of the ‘warmist’ propaganda, which has focused for the last two months on how warm the weather has been

CLIMATECHANGEDISPATCH.COM
The Death Of The Melting Arctic Sea Ice Scam

3rd decade at war with Humans!

 

Study: Risk for getting COVID rises with each shot | WND | by WND Staff

Study: Risk for getting COVID rises with each shot | WND | by WND Staff: 

The report said the results, from the work of Dr. Naabin Shrestha and others, found, "The risk of contracting COVID-19 was 1.5 times higher for those who received two doses, 1.95 times higher for those who received three doses, and 2.5 times higher for those who received three or more doses." The comparison was against "people who received zero or one dose of a vaccine," the report said, of the results of Cleveland Clinic.

Tons here, must read!-----What 10 Years of U.S. Meddling in Ukraine Have Wrought (Spoiler Alert: Not Democracy) | RealClearInvestigations

Ukraine Meddling vs. Trump

• The first documented case of foreign meddling originated in Ukraine, as RCI reported in 2022.
• While allegations of Russian interference and collusion would come to dominate the 2016 campaign, the first documented case of foreign meddling originated in Ukraine.
• Alexandra Chalupa, Ukrainian-American operative: "I want dirt" on the Trump campaign, Telizhenko recalls her saying.
• Telizhenko, who served as a political officer at the Ukrainian embassy in Washington, D.C., before joining Blue Star, was an early whistleblower. He went public in January 2017, telling Politico how the Ukrainian embassy worked to help Hillary Clinton’s 2016 election campaign and undermine Trump’s....

AM Fruitcake

 

History for May 5

History for May 5 - On-This-Day.com 

Karl Marx 1818 - Socialist writer ("Das Kapital", "The Communist Manifesto"), founder of communism

• 1862 - The Battle of Puebla took place. It is celebrated as Cinco de Mayo Day.
• 1865 - The Thirteenth Amendment was ratified, abolishing slavery in the U.S.
• 1892 - The U.S. Congress extended the Geary Chinese Exclusion Act for 10 more years. The act required Chinese in the U.S. to be registered or face deportation.
• 1912 - Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda began publishing.
• 1917 - Eugene Jacques Bullard becomes the first African-American aviator when he earned his flying certificate with the French Air Service.
• 1945 - A Japanese balloon bomb exploded on Gearhart Mountain in Oregon. A pregnant woman and five children were killed.
• 1961 - Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., aboard Mercury capsule Freedom 7, became the first American in space when he made a 15 minute suborbital flight.

Lawsuit alleges pro-Palestinian groups behind campus protests collaborate with Hamas | WND | by Around the Web

Lawsuit alleges pro-Palestinian groups behind campus protests collaborate with Hamas | WND | by Around the Web: 

The lawsuit alleges that AMP and NSJP answered the terrorist group’s “call for mass mobilization” the day after the attack by spreading a “manifesto and plan of attack” in the form of an NSJP Toolkit, which included material identifying the groups as part of an uprising under the “unified command” of Hamas. The toolkit outlines that AMP and NSJP seek “liberation” — what the groups describe as a process requiring “confrontation by any means necessary,” including through “armed struggle,” according to the lawsuit.

The way we were-----The War of the Pacific (1879 – 1884) – The Epic War between Chile and Peru...

The Devastating Effects of Rent Control on the Poor (Part One) - Thomas ...

National Task Force Lowers Mammogram Screening Age to 40 | The Epoch Times

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation comes as more women are being diagnosed with breast cancer at a younger age. -  Amie

• A national advisory panel has reduced the recommended age for breast cancer screening, suggesting women get their first mammogram at age 40 instead of 50 and continue every other year until age 74.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation comes as more women are being diagnosed with breast cancer at a younger age. 

It is a reversal of the panel’s previous recommendation suggesting women make an individual choice about getting a mammogram between ages 40 and 49. 

The recommendation applies to women at average risk of breast cancer, as well as those with a family history of breast cancer and those with dense breasts...

Collapse!-----Northwestern Cuts Deal with Encampment Organizers, Establishes Full-Ride Scholarship for Palestinian Students | National Review

“So how will this work? Pro-Hamas demonstrators get to influence decisions on @NorthwesternU hiring of Jewish vendors?!?,”  -  ZACH KESSEL

"After five days of anti-Israel demonstrators occupying Deering Meadow on Northwestern University’s campus, Northwestern president Michael Schill and the rest of the university’s leadership decided to accede to several of the protesters’ demands.

• ...the university released a list of concessions in a celebratory statement Monday afternoon in exchange for the removal of the encampment on the lawn.
• Most notable among those concessions is a promise to offer full-ride scholarships to Palestinian students and guaranteed faculty jobs for Palestinian academics...
• Northwestern will also provide a “house for MENA/Muslim students” and 
• will “advise (threaten) employers not to rescind job offers for students engaging in speech protected by the First Amendment.”
• Other concessions in the deal Schill and the rest of Northwestern’s leadership struck with the encampment occupants — one of whom assaulted a student journalist attempting to take video — include student oversight of the university’s partnerships with suppliers and the investment of its endowment...

Appeals court hearing charge that Willis lacked jurisdiction to bring case against Trump! | WND | by Bob Unruh

Appeals court hearing charge that Willis lacked jurisdiction to bring case against Trump! | WND | by Bob Unruh: 

It's because there's an allegation she didn't, and doesn't, have any jurisdiction over the dispute; that state elections officials should have brought a case, if there was one to bring. The new factor appeared in the case of Harrison Floyd, one of multiple co-defendants in the Trump case. He was a senior member of the Trump 2020 campaign.

This is honestly insane.

X Video-----'INTO THE VALLEY OF DEATH RODE THE HALF-DOZEN . . .' Unfortunately, I'm wholly distracted by the garbage-pail shield encased in a Palestinian flag...

Who says all the romance has been purged from warfare?  PhilipTerzian@PhilipTerzian 

'INTO THE VALLEY OF DEATH RODE THE HALF-DOZEN . . .' 

Unfortunately, I'm wholly distracted by the garbage-pail shield encased in a Palestinian flag.

Who says all the romance has been purged from warfare?

Lunch video-----Judith Curry: Climate Scientists Can’t Intimidate Me | Stories of Us

"A lifelong lover of earth sciences, Judith Curry has advocated for integrity and scientific truth since she was a child. 

Despite facing discrimination and bullying in a male-dominated field, Judith spoke out against the lies and manipulation of climate scientists attempting to enforce a political narrative. 

• After being marginalized by the universities, Judith left academia. 

She now fights for truth and offers the following advice: Keep your mind open, do your research, and live your best life.

Noon-toon

 

Here's why Biden censorship schemes targeted social media | WND | by Bob Unruh

Here's why Biden censorship schemes targeted social media | WND | by Bob Unruh: 

A new polling reveals some startling American voter perspectives on the media, and it offers an explanation about why the Biden administration has been so intent on censoring social media.

It was a congressional report just this week that confirmed social media companies had tried to defend the First Amendment against attacks by Biden's bureaucrats – mostly unsuccessfully as White House demands for censorship have turned into a major component of most online platforms.

The long game!

 

If nothing else, Biden has to go before he gives the entire country away.

Michael Smith - If nothing else, Biden has to go before he gives... | Facebook

JUSTTHENEWS.COM

Biden administration finalizes rule that will open up ObamaCare to illegal immigrants

The Biden administration estimates that 100,000 uninsured illegal immigrants will be able to access taxpayer-funded health insurance under the rule.

Susan B Watson

This is getting to be the most frightening era in my life. We really do need to stop this. The protests are a huge distraction to the evil things happening in the WH and Congress.

Models that don't work are worthless!

 

We don't need new gun laws while we don't enforce current gun laws!-----Columbine Gun Dealers Free From Jail, Served Less Than 4 Years

Columbine Gun Dealers Free From Jail, Served Less Than 4 Years

"Mark Manes and Phillip Duran were the two young men who supplied the Columbine teen killers Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris with weapons for their killing spree. 

• Manes served 19 months before he was released in June 2001 to a halfway house. He was released in 2002 under electronic monitor...
• Duran, also a 22-year-old Columbine graduate, worked at Blackjack Pizza with Klebold and Harris. He introduced the teenagers to Manes who sold them the guns. Duran also pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 4 ½ years in prison. He was paroled after serving 3 ½ years...

#1 This day 1959-----Come Softly To Me-The Fleetwoods-1959

Remember when we "knew" new weapons would ONLY be be used against America's ENEMIES?-----DARPA reveals 'extra large' Manta Ray underwater drone | Blaze Media

"Our successful, full-scale Manta Ray testing validates the vehicle's readiness to advance toward real-world operations after being rapidly assembled in the field from modular subsections," - ANDREW CHAPADOS

"...The uncrewed underwater vehicle, known as a UUV, is capable of long excursions and delivering a payload, which could include torpedoes or ballistic missiles.
This means that the UUV can be rapidly deployed throughout the world without crowding the pier at naval facilities, as it is has been described as an "extra-large UUV."

Life in Biden's America, part 15,783

Fans of Best of the Web Today | Life in Biden's America, part 15,783: A/C had a leak | Facebook - Judy Crum Latham 

• Life in Biden's America, part 15,783: A/C had a leak. Coolant last year $60/unit, this year $150/unit, with a newly-mandated, even more expensive, one coming next year. I needed three units.

Benjamin Frank - A former senior DOE official previously told Fox News Digital that the Biden administration's actions would inevitably result in higher costs for consumers.
"Their philosophy is energy efficiency at all costs or energy efficiency no matter the cost," the official said. "That means we are going to see, as a result of their efficiency standards, higher-priced appliances. It's that simple.
"The reality is that we are not talking about saving huge amounts of energy from these new regulations."
https://www.foxnews.com/.../biden-admin-cracks-down-air...

FOXNEWS.COM

Biden admin cracks down on air conditioners as war on appliances continues