History for May 10

History for May 10 - On-This-Day.com:
John Wilkes Booth 1838 - Stage actor, assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, Ottmar Mergenthaler 1854, Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz) 1899 - Film and stage dancer, choreographer, singer, actor


David O. Selznick 1902 - Film producer ("Gone with the Wind"), "Bono" (Paul Hewson) 1960 - Musician (U2), Linda Evangelista 1965 - Model


1773 - The English Parliament passed the Tea Act, which taxed all tea in the U.S. colonies.


1775 - Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold led an attack on the British Fort Ticonderoga and captured it from the British.


1869 - Central Pacific and Union Pacific Rail Roads meet in Promontory, UT. A golden spike was driven in at the celebration of the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S.


1876 - Richard Wagner’s "Centennial Inaugural March" was heard for the first time at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, PA.


1908 - The first Mother's Day observance took place during a church service in Grafton, West Virginia.


1924 - J. Edgar Hoover was appointed head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.


1933 - The Nazis staged massive public book burnings in Germany.


1962 - Marvel Comics published the first issue of "The Incredible Hulk."

Donald Trump’s Idea to Cut National Debt: Get Creditors to Accept Less - The New York Times

Donald Trump’s Idea to Cut National Debt: Get Creditors to Accept Less - The New York Times:

"Experts also described Mr. Trump’s proposal as fanciful, saying there was no reason to think America’s creditors would accept anything less than 100 cents on the dollar, regardless of Mr. Trump’s deal-making prowess.

“No one on the other side would pick up the phone if the secretary of the U.S. Treasury tried to make that call,” said Lou Crandall, chief economist at Wrightson ICAP. “Why should they? They have a contract” requiring payment in full.

Mr. Trump told CNBC that he was concerned about the impact of higher interest rates on the cost of servicing the federal debt."

Who's Been Voting for Them?

Mullings An American Cyber Column By Rich Galen

Here's what I don't understand.

I have been told, and have retold, the theory that people who vote in primaries - Republican and Democrat - are far to the right and left of the total members of their respective political parties.

That those who actually come out to vote are the true believers. The most righteous of the Right, and the most, uh, lefteous of the Left.

Yet, here were are in 2016.

The most loyal members of the Democrat party are voting for Hillary Clinton over the most Liberal choice, Bernie Sanders.

The most loyal members of the Republican party are voting for Donald Trump over the most Conservative choice, Ted Cruz.

As every 2nd tier stand-up comedian of the past 20 years might have said: What's up with that?

Nationally, according to the most recent USA Today/Suffolk University poll, Donald Trump's Fave/Unfave was 28.2 - 61.4.

But.

Hillary Clinton's Fave/Unfave in that same poll was 37.4 - 54.2.

Seven percentage points better, but not exactly Doris Day numbers.

So, if neither Clinton nor Trump is the most Liberal nor the most Conservative, and if a wide swath of the American public hates their guts; who the hell has been voting for them?

Read on!

Former New Black Panther Leader: "Finish the Mission - Kill the Slave Masters... And Their G*ddam Families"

Former New Black Panther Leader: "Finish the Mission - Kill the Slave Masters... And Their G*ddam Families" (VIDEO):
The New Black Panther hate group held a rally Tuesday night in Charleston, South Carolina.

Last week white racist Dylann Storm Roof murdered 9 black Christians in the Emanuel AME Church.

On Tuesday the New Black Panthers assembled.

Former New Black Panther Party leader Malik Zulu Shabazz told the crowd it was time to finish the mission and kill the slave masters and their g*ddam families.

Lee Stranahan from Breitbart was there:

Gov. Pat McCrory Says ‘Bathroom Bill’ is ‘No Longer Just a North Carolina Issue’ But a Nationwide Battle | TheBlaze.com

Gov. Pat McCrory Says ‘Bathroom Bill’ is ‘No Longer Just a North Carolina Issue’ But a Nationwide Battle | TheBlaze.com:

"Gov. Pat McCrory (R-NC) told Fox’s Chris Wallace Sunday morning that the bathroom bill battle in his state “…is no longer just a North Carolina issue,” but a nationwide affair. McCrory’s statement came after the Justice Department announced earlier this week that the state’s controversial House Bill 2 violates federal civil rights laws.

The Justice Department stated Wednesday that it informed McCrory and other state officials that they have until Monday to “confirm [sic] that the State will not comply with or implement HB2.” McCrory called the deadline “unrealistic.”

Vacant lots turned into outdoor education center for Detroit neighborhood

Vacant lots turned into outdoor education center for Detroit neighborhood | MLive.com:
"...Pollock said bringing the kids in for help on the project will give them a sense of pride in the green space, which will have indigenous plant species aimed at bringing birds, butterflies and bugs to the area.
The four-lot patch on the corner of Mapleridge and Schoenherr Streets also serve as a sort of low-energy park, with a small walking path and series of benches situated in the center.
In addition to serving those already living in the Osborn community, the park is a step toward attracting others to the neighborhood.
The park is currently surrounded by vacant homes and buildings, though there were a few occupied homes facing the park.
The vacant buildings had recently been boarded up by the Osborn Neighborhood Alliance.
...Rebecca Salminen Witt, president of The Greening of Detroit, said the park will connect people to the environment they live in..."

Study: Average Immigrant Household Costs Taxpayers $6,200 in Welfare Benefits

Study: Average Immigrant Household Costs Taxpayers $6,200 in Welfare Benefits:
"A new study by the Center for Immigration Studies found that the average immigrant household, both legal and illegal, costs American taxpayers $6,234 in welfare benefits a year.

One third of American states today have an immigrant population over 15 percent. (Examiner)

In 1970 no states has immigrant population over 15 percent.

In 1970 the US debt was $370 billion.

In 2016 the US debt is $18.8 trillion.

The Center for Immigration Studies reported:
Read on!

Lunch video-----RIGHT ANGLE: OUT OF THE BLUE AND INTO THE RED

One man -- ONE! -- moves his business from New Jersey to Florida to get away from the state taxes and New Jersey has to re-do the budget.
Find out why the rich don't pay their fair share... they pay a lot more than their fair share.

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Top Egyptian Official Blames the Rise of Radical Islam on ‘Tom and Jerry’ | TheBlaze.com

Top Egyptian Official Blames the Rise of Radical Islam on ‘Tom and Jerry’ | TheBlaze.com:

"What has prompted so many young men across the world to murder civilians in violent acts of extremism? According to a top Egyptian official, the mystery lies not in the religion of Islam, but in the favorite children’s cartoon, “Tom and Jerry.”

According to Ambassador Salah Abdel Sadek, the embattled cat and mouse are more harmful than hilarious."


So what was their excuse prior to 1940?

Cornell S.A. wants diversity training for staff ... because a student was once addressed improperly

Cornell S.A. wants diversity training for staff ... because a student was once addressed improperly - The College Fix:
"The Cornell Student Assembly voted 26-1-0 this past Thursday to recommend creation of a “diversity and inclusivity training program” for all university employees.

Black Students United Co-President Samari Gilbert used a collection of “racial insensitivity” stories culled from an anonymous student survey to defend the need for the training.
“One student shared a story about professors calling her a name different than her given one because it was easier to pronounce,” Gilbert related.
“Another mentioned that one stopped saying her name altogether and called her ‘black girl in the back’ because it was easier than actually finding out her name...”

Lots of tawdry details here-----Corruption schemes ran deep at DPS

Corruption schemes ran deep at DPS:
"One by one, they confessed their crimes: six Detroit principals admitted cheating their students for money and gift cards — kickbacks from a vendor who wanted favors.
One principal said "I fell from the grace of God."
Another said she spent the kickbacks on her students.
A third man said, "I just got caught up in it."
While their demeanor and explanations varied, one common theme emerged in U.S. District Court this past week as the six Detroit Public School educators pleaded guilty to their roles in a $2.7-million kickback scheme: 
Corruption was a way of life at DPS for years, where businessmen offered bribes in exchange for favors, and school officials quietly obliged.
In Lansing, lawmakers are trying to hammer out a deal to help the district pay off its $515-million debt, while teachers in Detroit are staging sickouts and protests, fearful that legislators aren't doing enough and actually want the district to dissolve..."

Socialism? Cowardice is your "soul"-----Attack victim claims police told her to dye hair

Attack victim claims police told her to dye hair - The Local:
"A student attacked by a gang of four men has accused police of blaming her because she had blonde hair and sexy clothing.
The incident happened when the young woman, identified only by her first name Sabina, who lives in the capital Vienna had been waiting for a train on the S6 line at the city's main Westbahnhof station.
The 20-year-old, who was hospitalised after the attack by four men in which she was beaten and robbed, told Heute newspaper: "I felt so helpless."
"I had been standing on the platform waiting for the train when a man came up to me and spoke to me in a foreign language.
He then started putting his hands through my hair and made it clear that in his cultural background there were hardly any blonde women. 
I told him to go away, and for a short while he really did go away."
"But it was only to get his pals and a bit later he came back with three others.
They stole my handbag and my cards."
And if that was not enough, she said that the four had then attacked her, bashing her to the ground in a rage before running off.
She said that from what they had said she understood they were from Afghanistan and that as she lay on the floor in agony nobody on the platform had helped.
After being treated at hospital for bruising to her head, shoulder and elbow as well as her spine and hips, she went to police.
And her distress had turned to anger when police had told her that she should change her hair colour and should not have been travelling alone after 8pm on public transport..."

Benghazi committee questions 98th witness | Washington Examiner

Benghazi committee questions 98th witness | Washington Examiner:

"A series of official emails included in the new production may shed new light on the Accountability Review Board, a State Department panel tasked with investigating the agency from within that has been accused of soft-pedaling blame for security failures.

While select committee Republicans have taken fire for the cost and duration of the Benghazi investigation, the majority has pointed to the administration's slow and often deliberately secretive responses to committee requests as the reason behind the length of the probe."

TSA's 95% failure rate shows airport security is a charade

TSA's 95% failure rate shows airport security is a charade - LA Times:
"...He smirked and told me he had been in the military and knew a little bit about security.
Then he waved his arm at the ranks of screening apparatus and long lines of haggard airline passengers and said something like: "This is all a joke. I can think of a hundred ways to sneak a weapon through all of this."
A report leaked out of the Transportation Security Administration reveals that a team of investigators from the Department of Homeland Security managed to sneak weapons and fake bombs past airport screeners in 95% of their attempts to beat the system.
That means what many of us suspected all along has now been confirmed.
All those expensive body and baggage scanning machines, all that intrusive rummaging through luggage, all those intimate pat-downs of little kids and grannies, all those nail clippers confiscated, all those bottles of liquids seized, all those shoes and belts taken off, all those laptops pulled out and all those thousands of frustrating hours wasted in line have been mostly for show.
...There have got to be smarter ways to provide real security at airports.
Treating the 99.99% of travelers who just want to get from here to there like criminal suspects has always been offensive.
Now we know it is also woefully ineffective."

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History for May 9

History for May 9 - On-This-Day.com
John Brown 1800, Howard Carter 1873, Henry J. Kaiser 1882


Mike Wallace 1918 - Broadcast journalist ("60 Minutes"), Billy Joel 1949 - Musician, Prince Fielder 1984 - Baseball player


1429 - Joan of Arc defeated the besieging English at Orleans.


1671 - Thomas "Captain" Blood stole the crown jewels from the Tower of London.


1754 - The first newspaper cartoon in America showed a divided snake "Join or die" in "The Pennsylvania Gazette."


1926 - Americans Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett became the first men to fly an airplane over the North Pole.


1941 - The German submarine U-110 was captured at sea by Britain's Royal navy.


1960 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved for sale an oral birth-control pill for the first time.


1980 - A Liberian freighter hit the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay in Florida. 35 motorists were killed and a 1,400-foot section of the bridge collapsed.


1996 - In video testimony to a courtroom in Little Rock, AR, U.S. President Clinton insisted that he had nothing to do with a $300,000 loan in the criminal case against his former Whitewater partners.

Teachers Get RAISES After Scott Walker Kicks Out The Unions | The Federalist Papers

Teachers Get RAISES After Scott Walker Kicks Out The Unions | The Federalist Papers:

"When Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker gave the boot to teachers’ unions, liberals predicted a disaster of apocalyptic proportions: Teachers quitting, slack-jawed, uneducated students meandering down vacant downtowns that closed shop.

It turns out, though, that Walker’s “Act 10” may have been the best thing to happen to schools and teachers in decades."

Shouting US(A) down-----BREAKING=> FAR LEFT PROTESTERS Block Highway to Trump Washington Rally

BREAKING- FAR LEFT PROTESTERS Block Highway to Trump Washington Rally:
Far left protesters shut down the highway to the Donald Trump rally in Lynden, Washington.

Little Lewiston, ME has 34 languages in the school system!

Little Lewiston, ME has 34 languages in the school system! « Refugee Resettlement Watch:
"...Changing America one town at a time.
Besides the expense to the school system, this family obviously entered the US illegally and are in Maine where the welfare is good for so-called ‘asylum seekers.’
They are hoping to persuade an immigration judge that they are legitimate refugees and they have been told to go to Maine to wait out the legal process.
...LEWISTON — Joao Rodrigues and his children moved to Maine this past winter from Africa.
His children are among the city’s 1,374 students in the English Language Learner program. 
One out of every four Lewiston students is in the ELL program; most are Somali children, but ELL students speak a total of 34 languages.
Speaking Portuguese and communicating through an interpreter, he shared how he and his children fled their native Angola, a country of unrest and violence.
They escaped to the Democratic Republic of the Congo before making their way to the United States. [“making their way” is code for arriving through questionable means—ed]..."

Judicial Watch Lawsuit Uncovers More Hillary Clinton Emails Withheld from State Department - Judicial Watch

Judicial Watch Lawsuit Uncovers More Hillary Clinton Emails Withheld from State Department - Judicial Watch:

"(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch today released new State Department emails (one batch of 103 pages, the second of 138 pages) that again appear to contradict statements by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that, “as far as she knew,” all of her government emails were turned over to the State Department and that she did not use her clintonemail.com system until March 18, 2009.

Judicial Watch recently released Clinton State Department emails dating from February 2009 that also call into question her statements about her emails.
The documents were obtained by Judicial Watch in response a court order in a May 5,2015, "

The Next Big Bailout? Treasury Rejects Proposal To Cut Pension Benefits

The Next Big Bailout? Treasury Rejects Proposal To Cut Pension Benefits | Zero Hedge:
"UPS, and roughly 270,000 retired truck drivers, construction workers, and other service workers can breathe a collective sigh of relief... for now.
...Absent an injection of funds or benefit cuts, the fund which pays out $2.8 billion in benefits a year will be insolvent within ten years...
According to the WSJ, the fund currently has $16.8 billion in assets against $35 billion in liabilities, and has roughly one active worker contributing to the fund for every four retirees that draw from it.
So we're now back to where we started.
The Central States Pension Fund will by its own estimates be insolvent within ten years, and the government safety net, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp cannot be counted on to pick up the benefits because it too is well on its way to insolvency.
If the Treasury won't allow any pension cuts, and the government created safety net won't be there to keep the benefits flowing, how will the cash continue to flow to members?
With the precedent now set by the Treasury that no cuts will be allowed, the answer will likely come in the form of a massive bailout."

A compendium of evil-----From Whitewater to Benghazi: A Primer on Bill and Hillary Clinton Scandals

From Whitewater to Benghazi: A Primer on Bill and Hillary Clinton Scandals - The Atlantic:
"...since Bill Clinton’s first run for office, in 1974:
Something that appears potentially scandalous on its face turns out to be innocuous, but an investigation into it reveals different questionable behavior. 
The canonical case is Whitewater, a failed real-estate investment Bill and Hillary Clinton made in 1978.
Although no inquiry ever produced evidence of wrongdoing, investigations ultimately led to President Clinton’s impeachment for perjury and obstruction of justice.
With Hillary Clinton leading the field for the Democratic nomination for president, every Clinton scandal—from Whitewater to the State Department emails—will be under the microscope.
(No other American politicians—even ones as corrupt as Richard Nixon, or as hated by partisans as George W. Bush—have fostered the creation of a permanent multimillion-dollar cottage industry devoted to attacking them.)
Keeping track of each controversy, where it came from, and how serious it is, is no small task, so here’s a primer. 
We’ll update it as new information emerges..."

Lunch video-----AMERICAN FASCISTS

Noon-toon

Obama’s National Security Adviser Reportedly Makes Shockingly Candid Remarks on Reality Behind Iran Deal | TheBlaze.com

Obama’s National Security Adviser Reportedly Makes Shockingly Candid Remarks on Reality Behind Iran Deal | TheBlaze.com:

"The lengthy profile also includes comments from Rhodes’s assistant, Ned Price, in which he explains how the Obama administration essentially manipulates the press.

In addition to daily White House briefings, Price said they have “force multipliers” or “compadres” in the media who regularly help with the administration’s messaging.

As Mediaite’s Alex Griswold noted, the revelations easily could have been a front page headline, but were instead buried deep inside a lengthy profile that appeared on page 44 of the publication’s Sunday magazine."

Secret scam!-----Shock Video Reveals Secretive TTIP Process Inside the European Parliament

WATCH: Shock Video Reveals Secretive TTIP Process Inside the European Parliament

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A shocking new video which exposes the secretive nature of theTrans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) deal between the U.S. and European Union (EU). has emerged on YouTube.
The video shows a Member of the European Parliament being escorted into a guarded reading room, and kicked out when ‘minders’ caught him taking notes.
...When it emerges that Mr. Flanagan has been copying the text of the documents in front of him, he is ejected from the room and told to contact the Chairman of the Committee on International Trade, Bernd Lange.
But Mr. Flanagan assets that there is no scrutiny, as MEPs as elected representatives of the people have no say in the documents or negotiations, but are simply allowed to read the details that have already been agreed upon by European Union and United States negotiators.
“The texts I’m going to view, they have already been decided on,” he says, adding: “It’s important to point out that all I do is get a chance to read them”...

This is the result of 7 years of Obama-----Nice. Black Female West Point Cadets Raise Black Power Fist for Graduate Photo

Nice. Black Female West Point Cadets Raise Black Power Fist for Graduate Photo:
"Nice.
Black Female West Point Cadets Raise Black Power Fist for Graduate Photo
Black Power!
Black female West Point cadets raise the Black Power fist for a recent photo.
It sure is a good thing they’re not white dudes or they’d be expelled.
AFP reported:
The prestigious West Point military academy has opened an inquiry after 16 black female cadets posed for a photo with fists raised in militant style.
The pose struck by the cadets, dressed in their gray uniforms while standing on the steps of barracks in late April, is seen by some critics as an implicit show of support for the Black Lives Matter movement and thus a potential violation of a Defense Department rule against “partisan political activity.”
...The young women were following a longtime tradition at West Point, where soon-to-be graduates each year strike stern and straightlaced poses in historic style much as their predecessors have done for more than a century.
But instead of raising their sabers to the sky, as they did in another photo without controversy, the black student-officers sparked a mini-tempest by raising their fists at a school with a predominantly white and male student population."

9 Ever-Relevant Quotes from Machiavelli’s 'The Prince'

9 Ever-Relevant Quotes from Machiavelli’s 'The Prince' | Intellectual Takeout:
2) “One ought to be both feared and loved, but as it is difficult for the two to go together, it is much safer to be feared than loved.”

6) “The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.”

9) “There are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither comprehends by itself nor by the showing of others; the first is the most excellent, the second is good, and the third is useless.”
Read 'em all!

NBC News Publishes First General Election ‘Battleground Map’ — and It Brings Bad News for One of the Presumptive Nominees | TheBlaze.com

NBC News Publishes First General Election ‘Battleground Map’ — and It Brings Bad News for One of the Presumptive Nominees | TheBlaze.com:

"NBC News published its first “battleground map” for the general election — and it shows presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump at a significant disadvantage to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton."

I believe we heard this one.

Oakland PD cancels Cinco de Mayo DUI checkpoints to avoid offending anyone

Oakland PD cancels Cinco de Mayo DUI checkpoints to avoid offending anyone « Hot Air:
"It’s the little things that make life special, but it may also be the little things that let you know when you’ve truly developed a problem. 
If you happen to live in the greater Oakland, California area, this story is the sort of indicator which just might let you know it’s time to leave. 
We’ve seen too many stories of political correctness infecting the government to count here, and occasionally it washes over into the field of law enforcement, but this one is simply staggering. 
The Oakland PD had scheduled a series of sobriety checkpoints around the city for Cinco de Mayo and, as usual, let everyone know they would be on the job to prevent people from driving drunk after the partying was done. (Hat tip to Immigration Reform.)

This somehow raised the dander of someone in the Latino community who amazingly claimed this was a demonstration of racism. A group called Oakland Latinos United took to Facebook to voice their complaints.

“Oakland Police has posted on their Twitter account they’re going to put out Extra Patrols for you drunk Mexicans on Cinco de Mayo,” said a post on the Facebook page Oakland Latinos United. “How does it feel. As a Mexican Chicano I wonder if OPD will be posting DUI PSAs for every ethnic & culturally based holiday?”

So how did the Oakland PD respond? They cancelled the DUI checkpoints. (Fox News)

A warning about drunk-driving checkpoints during the Cinco de Mayo holiday got the Oakland (Calif.) Police Department in hot water.

The lengthy warning, titled “Fiesta Time or Jail Times,” about driving while intoxicated made many references to such drinks as tequila and margaritas, and many people complained it was offensive.

“In the United States, Cinco de Mayo has become synonymous with festive fiestas and salty margaritas,” the warning said. “Historically, the fifth of May commemorates Mexico’s 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War, but present-day celebrations often lead to drunk driving—and there’s no victory in that.”

Criticism about the warning prompted the Oakland Police Department to issue an apology and then cancel the checkpoints...

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