Monday, September 25, 2017
History for September 25
History for September 25 - On-This-Day.com
William Faulkner 1897, Barbara Walters 1929 - TV personality, Michael Douglas 1944 - Actor
Cheryl Tiegs 1947 - Model, Mark Hamill 1951 - Actor ("Star Wars"), Will Smith 1968 - Actor ("Independence Day," "Fresh Prince of Bell-Air")
1493 - Christopher Columbus left Spain with 17 ships on his second voyage to the Western Hemisphere.
1513 - The Pacific Ocean was discovered by Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa when he crossed the Isthmus of Panama. He named the body of water the South Sea. He was truly just the first European to see the Pacific Ocean.
1775 - Ethan Allen was captured by the British during the American Revolutionary War. He was leading the attack on Montreal.
1789 - The first U.S. Congress adopted 12 amendments to the Constitution. Ten of the amendments became the Bill of Rights.
1957 - 300 U.S. Army troops stood guard as nine black students were escorted to class at Central High School in Little Rock, AR. The children had been forced to withdraw 2 days earlier because of unruly white mobs.
1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court when she was sworn in as the 102nd justice. She had been nominated the previous July by U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
1983 - Must read!---A Soviet military officer, Stanislav Petrov, averted a potential worldwide nuclear war. He declared a false alarm after a U.S. attack was detected by a Soviet early warning system. It was later discovered the alarms had been set off when the satellite warning system mistakenly interpreted sunlight reflections off clouds as the presence of enemy missiles.
https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/256019-stanislav-petrov-man-saved-world-nuclear-annihilation-died
1995 - Ross Perot announced that he would form the Independence Party.
Sunday, September 24, 2017
N. Korean Official: Missile Attack On US Mainland 'Inevitable'
N. Korean Official: Missile Attack On US Mainland 'Inevitable':
"The depth of the sting felt by North Korea after Trump’s speech was made clear Saturday by Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho during a speech at the U.N. General Assembly, in which he blamed Trump for whatever befalls the United States at the hands of North Korea.
“Due to his lacking of basic common knowledge and proper sentiment, he tried to insult the supreme dignity of my country by referring (to it as) a ‘rocket,’” Ri said.
“By doing so, however, he committed an irreversible mistake of making our rockets’ visit to the entire U.S. mainland inevitable all the more,” he said."
“Due to his lacking of basic common knowledge and proper sentiment, he tried to insult the supreme dignity of my country by referring (to it as) a ‘rocket,’” Ri said.
“By doing so, however, he committed an irreversible mistake of making our rockets’ visit to the entire U.S. mainland inevitable all the more,” he said."
Enviros Try To Block Ways To Fight Fires | The Daily Caller
Enviros Try To Block Ways To Fight Fires | The Daily Caller:
"A bipartisan movement is building in Congress to reform the forest management practices of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), despite environmentalists’ charge that the moves give too much power to the logging industry, The Washington Post reports.
The USFS has spent over $2 billion so far on wildfire suppression in 2017’s record setting fire season. The Trump administration is urging Congress to reform the USFS’s forest management funding dynamics and policies as the agency spends over half its budget fighting fires, according to a press release last week."
"A bipartisan movement is building in Congress to reform the forest management practices of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), despite environmentalists’ charge that the moves give too much power to the logging industry, The Washington Post reports.The USFS has spent over $2 billion so far on wildfire suppression in 2017’s record setting fire season. The Trump administration is urging Congress to reform the USFS’s forest management funding dynamics and policies as the agency spends over half its budget fighting fires, according to a press release last week."
Exclusive: North Korea 'secretly helped by Iran to gain nuclear weapons', British officials fear
Exclusive: North Korea 'secretly helped by Iran to gain nuclear weapons', British officials fear:
"North Korea’s sudden advancement in developing nuclear weapons may be due to secret support from Iran, British officials fear.
The Foreign Office is investigating whether “current and former nuclear states” helped Kim Jong-Un in his drive to mount nuclear warheads on missiles.
Senior Whitehall sources told The Sunday Telegraph it is not credible that North Korean scientists alone brought about the technological advances...
"North Korea’s sudden advancement in developing nuclear weapons may be due to secret support from Iran, British officials fear.The Foreign Office is investigating whether “current and former nuclear states” helped Kim Jong-Un in his drive to mount nuclear warheads on missiles.
Senior Whitehall sources told The Sunday Telegraph it is not credible that North Korean scientists alone brought about the technological advances...
Her Mission was to Take Down Flight 93 on September 11th. Her F-16 Didn’t Have Any Ammunition. | Tribunist
Her Mission was to Take Down Flight 93 on September 11th. Her F-16 Didn’t Have Any Ammunition. | Tribunist:
On September 11, 2001, Lt. Heather “Lucky” Penney in an F-16 at Andrews Air Force Base.
She was to take down down United Airlines Flight 93.
The hijacked plane was headed toward Washington DC. Three other planes had hit targets in New York and Washington, and Flight 93 was destined to become the fourth.
On September 11, 2001, Lt. Heather “Lucky” Penney in an F-16 at Andrews Air Force Base.
She had her orders.
She was to take down down United Airlines Flight 93. The hijacked plane was headed toward Washington DC. Three other planes had hit targets in New York and Washington, and Flight 93 was destined to become the fourth.
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Penney was the second combat pilot in the air that morning.
The idea of shooting down a civilian aircraft, even a hijacked one, was troublesome enough–but Penney had no missiles or live ammunition.
All she had were her orders and her plane.
She was going to take the plane down the hard way..."
“We wouldn’t be shooting it down. We’d be ramming the aircraft,” Penney said of the surreal moment.
“I would essentially be a kamikaze pilot.”
“I would essentially be a kamikaze pilot.”
Ten years after the event, Penney began talking openly about that day..."
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The Left Warms Up To Kim Jong Un | The Daily Caller
The Left Warms Up To Kim Jong Un | The Daily Caller:
"North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is growing in popularity on America’s political left-wing as the despot engages in a war of words with President Trump.
Progressives have shown an increasing willingness to embrace the brutal dictator as a means of attacking Trump, and some in the media have given the brutal dictator friendly, celebrity-like coverage.
Left-wing activists, meanwhile, are eagerly spreading pro-North Korea propaganda and making excuses for the dictator’s murderous activities."
Progressives have shown an increasing willingness to embrace the brutal dictator as a means of attacking Trump, and some in the media have given the brutal dictator friendly, celebrity-like coverage.
Left-wing activists, meanwhile, are eagerly spreading pro-North Korea propaganda and making excuses for the dictator’s murderous activities."
Brown University will offer segregated student dinners for black, Muslim students - The College Fix
Brown University will offer segregated student dinners for black, Muslim students - The College Fix:
University will host dinners as part of ‘racial reconciliation’ program
To promote “racial reconciliation” after the deadly clashes between white nationalists and counterprotesters in Charlottesville last month, Brown University plans to offer segregated events to its black students and female Muslim students.
The university received a $30,000 grant from the Association of American Colleges and Universities, which represents liberal arts schools, to create a campus center whose mission is to “break down racial hierarchies and create a positive narrative about race in the community,” according to The Brown Daily Herald..."
University will host dinners as part of ‘racial reconciliation’ program
To promote “racial reconciliation” after the deadly clashes between white nationalists and counterprotesters in Charlottesville last month, Brown University plans to offer segregated events to its black students and female Muslim students.The university received a $30,000 grant from the Association of American Colleges and Universities, which represents liberal arts schools, to create a campus center whose mission is to “break down racial hierarchies and create a positive narrative about race in the community,” according to The Brown Daily Herald..."
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Manhattan D.A. Aims to Stop Prosecuting Subway-Fare Evaders - WSJ
Manhattan D.A. Aims to Stop Prosecuting Subway-Fare Evaders - WSJ
"The Manhattan district attorney’s office says it has largely stopped prosecuting subway-fare evaders, offering many offenders alternatives such as counseling and community service—a move being watched closely by other boroughs.
The move, announced this summer, has ignited a citywide debate about how to handle a minor crime once central to New York City policing..."
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"The Manhattan district attorney’s office says it has largely stopped prosecuting subway-fare evaders, offering many offenders alternatives such as counseling and community service—a move being watched closely by other boroughs.The move, announced this summer, has ignited a citywide debate about how to handle a minor crime once central to New York City policing..."
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