Friday, October 13, 2017
History for October 13
History for October 13 - On-This-Day.com
Molly Pitcher (Mary Hays McCauley) 1744, Lenny Bruce (Leonard Alfred Schneider) 1925 - Comedian, satirist, Margaret Thatcher 1925 - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Paul Simon 1941 - Musician, Jerry Jones (Jerral Wayne "Jerry" Jones Sr.) 1942 - Businessman, owner, president, general manager (Dallas Cowboys), Marie Osmond 1959 - Singer
1775 - The U.S. Continental Congress ordered the construction of a naval fleet.
1812 - American forces were defeated at the Battle of Queenstown Heights. The British victory effectively ended an further U.S. invasion of Canada.
1843 - B'nai B'rith, the Jewish organization, was founded by Henry Jones and eleven others in New York City, NY.
1943 - During World War II, Italy signed an armistice with the Allies and declared war on Germany.
1944 - American troops entered Aachen, Germany, during World War II.
1957 - Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra introduced the Ford Edsel on an hour long special.
1981 - Egyptian voters elected Vice President Hosni Mubarak as the new president one week after Anwar Sadat was assassinated.
1989 - U.S. President George H.W. Bush called for an overthrow of the Panamanian ruler Manuel Antonio Noriega.
Thursday, October 12, 2017
No National Anthem? College Football Players Sing when PA System Fails - Breitbart
No National Anthem? College Football Players Sing when PA System Fails - Breitbart:
"The Bantams of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and the Continentals of Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, all stood for the playing of the national anthem, when, suddenly, no music was heard.
The Hartford Courant reports:"
"The Bantams of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and the Continentals of Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, all stood for the playing of the national anthem, when, suddenly, no music was heard.
The Hartford Courant reports:"
Texas State Looking For Math Profs Committed To 'Social Justice'
Texas State Looking For Math Profs Committed To 'Social Justice'
"There are a few classes where one's politics really are irrelevant.
Despite Leftist claims that everything is subjective, there are a few places where that just can't be true.
Subjectivity may change someone's outlook on history, for example, but it doesn't do anything about changing the fact that 2+2=4.
"There are a few classes where one's politics really are irrelevant.
Despite Leftist claims that everything is subjective, there are a few places where that just can't be true. Subjectivity may change someone's outlook on history, for example, but it doesn't do anything about changing the fact that 2+2=4.
But that's not stopping Texas State University
Texas State University is hoping to hire two Math Education professors with a demonstrated and longstanding commitment to “social justice.”
According to the job postings on Inside Higher Ed, the two new professors must not only share TSU’s commitment to “education equity” and “social justice,” but should preferably also have a demonstrated record of engagement or academic research on the issue.The openings are for both tenured or tenure-track positions at the “ranks of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor,” with different levels of social-justice expertise preferred at each level.Among the preferred qualifications for the Assistant Professor rank is a “demonstrated knowledge and engagement” with issues including “social justice, equity, access, and multilingual learning,” while the Associate and Full Professor ranks prefer “evidence of research and practices” on such topics..."
Instapundit » Blog Archive » HOLLYWOOD ENDING: Heh, indeed.™ Incidentally, as the Huffington Post notes, Weinstein’s …
Instapundit » Blog Archive » HOLLYWOOD ENDING: Heh, indeed.™ Incidentally, as the Huffington Post notes, Weinstein’s …:
HOLLYWOOD ENDING:
HOLLYWOOD ENDING:
"Heh, indeed.™
Incidentally, as the Huffington Post notes, Weinstein’s Miramax* was the first American distributor of the Woodman’s post-Mia Farrow movies after his early ’90s three-picture deal with Columbia-TriStar was complete:
“Weinstein Helped Woody Allen Save His Career After Abuse Allegations.”
“Weinstein Helped Woody Allen Save His Career After Abuse Allegations.”
Exit quote:
Allen being “‘Shunned by Hollywood means nothing to Miramax,’ Weinstein told the L.A. Times.
‘We’re talking about a comic genius.'”
Allen being “‘Shunned by Hollywood means nothing to Miramax,’ Weinstein told the L.A. Times.
‘We’re talking about a comic genius.'”
* Then-owned by the Walt Disney Corporation, to add to the full horror."
Debunking The Lie That GOP Politicians Are In The Pocket Of The National Rifle Association | Daily Wire
Debunking The Lie That GOP Politicians Are In The Pocket Of The National Rifle Association | Daily Wire:
"There has never been a shortage of Democrats willing to hurl mud at GOP politicians who staunchly support the constitutionally protected American right to bear arms. In January, 2016, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said, “The NRA built their political power over 20 to 30 years. And Republicans right now are in the pocket of the NRA.” More recently, on his late night “comedy” show, Jimmy Kimmel said the NRA “has Republicans’ balls in a money clip”.
However, liberal claims of political influence buying are rarely supported by empirical evidence and comparison statistics. The mainstream media, as always, are complicit in pushing the leftist gun-control narrative. They allow Democratic politicians and celebrities to make spurious claims without digging deeper, because an actual comparison of NRA direct campaign contributions to liberal and progressive special interest contributors to Democrats would leave suggestions of corruption ringing hollow."
"There has never been a shortage of Democrats willing to hurl mud at GOP politicians who staunchly support the constitutionally protected American right to bear arms. In January, 2016, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said, “The NRA built their political power over 20 to 30 years. And Republicans right now are in the pocket of the NRA.” More recently, on his late night “comedy” show, Jimmy Kimmel said the NRA “has Republicans’ balls in a money clip”.However, liberal claims of political influence buying are rarely supported by empirical evidence and comparison statistics. The mainstream media, as always, are complicit in pushing the leftist gun-control narrative. They allow Democratic politicians and celebrities to make spurious claims without digging deeper, because an actual comparison of NRA direct campaign contributions to liberal and progressive special interest contributors to Democrats would leave suggestions of corruption ringing hollow."
The False Ideas Intellectuals Peddle at College Campuses
The False Ideas Intellectuals Peddle at College Campuses:"As George Orwell said, “some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.”
Many stupid ideas originate with academics on college campuses.
If they remained there and didn’t infect the rest of society, they might be a source of entertainment, much in the way a circus is.
Let’s look at a few stupid ideas peddled by intellectuals.
- During the Cold War, academic leftists made a moral equivalency between communist totalitarianism and democracy.
...Worse is the fact that they exempted communist leaders from the type of harsh criticism directed toward Adolf Hitler, even though communist crimes against humanity made Hitler’s slaughter of 11 million noncombatants appear almost amateurish.
- According to Professor R.J. Rummel’s research in “Death by Government,” from 1917 until its collapse, the Soviet Union murdered or caused the death of 61 million people, mostly its own citizens.
- From 1949 to 1976, Communist China’s Mao Zedong regime was responsible for the death of as many as 78 million of its own citizens.
- ...More recent nonsense taught on college campuses, under the name of multiculturalism, is that one culture is as good as another. Identity worship, diversity, and multiculturalism are currency and cause for celebration at just about any college.
Longevity Predictor Test: How Old Are You Really? - Hit & Run : Reason.com
Longevity Predictor Test: How Old Are You Really? - Hit & Run : Reason.com:
"Two as-yet unidentified life insurance companies plan to use Life Epigenetics' M-Panel test to predict how long potential clients will live.
The test, based on research by the UCLA scientists Steven Horvath and Brian Chen, essentially estimates an individual's biological age (as opposed to his chronological age) using markers associated with turning various genes off or on.
Horvath and Chen report that for about 5 percent of the people who take it, the M-Panel test finds that their biological age is around 10 years higher than their chronological age.
For those unfortunate people, their risk of mortality is 48 percent higher than the average for their age cohort.
More happily, about 20 percent of the test population learns that their biological age is 5 years younger, and their mortality risk 18 percent lower.
Needless to say, this could have interesting consequences for the life insurance market.
If my results indicate that my biological age is younger than my chronological age, an insurer would be happy to charge me less for a term policy.
On the other (and sadly more likely) hand, if my test indicated that my biological age is greater than my chronological age, the insurer would want to charge me higher premiums..."
Read on!
"Two as-yet unidentified life insurance companies plan to use Life Epigenetics' M-Panel test to predict how long potential clients will live.
The test, based on research by the UCLA scientists Steven Horvath and Brian Chen, essentially estimates an individual's biological age (as opposed to his chronological age) using markers associated with turning various genes off or on.
For those unfortunate people, their risk of mortality is 48 percent higher than the average for their age cohort.
More happily, about 20 percent of the test population learns that their biological age is 5 years younger, and their mortality risk 18 percent lower.
Needless to say, this could have interesting consequences for the life insurance market.
If my results indicate that my biological age is younger than my chronological age, an insurer would be happy to charge me less for a term policy.
On the other (and sadly more likely) hand, if my test indicated that my biological age is greater than my chronological age, the insurer would want to charge me higher premiums..."
Read on!
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