Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Yes, The Bee. But is this the REAL reason Libs hate Chick-fil-A?-----Gay Man Miraculously Turned Straight By Single Bite Of Chick-Fil-A | The Babylon Bee
Gay Man Miraculously Turned Straight By Single Bite Of Chick-Fil-A | The Babylon Bee:DALLAS, TX—While gay conversion therapy has long been thought to be ineffective, there may be a promising new method for converting the gays.
Local gay man Landon Ellison was out protesting a Chick-fil-A in his city Wednesday morning when he got hungry.
He looked around to make sure his fellow protestors weren't watching before slipping into the restaurant and ordering a classic chicken sandwich.
"It's probably terrible," he sneered at the cashier, who only smiled and said it was her pleasure to have her place of work insulted.
"I'll bet it tastes like HATE!"
But when Ellison's food was served 3 seconds later, something miraculous happened: he took a bite of the sandwich and suddenly found he was no longer attracted to men.
The woman who served him the sandwich instantly appeared attractive to him.
"How you doin'?" he said, raising his eyebrows suggestively.
She told him it was her pleasure to be hit on and walked away..."
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Liz Cheney: Statements by Peter Strzok, Lisa Page 'Could Well Be Treason' | Breitbart
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) said negative statements by former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page while investigating President Donald Trump sounded “a whole lot like a coup” and added that it could even be “treason.”
‘Drag 101’ course for teens to be taught at Ohio public library | The College Fix
"An Ohio public library will be treated to a first this summer: An hour-long course dubbed “Drag 101” taught by Kyle Gayle.
Or, if you prefer, Kyle’s drag name: Selena T. West, “relative of drag royalty Nina West,” according to WOWK.
The course will take place at the Orange Branch of the Delaware County Library system.
West says Drag 101 will be about “the building blocks of how to do drag […] it’s nothing to do with sex or gender identity at all.”
...Drag 101 is one of 400 programs he says, “45 of which are for teenagers.”
According to ThisWeekNews.com, the course is designed for kids age 12-17..."
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History for May 28
History for May 28 - On-This-Day.com
Thomas Moore 1779 - Lawyer, social philosopher, author, Jim Thorpe 1888 - Olympic athlete, baseball and basketball player, Ian Fleming 1908 - Author, journalist, created character of James Bond
Gladys Knight 1944 - Singer, Rudolph Giuliani 1944 - Mayor of New York City, Marco Rubio 1971 - Politician
1863 - The first black regiment left Boston to fight in the U.S. Civil War.
1996 - U.S. President Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal were convicted of fraud.
Monday, May 27, 2019
Memorial Day Reminds Us That Our Freedom Didn’t Come Cheaply | The Heritage Foundation
Memorial Day Reminds Us That Our Freedom Didn’t Come Cheaply | The Heritage Foundation:
And if there’s one thing that Memorial Day reminds us, it’s that our freedom didn’t come cheaply. Many Americans gave what President Abraham Lincoln called “the last full measure of devotion” so that liberty could continue to ring from, yes, sea to shining sea.
It’s all too easy, especially for those of us blessed to have grown up in this great land, to take our liberty for granted. We forget that freedom isn’t free. It must be paid for, and not just once.
Again and again, Americans have stepped forward in a moment of crisis and put their lives on the line.
They fought in the American Revolution – both in the heat of summer and in the dead of winter, when snow blanketed the ground, supplies were low, and the outlook was bleak.
And if there’s one thing that Memorial Day reminds us, it’s that our freedom didn’t come cheaply. Many Americans gave what President Abraham Lincoln called “the last full measure of devotion” so that liberty could continue to ring from, yes, sea to shining sea.It’s all too easy, especially for those of us blessed to have grown up in this great land, to take our liberty for granted. We forget that freedom isn’t free. It must be paid for, and not just once.
Again and again, Americans have stepped forward in a moment of crisis and put their lives on the line.
They fought in the American Revolution – both in the heat of summer and in the dead of winter, when snow blanketed the ground, supplies were low, and the outlook was bleak.
What went wrong inside Boeing's cockpit? - BBC News
What went wrong inside Boeing's cockpit? - BBC News
Capt Yared Getachew (right)
"...There was nothing more the pilots could have done.
Capt Yared Getachew (right)"...There was nothing more the pilots could have done.
As alarms sounded in their cockpit, the captain and first officer struggled to regain control of their stricken aircraft.
They were far too close to the ground, and needed to gain altitude.
Yet when Capt Yared Getachew tried to guide the nose of the Boeing 737 upwards, an electronic system forced it down again.
Simply pulling back on his control column wasn’t enough.
So he used a thumb switch as well, to adjust the aerodynamic balance of the plane, and encourage it to climb.
But a few seconds later, those adjustments were automatically reversed.
So he used a thumb switch as well, to adjust the aerodynamic balance of the plane, and encourage it to climb.
But a few seconds later, those adjustments were automatically reversed.
The column was shaking in his hands, a mechanical warning that the aircraft was in danger of stalling and falling out of the sky.
A harsh robotic voice called out “don’t sink” three times, indicating that the plane was losing height.
Together, he and First Officer Ahmednur Mohammed Omar worked quickly to find a solution.
They flicked switches on the centre console to disable part of the electronics, and began using manual controls instead, in an attempt to make the plane fly normally.
Regaining control was difficult.
By now the aircraft was gathering speed, and aerodynamic forces were building rapidly; it’s likely they had simply become too great for the pilots to fight against using manual controls.
They flicked switches on the centre console to disable part of the electronics, and began using manual controls instead, in an attempt to make the plane fly normally.
Regaining control was difficult.
By now the aircraft was gathering speed, and aerodynamic forces were building rapidly; it’s likely they had simply become too great for the pilots to fight against using manual controls.
Whatever the reason, they turned the electronics back on and Capt Getachew tried once more to raise the nose of the aircraft, using the thumb switch on his controls.
With power assistance restored, the aircraft responded.
Briefly it began to climb.
With power assistance restored, the aircraft responded.
Briefly it began to climb.
But then, inexorably, the process was reversed as the computers intervened yet again.
Another alarm was now chirping urgently, warning that the speed of the plane had become dangerously high, as it began to dive towards the ground.
In desperation, Capt Getachew called on his co-pilot for help.
Together, they hauled back on their control columns, using their combined strength, in a last-ditch effort to overcome the forces arrayed against them with sheer muscle power.
Together, they hauled back on their control columns, using their combined strength, in a last-ditch effort to overcome the forces arrayed against them with sheer muscle power.
The dive became steeper and steeper, and the aircraft fell faster and faster, until it slammed into the ground at more than 500mph, just six minutes after taking off..."
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American heros!-----The Angels of Bataan: The World War II Nurses Who Survived Three Years in a Japanese Prison Camp | A Mighty Girl
The Angels of Bataan: The World War II Nurses Who Survived Three Years in a Japanese Prison Camp | A Mighty Girl"...Bataan fell in April of 1942, and it was obvious that Corregidor would not hold much longer.
Knowing that there was not enough time to evacuate all of her nurses, Captain Maude C. Davison, the chief nurse of the Philippine department, joined Colonel Wibb Cooper, the ranking medical officer, in creating a list of twenty nurses who would receive priority for evacuation.
Her nurses later noted that, although Davison insisted that the selections were random, she had sent home all of the women who were ill, injured, or otherwise unlikely to be able to withstand lengthy captivity.
When the Allies surrendered the Philippines to the Japanese army, Davison led the remaining 66 nurses to the Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Manila, one of the notoriously harsh prison camps run by the Japanese military.
There, they joined 11 Navy nurses who, under the command of Lt. Laura M. Cobb, had stayed in Manila while it fell to support the patients who could not be moved.
In the camp, the nurses agreed that they would continue to provide medical care to their fellow prisoners.
...By January 1945, with Japanese losses mounting, the situation in the camp was dire.
The nurses had resorted to eating weeds, roots, flowers, and slugs; patients in their care regularly died of malnutrition.
With prisoners' rations down to "only one cup of rice twice a day," Manning observed that it "was the year we starved to death."
By the time the camp was liberated on February 3, 1945, the nurses had lost an average of 30% of their bodyweight.
..."There were 77 American women who became POWs and there were 77 who walked out in 1945," says Norman.
"This is unprecedented, particularly for women who had no formal survival training."..."
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Killing the Electoral College would turn rural Americans into serfs
Killing the Electoral College would turn rural Americans into serfs:
Should rural and small-town Americans be reduced to serfdom? The American Founders didn’t think so. This is one reason why they created checks and balances, including the Electoral College. Today that system is threatened by a proposal called the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, or NPV.
Rural America produces almost all our country’s food, as well as raw materials like metals, cotton and timber. Energy, fossil fuels but also alternatives like wind and solar come mostly from rural areas. In other words, the material inputs of modern life flow out of rural communities and into cities.
Rural America produces almost all our country’s food, as well as raw materials like metals, cotton and timber. Energy, fossil fuels but also alternatives like wind and solar come mostly from rural areas. In other words, the material inputs of modern life flow out of rural communities and into cities.
As Memorial Day Nears, a Single Image That Continues to Haunt
As Memorial Day Nears, a Single Image That Continues to Haunt - NYTimes.com"It is the one and only photo that makes me cry each time I see it.
What brings the tears to my eyes is not just the bereaved young woman, but the Marine who stands behind her.
In an earlier photo in the series, we see him building her a little nest of blankets on the air mattress.
Sweet Lord, I cry just typing the words, the matter-of-fact tenderness is so overwhelming."
Where do we get such men?-----8 bullets till death: Thomas Baker’s heroic act that earned him the "Medal of Honor"
8 bullets till death: Thomas Baker’s heroic act that earned him the "Medal of Honor"
"...During the battle, Sgt. Barker’s perimeter was attacked from three sides and he was seriously wounded.
Unwilling to quit, he kept firing at the enemy until he ran out of ammunition. Wounded and unarmed, he was carried by a comrade away from the frontline. But, when he himself got injured, Thomas Baker decided not to fight for his own life anymore and risk the lives of others.
Thus he firmly insisted on being left in the field and be given a weapon.
One of the retreating soldiers gave him his pistol with eight rounds of ammo.
He was last seen alive propped against a tree, pistol in his hand, with a calm look on his face. His body was later found in the same position, with emptied gun and eight more bodies of Japanese lying in front of him.
Sgt. Baker was one of three US soldiers who died that day and received Medals of Honor posthumously, for their self-sacrificing service.
In November 2009, a memorial dedicated to him and two other soldiers was uncovered in their hometown of Troy, New York.
One of them, Lieutenant William J. O’Brien was among those who died on the very same day in Saipan and were given the Medal of Honor.
"...During the battle, Sgt. Barker’s perimeter was attacked from three sides and he was seriously wounded.
Unwilling to quit, he kept firing at the enemy until he ran out of ammunition. Wounded and unarmed, he was carried by a comrade away from the frontline. But, when he himself got injured, Thomas Baker decided not to fight for his own life anymore and risk the lives of others.
Thus he firmly insisted on being left in the field and be given a weapon.
One of the retreating soldiers gave him his pistol with eight rounds of ammo. He was last seen alive propped against a tree, pistol in his hand, with a calm look on his face. His body was later found in the same position, with emptied gun and eight more bodies of Japanese lying in front of him.
Sgt. Baker was one of three US soldiers who died that day and received Medals of Honor posthumously, for their self-sacrificing service.
In November 2009, a memorial dedicated to him and two other soldiers was uncovered in their hometown of Troy, New York.
One of them, Lieutenant William J. O’Brien was among those who died on the very same day in Saipan and were given the Medal of Honor.
Nancy Pelosi’s Accusation of a Trump Cover-Up Incomprehensible | National Review
Nancy Pelosi’s Accusation of a Trump Cover-Up Incomprehensible | National Review:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, attempting to appease forces in the Democratic party eager for impeachment, is accusing him of one, with all the familiar Watergate connotations.
The charge is strange, not to say incomprehensible, in light of the fact that Congress is in possession of a 448-page report produced by the Trump Department of Justice cataloguing the alleged obstruction that Congress now wants to investigate. The report is so exhaustive that many members of Congress haven’t had the time to read it.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, attempting to appease forces in the Democratic party eager for impeachment, is accusing him of one, with all the familiar Watergate connotations.
The charge is strange, not to say incomprehensible, in light of the fact that Congress is in possession of a 448-page report produced by the Trump Department of Justice cataloguing the alleged obstruction that Congress now wants to investigate. The report is so exhaustive that many members of Congress haven’t had the time to read it.
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