History for March 9

History for March 9 - On-This-Day.com

1454 - Amerigo Vespucci was born in Florence, Italy. Matthias Ringmann, a German mapmaker, named the American continent in his honor. 


1793 - Jean Pierre Blanchard made the first balloon flight in North America. The event was witnessed by U.S. President George Washington. 


1796 - Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine de Beauharnais were married. They were divorced in 1809. 










1820 - The U.S. Congress passed the Land Act that paved the way for westward expansion of North America. 


1822 - Charles M. Graham received the first patent for artificial teeth. 


1832 - Abraham Lincoln announced that he would run for a political office for the first time. He was unsuccessful in his run for a seat in the Illinois state legislature. 


1862 - During the U.S. Civil War, the ironclads Monitor and Virginia fought to a draw in a five-hour battle at Hampton Roads, Virginia. 


1863 - General Ulysses Grant was appointed commander-in-chief of the Union forces. 



1916 - Mexican raiders led by Pancho Villa attacked Columbus, New Mexico. 17 people were killed by the 1,500 horsemen. 


1936 - The German press warned that all Jews who vote in the upcoming elections would be arrested. 


1959 - Mattel introduced Barbie at the annual Toy Fair in New York. 


1964 - Production began on the first Ford Mustang. 


1965 - The first U.S. combat troops arrived in South Vietnam. 


1967 - Svetlana Alliluyeva, Josef Stalin's daughter defected to the United States. 


1975 - Work began on the Alaskan oil pipeline. 


1983 - The official Soviet news agency TASS says that U.S. President Reagan is full of "bellicose lunatic anti-communism." 

Rick Perry Gives Fiery Anti-Obama Speech: ‘It’s Not Too Late for America’ | TheBlaze.com

Rick Perry Gives Fiery Anti-Obama Speech: ‘It’s Not Too Late for America’ | TheBlaze.com: "

“This economic recovery is absolutely stagnant,” he said. “Our place in the world is weakened. So, I have a simple solution: It’s time for a little rebellion on the battlefield of ideas.”

Perry went on to contrast the policies in states run by Republican and Democratic governors. He said “red states” (including his own) have cut taxes, saved on budget and resisted business regulation while “blue states” have government “playing an increasing role” in Americans’ lives.

Perry gave positive name checks to his fellow Republican governors Nikki Haley of South Carolina, Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, Scott Walker of Wisconsin and Rick Scott of Florida.

On the other hand, he said, states with Democratic governors, like New York, are “implementing the tired old recipe of back-breaking taxes.”"

Video: Governor Who Signed Gun Registration Bill in Conn. Mentions the Constitution at Town Hall, Gets Called Out Perfectly by Heckler | Video | TheBlaze.com

Video: Governor Who Signed Gun Registration Bill in Conn. Mentions the Constitution at Town Hall, Gets Called Out Perfectly by Heckler | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Gov. Malloy has faced intense criticism over his support of Connecticut’s new gun registration bill, which many believe is unconstitutional.

The bill has technically turned gun owners who legally purchased semiautomatic rifles into felons overnight after many have refused to register their guns and high-capacity magazines.

The state has yet to announce how or if they plan on enforcing the new law with criminal charges and arrests. According to some estimates, as many as 100,000 gun owners are in violation of the new gun control law."

Obamacare blocks patients paying for treatment

Obamacare blocks patients paying for treatment: "“These standards are specifically designed to limit the funds that Americans may choose to spend on health care so that they cannot keep up with the rate of medical inflation. Treatment that a doctor and patient deem needed or advisable to save the patient’s life or preserve or improve the patient’s health, but which runs afoul of the imposed standards, can be denied, even if the patient is willing and able to pay for it,” the study warns.

The study says that means that Washington “bureaucrats” will set a national standard for care “that is designed to limit what private citizens are allowed to spend to save their own lives.”

“On its face, the law maintains that this limitation does not amount to ‘rationing.’ Indeed, the [law] states, ‘The proposal [by the IPAB] shall not include any recommendations to ration health care.’ … However, the law never actually defines what it means by the word ‘ration.’"

Watch Russia Today Anchor Boldly Quit Her Job on the Air: ‘I Am Proud to Be an American’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

Watch Russia Today Anchor Boldly Quit Her Job on the Air: ‘I Am Proud to Be an American’ | Video | TheBlaze.com: "“I am very lucky to have grown up here in the United States,” she said. “I am the daughter of a veteran, my partner is a physician at a military base, where he sees everyday the firsthand accounts of the ultimate prices that people pay for this country.”

“That is why personally I cannot be part of a network that is funded by the Russian government that whitewashes the actions of Putin. I am proud to be an American and believe in disseminating the truth. And that is why after this newscast I am resigning,” Wahl concluded."

History for March 8

History for March 8 - On-This-Day.com

1618 - Johann Kepler discovered the third Law of Planetary Motion. 


1862 - The Confederate ironclad "Merrimack" was launched. 


1880 - U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes declared that the United States would have jurisdiction over any canal built across the isthmus of Panama. 


1887 - The telescopic fishing rod was patented by Everett Horton. 


1894 - A dog license law was enacted in the state of New York. It was the first animal control law in the U.S. 


1911 - British Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Gray declared that Britain would not support France in the event of a military conflict. 

1917 - Russia's "February Revolution" began with rioting and strikes in St. Petersburg. The revolution was called the "February Revolution" due to Russia's use of the Old Style calendar.
 

1933 - Self-liquidating scrip money was issued for the first time at Franklin, IN. 


1941 - Martial law was proclaimed in Holland in order to extinguish any anti-Nazi protests. 


1965 - The U.S. landed about 3,500 Marines in South Vietnam. They were the first U.S. combat troops to land in Vietnam. 


1982 - The U.S. accused the Soviets of killing 3,000 Afghans with poison gas. 

Teen Wakes From Coma When Family Sings Hymns | ABC News Blogs - Yahoo

Teen Wakes From Coma When Family Sings Hymns | ABC News Blogs - Yahoo:

Lawmaker Accuses Republicans of Secretly Wanting to Abort Biracial Babies - Yahoo News

Lawmaker Accuses Republicans of Secretly Wanting to Abort Biracial Babies - Yahoo News:

After Alabama lawmakers passed four antiabortion bills this week, one African American Democrat turned to an unusual form of race-baiting, telling his white Republican colleagues that they'd feel differently about the procedure if their daughters were pregnant with a black man's baby.

Wait, what?

“Ninety-nine percent of all of the white people in here are going to raise their hand that they are against abortion,” state Rep. Alvin Holmes, D-Montgomery, said on the floor, as recorded by AL.com. “On the other hand, 99 percent of the whites who are sitting here now, if their daughters got pregnant by the black man, they are going to make their daughter have an abortion.”

The topic turned to race soon after Rep. Mary Sue McClurkin, R–Indiana Springs, the author of one antiabortion bill, compared her legislation to Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that desegregated public schools by ruling that separate is not equal. The 1954 ruling resulted in social tumult in Alabama and other Southern states and is believed to have helped usher in the civil rights movement. 

Defiant NRA Chief Draws Line Against Washington, ‘Media Elites’: We Will Never Surrender or Submit | TheBlaze.com

Defiant NRA Chief Draws Line Against Washington, ‘Media Elites’: We Will Never Surrender or Submit | TheBlaze.com: "

“America is already in trouble. Reckless government actions have consequences. When government breaks faith with the peoples, everything is in jeopardy,” he added. “Political and media dishonesty have joined forces to misinform and deceive the American public.”

LaPierre said “political and media elites” are lying to Americans, and that the “political elites” pass laws they haven’t even read while the “media elites” defend them.

“Rather than expose government dishonesty like they used to, the media elites whitewash it all,” he said. It has gotten so bad, he added, the “IRS is now a weapon.”

Then there’s the media treatment of the NRA. “They’ve never been honest about the NRA. They hate us. The media’s intentional corruption of the truth is an abomination,” he said."

Here's What Obama Said to Putin During Their Hour-Long Phone Call - Yahoo News

Here's What Obama Said to Putin During Their Hour-Long Phone Call - Yahoo News:

President Obama warned Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone today that his country's intervention in the Crimean Peninsula is in violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Obama urged Putin during an hour-long phone call this afternoon to embrace a diplomatic resolution "which addresses the interests of Russia, the people of Ukraine, and the international community," according to the White House.

"As a part of that resolution, the governments of Ukraine and Russia would hold direct talks, facilitated by the international community; international monitors could ensure that the rights of all Ukrainians are protected, including ethnic Russians; Russian forces would return to their bases; and the international community would work together to support the Ukrainian people as they prepare for elections in May," the White House said

Editorial: Mercy Health Muskegon's plan for $220 million center huge bet on community's future | MLive.com

Editorial: Mercy Health Muskegon's plan for $220 million center huge bet on community's future | MLive.com:

MUSKEGON, MI – The significance of Mercy Health Muskegon’s plan to invest $220 million on a new medical center for this community can’t be overstated.

The announcement was stunning last month in that the consolidated hospital system in Muskegon will forgo a phased consolidation of medical facilities and move right to a new nine-story medical center on the Mercy Campus at U.S. 31 and East Sherman Boulevard.

The move shows that Mercy Health Muskegon’s ownership, CHE Trinity Health, probably has more confidence in this community’s future than we do ourselves. Make no mistake: The Trinity decision to plan the medical center project is a huge bet on Muskegon.

A Fed Chief Admits: We’re ‘Very Worried’ About Consequences of Money Printing Policies | Video | TheBlaze.com

A Fed Chief Admits: We’re ‘Very Worried’ About Consequences of Money Printing Policies | Video | TheBlaze.com:

 "Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Charles Plosser is “very worried” about the potential for unintended consequences of the Fed’s massive quantitative easing program.

Plosser told CNBC that the U.S. was still suffering from “lasting effects” of the recession and “may never return” to its previous growth rates – and warned that policy should not bet on growth returning to previous rates, saying it could be “many, many years”.

With gross domestic product expanding at a 2.4 percent annual rate, according to the Commerce Department last Friday, Plosser said that the country was “pretty close” to its steady state growth and may never get back to where it once thought it could be. “To keep trying to think that we’re going to do that, means that we keep trying to overplay our hand in terms of policy,” he added."

C.I.A. Employees Face New Inquiry Amid Clashes on Detention Program - NYTimes.com

C.I.A. Employees Face New Inquiry Amid Clashes on Detention Program - NYTimes.com:

 "WASHINGTON — The Central Intelligence Agency’s attempt to keep secret the details of a defunct detention and interrogation program has escalated a battle between the agency and members of Congress and led to an investigation by the C.I.A.’s internal watchdog into the conduct of agency employees.

The agency’s inspector general began the inquiry partly as a response to complaints from members of Congress that C.I.A. employees were improperly monitoring the work of staff members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, according to government officials with knowledge of the investigation.

The committee has spent several years working on a voluminous report about the detention and interrogation program, and according to one official interviewed in recent days, C.I.A. officers went as far as gaining access to computer networks used by the committee to carry out its investigation."

Obama compared to most evil men ever

Obama compared to most evil men ever:

"When it comes to his policies favoring gun control, President Obama is being compared to some of the most reviled names in history, including dictators such as Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Il."

History for March 7

History for March 7 - On-This-Day.com
0322 BC - Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, died. 



1854 - Charles Miller received a patent for the sewing machine. 


1876 - Alexander Graham Bell received a patent (U.S. Patent No. 174,465) for his telephone. 


1908 - Cincinnati's mayor, Mark Breith announced before the city council that, "Women are not physically fit to operate automobiles." 


1927 - A Texas law that banned Negroes from voting was ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. 


1933 - The board game Monopoly was invented. 


1936 - Hitler sent German troops into the Rhineland in violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles. 


2002 - A federal judge awarded Anna Nicole Smith more than $88 million in damages. The ruling was the latest in a legal battle over the estate of Smith's late husband, J. Howard Marshall II. 

Advocacy groups ask Girl Scouts to end partnership with Barbie - NY Daily News

Advocacy groups ask Girl Scouts to end partnership with Barbie - NY Daily News:



The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and the Center for a New American Dream slammed the doll as a poor role model and said the Barbie-themed patches will turn the girls into 'walking advertisements.' However, Girl Scouts of the USA said it will continue its partnership with Mattel.

NEW YORK — America’s top doll, Barbie, finds herself in controversy once again, this time over a business partnership between her manufacturer, Mattel, and the Girl Scouts.

On Thursday, two consumer advocacy groups often critical of corporate advertising tactics — the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and the Center for a New American Dream — criticized Barbie as a flawed role model for little girls and launched a petition drive urging the Girl Scouts of the USA to end the partnership. The Girls Scouts said they would not do so

Lifestyle: Food, Health, Homes, NYC Events, Fashion - NY Daily News

Lifestyle: Food, Health, Homes, NYC Events, Fashion - NY Daily News: "Meet the $250 burger, an umami bomb of Kobe beef, foie gras, truffles & caviar"

A Midtown restaurant will sell a $250 hamburger — an unami bomb comprised of Kobe beef, foie gras, crispy pancetta, white truffles and caviar. Ketchup and mayonnaise are complimentary.

Michelle Obama Promotes Health Insurance In Fla. « CBS Tampa

Michelle Obama Promotes Health Insurance In Fla. « CBS Tampa:

MIAMI (AP) — With just weeks left to sign up for health care under the Affordable Care Act, Michelle Obama zeroed in on recruiting the crucial young adult demographic during a visit to a Miami community health center Wednesday.

The first lady congratulated a handful of residents who had just enrolled during an intimate event, asking one woman whether she had gotten her son to enroll.

“Tell him he could get hit by a car. It’s crazy. They don’t think about that kind of stuff,” said Obama, who moments later applauded another mother for signing herself and adult son up for insurance plans. “Did you get his friends?”

Mitch McConnell Brings a Gun to CPAC - NationalJournal.com

 "POLITICS Mitch McConnell Brings a Gun to CPACThe Senate minority leader is in an odd spot at the annual conservative conference"

Mitch McConnell strode out onto the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday morning, packing heat.

The Senate Minority Leader finds himself in an odd position at CPAC. For one, he's the Republican leader in the Senate and stands to take over as the majority leader next year if some of the audience's favored candidates win control of blue seats in November.

The Face Behind Bitcoin - Newsweek

The Face Behind Bitcoin - Newsweek:

Satoshi Nakamoto stands at the end of his sunbaked driveway looking timorous. And annoyed.

He's wearing a rumpled T-shirt, old blue jeans and white gym socks, without shoes, like he has left the house in a hurry. His hair is unkempt, and he has the thousand-mile stare of someone who has gone weeks without sleep.

He stands not with defiance, but with the slackness of a person who has waged battle for a long time and now faces a grave loss.

Two police officers from the Temple City, Calif., sheriff's department flank him, looking puzzled. "So, what is it you want to ask this man about?" one of them asks me. "He thinks if he talks to you he's going to get into trouble."

"I don't think he's in any trouble," I say. "I would like to ask him about Bitcoin. This man is Satoshi Nakamoto."

They Just Announced Major Changes to the SAT…and There’s a Tie to Common Core | TheBlaze.com

They Just Announced Major Changes to the SAT…and There’s a Tie to Common Core | TheBlaze.com:

"The SAT college entrance exam will no longer require a written essay or penalize students for wrong answers, part of a major overhaul announced Wednesday.
 The sweeping revisions were unveiled by David Coleman, president of the College Board, who also is the architect of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

Coleman said the SAT should offer “worthy challenges, not artificial obstacles.” The new version will be rolled out in 2016.

The New York Times highlighted a sample of the changes coming:"