History for May 9

History for May 9 - On-This-Day.com
John Brown 1800, Henry J. Kaiser 1882, Mike Wallace 1918 - Broadcast journalist ("60 Minutes") 


Tommy Roe 1942, Billy Joel 1949 - Musician, Prince Fielder 1984 - Baseball player 


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." 


1785 - Joseph Bramah patented the beer-pump handle. 


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. 


1987 - Tom Cruise and Mimi Rogers were married. 


1994 - Nelson Mandela was chosen to be South Africa's first black president. 


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. 

Obama Adding More Spikes to White House Fence–Same Guy Who Won’t Put Fence at the Border | John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Obama Adding More Spikes to White House Fence–Same Guy Who Won’t Put Fence at the Border | John Hawkins' Right Wing News:

"The same president who refuses to beef up our southern border to keep criminals out of the country is now announcing that he is adding more spikes to the fence around the White House to make it harder for people to get over it. So… fences are good to keep Americans from the White House, but not good to keep lawbreaking foreigners out of our country?"

They hate US but love our money-----AMERICAN TAXPAYERS PAY MORE TO OPERATE UNITED NATIONS THAN REST OF WORLD COMBINED

OverpassesForAmerica – AMERICAN TAXPAYERS PAY MORE TO OPERATE UNITED NATIONS THAN REST OF WORLD COMBINED #o4a #UN #news:
American taxpayers will pony up around $3.024 billion this year towards the United Nations’ regular and peacekeeping budgets, more than what 185 other countries combined are paying, an expert on the international body told U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday.
...Putting those together, “the United States will be assessed approximately $3 billion this year, based on the projected budgets for the regular and peacekeeping budgets, while the 20 least-assessed countries will be assessed less than $37,000 [each] this year for both of those budgets,” he said.
“For the regular budget, the U.S. is assessed more than 176 other U.N. member-states combined,” Schaefer said.
“For the peacekeeping budget, the U.S. is assessed more than 185 other U.N. member-states, combined.”
In oral and written testimony, Schaefer provided the panel with other “stark” comparisons highlighting the disproportionate contributions provided by the U.S. in 2015, including:
–More than half the U.N.’s membership will be assessed less than $1 million each for both budgets (compared to $3.024 billion for the U.S. alone).
–The 119 members of the Non-Aligned Movement together will account for around $490 million (compared to $3.024 billion for the U.S. alone).
–The 56 countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) – which include 10 of the world’s 20 top oil-producing nations – will together contribute around $360 million (compared to $3.024 billion for the U.S. alone).
–The other four permanent members of the U.N. Security Council – Russia, China, Britain and France – will together account for around $2.523 billion (compared to $3.024 billion for the U.S. alone).

Party line or silence!---Calls For Resignation Of Dartmouth's Gay Black President

Calls For Resignation Of Dartmouth's Gay Black President | The Daily Caller:
"Students at Dartmouth College launched a petition drive demanding the newly-elected student body president resign after they say he was disrespectful to the plight of American blacks and other marginalized groups.
The twist: The president is a gay black man.
The controversy began last weekend, when a group of demonstrators paraded through Hanover, N.H. on Friday and Saturday in solidarity with those protesting police brutality in Baltimore.
At one point during the Saturday protests, the demonstrators assembled outside the sorority Kappa Delta Epsilon, which was hosting an invite-only Kentucky Derby party.
The students targeted the party as a bastion of racism, exclusion and oppression.
One of those in attendance at the party was Frank Cunningham, who last month was elected as the college’s Student Assembly president.
Cunningham was allegedly insulted by one of the protesters, who supposedly called him a derogatory name along the lines of “Uncle Tom.”...

Sharia Law in America? It's Not Crazy - The Rush Limbaugh Show

Sharia Law in America? It's Not Crazy - The Rush Limbaugh Show:

"But Sharia law has already been implemented in this country.

Are you aware that in New Jersey a judge found that an Islamic man could not be accused of the rape of his wife?  She charged him with rape.  A judge in New Jersey found that he could not be charged with it, much less found guilty, because there's no rape in his religion.  Well, hello.  That's Sharia.  Now, it's not Sharia that has become American law, but it's been implemented.  It's been used."

Stand tall or these speech police will lock you up!---Dartmouth ‘Kentucky Derby’ party called racist, accused of recreating Antebellum South

Dartmouth ‘Kentucky Derby’ party called racist, accused of recreating Antebellum South:
"An annual Kentucky Derby-themed party held by a sorority at Dartmouth College has been accused by campus #BlackLivesMatter protestors of being overtly racist and recreating an Antebellum South atmosphere on the Ivy League campus.
A group of about 20 protestors crashed the party, standing outside of the May 2 function carrying signs declaring “black rage” and accusations of oppression.
They also used a bullhorn to amplify their chants at revelers.
“I can’t breathe,” was repeated, as well as, “What is Derby? 
It’s the face of genocide,” and, “What is Derby? It’s the face of police brutality,” according to video of the protest.
They also yelled “our brothers are dying, our sisters are dying,” and held a die-in, lying on the street.
The Dartmouth Student Assembly President-elect attended the Derby party, and engaged protestors in a heated debate, which has prompted student activists to demand his resignation.
While the president-elect is a gay, black student who holds left-of-center positions, one of the protestors purportedly accused him of being an “Uncle Tom.”...

Heck, they gots lots of money!---Some Detroit police officers will take home patrol cars

Some Detroit police officers will take home patrol cars | MLive.com:
"DETROIT, MI - About 20 older model Ford Crown Victoria cruisers are being fixed up and sent home with police officers to their homes in Detroit, according to the Associated Press.
It's part of a program announced Thursday by DPD Chief James Craig to show more of a police presence in Detroit neighborhoods.
The Crown Victoria cruisers are about 10 years old, and showing some signs of wear and tear, the AP reports.
DPD has been getting a fleet of all-new police cars, thanks to corporate donations from companies such as Penske.
Roger Penske and his partners donated nearly $8 million for 23 new ambulances and police cars to supplement the aging fleets.
Other contributing partners include: Ford Motor Co., Chrysler Group LLC, Quicken Loans Inc., the Kresge Foundation, General Motors Co., Platinum Equity LLC, FirstMerit Bank and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan."

Student: Professor Gave Me Zeros for Refusing to Condemn Christianity

Student: Professor Gave Me Zeros for Refusing to Condemn Christianity:
"A Polk State University student says that her humanities professor gave her four consecutive zeros after she disagreed with his negative views toward Christianity.
One of professor Lance “L.J.” Russum’s assignments asked students: why did Christianity and its male gods seek to silence women? 
Another insisted that Michelangelo’s sculptures and paintings communicated that same-sex relationships are not a sin.
Russum also reportedly criticized Christianity as one of the “most violent forms of religion the world has ever seen.”
But 16-year-old Grace Lewis, who virtually attends Polk State, said she disagreed with the educator over Christianity and religion, and she was consequently given four zeros..."

Court ruling emboldens opponents of phone data collection under the PATRIOT Act | TheBlaze.com

Court ruling emboldens opponents of phone data collection under the PATRIOT Act | TheBlaze.com:

"A decision by a federal appeals court that the government went too far by collecting phone data on millions of Americans has emboldened members of Congress who are seeking to end that program once and for all.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday that the program goes beyond what Congress authorized. The existence of the program was revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden, and the decision that it may violate the law led some to renew their calls to scale it back."

This is NUTS!! Read it and see the garbage our charity AND tax dollars are funding!----$100,000 grant helping to support new WMCAT business to employ college, high school youth

$100,000 grant helping to support new WMCAT business to employ college, high school youth | MLive.com:
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Grand Rapids Community Foundation has awarded the West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology (WMCAT) $100,000 to help support a new screen printing business that will employ Grand Rapids students and young adults.
WMCAT operates a Teen Arts and Tech Program for Grand Rapids Public Schools teens. Professional teaching artists guide high school students through studio labs in photography, illustration, fashion, video game design, ceramics, and audio/video production.
"This project will provide multiple outcomes - meaningful employment, entrepreneurial and financial skills for youth and young adults; earned income to sustain the program; and promotion of high school graduation and pathways to post-secondary education," said Laurie Craft, program director of Grand Rapids Community Foundation, in a statement.
Officials say teens often cannot participate in after-school programming because they financially depend on employment during after school hours. 
That 's why WMCAT acquired Ambrose, a Holland-based screen printing social enterprise, to employ teens and young adults in a business-to-business screen printing venture, provide a revenue stream to the mission-based work of WMCAT and engage youth in business management and career development.
..."Ambrose at WMCAT is at the forefront of the new field of social enterprise.
We can give urban teens valuable employment and training, while sustaining WMCAT's mission to provide a culture of opportunity."
Programming will include both teen apprenticeships and employment opportunities for WMCAT alumni who are enrolled in college.
The program will be directed by Adam Weiler, founder of Ambrose and WMCAT's director of Social Enterprise.
The plan is to employ two to four college freshman, GRPS graduates previously involved in the program, this summer.
A program is being developed for fall to employ high school students and allow them to learn about entrepreneurship.
The exact number of employees is still being determined and salary information was not available. However, officials say youth will earn above the minimum wage, $8.14, likely in the $10 range.

Giggles the Pig write-in campaign joins Flint mayoral race chaos

Giggles the Pig write-in campaign joins Flint mayoral race chaos | MLive.com:
"...Fellow councilman and candidate Wantwaz Davis also took issue with Giggles' campaign.
"Putting a pig in a race is an offense to the character and moral value we're trying to exemplify in the city," Davis said.
Davis said Ewing's efforts should be put toward helping better the city of Flint and finding jobs for the people he represents in the court system.
"I think, being a criminal defense attorney, the first thing he should be thinking about is defending the reputation of the city," Davis said.
Davis also took the time to sound off on Giggles' Facebook page.
"...I will be the next mayor of Flint, Michigan, and will feast off of your pig at my victory party, you can get in for free, VIP on me," Davis wrote.
Walling could not be reached for comment."

Senate Votes 98-1 to Give Congress a Say on the Iran Nuke Deal — Here’s the One Republican Who Voted Against It | TheBlaze.com

Senate Votes 98-1 to Give Congress a Say on the Iran Nuke Deal — Here’s the One Republican Who Voted Against It | TheBlaze.com:

"The Senate on Thursday easily passed legislation that will give Congress a formal role in reviewing the emerging Iran nuclear agreement, amid complaints from some Republicans that the bill will actually make it relatively easy for the Obama administration to strike a weak deal with Iran.

The Senate passed the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act in a 98-1 — the lone “no” vote came from Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)."

40% of People On Food Stamps Are Obese, Gov't Study Finds

40% of People On Food Stamps Are Obese, Gov't Study Finds - Investors.com:
"Whenever Republicans talk about trimming the federal food stamp program, Democrats decry them as cold, heartless or worse.
But new research shows that cutting food stamps could actually make the country healthier.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture looked at data from 2007 through 2010, then compared average weights of those on food stamps — officially called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — to those who weren't.
The findings, released on Tuesday, are striking.
Food stamp recipients are far more likely to be obese than poor people who are eligible but don't take the help. 
And they're even more likely to be obese than those with higher incomes.
Fully 40% of food stamp recipients are obese, the study found, compared with just over 30% of those who don't participate in the program.
Children of families on food stamps were also more likely to be obese than children in the other two groups, as were older adults.
At the other end of the scale, there was almost no difference among these three groups in terms of the share who were underweight — all were in the low single digits."

History for May 8

History for May 8 - On-This-Day.com
Miguel Hidalgo 1753, Oscar Hammerstein 1847, Harry S. Truman (U.S.) 1884 - 33rd president of the United States


Rick Nelson 1940, Peter Benchley 1940, Toni Tennille 1940 - Singer (The Captain and Tennille) 


1794 - Antoine Lavoisier was executed by guillotine. He was the French chemist that discovered oxygen. 


1847 - The rubber tire was patented by Robert W. Thompson. 



1886 - Pharmacist Dr. John Styth Pemberton invented what would later be called "Coca-Cola." 



1914 - The U.S. Congress passed a Joint Resolution that designated the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day. 












1943 - The Germans suppressed a revolt by Polish Jews and destroyed the Warsaw Ghetto. 


1956 - Alfred E. Neuman appeared on the cover of "Mad Magazine" for the first time. 


1959 - Mike and Marian Ilitch founded "Little Caesars Pizza Treat". 


1984 - The Soviet Union announced that they would not participate in the 1984 Summer Olympics Games in Los Angeles. 


1985 - "New Coke" was released to the public on the 99th anniversary of Coca-Cola. 


1986 - Reporters were told that 84,000 people had been evacuated from areas near the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Soviet Ukraine.