History for June 25

History for June 25 - On-This-Day.com
Henry "Hap" Arnold 1886, George Abbott 1887, Lord Louis Mountbatten (Burma) 1900 


George Orwell 1903, Sidney Lumet 1924, June Lockhart 1925 


Carly Simon 1945, Phyllis George 1949, George Michael 1963 


1867 - Lucien B. Smith patented the first barbed wire. 


1876 - Lt. Col. Custer and the 210 men of U.S. 7th Cavalry were killed by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians at Little Big Horn in Montana. The event is known as "Custer's Last Stand." 



1917 - The first American fighting troops landed in France. 


1950 - North Korea invaded South Korea initiating the Korean War. 


1951 - In New York, the first regular commercial color TV transmissions were presented on CBS using the FCC-approved CBS Color System. The public did not own color TV's at the time. 


1959 - The Cuban government seized 2.35 million acres under a new agrarian reform law. 


1962 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the use of unofficial non-denominational prayer in public schools was unconstitutional. 


1970 - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission handed down a ruling (35 FR 7732), making it illegal for radio stations to put telephone calls on the air without the permission of the person being called. 



1985 - ABC's "Monday Night Football" began with a new line-up. The trio was Frank Gifford, Joe Namath and O.J. Simpson. 


1986 - The U.S. Congress approved $100 million in aid to the Contras fighting in Nicaragua. 


1990 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right of an individual, whose wishes are clearly made, to refuse life-sustaining medical treatment. "The right to die" decision was made in the Curzan vs. Missouri case. 


1991 - The Yugoslav republics of Slovenia and Croatia declared their independence from Yugoslavia. 



1998 - The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the line-item veto thereby striking down presidential power to cancel specific items in tax and spending legislation. 


1998 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that those infected with HIV are protected by the Americans With Disabilities Act. 

1998 - Microsoft's "Windows 98" was released to the public. 

LIBERTY REVIEW

LIBERTY REVIEW:

http://libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2015/06/wednesday-june-24-2015-safety-and.html

Safety and Security

By Tammy Derouin

The current executive used his bully pulpit to grandstand on his desire to remove more guns from our society following a heart-wrenching tragedy.  Of course, he continues to use the fail-safe argument that it’s for our protection, our safety.  Safety and security are the words which will destroy our rights and will end our freedom.

Obama stated, “But let’s be clear: At some point, we as a country will have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesn’t happen in other places with this kind of frequency. And it is in our power to do something about it.”  I guess he isn’t familiar with the facts or ISIS and their cruel and oppressive ways. 

His partner in these devastating, anti-freedom, anti-American blows to the United States, Hillary Clinton, is also grandstanding.  The students of radical mentors have learned well.  Never let an opportunity go to waste. She is determined to continue to transform our nation into something it was never meant to be, a powerful centralized government.

Her question this past week was absurd.  

Chanting 'Death to America,' Iran MPs vote to bar military inspectors

Chanting 'Death to America,' Iran MPs vote to bar military inspectors | The Times of Israel:
"TEHRAN, Iran — With some lawmakers chanting “Death to the America,” Iran’s parliament voted Sunday to ban access to military sites, documents and scientists as part of a future deal with world powers over its contested nuclear program.
The bill, if approved into law, could complicate the ongoing talks in Vienna between Iran and the six-nation group — the U.S., Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany — as they face a self-imposed June 30 deadline.
The talks are focused on reaching a final accord that curbs Iran’s nuclear program in return for the lifting of economic sanctions..."

Michigan State professor says trends in criminal justice system evidence of 'war on women'

Michigan State professor says trends in criminal justice system evidence of 'war on women' | MLive.com:
EAST LANSING, MI — Arrest rates for men are decreasing while rates for women increase, leading one Michigan State University researcher to say the justice system is chipping away at women's rights.
Christina DeJong, associate professor of criminal justice at MSU, performed a study analyzing federal crime data from 1993 to 2012 and found arrest rates for men decreased 12.5 percent while arrest rates for women jumped 26.7 percent.
For violent crimes, arrest rates for men were down 13.5 percent and for women up 53.2 percent, DeJong found.
She said it's unlikely women became more criminal or more violent during that time frame and instead pointed toward changing police practices and dual arrest policies — where police arrest both people involved in a domestic violence incident — as reasons for the increase.
"This is particularly troubling," the study stated, "given that much of the domestic violence committed by women consists of acts of self-defense."

Britain could have colder winters due to solar activity

Britain could have colder winters due to solar activity | Nature | News | Daily Express
BRITAIN could face colder than average winters with a plunge in solar activity threatening a new "little ice age" in the next few decades.
  Solar activity could cause Britain to have a 'little ice age'
Climate experts warn the amount of light and warmth released by the sun is nosediving to levels "not seen for centuries".
They fear a repeat of the so-called 'Maunder Minimum' which triggered Arctic winter whiteouts and led to the River Thames freezing 300 years ago.
The Met Office-led study warns although the effect will be offset by recent global warming, Britain faces years of unusually cold winters.
A spokesman said:
"A return to low solar activity not seen for centuries could increase the chances of cold winters in Europe and eastern parts of the United States but wouldn't halt global warming.
Long episodes of low solar activity were seen during the Maunder Minimum between 1645 and 1715 and the 'Dalton Minimum' from 1790 to 1830.
The latest study, published in Nature Communications, found reduced solar activity will lead to an overall cooling of the Earth of 0.1C.
A much bigger cooling effect is expected for Britain, northern Europe and North America where thermometers could drop by 0.8C...

Seattle Man Holds Up a Sign Warning Other Drivers About ‘Cops Ahead.’ How Authorities Responded Has Him Accusing Them of ‘Twisting Laws’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

Seattle Man Holds Up a Sign Warning Other Drivers About ‘Cops Ahead.’ How Authorities Responded Has Him Accusing Them of ‘Twisting Laws’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"A Seattle man hoping to save others from tickets was fined himself for holding a sign along the side of the road, warning of “cops ahead.”

But it wasn’t necessarily this part of the message on the sign fashioned on a plastic Rubbermaid lid that got him in trouble. It was the instructions that he gave to motorists after it."

Nanny State of the Week: FDA bans trans-fats

Nanny State of the Week: FDA bans trans-fats - Watchdog.org:
"Food companies have until 2018 to remove the oils from their products.
But does the government have the power to force people to eat healthy?
The FDA is charged, in part, with protecting Americans from food that is unsafe to eat.
They inspect meat, for example, to make sure we’re not going to get mad cow disease.
The agency is now expanding that role to include trans fats, which the FDA has determined to be “no longer safe for use in food.”
But there’s a difference between government regulations that enforce safety and those that enforce good health, says Daren Bakst, a research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.
“The agency is trying to use its power to go after ‘unhealthy’ ingredients, not ‘unsafe’ ingredients,” he told U.S. News and World Report.
“People can make voluntary and informed decisions regarding what food they choose to eat.
Sometimes those decisions aren’t going to be consistent with the bureaucrats’ views on what people should eat...”

Krauthammer On Calls to Remove Confederate Flag: ‘Standard Liberal Impulse’ Is to ‘Do Something’ Even if It’s ‘Irrelevant’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

Krauthammer On Calls to Remove Confederate Flag: ‘Standard Liberal Impulse’ Is to ‘Do Something’ Even if It’s ‘Irrelevant’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Conservative pundit Charles Krauthammer commented on calls to remove the Confederate flag in light of the Charleston church shooting, saying Monday that the “standard liberal impulse” is to take action, even if the action is “irrelevant” to the issue at hand."

Pick the laws you like? Ignore the laws you don't like?---Obama's secret plan to fund the terrorists?-----White House to announce US won't prosecute hostages' families who pay ransom

White House to announce US won't prosecute hostages' families who pay ransom | Fox News:
"In a softening of longstanding policy, the Obama administration will tell families of Americans held by terror groups that they can communicate with captors and even pay ransom without fear of prosecution -- part of a broad review of U.S. hostage guidelines that will be released Wednesday.
President Obama ordered the review last fall after the deaths of Americans held hostage by Islamic State militants.
The families of some of those killed complained about their dealings with the administration, saying they were threatened with criminal prosecution if they pursued paying ransom in exchange for their loved ones' release.
Two people familiar with the review said there will be no formal change to the law, which explicitly makes it a crime to provide money or other material support to terror organizations. 
However, the administration will make clear that the Justice Department has never prosecuted anyone for paying ransom and that that will continue to be the case.

‘I Have a Prediction…Do Not Doubt Me’: Rush Limbaugh Claims There’s More to Confederate Flag Fight | TheBlaze.com

‘I Have a Prediction…Do Not Doubt Me’: Rush Limbaugh Claims There’s More to Confederate Flag Fight | TheBlaze.com:

"Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh claimed on the air Tuesday that the American flag will “come under assault” after the Confederate flag because the left believes it stands for “everything that’s wrong with” the country."

DEATH by VEGETABLES: Woman charged with killing boyfriend using carrots. And peas

DEATH by VEGETABLES: Woman charged with killing boyf using carrots. And peas • The Register

Rounds off fatal assault with chicken soup de grâce

WHEN will they bring in vegetable ownership controls?

"A woman in California allegedly killed her boyfriend using mixed veg, according to local news reports.
According to NBCLA, a local prosecutor states that Linda Clarene Jackson, 59, of Lake Los Angeles, allegedly attacked her 59-year-old boyfriend, David Ruiz, while he was in her house.
The local TV station reported further that the hapless Ruiz was struck in the head by "a can of peas, a can of carrots and a can of chicken broth" in the deadly attack.
Jackson is in custody with bail expected to be set at a high level.
If convicted, she faces life in prison.
The episode serves to underline the fact that there are worse and more damaging things than spamming someone."

Thin-Skinned and Upset? Call a Lawyer

Thin-Skinned and Upset? Call a Lawyer - WSJ: "Thin-Skinned and Upset? Call a Lawyer
An influential law group wants the tort of battery redefined to protect the ‘unusually sensitive.’
A group of judges, attorneys and law professors recently voted to make tapping the shoulder of a Muslim woman to ask for directions potentially punishable in a U.S. court of law. 
This group, the American Law Institute, is an elite private organization that includes the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, the chief judges of the U.S. Courts of Appeal and the highest state courts, most law school deans, some law professors and private ..."

Make no mistake: Mexico is in crisis

Make no mistake: Mexico is in crisis:
"The most violent, brutal, and lawless place on the planet right now may not actually be half a world away in the Middle East, but right next door in Mexico.
Since Mexico’s drug war began to escalate in 2006, more than 100,000 Mexican residents have been murdered or gone missing according to the State Department’s Overseas Security Advisory Council. Kidnapping, human trafficking, and the brutal dismemberment and display of murder victims is far too commonplace. 
These incidents are taking place literally across the river from major American cities.
The administration and press have largely been able to ignore the plight of our friend, ally, and third largest trading partner while the savagery has been primarily limited to the people of Mexico.
This should not be tolerated..."

BOOM: Chuck Norris Just Unleashed the Truth About Charleston, And Every American Needs to See It

BOOM: Chuck Norris Just Unleashed the Truth About Charleston, And Every American Needs to See It:

"However, Norris did offer President Obama advice on reducing gun sales.

“If Obama really wants to reduce firearm power, he should consider stepping out of office, because his presidency has increased gun sales more than any other,” Norris wrote."

Liberal media and government-Acknowledge a solution that works. Then destroy it-------Two Surveys Find That Almost All Regular Vapers Are Smokers

Two Surveys Find That Almost All Regular Vapers Are Smokers - Hit & Run : Reason.com
American officials who are freaking out about the rising popularity of electronic cigarettes, especially among teenagers, generally fail to distinguish between experimentation and regular use. 
In fact, as Boston University public health professor Michael Siegel points out, surveys sponsored by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) do not even ask about frequency of use beyond once or more in the previous month. 
Two recent studies highlight the importance of inquiring further, showing that very few nonsmokers who have tried e-cigarettes are regular users.

One study, which Siegel discussed on his blog last Friday, analyzed data from the Youth Tobacco Policy Survey, which is sponsored by Cancer Research UK.
The survey of 1,200 British 11-to-16-year-olds found that 12 percent reported trying e-cigarettes but only 2 percent reported using them more often than once a month, while just 1 percent reported using them more often than once a week.
Furthermore, "regular e-cigarette use was found only in children who also smoked tobacco," belying CDC Director Tom Frieden's warnings that such products are luring teenagers who have never used tobacco into nicotine habits that might ultimately lead to smoking..."

Obama: If I had a daughter, she'd look like Rachel Dolezal

Obama: If I had a daughter, she'd look like Rachel Dolezal:

History for June 24

History for June 24 - On-This-Day.com
E.I. Du Pont 1771, Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac) 1942, Nancy Allen 1950 


1497 - Italian explorer John Cabot, sailing in the service of England, landed in North America on what is now Newfoundland. 


1509 - Henry VIII was crowned King of England. 


1675 - King Philip's War began when Indians massacre colonists at Swansee, Plymouth colony. 


1844 - Charles Goodyear was granted U.S. patent #3,633 for vulcanized rubber. 


1941 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt pledged all possible support to the Soviet Union. 



1955 - Soviet MIG's down a U.S. Navy patrol plane over the Bering Strait. 


1964 - The Federal Trade Commission announced that starting in 1965, cigarette manufactures would be required to include warnings on their packaging about the harmful effects of smoking. 


1982 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that no president could be sued for damages connected with actions taken while serving as President of the United States.