History for June 29

History for June 29 - On-This-Day.com
William Mayo 1861, Antoine de Saint-Exupery 1900, John Toland 1912 


Slim Pickens 1919, Stokeley Carmichael 1941, Gary Busey 1944 


Little Eva Boyd 1945, Fred Grandy 1948, Sharon Lawrence 1961 


1767 - The British Parliament approved the Townshend Revenue Acts. The acts imposed import duties on glass, lead, paint, paper and tea shipped to America. 


1804 - Privates John Collins and Hugh Hall of the Lewis and Clark Expedition were found guilty by a court-martial consisting of members of the Corps of Discovery for getting drunk on duty. Collins received 100 lashes on his back and Hall received 50. 


1903 - The British government officially protested Belgian atrocities in the Congo. 


1917 - The Ukraine proclaimed independence from Russia. 


1925 - Marvin Pipkin filed for a patent for the frosted electric light bulb. 


1926 - Fascists in Rome added an hour to the work day in an economic efficiency measure. 


1953 - The Federal Highway Act authorized the construction of 42,500 miles of freeway from coast to coast. 


1956 - Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller were married. They were divorced on January 20, 1961. 


1972 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty could constitute "cruel and unusual punishment." The ruling prompted states to revise their capital punishment laws. 

BUSTED: Massive Obama Family Tie to Slavery Gets Exposed for America to See

BUSTED: Massive Obama Family Tie to Slavery Gets Exposed for America to See:

"The liberal mainstream media has been trying to hide this for years, but race-baiter-in-chief President Barack Hussein Obama’s own family used to own slaves.

Specifically, Obama’s great-great-great-great grandfather on his mother’s side, George Washington Overall, owned two slaves — a 15-year-old black girl and 25-year-old black man."

Al Sharpton Isn’t Stopping at the Confederate Flag — He Just Revealed His Next Target | TheBlaze.com

Al Sharpton Isn’t Stopping at the Confederate Flag — He Just Revealed His Next Target | TheBlaze.com:

"Rev. Al Sharpton quickly joined critics of the Confederate flag flying outside the South Carolina Statehouse, but the civil rights leader is going one step further "

University of Wisconsin Bans RACIST Phrase: "Everybody Can Succeed"

University of Wisconsin Bans RACIST Phrase: "Everybody Can Succeed" - The Gateway Pundit: "The University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point is the latest school to ban common phrases like, “everybody can succeed,” or “America is a melting pot” because of their racist nature."
The list of “microaggressions” is posted on the university’s website.

SPREAD THIS: NRA Drops Bombshell About Dems' New Gun Control Plan... We're Under Attack

SPREAD THIS: NRA Drops Bombshell About Dems' New Gun Control Plan... We're Under Attack:

"The NRA also suspected that Democrats were pursuing this bill in a bid to “create firearm registries” and “suppress firearm ownership.”

Like the NRA pointed out, however, this rule would not stop criminals from obtaining guns via “the same ways they always have: by theft, straw purchases, from criminal associates or family members, or on the black market.”

The only people this bill would affect are those law-abiding Americans who want to obtain a handgun legally."

Walmart makes ISIS cake, refused Confederate flag cake.

Walmart makes ISIS cake, refused Confederate flag cake. - YouTube:

Greece: the remarkably important looming financial crisis you’re not hearing about.

Moe Lane » Greece: the remarkably important looming financial crisis you’re not hearing about.

And when I say ‘looming,’ I mean: it’s almost a matter of looking at your watch.

I don’t suppose that the administration has any kind of plan regarding this?

Greece’s long-running standoff with its European creditors appeared headed on Saturday for an abrupt — and potentially cataclysmic — ending as the continent’s finance ministers rejected an emergency Greek request to help the cash-starved country meet a Tuesday deadline for paying back its debts.

The development, just hours after Greece’s prime minister stunned the continent with plans to hold a nationwide referendum on Europe’s latest proposals, makes it increasingly likely that Greece will default — and could soon crash out of the euro zone altogether.

…Because – and this is a bit of an issue, really – Greece is in fact a formal ally of the United States.  
NATO, and all that.  
It might not be in our country’s best interests to let Greece go take a swan dive out a penthouse window.

Mind you, I’m more sympathetic towards the administration than usual, because I’m blessed if I can think of a viable thing to do here, either*. 
But I’m not actually sympathetic towards the administration, because nobody forced Barack Obama to run for and win the office twice, and if he’s going to play at being an Imperial President… well.  
Then go decree something, your Imperial Majesty.

Moe Lane (crosspost)

*I’m very much an amateur at this sort of thing, but it certainly looks like the problem is that Greece wasn’t controlling its spending prior to 2008, got hammered in the economic freefall, and hasn’t been able to tough it out until this unnaturally-extended global stagnation finally ends (probably some time in late 2017). 
It doesn’t help that the current Greek government is promising its voters unlimited pie. …Baklava? 
Or perhaps chak-chak – but I suppose that that’s just old Cold War reflexes on my part."

URGENT: Obama Announces "Gag Order" for All Americans ... Spread This Everywhere

URGENT: Obama Announces "Gag Order" for All Americans ... Spread This Everywhere:

"President Barack Obama is out of control. Now he thinks he can issue a gag order for all Americans — that means you and me — to prevent us from discussing firearms online.

Obviously, this is an appalling infringement of our constitutional right to freedom of speech."

Watch: Stunned Judge Napolitano Reveals How Supreme Court Just Pulled The Wool Over America’s Eyes

Watch: Stunned Judge Napolitano Reveals How Supreme Court Just Pulled The Wool Over America’s Eyes:
"Scalia writes of the majority’s opinion: “Today’s interpretation is not merely unnatural; it is unheard of.”
“The Court forgets that ours is a government of laws and not of men. That means we are governed by the terms of our laws, not by the unenacted will of our lawmakers,” he posits."

Next Round After Gay Marriage Ruling: ‘Decades and Decades’ of Religious Freedom Litigation

Next Round After Gay Marriage Ruling: ‘Decades and Decades’ of Religious Freedom Litigation | TheBlaze.com:
The Supreme Court’s ruling on gay marriage may be settled law, but how to reconcile it with religious freedom could mean “decades and decades” of litigation, a religious freedom law expert said, reflecting some of the concerns raised in the dissent that called a clash “all but inevitable.”
The high court’s 5-4 ruling that gay marriage must be legal in all 50 states will likely prompt future cases such as whether a church opposed to gay marriage could be required to perform ceremonies, if a religious college would have to accommodate same-sex married couples in married student housing or if Christian marriage counselors would have to accommodate same-sex couples.
...The door cracked open for more legal challenges, said Jeremy Tedesco, senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, such as gay couples demanding public accommodation from religious institutions.
...Already gay couples have sued to force privately-owned businesses such as bakeries, catering services and wedding photographers do business with them for weddings, regardless of the conscience of the business owners..."

Blog: The politics of delusion

Blog: The politics of delusion:
The left rules, with an increasingly iron hand, the commanding heights of culture, including the arts, media, and the academy.
Capitalizing on the respect and power this endows the progressives with, they have been creating an alternative reality and ratifying it. 
 In one brilliant paragraph, Peter Kirsanow of NRO summarizes the delusions that have been foisted upon the body politic and society, and which are sticking (for now):

• Exchanges established by the federal government are exchanges established by the state. 
• Rachel Dolezal is black. 
• Iran will honor an agreement not to develop nuclear weapons. 
• ISIS is a JV team. 
• There’s an epidemic of sexual assaults on college campuses. 
• Michael Brown had his hands up and pleaded “don’t shoot.” 
• Caitlyn Jenner is a woman. 
• Obamacare is working. 2+2 doesn’t necessarily equal 4. 
• The polar ice caps are disappearing. The IRS is doing a decent job. 
• The border is secure.
• We’ve ended two wars responsibly. 
• Hillary Clinton turned over all work-related e-mails. 
• An $18,200,000,000,000 debt can grow without mention. 
• People who burn down buildings and overturn cars aren’t thugs. 
• The OPM hack is manageable. 
• We’ve reset relations with Russia. 
• Entitlement reform can be kicked down the road. 
• We’re more respected around the world.

Sooo, now the Chinese OWN many of our government employees--------Revealed: Chinese hackers 'stole US government employees' sex secrets and details of their gambling habits and debts'

Revealed: Chinese hackers 'stole US government employees' sex secrets and details of their gambling habits and debts' | Daily Mail Online:
Revealed: Chinese hackers 'stole US government employees' sex secrets and details of their gambling habits and debts'

• Office of Personnel Management has acknowledged it was victim of cyber-attack involving personnel data on 4.2million current and former workers
• Hackers likely netted dossiers containing 'adjudication information' detailing workers' infidelities, debts and gambling problems 
• Investigators gather sensitive information during vetting process of potential hires and current employees seeking a higher level of clearance
• One former official revealed he he was once asked during a lie-detector test whether he had ever engaged in bestiality 
• The main concern is that federal employees and contractors with high levels of clearance might become easy espionage targets 
• Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said Thursday China was 'leading suspect' behind OPm attacks

History for June 28

History for June 28 - On-This-Day.com
Henry VIII 1491 - King of England from April 21, 1509 until his death, known for his six marriages and his role in the separation of the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church, John Wesley 1703, Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1712 


Richard Rodgers 1902, Mel Brooks 1926 - Writer, director, actor, Gilda Radner 1946 


Kathy Bates 1948 - Actress, John Cusack 1966 - Actor, Kellie Pickler 1986 - Country singer ("American Idol") 


1778 - Mary "Molly Pitcher" Hays McCauley, wife of an American artilleryman, carried water to the soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth and, supposedly, took her husband's place at his gun after he was overcome with heat. 


1902 - The U.S. Congress passed the Spooner bill, it authorized a canal to be built across the isthmus of Panama. 


1914 - Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo along with his wife, Duchess Sophie.


1919 - The Treaty of Versailles was signed ending World War I exactly five years after it began. The treaty also established the League of Nations. 


1939 - Pan American Airways began the first transatlantic passenger service. 


1949 - The last U.S. combat troops were called home from Korea, leaving only 500 advisers. 


1950 - North Korean forces captured Seoul, South Korea. 


1960 - In Cuba, Fidel Castro confiscated American-owned oil refineries without compensation. 



2007 - The American bald eagle was removed from the endangered species list. 


2010 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Americans have the right to own a gun for self-defense anywhere they live.