History for July 18

History for July 18 - On-This-Day.com:
Harriet Nelson 1912, Richard "Red" Skelton 1913, Nelson Mandela 1918 - President of South Africa 


John Glenn 1921 - Astronaut, Hunter S. Thompson 1937, Dion DiMucci (Dion and the Belmonts) 1939 


Martha Reeves (Martha and the Vandellas) 1941, Elizabeth McGovern 1961, Vin Diesel 1967 - Actor 


0064 - The Great Fire of Rome began. 


1789 - Robespierre, a deputy from Arras, France, decided to back the French Revolution. 

1872 - The Ballot Act was passed in Great Britain, providing for secret election ballots. 


1914 - Six planes of the U.S. Army helped to form an aviation division called the Signal Corps. 

1935 - Ethiopian King Haile Selassie urged his countrymen to fight to the last man against the invading Italian army. 


1936 - The first Oscar Meyer Wienermobile rolled out of General Body Company’s factory in Chicago, IL. 


1936 - The Spanish Civil War began as Gen. Francisco Franco led an uprising of army troops based in Spanish North Africa. 

1942 - The German Me-262, the first jet-propelled aircraft to fly in combat, made its first flight. 

1947 - U.S. President Truman signed the Presidential Succession Act, which placed the Speaker of the House and the Senate President Pro Tempore next in the line of succession after the vice president. 

Is Hillary Clinton Inadvertently Making the Conservative Case to Millennials? | Video | TheBlaze.com

Is Hillary Clinton Inadvertently Making the Conservative Case to Millennials? | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Uber is the free market in action, Burguiere said, and Clinton “wants to stifle that with draconian, progressive regulations.”

“Go ahead, Hill. Mess with Uber. See how that works out for you,” he concluded. “This is a gross misstep by Hillary, but it’s only one example of a powerful talking point that conservatives have simply failed to capitalize on. Conservative principles work. The free market works. Progressivism is the thing that screws all that good stuff up.”

“Just ask Detroit how the opposite has gone with progressive policies,” he added. “How’s that working out for them?”

Disaster: Today's Warrior Purge in the U.S. military

Articles: Disaster: Today's Warrior Purge in the U.S. military
“Where do we find such men?”
That memorable line comes from James Mitchner’s Korean War novel, The Bridges of Toko-Ri.
It refers to intrepid aviators lifting from a carrier, flying into untold danger.
They know they may not return.
They launch anyway.
In boldness unfathomable to many, they willingly, artfully fly into peril.
They are warriors, men of rare talent, intellect, and courage – a combination essential for victory.
Needed warriors are now being purged from the U.S. military.  
If America went to war right now with China or Russia, we could lose because of these purges.  We’re losing top-level warrior-leaders to make the crucial differences in battle.
They’re being systematically drummed out as politically incorrect.
When the going gets tough, political correctness (PC) is useless.
Then the brilliant, wily fighters, the coolest heads, the most courageous warriors, are needed to lead regardless of social views or record.
Today, in large measure, our fighting forces are led by briefcase-carrying busybodies, yes-men more interested in enforcing political beliefs and social change than leading in battle.
They care more about their careers than what’s happening to the military and thus the country.
Just last week, a new downsizing of the army was announced – without a protest...

Wisconsin's Shame: 'John Doe' Investigations Halted by State Supreme Court

Wisconsin's Shame: 'John Doe' Investigations Halted by State Supreme Court | National Review Online:
Finds prosecutors raided conservatives’ homes to investigate constitutionally protected free speech.
In a ruling this morning, the Wisconsin Supreme Court rendered official what observers have long known:
Wisconsin Democrats did, in fact, launch a massive, multi-county “John Doe” investigation of the state’s conservatives, featuring extraordinarily broad subpoenas and coordinated “paramilitary” raids of private homes; the “crimes” that provided the investigation’s pretext were not crimes at all, but First Amendment-protected speech;
 and the legal theory underpinning the investigation was bunk, “unsupported in either reason or law,” as the court put it.
...The court was obviously disturbed: 
The breadth of the documents gathered pursuant to subpoenas and seized pursuant to search warrants is amazing.
Millions of documents, both in digital and paper copy, were subpoenaed and/or seized.
Deputies seized business papers, computer equipment, phones, and other devices, while their targets were restrained under police supervision and denied the ability to contact their attorneys.
The special prosecutor obtained virtually every document possessed by the Unnamed Movants relating to every aspect of their lives, both personal and professional, over a five-year span (from 2009 to 2013).
Such documents were subpoenaed and/or seized without regard to content or relevance to the alleged violations of Ch. 11.
As part of this dragnet, the special prosecutor also had seized wholly irrelevant information, such as retirement income statements, personal financial account information, personal letters, and family photos.
The raid victims have suffered severe, long-term consequences as a result of these raids.
Almost to a person, they say they no longer feel secure in their own homes.
They report watching what they say, terrified that overt political involvement could lead their homes to be invaded again.
One victim said, “I tried to create a home where the kids always feel safe.
Now they know they’re not.
They know men with guns can come in their house, and there’s nothing we can do.”
Another victim — whose son was home alone when police arrived, guns drawn — is haunted by this chilling thought: “He could have been in the shower.
They could have broken the door down.
He could have been shot.
Over politics...”

Protesters Greet Obama in Oklahoma Waving Confederate Flags — and Demonstration Organizer Is Black | TheBlaze.com

Protesters Greet Obama in Oklahoma Waving Confederate Flags — and Demonstration Organizer Is Black | TheBlaze.com:

“They’re blaming the racist problems on the flag and not on the real problems of America. Through the race lies the people who carry and harbor the hate inside,” Duncomb added.

Several other black individuals participated in the demonstration."

These Cartoons Reveal How We Look To Iran After Nuke Deal

These Cartoons Reveal How We Look To Iran After Nuke Deal | The Federalist Papers
Lots of cartoons at link

Unemployable America-----Owner Closes Popular Deli, But Not for Lack of Business

WATCH: Owner Closes Popular Deli, But Not for Lack of Business | MRCTV:
"The owner of a popular Rhode Island deli-shop recently closed down one of the branches of his business.
But it wasn't for lack of customers.
The local Patch reported on the sign that James Hallal, the owner of J's Deli, put up in the storefront window of the Woonsocket branch that's getting a lot of local media attention."

CNN EXPERT Unsure if Chattanooga Shooter 'MUHAMMAD Abdulazeez' is Muslim

CNN EXPERT Unsure if Chattanooga Shooter 'MUHAMMAD Abdulazeez' is Muslim - The Gateway Pundit:
In the clip below, Tom Fuentes of CNN suggests that it’s not possible to know if Chattanooga shooter ‘Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez’ has a Muslim name.
Transcript and video via NewsBusters:
On Thursday’s The Lead, CNN analyst Tom Fuentes was unwilling to conclude that the perpetrator of a mass shooting against servicemen in Chattanooga, Tennessee was Muslim.
John Berman asked the former FBI assistant director, “Now that we have the name [Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez], the key questions are what?”
Fuentes replied, “I know…what the name sounds like, but we don’t know that it’s a Muslim name. We know it’s an Arabic name.
We don’t know what this individual was believing in, and that’s what they’re going to be trying to determine.”

Netanyahu Breaks Down Exactly What He Told Obama Over the Phone Following Iran Deal: ‘I Said…’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

Netanyahu Breaks Down Exactly What He Told Obama Over the Phone Following Iran Deal: ‘I Said…’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed to NBC News Wednesday what he told President Barack Obama after a nuclear deal with Iran was announced.

Speaking to Lest Holt, Netanyahu stressed that while he respects Obama, the two have a significant disagreement on the deal.

“Well, you know, "

Seattle mayor offers plan to help followers of Sharia law buy houses

Seattle mayor offers plan to help followers of Sharia law buy houses - Puget Sound Business Journal
For some Muslims, it can be hard to buy a house, and Mayor Ed Murray plans to do something about it.
On Monday, Murray's housing committee released its recommendations for ways the city can increase housing in the city. 
Most ideas were what you'd expect, including increasing the city's housing levy and implementing new rules and regulations to foster development of market-rate and lower-income housing.
One suggestion would help followers of Sharia law buy houses.
That's virtually impossible now because Sharia law prohibits payment of interest on loans.
The 28-member committee recommended the city convene lenders and community leaders to explore options for increasing access to Sharia-compliant loan products.
...It's unclear how many Muslims in Seattle would benefit from Murray's plan.
The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) estimates more than 30,000 Muslims live in the greater Seattle area, and Chapter Executive Director Arsalan Bukhari on Tuesday said it's "fairly common" for some not to seek loans.

Tennessee Woman Arrested For Printing Money: "All These Other Bitches Get To Print Money So I Can Too"

Tennessee Woman Arrested For Printing Money: "All These Other Bitches Get To Print Money So I Can Too" | Zero Hedge:
In what is either the best example why one should never believe anything they read on the internet, or just blatant frontrunning of the last QE by a few years, earlier this week a woman from Kingsport, Tennessee was arrested for counterfeiting money. 
... a gas station clerk who said that just prior to the officer's arrival, a white female had handed him a $5 bill, which he suspected to be counterfeit.

Since the bill had been printed on regular computer paper and each side had been glued together (but was falling apart), the officer immediately recognized the bill as a fake.

The officer spoke with the female, identified as Pamela Downs, 45. After initially responding that she had gotten the fake bill from a gas station, Downs was asked by the officer if her purse could be searched, to which she agreed. Inside her purse, the officer found a $100 which was also counterfeit, according to the report. The bill was printed in black and white and the backside of the bill was upside down.

A couple of receipts from Walmart were also found inside the purse, showing Downs had purchased copy paper and a printer.

At that point she was arrested, and she gave the best money-counterfeiting "defense" we have heard in a long time:

"I don't give a ****, all these other bitches get to print money so I can too."

It was not immediately clear which "bitches" she was referring to.

...And back to the rationalization: "She then told officers she read online that President Obama had made a new law that permitted her to print her own money because she is on a fixed income, the report stated."

She was charged with criminal simulation and counterfeiting.

JIHAD IN AMERICA: ENEMY IN OUR MIDST JIHAD IN TENNESSEE: CHATTANOOGA SHOOTING

Pamela Geller | Covering the news the media won't cover
JIHAD IN AMERICA: ENEMY IN OUR MIDST JIHAD IN TENNESSEE: CHATTANOOGA SHOOTING

• Chattanooga Jihad Shooter’s Blog: “We need…to establish Islam in the world.”

And while this devout Muslim tells us what he is doing, President Obama, William Killian and Obama’s other dissemblers tell us that this has nothing to do with Islam. The designated terror group and media darlings over at CAIR made a statement condemning the “deadly attack in Chattanooga, Tenn.” And the media was broadcasting it […]READ MORE

JIHAD IN AMERICA: ENEMY IN OUR MIDST JIHAD IN TENNESSEE: CHATTANOOGA SHOOTING

• Chattanooga jihad mass murderer’s father was under investigation for ties to a foreign terrorist organization

Chattanooga jihad mass murderer Muhammad Abdulazeez’s father, Youssuf Abdullazeez, was appointed as a “special policeman” for Chattanooga’s Department of Public Works in March 2005, according to the Times Free Press. And yet the NY Times is reporting that his father was under investigation years ago as part of a foreign terrorist organization. This speaks to […]READ MORE

CURRENT AFFAIRS

• William Killian, the DoJ Official Leading #Chattanooga Jihad Shooting, Previously Vowed to Criminalize Criticism of Islam

“We are treating this as an act of domestic terrorism,” said Bill Killian, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee. U.S. Attorney William C. Killian said. However, Killian said that the investigation would bear out precisely what kind of crime this was, and he cautioned people not to get caught up in the label. […]READ MORE- See more at: http://pamelageller.com/#axzz2qt11Z5aM

New Study Finds Some Bad News Related to Doctor Choices Under Obamacare Exchanges | TheBlaze.com

New Study Finds Some Bad News Related to Doctor Choices Under Obamacare Exchanges | TheBlaze.com:

"The number of doctors available on average Obamacare exchanges is more than one-third fewer than it would be on an average private health insurance network, a new study found. For cancer specialists, the decline is even more pronounced."

BOLTON: Israel should bomb Iran today…before it gets too late

BOLTON: Israel should bomb Iran today…before it gets too late » The Right Scoop
John Bolton told Greta tonight that the only way to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons is to use military force, and points out that even though Obama has said that’s on the table, he never meant it.
So what should Israel do? 

Bolton says they should bomb Iran today…before it gets too late.
Watch:

History for July 17

History for July 17 - On-This-Day.com
James Cagney 1899, Art Linkletter 1912, Phyllis Diller 1917 - Comedian 


Donald Sutherland 1934 - Actor, Diahann Carroll 1935 - Actress, singer, Spencer Davis 1939 - Musician, singer (Spencer Davis Group) 


 Lucie Arnaz 1951 - Actress, David Hasselhoff 1952 Actor ("Knight Rider," "Baywatch"), singer, Angela Merkel 1954 - German Chancellor 


1212 - The Moslems were crushed in the Spanish crusade. 


1821 - Spain ceded Florida to the U.S. 


1945 - U.S. President Truman, Soviet leader Josef Stalin and British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill began meeting at Potsdam in the final Allied summit of World War II. During the meeting Stalin made the comment that "Hitler had escaped." 


1955 - Disneyland opened in Anaheim, CA. 


1960 - Francis Gary Powers pled guilty to spying charges in a Moscow court after his U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. 


1975 - An Apollo spaceship docked with a Soyuz spacecraft in orbit. It was the first link up between the U.S. and Soviet Union. 


1979 - Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza resigned and fled to Miami in exile. (Florida) 


1997 - After 117 years, the Woolworth Corp. closed its last 400 stores. 

Texas Gov.’s Warning to Mexican Drug Lord: Cross Our Border & Here’s What We’ll Have Waiting for You | TheBlaze.com

Texas Gov.’s Warning to Mexican Drug Lord: Cross Our Border & Here’s What We’ll Have Waiting for You | TheBlaze.com:

"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a blunt warning this week to escaped Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, explaining what would happen to him if he entered The Lone Star State.

“If he or any other cartel member thinks about trying to come into Texas, we’ve got a prison cell waiting for them,” Abbott told Newsmax."

LIBERTY REVIEW

LIBERTY REVIEW:

http://www.libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2015/07/glory-days-by-tammy-derouin-i-was-part.html

Glory Days

By Tammy Derouin

I was part of several conversations this past week which allowed me to reminisce.  I took several trips back to a time in my life which I refer to as my glory days.  It was a time when life was good.  Politically speaking, Reagan was in office.  Need I say more? 

My glory days were the late 1980’s.  I was an adult but I wasn’t over burdened with life’s responsibilities. Several friends from high school were still part of my life.  Coca~Cola was sold in 16.9 oz. glass bottles.  The entertainment world produced many television shows and movies that were worth watching.  I enjoyed the music and witnessed the birth of something called MTV.  The VJ didn’t replace the DJ.    

The names of  television shows and movies, as well as songs, performers, actors, events and popular activities were tossed about to see if others had similar reactions.  The excitement grew as someone would recall a personal flashback.  An entertaining story would follow.   Springsteen was right, “Glory days, well they’ll pass you by.”  It’s important to realize what you’ve got before it’s gone.

I’m not saying that life was perfect, because it wasn’t.  I think we all have a time in our life that we like to revisit. It only takes an image, a song or a location to take me back.  I knew I was enjoying life but I had no idea how important those days would eventually come to mean......

Image of the Day: How our allies in the Middle East are viewing the Iran deal

Image of the Day: How our allies in the Middle East are viewing the Iran deal - Liberty Unyielding:
"It hasn’t taken long for our once-staunchest ally in the Middle East, Israel, to speak out on the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was interviewed today by NBC News anchor Lester Holt, during which he shared this assessment:
We think this is not only a threat to us. 
We think this is a threat to you as well. 
Iran has killed more Americans than anyone other than al Qaeda.
They’re going to get hundreds of billions of dollars to fuel their terror and military machine.
Note that Israel is not our only ally in the region to weigh in pessimistically.
Saudi newspaper Al-Watan published a cartoon Wednesday suggesting Iran will use sanctions relief from the nuclear deal to pump money into terrorism.
The cartoon depicts Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei turning the valve on a pipe labeled “nuclear agreement.”
Money, marked with the U.S. dollar sign, funnels into the mouth of a dark-clad figure labeled “terrorism.”

National Group Gives Michigan a ‘D’ for Civil Forfeiture Laws

National Group Gives Michigan a ‘D’ for Civil Forfeiture Laws [Michigan Capitol Confidential]: "The national grassroots group FreedomWorks, which has 6.9 million members and supports limited government, gives Michigan a “D” in a new report about civil asset forfeiture.
The report card, “Civil Asset Forfeiture: Grading the States,” bases their ratings on the standard of proof the government must meet to forfeit property, who has the burden of proof (the state or the individual), and what percentage of forfeiture funds go to law enforcement.
In explaining the grade for Michigan, the report says, “The standard of proof is too low; the government may forfeit property by showing a preponderance of the evidence..."

The US Has Agreed To Protect Iran’s Nukes From Threats

The US Has Agreed To Protect Iran’s Nukes From Threats | Sweetness & Light
The US Has Agreed To Protect Iran’s Nukes From Threats

Of course, all of this is probably moot anyway. Since even Israel will be highly reluctant to attack Iran’s nuclear industry now that the US has put Iran under its protection for the next 10 to 15 years. But still, it’s pretty shocking to see a US promise to protect Iran’s nuclear program spelled out in black and white.

From the Washington Free Beacon:

U.S. Will Teach Iran to Thwart Nuke Threats

By Adam Kredo | July 14, 2015

The United States and other world powers will help to teach Iran how to thwart and detect threats to its nuclear program, according to the parameters of a deal reached Tuesday to rein in Iran’s contested nuclear program.

Including protecting it from attacks from Israel, of course.

Under the terms of a deal that provides Iran billions of dollars in sanctions relief, Iran and global powers will cooperate to help teach Iran how to manage its nuclear infrastructure, which will largely remain in tact under the deal…

In what is being viewed as a new development, European countries and potentially the United States agreed to “cooperate with Iran on the implementation of nuclear security guidelines and best practices,” according to a copy of the agreement furnished by both the Russians and Iranians.

It’s also in the English version of the deal. (See below.)

This will include “training courses and workshops to strengthen Iran’s ability to prevent, protect and respond to nuclear security threats to nuclear facilities and systems as well as to enable effective and sustainable nuclear security and physical protection systems,” according to the text.

Additional “training and workshops” would work to “strengthen Iran’s ability to protect against, and respond to nuclear security threats, including sabotage, as well as to enable effective and sustainable nuclear security and physical protection systems,” the text states.

The language was viewed as disturbing by analysts and experts who said such cooperation could help protect Iran against efforts by the Israelis or other countries to sabotage the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program in the future.

In fact, ‘sabotage’ is probably the only thing that has kept the Iranians from getting a nuclear bomb by now.

“The United States and its partners have just become the international protectors of the Iranian nuclear program. Instead of rolling back the Iranian nuclear program, we’re now legally obligated to help the Iranians build it up and protect it,” said one Western source present in Vienna and who is apprised of the details of the deal…