History for February 15

History for February 15 - On-This-Day.com:
Galileo Galilei 1564 - Astronomer, John Sutter 1803, Cyrus McCormick (Cyrus Hall McCormick, Sr.) 1809 - Inventor 


Melissa Manchester 1951 - Singer , Matt Groening 1954 - Cartoonist ("The Simpsons"), Chris Farley 1964 


1764 - The city of St. Louis was established.


1898 - The USS Maine sank when it exploded in Havana Harbor for unknown reasons. More than 260 crew members were killed.


1903 - Morris and Rose Michtom, Russian immigrants, introduced the first teddy bear in America.


1933 - U.S. President-elect Franklin Roosevelt escaped an assination attempt in Miami. Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak was killed in the attack.


1942 - During World War II, Singapore surrendered to the Japanese.


1953 - The first American to win the women’s world figure skating championship was 17-year-old Tenley Albright.


1965 - Canada displayed its new red and white maple leaf flag. The flag was to replace the old Red Ensign standard.


1982 - During a storm, the Ocean Ranger, a drilling rig, sank off the coast of Newfoundland. 84 men were killed.

Scalia found dead with ‘pillow over his head’

Scalia found dead with ‘pillow over his head’:

"The El Paso County medical examiner’s office said they hadn’t received any information regarding the possibility of performing an autopsy.

As WND reported, the seemingly quick conclusion that Scalia died of “natural causes” is prompting calls for an autopsy and toxicological reports by activists and across social media platforms."

Obama Making More Lands Public Monuments so Plants and Animals Can ‘Adapt to Climate Change’ | TheBlaze.com

Obama Making More Lands Public Monuments so Plants and Animals Can ‘Adapt to Climate Change’ | TheBlaze.com:

"President Barack Obama is designating 1.8 million acres of public land in California to be part of three national monuments, the White House announced Friday, which will almost double the amount of land he designated as national monuments since taking office.

A White House statement says the move provides “plants and animals with the space and elevation range that they will need in order to adapt to the impacts of climate change.

Lucianne.com "Most Read"-----The Coming Hillary Meltdown?

The Coming Hillary Meltdown? | Power Line:
THE COMING HILLARY MELTDOWN?

Interesting tidings in the media the last 24 hours that suggest a smoldering volcano of Democratic discontent and near panic. The Democratic establishment has cleared the field for Hillary, and she’s having trouble putting away Bernie Sanders! If she can’t handle Bernie Sanders, how will she match up with a Republican nominee?

Colbert King, a reliable liberal columnist at the Washington Post, sends out the message:

Clinton email scandal: Why it might be time for Democrats to draft Joe Biden

The Hillary Clinton email issue is developing into a real whodunit, complete with Clintonesque legal semantics. “I never sent or received any material marked classified,” she said with respect to the discovery of classified information on her private, unclassified email server. That surface denial nearly rivals Bill Clinton’s classic: “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.”

But this is no laughing matter. . .

After reviewing how problematic Hillary’s account of the matter is, King closes with this:

Just a thought: As a precaution, the manager in the White House dugout might consider telling the bullpen to start warming up Joe Biden.

Hillary is also resisting releasing any texts of her Goldman Sachs speeches, which are bidding to be come the Mitt Romney tax returns of this cycle. From the New York Times:

In response to a question at Thursday night’s debate, Hillary Clinton said she would “look into” the possibility of releasing transcripts of her paid remarks to banking, corporate and financial services companies like Goldman Sachs.

But by Friday morning, it did not appear that much looking was underway.

Joel Benenson, Mrs. Clinton’s pollster, gave little indication at a Wall Street Journal breakfast with reporters that the transcripts would be forthcoming.

“I don’t think voters are interested in the transcripts of her speeches,” he said.

Whether they are made public is up to the Clinton campaign. Speaking contracts typically give the speaker the right to decide whether any material from a particular speech can be shared beyond the room. Goldman Sachs, for one, declined to make an on-the-record statement.

I’ll bet these speeches include a lot of slobbering from the Dowager Countess of Chappaqua about the greatness and genius of Goldman Sachs. Over to you, Bernie.

What if the compensation for all S&P 500 CEOs were confiscated and redistributed to rank-and-file workers?

What if the compensation for all S&P 500 CEOs were confiscated and redistributed to rank-and-file workers? - AEI | Carpe Diem Blog » AEIdeas: