Friday, September 27, 2019
History for September 27
History for September 27 - On-This-Day.com
George Cruikshank 1792, Thomas Nast 1840 - Political cartoonist that created the Republican elephant and the Democrat donkey, Wilford Brimley 1934 - Actor
Meat Loaf (Marvin Lee Aday) 1947, Shaun Cassidy 1958, Gwyneth Paltrow 1972 - Actress
1968 - The U.K.'s entry into the European Common Market was barred by France.
1994 - More than 350 Republican congressional candidates signed the Contract with America. It was a 10-point platform they pledged to enact if voters sent a GOP majority to the House.
Thursday, September 26, 2019
Michael Flynn Cites Adam Schiff’s ‘Ethics’ In Decision To Plead The Fifth | The Daily Caller
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn will plead the fifth rather than testify before the House Intelligence Committee later this week, his lawyer told Chairman Adam Schiff Monday.
Sidney Powell, Flynn’s attorney, told Schiff in a letter reported by The Washington Times that Flynn “will not appear before your committee on September 25, 2019 to be paraded, harassed or disparaged for doing so.”
Mattel Launches New Line of “Gender Neutral” Dolls – Summit News
Mattel Launches New Line of “Gender Neutral” Dolls – Summit News
"Toy maker Mattel has announced it is launching a new line of “gender neutral” dolls, prompting some critics to accuse the company of trying to socially engineer children.
"Toy maker Mattel has announced it is launching a new line of “gender neutral” dolls, prompting some critics to accuse the company of trying to socially engineer children.
...Kim Culmone, senior vice president of Mattel Fashion Doll Design, said the dolls were being released because “kids don’t want their toys dictated by gender norms.”
“Toys are a reflection of culture and as the world continues to celebrate the positive impact of inclusivity, we felt it was time to create a doll line free of labels,” she said.
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Michigan Democrat Facing Election Fraud Charges | Breitbart
Michigan Democrat Facing Election Fraud Charges | Breitbart:
A Michigan government employee who was honored by the state’s Democratic Party is now facing multiple election fraud charges.
Police arrested Sherikia Hawkins, 38, a city clerk for the city of Southfield, on Monday and charged her with six election fraud felonies after the Oakland County Clerk’s Office found voter count discrepancies while certifying absentee ballots from Southfield in the November 2018 election, the Detroit Free Press reported.
A Michigan government employee who was honored by the state’s Democratic Party is now facing multiple election fraud charges.
Police arrested Sherikia Hawkins, 38, a city clerk for the city of Southfield, on Monday and charged her with six election fraud felonies after the Oakland County Clerk’s Office found voter count discrepancies while certifying absentee ballots from Southfield in the November 2018 election, the Detroit Free Press reported.
Washington Post Poll Shows Most People Unwilling to Pay $2 Per Month Tax to Fight Climate Change - American Experiment
Washington Post Poll Shows Most People Unwilling to Pay $2 Per Month Tax to Fight Climate Change - American Experiment"...A recent poll from the Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation shows that support for reducing carbon dioxide emissions withers under the slightest bit of scrutiny.
The poll shows people favor taxing the wealthy to pay for increasing electricity costs, which is pretty much par for the course on every issue, and raising taxes on energy, even if that leads to higher prices.
However, when people are asked to make a personal sacrifice, support simply evaporates.
Indeed, 51 percent of U.S. residents oppose paying a $2 per month tax on their electric bills, and this number climbs to 71 percent opposed when this number increases to a $10 monthly tax...
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San Francisco residents line sidewalk with boulders to block homeless camps
San Francisco residents line sidewalk with boulders to block homeless camps- Meanwhile, Los Angeles residents installed planters to prevent street camping.
California has returned to its “Wild West” roots, as individuals strive to civilize the coast using their wits and initiative.
Case-in-point: Residents of a San Francisco side street have trucked in boulders to discourage homeless camping near their homes..."
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Trump Administration Says ‘Catch And Release’ Of Illegal Migrants Will Come To An End | The Daily Caller
Trump Administration Says ‘Catch And Release’ Of Illegal Migrants Will Come To An End | The Daily Caller:
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan announced Monday a combination of new immigration initiatives is helping lead to the end of “catch and release” and added that the White House will abolish the policy altogether as soon as next week.
McAleenan said before the Council on Foreign Relations that a number of new policies — such as Migrant Protection Protocols and longer family unit detention — have chipped away at what the Trump administration refers to as “catch and release.” The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will end the practice in an official capacity.
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan announced Monday a combination of new immigration initiatives is helping lead to the end of “catch and release” and added that the White House will abolish the policy altogether as soon as next week.
McAleenan said before the Council on Foreign Relations that a number of new policies — such as Migrant Protection Protocols and longer family unit detention — have chipped away at what the Trump administration refers to as “catch and release.” The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will end the practice in an official capacity.
Peter Schweizer: Biden Ukraine dealings – 7 essential facts | Fox News
Peter Schweizer: Biden Ukraine dealings – 7 essential facts | Fox News
"Editor’s note: Peter Schweizer and the Government Accountability Institute spent three years investigating former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter and their dealings in the Ukraine and China. The research culminated in the #1 New York Times bestselling book “Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends” (Harper Collins, March 2018). Below are some of the results of the investigation.
5. Burisma was under legal scrutiny. Shortly before Hunter Biden was appointed to Burisma’s board, British authorities froze $23 million of Zlochevsky’s assets as part of a corruption investigation. Ukraine opened its own probe later that year.
"Editor’s note: Peter Schweizer and the Government Accountability Institute spent three years investigating former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter and their dealings in the Ukraine and China. The research culminated in the #1 New York Times bestselling book “Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends” (Harper Collins, March 2018). Below are some of the results of the investigation.
1. Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, joined the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma in April 2014, according to RSB bank records. Hunter Biden had little background in energy. Over a 16-month period, Burisma paid $3.1 million to a bank account associated with Hunter’s business.
6. Financial records from Morgan Stanley show numerous lines of money going into the account of “Robert H. Biden.” The funds originated from oligarchs and anonymous LLCs in Ukraine, China, Kazakhstan and elsewhere.
7. In 2013, then-Vice President Biden and his son Hunter flew aboard Air Force Two to China. Ten days later, Hunter Biden’s firm scored a $1.5 billion deal with a subsidiary of the Chinese government’s Bank of China...
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EU plans to spend more on private jets for top officials – POLITICO
EU plans to spend more on private jets for top officials – POLITICO
"The European Union is planning to spend millions of euros more on private jet flights for its top officials — just as it is proclaiming its green credentials and pledging to step up the fight against climate change.
The bloc has raised the amount that can be spent under a five-year contract for “air taxi” flights...represents a 50 percent increase on the original value of €7.14 million.
The EU has been placing increasing emphasis on green policies in recent months.
Ahead of Monday's U.N. climate summit in New York, Miguel Arias Cañete, the European commissioner for climate action and energy, declared: “The EU has a strong story to tell — we are global climate leaders.”...
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The bloc has raised the amount that can be spent under a five-year contract for “air taxi” flights...represents a 50 percent increase on the original value of €7.14 million.
The EU has been placing increasing emphasis on green policies in recent months.
Ahead of Monday's U.N. climate summit in New York, Miguel Arias Cañete, the European commissioner for climate action and energy, declared: “The EU has a strong story to tell — we are global climate leaders.”...
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Walmart’s Entry Into Health Care Could be Hugely Disruptive in All the Best Ways – Reason.com
Walmart’s Entry Into Health Care Could be Hugely Disruptive in All the Best Ways – Reason.com:
The big box retailer opened its first Walmart Health in-store clinic this month in Dallas, Georgia, offering primary medical, dental, vision, and mental health care.
Though Walmart has not yet made public any plans for a national roll-out of similar facilities, the new clinic in the Atlanta suburbs appears to be a pilot for a new way to provide basic health care to Americans.
The clinic will be staffed with medical professionals capable of handling everything from immunizations to counseling sessions to lab testing to X-rays..."
- Perhaps the most radical aspect of the new Walmart Heath clinic? Consumers will know exactly what each service costs.
The big box retailer opened its first Walmart Health in-store clinic this month in Dallas, Georgia, offering primary medical, dental, vision, and mental health care. Though Walmart has not yet made public any plans for a national roll-out of similar facilities, the new clinic in the Atlanta suburbs appears to be a pilot for a new way to provide basic health care to Americans.
Perhaps the most radical aspect of the new Walmart Heath clinic?
Consumers will know exactly what each service costs.
The company has published a pricing list showing that basic check-ups will cost $30 (or $20 for kids) while getting tested for the flu will cost $20 and having a routine vision exam will be $40. The clinic will be staffed with medical professionals capable of handling everything from immunizations to counseling sessions to lab testing to X-rays..."
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Now they want to ban the sale of pointed kitchen knives in the UK to reduce knife crime. Brutal mockery follows. - TheBlaze
Now they want to ban the sale of pointed kitchen knives in the UK to reduce knife crime. Brutal mockery follows. - TheBlaze:
Following a Friday conference titled — what else? — The Point, experts penned an open letter urging the government to "take urgent measures to promote the sale of safe kitchen knife designs and restrict those designs which have been used in so many acts of violence," the outlet said.
"There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young"
Darrin Moore - "There are few things more dishonorable than...- "There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young. . . . We’re raising whole generations who regard facts as more or less optional… They’re being taught that it’s important to have views, and they’re not being taught that it’s important to know what you’re talking about." — Thomas Sowell
- "The gap between the culture acquired spontaneously by the young, and that which should be imparted in the university, is so cavernously wide that the teacher is apt to look ridiculous, as he perches on his theatrical pinnacle and beckons the youth across to it. Indeed, it is easier to make the passage the other way, to join your young audience in the enchanted field of popular entertainment, and turn your intellectual guns on the stately ruin across the chasm. Increasingly, therefore, modern intellectuals define their position as one outside the high culture to which they owe their status. Their task, they claim, is not to propagate Western culture, but to question its assumptions, to undermine its authority, and to liberate young people from the 'structures'." ~Roger Scruton in his chapter on the predominance of the youth culture, 'Yoofanasia' in his book 'Modern Culture'...
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History for September 26
History for September 26 - On-This-Day.com
John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed) 1774, Ivan Pavlov 1849 - Physiologist, T.S. Eliot 1888
George Gershwin 1898, Christine Todd Whitman 1946, Serena Williams 1981 - Tennis player
1789 - Thomas Jefferson was appointed America's first Secretary of State. John Jay was appointed the first chief justice of the U.S. Samuel Osgood was appointed the first Postmaster-General. Edmund Jennings Randolph was appointed the first Attorney General.
1964 - "Gilligan's Island" premiered on CBS-TV. The show aired for the last time on September 4, 1967.
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Matt Bevin, Kentucky governor: Greta Thunberg 'remarkably ill-informed' - Washington Times
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin touted the reliability of fossil fuels and called teen climate activist Greta Thunberg “remarkably ill-informed” during a conference on energy.
Bevin was asked about the 16-year-old Swedish activist on Tuesday after he gave a keynote address at the annual meeting of the Southern States Energy Board in Louisville. Bevin said Thunberg is “an intelligent woman, young woman, she’s very emotional, she’s very passionate and she’s remarkably ill-informed.”
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