Sunday, April 04, 2021
History for April 4
History for April 4 - On-This-Day.com
Isoroku Yamamoto 1884
- 1818 - A plan was passsed by the U.S. Congress that the U.S. flag would have 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars and that a new star would be added for the each new state.
- 1841 - U.S. President William Henry Harrison, at the age of 68, became the first president to die in office. He had been sworn in only a month before he died of pneumonia.
- 1917 - The U.S. Senate voted 90-6 to enter World War I on the Allied side.
- 1945 - During World War II, U.S. forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany.
- 1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the age of 39.
- 1973 - In New York, the original World Trade Center twin towers opened. At the time they were the tallest building in the world.
- 1991 - Pennsylvanian Senator John Heinz and six others were killed when a helicopter collided with Heinz's plane over a schoolyard in Merion, PA.
Saturday, April 03, 2021
Lara Logan: Biden's border crisis is enabling the 'MOST POWERFUL criminal organizations' on Earth - TheBlaze
Lara Logan: Biden's border crisis is enabling the 'MOST POWERFUL criminal organizations' on Earth - TheBlaze:
Award-winning investigative journalist Lara Logan joined Glenn Beck on the radio program this week to argue the Biden administration's border crisis is "enabling" drug cartels, allowing them to exploit migrants, use border wall construction roads, and cross the border much more easily.
Inside the Church of Climate
Inside the Church of Climate
After a roomful of hands shot up, Simon then asked: “Is there any evidence that could dissuade you?” Encountering silence, he followed up: “Is there any evidence I could give you—anything at all—that would lead you to reconsider these assumptions?”
"At an environmental forum, Julian Simon once asked: “How many people here believe that the earth is increasingly polluted and that our natural resources are being exhausted?”
After more silence, Simon answered: “Well, excuse me. I’m not dressed for church.”
Today’s Church of Climate holds three resolute beliefs:
- The human influence on climate is pronounced and controlling
- That influence cannot be positive or benign, only catastrophic
- Global governance can and must solve this problem...Read all.
NBC anchor declares 'fairness is overrated' during acceptance speech for journalism award - TheBlaze
NBC anchor declares 'fairness is overrated' during acceptance speech for journalism award - TheBlaze:
NBC News anchor Lester Holt received the Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award from Washington State University on Tuesday. Now, as noted by the Washington Examiner, his virtual acceptance speech is drawing fire for his admission of what conservatives have always believed the mainstream media believed: "fairness is overrated."
These are the same type of people running our country today!-----San Francisco's Corrupt Politicians Exposed In A Twitter Thread | ZeroHedge
San Francisco's Corrupt Politicians Exposed In A Twitter Thread | ZeroHedge
"...I worked in San Francisco for several decades and spent a great deal of that time dealing with City Hall through the judicial system.
"...I worked in San Francisco for several decades and spent a great deal of that time dealing with City Hall through the judicial system.
It was an enormously frustrating place, with byzantine rules, clerks that spoke minimal English, and a few corrupt judges.
...Perhaps the greatest corruption, though, was at the political level, among the Supervisors, elected representatives from each San Francisco neighborhood.
...Perhaps the greatest corruption, though, was at the political level, among the Supervisors, elected representatives from each San Francisco neighborhood.
...I was completely unsurprised when I read Chris Sacca’s Twitter thread about his efforts to give free internet to the City of San Francisco.
Everything he writes is consistent with my understanding of how the San Francisco government operates.
I’ll stop now and let Sacca take up the narrative:
The thread continues (emphasis ours):
One SF Supervisor told us she would vote against it unless we promised to fund quarterly field trips (eg to the zoo) for the kids in her district.
Another promised to vote against it because we wouldn’t give free laptops to all of SF.
One Supe rejected it because poor people needed “training to use the Net.”
Countless low/no-income residents spoke at hearings about how they had computers and knew how to use the web, but couldn’t afford Comcast. Supes mansplained back to those very people that they were wrong.
We built a demonstration network in a public housing project in Hunters Point. It was saturated with use. Those residents testified that laptops and phones weren’t expensive, cable and data plans were the problem. The Supes just couldn’t accept that those people were Net savvy.
Ultimately, one Supervisor told us straight up: He didn’t care what this meant for the people of his district, he was blocking it because it would give the mayor a win in a political year.
He was the deciding vote and I will never forget what he said...
“Stop lecturing me about the digital divide, because I don’t give a fuck. Now get the hell out of my office.”
Our team walked out stunned, sat in the lobby of City Hall, and realized it was over...Read all.
ACLU now acting as agent for those who will violate American laws and security. They are enemies of America as we know her!-----Every inch of Michigan is under Border Patrol jurisdiction; the ACLU wants that to change - mlive.com
Every inch of Michigan is under Border Patrol jurisdiction; the ACLU wants that to change - mlive.com
"Correction: A prior version of this story indicated that the wife of Gomez was a Michigan resident. She did not have lawful clearance to be in the U.S. (this fact destroys the impact of the story...but fact never stop the lib-media)
A Hispanic man, his wife and brother-in-law, all Michigan residents who spoke little English, were pulled over July 5, 2018 by a Michigan state trooper in Traverse City due to a loud exhaust...
...The ACLU used the incident to highlight what it believes is abusive and unaccountable encroachment of Border Patrol agents throughout the state.
Michigan cities located far from the Canadian border are focal points for Border Patrol immigration enforcement, and they shouldn’t be, says the ACLU. (sooo, if they make it a few mile from the border, they're "safe"?)
...The ACLU is calling for stricter limitations on Border Patrol officers and their vast jurisdiction, an end to collaboration between state or local police and federal immigration agencies, less racial and ethnic profiling, greater access to Michigan ID for noncitizens and much more transparency and public reporting from federal agencies that enforce immigration laws...Read all.
A Hispanic man, his wife and brother-in-law, all Michigan residents who spoke little English, were pulled over July 5, 2018 by a Michigan state trooper in Traverse City due to a loud exhaust...
...The ACLU used the incident to highlight what it believes is abusive and unaccountable encroachment of Border Patrol agents throughout the state.
Michigan cities located far from the Canadian border are focal points for Border Patrol immigration enforcement, and they shouldn’t be, says the ACLU. (sooo, if they make it a few mile from the border, they're "safe"?)
...The ACLU is calling for stricter limitations on Border Patrol officers and their vast jurisdiction, an end to collaboration between state or local police and federal immigration agencies, less racial and ethnic profiling, greater access to Michigan ID for noncitizens and much more transparency and public reporting from federal agencies that enforce immigration laws...Read all.
Six-Month-Old Thrown into Rio Grande by Smugglers, Saved by Brave Border Patrol Agent - Louder With Crowder
Six-Month-Old Thrown into Rio Grande by Smugglers, Saved by Brave Border Patrol Agent - Louder With Crowder:
Earlier this month, Reuters reported, "Gangs are diversifying methods of smuggling and winning clients as they eye U.S. measures that will 'incentivize migration.' " The measures are Joe Biden's amnesty plans that have created a border crisis. Or, an "alleged" border crisis since the Associated Press says we can't call it that. And one of those "diversified methods of smuggling"? Throwing a six-month-old into the Rio Grande to evade Border Patrol.
Your media of choice sorta missed this?-----As Russian Tanks Move Toward Ukraine, The Globe Braces For World War 3 | ZeroHedge
As Russian Tanks Move Toward Ukraine, The Globe Braces For World War 3 | ZeroHedge--THURSDAY, APR 01, 2021 - 11:30 PM-Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog,
- At this hour, more Russian military forces are massed near Ukraine’s borders than we have ever seen before.
Western military leaders say that they are concerned that the troop movements that we have witnessed in recent days may be leading up to an invasion, and if an invasion does happen it will greatly test the resolve of the Biden administration, EU leaders and NATO brass. In particular, the hawks in the Biden administration would almost certainly not be willing to just sit back and let the Russians conquer all of Ukraine. There would likely be a major response by the United States, and that could set off a chain reaction that could ultimately spark World War 3...Read all!!
Imagine the media melt-down in rage if ANY Republican had said same!-----Joe Biden says George Floyd's death had 'worldwide impact'
"During a round table in Philadelphia, presumptive democratic nominee Joe Biden briefly addressed the death of George Floyd, saying it had a wider impact than the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. because of how many people saw the cell phone video of the police confrontation and were inspired to take to the streets worldwide."
Fascinating! Watch your portfolio!-----Rehypothecated Leverage: How Archegos Built A $100 Billion Portfolio Out Of Thin Air... And Then Blew Up | ZeroHedge
Rehypothecated Leverage: How Archegos Built A $100 Billion Portfolio Out Of Thin Air... And Then Blew Up | ZeroHedge
As a reminder, and as we previously discussed, we already knew how Archegos was building up stakes in its various holdings: unlike most other investors, the fund never actually owned the underlying stock or even calls on the stock...
"One week after the biggest, and most spectacular hedge fund collapse since LTCM, we now have an (almost) clear picture of how Bill Hwang’s Archegos family office managed to single-handedly make a boring media stock the best performing company of 2021, but then when its luck suddenly ended it was margin called into extinction, leading to billions in losses for the banks that enabled what Bloomberg has dubbed its "leveraged blowout."
Thanks to detailed reports by the Financial Times and Bloomberg, we now have the missing pieces to complete the picture of the biggest hedge fund implosion of the 21st century.
...Instead, the stock that Archegos was long would be "owned" by its prime broker, the same entity that allowed it to enter into TRS in the first place. As such Archegos also never had any disclosure requirements, allowing it to transact completely in the dark while being fully compliant with SEC disclosure requirements - since it didn't own the underlying stock, Archegos did not have to disclose it.
Simple and brilliant.
...Call it a side effect of building castles on crooked foundations in an artificial, fake, Fed-supported market.
Is another market panic what the Fed wants? Or what the Biden admin wants? Of course not.
Which is why we will get a token Congressional hearing where politicians care more to hear themselves talk than listen to the answers, the banks will slap a few hands, one or two small sacrificial hedge funds will be shut down, and the world will move on, especially once Archegos is no longer on the front page of the financial media.
It's also why when the next major hedge fund implosion does happen, it will be far more catastrophic..Read all.
History for April 3
History for April 3 - On-This-Day.com
William M. (Marcy) "Boss" Tweed 1823 - Democrat Political boss, known for his Tweed "Ring" that stole millions of dollars from New York City
- 1513 - Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida. He had sighted the land the day before.
- 1860 - The first Pony Express riders left St. Joseph, MO and Sacramento, CA. The trip across country took about 10 days. The Pony Express only lasted about a year and a half.
- 1910 - Alaska's Mt. McKinley, the highest mountain in North America was climbed.
- 1942 - The Japanese began their all-out assault on the U.S. and Filipino troops at Bataan.
- 1946 - Lt. General Masaharu Homma, the Japanese commander responsible for the Bataan Death March, was executed in the Philippines.
- 1948 - U.S. President Harry Truman signed the Marshall Plan to revive war-torn Europe. It was $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
- 1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "mountaintop" speech just 24 hours before he was assassinated.
- 1986 - The U.S. national debt hit $2 trillion.
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