Sunday, April 18, 2021
History for April 18
History for April 18 - On-This-Day.com
Clarence Darrow 1857 - Attorney, famous for his part in the Scopes 'monkey trial'
- 1775 - American revolutionaries Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott rode though the towns of Massachusetts giving the warning that the Regulars were coming out. Later, the phrase "the British are coming" was attributed to Revere even though it is unlikely he used that wording.
- 1847 - U.S. troops defeated almost 17,000 Mexican soldiers commanded by Santa Anna at Cerro Gordo. (Mexican-American War)
- 1877 - Charles Cros wrote a paper that described the process of recording and reproducing sound. In France, Cros is regarded as the inventor of the phonograph. In the U.S., Thomas Edison gets the credit.
- 1906 - San Francisco, CA, was hit with an earthquake. The original death toll was cited at about 700. Later information indicated that the death toll may have been 3 to 4 times the original estimate.
- 1923 - Yankee Stadium opened in the Bronx, NY. The Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1. John Phillip Sousa's band played the National Anthem.
- 1938 - Superman made his debut when he appeared in the first issue of Action Comics. (Cover date June 1938)
- 1942 - James H. Doolittle and his squadron, from the USS Hornet, raided Tokyo and other Japanese cities.
- 1989 - Thousands of Chinese students demanding democracy tried to storm Communist Party headquarters in Beijing.
Saturday, April 17, 2021
CDC: US drug overdose deaths surged during COVID-19 pandemic, most since opioid epidemic began - TheBlaze
CDC: US drug overdose deaths surged during COVID-19 pandemic, most since opioid epidemic began - TheBlaze:
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found an alarming jump in the number of drug overdose deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data from the CDC shows that drug overdose deaths in the U.S. increased by nearly 29% during the pandemic.
The Real Reason for Daunte Wright’s Death
The Real Reason for Daunte Wright’s Death
The circumstances from which that police encounter arose make for scintillating reading.
- His death is a tragedy, but we need to look at the full picture of why it happened.
"...Daunte Wright, or at least the life he led, killed Daunte Wright.
- He wasn’t pulled over because he had air fresheners hanging from his rearview mirror.
- He was pulled over because he had expired tags on his license plate.
- Then it was noticed that he had air fresheners hanging from his rear view.
- Then it was noticed he had an outstanding warrant.
- Then it was noticed he resisted arrest.
- Then it was noticed he got back in his car and drove away from the police.
The circumstances from which that police encounter arose make for scintillating reading.
- He was reported to the police for waving a gun around, and when the cops showed up it turned out Wright didn’t have a permit for the gun.
- He ran away.
- And he was cited and ordered to appear in court. He didn’t, which occasioned the warrant for his arrest.
- There was the February arrest for aggravated robbery.
- There was a disorderly conduct charge arising from a 2019 incident.
- There was the guilty plea in late 2019 to possession and sale of marijuana.
- And there was an arrest warrant for armed robbery; Wright was accused of choke-holding a woman and threatening her at gunpoint, demanding $820 intended to pay her rent.
Daunte Wright dropped out of high school, then fathered a child out of wedlock he couldn’t support with minimum-wage jobs and petty drug dealing.
He had borrowed $50 from his parents to take his car to a car wash and had his girlfriend in the car with him, with expired license tags.
He was stopped by the police, resisted arrest, and then attempted to drive away — which raised the likelihood that he would expose his girlfriend to bodily harm.
She was apparently injured when, as he bled out following being shot by Officer Potter, he crashed the car attempting a getaway.
In other words, this is someone who chose to be a penny-ante John Dillinger.
He ended up with the full ante...Read all.
How to Start a War by Victor Davis Hanson
How to Start a War by Victor Davis Hanson
- Wars often arise from uncertainty. When strong countries appear weak, truly weaker ones take risks they otherwise would not.
- Sloppy braggadocio and serial promises of restraint can trigger wars, too. Empty tough talk can needlessly egg on aggressors.
...Every new American president is tested to determine whether the United States can still protect friends such as Europe, Japan, South Korea and Israel. And will the new commander in chief deter U.S. enemies Iran and North Korea -- and keep China and Russia from absorbing their neighbors?
...Soon after Donald Trump left office, Vladimir Putin began massing troops on the Ukrainian border and threatening to attack.
Putin earlier had concluded that Trump was dangerously unpredictable, and perhaps best not provoked.
...In contrast, Biden often talks provocatively -- while carrying a twig.
He has gratuitously called Putin "a killer."
And he warned that the Russian dictator "will pay a price" for supposedly interfering in the 2020 election...Read all.
UFC fighter won't apologize for anti-communist comments ahead of fight with Chinese champion - TheBlaze
UFC fighter won't apologize for anti-communist comments ahead of fight with Chinese champion - TheBlaze:
A UFC strawweight fighter who made anti-communist comments ahead of her fight with the reigning champion is not apologizing for her remarks. Contender Rose Namajunas told "Ariel Helwani's MMA Show" Wednesday that she does not regret saying her opposition to communism is part of her motivation to defeat Zhang Weili, the current UFC strawweight champion and the first and only champion from China.
‘Tired of seeing my people die,” says organizer of Grand Rapids protest over Minnesota shooting
‘Tired of seeing my people die,” says organizer of Grand Rapids protest over Minnesota shooting
GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- The organizer of a downtown Grand Rapids protest over the Minnesota police officer fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, a Black man, said she is tired of “seeing my people die” in police shootings.
“I’m sick and tried of seeing my people die at the hands of those who took a vow to protect and serve,” said Alyssa Bates, president of the Justice for Black Lives group in Grand Rapids.
Bates and others spoke at Rosa Parks Circle for the rally “Call to Action: Justice for Daunte Wright.”
...“Daunte Wright was the same age as me, with an entire life ahead of him,” she said. “What happened with Daunte Wright was not an isolated situation. And like I said about George Floyd, Daunte could very well have been any of us.”
...Jakari Richardson, another speaker, said he was disappointed the rally didn’t attract more Black people. Most of the marches were white...Read all.
Will the remaining 30% be shunned?-----Will Michigan Ever Reopen? No Guarantee Of Reaching Whitmer's Required Vaccine Threshold
Protester Destroys CNN Live on Air: Get the F*** Out of Here - Louder With Crowder
Protester Destroys CNN Live on Air: Get the F*** Out of Here - Louder With Crowder:
Finding common ground with your political opponents, we're told, is a virtue. It's what we as human life forms should strive for. M'kay. I'll play along. Because there is something we can all find common ground on. White and black. Young and old. Peaceful protester and violent rioter. We all agree that cable news sucks and only makes matters worse. Especially when we're talking about CNN.
CNN was doing a live hit, safely away from what sounded like violent riots. I guess they learned their lesson that standing in front of burning buildings sends the wrong message. The "reporter" was approached by a peaceful protester. What follows is the greatest minute and a half of news entertainment.
Solar Slaves: China Dominates Market For Solar Panels Using Forced Uighur Labour
Solar Slaves: China Dominates Market For Solar Panels Using Forced Uighur Labour
The reason that China is able to dominate the market for solar panels isn’t about superior manufacturing techniques or Confucian ideals.
"The smugness exhibited by the owners of solar panels is in its own special class.
Pious and self-righteous, these characters are quick to pontificate about their holier than thou credentials.
Of course, plastering one’s roof with solar panels is all about saving the planet; and has nothing to do with bleeding their neighbours dry – the ones without panels who are forced to pay exorbitant electricity prices to prop up the insanely generous Feed-in-Tariffs paid to those with their roofs plastered in panels.
...Now, it turns out, that all those shiny, ‘planet-saving’ solar panels have a much darker and menacing origin.
No, it’s about very cheap wages.
So cheap in fact, apparently no money changes hands between the ‘employer’ and ‘employee’, at all.
We’ll hand over to JoNova for a few troubling facts that just might just rattle the solar panel owner’s unique brand of smug"
...Indeed. Awkward news came out last month that “Nearly every solar power panel sold in the European Union has its origins in China’s oppressed Xinjiang region.”
Fears over China’s Muslim forced labor loom over EU solar power-Politico
Panels include components produced in the Chinese region of Xinjiang, where there are concerns about forced labour camps for Muslim minorities, including Uighurs.
The solar industry and Brussels lawmakers argue Europe’s renewable energy push should not come at a human cost amid long-standing international concern over reports China has detained 1 million people with Muslim backgrounds in camps in Xinjiang and is putting them to work.
Solar power uses slaves from every side....Read all.
In States, Virus Spending's Off to the (Robo-Dog) Races | RealClearInvestigations
In States, Virus Spending's Off to the (Robo-Dog) Races | RealClearInvestigations
- One robot dog armed with a thermometer: $150,000.
- Forty all-terrain vehicles, five utility terrain vehicles, and 18 utility trailers: $626,000.
- Using public funds earmarked for coronavirus relief to buy these items: priceless.
"That’s just a fraction of supposedly COVID-related spending by a single police department, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
...In Michigan, auditors compiled a summary questioning $10 million in spending between March through August 2020.
- The probe found insufficient documentation for purchases of masks, beds, and face shields, a $321,000 payment to a state university unrelated to COVID, $5.1 million paid to a vendor after a contract was canceled, and an unspecified loss from a $5.5 million order for medical gowns.
- As the coronavirus pandemic unfolded in March 2020, Michigan in an emergency move wired $96.9 million for personal protective equipment to vendors before the gear was received, in violation of prescribed financial procedures.
- While conducting one such transaction, a vendor’s bank cautioned Michigan that the relevant account was “flagged,” according to the state audit, without going into further detail. The state ignored the warning and proceeded with a $4.9 million transfer.
- The vendor immediately initiated a “large cash withdrawal” of the money, according to a state audit. Michigan had been swindled. While it was able to recoup most of the money, it took a $25,000 loss.
Under Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan has combined some of the most onerous coronavirus-based restrictions in the U.S. with some of the highest infection rates...Read all
Democrats to unveil legislation to pack the Supreme Court with 4 more justices - TheBlaze
Democrats to unveil legislation to pack the Supreme Court with 4 more justices - TheBlaze:
Far-left partisans have pressed for Democrats to push the controversial plan since former President Donald Trump was able to fill the seat held by liberal justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative.
While President Joe Biden had refused to say before the election if he would support the plan, Democrats appear to be eager to rush headlong
A LIE TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD BEFORE THE TRUTH IS OUT OF BED.
Instapundit--A LIE TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD BEFORE THE TRUTH IS OUT OF BED.
- There are *still* people who think W. Bush served a “plastic turkey” to troops in the Middle East.
- And who could forget Harry Ried out and out lying about Mitt Romney “not paying taxes”? A rare few called him out on it. His response? “Romney didn’t win, did he?”
And so to today. Matt Taibbi (on Substack, the platform that is terrifying the media elite) published a “Master List Of Official Russia Claims That Proved To Be Bogus.” Among the gems (still believed by many):
- The “Back Channel to Russians” story, Yahoo! September 23, 2016. Yahoo! published a story by Michael Isikoff called, “U.S. Officials Probe Ties Between Trump Adviser and Kremlin.” The piece identified Trump advisor Carter Page as a “possible back channel to the Russians,” and claimed he passed information from the Kremlin to figures higher up in the Trump food chain, like former campaign chair Paul Manafort […] This proved incorrect on all fronts, with no evidence of any Page meetings with either man. In fact, the irregularities involved with the Isikoff story – particularly the use of information from British ex-spy Christopher Steele, identified as a “well-placed Western intelligence source” – became a bigger story than the alle
ged improper relationship between Page and Russians.- “US investigators corroborate some aspects of the Russia dossier,” CNN, February 10, 2017. Jim Sciutto and Evan Perez of CNN reported that “multiple current and former US law enforcement and intelligence officials” have “corroborated some of the communications detailed in a 35-page dossier compiled by a former British intelligence agent,” i.e. the “Steele Dossier.” […] This was a significant and apparently deliberate piece of misinformation. We know, from the report of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, that the CIA months before had already dismissed the Steele reports as “Internet rumor,” while the FBI had already done several rounds of attempts to corroborate its independent reporting, coming up with negative results each time.
And now “disinformation” like a new toy, a bow-and-arrow play set for media mavens. But the arrows all seem to fly in the same — and often wrong — direction.--Posted by
History for April 17
History for April 17 - On-This-Day.com
J.P. (John Pierpoint) Morgan 1837 - Financier
- 1492 - Christopher Columbus signed a contract with Spain to find a passage to Asia and the Indies.
- 1629 - Horses were first imported into the colonies by the American Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- 1824 - Russia abandoned all North American claims south of 54' 40'.
- 1961 - About 1,400 U.S.-supported Cuban exiles invaded Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. It was an unsuccessful attack.
- 1964 - The Ford Motor Company unveiled its new Mustang model.
- 1969 - In Los Angeles, Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of assassinating U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
- 1970 - Apollo 13 returned to Earth safely after an on-board accident with an oxygen tank.
- 1975 - Khmer Rouge forces capture the capital of Cambodia, Phnom Penh. It was the end of the five-year war.
- 1983 - In New York, a transit strike that began on March 7 ended.
- 1993 - A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted two former police officers of violating the civil rights of beaten motorist Rodney King. Two other officers were acquitted.
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