History for July 12

History for July 12 - On-This-Day.com

Bill Cosby 1937 - Actor, comedian

• 1096 - Crusaders under Peter the Hermit reached Sofia, Bulgaria. There they met their Byzantine escort, which brought them safely the rest of the way to Constantinople. by August 1.
• 1862 - The U.S. Congress authorized the Medal of Honor.
• 1870 - The first rotary can opener with a cutting wheel was patented by William W. Lyman.
• 1933 - A minimum wage of 40 cents an hour was established in the U.S.
• 1954 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed a highway modernization program, with costs to be shared by federal and state governments.
• 1960 - Manufacturing began for the Etch A Sketch®.
• 1982 - The last of the distinctive-looking Checker taxicabs rolled off the assembly line in Kalamazoo, MI.

Harris: Voter ID Could Mean People Have to Copy ID and Send It In and People Live in Areas Where There Isn't a Kinko's or OfficeMax

Harris: Voter ID Could Mean People Have to Copy ID and Send It In and People Live in Areas Where There Isn't a Kinko's or OfficeMax: 

During a portion of an interview with BET set to air on Friday that was broadcast on Thursday’s “CBS This Morning,” Vice President Kamala Harris responded to a question on whether she’d compromise by agreeing to voter ID provisions to pass voting legislation by stating that we shouldn’t downplay the impact voter ID laws could have. Because to some, voter ID means, “you’re going to have to Xerox or photocopy your ID to send it in to prove that you are who you are.” And many people live where “there’s no Kinko’s, there’s no OfficeMax near them.”

At least 30 school districts use children's book that teaches 'whiteness' is an evil contract with the devil - TheBlaze

At least 30 school districts use children's book that teaches 'whiteness' is an evil contract with the devil - TheBlaze: 

At least 30 public school districts from 15 different states teach about race using a children's book that claims "whiteness" is a contract with the devil, filmmaker and journalist Christopher Rufo reported this week.

The way we were-----The Longest Investigation In Aviation History | Hidden Danger | Mayday: ...

"PART 2 | It’s only when another Boeing 737 has a similar problem to the previous unresolved incidents – but doesn’t crash – that investigators crack the case open. The pilot of Eastwind 517, is on final approach into Richmond Virginia when, without warning, his 737 twice rolls sharply to the right.  The pilot is able to recover and land the plane safely. NTSB investigators quickly determine that what happened on board Eastwind 517 is alarmingly similar to events on flights 427 and 585. The pilot’s testimony leads investigators to zero in on the 737’s rudder controls.  After a series of gruelling tests, investigators discover that a key piece of equipment – a small hydraulic valve - jams and then functions in reverse under the right circumstances.  It means that any time a pilot tried to correct a rollover, by pushing on the rudder, the rudder might turn in the opposite direction, causing a fatal accident. 

In the aftermath of the investigation, sweeping changes were made to improve the safety of the 737 and the entire aviation industry.  New training protocols were designed to help pilots react to unusual in-flight events, upset recoveries and advanced manoeuvre training. The FAA also directed Boeing to redesign the rudder’s dual servo valve to eliminate the potential for reversal. Boeing spent more than a billion dollars to replace the valves on thousands of 737’s around the world."

:Click here for part 1 of this 'Hidden Danger' episode

Ami Horowitz: How white liberals really view black voters

They ALL lie!-----IS THE NEW YORK TIMES A LIBERAL NEWSPAPER? OF COURSE IT IS:

IS THE NEW YORK TIMES A LIBERAL NEWSPAPER? OF COURSE IT IS:

‘Yes, I am biased’: Ex-New York Times editor fired for saying she got ‘chills’ when Joe Biden became president defends inserting her personal views into stories and says they’re needed to counter ‘lies.’

[Lauren Wolfe] argues that there is no way to be totally neutral as a reporter.

‘As journalists, we can all use what appears to be a ‘neutral voice,’ but that doesn’t mean our implicit bias isn’t guiding our choice of sources, or even what stories we decide to cover,’ she explains.

‘Pretending that we’re all able to be constantly and utterly objective just feels absurd to me. Instead, I’ve always believed it is better to be open about my views on the issues I cover, which for a long time have been war and international human rights. And yes,

I often do write with an agenda—with an eye toward creating change,’ Wolfe added.

That’s fine — as long as you, and/or your publisher disclose your biases. Fortunately, the gray lady did just that in 2004.--Posted by Ed Driscoll"

L.A. Times Defends 'Male-appearing Genitalia' at Spa with Women, Girls

L.A. Times Defends 'Male-appearing Genitalia' at Spa with Women, Girls: 

The Los Angeles Times editorial board has defended the idea of allowing transgender women — who are biologically male — to display their “male-appearing genitalia” in the women’s section of the Wi Spa, a Korean landmark in L.A.

How the Democrats fell for Mussolini - UnHerd

How the Democrats fell for Mussolini - UnHerd
"There’s a tendency today to see Benito Mussolini as a pathetic sideshow, an incompetent blusterer who went from Adolf Hitler’s idol to his lapdog. 

Yet in many ways, Mussolini’s notion of fascism has become increasingly dominant in much of the world, albeit in an unexpected form: in the worldview of those progressives who typically see “proto-fascism” lurking on the Right.

...Indeed, Mussolini’s idea of an economy controlled from above, with generous benefits but dominated by large business interests, is gradually supplanting the old liberal capitalist model. 

In the West, for example, the “Great Reset,” introduced by the World Economic Forum’s Klaus Schwab, proposes an expanded welfare state and an economy that transcends the market for the greater goal of serving racial and gender “equity”, as well as saving the planet...Read all.

Why progressive women want to date men who act conservative

Why progressive women want to date men who act conservative
"My friend Mark, 36, is a “catch” by many New York City standards. 

• He’s good-looking, highly educated, and a talented photographer. 
• He’s also progressive and participates in protests and gives to left-leaning causes. And Mark is looking for love. He wants to get married and have kids.
  
• In a liberal city like New York, swimming with single women wishing they weren’t, one could assume Mark wouldn’t have a problem finding a mate. And while he dates and recently had a couple of short-lived relationships, Mark remains single. He’s trying to understand why.
• “I’m really open-minded and cool about gender stuff on dates, but I always feel like I’m walking on eggshells,” Mark told me. “If I pay for dinner, it signals I don’t value my date as my equal so I’m super casual about it all. If she wants to pay or split it or whatever, that’s fine with me.”

I told Mark that, despite his best intentions, his egalitarian dating style could be the problem that’s holding him back. 

While some women balk at any hint of traditional male gender behavior...Read all.

Lunch video-----Surfside tragedy reminder of near collapse in Sarasota

Noon-toon

 

Bill Gates Visits Sun Valley for Climate Change Lecture to Jet-Owning Billionaires

Bill Gates Visits Sun Valley for Climate Change Lecture to Jet-Owning Billionaires: 

Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos have both reportedly been spotted at the annual “billionaire summer camp” held in Sun Valley, Idaho, this week. Non-scientist Gates is attending to give a lecture on climate change to the assembled Big Tech Masters of the Universe and media moguls. There have been so many private jets flying in and out of the elite event that the FAA has reportedly delayed incoming planes.

Thug-educators!

 

YES!!-----A brilliant Twitter thread perfectly explains what drives today’s conservatives

A brilliant Twitter thread perfectly explains what drives today’s conservatives

"Darryl Cooper, aka MartyrMade, is a researcher, writer, and podcaster who has put together one of the most brilliant Twitter threads you will ever read. Over the course of 35 tweets, he examines fact after fact from the last five years to explain why conservatives – the people who used to believe in our government, in law enforcement, in the election process – have become cynical, disillusioned, and prone to accepting conspiracy theories to explain the manifest breakdowns in the American system. 

It’s a brilliant analysis, one so good that Tucker Carlson read almost the entire thread on his show.

Since I find it hard to read long Twitter threads, I’ve put the entire text, verbatim, into prose form. You can read the thread here, in the original tweets. Frankly, I’m a little surprised the thread is still up because its scathing truths should frighten outlets like Twitter...Read all!!!

Obey!

The real story about that Gaza death toll - by Melanie Phillips - Melanie Phillips

The real story about that Gaza death toll - by Melanie Phillips - Melanie Phillips
The media's malign fictions feed murderous hysteria against Israel
In the recent hostilities between Israel and its attackers in Gaza, a prime Israel-bashing meme was — as ever — the falsehood that the Israeli forces were killing a huge number of Gaza’s civilians.

• In vain did defenders of Israel point out that Hamas deliberately sited its missiles and other weaponry in and among apartment buildings, schools and hospitals in order to maximise civilian casualties of Israeli air strikes and thus defame Israel as a wanton aggressor.
  
• In vain was it pointed out that Israel goes to lengths deemed unthinkable by any other armed forces in the world to avoid the loss of enemy civilian life, including issuing residents of targeted buildings with evacuation warnings by text, phone calls or “knock on the roof” harmless missile strikes to tell anyone in there to get out.
• None of these facts stopped the relentless flow of claims that the majority of those killed by Israeli missile attacks in May’s Operation Guardian of the Walls were defenceless civilians.
• Now, however, the evidence from the updated casualty figures in that operation reveals that, relative to Israel’s massive bombardment of Gaza with some 1500 strikes, the proportion of civilian deaths was astonishingly small...Read all.

#1 This day 1966-----Tommy James & The Shondells - Hanky Panky 1966

Covid passports 'WILL be compulsory in pubs, clubs and restaurants' to prevent fourth wave | Daily Mail Online

Covid passports 'WILL be compulsory in pubs, clubs and restaurants' to prevent fourth wave | Daily Mail Online

Covid passports 'WILL be compulsory in pubs': Ministers 'plan to force bars, clubs and restaurants to demand proof of two jabs or negative test from autumn' to help tackle fourth wave of the virus

• The government hopes Covid passports will encourage vaccine-shy young people to get jabbed
• By September, all adults over 18 should have been offered both vaccine doses, allowing for the passports
• Patrons will need to show proof of either two vaccine doses or a recent negative test under the proposals

The left is lying about their lies!

 

We're only one generation away from losing America - Washington Times

We're only one generation away from losing America - Washington Times: 

The brave patriots who were willing to risk everything to take on the oppressive British government spelled out that promise on July 4, 1776. More than facts, they expressed truths that should be obvious to everyone. They declared that all people were created equal and that God — not the government — gave us these rights, rights that cannot be taken away. They declared that there are many, but the most important are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. They further declared that the primary role of government is to secure these rights and that the government only has power given to it by the people.

Bozos running the ship aground?-----Intelligence agency busted for blatant Photoshop job on report cover

Intelligence agency busted for blatant Photoshop job on report cover

"Hopefully, America’s spies are a little more stealthy.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) was roundly mocked on social media Thursday for using an image on the cover of its annual diversity report that was obviously Photoshopped...

“Siri, show me the worst use of stock photos ever,” Thompson tweeted Thursday...

“Things like this make you pray there actually is a shadow government running things,” one Twitter user responded to Thompson.

Another user asked why “no one in this super-diverse office appears to be over 35? Is this the lobby of LogansRun Inc.?”...Read all.

AM Fruitcake

History for July 11

History for July 11 - On-This-Day.com

John Quincy Adams 1767 - Sixth President of the United States

• 1533 - Henry VIII, who divorced his wife and became head of the church of England, was excommunicated from the Catholic Church by Pope Clement VII.
• 1786 - Morocco agreed to stop attacking American ships in the Mediterranean for a payment of $10,000.
• 1798 - The U.S. Marine Corps was formally re-established by "An Act for Establishing a Marine Corps" passed by the U.S. Congress. The act also created the U.S. Marine Band. The Marines were first commissioned by the Continental Congress on November 10, 1775.
• 1804 - The United States' first secretary of the treasury, Alexander Hamilton, was killed by Vice President Aaron Burr in a duel.
• 1914 - Babe Ruth debuted in the major leagues with the Boston Red Sox.
• 1962 - The first transatlantic TV transmission was sent through the Telstar I satellite.
• 1985 - Dr. H. Harlan Stone announced that he had used zippers for stitches on 28 patients. The zippers were used when he thought he may have to re-operate.

NSA's spying on Tucker Carlson is an attack on all Americans - Washington Times

NSA's spying on Tucker Carlson is an attack on all Americans - Washington Times: 

The Supreme Court has ruled many times that chilling — government behavior that gives one pause or fear before speaking freely about the government — is a direct violation of the natural and constitutionally protected right to the freedom of speech.

Tucker Carlson and you and I can say whatever we want about the government and it cannot legally or constitutionally chill or prevent that. If it could, then our rights are just empty claims.Why have we reposed the Constitution for safekeeping into the hands of those who subvert it?