Friday, September 24, 2021
History for September 24
History for September 24 - On-This-Day.com
John Marshall 1755
- 1869 - Thousands of businessmen were financially ruined after a panic on Wall Street. The panic was caused by an attempt to corner the gold market by Jay Gould and James Fisk.
- 1934 - Babe Ruth played his last game as a New York Yankee player.
- 1938 - Don Budge became the first tennis player to win all four of the major titles when he won the U.S. Tennis Open. He had already won the Australian Open, the French Open and the British Open.
- 1955 - U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower suffered a heart attack while on vacation in Denver, CO.
- 1957 - U.S. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock, AR, to enforce school integration.
- 1960 - The first nuclear powered aircraft carrier was launched. The USS Enterprise set out from Newport News, VA.
- 1977 - "The Love Boat" debuted on ABC-TV. The theme song was sung by Jack Jones and was written by Paul Williams and Charles Fox.
Thursday, September 23, 2021
No, the Richest One Percent Don’t Pay 40 Percent of the Taxes.
This article is pure sophistry.
Especially the totally worthless chart below.
The rich pay far more than their "fair" share of all taxes including all the other taxes. (property/school, state, inheritance, sales, etc).
They don't drag on the system as they send their children to private schools instead of jails and social workers.
They don't fill the courts, stick hospitals with unpaid bills, shoot cops or riot in the streets.
They fund non-profits/charities, hire well-paid employees and spend money on American made products.
Demonizing the wealthy is EXACTLY what Hitler, Stalin, Chaves, Castro, Putin, Xi have done to foment hate and increase political power.
And most of today's America hating elected democrats are following in the footsteps of their socialist/communist/National Socialist comrades.
Read this drivel and realize the same is being spread to our children by our "education" system.
Educate your children!
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No, the Richest One Percent Don’t Pay 40 Percent of the Taxes. By Jonathan Chait
"One of the sad constants of American political debate is that, anytime the tax rate on the rich is to be either raised or lowered, Republicans will repeat a certain statistic. To wit, “The Stat” is that the highest-earning one percent of taxpayers pay 40 percent of all income taxes.
Conservatives consider this fact a dispositive justification either against any proposal to increase taxes on the rich, or in favor of any plan to reduce it.
Over just the past day, I have seen it circulating — here, here, here, everywhere.
...The Stat is literally true.
...The Stat is literally true.
But it is deeply misleading — so misleading, in fact, that it routinely fools even the people who are citing it into thinking it indicates something other than what it actually means.
...The actual truth about the American tax system is that it is slightly progressive.
...The actual truth about the American tax system is that it is slightly progressive.
Lawmakers from both parties 'angrily stormed out' of classified Afghanistan briefing after Biden admin refused to answer 'basic' questions: report - TheBlaze
Lawmakers from both parties 'angrily stormed out' of classified Afghanistan briefing after Biden admin refused to answer 'basic' questions: report - TheBlaze:
Multiple lawmakers from both parties "angrily stormed out" of a classified briefing on Afghanistan this week after Biden administration officials failed to answer simple questions about its ongoing evacuation efforts, CNN reported.
Citing three anonymous sources, the network said that both Republican and Democratic members of Congress "grew frustrated" after officials from the State Department, Pentagon, Department of Homeland Security, and Office of the Director of National Security "failed to answer their basic questions."
Trump to Glenn Beck: I REJECTED Milley's plan to leave military equipment in Afghanistan, and 'I GUARANTEE that's what happened to Biden' - TheBlaze
Trump to Glenn Beck: I REJECTED Milley's plan to leave military equipment in Afghanistan, and 'I GUARANTEE that's what happened to Biden' - TheBlaze:
He explained why Biden's horrific Afghanistan withdrawal was "not even a little bit" like his plan, and why he thinks it was "the most embarrassing event in the history of our country."
Plus, the former president gave his opinion on China's potential takeover of Bagram Air Base, the Pakistani Prime Minister, and Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The way we were-----The Great Miami Hurricane of 1926
"Miami was the fastest growing city in the nation, in the midst of a great real estate boom.
Then nature intervened.
At the time, the United States Weather service described the hurricane of September 17 - 20, 1926 as “probably the most destructive storm in the history of the United States”
The “Great Miami Hurricane” deserves to be remembered. "
Victor Davis Hanson | Afghanistan and America's Decline
"Dr. Hanson addresses Biden’s role in the Afghanistan crisis, increased tensions between China and the US, and the future of the US-Australia relationship.
They also unpack the authoritarianism of woke politics, the mounting resistance against critical race theory in the West, and discuss Victor’s upcoming book, The Dying Citizen (October 2021)..."
"The recall rate of approved drugs certainly seems relevant to our current debates."
"Of course, this is from 2017, but what are the chances that
1) the FDA is any better today than they were 4 years ago or
2) CNN would publish a report like this today?
The recall rate of approved drugs certainly seems relevant to our current debates."
The recall rate of approved drugs certainly seems relevant to our current debates."
Yup. NPR lying again-----Facts Debunk NPR Claim that Global Warming Is Causing Dying Trees, Power Outages - ClimateRealism
Facts Debunk NPR Claim that Global Warming Is Causing Dying Trees, Power Outages - ClimateRealism
"At the top of Google News search results this morning for “climate change,” National Public Radio (NPR) claims global warming is causing a mass die-off of trees in California and throughout the country, with the trees falling on power lines and causing power outages.
"At the top of Google News search results this morning for “climate change,” National Public Radio (NPR) claims global warming is causing a mass die-off of trees in California and throughout the country, with the trees falling on power lines and causing power outages.
In reality, objective facts show forests are becoming healthier during recent years and decades, falsifying any assertion that global warming is causing dying trees and power outages.
The NPR article, “Climate Change Is Killing Trees And Causing Power Outages,” attempts to shift blame for California power outages away from utilities’ negligence and poor government forest management to blaming global warming, instead....Read all.
The NPR article, “Climate Change Is Killing Trees And Causing Power Outages,” attempts to shift blame for California power outages away from utilities’ negligence and poor government forest management to blaming global warming, instead....Read all.
As Biden Continues to Foment Border Crisis, Governors Step Up
As Biden Continues to Foment Border Crisis, Governors Step Up:
With President Joe Biden’s administration completely neglecting the crisis at the southern border, states have to step up to secure the nation and keep Americans safe.
To nobody’s surprise, one state doing so is Texas. As the Biden administration wastes millions of taxpayer dollars each day by not continuing to build a border wall, Texas is filling the void and building a wall of its own.
An entire political party full of them!-----Here's How to Tell Within 5 Minutes If Someone Isn't as Smart as They Think | Inc.com
Here's How to Tell Within 5 Minutes If Someone Isn't as Smart as They Think | Inc.com
"...His certainty provides a perfect example of the Dunning-Kruger effect, a type of cognitive bias described by social psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger in which people believe they're smarter and more skilled than they actually are.
"...His certainty provides a perfect example of the Dunning-Kruger effect, a type of cognitive bias described by social psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger in which people believe they're smarter and more skilled than they actually are.
Combine a lack of self-awareness with l ow cognitive ability and boom: You overestimate your own intelligence and competence.
As Dunning, a psychology professor at the University of Michigan, says, "if you're incompetent, you can't know you're incompetent.
As Dunning, a psychology professor at the University of Michigan, says, "if you're incompetent, you can't know you're incompetent.
The skills you need to produce the right answer are the very same skills you need to recognize the right answer."
As Bertrand Russell said, "one of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision."
Or as my grandfather said, "the dumber you are, the more you think you know."...Read all.
As Bertrand Russell said, "one of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision."
Or as my grandfather said, "the dumber you are, the more you think you know."...Read all.
Lunch video-----...A lot of unqualified and fake chips appear
"...the head of an electronics company said: “Now, chips aren't available even with additional money. Speculation in the chip market is widespread, and the price of some products has increased five times compared with the end of 2020.”
Democrats Spend Big, and We Pay, for Their Socialist Dream
Democrats Spend Big, and We Pay, for Their Socialist Dream:
It’s the closest thing I can think of to capture current reality in Washington, D.C., as the kids—the Democrats running the White House and Congress—throw their big party and breathlessly spend their parents’ money (in this case, our money), knowing that the party will be over when adults return.
The $3.5-plus trillion spending binge that Democrats are rushing to pass is not following a period of austerity. Record spending and debt have been piled on since the Obama years, using government to spend its way out of a government-induced economic collapse. And then we had the COVID-19 challenge and massive new government spending to get out of that.
Portland Activists Survey Themselves and Conclude Un-Woke Cops Are to Blame for Their Riots
Portland Activists Survey Themselves and Conclude Un-Woke Cops Are to Blame for Their Riots
Results of a survey taken after the Portland riots of 2020 and 2021 have just been tallied by a cop-watch organization and the conclusion is that un-woke cops – not actual rioters, protesters, rabid communists, and looters – are the reason they were so bad.
...Yeah, about that survey …
KOIN TV reports that the suggestions come, in part, from a survey by community activists in a cop-watch group called “Portland United Against Hate.” Activists “used a crowdsourcing tool called “ReportHatePDX to gather ‘first-hand testimonials from citizens engaged in First Amendment activities over the summer of 2020.’”...
Here are a few of the other suggestions that the activists had for wrangling those pesky, riot-inducing cops:
- Making police less scary looking by getting rid of riot gear, which conveniently also makes cops more vulnerable to injury...
Here’s the live tweet. Notice there’s no deadline mentioned for the survey...Read all.
Democrats Agree: Criticizing Our Behavior Is Racist, Sexist, Homophobic
Democrats Agree: Criticizing Our Behavior Is Racist, Sexist, Homophobic
"Democratic politicians have repeatedly argued that criticizing a Democrat's behavior just isn't something a normal, kindhearted person would ever do.
Their critics, by definition, are exclusively composed of racists, sexists, homophobes, xenophobes, white supremacists, and other bigots.
"Democratic politicians have repeatedly argued that criticizing a Democrat's behavior just isn't something a normal, kindhearted person would ever do.
- When several media outlets reported that Vice President Kamala Harris presided over a "toxic" work environment where "people feel treated like s—t," the VP's allies lashed out at the "gendered" criticism voiced by former Harris staffers and current Biden administration officials. Senior Democrats even suggested sexist media coverage was to blame for Harris's low approval rating.
- BuzzFeed reported similar allegations from former staffers against Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D., Wash.), who reportedly "berated staff in front of others, demanded grueling hours, and maintained an office culture marked by constantly changing expectations and little tolerance for error." The Democratic congresswoman insisted she was the real victim. "Women of color are often unjustly targeted, regularly held to higher standards than their male colleagues, and always put under a sexist microscope," said Jayapal's chief of staff, Lilah Pomerance, who dismissed the comments from former staffers as "cherry picked" and riddled with "ugly stereotypes."
On the other hand, you're probably a racist...Read all.
Victor Davis Hanson: The Left Is Killing Science
Victor Davis Hanson: The Left Is Killing Science:
How can the government hector citizens that they have a moral duty — and soon a legal obligation — to be vaccinated when it does not mandate vaccinations for unvetted refugees flying in from Afghanistan?
How can the government medical community remain largely silent when an anticipated 2 million foreign nationals will cross into the United States in the current fiscal year — almost none of whom are vaccinated or tested for COVID-19?
Why do the media and government blame particular races for the delta variant outbreak on grounds that they were insufficiently vaccinated?
The FBI’s Incurable Rot.
Instapundit--The FBI’s Incurable Rot.
"IT DOES SEEM FATAL:
“The bureau is an institution with no shame, no remorse, and no accountability. There’s no fix for that.”
Well, there is.
But it’s ugly.--Posted by
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