Thursday, October 21, 2021
History for October 21
History for October 21 - On-This-Day.com
Benjamin Netanyahu 1949 - Prime Minister of Israel
- 1849 - The first tattooed man, James F. O'Connell, was put on exhibition at the Franklin Theatre in New York City, NY.
- 1879 - Thomas Edison invented the electric incandescent lamp. It would last 13 1/2 hours before it would burn out.
- 1918 - Margaret Owen set a typing speed record of 170 words per minute on a manual typewriter.
- 1925 - The photoelectric cell was first demonstrated at the Electric Show in New York City, NY.
- 1945 - Women in France were allowed to vote for the first time.
- 1950 - Chinese forces invaded Tibet.
- 1983 - The Pentagon reported that 2,000 Marines were headed to Grenada to protect and evacuate Americans living there.
- 1994 - North Korea and the U.S. signed an agreement requiring North Korea to halt its nuclear program and agree to inspections.
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Republican Leader Says Biden Is "Criminally Negligent" - Senator Graham Demands Joe Be Removed For Border Failure
Republican Leader Says Biden Is "Criminally Negligent" - Senator Graham Demands Joe Be Removed For Border Failure:
Ever since Joe Biden entered office, we’ve seen countless crises break out across the country. Biden’s incompetence and corruption have even led to the downfall of the democratic government of Afghanistan. But his biggest failure hits much closer to home.
Numerous leaders in D.C. and around the country have called out Biden’s failure. Some, like the governor and AG of Texas, have petitioned Biden for help on this crisis. He has refused to even respond.
What the heck???-----China Sends Hypersonic Glide Vehicle Around the Globe
"China baffles Pentagon leaders with impressive technical demonstration of Hypersonic ability to circumnavigate the globe.
China is years ahead of anything NATO countries have developed.
The world had changed."
The Irrelevant Climate Change 'Consensus' - American Thinker
The Irrelevant Climate Change 'Consensus' - American Thinker
"A new “peer-reviewed” paper has been released from Cornell University titled “Greater than 99% Consensus on Human Caused Climate Change in the Peer-Reviewed Scientific Literature.”
...To further confound the aforementioned issues with the study and its authors, the entire focus of the study is based on the flawed premise that consensus matters, or should even be sought.
...Even world-renowned physicist Albert Einstein recognized the fallacy of consensus when it is applied to science.
The study released today only further cements that consensus is completely meaningless as a means of establishing proof...Read all.
"A new “peer-reviewed” paper has been released from Cornell University titled “Greater than 99% Consensus on Human Caused Climate Change in the Peer-Reviewed Scientific Literature.”
...To further confound the aforementioned issues with the study and its authors, the entire focus of the study is based on the flawed premise that consensus matters, or should even be sought.
- When the Nazi Party of Germany decided they didn’t like Einstein because he was Jewish, they set about to discredit him by publishing One Hundred Authors Against Einstein in 1931. In total, 121 authors were identified as opponents to Einstein’s special relativity theory. Einstein, one step ahead of them all, is said to have riposted, “It would not have required one hundred authors to prove me wrong; one would have been enough.”
The study released today only further cements that consensus is completely meaningless as a means of establishing proof...Read all.
Rubio Calls on Biden to Fire Climate Envoy Kerry Over Chinese Investments
Rubio Calls on Biden to Fire Climate Envoy Kerry Over Chinese Investments:
Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) called on the Biden administration to fire climate envoy John Kerry over his China investments on Friday, saying the financial activities raise "serious questions as to whether Kerry can negotiate in good faith with Beijing on climate change."
Rubio's comments came in response to a Washington Free Beacon report on Thursday that Kerry and his wife disclosed a stake worth at least $1 million in a Chinese investment group that is a top shareholder of a Chinese tech company blacklisted by the United States for human rights violations.
Billions lost, US military in meltdown!-----Long Chain of Failures Left Sailors Unprepared to Fight USS Bonhomme Richard Fire, Investigation Finds - USNI News
Long Chain of Failures Left Sailors Unprepared to Fight USS Bonhomme Richard Fire, Investigation Finds - USNI News
"A cascade of failures – from a junior enlisted sailor not recognizing a fire at the end of their duty watch to fundamental problems with how the U.S. Navy trains sailors to fight fires in shipyards – are responsible for the five-day blaze that cost the service an amphibious warship, according to an investigation into the July 2020 USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) fire reviewed by USNI News.
The investigation into the fire aboard Bonhomme Richard, overseen by former U.S. 3rd Fleet commander Vice Adm. Scott Conn, found that the two-year-long $249 million maintenance period rendered the ship’s crew unprepared to fight the fire the service says was set by a crew member...Read all!
Rotten Tomatoes Reveals 'Fauci' Audience Score of Just 2 Percent After Breitbart News Report
Rotten Tomatoes Reveals 'Fauci' Audience Score of Just 2 Percent After Breitbart News Report:
Rotten Tomatoes has revealed the audience score of National Geographic’s Fauci documentary after Breitbart News inquired on Monday why the site had so far failed to publish the information.
Fauci has an audience score of just 2 percent, indicating overwhelmingly negative viewer opinions of the movie. The score stands in stark contrast to the movie’s 91 percent “Tomatometer” score, showing the vast majority of professional movie critics liked the movie.
Rich swamp-rats--"American consumers might have been spoiled..."
- This is literally an argument from Atlas Shrugged.
There was no wood to burn...In makeshift contraptions of bricks and oil cans, professors were burning the books of their libraries, and fruit-growers were burning the trees of their orchards.
“Privations strengthen a people’s spirit,” wrote Bertram Scudder, “and forge the fine steel of social discipline.
Sacrifice is the cement which unites human bricks into the great edifice of society.”...Read all.
Big Brother will decide for you!-----UK Proposes Law To Switch Off EV Home Chargers During Peak Hours
UK Proposes Law To Switch Off EV Home Chargers During Peak Hours
Announced by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, the proposed law stipulates that electric car chargers installed at home or at the workplace may not function for up to nine hours a day to avoid overloading the national electricity grid...Read all!
- Going into effect next year, a new law aims to protect the grid from excessive strain; it won't apply to public chargers, though.
Announced by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, the proposed law stipulates that electric car chargers installed at home or at the workplace may not function for up to nine hours a day to avoid overloading the national electricity grid...Read all!
You WILL STAY HOME!!!-----Snow plow drivers plagued with issues before winter season
Snow plow drivers plagued with issues before winter season--Ruta Ulcinaite
MICHIGAN...Local road commissions begin prepping for winter weather in the summer months, and what they're seeing is already raising concern.
MICHIGAN...Local road commissions begin prepping for winter weather in the summer months, and what they're seeing is already raising concern.
- "The issue that we are personally seeing is a lot of retirement," Muskegon County Road Commission maintenance superintendent, Andrew Nichols said.
- The Muskegon County Road Commission hires seasonal drivers months before the first snowfall, drivers that come back year after year. Except this year, the return rate is much lower all across the state...
- However, a shortage of drivers isn't the main concern as it's more manageable. What's less manageable is the spread of COVID-19.
- Another issue heading into winter? Not a salt shortage, but yet another supply shortage in a pandemic world - machine parts and the microchips that have caused dealerships to not have enough cars...Read all.
Virginia churches air Kamala Harris endorsement of Terry McAuliffe in apparent violation of federal law - TheBlaze
Virginia churches air Kamala Harris endorsement of Terry McAuliffe in apparent violation of federal law - TheBlaze:
More than 300 "black churches" across Virginia will reportedly view a pre-recorded message from Harris over the next several weeks urging them to vote for Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the upcoming Virginia gubernatorial election.
According to CNN reporter Eva McKend, the message began airing Sunday and will be continue to be broadcasted through Nov. 2. The message "will air during morning services as part of outreach effort aimed to boost @TerryMcAuliffe," McKend reported
Woke Military Deploys Gender Advisors for Afghans at Fort McCoy
Woke Military Deploys Gender Advisors for Afghans at Fort McCoy"The woke-ness never stops.
...The woke US military deployed “gender and protection advisors” to Fort McCoy recently to deal with the domestic abuse and assaults on children.
Instead of focusing on how to rescue stranded Americans or how to prevent losing to 7th-century barbarians, they’re focusing on gender issues...Read all!
...The woke US military deployed “gender and protection advisors” to Fort McCoy recently to deal with the domestic abuse and assaults on children.
Instead of focusing on how to rescue stranded Americans or how to prevent losing to 7th-century barbarians, they’re focusing on gender issues...Read all!
History for October 20
History for October 20 - On-This-Day.com
Dr. Joyce Brothers 1927
- 1803 - The U.S. Senate approved the Louisiana Purchase.
- 1818 - The U.S. and Great Britain established the boundary between the U.S. and Canada to be the 49th parallel.
- 1903 - A joint commission ruled in favor of the U.S. concerning a dispute over the boundary between Canada and the District of Alaska.
- 1942 - Pierre Laval told the French workers that they must serve Germany.
- 1947 - Hollywood came under scrutiny as the House Un-American Activities Committee opened hearings into alleged Communist influence within the motion picture industry.
- 1993 - Attorney General Janet Reno warned the TV industry to limit the violence in their programs.
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
This Doctor Opposes COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate. Now His State Won't Let Him Practice Medicine.
This Doctor Opposes COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate. Now His State Won't Let Him Practice Medicine.:
Dr. Stephen Skoly is a well-known oral and maxillofacial surgeon in Rhode Island. He has been called to testify before lawmakers and serves as chairman of the Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity.
But recently, Skoly made news for another reason: He opposes his state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Because of his principled stand, he no longer is allowed to see patients or practice medicine.
Skoly joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” along with Mike Stenhouse, president of the Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity, to explain why they’re fighting heavy-handed government mandates.
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