Friday, February 18, 2022
History for February 18
History for February 18 - On-This-Day.com
Jack Palance 1919
- 1841 - The first continuous filibuster in the U.S. Senate began. It lasted until March 11th.
- 1885 - Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was published in the U.S. for the first time.
- 1930 - Elm Farm Ollie became the first cow to fly in an airplane.
- 1930 - The planet Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh. The discovery was made as a result of photographs taken in January 1930.
- 1972 - The California Supreme Court struck down the state's death penalty.
- 2001 - NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, Sr., was killed in a crash during the Daytona 500 race.
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Five Things Justin Trudeau Said About Emergencies Act - Louder With Crowder
Five Things Justin Trudeau Said About Emergencies Act - Louder With Crowder:
Justin Trudeau declared war on his own people. Or, rather, those Canadians who hold views that oppose his own. The Canadians he says take up space and won't be tolerated. Canadians are protesting against the government overreaching with the emergencies powers they gave themselves during the pandemic. Trudeau's response is to declare activation of the Emergencies Act to take even more emergency powers and violate even more rights. Everything the content creators at CNN accused Donald Trump of doing because he tweeted about maybe considering it, Trudeau is ACTUALLY doing. Something with which the content creators at CNN and elsewhere in the media are okay because they hate the same people Trudeau does, i.e. citizens who dare question the government.
Two intriguing points about the Durham allegations - American Thinker
Two intriguing points about the Durham allegations - American Thinker
- "...First, I missed something very important in Durham's motion...What Bongino caught is that Durham wrote "among the Internet data ... was domain name system ... Internet traffic." That strongly implies that DNS information, which simply means sites accessed, isn't the only information involved. It's possible that Durham can show that there are other internet data that the Hillary camp exploited, things such as emails or shared documents.
- Second, Bongino thinks the real bombshell in this is that Durham is warning Sussmann that Latham & Watkins is a very dangerous law firm to have representing him. The reason is that one of the top Latham & Watkins attorneys is a gal named Kathryn Ruemmler or, as Bongino calls her, "The Fixer." He points out that Ruemmler has her finger in every single corrupt pie baked during the Obama administration....Bongino believes that both Obama and, probably, Biden knew about the spying. Ruemmler's job, as always, will be to keep Obama clean. As a power partner at Latham & Watkins, she can be expected to force the "Sacrifice of Sussmann," if need be...Read all.
U. Michigan on track to hire 20 new ‘anti-racism’ faculty
U. Michigan on track to hire 20 new ‘anti-racism’ faculty
In 2021, the Michigan provost announced the school would be hiring 20 new tenured or tenure-track faculty members with scholarly expertise in racial inequality and structural racism to schools and colleges across campus...Read all.
- An initiative by the University of Michigan to hire 20 new “anti-racism” faculty has moved into the third round of hiring, according to a recent statement from the school.
In 2021, the Michigan provost announced the school would be hiring 20 new tenured or tenure-track faculty members with scholarly expertise in racial inequality and structural racism to schools and colleges across campus...Read all.
Canadian civil rights org fires back at Justin Trudeau over decision to invoke Emergencies Act: 'Threatens our democracy' - TheBlaze
Canadian civil rights org fires back at Justin Trudeau over decision to invoke Emergencies Act: 'Threatens our democracy' - TheBlaze:
The Canadian Civil Liberties Union published a defiant message condemning Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for using increasingly powerful methods to quell Freedom Convoy protests.
What is the background?
Trudeau announced Monday that Canada's federal government would, for the first time in its history, invoke the Emergencies Act to stop the protests and silence those advocating for freedom. Invoking the Emergencies Act gives Trudeau enormous power to end the politically inconvenient protests.
U gonna trust Biden to help you out?-----SAUDI ARABIA, IRAN, RUSSIA HELPED MOST:
Instapundit--SAUDI ARABIA, IRAN, RUSSIA HELPED MOST:
- Oil could vault as high as $150 a barrel, veteran analyst warns, as undersupply meets surging demand.
- Previously: As Oil Nears $100, Saudis Snub U.S., Stick to Russian Pact Amid Ukraine Crisis.
- And: Tired of High Gas Prices? Biden Will ‘Work Like the Devil’ to Bring Them Down (SPOILER: He’s Lying).--Posted by
Reporter grills WH about Durham revelations, but spox refuses to address them: 'My answer is not going to change' - TheBlaze
Reporter grills WH about Durham revelations, but spox refuses to address them: 'My answer is not going to change' - TheBlaze:
During Monday's press briefing, Fox News White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich repeatedly pressed White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about the revelations. Jean-Pierre, however, bucked each attempt.
In fact, before Heinrich could even finish her initial question, Jean-Pierre had already refused to answer it.
Why Nearly 40 Percent of Gen Z Identify as LGBTQ - American Thinker
Why Nearly 40 Percent of Gen Z Identify as LGBTQ - American Thinker
"I was shocked not long ago when I read a piece on the Newsweek website.
"I was shocked not long ago when I read a piece on the Newsweek website.
The headline read “Nearly 40 Percent of U.S. Gen Zs, 30 Percent of Young Christians Identify as LGBTQ, Poll Shows.”
That, aside from Joe Biden providing free crack pipes to help address racial inequality, is the most absurd thing I may have ever read.
Not so much for the data itself per se, but rather, an illustration of exactly how malleable (and lost) young Americans are.
Whatever the natural percentage of LGBTQwhatever people in the United States is, it’s sure as hell not 40%.
Whatever the natural percentage of LGBTQwhatever people in the United States is, it’s sure as hell not 40%.
...That tells you a lot about the state of America today...Read all!
D.C. Bill Would Ban Hospitals From Serving Bacon to Dying Patients
D.C. Bill Would Ban Hospitals From Serving Bacon to Dying Patients
...The legislation is based on a 2017 resolution from the American Medical Association calling for hospitals to eliminate processed meats, promote healthy beverages, and provide healthy food at reasonable prices.
- And to everyone else, too.
...The legislation is based on a 2017 resolution from the American Medical Association calling for hospitals to eliminate processed meats, promote healthy beverages, and provide healthy food at reasonable prices.
- The outright ban on processed meats—defined as meats that have been "been transformed through salting, curing, fermentation, smoking, or other processes to enhance flavor or improve preservation"—is
- complemented by a number of regulations to nudge people into picking healthier drinks. Cheh's bill would require that 75 percent of drinks in hospital vending machines, cafeterias, and cafes be non-sugar-sweetened beverages. Waters and sparkling waters would also have to be placed at eye-level in vending machines, or in the highest-selling position in the vending machine. Sodas would have to be placed farthest from eye level or in the lowest-selling position...Read all!
"The longer I do what I do and meet the kinds of people I meet, the more I realize that almost every sensational headline you'll ever see is wrong."
Facebook Sean Malone
"The longer I do what I do and meet the kinds of people I meet, the more I realize that almost every sensational headline you'll ever see is wrong.
"The longer I do what I do and meet the kinds of people I meet, the more I realize that almost every sensational headline you'll ever see is wrong.
Often the opposite of reality."
CNN anchor torches Biden for rejecting military reports critical of Afghanistan exit: 'Difficult to overstate how insulting' - TheBlaze
CNN anchor torches Biden for rejecting military reports critical of Afghanistan exit: 'Difficult to overstate how insulting' - TheBlaze:
Toward the end of CNN's "State of the Union," Tapper sharply criticized Biden for his sweeping dismissal of accounts critical of his administration's Afghanistan exit.
"It's difficult to overstate how insulting Biden's sweeping rejection is to so many service members and veterans, given the full content of the 2,000 pages of documents in this U.S. Army investigation, which CNN has also obtained," Tapper said.
Biden’s looming energy crunch
- If Putin invades Ukraine, who will fill the supply gap caused by sanctions?
Prices will get worse — much worse — if Putin invades.
President Biden has promised “swift, sharp sanctions” on Russia and an end to the Nord Stream II pipeline, which will supply Germany with much-needed Russian natural gas when it’s completed.
...If the US and its NATO partners apply those sanctions, they would leave a huge shortfall in European energy supplies and a smaller one in the US, which now relies on some Russian imports itself.
Russia currently supplies about 10 percent of the world’s energy and dominates Europe’s natural gas supplies, which are essential for home heating and power generation.
- The economic questions are obvious: who will fill the supply gap?
- How long will it take?
- What will happen to prices in the short- and medium-term?
- Will surging prices cause a major slowdown in Western economies?...Read all.
History for February 17
History for February 17 - On-This-Day.com
Thomas Malthus 1766
- 1801 - The U.S. House of Representatives broke an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. Jefferson was elected president and Burr became vice president.
- 1876 - Julius Wolff was credited with being the first to can sardines.
- 1878 - In San Francisco, CA, the first large city telephone exchange opened. It had only 18 phones.
- 1934 - The first high school automobile driver's education course was introduced in State College, PA.
- 1964 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that congressional districts within each state had to be approximately equal in population. (Westberry v. Sanders)
- 1985 - U.S. Postage stamp prices were raised from 20 cents to 22 cents for first class mail.
- 1995 - Black activist, Colin Ferguson was convicted of six counts of murder in the December 1993 Long Island Rail Road shootings. He was later sentenced to a minimum of 200 years in prison.
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