Thursday, March 03, 2022
History for March 3
History for March 3 - On-This-Day.com
Matthew Ridgway 1895
- 1845 - Florida became the 27th U.S. state.
- 1849 - The Gold Coinage Act was passed by the U.S. Congress. It allowed the minting of gold coins.
- 1857 - Britain and France declared war on China.
- 1878 - Russia and the Ottomans signed the treaty of San Stenafano. The treaty granted independence to Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and the autonomy of Bulgaria.
- 1903 - The U.S. imposed a $2 head tax on immigrants.
- 1931 - The "Star Spangled Banner," written by Francis Scott Key, was adopted as the American national anthem. The song was originally a poem known as "Defense of Fort McHenry."
- 1952 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld New York's Feinberg Law that banned Communist teachers in the U.S.
- 1991 - Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers. The scene was captured on amateur video. (California)
Wednesday, March 02, 2022
CNN's own heavily Dem poll gave Biden lowest 'very positive' SOTU response in 15 years: 'The tide did not turn tonight' - TheBlaze
CNN's own heavily Dem poll gave Biden lowest 'very positive' SOTU response in 15 years: 'The tide did not turn tonight' - TheBlaze:
The "very positive" number is down 10 points from 2021, when CNN recorded a "very positive" reaction among 51% of respondents. The significant drop is a problem for Biden because, as Chalian explained, "that 41% is the lowest very positive we’ve seen in about the last 15 years of instant polling after the State of the Union address."
Kamala Harris mercilessly mocked for saying voters 'got what they asked for' by electing her, Joe Biden - TheBlaze
Kamala Harris mercilessly mocked for saying voters 'got what they asked for' by electing her, Joe Biden - TheBlaze:
Vice President Kamala Harris was torn to shreds on social media after saying during a speech Monday that voters "got what they asked for" by electing her and President Joe Biden to office.
American oligarch hypocrites!-----The hypocrisy of Coca-Cola | Washington Examiner
The hypocrisy of Coca-Cola | Washington Examiner
"In March of last year, days after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed new voting reform legislation, Atlanta-based Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey said,
"In March of last year, days after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed new voting reform legislation, Atlanta-based Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey said,
“This legislation is unacceptable. It is a step backwards … and needs to be remedied, and we will continue to advocate for it both in private and now even more in public.”
...Within days, Major League Baseball had pulled the All Star Game out of the state. Delta Airlines, Home Depot, Porsche Cars, and the Atlanta Falcons — all Georgia-based companies — also slammed the law based on false Democratic Party talking points about what it said and did.
And, of course, Coca-Cola also tweeted its displeasure with the law.
One year later, Coca-Cola is eerily silent on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
...Within days, Major League Baseball had pulled the All Star Game out of the state. Delta Airlines, Home Depot, Porsche Cars, and the Atlanta Falcons — all Georgia-based companies — also slammed the law based on false Democratic Party talking points about what it said and did.
And, of course, Coca-Cola also tweeted its displeasure with the law.
One year later, Coca-Cola is eerily silent on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Russia is one of the company’s most profitable markets, as the soda giant operates out of the country as Swiss-based bottler Coca-Cola HBC.
It announced last Tuesday they had contingency plans to cope with the crisis, which included stockpiling ingredients to limit any disruption in their massive Russian market...Read all.
Control the language!-----University announces the theme of its Womynx History Month celebration
"We get what white progressives are trying to do with Latinx, which is taking a gendered language and neutering it into a word that most Hispanics dislike and some even consider a racial slur.
We don’t get what Northwest Missouri State University is doing with “womynx.”
Joe Rogan questions whether Bill Gates should be spokesperson for health - TheBlaze
Joe Rogan questions whether Bill Gates should be spokesperson for health - TheBlaze:
During a discussion about how there are movements against red meat. Wolf proposed that there are concerted efforts to consolidate who produces food, and asserted that there were some "folks" who want food production to be operated like "software" – meaning some corporation will own intellectual property on certain manmade foods.
Rogan then pivoted to Gates, who he said is the "largest owner of farmland in the United States."
According to a 2021 report, Gates was the largest private farmland owner in the United States with an estimated 242,000 acres of farmland, according to analysis by The Land Report.
Russia has mobile crematoriums that 'evaporate' the dead: report
Russia has mobile crematoriums that 'evaporate' the dead: report
"The British Ministry of Defense released video of the trucks that can incinerate bodies one at a time and suggested Wednesday that the Kremlin might deploy them in its war with Ukraine to hide the number of casualties, the Telegraph reported.
“If I was a soldier and knew that my generals had so little faith in me that they followed me around the battlefield with a mobile crematorium, or I was the mother or father of a son, potentially deployed into a combat zone, and my government thought that the way to cover up losses was a mobile crematorium, I’d be deeply, deeply worried,” UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace told the paper...Read all!
"The British Ministry of Defense released video of the trucks that can incinerate bodies one at a time and suggested Wednesday that the Kremlin might deploy them in its war with Ukraine to hide the number of casualties, the Telegraph reported.
“If I was a soldier and knew that my generals had so little faith in me that they followed me around the battlefield with a mobile crematorium, or I was the mother or father of a son, potentially deployed into a combat zone, and my government thought that the way to cover up losses was a mobile crematorium, I’d be deeply, deeply worried,” UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace told the paper...Read all!
Bidenflation Pushes Durable Goods Prices Up Most in 47 Years
Bidenflation Pushes Durable Goods Prices Up Most in 47 Years:
The personal consumption expenditures price index for durable goods, products intended to last three years or more, increased one percent from a month earlier in January, the Department of Commerce said. That matched the December increase and, absent last year’s extreme price increases, would have been the largest gain since 1980.
The West’s Green Delusions Empowered Putin
The West’s Green Delusions Empowered Putin
- While we banned plastic straws, Russia drilled and doubled nuclear energy production.
...He wants Ukraine to be part of Russia more than the West wants it to be free.
...Missing from that explanation, though, is a story about material reality and basic economics—two things that Putin seems to understand far better than his counterparts in the free world and especially in Europe.
- Putin knows that Europe produces 3.6 million barrels of oil a day but uses 15 million barrels of oil a day.
- Putin knows that Europe produces 230 billion cubic meters of natural gas a year but uses 560 billion cubic meters.
- He knows that Europe uses 950 million tons of coal a year but produces half that...Read all!
The Coming Medical Dictatorship | Frontpagemag
The Coming Medical Dictatorship | Frontpagemag
- Can you guess what California Democrats want to make illegal?
- On Feb. 10, four Assembly members introduced AB 1993, a bill that would force anybody with a job -- whether full-time employees or independent contractors -- to prove they were vaccinated against COVID-19...
- Then on Feb. 15, one of the members who introduced that bill proposed AB 2098, which would rescind the medical license of any doctor circulating "misinformation" about COVID-19 or vaccines designed to treat it...Read all.
New Southern Illinois U. student group claims black students ‘exploited,’ issues demands
A new black student group at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has alleged the school “exploits” its black students and issued a set of demands, which include “not be denied access to any information deemed critical” to its interests.
...During his presentation, Good chastised Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Jeffrey Waple for not personally recognizing him as one of the students who work in his office, and accused him of being in “fear” when the Black Unity Council entered the meeting.
...In addition, the group states any university communication “will be vetted by the BUC to ensure empathy, sensitivity and tact in any communication regarding the loss of Black lives as well as the Black experience at SIUE.”...Read all.
Senate Democrats prioritize radical abortion bill over aid for Ukraine - TheBlaze
Senate Democrats prioritize radical abortion bill over aid for Ukraine - TheBlaze:
The United States Senate has returned from recess, and the first major item on the legislative agenda is not humanitarian and security aid for Ukraine's war against Russian invaders. Instead, Democratic leadership has scheduled a procedural vote for a radical abortion bill that would essentially codify Roe v. Wade into federal law.
Democrats will attempt to advance the Women's Health Protection Act Monday, a bill that advocates say will enshrine the right to an abortion into United States law and protect abortion rights in case the Supreme Court overturns Roe later this year.
Ukraine Conflict Update 12 | Institute for the Study of War
Ukraine Conflict Update 12 | Institute for the Study of War
"ISW published its most recent Russian campaign assessment at 3:00 pm EST on March 1.
This daily synthetic product covers key events related to renewed Russian aggression against Ukraine.
Key Takeaways March 1, 2022
- [CORRECTION] Russian President Vladimir Putin likely moved Russia’s nuclear alert status to their highest peacetime level on February 27, the second of four possible levels.
- The Kremlin admitted Russian casualties in Ukraine for the first time but announced an implausibly low number of killed or wounded.
- Ukraine combatted Russian information campaigns while the Kremlin continued censoring information in Russia.
- Anti-war protests in Russia continued on March 1 despite mass arrests and government censorship...Much more, read all.
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