Sunday, April 10, 2022
History for April 10
History for April 10 - On-This-Day.com
Lew Wallace 1827 - U.S. novelist ("Ben Hur")
- 1825 - The first hotel opened in Hawaii.
- 1849 - Walter Hunt patented the safety pin. He sold the rights for $100.
- 1912 - The Titanic set sail from Southampton, England.
- 1916 - The Professional Golfers Association (PGA) held its first championship tournament.
- 1919 - In Mexico, revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata was killed by government troops.
- 1932 - Paul von Hindenburg was elected president of Germany with 19 million votes. Adolf Hitler came in second with 13 million votes.
- 1938 - Germany annexed Austria after Austrians had voted in a referundum to merge with Germany.
- 1963 - 129 people died when the nuclear-powered submarine USS Thresher failed to surface off Cape Cod, MA.
Saturday, April 09, 2022
Public school says it's searching student lunches brought from home, confiscating 'excessive' chips, soda, candy - TheBlaze
Public school says it's searching student lunches brought from home, confiscating 'excessive' chips, soda, candy - TheBlaze:
A western Pennsylvania public school district announced that one of its schools was to begin searching student lunches brought from home this week and confiscating "excessive" quantities of chips, soda, candy and other snacks.
Cops Seized $8,000 From Her and Never Charged Her With a Crime
Cops Seized $8,000 From Her and Never Charged Her With a Crime
- After Rochester police took her cash, Cristal Starling found out just how hard it is to challenge civil asset forfeiture in court.
Starling was never charged with a crime, but she may never see her money again due to missing a court deadline during the complicated process of challenging the seizure.
Starling's apartment was one of two locations Rochester police hit while investigating her former boyfriend, who was suspected of dealing drugs.
Starling's apartment was one of two locations Rochester police hit while investigating her former boyfriend, who was suspected of dealing drugs.
The police didn't find any drugs in the apartment, but they did find and take Starling's cash.
Under civil asset forfeiture laws, police can seize property suspected of being connected to criminal activity...Read all.
Yet, most of America doesn't care.-----Pa. Testimony Explains How Leftist Money Infiltrated Elections In 2020
Explosive Pennsylvania Testimony Explains How Leftist Money Infiltrated Election Offices In 2020
BY: MARGOT CLEVELAND
BY: MARGOT CLEVELAND
- This evidence should be enough for the Pennsylvania legislature to recognize there is a real problem when private money and private actors collaborate with election officials.
...In fact, in January, The New York Times called out the New Venture Fund in its article headlined, “Democrats Decried Dark Money. Then they Won with it in 2020,” Shepherd added...Read all.
Former child actor Cole Sprouse says Disney 'heavily sexualized' young girls at the network - TheBlaze
Former child actor Cole Sprouse says Disney 'heavily sexualized' young girls at the network - TheBlaze:
Actor and former Disney child star Cole Sprouse blasted the Disney Channel with accusations of what he said was rampant sexualization of his former female costars.
UBCO asks: Should freedoms be restricted to preserve the planet? - Kelowna News
UBCO asks: Should freedoms be restricted to preserve the planet? - Kelowna News link
Jim Church shared a link.
"Under the auspices of the University of British Columbia a one-sided “debate” is to take place to “sanction” the loss of freedoms in the name of “climate emergency”! This isn’t ‘science’. It’s a deliberate move to give legitimacy to Soviet-style oppression."
Lunch video-----CDC: The Movie (COVID parody)
"From the producers who brought you contradictory mask guidance and told you to cook your prosciutto comes the true story of an agency that was—once again—completely unprepared for the one thing it was meant to do: fight disease."
Report: Women across the country are being stalked using Apple tracking devices - TheBlaze
Report: Women across the country are being stalked using Apple tracking devices - TheBlaze:
The news outlet reported this week that it obtained 150 reports from eight of the country's largest police departments within the last eight months that mentioned AirTags. Of the 150 reports, 50 of them reportedly involved women who alerted police after they started getting notifications that they were being tracked by an AirTag they didn't own.
According to Vice, 25 of those reports identified "a man in their lives — ex-partners, husbands, bosses — who they strongly suspected planted the AirTags on their cars in order to follow and harass them."
Junk education-----Ethnic studies mandate based on ‘fundamentally flawed research,’ Penn data scientist says
Ethnic studies mandate based on ‘fundamentally flawed research,’ Penn data scientist says link
"Two academic papers used to justify California’s high school ethnic studies requirement relied on poor statistical methods, according to a University of Pennsylvania data scientist.
...They referred to the studies as “fundamentally flawed” and said the results were “ambiguous” due to a “muddled” experiment.
The two studies, “demonstrate how easy it is in our overheated political environment to subvert statistical analyses for political purposes,” the professors wrote in their Tablet essay.
"Two academic papers used to justify California’s high school ethnic studies requirement relied on poor statistical methods, according to a University of Pennsylvania data scientist.
...They referred to the studies as “fundamentally flawed” and said the results were “ambiguous” due to a “muddled” experiment.
The two studies, “demonstrate how easy it is in our overheated political environment to subvert statistical analyses for political purposes,” the professors wrote in their Tablet essay.
- The 2017 paper used a faulty unreliable control and treatment group and utilized a small sample size (only 112 students were below a 2.0 GPA) among other problems, according to the essay...
- But students were allowed to drop out or enroll in the class on their own accord, the essay authors wrote.
- The experiments “support no conclusion, either positive or negative, about the effects of this particular ethnic studies course in these particular schools and times,” the two professors wrote. Read the essay.
Dems not worried, this "insurrection" lie helped them win the election-----Jan 6 defendant first to be completely acquitted after lawyers argue police waved him into the Capitol American Wire News
Jan 6 defendant first to be completely acquitted after lawyers argue police waved him into the Capitol American Wire News link
"An accused Jan. 6 rioter managed to win his freedom by convincing a federal judge that he’d been “let in” to the Capitol building by U.S. Capitol Police officers.
During his two-day bench trial this week, accused Jan. 6 rioter Matthew Martin admitted to having entered the Capitol building but argued that he’d done so after being waved in by Capitol officers, according to The New York Times.
...The ruling prompted celebration from the Trumpverse, with supporters of the rioters jovial over finally getting “justice” and hopeful that other accused rioters may be able to successfully use the same defense in their trials...
"An accused Jan. 6 rioter managed to win his freedom by convincing a federal judge that he’d been “let in” to the Capitol building by U.S. Capitol Police officers.
During his two-day bench trial this week, accused Jan. 6 rioter Matthew Martin admitted to having entered the Capitol building but argued that he’d done so after being waved in by Capitol officers, according to The New York Times.
...The ruling prompted celebration from the Trumpverse, with supporters of the rioters jovial over finally getting “justice” and hopeful that other accused rioters may be able to successfully use the same defense in their trials...
The Environmental Downside of Electric Vehicles - Foundation for Economic Education
The Environmental Downside of Electric Vehicles - Foundation for Economic Education link
- An electric vehicle requires six times the mineral inputs of a comparable internal combustion engine vehicle, according to the International Energy Agency.
- ...EV batteries are very heavy and are made with some exotic, expensive, toxic, and flammable materials.
- ...Ninety percent of the ICE lead-acid batteries are recycled while only five percent of the EV lithium-ion batteries are...Read all.
Sacramento mass shooting suspect released early from 10-year prison term despite pleading and warning from the DA: 'If he is released early, he will continue to break the law' - TheBlaze
Sacramento mass shooting suspect released early from 10-year prison term despite pleading and warning from the DA: 'If he is released early, he will continue to break the law' - TheBlaze:
The second man arrested in the wake of Sunday's deadly mass shooting in Sacramento, California, is a career criminal who was released early from prison despite vehement opposition from the county's district attorney, the Sacramento Bee reported Tuesday.
According to documents obtained by the news outlet through a public records request, 27-year-old Smiley Martin was granted an early release from prison in February 2022, just over four years into a 10-year prison sentence for domestic violence and assault with great bodily injury convictions.
Not only CA-----‘It’s A Huge Problem’: California’s Sky-High Electricity Prices Bring A Shock To Biden’s EV Dreams
‘It’s A Huge Problem’: California’s Sky-High Electricity Prices Bring A Shock To Biden’s EV Dreams
- California electricity bills are among the highest in the nation and are set to continue skyrocketing, putting state and national green ambitions in the spotlight.
If prices keep rising, as current projections say they will, electric vehicles will continue to be more expensive than traditional gas-powered cars.
The surging prices could act as an impediment for the electric vehicle industry in the state. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order in 2021 banning new traditional gas vehicles by 2035...link
The surging prices could act as an impediment for the electric vehicle industry in the state. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order in 2021 banning new traditional gas vehicles by 2035...link
History for April 9
History for April 9 - On-This-Day.com
Paul Robeson 1898 - Singer
- 1682 - Robert La Salle claimed the lower Mississippi River and all lands that touch it for France.
- 1770 - Captain James Cook discovered Botany Bay on the Australian continent.
- 1865 - At Appomattox Court House, Virginia, General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate Army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in the parlor of Wilmer McClean's home
- 1866 - The Civil Rights Bill passed over U.S. President Andrew Johnson's veto.
- 1867 - The U.S. Senate ratified the treaty with Russia that purchased the territory of Alaska by one vote.
- 1940 - Germany invaded Norway and Denmark.
- 1942 - In the Battle of Bataan, American and Filipino forces were overwhelmed by the Japanese Army.
- 1959 - NASA announced the selection of America's first seven astronauts.
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