History for October 17

History for October 17 - On-This-Day.com

Evel Knievel (Robert Craig) 1938

• 1739 - Thomas Coram was granted a Royal Charter from George II so a "hospital for the maintenance and education of exposed and deserted young children" in Londond, England.
• 1777 - American troops defeated British forces in Saratoga, NY. It was the turning point in the American Revolutionary War.
• 1931 - Al Capone was convicted on income tax evasion and was sentenced to 11 years in prison. He was released in 1939.
• 1973 - The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) began an oil-embargo against several countries including the U.S. and Great Britain. The incident stemmed from Western support of Israel when Egypt and Syria attacked the nation on October 6, 1973. The embargo lasted until March of 1974.
• 1978 - U.S. President Carter signed a bill that restored full U.S. citizenship rights to Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

Climate activists toss soup all over famous van Gogh 'Sunflowers' painting, glue themselves to gallery wall - TheBlaze

Climate activists toss soup all over famous van Gogh 'Sunflowers' painting, glue themselves to gallery wall - TheBlaze: 

Climate activists from the group "Just Stop Oil" threw a can of tomato soup over Vincent Van Gogh’s famous "Sunflowers" painting before gluing themselves to the wall below the painting at London's National Gallery on Friday.

The way we were-----Wonderful California 40's in color [60fps,Remastered] w/sound design added

Everything You’ve Heard About Electric Cars is a Lie, Here’s the Truth

Another view with photos!-----Kerch Bridge, Nord Stream the handiwork of top-tier saboteurs

Kerch Bridge, Nord Stream the handiwork of top-tier saboteurs

• Big blast attacks required highly sophisticated technology and ultra-skilled secret operators that only a few nations possess

"It is increasingly clear that the destruction of part of the Kerch-Crimea bridge and the destruction of three strands of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines required highly sophisticated technology and the skill of secret operators...

Climate Change Weekly - Climate Censors and Their Phony Fact Checks, Paid Shills

Climate Change Weekly #449: In Memoriam: Timothy Ball, Ph.D., Fierce Defender of Science
Climate Change Weekly #450: Climate Censors and Their Phony Fact Checks, Paid Shills - H. Sterling Burnett

"Climate alarmists’ response when the facts don’t fit the narrative they’ve been pushing for two decades is to suppress the facts by killing the messengers. 

• Today you kill bearers of inconvenient truths not with an ax to the back of the neck but by de-platforming them.
• The climate censors start by throttling or labelling posts with which they disagree, limiting others’ ability to share unredacted posts on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms. 
• If that fails to dissuade the climate realists from posting evidence-based claims pointing to an unalarming climate future, the social media giants remove their ability to monetize their online activities. 
• If these first two attempts at censorship fail to force the realists to toe the party line or at least self-edit their climate posts, Big Tech applies the death penalty. The corporate censors ban them: first temporarily, then, if they repeat the offense of telling the truth, for life from one or all the major online social media platforms...

Crazed leftist agitators try (and fail) to stop Houston screening of Matt Walsh's 'What Is a Woman?' - TheBlaze

Crazed leftist agitators try (and fail) to stop Houston screening of Matt Walsh's 'What Is a Woman?' - TheBlaze: 

Despite having their event listing removed from Eventbrite earlier this week, the Young Conservatives of Texas at the University of Houston remained determined to host Matt Walsh on Thursday night and screen his "What Is a Woman?" documentary. The film examines the incoherence and perniciousness of leftist gender ideology. Although the conservative student group ultimately prevailed, they first had to deal with the mob of agitators that swarmed the venue, keen on achieving what Eventbrite was unable to do: shutting down the event.

FBI whistleblower tells all to Dan Bongino

"FBI whistleblower Steve Friend gives his account of his dealings with the FBI and how he and his wife have been personally affected by potential political motivation on 'Unfiltered.'"

The number of people (democrat voters) that support this is frightening!-----North Carolina Mom Reads From Graphic Book ‘Found’ In (7th grade) Classroom, Slams ‘Pedophile’ Teacher Who ‘Grooms Children’

North Carolina Mom Reads From Graphic Book ‘Found’ In Classroom, Slams ‘Pedophile’ Teacher Who ‘Grooms Children’

A North Carolina mother read from a graphic novel found in her child’s seventh-grade classroom during an Oct. 12 school board meeting, according to video footage from the event...a chapter titled “The Ins and Outs of Gay Sex.”

“I’m going to read from chapter nine, ‘The Ins and Outs of Gay Sex,’ starting at page 201, part 1, ‘Boy-on-Boy Sex,’” the mother said. 

“‘Perhaps the most important skill you will master as a gay or bi man is a timeless class: the hand job. Good news is you can practice it on yourself. The bad news is, each guy has become very used to his own way of getting himself off.’”
“‘A good handy is all about the wrist action. Rub the head of his cock back and forth with your head. Try different speeds and pressures until he responds positively,’” the book reads...

Lunch video-----Biden Saving The Planet

"“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. 

The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. 

It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”   - Joseph Goebbels

Noon-toon

 

Biden DOJ sued by Heritage Foundation over not prosecuting Supreme Court abortion protesters - Washington Times

Biden DOJ sued by Heritage Foundation over not prosecuting Supreme Court abortion protesters - Washington Times: 

The 31-page lawsuit filed by The Heritage Foundation seeks communications within President Biden’s DOJ about the protests and notes that 18 U.S.C. § 1507 has been used to prosecute others in recent years that have disrupted judicial hearings.

18 U.S.C. § 1507 is the federal law that makes it unlawful to obstruct justice and protest outside the homes of judges and justices. Progressive groups have been rallying activists to protest outside the homes of the conservative justices for roughly five months — even through the start of the new 2022 term.

There IS a SIGNIFICENT difference between the political parties!

 

And what political party controls (owns) the banks and universities?-----A watchdog found colleges are weaseling students into forking over more money to use certain banks for financial aid. Some are fasting, giving up textbooks, and lighting candles to save on bills.

A watchdog found colleges are weaseling students into forking over more money to use certain banks for financial aid. Some are fasting, giving up textbooks, and lighting candles to save on bills.

"Colleges will often enter agreements with banks to give financial aid to students.
But the CFPB found those agreements can come with significant fees for students who sign on.
Those unnecessary expenses can come from overdraft fees, inactivity fees, and out-of-network ATM fees.

• College students are probably familiar with the sight of a bank handing out free t-shirts, snacks, and other swag to get them to sign up for a bank account. 
• But a new report shows there might be a more sinister side to the banks lobbying on campus for students' dollars...

Are you better off today?

 

They've been doing this for decades!-----Sixth Circuit Rules Government Cannot Seize $300,000 in Home Equity to Pay $22,000 Tax Debt.

Instapundit--Sixth Circuit Rules Government Cannot Seize $300,000 in Home Equity to Pay $22,000 Tax Debt.

"THIS SHOULD BE OBVIOUS, BUT IT’S NOT: Sixth Circuit Rules Government Cannot Seize $300,000 in Home Equity to Pay $22,000 Tax Debt.

Not only should this not be allowed, there should be personal liability for the officials who attempted it.

Related thoughts here.--Posted by Glenn Reynolds

New Testing Shows High Levels of BPA in Sports Bras and Athletic Shirts

New Testing Shows High Levels of BPA in Sports Bras and Athletic Shirts

"OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) sent legal notices to 8 brands of sports bras and 6 brands of athletic shirts after testing shows the clothing could expose individuals to up to 22 times the safe limit of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA), according to California law.

...BPA, a well-studied hormone disrupting chemical, mimics estrogen and can disrupt the normal functioning of the body, including metabolism, growth and development, and reproduction...

#1 This day 1967-----NEW * To Sir With Love - Lulu (1967, Stereo) 4K

No flu last year? Wonder why? NO ONE trusts these criminal "experts"!-----CDC warns about potentially severe flu season - UPI.com

CDC warns about potentially severe flu season - UPI.com

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned of a severe flu season as reports of the virus and other respiratory illnesses are already higher than normal...

• "We've noted that flu activity is starting to increase across much of the country," especially in the Southeast and south-central United States, the CDC's director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, told NBC News. 
• "Not everybody got flu vaccinated last year, and many people did not get the flu. So that makes us ripe to have potentially a severe flu season."...

He's a complete, perv-up creep! With his guards trying to cover for him.

Blue State Blues: Media Excuse Democrats from Basic Governing Tasks

Blue State Blues: Media Excuse Democrats from Basic Governing Tasks: 

The fact that the Los Angeles Times endorsed California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) for reelection this week without referring to energy, water, fire, crime, gas prices, or the economy highlights a glaring double standard in how our media judge politicians.

Democrats are excused from any of the basic responsibilities of governing; they are supported because they have the “correct” ideological views on abortion, diversity, transgenderism, and climate change, regardless of the consequences of their policies.

Bombshell Dominion ‘Error Code’ Uncovered in 97% of Georgia Counties.

Instapundit--Bombshell Dominion ‘Error Code’ Uncovered in 97% of Georgia Counties.

"OH, YEAH, THE VOTE IS SECURE. SURE:  

Bombshell Dominion ‘Error Code’ Uncovered in 97% of Georgia Counties.

I’d like to remind everyone these machines are EVERYWHERE.

Paper ballots. Purple fingers.--Posted by Sarah Hoyt

AM Fruitcake

 

History for October 16

History for October 16 - On-This-Day.com

Oscar Wilde 1854

• 1793 - During the French Revolution, Queen Marie Antoinette was beheaded after being convicted of treason.
• 1829 - In Boston, MA, the first modern hotel in America opened. The Tremont Hotel had 170 rooms that rented for $2 a day and included four meals.
• 1859 - Abolitionist John Brown led a raid on Harper's Ferry, VA (now located in West Virginia).
• 1869 - A hotel in Boston became the first in the U.S. to install indoor plumbing.
• 1916 - Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in New York City, NY.
• 1955 - Mrs. Jules Lederer replaced Ruth Crowley in newspapers using the name Ann Landers.
• 1962 - U.S. President Kennedy was informed that there were missile bases in Cuba, beginning the Cuban missile crisis.
• 1989 - U.S. President George H.W. Bush signed the Gramm-Rudman budget reduction law that ordered federal programs be cut by $16.1 billion.
• 1995 - The "Million Man March" took place in Washington, DC.