Saturday, December 17, 2022
History for December 17
History for December 17 - On-This-Day.com
William Safire 1929 - Newspaper columnist
- 1791 - A traffic regulation in New York City established the first street to go "One Way."
- 1903 - The first successful gasoline-powered airplane flight took place near Kitty Hawk, NC. Orville and Wilbur Wright made the flight.
- 1944 - The U.S. Army announced the end of its policy of excluding Japanese-Americans from the West Coast which ensured that Japanese-Americans were released from detention camps.
- 1975 - Lynette Fromme was sentenced to life in prison for her attempt on the life of U.S. President Ford.
- 1976 - WTCG-TV, Atlanta, GA, changed its call letters to WTBS, and was uplinked via satellite. The station became the first commercial TV station to cover the entire U.S.
Friday, December 16, 2022
Twitter Files fuel suspicions that the FBI tipped the scales for Biden in 2020 - Washington Times
Twitter Files fuel suspicions that the FBI tipped the scales for Biden in 2020 - Washington Times:
The FBI’s coordination with social media companies ahead of the 2020 presidential election, revealed in Elon Musk’s “Twitter Files,” is galvanizing long-held suspicions that the FBI ran defense for then-candidate Joseph R. Biden as his links to son Hunter Biden’s potentially illegal business schemes emerged.
Mr. Musk’s steady drip of internal documents has exposed the extent to which the FBI worked with company executives to moderate content on the platform. It included weekly meetings with Twitter executives before the company suppressed the New York Post’s October 2020 report exposing emails found on Hunter Biden’s now-infamous laptop computer. The emails refuted Mr. Biden’s claims that he didn’t know about and wasn’t involved in his son’s overseas ventures.
Musk Posts Cryptic Tweet After Calling For Fauci To Be Prosecuted | The Daily Caller
Musk Posts Cryptic Tweet After Calling For Fauci To Be Prosecuted | The Daily Caller:
Musk tweeted Sunday that his pronouns are “prosecute/Fauci,” as Fauci steps down from his role as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases after five decades.
While Musk didn’t initially elaborate on his tweet, Twitter user “Hodgetwins” responded “let me guess, you found messages between Twitter execs and our govt. (Fauci and team) pushing for censorship of anyone that didn’t go along with their narrative on Covid?”
A pox on both houses!-----November's $249 Billion Federal Budget Deficit Set a Record. Now, Congress Is Preparing To Spend Even More.
November's $249 Billion Federal Budget Deficit Set a Record. Now, Congress Is Preparing To Spend Even More.
- The government spent $501 billion in November but collected just $252 billion in revenue, meaning that about 50 cents of every dollar spent were borrowed.
- And now Congress is gearing up to spend even more.
- ...the federal government is now on pace to run a deficit of about $1.9 trillion, which would be the largest nonpandemic budget deficit ever and a huge increase from the $1.38 trillion deficit in the fiscal year that ended on September 30...
They Want to Shut You (and 303 Creative) Up - WSJ
They Want to Shut You (and 303 Creative) Up - WSJ - By Daniel Henninger"...But proponents of speech codes regard some speech as so odious that it deserves no protection.
Reasonable people might think there is a middle ground, but let me explain political gridlock.
Reasonable people might think there is a middle ground, but let me explain political gridlock.
- A primary reason compromise today is nigh impossible is the right recognizes that their opposition is no longer traditional liberals, such as Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, but instead progressives such as Sen. Chuck Schumer, who will pocket any concession and immediately commence expanding it past the boundaries of the compromise.
- “Hate speech” in earlier arguments to ban it was equated with “fighting words” and incitements to violence, which don’t receive First Amendment protection. But increasingly, the self-righteous left has donned the halo of antidiscrimination laws to create a society that bans an array of spoken and written opinions they just don’t like. In their world, virtually any expression uncongenial to their views can be defined as “violence” of some sort...
'Neutral' U.N. Official Probing Israel Compared Israelis to Nazis, Said 'Jewish Lobby' Controls U.S.
'Neutral' U.N. Official Probing Israel Compared Israelis to Nazis, Said 'Jewish Lobby' Controls U.S.:
A United Nations attorney who is leading an “neutral, third party” investigation into Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians was exposed as having a long history of antisemitism, spreading outright lies and conspiracy theories, including the canard that the U.S. is controlled by the “Jewish lobby.”
Warning of serious disorder in Paris, and possibly London, on the evenin...
"Grudges and grievances traditionally bring forth crowds of disorderly foreigners.
These days though, even joyous celebrations by Albanians and Moroccans seem to be bring chaos to the British capital, but the newspapers and television news seldom report it.
Ain't gonna happen!-----Electric Grid Unprepared for Electric Big Rigs
Electric Grid Unprepared for Electric Big Rigs"Electric utility company National Grid released a study on requirements for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations along long-distance highways, with a focus on heavy trucks.
The finding that got the most attention in trucking circles is: “The charging capacity required to supply a large passenger vehicle travel center/truck stop will be roughly equivalent to the electric load of a small town.”
- ...First, is it conceivable that the United States will have enough electricity capacity to meet the projected need for an all-electric motor vehicle fleet by 2050 or 2060?
- Second, is battery electric the most cost-effective approach for heavy, long-distance trucks?...
Newsom says California about to 'break' amid flood of illegal migrants when Title 42 expires | Fox News
Newsom says California about to 'break' amid flood of illegal migrants when Title 42 expires | Fox News:
In September, Newsom signed a bill allowing illegal immigrants to obtain state ID, saying, "We’re a state of refuge — a majority-minority state, where 27% of us are immigrants."
In January, Newsom unveiled his 2022-23 California budget plan, which included universal health care benefits for all low-income residents, including illegal migrants.
If a state, guaranteed 2 democrat senators, 1 democrat congressman. What is up with those 16 "republicans"??-----House passes bill calling for binding vote on statehood for Puerto Rico
House passes bill calling for binding vote on statehood for Puerto Rico
- The vote was 233-to-191, with 16 Republicans breaking ranks and joining Democrats in backing the measure.
- The legislation would authorize a vote in Puerto Rico to choose whether to become a state, an independent nation, or a country “in free association with the United States.” The island has been a territory since 1898, and residents there were granted citizenship in 1917...
An international JOKE-----'My nation's original sin': Biden apologizes for slavery and offers Africa $55b investment | Daily Mail Online
'My nation's original sin': Biden apologizes for slavery and offers Africa $55b investment | Daily Mail Online
- 'My nation's original sin': Biden apologizes to delegation of African leaders for the 'unimaginable cruelty' of slavery and offers them $55billion - as Rwandan president mocks US in front of laughing crowd
- Rattled by China's massive investment in Africa, Biden on Wednesday announced $55 billion to be spent on health, climate change and trade..
Pelosi told Obama Dems lost House in 2010 because White men 'get in a mood' when they don't have jobs | Fox News
Pelosi told Obama Dems lost House in 2010 because White men 'get in a mood' when they don't have jobs | Fox News:
Faced with catastrophic losses in the 2010 midterm elections, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told then-President Barack Obama that Democrats were pulverized at the ballot box because of the "White male thing," new documentary footage reveals.
Life-long lying, loser. Perfect democrat.-----Pete Buttigieg was 'on vacation in PORTUGAL' during rail worker talks: Report | Daily Mail Online
Pete Buttigieg was 'on vacation in PORTUGAL' during rail worker talks: Report | Daily Mail Online
- Pete Buttigieg was 'on vacation in PORTUGAL' during critical talks when nation was on brink of crippling rail strike:
- Took paid time off while negotiating sick leave - and posted video suggesting he was in U.S.
- ..While gone he posted a video touting a new airline transparency feature
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