Thursday, February 02, 2023
History for February 2
History for February 2 - On-This-Day.com
Ayn Rand 1905
- 1848 - The Mexican War was ended with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The treaty turned over portions of land to the U.S., including Texas, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, California and parts of Colorado and Wyoming. The U.S. gave Mexico $15,000,000 and assumed responsibility of all claims against Mexico by American citizens. Texas had already entered the U.S. on December 29, 1845.
- 1848 - The first shipload of Chinese emigrants arrived in San Francisco, CA.
- 1870 - The "Cardiff Giant" was revealed to be nothing more than carved gypsum. The discovery in Cardiff, NY, was alleged to be the petrified remains of a human.
- 1887 - The beginning of Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, PA.
- 1950 - "What's My Line" debuted on CBS television.
- 1980 - The situation known as "Abscam" began when reports surfaced that the FBI had conducted a sting operation that targeted (DEMOCRAT) members of the U.S. Congress. A phony Arab businessmen were used in the operation.
Wednesday, February 01, 2023
'What you think, what you feel: It's all just data': WEF event hypes era of 'brain transparency' in which companies will monitor employees' thoughts and emotions - TheBlaze
'What you think, what you feel: It's all just data': WEF event hypes era of 'brain transparency' in which companies will monitor employees' thoughts and emotions - TheBlaze:
According to Farahany, it won't just be white-collar environments where workers' minds will be policed and tracked in this fashion.
With the purported aim of preventing distracted-driving accidents on the road, Farahany suggested that truck drivers could be equipped with hats containing embedded electrode censors that would score what stage of alertness they are at in any given moment.
Concerning the prospect of using brain surveillance to know when to preemptively intervene, Farahany underscored, "We as a society should want that."
Lib-chick thinks it's brave to walk down a street in a "red" city. She never been to Detroit, SanFran, St. Louis?-----‘Empowered, LIBERAL woman’ accidentally makes red states look AWESOME in video and LOL (watch)
‘Empowered, LIBERAL woman’ accidentally makes red states look AWESOME in video and LOL (watch)
"What the Hell is Angela Belcamino actually doing in this video?
Is this a troll?
Does she really think it makes her brave to walk down a street in a red state at night?
Streets in red states are typically pretty safe and clean …
The Curricular Firing Squads
The Curricular Firing Squads
One such true believer, American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten, claims that “vetted lesson plans—like those from the 1619 Project— . . . help educators tackle the hard conversations around our country’s history and its impact on today and tomorrow.”
Speaking of the teachers unions, what do they envision as a proper curriculum?
- School choice is more important than ever. - By Larry Sand
One such true believer, American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten, claims that “vetted lesson plans—like those from the 1619 Project— . . . help educators tackle the hard conversations around our country’s history and its impact on today and tomorrow.”
Speaking of the teachers unions, what do they envision as a proper curriculum?
- ...For example, in July 2021, the Detroit Federation of Teachers settled a contract with the school district that created a “School Equity Lead Supplemental Position” to support and facilitate “culturally responsive teaching strategies for teachers.” Candidates for the position are selected by the district’s office of equity, advocacy, and civil rights, and must complete anti-racism training at the “Summer Anti-Racist Institute.”
- Then there’s the National Education Association. The union has just released a statement, in which it insists that climate change must be taught in every subject including “science, social studies, visual and performing arts, and world languages.”...
Pro-life protester arrested at gunpoint by FBI found not guilty of FACE charges by jury - TheBlaze
Pro-life protester arrested at gunpoint by FBI found not guilty of FACE charges by jury - TheBlaze:
The Biden administration charged Houck under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, also known as the FACE Act. Critics alleged that the case strained the definitions of the law in order to make a political example of Houck and threaten other pro-life activists.
Ya notice, EVERY "study", "expert" recommends spending more money, increasing taxes on the public? Promised "benefits" never reviewed?-----New study finds tolls on 14 highways could bring in $1B for Michigan's road improvement | WWMT
LANSING, Mich. — The debate over potential toll roads in Michigan has a new entry - as a lawmaker-commissioned study shows drivers may see a benefit from adding tolls to highways across the Lower Peninsula, with the funds used to improve state infrastructure.
An expert analysis of Michigan's 31 highways conducted by engineering company HNTB found the state could make a $1 billion income by putting up 14 toll roads - including large sections of I-96, 94, and 131...
Lunch video-----Wind turbines around the world are 'collapsing at an alarming rate'
“Bloomberg reports the frequency of combusting and collapsing turbines is spiking,” Mr Bernardi said.
Biden, Mayorkas Import Poverty, 'Enslavement' via Migration
Biden, Mayorkas Import Poverty, 'Enslavement' via Migration:
Meanwhile, President Joe Biden’s pro-migration border chief wants to import even more foreign workers for jobs throughout the United States — despite the inevitable damage to Americans’ ability to compete for decent wages and conditions.
Feds/state give GM free money, democrat politicians take credit. And the vote buying scam continues!-----Whitmer, Gilchrist, Kildee celebrate GM’s $795 million Michigan investment- MLive (propaganda)
Whitmer, Gilchrist, Kildee celebrate GM’s $795 million Michigan investment - FlintFLINT, MI — U.S. Rep. (D) Dan Kildee takes an immense pride in his hometown.
...Kildee, D-Flint Twp., stood witness as General Motors said it’s bringing V-8 engine manufacturing back to Flint, investing $579 million at Flint Engine Operations and another $216 million in its Bay City engine components plant.
...Kildee, D-Flint Twp., stood witness as General Motors said it’s bringing V-8 engine manufacturing back to Flint, investing $579 million at Flint Engine Operations and another $216 million in its Bay City engine components plant.
...“GM’s $800 million investment in Michigan will retain good-paying jobs and enable us to build on our legacy as the place that put the world on wheels,” said Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in a statement...
Ignoring their own laws!!-----Another Trump-hating FBI lovebird flies out of the woodwork - American Thinker
Another Trump-hating FBI lovebird flies out of the woodwork - American Thinker - By Monica Showalter"...Under FBI regulations, adulterous affairs are a firing offense, given that such behavior puts
national security at risk and automatically leads to the loss of one's security clearance.
national security at risk and automatically leads to the loss of one's security clearance.
There's a lot of this going on at that troubled wokester agency now that a new lovebird case has emerged in the bust of FBI counterintelligence chief Charles McGonigal, yet nobody seems to be stopping it.
- Allison Guerriero said she dated McGonigal for a year, unaware he was married. He spent far more lavishly than an FBI salary would typically allow, she recalled, and she once found a bag of cash in his apartment.
Florida bill could hand gun owners huge win, make the US a constitutional carry-majority country | Fox News
Florida bill could hand gun owners huge win, make the US a constitutional carry-majority country | Fox News:
Florida lawmakers introduced legislation on Monday to allow people to carry a concealed firearm without having to get a government-issued permit – a move that could make the majority of U.S. states permitless-carry territory.
"Our right to bear arms, of course, is enshrined in the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution," Republican state Rep. Chuck Brannan said during a press conference in Tallahassee. "The bill that I will file later today continues to advance Second Amendment freedoms through legislation known as ‘constitutional carry.’"
Next step? Force YOU to do same!-----A fridge too far?
A fridge too far? - JAZZ SHAW"The Associated Press is continuing its tradition of celebrating people who are making a difference in an effort to “save the planet” through noble acts of sacrifice. One such person is Josh Spodek of Manhattan...
...This is someone who has fully bought into the idea that humans don’t “deserve” the benefits of technology and that we all need to live in pods and eat bugs...There are those for whom recycling and composting are not nearly enough, who have reduced their annual waste to almost zero, ditched their clothes dryer or given up flying, and are ready to take the next step in exploring the frontiers of sustainable living.
For Manhattanite Josh Spodek, that has meant going without a refrigerator, which he identified as the biggest source of electrical use in his Greenwich Village apartment.
Spodek began by deciding to go packaging-free, and one small step led to another. Now, he is living virtually grid-free in a city that in many ways is the epitome of grids.
History for February 1
History for February 1 - On-This-Day.com
Boris Yeltsin 1931 - Russian president 1991-1999
- 1788 - Isaac Briggs and William Longstreet patented the steamboat.
- 1862 - "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," by Julia Ward Howe was first published in the "Atlantic Monthly."
- 1865 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signed a Joint Resolution submitting the proposed 13th Amendment to the states.
- 1884 - The first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was published.
- 1900 - Eastman Kodak Co. introduced the $1 Brownie box camera.
- 1919 - The first Miss America was crowned in New York City.
- 1979 - Patty Hearst was released from prison after serving 22 months of a seven-year sentence for bank robbery. Her sentence had been commuted by U.S. President Carter.
- 2003 - NASA's space shuttle Columbia exploded while re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. All seven astronauts on board were killed.
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