History for February 16

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

John McEnroe 1959 - Tennis player

• 1804 - A raid was led by Lt. Stephen Decatur to burn the U.S. Navy frigate Philadelphia. The ship had been taken by pirates.
• 1857 - The National Deaf Mute College was incorporated in Washington, DC. It was the first school in the world for advanced education of the deaf. The school was later renamed Gallaudet College.
• 1932 - The first fruit tree patent was issued to James E. Markham for a peach tree which ripens later than other varieties.
• 1937 - Wallace H. Carothers received a patent for nylon. Carothers was a research chemist for Du Pont.
• 1959 - Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba after the overthrow of President Fulgencio Batista.
• 1968 - In the U.S., the first 911 emergency telephone system was inaugurated in Haleyville, AL.
• 2005 - The Kyoto global warming pact went into effect in 140 nations.

China calls US 'trigger-happy' on defending airspace after 'objects' shot down | Fox News

China calls US 'trigger-happy' on defending airspace after 'objects' shot down | Fox News: 

The People's Republic of China lobbied criticisms at the United States on Monday over the nation's recent actions to protect its airspace. Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Wang Wenbin spoke to reporters Monday about the multiple aircraft shot down over the U.S. since the destruction of an unmanned Chinese surveillance balloon earlier this month.

The way we were-----Dragnet - The Big Tomato

Man Froze to Death in Police Custody

Maybe the media should ask Mayor Pete why he supports prevailing wage laws - American Thinker

Maybe the media should ask Mayor Pete why he supports prevailing wage laws - American Thinker - By Jack

• Pothole Pete is worried about too many whites working construction:

Pete Buttigieg Frets That Too Many Construction Crews 'Don't Look Like' The Neighborhoods They Work In

"We have heard way too many stories from generations past of infrastructure where you got a neighborhood, often a neighborhood of color, that finally sees the project come to them but everyone in the hardhats on that project looking like, doing the good-paying jobs, don't look like they came from anywhere near the neighborhood."

Then why do he, Biden, and other Democrats require companies to abide by prevailing wage laws, which have oppressed minorities for over 90 years?...

Recent college grads not ‘emotionally’ ready for work: survey

Recent college grads not ‘emotionally’ ready for work: survey

• More than half of recent grads ‘report emotional or mental health challenges’

"A survey conducted by the Mary Christie Institute discovered that recent college graduates are not emotionally prepared for the workforce.
...“Our findings show that once in the workplace, young people continue to struggle mentally and emotionally,” the think tank wrote.
The survey found that 43 percent of those individuals with mental health said they had anxiety while 31 percent reported having depression.
“Women reported worse mental health than men...

Ron DeSantis Calls for Legislation to End ESG Banking

Ron DeSantis Calls for Legislation to End ESG Banking: 

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Monday called for legislation to tackle Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) banking in the Sunshine State.

Speaking behind a sign reading, “Government of Laws, Not Woke Politics,” the governor lambasted the elites injecting what he described as woke banking, or “political ideology into investment decisions, corporate governance, and really just the everyday economy.”

Increased risk of stroke

"CDC & FDA Identify Preliminary COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Signal for Persons Aged 65 Years and Older

Why Is the Left Pushing Straight Men to Date Trans Dudes?

Why Is the Left Pushing Straight Men to Date Trans Dudes?
"...For starters, I had no idea that the push for gay marriage — technically a libertarian movement — would eventually lead to leftist harpies insisting, in a most authoritarian way, that I sleep with transgender women men in dresses to prove I’m not a “bigot.”

FACT-O-RAMA! The LGBT movement began by asking for “tolerance.” Then they wanted “acceptance.” Now they insist we straight men Drive Mr. Daisy or else the gaystapo will shriek “TRANSPHOBE!” at me as I walk by with my very real Puerto Rican fiancé.

Check out this man who thinks he has a period. All I see is a question mark.

Why are the bolshies pushing demi genders on straight men like myself? Several reasons, including;

PINKO-RAMA! There are 45 goals for the communists to take over the nation without a shot. Goal  #8 is “Present homosexuality, degeneracy, and promiscuity as normal, natural, and healthy.”

Lunch video-----Fires Of 1898

"This week in 1898, one of the largest forest fires in US history occurred - during winter. 

If that happened now, climate scientists would say with great certainty that the fires were caused by the burning of fossil fuels.

Noon-toon

 

Americans told to leave Russia 'immediately' or face false arrests, US warns | Fox News

Americans told to leave Russia 'immediately' or face false arrests, US warns | Fox News: 

The U.S. State Department on Monday ordered all U.S. citizens in Russia to leave immediately as the war in Ukraine ramps up and concerns over arbitrary detentions mount. "U.S. citizens residing or traveling in Russia should depart immediately," the U.S. embassy in Moscow warned. "Exercise increased caution due to the risk of wrongful detentions." In a stark message the department also said, "Do not travel to Russia."

Yes, they hate you cuz you question their "science".

 

Systemic Vice Signaling Destroying Science: Fewer Animals Found In Cities, Hence “Racism”

Systemic Vice Signaling Destroying Science: Fewer Animals Found In Cities, Hence “Racism”

• The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science used to be a prestigious journal. And still is. Getting a paper in PNAS is a mark of approval from the scientific community at large. It is seen as a mark of approval for one’s work.
• Therefore, if that journal publishes an asinine preposterous sloppy piece of foolish fluff, it must mean that the scientific community sees asinine preposterous sloppy foolish fluff as good.

Our peer-reviewed PNAS paper is “Systemic racism alters wildlife genetic diversity” by Chloe Schmidt and Colin J. Garroway. I don’t know, but I’m guessing with those names the Canada-based authors are white.
The title announces its falsity. 

We know that we must be in for a piece of science fantasy fiction, because we know there is no such thing as “systemic racism” against blacks. 

Indeed, all observation shows at all official levels, public and private, the opposite is true...

Weather not following the narrative!

 

The hot air of spy balloons - Your Daily Don Surber

The hot air of spy balloons - Your Daily Don Surber

• As Tucker Carlson said, welcome to Fetterman Nation

"This week the diversion from the corruption and incompetence of the Democrat Party’s administration is UFOs. 

Our brave F-16 pilots are firing $400,000 Sidewinder missiles to shoot down unidentified flying objects...

#1 This day 1965-----Gary Lewis & The Playboys "This Diamond Ring" on The Ed Sullivan Show

Where Covid came from | Power Line

Where Covid came from | Power Line

"Andrew Sullivan has just posted an accessible 50-plus minute preview of his Dishcast with former New York Times science writer and editor Nicholas Wade. Wade is the author, most recently, of the essay Where Covid Came From...

Sullivan has separately posted two clips from the interview on YouTube. The first addresses the question whether the fallacious Dr. Fauci had any role in the events that led to Covid.

The second takes up the media’s cowardice in “covering” the lab leak theory...

Half-news is fake-news.

 

Top Republican calls for investigation of Secret Service's 'bizarre' actions to help Hunter Biden | Fox News

Top Republican calls for investigation of Secret Service's 'bizarre' actions to help Hunter Biden | Fox News: 

Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., called for an investigation of the Secret Service Monday, accusing the agency of taking part in a "bizarre" ploy to protect Hunter Biden, even when the Biden family did not have Secret Service protection. Comer, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, joined "Fox & Friends First" to discuss a new report on a trove of emails that raise questions about the Secret Service's role in a 2018 incident involving Hunter Biden's handgun.

Confirmed: Memphis Cop Sent Pics of Beaten Tyre Nichols to 'Female Acquaintance'

Confirmed: Memphis Cop Sent Pics of Beaten Tyre Nichols to 'Female Acquaintance'

"A few weeks after five Memphis Police officers administered a fatal beating to Tyre Nichols on Jan. 7, 2023, rumors began circulating that there may have been a personal aspect to the case. 

Now, newly released documents sent to a Tennessee state board as part of the decertification process for the five former officers confirm that Demetrius Hall did indeed photograph Nichols after the beating, and he sent the images to at least six people, including “one female acquaintance.”
...The confirmation of a possible personal aspect to the beating is leading some to question the official narrative — that Tyre Nichols was just another unarmed black man murdered by poorly trained, brutal, racist police officers...

AM Fruitcake

 

History for February 15

History for February 15 - On-This-Day.com

Cyrus McCormick (Cyrus Hall McCormick, Sr.) 1809 - Inventor

• 1758 - Mustard was advertised for the first time in America.
• 1799 - Printed ballots were authorized for use in elections in the state of Pennsylvania.
• 1898 - The USS Maine sank when it exploded in Havana Harbor for unknown reasons. More than 260 crew members were killed.
• 1903 - Morris and Rose Michtom, Russian immigrants, introduced the first teddy bear in America.
• 1933 - U.S. President-elect Franklin Roosevelt escaped an assassination attempt in Miami. Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak was killed in the attack.
• 1965 - Canada displayed its new red and white maple leaf flag. The flag was to replace the old Red Ensign standard.
• 1989 - After nine years of intervention, the Soviet Union announced that the remainder of its troops had left Afghanistan.

Chinese investors own 384K acres of US agricultural land: Report - TheBlaze

Chinese investors own 384K acres of US agricultural land: Report - TheBlaze: 

According to the United States Department of Agriculture, by the end of 2021, Chinese investors owned more than 383,000 acres of U.S. land. The land holdings amount to nearly twice the size of New York City, the New York Post reported. In January, the USDA released a report titled "Foreign Ownership and Holdings of U.S. Agricultural Land," which revealed the amount of land owned by foreign investors.