Friday, March 17, 2023
History for March 17
History for March 17 - On-This-Day.com
Kurt Russell 1951 - Actor
- 0461 - Bishop Patrick, St. Patrick, died in Saul. Ireland celebrates this day in his honor. (More about St. Patrick's Day)
- 1756 - St. Patrick's Day was celebrated in New York City for the first time. The event took place at the Crown and Thistle Tavern.
- 1930 - In New York, construction began on the Empire State Building. Excavation at the site began on January 22.
- 1961 - The U.S. increased military aid and technicians to Laos.
- 1969 - Golda Meir was sworn in as the fourth premier of Israel.
- 1973 - The first American prisoners of war (POWs) were released from the "Hanoi Hilton" in Hanoi, North Vietnam.
- 1989 - A series of solar flares caused a violent magnetic storm that brought power outages over large regions of Canada.
- 1998 - Washington Mutual announced it had agreed to buy H.F. Ahmanson and Co. for $9.9 billion dollars. The deal created the nation's seventh-largest banking company.
- 1999 - The International Olympic Committee expelled six of its members in the wake of a bribery scandal.
Thursday, March 16, 2023
Air Force hiring multiple DEI officials to build 'world-class' equity and inclusion program - TheBlaze
Air Force hiring multiple DEI officials to build 'world-class' equity and inclusion program - TheBlaze:
The United States Air Force is seeking to hire multiple senior-level diversity, equity, and inclusion managers in various posts across the nation to develop a "world-class" DEI program.
While the Air Force declined to comment on how many DEI officials it is looking to hire, according to Fox News Digital, since March began, it has published job postings for four senior DEI-related positions.
Looming autoimmune explosion related to Covid vaccination
"Paper out of Japan highlighting increased thyroid autoimmunity after covid vaccination.
Democrat "values"-----Sam Bankman-Fried secretly transferred $2.2bn from FTX to his personal account | Daily Mail Online
Sam Bankman-Fried secretly transferred $2.2bn from FTX to his personal account | Daily Mail Online"...and five members of his inner circle took $1bn more before crypto exchange collapsed, bankruptcy court filings claim.
- He faces federal charges related to FTX's collapse but has pleaded not guilty
- He is detained at his parents' house in California until the trial starts in October
Goon squad!-----Douglas Andrews: Stanford Law Students Heckle Federal Judge | The Patriot Post
Douglas Andrews: Stanford Law Students Heckle Federal Judge | The Patriot Post
- After being invited to speak there, the federal appeals court judge was shouted down by students and lectured by the school’s diversity officer.
They were led by Tirien Steinbach, the school’s associate dean of diversity, equity, and inclusion, who arrived on the scene when Duncan asked for an administrator to restore order.
She didn’t restore order, of course, and even went on to join the unruly students...
Steinbach then took over: “Your opinions from the bench land as absolute disenfranchisement” of the students’ rights, she said, accusing him of “tearing the fabric of this community.”...
DeSantis stripping Florida hotel's liquor license after hosting 'lewd' drag show with children present | Fox News
DeSantis stripping Florida hotel's liquor license after hosting 'lewd' drag show with children present | Fox News:
The complaint accused the hotel of violating Florida statute.
"Exposing genitals in a lewd or lascivious manner and simulated sexual activity are inconsistent with the prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable material for children under the age of 16," the complaint states, adding that the hotel violated the statue by allowing the performance.
Bailout Arrives: Credit Suisse To Borrow $54BN From SNB To "Pre-emptively Strengthen Liquidity" | ZeroHedge
Bailout Arrives: Credit Suisse To Borrow $54BN From SNB To "Pre-emptively Strengthen Liquidity" | ZeroHedge - BY TYLER DURDEN
Summary:
- Saudis fold - refuse to throw any more money at Credit Suisse
- Credit Suisse stock hits record low
- Credit Suisse 1Y CDS explodes as counterparty risk hedging soars
- Credit Suisse execs urged a "show of confidence" from the Swiss National Bank
- ECB quantifying exposures to Credit Suisse
- US Treasury monitoring situation, talking with other regulators
- Fed working with UST to quantify exposures
- One major govt is pressuring Swiss to intervene
- Systemic risk threat spreads globally
- Swiss authorities seeking to stabilize bank
- Swiss National Bank and Finma issue statement of support
- Credit Suisse said it’s planning to borrow from the Swiss National Bank up to CHF50 billion under a covered loan facility.
- It wasn't immediately clear what high quality assets CS has left to pledge but in a time of BTFP, we are confident they found something...
Vice belatedly joins liberal media in denouncing 'Tradwife' trend in which young women embrace monogamy, motherhood, and homemaking - TheBlaze
Vice belatedly joins liberal media in denouncing 'Tradwife' trend in which young women embrace monogamy, motherhood, and homemaking - TheBlaze:
Although leftists now strain to define what a woman is, they nevertheless appear confident detailing what behaviors biological females with two X chromosomes should avoid in this day and age.
Among the lifestyles dogmatists in the liberal media have determined is unacceptable is that of the homemaker or "traditional wife" — she who regards monogamy, motherhood, and homemaking as personally enriching and civilization-stabilizing goods, not backward constrictions of a bygone era.
El Salvador mega prison takes another intake of gang members | Daily Mail Online
El Salvador mega prison takes another intake of gang members | Daily Mail Online"Welcome to hell: Notorious El Salvador mega prison receives thousands more gang members - as the bare metal four-storey shelves they must sleep on are revealed
The second group of 2,000 inmates were moved today amid tight security to the new Izalco prison, the largest mega-prison in the Americas, which was built to accommodate more than 40,000 gangsters...
- Second group of 2,000 suspected gangsters were moved today amid tight security to the new Izalco prison
- Photos revealed inmates are expected to sleep on bare four-story sheet metal bunks without mattresses
The second group of 2,000 inmates were moved today amid tight security to the new Izalco prison, the largest mega-prison in the Americas, which was built to accommodate more than 40,000 gangsters...
San Francisco Board of Supervisors voices enthusiastic support for $5 million a person reparations
San Francisco Board of Supervisors voices enthusiastic support for $5 million a person reparations
"As Twitchy reported back in January, a San Francisco reparations panel released its proposal, which would not only pay $5 million to every eligible black adult in the city but also wipe out their student loan and credit card debt. Now the proposal has come before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, who reportedly were impressed with the proposal and agreed that money should not be a deciding issue in doing the right thing.
"As Twitchy reported back in January, a San Francisco reparations panel released its proposal, which would not only pay $5 million to every eligible black adult in the city but also wipe out their student loan and credit card debt. Now the proposal has come before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, who reportedly were impressed with the proposal and agreed that money should not be a deciding issue in doing the right thing.
But wait, there’s more:
Payments of $5 million to every eligible Black adult, the elimination of personal debt and tax burdens, guaranteed annual incomes of at least $97,000 for 250 years and homes in San Francisco for just $1 a family.
These were some of the more than 100 recommendations made by a city-appointed reparations committee tasked with the thorny question of how to atone for centuries of slavery and systemic racism...
About Those ‘Safe’ Silicon Valley Bank Treasurys
About Those ‘Safe’ Silicon Valley Bank Treasurys - By The Editorial Board
- Any asset can blow up a bank if monetary policy is bad enough
"...SVB held boring Treasurys and highly rated mortgage-backed securities in large quantities.
- How could these supposedly safe assets go wrong?
For at least 15 years the Fed and other central banks have downplayed this risk—through their regulatory policies and their loquacious forward guidance concerning monetary policy.
Their promises to suppress interest rates to abnormally low levels for extended periods encouraged banks and others to believe sovereign bonds would hold their market value.
But not forever, it turns out...
But not forever, it turns out...
BLM activists in Boston facing even more federal fraud charges - TheBlaze
BLM activists in Boston facing even more federal fraud charges - TheBlaze:
Though VIB was a nonprofit which had raised over $1 million, Cannon-Grant and Grant allegedly used a significant portion of those funds for personal use. The 2022 federal indictment claimed that the couple had spent that money on gas, restaurants, personal travel and hotel reservations, nail salon appointments, auto repairs, and ride-share services.
DeSantis Is Right About Ukraine
DeSantis Is Right About Ukraine"...The Ukrainians have to do what the Ukrainians have to do – I do not blame them for trying to wring dough and bombs out of Uncle Sucker.
Nor am I upset that they appear to prefer to fight and die rather than enter into negotiations that will leave Russians on their territory.
Nor am I upset that they appear to prefer to fight and die rather than enter into negotiations that will leave Russians on their territory.
I get it. They are patriots supporting their country.
- But we normal Americans are patriots too, and our country is the United States.
- We expect Ukraine to pursue its national interests, but we expect America’s leadership to pursue America’s national interests.
- And it is in our national interest to get this war ended, even if it means Putin holds ground his forces conquered.
The whiners will whine that this is a betrayal of Ukraine.
It’s not.
We cannot betray a country that it not our own.
It is instead a rational and ruthless bit of realpolitik – we must pursue America’s interests, not Ukraine’s. Ending this war is in America’s interest...
History for March 16
History for March 16 - On-This-Day.com
Chuck Woolery 1941 - Game show host ("Love Connection", "Lingo")
- 1521 - Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Philippines. He was killed the next month by natives.
- 1802 - The U.S. Congress established the West Point Military Academy in New York.
- 1926 - Physicist Robert H. Goddard launched the first liquid-fuel rocket.
- 1950 - Congress voted to remove federal taxes on oleomargarine.
- 1964 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson submitted a $1 billion war on poverty program to Congress.
- 1994 - Tonya Harding pled guilty in Portland, OR, to conspiracy to hinder prosecution for covering up the attack on her skating rival Nancy Kerrigan. She was fined $100,000. She was also banned from amateur figure skating.
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