History for August 29

History for August 29 - On-This-Day.com

John Locke 1632

• 1833 - The "Factory Act" was passed in England to settle child labor laws.
• 1842 - The Treaty of Nanking was signed by the British and the Chinese. The treaty ended the first Opium War and gave the island of Hong Kong to Britain.
• 1949 - At the University of Illinois, a nuclear device was used for the first time to treat cancer patients.
• 1990 - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, in a television interview, declared that America could not defeat Iraq.
• 1992 - The U.N. Security Council agreed to send troops to Somalia to guard the shipments of food.

EXCLUSIVE: Montana AG Asks SCOTUS To Take Up Case Challenging State Agency That Encouraged Social Media Censorship | The Daily Caller

EXCLUSIVE: Montana AG Asks SCOTUS To Take Up Case Challenging State Agency That Encouraged Social Media Censorship | The Daily Caller: 

A group of nine attorneys general led by Knudsen filed an amicus brief Friday urging the Supreme Court to hear O’Handley v. Weber, a lawsuit challenging the California Secretary of State’s Office of Election Cybersecurity’s practice of flagging “false or misleading” election information for removal by Twitter. The states call the agency’s actions an “anathema” to the First Amendment and argue they reflect similar conduct occurring at the federal level.

The way we were-----Soviet Menace | From The First Russian Bombers, To The Nuclear Tupolev T...

50 Years of FAILED Climate Predictions in 15 Minutes (or Less!) | Louder...

Most Democrats Blame Climate Change for Maui Wildfire - Rasmussen Reports

Most Democrats Blame Climate Change for Maui Wildfire - Rasmussen Reports

• The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 47% of Likely U.S. voters believe it is likely that climate change caused the Maui wildfire, including 26% who think it’s Very Likely. 
• Forty-five percent (45%) say it’s not likely the wildfire was caused by climate change, including 27% who believe it is Not At All Likely. (To see survey question wording, click here.)...

Gold Star Families Accuse Biden Of Covering Up Evidence That Kabul Bombing Was Preventable

Gold Star Families Accuse Biden Of Covering Up Evidence That Kabul Bombing Was Preventable - Sarah Arnold

• Two years ago, in 2021, a suicide blast ravaged the streets of Kabul's international airport, killing 13 American service members.

"To this day, the families who lost their loved ones feel President Joe Biden has ignored their pleas for answers on the deadly event...
The father accused Biden of withholding crucial information on the attack that led to his son's death...

“He’ll never learn from his mistakes; he’s proven that time and time again,” Schmitz said. “He doesn’t even accept responsibility for anything he did. I believe he said that what he did was an ‘extraordinary success.’ He’s the exact polar opposite of a leader.”...

Biden's 'unlawful food stamp expansion' is driving 'massive spikes in grocery prices': Report - TheBlaze

Biden's 'unlawful food stamp expansion' is driving 'massive spikes in grocery prices': Report - TheBlaze: 

The Biden administration's "unlawful food stamp expansion" is driving "massive spikes in grocery prices," a new government watchdog report finds. A study released Thursday by the Foundation for Government Accountability reported that the largest permanent increase in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in 2021 has been linked to a national spike in grocery prices.

Bjorn Lomborg-- The Cost of Climate Alarmism

How US Politicians Empower Anti-American Jihadists and Other Aggressors :: Gatestone Institute

How US Politicians Empower Anti-American Jihadists and Other Aggressors :: Gatestone Institute - by Bassam Tawil

"When people such as Vivek Ramaswamy, a candidate for the Republican Party nomination in the 2024 US presidential election, call for decreasing aid to Israel, they are actually sending a message of support to the 

• mullahs in Tehran and their proxies, 
• Hamas and 
• PIJ, as well as the 
• Iran-funded Hezbollah terrorist militia in Lebanon and to 
• nations that would like to see Israel and America "out of the way."

• For Israel's enemies, statements such as "cutting aid" are a sign that America is about to throw Israel under the bus, paving the way for them to proceed with their plan to destroy Israel.

• The timing of Ramaswamy's call for cutting US aid to Israel could not have been worse. It came at a time when Jews are being murdered by Palestinians on an almost weekly basis. The terrorists are waging their campaign of murder because they want to drive all Jews out of Israel...

• The terrorists and others have, even more, long been seeking to end US "hegemony" in the Middle East...

Noon-toon

 

Noon-toon

 

Biden Admin Sought Power to Spy on TikTok Users, Moderate Content

Biden Admin Sought Power to Spy on TikTok Users, Moderate Content: 

In yet another sign of the Biden Administration’s determination to control, censor, and spy on American social media users, the draft of a proposed deal between Chinese-owned TikTok and the Biden administration shows the latter requesting extraordinary authority over the platform.

The proposed deal, outlined in a 100-page draft obtained by Forbes, would give the U.S. government the power to examine TikTok’s servers with no notice — something that could potentially allow the government to spy on American users.

"climate change fires"

 

Project Veritas v. James O’Keefe: Parties “engaged in productive discussions to attempt to resolve this case”

Project Veritas v. James O’Keefe: Parties “engaged in productive discussions to attempt to resolve this case” - William A. Jacobson
"Project Veritas is going down, according to multiple media reports. 

Turns out suing James was a bad business decision. 

A recent court filing by Project Veritas suggests there have been settlement negotiations to end the lawsuit.
Project Veritas and James O’Keefe, its founder and most identifiable personality, had a massive falling out, with lots of ugliness as PV went on the offensive. 

We covered the unfolding car wreck:

• James O’Keefe Out at Project Veritas, Updated with Video (February 20, 2023)
• O’Keefe Video: “I don’t build to have donors, I have donors to build” (February 20, 2023)
• Project Veritas To Conduct “Two-Dimensional” Audit Of James O’Keefe Expenses Looking For Problems (February 23, 2023)
• VIDEO: “We, the Whistleblowers of Project Veritas stand with James O’Keefe” (February 24, 2023)

O’Keefe then formed his own activist entity, and Project Veritas sued him:

• ‘I’m Back’: James O’Keefe Launches New Media Company After Project Veritas Ouster (March 15, 2023)
• Project Veritas Seeks Injunction Against James O’Keefe and O’Keefe Media Group In Newly-Filed Lawsuit (May 31, 2023)...

#1 Movie this week 1983-----Mr. Mom (1983) Trailer

"Crises"! The "mother's milk" of government/education.-----Decoding the Climate Psychology Certificate

Decoding the Climate Psychology Certificate - Charles Rotter
"So, it’s come to this: the “Climate Psychology Certificate” offered by the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). 

Just when you think you’ve seen every twist on climate change, along comes a course that combines it with… psychology? 

Interesting combo.

The CIIS states,

“Psychology has a vital role in addressing the climate and ecological crises, yet it is often missing from the conversation.”https://www.ciis.edu/public-programs/climate-psychology-certificate

But one has to wonder, is it genuinely missing, or have most people been occupied with real life?
Here’s the thing: while the program might want to discuss our “collective trauma” about the Earth’s future, it’s vital to ask a simple question: where’s the emergency? 

Overwhelming evidence suggests that the changes we’re observing in climate aren’t particularly unprecedented or dire. 

Instead, such shifts have been a regular part of our planet’s history. 

So what makes this moment so traumatizing that we need an entire course to psychologically unpack it?...

#1 This day 1969-----The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women (Official Music Video)

"beset"!-----Quit Aiming for the Ankles - American Thinker

Quit Aiming for the Ankles - American Thinker - By Clarice Feldman
"It may seem like small potatoes at a time of political lawfare, gross government mismanagement leading to at least 1,000 dead in Maui, the prospect of continuing war in Ukraine, and high inflation, but the government’s use of its powers to beset us on a daily basis and make life more expensive, less efficient, and more dreary is evident every day. 

Two things that come to mind -- and there are, I concede, many more -- are 

• urban bike lanes and 
• administrative fiddling with everything from light bulbs to home appliances...

So I was delighted to see the satire site Babylon Bee prick the Bikeazi bubble:

SEATTLE, WA — In a statement delivered to a line of 100 drivers who had been stuck behind him for the past 3 hours, local bicyclist Florian Skuzz said that he wants to be treated just like a car on the road, but also to just kinda be able to break the rules whenever he wants to. 

"I'm an important bicyclist deserving your respect, and should be granted all the rights and privileges of a car at all times!" said Skuzz to the parade of honking automobiles behind him. "But also, I don't carry insurance for when I cause an accident and would like to disregard traffic lights and signs whenever I want. It is my divine right! NOW STARE AT MY SPANDEXED BUTT FOR THE NEXT 30 MILES AND LIKE IT!"...

YOUR SUV caused all of this!

 

Biden alcohol czar says US may follow Canada, limit beers to two a week: 'what a joke' | Fox News

Biden alcohol czar says US may follow Canada, limit beers to two a week: 'what a joke' | Fox News: 

President Biden's alcohol czar says Americans may be told by officials to have no more than two beers a week. Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) George Koob told the Daily Mail on Thursday that the U.S. may follow Canada's footsteps on alcohol guidelines.

THE BUREAUCRATS’ WAR ON ELON: DAMNED IF YOU DO, DAMNED IF YOU DON’T.

Instapundit--THE BUREAUCRATS’ WAR ON ELON: DAMNED IF YOU DO, DAMNED IF YOU DON’T.

AM Fruitcake--Imagine the media demands for execution if it was Bush or Trump.

 

History for August 28

History for August 28 - On-This-Day.com

Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy 1828

• 1833 - Slavery was banned by the British Parliament throughout the British Empire.
• 1907 - "American Messenger Company" was started by two teenagers, Jim Casey and Claude Ryan. The company's name was later changed to "United Parcel Service."
• 1939 - The first successful flight of a jet-propelled airplane took place. The plane was a German Heinkel He 178.
• 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his "I Have a Dream" speech at a civil rights rally in Washington, DC. More than 200,000 people attended.
• 1996 - A divorce decree was issued for Britain's Charles and Princess Diana. This was the official end to the 15-year marriage.
• 1998 - The Pakistani prime minister created new Islamic order and legal system based on the Koran.

Hunter Biden reportedly took trips on Air Force Two to 15 countries with then-VP Joe Biden despite claim that they 'never spoke' about overseas business - TheBlaze

Hunter Biden reportedly took trips on Air Force Two to 15 countries with then-VP Joe Biden despite claim that they 'never spoke' about overseas business - TheBlaze: 

President Joe Biden went to Lake Tahoe and met up with his son, Hunter, yet strangely the first son wasn't aboard Air Force One as he often is. As reported by Red State, Hunter flew commercially to meet the president, an unusual move that has become more frequent since legal troubles ramped up in July 2023.