Tuesday, July 02, 2024
History for July 2
History for July 2 - On-This-Day.com 
Medgar Evers 1925 - Civil rights activist from Mississippi
- 1881 - Charles J. Guiteau fatally wounded U.S. President James A. Garfield in Washington, DC.
- 1926 - The U.S. Congress established the Army Air Corps.
- 1937 - American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappeared in the Central Pacific during an attempt to fly around the world at the equator.
- 1939 - At Mount Rushmore, Theodore Roosevelt's face was dedicated.
- 1947 - An object crashed near Roswell, NM. The U.S. Army Air Force insisted it was a weather balloon, but eyewitness accounts led to speculation that it might have been an alien spacecraft.
1964 - U.S. President Johnson signed the "Civil Rights Act of 1964" into law. The act made it illegal in the U.S. to discriminate against others because of their race.
Monday, July 01, 2024
Swing-state diner patrons rip Biden admin for sky-high food prices | WND | by Around the Web
Swing-state diner patrons rip Biden admin for sky-high food prices | WND | by Around the Web:
President Joe Biden has come under fire over the high rates of inflation during his administration, receiving an average approval rating of only 36.8% on handling inflation in the RealClearPolling average, while only 40.6% of respondents give him good marks on the economy.
We are interfering with Hungary??!!-----Hungary Launches Foreign Influence Investigation - U.S. State Dept, CIA and EU Influence Institutions Immediately Complain - The Last Refuge
Hungary is investigating the subversive activity of foreign interest groups inside the sovereign nation. The State Dept and CIA are furious. 
- The elected government of Hungary is NOT permitted to block, slow, stall, impede or otherwise interfere in the operations of the U.S. State Dept and CIA to control the nation of Hungary.
- The efforts of Hungary to maintain its sovereign status are NOT acceptable.
- So sayeth the institutions that ultimately seek control over other nations...
When Pride goes too far - The Spectator World
If sexual orientation is morally neutral and should not be a source of shame, then why should it be a source of pride? - Douglas Murray
- It is strange, this adoption of “pride” as the term to use about sexual identity.
- Long-term readers will know I have always taken the view that if there is something that you should not feel shame in, there is no reason why anyone should take “pride” in it either.
- If sexual orientation is morally neutral and should not be a source of shame, then why should it be a source of pride?
- Besides which, pride used to be regarded as a sin. Even if people don’t have any truck with the religious origins of this idea, they might understand why it is listed among the seven deadly sins — and why almost every phrase that involves the word “pride” deploys it as a source of moral warning rather than of moral improvement...
John Deere Sells Out America, Nukes Jobs After Making $10 Billion Profit
John Deere Sells Out America, Nukes Jobs After Making $10 Billion Profit:
One of the most recognizable names in U.S. manufacturing has succumbed to one of history’s oldest diseases.
Unfortunately, the diagnosis appears easier than the remedy.
According to The Guardian, the American agricultural equipment manufacturer John Deere — with its signature tractors painted a brighter green than the color of money — has rewarded executives and shareholders with $10 billion in profit while slashing hundreds of jobs as part of a plan to move production to Mexico.
WATCH: Brand-new special counsel urged to probe corrupt FBI and CIA | WND | by Joe Kovacs
WATCH: Brand-new special counsel urged to probe corrupt FBI and CIA | WND | by Joe Kovacs:
Nunes appeared on "Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo along with former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, and Nunes indicated: "The only way this is solved is that there has to be a special counsel, a real investigation by a Trump Department of Justice that goes into the FBI, asks the tough questions, and then gets to the CIA. That's the only way that this will ultimately be fixed."
43 minutes of Democrats panicking, insisting Joe Biden should step down.
David Plouffe: "It's a Decon 1 moment... Sadly - KanekoaTheGreat @KanekoaTheGreat
- David Plouffe: "It's a Decon 1 moment... Sadly. It really pains me to say this...
- Abby Phillip: "The panic that I'm hearing from Democrats is not like anything I've heard in this campaign so far. Biden's answers, in a lot of cases, were not coherent and deeply problematic. There's a real concern here that there's been damage done that cannot be undone."
- David Axelrod: "I think there was a sense of shock at how he came out at the beginning of this debate. How his voice sounded. He seemed a little disoriented. He did get stronger as the debate went on, but by that time, the panic had set in. There's going to be discussions about whether he should continue."...
GDP=Grossly Distorted Picture - FX Hedge Newsletter
An honest review of the latest GDP print and where the next is headed
- But recall that GDP is made up of 4 spending categories: personal consumption, government consumption, investment, and net exports.
- It turns out the government portion is growing like gangbusters.
- That’s the opposite of what we want to see because government purchases don’t increase a nation’s wealth or increase the standard of living...
Scientists Skeptical of Anthropogenic Global Warming | Facebook
Scientists Skeptical of Anthropogenic Global Warming | Facebook - John Whitefisk
Bjørn Lomborg -
Bjørn Lomborg -
- Indeed, across the world, cold deaths vastly outweigh heat deaths
- But only heat deaths fit the narrative, leaving you badly informed
Joe Biden soundly defeats Joe Biden | Blaze Media
Joe Biden soundly defeats Joe Biden | Blaze Media:
President Joe Biden lost the first presidential debate in less than 14 minutes. That isn’t to say that former President Donald Trump didn’t excel — he did — but no one-liner hit the incumbent harder than the incumbent hit himself.
By minute 18, Biden had even flubbed the abortion question: mumbling, muttering, changing the subject to illegal immigration, and then tossing the ball back to Trump to hit it out of the park.
10 Signs That Global War Is Rapidly Approaching
Are we on the verge of an apocalyptic global war in which billions of people could die? - MICHAEL SNYDER
- Very few people anticipated that World War I would erupt, but it happened anyway.
- And very few people anticipated that World War II would erupt, but it happened anyway...
Unfortunately, even though very alarming warning signals are flashing all around us, most of the population of the western world seems absolutely clueless about what is really going on out there. Leaders all over the planet seem to have come down with a really bad case of “war fever”, and preparations for apocalyptic showdowns are being made.
- The following are 10 signs that global war is rapidly approaching…
History for July 1
History for July 1 - On-This-Day.com 
George Sand 1804 - Author Amandine Aurore Lucile Dudevant
- 1862 - The U.S. Congress established the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
- 1863 - During the U.S. Civil War, the first day's fighting at Gettysburg began.
- 1898 - During the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt and his "Rough Riders" waged a victorious assault on San Juan Hill in Cuba.
- 1909 - Thomas Edison began commercially manufacturing his new "A" type alkaline storage batteries.
- 1943 - The U.S. Government began automatically withholding federal income tax from paychecks.
- 1963 - The U.S. postmaster introduced the five-digit ZIP (Zoning Improvement Plan) code.
- 1966 - The Medicare federal insurance program went into effect.
- 1979 - Sony introduced the Walkman.
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