History for October 18

History for October 18 - On-This-Day.com 

Mike Ditka 1939 - Football player and coach

• 1469 - Ferdinand of Aragon married Isabella of Castile. The marriage united all the dominions of Spain.
• 1767 - The Mason-Dixon line was agreed upon. It was the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania.
• 1867 - The U.S. took formal possession of Alaska from Russia. The land was purchased of a total of $7 million dollars (2 cents per acre).
• 1956 - NFL commissioner Bert Bell disallowed the use of radio-equipped helmets by NFL quarterbacks.
• 1968 - Two black athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, were suspended by the U.S. Olympic Committee for giving a "black power" salute during a ceremony in Mexico City.
• 1970 - Quebec's minister of labor was found strangled to death after eight days of being held captive by the Quebec Liberation Front (FLQ).

The UN Is About to Institute a De Facto Tax on American Citizens: 'The Ultimate in Taxation Without Representation'

The UN Is About to Institute a De Facto Tax on American Citizens: 'The Ultimate in Taxation Without Representation': 

The United States boasts plenty of coal, wood, and fowl — enough to provide all the tar and feathers required.

Indeed, the globalist bureaucrats at the United Nations should remember how Americans deal with unconstitutional attempts at taxation.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the U.N. this week stands “poised to impose what amounts to a global tax on carbon emissions” — what the WSJ called “the ultimate in taxation without representation.”

The way we were-----Battle of Saratoga 1777 - The Victory That Saved the Revolution?

Victor Davis Hanson: The Secret Behind Trump’s Middle East Breakthrough

Chicago Rioter with Suspected ties to Antifa Arrested with Firearm and Four Magazines Outside ICE Broadview Facility | Homeland Security

This violent rioter is a journalist and teacher at the University of Illinois; social media posts glorify violence against federal law enforcement

• Chicago Rioter with Suspected ties to Antifa Arrested with Firearm and Four Magazines Outside ICE Broadview Facility
• This violent rioter is a journalist and teacher at the University of Illinois; social media posts glorify violence against federal law enforcement.

Justice KBJ Compares Blacks to Disabled Persons Incapable of Voting - The Last Refuge

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was DEI nomination to the Supreme Court, and another thing entirely to listen to her own words as she proves it. - Sundance
During oral arguments in ‘Louisiana v. Callais’, a case before the high court considering whether Louisiana’s congressional map (which includes two majority-black districts), where plaintiffs in the case argue the congressional map is unconstitutionally gerrymandered based on race; 

• Justice KBJ compares black people to disabled people. 
• The comparison for the argument she is trying to make is ridiculous. 

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Witch hunt: Jan. 6 investigators seized 30 million lines of phone records to hunt Trump allies * WorldNetDaily * by Melissa O'Rourke, Daily Caller News Foundation

Witch hunt: Jan. 6 investigators seized 30 million lines of phone records to hunt Trump allies * WorldNetDaily * by Melissa O'Rourke, Daily Caller News Foundation: 

Congressional investigators collected tens of millions of phone records in an effort to map connections between conservatives and the Trump White House as part of the Democrat-led Jan. 6 investigation, according to an FBI memo obtained by Just the News. The memo states the trove, revealed to the FBI by ex-Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger, contained roughly 30 million lines of phone data collected without a warrant, Just the News reported Wednesday.

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Must read!!-----How Biden and Obama Failed in the Middle East | RealClearPolitics

The short answer to why both the Biden and Obama administrations failed to achieve peace in the Middle East is that they took actions opposite to President Donald Trump's current efforts, which have led to a ceasefire. - Victor Davis Hanson 

• First, consider Iran...
• Two, both former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden pressured Israel in general and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in particular to make constant concessions...
• Three, both Obama and Biden despised and personally insulted Netanyahu, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and the Saudi royal family...
• Four, the Obama and Biden administrations were reluctant to use force to curb terrorism in the Middle East...

Lunch video-----The Dark Psychology Behind Anti-Trump Extremism

Noon-toon

 

Video shows Nancy Pelosi exploding with fury at reporter over Jan. 6 claims: 'SHUT UP!' | Blaze Media

Video shows Nancy Pelosi exploding with fury at reporter over Jan. 6 claims: 'SHUT UP!' | Blaze Media: 

"Congresswoman Pelosi, are you at all concerned that the new January 6 committee will find you liable for that day?" Alison Steinberg asked. "Are you at all concerned about the new January 6 committee finding you liable for that day? Why did you refuse the National Guard on January 6?" "Shut up!" Pelosi blurted out.

A fad that ruined thousands of lives!

 

About time!-----Will Gavin Newsom and CA Finally Be Held Accountable for Illegal Immigrant Truckers? Florida AG Says Yes - Becky Noble

The horrific crash in August on the Florida Turnpike, where a truck driver, later found to be an illegal immigrant who could barely speak English and could not read road signs, shocked the nation and brought the question of just exactly who is driving 18-wheelers across the country into sharp focus.

• Now, one state attorney general has had enough and is holding the state where many of these truckers get their licenses accountable.

Yup, this is a real video!

 

When it's OPM!---'MTA overtime king' and four other high-rollers arrested

Last stop for the gravy train. - David Meyer and Aaron Feis

“MTA overtime king” Thomas Caputo and four other current and former employees of the transit agency were busted Thursday for allegedly reaping thousands of dollars in pay for time they didn’t actually work — and instead spent bowling, vacationing out of state and, in one case, running a 5K.
The defendants — four Long Island Rail Road workers and one subway maintenance worker — were among the MTA’s top earners in the period of alleged fraud, the Manhattan US Attorney’s Office said, thanks to annual OT payments of $240,000 or more.

“These employees allegedly worked very hard — to steal MTA time and money, ignoring their duty to keep the tracks and rails safe for their fellow workers and riders,”...

#1 This day 1974-----Billy Preston - Nothing From Nothing (1974)

Government transportation!-----CTA violent crime nears decade high as feds threaten funding cuts

Chicago Transit Authority violent crime hit its second-highest level since 2015, while the arrest rate dropped.  - Patrick Andriesen

• Violent crimes end in arrests less often than other crimes. 
• Fewer than 1-in-5 violent CTA crimes led to an arrest compared to a little over 1-in-4 for all transit crimes.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy in mid-September threatened to cut funding systemwide unless Chicago transit administrators showed how public safety was being improved...

"Probation"??!!

 

Chinese SIM farms are radicalizing Americans and destabilizing society, intel experts say | Blaze Media

Chinese SIM farms are radicalizing Americans and destabilizing society, intel experts say | Blaze Media: 

“Our biggest issue is that both the American political class and U.S. government officials are completely clueless on this threat,” he said. “Our population is being literally divided and radicalized to destroy our nation. This is provable, but I think it would require so much more investigation to be able to show people, even on our side, how bad the problem is.”

The eye-popping numbers behind America’s investment boom

AI, tax cuts, tariffs and U.S. consumers are driving a supercharged capital machine. - Sara Eisen

• But beneath the headlines, the amount of money flowing through the United States from inside and outside the country is the envy of the world.

Though many recent Trump administration policies and economic measures have become partisan issues, the facts are clear: 

• We’re experiencing an American investment boom that’s substantive, probably durable and unlike anything the country has experienced in a generation.

In the past few months alone, 

• Pfizer said it will invest $70 billion in U.S. manufacturing, reporting indicated 
• Jeep-owner Stellantis plans to invest $10 billion in its U.S. supply chain, 
• South Korea’s Hyundai boosted its spending in the U.S. to $26 billion, and 
• IBM committed $150 billion to advance American innovation. 
• The list goes on, and you should expect it to continue...

The Trump administration deserves plenty of credit...

President Trump owns these sad crazies.

 

History for October 17

History for October 17 - On-This-Day.com 

Evel Knievel (Robert Craig) 1938

• 1777 - American troops defeated British forces in Saratoga, NY. It was the turning point in the American Revolutionary War.
• 1931 - Al Capone was convicted on income tax evasion and was sentenced to 11 years in prison. He was released in 1939.
• 1933 - Dr. Albert Einstein moved to Princeton, NJ, after leaving Germany.
• 1978 - U.S. President Carter signed a bill that restored full U.S. citizenship rights to Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
• 2001 - Israel's tourism minister was killed. A radical Palestinian faction claimed that it had carried out the assassination to avenge the killing of its leader by Israel 2 months earlier.

DHS Confirms Sickening Plot 'From Mexico' Targeting ICE and CBP Agents

DHS Confirms Sickening Plot 'From Mexico' Targeting ICE and CBP Agents: 

On Tuesday, DHS put out a blistering release that chronicled a sickening plot from south of the border that was targeting Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection agents — all the way in Chicago.

Here’s the blistering headline: “Bounties Originating From Mexico Offered to Shoot ICE and CBP Officers in Chicago.”