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History for October 24

History for October 24 - On-This-Day.com

Rafael Trujillo (Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina) 1891

• 1632 - Scientist Anthony van Leeuwenhoek was born in Delft, Holland. He created the first microscope lenses that were powerful enough to observe single-celled animals.
• 1795 - The country of Poland was divided up between Austria, Prussia, and Russia.
• 1929 - In the U.S., investors dumped more than 13 million shares on the stock market. The day is known as "Black Tuesday."
• 1939 - Nylon stockings were sold to the public for the first time in Wilmington, DE.
• 1948 - The term "cold war" was used for the first time. It was in a speech by Bernard Baruch before the Senate War Investigating Committee.
• 1992 - The Toronto Blue Jays became the first non-U.S. team to win the World Series.

'This is a moral judgment': Leftist Colorado on trial, accused of continuing 'slavery' * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh

'This is a moral judgment': Leftist Colorado on trial, accused of continuing 'slavery' * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh: 

The new judge gave the two sides time to submit findings, questioning, "Do the plaintiffs have to prove that involuntary servitude is rampant throughout the state corrections system, or do they just have to prove that the current policies and practices enable involuntary servitude?"

The way we were-----How Hungary Rose Up Against Communism In 1956

Words of warning to the West: From the speaker of the Knesset

Welfare recipients go viral for freakouts over losing food stamps | Not the Bee

On November 1st, the people who take our money to get free food are going to face the horrible crisis of no free food. - Joel Abbott

The "Big Beautiful Bill," passed earlier this year by Congress and signed into law by President Trump, creates new work requirements for able-bodied adults. In order to continue receiving tax dollars for SNAP benefits, individuals must work or train for at least 20 hours per week...

Imagine the media if It was the Trump administration!!-----DAMNING NEW REPORT ADMITS: Biden's FEMA Abandoned Trump Supporters

"The work ahead of us will be hard, but I promise you this: I will be a President for all Americans — whether you voted for me or not," Biden promised. "I will keep the faith that you have placed in me." - Stephen Green

FEMA guidelines at the time allowed 

• And then after the bitter laughter subsided, Biden's Federal Emergency Management Agency "systematically bypassed" providing relief aid to Trump supporters during a period stretching from Hurricane Ida in 2021 to Hurricane Milton in 2024.

relief workers to avoid "hostile homes," which makes sense. 

If you have some paranoid guy holed up with firearms, convinced that FEMA agents are actually looters, maybe you come back to him later. 

• But under Biden, some FEMA workers admitted that they chose to interpret "hostile" as "homes advertising Trump."...

'A game changer': Thousands of non-citizens on voter rolls in red state! * WorldNetDaily * by WND Staff

'A game changer': Thousands of non-citizens on voter rolls in red state! * WorldNetDaily * by WND Staff: 

"Only eligible United States citizens may participate in our elections," Nelson said. "The Trump administration's decision to give states free and direct access to this data set for the first time has been a game changer, and we appreciate the partnership with the federal government to verify the citizenship of those on our voter rolls and maintain accurate voter lists."

‘Payment Plan’ Offered to Patient was a Credit Card

Indonesian Rainforests Turned Into Open-Cast Mining Pits to Improve Range of High-End Electric Vehicles - THE DAILY SCEPTIC

Eco Smugs sitting in their top-of-the-range electric vehicles are probably unaware, or perhaps don’t want to know, about the unfolding ecological tragedy in the virgin tropical rainforests of Indonesia. - Chris Morrison

Higher EV ranges have been achieved by adding nickel to lithium-ion batteries, an addition that has also boosted the performance of some public transport buses in cities like London. 

• As with many green ‘advances’, the ecological cost is horrendous. 

Over half the world’s supply of nickel is located in Indonesia and much of that is to be found just a few feet below unspoilt rainforests. 

Cue massive deforestation and extensive rollout of smelters and even EV battery factories....

Lunch video-----Are the Anti-Fascists the Real Fascists?

Noon-toon

 

Teacher's assistant arrested in connection with Turning Point USA attack ahead of Alex Stein event at Illinois State Univ. | Blaze Media

Teacher's assistant arrested in connection with Turning Point USA attack ahead of Alex Stein event at Illinois State Univ. | Blaze Media: 

On Friday, a 27-year-old teaching assistant at Illinois State University allegedly attacked a TPUSA booth where students were advertising their group as well as their Oct. 20 event featuring BlazeTV host Alex Stein.

Operative word: BORROWING!

 

A veteran-built interactive map of Afghanistan plots memories

Built as an interactive map of Afghanistan, Project Athena is an archive that veterans can upload photos to, chronicling the war as they lived it next to the memories of others. - Clay Beyersdorfer
For a generation that lived the war in Afghanistan one grid square at a time, the war now feels like a series of dots on a map. 

• A patrol base carved out of hardpan soil. 
• A culvert on a highway that never felt safe. 
• A ridge where the radio went quiet.

Nathan Kehler knows the pull of those dots. 

When he and a group of fellow veterans wanted to record the war they experienced, they knew all their stories would be easiest to see laid out on a map. 

• They launched Project Athena — a visual map connecting the memories of soldiers to the coordinates where they occurred.
  

“War is chaotic, and when you’re a soldier on the ground, you rarely see the full picture,” said Kehler.
But putting memories — photos, names, notes — onto a map, and adding the memories of others, can fill out a picture of that war...

Got 'em all riled up!

 

Instapundit - A MARKETING BOON FOR GLP-1 DRUGS:

Instapundit - “Astounding” – 70% of Americans Have Obesity by New, More Accurate Definition.

Weirdly, 

• more people need blood pressure drugs under the new high blood pressure definition, and 
• more people need diabetes drugs under the new blood sugar guidelines. - Glenn Reynolds

#1 This day 1977-----Debby Boone You light up my life

And the batteries dies fast!-----Why EVs lose value faster than gas cars and why that could be changing

Why EVs lose value faster than gas cars and why that could be changing - Robert Ferris@in/robert-ferris-a482061/@RobertoFerris
Why EV’s have worse depreciation rates - Key Points

• The used EV market is about to see an inevitable explosion of product...

It varies by model, but in general EVs depreciate by 13% more over a five-year period than the overall market, and some plummet in value even more rapidly, according to iSeeCars, which tracks the used car market...

• There is also the rapidly changing pace of technology. The maximum available EV range for example has more than doubled in the last decade, and the median range has tripled, according to the U.S. Department of Energy...

It's not just the big city schools that are failing! Montague, MI.

 

Court rules Trump does have right to dispatch National Guard to Portland to fight crime * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh

Court rules Trump does have right to dispatch National Guard to Portland to fight crime * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh: 

It was a three-judge panel at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that lifted a lower court's order that blocked Trump from exercising his authority. "After considering the record at this preliminary stage, we conclude that it is likely that the President lawfully exercised his statutory authority under 10 U.S.C. 12406(3), which authorizes the federalization of the National Guard when 'the President is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States,'" the judges wrote.

Harry Sisson Short-Circuits When Presented With Evidence of Democrats Calling Trump Hitler

"When did Kamala Harris call Donald Trump, Hitler?" Sisson said, before repeating his question. - Dmitri Bolt 

• Piers Morgan himself chimed in, saying that "Hillary Clinton literally compared Trump's rally in Ohio last week to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's speeches...She made reference to Hitler speeches, which saw people raise their right arms in the air in the Nazi salute."...
• Jasmine Crockett, a Democratic Representative from Texas, referred to Trump as "Temu Hitler" in a video from August of 2025. Rep. Crockett has also called him a wannabe Hitler. 
• A Texas State Representative, Ana-Maria Ramos, did the same. Most other Democrats appear afraid to call President Trump Hitler, but that has not stopped them from outright calling him a dictator, fascist, or authoritarian.

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History for October 23

History for October 23 - On-This-Day.com 

Johnny Carson 1925 - Television host, comedian

• 1910 - Blanche S. Scott became the first woman to make a public solo airplane flight in the United States.
• 1929 - In the U.S., the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged starting the stock-market crash that began the Great Depression.
• 1956 - Hungarian citizens began an uprising against Soviet occupation. On November 4, 1956 Soviet forces enter Hungary and eventually suppress the uprising.
• 1971 - The U.N. General Assembly voted to expel Taiwan and seat Communist China.
• 1984 - "NBC Nightly News" aired footage of the severe drought in Ethiopia.
• 1989 - Hungary became an independent republic, after 33 years of Soviet rule.
• 1998 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a breakthrough in a land-for-peace West Bank accord.