Sunday, June 15, 2014
History for June 15
History for June 15 - On-This-Day.com:
1215 - King John of England put his seal on the Magna Carta.
1389 - Ottoman Turks crushed Serbia in the Battle of Kosovo.
1607 - Colonists in North America completed James Fort in Jamestown, VA.
1667 - Jean-Baptiste Denys administered the first fully-documented human blood transfusion. He successfully transfused the blood of a sheep to a 15-year old boy.
1752 - Benjamin Franklin experimented by flying a kite during a thunderstorm. The result was a little spark that showed the relationship between lightning and electricity.
1911 - The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. was incorporated in the state of New York. The company was later renamed International Business Machines (IBM) Corp.
1916 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America.
1983 - The U.S. Supreme Court reinforced its position on abortion by striking down state and local restriction on abortions.
1992 - U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle instructed a student to spell "potato" with an "e" on the end during a spelling bee. He had relied on a faulty flash card that had been written by the student's teacher.
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1215 - King John of England put his seal on the Magna Carta.
1389 - Ottoman Turks crushed Serbia in the Battle of Kosovo.
1607 - Colonists in North America completed James Fort in Jamestown, VA.
1667 - Jean-Baptiste Denys administered the first fully-documented human blood transfusion. He successfully transfused the blood of a sheep to a 15-year old boy.
1752 - Benjamin Franklin experimented by flying a kite during a thunderstorm. The result was a little spark that showed the relationship between lightning and electricity.
1911 - The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. was incorporated in the state of New York. The company was later renamed International Business Machines (IBM) Corp.
1916 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America.
1983 - The U.S. Supreme Court reinforced its position on abortion by striking down state and local restriction on abortions.
1992 - U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle instructed a student to spell "potato" with an "e" on the end during a spelling bee. He had relied on a faulty flash card that had been written by the student's teacher.
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Teacher Who Created Anti-Common Core Art Exhibit Says Parents Are ‘Dumbfounded’ That They ‘Can’t Help Their Third-Graders Solve a Math Problem’ | TheBlaze.com
Teacher Who Created Anti-Common Core Art Exhibit Says Parents Are ‘Dumbfounded’ That They ‘Can’t Help Their Third-Graders Solve a Math Problem’ | TheBlaze.com:
“I’m the assistant leader of my daughter’s Girl Scout troop and I’ve had conversations with parents who are mystified and dumbfounded that they can’t help their third-graders solve a math problem,” Scott told TheBlaze."
“I’m the assistant leader of my daughter’s Girl Scout troop and I’ve had conversations with parents who are mystified and dumbfounded that they can’t help their third-graders solve a math problem,” Scott told TheBlaze."The Idea That Won’t Die: How Taxing Cars by the Mile is Back on the Agenda Again | TheBlaze.com
The Idea That Won’t Die: How Taxing Cars by the Mile is Back on the Agenda Again | TheBlaze.com:
"CBO imagines collecting the tax by fitting each car with a device that tracks how far the car has gone. That data could be read electronically whenever someone uses a toll or stops at a service station for gas.
While CBO admits there are some privacy issues involved, it suggested that the electronic devices would be used to generate information that is only collected by a private entity, not the government, for the purpose of calculating mileage taxes.
The Obama administration seems to like this idea."
"CBO imagines collecting the tax by fitting each car with a device that tracks how far the car has gone. That data could be read electronically whenever someone uses a toll or stops at a service station for gas.
While CBO admits there are some privacy issues involved, it suggested that the electronic devices would be used to generate information that is only collected by a private entity, not the government, for the purpose of calculating mileage taxes.The Obama administration seems to like this idea."
Pre world war activities everywhere. Thank you for your "leadership" mr. president-------Russia Sent Tanks to Separatists in Ukraine, U.S. Says
Russia Sent Tanks to Separatists in Ukraine, U.S. Says - NYTimes.com:
"The State Department said Friday that Russia had sent tanks and other heavy weapons to separatists in Ukraine, supporting accusations Thursday by the Ukrainian government.
A convoy of three T-64 tanks, several BM-21 multiple rocket launchers and other military vehicles crossed the border near the Ukrainian town of Snizhne, State Department officials said.
The Ukrainian Army reported Friday that it had destroyed two of the tanks and several other vehicles in the convoy.
“This is unacceptable,” said Marie Harf, the deputy State Department spokeswoman.
“A failure by Russia to de-escalate this situation will lead to additional costs.”"
"The State Department said Friday that Russia had sent tanks and other heavy weapons to separatists in Ukraine, supporting accusations Thursday by the Ukrainian government.
A convoy of three T-64 tanks, several BM-21 multiple rocket launchers and other military vehicles crossed the border near the Ukrainian town of Snizhne, State Department officials said.The Ukrainian Army reported Friday that it had destroyed two of the tanks and several other vehicles in the convoy.
“This is unacceptable,” said Marie Harf, the deputy State Department spokeswoman.
“A failure by Russia to de-escalate this situation will lead to additional costs.”"
One hero. A continuing national disgrace.-----------Standing up to Deceit in University Admissions
Richard Sander: Standing up to Deceit in University Admissions:
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn reportedly once said, “One man who stopped lying could bring down a tyranny.”
Although admissions policy at American universities is not quite tyranny, it is surrounded by much deceit. In standing up to the deceit, one man has been more important and courageous than all others
And if the deceit is ever brought down, that man will deserve most of the credit.
His name is Richard Sander.
".....UCLA Law School felt very different.
....Like a hundred fictional travelers to new worlds that seemed at first to be utopias, I was gradually to discover that the law school had some disturbing hidden secrets.
One discovery was that race was closely linked to law school performance.
Almost all classes other than seminars used anonymous grading, but after grades were turned in, professors could get a “matching sheet” that linked exam numbers to names.
After my very first semester I was struck that my Hispanic, black, and American Indian students were mostly getting Cs in a class in which the median grade was a B-.
The pattern repeated the next semester--including even students who had impressed me in class.
Puzzled, I asked a senior colleague about the pattern.
Oh yes, she replied, shaking her head.
The minority students come in with weaker preparation.
......For instance, the law school had created an index that combined information about an applicant’s LSAT score, his undergraduate grades, and the difficulty of his college.
Whites were essentially guaranteed acceptance if they had a score of 820 or higher on the index and guaranteed rejection if they had a score of 760 or lower.
For African Americans and American Indians, however, the corresponding numbers were 620 and 550. Thus, for a 140-point range (620 to 760), a student would certainly be admitted if he were black yet certainly be rejected if he were white.
Although the gap in preparation was generally unknown to the students, the gap in classroom performance, as Sander discovered, was well known.
As he notes:
Once, when a student told me about his courseload, I observed that he was in a lot of tough classes graded on mandatory curves.
That was true, he responded, but a couple of them were “safeties.”
I asked him what that meant.
A little embarrassed, he said that was a term for a class that had enough black and Hispanic students to absorb the low grades on the curve.
His remark was breathtakingly cynical--and an oversimplification too. (The correlation between race and grades was by no means perfect.)
But it was hard to blame him, and I gradually learned that many students thought in those terms.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn reportedly once said, “One man who stopped lying could bring down a tyranny.”
Although admissions policy at American universities is not quite tyranny, it is surrounded by much deceit. In standing up to the deceit, one man has been more important and courageous than all others And if the deceit is ever brought down, that man will deserve most of the credit.
His name is Richard Sander.
".....UCLA Law School felt very different.
....Like a hundred fictional travelers to new worlds that seemed at first to be utopias, I was gradually to discover that the law school had some disturbing hidden secrets.
One discovery was that race was closely linked to law school performance.
Almost all classes other than seminars used anonymous grading, but after grades were turned in, professors could get a “matching sheet” that linked exam numbers to names.
After my very first semester I was struck that my Hispanic, black, and American Indian students were mostly getting Cs in a class in which the median grade was a B-.
The pattern repeated the next semester--including even students who had impressed me in class.
Puzzled, I asked a senior colleague about the pattern.
Oh yes, she replied, shaking her head.
The minority students come in with weaker preparation.
......For instance, the law school had created an index that combined information about an applicant’s LSAT score, his undergraduate grades, and the difficulty of his college.
Whites were essentially guaranteed acceptance if they had a score of 820 or higher on the index and guaranteed rejection if they had a score of 760 or lower.
For African Americans and American Indians, however, the corresponding numbers were 620 and 550. Thus, for a 140-point range (620 to 760), a student would certainly be admitted if he were black yet certainly be rejected if he were white.
Although the gap in preparation was generally unknown to the students, the gap in classroom performance, as Sander discovered, was well known.
As he notes:
Once, when a student told me about his courseload, I observed that he was in a lot of tough classes graded on mandatory curves.
That was true, he responded, but a couple of them were “safeties.”
I asked him what that meant.
A little embarrassed, he said that was a term for a class that had enough black and Hispanic students to absorb the low grades on the curve.
His remark was breathtakingly cynical--and an oversimplification too. (The correlation between race and grades was by no means perfect.)
But it was hard to blame him, and I gradually learned that many students thought in those terms.
The Big Problem Three GOP Senators Say Is Attached to the New VA Bill | TheBlaze.com
The Big Problem Three GOP Senators Say Is Attached to the New VA Bill | TheBlaze.com:"The Committee noted that the Congressional Budget Office estimated that just one piece of the bill would cost $35 billion through 2016. But CBO also said the bill creates a health program that would cost about $50 billion a year."
We know the priorities of this administration. What are we going to do about it?----------The VA Sacrificed Vets for Solar Panels
The VA Sacrificed Vets for Solar Panels | FrontPage Magazine:
The VA Scandal began at the Phoenix VA Health Care System where administrators earned promotions and bonuses by shunting patients who needed treatment into fake waiting lists.
As many as 40 veterans had died while waiting for care and 1,715 veterans in the Phoenix VA Health Care System had waited more than 90 days for an appointment.
A retired Navy serviceman died of bladder cancer after being put on a 7-month waiting list after blood was found in his urine.
He finally received an appointment a week after his death.
But each and every year, from 2009 to 2011, the Phoenix VA Health Care System put in solar panels.
The solar panels at the Carl T. Hayden VA in Phoenix cost $20 million.
That $20 million could have saved the lives of dying veterans.
Instead it went to Green Energy.
The VA Scandal began at the Phoenix VA Health Care System where administrators earned promotions and bonuses by shunting patients who needed treatment into fake waiting lists.As many as 40 veterans had died while waiting for care and 1,715 veterans in the Phoenix VA Health Care System had waited more than 90 days for an appointment.
A retired Navy serviceman died of bladder cancer after being put on a 7-month waiting list after blood was found in his urine.
He finally received an appointment a week after his death.
But each and every year, from 2009 to 2011, the Phoenix VA Health Care System put in solar panels.
The solar panels at the Carl T. Hayden VA in Phoenix cost $20 million.
That $20 million could have saved the lives of dying veterans.
Instead it went to Green Energy.
The open, unabashed contempt they show for us.--------------------A brief and painful reminder that Washington is filled with flippant and incompetent halfwits
A brief and painful reminder that Washington is filled with flippant and incompetent halfwits | WashingtonExaminer.com:
As the situation in Iraq grow increasingly volatile, and the Obama administration's response increasingly vague, critics have voiced frustration at what they perceive to be a lack of leadership in the White House.
As the situation in Iraq grow increasingly volatile, and the Obama administration's response increasingly vague, critics have voiced frustration at what they perceive to be a lack of leadership in the White House.
Yes, Iraq is imploding, threatened by a well-armed and highly motivated terrorist organization, and the White House’s critics are upset.
And this is on top of the president's terribly unpopular decision to trade five Taliban leaders for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl (who may or may not have deserted his post in 2009 to join the Taliban), the growing scandal involving the Department of Veterans Affairs and, of course, the September 11, 2012, terrorist attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya.
Each of these events involves several dead Americans, some in the line of duty, some waiting for medical attention and some waiting for reinforcements that would never come.
Very little has been done to find and punish those responsible for these events.
And this is on top of the president's terribly unpopular decision to trade five Taliban leaders for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl (who may or may not have deserted his post in 2009 to join the Taliban), the growing scandal involving the Department of Veterans Affairs and, of course, the September 11, 2012, terrorist attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya.
Each of these events involves several dead Americans, some in the line of duty, some waiting for medical attention and some waiting for reinforcements that would never come.
Very little has been done to find and punish those responsible for these events.
So along comes Tommy Vietor, he of the “dude, that was two years ago" fame, to inform the unwashed masses on Friday that their anger is very much misplaced and that they're croaking on about nothing.
“Iraq is just a ploy to distract you from Bergdahl which distracted you from the VA scandal which distracted you from BENGHAZI. Idiots,” he said in a tweet.
“Iraq is just a ploy to distract you from Bergdahl which distracted you from the VA scandal which distracted you from BENGHAZI. Idiots,” he said in a tweet.
Indeed, you probably just don't understand how Washington works.
Move along.
There's nothing to see here, idiots.
Everything that’s wrong with the nation’s capital summed up in one tweet. Smug.
Sneering contempt. Dismissive.
And all in fewer than 140 characters.
Dude, that's impressive.
Move along.
There's nothing to see here, idiots.
Everything that’s wrong with the nation’s capital summed up in one tweet. Smug.
Sneering contempt. Dismissive.
And all in fewer than 140 characters.
Dude, that's impressive.
The Left’s Desire for Amnesty Explained in One Graphic
The Left’s Desire for Amnesty Explained in One Graphic | TheBlaze.com:
"Texas GOP Rep. Louie Gohmert told TheBlaze:
“Their goal has been to turn Texas blue through a massive amnesty while continuing the efforts to bring untold numbers more into the country illegally. "
"Texas GOP Rep. Louie Gohmert told TheBlaze:“Their goal has been to turn Texas blue through a massive amnesty while continuing the efforts to bring untold numbers more into the country illegally. "
So you think a moron running our foreign policy won't affect you?----------Crude Records Year’s Biggest Weekly Gain on Iraq Unrest
Crude Records Year’s Biggest Weekly Gain on Iraq Unrest - Bloomberg:"West Texas Intermediate and Brent crudes charted the biggest weekly gains this year as Islamist fighters extended their advance in Iraq, triggering concern of a return to civil war."
SC Resident Uses Gun to Stop Possible Killing Spree of Recently Released Convict
SC Resident Uses Gun to Stop Possible Killing Spree of Recently Released Convict:
...James Hood was Grier’s brother in law, the husband of his sister, Angela. James Hood was also confined to a wheelchair following a recent stroke. The fact that this handicapped man who was Grier’s family apparently meant little to Grier. For reasons unknown to police and the victim’s family, Grier shot and killed James Hood and then fled the scene.
We can thank an armed good Samaritan for what happened next.
There is no telling how many people Grier would have harmed unchecked.
Grier then went to his female cousin’s home and began assaulting her on a neighbor’s front porch. According to WSOCTV, her neighbor heard the disturbance,
“He was beating her on my front porch and he was trying to shove her head through that glass door,” Lowery said.
Grier then chased her across the street to Lowery’s home where she tried to get help.
Deputies said he continued to assault her.
Lowery knew nothing of the homicide, only that a woman was being hurt right at his door.
“I had to help her.
I sure would’ve wanted someone to help me,” he said.
He grabbed his 38 revolver and pointed it at Grier’s head, telling him to stop and leave.
Grier refused after being told repeatedly.
At that point, Lowery tried to retreat into his home to deescalate the situation after learning Grier was armed. However, Grier followed Lowery into his home.
That’s when Lowery opened fire, striking Grier in the stomach.
Apparently being shot subdued Grier (as it normally does) and he waited patiently for authorities on Lowery’s porch.
Grier is currently being treated at an area hospital under police guard according to The State.
Lowery will not face any charges in the shooting as he clearly acted in self defense.
It’s entirely possible Grier would have killed his cousin followed by an unknown number of people if he wasn’t stopped by Lowery and his trusty .38 revolver.
...James Hood was Grier’s brother in law, the husband of his sister, Angela. James Hood was also confined to a wheelchair following a recent stroke. The fact that this handicapped man who was Grier’s family apparently meant little to Grier. For reasons unknown to police and the victim’s family, Grier shot and killed James Hood and then fled the scene.
We can thank an armed good Samaritan for what happened next.
There is no telling how many people Grier would have harmed unchecked.
Grier then went to his female cousin’s home and began assaulting her on a neighbor’s front porch. According to WSOCTV, her neighbor heard the disturbance,
“He was beating her on my front porch and he was trying to shove her head through that glass door,” Lowery said.
Grier then chased her across the street to Lowery’s home where she tried to get help.Deputies said he continued to assault her.
Lowery knew nothing of the homicide, only that a woman was being hurt right at his door.
“I had to help her.
I sure would’ve wanted someone to help me,” he said.
He grabbed his 38 revolver and pointed it at Grier’s head, telling him to stop and leave.
Grier refused after being told repeatedly.
At that point, Lowery tried to retreat into his home to deescalate the situation after learning Grier was armed. However, Grier followed Lowery into his home.
That’s when Lowery opened fire, striking Grier in the stomach.
Apparently being shot subdued Grier (as it normally does) and he waited patiently for authorities on Lowery’s porch.
Grier is currently being treated at an area hospital under police guard according to The State.
Lowery will not face any charges in the shooting as he clearly acted in self defense.
It’s entirely possible Grier would have killed his cousin followed by an unknown number of people if he wasn’t stopped by Lowery and his trusty .38 revolver.
The ONLY way this lie, this Nixonian stonewall, this clear and present attempt to subvert the laws of the United States of America can succeed is if our national media allows it. If that happens, pray for our country----------Veteran IT Professional Gives Six Reasons Why the IRS’ Claim That It ‘Lost’ Two Years of Lois Lerner’s Emails Is ‘Simply Not Feasible’
Veteran IT Professional Gives Six Reasons Why the IRS’ Claim That It ‘Lost’ Two Years of Lois Lerner’s Emails Is ‘Simply Not Feasible’ | TheBlaze.com:
A veteran IT professional tells TheBlaze that the IRS’ claim that the agency lost two years’ worth of former IRS official Lois Lerner’s emails is “simply not feasible.”
On Friday, members of Congress revealed that the IRS would not be able to hand over Lerner’s emails to and from other IRS employees from January 2009 to April 2011, possibly due to a “glitch” or “crash.” Lawmakers were seeking the emails as part of their investigation into the IRS targeting scandal.
Norman Cillo, an Army veteran who worked in intelligence and a former program manager at Microsoft, argued it is very difficult to lose emails for good and laid out six reasons why he believes Congress is “being lied to” about the Lerner emails:
1. I believe the government uses Microsoft Exchange for their email servers. They have built-in exchange mail database redundancy. So, unless they did not follow Microsofts recommendations they are telling a falsehood. You can see by the diagram below that if you have three servers in a DAG you have three copies of the database.
2. Every IT organization that I know of has hotswappable disk drives. Every server built since 2000 has them. Meaning that if a single disk goes bad it’s easy to replace.
3. ALL Servers use some form of RAID technology. The only way that data can be totally lost (Meaning difficult to bring back) is if more than a single disk goes before the first bad disk is replaced. In the diagram below you can see that its possible to lose a single disk and still keep the data.
4. If the server crashed (Hardware failure other than disks), then the disks that contain the DATA for the Exchange database is still available because the server hardware and disks are exchangeable. Meaning that if I have another server with the same hardware in it, I can put the disks in and everything should boot right up.
5. All email servers in a professional organization use TAPE backup. Meaning if all the above fails, you can restore the server using the TAPE backups.
6. If they are talking about her local PC, then it’s a simple matter of going to the servers which have the email and getting them from the servers. If the servers have removed the data you can still get them by using the backups of the servers to recover the emails.
However, Cillo, who has been working in IT for roughly 16 years and is currently a consultant for a tech company, said it’s possible the IRS is telling the truth if the federal agency is “totally mismanaged and has the worst IT department ever.”
Other than that, it’s just not “feasible,” he told TheBlaze.
“If the IRS’ email server is in such a state that they only have one copy of data and the server crashes and it’s gone, I’ve never heard of such a thing.”
“I don’t know of any email administrator that doesn’t have at least three ways of getting that mail back,” he added.
“It’s either on the disks or it’s on a TAPE backup someplace or in an archive server.
There are at least three ways the government can get those emails.”
A veteran IT professional tells TheBlaze that the IRS’ claim that the agency lost two years’ worth of former IRS official Lois Lerner’s emails is “simply not feasible.”
On Friday, members of Congress revealed that the IRS would not be able to hand over Lerner’s emails to and from other IRS employees from January 2009 to April 2011, possibly due to a “glitch” or “crash.” Lawmakers were seeking the emails as part of their investigation into the IRS targeting scandal.Norman Cillo, an Army veteran who worked in intelligence and a former program manager at Microsoft, argued it is very difficult to lose emails for good and laid out six reasons why he believes Congress is “being lied to” about the Lerner emails:
1. I believe the government uses Microsoft Exchange for their email servers. They have built-in exchange mail database redundancy. So, unless they did not follow Microsofts recommendations they are telling a falsehood. You can see by the diagram below that if you have three servers in a DAG you have three copies of the database.
2. Every IT organization that I know of has hotswappable disk drives. Every server built since 2000 has them. Meaning that if a single disk goes bad it’s easy to replace.
3. ALL Servers use some form of RAID technology. The only way that data can be totally lost (Meaning difficult to bring back) is if more than a single disk goes before the first bad disk is replaced. In the diagram below you can see that its possible to lose a single disk and still keep the data.4. If the server crashed (Hardware failure other than disks), then the disks that contain the DATA for the Exchange database is still available because the server hardware and disks are exchangeable. Meaning that if I have another server with the same hardware in it, I can put the disks in and everything should boot right up.
5. All email servers in a professional organization use TAPE backup. Meaning if all the above fails, you can restore the server using the TAPE backups.
6. If they are talking about her local PC, then it’s a simple matter of going to the servers which have the email and getting them from the servers. If the servers have removed the data you can still get them by using the backups of the servers to recover the emails.
However, Cillo, who has been working in IT for roughly 16 years and is currently a consultant for a tech company, said it’s possible the IRS is telling the truth if the federal agency is “totally mismanaged and has the worst IT department ever.”
Other than that, it’s just not “feasible,” he told TheBlaze.
“If the IRS’ email server is in such a state that they only have one copy of data and the server crashes and it’s gone, I’ve never heard of such a thing.”
“I don’t know of any email administrator that doesn’t have at least three ways of getting that mail back,” he added.
“It’s either on the disks or it’s on a TAPE backup someplace or in an archive server.
There are at least three ways the government can get those emails.”
Causes of Death in 1900 vs. Today: One Chart Puts Firearms & Natural Disasters Threat in Perspective
Causes of Death in 1900 vs. Today: One Chart Puts Firearms & Natural Disasters Threat in Perspective
......In light of the federal government’s drive to enforce stricter environmental regulations for the reason of combatting man-made “climate change,” it should be said that 98% fewer people are dying from extreme weather events or natural disasters than in the 1920s.
Extreme weather events currently comprise about 0.07% of all fatalities globally.
We’re also being told about the danger posed by law-abiding citizens possessing firearms.
But where is that threat on this chart?
Let me help you: It’s not there.
.....Since we live in a nation where many don’t get enough exercise and many eat a lot of fatty foods, a lot of people are dying from not moving around enough and/or eating too much food.
Want to talk about “first world problems.”
There’s been hysteria about guns, natural disasters, non-organic foods, vaccinations, SARS (oh wait, that was a few years ago), pig flu (off again, shoot), killer bees, hysteria about hysteria – it has been getting really ugly out there.
We would never accuse bureaucrats or the media of drumming up public paranoia just for more taxpayer bucks or to boost political authority.
Let’s just say their “awareness raising” lacks context.
......In light of the federal government’s drive to enforce stricter environmental regulations for the reason of combatting man-made “climate change,” it should be said that 98% fewer people are dying from extreme weather events or natural disasters than in the 1920s.
Extreme weather events currently comprise about 0.07% of all fatalities globally.
We’re also being told about the danger posed by law-abiding citizens possessing firearms.
But where is that threat on this chart?
Let me help you: It’s not there.
.....Since we live in a nation where many don’t get enough exercise and many eat a lot of fatty foods, a lot of people are dying from not moving around enough and/or eating too much food.
Want to talk about “first world problems.”
There’s been hysteria about guns, natural disasters, non-organic foods, vaccinations, SARS (oh wait, that was a few years ago), pig flu (off again, shoot), killer bees, hysteria about hysteria – it has been getting really ugly out there.
We would never accuse bureaucrats or the media of drumming up public paranoia just for more taxpayer bucks or to boost political authority.
Let’s just say their “awareness raising” lacks context.
Obama Even Worse Than We Thought
"President Obama spoke on Iraq earlier today, pledging to do nothing and essentially saying nothing, even as that nation is breaking apart, with Islamic militants overrunning Iraq and vowing to capture Baghdad.In light of the unfolding disaster in Iraq, which is linked to the unfolding disaster in Syria, which is part of a broader failure in the Middle East, which is only one part of an across-the-board failure in foreign policy, which is separate from the failures at home–including healthcare.gov and ObamaCare more broadly, chronically high unemployment, the stimulus and “shovel ready jobs,” a historically weak economic recovery, the lowest workforce participation rate since the 1970s, increasing income inequality, and record poverty–the following needs to be said.
Even those of us who were highly critical of Mr. Obama early on, who twice voted against him and worked in campaigns to defeat him, could not envision how epically incompetent he would be.
The harm this man has done is immeasurable.
And he still has more than two years left to go.
Mr. Obama belongs in a category all his own."
Louie Gohmert Reveals What John Boehner Did After Republicans Suffered a Major Defeat in 2006 | TheBlaze.com
Louie Gohmert Reveals What John Boehner Did After Republicans Suffered a Major Defeat in 2006 | TheBlaze.com:
"Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) revealed some behind-the-scenes political information Friday as to how House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) was originally elected House majority leader in 2006, and what he did after Republicans suffered a major defeat later that year."
"Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) revealed some behind-the-scenes political information Friday as to how House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) was originally elected House majority leader in 2006, and what he did after Republicans suffered a major defeat later that year."Florida man calls 911 during home invasion, gets transferred to voicemail
Florida man calls 911 during home invasion, gets transferred to voicemail | Fox News:
"A Florida homeowner who called 911 during a violent home invasion Wednesday morning was transferred to voicemail at the height of the incident when the dispatcher tried to pass the call from the fire department line to police, MyFoxTampaBay.com reported.
Women could be heard screaming during the wait as the recording advised, "If this is an emergency, hang up and dial 911.""
"A Florida homeowner who called 911 during a violent home invasion Wednesday morning was transferred to voicemail at the height of the incident when the dispatcher tried to pass the call from the fire department line to police, MyFoxTampaBay.com reported.
Women could be heard screaming during the wait as the recording advised, "If this is an emergency, hang up and dial 911.""
History for June 14
History for June 14 - On-This-Day.com:
1775 - The Continental Army was founded by the Second Continental Congress for purposes of common defense. This event is considered to be the birth of the United States Army. On June 15, George Washington was appointed commander-in-chief.
1777 - The Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the "Stars and Stripes" as the national flag of the United States. The Flag Resolution stated "Resolved: that the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation." On May 20, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson officially proclaimed June 14 "Flag Day" as a commemoration of the "Stars and Stripes."
1834 - Cyrus Hall McCormick received a patent for his reaping machine.
1834 - Isaac Fischer Jr. patented sandpaper.
1846 - A group of U.S. settlers in Sonoma proclaimed the Republic of California.
1893 - Philadelphia observed the first Flag Day.
1922 - Warren G. Harding became the first U.S. president to be heard on radio. The event was the dedication of the Francis Scott Key memorial at Fort McHenry.
1940 - The Nazis opened their concentration camp at Auschwitz in German-occupied Poland.
1940 - German troops entered Paris. As Paris became occupied loud speakers announced the implementation of a curfew being imposed for 8 p.m.
1951 - "Univac I" was unveiled. It was a computer designed for the U.S. Census Bureau and billed as the world's first commercial computer.
1952 - The Nautilus was dedicated. It was the first nuclear powered submarine.
1954 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an order adding the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance.
1954 - Americans took part in the first nation-wide civil defense test against atomic attack.
1982 - Argentine forces surrendered to British troops on the Falkland Islands.
1990 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld police checkpoints that are used to examine drivers for signs of intoxication.
June 14, 2014
Flag Day (US)
Birth anniversary of American author Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896). Stowe penned the antislavery bestseller Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852).
150th birth anniversary of German psychiatrist and pathologist Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915).
Happy Birthday! Boy George, Steffi Graf, Donald Trump
1775 - The Continental Army was founded by the Second Continental Congress for purposes of common defense. This event is considered to be the birth of the United States Army. On June 15, George Washington was appointed commander-in-chief.
1777 - The Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the "Stars and Stripes" as the national flag of the United States. The Flag Resolution stated "Resolved: that the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation." On May 20, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson officially proclaimed June 14 "Flag Day" as a commemoration of the "Stars and Stripes."
1834 - Cyrus Hall McCormick received a patent for his reaping machine.
1834 - Isaac Fischer Jr. patented sandpaper.
1846 - A group of U.S. settlers in Sonoma proclaimed the Republic of California.
1893 - Philadelphia observed the first Flag Day.
1922 - Warren G. Harding became the first U.S. president to be heard on radio. The event was the dedication of the Francis Scott Key memorial at Fort McHenry.
1940 - The Nazis opened their concentration camp at Auschwitz in German-occupied Poland.
1940 - German troops entered Paris. As Paris became occupied loud speakers announced the implementation of a curfew being imposed for 8 p.m.
1951 - "Univac I" was unveiled. It was a computer designed for the U.S. Census Bureau and billed as the world's first commercial computer.
1952 - The Nautilus was dedicated. It was the first nuclear powered submarine.
1954 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an order adding the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance.
1954 - Americans took part in the first nation-wide civil defense test against atomic attack.
1982 - Argentine forces surrendered to British troops on the Falkland Islands.
1990 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld police checkpoints that are used to examine drivers for signs of intoxication.
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