History for July 7

History for July 7 - On-This-Day.com:

Tell the Truth Day

Spain: Running of the Bulls at Pamplona (July 7-14)

Birth anniversaries of artist Marc Chagall (1887-1985) and Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Satchel Paige (1906-82).

Happy Birthday! Shelley Duvall, Doc Severinsen, Ringo Starr

1846 - U.S. annexation of California was proclaimed at Monterey after the surrender of a Mexican garrison.


1930 - Construction began on Boulder Dam, later Hoover Dam, on the Colorado River.


1937 - Japanese forces invaded China.


1981 - U.S. President Reagan announced he was nominating Arizona Judge Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. 


1998 - A jury in Santa Monica, CA, convicted Mikail Markhasev of murdering Ennis Cosby, Bill Cosby's only son, during a roadside robbery. 


2000 - Amazon.com announced that they had sold almost 400,000 copies of "Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire," making it the biggest selling book in e-tailing history. 



2005 - Terrorists exploded four bombs in quick succession on three subway cars and one bus in London, England, killing more than 50 people and injuring 700.

Hillary says exorbitant university speaking fees go to charity — the Clinton Foundation

Hillary says exorbitant university speaking fees go to charity — the Clinton Foundation - Washington Times:
"Hillary Clinton said Friday that the hundreds of thousands of dollars she charges to speak at colleges all goes to charity: the Clinton Foundation.
“All of the fees have been donated to the Clinton Foundation for it to continue its life-changing and life-saving work. So it goes from a foundation at a university to another foundation,” Ms. Clinton told ABC News anchor Ann Compton.
The 2016 Presidential contender reportedly charges around $200,000 or more for each speaking engagement."
And there is this:

Chelsea Clinton
Vice Chair, Clinton Foundation
Chelsea Clinton, Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation, works alongside her parents, President Bill Clinton and Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, to drive the vision and work of the Clinton Foundation.
And this:

And the Money Kept Rolling In Lyrics - "Evita" the musical

[Che:]
Eva's pretty hands reached out and they reached wide
Now you may feel it should have been a voluntary cause
But that's not the point my friends
When the money keeps rolling in, you don't ask how
Think of all the people guaranteed a good time now
Eva's called the hungry to her, open up the doors
Never been a fund like the Foundation Eva Peron

[Chorus:]
[Workers:]
Rollin' rollin' rollin', rollin' rollin' rollin'

Border Patrol Agent Apparently Defies Gag Order to Go Unfiltered on CNN – Hear His Big Claim About Obama Admin. | Video | TheBlaze.com

Border Patrol Agent Apparently Defies Gag Order to Go Unfiltered on CNN – Hear His Big Claim About Obama Admin. | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"Border Patrol agent Hector Garcia on Thursday accused the Obama administration of “aiding, abetting and facilitating the smuggling of illegal aliens across the border.”
In an interview with CNN, Garza said the current influx of illegal immigrants is “organized” and “orchestrated” by the drug cartels. Additionally, he said the federal government is giving illegal immigrants a “free pass.”

How does the Red Cross spend donor money? It’s a “trade secret”

How does the Red Cross spend donor money? It’s a “trade secret” « Hot Air
The Red Cross has faced plenty of questions in the past, may centering on their handling of blood donations from generous citizens. 
The blood, given for free, winds up being discarded from slow or inefficient handling up to 14% of the time according to one investigative report from Forbes. 
And while you give the blood out of the goodness of your heart (sorry for the pun), the Red Cross sells it for anywhere from $210 a pint in Wisconsin to $265 in New Jersey.
And where does that money go, specifically? 
Apparently that’s a “trade secret” as well.

Wanna See A Liberal Squirm? You'll Love This. - Chicks on the Right

Wanna See A Liberal Squirm? You'll Love This. - Chicks on the Right:
"It's so painfully, but deliciously awkward, isn't it?
Nice throat-clearing dude. 
Buying up a couple extra seconds didn't do you a speck of good, though."

Public School Teacher Has Some Harsh Words for Common Core and the ‘Toxic Culture of Education’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

Public School Teacher Has Some Harsh Words for Common Core and the ‘Toxic Culture of Education’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:
“[E]ducation is a community issue. Every community is different and every community has a unique set of demographics, needs. To have a blanket set of guidelines, you need to keep that in mind.”
He spoke more strongly against the Common Core in his TED talk:
And it’s about to get worse. The Common Core will do more damage [with] its high-stakes test (not to mention its myopic standards masked in a guise of critical thinking which is just developmentally inappropriate rote."

I'm thinkin' we're not gonna hear "I feel your pain" from this guy---------The Obamas Have Spent Over $44,351,777.12 On Travel

The Obamas Have Spent Over $44,351,777.12 On Travel | The Daily Caller:
"The Obamas have spent over 44 million dollars in taxpayer money on travel and vacations.
Some are even calling him the “most well-trvaeled, expensive” president in our nation’s history.
As Americans head off for the long holiday weekend, let’s take a look back at some of the president’s holiday spending.
Our president vacations a lot — we’re talking $44,351,777.12 worth of “a lot,” with most expenses charged to the American taxpayer.
As of March 2014, Obama has spent more time traveling internationally than any other president, taking 31 trips since assuming office in 2009. 
The 119 days spent overseas have cost taxpayers millions of dollars.
At the same point in their respective presidencies, George W. Bush had spent 116 days on 28 trips, Bill Clinton had spent 113 days on 27 trips and Ronald Reagan had spent 73 days on just 14 trips.

An Unfolding Fiscal Disaster

An Unfolding Fiscal Disaster | The Weekly Standard:
"Imagine that it is 1937 and time for the first Social Security payroll taxes to be assessed on workers and their employers.
Two years earlier, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s new program was successfully sold to the American public as an ambitious yet fiscally responsible, self-financing expansion of social insurance protections.
The new Federal Insurance Contributions Act tax—a payroll tax of 2 percent on earnings—will pay for it.
Imagine further, however, that upon 1937’s arrival, FDR and Congress decide they don’t want to risk the problematic politics associated with imposing the payroll tax. 
And so, despite previous assurances of fiscal rectitude, they roll back the tax while leaving in place what eventually proves to be the single most expensive spending program in the history of the American republic. The result is a fiscal disaster of unprecedented magnitude.
Something eerily similar to this hypothetical scenario is now happening with the Affordable Care Act. "

All Is Well In Capitol City, Y'all!

All Is Well In Capitol City, Y'all! - Chicks on the Right:

"It's good to know that at least SOMEONE is living high on the hog these days.  Just pay no attention to the fact that it's on your dime.  

And it's funny, because I specifically remember Obama saying something about "everyone having skin in the game" back in 2009.  

Good times.

Hope and change!"

Activists Hand Out Condoms at Hobby Lobby to Protest Supreme Court Decision — Their Profession Though Might Surprise You | TheBlaze.com

Activists Hand Out Condoms at Hobby Lobby to Protest Supreme Court Decision — Their Profession Though Might Surprise You | TheBlaze.com:
"The stated mission of the Hobby Lobby case was to protect religious liberty, and different folks apparently have their own way of exercising their religious freedom."

Lib newspaper discovers the undiscoverable!------Liberal Star Tribune Discovers Vote Fraud in Democrat vs Democrat Primary

Liberal Star Tribune Discovers Vote Fraud in Democrat vs Democrat Primary | NewsBusters:

"Voter fraud is so rare “you’re more likely to get hit by lightning than find a case of prosecutorial voter fraud,” according to Judith Browne-Dianis, co-director of the liberal Advancement Project.
Apparently lightning has struck very hard in a local  primary election according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune whose only real reference to voter fraud in the past two years was to reprint a St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial mocking the possibility of its existence as "GOP voter suppression efforts."
What has made the Star Tribune suddenly discover the (GASP!) existence of voter fraud is that it was allegedly perpetrated by one Democrat candidate against another Democrat in a primary. 
Here is the Star Tribune finally acknowledging the existence of this "rare" crime but only because it involves Democrat vs Democrat:"

Not really a surprise. But an eye-opener none the less---Contrast: Let’s compare George W. Bush’s and Barack Obama’s 4th of July posts

Contrast: Let’s compare George W. Bush’s and Barack Obama’s 4th of July posts | Young Conservatives:
"On Obama’s Facebook page the only post he made today was telling people to enjoy the fireworks.
Not much substance whatsoever."


On his Twitter account, there is a picture and quote of Barack Obama, which is par for the course. Correct me if I’m wrong but I’m pretty sure Barack wasn’t around when our country was founded.  
Try using a quote from the Founding Fathers next time.



And then we have George W. Bush.  
He doesn’t mention anything about himself, but thanks the troops for their sacrifice and bravery to defend this Republic.

It’s pretty clear what the American people appreciate more.  George W. Bush’s post has nearly twice as many likes as Obama.  It’s even more amazing when you think about how Obama has 41.5 million likes on Facebook, and George W. Bush has 3.5 million likes. That speaks volumes.

Also, get a load of what Obama’s page posted yesterday, it’s redonkulous.

OMG! Earth-hating republicans are gonna kill ALL the gingers!---------Climate change could make red hair a thing of the past if Scotland gets sunnier

Climate change could make red hair a thing of the past if Scotland gets sunnier - Daily Record:
"REDHEADS could become extinct as Scotland gets sunnier, experts have claimed.
The gene that causes red hair is thought to be an evolutionary response to the lack of sun in Scotland.
Redhead colouring allows people to get the maximum vitamin D from what little sun there is.
Only one to two per cent of the world’s population has red hair but in Scotland the figure is about 13 per cent, or 650,000 people.
However, the figure could fall dramatically – and even see redheads die out completely in a few centuries – if predictions that the country’s climate is set to become much sunnier are true."

Let us not forget. Their greatest weapon is the lie--------McCain’s Viagra Moment

McCain’s Viagra Moment:
"Summary
Planned Parenthood is running a TV ad showing John McCain painfully groping for an answer to a reporter’s question:
"It’s unfair that health insurance companies cover Viagra but not birth control. Do you have an opinion on that?"
McCain had good reason to be flustered.
The premise of the reporter’s question is a myth. 
We couldn’t find any data that show a disparity between health insurance companies that cover Viagra and those that cover birth control. 
The full range of contraceptives, in fact, are covered by more than 86 percent of private insurance plans written for employers.

Analysis
Early in July, a reporter on the McCain campaign bus said that "health insurance companies cover Viagra but not birth control" and asked for McCain’s opinion on that. McCain responded with an extremely long pause, finally saying, “I don’t know enough about it to give you a [sic] informed answer.”
Planned Parenthood has seized on that flop-sweat moment in a new ad portraying McCain as uninformed on reproductive rights. 
The ad is running in Washington, D.C., and in battleground states including Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio and Wisconsin."

Do You Know Which Country Is the World’s Biggest Oil Producer? | TheBlaze.com

Do You Know Which Country Is the World’s Biggest Oil Producer? | TheBlaze.com:

"Bank of America analysts said that the U.S. is cruising past Russia and Saudi Arabia, formerly the No. 1 and 2 oil-producing nations in the world, to claim the top spot for the year, Bloomberg News reported."

While You Weren’t Looking, Congress Changed the Disclosure Rules On Travel. To Their Benefit.

While You Weren’t Looking, Congress Changed the Disclosure Rules On Travel. To Their Benefit.
A member of Congress used to have to specifically report the details if they traveled on someone else’s dime. As of last week, that rule was lifted with no public announcement. National Journal reports:

The move, made behind closed doors and without a public announcement by the House Ethics Committee, reverses more than three decades of precedent. Gifts of free travel to lawmakers have appeared on the yearly financial form dating back its creation in the late 1970s, after the Watergate scandal. National Journal uncovered the deleted disclosure requirement when analyzing the most recent batch of yearly filings.

For a group of officials that considers an adjustment to their burrito order worthy of a press release and a television appearance, that this change was made literally behind closed doors tells us everything we need to know about it. Members of both parties reached across the aisle and kept their mouths shut about it.

These trips still must be reported to the Office of the Clerk and disclosed there, but the decades-old requirement for individual members to also disclose their particular activities  on their annual financial forms is now gone.

History for July 6

History for July 6 - On-This-Day.com

Happy Birthday, George W. Bush and Nancy Reagan!

Birth anniversaries of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones (1747-1792)

Anniversary of the day John Lennon met Paul McCartney at Liverpool, England (1957).

Happy Birthday! Dalai Lama, Sylvester Stallone, Burt Ward

1854 - In Jackson, MI, the Republican Party held its first convention. 


1858 - Lyman Blake patented the shoe manufacturing machine. 


1885 - Louis Pasteur successfully tested his anti-rabies vaccine. The child used in the test later became the director of the Pasteur Institute. 


1917 - During World War I, Arab forces led by T.E. Lawrence captured the port of Aqaba from the Turks. 


1923 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was established. 


1932 - The postage rate for first class mail in the U.S. went from 2-cents to 3-cents. 


1942 - Diarist Anne Frank and her family took refuge from the Nazis in Amsterdam. 


1957 - Althea Gibson won the Wimbledon women’s singles tennis title. She was the first black athlete to win the event. 


1983 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that retirement plans could not pay women smaller monthly payments solely because of their gender. 


1988 - Several popular beaches were closed in New York City due to medical waste and other debris began washing up on the seashores.
 

Six Arrested During Illegal Immigration Protest and Rally in California Town Where Crowds Turned Back Buses of Migrants Just Days Ago | Video | TheBlaze.com

Six Arrested During Illegal Immigration Protest and Rally in California Town Where Crowds Turned Back Buses of Migrants Just Days Ago | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"Rumors had swirled among anti-immigration activists near a U.S. Border Patrol station in Southern California that the agency would try again to bus in some of the immigrants who have flooded across the U.S.-Mexico border."

Important elections coming up in Aug. and Nov. Educate yourself or pay the price------July 3, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report

July 3, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Vote Report [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
See who voted for bills on drug testing welfare applicants, vehicle trade-in tax, killing unlicensed dogs, among other issues 
While the Legislature is adjourned for a primary election campaign break, the Roll Call Report is reviewing key votes of the 2013-2014 session."

Jobs "creation" miserable--------Full-Time Jobs Peaked 80-Months Ago At 122 Million; June Still 3.7M Or 3% Lower

Full-Time Jobs Peaked 80-Months Ago At 122 Million; June Still 3.7M Or 3% Lower | David Stockman's Contra Corner:

Never before has it taken so long to recover employment back to pre-recession peaks.

Let’s look at this another way: 
How fast is employment growing vs. the rise in population?

The green line (population minus full-time employment) shows that from the mid-1980s through the start of the recession, full-time employment outpaced population growth. 
Since then full-time employment has lagged.

Such details shows seemingly good job numbers are nowhere near as good as widely touted.

Yes, Virginia. There IS a war on women. And "free" contraceptives aren't a job----Record Number Not in Labor Force in June

War on Women: Record Number Not in Labor Force in June
While Democrats and the abortion industry would have women believe the most important reason to have a job is to get birth control for free, the real “war on women” is the fact that a record number of them were not working at all in June.
According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the number of women 16 and older not in the labor force rose to a record high of 55,299,000 in June, says CNSNews.

"This means that there were 55,299,000 women 16 and older who not only did not have a job, they did not actively seek one in the last four weeks. That is up 282,000 from the 55,017,000 women who were not in the labor force in May," CNS News explains.

The labor force participation rate for women in June was 56.8 percent, the lowest of this year, according to BLS. October of 2013 saw the same participation rate for women, but not since October of 1988 was the rate this low.

VIDEO: Dupes, Useful Idiots, or the Obama IRS Defense Team? You Decide

VIDEO: Dupes, Useful Idiots, or the Obama IRS Defense Team? You Decide:
"Democrats in Congress were working in collusion with the Obama IRS to help them target, threaten, and harass conservative and Tea Party groups for daring to exercise their First Amendment rights in speaking out against Barack Obama’s policies. Members like Elijah Cummings have worked tirelessly to run interference during the IRS investigation in an effort to provide cover and protection for the Obama regime. "

Apollo Astronaut: Climate Alarmism Is the ‘Biggest Fraud in the Field of Science’

Apollo Astronaut: Climate Alarmism Is the ‘Biggest Fraud in the Field of Science’ | CNS News:
"Climate alarmism is "the biggest fraud in the field of science" and the 97% consensus claim is nonsensical, Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham tells MRCTV in a preview of his presentation at the upcoming Heartland Institute climate conference, July 7-9.
"Since about 2000, I looked farther and farther into it," Col. Cunningham (USMC, Ret.) tells MRCTV in an exclusive interview.
"I found that not one of the claims that the alarmists were making out there had any bearings, whatsoever.
And, so, it was kind of a no-brainer to come to the conclusion."
 Cunningham rejects the notion of man-made climate, not only as fact - but also as even qualifying as an actual "theory":
 "In the media, it was being called a theory. Obviously, they didn't know what it means to be a theory.""

The only way the left can win is if they keep the truth from their followers-----Facebook's Attack Against Free Speech: You're in Facebook Jail for 30 days for being Conservative

Facebook's Attack Against Free Speech: You're in Facebook Jail for 30 days for being Conservative
"I know most people have been in Facebook jail sometime or another. 
THIS IS DIFFERENT.
I never heard of anybody getting ban for their own website links.
The same link I’m ban for Facebook has been collecting my money to advertise.
I have an audience of 368,000k fans but only 1,000 people are seeing my post.
It’s hard to remain silent.
Especially, when I have to delete pornography from my wall three times a day.
The message that comes up from Facebook when I go to delete the porno
“This doesn’t violate “the community standards.”
 Maybe, if Barack Hussein is tried for treason Facebook will start giving conservatives equal rights to freedom of speech as liberals and Muslims.
Yeah, right.
I think E.T. Williams is right.
Facebook don’t like black Conservatives.
Facebook has joined the democrat party by waging a war on Conservative Lady.
They have succeed at discriminating against Conservative & Tea Party groups with the help of the IRS.
My guess is the democrats can do the same with Fascist book."