History for July 17

History for July 17 - On-This-Day.com:

 “Wrong Way” Corrigan Day: anniversary of Douglas Corrigan’s “wrong-way” flight from Brooklyn, NY, to Dublin, Ireland (claiming he followed the wrong end of his compass needle) in 1938.

125th birth anniversary of Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970), creator of Perry Mason. At the height of their popularity, Perry Mason novels sold 20,000 copies a day.

Happy Birthday! Lucie Arnaz, David Hasselhoff, Donald Sutherland

1212 - The Moslems were crushed in the Spanish crusade. 


1821 - Spain ceded Florida to the U.S. 


1867 - Harvard School of Dental Medicine was established in Boston, MA. It was the first dental school in the U.S. 


1917 - The British royal family adopted the Windsor name. 

1936 - The Spanish Civil War began as General Francisco Franco led an uprising of army troops based in North Africa against the elected government of the Spanish Republic.

1941 - Brigadier General Soervell directed Architect G. Edwin Bergstrom to have basic plans and architectural perspectives for an office building that could house 40,000 War Department employees on his desk by the following Monday morning. The building became known as the Pentagon. 


1945 - U.S. President Truman, Soviet leader Josef Stalin and British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill began meeting at Potsdam in the final Allied summit of World War II. During the meeting Stalin made the comment that "Hitler had escaped." 


1955 - Disneyland opened in Anaheim, CA. 


1960 - Francis Gary Powers pled guilty to spying charges in a Moscow court after his U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. 


1975 - An Apollo spaceship docked with a Soyuz spacecraft in orbit. It was the first link up between the U.S. and Soviet Union. 


1981 - Aerial walkways at the Regency Hotel at Kansas City, MO, collapsed, killing 114 people attending a tea dance.


1997 - After 117 years, the Woolworth Corp. closed its last 400 stores. 


1998 - Biologists reported that they had deciphered the genome (genetic map) of the syphilis bacterium.

LIBERTY REVIEW

LIBERTY REVIEW:

http://www.libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2014/07/america-by-tammy-derouin-i-went-to.html

We are perfectly capable of identifying tyranny on the silver screen and in our personal lives. We understand because we have unalienable rights; life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.  We understand nature’s law.  We have a God given right to speech, religion and to defend ourselves and our family and property.  So why do so many Americans have a problem identifying tyranny and abuse of power when it’s happening to America?

What TSA Did to a D.C. Resident That ‘Makes You Wonder What’s Going on With Their Training and Their Policies’

What TSA Did to a D.C. Resident That ‘Makes You Wonder What’s Going on With Their Training and Their Policies’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"What happened to a Washington, D.C., resident at a Florida TSA checkpoint over the weekend has some saying it “makes you wonder what’s going on with their training and their policies.”
“They simply have not been either applying or maintaining standards for good personnel,” Douglas Kidd with the National Association of Airline Passengers told WFTV-TV."

White House: It's A Good Thing That Obamacare Will Drive 2.5 Million Americans Out Of The Workforce

White House: It's A Good Thing That Obamacare Will Drive 2.5 Million Americans Out Of The Workforce
Yesterday, Washington’s official non-partisan bean-counter, the Congressional Budget Office, dropped a bomb. 
By 2024, says the CBO, Obamacare will reduce the size of the U.S. labor force by 2.5 million full-time-equivalent workers. 
That’s roughly triple what the CBO had estimated three years ago. 
Such a sizeable decline in the labor force will have substantial detrimental effects on the U.S. economic and fiscal picture. 
But the CBO wasn’t responsible for the most amazing thing that happened yesterday. 
That title belongs to the Obama White House, where Press Secretary Jay Carney claimed that 2.5 million Americans leaving the workforce was a good thing, because they would no longer be “trapped in a job.”

Watch: Obama May Never Get Away With This Because Krauthammer Just Finished Him Off

Watch: Obama May Never Get Away With This Because Krauthammer Just Finished Him Off: "Charles Krauthammer is not new to lashing out and hammering Obama for his inept and outlandish policies. It is known that the Fox News contributor is not a fan of the president."

VIDEO: Judge Jeanine: Obama is Shipping Illegals to Your Town ‘Under the Cover of Darkness’

VIDEO: Judge Jeanine: Obama is Shipping Illegals to Your Town ‘Under the Cover of Darkness’:
“I draw but one conclusion–Barack Obama is intentionally using the immigration crisis as an excuse to change the demographics, and ultimately the electorate of this nation,” said Judge Jeanine Pirro in her Opening Statement on “Justice with Judge Jeanine” on Saturday. "

This Rape Repellant Bra Will Shock You…Literally

This Rape Repellant Bra Will Shock You…Literally:
"Engineering students in New Delhi have developed a bra that shocks and burns potential attackers.
It also has GPS.
Nearly two years ago, the gruesome gang rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi left many Indians shocked and saddened.
Tens of thousands took to the streets of the capital, urging the government to act.
Eventually, lawmakers passed stringent new anti-rape legislation.
But for some concerned citizens like Manisha Mohan, changing the law wasn’t enough.
The 22-year-old engineering student wanted to give women a way to defend themselves against attackers, something that went beyond mace, pepper spray or mixed martial arts.
So over the past year, Mohan and two of her fellow students developed a rape-repellent bra that can shock and burn attackers."

Los Angeles judge halts cannabis farmers market

Los Angeles judge halts cannabis farmers market - Yahoo News:
"LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Los Angeles judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the operation of an outdoor medical marijuana farmers market.
City News Service reports the judge ruled Tuesday after attorneys for the city of Los Angeles asked for the injunction.
The California Heritage Market, operated by the West Coast Collective, opened for business in Boyle Heights over the Fourth of July weekend, attracting big crowds hoping to sample the offerings.
City Attorney Mike Feuer claims it runs afoul of a voter-approved measure limiting the number of dispensaries in the city and is an unauthorized use of the property.
David Welch, an attorney for West Coast Collective, says collective members who grow marijuana are allowed to sell their products to other members."

Obama Celebrates Muslim Holiday of Ramadan in the White House

Obama Celebrates Muslim Holiday of Ramadan in the White House:
"Monday evening, the Iranian-born Jarrett proudly announced on Twitter that she was “celebrating the holy season of Ramadan here at the White House,” accompanied by a picture of Obama reading prepared notes to a large crowd of what appears to be people of Middle Eastern descent. "

Message From The CBO: 'WAKE UP!! It's Still The Economy Stupid'

"The Lid": Message From The CBO: 'WAKE UP!! It's Still The Economy Stupid'
Message From The CBO: 'WAKE UP!! It's Still The Economy Stupid'

Over the last few months our attention has turned away from the economy.  Not that there hasn't been other important things to worry about, presidential scandals, affronts against our first amendment rights by Obamacare and the IRS, and our fourth amendment right by the NSA, the infighting in the GOP, the IRS hiding evidence, problems overseas, the loss of US credibility,  etc. and so on.   A report by the CBO issued yesterday should remind us of what we've forgotten ---it's the economy stupid!

The United States is still spending too much, the economy is slowing down, entitlements are still strangling our budgets, tax rates are too high, and the national debit is threatening our future.

According to the CBO budget deficits are projected to rise steadily and, by 2039, to push federal debt held by the public up to a percentage of GDP seen only once before in U.S. history (just after World War II). The harm that such growing debt would cause to the economy is not factored into CBO’s detailed long-term projections but is considered in further analysis presented in this report.

These are the issues that the GOP needs to focus on, these are the Issues that threaten our future and the future of our children. Key points from CBO’s Long-Term Budget Outlook report:

• Federal Debt Is Soaring: The debt has doubled since the onset of the financial crisis, and CBO concludes the growth in the debt is “unsustainable.”

• Now Is the Time to Act: CBO says that prompt decisions to rein in future deficits, would expand employment and economic growth.

• The Economy Is Slowing Down: CBO has again lowered its projection of GDP growth, and the average number of hours worked by Americans is shrinking.

• Spending Is Still the Problem: Major entitlements and interest on a growing stock of debt will cause real spending to soar by 27 percent over the next two decades.

• Raising Taxes Will Cost Jobs: Taxes will exceed their historic average level this year, and they are on pace to rise even further. Yet these tax increases still never match the pace of spending, even while they discourage work, saving, and investment.

• Entitlement Reform Is Key: We run the risk of breaking our promise to seniors and future generations if we don’t reform our entitlement programs soon. CBO has increased their measure of Social Security’s unfunded liability by 25 percent.

• The Debt Threatens Our National Security: CBO warns that our growing national debt could compromise national security by constraining defense spending and limiting the country’s ability to prepare for future challenges.

In response to the report, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan(R-WI) issued the following statement:

“If this report tells us anything, it’s that the status quo isn’t working, and families are paying the price. We need to expand opportunity for everyone in this country, and we can start by getting federal spending and debt under control. That’s how we can make the federal government more accountable and more effective.”

The full CBO report is embedded below:

45471 Long TermBudgetOutlook by Jeffrey Dunetz

Former Congressman: Obama Looking to Find a Justification for Keeping Illegals Here

Former Congressman: Obama Looking to Find a Justification for Keeping Illegals Here:
"revelation that President Obama’s administration has tripled the amount of successful asylum claims since 2012.
“Now we have this welfare state that we built up,” Istook remarked. “Once people came because they wanted to be part of the land of the free; now they come because they want to be part of the land of the freebies. And if they can’t find it another way, the Obama Administration is always creating some excuse. For example, they are increasing the number of people who claim, ‘Oh, I’m entitled to amnesty.’

This is happening NOW. Will you stand tall?------D'Souza's America and Our Schools

D'Souza's America and Our Schools | National Review Online:
"It turns out that D’Souza’s film could not be better timed. 
Although it has barely registered yet in our public debates, the teaching of American history in our high schools has just been seized in what a few sharp-eyed critics rightly call a “curricular coup.” 
The College Board, the private company that creates the SAT test and the various Advance Placement tests, has issued a new set of guidelines that is about to turn the teaching of American history into exactly the sort of grievance-based pedagogy that D’Souza decries in his film.
Leftist academics have finally figured out a way to circumvent state and local control over America’s schools and effectively impose progressive political indoctrination on the entire country. 
Once the AP U.S. History test demands blame-America-first answers, public and private schools alike will be forced to construct an American history curriculum that “teaches to the test.”

Holi crapoli! This is BIG!!!!!-----US Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Prepares to Default

US Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Prepares to Default (in Spanish):
"Municipal bond mutual fund investors are panicking this weekend after the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’s Legislature passed a new law allowing public agencies to default on their debt.  
Although part of the United States, Puerto Rico in the 1990s made Spanish the official language and now about 86% of the island does not speak English in the home.
Democrat Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla, who has difficulty speaking English, told Bloomberg News last year that Puerto Rico had a constitutional and moral obligation to not default on the island’s $73 billion of debt.
But he just passed a law giving local court proceedings the power to cancel much all of the island’s bond debt.  
Puerto Rico is the poster-child for multiculturalism with both Spanish and English as the official languages.
US officials pushed for many years to make English the dominant language, but in 1991 the Puerto Rican legislature issued a bill making Spanish the official language in school and government use.
The decision was reversed by a federal court in 1993, but the Democrat Party that has dominated politics for 100 years demanded that schools continue to shun English.
Today only 1 in 8 families speak English as the primary language in the home. 
Puerto Rico economy is now shrinking at a 6% annual pace and only 1.2 million, or 32%, of the island’s 3.7 million of the inhabitants employed.
Among Puerto Ricans working full time, surveys reveal that 96.6% say Spanish is their first language, and 98.5% indicated that they are fluent in Spanish.
Because of its horrible economic fundamentals, the island’s high yield bonds have been a magnet for mutual fund investors, which hold at least $12 billion of the island’s debt.

The Fifty Best Books of the 20th Century | Intercollegiate Review

The Fifty Best Books of the 20th Century | Intercollegiate Review:
I've read:

Winston Churchill, The Second World War (1948–53)A work comprehensive in scope and intimate in detail by a master of English prose whose talents as an historian have been vastly underrated. Indispensable for understanding the twentieth century.

Shelby Foote, The Civil War: A Narrative (1958–74)
The American Iliad.

Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom (1962)
They are connected, after all—a great anti-communist book.

Paul Johnson, Modern Times (1983)
Somehow the most personal, yet the most objective, history of our time.

John Keegan, The Face of Battle (1976)
A tour de force of military history that often explains strategy and tactics in terms of culture.

William Strunk & E. B. White, The Elements of Style (1959)
An extraordinary little book that explains with clarity the use and misuse of the written word. In it the reader will not only learn the difference between such words as “while” and “although,” and “which” and “that,” but also find demonstrated beyond a doubt that language and civilization are inextricably intertwined.

Tom Wolfe, The Right Stuff (1979)
The dazzling story of the test pilots and Mercury astronauts is narrated by Wolfe as a compelling affirmation of the American spirit and traditional values.

Malcolm X (with the assistance of Alex Haley), The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965)
The spiritual journey of a sensitive and intelligent man who had to wrestle with his own demons and contradictions while battling the condescension of paternalist liberals and the enervating effects of the welfare state on his people.

Yikes! They're not just dumb. They're nuts!!!!-----WH: We've ‘Substantially Improved the Tranquility of the Global Community’

WH: We've ‘Substantially Improved the Tranquility of the Global Community’ | CNS News:
"White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Monday the Obama administration’s foreign policies in a number of areas have enhanced the world’s “tranquility” – a word that raised eyebrows as reporters pointed to situations in Gaza, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Ukraine and the South China Sea."
...“How does the White House react to the notion that the president is a bystander to all these crises?” asked Fox News’ Ed Henry, citing the widening gaps between the sides in the Iranian nuclear talks, the conflict in and around Gaza, and the Syrian civil war.

“I think that there have been a number of situations in which you’ve seen this administration intervene in a meaningful way, that has substantially furthered American interests and substantially improved the, uh, you know, the – the tranquility of the global community,” Earnest replied.

Very interesting read------Obama the 'Manchurian Candidate'

Obama the 'Manchurian Candidate':

The greatest conspiracy in world history is being carried out by the real-life “Manchurian Candidate”: President Barack Obama.

My definition of a “Manchurian Candidate” is a person who hates everything America stands for and whose goal is to win the presidency for the express purpose of destroying the greatest nation, the greatest economic system, and the greatest middle class in world history. That, my friends, describes Obama. I’m not basing it on rumors or innuendo. I’m basing it on the facts.

I know liberals hate facts, but bear with me. So here are a few, which I lay out more fully in my new book, The Murder of the Middle Class:

China is set to pass the United States as the world’s largest economy (based on consumer spending). This year. It will be the first time since 1872 that America has not been the number 1 economy in world.

For the first time in history America’s middle class isn’t the richest in the world. Canada’s middle class has passed us.

For the first time in American history more businesses are closing each day than they are starting.

More Americans now receive entitlements than work full-time.

More in the column

If Obama isn’t the Manchurian Candidate, he certainly plays the part well. Consider the evidence:

Who trades five jihadist mass murderers for one deserter?

Who releases 36,000 illegal alien felons into the population?

Who slows deportations of illegal alien youth, thereby convincing tens of thousands more to cross our border illegally and create a massive crisis?

Who advertises U.S. food stamps in Mexico for illegal aliens?

Who proposes 442 new taxes in only six years?

Who adds $7 trillion in new debt in only six years?

Who strangles business with tens of thousands of new regulations and adds thousands of dollars to middle-class American’s energy bills?

Who promises “your health premiums will go down, and if you like your insurance, you can keep it?”—knowing all the while that up to 80 percent of small business employees will lose their insurance, as will up to 60 percent of all employees, and that health insurance premiums will skyrocket?

Who uses NSA to spy on the conversations of ordinary Americans?

Click link to continue reading this lengthy and frightening list: 

Thanks to Michelle Obama, Chick-fil-A Banned from School

Thanks to Michelle Obama, Chick-fil-A Banned from School:
"The director of food services for Horry County Schools, Laura Farmer, said, “We’re feeding the trash cans.” Unsatisfied with the new lunch offerings, students are throwing away the food and many have opted not to buy lunch at school, period. Both have resulted in a financial loss for the school district."

Reporter Suspended for Comments in Response to Cop Killer's Wife's Rant

Reporter Suspended for Comments in Response to Cop Killer's Wife's Rant

The wife of a New Jersey cop killer only has one regret: that her now-dead husband killed only one cop. 

“He should have taken more with him,” said Angelique Campbell, the alleged killer’s wife. “If they were going to stand over my husband and shoot him like a f***ing dog, he should have taken all those motherf***ers out.”

Now a New Jersey reporter may lose his job for losing his cool when he reported those comments.

Campbell made the remarks outside of a makeshift memorial to her husband near the scene of the crime. The memorial was full of candles, balloons and gang paraphenalia, urging Lawrence Campbell to “Thug in Peace.”

Police say Lawrence Campbell ambushed and killed rookie officer Melvin Santiago early Sunday morning at a Jersey City Walgreen’s drug store. Officials say Campbell did not rob the store, but assaulted the security guard and stole his gun, then waited for police to arrive.

News reports say before the shooting, Campbell bragged he was “going to be famous.”

That was all a bit much for New Jersey Channel 12 reporter Sean Bergin, whose calm and professional demeanor disappeared on the air after he reported her “shocking” remarks.

“Angelique Campbell said repeatedly that her husband didn’t go far enough in the shooting death of rookie cop Melvin Santiago,” said Bergin, in a voice-over of the scene. “Standing next to an impromptu street memorial for the father of her six-year old daughter, she expressed little sympathy for the officer or his grieving family.”

“Miss Campbell echoed the anti-cop mentality of many we spoke to in the crime ridden neighborhood we spoke to today,” he reported.

The shocking comments shredded Bergin’s usually calm demeanor as he wrapped up the report.

“It is worth noting that we were besieged, flooded with calls from police officers furious that we would give media coverage to the wife of a cop killer,” Bergin said. “We decided to air it because it is important to shine a light on the anti-cop mentality that has so contaminated America’s inner cities. This same, sick, perverse line of thinking is evident from Jersey City to Newark and Patterson to Trenton. It has made the police officer’s job impossible and it has got to stop.”

“The underlying cause for all of this, of course: Young black men growing up without fathers,” he argued. “Unfortunately, no one in the news media has the courage to touch that subject.”

Within a few hours, Bergin was suspended, pending a possible dismissal. But he said in a statement to Breitbart News: "It is depraved to place hurt feelings over the lives of young black men. There is way too much emphasis on guarding peoples feelings rather than pointing at the blindingly obvious and saying there's a reason young black men are slaughtering one another in the f***ing streets. Why are THEY doing it. And the Korean kids aren't?”

History for July 16

History for July 16 - On-This-Day.com

National Baby Food Festival, Fremont, MI (July 16-19). See www.babyfoodfest.com

Birth anniversary of African-American journalist and antilynching crusader Ida B. Wells (1862-1931). Wells’s Red Record (1895) was one of the first published accounts of lynchings in the South.

Birth anniversary of Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer (1872-1928).

Birth anniversaries of film stars Ginger Rogers (1911-95) and Barbara Stanwyck (1907-90).

20 years ago, in 1994, the comet Shoemaker-Levy crashed into Jupiter, unleashing more energy than the combined effect of an explosion of all our world’s nuclear arsenals.

Happy Birthday! Will Ferrell, Michael Flatley, Barry Sanders

1790 - The District of Columbia, or Washington, DC, was established as the permanent seat of the United States Government. 


1912 - Bradley A. Fiske patented the airplane torpedo. 


1935 - Oklahoma City became the first city in the U.S. to install parking meters. 


1940 - Adolf Hitler ordered the preparations to begin on the invasion of England, known as Operation Sea Lion. 


1942 - French police officers rounded up 13,000 Jews and held them in the Winter Velodrome. The round-up was part of an agreement between Pierre Laval and the Nazis. Germany had agreed to not deport French Jews if France arrested foreign Jews. 


1945 - The United States detonated the first atomic bomb in a test at Alamogordo, NM. 


1951 - J.D. Salinger's novel "The Catcher in the Rye" was first published. 


1969 - Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy, FL, and began the first manned mission to land on the moon. 


1979 - Saddam Hussein became president of Iraq after forcing Hasan al-Bakr to resign.
 

1981 - After 23 years with the name Datsun, executives of Nissan changed the name of their cars to Nissan. 

Mexico is Deliberately Aiding Illegal Aliens

Mexico is Deliberately Aiding Illegal Aliens:
"The fact is that Mexico’s illegal immigration laws are a lot tougher than those of the U.S. Under Mexican law, illegal immigration is a felony, punishable by up to two years in prison. Immigrants who are deported and attempt to re-enter can be jailed for ten years. Visa violators can be sentenced for six-year terms and Mexicans who help illegal immigrants are considered to be criminals.
It doesn’t end there. Under Mexican law, foreigners can be deported if they are deemed detrimental to “economic or national interests”, violate Mexican law, are not “physically or mentally healthy”, or lack the “necessary funds for their sustenance.” This applies to their dependents as well."

Deserter? Traitor? Bowe Bergdahl Returns to Active Duty without Court Martial

Deserter? Traitor? Bowe Bergdahl Returns to Active Duty without Court Martial:
"Some say he was held captive, others believe he became part of the Taliban group while in supposed captivity. In fact, his platoon members stated that Taliban attacks on them became more strategic after Bergdahl’s disappearance. Although Barack Obama had known since 2010 that Bergdahl was a deserter, he still exchanged five top Taliban leaders, previously detained at Guantanamo Bay for Bergdahl’s release "

23 Insanely Clever Products You Need In Your Life

23 Insanely Clever Products You Need In Your Life:
"18. An inflatable pillow tie."

Do we deserve what we'll get. A more powerful NSA?-------How The World Feels About Pervasive US Surveillance And Spying: One Curious Finding

How The World Feels About Pervasive US Surveillance And Spying: One Curious Finding | Zero Hedge:
"Perhaps the only thing more surprising that someone actually needed a poll to "discover" how the world feels regarding the NSA constant snooping of every form of electronic communication, is that a majority of the respondents in India, Nigeria and the Phillippines actually approve of having zero privacy.
Oh, and the United States too. 
As for the 10% of Russians who said "approve", we assume they were either seriously drunk or even more seriously hung over when responding to the poll."

Video: CNBC Analyst Gets Into Such a Heated Shoutfest Over Obama’s Monetary Policy He Storms Off Set | Video | TheBlaze.com

Video: CNBC Analyst Gets Into Such a Heated Shoutfest Over Obama’s Monetary Policy He Storms Off Set | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"Santelli’s essential criticisms were that the Federal Reserve’s “easy money” policies have kept interest rates artificially low, generating an artificial stock market bubble that’s benefitting the wealthy and connected while hamstringing markets and laming the economy."

People who claim to worry about climate change use more electricity

People who claim to worry about climate change use more electricity - Telegraph:
"People who claim to worry about climate change use more electricity than those who do not, a Government study has found.
Those who say they are concerned about the prospect of climate change consume more energy than those who say it is “too far into the future to worry about,” the study commissioned by the Department for Energy and Climate Change found.

Sorta like those Obama ads of old......Man Creates Slick Ad to Sell Crappy 1999 Car

Man Creates Slick Ad to Sell Crappy 1999 Car:
"SYDNEY — What do you do if you have a bomb of a car that you just can't get rid of?
If you are David Johns, you make the slickest video of your life, and wait for the offers to come rolling in.
On Sunday, Johns posted a video on YouTube titled "Buy My Barina" to sell his 1999 Holden Barina hatchback.
But this is no ordinary car ad. Johns is the digital director of Australian agency Chimney, so he got his colleagues on board, and made the used-car ad to beat all used-car ads.
The beautifully constructed footage is like a scene out of The Fast and the Furious. The blue Barina is shown speeding through city roads in all its glory, with flames shooting out from behind the wheels."