History for July 24

History for July 24 - On-This-Day.com:

Birth anniversary of Alexandre Dumas (1802-70), author of The Three Musketeers.

Birth Anniversary of aviator Amelia Earhart (1897-1937?).

Happy Birthday! Ruth Buzzi, Lynda Carter, Kristen Chenoweth

1701 - Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac landed at the site that became Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit.


1847 - Mormon leader Brigham Young and his followers arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake in present-day Utah. 


1847 - Richard M. Hoe patented the rotary-type printing press. 


1923 - The Treaty of Lausanne, which settled the boundaries of modern Turkey, was concluded in Switzerland. 


1929 - U.S. President Hoover proclaimed the Kellogg-Briand Pact, which renounced war as an instrument of foreign policy
















1956 - Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis ended their team. They ended the partnership a decade after it began on July 25, 1946. 


1969 - The Apollo 11 astronauts splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean. 


1974 - The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Nixon had to turn over subpoenaed White House tape recordings to the Watergate special prosecutor. 

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http://www.libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2014/07/manufactured-crisis-by-tammy-derouin.html

Mexico’s illegal immigration laws are much tougher than the U.S. They too have issues with illegal immigration from the south.  The Mexican president met with the Guatemalan president and together they came up with a rather ingenious way to resolve this issue. Their solution was revealed during a recent press conference to“officially announce an agreement to make it easier for those making the illegal journey to the United States from Central America, to cross into Mexico.”  Isn’t this wonderful!  Mexico will be issuing “Regional Visitor Cards” to help those who would otherwise be crossing through Mexico illegally, now legal.  But only for 72 hours, just long enough to cross into the United States illegally. 

Like the TSA doesn't make air travel nasty enough?-------Family Asked To Leave Southwest Flight After Tweet

Family Asked To Leave Southwest Flight After Tweet « CBS Minnesota:
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Twin Cities man is upset about the way his family was treated on a Southwest Airlines flight because of a tweet.
Duff Watson says he was asked to de-board a flight from Denver to Minneapolis with his two kids on Sunday after an agent didn’t like a tweet he wrote about her service.
....Soon after getting to their seats, the family of three was asked to leave the plane.
“[She said] her safety feels threatened at this point because of what I tweeted,” Watson said.
Watson’s daughter, Lucy, said she feared for her father.
“She said ‘I’m going to call the cops,’” Lucy said. “I like thought something bad was going to happen, like my dad being in jail.”
Watson says at that point, his children started to cry.
He doesn’t understand why his family was targeted.
“There was no use of profanity, there were no threats made. 
There was nothing other than, you know, a terse exchange between a customer service agent and a customer,” he said.
Watson says he was forced to delete the tweet.
“She said, ‘You can’t board the plane unless you delete that tweet,’” Watson said.
Southwest Airlines sent a statement which confirmed that a customer was removed for a short time and continued on to Minneapolis.
They also said the incident is under review.

Free government healthcare!------Chinese city sealed off after bubonic plague death

Chinese city sealed off after bubonic plague death | World news | theguardian.com:
"A Chinese city has been sealed off and 151 people have been placed in quarantine since last week after a man died of bubonic plague, state media said.
The 30,000 residents of Yumen, in the north-western province of Gansu, are not being allowed to leave, and police at roadblocks on the perimeter of the city are telling motorists to find alternative routes, China Central Television (CCTV) said."

Issa’s New Evidence: IRS Knew About Lost Emails Back In February, Not April | TheBlaze.com

Issa’s New Evidence: IRS Knew About Lost Emails Back In February, Not April | TheBlaze.com:
"House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said Tuesday that he has new evidence indicating the IRS knew about Lois Lerner’s lost emails in early February, and that the IRS waited four months before telling Congress."

All "pay to play", all the time.-------GM to add 1,750 jobs, invest $800 million in Michigan

If the politicians are buying these new "jobs" why are they taking credit for "creating" these promised "jobs"?
Gotta love the "planning to add as many as" and "...added or retained..."
Are we as stupid as they expect?
I'm thinkin', yes.
GM to add 1,750 jobs, invest $800 million in Michigan | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"General Motors is planning to add as many as 1,750 jobs at its technical center in Warren and invest an additional $800 million in Michigan in the coming years, according to Michael Finney, CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corp.
GM declined to say when the jobs would be filled.
The Michigan Strategic Fund, an arm of the development corporation, revised a tax credit for GM today and incentives for two Chinese manufacturers that are investing in the state — H.A. Automotive Systems and YanFeng Automotive.
GM has added or retained 33,000 jobs under an original tax agreement reached with the state in 2009."

Ya gettin' the feelin' the libs just LOVE Detroit......and how it got where it is---------New York Times: 'The People of Detroit Have Suffered Enough'

Let us be clear.
The Detroit unions knew full well the city could NOT fulfill the promises the union and their cronies scammed into the union contracts.
No different from Muskegon county "leaders" and union leaders.
New York Times: 'The People of Detroit Have Suffered Enough' –  Deadline Detroit:

The "grand bargain" pending before Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes is "a good compromise," The New York Times says Wednesday in an editorial. It cites the fact that "everyone is left unhappy" as one proof point.

Under the headline "Painful Progress in Detroit," the paper notes that "municipal pensioners who voted yes on the blueprint are a more vulnerable constituency than the financial institutions that voted no."  

The pensioners . . . have negotiated in good faith on a plan that is now Detroit’s best hope for making a fresh start. By comparison, most of the other creditors are professional investors who knew or should have known the risks of lending money to Detroit yet now find themselves calling for deeper pension cuts or auctioning off masterpieces in order to minimize their losses. Their no votes on the blueprint — and their probable appeal if Judge Rhodes confirms the blueprint — will only further delay Detroit’s restructuring and deepen its misery.

For now, the painful bankruptcy process is moving forward as it should. The outcome is uncertain, but one thing is sure: The people of Detroit have suffered enough.

Pot holes, broken bridges EVERYWHERE and this is high priority? $3.3 MILLION for THIS?!!!!-------Good Lord, what a waste!------Muskegon to benefit from $6.5 million in funding for road projects downtown, in 34th District

Muskegon to benefit from $6.5 million in funding for road projects downtown, in 34th District | MLive.com
"Muskegon County residents and visitors will benefit from a $3.3 million allocation that will allow officials to repair Muskegon and Webster avenues from Ninth Street to Spring Street.
Muskegon Public Works Director Mohammed Al-Shatel said on Thursday that the road will be reconstructed and will retain its two-lane, two-way configuration.
A designated left-turn lane may or may not be part of the street's restoration.
Al-Shatel said the city will invite residents and business owners living or operating in the vicinity to a meeting to see what type of amenities they want to incorporate along the roadway.
Such features could include sidewalks and bike lanes, he said.
Some residents and Muskegon City Commission officials in recent years have pushed to change the traffic configuration back to its four-lane, one-way residential configuration and to adopt a "Complete Street" concept that satisfies pedestrians and motorists regardless of physical ability or transit choice.
The U.S. 31 Business Route designation moved from Muskegon and Webster avenues to Shoreline Drive about 10 years ago.
Vice Mayor Larry Spataro said last year that although the separation between the Nelson Neighborhood and downtown business district was once "deliberate," the city now had to knit the residential community and city center together.
Al-Shatel told commissioners in October that restriping Muskegon and Webster avenues from Spring to Ninth streets could cost $56,000, while another measure to remove traffic lights could cost $10,000. 
At that time, the commission came to a consensus to delay any possible street reconfiguration and traffic light removal efforts until funds were available.
State Sen. Goeff Hansen (R-Hart) said he had been working with local road agencies and state officials to make funding one of his top priorities and said it was important for rural and urban projects to benefit from the most recent allocations.
"It has not been easy to obtain this funding, but the hard work has paid off, and the residents of the district will be pleased with the result," Hansen said on Thursday."

Federal Appeals Court Deals Huge Blow to Obamacare | TheBlaze.com

Federal Appeals Court Deals Huge Blow to Obamacare | TheBlaze.com:
 "The case revolves around four words in the Affordable Care Act, which says the tax credits are available to people who enroll through an exchange “established by the state.”

What Emergency? CBO Says Just $25 Million of Obama’s $3.7 Billion Border Bill Would Be Spent This Summer

What Emergency? CBO Says Just $25 Million of Obama’s $3.7 Billion Border Bill Would Be Spent This Summer | TheBlaze.com:
An analysis of President Barack Obama’s huge budget request for the border shows that it would only spend $25 million for the rest of the current fiscal year, which Senate Budget Committee ranking member Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) said means Congress should be in no rush to pass it.

“CBO analysis suggests that only $25 million out of the $4.3 billion request will be spent this year. What does that mean?” Sessions asked. “It means we ought to slow down, and there is no basis to demand a $4.3 billion increase in spending, emergency spending.”

Obama has requested $3.7 billion for the border, and another $600 million to fight wildfires. But according to CBO, just $25 million would be spent during the rest of FY 2014, which ends in September. Most of the rest of it would be spent in 2015, and spending would continue through 2020.

In addition, all of the spending in 2014 would take place in the Department of Health and Human Services. Obama’s plan would give the Department of Homeland Security $1.1 billion, but none of that money would be used until FY 2015.

Pay to play. It's Obama's way and the Chicago Way: Obama ‘presidential ambassador’ scores major USDA school lunch contract

Chicago Way: Obama ‘presidential ambassador’ scores major USDA school lunch contract - EAGnews.org powered by Education Action Group Foundation, Inc.:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – “There’s a lot of money involved in feeding our kids at school,” Michelle Obama recently toldchildren at the White House. Just ask Hamdi Ulukaya.

Ulukaya’s company, Chobani Greek yogurt, was the beneficiary of a “very fast” decision from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 2013 to use Greek yogurt on a trial basis in four states’ school lunch programs.

The USDA normally takes years to consider a new product for the lunch program, but not this time. The feds approved Greek yogurt in just eight months, and awarded the contract to Chobani, New York Daily News reports.

Things just keep getting better for Ulukaya and his company. 

Soooo, you want to "ban" guns?--------22 Weird Things From The World

22 Weird Things From The World - Strange Facts:
"12.) These are two, fully functional guns made in prison from random objects."

"There Is No Difference Between Islam And Sharia. It's Just A Name."

"There Is No Difference Between Islam And Sharia. It's Just A Name." - Chicks on the Right

According to the leader of "Sharia for Belgium" in this video, Allah makes the laws.  

Democracy is the enemy.  

Saying you spoke with a "Democratic Muslim" is the same as saying you spoke with a "Christian Jew" or a "Jewish Muslim."  

It simply doesn't compute.  

It's impossible.  

In other words, so called "moderate" Muslims, aren't really Muslims at all.  

I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who would argue that, people who continue to believe Islam is a religion of peace or who are themselves self-proclaimed moderate Muslims.  

But that doesn't and won't matter if the extremists continue to procreate at the rate they are.

 

Report: The Dangerous Neighbors Who Moved in Next Door to U.S. Compound in Benghazi Months Before Deadly Attack | Video | TheBlaze.com

Report: The Dangerous Neighbors Who Moved in Next Door to U.S. Compound in Benghazi Months Before Deadly Attack | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"Members of Ansar al-Sharia, the radical Islamic group blamed for the deadly Benghazi terror attacks, moved in next door to the U.S. compound in Libya months before the assault took place but “nothing was done,” sources tell Fox News."

Pot. It will fix all of our ills!-------Welfare Cash for Weed in Colorado

Welfare Cash for Weed in Colorado | National Review Online:
For the past six months, welfare beneficiaries in Colorado have repeatedly withdrawn their cash benefits at marijuana retailers and dispensaries, according to a new analysis by National Review Online. Such apparent abuses have caught the eye of Colorado’s executive and legislative powers alike, and the state has launched an effort to curb them.

At least 259 times in the first six months of legalized recreational marijuana in Colorado, beneficiaries used their electronic-benefit transfer (EBT) cards to access public assistance at weed retailers and dispensaries, withdrawing a total of $23,608.53 in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash, NRO’s examination found.

In 2012, the latest fiscal year available, Colorado used $124 million in TANF money from the federal government, according to the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities. 

Let’s just take a second to remember what Mitt Romney thought of Russia

Let’s just take a second to remember what Mitt Romney thought of Russia | Rare:
"Remember that guy the President of the United States made fun of for having what he described as an outdated foreign policy plan?
The tall guy from Utah with all the son’s who looked alike?
Yes, former Massachusetts Governor and Republican nominee for president, Willard Mitt Romney, was right about Russia.
Let’s all just soak in this 28 second clip, and remember what Mitt Romney predicted over one year ago.
Go take off your rose colored glasses Mr. President."

History for July 23

History for July 23 - On-This-Day.com:
Hot Enough for Ya Day

Birth anniversary of rancher, land baron and politician Samuel Maverick (1803-70), whose last name became the synonym for a stubborn individual.

Birth anniversary of crime writer Raymond Chandler (1888-1959). "She had eyes like strange sins."

Birth anniversary of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014).

Happy Birthday! Ronny Cox, Woody Harrelson, Don Imus

1715 - The first lighthouse in America was authorized for construction at Little Brewster Island, Massachusetts. 


1829 - William Burt patented the typographer, which was the first typewriter. 


1904 - The ice cream cone was invented by Charles E. Menches during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, MO. 


1952 - Egyptian military officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser overthrew King Farouk I. 


1958 - The submarine Nautilus departed from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, under orders to conduct "Operation Sunshine." The mission was to be the first vessel to cross the north pole by ship. The Nautils achieved the goal on August 3, 1958. 


1962 - The "Telstar" communications satellite sent the first live TV broadcast to Europe. 


1984 - Miss America, Vanessa Williams, turned in her crown after it had been discovered that nude photos of her had appeared in "Penthouse" magazine. She was the first to resign the title. 


2000 - Lance Armstrong won his second Tour de France.


2005 - terrorist attacks at Sharm al-Sheikh, Egypt, that killed 88 and wounded more than 200.

Sad: Michigan prison trades orange jumpsuits for black and white stripes…because of Netflix – Glenn Beck

Sad: Michigan prison trades orange jumpsuits for black and white stripes…because of Netflix – Glenn Beck: "When a society glorifies what it used to abhor, it will fundamentally transform. But into what? That’s the question we need to be asking ourselves if this story ends up being a trend."

VIDEO: Obama Spokesman Says Illegal Aliens’ Privacy More Important than Americans’ Right to Know…

VIDEO: Obama Spokesman Says Illegal Aliens’ Privacy More Important than Americans’ Right to Know…:
"As the Obama regime dumps tens of thousands of illegal aliens in various neighborhoods across America, reportedly under “under the cover of darkness,” citizens naturally want to know if their neighborhood is being targeting with the invasion. "

Lots of political pork means we pay. Again... and again..........Price of Beef and Bacon Reach All-Time High

Price of Beef and Bacon Reach All-Time High | CNS News:
"The price of beef and bacon hit its all-time high in the United States in June, according to data released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
In January 1980, when BLS started tracking the price of these commodities, ground chuck cost $1.82 per pound and bacon cost $1.45 per pound.
By this June 2014, ground chuck cost $3.91 per pound and bacon cost $6.11 per pound.
A decade ago, in June 2004, a pound of ground chuck cost $2.49, which means that the commodity has increased by 57 percent since then. 
Bacon has increased by 78.7 percent from the $3.42 it cost in June 2004 to the $6.11 it costs now."

Do we need more cops or meebee we need more armed, brave citizens?-----Video Shows Gun Owner Holding Bus Stop Stabbing Suspect at Gunpoint

Video Shows Gun Owner Holding Bus Stop Stabbing Suspect at Gunpoint:
"A bus stop stabbing suspect sits in jail tonight because of a gun owner who took initiative to stop the violent attacker who still had a knife in his hand.  

A cell phone camera captured the gun owner holding the suspect until police could arrive on the scene.
This is yet another defensive gun use in which no shots were fired but because a law abiding citizen chose to exercise his 2nd amendment rights a violent criminal is off the streets.
The stabbing was part of an attempted robbery that took place in Orange County, Florida when the suspect tried to grab the victim’s bag.
And by the way, compliance with violent criminals does NOT mean you will not be hurt.
Fortunately, at least one gun carrying citizen was in the right place at the right time."

Ivy League Schools Are Overrated. Send Your Kids Elsewhere.

Ivy League Schools Are Overrated. Send Your Kids Elsewhere. | New Republic:
"These enviable youngsters appear to be the winners in the race we have made of childhood.
But the reality is very different, as I have witnessed in many of my own students and heard from the hundreds of young people whom I have spoken with on campuses or who have written to me over the last few years. Our system of elite education manufactures young people who are smart and talented and driven, yes, but also anxious, timid, and lost, with little intellectual curiosity and a stunted sense of purpose: trapped in a bubble of privilege, heading meekly in the same direction, great at what they’re doing but with no idea why they’re doing it."

....A young woman from another school wrote me this about her boyfriend at Yale:

Before he started college, he spent most of his time reading and writing short stories. Three years later, he’s painfully insecure, worrying about things my public-educated friends don’t give a second thought to, like the stigma of eating lunch alone and whether he’s “networking” enough. No one but me knows he fakes being well-read by thumbing through the first and last chapters of any book he hears about and obsessively devouring reviews in lieu of the real thing. He does this not because he’s incurious, but because there’s a bigger social reward for being able to talk about books than for actually reading them.

Older Women Experience Sticker Shock in Exchanges

Older Women Experience Sticker Shock in Exchanges - Health Insurance Exchange:
"A trio of academics from one of the nation’s premier business schools recently concluded that the exchanges are costing women age 55 to 64 more than any other demographic group relative to individual insurance policies purchased before the Affordable Care Act took effect.
Their total expected premiums and out-of-pocket HIX costs rose by 50% and ranged from $2,185 to $2,738 compared to before health care reform, according to Mark Pauly, Scott Harrington, and Adam Leive of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.
The researchers, whose findings were published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, also found that premiums for the second-lowest silver-level policy were 67% higher for women in this age group than they were pre-ACA."

Federal court invalidates some ObamaCare subsidies, separate ruling preserves them

Federal court invalidates some ObamaCare subsidies, separate ruling preserves them | Fox News:

"He added, “It will inevitably be placed on hold pending further proceedings; will probably be reheard by all of the 11-member active D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals members, who predictably will reverse it; and runs contrary to" the ruling from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

 The appeals process could eventually lead to the U.S. Supreme Court deciding on the legality of the subsidies, but Pollack, whose group supports the law, believes that won’t happen.

Of the 11 judges that could rehear the case, seven are Democrats and four are Republicans.

Halbig v. Burwell, which previously had been called Halbig v. Sebelius, is one of four federal lawsuits that have been filed aimed at targeting the idea of tax credits and other subsidies afforded under ObamaCare.

A total of $1 trillion in subsidies is projected to be doled out over the next decade."

VIDEO: Sarah Palin Pushes Back, Taunts Eric Holder in Speech

VIDEO: Sarah Palin Pushes Back, Taunts Eric Holder in Speech:
"It’s not hard to figure out how Sarah Palin feels about Attorney General Eric Holder. The outspoken proponent of Tea Party principles has blasted the Obama Administration as a whole for their continued pattern of lawlessness and has even recently begun a campaign to gather support for an impeachment effort for the 44th president who appears utterly resistant to the idea of enforcing the laws he is duty-bound to enforce."

Top 10 Sole Survivors Of A Plane Crash

Top 10 Sole Survivors Of A Plane Crash - Listverse
#6--Erika Delgado

Date of Crash: Jan 13, 1995
Aircraft type: DC-9
Operator : Intercontinental airlines
Crash Site: Maria La Baja, 500 miles north- west of Bogota
Passengers & Crew: 52
Fatalities: 51
Cause of Crash: Unknown

This airliner exploded in mid-air as the pilot, apparently, was attempting an emergency landing near a swamp, but hit a grassy field and exploded and then toppled into a lagoon. A farmer said he heard cries for help, and found a 9 year old girl, Erika Delgado, on a mound of seaweed, which had broken her fall. She was the only survivor. She was traveling with her parents and a younger brother, from Bogota to the Caribbean resort city of Cartagena. The rescuers said she told them her mother had shoved her out of the plane as it broke up and burst into flames. She was taken to hospital in shock, and with a broken arm. Erika later recalls someone approached and ignored her cries for help, but ripped a gold necklace from her neck and ran away. Witnesses say scavengers also looted the bodies of other passengers. Erika issued a plea for the return of the necklace, which she says was the only memento of her father.

It's all about money. And what money can do for the elected democrats.-------The Obama Dallas Immigration Visit – The Curious Case of Obama’s “Faith Leaders” and Obama’s “Faith-Based Groups”…

The Obama Dallas Immigration Visit – The Curious Case of Obama’s “Faith Leaders” and Obama’s “Faith-Based Groups”… | The Last Refuge:
"So that’s who President Obama calls “faith leaders“. 
But there’s a problem, none of them are religion based organizations.     
None of them have churches.  
None of them have congregations or parishioners’.
They are the heads of government funded non-profits.  
Remember ACORN?  
Same/Same.
They are taxpayer funded corporations who exist almost exclusively on government grants.  
Despite the words “Baptist” and “Catholic”, these are NOT religious “faith based” groups.  
The name Baptist and Catholic is only to give the appearance of “religion” and add a dose of “charity” to the appearances.

Back to the picture mentioned earlier and the aforementioned Mr. Kevin Dinnin.
We recently stumbled upon Mr. Kevin Dinnin when we were looking around for the primary recipients’ of HHS Grants and we came upon the 2012 tax filings of BCFS, or more accurately BCFS EMD where Kevin Dinnin is the principal officer and CEO. 
Paid at an annual salary of $477,799+
This one group alone makes ACORN seem small ball in comparison.
Two days before this meeting with President Obama, on 7/7/14 Mr. Dinnin was given a grant from Health and Human Services in the amount of $190,707,505.
Yes, that is over $190 million dollars just before he met with the President. 
In 2014 alone BCFS has received almost $270 million."

New american constitution--"Detroit Rules"-If enough people don't pay, make it free!--------Detroit stops water shutoffs for 15 days as residents sue

Detroit stops water shutoffs for 15 days as residents sue | Crain's Detroit Business:
"Detroit said it would suspend water service cutoffs of delinquent customers as residents sued, claiming the shutdowns to about 30,000 low-income households violated their constitutional rights.
 The bankrupt city is halting shutoffs for 15 days to give customers a chance to contact water department officials and arrange payment schedules for past-due balances, and to get financial help, Curtrise Garner, a department spokeswoman, said in a phone interview today.
 The lawsuit comes as the city prepares to release the results of a vote by creditors on a plan that would cut about $7.4 billion in unsecured debt.
The city filed a record municipal bankruptcy a year ago this month, saying it couldn’t meet financial obligations and still provide essential services.
 The water cutoffs are unfair in part because commercial customers who owe money haven’t been shut down, according to a complaint in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Detroit.
 “Water service to private residences is the most basic and essential utility service, and is necessary for the health and safety of the residents,” the residents said in the filing.
About 80,000 of 176,000 Detroit's residential accounts are past due, Garner said.
She denied claims that the city isn’t shutting off past-due commercial accounts."