History for September 12

History for September 12 - On-This-Day.com
H.L. Mencken 1880,  Tony Bettenhausen 1916 


 Ian Holm 1931, Maria Muldaur 1943, Barry White 1944 


1916 - Adelina and August Van Buren finished the first successful transcontinental motorcycle tour to be attempted by two women. They started in New York City on July 5, 1916. 


1922 - The Episcopal Church removed the word "Obey" from the bride's section of wedding vows. 


1938 - In a speech, Adolf Hitler demanded self-determination for the Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia. 


1943 - During World War II, Benito Mussolini was taken by German paratroopers from the Italian government that was holding him. 


1954 - "Lassie" made its television debut on CBS. The last show aired on September 12, 1971. 


1963 - The last episode of "Leave it to Beaver" was aired. The show had debuted on October 4, 1957. 


1974 - Violence occurred on the opening day of classes in Boston, MA, due opposition to court-ordered school "busing." 


1983 - Arnold Schwarzenegger became a U.S. citizen. He had emigrated from Austria 14 years earlier. 


1991 - The space shuttle Discovery took off on a mission to deploy an observatory that was to study the Earth's ozone layer. 


1992 - Dr. Mae Carol Jemison became the first African-American woman in space. She was the payload specialist aboard the space shuttle Endeavor. Also onboard were Mission Specialist N. Jan Davis and Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Mark C. Lee. They were the first married couple to fly together in space. And, Mamoru Mohri became the first Japanese person to fly into space. 

John McCain Battles With Jay Carney in Ultra Tense Debate Following Obama Speech: ‘Facts Are Stubborn Things’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

John McCain Battles With Jay Carney in Ultra Tense Debate Following Obama Speech: ‘Facts Are Stubborn Things’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:
“Come on, Jay, we knew all about them then,” McCain quipped. “You just didn’t choose to know. I was there in Syria.”
“We we knew about them. Come on, you guys were the ones — it’s your boss was the one when the entire national security team wanted to arm and train them that he turned them down, Mr. Carney,” he continued."

Army Officer Turned Away by Security at Entrance of Daughter’s High School — Want to Guess Why? | Video | TheBlaze.com

Army Officer Turned Away by Security at Entrance of Daughter’s High School — Want to Guess Why? | Video | TheBlaze.com:
“The security guard told him that men and women in uniform weren’t allowed because it may offend another student,” Baker’s wife Rachel Ferhadson told WJBK-TV in Detroit."

SO NOW IT’S THE 13TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

SO NOW IT’S THE 13TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11. Back then, InstaPundit was shiny and new new. Now it’s not, and some people have been warning of “blogger burnout.” But I’m still here. On prior 9/11 anniversaries, I’ve given shooting lessons to a Marine, I’ve taken the day off from blogging, and I’ve even gone to a Tea Party with Andrew Breitbart.

This year, as in most past years, it’ll be blogging as usual. And here’s a link to my original 9/11 coverage — just scroll on up. At this late date, I don’t have much new to say on 9/11. But these predictions held up pretty well. Which is too bad.

The picture above is by my cousin-in-law Brad Rubenstein, taken from his apartment that day. You might also want to readthis piece by James Lileks.

And here’s a passage from Lee Harris’s Civilization And Its Enemies.

Forgetfulness occurs when those who have been long inured to civilized order can no longer remember a time in which they had to wonder whether their crops would grow to maturity without being stolen or their children sold into slavery by a victorious foe.
…
They forget that in time of danger, in the face of the Enemy, they must trust and confide in each other, or perish.

They forget, in short, that there has ever been a category of human experience called the Enemy. And that, before 9/11, was what had happened to us. The very concept of the Enemy had been banished from our moral and political vocabulary. An enemy was just a friend we hadn’t done enough for — yet. Or perhaps there had been a misunderstanding, or an oversight on our part — something that we could correct. And this means that that our first task is that we must try to grasp what the concept of the Enemy really means.

The Enemy is someone who is willing to die in order to kill you. And while it is true that the Enemy always hates us for a reason — it is his reason, and not ours.

I’ve mentioned it before, but it bears repeating today.

Now, of course, with the Syria debacle last year, leading into this year’s Iraq rerun, it seems like we’ve gone from tragedy to farce and back to tragedy. Are you feeling the hope and change? I’m not.

God bless America. We need it.

"Wonder drug" gotta few glitches------Teens who Smoke Cannabis Daily 'Seven Times More Likely to Commit Suicide'

Teens who Smoke Cannabis Daily 'Seven Times More Likely to Commit Suicide':
"Teenagers who start smoking cannabis daily before the age of 17 are seven times more likely to commit suicide, a study has found.
According to the paper, published in the Lancet Psychiatry journal, youths who smoke marijuana on a daily basis are also 60% less likely to finish high school.
Researchers led by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at the University of New South Wales analysed results of three large, long-running studies from Australia and New Zealand involving nearly 3,800 people.
They examined the connections between the frequency of cannabis use before age 17 - ranging from never to daily - and seven developmental outcomes assessed up to age 30, including frequency of suicide attempts, high-school completion and attainment of university degree by age 25.
...The findings showed a link between a considerable use of cannabis and a high risk of suicide as well as poor educational outcomes.
Researchers also found that teenagers who use cannabis very often are at an eight times greater risk of using other illegal drugs in their twenties, and they can also develop an addiction to marijuana."

L.A. teachers demand 17.6% raise despite 68% graduation rate

L.A. teachers demand 17.6% raise despite 68% graduation rate - EAGnews.org:
"LOS ANGELES – Teachers in the nation’s second largest school system are angling for a massive pay raise based on assertions from union officials that the district can afford it.

But Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy contends the 17.6 percent raise proposed by United Teachers Los Angeles would bankrupt LA schools, and board members have offered a series of smaller raises, instead, the Los Angeles Daily News reports.
Deasy contends that even the smaller raises – 2 percent now and a 2 percent bonus later in the year, as well as another 2 percent in 10 months and 2.5 percent in 2016 – will put the district in a projected $100 million budget hole, according to the news site.

UTLA President Alex Caputo-Pearl told board members in a letter this week “It’s clear that the money is there to take care of these (union) bargaining proposals,” which include the 17.6 percent teacher raise, a reduction in class sizes – essentially hiring more educators – and discussions with district officials about teacher evaluations.
Currently, “the average weighted salary of elementary and secondary school teachers in 2013-14 came to $70,000, while benefits such as health care and pension brought the budget figure up to $96,176 per year on average,” according to budget figures cited by the Daily News."

Tic Tacs Outlawed in Schools Thanks to Michelle Obama

Tic Tacs Outlawed in Schools Thanks to Michelle Obama:
"What harm could there be in a tiny little breath mint, right? How many calories could it possibly have that would put it on the Michelle Obama hit list for removal from schools? If you thought that breath mint was innocent, think again. According to Michelle Obama’s healthy lunch and snacks standards, the Tic Tac doesn’t fit the bill and is thereby outlawed."

A day to be proud…

A day to be proud… | Power Line:

"Rescorla died a hero’s death saving his charges at Morgan Stanley in the south tower of the World Trade Center on 9/11.
Rescorla was head of security for the company; he directed the evacuation in which he had long drilled the company’s WTC employees.
Using a bullhorn, he shepherded his charges into the tower’s one usable fire escape and exhorted them that it was “a day to be proud to be an American.”
The book closes with the words of Hill, the man who remained Rescorla’s best friend until his death.

His haunting words pay tribute to Rescorla:
"One of my life’s biggest regrets is that I couldn’t have been with Rick at the moment of his great challenge and crisis of his life. 
Then again, maybe it was so destined, because if I didn’t survive, there would be nobody left to tell the story. 
Kipling wrote that “all men should count with you, but none too much.” 
I failed there. 
Rick counted as the world to me. 
 Somebody cautioned that if a person or thing means the world to you, and you lose that person or thing, then you have lost the world. 
I lost the world when Rick died."

American madrassas----Sixth Graders Asked To Compare Bush And Hitler For Homework

Sixth Graders Asked To Compare Bush And Hitler For Homework | The Daily Caller:
A sixth-grade teacher at a Washington, D.C. public school will apologize to students but otherwise is receiving no punishment whatsoever for sending students home with an assignment this week instructing them to use a Venn diagram to compare former President George W. Bush and Adolf Hitler.

The teacher is employed at McKinley Tech Middle School, a taxpayer-funded school in the Northeast quadrant of the nation’s capital, NBC Washington reports.

The Washington Times obtained a copy of the assignment, which innovatively melds together the Holocaust and the Iraq war.

“Now that we have read about two men of power who abused their power in various ways, we will compare and contrast them and their actions,” the directions explain. 

“Please refer to your texts, ‘Fighting Hitler — A Holocaust Story’ and ‘Bush: Iraq War Justified Despite No WMD’ to compare and contrast former President George W. Bush and Hitler. 

We will use this in class tomorrow for an activity!”

Why Did a Military-Style Helicopter Land in Downtown Dallas Tuesday Evening? | Video | TheBlaze.com

Why Did a Military-Style Helicopter Land in Downtown Dallas Tuesday Evening? | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"Questions about why a military-style helicopter landed briefly in downtown Dallas Tuesday remain unanswered. The flight occurred around 7 p.m. and was captured on camera by TheBlaze. The helicopter, which resembled a Blackhawk or an Apache, landed at a heliport atop a parking garage. It stayed for about three to five minutes before taking off again."

"Smart Diplomacy"-----ISIS Army Parades in 43 New Toyota Hilux Trucks – Donated By US Taxpayers

ISIS Army Parades in 43 New Toyota Hilux Trucks – Donated By US Taxpayers | The Gateway Pundit:
"....Since around that time ISIS has paraded around the Caliphate in their brand new Toyota Hilux trucks.
Paid for by US taxpayers.
The Hilux, a pickup truck Toyota has built since the late 1960s, isn’t available in the US, but it’s popular around the globe, including with insurgent groups such as the Taliban, al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, and now ISIS.
In April the US State Department resumed sending non-lethal aid to Syrian rebels recently and the delivery included 43 Toyota trucks.
Now ISIS is using the trucks."

Texas Sheriff’s Brutal Warning to the Islamic State Should Send a Chill Through Every Terrorist | Video | TheBlaze.com

Texas Sheriff’s Brutal Warning to the Islamic State Should Send a Chill Through Every Terrorist | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"Painter, who worked near the U.S. border for nearly a decade, told CNN that it would be “naive to say” the Islamic State is not in the United States. He criticized the federal government for not doing enough to keep the border secure and the country safe.
Further, he argued that President Barack Obama should respond quickly and harshly to Islamic State aggression. He called on the Obama administration to hit the terrorist group hard in Iraq and Syria."

10:29 AM

9/11: Anniversary Memorial 9-11-01

Rush Limbaugh Says Dick Cheney’s Reported Claim About Obama and the Muslim Brotherhood Is ‘Exactly Right’ | TheBlaze.com

Rush Limbaugh Says Dick Cheney’s Reported Claim About Obama and the Muslim Brotherhood Is ‘Exactly Right’ | TheBlaze.com:
"Rush Limbaugh on Wednesday said former Vice President Dick Cheney is “exactly right” when he says President Barack Obama’s policies only empowered the Muslim Brotherhood, giving radical Islamist groups an opportunity to gain power in the Middle East."

Rep. Darrell Issa Says He Caught the Justice Department Red-Handed Conspiring with House Dems on IRS Documents

Rep. Darrell Issa Says He Caught the Justice Department Red-Handed Conspiring with House Dems on IRS Documents | TheBlaze.com:
"House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) says the Obama administration’s Justice Department has been caught red-handed trying to orchestrate the leak of committee documents related to the ongoing IRS investigation, which would have allowed Justice to comment on the documents before Republicans made them public."

8:46 AM

The man who saw it coming.

Ignorance at Its Best By Tammy Derouin

LIBERTY REVIEW:
"....A picture of a man in Ferguson, MO is circulating online.
He is wearing a black T-shirt which bears an eerie resemblance to the ISIS flag.
His T-shirt states that he would rather be picked up by ISIS than the Ferguson Police Department. Now there’s ignorance at its best.  
This man was probably born in the U.S., which means he was born into freedom.  
He is free to live and believe as he wishes, provided it doesn’t harm anyone.
He lives in a country which acknowledges God given rights as stated in the Bill of Rights.
He has a Constitution, which was drafted to protect the liberties of the people, while keeping the government small and under control.
He also has a Declaration of Independence signed by those who were willing to die for their belief that man is allowed, not by a government but by nature’s law, to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.  
If the Obama regime has truly convinced this man he would be better off with ISIS, I would have no problem seeing his desire come true. 

September 11, 2001

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History for September 11

History for September 11 - On-This-Day.com


D.H. Lawrence 1885, Tom Landry 1924, Dennis Tufano (The Buckinghams) 1946 


Amy Madigan 1951, Virginia Madsen 1963, Harry Connick, Jr. 1967 


1609 - Explorer Henry Hudson sailed into New York harbor and discovered Manhattan Island and the Hudson River. 



1789 - Alexander Hamilton was appointed by U.S. President George Washington to be the first secretary of the treasury. 


1883 - The mail chute was patented by James Cutler. The new device was first used in the Elwood Building in Rochester, NY. 


1936 - Boulder Dam in Nevada was dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt by turning on the dam's first hydroelectric generator. The dam is now called Hoover Dam.


1952 - Dr. Charles Hufnagel successfully replaced a diseased aorta valve with an artificial valve made of plastic. 


1959 - The U.S. Congress passed a bill authorizing the creation of food stamps. 


1970 - The last "Get Smart" episode aired on CBS-TV. 


1974 - "Little House On The Prairie" made its television debut. 


1990 - U.S. President Bush vowed "Saddam Hussein will fail" while addressing Congress on the Persian Gulf crisis. In the speech Bush spoke of an objective of a new world order - "freer from the threat of terror, stronger in the pursuit of justice, and more secure in the quest for peace". 



1997 - Scotland voted to create its own Parliament after 290 years of union with England. 


1998 - Independent counsel Kenneth Starr sent a report to the U.S. Congress accusing President Clinton of 11 possible impeachable offenses. 


2001 - In the U.S., four airliners were hijacked and were intentionally crashed. Two airliners hit the World Trade Center, which collapsed shortly after, in New York City, NY. One airliner hit the Pentagon in Arlington, VA. Another airliner crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. About 3,000 people were killed. 




2012 - Terrorists attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Four Americans were brutally murdered and ten others were injured. 

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http://www.libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2014/09/ignorance-at-its-best-by-tammy-derouin.html

A picture of a man in Ferguson, MO is circulating online.  He is wearing a black T-shirtwhich bears an eerie resemblance to the ISIS flag.  His T-shirt states that he would rather be picked up by ISIS than the Ferguson Police Department.  Now there’s ignorance at its best.  This man was probably born in the U.S., which means he was born into freedom.  He is free to live and believe as he wishes, provided it doesn’t harm anyone.  He lives in a country which acknowledges Godgiven rights as stated in the Bill of Rights. He has a Constitution, which was drafted to protect the liberties of the

people, while keeping the government small and under control.  He also has a Declaration of Independence signed by those who were willing to die for their belief that man is allowed, not by a government but by nature’s law, to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.      

SCIENTISTS: 'EXTREME' SOLAR STORM HEADING TO EARTH

News from The Associated Press:
""There's been a giant magnetic explosion on the sun," Berger said. "Because it's pointed right at us, we'll at least catch some of the cloud" of highly energized and magnetized plasma that can disrupt Earth's magnetic sphere, which sometimes leads to temporary power grid problems.
Forecasters don't yet know when Wednesday's solar storm will arrive here and which part of the planet will be facing the sun and bear the brunt of the effects. It could arrive as early as Thursday morning or may take a few days.
Berger said scientists will have a better idea after they get more satellite data. 
The first part of the storm, which arrives in only a few minutes, has already affected radio transmissions.
It can also damage satellites.
The flare is considered "extreme" on forecasters' scale, but just barely so, Berger said"