History for March 10

History for March 10 - On-This-Day.com
Claire Booth Luce 1903,Chuck Norris 1940 - Actor ("Walker, Texas Ranger"), Dean Torrence 1940 - Singer (Jan & Dean) 


Sharon Stone 1958 - Actress, Shannon Miller 1977 - Olypic gold-medal gymnast, Carrie Underwood 1983 - Singer, winner of the fourth season of "American Idol", Carrie Underwood Merchandise 


0241 BC - The Roman fleet sank 50 Carthaginian ships in the Battle of Aegusa. 


0049 BC - Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon and invaded Italy. 


1629 - England's King Charles I dissolved Parliament and did not call it back for 11 years. 


1776 - "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine was published. 


1848 - The U.S. Senate ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the war with Mexico. 


1849 - Abraham Lincoln applied for a patent for a device to lift vessels over shoals by means of inflated cylinders. 


1864 - Ulysses S. Grant became commander of the Union armies in the U.S. Civil War. 


1876 - Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful call with the telephone. He spoke the words "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you." 


1893 - New Mexico State University canceled its first graduation ceremony because the only graduate was robbed and killed the night before. 


1910 - Slavery was abolished in China. 


1927 - Prussia lifted its Nazi ban allowing Adolf Hitler to speak in public. 






1933 - Nevada became the first U.S. state to regulate drugs. 







1949 - Nazi wartime broadcaster Mildred E. Gillars, also known as "Axis Sally," was convicted in Washington, DC. Gillars was convicted of treason and served 12 years in prison.

Republicans send letter to Iran amid nuke talks teaching them about ‘two features of our Constitution’ | TheBlaze.com

Republicans send letter to Iran amid nuke talks teaching them about ‘two features of our Constitution’ | TheBlaze.com:

"Almost half of the Senate, and nearly every Republican, warned Iran on Monday that it’s the role of Congress to approve international treaties, and that any agreement that fails to come before Congress would be treated as a short-term agreement with the Obama administration that could be quickly overturned.

“[W]e will consider any agreement regarding your nuclear-weapons program that is not approved by the Congress as nothing more than an executive agreement between President Obama and Ayatollah Khamenei,” they wrote in an open letter to Iran. “The next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time.”

Giuliani Calls Obama ‘Extremely Reckless’ on Iran

Giuliani Calls Obama ‘Extremely Reckless’ on Iran | TheBlaze.com:
"Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Saturday that he believes President Barack Obama’s pushing of negotiations with Iran is “extremely reckless” and that anyone who believes Iran can be trusted with a nuclear capability is “stupid.”
Following his speech at a conference in Berlin organized by Iranian exiles, Giuliani told the Associated Press, “What he [Obama] is doing with Iran right now is extremely reckless and it’s going to create an Iranian-controlled northern Middle East.”

Democrats buying "votes" agian-----Obama Amnesty To Grant $1.7 Billion In Taxpayer Cash To Illegals

Obama Amnesty To Grant $1.7 Billion In Taxpayer Cash To Illegals | The Daily Caller:
"President Barack Obama’s November amnesty will give $1.7 billion in taxpayers’ cash to illegal immigrants, according to a congressional study.
The news emerged two days after top Republican leaders overcame GOP opposition to a 2015 budget bill that allows Obama to fund his unpopular amnesty for roughly 5 million illegals.
“The program could cost taxpayers $1.7 billion over 10 years, almost all of it in the first five years,” according to a report by the McClatchy Washington Bureau.
The rebates are allowed by the IRS’ interpretation of existing laws governing the Earned Income Tax Credit program, which was designed to subsidize low-wage employment in the United States.
...There’s little evidence that Democrats will end their prior support for sending taxpayers’ money to illegal immigrants.
...The Congressional Budget Office says the $1.7 billion payment to illegals will be offset by $20 billion in new taxes from legalized illegals.
However, that $20 billion in new taxes would be paid anyway if unemployed Americans were offered the jobs.
Also, a wide variety of other costly government aid programs — and the migrants’ relatively low level of productivity — could push the cost of Obama’s unilateral amnesty above $2 trillion during the net five decades,  according to data published by the Heritage Foundation."

Trey Gowdy Says Turned Over Hillary Emails Contain ‘Huge Gaps’ — and Include Zero From Day This ‘Iconic Picture’ Was Taken | Video | TheBlaze.com

Trey Gowdy Says Turned Over Hillary Emails Contain ‘Huge Gaps’ — and Include Zero From Day This ‘Iconic Picture’ Was Taken | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Gowdy said he’s also concerned that there were no emails from one specific day included in the trove of emails.

“There are gaps of months, and months, and months. And if you think to that iconic picture of her on a C-17 flying to Libya, she has sunglasses on and she has her handheld device in her hand — we have no emails from that day,” Gowdy told CBS anchor Bob Schieffer on “Face the Nation” Sunday morning.

“In fact, we have no emails from that trip,” he added. “So it strains credibility to believe that if you’re on your way to Libya to discuss Libyan policy, that there’s not a single document that’s been turned over to Congress. So there are huge gaps.”

80% of Firemen Are Fat and Out of Shape, Except When It Comes to Compensation

80% of Firemen Are Fat and Out of Shape, Except When It Comes to Compensation - Hit & Run : Reason.com:
You know the ideal of firemen as swoonsome, stoic hunks who keep us all safe from burning buildings, are gentle enough to rescue kittens from tall trees, and could easily step in to any of the male-stripper roles in Magic Mike 2.

Yeah, not so much. Via the Twitter feed of Omar Wasow comes this interestingNew York Times reality check on the morphology of firemen:

Four out of five firefighters nationwide are overweight or obese, and roughly half of all firefighters who die in the line of duty each year are killed by heart attacks.

It's worth pointing out that the often romanticized danger surrounding fire fighters is every bit as mythical as the idea that most of sport six-pack abs. 
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, neither fire fighters nor police officers are on the list of the deadliest professions in the U.S. 
That list is topped by loggers, commercial fishermen, aircraft pilots and flights engineers, roofers, and garbagemen. 
Nor are fire fighters in the top reaches of occupations with non-fatal injuries. 
More good news: The rate of injury among fire fighters is declining.

Yet it's the heightened sense of danger, risk, and sacrifice that is a major reason why public-sector fire fighters and police are able to extract relatively generous collective bargaining agreements with government negotiators and exemption from reforms of the same (recall that Gov. Scott Walker's showdown with Wisconsin public employees over benefits excluded police and fire fighters). 

In California, for instance, fire fighters can retire with full benefits at age 57 (recently increased by a few years, incidentally) and the average retirement pension for a 30 year vet is over $86,000.
One of the ways fire fighters negotiate better deals is by arguing that public safety workers have shortened lifespans—in effect, they are not simply sacrificing themselves on the job but by taking the job in the first place. 
Yet a 2010 study by CalPERS, which covers public-sector workers found that "the life expectancy of safety members is slightly higher than the life expectancy of miscellaneous members..."

John Kerry Wraps Up Latest Round of Nuclear Talks With Iran. A Few Days Later, Iran Unveils Brand-New Missiles. | TheBlaze.com

John Kerry Wraps Up Latest Round of Nuclear Talks With Iran. A Few Days Later, Iran Unveils Brand-New Missiles. | TheBlaze.com:

"Iran unveiled a new long-range missile Sunday, just days after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry wrapped up another round of negotiations with Iran’s foreign minister over its controversial nuclear program.

The announcement of the domestically-manufactured surface-to-surface missile, named Soumar, was made in a ceremony reported on by Iranian state news media.

Middle East watchers questioned the timing of the new missile’s announcement."

Democrats buying votes with your sovereignty------Gutierrez: In Chicago, We No Longer Cooperate With Immigration Authorities

Gutierrez: In Chicago, We No Longer Cooperate With Immigration Authorities | CNS News:
"Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) says Chicago is the friendliest immigrant city in the nation since they,  “made sure that we no longer cooperate with immigration authorities when it comes to the deportation or separation of our families.”
Gutierrez made the comments while speaking to the City Club of Chicago last week.
“On immigration, I want to let everybody know, the city of Chicago is the friendliest immigrant city in the nation and Rahm Emmanuel had a lot to do with that,” Gutierrez said.
“He made sure that we no longer cooperate with immigration authorities when it comes to the deportation and separation of our families by using city structures.
... “Only in the city of Chicago can you graduate from high school with a ‘B’ average and be guaranteed that you are going to be able to go on to your next two years of college for free – only in Chicago - even if you’re undocumented.”"

Study: No Shortage Of Obamacare Alternatives | The Daily Caller

Study: No Shortage Of Obamacare Alternatives | The Daily Caller:

"As the Supreme Court considers whether to restrict Obamacare subsidies, a new report seeks to refute the false perception that conservatives have not offered any credible alternatives.

The Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments Wednesday in the case of King v. Burwell, which hinges on a provision of Obamacare stipulating that only plans purchased through state-based exchanges are eligible for subsidies. President Obama and his supporters contend that the restriction is a simple linguistic oversight, but lawmakers who participated in the law’s creation said it was very much intentional."

The Global Warming Hoax Explained for Dummies

Chicago has more retired police and firefighters than working

Chicago has more retired police and firefighters than working – WP Original | WirePoints Illinois Financial News:
"Among the many reasons Chicago’s police and fire pensions are grossly underfunded are inadequate long-term planning, legislated benefit increases, pension holidays and overall kicking-the-can-down-the-road.
Another factor working against Chicago is the imbalance between active and retired public safety officers.
The New York City police pension received some unwelcome attention recently because the number of retirees it supports exceeds the number of active police on the streets.
Little known fact: Chicago has the same upside-down relationship between its active and retired public safety departments.
Policemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund reports for 2013 show participants in the pension plan include 12,161 active police versus 13,159 police retirees/survivors.
 In addition, a large portion of the active force is nearing or eligible for retirement, with 34% aged 45-54 and 25% having 20 or more years of service.
...The firefighters’ fund has just 24 cents for every dollar it owes pensioners; the policemen’s fund just 30 cents. 
Fixing them will be exceptionally difficult."
Ya think???

NATO's Not Enough! President Juncker Calls For Creation Of European Army To "React Credibly" To Russia

NATO's Not Enough! President Juncker Calls For Creation Of European Army To "React Credibly" To Russia | Zero Hedge:
No lessor official than European Commission President (and liar-when-it's-serious) Jean-Claude Juncker has called for the creation of an EU army... in order to show Russia "that [The EU is] serious about defending European values." Juncker explained an EU army would "help us fulfil Europe's responsibilities in the world," arguing that NATO was not enough since not all EU members are part of the alliance. As one stunned euro-skeptic exclaimed, "we have all seen the utter mess the EU has made of the economy, so how can we even think of trusting them with its defence."

The EU is divided on how to deal with an increasingly forthright Russia, but as The FT reports,

The president of the European Commission has called for the creation of an EU army in order to show Russia “that we are serious about defending European values”.

In an interview with German newspaper Die Welt, Jean-Claude Juncker, who leads the EU’s executive arm, said an EU army would let the continent “react credibly to threats to peace in a member state or a neighbour of the EU”...

Glaciers at the NYT: The Democrats’ War on Women and Blacks | Roger L. Simon

Glaciers at the NYT: The Democrats’ War on Women and Blacks | Roger L. Simon:

"When I grew up, I thought the Democratic Party was the great friend of minorities and women. The party wanted a world of equality, I thought. Most people I knew believed that too.

Sorry, I was an idiot.

Here’s our contemporary world as it actually exists: Ayaan Hirsi Ali — a woman who has had a clitoridectomy and has had literally hundreds of death threats, maybe thousands, risking her life daily fighting the horrible mistreatment of her sex under Islamic Sharia — has her honorary degree withheld by Brandeis University while Hillary Clinton — the putative Democratic Party nominee (still, I guess) for president — takes multimillion dollar donations from Saudi Arabia, where women aren’t even allowed to drive."

GOP Lawmaker Proposes 'ATF Elimination Act' - Breitbart

GOP Lawmaker Proposes 'ATF Elimination Act' - Breitbart:

"Sensenbrenner’s bill is titled the ATF Elimination Act.

According to The Hill, Sensenbrenner says the ATF as a “scandal-ridden” agency “that lacks a clear mission.” He describes it as a “largely duplicative agency” and suggests the agency’s role on “guns, explosives, and violent crime” could be carried out the FBI. He believes the agency’s work on alcohol and tobacco could be transferred to the DEA."

Transit authority returns misspent terrorism funds, gets DHS security award

Transit authority returns misspent terrorism funds, gets DHS security award - Watchdog.org: "TALLAHASSEE, Fla.
File this one under: Are you flipping kidding me?
Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority
GOLD STANDARD:
After facing criminal charges for misusing federal terrorism funds, the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority was given a Gold Standard award by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Only months after the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority was the subject of a federal investigation involving the misuse of U.S. Department of Homeland Security terrorism funds, the Tampa Bay-area transit agency is being honored by DHS for “outstanding security.”
...The celebration and glowing media statements might leave the impression that in August, the PSTA didn’t in fact “volunteer” to return hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to DHS for effectively using federal terrorism funds to persuade Pinellas County voters into supporting a ballot question that would lead to the highest sales tax rate in Florida. 
But it did.
After repeatedly denying any wrongdoing, PSTA returned $354,000 it improperly spent on promoting a failed multibillion-dollar public transit expansion, called Greenlight Pinellas.
If passed, it would have dramatically increased PSTA’s budget.
...“This is the highest achievement a transit agency can receive through the (TSA) program,” he said...

History for March 9

History for March 9 - On-This-Day.com:
Amerigo Vespucci 1454, Mickey Spillane 1918 - Author, Yuri Gagarin 1934 


Mark Lindsay 1942 - Singer (Paul Revere & the Raiders), Bobby Fischer 1943 - Chess player, Linda Fiorentino 1960 - Actress 


1796 - Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine de Beauharnais were married. They were divorced in 1809. 


1822 - Charles M. Graham received the first patent for artificial teeth. 


1832 - Abraham Lincoln announced that he would run for a political office for the first time. He was unsuccessful in his run for a seat in the Illinois state legislature. 


1862 - During the U.S. Civil War, the ironclads Monitor and Virginia fought to a draw in a five-hour battle at Hampton Roads, Virginia. 


1897 - A patent was issued to William Spinks and William Hoskins for cue chalk. 


1959 - Mattel introduced Barbie at the annual Toy Fair in New York. 


1964 - Production began on the first Ford Mustang. 


1975 - Work began on the Alaskan oil pipeline. 


1977 - About a dozen armed Hanafi Muslims invaded three buildings in Washington, DC. They killed one person and took more than 130 hostages. The siege ended two days later. 


1983 - The official Soviet news agency TASS says that U.S. President Reagan is full of "bellicose lunatic anti-communism." 

University of California Irvine Student Gov’t Bans American Flag From ‘Inclusive’ Campus Space | TheBlaze.com

University of California Irvine Student Gov’t Bans American Flag From ‘Inclusive’ Campus Space | TheBlaze.com:

“Whereas the American flag is commonly flown in government public service locations, military related entities, at homes, in foreign lands where the US government has a presence,” it argues, adding that the “American flag has been flown in instances of colonialism and imperialism.”

The bill further argues that the U.S. flag can convey “American exceptionalism and superiority.”

MUST READ!!!----Kalamazoo College students rally over concerns about racism, push for intercultural center

Kalamazoo College students rally over concerns about racism, push for intercultural center | MLive.com:
"KALAMAZOO, MI -- The Kalamazoo College Board of Trustees and administrators on Saturday heard from about 100 students who expressed concerns about marginalization, racism and safety at the college and made a case for creation of an intercultural center on campus.
"I keep getting texts from my parents saying 'You can come home whenever you want,'" K-College senior Valerie Alagon said emotionally, as she spoke in an auditorium on the campus of the private, liberal arts college. "But this is my fight."
"I can't leave these students," she added, looking at the college's faculty, administration and Board of Trustees.
"It's not just about physical safety, but being supported and listened to."
Nearly 100 K-College students marched through the Weimer Hicks Student Center auditorium Saturday morning to share their personal experiences with trustees and college administrators, including the president.
The rally came a few days after what K-College officials called a "racist, anti-Semitic, sexist and homophobic" entry was posted online on the Student Commission Google Doc.
The entry also included a direct threat: 
"At 900AM 3/5/15 I am going to start systematically executing faculty at Kalamazoo U, that will teach them the value of campus carry."

...There they pleaded, shouted and cried out for the creation of an intercultural center to be built during the 2015-16 school year. 
The students also pushed for increased transparency from the college regarding intercultural and diversity research and planning, as well as anti-racism training for all faculty, staff administrators, and student leaders.
The intercultural center, said student Willina Cain, would be a place where anyone could gather and be protected from harassment.
"It's hard, you know, just going to the cafeteria, eating and hearing racist people be ignorant," Cain said.
"With an intercultural center, I wouldn't have to hear racist people mock Mike Brown the day after (his death)."
"I'd just be eating in the center, you know."
..."I think our students are forced to handle race experiences on campus on their own," Brock said. "That's unfair and ... harmful to the (students') psyche."
..."I think K-College has diversified over the years, but physical diversity is not enough, given the fact that institutionalized racism exists," Brock said....

OK, it was yesterday-----ON THIS DAY IN 1965 – Angry Democrats with Billy Clubs & Dogs Attacked Selma Civil Rights Marchers

ON THIS DAY IN 1965 – Angry Democrats with Billy Clubs & Dogs Attacked Selma Civil Rights Marchers | The Gateway Pundit:
Grand Old Partisan reported:

On this day in 1965, state police under the command of the Democrat Governor, George Wallace, attacked African-Americans who were demonstrating for voting rights in Selma, Alabama. The rampaging Democrats used billy clubs and tear gas and dogs in their “Bloody Sunday” assault.

A Republican-appointed federal judge, Frank Johnson, soon ruled in favor of the demonstrators, enabling them to complete their march two weeks later.

These incidents are described on pages 202-03 of Back to Basics for the Republican Party, a history of GOP civil rights achievement.

Our Next War Is EXACTLY What ISIS Wants

Our Next War Is EXACTLY What ISIS Wants:

"The Islamic State differs from nearly every other current jihadist movement in believing that it is written into God’s script; it is this belief which most boldly separates it from its predecessors, and demonstrates the religious nature of its mission. Everything it demands of its adherents is dictated by the most conservative teachings of the Qur’an and its motivations emanate from its belief that it will play an integral role in The Apocalypse, as dictated by the prophecies.

ISIS follows the dictates of the prophecies like a rule book, all leading to the End Days.  They have now completed Step 1, setting up the caliphate (or territory led by a caliph), and are working on Step 2: mass executions of Muslim ‘apostates,’ who do not adhere to their medieval interpretation of the Qur’an."

You leave. Pay no taxes for decades. Now you want "your" land back?!!!----Immigrants in U.S. get help preserving land rights in Mexico

Immigrants in U.S. get help preserving land rights in Mexico - LA Times: "
It's been 25 years since Maria Gonzales left her family's four-acre farm in Mexico to make a life in the United States.
Even as she worked and raised a family in Los Angeles, she dreamed of one day returning to that small plot of land in Jalisco where her father planted corn and wildflowers grew.
Local officials told relatives that her family no longer had a claim to it.
Gonzales, 56, who is living in the U.S. without permission, didn't want to risk going back to Mexico to resolve the dispute herself.
"They're taking advantage because we can't be there," said her husband, Ezequiel Becerril, 56, who is also in the country illegally.
Last week, Gonzales took the first step to reclaim the land with the help of a Mexican government program that assists immigrants in the U.S. who are having problems with their property back home.
Large numbers of Mexicans have land rights because of a series of agrarian reforms enacted after the Mexican Revolution, when many peasants were granted privileges to farm parcels of communal land known as ejidos.
Local governing bodies enforce strict codes that dictate how the parcels can be used and transferred. If people don't pay dues to the body or leave the land fallow, they can be stripped of their rights.
Read on.
This is insane!

Hallelujah! – Unemployment Plunges Due to 354,000 Americans Leaving the Workforce

Hallelujah! – Unemployment Plunges Due to 354,000 Americans Leaving the Workforce | The Daily Sheeple:
"... almost too funny to read.
The Bureau of Lies & Scams (BLS) just issued their seasonally adjusted, excel spreadsheet enhanced, monthly propaganda data for February.
They have the balls to report that an economy that is hemorrhaging energy jobs, seeing retailers close stores by the hundreds, has seen manufacturing new orders decline for six straight months, has corporate profits falling, has real median household income sitting at 1989 levels and has seen 80% of all economic reports miss to the downside is creating 295,000 new jobs in the middle of the coldest, snowiest February in years.
The BLS uses classic government logic.
When in doubt, lie.
Read on:

Three gay Thai men tie the knot in 'fairytale ceremony'

Three gay Thai men tie the knot in 'fairytale ceremony' | Daily Mail Online
They look like a new boy band... but it's the world's first THREE-WAY same-sex marriage: Gay Thai men tie the knot in 'fairytale ceremony'

• Three men have tied the knot in world's first three-way same-sex marriage
• Gay Thai men Joke, Bell and Art took the plunge on Valentine's Day
• The trio wed under Buddhist law due to Thailand's marriage restrictions
• Bell said: 'We believe many people do understand and accept our choice'

Just Guess How President Obama Says He Heard About Hillary Clinton’s Private Email Account | Video | TheBlaze.com

Just Guess How President Obama Says He Heard About Hillary Clinton’s Private Email Account | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"President Barack Obama said it was through news reports that he first learned that Hillary Rodham Clinton used a private, nongovernment email account while serving as his secretary of state."