Tuesday, July 28, 2015
History for July 28
History for July 28 - On-This-Day.com
Beatrix Potter 1866, Joe E. Brown 1891, Rudy Vallee 1901
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 1929, Darryl Hickman 1931, Sally Struthers 1948
1866 - The metric system was legalized by the U.S. Congress for the standardization of weights and measures throughout the United States.
1868 - The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was declared in effect. The amendment guaranteed due process of law.
1914 - World War I officially began when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
1945 - A U.S. Army bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York City's Empire State Building. 14 people were killed and 26 were injured.
1951 - The Walt Disney film "Alice in Wonderland" was released.
1973 - Lee Majors and Farrah Fawcett were married.
1982 - San Francisco, CA, became the first city in the U.S. to ban handguns.
1998 - Bell Atlantic and GTE announced $52 billion deal that created the second-largest phone company.
1998 - Monica Lewinsky received blanket immunity from prosecution to testify before a grand jury about her relationship with U.S. President Clinton.
2000 - Kathie Lee Gifford made her final appearance as co-host of the ABC talk show "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee."
Monday, July 27, 2015
Iranian Supreme Leader Tweets Warning Message to Obama and United States | TheBlaze.com
Iranian Supreme Leader Tweets Warning Message to Obama and United States | TheBlaze.com:"Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, tweeted a graphic Saturday morning that appears to depict President Barack Obama committing suicide by holding a gun to his head."
Coulter: Hillary 'Just Looks Like She's Lying'
Coulter: Hillary 'Just Looks Like She's Lying' - Breitbart:
"Ann Coulter, columnist and author of “Adios, America,” ripped into 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Saturday’s “Justice with Judge Jeanine” on Fox News Channel, saying Clinton “just looks like she’s lying.”
Coulter compared Clinton destroying the emails and just offering up copies of emails to destroying the original Constitution and just handing over a photocopy of it because it potentially covers up all of the original information of the document.
“But you have to keep all the originals,” Coulter said.
“It would be like destroying the original copy of the Constitution and ‘Here’s a photocopy I made.’
There’s a reason you have to keep the original because there’s all kinds of forensic information on the server: when it was sent, what it was replying to, did you change the time stamp.
It’s not a huge felony.
It’s a three-year felony.
The second part of it, anyone guilty of it can’t hold public office.”
Coulter then later added, “She’s just such an opportunist and she does have that awful voice, but even when she’s saying something that she’s believed for years and years years, she just looks like she’s lying.
Have you noticed that?
She’s just not a good candidate for them.”"
Coulter compared Clinton destroying the emails and just offering up copies of emails to destroying the original Constitution and just handing over a photocopy of it because it potentially covers up all of the original information of the document.
“But you have to keep all the originals,” Coulter said.
“It would be like destroying the original copy of the Constitution and ‘Here’s a photocopy I made.’
There’s a reason you have to keep the original because there’s all kinds of forensic information on the server: when it was sent, what it was replying to, did you change the time stamp.
It’s not a huge felony.
It’s a three-year felony.
The second part of it, anyone guilty of it can’t hold public office.”
Coulter then later added, “She’s just such an opportunist and she does have that awful voice, but even when she’s saying something that she’s believed for years and years years, she just looks like she’s lying.
Have you noticed that?
She’s just not a good candidate for them.”"
Mexican and Central American Illegal Immigrants Sue Texas for Birth Certificates
Mexican and Central American Illegal Immigrants Sue Texas for Birth Certificates:
"Citizens of Mexico and several Central American nations have filed suit, claiming entitlement to birth certificates for their children born in the United States.
They allege that the Texas denies them the certificates because they do not possess the required identification.
...They allege in their petition filed in U.S. District Court in Austin that the birth certificates are being denied because of their immigration status.
They argue that, “Such refusal is de facto based upon the immigrant status of the Plaintiff parents.”
In the lawsuit, the parents do not refer to themselves as “immigrants,” or “illegal immigrants.”
They refer to themselves in their legal capacity “as next friend.”...
"Citizens of Mexico and several Central American nations have filed suit, claiming entitlement to birth certificates for their children born in the United States.
...They allege in their petition filed in U.S. District Court in Austin that the birth certificates are being denied because of their immigration status.
They argue that, “Such refusal is de facto based upon the immigrant status of the Plaintiff parents.”
In the lawsuit, the parents do not refer to themselves as “immigrants,” or “illegal immigrants.”
They refer to themselves in their legal capacity “as next friend.”...
Obama: Guns a Greater Threat Than Terrorism
Obama: Guns a Greater Threat Than Terrorism:
"In the lead up to this statement, Obama mentioned “mass killings” with guns but did not mention mass killings or attempted mass killings in which those holding the guns were jihadists."
"In the lead up to this statement, Obama mentioned “mass killings” with guns but did not mention mass killings or attempted mass killings in which those holding the guns were jihadists."
Pandering to the ethanol, solar panel millionaires/billionaires before the Iowa caucus. With your kid's money----Hillary Clinton Pledges to Install 500 Million Solar Panels if Voted President
Hillary Clinton Pledges to Install 500 Million Solar Panels if Voted President | TIME:
“We are on the cusp of a new era”
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Sunday made tackling climate change one of her key goals were she to enter the White House, pledging to have more than half a billion solar panels installed nationwide by the end of her first term in office.
Clinton also called for a major increase in other renewable-energy sources, saying she wants every U.S. home to be powered by clean energy within a decade, reports Reuters.
“I want more wind, more solar, more advanced biofuels, more energy efficiency,” she said at a weekend rally in Iowa.
“And I’ve got to tell you, people who argue against this are just not paying attention.”
The two goals were unveiled in a video posted to Clinton’s campaign website Sunday, and are part of a comprehensive agenda on climate change that will be laid out over the next few months.
“We are on the cusp of a new era,” she said in the campaign video.
“We can have more choice in the energy we consume and produce.”
According to the former Secretary of State’s campaign, her climate-change agenda will increase output of solar energy by 700% by the end of the decade.
On Monday, the presidential candidate will explain her clean energy plan in more detail at a tour of an energy-efficient transit station in Des Moines, Iowa."
“We are on the cusp of a new era”
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Sunday made tackling climate change one of her key goals were she to enter the White House, pledging to have more than half a billion solar panels installed nationwide by the end of her first term in office.
Clinton also called for a major increase in other renewable-energy sources, saying she wants every U.S. home to be powered by clean energy within a decade, reports Reuters.
“And I’ve got to tell you, people who argue against this are just not paying attention.”
The two goals were unveiled in a video posted to Clinton’s campaign website Sunday, and are part of a comprehensive agenda on climate change that will be laid out over the next few months.
“We are on the cusp of a new era,” she said in the campaign video.
“We can have more choice in the energy we consume and produce.”
According to the former Secretary of State’s campaign, her climate-change agenda will increase output of solar energy by 700% by the end of the decade.
On Monday, the presidential candidate will explain her clean energy plan in more detail at a tour of an energy-efficient transit station in Des Moines, Iowa."
My Way News - Problems pile up for Greek boat-builders as taxes rises
My Way News - Problems pile up for Greek boat-builders as taxes rises:
"ATHENS, Greece (AP) — At its height eight years ago, George Kranitis' family-owned shipyard in Patra, Greece's third-largest city, employed some 35 people and sold around 340 boats annually.
But after years of biting recession, Kranitis has had to fire almost everyone at the 10,000 sq. foot (3,050 sq. meters) yard.
And if that wasn't enough, things just got a whole lot more taxing — literally.
In order to get its third financial bailout in five years, Greece's government has had to introduce a series of economic reforms and austerity measures — just to get discussions started.
One involves the extension of an annual luxury tax to all recreational boats over 16.4 feet (5 meters), so it's not just your average Catamaran that's a feature across countless harbours in the Aegean Sea.
Another has been increasing that tax to 13 percent from 10 percent.
The combination, according to Kranitis, could prove to be the final death knell for an industry that's already seen boat registrations shrink from a high of 11,112 in 2007 to just over 2,500 last year.
"We're being destroyed," said Kranitis who also heads the Greek Boat Builders' Association.
"I can't understand what these people in government are thinking.""
"ATHENS, Greece (AP) — At its height eight years ago, George Kranitis' family-owned shipyard in Patra, Greece's third-largest city, employed some 35 people and sold around 340 boats annually.
And if that wasn't enough, things just got a whole lot more taxing — literally.
In order to get its third financial bailout in five years, Greece's government has had to introduce a series of economic reforms and austerity measures — just to get discussions started.
One involves the extension of an annual luxury tax to all recreational boats over 16.4 feet (5 meters), so it's not just your average Catamaran that's a feature across countless harbours in the Aegean Sea.
Another has been increasing that tax to 13 percent from 10 percent.
The combination, according to Kranitis, could prove to be the final death knell for an industry that's already seen boat registrations shrink from a high of 11,112 in 2007 to just over 2,500 last year.
"We're being destroyed," said Kranitis who also heads the Greek Boat Builders' Association.
"I can't understand what these people in government are thinking.""
Hezbollah Chief Comments on Iran Nuclear Deal: U.S. Is Still ‘The Great Satan’ | TheBlaze.com
Hezbollah Chief Comments on Iran Nuclear Deal: U.S. Is Still ‘The Great Satan’ | TheBlaze.com:“The Iranians aren’t even trying to hide the fact that they will use the hundreds of billions that they will receive under this agreement in order to arm their terror machine, and they are clearly saying that they will continue their struggle against the U.S. and its allies, first among them being Israel, of course,” Netanyahu said.
“Today Iran is arming terrorist organizations with missiles — tomorrow they will have the ability to arm them and themselves with much deadlier weapons,” Netanyahu added."
India tightens security on Pakistan border after Punjab attack
India tightens security on Pakistan border after Punjab attack - The Times of India:
"NEW DELHI: India tightened security on the border with Pakistan on Monday after heavily armed men stormed a police station in the northern frontier state of Punjab, killing nine people and wounding several others.
Armed police were exchanging fire with the gunmen, who were holed up in the police station in Gurdaspur district near the border with Pakistan, officials said.
Counter-terrorism teams were on their way to the scene, the government said.
Gunshots could be heard on television as security forces in red turbans surrounded the building in the town of Dinanagar, about 20 km (12 miles) from the international border.
Police sources said the attackers had entered India from Pakistan a couple of days ago in the troubled state of Jammu and Kashmir, to the north. Jitendra Singh, a junior minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office, said he did not rule out Pakistan's involvement.
"There have been earlier also reports of Pakistan infiltration and cross-border mischief in this area," said Singh, whose constituency in the Jammu region borders Gurdaspur."
"NEW DELHI: India tightened security on the border with Pakistan on Monday after heavily armed men stormed a police station in the northern frontier state of Punjab, killing nine people and wounding several others.Armed police were exchanging fire with the gunmen, who were holed up in the police station in Gurdaspur district near the border with Pakistan, officials said.
Counter-terrorism teams were on their way to the scene, the government said.
Gunshots could be heard on television as security forces in red turbans surrounded the building in the town of Dinanagar, about 20 km (12 miles) from the international border.
Police sources said the attackers had entered India from Pakistan a couple of days ago in the troubled state of Jammu and Kashmir, to the north. Jitendra Singh, a junior minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office, said he did not rule out Pakistan's involvement.
"There have been earlier also reports of Pakistan infiltration and cross-border mischief in this area," said Singh, whose constituency in the Jammu region borders Gurdaspur."
The "connected" get richer. What could possibly go wrong?-----University gives $400 bike vouchers to those who pledge not to drive to school
University gives $400 bike vouchers to those who pledge not to drive to school - The College Fix:
"The University of Kentucky is trying to help the environment and ease its campus parking crunch by offering a $400 bike voucher to those who pledge not to drive to school for two years.
The program, launched this summer, allows students, faculty and staff who live off campus to register for a $400 bicycle voucher in lieu of the right to park their cars on campus.
Vouchers are available for up to 100 applicants, and those participating revoke their campus parking privileges for two years.
While the deadline to apply is the end of August, initial interest is strong, a campus official said.
“We have already seen an overwhelmingly positive response from the campus community,” UK Parking Services’ Chrissie Tune told The College Fix in an email.
“Since priority is given to individuals who have had a parking permit for the past year, the program will by its very nature reduce the volume of cars on campus by at least 100 motor vehicles.”
Tune said the program is funded by UK Parking and Transportation Services, rather than a grant from the federal government."
"The University of Kentucky is trying to help the environment and ease its campus parking crunch by offering a $400 bike voucher to those who pledge not to drive to school for two years.
The program, launched this summer, allows students, faculty and staff who live off campus to register for a $400 bicycle voucher in lieu of the right to park their cars on campus.
While the deadline to apply is the end of August, initial interest is strong, a campus official said.
“We have already seen an overwhelmingly positive response from the campus community,” UK Parking Services’ Chrissie Tune told The College Fix in an email.
“Since priority is given to individuals who have had a parking permit for the past year, the program will by its very nature reduce the volume of cars on campus by at least 100 motor vehicles.”
Tune said the program is funded by UK Parking and Transportation Services, rather than a grant from the federal government."
Electricity prices to increase for individuals, decrease for businesses at state's largest utilities
Electricity prices to increase for individuals, decrease for businesses at state's largest utilities | MLive.com:
"LANSING, MI -- Electricity prices at the state's two largest utilities will increase for individuals and decrease for commercial and industrial users under plans recently approved by the Michigan Public Service Commission.
The MPSC opened this case after the legislature passed a bill requiring energy companies and the commission to explore methods for allocating electricity transmission costs across customers "based on cost of service."
...Effective Dec. 1, Consumers Energy residential customers will see their bills rise by 3.2 percent. Primary industrial and commercial customers will pay 4.4 percent less and secondary commercial and industrial customers will pay 0.3 percent less.
..."To add more electricity to the grid becomes more and more expensive," said Wheeler.
So let's say you're running your dryer.
It's cheaper for Consumers if you run it at night and more expensive if you run it during the day.
But right now, you're charged the same amount no matter when you run it.
Under the optional program, which is slated to start in January of 2017, you could access different rates.
If you ran your dryer at night, it would cost you less than running it during the day.
"This would actually reward people financially if they participated in the program with different rates depending on the time of of day that it's used," Wheeler said."
"LANSING, MI -- Electricity prices at the state's two largest utilities will increase for individuals and decrease for commercial and industrial users under plans recently approved by the Michigan Public Service Commission.
...Effective Dec. 1, Consumers Energy residential customers will see their bills rise by 3.2 percent. Primary industrial and commercial customers will pay 4.4 percent less and secondary commercial and industrial customers will pay 0.3 percent less.
..."To add more electricity to the grid becomes more and more expensive," said Wheeler.
So let's say you're running your dryer.
It's cheaper for Consumers if you run it at night and more expensive if you run it during the day.
But right now, you're charged the same amount no matter when you run it.
Under the optional program, which is slated to start in January of 2017, you could access different rates.
If you ran your dryer at night, it would cost you less than running it during the day.
"This would actually reward people financially if they participated in the program with different rates depending on the time of of day that it's used," Wheeler said."
Adolf Hitler Said That Medical Research Was Critical Too | TheBlaze.com
Adolf Hitler Said That Medical Research Was Critical Too | TheBlaze.com:
"What went wrong in that once great nation?
The ovens were not built to kill Jews. They were built to eliminate that which was not useful.
Among the first to be designated as not useful were retarded children who were ripped from the arms of sobbing Nuns and carted off to the ovens.
C. Everett Koop and Francis Shaeffner addressed this in “Whatever Happened to the Human Race?”
“The first to be eliminated were the aged, the infirm, the senile and mentally retarded and defective children. Eventually as World War II approached the doomed undesirables included epileptics, World War I amputees, children with badly modeled ears and even bed wetters. Physicians took part in this planning on matters of life and death to save society’s money.”
"What went wrong in that once great nation?The ovens were not built to kill Jews. They were built to eliminate that which was not useful.
Among the first to be designated as not useful were retarded children who were ripped from the arms of sobbing Nuns and carted off to the ovens.
C. Everett Koop and Francis Shaeffner addressed this in “Whatever Happened to the Human Race?”
“The first to be eliminated were the aged, the infirm, the senile and mentally retarded and defective children. Eventually as World War II approached the doomed undesirables included epileptics, World War I amputees, children with badly modeled ears and even bed wetters. Physicians took part in this planning on matters of life and death to save society’s money.”
Doctors Hospital in Pontiac files for bankruptcy
Doctors Hospital in Pontiac files for bankruptcy - Crain's Detroit Business:
"After years of financial struggles, Doctors Hospital of Michigan in Pontiac has filed for bankruptcy protection under chapter 11, according to court filings.
...Officials for Doctors Hospital were unavailable for comment as of early Friday afternoon.
But the hospital continued to lose money. In 2013, the last year financial data was available, Doctors Hospital lost $11.9 million on net patient revenue of $63.8 million, according to Cost Report Data.
Over the past several years, Doctors Hospital tried to reduce operating expenses.
It closed its emergency department in October 2013 but in January 2014 expanded its urgent care center to 24 hours.
In April, some 40 of the estimated 300 employees were laid off.
Earlier this year, more than 170 hospital retirees were notified their life insurance coverage was terminated, effective Dec. 31."
...Officials for Doctors Hospital were unavailable for comment as of early Friday afternoon.
But the hospital continued to lose money. In 2013, the last year financial data was available, Doctors Hospital lost $11.9 million on net patient revenue of $63.8 million, according to Cost Report Data.
Over the past several years, Doctors Hospital tried to reduce operating expenses.
It closed its emergency department in October 2013 but in January 2014 expanded its urgent care center to 24 hours.
In April, some 40 of the estimated 300 employees were laid off.
Earlier this year, more than 170 hospital retirees were notified their life insurance coverage was terminated, effective Dec. 31."
History for July 27
History for July 27 - On-This-Day.com
Keenan Wynn 1916, Nick Reynolds (The Kingston Trio) 1933, Bobbie Gentry 1944 - Country singer
Peggy Fleming 1948, Maureen McGovern 1949 - Singer, Alex Rodriguez 1975 - Baseball player
1663 - The British Parliament passed a second Navigation Act, which required all goods bound for the colonies be sent in British ships from British ports.
1777 - The marquis of Lafayette arrived in New England to help the rebellious American colonists fight the British.
1789 - The Department of Foreign Affairs was established by the U.S. Congress. The agency was later known as the Department of State.
1804 - The 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. With the amendment Electors were directed to vote for a President and for a Vice-President rather than for two choices for President.
1866 - Cyrus Field successfully completed the Atlantic Cable. It was an underwater telegraph from North America to Europe.
1921 - Canadian biochemist Frederick Banting and associates announced the discovery of the hormone insulin.
1940 - Bugs Bunny made his official debut in the Warner Bros. animated cartoon "A Wild Hare."
1953 - The armistice agreement that ended the Korean War was signed at Panmunjon, Korea.
1967 - U.S. President Johnson appointed the Kerner Commission to assess the causes of the violence in the wake of urban rioting.
1995 - The Korean War Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, DC, by U.S. President Clinton and South Korean President Kim Young-sam.
Sunday, July 26, 2015
BOOM: Over 1,000,000 People "Shared" What Col. Allen West Just Said to Barack Obama
BOOM: Over 1,000,000 People "Shared" What Col. Allen West Just Said to Barack Obama:
"Calling Obama a “weakling” and a “charlatan,” West argued our republic deserves better than our president and his capitulation to the mullahs in Tehran.
“The United States of America is about victors. The United States of America is about champions,” West said. “The United States of America does not surrender to a bunch of black-robed, crazed clerics that want to see us destroyed.”
"Calling Obama a “weakling” and a “charlatan,” West argued our republic deserves better than our president and his capitulation to the mullahs in Tehran.
“The United States of America is about victors. The United States of America is about champions,” West said. “The United States of America does not surrender to a bunch of black-robed, crazed clerics that want to see us destroyed.”
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