History for January 3

History for January 3 - On-This-Day.com
Marcus Tullius Cicero 106 B.C., J.R.R. Tolkien 1892, Victor Borge 1909 


Stephen Stills 1945 - Musician (Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills and Nash), Mel Gibson 1956 - Actor ("Braveheart," "Lethal Weapon" movies), Danica McKellar 1975 - Actress ("The Wonder Years") 


1777 - The Battle of Princeton took place in the War of Independence, in which George Washington defeated the British forces, led by Cornwallis. 


1833 - Britain seized control of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. About 150 years later, Argentina seized the islands from the British, but Britain took them back after a 74-day war. 


1871 - Henry W. Bradley patented oleomargarine. 


1888 - The drinking straw was patented by Marvin C. Stone. 


1925 - In Italy, Mussolini announced that he would take dictatorial powers. 


1951 - NBC-TV debuted "Dragnet." 


1957 - The Hamilton Watch Company introduced the first electric watch. 


1990 - Ousted Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega surrendered to U.S. forces, 10 days after taking refuge in the Vatican's diplomatic mission. 

Chuck Norris Just Shocked America With This Claim About Obama ... It's Even Worse Than We Thought

Chuck Norris Just Shocked America With This Claim About Obama ... It's Even Worse Than We Thought:

"Frezza wrote in Forbes magazine “that precipitating an existential crisis in order to bring about radical change has been Obama’s underlying agenda all along. Suppose he is methodically executing the infamous Cloward-Piven strategy – which, if it is not succeeding in its objective of totally remaking America, you sure couldn’t tell by looking at the results.”

Norris concluded that this is what Obama actually meant when the president suggests that the time has come to “fundamentally transform” America (H/T WND)."

Nov. 1986-trump!!-----Faster And Cheaper, Trump Finishes N.y.c. Ice Rink

Faster And Cheaper, Trump Finishes N.y.c. Ice Rink - philly-archives:
"NEW YORK — Score one for the Trumpster.
Back in June, when the city's bungled, six-year effort to renovate the Wollman Ice-Skating Rink in Central Park was $12 million over budget with no end in sight, real-estate tycoon Donald Trump stepped forward.
Just give the project to me, he said, and I'll finish the rink by Christmas. 
This Christmas. 
And for free.
"I have total confidence that we will be able to do it," Trump said at the time.
"I am going on record as saying that I will not be embarrassed."
Yesterday morning, in a gala ceremony down in the sunken, tree-shrouded gulch just off Central Park South, Trump unveiled his completed rink - the ''largest man-made skating rink in the world," glistening with a mirror- perfect sheath of virgin ice.
He was two months ahead of schedule, and $750,000 under budget.
"This serves as an example of what New York, the wealthiest city in the world, can do in terms of saving money - if things are done right," an exuberant Trump said.
"If we could just plan and execute, it would be billions and billions of dollars that would be saved.""...

June 1986-Trump!-----WHO CAN FIX THE WOLLMAN RINK FASTER? CITY AND TRUMP AGREE IT'S TRUMP

WHO CAN FIX THE WOLLMAN RINK FASTER? CITY AND TRUMP AGREE IT'S TRUMP - NYTimes.com:
At this point in the long saga of the skating rink that no one could fix, city officials and the developer Donald J. Trump essentially agree on how to rebuild Central Park's Wollman Rink.
They also agree on how long the job will take, barring further disaster.
If the city does it, it will take 18 months. 
If Mr. Trump does it, it will take four months. 
Why?
The difference, said Alan M. Moss, the head of capital projects for the Parks and Recreation Department, is that the city must adhere to a long list of procedural safeguards - which have only become more prominent since the eruption of the municipal corruption scandal - and that it cannot offer contractors the incentives that Mr. Trump, as a private businessman, can.
Mr. Moss said he believed that ''by keeping a close watch on our schedule,'' the city could open the rink by November 1987.
But he saw no reason why Mr. Trump, who in a barbed letter to the Mayor last week offered to take over construction and operation of the rink, could not have it ready a year earlier.
Mr. Trump, not disputing that, makes some additional observations: ''I know how to build. I'm going to take the approach of leadership.
I'm going to get good contractors and push the hell out of them.
They've worked for me and they want to continue working for me.
They want to prove you can do things in this city.
''You can always get the job done through sheer force of will,'' he concluded.
Read on and consider what the establishment has told you about Trump

Obama Gives GOP Candidates This Warning...Accidentally Reveals Vile Reason He Ran For President

Obama Gives GOP Candidates This Warning...Accidentally Reveals Vile Reason He Ran For President:

"President Barack Obama, who recently made a “wilderness” appearance on the TV show “Running Wild with Bear Grylls,” has given what he apparently considers words of wisdom to those seeking to replace him as President of the United States. However, what Obama said has some calling him a hypocrite."

Houston: Man charged with setting Christmas Day mosque fire was DEVOUT MUSLIM regular attendee

Houston: Man charged with setting Christmas Day mosque fire was DEVOUT MUSLIM regular attendee | Pamela Geller:
For the past few days we have been clubbed like baby seals about the “hate crime” mosque fire in Texas.
Terror-tied groups howled like wolves, rubbing their hooves in glee that they could hang their false narrative of “anti-Muslim” hate crimes on the Houston mosque fire.
Not so fast, jihad Johnny.
As I predicted, the perp was …… a devout Muslim.
Houston: Man charged with setting mosque fire was devout Muslim regular attendee, By Robert Spencer, December 30, 2015 (thanks to David):
At the time the fire was set, it garnered much attention as a “hate crime”: “The Houston chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations called on authorities to investigate a possible bias motive in the case, citing what it called a ‘recent spike in hate incidents targeting mosques nationwide.’”
But it turns out to have been yet another fake hate crime.
Islamic supremacist groups such as the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) want and need hate crimes against Muslims, because they’re the currency they use to buy power and influence in our victimhood-oriented society, and to deflect attention away from jihad terror and onto Muslims as putative victims.
Hamas-linked CAIR, designated a terror organization by the United Arab Emirates, and other Muslims have on many occasions not hesitated to stoop even to fabricating “hate crimes,” including attacks on mosques.
Most notably, in February, a New Jersey Muslim was found guilty of murder that he tried to portray as an “Islamophobic” attack, and in 2014 in California, a Muslim was found guilty of killing his wife, after first blaming her murder on “Islamophobia.”

The Worst of MSNBC in 2015

The Worst of MSNBC in 2015 | Washington Free Beacon

Give MSNBC credit: The network’s higher-ups realized the channel was in drastic need of a change in 2015.
Five shows were canceled. 

Daytime programming was dramatically altered to focus on hard news instead of light-weight liberal commentary.
But true to its ultra-progressive nature, MSNBC still had another bizarre year, from Melissa Harris-Perry decrying the term “hard worker” because it demeaned slaves to a panelist suggesting Bobby Jindal was trying to appease conservatives and “scrub the brown off his skin.”...
There’s plenty more in the video above.
Thanks to MSNBC for another solid year of leaning forward."

Lunch video-----Trump Campaign Video - Trump Versus the Liberal Media

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Ted Cruz Appears on Fox News NYE Special to Usher in 2016 By Blasting Obama, Clinton in Scathing Monologue | Video | TheBlaze.com

Ted Cruz Appears on Fox News NYE Special to Usher in 2016 By Blasting Obama, Clinton in Scathing Monologue | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz appeared on Fox News to usher in 2016 Thursday night — and he did so by slamming President Barack Obama and Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton.

“2016 is going to be an incredible year,” the Texas senator proclaimed. “2016 is going to be the last year of the Obama presidency. 2016 is going to be the last year before Hillary retires permanently to Chappaqua.”

Union Posts Names of Non-Members, Urges Shunning

Union Posts Names of Non-Members, Urges Shunning [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"Local 412 of the United Auto Workers has placed a spotlight on employees who have chosen to exercise their right to not support the union financially under Michigan’s right-to-work law.
In a recent newsletter, the local urges co-workers not to share “tools, knowledge or support” with individuals who chose not to pay union dues.
It then lists the names of the employees to be shunned.
“I hope there is one thing we can all take from this,” the newsletter reads.
“Please do not share any tools, knowledge or support for any of these employees who choose not to pay their fair share.”
Jeff Hagler, president of the UAW Local 412 Region 1, and Michael Hayes, vice president of the union, did not respond to an email seeking comment.
In response to the right-to-work law, unions in many workplaces have resorted to publicly posting the names of employees who choose not to become members.
Local 412 appears to be the first to urge employees in a unionized workplace to shun their fellow workers who have opted out.
The union local has actually gone one step further. In the same newsletter, it states that if individuals who choose not to belong to the union change their minds later, they will have to pay all union dues levied during the time they have been employed without paying, as an “initiation fee.”
Moreover, they would only be allowed to make this election in the month of March or August.
“Is the UAW really advising its members to not give advice or share tools with a co-worker that could prevent an accident or make a job less dangerous?” asked F. Vincent Vernuccio, the director of labor policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
“If the UAW is willing to sacrifice safety for their own profit then workers may need to do more than just opt out, they may need a new union.”"

18 spectacularly wrong apocalyptic predictions made around the time of the first Earth Day in 1970, expect more this year

18 spectacularly wrong apocalyptic predictions made around the time of the first Earth Day in 1970, expect more this year - AEI | Carpe Diem Blog » AEIdeas
"In the May 2000 issue of Reason Magazine, award-winning science correspondent Ronald Bailey wrote an excellent article titled “Earth Day, Then and Now” to provide some historical perspective on the 30th anniversary of Earth Day.
In that article, Bailey noted that around the time of the first Earth Day, and in the years following, there was a “torrent of apocalyptic predictions” and many of those predictions were featured in his Reason article.
Well, it’s now the 45th anniversary of Earth Day, and a good time to ask the question again that Bailey asked 15 years ago:
How accurate were the predictions made around the time of the first Earth Day in 1970?
The answer:
“The prophets of doom were not simply wrong, but spectacularly wrong,” according to Bailey. Here are 18 examples of the spectacularly wrong predictions made around 1970 when the “green holy day” (aka Earth Day) started:
1. Harvard biologist George Wald estimated that “civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind.”
Read 'em all!

Is Iran Sitting On An Ocean of $1-Per-Barrel Oil?

Is Iran Sitting On An Ocean of $1-Per-Barrel Oil? | The Daily Caller:
Anatole Kaletsky, the man who predicted that oil would fall to $20 a barrel last year, now says that Iran could produce oil for as little as $1 per barrel.

Kaletsky’s prediction is raising eyebrows in energy circles, and for good reason: if Iran is able to produce oil at such a low rate, it would prove detrimental to major oil producers like Saudi Arabia and Russia who are already suffering from remarkably cheap oil prices. 
Saudi Arabia spends anywhere between $10 to $20 per barrel in its oil production, meaning Iran could severely undercut the market thus endangering Saudi Arabia’s position in OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries).

“Iran, for example, claims to produce oil for only $1 a barrel. 
Its readily accessible reserves — second only in the Middle East to Saudi Arabia’s — will be rapidly developed once international economic sanctions are lifted,” writes Kaletsky in a column for The Guardian.

Kaletsky cites a release from the National Iranian Oil Company website which quotes Iranian Central Oil Fields Company President Salbali Karimi as saying: “with the implementation of the existing plans, we expect oil and gas production costs to reach a minimum.” 
The piece notes that the central oil fields in Iran can produce oil at “$1-$1.50 a barrel.”..

Thirty-Five Asylum-Seekers In Sweden Demand New Housing Because They Believe Their Refugee Facility Is ‘Haunted’ | TheBlaze.com

Thirty-Five Asylum-Seekers In Sweden Demand New Housing Because They Believe Their Refugee Facility Is ‘Haunted’ | TheBlaze.com:

"Thirty-five asylum-seekers in Sweden have requested alternative accommodations because they believe the housing facility they were placed in is haunted, officials told the Associated Press.

The asylum-seekers began to believe that the facility is haunted by ghosts after being “spooked by flickering lights and noise in the plumbing system at the facility,” according to the AP."

Grab a cup of joe. Relax. And read this.....A Strange Tale of Fruitcakes and the Collin Street Bakery

A Strange Tale of Fruitcakes and the Collin Street Bakery
Sandy Jenkins was a shy, daydreaming accountant at the Collin Street Bakery, the world’s most famous fruitcake company. 
He was tired of feeling invisible, 
So he started stealing—and got a little carried away.
On most days, around 6:30, Sandy Jenkins would wake up without an alarm and linger for just a few minutes in silence.
This was one of the best parts of his day, a time when life seemed full of possibility.
He didn’t sketch out plans or set goals.
Preparation wasn’t his strong suit.
In those quiet moments, he would lie there and fantasize.
He imagined a life filled with travel and prestigious pursuits, scenes set to soaring arias or violins. Maybe he’d be stepping off a private plane, squinting into the distance at a mountain range; maybe he’d be strutting down a street in some exotic locale while people smiled deferentially.
He’d play those fantasies in his head until, at 6:35, he placed them on pause, for later.
One morning in December 2004, he slid his legs out of bed, petted his miniature dachshund, Maggie, and stumbled downstairs to make coffee; he preferred it strong and black and poured into a fine china cup...
...On most days, in the late morning, Sandy would kill time by glancing at the food coverage in the Dallas Morning News.
But that day, in December 2004, wasn’t like other days. 
Just before lunch, as he sat with the computerized checkbook program open in front of him, he began to daydream again.
What if there were a quicker way to afford that Lexus?
He stared at his computer screen, at the blank spaces on the checks.
Didn’t he deserve better?

History for January 2

History for January 2 - On-This-Day.com
Isaac Asimov 1920, Roger Miller 1936, Jim Bakker 1939 


Cuba Gooding, Jr. 1968, Christy Turlington 1969, Kate Bosworth 1973 


1872 - Brigham Young, the 71-year-old leader of the Mormon Church, was arrested on a charge of bigamy. He had 25 wives. 


1892 - Ellis Island opened as America's first federal immigration center. Annie Moore, at age 15, became the first person to pass through. 


1900 - U.S. Secretary of State John Hay announced the Open Door Policy to prompt trade with China. 


1935 - Bruno Richard Hauptmann went on trial for the kidnap-murder of Charles Lindberghs baby. Hauptmann was found guilt and executed. 


1953 - "The Life of Riley" debuted on NBC-TV. 


1960 - U.S. Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. 


1965 - "Broadway" Joe Namath signed the richest rookie contract ($400,000) in the history of pro football. 


1974 - U.S. President Richard M. Nixon signed a bill requiring all states to lower the maximum speed limit to 55 MPH. The law was intended to conserve gasoline supplies during an embargo imposed by Arab oil-producing countries. Federal speed limits were abolished in 1995. 

BREAKING: It's Happening... Obama Admin. Reveals Sweeping New Restriction to Firearm Sales

BREAKING: It's Happening... Obama Admin. Reveals Sweeping New Restriction to Firearm Sales:

"The issue here isn’t whether or not the government should be expanding background checks — although that in itself is debatable — it’s how President Obama is going about doing it.

Once again he will reportedly call upon his executive authority to override Congress and the very system of government this country is based upon to do what he thinks is the right thing.

It’s long past time that this president stop dictating what he wants this country to look like and start acting as if the law applies equally to all people — including him."

What You Read Last Year: Our Top Stories of 2015

What You Read Last Year: Our Top Stories of 2015 [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
Stories about hating political opponents, EPA overregulation, union bullying, and right-to-work income gains were among our top stories of the year.
Michigan Capitol Confidential had its best year yet, and here are the 15 most popular stories with readers in 2015.

• U-M Department Chair: ‘It’s Okay to Hate Republicans’

Professor Susan J. Douglas, the chair of the University of Michigan’s Department of Communication Studies, wrote an article that opened with “I hate Republicans.” The professor, who earns $178,786 from the public university, also had a photo of three GOP U.S. senators with the caption, “It’s okay to despise these men.” A university spokesman said they see this as a free-speech issue, but Douglas later apologized.

• Here Are the Highest Paying School Districts in Michigan

The average teacher sFour districts had teachers earning more than $80,000 per year in 2015: Redford Union ($86,675), Warren ($83,055), Walled Lake ($81,962) and Farmington ($80,264)
alary varies across Michigan, but is still almost totally based on an educator’s seniority and degree-level.
Yup. There's more. A lot more! Read on!

Houston Muslim Charged With Lighting His Own Mosque On Fire - Breitbart

Houston Muslim Charged With Lighting His Own Mosque On Fire - Breitbart:

"Now that a devout Muslim has been charged, the DC Media will forget all about the incident.

The media’s playbook is always to immediately use any disaster or crime as a means to make the GOP answer for it. Then, once the facts come out and point to a member of the Protected Class, the story is memory-holed and the accusation against the Republican lingers."

Texas Governor Strips State Grant Funding from Sanctuary City Sheriffs

Texas Governor Strips State Grant Funding from Sanctuary City Sheriffs:
"Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced a new plan to strip state grant funding from county sheriff’s with a Sanctuary City policy of not honoring ICE detainers. 
The move follows Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez’s order that criminal illegal aliens in her jail will be evaluated on a case by case basis to determine if ICE detainers will be enforced.
“I am establishing new standards for Sheriff’s Departments that seek grants from the Governor’s Criminal Justice Division (CJD),” Governor Abbott wrote in a statement obtained by Breitbart Texas.
“Beginning now, all CJD grant awards will require that Sheriff’s Departments fully honor ICE’s detention requests for criminal immigrants.
Any applicant that cannot certify that their office will honor all ICE detainers for criminal immigrants will be ineligible for CJD funding. 
Further, any applicant that certifies full compliance with ICE detainer requests—but subsequently fails to honor an ICE detainer—will be subject to claw-back provisions and must refund the full amount of their CJD grant award....”

List of Bill Clinton's Ignored Accusers

List of Bill Clinton's Ignored Accusers:
Juanita Broaddrick (AR)- rape

Eileen Wellstone (Oxford) - rape

Elizabeth Ward Gracen - rape - quid pro quo, post incident intimidation

Regina Hopper Blakely - "forced himself on her, biting, bruising her"

Kathleen Willey (WH) - sexual assault, intimidations, threats

Sandra Allen James (DC) - sexual assault

22 Year Old 1972 (Yale) - sexual assault

Kathy Bradshaw (AK) - sexual assault

Cristy Zercher - unwelcomed sexual advance, intimidations

Paula Jones (AR) - unwelcomed sexual advance, exposure, bordering on sexual assault

Carolyn Moffet -unwelcomed sexual advance, exposure, bordering on sexual assault

1974 student at University of Arkansas - unwelcomed physical contact

1978-1980 - seven complaints per Arkansas state troopers

Monica Lewinsky - quid pro quo, post incident character assault

Gennifer Flowers - quid pro quo, post incident character assault

Dolly Kyle Browning - post incident character assault

Sally Perdue - post incident threats

Betty Dalton - rebuffed his advances, married to one of his supporters

Denise Reeder - apologetic note scanned
More info on Bill Clinton's Accusers:
Paula Jones: A former Arkansas state employee, Jones sued Bill Clinton in 1994 for sexual harassment. Jones claims that in 1991 then Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton propositioned and exposed himself to her in a Little Rock hotel. Clinton eventually settled with Jones out of court for $850,000, but never admitted to any wrongdoing.
Juanita Broaddrick: Broaddrick, a former nursing home administrator, alleges that Bill Clinton, who was running for Arkansas governor at the time, raped her in an Arkansas hotelroom in the spring of 1978.
Kathleen Willey: Willey was a White House volunteer aide who, in March of 1998, alleged on the TV news program 60 Minutes that Bill Clinton had sexually assaulted her during his first term as President.
Eileen Wellstone: Wellstone, an English woman, alleges that Clinton sexually assaulted her after she met him at a pub near Oxford University where Clinton was a student in 1969.
Carolyn Moffet: Moffet was a legal secretary in Little Rock in 1979, said she met Governor Clinton at a political fundraiser and was invited to his hotel room. Moffet alleges that she fled the hotel room after Clinton demanded she perform sex acts on him.
Elizabeth Ward Gracen: A Miss Arkansas who would go on to win the Miss America contest in 1982, Gracen alleges that she was forced by Clinton to have sex with him shortly after she won the Miss Arkansas competition.

Lunch video-----Baby's First Bacon

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Obama Admin Just Got Busted Secretly Doing Something SICK To Netanyahu And U.S Congress

Obama Admin Just Got Busted Secretly Doing Something SICK To Netanyahu And U.S Congress:

"In what one official called an “oh s–t moment,” the administration admitted to obtaining information including private phone calls between Netanyahu’s office and officials and members of Congress as well as other U.S.-based Jewish-American organizations."

How The Cause Of Anti-Bullying Motivated Entrepreneurship: The Lizzie Velásquez Story

How The Cause Of Anti-Bullying Motivated Entrepreneurship: The Lizzie Velásquez Story - Forbes
"...This past year I had the privilege to meet, then get to know Lizzie Velásquez, an entrepreneur with a cause bigger than she could ever have imagined and the spirit and creativity to take it to a national arena. Lizzie has taken this deeply personal cause and leveraged it into a thriving business.

The cause I am talking about is bullying. Lizzie experienced this in a way few of us can even fathom. By the time she was in high school she came across a video of herself on YouTube titled, “The World’s Ugliest Woman.”
The comments about the video were beyond harsh.
Lizzie has a rare disorder that makes it impossible for her to gain weight. The 26-year-old has never weighed more than 64 pounds.
I had the chance to interview her, and here is what we talked about:
Gay Gaddis: Did you always think you would be an entrepreneur?
Lizzie Velásquez: I didn’t really ever think of myself as an entrepreneur.
First and foremost, I had to flip the hurt and negativity of social media and turn it into something positive, to hopefully help others who have suffered from severe bullying to not let it get them down. I didn’t realize I was an entrepreneur until I was a speaker at a Malaysia conference for entrepreneurs!
Gaddis: It is one thing to have a cause. What did you do about it?
Velásquez: First, I decided I had to speak out about bullying and the devastation it had meant to me and others. 
My assistant principal in junior high asked me if I would make a speech to the student body.
When I spoke, you could hear a pin drop.
It was then I gained the understanding that people could relate to me.
They would listen to me..."
Read on.
Pretty cool.

Police Union Boss on Tamir Rice: ‘Act Like a Thug and You’ll Be Treated Like One’

Police Union Boss on Tamir Rice: ‘Act Like a Thug and You’ll Be Treated Like One’ - Hit & Run : Reason.com:
"Javier Ortiz, the president of Miami’s police union, thinks Tamir Rice got what was coming to him. According to the Miami New Times, he tweeted a screenshot of Rice with the caption, “act like a thug and you’ll be treated like one.”
His comment calls to mind those made by current and former heads of the Cleveland union, which represents the officers responsible for Rice’s death.
Former boss Jeffrey Follmer previously said on MSNBC that Rice was an imminent lethal threat who might have survived had he listened to police commands—even though the 12-year-old boy was given less than one second to react to purely hypothetical orders before he was fired upon.
Current boss Steve Loomis had even worse things to say: he called Rice “menacing.”
“He wasn’t that little kid you’re seeing in pictures,” he told POLITICO. "Tamir Rice is in the wrong.”
All three union leaders place the blame squarely on Rice’s shoulders, although they fail to explain what he could have done differently in the moment to avoid being killed... "