History for April 14

History for April 14 - On-This-Day.com:
Anne Mansfield Sullivan 1866 - "The Miracle Worker", famous for teaching Helen Keller to read, write and speak, Arnold (Joseph) Toynbee 1889 - Historian, author, John Gielgud 1904 - Actor (Movies: "Arthur")


Frank Serpico 1934, Loretta Lynn 1935 - Country singer, first woman to earn the CMA's Entertainer of the Year award, Julie Christie 1941 - Actress ("Dr. Zhivago", "Shampoo")


1828 - The first edition of Noah Webster's dictionary was published under the name "American Dictionary of the English Language."


1865 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth. He actually died early the next morning.


1912 - The Atlantic passenger liner Titanic, on its maiden voyage hit an iceberg and began to sink. 1,517 people lost their lives and more than 700 survived.


1939 - The John Steinbeck novel "The Grapes of Wrath" was first published.


1969 - For the first time, a major league baseball game was played in Montreal, Canada.


1986 - U.S. President Reagan announced the U.S. air raid on military and terrorist related targets in Libya.


1988 - In New York, real estate tycoons Harry and Leona Helmsley were indicted for income tax evasion.


1999 - Pakistan test-fired a ballistic missile that was capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and reaching its rival neighbor India.

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Socialist Playgrounds

By Tammy Derouin

I went on a little road trip this past weekend and stopped at a state park up north.  As I enjoyed the view of Lake Michigan and the sound of the waves crashing against the shore, I spotted a lost treasure in my rear view mirror; a playground slide from another time.

It wasn’t colorful, nor was it made of durable plastic or bubble wrapped for your safety.  Unlike today’s socialist playgrounds, it begged you to climb and play at your own risk.  It was designed and built to last.  If you respected it, it provided you with many years of fun.  If you abused it, it could be unforgiving as you learned valuable lessons. 

There was a time when all playground equipment was not meant for everyone, at every age.  You had to start on the small equipment and work your way up.  Up was an understatement.  Those steal steps went straight to the sky!  It seemed like such a long climb but, what a reward when you finally got to the top. 

Once you got there, heart racing and legs slightly wobbly, you could see the whole playground.  It was a wonderful view.  If you realized you weren’t ready, you had to retreat back down the steps.  Of course, that would upset everyone who was behind you, but that’s how you learn.  No one was at the top to hold your hand or to give you a free pass.  It was all you.  The desire to be successful pushed you to not give up.  You would continue to try until you could take that final step, get into position and reap the sweet rewards of success on the ride down.

For those of us who remember the thrill of the old playground slide, we know two things.  First, the slide was fast.  It was meant to thrill.  If you felt the need to stop, you had to stop yourself.  Second, the sun is hot so the slide is hot.  If wearing shorts, well, it didn’t take long to figure it out. 

Today’s playground equipment is a good example of what is happening to us as a whole......

Government Collects Record-High Taxes in First Half of FY 2016

Government Collects Record-High Taxes in First Half of FY 2016:
"Inflation-adjusted federal tax revenues hit a record $1.48 trillion for the first half of fiscal year 2016, but the federal government still ran a $461 billion deficit during that time, according to the latest monthly Treasury Department statement.
...The federal government collected $1,476,218,000,000 in the first half of fiscal year 2016.
Most of the $1.48 trillion came from individual income taxes, which comprised almost half of that total, totaling $675 billion.
...This means that since 1998, tax revenues have increased 33 percent.
Although the federal government brought in a record of approximately $1.48 trillion in revenue in the first half of fiscal 2016, according to the Treasury, it also spent approximately $1.94 trillion, leaving a deficit of approximately $461 billion."

Bye, bye 1st amendment rights-----Tulane Frat Builds "Trump Wall" in Front of House - Black Activists Illegally Tear It Down

VIDEO=> Tulane Frat Builds "Trump Wall" in Front of House - Black Activists Illegally Tear It Down - The Gateway Pundit:
The Kappa Alpha fraternity is supporting Donald Trump this election cycle To show their support the young men built a Trump wall in front of their fraternity house.

But not everyone liked the Trump wall.

The Hayride posted video of black activists, possibly members of the football team, illegally destroying the wall.

No doubt, this vandalism will be allowed at Tulane.

More here.

Former Navy SEAL Commander Reveals What ‘Scares’ Him the Most About the Current Landscape: ‘The World Is Descending Even Further Into Chaos’ | TheBlaze.com

Former Navy SEAL Commander Reveals What ‘Scares’ Him the Most About the Current Landscape: ‘The World Is Descending Even Further Into Chaos’ | TheBlaze.com:

"Former Navy SEAL commander Rorke Denver has intense, firsthand insight into the monumental dangers facing both the nation and the world at large, having led more than 100 special-forces missions in Africa, Latin America and the Middle East throughout his career.

But it’s what Denver, author of the new book, “Worth Dying For: A Navy SEAL’s Call to a Nation,” sees happening inside of America that truly leaves him fearful of what’s to come."

They're not fileing to PAY taxes, they're filing to get refunds and cash!!!-----IRS chief: Agency encourages illegal immigrant theft of SSNs to file tax returns

IRS chief: Agency encourages illegal immigrant theft of SSNs to file tax returns | Washington Examiner:
The IRS is struggling to ensure that illegal immigrants are able to illegally use Social Security numbers for legitimate purposes, the agency's head told senators on Tuesday, without allowing the numbers to be used for "bad" reasons.
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen made the statement in response to a question from Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., during a session of the Senate Finance Committee about why the IRS appears to be collaborating with taxpayers who file tax returns using fraudulent information. 
Coats said that his staff had discovered the practice after looking into agency procedures.
"What we learned is that ... the IRS continues to process tax returns with false W-2 information and issue refunds as if they were routine tax returns, and say that's not really our job," Coats said.

"We also learned the IRS ignores notifications from the Social Security Administration that a name does not match a Social Security number, and you use your own system to determine whether a number is valid."
Asked to explain those practices, Koskinen replied, "What happens in these situations is someone is using a Social Security number to get a job, but they're filing their tax return with their [taxpayer identification number]."
What that means, he said, is that "they are undocumented aliens … . They're paying taxes.
It's in everybody's interest to have them pay the taxes they owe."
As long as the information is being used only to fraudulently obtain jobs, Koskinen said, rather than to claim false tax returns, the agency has an interest in helping them. 
"The question is whether the Social Security number they're using to get the job has been stolen. 
It's not the normal identity theft situation," he said..."

2013-Race baiting for years-----Now peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are racist

Now peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are racist | The Daily Caller:
"A public elementary school principal in Portland, Ore. has declared that eating or talking about peanut butter sandwiches is probably racist.
She has also instituted a separate-but-unequal drum class for minority students only.
Verenice Gutierrez, the principal at Harvey Scott K-8 School, discussed her bizarre brand of logic in an interview with the Portland Tribune.
“What about Somali or Hispanic students, who might not eat sandwiches?” Gutierrez asked. “Another way would be to say: ‘Americans eat peanut butter and jelly, do you have anything like that?’ Let them tell you. Maybe they eat torta. Or pita.”
...“When white people do it, it is not a problem, but if it’s for kids of color, then it’s a problem?” the 40-year-old El Paso, Texas native said.
“Break it down for me. That’s your white privilege, and your whiteness.”
It’s also not clear where Gutierrez believes offer white-people-only drum classes are offered.
The Tribune notes that all principals employed by the Portland Public Schools participate in a district-wide equality training program called “Courageous Conversations.” 
The goal of the program is to condition principals and teachers to see their own “white privilege,” which will lead to an improvement in the academic performance of minority students..."

Lunch video-----Are 1 in 5 Women Raped at College?

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Pope Says No to Trans-Kids, Teach Them ‘to Accept Their Own Body’

Pope Says No to Trans-Kids, Teach Them ‘to Accept Their Own Body’:

"The Pope’s words echoed a recent statement from the American College of Pediatricians, which warned against the physical and psychological dangers to children posed by advocates of transgenderism. Failing to identify with one’s biological sex signals a psychological disorder that must be dealt with, not pandered to, the physicians proposed.

The doctors declared that human sexuality is “an objective biological binary trait” rather than an infinite series of self-determined “genders.” The norm for human design, the doctors said, “is to be conceived either male or female. Human sexuality is binary by design with the obvious purpose being the reproduction and flourishing of our species,” and therefore, “XY” and “XX” are “genetic markers of health – not genetic markers of a disorder.”"

Feds Give University of Michigan $500,000 to Watch for Male Students Committing Microaggressions

Feds Give University of Michigan $500,000 to Watch for Male Students Committing Microaggressions - Hit & Run : Reason.com:
"The University of Michigan is conducting a study on male engineering students to determine whether their unconscious biases—microaggressions—are driving women out of the field.
The study is funded via the National Science Foundation, which means taxpayers coughed up more than $500,000 for it. 
Men are more likely than women to go into engineering, and researchers want to know if sexism plays a role in that.
This study involves male engineering students being recorded while they interact with their female counterparts.
Researchers will then watch the tapes and make a note of any microaggressions..."

7 Facts You Need To Know To Debunk The #EqualPayDay Lie

7 Facts You Need To Know To Debunk The #EqualPayDay Lie | Daily Wire
"The left has declared today #EqualPayDay.
Why?
Because this is supposedly the day that women must work until this year to earn what a man earned the previous year.
Women supposedly earn $0.79 cents for every dollar earned by a man – but, of course, this neglects the fact that women choose different jobs, take time off from work for different reasons, work fewer hours, and make different life decisions on average. 
When all the confounds are removed, women earn just as much as men, and in major cities, actually earn more than men.
But never mind: women must be treated as victims.
That’s because victimhood equals virtue, and women must be granted cherished minority victimhood status.
So, here are seven facts you should know about the mythical wage gap commemorated by the nonsensical #EqualPayDay:
Read 'em and stop the haters.

ESPN’s Bomani Jones ‘Caucasian’ Stunt Falls Flat

ESPN’s Bomani Jones ‘Caucasian’ Stunt Falls Flat:
"ESPN’s Bomani Jones really wants you to know that his T-shirt is clean, and powerful.
Bomani Jones wore a ‘Caucasians’ t-shirt after his appearance on Mike & Mike last week.
A shirt basically identical to a Cleveland Indians shirt, complete with Chief Wahoo, except it says, ‘Caucasians’ and has a dollar sign in place of a feather.
USA Today found it awesome, and even included it in a video of the post-show interview:
“ESPN’s Bomani Jones appeared in an extra segment following his time on Mike and Mike on Thursday morning to explain his t-shirt that read ‘Caucasian’.
...If you are offended by the shirt, you must be offended by the Indians’ Chief Wahoo logo. 
If not, you’re hypocritical.

...Of course, Jones didn’t really have to “defend himself.”
It’s not like it was an adversarial interview.
Not only that, it’s not like anyone is really offended by the Caucasians t-shirt.
According to Brian Kirby of Shelf Life clothing, who produces the shirt, “the ‘Caucasians’ shirt has been his most popular seller since he began making them in 2007…” 
With plenty of palefaces among those who are buying up the shirts.
So, in other words, Bomani Jones’ stunt backfired.
He wore the shirt to provoke anger on the part of white people by flipping the tables and exposing them as hypocrites for being offended by ‘Caucasians,’ while they cheer for the Redskins, Chief Wahoo, the Braves, and so on.
Except very few, if any, white people are offended by the shirt. 
Proving the opposite of Jones’ point. 
And that maybe, just maybe, it’s time for race hucksters like Bomani Jones to get a life."

Taxes Part I: How Income Tax Began | Glenn Beck

Taxes Part I: How Income Tax Began | Glenn Beck:

"Taxes Part I: How Income Tax Began
When the Constitution was written and ratified, the only taxes allowed by America’s founding document were to pay the debt and provide for the common defense and general welfare. “Welfare” meant the general well-being of the people, not government handouts to people who didn’t work for a living."

Desk-Size Turbine Could Power a Town

Desk-Size Turbine Could Power a Town:
"GE Global Research is testing a desk-size turbine that could power a small town of about 10,000 homes. 
The unit is driven by “supercritical carbon dioxide,” which is in a state that at very high pressure and up to 700 °C exists as neither a liquid nor a gas.
After the carbon dioxide passes through the turbine, it's cooled and then repressurized before returning for another pass.
The unit’s compact size and ability to turn on and off rapidly could make it useful in grid storage.
It’s about one-tenth the size of a steam turbine of comparable output, and has the potential to be 50 percent efficient at turning heat into electricity.
Steam-based systems are typically in the mid-40 percent range; the improvement is achieved because of the better heat-transfer properties and reduced need for compression in a system that uses supercritical carbon dioxide compared to one that uses steam.
The GE prototype is 10 megawatts, but the company hopes to scale it to 33 megawatts.
Doug Hofer, a GE engineer in charge of the project, shows off a model of the turbine.
In addition to being more efficient, the technology could be more nimble—in a grid-storage scenario, heat from solar energy, nuclear power, or combustion could first be stored as molten salt and the heat later used to drive the process.
While such a heat reservoir could also be used to boil water to power a steam turbine, a steam system could take 30 minutes to get cranked up, while a carbon dioxide turbine might take only a minute or two—making it well-suited for on-the-spot power generation needed during peak demand periods.
GE's system might also be better than huge arrays of batteries.
Adding more hours of operation just means having a larger or hotter reservoir of the molten salt, rather than adding additional arrays of giant batteries.
“The key thing will come down to economics,” says Doug Hofer, the GE engineer in charge of the project.
While there’s work ahead, he says, “at this point we think our economic story is favorable compared to batteries.”"

AM Fruitcake

History for April 13

History for April 13 - On-This-Day.com:
Thomas Jefferson 1743 - 3rd U.S. President - More information here - Today in U.S. President History, Alfred Butts 1899 - Architect, game inventor (Scrabble), Dan Gurney 1931 - Auto racer 


Paul Sorvino 1939 - Actor ("Law and Order", "Dick Tracy"), Tony Dow 1945 - Actor ("Leave it to Beaver"), Rick Schroder 1970 - Actor ("Silver Spoons", "NYPD Blue") 


1808 - William "Juda" Henry Lane perfected the tap dance.


1860 - The first mail was delivered via Pony Express when a westbound rider arrived in Sacremento, CA from St. Joseph, MO.


1959 - A Vatican edict prohibited Roman Catholics from voting for Communists.













1964 - Sidney Poitier became the first black to win an Oscar for best actor. It was for his role in the movie "Lilies of the Field."


1981 - Washington Post reporter Janet Cooke received a Pulitzer Prize for her feature about an 8-year-old heroin addict named "Jimmy." Cooke relinquished the prize two days later after admitting she had fabricated the story.


1997 - Tiger Woods became the youngest person to win the Masters Tournament at the age of 21. He also set a record when he finished at 18 under par.


1999 - Jack Kervorkian was sentenced in Pontiac, MI, to 10 to 25 years in prison for the second-degree murder of Thomas Youk. Youk's assisted suicide was videotaped and shown on "60 Minutes" in 1998.

SEIU reportedly spent millions on minimum wage initiative as enrollment drops | Fox News

SEIU reportedly spent millions on minimum wage initiative as enrollment drops | Fox News:

"The report by the Center for Union Facts, a watchdog group, says that the new figure is in addition to the $50 million already spent since 2012. The numbers come from the 2015 financial disclosures released by the SEIU that were was analyzed by the CUF.

What the CUF discovered was that a majority of the $20 million spent for the “Fight for 15” campaign last year went to various organizing committees and that the powerhouse union was likely spending even more, due to staff salaries, legal services and money paid to minimum wage advocacy groups such as the National Employment Law Project (NELP) and the Economic Policy Institute (EcPI).

“While the SEIU has made some headway in its push for a job-killing $15 minimum wage, working Americans appear to be sending a clear message to SEIU big spenders:"

Olivier Blanchard eyes ugly 'end game' for Japan on debt spiral

Olivier Blanchard eyes ugly 'end game' for Japan on debt spiral:
Japan is heading for a full-blown solvency crisis as the country runs out of local investors and may ultimately be forced to inflate away its debt in a desperate end-game, one of the world’s most influential economists has warned.
Olivier Blanchard, former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, said zero interest rates have disguised the underlying danger posed by Japan’s public debt, likely to reach 250pc of GDP this year and spiralling upwards on an unsustainable trajectory.
“To our surprise, Japanese retirees have been willing to hold government debt at zero rates, but the marginal investor will soon not be a Japanese retiree,” he said.
Prof Blanchard said the Japanese treasury will have to tap foreign funds to plug the gap and this will prove far more costly, threatening to bring the long-feared funding crisis to a head.
“If and when US hedge funds become the marginal Japanese debt, they are going to ask for a substantial spread,” he told the Telegraph, speaking at the Ambrosetti forum of world policy-makers on Lake Como.
Analysts say this would transform the country’s debt dynamics and kill the illusion of solvency, possibly in a sudden, non-linear fashion.

NPR Asks If It's 'OK to Profit' From Cooking Food of 'Other Cultures'...Or Is It Racist?

NPR Asks If It's 'OK to Profit' From Cooking Food of 'Other Cultures'...Or Is It Racist?

Since National Public Radio is a taxpayer-funded liberal sandbox, you can find examples nearly every day of NPR conducting a conversation with its liberal audience on all the liberal obsessions of the moment, like the new political-correctness theme of “cultural appropriation,” like being mad at Justin Bieber for wearing dreadlocks, because that’s a black thing.

This week, NPR asked “When Is It OK To Profit From Cooking Other Cultures' Food?” In other words, is it okay for an Indian-American to run a pizza joint, or an Italian to run an Indian restaurant? If you're a white guy cooking Mexican food, it is racist or "neocolonialist"? Apparently, to the Left, you should “stick to your own kind” when selling food.

NPR’s Maria Kodoy and Kat Chow (seriously, a food expert named “Kat Chow”?) went to Twitter to ask fellow liberals what they thought:

Recently, we started a conversation about food and race. Specifically, we wondered out loud, who gets to cook — and become the face of — a culture's cuisine?

Our question was prompted by a recent Sporkful interview with Rick Bayless, who has faced criticism over his long career. Although he is an Oklahoman with no Mexican ancestry, he has become one of the most prominent ambassadors for Mexican cuisine in America....

As with many things involving race and class in America, there are no easy answers — and we're not expecting to find any clear-cut ones. We're more interested in starting a conversation..."

Two Illegal “Dreamers” Rape Maryland Girl, Call her Fresh Meat

Two Illegal “Dreamers” Rape Maryland Girl, Call her Fresh Meat:

"In the latest “act of love” from a pack of violent illegal aliens, a 12-year-old girl was raped in Montgomery County, Maryland by two individuals likely eligible for Obama’s executive amnesty. One of them reportedly referred to the girl as “fresh meat” as he encouraged his friend to partake in the act of savagery.
The incident occurred on March 26, but the two perpetrators weren’t arrested until Friday, as reported by the Washington Post. The two suspects are Enrique Carbajal, 24, and Victor Tome, 19, who would likely be eligible for the Dream Act supported by both John Kasich and Donald Trump.
Montgomery County is a sanctuary jurisdiction in Maryland that does not cooperate with federal immigration officials."

FBI Warns of Cyber Threat to Electric Grid

FBI Warns of Cyber Threat to Electric Grid:
Three months after a Department of Homeland Security intelligence report downplayed the threat of a cyber attack against the U.S. electrical grid, DHS and the FBI began a nationwide program warning of the dangers faced by U.S. utilities from damaging cyber attacks like the recent hacking against Ukraine’s power grid.
The nationwide campaign by DHS and the FBI began March 31 and includes 12 briefings and online webinars for electrical power infrastructure companies and others involved in security, with sessions in eight U.S. cities, including a session next week in Washington.
The unclassified briefings are titled “Ukraine Cyber Attack: Implications for U.S. Stakeholders,” and are based on work with the Ukrainian government in the aftermath of the Dec. 23 cyber attack against the Ukrainian power infrastructure.
“These events represent one of the first known physical impacts to critical infrastructure which resulted from cyber-attack,” the announcement by the DHS Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team read.
“The attacks leveraged commonly available tools and tactics against the control systems which could be used against infrastructure in every sector...”

Millionaires Fearing Civil Unrest Are Fleeing Chicago by the Thousands

Millionaires Fearing Civil Unrest Are Fleeing Chicago by the Thousands | The Daily Sheeple:
"As time goes on the city of Chicago is rapidly turning into a crime infested hell hole, rife with poverty, debt, and racial tensions. 
The city is well on its way to joining the likes of Detroit, and there may be no escaping that eventuality.
That’s why many of the city’s wealthy elites are getting the hell out of there.
The Chicago Tribune reports that roughly 3,000 millionaires have left the city over the past year alone, which amounts to about 2 percent of their wealthy population.
This is the largest exodus of wealthy people in the United States, and one of the largest in the world. Paris and Rome are the only cities that lost more millionaires than Chicago in the same time period.
According to research, many of these elites are relocating to other cities in the United States such as Seattle and San Francisco, which saw a net inflow of millionaires over the past year.
When asked about why they were leaving Chicago, most of these millionaires cited racial tensions and rising crime rates.
If you happen to live in Chicago, take a hint from the people with insider knowledge and connections, and get out while you still can."

Lunch video-----WW II US AIRCRAFT CARRIERS.

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U.S. Woman Jailed for ‘Insulting’ United Arab Emirates | TheBlaze.com

U.S. Woman Jailed for ‘Insulting’ United Arab Emirates | TheBlaze.com:

"DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A 25-year old American woman appeared in court Monday on misdemeanor charges for allegedly insulting the United Arab Emirates in public while waiting for a taxi at the Abu Dhabi International Airport.

The National, a government-owned newspaper in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, reported that the woman, who was not named, has been under arrest since Feb. 23. The newspaper says she told the Federal Supreme Court that she was waiting for a taxi at the airport when two men approached and spoke to her in a manner she did not like."

Green Madness: EU Climate Finance Subsidises Chinese Steel Industry

Green Madness: EU Climate Finance Subsidises Chinese Steel Industry | The Global Warming Policy Forum (GWPF):
British taxpayers have been forced to subsidise the very Chinese steel companies that are threatening 40,000 UK jobs, critics say
It comes after revelations that the European Investment Bank has given so-called “soft loans” to China of £80million as part of a climate policy intended to lower emissions.
The astonishing figures include a loan of £40million to one of the world’s worst “steel dumping” culprits, the Wuhan Iron & Steel Corporation.
To add insult to injury Wuhun, the world’s eighth largest steel producer, boasts the Chinese state as its main shareholder. 
Wuhun is such a prolific steel dumper that it has now been especially targeted by the European Commission, which wants to slap it with 36.6 per cent tariffs....“The EU is supposed to be careful who it lends money to, and lending to a foreign government in order to create competition to British industry is not what we had in mind.”
...“This is insane. 
Already, thanks to our EU membership, we’ve lost control of our trade policy and lack any ability to support the competitiveness of our steel industry.
...“Now we learn that the EU has been making loans to state-owned Chinese steel makers, who are then able to sell below cost back into the EU and our UK government has been powerless to intervene as it should have done due to the EU state-aid rules.
...Former Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Lilley added: “I never cease to be amazed by the capacity of self-harm by European institutions, particularly when they become embroiled in climate policy..."
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