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Saturday, January 21, 2017

History for January 21

History for January 21 - On-This-Day.com:
Stonewall Jackson 1824, J. Carrol Naish 1897, Telly Savalas 1924

Wolfman Jack 1939, Jack Nicklaus 1940, Richie Havens 1941

1793 - During the French Revolution, King Louis XVI was executed on the guillotine. He had been condemned for treason.

1853 - Dr. Russell L. Hawes patented the envelope folding machine.

1908 - In New York City, the Sullivan Ordinance was passed. It made smoking in public places by women illegal. The measure was vetoed by Mayor George B. McClellan Jr. two weeks later.

1915 - The first Kiwanis club was formed in Detroit, MI.

1924 - Soviet leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin died. Joseph Stalin began a purge of his rivals for the leadership of the Soviet Union.

1954 - The Nautilus was launched in Groton, CT. It was the first atomic-powered submarine. U.S. First Lady Mamie Eisenhower broke the traditional bottle of champagne across the bow.

1977 - U.S. President Carter pardoned almost all Vietnam War draft evaders.

1998 - A former White House intern said on tape that she had an affair with U.S. President Clinton.

Friday, January 20, 2017

Judicial Watch Asks for Further Discovery in Clinton Email Benghazi Lawsuit over Possible State Department “Wrongdoing or Bad Faith” - Judicial Watch

Judicial Watch Asks for Further Discovery in Clinton Email Benghazi Lawsuit over Possible State Department “Wrongdoing or Bad Faith” - Judicial Watch:

"Judicial Watch asked a federal court for additional discovery over the Clinton email issue. In addition to document requests, the new Revised Discovery Proposal asks for depositions from Clinton, Clinton aide Cheryl Mills and eight other State Department officials in order to explore “evidence of wrongdoing or bad faith with respect to State Department’s response” to Judicial Watch’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request as well as some earlier FOIA requests.

The January 10 filing is the latest move in a July 2014 FOIA lawsuit by Judicial Watch seeking records related to the drafting and use of the Benghazi talking points (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:14-cv-01242)). This lawsuit forced the Clinton email issue into the public eye in early 2015."

The Media Has Assassinated Themselves

Ace of Spades HQ:
The Media Has Assassinated Themselves

It's a hard world, kid.
It's twice as hard if you're stupid.

And the media is very, very stupid indeed.

And emotional.
And partisan.
And unprofessional.

Mollie Hemingway notes four recent -- as in, the past couple of days -- new outbreaks of the media's self-arson.

It's not just that they are chiefly in the business of #FakeNews these days -- it's that when one media source creates #FakeNews, the rest of the Herd of Low-Intellect Pack Animals begins retweeting it and republishing it without a single one of these idiots bothering to check a damn thing.

Mollie's first example is the New York Times' #FakeNews claim that Rick Perry only recently came to understand that as Secretary of Energy, he would be in charge of safeguarding the US' nuclear arsenal...

Mollie's third example is this amazing headline. A Yale professor of computer science, widely considered an actual genius in his field, criticized unexamined liberal assumptions choking the academy.

Here's how the National Laughstock headlined this:

Scientific Genius Accused of Being Anti-Scientific Genius.

But do let the National Laughingstock tell you how intellectual they themselves are, and how much they long to touch science in its no-no places.

They have chosen the form of their Destructor, and the form they have chosen is they themselves."

Hooky: NEA urges teachers, students to protest Trump at schools

Hooky: NEA urges teachers, students to protest Trump at schools | Washington Examiner
"The National Education Association is urging students and teachers to skip school Thursday to protest the presidency of Donald Trump at school.

Promoting a "National Day of Action" on Thursday, the NEA said, "On Thursday, January 19, the day before Donald Trump assumes the presidency, thousands of students, parents, educators and community members from across the nation will hold rallies in front of school buildings to inclusively stand up for all students."
The protests are being organized by the Alliance to Reclaim our Schools.
On its website, it details the plan:
— A rally at a school, or district offices calling for more investment in public education.
— Actions targeting billionaires or corporations that receive tax breaks from the city and deny public schools the revenues they need to be successful.
— A group meeting with your U.S. Senator to demand that he/she vote NO on the nomination of billionaire Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education.
— "Walk-ins" at local schools around the city in the morning in support of public education.
Visits to / rallies at the offices of state legislators or members of Congress to demand full investment in public education and ask them to vote NO on vouchers and charter expansion..."

Bill Ayers ‘Dancing in the Aisles’ Over Obama’s Pardon of FALN Member Oscar López Rivera

Bill Ayers ‘Dancing in the Aisles’ Over Obama’s Pardon of FALN Member Oscar López Rivera:

"Former Weather Underground terrorist group leader Bill Ayers on Tuesday said he was on an airplane “dancing in the aisles” over news that President Obama commuted the sentence of FALN activist Oscar López Rivera, whose group was linked to over 100 bombs placed in U.S. cities in the 1970s and 1980s.
Ironically, Ayers, a former associate of Obama’s, was on his way from Havana, where he wrote that he was celebrating the 75th birthday of his wife, fellow Weather Underground member Bernadine Dohrn.

Like the FALN, Ayers’ Weather Underground was also linked to bombings in U.S. cities, including those targeting the U.S. Capitol building, the Pentagon, and numerous New York police stations."

Democrats lies about skipping Trump's Inauguration

Here are the Democrats Who are Skipping Trump's Inauguration - Breitbart:

"...Dozens of Democratic lawmakers announced they would not attend the inauguration after legendary civil rights activist Rep. John Lewis stated that he does not believe Trump is a “legitimate president,” that he is “wrong” for the nation, and that this is the first inauguration at which he will not be present.

However, soon after he made his comment, a report surfaced that Lewis had skipped George W. Bush’s inauguration because he did not believe Bush was the true elected president, thus it would be hypocritical for him to attend.

Trump tweeted, “John Lewis said about my inauguration, ‘It will be the first one that I’ve missed.’ WRONG (or lie)! He boycotted Bush 43 also because he thought it would be hypocritical to attend Bush’s swearing-in….he doesn’t believe Bush is the true elected president.’ Sound familiar!”

On The Way Out The Door Today, Obama Continues To...

Steve Russo - On The Way Out The Door Today, Obama Continues To...

"On The Way Out The Door Today, Obama Continues To Cause Damage To America...

Obama Gives Away $500 Million of Our Tax Dollars To The Failed “Green Climate Fund”...
Obama Rips Up The 4th Amendment By Allowing The NSA To Share Any Information That They Have With Any Other Agencies (even outside the country) Without Getting Warrants And...
Obama Cuts The Sentences Of 330 More Drug Offenders, Including Four Mexican Cartel Leaders

As the last days of this debacle of Hope and Change was winding down, Obama has been delivering his final kicks to our teeth — our safety and to our bank accounts and our constitution.....

~ At the Last Minute, Obama Flushes $500,000,000.00 of Our Money Down “Green Climate Fund”

Translation: Obama increased our National Debt by another $500 Million on a scam..."

Read on!

(only 2 min.) Must see! Lunch video-----Obama Legacy Disposal Team

On Inauguration Day, 2017, President Donald Trump's first act in office was to mobilize the military's "Legacy Disposal Team" to undo the damage caused by Barack Obama.
In this video, you'll see and hear the run-up to the team's action as stockpiles of Obama's broken promises, failed policies, and unconstitutional executive orders are collected in isolated areas...followed by the explosive beginnings of what will surely be a very long process.

Noon-toon

Socialist Sanders Asks Trump's Education Secretary About Free College; Her Answer...PRICELESS

Socialist Sanders Asks Trump's Education Secretary About Free College; Her Answer...PRICELESS:

"During the confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for education secretary, Bolshevik Bernie asks DeVos about making public colleges free. Her answer was absolutely spot on and priceless."

University of Kansas maintains women's-only lunchroom for Muslims

University of Kansas maintains women's-only lunchroom for Muslims - The College Fix:

"The University of Kansas maintains a women’s-only lunchroom that’s largely utilized by Muslim students, a venue billed as a “safe place” for them.
“It is mainly used by Muslim women because it allows them a space to remove [their] hijabs and eat,” said Abdoulie Njai, KU Student Senate director of diversity and inclusion, in an email last week to The College Fix.
The room, open on weekdays from noon to 1 p.m. in the public university’s Office of Multicultural Affairs, is open to all female students — but in particular it allows female Muslim students to eat in a segregated, private area..."

The Battle Hymn Of The Republic - Trump's Pre-Inauguration Jan 19th 2017

After Ignoring Obama Scandals For 8 Years, Reporters Are Now Making Them Up About Trump

After Ignoring Obama Scandals For 8 Years, Reporters Are Now Making Them Up About Trump | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD:
"Fake News:
For eight years, it was virtually impossible to get reporters interested in legitimate Obama administration scandals.

Now, they are so eager to run scandal stories about the incoming Trump administration that they are making them up.
Two stories from major news outlets demonstrate this.

First is the New York Times hit piece on Trump's pick for Energy Secretary, Rick Perry. It claimed that until days after Perry accepted the job, he "knew almost nothing about" the fact that a key function of the Energy Department is the stewardship of the nation's nuclear arsenal. The story spread like wildfire, with journalists falling over each other to tweet out clever Perry put downs. What was the Times' alarming claim based on? Nothing more than a twisted interpretation of a single quote from one person: Michael McKenna, a Republican energy lobbyist who was canned form the Trump transition team before Perry was picked. McKenna himself has since said the Times misinterpreted what he said. ..The story was so egregiously wrong that even the liberal New York magazine took the Times to task for spreading a false rumor.

Just days before, CNN ran a hit piece on Rep. Tom Price — Trump's pick to head the Health and Human Services Department — for supposedly engaging in insider trading last year. A "bombshell" story published on Tuesday — titled "First on CNN: Trump's pick invested in company, then introduced a bill to help it" — said Price had bought as much as $15,000 worth of shares in Zimmer Biomet (ZBH), a company that makes knee and hip replacements. Then, the story goes, he introduced the HIP Act, which would have delayed an ObamaCare regulation that would, if implemented, hurt Zimmer Biomet and other device makers. This, CNN reporter Manu Raju asserted, raised "new concerns among ethics experts that Price may have inappropriately used inside information while purchasing shares in a company." "When you look at the timeline, this raises significant questions," CNN's Erin Burnett said about the story. Sen. Charles Schumer responded to the CNN report with a call to delay Price's confirmation hearings until the congressional ethics office does a "thorough investigation." It's not as though this sort of self-dealing hasn't gone on in Washington. Peter Schweizer's 2011 book, "Throw Them All Out," was full of such examples, including lucrative stock trades by Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry and other prominent Democrats. Schweizer's book led to the STOCK Act in 2012, which tried to combat insider trading by lawmakers. The rest of the CNN story falls apart with just a cursory look at the facts. First, Price didn't buy those shares. His portfolio was managed by Morgan Stanley, which designed the account's investment strategy and directed all trades. As part of a routine rebalancing of Price's account in early 2016, Morgan Stanley bought 26 shares in Zimmer Biomet, worth a grand total of $2,697.74. (Price's net worth is on the order of $10 million.)..."

7 Obama executive orders that are ripe for annihilation on Trump’s first day

7 Obama executive orders that are ripe for annihilation on Trump’s first day:

"Barack Obama’s mark on U.S. history is that of an imperial president. His legacy is one of governance by fiat.

Article I of the U.S Constitution endows the Congress with the legislative power of government – the power to make laws. The presidency, as part of the executive branch, is given the Article II, Section 3 requirement of faithfully executing the laws passed by Congress.

After the Democrats lost control of the Senate in 2014, Obama declared at his first Cabinet meeting: “We’re not just going to be waiting for legislation … I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone. And I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward.”"

Trump has already delivered

Trump has already delivered: Glenn Reynolds:
"So the Trump presidency begins Friday at noon, and though plenty of people have been happy to offer predictions, nobody really knows how it will go.

(If it’s like pretty much every other presidency in my lifetime, the answer is “disappointingly.”)
But Trump’s transition — his “pre-presidency” — is just about over now, so let’s see how that’s gone, and if that offers us any guidance on how things might go in the future.
And, actually, Trump has accomplished some stuff.
So far, in his pre-presidency, Trump has:
(1) Killed off dynastic politics, at least for now.
If Hillary had won, 4 of the last 5 presidents would have come from two families.
Before the election got underway, when everybody thought it would wind up as Clinton v. Bush, some of my friends from less developed countries were making fun of the United States trading the top slot between two connected families, as something less than an example of developed democracy. And they were right.
That’s not healthy.
(2) Kept Hillary out of the White House...
...(6) The press. As Politico’s Jack Shafer pretty much admits, the White House Press Corps has been asleep for eight years, serving more as lapdog than watchdog under Obama.
Now, just as I predicted, they’re starting to cover the presidency critically again.
That didn’t happen under Obama, and it probably wouldn’t have happened under Hillary.
But under Trump, the press will be making investigative journalism great again!
Whether Trump can match these accomplishments once he’s actually in office, I don’t know.
It may be that he’s peaked already.
But he’s already outperformed my (admittedly modest) expectations.
I hope he’ll keep doing that in the four (or eight) years to come."

AM Fruitcake

History for January 20

History for January 20 - On-This-Day.com:
George Burns 1896, Aristotle Onassis 1906, DeForest Kelley 1920

Federico Fellini 1920, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin 1930, Edward "Fireball" Roberts 1931

1801 - John Marshall was appointed chief justice of the United States.

1841 - The island of Hong Kong was ceded to Great Britain. It returned to Chinese control in July 1997.

1885 - The roller coaster was patented by L.A. Thompson.

1887 - The U.S. Senate approved an agreement to lease Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as a naval base.

1942 - Nazi officials held the Wannsee conference, during which they arrived at their "final solution" that called for exterminating Europe's Jews.

1981 - Iran released 52 Americans that had been held hostage for 444 days. The hostages were flown to Algeria and then to a U.S. base in Wiesbaden, West Germany. The release occurred minutes after the U.S. presidency had passed from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan.

1986 - The U.S. observed the first federal holiday in honor of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

1986 - Britain and France announced their plans to build the Channel Tunnel.

Thursday, January 19, 2017

ACLJ Obtains “Sensitive” State Department Memo Showing “Evidence of Purposeful Editing” in Iran Lie Lawsuit | American Center for Law and Justice

ACLJ Obtains “Sensitive” State Department Memo Showing “Evidence of Purposeful Editing” in Iran Lie Lawsuit | American Center for Law and Justice:

"In our ongoing lawsuit against President Obama’s State Department over the Iran lie, we have received definitive evidence that the Obama Administration intentionally manipulated the public video record of a press briefing – deleting a portion in which it admitted lying to the American people about the Iran nuclear negotiations.

The document – a “sensitive but unclassified” internal review of the matter by the U.S. State Department – contains a section expressly notated: “Evidence of Purposeful Editing.”

The State Department’s own internal evidence shows that a technician in the Public Affairs (PA) office of the State Department “received a request to edit the video"

Oscar Lopez-Rivera: Puerto Rican Terrorist Doesn’t Deserve Pardon | National Review

Oscar Lopez-Rivera: Puerto Rican Terrorist Doesn’t Deserve Pardon | National Review:

"Lopez-Rivera has been in federal prison since 1981, after he was convicted of seditious conspiracy and arms trafficking in connection with his leadership of the FALN, the notorious left-wing terrorist group that perpetrated more than 130 attacks on U.S. soil from the mid 1970s through the mid 1980s, killing six and wounding many more. Most members of the FALN, which purported to fight for Puerto Rican independence but maintained deep ties to Fidel Castro’s Cuba, were long ago captured and imprisoned, and many of them have already served their time and been released. But Lopez-Rivera remains unrepentant "

Desperate: Democrat Calls For Trump Impeachment, Claims Russia Fed Him The Term ‘Crooked Hillary' » Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!

Desperate: Democrat Calls For Trump Impeachment, Claims Russia Fed Him The Term ‘Crooked Hillary' » Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
"A Democratic Congresswoman has called for Donald Trump to be impeached on the grounds that he coined the term ‘crooked Hillary’ in collusion with the Russian government, even suggesting that the Kremlin was feeding Trump such lines to use during his campaign.

California Congresswoman Maxine Waters was egged on by MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews to explain why Trump’s presidency is ‘not legitimate’.
Matthews and Waters then engaged in some of the most dumb speculation ever aired on a broadcast.
Matthews suggested that the Russian government engaged in “collusion” with the Trump campaign, and asked Waters “Does that make Trump subject to impeachment?
Waters struggled to find a valid answer, so went with the following remarkable utterance:
“If we discover that Donald Trump or his advocates played a role to help provide strategy — if they’re the ones who came up with ‘Crooked Hillary,’ if they’re the ones who came up with, ‘she’s ill, something’s wrong with her energy,’ and the way that he basically described her during the campaign — I think that is something that would put the question squarely on the table whether or not he should be impeached.”

Political Editors: Clinton Foundation Donations Dry Up After Hillary's Loss

Political Editors: Clinton Foundation Donations Dry Up After Hillary's Loss — The Patriot Post:

Now that the election is over and Hillary Clinton lost, it’s time to shut down the Clinton Foundation ~~fundraising machine~~ charitable organization.
That’s right, Hillary’s Clinton Global Initiative will be formally ending its operation on April 15th.

CGI is described as “the networking event of choice for corporations, nonprofits, nongovernmental organizations and wealthy philanthropists,” and it was allegedly designed for the expressed purpose of raising funding for a variety of charitable causes.

And if you believe that, we have a bridge to sell you..."

Sweden Blocks Request for Data on Crime and Immigration

Sweden Blocks Request for Data on Crime and Immigration:

"A request for data detailing the relationship between crime and immigration in Sweden has been blocked by the government.
The Sweden Democrats (SD) called for an investigation into the subject after a recent study showed that Swedish women feel increasingly insecure, and are hesitant to leave the house, fearing sexual harassment."

Disgusting!-----CNN: Assassinating Trump Could Keep Obama Administration in Power

Disaster Wolf Blitzer (Screen shot / CNN / YouTube)

CNN: Assassinating Trump Could Keep Obama Administration in Power:

As the nation prepares for the peaceful transfer of power on Inauguration Day,

CNN is dreaming up scenarios whereby the Obama administration can keep power if President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence were blown up as they prepared to take to oath of office.

On the Wednesday, January 18 broadcast of CNN’s The Situation Room, host Wolf Blitzer aired a segment with a chyron featuring the headline “Developing Now.”

During that “developing” segment, Blitzer and correspondent Brian Todd discussed what would happen if the unthinkable occurred on January 20.

Blitzer introduced the segment, saying, “What if an incoming president and his immediate successors were wiped out on day one?” and from there, CNN contributor Brian Todd took over to outline the line of succession if an attack blew up the inaugural dais, killing both Trump and Pence..."