History for October 24

History for October 24 - On-This-Day.com
Sarah J. Hale 1788 - She wrote the poem "Mary Had A Little Lamb.",
Moss Hart 1904 - Playwright, Bob Kane 1915 - Comic book artist, creator of Batman
 

F. Murray Abraham 1939 - Actor, Kevin Kline 1947 - Actor, Kweisi Mfume 1948 - President of NAACP


1632 - Scientist Anthony van Leeuwenhoek was born in Delft, Holland. He created the first microscope lenses that were powerful enough to observe single-celled animals.



1648 - The Holy Roman Empire was effectively destroyed by the Peace of Westphalia that brought an end to the Thirty Years War.


1836 - Alonzo D. Phillips received a patent for the phosphorous friction safety match.


1929 - In the U.S., the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged starting the stock-market crash that began the Great Depression. 

1939 - Nylon stockings were sold to the public for the first time in Wilmington, DE.


1948 - The term "cold war" was used for the first time. It was in a speech by Bernard Baruch before the Senate War Investigating Committee.


1962 - During the Cuban Missile Crisis, U.S. military forces went on the highest alert in the postwar era in preparation for a possible full-scale war with the Soviet Union. The U.S. blockade of Cuba officially began on this day.


2003 - In London, the last commercial supersonic Concorde flight landed.

Colin Kaepernick, the left's example of How to Make Money - Washington Times

Colin Kaepernick, the left's example of How to Make Money - Washington Times:

"That Kaepernick thinks he actually has a grievance is proof positive of how far this country has strayed into leftist lunacy. Kaepernick created his own out-of-work status by chasing a social justice butterfly on the field — on the same field where he was paid to play football. He used his place of work for a personal political cause.
He created a controversy. He divided a football nation. He fashioned himself into a political cause first; quarterback, second. He failed to do the job for which he was hired."

The way we were-----The Troggs - Wild Thing

Boob-tube-----Banned Cartoons NTSC

Americans Agree More Than They Realize - Reason.com

Americans Agree More Than They Realize - Reason.com
"Some days, it can seem as if half the country has come down with rabies. 
...Part of it probably comes from the fact that Americans increasingly sort themselves into like-minded communities.
That means they're less apt to get to know people who think differently, and therefore less likely to understand where they're coming from.
...And part of it also probably has to do with the fact that both parties have grown more extreme in recent years.
...Many media outlets only make matters worse. 
Take a look at The Daily Caller or The Huffington Post—watch a late-night comic or tune into cable "news"—and you will be presented with an endless litany of outrages committed by Those Awful People.
This is, unfortunately, a successful business model.
It works because it ratifies the viewers' existing prejudices and makes them feel superior. 
Nothing like a little dopamine squirt to brighten your day.
But this exaggerated emphasis on differences obscures the degree to which Americans still agree.
And on some topics, the public is of one mind, or as close to that as you can get.
A few examples:

• Universal background checks. Nine out of 10 Americans think a background check should be required for every firearm purchase. That includes three-fourths of all NRA members.
• Dreamers. These are undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as young children, grew up here, and have little or no connection to their countries of origin. Eighty-five percent of Americans agree that they should not be deported.
• Civil asset forfeiture. This practice allows the police to confiscate property—cash, cars, homes—from people they suspect might be involved in criminal activity, even if the individual is never even charged with a crime, let alone convicted. Across the ideological spectrum, 84 percent of Americans disapprove of the practice.
• Medical marijuana. Eighty-three percent of Americans agree that doctors should be able to prescribe cannabis for their patients.
• Extremist bigotry. Eighty-three percent of Americans think it's unacceptable to hold neo-Nazi or white-supremacist views. Nine percent think it's OK, and 8 percent aren't sure (!).
• Sanctuary cities. In contrast to attitudes on Dreamers, 80 percent of American voters disapprove of sanctuary cities and agree that local authorities should report illegal immigrants to federal authorities...
• (many more. Read on!)

Still, for people tired of constant snark and contrived controversy, it might be comforting to know that in many ways America is not nearly so divided as it's sometimes made out to be. 

...And maybe, despite his annoying bumper-sticker, the two of you actually agree on quite a bit."

Important read!-----Secrets and Lies: Three Russian Stories

Secrets and Lies: Three Russian Stories
"The major developing stories this week have been so scantily and poorly covered in the mainstream press that you may want an easy primer.
To fully understand it you have to look at alternative media, because just as Harvey Weinstein counted on complicit enablers -- his colleagues, victims and the press -- Hillary Clinton, Robert Mueller and a cast of characters, including a press determined to cover for them have hidden what occurred. 
It’s taken some time, to be sure, but the evidence of their wrongdoing is becoming harder and harder to hide.
Stalling and misdirection are their last redoubt.
WHO:
Here are some of the principal figures:
Robert Mueller... 
Andrew McCabe, appointed by former president Obama, was Assistant FBI Director in charge of investigating charges by the FBI’s own underground informant to the effect that the Russians...
The unnamed FBI undercover informant, represented by criminal attorney Victoria Toensing, was witness to the scheming, kickbacks and corruption in the Russian effort to obtain 20% of U.S. uranium supplies held by Canadian-based Uranium One...
Loretta Lynch...
Hillary Clinton...
Bill Clinton...
(many more. Read on!)
There are actually three Russian Collusion Stories – two, involving Hillary and present and past FBI and DOJ officials, have merit.
The third, the subject of Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation, is nonsensical.
1. Hillary and the Uranium One deal
What is Being Charged About the Clinton’s Role in the Uranium One Sale..?
2. The Second Hillary-Russian scandal (The Ghost Story)
3. Russia and Trump..
Much here the MSM does NOT want you to know!
Read on!

Report: Most Signatories Are ‘Ignoring’ or ‘Abandoning’ Paris Climate Commitments

Report: Most Signatories Are ‘Ignoring’ or ‘Abandoning’ Paris Climate Commitments:

"Following President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, a number of other nations have quietly begun ignoring the Paris energy goals, according to a new report out of Canada.
According to Lawrence Solomon of Energy Probe, a Toronto-based environmental organization, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is one of the only signers of the Paris agreement who is actually abiding by the exacting demands of the accord."

Why are sanctuary cities helping the Mexican heroin cartels? - NetRight Daily

Why are sanctuary cities helping the Mexican heroin cartels? - NetRight Daily
"About 14 of the 284 rejected Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer requests for illegal aliens by local law enforcement were individuals on narcotics charges, including trafficking, a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by Judicial Watch from the Department of Homeland Security has revealed. The period covered the first three months of 2017.
When an ICE detainer request is rejected, the criminal gets released prior to interception by the ICE agents, and is back on the street..."
Read on!