Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) said negative statements by former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page while investigating President Donald Trump sounded “a whole lot like a coup” and added that it could even be “treason.”
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Liz Cheney: Statements by Peter Strzok, Lisa Page 'Could Well Be Treason' | Breitbart
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) said negative statements by former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page while investigating President Donald Trump sounded “a whole lot like a coup” and added that it could even be “treason.”
‘Drag 101’ course for teens to be taught at Ohio public library | The College Fix
"An Ohio public library will be treated to a first this summer: An hour-long course dubbed “Drag 101” taught by Kyle Gayle.
Or, if you prefer, Kyle’s drag name: Selena T. West, “relative of drag royalty Nina West,” according to WOWK.
The course will take place at the Orange Branch of the Delaware County Library system.
West says Drag 101 will be about “the building blocks of how to do drag […] it’s nothing to do with sex or gender identity at all.”
...Drag 101 is one of 400 programs he says, “45 of which are for teenagers.”
According to ThisWeekNews.com, the course is designed for kids age 12-17..."
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History for May 28
History for May 28 - On-This-Day.com
Thomas Moore 1779 - Lawyer, social philosopher, author, Jim Thorpe 1888 - Olympic athlete, baseball and basketball player, Ian Fleming 1908 - Author, journalist, created character of James Bond
Gladys Knight 1944 - Singer, Rudolph Giuliani 1944 - Mayor of New York City, Marco Rubio 1971 - Politician
1863 - The first black regiment left Boston to fight in the U.S. Civil War.
1996 - U.S. President Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal were convicted of fraud.
Monday, May 27, 2019
Memorial Day Reminds Us That Our Freedom Didn’t Come Cheaply | The Heritage Foundation
Memorial Day Reminds Us That Our Freedom Didn’t Come Cheaply | The Heritage Foundation:
And if there’s one thing that Memorial Day reminds us, it’s that our freedom didn’t come cheaply. Many Americans gave what President Abraham Lincoln called “the last full measure of devotion” so that liberty could continue to ring from, yes, sea to shining sea.
It’s all too easy, especially for those of us blessed to have grown up in this great land, to take our liberty for granted. We forget that freedom isn’t free. It must be paid for, and not just once.
Again and again, Americans have stepped forward in a moment of crisis and put their lives on the line.
They fought in the American Revolution – both in the heat of summer and in the dead of winter, when snow blanketed the ground, supplies were low, and the outlook was bleak.
And if there’s one thing that Memorial Day reminds us, it’s that our freedom didn’t come cheaply. Many Americans gave what President Abraham Lincoln called “the last full measure of devotion” so that liberty could continue to ring from, yes, sea to shining sea.It’s all too easy, especially for those of us blessed to have grown up in this great land, to take our liberty for granted. We forget that freedom isn’t free. It must be paid for, and not just once.
Again and again, Americans have stepped forward in a moment of crisis and put their lives on the line.
They fought in the American Revolution – both in the heat of summer and in the dead of winter, when snow blanketed the ground, supplies were low, and the outlook was bleak.
What went wrong inside Boeing's cockpit? - BBC News
What went wrong inside Boeing's cockpit? - BBC News
Capt Yared Getachew (right)
"...There was nothing more the pilots could have done.
Capt Yared Getachew (right)"...There was nothing more the pilots could have done.
As alarms sounded in their cockpit, the captain and first officer struggled to regain control of their stricken aircraft.
They were far too close to the ground, and needed to gain altitude.
Yet when Capt Yared Getachew tried to guide the nose of the Boeing 737 upwards, an electronic system forced it down again.
Simply pulling back on his control column wasn’t enough.
So he used a thumb switch as well, to adjust the aerodynamic balance of the plane, and encourage it to climb.
But a few seconds later, those adjustments were automatically reversed.
So he used a thumb switch as well, to adjust the aerodynamic balance of the plane, and encourage it to climb.
But a few seconds later, those adjustments were automatically reversed.
The column was shaking in his hands, a mechanical warning that the aircraft was in danger of stalling and falling out of the sky.
A harsh robotic voice called out “don’t sink” three times, indicating that the plane was losing height.
Together, he and First Officer Ahmednur Mohammed Omar worked quickly to find a solution.
They flicked switches on the centre console to disable part of the electronics, and began using manual controls instead, in an attempt to make the plane fly normally.
Regaining control was difficult.
By now the aircraft was gathering speed, and aerodynamic forces were building rapidly; it’s likely they had simply become too great for the pilots to fight against using manual controls.
They flicked switches on the centre console to disable part of the electronics, and began using manual controls instead, in an attempt to make the plane fly normally.
Regaining control was difficult.
By now the aircraft was gathering speed, and aerodynamic forces were building rapidly; it’s likely they had simply become too great for the pilots to fight against using manual controls.
Whatever the reason, they turned the electronics back on and Capt Getachew tried once more to raise the nose of the aircraft, using the thumb switch on his controls.
With power assistance restored, the aircraft responded.
Briefly it began to climb.
With power assistance restored, the aircraft responded.
Briefly it began to climb.
But then, inexorably, the process was reversed as the computers intervened yet again.
Another alarm was now chirping urgently, warning that the speed of the plane had become dangerously high, as it began to dive towards the ground.
In desperation, Capt Getachew called on his co-pilot for help.
Together, they hauled back on their control columns, using their combined strength, in a last-ditch effort to overcome the forces arrayed against them with sheer muscle power.
Together, they hauled back on their control columns, using their combined strength, in a last-ditch effort to overcome the forces arrayed against them with sheer muscle power.
The dive became steeper and steeper, and the aircraft fell faster and faster, until it slammed into the ground at more than 500mph, just six minutes after taking off..."
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American heros!-----The Angels of Bataan: The World War II Nurses Who Survived Three Years in a Japanese Prison Camp | A Mighty Girl
The Angels of Bataan: The World War II Nurses Who Survived Three Years in a Japanese Prison Camp | A Mighty Girl"...Bataan fell in April of 1942, and it was obvious that Corregidor would not hold much longer.
Knowing that there was not enough time to evacuate all of her nurses, Captain Maude C. Davison, the chief nurse of the Philippine department, joined Colonel Wibb Cooper, the ranking medical officer, in creating a list of twenty nurses who would receive priority for evacuation.
Her nurses later noted that, although Davison insisted that the selections were random, she had sent home all of the women who were ill, injured, or otherwise unlikely to be able to withstand lengthy captivity.
When the Allies surrendered the Philippines to the Japanese army, Davison led the remaining 66 nurses to the Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Manila, one of the notoriously harsh prison camps run by the Japanese military.
There, they joined 11 Navy nurses who, under the command of Lt. Laura M. Cobb, had stayed in Manila while it fell to support the patients who could not be moved.
In the camp, the nurses agreed that they would continue to provide medical care to their fellow prisoners.
...By January 1945, with Japanese losses mounting, the situation in the camp was dire.
The nurses had resorted to eating weeds, roots, flowers, and slugs; patients in their care regularly died of malnutrition.
With prisoners' rations down to "only one cup of rice twice a day," Manning observed that it "was the year we starved to death."
By the time the camp was liberated on February 3, 1945, the nurses had lost an average of 30% of their bodyweight.
..."There were 77 American women who became POWs and there were 77 who walked out in 1945," says Norman.
"This is unprecedented, particularly for women who had no formal survival training."..."
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Killing the Electoral College would turn rural Americans into serfs
Killing the Electoral College would turn rural Americans into serfs:
Should rural and small-town Americans be reduced to serfdom? The American Founders didn’t think so. This is one reason why they created checks and balances, including the Electoral College. Today that system is threatened by a proposal called the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, or NPV.
Rural America produces almost all our country’s food, as well as raw materials like metals, cotton and timber. Energy, fossil fuels but also alternatives like wind and solar come mostly from rural areas. In other words, the material inputs of modern life flow out of rural communities and into cities.
Rural America produces almost all our country’s food, as well as raw materials like metals, cotton and timber. Energy, fossil fuels but also alternatives like wind and solar come mostly from rural areas. In other words, the material inputs of modern life flow out of rural communities and into cities.
As Memorial Day Nears, a Single Image That Continues to Haunt
As Memorial Day Nears, a Single Image That Continues to Haunt - NYTimes.com"It is the one and only photo that makes me cry each time I see it.
What brings the tears to my eyes is not just the bereaved young woman, but the Marine who stands behind her.
In an earlier photo in the series, we see him building her a little nest of blankets on the air mattress.
Sweet Lord, I cry just typing the words, the matter-of-fact tenderness is so overwhelming."
Where do we get such men?-----8 bullets till death: Thomas Baker’s heroic act that earned him the "Medal of Honor"
8 bullets till death: Thomas Baker’s heroic act that earned him the "Medal of Honor"
"...During the battle, Sgt. Barker’s perimeter was attacked from three sides and he was seriously wounded.
Unwilling to quit, he kept firing at the enemy until he ran out of ammunition. Wounded and unarmed, he was carried by a comrade away from the frontline. But, when he himself got injured, Thomas Baker decided not to fight for his own life anymore and risk the lives of others.
Thus he firmly insisted on being left in the field and be given a weapon.
One of the retreating soldiers gave him his pistol with eight rounds of ammo.
He was last seen alive propped against a tree, pistol in his hand, with a calm look on his face. His body was later found in the same position, with emptied gun and eight more bodies of Japanese lying in front of him.
Sgt. Baker was one of three US soldiers who died that day and received Medals of Honor posthumously, for their self-sacrificing service.
In November 2009, a memorial dedicated to him and two other soldiers was uncovered in their hometown of Troy, New York.
One of them, Lieutenant William J. O’Brien was among those who died on the very same day in Saipan and were given the Medal of Honor.
"...During the battle, Sgt. Barker’s perimeter was attacked from three sides and he was seriously wounded.
Unwilling to quit, he kept firing at the enemy until he ran out of ammunition. Wounded and unarmed, he was carried by a comrade away from the frontline. But, when he himself got injured, Thomas Baker decided not to fight for his own life anymore and risk the lives of others.
Thus he firmly insisted on being left in the field and be given a weapon.
One of the retreating soldiers gave him his pistol with eight rounds of ammo. He was last seen alive propped against a tree, pistol in his hand, with a calm look on his face. His body was later found in the same position, with emptied gun and eight more bodies of Japanese lying in front of him.
Sgt. Baker was one of three US soldiers who died that day and received Medals of Honor posthumously, for their self-sacrificing service.
In November 2009, a memorial dedicated to him and two other soldiers was uncovered in their hometown of Troy, New York.
One of them, Lieutenant William J. O’Brien was among those who died on the very same day in Saipan and were given the Medal of Honor.
Nancy Pelosi’s Accusation of a Trump Cover-Up Incomprehensible | National Review
Nancy Pelosi’s Accusation of a Trump Cover-Up Incomprehensible | National Review:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, attempting to appease forces in the Democratic party eager for impeachment, is accusing him of one, with all the familiar Watergate connotations.
The charge is strange, not to say incomprehensible, in light of the fact that Congress is in possession of a 448-page report produced by the Trump Department of Justice cataloguing the alleged obstruction that Congress now wants to investigate. The report is so exhaustive that many members of Congress haven’t had the time to read it.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, attempting to appease forces in the Democratic party eager for impeachment, is accusing him of one, with all the familiar Watergate connotations.
The charge is strange, not to say incomprehensible, in light of the fact that Congress is in possession of a 448-page report produced by the Trump Department of Justice cataloguing the alleged obstruction that Congress now wants to investigate. The report is so exhaustive that many members of Congress haven’t had the time to read it.
Decoration Day By Tammy Derouin---LIBERTY REVIEW
LIBERTY REVIEW
Decoration Day--By Tammy Derouin
Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day. It began in the years following the end of Civil War. The Civil War began when the Confederates attacked Fort Sumter, South Carolina on April 12, 1861. It ended when Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865.
Decoration Day--By Tammy Derouin
"As we approach Memorial Day, I wanted to revisit the history of the holiday. What began as a look back, quickly turned into hours of reading. I began to get sidetracked as one date and event led to another. History provides answers and reminds us of the reasons we are free. Had it not been for those who came before us, and those who sacrificed their lives, we would not have the freedom we have today.
A great divide was taking place in the years leading up to the War Between the States. Several issues such as the moral conflict over slavery, the argument of states' rights and the authority of the federal government over the states, as well as the feeling that the South's 'way of life' was being infringed upon, were all coming to a head. Families and friends became enemies as tensions mounted. The great divide would cause brother to stand against brother, neighbor against neighbor and countrymen against countrymen.
The years of war claimed more lives than any conflict in U.S. history. As a result, national cemeteries were established. In November 1863, President Lincoln was invited to the official dedication of the National Cemetery of Gettysburg, the site of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. There were approximately 23,000 casualties for the Union and approximately 28,000 casualties for the Confederacy. Lincoln addressed the crowd with fewer than 300 words, but his words were powerful and have resonated throughout time and became known as the Gettysburg Address.
By the end of the 1860's many communities had begun honoring those who died in battle. They honored their fallen soldiers by decorating their graves. Waterloo, New York is considered the official birthplace of Memorial Day. They held their first community-wide event on May 5, 1866. A couple years later in 1868, General John A. Logan, of the Northern Civil War veterans, called for a nationwide day of remembrance. May 30 would become the official Decoration Day in 1868. The date was chosen because it didn't commemorate any battle or event.
As the United States entered World War I and casualties began to increase, the holiday, which was originally set aside to honor those who gave their lives during the Civil War, evolved into a holiday which would honor all those who died serving in the military during time of war. Over the years, Decoration Day became known as Memorial Day. In 1968, Congress established the holiday as the last Monday in May.
It is important to understand that without the sacrifices of those who came before us, we would not be free. The blessings of liberty come with a cost and each generation pays a price so that the freedom we enjoy is maintained and can be passed on to the next generation. There are no guarantees that freedom will continue. It must be preserved and defended.
Taking our freedom for granted is the surest way to lose it. Without knowledge of our history or understanding the importance of our rights, it is easy to dismiss their value. When the going gets tough, it has become easier for some to offer up our freedoms and rights by placing them on the chopping block. To think you are safer or better off without your rights or that the government knows best, is a huge mistake which will result in dire consequences. It's also proof that our educational system has failed miserably.
The United States is an exceptional nation because we are free. Men and women representing the United States are standing guard all around the world so that you wake up in the land of the free. They defend our flag and the freedom it represents knowing full well that that includes the freedom of individuals who choose to disrespect the symbols of freedom, to not stand for the National Anthem or not say the Pledge of Allegiance.
Carelessness, due to lack of knowledge and understanding, would destroy everything for which those before us suffered, and made the ultimate sacrifice.
“-- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain – that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
Abraham Lincoln--Gettysburg Address"
A gratuitous gallery of warbirds for Memorial Day | Ars Technica
A gratuitous gallery of warbirds for Memorial Day | Ars Technica:
"Celebrating Memorial Day with a trip to the National Museum of the US Air Force."
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"Celebrating Memorial Day with a trip to the National Museum of the US Air Force."
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Trump Replacing Top Immigration Chief With Ken Cuccinelli | The Daily Caller
Trump Replacing Top Immigration Chief With Ken Cuccinelli | The Daily Caller:
The Trump administration will name Ken Cuccinelli, the former GOP attorney general of Virginia, as director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
The Daily Caller confirmed earlier in May that the president had decided to select the immigration hardliner for a top post within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The Trump administration will name Ken Cuccinelli, the former GOP attorney general of Virginia, as director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
The Daily Caller confirmed earlier in May that the president had decided to select the immigration hardliner for a top post within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Memorial Day in New Hampshire :: SteynOnline
Memorial Day in New Hampshire :: SteynOnline:
"Most of my book The [Un]documented Mark Steyn is written by yours truly, but for six lines on page 243 I roped in the real talent in the family:
At Memorial Day observances in my neck of the woods, the veterans are honored by the fifth graders, who read verses for the occasion - both the classics and their own poems.
The stars and stripes, red, white, and blue
"Most of my book The [Un]documented Mark Steyn is written by yours truly, but for six lines on page 243 I roped in the real talent in the family:
'Time passes, and moss and lichen creep across ancient grave stones.
But the men beneath them are forever young.
At Memorial Day observances in my neck of the woods, the veterans are honored by the fifth graders, who read verses for the occasion - both the classics and their own poems.
The latter can be a bit hit and miss, and one has to be alert, given the dispositions of some of my neighbors, for give-peace-a-chance war-is-never-the-answer not-so-subtle subtexts.
But a couple of years ago my then fifth-grade daughter was asked to write something, and so she did.
Nothing to do with me - I was away in Chicago all that week - but I was pleased to see that all the rhymes are true.
She is older now and has gotten a little teenagey, as they do, and today she would try to write it more sophisticatedly.
But I have always liked its heartfelt directness.
So this is my daughter's fifth-grade poem, as a ten-year-old girl delivered it on a small town common for Memorial Day:
The stars and stripes, red, white, and blue
Wave above our heroes true
It makes us cry, it makes us weep
But in our hearts we will keep
The sacrifice our soldiers gave, they shall not die in vain
For they have given us the freedom they have fought to gain'
~excerpted from The [Un]documented Mark Steyn
History for May 27
History for May 27 - On-This-Day.com
Cornelius Vanderbilt 1794 - Entrepreneur (shipping and railroads), Julia Ward Howe 1819 - Abolitionist, social activist, poet ("The Battle Hymn of the Republic"), Wild Bill Hickok 1837 - gunfighter, scout, lawman
Hubert H. Humphrey (Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr.) 1911 - Served as Vice President under Lyndon B. Johnson, Herman Wouk 1915 - Author, Henry Kissinger 1923 - Former U.S. Secretary of State
1647 - Alse Young (Achsah Young or Alice Young), a resident of Windsor, CT, was executed for being a "witch." It was the first recorded American execution of a "witch."
1907 - The Bubonic Plague broke out in San Francisco.
Sunday, May 26, 2019
‘TRUMP BROKE CNN’: Layoffs Continue To Rock Far-Left Network, Former Employees Trash Company | Daily Wire
‘TRUMP BROKE CNN’: Layoffs Continue To Rock Far-Left Network, Former Employees Trash Company | Daily Wire:
"Specific details were not yet known, but a source told Fox News that 'basically the whole division' will lose their jobs," Fox New's Brian Flood reported. "CNN did not respond to multiple requests for comment."
Flood noted that TVNewser, a media reporting website founded by CNN propagandist Brian Stelter, magically got confirmation on Friday — right before the weekend when the news cycle usually dies — that CNN was, in fact, laying off a lot of its employees.
Flood noted that TVNewser, a media reporting website founded by CNN propagandist Brian Stelter, magically got confirmation on Friday — right before the weekend when the news cycle usually dies — that CNN was, in fact, laying off a lot of its employees.
Did (DEMOCRAT) prosecutor allegedly use county money for elaborate home security? | Politically Speaking
Did prosecutor allegedly use county money for elaborate home security? | Politically Speaking
"When Michigan State Police investigators removed and confiscated security camera equipment from Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith’s home during a raid on Tuesday, political observers and news reporters wondered how that fit in with the widening criminal investigation of the county’s top lawman.
The answer lies right there in the pages and pages of documents outlining how the prosecutor spent some of the $1.8 million in “off the books” forfeiture funds that he has controlled over the past several years.
Smith paid approximately $161,000 in county money, handed out under quite peculiar circumstances, to a Mount Clemens security company.
...The obvious question: Who spends huge amounts of money like this, in such a random pattern, over such a long time, for office security cameras and electronic door locks?
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And this: "...His brother is the county commission chair..."
"When Michigan State Police investigators removed and confiscated security camera equipment from Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith’s home during a raid on Tuesday, political observers and news reporters wondered how that fit in with the widening criminal investigation of the county’s top lawman.The answer lies right there in the pages and pages of documents outlining how the prosecutor spent some of the $1.8 million in “off the books” forfeiture funds that he has controlled over the past several years.
Smith paid approximately $161,000 in county money, handed out under quite peculiar circumstances, to a Mount Clemens security company.
...The obvious question: Who spends huge amounts of money like this, in such a random pattern, over such a long time, for office security cameras and electronic door locks?
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And this: "...His brother is the county commission chair..."
Mollie Ziegler Hemingway---3 Times Media Claimed Russiagate Transparency Would End America
3 Times Media Claimed Russiagate Transparency Would End America:
"As the media carry water for sources who selectively released information to perpetuate a false conspiracy theory, it is worth remembering other recent times they claimed that transparency would have devastating results.
...For several years, government officials from the Obama administration had alleged in anonymous leaks to friendly reporters that Trump was a traitor who had colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 election from Hillary Clinton.
...Media who are implicated in perpetuating the false allegation that Trump was a traitor reacted poorly to the news that Barr was given authority to bring some transparency to the Russia collusion narrative that had been effective precisely because it was shrouded in secrecy.
As bizarre as it is for journalists to fight transparency — MSNBC’s Trump-bruised Joe Scarborough said declassifying documents is what an “autocrat” does — it matches the talking points of those inside the agencies who worry about their activities being exposed.
...As the media carry water for their leaking sources who selectively released information to perpetuate a false conspiracy theory of Russia collusion, it is worth remembering other recent times they claimed that transparency would have devastating results..."
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...For several years, government officials from the Obama administration had alleged in anonymous leaks to friendly reporters that Trump was a traitor who had colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 election from Hillary Clinton.
...Media who are implicated in perpetuating the false allegation that Trump was a traitor reacted poorly to the news that Barr was given authority to bring some transparency to the Russia collusion narrative that had been effective precisely because it was shrouded in secrecy.
As bizarre as it is for journalists to fight transparency — MSNBC’s Trump-bruised Joe Scarborough said declassifying documents is what an “autocrat” does — it matches the talking points of those inside the agencies who worry about their activities being exposed.
...As the media carry water for their leaking sources who selectively released information to perpetuate a false conspiracy theory of Russia collusion, it is worth remembering other recent times they claimed that transparency would have devastating results..."
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