History for February 14

History for February 14 - On-This-Day.com
George Ferris 1859, Jack Benny (Benjamin Kubelsky) 1894 - Comedian, Jimmy Hoffa 1913
  

Florence Henderson 1934 - Actress ("The Brady Bunch"), Michael Bloomberg 1942 - New York City Mayor,  Meg Tilly 1960 - Actress ("The Big Chill," "Agnes of God")


1946 - ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was unveiled. The device, built at the University of Pennsylvania, was the world's first general purpose electronic computer.


1989 - The first satellite of the Global Positioning System was placed into orbit around Earth.

Donald Trump drains swamp after impeachment acquittal - Washington Times

Donald Trump drains swamp after impeachment acquittal - Washington Times:

President Trump was discussing the recent ouster from the White House National Security Council of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, an impeachment witness against him, when a reporter asked the president if more staff departures are to come.
“Oh sure, absolutely,” the president replied. “There always are.”
Since his acquittal last week in the Senate, Mr. Trump has embarked on a post-impeachment house-cleaning to drain the swamp of staff deemed disloyal to him personally or unsupportive of his agenda. Democrats have accused him of carrying out political retribution, but some observers say the personnel moves are legitimate, retribution or not.

The way we were-----The Way it Was: San Francisco Summer of 1967

Boob-tube-----Weekend Update: John Belushi on March Weather - SNL

Liberal Groups and High-Powered Lawyers Swarm Detroit to Keep Dead Voters on Rolls

Liberal Groups and High-Powered Lawyers Swarm Detroit to Keep Dead Voters on Rolls
"Liberal groups and high-powered New York attorneys swooped into Detroit this week to help the city fight a lawsuit over its voter roll irregularities, which included thousands of deceased individuals appearing on the rolls.
...The liberal groups and attorneys are converging on Detroit as part of a broader campaign against alleged efforts to "purge" individuals from voter rolls.
Democrats have built a massive network of nonprofit groups, funded by George Soros and other liberal donors, to oppose Republican-backed voting initiatives such as voter identification laws. Michigan is a significant target for such efforts given its "swing state" status; Trump won the state by just 10,000 votes in the 2016 election..."
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The Facts About Trump That Are Deadly For Democrats – Issues & Insights

The Facts About Trump That Are Deadly For Democrats – Issues & Insights
"The Democrats didn’t like President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address because he highlighted data, such as the strong economy and record employment under his watch, they’d rather voters didn’t know. 
But those points were just a start. 
There’s much more about Trump that his opponents want to hide from the public.

The Democrats have stayed true to their talking points, calling Trump a “monster,” a “white supremacist,” and a “dictator” at every opportunity. 
While campaigning in New Hampshire, Joe Biden said the president “doesn’t have a shred of decency in him.” 
Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg wants to convince voters “this election is a decency check on this president.” 
Tom Steyer, who apparently didn’t wish to strain his vocabulary’s limits, simply says Trump is “a bad man.”

None of those charges would stick, though, if the electorate knew that:

• In 1986, Trump helped stop the foreclosure of Annabel Hill’s family farm in Georgia. He contributed $39,000 toward the money she needed to pay off the mortgage.

• Two years later, Trump sent his personal jet to fly 3-year-old Andrew Ten across the country for critical medical care after commercial airlines refused to allow his life-support system on board.

• In 2000, Trump gave a “generous” check to the family of a young girl named Megan, who was suffering from Brittle Bone Disease. He saw her on the Maury Povich show and was moved.

• Trump not only allowed actress Jennifer Hudson, who is black, and her family to stay free at his Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago after her mother and brother were murdered in 2008, he apparently increased security for them.

• Three years before winning the presidency, Trump  gave a $10,000 check to bus driver Darnell Barton, who stopped a suicidal woman from jumping off an overpass in Buffalo.

• A year later, Trump wrote a $25,000 check to retired Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi, who had been in a Mexican jail for seven months. While carrying loaded weapons, he had made a wrong turn on a California freeway that forced him into the Tijuana port of entry with no way to turn back. Trump sent the money to help Tahmooressi “get back on his feet.”

These examples, which have been independently verified, were first compiled along with others at Townhall by Liz Crokin..."

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Steve Scalise: Free Americans Scare Democrats to Death

Steve Scalise: Free Americans Scare Democrats to Death:

Democrats are “scared to death” of free Americans, said Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) on Tuesday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow, highlighting left-wing propositions for increasing central planning and governmental controls over the population.
“The president’s fighting for people,” said Scalise. “[Democrats] are fighting for government control, and it scares them to death to think that individuals might actually be able to control their own destiny.”

Clarice Feldman---The Democrats: A Corrupt, Insane Posse Masquerading as a Political Party - American Thinker

The Democrats: A Corrupt, Insane Posse Masquerading as a Political Party - American Thinker
"Eleven years ago, the writer Michael Walsh wrote (under his penname David Kahane) “Think of the Democratic Party as it really is: a criminal organization masquerading as a political party.”

After the Democrats’ Russia, Kavanaugh, Mueller, and Ukraine fiascos, the Iowa caucus debacle, and Friday’s bizarre Democratic debate, I think we need to update it: It’s a Criminal, Insane Posse masquerading as a political party..."

...The Democratic “Debate”

I confess, by week’s end I lacked enough patience to watch the Democrats’ debate on Friday night, and contented myself with reading about it from trusted observers. The actor James Woods is back from a year-long jailing by Twitter, and bounced back having lost none of his acid wit:

“The #Democrats have cheated elections for so long, they can’t even elect themselves... #IowaCaucusDisaster 

-- James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) February 7, 2020”
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Adam Carolla: California would care about the homeless 'if it could get money from them' | Fox News

Adam Carolla: California would care about the homeless 'if it could get money from them' | Fox News
"In an interview that aired Monday, comedian Adam Carolla told "Tucker Carlson Tonight" that California's government isn't concerned about the poor because they can't get money from them, adding that the ultra-poor are "untouchable."
"[California officials] would care if they owe them money and they had money and they could get money from them," Carolla told Carlson. 
"They care greatly about people who have checkbooks, but they've really divided the entire city into those who pay and those who can't. And if you can't, they're not that interested."
Carlson asked Carrolla about the growing homeless crisis in California and breakdown of the "rule of law." 
Carolla explained that the middle class is who suffer most.
"If you're Barbra Streisand. What do you care about a speeding ticket... and if you're ultra-poor, you're untouchable because you can't get blood out of a turnip. You know, there's nothing there. There's there's none. You can't pay them," Carolla said. "It's the middle who gets the crap kicked out of them here in Los Angeles."
"So we have a million rules for those who play by the rules, and we have no rules for those who have no money and don't play by the rules," Carolla added.
Carolla argued that no one wants to enforce the rules because they're afraid of being perceived as "mean."...
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Lunch video-----Temperatures are Falling across the Globe according to NOAA Data but NAS...

Noon-toon-----REMINDER: Joe Biden, John Kerry, Mitt Romney, The Clintons, Nancy Pelosi and George Soros All Have Connections to the Ukraine

REMINDER: Joe Biden, John Kerry, Mitt Romney, The Clintons, Nancy Pelosi and George Soros All Have Connections to the Ukraine

Jussie Smollett Indicted On Six Counts By Special Prosecutor In Chicago | The Daily Caller

Jussie Smollett Indicted On Six Counts By Special Prosecutor In Chicago | The Daily Caller:

Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett has been indicted on six counts by a Chicago prosecutor after he was accused of an alleged hate crime hoax.
A clerk in the Cook County’s office confirmed to ABC 7 News Tuesday that the 37-year-old actor had been indicted on six counts of disorderly conduct by special prosecutor Dan Webb after the actor was previously charged with 16 counts of felony disorderly conduct for allegedly lying to police about the attack in January 2019.

Michigan Capitol Confidential - Posts

Michigan Capitol Confidential - Posts:
"Michigan’s media continues to promote a narrative that taxpayers and voters aren’t contributing enough taxes to expect roads in better repair.
Some elected officials say the same.
In a recent MLive article, Democratic Sen. Curtis Hertel of East Lansing was asked about more road repairs.
“I think the legislature’s got to get serious about actual revenue increases,” Hertel said, according to MLive. “...We obviously all want to fix local roads. Some of us just want to pay for it.”
However, Michigan motorists are already paying more for roads.
Just three years ago last month, taxpayers began providing more revenue with a gas tax hike, from 19 cents per gallon to 26.3 cents per gallon, and a large vehicle registration tax.
Motorists are paying more than $600 million extra every year thanks to those tax increases."

And their greatest ally? A lying media!

OH, GOODY: Health experts warn Congress coronavirus may hit US hard in next two to four weeks….

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OH, GOODY: Health experts warn Congress coronavirus may hit US hard in next two to four weeks.

“I don’t think we should be planning for the onesie-twosie cases that we’ve been seeing thus far in the United States,” said Asha George, executive director of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense. “We have to plan for the possibility that we have thousands of cases, you know.”

That would be wise. 
Plus: “Gottlieb said he believes China first saw the epidemic spread internally in November and doubts the Chinese government’s data are sound.”--Posted by Glenn Reynolds"

#1 This day 1977-----Blinded by the Light ~ Manfred Mann's Earth Band with lyrics

​Europe’s largest floating solar farm underway in Netherlands | Carbon & Sustainability | JWN Energy

​Europe’s largest floating solar farm underway in Netherlands | Carbon & Sustainability | JWN Energy
"German renewable energy developer Baywa r.e. has begun constructing what will be the largest floating solar farm outside of China.
The 27-megawatt Bomhofsplas solar farm is set to include 73,000 solar panels on a sandpit lake in Zwolle in the Netherlands, the company said in a statement.
...“Our ability to deliver floating solar farms in such a short space of time is an exciting new opportunity for Europe and its bid to be carbon free by 2050,” said Benedikt Ortmann, global director of polar Projects at Baywa ..."
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DOJ Was ‘Shocked’ By Roger Stone Prison Recommendation, Plans To Revise Proposal | The Daily Caller

DOJ Was ‘Shocked’ By Roger Stone Prison Recommendation, Plans To Revise Proposal | The Daily Caller:

Justice Department officials were reportedly “shocked” by federal prosecutors’ recommendation that longtime Trump associate Roger Stone serve up to nine years in prison in a case that originated with the special counsel’s investigation and are planning to submit a revised recommendation Tuesday.
According to Fox News, officials who had been briefed on prosecutors’ plans were not expecting such a hefty sentence for Stone, who was convicted on Nov. 15 on false statements and witness tampering charges.

Woman punches man in Broadway bar over MAGA-style birthday hat | News | wsmv.com

Woman punches man in Broadway bar over MAGA-style birthday hat | News | wsmv.com
"NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) - A man's surprise birthday gift led to a surprise attack at a Broadway bar.

Daniel Sprague was at The Stage bar on Broadway sporting a gift his wife gave him for his 50th birthday bash—a hat that says "Make 50 Great Again." 

The hat is styled to look like a "Make America Great Again" hat that supporters of President Donald Trump wear.

..."At one point," Sprague said, "A female came up from behind me, spun me around, and punched me in the face and then grabbed my hat off my head and was just yelling, 'How dare you.'"
The punch was hard enough to cut Sprague's face..."

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History for February 13

History for February 13 - On-This-Day.com
Bess Truman 1885, Grant Wood 1892, Chuck Yeager 1923 - United States Air Force General, test pilot


Kim (Marilyn) Novak 1933 - Actress, Peter Tork (Peter Halsten Thorkelson) 1942 - Actor, musician (The Monkees), Jerry Springer 1944 - Talk show host, 56th Mayor of Cincinnati


1633 - Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before the Inquisition.


1965 - Sixteen-year-old Peggy Fleming won the ladies senior figure skating title at Lake Placid, NY.

Rush Limbaugh Pays Tribute to Orson Bean and Andrew Breitbart

Rush Limbaugh Pays Tribute to Orson Bean and Andrew Breitbart:

Syndicated conservative talker Rush Limbaugh discussed the legacy of actor Orson Bean and his son-in-law Andrew Breitbart upon his return to his show Tuesday after receiving medical treatment for his lung cancer.
Limbaugh said, “I want to talk about the Oscars for just a second, not the awards themselves. I read the TV rating at an all-time low for this show, the Academy Awards show. And the real thing I want to talk about is Orson Bean. Orson Bean is how I want to get into this. Orson Bean was a healthy, vibrant 91 years old living in California, and he was hit by a car over the weekend and killed. He was a legendary television and movie performer. And he was a conservative. He oftentimes spoke of the Hollywood that existed when he was coming up. It was a Hollywood that loved God and a Hollywood love America, and he lamented it’s demise. He was the father in law of Andrew Breitbart.”

The way we were-----Angels - My Boyfriend's Back