History for May 15

History for May 15 - On-This-Day.com

Madeleine Albright 1937 - First woman to become a U.S. Secretary of State

• 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovered his harmonics law.
• 1856 - Lyman Frank Baum, author of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," was born.
• 1862 - The U.S. Congress created the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
• 1911 - The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil Company, ruling it was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
• 1940 - Nylon stockings went on sale for the first time in the U.S.
• 1942 - Gasoline rationing began in the U.S. The limit was 3 gallons a week for nonessential vehicles.
• 1948 - Israel was attacked by Transjordan, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon only hours after declaring its independence.
• 1972 - Alabama Democrat Gov. George C. Wallace was shot by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, MD while campaigning for the U.S. presidency. Wallace was paralyzed by the shot.
• 1988 - The Soviet Union began their withdrawal of its 115,000 troops from Afghanistan. Soviet forces had been there for more than eight years.

House Republicans introduce bill to fire Dr. Fauci - TheBlaze

House Republicans introduce bill to fire Dr. Fauci - TheBlaze: 

"Dr. Fauci represents everything that President Eisenhower warned us about in his farewell address: The scientific-technical elite steering the country toward their own ends," Davison said. "Americans have had decades of Dr. Fauci's leadership, and he publicly failed to respond appropriately to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is time for him to step aside so that new leadership can 'follow the science' and start reopening America.'"

The way we were-----The missing | C-54 Skymaster: A 70 year old unsolved mystery

Boob-tube-----Americans will try ANYTHING! Top 10 Worst Marketing Mistakes

Active Duty Military: France Heading For Civil War

Active Duty Military: France Heading For Civil War

"France is likely to be the first European example of where mass uncontrolled immigration leads to a third world style failed state."

Thug gov. lies. Gets caught!-----Report: Gretchen Whitmer Used Private Jet Borrowed From Billionaires To Travel To Florida During COVID Crisis | The Daily Wire

Report: Gretchen Whitmer Used Private Jet Borrowed From Billionaires To Travel To Florida During COVID Crisis | The Daily Wire

"Michigan’s Democrat governor, Gretchen Whitmer, reportedly asked a group of wealthy Detroit businessmen to borrow a private jet so that she could travel to Florida in March, just as Florida was struggling with a COVID-19 variant that Whitmer would later warn her own residents about.

Detroit journalist Charlie LeDuff revealed Thursday on Deadline Detroit that Whitmer asked “businessmen have major dealings in and with the state of Michigan” for what appears to be a political favor, calling on the group to provide her a “private plane they share” so that she did not have to fly commercial.

One of the businessmen told LeDuff that the group felt obligated to do as the governor asked.

“We wondered why she reached out to us instead of booking a private charter,” the source told LeDuff. “You can’t tell a governor no. Who needs that kind of trouble?”

“She said she was going to see her sick daddy, but that’s not a legitimate political expenditure,” an expert told LeDuff about the transaction. “

What it is, is a political favor. She asked. She got on their plane. Now she owes them one.”

San Francisco concocts plan to send HS seniors to school for one day to obtain millions in state funds: 'Blatant money grab' - TheBlaze

San Francisco concocts plan to send HS seniors to school for one day to obtain millions in state funds: 'Blatant money grab' - TheBlaze: 

The union described the development as "exciting news," and union President Susan Solomon told the San Francisco Chronicle the return would allow seniors to spend time with friends and teachers before graduation.

"UESF brought the initial proposal to SFUSD so that our current graduating seniors would have the opportunity to spend some time in-person on campus with teachers and their peers during their last few weeks of high school as they say goodbye to classmates and prepare for graduation and the next chapter of their lives," Solomon said.

But what the teachers' union did not say is that the return would be for one day only — and students would not even be in the classroom with their teachers.

This is child abuse!!!-----MDHHS - Pandemic-EBT

To be clear.

• Pushing our children into the junkfood jungle!
• Almost EVERY public school student in MI is getting theses cards.
• They are distributed to the STUDENT, not their parents.
• They were pre-loaded with over $500, to make up for the time between when the decision was made for this idiocy and the state's ability to get the program going.
• The goal is satisfy HUNGER, not provide nutrition! Chips and candy satisfy "hunger".
• The cards will be loaded with new money ($100+/mo.) through June 2021.
• Most of the spending, by young teen-agers, won't be spent on broccoli.

DIAGUSTING!

MDHHS - Pandemic-EBT:
"P-EBT provides supplemental food assistance benefits to students who have temporarily lost access to free or reduced-price school meals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The goal of the program is to make sure no child goes hungry by missing out on school meals.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and Michigan Department of Education (MDE) partnered during the 2019-2020 school year to provide these critical benefits to over 900,000 students. 

We are excited to be partnering again for the 2020-2021 school year to provide these benefits to students to help reduce food insecurity.
The P-EBT program has specific eligibility requirements for both schools and students.
Eligible schools must:

• Be closed or have reduced in-person learning for at least 5 consecutive days in the current school year (beginning no earlier than September 9, 2020).
• Be a provider of the National School Lunch Program and/or School Breakfast Program.

Eligible students must:

• Be enrolled in a Michigan school.
• Participate in a virtual or hybrid school schedule.
• Be eligible for free or reduced lunch or attend a Community Eligibility Provision school.

School Eligibility by School (PDF) ...Read all!

Systemic Racism, Chicago-Style

Systemic Racism,
Chicago-Style

The city's problems can’t be the result of any systemic racism, unless you want to argue that Chicago’s black officialdom doesn't give a damn about Chicago’s black population.

"The country, even the larger world, has heard a lot about “systemic racism” in America lately. It seems to be the flavor of the year and goes on and on, unabated. The White House preaches it and Biden’s U.N. ambassador tells us, “Racism was and continues to be a daily challenge wherever we are. And for millions, it’s more than a challenge. It’s deadly.”

Deadly, indeed!
...The “Windy City” has a black population of just over 30 percent and is deadly dangerous. 

Chicago and Illinois both have some of the strongest gun control laws in the country, with more on the way—do you think it’s possible that the criminals might not be obeying those laws?
...The facts are most illuminating, if not staggering.
In Chicago, there were 2,240 shootings and 440 homicides from January through July 2020. The numbers are way up again in 2021. Back in 2015, Chicago’s homicide rate had already risen to 18.6 per 100,000. By 2016, Chicago had recorded more homicides and shooting victims than New York City and Los Angeles combined.
...One thing stands out—almost every shooter and homicide victim (97.7 percent) are black. But Black Lives Matter and Chicago’s Democratic politicians continue to blame “police and systemic racism.”
Yet:

• The mayor is black.
• The superintendent of police is black.
• The Cook County state’s attorney is black.
• The chief judge of Cook County circuit courts is black.
• The Illinois attorney general is black.
• The fire department commissioner is black.
• The Cook County board president is black.
• The state senate majority leader is black.
• The lieutenant governor is black.
• The secretary of state is black.
• The clerk of the circuit court of Cook County is black.
• The Cook County clerk is black.
• The city treasurer is black.
• The Chicago Police Board president is black.
• The Chicago Transit Authority president is black.
• The CEO of Chicago public schools is black.
• The commissioner of the Department of Water Management is black.
• Forty percent of the City Council belongs to the black caucus. Nine aldermen are socialists.
• Their average pay is $122,304 annually each, plus $122,000 per year in expenses. Their pension for life is 80 percent of final pay. 
• There are zero Republicans on the Chicago City Council.
• William Hale Thompson was the last Republican mayor of Chicago long ago, in 1931.
• For 89 years, Democrats have completely controlled the mayor’s office.
• The fiscal deficit in Chicago is more than $838.2 million and counting. 

Can someone please explain how it’s possible for Republicans—Donald Trump in particular, or white people in general—to be responsible for Chicago’s horrendously dismal and unsafe conditions?...Read all!

Lunch video-----Is White Privilege Real?

Noon-toon

 

Border crisis worsens: Highest number of migrants in two decades crossed into US illegally during April - TheBlaze

Border crisis worsens: Highest number of migrants in two decades crossed into US illegally during April - TheBlaze: 

Border apprehensions during the month of April reached a new 20-year record, breaking the previous record set in March. "CBP continues to see a large influx of illegal migration along the Southwest Border," Customs and Border Protection chief Troy Miller said.

Know this!

 

What, no free money to end the scourge of obesity?-----Will Ohio's $1 million vaccine lottery motivate people to get the shot? Experts say yes

Will Ohio's $1 million vaccine lottery motivate people to get the shot? Experts say yes

• While Maine is offering an LL Bean gift card and West Virginia is dangling the promise of a $100 savings bond, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is going big – very big – in the vaccination incentive game.

DeWine's Ohio Vax-a-Million promises 

• $1 million prizes to five lucky Ohioans and 
• full-ride college scholarships to five lucky Ohio teens. 

The hitch: winners must be vaccinated against COVID-19 before the drawing. 

The goal is to push people to get the shot...Read all.

"...safe from Donald Trump..."

 

Normalizing racist hate.-----Antifa Protester: “I Can’t Wait Until Black People Lynch White People”

Antifa Protester: “I Can’t Wait Until Black People Lynch White People”

"An Antifa protester at a demonstration near Seattle was filmed proudly proclaiming, “I can’t wait until black people lynch white people.”

Yes, really.

The chant was heard during a far-left black bloc protest against a Billy Graham association event.

At first a woman is heard stating, “I can’t wait until black people hang you, I can’t wait.”

When she is asked to repeat the statement, she proudly clarifies, “I can’t wait until black people lynch white people.”

When asked if anyone else in the group agrees with the statement, a man puts his hand up and says “I do, I do!”

According to journalist Andy Ngo, the leftists also chanted “death to America!” while burning U.S. flags...Read all!

#1 This day 1967-----The Young Rascals - Groovin' (1967)

Are we on the brink????-----VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Are Americans Becoming Sovietized? | The Daily Caller

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Are Americans Becoming Sovietized? | The Daily Caller

• What ultimately ended the nihilist Soviet system?

"Was it not that Russians finally tired of the Kremlin’s lies and hypocrisies that permeated every facet of their falsified lives?

Here are 10 symptoms of Sovietism. 

Ask yourself whether we are headed down this same road to perdition.

• 1. There was no escape from ideological indoctrination — anywhere. A job in the bureaucracy or a military assignment hinged not so much on merit, expertise or past achievement. What mattered was loud enthusiasm for the Soviet system. Wokeness is becoming our new Soviet-like state religion. Careerists assert that America was always and still is a systemically racist country, without ever producing proof or a sustained argument.
• 2. The Soviets fused their press with the government. Pravda, or “Truth,” was the official megaphone of state-sanctioned lies. Journalists simply regurgitated the talking points of their Communist Party partners. In 2017, a Harvard study found that over 90% of the major TV news networks’ coverage of the Trump administration’s first 100 days was negative...Read all!!!!!

No one could've...

 

House Republicans vote to kick Liz Cheney out of leadership - TheBlaze

House Republicans vote to kick Liz Cheney out of leadership - TheBlaze: 

The House Republican caucus voted Wednesday to kick Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) from her GOP conference chairman post.  According to Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger, the caucus held a voice vote, so no final tally numbers will be known. Kinzinger also said that no replacement had yet been voted on.

Racists Make A Comeback With All New Ways To Be Racist!

NYPD union boss blames Bill de Blasio and police reform laws for New York City's downfall | Daily Mail Online

NYPD union boss blames Bill de Blasio and police reform laws for New York City's downfall� | Daily Mail Online

EXCLUSIVE: 'Let's be real the city is in freefall.' NYPD union boss blames 'feckless' Bill de Blasio and his 'imbecilic' police reform laws for the Times Square shooting and turning NYC into a Wild West frontier town

• In his exclusive essay for DailyMail.com, SBA president Ed Mullins blames Mayor Bill de Blasio and fellow officials for New York City's descent into lawlessness 
• The Big Apple, which is still reeling from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, has also been experiencing an uptick in crime and violence 
  
• It faced further turmoil in the summer when protesters took to the streets on a near nightly basis urging officials to defund the police
• In a highly controversial move last July, the city ultimately agreed to cut $1billion from the NYPD budget
• According to Mullins, 'the 2020 "reform" package has done nothing but kneecap the police and increase violent crime to levels not seen since the early 1990s' 
• Shootings in the city have risen by 166 per cent from April 2020 to the same month this year

AM Fruitcake

 

History for May 14

History for May 14 - On-This-Day.com

George Lucas 1944 - Film producer, screenwriter, director ("Star Wars" movie series)

• 1787 - Delegates began gathering in Philadelphia for a convention to draw up the U.S. Constitution.
• 1804 - William Clark set off the famous expedition from Camp Dubois. A few days later, in St. Louis, Meriwether Lewis joined the group. The group was known as the "Corps of Discovery."
• 1853 - Gail Borden applied for a patent for condensed milk.
• 1897 - "The Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Phillip Sousa was performed for the first time. It was at a ceremony where a statue of George Washington was unveiled.
• 1942 - The Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) was established by an act of the U.S. Congress.
• 1948 - Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the independent State of Israel as British rule in Palestine came to an end.

Liberal network CNN presses Health Sec. Becerra on his call for vaccinated people to keep wearing masks. He has trouble defending it. - TheBlaze

Liberal network CNN presses Health Sec. Becerra on his call for vaccinated people to keep wearing masks. He has trouble defending it. - TheBlaze: 

Becerra is the most recent member of the Biden administration to come out and contradict the latest face mask guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The way we were-----Professor Miller's pure joy as experiment takes unexpected turn (1964) |...

Always trust big companies!-----Coke keeps you thin! (1961 Coke commercial)

Growing inflation is Biden's hidden tax on working Americans | TheHill

Growing inflation is Biden's hidden tax on working Americans | TheHill

"The sharpest tax President Biden is levying upon Americans is one that was never passed by Congress, promised from the White House, or voted on by citizens at the ballot box. 

The invisible tax of rising inflation will do far more to harm working and middle-class Americans than Biden’s proposed tax hikes. 

The trillions of dollars in congressional spending and money printing from the Federal Reserve is already having a dramatic effect on the price of ordinary goods. 

Inflation has reached its highest point in years, and will likely reach the highest in two generations.

Over the past year, 

• 
  food prices are up 3.5 percent, with 
• eggs and meat up by over 5 percent; 
• gas is up 22 percent and is expected to get even higher by this summer; 
• lumber is up 250 percent; 
• new home prices are up $36,000, with overall housing up 11 percent; and 
• new cars are up 9 percent, the highest in 68 years.

...Put it all together, and consumer prices are the highest they’ve been in eight and a half years. Economists now not only see the risk of inflation “higher than in the last two decades,”...

The primary driver of the current inflation comes through money printing by the Federal Reserve....Read all.

Forced work stoppage adds cost, time to build of new Wayne County Jail

Forced work stoppage adds cost, time to build of new Wayne County Jail

"Detroit — ...Work stopped in March at the site due to the spread of the coronavirus in Michigan, which led Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to halt the work of the construction industry. 

At that point, the project was about $40 million over its $533 million budget...

...The justice center, off Interstate 75 and East Warren on Detroit's east side, is Wayne County's second attempt to build a new jail that would consolidate its footprint...

Construction on what would become known as the "fail jail" at Gratiot and St. Antoine began in 2011, under then-County Executive Bob Ficano. 

The 2,000-bed project near the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice was later halted in June 2013 after $100 million in overruns and charges of corruption...Read all.

Exclusive - Rep. David Schweikert: People Being Paid to Stay Home, Hence Poor Jobs Numbers

Exclusive - Rep. David Schweikert: People Being Paid to Stay Home, Hence Poor Jobs Numbers: 

Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) told Breitbart News on Sunday that April’s jobs report was a function of paying Americans not to work, as opposed to fears among prospective workers of coronavirus infection.