Friday, April 22, 2022
History for April 22
History for April 22 - On-This-Day.com
Nikolai Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Lenin) 1870 - Russian premier (1917-1924)
- 1509 - Henry VIII ascended to the throne of England upon the death of his father Henry VII.
- 1864 - The U.S. Congress passed legislation that allowed the inscription "In God We Trust" to be included on one-cent and two-cent coins.
- 1889 - At noon, the Oklahoma land rush officially started as thousands of Americans raced for new, unclaimed land.
- 1915 - At the Second Battle Ypres the Germans became the first country to use poison gas.
- 1970 - The first "Earth Day" was observed by millions of Americans.
- 1987 - The American Physical Society said that the "Star Wars" missile system was "highly questionable" and would take ten years to research.
- 2000 - Elian Gonzalez was reunited with his father. He had to be taken from his Miami relatives by U.S. agents in a predawn raid.
Thursday, April 21, 2022
More States Move to Affirm Parental Rights in Education
More States Move to Affirm Parental Rights in Education:
Florida has been the center of national attention for weeks over its new Parental Rights in Education law, but it’s not alone: Across the country, state lawmakers are introducing similar legislation.
Florida’s law—inaccurately dubbed “the Don’t Say Gay law” by opponents—prohibits “classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity” to children in kindergarten through third grade or in a manner that isn’t age appropriate according to state standards.
A report by The Heritage Foundation says that other states are responding to parent dissatisfaction by increasing classroom transparency and asserting parents’ rights as decision-makers for their children. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.)
“Lawmakers around the country are considering parents’ bills of rights that affirm that parents are their children’s primary caregivers, prevent schools from compelling students to affirm ideas that violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964, require schools to receive parental permission before administering health services to children, and authorize parents to view the list of books and instructional materials for K–12 classrooms,” the Heritage report reads.
In recent months, these five states—among others—have taken action to limit discussion of gender ideology in the classroom and to protect parents’ rights in K-12 education.
Elon Musk Makes a Massive Proposal, Offers to Purchase Twitter for $41 Billion With Plan to Take Company Private - The Last Refuge
Elon Musk Makes a Massive Proposal, Offers to Purchase Twitter for $41 Billion With Plan to Take Company Private - The Last Refuge
"...What Elon Musk appears to be doing is perhaps the biggest story that few understand.
I share this perspective having spent thousands of hours in the past several years deep in the weeds of tech operating systems, communication platforms, and the issue of simultaneous users.
What Twitter represents, and what Musk is attempting, is not what most would think.
In the big picture of tech platforms, Twitter, as an operating model, is a massive high-user commenting system.
Twitter is not a platform built around a website; Twitter is a platform for comments and discussion that operates in the sphere of social media.
"...What Elon Musk appears to be doing is perhaps the biggest story that few understand.
I share this perspective having spent thousands of hours in the past several years deep in the weeds of tech operating systems, communication platforms, and the issue of simultaneous users.
In the big picture of tech platforms, Twitter, as an operating model, is a massive high-user commenting system.
Twitter is not a platform built around a website; Twitter is a platform for comments and discussion that operates in the sphere of social media.
As a consequence, the technology and data processing required to operate the platform does not have an economy of scale.
There is no business model where Twitter is financially viable to operate…. UNLESS the tech architecture under the platform was subsidized.
In my opinion, there is only one technological system and entity that could possibly underwrite the cost of Twitter to operate.
There is no business model where Twitter is financially viable to operate…. UNLESS the tech architecture under the platform was subsidized.
In my opinion, there is only one technological system and entity that could possibly underwrite the cost of Twitter to operate.
Elect morons, expect moronism-----Parachute demo causes brief evacuation of US Capitol | WAVY.com
Parachute demo causes brief evacuation of US Capitol | WAVY.com: link
"WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Capitol was briefly evacuated Wednesday evening after police identified an aircraft that they said posed “a probable threat” — but the plane was actually carrying members of the U.S. Army Golden Knights, who then parachuted into Nationals Park for a pregame demonstration.
The alert from the U.S. Capitol Police sent congressional staffers fleeing from the Capitol and legislative building around 6:30 p.m.
The incident suggested a stunning communications failure between the military and the Capitol Police, all the more remarkable because of Washington’s focus on improving security since the January 6, 2021, attack on the building by supporters of then-President Donald Trump..."
"WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Capitol was briefly evacuated Wednesday evening after police identified an aircraft that they said posed “a probable threat” — but the plane was actually carrying members of the U.S. Army Golden Knights, who then parachuted into Nationals Park for a pregame demonstration.
The alert from the U.S. Capitol Police sent congressional staffers fleeing from the Capitol and legislative building around 6:30 p.m.
The incident suggested a stunning communications failure between the military and the Capitol Police, all the more remarkable because of Washington’s focus on improving security since the January 6, 2021, attack on the building by supporters of then-President Donald Trump..."
Horowitz: Walgreens recorded who tested positive for COVID, and the results might surprise you - TheBlaze
Horowitz: Walgreens recorded who tested positive for COVID, and the results might surprise you - TheBlaze:
At the risk of causing one more set of data to disappear from the internet, I draw attention to the Walgreens COVID-19 Index, which posts the weekly number of tests administered, percentage of positives broken down by vaccination status, and age brackets of each permutation. You know, the sort of useful information countries like the U.K. published but that our own CDC artfully avoided showing the American people. Here is the bar chart worth more than 560 million vaccine doses!
Another lib projecting his inner rage-----Paul Krugman predicts those wearing KN95s will soon be facing harassment and even violence
Paul Krugman predicts those wearing KN95s will soon be facing harassment and even violence link
"Paul Krugman is always wrong. We now know that masking was never about slowing the coronavirus pandemic, it was about control...
We honestly don’t care if anyone wears a mask or not at this point, just don’t force it on us..."
Is harassment bad? Because we did plenty of posts on people being harassed for not wearing a mask. Here’s one as a refresher:
But that was good harassment, right, because it was all about public health.We honestly don’t care if anyone wears a mask or not at this point, just don’t force it on us..."
SCOTUS rejects attempt by blue states to get tax cuts for the rich - TheBlaze
SCOTUS rejects attempt by blue states to get tax cuts for the rich - TheBlaze:
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an attempt by Democratic-led states to get a massive tax cut for the rich.
The court has declined to review a challenge brought by New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Maryland to the $10,000 federal cap on state and local property and income tax deductions, also known as the SALT cap.
Citing ‘equity,’ nation’s largest four-year university system drops SAT, ACT admissions requirement
Citing ‘equity,’ nation’s largest four-year university system drops SAT, ACT admissions requirement
"The 23-campus California State University has dropped the SAT and ACT standardized tests requirement for its admissions process, citing equity concerns.
The move means no student need take standardized exams to enroll in California’s public higher education system...
The California State University is the largest four-year higher education system in the country with 477,000 students.
...In making its decision, Cal State officials cited “ equity and fairness, academic preparation …" link
"The 23-campus California State University has dropped the SAT and ACT standardized tests requirement for its admissions process, citing equity concerns.
The move means no student need take standardized exams to enroll in California’s public higher education system...
The California State University is the largest four-year higher education system in the country with 477,000 students.
...In making its decision, Cal State officials cited “ equity and fairness, academic preparation …" link
“CBS Sunday Morning” Puts all its Eggs in Chicken Little’s ‘Reposition Global Warming as Theory (Not Fact)’ Basket
“CBS Sunday Morning” Puts all its Eggs in Chicken Little’s ‘Reposition Global Warming as Theory (Not Fact)’ Basket link
Criminal Noncitizen Statistics Fiscal Year 2022 | U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Criminal Noncitizen Statistics Fiscal Year 2022 | U.S. Customs and Border Protection link
Criminal Noncitizen Statistics Fiscal Year 2022
The following is a summary of U.S. Border Patrol enforcement actions related to arrests of criminal noncitizens for Fiscal Years 2016 - 2022...Read all!!
Federal judge throws out CDC's public transit mask mandate - TheBlaze
Federal judge throws out CDC's public transit mask mandate - TheBlaze:
"Because 'our system does not permit agencies to act unlawfully even in pursuit of desirable ends,' the Court declares unlawful and vacates the Mask Mandate," the judge wrote.
The decision comes just days after the CDC extended the mask mandate for an additional two weeks, citing concerns over rising coronavirus cases cased by the BA.2 Omicron subvariant of the virus. The mandate is now set to expire May 3.
The U.S. Has A Potemkin Government, And It's Not Just Joe Biden
The U.S. Has A Potemkin Government, And It's Not Just Joe Biden: link
- Joe Biden is a symbol of the entire federal government: Its dangerous incompetence, corruption, and utter disrespect for the American people and the rule of law.
That is precisely what the U.S. federal government has been now for many years.
...This is what you call a Potemkin Congress. We have a Potemkin president, a Potemkin Congress, and a partially Potemkin Supreme Court.
...This is what you call a Potemkin Congress. We have a Potemkin president, a Potemkin Congress, and a partially Potemkin Supreme Court.
And it’s leading to an entirely Potemkin government and a partially Potemkin people.
Can you think of any domain in which the federal government has been successful in the past, say, 20 years?
Can you think of any domain in which the federal government has been successful in the past, say, 20 years?
- Have we won any wars?
- Is our military even ready should China make a move?
- Is our nation in good economic health? Is our infrastructure strong, clean, and advanced?
- Are our education systems and families producing a majority of citizens who are competent and productive?
- Are our streets clean, lively, and safe?
- Or do we have record numbers of homeless people, record numbers of unparented children, record numbers of people on street and pharmaceutical drugs, record numbers of people failing to create or sustain families, and record numbers of barren, hysterical harpies and neurotic, emasculated men, with most being subsidized somehow by a shrinking number of people who work at legitimately productive and joyous vocations?
- Does our nation look thriving, vigorous, and advancing to you, or like essentially a people that has lost its will to live?..."
History for April 21
History for April 21 - On-This-Day.com 
Charlotte Bronte 1816 - Author ("Jane Eyre," "The Professor")
- 753 BC - Today is the traditional date of the foundation of Rome.
- 1649 - The Maryland Toleration Act was passed, allowing all freedom of worship.
- 1789 - John Adams was sworn in as the first U.S. Vice President.
- 1836 - General Sam Houston defeated Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto. This battle decided the independence of Texas.
- 1898 - The Spanish-American War began.
- 1943 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt announced that several Doolittle pilots had been executed by the Japanese.
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
How Elon Musk went from Leftist HEARTTHROB to ENEMY - TheBlaze
How Elon Musk went from Leftist HEARTTHROB to ENEMY - TheBlaze:
Stu Burguiere, host of Stu Does America, asked his audience on Thursday to remember when Musk was the heartthrob of the left for many years and that he is serious about global warming. So serious that he built an entirely electric car company. He is building spaceships to escape the planet, in part because of global warming.
But this billionaire chose to act instead of sitting around crying about the environment on Twitter all day. And because he chose to take action, he became an enemy of the left. The left prefers to use Twitter as a political culture. Musk is trying to fix problems.
Blinded Me with Violence: How the Left Fosters 'Hate Crime' Then Plays the Victim
Blinded Me with Violence: How the Left Fosters 'Hate Crime' Then Plays the Victim link
"...The problem is this: Frank James sees himself — and all black people — as victims.
In one of his now-deleted videos, James tells other black folks that white people hate them, and that black people will be exterminated like the Jews were in Europe.
...Let’s not even get started on the surge of Soros-funded DAs who refuse to send black criminals — even violent miscreants — to jail. New York’s commie District Attorney, Alvin Braggs, is now actually allowing people to have their convictions “reviewed.”...James sees himself as a victim of racism in a country that, in fact, allowed BLM to burn our biggest cities with near impunity.
...Let’s not even get started on the surge of Soros-funded DAs who refuse to send black criminals — even violent miscreants — to jail. New York’s commie District Attorney, Alvin Braggs, is now actually allowing people to have their convictions “reviewed.”
...It’s a sickness, but it has value for the left; they need to be victims.
...Black supremacist Darryl Brooks also sees black people as victims of racism; he’s the guy who was so enraged that he ran over 62 white people in Waukesha, WI.
...Black supremacist Darryl Brooks also sees black people as victims of racism; he’s the guy who was so enraged that he ran over 62 white people in Waukesha, WI.
Then there’s Noah Green, who killed a Capitol cop.
What did Brooks and Green have in common?
A sincere belief that whitey is out to get them.
Where did they hear that?..."
Life-long thug? And collapse of "public safety" myth?-----"...information on Patrick Lyoya, the man who was shot in the head and killed by a Grand Rapids Police (MI) officer."
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"I am posting this information on Patrick Lyoya, the man who was shot in the head and killed by a Grand Rapids Police officer.
Lyoya was pulled over according to media reports because the
license plate didn’t match his vehicle, an indicator of a stolen vehicle according to police. The result was tragic.
The information you are about to read cost $10 and came from the Michigan State Police Internet Criminal Access Tool and it gives some insight to the question: Why did Patrick Lyoya flee the scene of a traffic stop and fight with a police officer?
The documents provided by the Michigan State Police and the state of Michigan’s Offender Tracking Information System say this:
"I am posting this information on Patrick Lyoya, the man who was shot in the head and killed by a Grand Rapids Police officer.
Lyoya was pulled over according to media reports because the
The information you are about to read cost $10 and came from the Michigan State Police Internet Criminal Access Tool and it gives some insight to the question: Why did Patrick Lyoya flee the scene of a traffic stop and fight with a police officer?
The documents provided by the Michigan State Police and the state of Michigan’s Offender Tracking Information System say this:
- Lyoya was on probation until 2023 and had been arrested eight times since 2015. He was arrested and pled guilty to three different charges involving stolen cars.
- On May 14, 2016, he was arrested for felony motor vehicle unlawful driving away and pled guilty to the misdemeanor possession of a master key. A police officer explained to me that probably means he filed down a key of one Honda and the filed down key can often work on other Hondas – hence “master key.”
- Six days later, he was arrested for another felony receiving and concealing a motor vehicle and pled guilty to the misdemeanor unlawful use. (These technical definitions are very hard to understand.)
- In 2017, he was charged with the felony of stolen property receiving and concealing a motor vehicle. He pled guilty to misdemeanor motor vehicle.
- On April 4, 2017 he was arrested for misdemeanor domestic violence, knowingly assaulting a pregnant individual. He pled guilty. The information on the police report gives no indication of the severity of the offense.
But in 2015, 2018 and 2021, Lyoya was charged with DWI offenses. According to the state, that is what landed him in prison. And he had pled guilty to numerous charges affiliated with car theft.
I don't know what the officer knew at the scene."
I don't know what the officer knew at the scene."
Parents sue Massachusetts school district, claiming school encouraged their children to use new names and pronouns - TheBlaze
Parents sue Massachusetts school district, claiming school encouraged their children to use new names and pronouns - TheBlaze:
Massachusetts parents Stephen Foote and Marissa Silvestri have filed suit against their children's school district and a number of school district officials, claiming that the school officials encouraged their child to use new pronouns and a new name without their consent, according to a report from Fox News.
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