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History for January 24

History for January 24 - On-This-Day.com 

John Belushi 1949

• 1908 - In England, the first Boy Scout troop was organized by Robert Baden-Powell.
• 1922 - Christian K. Nelson patented the Eskimo Pie.
• 1924 - The Russian city of St. Petersburg was renamed Leningrad. The name has since been changed back to St. Petersburg.
• 1935 - Krueger Brewing Company placed the first canned beer on sale in Richmond, VA.
• 1972 - The U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws that denied welfare benefits to people who had resided in a state for less than a year.
• 1989 - Ted Bundy, the confessed serial killer, was put to death in Florida's electric chair for the 1978 kidnap-murder of 12-year-old Kimberly Leach.

U-Turn on Cheating: Harvard Finds 'Problems' with Claudine Gay's Work amid Plagiarism Probe

U-Turn on Cheating: Harvard Finds 'Problems' with Claudine Gay's Work amid Plagiarism Probe: 

Harvard University has acknowledged that it has found some problems with former president Claudine Gay’s academic work via its plagiarism probe.

“Harvard now admitting that its whole defense of Claudine Gay was bogus. Whoops!” conservative activist and CRT expert Christopher Rufo, who was one of the first to call Gay’s Ph.D. dissertation into question over potential plagiarism, wrote in a Monday X/Twitter post.

WHO director calls for worldwide pandemic treaty to prepare for ominous 'Disease X' | Blaze Media

WHO director calls for worldwide pandemic treaty to prepare for ominous 'Disease X' | Blaze Media: 

The head of the World Health Organization has called on countries to sign the health organization's pandemic treaty to prepare the world for a "Disease X," an undesignated term for a future pandemic that could be more deadly than anything humanity has faced. Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday, noting that he hoped nations across the world would reach a pandemic agreement by May to address a future danger, according to the New York Post. Scientists have speculated that "Disease X" could be up to 20 times more deadly than COVID-19.

The way we were-----Why the United States DIDN'T Target Tokyo With Atomic Bombs

Scandal: Boeing’s 737 Max Disaster | Short Documentary

America's enemies are inside the wire!-----Our Weird Passivity Toward Iran’s Aggression - Clarice Feldman

Our Weird Passivity Toward Iran’s Aggression By Clarice Feldman

"...Turns out the watchdog didn’t bark because it knew the thief, and my supposition is that there is a good reason why we have behaved as if Iran and its proxies merit no more meaningful response: 

This Administration -- as did Obama’s -- has been thoroughly compromised respecting the ayatollahs.
In a lengthy post, Hussain-Abdul-Hussain, who analyzes such things for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy, summarized the recent provocations of Iran.

This week, Iran attacked without provocation Pakistan, later claiming preposterously that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched the attack without the knowledge of Iran’s foreign minister. It’s a pattern -- after attacks by the IRGC in Iraq, and from Lebanon, Gaza, and Yemen, the regime claims these were done without its knowledge. No one there, it seems, contrary to evidence, is accountable for the damage....

Most trusted folks in America!-----Grace & Frankie have an Important Message for YOU about our Planet!

House Democrat Belittles Grieving Mother, Gets Put in His Place When She Asks One Damning Question

House Democrat Belittles Grieving Mother, Gets Put in His Place When She Asks One Damning Question: 

New York Democrat Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman is under fire for his callous treatment during a House committee hearing of a mother who lost her daughter to a fentanyl overdose thanks to Joe Biden’s border crisis.

Arizona mom Josephine Dunn testified during a House Homeland Security hearing on Thursday as House members discussed the possibility of impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for his continuing failure to secure the border and enforce America’s immigration laws.

Here's Why America Just Went Bankrupt and All Our Savings are Gone

Buying the votes of low-income, low turnout "voters".-----Michigan Gov. confirms early payment of $550 for 700,000 families

Michigan Gov. confirms early payment of $550 for 700,000 families

• Financial relief: Michigan Gov. Whitmer confirms that 700,000 families will get $550 on average as soon as next month

“By quintupling the Working Families Tax Credit, we’re putting an average of $550 back in the pockets of 700,000 Michigan families ahead of schedule,” Whitmer said in a statement...

Lunch video-----How Yemen is Wrecking the Entire Global Economy

Noon-toon

Gun banners facing new obstacle proposed by lawmakers

Gun banners facing new obstacle proposed by lawmakers: 

The leftist faction in America that would like to ban guns has tried just that, unsuccessfully. Members have tried banning ammunition. They've tried registration and licenses. And taxes. And much more. Their latest is the concept of a database of owners that could be compiled by assembling records of gun purchases, from banks, credit card companies and more.

Follow the "science"!

 

Imagine media meltdown if the Koch brothers had done same to Biden!-----Alex Soros Tweets Out Bullet Hole and 47 — A Direct Violent Threat to Donald Trump!

Alex Soros Tweets Out Bullet Hole and 47 — A Direct Violent Threat to Donald Trump!
"They want him gone – no matter the cost...
The globalist elites are in a panic. 

Trump is the greatest threat to their power over humanity in the civilized world. Something must be done.
Alex Soros tweeted out an obvious threat against President Trump on Sunday evening...

Paper ballots!

 

Votes Without Citizenship Proof 'Exploded' In AZ After Dem Lawfare

Votes Without Citizenship Proof 'Exploded' In AZ After Dem Lawfare - BY: M.D. KITTLE

• Ballots Cast Without Proof Of Citizenship ‘Exploded’ After Lawfare Crippled Arizona Election Laws
• About 1,700 people in Arizona voted in 2018 with a federal-only ballot. Two years later, the number grew to 11,600 individuals.

"After Arizona officials signed a consent decree agreeing to let voters who failed to provide proof of U.S. citizenship on their state voter application forms vote in federal elections anyway, Arizona saw an “explosion” of voters casting federal-only ballots. 

The soaring numbers coincide with millions of illegal immigrants flooding into the United States...

#1 This day 1966-----The Beatles - We Can Work It Out

He exposes their fraud!-----Maine Sea Level Panic Willis Eschenbach

Maine Sea Level Panic Willis Eschenbach

"So I open my electronic window onto the world this morning, and I find lots of wailing and gnashing of teeth about a projected sea level rise in the US state of Maine. 

Seems there’s something called the “Maine Climate Council”, which has un-named “scientists” advising it...

To give you an idea of how high they want you to dial up the alarmism, the article says (emphasis mine):

For reference, Maine sea levels are projected to rise between 1.1 and 3.2 feet by 2050 and between 3 and 9.3 feet by 2100, depending on how successful and quick we are at curbing global emissions rates, according to the scientists who advise the Maine Climate Council.

Now, folks who follow my work know that I’ve done a lot of analyses of sea level claims. 

And this one set my bad number detector ringing louder than Representative Bowman’s fire alarm...
… not much else to say about that, except that when you hear someone talking about “climate change” and “sea level rise”, hang on to your wallet, because you’re being had.

"Ability"!

'Misinformation'? We'll be the judge of that | Blaze Media

'Misinformation'? We'll be the judge of that | Blaze Media: 

I’m not worried about “misinformation” when I log on. And I don’t know anybody who is. (Except the people looking for work policing it.) Something I just Googled: “Inform” comes from the Latin informare, “to train or instruct;” hence “misinform” = “to train or instruct in the wrong way.” Well, isn’t doing things “the wrong way” how we innovate? I’m no philologist, but I’m going to go with my gut and conclude that misinformation is good and healthy and can lead to greater knowledge.

UN migration agency seeks $7.9 billion to help people on the move and the communities that host them

UN migration agency seeks $7.9 billion to help people on the move and the communities that host them

"GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s migration agency is launching its first “global appeal,” seeking $7.9 billion to help people on the move and ensure smoother pathways to migration, at a time when the fallout from climate change, conflict and both economic distress and opportunities has caused millions to leave their homes...
The U.N. humanitarian aid chief, Martin Griffiths, last month decried a “ severe and ominous funding crisis ”...

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History for January 23

History for January 23 - On-This-Day.com 

John Hancock 1737 Served as president of the First and Second Continental Congresses (1775-1777). He was the first signer of the United States' Declaration of Independence.

• 1556 - An earthquake in Shanxi Province, China, was thought to have killed about 830,000 people.
• 1845 - The U.S. Congress decided all national elections would be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
• 1937 - In Moscow, seventeen people went on trial during Josef Stalin's "Great Purge."
• 1964 - Ratification of the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was completed. This amendment eliminated the poll tax in federal elections.
• 1968 - North Korea seized the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo, charging it had intruded into the nation's territorial waters on a spying mission. The crew was released 11 months later.
• 1971 - In Prospect Creek Camp, AK, the lowest temperature ever recorded in the U.S. was reported as minus 80 degrees.
• 2003 - North Korea announced that it would consider sanctions an act of war for North Korea's reinstatement of its nuclear program.

Chief Rabbi says false claims of 'genocide' is a 'moral inversion' meant to tear open lingering wounds of the Holocaust | Blaze Media

Chief Rabbi says false claims of 'genocide' is a 'moral inversion' meant to tear open lingering wounds of the Holocaust | Blaze Media: 

The Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth took aim at those who suggest Israel has carried out "genocide" against Gaza, noting that the move is a "moral inversion" meant to rip open the lingering wound of the Holocaust, according to a piece written by the rabbi for the Telegraph.

The way we were-----The Race to Reverse the River — A Chicago Stories Documentary

Why ‘Global Warming’ has morphed into ‘Climate Change’

The World Eugenics Forum - by Peter Venetoklis

The World Eugenics Forum - by Peter

"...Predictably, entrenched interests are not amused.
(Argentina President) Javier Milei took his message of economic liberty to the annual gathering of Bestest-and-Brightestest at Davos, Switzerland, the quaintly named World Economic Forum. 

Quaintly, in that these supposed titans of economic knowledge are increasingly proving to be a bunch of detached and delusional dilettantes with dictatorial impulses and not the slightest whit of care as to the harm their ideas would impose on the world's unwashed masses.
Milei's speech, transcribed here and watchable here, calls those dilettantes out on their socialistic desires. He came loaded for bear, with hard historical data that defended and extolled capitalism while shredding collectivism.
The first money quote:

[F]ree enterprise capitalism is not just the only possible system to end world poverty, but also that it’s the only morally desirable system to achieve this...

Fuzzy goals, easy for money to disappear. What's not to like when oodles of "free-money" is available?-----Dallas City Council recommends $1.25 billion bond program, May election for voter approval

Dallas City Council recommends $1.25 billion bond program, May election for voter approval

"The Dallas City Council on Friday expressed support for raising the limit of a proposed $1.1 billion bond program by $150 million and to have voters cast ballots on those plans during a May 4 election...

But they appear to be the likely direction for the now $1.25 billion in proposed bond money hoped to pay for upgrades to streets, parks, housing and a series of other city infrastructure projects over the next five years...