Wednesday, April 03, 2024
History for April 3
History for April 3 - On-This-Day.com 
William M. (Marcy) "Boss" Tweed 1823 - Political boss, known for his Tweed "Ring" that stole millions of dollars from New York City
- 1860 - The first Pony Express riders left St. Joseph, MO and Sacramento, CA. The trip across country took about 10 days. The Pony Express only lasted about a year and a half.
- 1882 - The American outlaw Jesse James was shot in the back and killed by Robert Ford for a $5,000 reward. There was later controversy over whether it was actually Jesse James that had been killed.
- 1946 - Lt. General Masaharu Homma, the Japanese commander responsible for the Bataan Death March, was executed in the Philippines.
- 1953 - "TV Guide" was published for the first time.
- 1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "mountaintop" speech just 24 hours before he was assassinated.
- 1986 - The U.S. national debt hit $2 trillion. (now $34.6 TRILLION!)
- 1998 - The Dow Jones industrial average climbed above 9,000 for the first time.
Tuesday, April 02, 2024
'FBI violated American citizens' 4A rights 278,000 times': Bureau blasted over attempt to put gloss on Section 702 | Blaze Media
'FBI violated American citizens' 4A rights 278,000 times': Bureau blasted over attempt to put gloss on Section 702 | Blaze Media:
The FBI is attempting to rehabilitate the public image of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act as Congress has until April 19 to reauthorize it. The bureau recently posted a video to X that features FBI Director Christopher Wray attempting to put a gloss on Section 702 as part of this monthslong campaign.
The bureau's timely propaganda did not escape the attention of critics on X, where the post received a community note that read, "The FBI violated American citizens' 4A rights 278,000 times with illegal, unauthorized FISA 702 searches."
John F. Di Leo - I don't want to scare all of you people...
The Dali is not a big ship by today's standards. It's an average sized ship."I don't want to scare all of you people who are sitting at home planning on ways to protect our bridges from crashes - either accidental of intentional... but please keep this in mind:
The Dali is not a big ship by today's standards.
The Dali is not a big ship by today's standards.
It's an average sized ship...
- The Dali is a 10,000 TEU containership, meaning that when fully loaded, it holds about 10,000 twenty foot containers...
- The new ships are about 20,000 TEUs, double the size and capacity of the Dali.
- Some are even bigger...
Where am I going with this?...
Only to say that, no matter what precautions you hope for, it's critical to remember that ships keep on getting bigger, and there's no reason to assume we've hit the maximum size yet...
I don't believe there's a way to secure a bridge like the Key Bridge against a crash with the size of containerships today or in the future.
I think we just just say, no more bridges outside of containership ports. Period.
We simply can't afford to keep throwing tax dollars we don't have at every crazy desire and hoping we can engineer our way out of it somehow.
The Value of Trump - The Last Refuge
"A very elegant outline is worth reading...
By TL Davis – […] “The people want a secure border. They want their veterans to be taken care of instead of illegal aliens. They want fiscal responsibility that will lead to an end to inflation. They want a budget that does not devalue their currency. They want their children to grow up without being force-fed communism and abnormal sexuality from kindergarten on. They want to be left alone to raise their families and enjoy the fruits of their labor, but the communists will never allow that, so they must be defeated and driven back into the holes from which they’ve sprung.”
“Like it or not, the only way to begin that long, arduous battle is to use Trump as your bludgeon. He is not the answer to your problems, but he is their most-feared enemy and necessarily your biggest weapon... (please read full essay)
...The question then becomes, ‘who gives us the best opportunity to save ourselves‘?
The overwhelming answer is President Donald J Trump...
WSJ marks anniversary of Russia's detention of Gershkovich | Blaze Media
WSJ marks anniversary of Russia's detention of Gershkovich | Blaze Media:
The Wall Street Journal marked the grim one-year anniversary of reporter Evan Gershkovich's detention in Russia by leaving a large blank space on "the front page of a special section wrapping" Friday's paper. "HIS STORY SHOULD BE HERE," text blared above the gaping visual void.
Why are taxpayers funding this hate-filled moron?!!-----U. Oregon professor to lecture on ‘surplus’ white nationalism and its ‘climate obstruction’
Pulido will incorporate “three historical moments” — the Tea Party, Donald Trump’s presidency, and the “war on ‘wokeness’” — into the thesis. - DAVE HUBER"...For the professor, who according to her faculty page
- “works at the intersection of geography and critical ethnic studies, especially Chicanx Studies,”
- surplus white nationalism is defined as “the excessive energy and power of white nationalism that cannot be contained or selectively controlled...
- Pulido contends this racial component is part of the GOP’s climate obstruction — that its actions go beyond just doing the bidding of fossil fuel companies.
- Pulido’s lecture likely is related to her current work surrounding “hegemonic forms of racism and nationalism – especially around climate change and cultural memory.”...
ICE Official: Release of Safety Threats Without Our Knowledge Is 'How It Is with Most of These Sanctuary Jurisdictions'
ICE Official: Release of Safety Threats Without Our Knowledge Is 'How It Is with Most of These Sanctuary Jurisdictions':
During portions of an interview with Fox News National Correspondent Bill Melugin aired on Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston Field Office Director Todd Lyons said that he can’t deal with every public safety threat due to a lack of resources and commented on an accused child rapist being released without ICE being notified by saying, “in Massachusetts, that’s how it is with most of these sanctuary jurisdictions.”
Pandemic school closures, 4 years later | The North State Journal
NORTH CAROLINA STUDENTS ARE STILL BATTLING THE EFFECTS OF THE COVID-19 SHUTDOWN"...Cooper and Cohen relied heavily on CDC guidance, as did the Toolkit, yet that guidance would come into question a little under two years later when a Congressional committee found the CDC had allowed the American Federation of Teachers to rewrite key portions of school reopening guidance that had kept most schools closed. In some cases, the CDC had used AFT’s suggestions nearly verbatim...
- North Carolina students were later estimated to be 15 months behind.
- Students with special needs in the state were hardest hit as remote instruction failed to meet their needs.
- Two years after the closures, those students were showing a steep decline in academic performance and increased behavioral issues...
Clarice Feldman - Etana Hecht:Before going into surgery,... | Facebook
Clarice Feldman - Etana Hecht:Before going into surgery,... | Facebook - Etana Hecht: 
"Before going into surgery, @IsraeliPM gave a press conference and dropped some truth bombs.
"What is the focus of international criticism, including American ones?
The criticism that says that the State of Israel and the @IDF are not doing enough to reduce civilian deaths. And that is simply not true."
"Not because I say it. But because the world's greatest urban warfare experts say so, such as General Petraeus, or Colonel John @SpencerGuard of West Point."
"They say that there is no army in the world who did and is doing what the IDF does to reduce civilian deaths."...
Full press conference: https://youtube.com/watch?v=HzWqHPCX48o…
"What is the focus of international criticism, including American ones? The criticism that says that the State of Israel and the @IDF are not doing enough to reduce civilian deaths. And that is simply not true."
"Not because I say it. But because the world's greatest urban warfare experts say so, such as General Petraeus, or Colonel John @SpencerGuard of West Point." "They say that there is no army in the world who did and is doing what the IDF does to reduce civilian deaths."...Full press conference: https://youtube.com/watch?v=HzWqHPCX48o…
Orbiting the US - Changes Your Perspective of the US
Orbiting the US - Changes Your Perspective of the US - SETON MOTLEY"......So when I posit the US is imminently destined for economic ruin?
Nigh no one disagrees - even a little...
The white Africans are particularly well informed - because they have actually lived through their countries actually collapsing.
My realtor is an amazing woman - who was born in Rhodesia. That’s what Zimbabwe was - before it was Zimbabwe...Starting to sound familiar? It should be….
“Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe is an ongoing period of currency instability in Zimbabwe which, using Cagan's definition of hyperinflation, began in February 2007...
Bank Failures in Zimbabwe: Lessons from the 2003-2004 Bank-Wide Liquidity Crisis:
- “Ironically, the events that led to the bank-wide liquidity crisis are repeating again...
Counselor fights state rule that prevents her from helping addicts | WND | by WND Staff
Counselor fights state rule that prevents her from helping addicts | WND | by WND Staff:
In short, consumers often seek out those with experience in specific areas when they have an issue in their own lives that must be handled.
In counseling, too, sometimes the best advice comes from those who have had, and dealt with, certain issues.
Must read!! Have Boeing's enemies declared war?-----Why Boeing Should NOT Be Blamed for Plane Malfunctions - Glenn Beck
Or is there another culprit?"Is Boeing to blame for all the airplane malfunctions we’ve heard about recently?
Or is there another culprit?
Glenn recalls a conversation he recently had with a pilot who was tired of the federal government putting all the blame on Boeing.
- Instead, he argued, it’s the federal inspectors who certify the planes and a lack of pilot training, especially outside of America, that should be called out.
But do other pilots agree?
- Is this yet another example of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s accidental or intentional incompetence?..
Transcript
GLENN: Okay. Yesterday, I had a good friend come up to me. And he said to me, Glenn, I can't take the news on Boeing anymore.
And I said, why is that? And he said, well, you know, I was a pilot. And I said, that's right. For American pilots. For years.
He said, yes. So I kind of know something about the airline industry. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.
And he said, aren't all planes that come from Boeing, don't they receive a final check?
Yes. Don't they also receive a final check, from the government...
Poll: 71% of Palestinians Support October 7 Massacre, Majority Wants Hamas Returned to Power in Gaza
“52% of respondents in Gaza said they hoped to see Hamas return to rule the enclave, (…). Among those in the West Bank, 64% think Hamas should run postwar Gaza.”"More than five months after Hamas-led savage marauders slaughtered more than 1200 Israeli men, women and children, support for the October 7 massacre is at an all-time high among Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.
Palestinians in both the West Bank and the Strip in those who think independence should be achieved through armed struggle...
History for April 2
History for April 2 - On-This-Day.com 
Emile Zola 1840 - Novelist
- 1513 - Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sighted Florida. The next day he went ashore.
- 1889 - Charles Hall patented aluminum.
- 1917 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson presented a declaration of war against Germany to the U.S. Congress.
- 1935 - Sir Watson-Watt was granted a patent for RADAR.
- 1958 - The National Advisory Council on Aeronautics was renamed NASA.
- 1982 - Argentina invaded the British-owned Falkland Islands. The following June Britain took the islands back.
- 1989 - An editorial in the "New York Times" declared that the Cold War was over.
- 1990 - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein threatened to incinerate half of Israel with chemical weapons if Israel joined a conspiracy against Iraq.
Monday, April 01, 2024
Chinese illegal immigrant who entered southern border convicted of child porn crimes, possessing video of girl under 5 years old | Blaze Media
Chinese illegal immigrant who entered southern border convicted of child porn crimes, possessing video of girl under 5 years old | Blaze Media:
AChinese national – who entered the United States illegally through the southern border – has been convicted of child pornography crimes.
Tong Sun attempted to illegally cross the U.S. southern border in May 2023 near Roma, Texas.
Law enforcement took Sun into custody, at which time, investigators reportedly discovered child porn on his cell phone.
Instapundit - BOTTOM STORY OF THE DAY: Sam Bankman-Fried might be eating a lot of rice, almonds and Skittles drink
Instapundit - We are of the same class, you know. We are not plebs to be held to the same standards as others. - Ed Driscoll"...But like Epstein’s mother corresponding with esteemed New York teacher Gabriel Kotter, SBF’s mother wrote the judge a letter, you know: SBF Is an Empathetic Vegan Altruist MIT Grad!
SBF’s mom submitted a 6-page letter, so I won’t go through it all. But I will give you a flavor of it and give you my argument for why I think it represents something much more than a mother’s plea for mercy.
From the first paragraph, Barbara Fried tells us what matters to her: credentials.
Dear Judge Kaplan: I am Sam Bankman-Fried’s mother. | am also a law professor at Stanford, where | have taught for the past thirty-five years, and before that was an attorney at Paul Weiss in New York and a law clerk on the Second Circuit.
She is speaking as a highly credentialed person to another highly credentialed person. I am a law professor. You are a judge. We are of the same class, you know. We are not plebs to be held to the same standards as others.
Cringe...
The next part of the letter is particularly precious: Sam is a VEGAN, don’tcha know?...
One of the section leaders for my computer-science class, Hamza El Boudali, believes that President Joe Biden should be killed...
TaxProf Blog - The War At Stanford - Paul CaronThe Atlantic Op-Ed: The War at Stanford, by Theo Baker:
"One of the section leaders for my computer-science class, Hamza El Boudali, believes that President Joe Biden should be killed...I’m saying he is guilty of mass murder and should be treated in the same way that a terrorist with darker skin would be...
"One of the section leaders for my computer-science class, Hamza El Boudali, believes that President Joe Biden should be killed...I’m saying he is guilty of mass murder and should be treated in the same way that a terrorist with darker skin would be...
El Boudali has also said that he believes that Hamas’s October 7 attack was a justifiable act of resistance, and that he would actually prefer Hamas rule America in place of its current government (though he clarified later that he “doesn’t mean Hamas is perfect”)....
We’ve had protests in the past,” Richard Saller, the university’s interim president, told me in November—about the environment, and apartheid, and Vietnam. But they didn’t pit “students against each other” the way that this conflict has...
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