History for May 16

History for May 16 - On-This-Day.com 

William Seward (William Henry Seward, Sr.) 1801 - Governor of New York, U.S. Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln

• 1868 - U.S. President Andrew Johnson was acquitted during the Senate impeachment, by one vote.
• 1888 - The first demonstration of recording on a flat disc was demonstrated by Emile Berliner.
• 1946 - Jack Mullin showed the world the first magnetic tape recorder.
• 1963 - After 22 Earth orbits Gordon Cooper returned to Earth, ending Project Mercury.
• 1965 - Spaghetti-O's were sold for the first time.
• 1987 - The Bobro 400 set sail from New York Harbor with 3,200 tons of garbage. The barge travelled 6,000 miles in search of a place to dump its load. It returned to New York Harbor after 8 weeks with the same load.

Breaking: New Inflation Numbers Crush Democrats' Narrative About Trump's Tariff Strategy

Breaking: New Inflation Numbers Crush Democrats' Narrative About Trump's Tariff Strategy: 

Guess what? Those naysayers now need new crystal balls. The data showed tariffs haven’t driven up prices as feared. In fact, they’ve forced foreign producers to absorb costs, shielding American consumers.

This isn’t just a policy win; it’s a political smackdown. Democrats built their 2024 campaign on scaring voters about Trump’s economic plans. They lost, and now their narrative is crumbling faster than a stale cookie. The American people aren’t buying the fear anymore.

Trump’s tariffs are doing what he said they’d do: protecting U.S. jobs and strengthening the economy.

The way we were-----20 Rare Photos from 1974: What Life in America Really Looked Like

Ben Shapiro Notices Something STRANGE About Palestinian Protesters NO ON...

Victor Davis Hanson: The Media ‘Jumps the Shark’

It’s time to sett the record straight on “The Media.”

More than 100 days since starting his second term, and the corporate media has nothing good to say about President Donald Trump, and his administration.

• Elon Musk received negative coverage 96% of the time on evening news, according to an April study conducted by the Media Research Center.
• Why did the media go from loving Sen. John Fetterman to questioning his mental competency?

Bottom line: What the corporate media, most namely ABC, NBC and CBS, labels “the truth” is wholly dependent on whether it benefits the political Left, argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words:”...

BREAKING: Wind turbine collapses in Kildare, Oklahoma.

Video | Facebook - Save the Moat - Save the Sperrins

• Sources say it may have fainted after discovering just how much public money it’s raking in for not producing electricity. 
• Turns out even turbines can’t handle that level of daylight robbery…

Judge rules Trump CAN invoke Alien Enemies Act to deport Tren de Aragua members * WorldNetDaily * by Cristina Laila, The Gateway Pundit

Judge rules Trump CAN invoke Alien Enemies Act to deport Tren de Aragua members * WorldNetDaily * by Cristina Laila, The Gateway Pundit: 

A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Tuesday became the first to say President Trump can invoke the Alien Enemies Act to deport Tren de Aragua gang members.

Michigan Enjoyer and legend Charlie LeDuff did a one on one with (D) Rep. Shri Thanedar

Shri cannot name 5 communities he represents 👀 - Anna Hoffman@shoesonplease - From Michigan Enjoyer

Lunch video-----Victor Davis Hanson Diagnoses The Dying Citizen

Noon-toon

'Death of women's sports': Male track runner shocks viewers with massive size advantage over female competitors | Blaze Media

'Death of women's sports': Male track runner shocks viewers with massive size advantage over female competitors | Blaze Media: 

Former NCAA swimmer Kaitlynn Wheeler spoke to Blaze News about the increased pressure states are coming under for allowing these competitions to go unchecked. "If Congress doesn't intervene now, we're not just watching the death of women's sports; we're watching the collapse of basic truth and fairness in America," Wheeler claimed. "Female athletes are being ignored, injured, and erased, while the very institutions designed to protect us, like the NCAA, USA Fencing, and even public schools, are actively violating Title IX and spitting in the face of common sense."

A British Media Outlet Wants To Censor Anyone Who Publishes “Climate Change Counter-Narratives,” Including Me.

Who’s funding the effort? A company backed by Al Gore’s investment firm. - Stephen Heins
Last month, a new media outlet called Tortoise Media launched a database called “Hot Air,” which it claims is “making sense of climate misinformation.” 

The database includes “274 online actors,” a group that includes David Turver, Roger Pielke Jr., Bjorn Lomborg, Jordan Peterson, Alex Epstein, Tom Nelson, me, and many others who are committing the sin of “frequently disseminating climate change counter-narratives.”..
But here’s the real reason for the database: 

Tortoise says that “pressure on platforms to filter out misinformation has given way to an online ecosystem that favors free speech — sometimes at the expense of leaving falsehoods unchecked and allowing conspiracy theories to become widespread.”

What a load of flaccid piffle...
Let’s be clear: Tortoise, an online outlet based in the UK, is saying there’s too much free speech, and thus, it’s tacitly endorsing censorship for people who don’t toe the line on the official climate narrative...

According to those who are doing the violent persecuting...

 

Wasting OPM!-----Pandemic-era lawsuit over gun at Michigan Zoom meeting is settled for $100,000 | WOODTV.com

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan county has settled a lawsuit over an elected official who flashed a rifle during a COVID-19-era public meeting on Zoom.

Patricia MacIntosh accused Ron Clous of trying to silence her right to free speech when he displayed the rifle during a 2021 meeting of Grand Traverse County commissioners.
The county last week approved a $100,000 deal with MacIntosh, the Traverse City Record-Eagle reported. Insurance will cover it. 

Clous, who is no longer a commissioner, also apologized...
The incident occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic when the county board held public meetings over video conference. 

• During the public comment period, MacIntosh had urged commissioners to make a statement opposing anti-government extremists, a few weeks after the U.S. Capitol riot.
• That’s when Clous, a commissioner who was participating from home, left the screen and returned with a rifle...

#1 This day 1962-----THE SHIRELLES - SOLDIER BOY 1962

The US Navy is Sleepwalking into Defeat - CDR Salamander

This last quarter century’s process has a record of consistently producing sub-optimal performance.

This isn’t just my opinion. 

• Look at everything from how we manage our people using a Cold War framework, to program management that cannot design a laudable warship or a fit-for-purpose airwing, to the shambolic results of Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and the Horn of Africa.
• The results speak for themselves.

...we have to look at the potential conflict that presents the greatest danger to our nation’s power, economy, and that of our allies—the threat that would, if it has its way, change the international order in ways that will reverse centuries of progress.

• That challenge is in the Pacific. 

To fight and win, there is one simple thing that is common to all wars, but in the Pacific is an order of magnitude greater, because of time, distance, and geography for a sea power coming from the other side of the planet to fight: logistics...

The true insurescion!

 

'In the name of diversity': Law firms sanctioned by Trump accused of illegally discriminating against whites * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh

'In the name of diversity': Law firms sanctioned by Trump accused of illegally discriminating against whites * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh: 

The report continued, "The AEO's charge of discrimination, brought on behalf of its members, cannot be so glibly dismissed. And with an official charge of discrimination filed against SEO and the law firms, the EEOC now has a statutory duty to investigate." The report noted a finding of race discrimination, which evidence suggests could be obvious, "will vindicate Trump against charges his administration is targeting political enemies."

New Beard, Same Buttigieg Stephen Green

I wish I could locate the Twitter wit who said, during the Biden administration, that "Pete Buttigieg is so bad at being Secretary of Transportation that people actually know the name of the Secretary of Transportation."

That line stuck with me — because it’s true. 

And yet, here he is again, back on the virtual campaign trail with a town hall-style appearance for Vote Vets in Iowa.

• Nothing seems to stand in the way of the unaccomplished former Indiana mayor taking another stab at his party's presidential nomination — and he's so serious about rebranding himself that he's even grown a beard.
• The beard jokes write themselves, but I'm not here to take cheap shots at Buttigieg; I'm here to take high-class, data-rich cheap shots.

Join me, won't you?...

AM Fruitcake

 

History for May 15

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

Katherine Anne Porter 1890 - Journalist, essayist, short story writer

• 1911 - The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil Company, ruling it was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
• 1930 - Ellen Church became the first female flight attendant.
• 1940 - Nylon stockings went on sale for the first time in the U.S.
• 1948 - Israel was attacked by Transjordan, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon only hours after declaring its independence.
• 1972 - Alabama 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.

Gavin Newsom orders California cities to shut down homeless encampments: 'There are no more excuses' | Blaze Media

Gavin Newsom orders California cities to shut down homeless encampments: 'There are no more excuses' | Blaze Media: 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, ordered cities to shut down homeless encampments in public spaces after a Supreme Court ruling eased restrictions on enforcement.

The way we were-----France Starts the Vietnam War - 1946

Defective Memories

"To the marxist, it's not a bug, it's a feature."

 

Instapundit - GEORGE GASCON SMILES

...under California‘s youthful offender law because they committed the crime under the age of 26.

GEORGE GASCON* SMILES: Menendez brothers have sentenced reduced to 50 years in prison opening possibility for parole.

Erik and Lyle Menendez are eligible for parole 35 years after they were imprisoned for murdering both of their parents.

The brothers faced Los Angeles County Superior Court on Tuesday, where Judge Michael Jesic reduced their sentences from life without parole to 50 years to life.

This change means they’re now eligible for parole under California‘s youthful offender law because they committed the crime under the age of 26.

* Which means George Soros smiles. 

Gascon may have been tossed out of office, but plenty of Soros-backed D.A.s remain. 

As Tom Cotton wrote in 2021: Recall, Remove & Replace Every Last Soros Prosecutor. - Ed Driscoll

DHS sets sights on California for allegedly providing federal benefits to illegal aliens | Blaze Media

DHS sets sights on California for allegedly providing federal benefits to illegal aliens | Blaze Media: 

'If you are an illegal immigrant, you should leave now. The gravy train is over.'

The Department of Homeland Security released a statement on Monday explaining that Homeland Security Investigation is looking into whether the state of California knowingly provided federal benefits to illegal aliens.

The HSI field office in Los Angeles issued a Title 8 subpoena to California’s Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI). According to DHS, this program provides benefits to aliens who are ineligible for Social Security benefits because of their immigration status.

Kabuum

The Chinese admit that Joe Biden’s weakness fed their trade depredations - Andrea Widburg

First, it reveals how utterly feckless Joe Biden was and, second, it reveals how America benefits from a manifestly strong president.
Here’s Bessant explaining that the groundwork for the deal was already laid by the agreements reached with China during Trump’s presidency, deals China unilaterally ignored because it rightly understood that Biden was too weak to matter:

Here’s the money quote:

...The Chinese delegation basically told us that, once President Biden came into office, they just ignored their obligations.

Lunch video-----Trump’s former trade chief on how tariffs affect the economy...