History for May 28

History for May 28 - On-This-Day.com

Ian Fleming 1908 - Author, journalist, created character of James Bond

• 1863 - The first black regiment left Boston to fight in the U.S. Civil War.
• 1928 - Chrysler Corporation merged with Dodge Brothers, Inc.
• 1959 - The U.S. Army launched Able, a rhesus monkey, and Baker, a squirrel monkey, aboard a Jupiter missile for a suborbital flight. Both primates survived the trip.
• 1987 - Mathias Rust, a 19-year-old West German pilot, landed a private plane in Moscow's Red Square after evading Soviet air defenses. He was released August 3, 1988.
• 1996 - U.S. President Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal were convicted of fraud.
• 2002 - Russia became a limited partner in NATO with the creation of the NATO-Russia Council.

FBI Breaks Pakistani Migrant Smuggling Network in Texas

FBI Breaks Pakistani Migrant Smuggling Network in Texas: 

The FBI arrested two Pakistani immigration lawyers in Texas, exposing a smuggling network that imported Pakistani migrants via several forms of white-collar fraud.

The FBI investigation and the arrest follow promises by President Donald Trump’s deputies to separate investigations into white-collar mignation crime.  The Justice Department reported:

The way we were-----The White House Kamikaze

The History of South Africa That Nobody Told You | Ernst Roets

Instapundit - ICYMI: YOU WON’T BE WRONG IF YOU UNDERSTAND THE ENTIRE POST-WWII POLITICAL ORDER AS A BIPARTISAN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THE VOTERS DON’T GET WHAT THEY WANT:

Instapundit -  Glenn Reynolds

• ICYMI: YOU WON’T BE WRONG IF YOU UNDERSTAND THE ENTIRE POST-WWII POLITICAL ORDER AS A BIPARTISAN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THE VOTERS DON’T GET WHAT THEY WANT: - Glenn Reynolds

This State Is Achieving Impressive Reading Gains. Why? | American Enterprise Institute - AEI

This year’s National Assessment of Educational Progress results were mostly grim, but there was one bright spot:  - Frederick M. Hess

• The impressive growth in performance by a handful of Southern states. 

Here’s what he had to say:

Confounding those who think of Southern states as benighted, when we adjust the 2024 NAEP reading results to account for poverty, states like Mississippi and Louisiana actually emerge as high performers alongside traditional leaders like Massachusetts...

The silent war on American workers * WorldNetDaily * by Amanda Bartolotta

The silent war on American workers * WorldNetDaily * by Amanda Bartolotta: 

The influx of temporary visa holders, through H-1B, L-1, Optional Practical Training (OPT) and Curricular Practical Training (CPT) programs, has been accompanied by reports of unethical practices, such as shell companies and dubious credentials, which have effectively marginalized American talent.

Santa Fe - The Snobby Capital Where Liberals Bought Every Single House

Fix the damn system!-----DOGE Has Found $14 Billion in Medicaid Fraud, Waste, and Abuse, Dr. Mehmet Oz Says | The Epoch Times

‘There’s about $14 billion we’ve identified with DOGE, of folks who are duly enrolled wrongly in multiple states for Medicaid,’ - Jack Phillips

As an example, Oz said: “You live in New Jersey, but you move to Pennsylvania, and which state gets your Medicaid? 

• Turns out both states collect money from the federal government.”...
• Oz echoed statements made by GOP lawmakers, including House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.)., who in recent days said that able-bodied individuals and illegal immigrants have received Medicaid benefits...

“I think there’s a moral hazard if we don’t, because you’ve got people who are not working who could work, who should work, and it’s better for them and better for the country if they do,” he said, referring to Republicans’ having added work requirements to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that passed in the House of Representatives on May 22...

Lunch video-----"Everyone Missed THIS… Except Victor Davis Hanson!"

Noon-toon

 

'Nobody told us that!' Trump erupts on Harvard's foreign secrecy * WorldNetDaily * by Joe Kovacs

'Nobody told us that!' Trump erupts on Harvard's foreign secrecy * WorldNetDaily * by Joe Kovacs: 

PALM BEACH, Florida – President Donald Trump on Sunday blasted Harvard's secrecy when it comes to the university's large number of students from foreign countries.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said: "Why isn't Harvard saying that almost 31% of their students are from FOREIGN LANDS, and yet those countries, some not at all friendly to the United States, pay NOTHING toward their student's education, nor do they ever intend to. Nobody told us that!

And the dems/libs would destroy it because one large shareholder allowed freedom to post on X!

 

EXCLUSIVE: Trump VA Takes Machete To Huge Disability Claim Backlog That Piled Up Under Biden |

The VA brought unresolved claims down from 264,717 to 198,378 — or by approximately 25% — since President Donald Trump returned to office - Hudson Crozier

“Under President Trump, VA’s claims processing productivity is the highest it has ever been, and we will continue working overtime on behalf of Veterans until the backlog is at record lows,” VA Secretary Doug Collins said. 

“Veterans and VA beneficiaries deserve timely and accurate claims decisions, and that is exactly what we will deliver.”...

• The VA has faced complaints of delayed or low-quality health care for wounded former soldiers across multiple presidencies. 
• The VA’s backlog grew to around 378,000 under Biden as it prioritized partisan agendas such as diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. 
• Before Biden’s term, the first Trump administration brought the number to its lowest ever at 64,738, the VA said.

Never forget!

 

Just kickin’ the can down the road.

 Chris Martz (@ChrisMartzWX) posted at 11:26 AM on Sat, May 24, 2025: 

Get a load of this. 

• In 2009, CBS News warned that the Arctic would be ice-free and turn into an “open sea” within 10 years. 
• 
  
• Last year, CBS News ran a story saying that the Arctic would be ice-free within a decade. 

Just kickin’ the can down the road.  https://t.co/N7c3jyM9JN
(https://x.com/ChrisMartzWX/status/1926298673803047115?t=b2YPjUWzwtbowNHVVzNG9g&s=03) 

#1 This day 1969-----Get Back (Remastered 2015)

The wheels of justice grind slowly - but they also can be made to grind slowly enough to deny justice.

One wonders how citizens (and even entire states) were found not to have "standing" to seek for legal relief as they legitimately questioned the strange performance re the 2020 election processes and results and yet it seems every individual illegal alien seems to be due the standing and processes we were categorically denied. - Michael Smith

Things that make you go "hmmmmm", I suppose.

• Circuit Justice Kagan Never Bothered Calling For A Reply In Trump v. AFGE
• The Circuit Justices do not apply uniform rules when it comes to emergency applications. Justice Jackson, for example, refused to promptly call for a

Sandy Schultz - I have been asking that same question. How do all these "agencies" have standing?

As devotees of the The View and the ENTIRE democrat party stand with the invaders!

 

Divine irony: How the liberal media's crusade against Christianity just backfired | Blaze Media

Divine irony: How the liberal media's crusade against Christianity just backfired | Blaze Media: 

Amen, indeed.

Isn't this amazing? The New York Times — like the rest of the legacy media — wants Americans to be alarmed at what progressives believe is a dangerous blend of government and Christian faith. They want Americans to see public Christianity as something dangerous.

But instead of sounding the alarm, the most influential newspaper in the world just broadcasted the gospel loud and clear.

Media lying again!-----MSM wrong - S Africa's white farmers' murder rate three times higher - The Conservative Woman

MSM wrong - S Africa's white farmers' murder rate three times higher - The Conservative Woman - Norman Fenton

When the correct data are used there is statistically significant evidence that white farmers are currently at least three times more likely to be murdered than black farmers. 

• Moreover, the recent annual murder rate of white farmers is more than double the overall annual murder rate for South Africa. 

Whether or not this constitutes a ‘genocide’ is an open question...

AM Fruitcake

 

History for May 27

History for May 27 - On-This-Day.com 

Henry Kissinger 1923 - Former U.S. Secretary of State

• 1647 - Alse Young (Achsah Young or Alice Young), a resident of Windsor, CT, was executed for being a "witch." It was the first recorded American execution of a "witch."
• 1907 - The Bubonic Plague broke out in San Francisco.
• 1933 - Walt Disney's "Three Little Pigs" was first released.
• 1941 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt proclaimed an "unlimited national emergency" amid rising world tensions.
• 1969 - Construction of Walt Disney World began in Florida.
• 1997 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the sexual harassment suit filed by Paula Jones could continue while President Clinton was in office.

Dems' due process ploy EXPOSED: Levin slams one-party agenda | Blaze Media

Dems' due process ploy EXPOSED: Levin slams one-party agenda | Blaze Media: 

And as for due process for illegal aliens, it “isn't in the Constitution,” says Levin, arguing that the clause “No person shall ... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law” applies to American citizens.

Unfortunately, our Supreme Court has been wishy-washy on this issue — sometimes ruling in favor of the Trump administration, sometimes in favor of the left-wing judges.

The way we were-----The plan that was going to be worse than 9/11...

Sowell SHOCKS Everyone: 5 Steps to END CRIME in Black Neighborhoods

Roy W. Spencer - UPDATE: Monthly U.S. gasoline prices...

Roy W. Spencer - UPDATE: Monthly U.S. gasoline prices over the... | Facebook
UPDATE: Monthly U.S. gasoline prices over the last 25 years, inflation- and seasonally-adjusted 

(I had to create this myself, I could not find anything online with both inflation and seasonal adjustments). 

Note that global financial conditions affecting global petroleum supply and demand are more important than what is happening in the U.S. 

The seasonal cycle in U.S. prices (which I have removed) is large, peaking 40 cents more in June than December.

A Muslim Arab woman reveals the truth about Israel - be honest with yourselves and take a moment to learn about the reality, not the propaganda you’ve been fed.

Facebook - M.A. Rothman
A Muslim Arab woman reveals the truth about Israel - be honest with yourselves and take a moment to learn about the reality, not the propaganda you’ve been fed.

Still no California rail line, after billions in costly overruns * WorldNetDaily * by Jeremy Portnoy, Real Clear Wire

Still no California rail line, after billions in costly overruns * WorldNetDaily * by Jeremy Portnoy, Real Clear Wire: 

Topline: California's high-speed rail line has more than tripled in price from $40 billion to $128 billion, causing President Donald Trump to rescind $4 billion in federal funding and claim the project has "the worst overruns that there have ever been in the history of our country," The Washington Free Beacon quoted him as saying. It's easy to see why. State audits reviewed by the Free Beacon found cash spent not on construction, but on graffiti removal, Politico subscriptions, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and more.

Google pulls ads on meteorologist tracking climate for ‘unreliable and harmful claims’