History for July 14

History for July 14 - On-This-Day.com

Gerald Rudolph Ford (U.S.) 1913

• 1430 - Joan of Arc, taken prisoner by the Burgundians in May, was handed over to Pierre Cauchon, the bishop of Beauvais.
• 1789 - French Revolution began with Parisians stormed the Bastille prison and released the seven prisoners inside.
• 1798 - The U.S. Congress passed the Sedition Act. The act made it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the U.S. government.
• 1868 - Alvin J. Fellows patented the tape measure.
• 1914 - Robert H. Goddard patented liquid rocket-fuel.
• 1933 - All German political parties except the National Socialist (Nazi) Party were outlawed.

Ketanji Brown Jackson Accidentally Reveals She 'Fundamentally Misunderstands the Role of a Supreme Court Justice'

Ketanji Brown Jackson Accidentally Reveals She 'Fundamentally Misunderstands the Role of a Supreme Court Justice': 

Civil liberties attorney Laura Powell suggested Jackson might want to try a different career if she’s interested in pursuing that course.

“Maybe she should have become an influencer instead of a Supreme Court justice,” Powell wrote

The way we were-----Rare 1957 Dodge Coronet Coupe – Muscle, Style, and History Combined

Canada's 2001 climate predictions. How did they do?

This Is Peak Government... David Strom

It sounded like a great idea.
Governor Andrew Cuomo...convinced state lawmakers to shell out over $100 million to purchase decorative LED lights to enhance the beauty of some of New York's most iconic bridges...
Underneath it all, the project wasn't a bad idea. 

Beautify the city a bit, right? 

Not everything has to be stolid, brutalist, and inhuman.
Except...

• Spending the money was the point, not actually beautifying the city...

ANTISEMITISM IS THE PHILOSOPHY OF LOSERS. DOWN DEEP, THE EU KNOWS THAT IT’S A LOSERS’ ORGANIZATION.

Instapundit - Second, they still have the courage to fight in war, which most Europeans no longer have.

But nobody likes to have their nose rubbed in it. -  Glenn Reynolds

The fact the State Dept. can’t go through a two percent staff reduction without making a scene and patting each other on the back about fighting “fascism” should be nauseating to normal people.

Moving scene - tears, hugs, and cheers

Mark Hemingway@Heminator - The fact the State Dept. can’t go through a two percent staff reduction without making a scene and patting each other on the back about fighting “fascism” should be nauseating to normal people.

Alex Raufoglu@ralakbar - Jul 11 - HAPPENING NOW!!  Moving scene - tears, hugs, and cheers - inside the State Dept HQ tonight, as diplomats gathered in the lobby to clap out their laid off colleague, some of which have served for decades 👇🏻

 

Travelling in London these days is like a journey through a third-world hellhole!

A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department.

PBS News on X: The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. - Citizen X@latayprime

• Let’s talk about THESE fascist policies unleashed by the Biden Administration: 

1.OSHA Vaccine Mandate — Tried forcing vaccines on 80 million workers without Congress. 

2.Disinformation Board — Created a government body to police free speech. 

3.Student Loan Forgiveness — Attempted massive debt cancellation by executive fiat, stick taxpayers with the bill. 

4.Targeting Opponents — Weaponized DOJ and FBI against political adversaries. 

5.IRS Surveillance Plan — Pushed to monitor $600 bank transactions of Americans. 

6.Labeling Parents as Threats — Used anti-terror laws to intimidate school board critics. 

7.Equity Executive Orders — Forced racist and discriminatory DEI mandates across the entire federal government. 

8.Eviction Moratorium Overreach — Extended property seizure powers through the CDC. 

9.Big Tech Censorship Collusion — Coordinated with social media to suppress dissent. 

10.Lawless Immigration Policy — Ignored border laws, flooding the country with illegal aliens. Looks like PBS will never learn,
@RepBrandonGill

Lunch video-----'ABC forgets' documentary which ‘absolutely skewers the renewable energy...

Noon-toon

 

Dems accused of protecting child-labor rackets after California ICE raid * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh

Dems accused of protecting child-labor rackets after California ICE raid * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh: 

Democrats have erupted in rage at a raid on a California marijuana farm operation by agents for the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement but are facing backlash because the operation was caught exploiting children for its labor. A report at the Hill said the Department of Homeland Security confirmed that undocumented minors were found working at the cannabis scheme in the raid.

No more blank checks!

 

Making PJM all wind and solar would cost over $2.4 trillion in battery backup

I keep reading how big batteries are all it takes to make wind and solar reliable as the sole grid electricity source. - David Wojick

• The reality is that making wind and solar work at all requires a fantastic amount of battery backup, far more than is possible.

Below is an example using the PJM grid. 

PJM is America’s biggest grid operator, with a territory covering the Mid-Atlantic and points west...
My example year is 2030, as that is a standard near-term transition target year for which we have reasonable estimates of peak demand. 

Here then are the very simple numbers.

• PJM’s estimate peak demand for 2030 is about 180,000 MW.
• Meeting that for 16 hours with batteries requires 2,880,000 MWh of usable storage.
• Usable storage is between 20% and 80% of nameplate battery capacity, hence 60%.
• Thus we need 4,800,000 MWh of nameplate battery capacity.
• Storage facility capital costs vary, but $500,000 per MWh is a reasonable estimate.
• This gives a total cost of $2.4 trillion, or $2,400,000,000,000, for the batteries to make wind and solar reliable in this case. 

This fantastic cost is clearly not feasible...

Invaders!

 

UNBELIEVABLE: A San Antonio City Council candidate calls for the MURDER of ICE agents on social media.

”I wanna see a few dead ICE agents, Los Angeles. Don't let me down.” - DeVory Darkins@devorydarkins

• UNBELIEVABLE: A San Antonio City Council candidate calls for the MURDER of ICE agents on social media.
• ”I wanna see a few dead ICE agents, Los Angeles. Don't let me down.”

#1 This day 1967-----The Association - Windy - 1967

The Big Beautiful Bill Gives Some of Higher Ed’s Ugliest Problems a Makeover

This law does so much that major provisions—like the elimination of Grad PLUS loans—that would’ve made headlines on their own are now easy to overlook. - Andrew Gillen

To help make sense of it all, here’s my take on the best and worst parts of the new law.

• What are the Best Provisions in the Law?

The new law has five big improvements.
One, it eliminated Grad PLUS loans. Grad PLUS was the worst of the loan programs...Taxpayers lost tons of money on the loans, around 24 cents for every dollar lent...
Two, Parent PLUS loans now have maximum caps. Parent borrowing was previously limited only by the college’s cost of attendance, but will now be capped at $20,000 per year...
Three, a new income-driven student loan repayment plan was created...

• What are the Worst Provisions in the Law?

My biggest concerns about the law concern the new repayment assistance plan (RAP) for student loans. RAP largely mimics the payment burdens of the Obama-era REPAYE plan. 

But it contains two features that worry me: it waives any unpaid interest, and it guarantees that a borrower’s principal will be reduced by at least $50 per month when they make the required monthly payment...

Grifter ALERT!

 

Bongino and Bondi clash over botched handling of Epstein files | Blaze Media

Bongino and Bondi clash over botched handling of Epstein files | Blaze Media: 

The dramatic Epstein saga has caused a rift between FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino and Bondi in recent days, one source familiar with the matter confirmed to Blaze News. Other reports indicate that Bongino and FBI Director Kash Patel are both threatening to leave the bureau altogether unless Bondi is removed from office.

Watch this CNN analyst discover how little we all care about climate change

I'm sorry but this is just wonderful. It's like it's gift-wrapped just for us. - Daniel Plainview
Harry Enten: 

'Are Americans afraid of climate change? And the answer is, Americans aren't afraid of climate change. Climate activists have not successfully made the case to the American people.
'We have data going all the way back since 1989 [showing who is greatly worried about climate change]. Look at that, it was 35 percent. 2000, 40 percent. 2020, 46 percent. And 2025, 40 percent -- which is the exact same percentage as back in 2000.'

 

AM Fruitcake

 

History for July 13

History for July 13 - On-This-Day.com 

Jack Kemp 1935

• 1585 - A group of 108 English colonists, led by Sir Richard Grenville, reached Roanoke Island, NC.
• 1754 - At the beginning of the French and Indian War, George Washington surrendered the small, circular Fort Necessity in southwestern Pennsylvania to the French.
• 1787 - The U.S. Congress, under the Articles of Confederation, enacted the Northwest Ordinance, which established the rules for governing the Northwest Territory, for admitting new states to the Union and limiting the expansion of slavery.
• 1954 - In Geneva, the United States, Great Britain and France reached an accord on Indochina which divided Vietnam into two countries, North and South, along the 17th parallel.
• 1978 - Lee Iacocca was fired as president of Ford Motor Co. by chairman Henry Ford II.

DOJ Nails Prolific Chinese Hacker Accused of Stealing 'Groundbreaking' US Secrets

DOJ Nails Prolific Chinese Hacker Accused of Stealing 'Groundbreaking' US Secrets: 

The Department of Justice announced earlier this week that a “prolific” Chinese hacker was apprehended on July 3 at the request of the Justice Department on charges of attempting to steal sensitive coronavirus research.

Xu Zewei, 33, of the People’s Republic of China, was charged in a nine-count indictment in the Southern District of Texas, according to the Department of Justice website.

He is accused of carrying out “computer intrusions between February 2020 and June 2021, including the indiscriminate HAFNIUM computer intrusion campaign that compromised thousands of computers worldwide, including in the United States.”

The way we were-----Rebuilding Japan after World War II

Democrats Brainstorm Genius Ways To Appeal To Men

Riley Gaines on X: "Hahaha this is a real ad being run on TVs in Los Angeles Watch "We're Not the Crazy Ones"

"Hahaha this is a real ad being run on TVs in Los Angeles 

"We're Not the Crazy Ones" https://t.co/g5JxRkinc1" / X 

Smart Move, Lee Zeldin - David Strom

BREAKING: Trump's EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announces the EPA will now compile and release EVERYTHING they know about geoengineering and contrails
He's clawing back some of the most outrageous and useless grants that were dished out to Democratic Party pols, and now he is helping to sort out public confusion on issues that have festered due to increasing (and often justified) mistrust of the government.

Karen Bass says LA anti-ICE riots 'never happened' as the media reported them | Blaze Media

Karen Bass says LA anti-ICE riots 'never happened' as the media reported them | Blaze Media: 

Bass says the media exaggerated the extent of the violence from protesters. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is getting ridiculed for arguing that the mainstream media exaggerated "a couple of incidents" of vandalism during anti-ICE protests into full city rioting.

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