History for September 29

History for September 29 - On-This-Day.com
Miguel de Cervantes 1547, Horatio Nelson (England) 1758, Gene Autry 1907

Jerry Lee Lewis 1935 - Musician,  Madeline Kahn 1942, Lech Walesa 1943


1829 - The first public appearance by London's re-organized police force was met with jeers from political opponents. The force became known as Scotland Yard. 


1930 - Lowell Thomas made his debut on CBS Radio. He was in the radio business for the next 46 years. 


1953 - "Make Room for Daddy" premiered on ABC-TV. 


1957 - The New York Giants played their last game at the Polo Grounds. The next year the Giants were in San Francisco, CA. 


1960 - "My Three Sons" debuted on ABC-TV. 



1967 - The International Monetary Fund reformed monetary systems around the world. 








1982 - In Chicago, IL, seven people died after taking capsules of Extra-Strength Tylenol that had been laced with cyanide. 264,000 bottles were recalled. 


1983 - "A Chorus Line" with performance number 3,389 became the longest running show on Broadway. 


1984 - Elizabeth Taylor was voted to be the world's most beautiful woman in a Louis Harris poll. Taylor was at the time in the Betty Ford Clinic overcoming a weight problem. 


1994 - The U.S. House voted to end the practice of lobbyist buying meals and entertainment for members of Congress. 

Fascism Update: Obama Regime Takes Another Swipe at Second Amendment Rights

Fascism Update: Obama Regime Takes Another Swipe at Second Amendment Rights:

"The Daily Signal  reports that Obama’s latest attempt to shut down businesses that sell firearms, ammunition and anything else related to Second Amendment rights is through Operation Choke Point, which pressures banks to cease their relationship with any customer “who buy or sell firearms, tobacco and other goods considered “not acceptable” by the Obama administration.”

The tyrannical and controlist nature of the Obama regime is in full effect."

NBC anchor salutes the 'very non-political' Eric Holder | WashingtonExaminer.com

NBC anchor salutes the 'very non-political' Eric Holder | WashingtonExaminer.com:

"NBC News’ Chuck Todd tipped his hat Thursday to outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder, praising President Obama’s top law enforcer for being a “very non-political person.”


Let me write this one down.

Critics blast authorities for treating beheading as case of workplace violence | Fox News

Critics blast authorities for treating beheading as case of workplace violence | Fox News:

"Authorities are treating Thursday's beheading at an Oklahoma food distribution center as an incident of workplace violence but that is prompting raised eyebrows among some terrorism experts.
The FBI is investigating the incident in which fired employee Alton Nolen, 30, allegedly attacked Colleen Hufford, 54, stabbing her several times before severing her head."

Suspect in Okla. beheading awake, to be charged with murder, police say | Fox News

Suspect in Okla. beheading awake, to be charged with murder, police say | Fox News:

"Police say a man who was shot after allegedly beheading a woman at an Oklahoma food processing plant from which he had just been fired has regained consciousness and will be charged with first-degree murder."

When're AlGore's acolytes gonna switch the name to "global cooling"?-------NOAA: 1695 Low Max Records Broken or Tied From Sept 11 to Sept 20. One record broken by 25F

NOAA: 1695 Low Max Records Broken or Tied From Sept 11 to Sept 20. One record broken by 25F | Climate Depot:

Debbie Wasserman Schultz is apparently on a 'back of his hand' tour | WashingtonExaminer.com

Debbie Wasserman Schultz is apparently on a 'back of his hand' tour | WashingtonExaminer.com:

"The unearthing of this second example suggests a calculated effort by Wasserman Schultz to tie Republicans rhetorically to domestic violence. She got away with the language the first time in Florida, so she expanded on it in Wisconsin by adding that she believed Tea Party Republicans were “grabbing [women] by the hair and pulling us back.”

Fox News’ Andrea Tantaros SHREDS Eric Holder in Under 36 Seconds

Fox News’ Andrea Tantaros SHREDS Eric Holder in Under 36 Seconds:

"In just about 36 seconds, Tantaros excoriated activist Attorney General Eric Holder following the announcement of his decision to resign. She shared why she thinks the timing of this announcement is suspect.
“I think he was Obama’s cover up guy. He was one of the most divisive, polarizing, controversial, most dangerous men in America and unethical,” she began."



...And she's off and running!

Oh yum.......Emagine debuts healthy snack box for children

Emagine debuts healthy snack box for children | Crain's Detroit Business:
"Emagine Theaters plans on Friday to debut its version of a Happy Meal: the "GoodE Box," with healthy snacks and a toy tied to the theme of the latest release for children.
Emagine consulted with Henry Ford Health System to pick the snacks for the GoodE Boxes, which were created by Cindy Ciura, principal of marketing and retail attraction firm CC Consulting and will be supplied by Whole Foods.
The new boxes will cost $7.50, like the traditional kids' deal, and will include Pop N Olive popcorn, a low-fat version of the popular movie snack, along with a choice of raisins or applesauce, chocolate squares or animal crackers and water."

Senator Tom Coburn Outs Members of Congress and They Aren’t Going to Like It

Senator Tom Coburn Outs Members of Congress and They Aren’t Going to Like It:

"The Daily Caller reports that Coburn shared with Ingraham the reason the American people do not trust Congress is because members of Congress lie to them; they are dishonest. He added, “..in the continuing resolution [...] we’re $47 billion above what we said we would be [in the Ryan-Murray bill].”
Incredulously, Ingraham asked, “So, we were lied to about how this will all be funded?"

A Call for a Low-Carb Diet That Embraces Fat

A Call for a Low-Carb Diet That Embraces Fat - NYTimes.com
People who avoid carbohydrates and eat more fat, even saturated fat, lose
more body fat and have fewer cardiovascular risks than people who follow
the low-fat diet that health authorities have favored for decades, a major
new study shows.
....By the end of the yearlong trial, people in the low-carbohydrate group
had lost about eight pounds more on average than those in the low-fat
group.
They had significantly greater reductions in body fat than the low-fat
group, and improvements in lean muscle mass — even though neither group
changed their levels of physical activity.
While the low-fat group did lose weight, they appeared to lose more
muscle than fat.
“They actually lost lean muscle mass, which is a bad thing,” Dr.
Mozaffarian said.
“Your balance of lean mass versus fat mass is much more
important than weight.
And that’s a very important finding that shows why
the low-carb, high-fat group did so metabolically well.”
The high-fat group followed something of a modified Atkins diet.
They were told to eat mostly protein and fat, and to choose foods with primarily
unsaturated fats, like fish, olive oil and nuts. But they were allowed to eat
foods higher in saturated fat as well, including cheese and red meat.

‘Good Guy With a Gun’ Stops Second Beheading… Leftstream Media Forgets to Mention That

‘Good Guy With a Gun’ Stops Second Beheading… Leftstream Media Forgets to Mention That:

"While the liberal media is willing to report that a woman was gruesomely decapitated in what President Obama would likely call another case of “workplace violence,” so many news outlets have glossed-over the details of the motive for the beheading: the assailant was Muslim who sought to wreak vengeance upon supposed infidels."

Holi crapoli! Morons "protecting" the president?!!!-------Secret Service fumbled response after gunman hit White House residence in 2011

Secret Service fumbled response after gunman hit White House residence in 2011 - The Washington Post: 
"The gunman parked his black Honda directly south of the White House, in the dark of a November night, in a closed lane of Constitution Avenue. 
He pointed his semiautomatic rifle out of the passenger window, aimed directly at the home of the president of the United States, and pulled the trigger.
A bullet smashed a window on the second floor, just steps from the first family’s formal living room. Another lodged in a window frame, and more pinged off the roof, sending bits of wood and concrete to the ground. 
At least seven bullets struck the upstairs residence of the White House, flying some 700 yards across the South Lawn.
.....Snipers on the roof, standing just 20 feet from where one bullet struck, scanned the South Lawn through their rifle scopes for signs of an attack. 
With little camera surveillance on the White House perimeter, it was up to the Secret Service officers on duty to figure out what was going on.
Then came an order that surprised some of the officers. 
“No shots have been fired. . . . Stand down,” a supervisor called over his radio. 
He said the noise was the backfire from a nearby construction vehicle."
....By the end of that Friday night, the agency had confirmed a shooting had occurred but wrongly insisted the gunfire was never aimed at the White House. 
Instead, Secret Service supervisors theorized, gang members in separate cars got in a gunfight near the White House’s front lawn — an unlikely scenario in a relatively quiet, touristy part of the nation’s capital.

It took the Secret Service four days to realize that shots had hit the White House residence, a discovery that came about only because a housekeeper noticed broken glass and a chunk of cement on the floor.

Soooo, electricity rates are soooo low that DTE has extra moolah to fund Detroit festivals?--------Dlectricity ready to light up Midtown Detroit with art, shows, bike parade this weekend

Dlectricity ready to light up Midtown Detroit with art, shows, bike parade this weekend | Crain's Detroit Business:
"Organizers and artists are working hard to make sure Midtown Detroit lights up this weekend for Dlectricity, the nighttime festival of art and light.
The free outdoor festival, which runs 7 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday, is part of the weeklong Detroit Design Festival, is presented by DTE Energy Co. and produced by Midtown Detroit Inc. "

Green Energy Claims are More About Hype Than About Hope

Green Energy Claims are More About Hype Than About Hope:

"According to the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, the more regulations they issue the more it improves our economy.
Here’s a new absurdity—a claim that more regulations improves our economy."

Shouldn't mass murderers save the planet too?------5 Ways ISIS Can Reduce Its Carbon Footprint

5 Ways ISIS Can Reduce Its Carbon Footprint | ClickHole

OH, FUCK OFF: Chicago Police Detective: Encryption Makes The iPhone The “Phone Of Choice For The Pedophile…

Instapundit » Blog Archive » 
"OH, FUCK OFF":
Chicago Police Detective: Encryption Makes The iPhone The “Phone Of Choice For The Pedophile.”
"John J. Escalante, you’re a sorry excuse for a putz, if that’s the best you have to offer.
The truth is, we think you, and your colleagues, are all too likely to be cheats and liars.
And the evidence — especially in Chicago, of all wretched hives of official scum and villainy — seems to support that."

GOP Lawmaker Urges Generals to Rebel Against Obama and His Policies

GOP Lawmaker Urges Generals to Rebel Against Obama and His Policies:

"According to reports, Colorado Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn, who sits on the House Armed Services Committee, has called upon generals and other top military officials to refuse to put up with Obama’s micromanaging and social experimentation and resign rather than serve under a president who so clearly holds a disdain for those who wear the uniform."

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History for September 28

History for September 28 - On-This-Day.com
Confucius 551 B.C. - Teacher and philosopher, Georges Clemenceau (France) 1841, Ed Sullivan 1902 


Alfred Gerald Caplin (Al Capp) 1909, Arnold Stang 1925, Brigitte Bardot 1934 


1781 - During the Revolutionary War, American forces began the siege on Yorktown, VA. 


1850 - The U.S. Navy abolished flogging as a form of punishment. 


1939 - During World War II, Germany and the Soviet Union agreed upon a plan on the division of Poland. 


1961 - "Dr. Kildare" premiered on NBC-TV. 


1961 - "Hazel" premiered on NBC-TV. 


1974 - First Lady Betty Ford underwent a mastectomy to remove a lump in her breast. 


1978 - Heavy fighting occurred in Lebanon between Syrian peacekeeping troops and Lebanese Christian militiamen. 


1991 - In response to U.S. President Bush's reduction of U.S. nuclear arms Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev promised to reciprocate. 


1995 - Yasser Arafat of the PLO and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin signed an accord that transferred control of the West Bank. 


2000 - The U.S. Federal Drug Administration approved the use of RU-486 in the United States. The pill is used to induce an abortion. 

Read Ted Cruz’s Joke About Immigration and the White House Fence Jumper That Had an Audience Rolling With Laughter | TheBlaze.com

Read Ted Cruz’s Joke About Immigration and the White House Fence Jumper That Had an Audience Rolling With Laughter | TheBlaze.com:

“We should insist that ABC, NBC, CBS, they refer to the visitor according to the term that is politically correct, an undocumented White House visitor,” Cruz said Friday, speaking at the Values Voter Summit in Washington."


What, no welcome wagon?

What This Liberal SC Justice Wants To Do To Poor Kids Is The Worst Thing I Can Imagine

What This Liberal SC Justice Wants To Do To Poor Kids Is The Worst Thing I Can Imagine:

"During a recent interview with Elle, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg discussed the legacy she hopes to leave behind. Perhaps unsurprisingly, she chose the issue of promoting abortions as the realm in which she has been most influential."

Blog: It's All About System Change (to Socialism), Not Climate Change

Blog: It's All About System Change (to Socialism), Not Climate Change:
It is finally out in the open.  
Environmentalism in America has been completely co-opted by the International Socialist Organization (ISO) and the Communist Party USA.  
Climate alarmism is all about killing capitalism and replacing it with a left-wing dictatorship.  “Climate change” is the vehicle to rally useful climate idiots. 
“System Change Not Climate Change” is the new rallying cry for a socialist revolution.

PJ Media’s Zombie writes:

Communists along with a few environmental groups staged a “People’s Climate Rally” in Oakland, California on Sunday, September 21, in conjunction with the larger “People’s Climate March” in New York City on the same day.

Wait — did I say communists? Isn’t that a bit of an exaggeration?

Well…no.

At the New York event, many people noticed that gee, there sure are a lot of communists at this march. But in Oakland — always on the cutting edge — the entire “climate change” movement at last fully, irrevocably and overtly embraced communism as its stated goal. Any concerns about “optics” or operating in “stealth mode” were abandoned.

The “climate change” “crisis” is now nothing but the latest justification for “total revolution” and getting rid of capitalism forever.

Has socialism/communism proven to be a better steward of the environment than capitalism?  NRO’s Kevin Williamson sheds some light on the topic:

Under a system that imposed heavy government regimentation upon the economy, direct government ownership of the “commanding heights” of the economy (and the commanded heights, too), a socialist vision of property, etc., the environmental results were nothing short of catastrophic. Setting aside the direct human costs of socialist environmental policy in the twentieth century — the famines, the deformations, the horrific birth defects — socialism was a disaster from the purely environmental point of view, too.

Mr. Williamson goes on to describe some horrific examples of environmental disasters wrought by the leaders of socialist governments during the twentieth century.  His article is worth a read.

Since capitalism is an economic system separate from government, as opposed to socialism, there are    checks and balances in place.  Some of these come from government regulation (which ideally should be minimal), but are primarily derived from the forces of competition within the market.

Incest a 'fundamental right', German committee says

Incest a 'fundamental right', German committee says - Telegraph

Laws banning incest between brothers and sisters in Germany could be scrapped after a government ethics committee said the they were an unacceptable intrusion into the right to sexual self-determination.

“Criminal law is not the appropriate means to preserve a social taboo,” the German Ethics Council said in a statement. “The fundamental right of adult siblings to sexual self-determination is to be weighed more heavily than the abstract idea of protection of the family.”

Their intervention follows a notorious case in which a brother and sister living as partners in Saxony had four children together. The couple had been raised separately and only met when the brother, identified only as Patrick S, was an adult, and his sister Susan K was 16.

Dem Lieutenant Governor Candidate: Granholm Years 'Weren't As Bad As We Think' [Michigan Capitol Confidential]

Dem Lieutenant Governor Candidate: Granholm Years 'Weren't As Bad As We Think' [Michigan

“I think the Granholm years, you know, weren’t as bad as we think.” – Lisa Brown, the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor running with Mark Schauer, on Sept. 23 during a radio interview on "Michigan’s Big Show," according to Gongwer News Service.

For the Record says: Sounds like someone needs a refresher course on Michigan’s economy, certainly something that won’t be taught in former Gov. Granholm’s University of California-Berkeley class on how to create jobs.

Michigan lost 576,900 jobs during Gov. Granholm's eight-year tenure.

This state led the nation in United Van Lines outbound shipments from 2006 to 2009, signaling an exodus from Michigan.

Why You Won't Even Be Able to Keep Your Obamacare Plan if You Like It

Why You Won't Even Be Able to Keep Your Obamacare Plan if You Like It | Heartlander Magazine

Soon You Can Smell Like a Racist Revolutionary or a Communist Dictator

Soon You Can Smell Like a Racist Revolutionary or a Communist Dictator | TheBlaze.com:
"Mario Valdes is the man who directed the scent team that interfaced with Robertet. He reportedly wanted “Ernesto” to have a woodsy and citrus tone, while “Hugo” smells more like the tropical fruits mango and papaya.
“We didn’t want to create propaganda, but rather pay homage to them and help their names endure,” Valdes told the Guardian."
Life is short...And this is what some people do with their time.

Woman Drowns After Cops Threaten Rescuers With Arrest, Reportedly Fail to Attempt Rescue Themselves

Woman Drowns After Cops Threaten Rescuers With Arrest, Reportedly Fail to Attempt Rescue Themselves - Hit & Run : Reason.com

A woman in El Paso, Texas, drowned in her car early Monday morning after it got into a drainage ditch. Several bystanders reportedly tried to save the 64-year-old woman but cops stopped them.

KFOX TV reports:

"They went and tried to help this lady, they tried to help her, but the police said they can't, they were yelling and everything, I don't wanna say nothing bad about them, I know they give good service here and everything, but I said 'Oh, my God,'" the witness said. "They hit the window on the driver's side, and she tried to get out but there's a fence right there, and she couldn't get out. So she had all that weight with her and all the water inside. The men got scared, they didn't want to leave, they were mad, so they got scared, people were yelling so they had to leave before they got arrested."

The story about police telling men to leave was backed up by several people who live on Vulcan Avenue right next to where the drowning took place. However, KFOX14 cannot confirm if the woman was dead or alive at that time.

The woman was trapped in the car for an hour and a half before police retrieved the body. Police would not comment on the incident, saying Special Traffic Investigations was investigating.

In Six Minutes, an Atheist Tears Apart the Way Liberals Defend Muslim Atrocities ‘In the Name of Multiculturalism’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

In Six Minutes, an Atheist Tears Apart the Way Liberals Defend Muslim Atrocities ‘In the Name of Multiculturalism’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"He took a picture of a teenager’s obscene act with a Jesus statue to make this point: ”Liberal Western culture is not just different — it’s better.”
Bill Maher, host of HBO’s “Real Time,” has been slamming Islam — and the liberal tendency to protest any criticism of Islamic culture — recently, and on Friday night he continued the assault."

Cadillac brand to move headquarters to New York

Cadillac brand to move headquarters to New York:
 "General Motors Co.'s Cadillac brand will open a headquarters in New York early next year, as it moves the global hub for its luxury brand away from Detroit.

The shift comes as Cadillac focuses on global growth and tries to establish a fresh identity in the luxury market. Currently, most of Cadillac's functions are part of the rest of GM, and its headquarters is at the Renaissance Center. Many Cadillac operations will stay at the GM Warren Tech Center.
"We want to put a little bit of distance between Cadillac and the rest of the General Motors entity so that we can begin to put together a team that is able to give 100 percent mindshare to meeting the challenges of the premium market," Cadillac President Johan de Nysschen told The Detroit News.

It Wasn’t the Police Who Neutralized Alleged Muslim Convert With Bullets After He Beheaded Woman in Oklahoma | TheBlaze.com

It Wasn’t the Police Who Neutralized Alleged Muslim Convert With Bullets After He Beheaded Woman in Oklahoma | TheBlaze.com:

"The fired employee who beheaded a woman with a knife and stabbed another person at an Oklahoma food processing plant on Friday likely would have hurt more people if it weren’t for the company’s heroic — and armed — chief operating officer, who shot and neutralized the suspect before police arrived."

1 in 4 Americans 25-54 Not Working

1 in 4 Americans 25-54 Not Working | The Weekly Standard:

In Vermont even fraudulent votes count « Watchdog.org

In Vermont even fraudulent votes count « Watchdog.org:

In Vermont, even fraudulent votes count. The situation arises in big elections, such as the 2012 presidential election, where scores of new voters show up at the polls and vote although their names aren’t on the statewide checklist.

In a recent interview with Vermont Watchdog, Scott Schrader, assistant chief administrative officer in the Clerk/Treasurer’s Office in Burlington, explained how his office handles the hundreds of uncertified voters who cast ballots in big elections.

“(If we) don’t have any record of them being on the statewide checklist, and if the voter insists that they registered to vote through the DMV or other avenue, we have them fill out an attestation form. Then they would be added to the checklist,” Schrader said.

Schrader said the individuals are given a ballot on the spot and are permitted to vote.

College Hosts ‘Get Laid’ Seminar, Complete with Hands-On Demonstrations

College Hosts ‘Get Laid’ Seminar, Complete with Hands-On Demonstrations:
There wasn’t a lot left to the imagination at a recent sex-ed event at Lynchburg College earlier this week, when a guest lecture titled “How to be a Gentleman and Still Get Laid” included hands-on demonstrations on how to sexually pleasure the penis and vagina.

Self-described “Sex Geek” Reid Mihalko used a vulva puppet, the live-long-and-prosper V-shaped Spock hand gesture, and a rubbery-looking dildo to educate the packed audience of Virginia college students on the nuances of stimulating the male and female nether regions.

Among advice doled out with the vulva puppet? Get your partner excited before going for the hole too soon, according to an audience member.

Shock!-----Immigrant families fail to report to federal agents

Immigrant families fail to report to federal agents | Lubbock Online | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: "WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of young families caught crossing the border illegally earlier this year subsequently failed to meet with federal immigration agents, as they were instructed, the Homeland Security Department has acknowledged privately.
An official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement revealed that about 70 percent of immigrant families the Obama administration had released into the U.S. never showed up weeks later for follow-up appointments.
The ICE official made the disclosure in a confidential meeting at its Washington headquarters with immigration advocates participating in a federal working group on detention and enforcement policies.
The Associated Press obtained an audio recording of Wednesday’s meeting and separately interviewed participants."