History for April 19

History for April 19 - On-This-Day.com
Hugh O'Brian 1930 - Actor ("The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp"), Jayne Mansfield (Vera Jane Palmer) 1932 - Actress ("It Takes a Thief"), Dick Sargent 1933 - Actor ("Bewitched", "Fantasy Island")


Elinor Donahue 1937 - Actress ("Father Knows Best", "The Andy Griffith Show", "Pretty Woman"), Al Unser, Jr. 1962, Suge Knight 1965 - Record company executive (Tha Row) 


Ashley Judd 1968 - Actress, James Franco 1978 - Actor ("Milk", "Spider-Man"), Maria Sharapova 1987 - Tennis player



1587 - English admiral Sir Francis Drake entered Cadiz harbor and sank the Spanish fleet. 


1775 - The American Revolution began as fighting broke out at Lexington, MA. 


1892 - The Duryea gasoline buggy was introduced in the U.S. by Charles and Frank Duryea. 


1943 - The Warsaw Ghetto uprising against Nazi rule began. The Jews were able to fight off the Germans for 28 days. 


1951 - General Douglas MacArthur gave his "Old Soldiers" speech before the U.S. Congress. In the address General MacArthur said that "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away." 



1982 - NASA named Sally Ride to be first woman astronaut. 


1989 - A gun turret exploded aboard the USS Iowa. 47 sailors were killed. 


1993 - The Branch-Davidian’s compound in Waco, TX, burned to the ground. It was the end of a 51-day standoff between the cult and U.S. federal agents. 86 people were killed including 17 children. Nine of the Branch Davidians escaped the fire. 


1994 - A Los Angeles jury awarded $3.8 million to Rodney King for violation of his civil rights. 


1995 - The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, OK, was destroyed by a bomb. It was the worst bombing on U.S. territory. 168 people were killed including 19 children, and 500 were injured. Timothy McVeigh was found guilty of the bombing on June 2, 1997. 

BREAKING: Muslims Finally Drop Bombshell Exposing the REAL Obama... This Explains Everything

BREAKING: Muslims Finally Drop Bombshell Exposing the REAL Obama... This Explains Everything:

"Two commentators on different Middle Eastern television networks, translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute, both claim that Obama is working to side with Iran because his father from Kenya was a Shiite Muslim.
“Barack Hussein Obama is the son of a Shiite father,” said London-based Iranian opposition activist Abu Muntasir Al-Baloushi. “There is no doubt that he is Iran’s lifesaver. Some people call him the Iranian lobby in America. He suffers from a peculiar complex.”

Both sides stuffing the ballot box------Everything progressivism touches, it ruins. Now it’s the geeks’ turn

Everything progressivism touches, it ruins. Now it’s the geeks’ turn
The College Fix and sites like it are chock full of anecdotes about how radical progressivism is actually the very antithesis of what it purports to be about: tolerance, understanding and diversity.

Today’s “snowflake” college students need “safe spaces” in which to take refuge from things like “microaggressions,” and while screaming about how delightfully “tolerant” they are, the slightest bit of intellectual, academic, and even comedic discomfort will suddenly send them into a paroxysm of self-righteous indignation and hurt.

This trend has infected even the geekiest of the cultural landscape.

The Weekly Standard notes how social justice warriors — SJWs — have attempted to “cleanse” … science fiction literature:

For more than 50 years, the Hugo Awards have been handed out at the annual World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) to honor the best science fiction and fantasy writing of the previous year. But when the nominees for this year’s Hugos were announced, it touched off a firestorm unlike any in the awards’ history.

That’s because so many of this year’s nominees are perceived (not always correctly) to be conservative or libertarian. A group of right-leaning science fiction authors organized a campaign to stuff this year’s Hugo Awards ballot with writers they felt had been overlooked...

 ...The field of comic books hasn’t been immune to this sort of nonsense, either.

Last year, writer Chuck Dixon and artist Paul Rivoche lamented in the Wall Street Journal  how “How Liberalism Became Kryptonite for Superman”:

The industry weakened and eventually threw out the CCA, and editors began to resist hiring conservative artists. One of us, Chuck, expressed the opinion that a frank story line about AIDS was not right for comics marketed to children. His editors rejected the idea and asked him to apologize to colleagues for even expressing it.Soon enough, Chuck got less work.

Video: Things Get Awkward When Students Are Asked for ‘Biggest Reason’ They Plan to Vote for Hillary | Video | TheBlaze.com

Video: Things Get Awkward When Students Are Asked for ‘Biggest Reason’ They Plan to Vote for Hillary | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"When Campus Reform’s Caleb Bonham asked several students at the University of Washington for the “biggest reason” they planned to vote for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, he received the same answer from several of them: because she’s a woman.

“Tell me the one reason why you would support a Hillary Clinton presidency,” Bonham asked one female student.

“Because she’s a woman,” the student answered. “So, diversity, you know.”

But, but... Obama tells us there is NO inflation-------Michigan State trustees OK hike in room-and-board rates

Michigan State trustees OK hike in room-and-board rates - Crain's Detroit Business:
"EAST LANSING — Michigan State University students will pay a bit more this fall to live and eat in on-campus residence halls.
The school's board of trustees voted Friday to increase room-and-board rates by 3.5 percent for the 2015-16 academic year.
The double-room rate for undergraduate students will go up by $132 to $3,912 per year. Students using the silver unlimited dining plan will pay $5,562 per year, an increase of $188.
Rent at university apartments also will go up by 1 percent and 2 percent.
Auxiliary enterprises vice president Vennie Gore said the costs of food, labor and other items continue to rise."

"Special Interests" who paid Obama for that "Special Treatment"------Why Are The Obamacare Exchanges Such A Mess?

Why Are The Obamacare Exchanges Such A Mess?
Obamacare was fashioned by special interests – all of whom were very self-interested. 
They chose to mandate a health insurance plan that they wanted for themselves – without ever asking whether it was appropriate for moderate income families living paycheck to paycheck. 
They imagined an electronic exchange with all kinds of bells and whistles, without ever asking the techie folks whether this had ever been done before. 
Or even if it could be done.

The result has been disaster.

Take the state of Oregon. 
Grace-Marie Turner writes:

Oregon, under then-Gov. John Kitzhaber, aspired to create a shining model for other ObamaCare exchanges, but instead, it became its poster child of dysfunction. After spending more than $300 million in federal taxpayer dollars, Oregon pulled the plug last year and decided to default to the federal exchange.

The state is now involved in lawsuits with Oracle, the primary vendor and the federal government could actually ask for its $300 million back. 
Like the federal exchange (heathcare.gov), the Oregon exchange seems to have been designed by people who knew a lot about health care, but nothing about technology:

One after another, Cover Oregon directors were fired and replaced, but never with anyone who had IT experience or expertise. Deadlines were missed, directives were repeatedly changed, and state officials ultimately refused to meet with the Oracle contractors who were trying to, and ultimately did, salvage the project.

Things are not much better in other parts of the country. 
Here is a state round up (HT: Michael Cannon) from ACASignups.net:
Go to link!

Exposed: Hillary Clinton Is A Fraud In Iowa

Exposed: Hillary Clinton Is A Fraud In Iowa:

"It starts with this exclusive report from The Daily Mail about how Hillary’s campaign staff actually RECRUITED and DROVE the “ordinary” Iowans to her campaign stop. One of them was even a Democrat operative who drove Joe Biden around the state because when they asked for volunteers, he stood still while everyone else took a step back–including the guy in the wheelchair. Maybe Chuck Todd and I have a different definition of the word “spontaneous.” We definitely have a different definition of the word “journalism.”

Then there is this story, about how she didn’t tip for her burrito"

Ang where they gonna get that money?---M-1 Rail construction begins at Campus Martius on Monday

M-1 Rail construction begins at Campus Martius on Monday - Crain's Detroit Business:
"Starting Monday, crews will begin installing a curved track around Campus Martius in downtown Detroit as part of the $140 million M-1 Rail project.
The 2015 construction schedule, expected to be the busiest so far, will also include rebuilding parts of Woodward Avenue and freeway overpasses around downtown, M-1 Rail Chief Operating Officer Paul Childs said Thursday.
The rail line, which will extend 3.3 miles from Detroit's riverfront to the New Center area, is scheduled to begin running next year."

Taxes Cost More Than What We Pay

Taxes Cost More Than What We Pay | Economics21
That is not the true cost—to either individuals, businesses or society at large. 
Time is money. 
Americans spend about 6.1 billion hours and $224.3 billion a year—$90.3 billion of it by  individuals—to comply with the filing requirements of the tax code, according to the IRS National Taxpayer Advocate. 
(Yes, you have an advocate at the IRS!) 
Those statistics don't include the opportunity cost, or the benefit the public would have received from devoting resources to some alternative activity.

So complex are the tax code and the myriad of IRS forms that about 60 percent of individual taxpayers pay someone else to prepare their tax returns.
An additional 29 percent rely on tax preparation software.
In other words, we have to pay (someone else) to pay (the IRS).

Obama's america.....School blames ‘poor lighting’ for paltry Michelle O lunch

PHOTO: School blames ‘poor lighting’ for paltry Michelle O lunch - EAGnews.org: "PORTSMOUTH, Va. – That’s not really a fish filet with a whole wheat bun resting on top.
Nah, your eyes are playing tricks on you.
That’s what administrators at Virginia’s Portsmouth Public Schools want parents to believe after a mother took a photo of her child’s paltry school lunch and posted it on social media.
The mom says James Hurst Elementary served the lunch Tuesday.
After the photo began circulating around the community, Food Service Coordinator Jim Gehlhoff admitted the lunch “concerns us,” but added that it might not actually be as bad as it looks.
“Poor lighting and food presentation make this lunch unappealing,” he said in a statement released to the media.
He says it’s in compliance with the federal lunch rules championed by First Lady Michelle Obama..."

The Must-See Video That Is Waking Americans Up

The Must-See Video That Is Waking Americans Up:

"As Western Journalism previously reported, the videos are designed to shift the national discussion on income inequality from raising the minimum wage to ensuring all American workers are able to achieve their “maximum wage.”

Words fail----Secretary of the Army memo lists sexual assault top priority

Secretary of the Army memo lists sexual assault top priority | The Daily Caller:
"The U.S. Army’s top priority for 2015 is not winning wars.
Secretary of the Army John M. McHugh named preventing sexual assault as his top priority for the Army in the fiscal year 2015, according to a memo obtained by The Daily Caller.
“Outlined below are my top priorities for Fiscal Year 2015,” McHugh wrote in the memo. “While these do not represent all the strategic issues that I deal with, they are the most important areas where I will focus my time and effort,” he said in the October 30, 2014 memo, entitled “Secretary of the Army Top Priorities.”
“1. Prevent Sexual Assault,” McHugh’s list began....."

Students are ‘Ready for Hillary’ just because she’s a woman

VIDEO: Students are ‘Ready for Hillary’ just because she’s a woman

It seems many students at the University of Washington can’t think of any reason why they should vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016 — other than her gender.

Campus Reform headed to Seattle, Wash., and asked several college students if they were “ready for Hillary” and why they would vote for her.

“She’s a woman, and that’s literally all.”    Tweet This

“She’s a woman, and that’s literally all,” one female student told Campus Reform.

“Because it’s time we have a female president,” another woman said.

History for April 18

History for April 18 - On-This-Day.com
Clarence Darrow 1857 - Attorney, famous for his part in the Scopes 'monkey trial', Barbara Hale 1922 - Actress ("Perry Mason", "Airport"), Hayley Mills 1946 - Actress ("The Parent Trap"), singer 


James Woods 1947 - Actor ("The Onion Field", "Casino"), Rick Moranis 1954 - Actor ("Parenthood", "Ghostbuster" series, "Spaceballs"), Conan O'Brien 1963 - Television personality ("Late Night with Conan O'Brien") 


1775 - American revolutionaries Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott rode though the towns of Massachusetts giving the warning that the Regulars were coming out. Later, the phrase "the British are coming" was attributed to Revere even though it is unlikely he used that wording. 



1906 - San Francisco, CA, was hit with an earthquake. The original death toll was cited at about 700. Later information indicated that the death toll may have been 3 to 4 times the original estimate. 


1924 - Simon and Schuster, Inc. published the first "Crossword Puzzle Book." 


1938 - Superman made his debut when he appeared in the first issue of Action Comics. (Cover date June 1938) 


1942 - James H. Doolittle and his squadron, from the USS Hornet, raided Tokyo and other Japanese cities. 


1942 - The Vichy government capitulated to Adolf Hitler and invited Pierre Laval to form a new government in France. 


1943 - Traveling in a bomber, Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, was shot down by American P-38 fighters. 


1945 - American war correspondent Ernie Pyle was killed by Japanese gunfire on the Pacific island of Ie Shima, off Okinawa. He was 44 years old. 


1949 - The Republic of Ireland was established. 


1980 - Rhodesia became in independent nation of Zimbabwe. 


1983 - The U.S. Embassy in Beirut was blown up by a suicide car-bomber. 63 people were killed including 17 Americans. 

David Barton Says This Is Why Americans Must Stand Up for Their Right of Conscience | Video | TheBlaze.com

David Barton Says This Is Why Americans Must Stand Up for Their Right of Conscience | Video | TheBlaze.com:

“The right of conscience used to be an inalienable right. That word inalienable meant ‘not to be touched by government,’ period,” Barton said on The Glenn Beck Program. “If you can’t protect the rights of conscience as an inalienable right, then everything below that, the government is going to regulate as well.”

By design-----Taxation illiteracy high among the average American

Survey: Taxation illiteracy high among the average American - Watchdog.org
During the American Revolution, one of the major objections the colonists had was the taxation by the British crown without having any representation. 
While the problem of taxation without representation has been solved, it has been replaced by something almost as bad and nearly as destructive: taxation without understanding.

Tax Day is upon us, and the average American has little or no idea of how they are being taxed or why, according to a recent survey:

Most American adults get an “F” in understanding income tax basics, according to a NerdWallet survey of 1,015 people across the U.S. in early February. Respondents scored on average 51% in a 10-question quiz on tax basics related to such personal finance issues as retirement, college savings and health care.

A century ago, the income tax form was a single page that even the most mathematically challenge could understand. 
Today the tax code has become increasingly complex to the point where very few people actually do their own taxes, read the forms and fill them out.

“I don’t think we were totally surprised by what we found,” Alex McAdams, a personal finance analyst at NerdWallet, told Daily Finance. 
“The tax code is pretty complicated, so you can’t blame people for not understanding the details.”

Heh.....National Review

National Review

Fox News Host Megyn Kelly Grills DNC Chair on Abortion Position: ‘Can You Answer That Question?’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

Fox News Host Megyn Kelly Grills DNC Chair on Abortion Position: ‘Can You Answer That Question?’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Fox News host Megyn Kelly asked the congresswoman to elaborate on her views as a result of an ongoing feud between Schultz and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). The spat started after the GOP presidential candidate was asked if he supports allowing victims of rape and incest to receive abortions. Instead of answering, he told the media to ask Schultz if “she’s OK with killing a 7-pound baby that’s just not born yet.”

Kelly did just that Tuesday evening, asking the congresswoman when she believes life begins.

“Can you answer that question?” the Fox News asked.

(Fast forward to 5:50 mark for the conversation)"