History for June 30

History for June 30 - On-This-Day.com
Lena Horne 1917 - Jazz singer, Susan Hayward 1919, Nancy Dussault 1936 


Florence Ballard (The Supremes) 1943, Vincent D'Onofrio 1959 - Actor ("Law and Order: Criminal Intent"), Mike Tyson 1966 - Boxer 


1913 - Fighting broke out between Bulgaria and Greece and Spain. It was the beginning of the Second Balkan War. 


1934 - Adolf Hitler purged the Nazi Party by destroying the SA and bringing to power the SS in the "Night of the Long Knives." 


1936 - Margaret Mitchell’s book, "Gone with the Wind," was published. 


1953 - The first Corvette rolled off the Chevrolet assembly line in Flint, MI. It sold for $3,250. 


1955 - The U.S. began funding West Germany’s rearmament. 


1957 - The American occupation headquarters in Japan was dissolved. 


1971 - The Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 11 returned to Earth. The three cosmonauts were found dead inside. 


1971 - The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified when Ohio became the 38th state to approve it. The amendment lowered the minimum voting age to 18. 


1986 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that states could outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults. 


1998 - Officials confirmed that the remains of a Vietnam War serviceman buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery were identified as those of Air Force pilot Michael J. Blassie.

State Dept. Redacts Nearly Everything in Email Outlining Obama-Clinton Call on Night of Benghazi Attack | Video | TheBlaze.com

State Dept. Redacts Nearly Everything in Email Outlining Obama-Clinton Call on Night of Benghazi Attack | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"President Barack Obama and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke on the phone on the night of the 2012 Benghazi attacks — but the U.S. State Department isn’t prepared to reveal the content of their discussion."

BREAKING: Obama Openly Calls for Gun CONFISCATION... Spread This Everywhere

BREAKING: Obama Openly Calls for Gun CONFISCATION... Spread This Everywhere:

"We have often been told by gun control advocates that “nobody is coming to take your guns” and all they wanted were “common-sense” gun laws.

However, the gun control reforms they have called for lead inevitably toward national registration of all firearms, which will inevitably lead to confiscation of firearms, which in turn will result in a second civil war or outright revolution."

This is What the Ukraine War Looks Like

This is What the Ukraine War Looks Like:
"PISKY, Ukraine—The notion that the Ukraine cease-fire is still largely holding, or even being followed at all, is fiction.
In the eastern Ukrainian village of Pisky, only six kilometers from the separatist stronghold of Donetsk, and two kilometers from the ruined Donetsk airport, the Ukrainian army 93rd Mechanized Brigade is engaged in sustained combat with combined Russian-separatist forces."

This is what they celebrate-----Rapper Kicks Off BET Awards Bashing Police Atop Vandalized Cop Car (Video)

Rapper Kicks Off BET Awards Bashing Police Atop Vandalized Cop Car (Video) - The Gateway Pundit
Rapper Kicks Off BET Awards Bashing Police Atop Vandalized Cop Car (Video)

Kendrick Lamar – kicked off the 2015 BET Awards bashing police on top of a vandalized police car.

The American flag waved in the background.

Classic Tip Encouraging Hard Work Now Considered a Racial Microaggression by College | TheBlaze.com

Classic Tip Encouraging Hard Work Now Considered a Racial Microaggression by College | TheBlaze.com:

"We’ve already seen the University of California, Berkeley, frowning upon notions that America is a “melting pot” and the “most qualified person” should get the job — and now another college has joined the fray.

The University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, has created a chart of racial microaggressions and posted it on the school’s official website under “New Faculty Resources.”

The chart explores theme, microaggression and message:"

Morons lose $140 million and dump more $$$ into vat-----Tax voucher buyback expected to save Michigan $10 million

Tax voucher buyback expected to save Michigan $10 million - Crain's Detroit Business:
"Legislation signed into law last Tuesday that authorizes the buyback of $100 million in tax vouchers for what has become a controversial state program won't have any impact on state investments in venture capital companies.
The program, the Venture Michigan Fund, will continue to make investments from its two funds, and both state and out-of-state VC firms that have been promised money from the funds will get the full allotment.

...The Venture Michigan Fund was created in 2003 to jump-start investments in tech startups in the state.
It got broad bipartisan support in Lansing, passing in the Senate unanimously.
The first fund of $95 million was launched in 2006 with money borrowed from Deutsche Bank and was collateralized with $200 million in tax vouchers in the event the state fell behind on future principal and interest payments.
The second fund of $120 million was collateralized with $250 million in vouchers to an affiliate of Credit Suisse in 2010.
At the time, legislators hoped that future interest payments would be made from profits returned to the fund from the VC firms it invested in. 
But the Great Recession delayed investments and delayed the growth of the startups, in turn slowing the pace at which they could be sold or taken public.
Early this year, the House Fiscal Agency told legislators that it might cost the state as much as $140 million in the next three years to cover shortfalls in loan and interest payments for the first fund..."

Brad Thor Observes Something Peculiar About Obama Admin’s Reaction to Gay Marriage Ruling | Video | TheBlaze.com

Brad Thor Observes Something Peculiar About Obama Admin’s Reaction to Gay Marriage Ruling | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Author Brad Thor jumped on Twitter Sunday and shared something decidedly strange about the Obama administration’s reaction to the landmark Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage, making it legal all across America:"

Same-sex marriage ruling gives employers, attorneys much to consider in benefits coverage

Same-sex marriage ruling gives employers, attorneys much to consider in benefits coverage - Crain's Detroit Business:
"Like more than 10 percent of all Michigan employers who participated in a recent survey by the Livonia-based American Society of Employers, Henry Ford Health has offered domestic partner benefits to unmarried partners of its employees for same-sex couples only.
But domestic partner benefits also count as “imputed income” for employees at tax time and carry a financial penalty that married couples do not suffer. 
The Supreme Court certainly had a mind toward the various legal benefits of marriage, including insurance matters, in Justice Anthony Kennedy’s decision for the majority.
“While the states are in general free to vary the benefits they confer on all married cou­ples, they have throughout our history made marriage the basis for an expanding list of governmental rights, bene­fits, and responsibilities,” Friday’s ruling states..."

Walmart Refused to Create Confederate Flag Cake. The Next Day Same Customer Asks Store for Cake With Islamic State Flag. Want to Guess How It Pans Out? | Video | TheBlaze.com

Walmart Refused to Create Confederate Flag Cake. The Next Day Same Customer Asks Store for Cake With Islamic State Flag. Want to Guess How It Pans Out? | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"And then he turned to YouTube to vent his frustration.

“Alright, Walmart, you’ve got some explaining to do,” Netzhammer said on camera. He added in his YouTube summary that the Islamic State “is beheading Christians, selling little girls into slavery and is currently a terrorist org at war with the United States — but you can’t buy the General Lee toy car …? It’s a damn shame.”


When you read their explanation or excuse for the employee, that too is a damn shame!
The low information group doesn't get it.  How do you not know?
We are in the state we are in because too many people don't know what's taking place.

Love Her Or Hate Her, Ann Coulter Warned Us About John Roberts 10 Years Ago

Love Her Or Hate Her, Ann Coulter Warned Us About John Roberts 10 Years Ago | PJ Tatler
...It turns out that Ann Coulter sniffed another Souter-esque betrayal in the offing ten years ago:
"After pretending to consider various women and minorities for the Supreme Court these past few weeks, President Bush decided to disappoint all the groups he had just ginned up and nominate a white male.
So all we know about him for sure is that he can’t dance and he probably doesn’t know who Jay-Z is. Other than that, he is a blank slate. 
Tabula rasa.
Big zippo.
Nada.
Oh, yeah … We also know he’s argued cases before the Supreme Court. 
Big deal; so has Larry Flynt’s attorney.
But unfortunately, other than that that, we don’t know much about John Roberts. 
Stealth nominees have never turned out to be a pleasant surprise for conservatives. 
Never. 
Not ever."

Dumbing down the dum dums-----Failing NYC Students Get Exams Fixed By City

Failing NYC Students Get Exams Fixed By City | The Daily Caller:
"Students at a Brooklyn high school had their Regents exams “re-scored” by school administrators to allow them to pass, The New York Post reports.
Automotive High School is located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and has been identified by the de Blasio administration as a “renewal” school. De Blasio has vowed to improve the schools with $163 million in the upcoming school year.
According to the city Department of Education it was Aimee Horowitz, superintendent of Renewal schools, who reviewed and approved the requests of nine Automotive students to have their January 2015 Regents exams re-scored.
The practice of re-scoring tests just short of passing is known as “scrubbing,” which was banned by the state in 2011.
“This is Scrubbing Part 2,” 
A veteren educator told the Post, “The teachers used to do it. Now it’s the administrators.”
A student at the school spoke with a guidance counselor about having his exam re-scored as he was one point shy of passing.
He was told to sign his name on a list, along with about 20 other students.
...City scores dropped in 2014 after a new rule stopped teachers from grading tests given at their own schools.
In June, only one student at Automotive High School out of 25 passed Common Core math, all trigonometry test takers failed..."

Alabama flag company begins Confederate flag production in-store, over 1,000 sold on first day

Alabama flag company begins Confederate flag production in-store, over 1,000 sold on first day | AL.com:
"After the manufacturer decided to no longer supply Confederate flags to her business, Alabama Flag and Banner owner Belinda Kennedy decided to take matters into her own hands.
Starting early Friday morning, Belinda and the employees at Alabama Flag and Banner began producing Confederate flags in-store using their own materials and equipment.
And just as soon as they hit the machines, the orders came pouring in.
"I feel like my responsibility to my customers is to fulfill their needs when they want it, and I had customers wanting it and I wasn't going to turn them away as I felt like I had been turned away," Kennedy said.
Sales for the Confederate flag spiked for her business on Tuesday, the owner said, as the flag faced new controversy after a man confessed to killing nine people in a Charleston, S.C. church last week.
...As of 3:45 p.m. on Friday, the business reported over 1,000 sales, with orders continuously rolling in, both online and in-store.
"It's simply a historic flag," Kennedy commented. 
"It's not hate, it's history...and the people that are making it a racial issue are pushing an agenda.""

A Chilling Message Was Sent to Christians from the ‘Islamic State in Palestine’ | TheBlaze.com

A Chilling Message Was Sent to Christians from the ‘Islamic State in Palestine’ | TheBlaze.com:

"A group calling itself the “Islamic State in Palestine” spread fliers in east Jerusalem warning Christians who live there to brace themselves for “revenge,” an Israeli television station reported.

Israel’s Channel 10 television reported Thursday that it was the first time such a leaflet attributed to the Islamic State group was distributed threatening Christian residents of Jerusalem. The text of the message vowed to take “revenge” on “heretics.”


This threat will continue against all Christians.
It is impossible to co-exist when one group wants to wipe out all of the others.

Greedy government scumbags act like royalty-----Burning Man pushes back on upgraded amenities for officials

My Way News - Burning Man pushes back on upgraded amenities for officials:
"RENO, Nev. (AP) — Burning Man festival organizers are pushing back after the U.S. Bureau of Land Management requested upgraded accommodations for its officials at this year's event in the Nevada desert.
The federal agency asked for flush toilets, washers and dryers, hot water, air conditioning, vanity mirrors, refrigerators and couches at its on-site camp, called the Blue Pit, The Reno Gazette-Journal reported (http://on.rgj.com/1GxU4Bb) Friday.
The toilets are also to be cleaned daily by Burning Man staff.
Festival leaders have refused the request, saying those amenities alone would cost $1 million and hike its permit fees to about $5 million.
Burning Man holds the largest special-recreation permit in the country, but its cost has steadily increased in recent years.
In 2011, the permit fees were $858,000.
...the Bureau of Land Management said ..."It's safe to say that if you were working 14 to 16 hours a day in white-out conditions on the hot playa, you don't want them to be unrested. 
Safety, security and health are paramount. That, I will not forgo," said Gene Seidlitz, the bureau's Winnemucca District Manager.
...The event has been held in Nevada's Black Rock Desert for 23 years, which Reid said was a cultural benefit that also contributes $35 million to the local economy each year.
"Part of Burning Man's philosophy is self-reliance and living with the elements is part of the experience.
Flush toilets and laundry facilities can be found about ten miles away in Gerlach, Nevada, if BLM's employees need such amenities," Reid said..."

KNOW YOUR CAR WARNING LIGHTS:

History for June 29

History for June 29 - On-This-Day.com
William Mayo 1861, Antoine de Saint-Exupery 1900, John Toland 1912 


Slim Pickens 1919, Stokeley Carmichael 1941, Gary Busey 1944 


Little Eva Boyd 1945, Fred Grandy 1948, Sharon Lawrence 1961 


1767 - The British Parliament approved the Townshend Revenue Acts. The acts imposed import duties on glass, lead, paint, paper and tea shipped to America. 


1804 - Privates John Collins and Hugh Hall of the Lewis and Clark Expedition were found guilty by a court-martial consisting of members of the Corps of Discovery for getting drunk on duty. Collins received 100 lashes on his back and Hall received 50. 


1903 - The British government officially protested Belgian atrocities in the Congo. 


1917 - The Ukraine proclaimed independence from Russia. 


1925 - Marvin Pipkin filed for a patent for the frosted electric light bulb. 


1926 - Fascists in Rome added an hour to the work day in an economic efficiency measure. 


1953 - The Federal Highway Act authorized the construction of 42,500 miles of freeway from coast to coast. 


1956 - Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller were married. They were divorced on January 20, 1961. 


1972 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty could constitute "cruel and unusual punishment." The ruling prompted states to revise their capital punishment laws.