History for July 22

History for July 22 - On-This-Day.com
Gregor Mendel 1822, Karl Menninger 1893, Alexander Calder 1898


Bob Dole 1923, Alex Trebek 1940, Albert Brooks 1947


1376 - The legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin leading rats out of town is said to have occurred on this date.


1587 - A second English colony was established on Roanoke Island off North Carolina. The colony vanished under mysterious circumstances.


1796 - Cleveland was founded by General Moses Cleaveland.


1798 - The USS Constitution was underway and out to sea for the first time since being launched on October 21, 1797.


1933 - Wiley Post ended his around-the-world flight. He had traveled 15,596 miles in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes.


1943 - American forces led by General George S. Patton captured Palermo, Sicily.


2003 - In northern Iraq, Saddam Hussein's sons Odai and Qusai died after a gunfight with U.S. forces.


2011 - Space Shuttle Atlantis landed successfully at Kennedy Space Center after completing STS-135. It was the final flight of NASA's space shuttle program.

Federal Appeals Court Deals Major Blow to Strict Texas Voter ID Law | TheBlaze.com

Federal Appeals Court Deals Major Blow to Strict Texas Voter ID Law | TheBlaze.com:

"Lawyers for Texas have argued that the state makes free IDs easy to obtain. They said any inconveniences or costs involved in getting one do not substantially burden the right to vote, and that the Justice Department and other plaintiffs had failed to prove that the law resulted in denying anyone the right to vote"

Why Conservatives Can’t Understand Liberals (and Vice Versa)

Why Conservatives Can’t Understand Liberals (and Vice Versa) | Intellectual Takeout:
..."They found five primary categories that serve as our moral foundation:
1) Care/harm: This foundation is related to our long evolution as mammals with attachment systems and an ability to feel (and dislike) the pain of others. It underlies virtues of kindness, gentleness, and nurturance.
2) Fairness/reciprocity: This foundation is related to the evolutionary process of reciprocal altruism. It generates ideas of justice, rights, and autonomy. [Note: In our original conception, Fairness included concerns about equality, which are more strongly endorsed by political liberals. However, as we reformulated the theory in 2011 based on new data, we emphasize proportionality, which is endorsed by everyone, but is more strongly endorsed by conservatives]
3) Loyalty/betrayal: This foundation is related to our long history as tribal creatures able to form shifting coalitions. It underlies virtues of patriotism and self-sacrifice for the group. It is active anytime people feel that it's "one for all, and all for one."
4) Authority/subversion: This foundation was shaped by our long primate history of hierarchical social interactions. It underlies virtues of leadership and followership, including deference to legitimate authority and respect for traditions.
5) Sanctity/degradation: This foundation was shaped by the psychology of disgust and contamination. It underlies religious notions of striving to live in an elevated, less carnal, more noble way. It underlies the widespread idea that the body is a temple which can be desecrated by immoral activities and contaminants (an idea not unique to religious traditions).
What Haidt found is that both conservatives and liberals recognize the Harm/Care and Fairness/Reciprocity values.
Liberal-minded people, however, tend to reject the three remaining foundational values— Loyalty/betrayal, Authority/subversion, and Sanctity/degradation —while conservatives accept them.
It’s an extraordinary difference, and it helps explain why many liberals and conservatives in America think “the other side” is bonkers.
Liberals might contend, of course, that these values are not proper morals at all but base human traits responsible for xenophobia, religious oppression, etc.
Haidt rejects this thesis.
And through a series of historical illustrations, psychological studies, and cross-cultural references he explains that many liberals often fail to appreciate a timeless truth that conservatives usually accept: order tends to decay.
(A truth, I’ll add, buttressed by the second law of thermodynamics.)
Now, Haidt is not suggesting conservatives are superior to liberals.
He points out that conservatives tend to value order even at the cost of those at the bottom of society, which can result in morally dubious social implications.
Liberals, however, often desire change even at the risk of anarchy...."

Black athletes called athletic center ‘Plantation,' say they worked for white students to play golf

Black athletes called athletic center ‘Plantation,' say they worked for white students to play golf - The College Fix:
"University of Colorado Boulder Chancellor Philip DiStefano recently told the board of regents that some black student athletes have referred to the Dal Ward Athletic Center as “The Plantation” – calling it that because they believed their efforts essentially paid for white student to play sports such as golf and tennis.
The anecdote came as DiStafano spoke to regents in a larger discussion about diversity and inclusion, comments summarized by a local reporter at the meeting in a series of tweets.
“#CUBoulder Chancellor Phil DiStefano is sharing a story about a recent conversation he had with a black athletic dept. staffer,” Daily Camera reporter Sarah Kuta tweeted.
“DiStefano says black athletes call Dal Ward Athletic Center ‘The Plantation’ because all they’re valued for is their athletic contributions.
DiStefano says black athletes call it ‘The Plantation’ because their performance pays for white people to play golf, tennis, run track.
Their sweat and tears is really for other people, not for them.”...

Police Detective Risks Career, Takes Down Race Baiter Obama With Brutal Revelation

Police Detective Risks Career, Takes Down Race Baiter Obama With Brutal Revelation:

"“The president of the United States has blood on his hands and it will not be able to become washed off.”

Loomis said President Obama had blamed police in a “reprehensible” manner and that the president has scapegoated law enforcement.

“How the hell did we ever become the bad guys in this country?” Loomis said. “It’s the irresponsible reporting of the media and it’s the irresponsible statements of people that are credible, like the president of the United States, like celebrities.”"

Erdogan Unleashes Unprecedented Crackdown: Fires All University Deans; Suspends 21,000 Private School Teachers

Erdogan Unleashes Unprecedented Crackdown: Fires All University Deans; Suspends 21,000 Private School Teachers | Zero Hedge:
Erdogan Unleashes Unprecedented Crackdown: Fires All University Deans; Suspends 21,000 Private School Teachers
Over the weekend, after the initial reports of the purge unleashed by Erdogan against Turkey's public, we previewed the upcoming, far more dangerous counter-coup as follows: "it was the next step that is the critical one: the one where Erdogan - having cracked down on his immediate military and legal opponents - took his crusade against everyone else, including the press and the educational system."

But while Turkey's press is already mostly under Erdogan's control, it is the educational witch hunt fallout that is far more troubling, and just as expected over the past hour we have gotten a glimpse of just how extensive the Turkish's president cleansing of secular society will be, when the state-run Anadolu news agency reported that Turkey's ministry of education has sacked 15,200 personnel for alleged involvement with a group the government claims is responsible for Friday's failed coup.

Even more shocking, Anadolu reports that Turkey's Board of Higher Education has requested the resignations of all 1,577 university deans, effectively dismissing them.  Of the deans dismissed, 1,176 worked in public universities and 401 in private institutions..."

Fancypants Case Western Offers GOP Convention SAFE SPACE

Fancypants Case Western Offers GOP Convention SAFE SPACE | The Daily Caller:
"Case Western Reserve University is providing a “safe space” for students who are upset about this week’s Republican National Convention.
The fancypants private school in Cleveland — where tuition, fees and room and board cost $60,304 per year — is located just over 4 miles from Quicken Loans Arena, where the GOP convention is occurring.
 A July 11 statement in The Daily, Case Western’s internal e-newsletter, informs students — and professors, and administrators — that the private school’s Social Justice Institute “will host a ‘safe space'” in the basement of concrete-laden Crawford Hall for the duration of the convention, which runs from July 18 to July 21.
“After extensive consultation among our leadership team and discussions in last week’s open forums, we have decided that the university will reduce its on-campus operations significantly from Monday, July 18, through the close of the convention Thursday, July 21,” the statement explains..."

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Baltimore Cops To Sue Marilyn Mosby For Malicious Prosecution | The Daily Caller

Baltimore Cops To Sue Marilyn Mosby For Malicious Prosecution | The Daily Caller:

"Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby will face a slew of new counts, including malicious prosecution and false arrest in a lawsuit brought by two Baltimore cops, The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned."

Boris Johnson may be “the sole politician in Europe qualified to deal with Erdogan”

Boris Johnson may be “the sole politician in Europe qualified to deal with Erdogan” - The Rebel:

Boris Johnson was London’s mayor until a few weeks ago; plus an MP; plus helped campaign for the Leave side of Brexit campaign, and I was sort of hoping that he’d run for the leadership of the Tory Party there after David Cameron stepped down.

But instead, he was just appointed to be their foreign minister. Which I think is perfect.

The UK's Spectator magazine had a poetry contest recently about the Turkish president, Erdogan.

Remember, Erdogan has persuaded the German government to prosecute a German comedian for reading a dirty poem about Erdogan on the German version of Saturday Night Live.

So the Spectator had a contest for rude poems about Erdogan. And Johnson entered. And obviously he won, with this limerick:

There was a young fellow from Ankara
Who was a terrific wankerer
Till he sowed his wild oats
With the help of a goat
But he didn’t even stop to thankera.

I am deadly serious when I say he may be the sole politician in Europe qualified to deal with Erdogan, especially as he conducts his Stalinst purges of Turkey’s government, judiciary, media and military.

In case you forgot.... or only watch/listen to NPR-PBS-CNN-ABC-NBC-CBS....

9 Killed, 55 Shot in Chicago - 33 in One Day, Marking Worst Day of Shootings in a Year - Breitbart

9 Killed, 55 Shot in Chicago - 33 in One Day, Marking Worst Day of Shootings in a Year - Breitbart:

"With 55 shootings and five deaths, the weekend in Chicago was particularly bloody, so much so that Sunday marked itself as having the most shootings in a single day in over a year.
Friday rang in with nine shootings and one death at around 3 PM. One of the shooting incidents included no less than three victims in the same incident."

Butler Co. sheriff urges civilian staff to carry weapons at work

Butler Co. sheriff urges civilian staff to carry weapons at work | Local News - WLWT Home: "HAMILTON (WLWT and AP) —One southwest Ohio sheriff is encouraging staffers with licenses to carry to bring their weapons to work.
Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones has declared himself “the most interesting sheriff in the world.”
In a memo sent to employees last week, Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones urged civilian employees and volunteers to carry their weapons at the sheriff's office and while operating any department vehicle away from headquarters.
"Everyone should exercise some extra caution at this time concerning their own personal safety," Jones wrote.
The memo was sent after recent attacks against police officers in other parts of the county.
In the memo, Jones urged employees to plan their attire appropriately and carry their weapons discreetly when in public view.
The sheriff also reminded staffers to adhere to state guidelines for carrying concealed weapons when off department premises."

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History for July 21

History for July 21 - On-This-Day.com
Ernest Hemingway 1899 - Author, journalist, Marshall McLuhan 1911 - Educator, philosopher, scholar, Janet Reno 1938 - Attorney General of the U.S. (1993-2001)


Yusuf Islam 1948 - Musician (Cat Stevens), Robin Williams 1951 - Actor, comedian, Jon Lovitz 1957 - Actor ("Saturday Night Live") comedian, singer



1861 - The first major battle of the U.S. Civil War began. It was the Battle of Bull Run at Manassas Junction, VA. The Confederates won the battle.


1925 - The "Monkey Trial" ended in Dayton, TN. John T. Scopes was convicted and fined $100 for violating the state prohibition on teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. The conviction was later overturned on a legal technicality because the judge had set the fine instead of the jury.


1930 - The Veterans Administration of the United States was established.

1940 - Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia were annexed by the Soviet Union.


1944 - American forces landed on Guam during World War II.


1949 - The U.S. Senate ratified the North Atlantic Treaty.


1957 - Althea Gibson became the first black woman to win a major U.S. tennis title when she won the Women’s National clay-court singles competition.


1961 - Captain Virgil "Gus" Grissom became the second American to rocket into a sub-orbital pattern around the Earth. He was flying on the Liberty Bell 7.

LIBERTY REVIEW

LIBERTY REVIEW:

http://libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2016/07/comradesin-crime-bytammy-derouin_20.html

Comrades In Crime

By Tammy Derouin

The scandals are never ending.  There isn’t a low which this administration won’t try to reach.  Years of betrayal, deceit and getting away with so many scandalous activities have now led to openly congratulating themselves on a job well done.  Yes, the administration is very happy with the efforts of their comrades in crime to obstruct justice and hide the truth. The administration loves to insult the American people.

Is there any part of our government which hasn’t fallen to the evil arm twisting of this corrupt administration?  The Department of Justice, State Department, IRS, Department of Education, TSA, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Health and Human Services and now the FBI, to name a few, are all tainted with corruption. Of course, neither the Legislative nor Judicial Branches have been much help to rein in the Executive. 

The amount of criminal power and influence which must now exist within our government, to be able to control so many, is frightening.  One administration has managed to heavily damage, if not destroy, almost every division of our system of government, and in such a short amount of time.  Eventually, the truth will rise to the surface.  I fear the reality of how much evil corruption truly exists will be overwhelming, even for those who knew it was always part of this administration......

Mass Shooting in...Gun Free England?

Mass Shooting in...Gun Free England?
If you’re like me, you’ve been in an argument with an anti-gun leftist who brings up how England is gun-free and that we should be more like them.
Because peace, love, unity.
Because guns are mean boom-boom sticks who shoot people of their own free will.
Better not to have them at all, because safety.
Without guns, there can be no crime. 
Right?
Wait… right?
Turns out, no.
Because in super anti-gun England, there was just a shooting.
In a gun-free zone.
In this case the gun-free zone happens to be the entire country. 
So how did this shooting possibly happen?
Three people have been shot dead, including the suspected gunman, in Spalding, Lincolnshire, police have said..."

Clinton Slams Trump, Promises Several Universal Programs While in Minneapolis

Clinton Slams Trump, Promises Several Universal Programs While in Minneapolis - Alpha News: "Presumptive Democratic Nominee for President Hillary Clinton spoke at the Minneapolis Convention Center on Monday to the American Federation of Teachers.
Clinton made sure to be clear about her several proposals for universal programs, saying she supports free education from Pre-K to college, as well as universal healthcare and access to broadband internet..."

Sheriff David Clarke Prompts Massive Applause at GOP Convention With This Five-Word Opener | Video | TheBlaze.com

Sheriff David Clarke Prompts Massive Applause at GOP Convention With This Five-Word Opener | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke drew rousing applause when he took the stage at the Republican National Convention Monday night to declare, “Blue lives matter in America.”

“Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to make something very clear: Blue lives matter in America,” he said emphatically to the crowd of delegates gathered at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland."

An Open Letter To Tiny House Hunters

An Open Letter To Tiny House Hunters « terribleminds: chuck wendig:
"...One day my wife said, “You need to watch this new show.”
And I said, what is it, and does it star Guy Fieri, and will he milk the donkey sauce from his pubic beard into a chicken stock in order to make the soup that takes us all down to the FLAVORPOCALYPSE. 
And she said, no, no, “It’s a new House Hunters show,” and I thought, well, where else can they go? Maybe House Hunters New York Apartments where we follow a broke single person trying to fight rat-swarms in order to find a rent-controlled outhouse-sized apartment for less than the cost of a mansion in Minnesota.
“It’s not that,” she said.
But it was close.
It was very close.
Enter you people.
Hunters of tiny houses.
Cave-humans once stalked lions on the veldt, but you intrepid hunters track itty-bitty homes — houses compressed down like coal until they become the shining diamonds of Spartan living..."

Why We Can’t Keep Putting Off a Social Security Fix

Why We Can’t Keep Putting Off a Social Security Fix | Economics21
"...This question -- whether we can afford significant further delay in righting Social Security’s finances -- is a very common and important one, worthy of further exploration.
The answer is that we cannot afford continued postponement, and it’s important to understand why.
Social Security experts have long struggled against a widespread tendency to overemphasize the program’s “doomsday date” in descriptions of program finances. Countless media articles characterize the annual trustees’ report in terms of Social Security’s combined trust funds’ projected depletion date (currently 2034).
 Such framing invites the following two misperceptions:
1) Insolvency might not happen, because projections that far out can be wildly wrong;
2) Even if it would happen, we have several years yet to deal with it.
Unfortunately, both of these reflexive suppositions are dangerously incorrect.
...However, even if we pretend that the funds are combined and that the insolvency date isn’t until 2034, we still have far less time than that to act..."

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Megyn Kelly Clashes With Former New Black Panthers Leader Over ‘White People,’ Violence Against Police | Video | TheBlaze.com

Megyn Kelly Clashes With Former New Black Panthers Leader Over ‘White People,’ Violence Against Police | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"The president of Black Lawyers for Justice — who’s a former leader of the New Black Panther Party — told Fox News’ Megyn Kelly she holds a position of “white supremacy, white privilege” and is part of the “white power structure.”"

Social justice on Mars

Social justice on Mars:
"Assuming NASA ever actually does take us to Mars, we can now rest easy knowing they will be prepared to establish a utopian society upon the blank Martian slate, free from the privileges and prejudices of Earth.
The Goddard Space Flight Center announced in February that it has undertaken a “redesign” of its Diversity Dialogue Project (DDP) in order to “increase overall impact for the organization and better utilize and manage current internal resources.”
NASA plans to create a “culture of positive influencers who are empowered to use their privilege wisely.”    
By that, of course, they mean they’re going to promote “Diversity and Inclusion” (which they not only inexplicably capitalize, but even adorn with an acronym) by testing out an “awareness” training program intended to help participants discover their own unconscious biases.
...Oh, wait; here it is: By teaching employees about “the potential impact of our behaviors and (unconscious) biases in the workplace,” NASA plans to create a “culture of positive influencers who are empowered to use their privilege wisely.”

Top 10 Cases of Plagiarizing Democrats

Top 10 Cases of Plagiarizing Democrats - Breitbart:
"Here are the top 10 most serious cases of Democratic plagiarism, among contemporary political figures:
....4. Michelle Obama. Though the accusation never found traction in the mainstream media, the aspiring First Lady appeared to have lifted phrases from Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radical — a classic primer on community organizing — and attributed them to her husband. It is conceivable that Obama, an accused plagiarizer himself (see below), passed them off as his own.

3. Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE). Biden’s 1988 presidential aspirations were destroyed after it emerged that he borrowed heavily from British Labour Party politician Neal Kinnock — not just Kinnock’s words, but his biographical details. He was also found to have plagiarized in law school. Biden still made it to the top — or near the top — on charm and sheer perseverance.

2. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY). The 2008 and 2016 presidential candidate was accused, both times, of plagiarizing others’ lines — and her own. Most recently, she was accused by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) of stealing his talking points, partly in an effort to convince left-wing voters that there was no distance between the two. Her effort inspired a hashtag: #StealtheBern.

1. Barack Obama. The supposedly great orator was caught lifting the major refrain, “Don’t tell me words don’t matter,” from Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, his friend and fellow Harvard Law graduate. The irony of arguing for the importance of words, and then borrowing those words without attribution, was a sign of just how empty so many of those words really were."

In-state tuition for illegal immigrants is ‘not enough,’ NJ lawmakers say

In-state tuition for illegal immigrants is ‘not enough,’ NJ lawmakers say:
"A study by a nonpartisan think-tank argues that many illegal immigrants have been unable to take advantage of in-state tuition and would be better served by access to state financial aid, and some New Jersey lawmakers agree.
...The NJPP hopes its study will prove that current measures to help illegal immigrants attend college actually stymie their efforts.
...In January, several members of the NJ legislature introduced a bill that would allow illegal immigrants who meet certain criteria to apply for state financial aid..."

Obama Warns Republicans After Baton Rouge Attack: ‘We Don't Need Inflammatory Rhetoric’ - Breitbart

Obama Warns Republicans After Baton Rouge Attack: ‘We Don't Need Inflammatory Rhetoric’ - Breitbart:

"He also appeared to caution Republicans using the incident for political attacks, after both he and Hillary Clinton signaled sympathy with anti-police protest groups like Black Lives Matter."

Melania Trump's Big Difference from Michelle Obama: American Pride

Melania Trump's Big Difference from Michelle Obama: American Pride - Breitbart:
"Whether or not Melania Trump cribbed a passage from a Michelle Obama speech, there is one crucial sentiment Donald Trump’s Slovenian born wife certainly didn’t copy from Obama’s — the inherent pride of being an American citizen.
As the media pours over one passage in Melania Trump’s Republican National Convention speech that is similar to Michelle Obama’s 2008 speech at the Democratic National Convention, they overlook a key sentence that was undeniably written by Mrs. Trump and reveals all the difference in the world between these two women and their husbands.
“On July 28th, 2006, I was very proud to become a citizen of the United States — the greatest privilege on planet Earth,” the smiling Mrs. Trump said to thunderous applause.
...What a difference these sentiments are to Michelle Obama’s infamous remarks during the 2008 campaign, when she said, “For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country.”
Why was she suddenly proud “for the first time” in her “adult life”? Because her husband was running for president.
Contrast that with Melania Trump’s inherent pride in being an American citizen, which in her words is “the greatest privilege on planet Earth.”
That was the most important line in Melania Trump’s speech.
And she didn’t steal it from Michelle Obama."

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