Sunday, July 31, 2016
History for July 31
History for July 31 - On-This-Day.com:
S.S. Kresge 1867 - Founder of S.S. Kresge Company (renamed Kmart Corporation in 1977 and later Sears Holding Corporation), George Liberace 1911 - Musician and television performer, older brother of entertainer Liberace, Milton Friedman 1912 - Economist
J.K. Rowling 1965 - Author ("Harry Potter" series), Dean Cain 1966 - Actor (TV: "Lois & Clark"), Zac Brown 1978 - Country music singer and musician
1790 - The first U.S. patent was issued to Samuel Hopkins for his process for making potash and pearl ashes. The substance was used in fertilizer.
1919 - Germany's Weimar Constitution was adopted.
1928 - MGM’s Leo the lion roared for the first time. He introduced MGM’s first talking picture, "White Shadows on the South Seas."
1945 - Pierre Laval of France surrendered to Americans in Austria.
1948 - U.S. President Truman helped dedicate New York International Airport (later John F. Kennedy International Airport) at Idlewild Field.
1971 - Men rode in a vehicle on the moon for the first time in a lunar rover vehicle (LRV).
1989 - The Game Boy handheld video game device was released in the U.S.
1991 - U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
Saturday, July 30, 2016
Hilarious Cartoon DESTROYS Liberal Voter ID Arguments | The Federalist Papers
"It just doesn’t make any sense. You need ID to buy alcohol and cigarettes, board a plane, enter certain government buildings, get a job, drive, buy a gun, and even GET INTO THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION! How is ensuring that our elections are true to the actual results a racist action?
Answer: it doesn’t help Democrats.
I will again repeat here what I wrote in the story about Virginia’s voter ID law (minor differences, but I hope you get the point):"
Sheriff Clarke Leaves Twitter In Stitches With Critique Of Clinton's Outfit
Sheriff Clarke Leaves Twitter In Stitches With Critique Of Clinton's Outfit:
"Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke is better know for his tough talk about law and order than being a fashion critic.
However, as Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton took to the stage Thursday to claim her party’s presidential nomination, Clarke had a thought he had to share."
"Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke is better know for his tough talk about law and order than being a fashion critic.
However, as Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton took to the stage Thursday to claim her party’s presidential nomination, Clarke had a thought he had to share."
Here is a Handy List of Hillary's Trillion Dollar Tax Increases
Here is a Handy List of Hillary's Trillion Dollar Tax Increases - Katie Pavlich
"...one thing is for certain:
If she makes it to the White House, you'll be paying more in taxes.
A whopping $1 trillion more.
Our friends over at American's For Tax Reform, who launched HighTaxHillary.com last year, have made a list of Hillary's tax proposals just in time for her big moment later tonight.
Last night Vice President Joe Biden tried to paint Hillary Clinton as a champion of the middle class. Her tax proposals prove the opposite."
"...one thing is for certain:
If she makes it to the White House, you'll be paying more in taxes.
A whopping $1 trillion more.
Our friends over at American's For Tax Reform, who launched HighTaxHillary.com last year, have made a list of Hillary's tax proposals just in time for her big moment later tonight.
- Income Tax Increase - $350 Billion: Clinton has proposed a $350 billion income tax hike in the form of a 28 percent cap on itemized deductions.
- Business Tax Increase -- $275 Billion: Clinton has called for a tax hike of at least $275 billion through undefined business tax reform. According to the Clinton campaign document, "Hillary will fully pay for these [Infrastructure] investments through business tax reform."
- "Fairness" Tax Increase -- $400 Billion: According to her published plan,Clinton has called for a tax increase of "between $400 and $500 billion" by "restoring basic fairness to our tax code." These proposals include a "fair share surcharge," the taxing of carried interest capital gains as ordinary income, and a hike in the Death Tax.
- Capital Gains Tax Increase -- Clinton has proposed an increase in the capital gains tax to counter the "tyranny of today's earnings report." Her plan calls for an overly complex, byzantine capital gains tax regime with six brackets for those whose total taxable income puts them in the top 39.6 percent bracket. Her campaign has not said how much this will increase taxes.
- Tax on Stock Trading -- Clinton has proposed a new, unquantified tax on stock trading. The tax increase would only further burden markets by discouraging trading and investment. Inevitably, costs associated with this new tax will be borne by millions of American families that hold 401(k)s, IRAs and other savings accounts.
- "Exit Tax" - Rather than reduce the extremely high, uncompetitive corporate tax rate, Clinton has proposed a series of measures aimed at inversions including an "exit tax" - on income earned overseas. The term "exit tax" is used by the campaign itself. This proposal would completely fail to address the underlying causes behind inversions. Her campaign document describing this proposal says it will raise $80 billion in tax revenue, but claims some of the $80 billion will be plowed into tax relief. It does not specify a dollar amount.
Last night Vice President Joe Biden tried to paint Hillary Clinton as a champion of the middle class. Her tax proposals prove the opposite."
Frank Luntz: The Myth of the Undecided Voter
Frank Luntz: The Myth of the Undecided Voter | TIME
"...But there are two types of undecided voters.
They’re the “low-information” voters that conservative talk radio hosts love to hate.
They tell themselves that they’re fact-based arbiters.
But really, they’ve applied only haphazard thought to forming a cogent worldview.
And what they “know” is often wrong.
But their mistaken assumptions are held with such stubborn passion they refuse to hear an alternative viewpoint.
They’re every bit as angry as the more extreme elements on the Left or Right; they’re just hiding it, from themselves and from the world.
To even attempt to persuade them is a deeply futile endeavor.
They foment on the fly.
They will decide the election.
They are the none-of-the-above voter.
They know a lot about both candidates and don’t like either one. (Can’t blame them, really.
Two fundamentally flawed candidates clamoring for votes in a fundamentally furious nation.)
They cannot stomach the choice between “crude” and “corrupt” (their words, not mine).
These voters are like children living through a bitter divorce; watching with a mixture of fear and disdain as their parents argue, knowing they will soon be forced to choose with whom to live—a decision with no good outcome.
...While I won’t predict the outcome of this election, I can pinpoint eight core characteristics of the people who will determine America’s future..."
Read on!
"...But there are two types of undecided voters.
- The first are useless.
They’re the “low-information” voters that conservative talk radio hosts love to hate.
They tell themselves that they’re fact-based arbiters.
But really, they’ve applied only haphazard thought to forming a cogent worldview.
And what they “know” is often wrong.
But their mistaken assumptions are held with such stubborn passion they refuse to hear an alternative viewpoint.
They’re every bit as angry as the more extreme elements on the Left or Right; they’re just hiding it, from themselves and from the world.
To even attempt to persuade them is a deeply futile endeavor.
They foment on the fly.
- But the second?
They will decide the election.
They are the none-of-the-above voter.
They know a lot about both candidates and don’t like either one. (Can’t blame them, really.
Two fundamentally flawed candidates clamoring for votes in a fundamentally furious nation.)
They cannot stomach the choice between “crude” and “corrupt” (their words, not mine).
These voters are like children living through a bitter divorce; watching with a mixture of fear and disdain as their parents argue, knowing they will soon be forced to choose with whom to live—a decision with no good outcome.
...While I won’t predict the outcome of this election, I can pinpoint eight core characteristics of the people who will determine America’s future..."
Read on!
Here is a Handy List of Hillary's Trillion Dollar Tax Increases - Katie Pavlich
Here is a Handy List of Hillary's Trillion Dollar Tax Increases - Katie Pavlich:
"If she makes it to the White House, you'll be paying more in taxes. A whopping $1 trillion more.
Our friends over at American's For Tax Reform, who launched HighTaxHillary.com last year, have made a list of Hillary's tax proposals "
Our friends over at American's For Tax Reform, who launched HighTaxHillary.com last year, have made a list of Hillary's tax proposals "
Giuliani: This Is the Most Anti-Police, Anti-Law Enforcement Convention I've Ever Seen | PJ Media
"Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani appeared on Fox and Friends this morning to provide commentary on the Democratic National Convention. Rudy pointed out that not a single Philadelphia police officer was allowed on the convention floor. He said four high-ranking Philadelphia police officers told him Hillary Clinton did not want uniformed police officers wandering around the delegates."
“White media get to the back! Black media come to the front!” shouted an organizer with a bullhorn.
'Take It to the Streets and F**k the Police.' Protestors Rail Against Cops at DNC |Heat Street
UPDATE: On Tuesday afternoon, organizers of the Black Lives Matter march screamed at white reporters to adhere to a scheme of racial segregation.
The organizer, annoyed that people weren’t immediately adhering to her instructions, began hectoring white journalists who hadn’t complied.
“Excuse me, sir!” she yelled. “Somebody needs to tell this person to get to the back…. Somebody needs to tell these folks to get to the back!”
“We are not afraid to put people out!” the organizer yelled. “White people to the back! Black people to the front!”
See video of the incident below:
A-26 Invader Nose Gear Collapse On Landing
On Monday, July 25th, the A-26 Invader "Silver Dragon" suffered a nose gear collapse on landing at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016.
The crew had already executed a go around after hearing a pop while cycling the gear, and orbited to troubleshoot the problem.
Eventually the decision was made to land on runway 36.
The crew had already executed a go around after hearing a pop while cycling the gear, and orbited to troubleshoot the problem.
Eventually the decision was made to land on runway 36.
FBI ISSUES CHILLING STATEMENT – It’s Happening… | John Hawkins' Right Wing News
"I don’t know why the FBI is freaking out over ISIS. I mean, it’s not like they’re as dangerous as my AC unit, right Secretary of State Kerry?"
What is Old, and New, and Scary in Russia’s Probable DNC Hack
What is Old, and New, and Scary in Russia’s Probable DNC Hack - Lawfare:
"...There is nothing new in one nation’s intelligence services using stealthy techniques to influence an election in another.
...The data breaches are raising questions as the U.S. considers whether to move toward electronic balloting.
More people than ever are using the internet to register to vote and to request mail-in ballots.
Some states have even become vote-by-mail only in recent years.
“If you can’t keep the voter registration records safe, what makes you think you can keep the votes safe?” asked Pamela Smith, president of election watchdog Verified Voting.
For a politically inclined hacker, insecure voter data could “very easily” create a pathway to “massive” voter fraud, said Joseph Kiniry, CEO of Free & Fair, which advocates for secure digital election systems.
“If you can go in there and delete rows based on someone’s name or political affiliation, we will have a massively screwed up election process on the day,” he said.
The Russian hack of the DNC was small beans compared to the destruction of the integrity of a national election result.
This scary thought raises an OPM-hack-inspired question:
Who in the U.S. government is responsible for this problem?
Election fraud is typically the responsibility of election officials working with law enforcement officials.
But when election fraud with national consequences is potentially threatened by foreign adversaries, it should become the responsibility of (at a minimum) national intelligence officials.
But are they on this problem?
Does the United States government have a well-worked out plan to ensure that our highly computerized and highly decentralized system for electing the President is protected from foreign disruption via cyber-exploitation or cyber-attack?
I have no idea—but I seriously doubt it."
"...There is nothing new in one nation’s intelligence services using stealthy techniques to influence an election in another.
...The data breaches are raising questions as the U.S. considers whether to move toward electronic balloting.
More people than ever are using the internet to register to vote and to request mail-in ballots.
Some states have even become vote-by-mail only in recent years.
“If you can’t keep the voter registration records safe, what makes you think you can keep the votes safe?” asked Pamela Smith, president of election watchdog Verified Voting.
For a politically inclined hacker, insecure voter data could “very easily” create a pathway to “massive” voter fraud, said Joseph Kiniry, CEO of Free & Fair, which advocates for secure digital election systems.“If you can go in there and delete rows based on someone’s name or political affiliation, we will have a massively screwed up election process on the day,” he said.
The Russian hack of the DNC was small beans compared to the destruction of the integrity of a national election result.
This scary thought raises an OPM-hack-inspired question:
Who in the U.S. government is responsible for this problem?
Election fraud is typically the responsibility of election officials working with law enforcement officials.
But when election fraud with national consequences is potentially threatened by foreign adversaries, it should become the responsibility of (at a minimum) national intelligence officials.
But are they on this problem?
Does the United States government have a well-worked out plan to ensure that our highly computerized and highly decentralized system for electing the President is protected from foreign disruption via cyber-exploitation or cyber-attack?
I have no idea—but I seriously doubt it."
Monster Win Is Good For Energy Drink Makers and Consumers
Monster Win Is Good For Energy Drink Makers and Consumers - Reason.com:
"July has been a bad month for those leading the foolhardy charge against energy drinks.
Earlier this month saw the quiet but welcome dismissal of a set of lawsuits against Monster, the maker of popular energy drinks.
The suits, filed earlier this year by Morgan & Morgan, a Florida-based law firm, claimed just two cans of Monster could be deadly.
"When the Monster lawsuit started earlier in 2016, the law firm Morgan & Morgan claimed two 16-ounce cans of Monster Energy contained a 'lethal dose' of caffeine and that 'overconsumption of energy drinks has led to heart attacks, strokes and even death,'" reported the news website Inquistr this week.
"The Florida-based personal injury law firm has now asked the courts to dismiss their lawsuits."
The news is particularly noteworthy because the media loudly trumpeted the purported dangers of energy drinks in the wake of the lawsuits.
A Daily Beast piece on the lawsuits, typical of the tone of some reports, described the lawsuits' target under an ominous (and false) heading: "death juice."
Most reports on the lawsuit's withdrawal, when they have appeared, have been of the demure, three-sentence variety. monster
Ominous-sounding lawsuits make for good headlines.
Dismissals no so much.
As part of its campaign against Monster, Morgan & Morgan had launched a website seeking potential plaintiffs to challenge the energy-drink maker.
"If you or someone you know has experienced heart problems, seizures, an irregular heartbeat, kidney failure, or any other adverse effects after drinking Monster Energy drinks," the firm's EnergyDrinksLawsuit.com website advertises, "you may be entitled to compensation."
Maybe not.
"The voluntary dismissal of these lawsuits, we believe, speaks volumes," Marc P. Miles of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, counsel for Monster Energy Company, said in a company press release.
"We believe fairness dictates that the media now write about the dismissals..."
"July has been a bad month for those leading the foolhardy charge against energy drinks.
Earlier this month saw the quiet but welcome dismissal of a set of lawsuits against Monster, the maker of popular energy drinks.
The suits, filed earlier this year by Morgan & Morgan, a Florida-based law firm, claimed just two cans of Monster could be deadly.
"The Florida-based personal injury law firm has now asked the courts to dismiss their lawsuits."
The news is particularly noteworthy because the media loudly trumpeted the purported dangers of energy drinks in the wake of the lawsuits.
A Daily Beast piece on the lawsuits, typical of the tone of some reports, described the lawsuits' target under an ominous (and false) heading: "death juice."
Most reports on the lawsuit's withdrawal, when they have appeared, have been of the demure, three-sentence variety. monster
Ominous-sounding lawsuits make for good headlines.
Dismissals no so much.
As part of its campaign against Monster, Morgan & Morgan had launched a website seeking potential plaintiffs to challenge the energy-drink maker.
"If you or someone you know has experienced heart problems, seizures, an irregular heartbeat, kidney failure, or any other adverse effects after drinking Monster Energy drinks," the firm's EnergyDrinksLawsuit.com website advertises, "you may be entitled to compensation."Maybe not.
"The voluntary dismissal of these lawsuits, we believe, speaks volumes," Marc P. Miles of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, counsel for Monster Energy Company, said in a company press release.
"We believe fairness dictates that the media now write about the dismissals..."
Liabilities of Liberalism
Liabilities of Liberalism - Taki's Magazine:
"“Liberalism,” James Burnham once wrote, “is the ideology of western suicide.”
Writers on the right find it fashionable to cite Burnham’s decree.
In an era when being white, Christian, male, and proud is as sinful as cold-blooded murder, it appears that liberalism is inspiring massive self-hatred on the forgers of the West.
The statistics don’t lie: White Europeans are a dying breed.
In the U.S., the death rate of middle-aged whites exceeds that of minorities.
In Europe, the birth rates of natives are collapsing.
The number of “nones”—that is, people identifying as faithless—is increasing among young adults.
Put it all together and you have the makings of an entire society slowly smothering the life out of itself.
Is liberalism truly to blame?
It’s an easy answer, for sure.
Leftism is an ideological cancer that brings misery, death, and famine to all societies.
Just ask anyone who has lived (or lives) in a communistic country.
But I don’t think Marx’s brainchild is responsible for what’s ailing America, or the West as a whole.
In fact, I’ve come to think it’s something much more familiar.
The enemy, as Pogo said, may very well be us.
The culprit behind Western lethargy is liberalism, by which I mean the actual definition of liberalism.
Libertarians call it classical liberalism.
Leftist intellectuals call it pluralism or tolerance.
Economists call it laissez-faire.
“The very ethos that gave birth to the most powerful society in history is eroding its very purpose for being.”..."
Read on!
"“Liberalism,” James Burnham once wrote, “is the ideology of western suicide.”
In an era when being white, Christian, male, and proud is as sinful as cold-blooded murder, it appears that liberalism is inspiring massive self-hatred on the forgers of the West.
The statistics don’t lie: White Europeans are a dying breed.
In the U.S., the death rate of middle-aged whites exceeds that of minorities.
In Europe, the birth rates of natives are collapsing.
The number of “nones”—that is, people identifying as faithless—is increasing among young adults.
Put it all together and you have the makings of an entire society slowly smothering the life out of itself.
Is liberalism truly to blame?
It’s an easy answer, for sure.
Leftism is an ideological cancer that brings misery, death, and famine to all societies.
Just ask anyone who has lived (or lives) in a communistic country.
But I don’t think Marx’s brainchild is responsible for what’s ailing America, or the West as a whole.
In fact, I’ve come to think it’s something much more familiar.
The enemy, as Pogo said, may very well be us.
The culprit behind Western lethargy is liberalism, by which I mean the actual definition of liberalism.
Libertarians call it classical liberalism.
Leftist intellectuals call it pluralism or tolerance.
Economists call it laissez-faire.
“The very ethos that gave birth to the most powerful society in history is eroding its very purpose for being.”..."
Read on!
Tucker Carlson Says Nancy Pelosi’s Remarks on ‘White Males’ Show Dems Have ‘Pulled the Mask Off’ | Video | TheBlaze.com
"House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told PBS that “white males” without college educations have voted Republican “because of guns, because of gays, and because of God — the three Gs — God being the woman’s right to choose.”"
As vets died, VA spent millions on art
As vets died, VA spent millions on art | Washington Examiner
"Hundreds of veterans have died while waiting to get care from the Department of Veterans Affairs, all while the department spent millions of taxpayer dollars on high-end art.
According to an investigation by COX Media Washington, D.C. and American Transparency, the VA has spent $20 million on high-end art over the last 10 years,
$16 million of that spent during President Obama's tenure.
The investigation found one particularly egregious example: $670,000 combined spent on two sculptures at a VA center for the blind..."
Disgusting!
"Hundreds of veterans have died while waiting to get care from the Department of Veterans Affairs, all while the department spent millions of taxpayer dollars on high-end art.According to an investigation by COX Media Washington, D.C. and American Transparency, the VA has spent $20 million on high-end art over the last 10 years,
$16 million of that spent during President Obama's tenure.
The investigation found one particularly egregious example: $670,000 combined spent on two sculptures at a VA center for the blind..."
Disgusting!
First poo-themed dessert cafe set to open in Canada
First poo-themed dessert cafe set to open in Canada | Americas | News | The Independent:
"In Toronto, a city crammed full of fine restaurants, famous chefs and innovative dining ventures, it would be difficult for anyone to create a new fad.
But one George Brown College graduate is hoping her “Poop Café Dessert Bar” will cause the next big stink.
Opening mid-August in Koreatown, Lien Nguyen’s cafe will offer an all-brown menu, in the shape of human stools.
Japan 'naked restaurant' to ban customers for being overweight
“I’m trying to make poop cute,” Ms Nguyen explained to the Toronto Star..."
"In Toronto, a city crammed full of fine restaurants, famous chefs and innovative dining ventures, it would be difficult for anyone to create a new fad.
But one George Brown College graduate is hoping her “Poop Café Dessert Bar” will cause the next big stink.Opening mid-August in Koreatown, Lien Nguyen’s cafe will offer an all-brown menu, in the shape of human stools.
Japan 'naked restaurant' to ban customers for being overweight
“I’m trying to make poop cute,” Ms Nguyen explained to the Toronto Star..."
History for July 30
History for July 30 - On-This-Day.com:
Thornstein Velben 1857, Henry Ford 1863, Vladimir Kosmo Zworykin 1889 - Invented the iconoscope, called the "Father of Television"
Casey Stengel 1890, Thomas Sowell 1930, Arnold Schwarzenegger 1947
1619 - The first representative assembly in America convened in Jamestown, VA. (House of Burgesses)
1942 - The WAVES were created by legislation signed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The members of the Women's Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service were a part of the U.S. Navy.
1945 - The USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. The ship had just delivered key components of the Hiroshima atomic bomb to the Pacific island of Tinian. Only 316 out of 1,196 men aboard survived the attack.
1956 - The phrase "In God We Trust" was adopted as the U.S. national motto.
1965 - U.S. President Johnson signed into law Social Security Act that established Medicare and Medicaid. It went into effect the following year.
1974 - The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted to impeach President Nixon for blocking the Watergate investigation and for abuse of power.
1990 - In Spring Hill, TN, the first Saturn automobile rolled off the assembly line.
2003 - In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagon Beetle rolled off an assembly line.
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