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Friday, June 29, 2018
History for June 29
History for June 29 - On-This-Day.com
George W. Goethals 1858, William Mayo 1861, Antoine de Saint-Exupery 1900
Nelson Eddy 1901, John Toland 1912, Slim Pickens 1919
1767 - The British Parliament approved the Townshend Revenue Acts. The acts imposed import duties on glass, lead, paint, paper and tea shipped to America.
1888 - Professor Frederick Treves performed the first appendectomy in England.
1917 - The Ukraine proclaimed independence from Russia.
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.
1967 - Israel removed barricades, re-unifying Jerusalem.
1995 - The shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir docked, forming the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth.
2007 - The first generation Apple iPhone went on sale.
Thursday, June 28, 2018
Up next: 1970s-style bombings, warns progressive
Up next: 1970s-style bombings, warns progressive:
A writer for the popular progressive news website Splinter is warning supporters of President Trump that if they have a problem with the heckling of administration officials in public places, they haven’t seen anything yet.
“Do you think that being asked to leave a restaurant, or having your meal interrupted, or being called by the public is bad? My fascism-enabling friends, this is only the beginning,”
A writer for the popular progressive news website Splinter is warning supporters of President Trump that if they have a problem with the heckling of administration officials in public places, they haven’t seen anything yet.
“Do you think that being asked to leave a restaurant, or having your meal interrupted, or being called by the public is bad? My fascism-enabling friends, this is only the beginning,”
Dems’ true goal is to end all border enforcement
Dems’ true goal is to end all border enforcement:
"President Trump climbed down on separating families at the border, but the underlying argument isn’t going away.
The central question at the border isn’t whether we should separate families — even most hard-liners in the Trump administration would prefer to hold families together — but whether migrants should stay in the United States or not.
...Fact is Democrats, in particular, didn’t give us any of the rules that have made closing the border to Central American migrants impossible.
The Flores consent decree, which makes it difficult to hold kids longer than about 20 days, grew out of a court case 20 years ago.
An anti-trafficking law that prevents us from quickly returning home Central American kids — because they are from noncontiguous countries — was a bipartisan measure signed into law by George W. Bush.
What is true is that the law makes it impossible to hold Central American parents and children together for any length of time.
The children have to be released, and if you are going to keep them together with their parents, the parents have to be released, too.
This is the forcing mechanism for waving Central American migrants into the country — more than a quarter of a million children and members of a family group over the past two and a half years — and Trump is right that Democrats have no interest in changing it..."
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"President Trump climbed down on separating families at the border, but the underlying argument isn’t going away.
The central question at the border isn’t whether we should separate families — even most hard-liners in the Trump administration would prefer to hold families together — but whether migrants should stay in the United States or not.
...Fact is Democrats, in particular, didn’t give us any of the rules that have made closing the border to Central American migrants impossible.
The Flores consent decree, which makes it difficult to hold kids longer than about 20 days, grew out of a court case 20 years ago.
An anti-trafficking law that prevents us from quickly returning home Central American kids — because they are from noncontiguous countries — was a bipartisan measure signed into law by George W. Bush.
What is true is that the law makes it impossible to hold Central American parents and children together for any length of time.
The children have to be released, and if you are going to keep them together with their parents, the parents have to be released, too.
This is the forcing mechanism for waving Central American migrants into the country — more than a quarter of a million children and members of a family group over the past two and a half years — and Trump is right that Democrats have no interest in changing it..."
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WANT MORE TRUMP? THIS IS HOW YOU GET MORE TRUMP
WANT MORE TRUMP? THIS IS HOW YOU GET MORE TRUMP:� The lunatics are coming out in droves. Maybe Maxi…
WANT MORE TRUMP? THIS IS HOW YOU GET MORE TRUMP: The lunatics are coming out in droves.
WANT MORE TRUMP? THIS IS HOW YOU GET MORE TRUMP: The lunatics are coming out in droves.
Maybe Maxine Waters is crazy enough to think she can pardon this guy…
“A criminal complaint shows Key is accused of telling an intern who answered the phone, “I’m going to find the Congressman’s kids and kill them. If you’re going to separate kids at the border, I’m going to kill his kids. Don’t try to find me because you won’t.’[…]Key’s social media pages show he is very politically active. He volunteers regularly for the Democratic Party of Martin County and has volunteered many hours for Planned Parenthood, according to a friend of Key’s.”"Of course he does.---Charles Glasser"
In a Win for Free Speech, Supreme Court Says California Can’t Force Pro-Life Centers to Promote Abortion | The Heritage Foundation
In a Win for Free Speech, Supreme Court Says California Can’t Force Pro-Life Centers to Promote Abortion | The Heritage Foundation:
The Court rightly held that the California law in question, the Reproductive FACT Act, “likely violates the First Amendment” and “unduly burdens protected speech.”
In other words, California is entitled to take a position on abortion, but it cannot force others to agree with and speak its message.
The Court rightly held that the California law in question, the Reproductive FACT Act, “likely violates the First Amendment” and “unduly burdens protected speech.”
In other words, California is entitled to take a position on abortion, but it cannot force others to agree with and speak its message.
'Republicans Are Forbidden!' Conservative Artist Puts Up Nazi Propaganda-Style Posters | MRCTV
'Republicans Are Forbidden!' Conservative Artist Puts Up Nazi Propaganda-Style Posters | MRCTV: "How do you combat the fascistic Left who have recently ramped up their defamation of all people who disagree with them as Nazis?
You fight fire with fire, of course. At least that’s what one conservative-leaning street artist did in West Hollywood recently.
Street artist SABO designed multiple posters in the style of the old Nazi propaganda posters and began hanging them outside liberal establishments.
The posters are meant to show liberals how hateful their rhetoric is, while telling viewers of the posters that they shouldn’t buy from Republicans or that the Left should shun Republicans at every turn.
The posters read in both English and German.
The messages range from statements as simple as “Republicans are forbidden” to “Buy only at Democrat shops.”
It’s a very powerful artistic statement that goes to show that the Hollywood Communistic cult — along with the media and politicians — has no idea how dangerous it is to falsely label people while calling for violence against them.
Here’s some photos of the very dark posters (via SABO's Facebook page):
You fight fire with fire, of course. At least that’s what one conservative-leaning street artist did in West Hollywood recently.
Street artist SABO designed multiple posters in the style of the old Nazi propaganda posters and began hanging them outside liberal establishments.
The posters are meant to show liberals how hateful their rhetoric is, while telling viewers of the posters that they shouldn’t buy from Republicans or that the Left should shun Republicans at every turn.
The posters read in both English and German.
The messages range from statements as simple as “Republicans are forbidden” to “Buy only at Democrat shops.”
It’s a very powerful artistic statement that goes to show that the Hollywood Communistic cult — along with the media and politicians — has no idea how dangerous it is to falsely label people while calling for violence against them.
Here’s some photos of the very dark posters (via SABO's Facebook page):
California Billionaire Wants to Raise Michigan’s Electricity Bills | The Freedom Pub
California Billionaire Wants to Raise Michigan’s Electricity Bills | The Freedom Pub
"Tom Steyer, a billionaire former hedge fund manager from San Francisco... has spent hundreds of millions of dollars funding Democratic politicians and pet progressive causes.
One of those pet causes had been a push to increase Michigan’s Renewable Energy Standard.
...Current state mandates require Michigan utilities to generate 15 percent of their sales from renewable sources like wind and solar by 2021.
Steyer and his allies sought to increase this to 30 percent by 2030. DTE Energy and Consumers Energy, Michigan’s two largest utilities, decided to go full-appeasement and agreed, sub rosa, to increase the mandate to 25 percent by 2030 if Steyer would end the ballot initiative push.
Steyer consented, and so, without the consultation of Michigan’s legislators, the Public Service Commission, or voters, a useless and expensive program has become even more useless and even more expensive.
Renewable energy mandates like Michigan’s (also known as renewable portfolio standards), force expensive, heavily subsidized electricity on ratepayers and taxpayers while providing few, if any, net environmental benefits.
A 2014 study from the left-of-center Brookings Institution found wind power is twice as expensive as the conventional power it replaces.
Solar power is three times as expensive.
This led the study’s author to conclude that “renewable incentives that are biased in favor of wind and solar … are a very expensive and inefficient way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.”...
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"Tom Steyer, a billionaire former hedge fund manager from San Francisco... has spent hundreds of millions of dollars funding Democratic politicians and pet progressive causes.
One of those pet causes had been a push to increase Michigan’s Renewable Energy Standard.
...Current state mandates require Michigan utilities to generate 15 percent of their sales from renewable sources like wind and solar by 2021.
Steyer and his allies sought to increase this to 30 percent by 2030. DTE Energy and Consumers Energy, Michigan’s two largest utilities, decided to go full-appeasement and agreed, sub rosa, to increase the mandate to 25 percent by 2030 if Steyer would end the ballot initiative push.
Steyer consented, and so, without the consultation of Michigan’s legislators, the Public Service Commission, or voters, a useless and expensive program has become even more useless and even more expensive.
Renewable energy mandates like Michigan’s (also known as renewable portfolio standards), force expensive, heavily subsidized electricity on ratepayers and taxpayers while providing few, if any, net environmental benefits.
A 2014 study from the left-of-center Brookings Institution found wind power is twice as expensive as the conventional power it replaces.
Solar power is three times as expensive.
This led the study’s author to conclude that “renewable incentives that are biased in favor of wind and solar … are a very expensive and inefficient way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.”...
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Border Patrol Sets Up Shop In New England – Gets Unbelievable Results In Only 11 Hours | The Daily Caller
Border Patrol Sets Up Shop In New England – Gets Unbelievable Results In Only 11 Hours | The Daily Caller:
The checkpoints are “a means of preventing smuggling organizations from exploiting existing transportation systems to travel to the interior of the United States,” the CBP said in a statement.
The Supreme Court has affirmed that the CBP can conduct immigration checks that are a “reasonable distance” of 100 air miles from U.S. borders and coastlines. Officers also have the ability to ask about their citizenship status irrespective of any suspicion.
The checkpoints are “a means of preventing smuggling organizations from exploiting existing transportation systems to travel to the interior of the United States,” the CBP said in a statement.
The Supreme Court has affirmed that the CBP can conduct immigration checks that are a “reasonable distance” of 100 air miles from U.S. borders and coastlines. Officers also have the ability to ask about their citizenship status irrespective of any suspicion.
Toronto Mayor Warns City Cannot Handle Surge in Asylum Seekers Amid Trump Immigration Crackdown
Toronto Mayor Warns City Cannot Handle Surge in Asylum Seekers Amid Trump Immigration Crackdown
"Toronto Mayor John Tory has warned Canada's biggest city can no longer cope with the number of asylum seekers and refugees entering the country amid President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.
"Toronto Mayor John Tory has warned Canada's biggest city can no longer cope with the number of asylum seekers and refugees entering the country amid President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.
"We have exhausted our available sites, our resources and our personnel," Tory said during a press conference on Tuesday, issuing a plea for assistance from provincial and federal governments..."
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Forget Net Neutrality: The E.U. Seems Determined to Destroy the Internet - Hit & Run : Reason.com
Forget Net Neutrality: The E.U. Seems Determined to Destroy the Internet - Hit & Run : Reason.com
"Digital free speech and access activists are raising alarms that new European Union regulations under consideration will lead to massive internet censorship and a costly enforcement system that could crush innovation and competition.
"Digital free speech and access activists are raising alarms that new European Union regulations under consideration will lead to massive internet censorship and a costly enforcement system that could crush innovation and competition.
It's all about online copyright enforcement and the harsh measures that content creators like media outlets and entertainment companies want the European Union to adopt in order to try to stop the uncontrolled spread of their works.
So far it seems that the European Union is agreeing with the big dogs.
Last week the European Parliament's Legislative Affairs Committee voted to advance a "Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market."
...Article 11 will grant media outlets the authority to require anybody potentially excerpting even just snippets of their content to pay them a fee or get a license first, greatly expanding how much content is covered under copyright law.
We're talking about examples like the previews of chunks of text and photos that show up when you share a link on a social media outlet like Twitter or Facebook..."
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So far it seems that the European Union is agreeing with the big dogs.
Last week the European Parliament's Legislative Affairs Committee voted to advance a "Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market."
...Article 11 will grant media outlets the authority to require anybody potentially excerpting even just snippets of their content to pay them a fee or get a license first, greatly expanding how much content is covered under copyright law.
We're talking about examples like the previews of chunks of text and photos that show up when you share a link on a social media outlet like Twitter or Facebook..."
Read on!
Judicial Watch files House ethics complaint against Maxine Waters for 'inciting violence' - Washington Times
Judicial Watch files House ethics complaint against Maxine Waters for 'inciting violence' - Washington Times:
Judicial Watch filed Monday an ethics complaint against Rep. Maxine Waters for “inciting violence and assaults on the Trump Cabinet,” according to Tom Fitton, president of the watchdog organization.
The group sent a hand-delivered letter to the chairman and co-chairman of the House Office of Congressional Ethics calling for an investigation into whether the California Democrat violated House ethics rules by encouraging violence against Trump Cabinet members.
Judicial Watch filed Monday an ethics complaint against Rep. Maxine Waters for “inciting violence and assaults on the Trump Cabinet,” according to Tom Fitton, president of the watchdog organization.
The group sent a hand-delivered letter to the chairman and co-chairman of the House Office of Congressional Ethics calling for an investigation into whether the California Democrat violated House ethics rules by encouraging violence against Trump Cabinet members.
California Considers Creating A Fake News Advisory Group.
Live Blog | June 26, 2018 10:54:50 | PJ Media
California Considers Creating A Fake News Advisory Group.
California Considers Creating A Fake News Advisory Group.
What could go wrong?
Senate Bill 1424 would require the California Attorney General to create the advisory committee by April 1, 2019. It would need to consist of at least one person from the Department of Justice, representatives from social media providers, civil liberties advocates, and First Amendment scholars.
The advisory group would be required to study how false information is spread online and come up with a plan for social media platforms to fix the problem. The Attorney General would then need to present that plan to the Legislature by December 31, 2019. The group would also need to come up with criteria establishing what is “fake news” versus what is inflammatory or one-sided.The Electronic Frontier Foundation opposes the bill, calling it “flawed” and “misguided.” The group argues the measure would make the government and advisory group responsible for deciding what is true or false. It also points out the First Amendment prevents content-based restrictions, even if the statements of “admittedly false.”
"I can't imagine anything like this surviving a Supreme Court challenge, but then only a fool pins his hopes on the shifting opinions of nine judges.
And it takes an even bigger fool to pin his hopes on a government agency deciding what is true and correct."-- STEPHEN GREEN
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