Tuesday, January 29, 2019
History for January 29
History for January 29 - On-This-Day.com
Thomas Paine 1737, William McKinley (U.S.) 1843, W.C. Fields 1880
Allen B. DuMont 1901, Tom Selleck 1945 - Actor (Television: "Magnum P.I."), Oprah Winfrey 1954
1850 - Henry Clay introduced in the Senate a compromise bill on slavery that included the admission of California into the Union as a free state.
1886 - The first successful petrol-driven motorcar, built by Karl Benz, was patented.
Monday, January 28, 2019
Voter Fraud Leads to Removal of Alabama Mayor | The Heritage Foundation
Voter Fraud Leads to Removal of Alabama Mayor | The Heritage Foundation:
The mayor of Gordon, Alabama, was removed from office last week after a jury found him guilty on two felony counts of absentee ballot fraud. Both he and his one-time constituents are learning firsthand the high price of voter fraud.
Of course, to hear many on the left tell the story, voter fraud isn’t real. They say fraud is just a myth designed by conservatives to suppress liberal voters. On the rare occasion that they acknowledge that voter fraud exists, they claim it is “vanishingly rare” and entirely insignificant.
Tell that to the residents of Gordon.
Of course, to hear many on the left tell the story, voter fraud isn’t real. They say fraud is just a myth designed by conservatives to suppress liberal voters. On the rare occasion that they acknowledge that voter fraud exists, they claim it is “vanishingly rare” and entirely insignificant.
Tell that to the residents of Gordon.
Woman Backtracks on Assault Claim After O'Keefe Video | Breitbart
Woman Backtracks on Assault Claim After O'Keefe Video | Breitbart:
"A woman who accused a Donald Trump supporter of punching her outside a Trump rally in North Carolina is backtracking after James O’Keefe and Project Veritas releaseshe was a trained activist.
d video showing Democrat operatives claiming
...Originally, Harris told local ABC News affiliate WLOS, “He stopped in his tracks, and he turned around and just cold-cocked me.”
She also added a pointed, rhetorical question — namely, whether “people find a Trump supporter punching her in the face deplorable.”
Now, however, Teter is changing her story rather dramatically.
...As a result of Teter’s initial accusation, police in Asheville issued a warrant for Campbell’s arrest, and his name was dragged through the mud nationwide — for the simple act of attending a political rally.
Facebook video of the altercation shows Campbell — who suffers poor vision as a result of cataracts — being led through a gauntlet of anti-Trump protesters by his wife.
In the video, Teter then follows Campbell and appears to reach for his shoulder.
His attorney told Breitbart News that he turned around after being touched, and Teeter then fell down.
She showed no visible sign of injury to her face in photographs and interviews that followed the incident..."
Read on.
"A woman who accused a Donald Trump supporter of punching her outside a Trump rally in North Carolina is backtracking after James O’Keefe and Project Veritas releaseshe was a trained activist.
...Originally, Harris told local ABC News affiliate WLOS, “He stopped in his tracks, and he turned around and just cold-cocked me.”
She also added a pointed, rhetorical question — namely, whether “people find a Trump supporter punching her in the face deplorable.”
Now, however, Teter is changing her story rather dramatically.
...As a result of Teter’s initial accusation, police in Asheville issued a warrant for Campbell’s arrest, and his name was dragged through the mud nationwide — for the simple act of attending a political rally.
Facebook video of the altercation shows Campbell — who suffers poor vision as a result of cataracts — being led through a gauntlet of anti-Trump protesters by his wife.
In the video, Teter then follows Campbell and appears to reach for his shoulder.
His attorney told Breitbart News that he turned around after being touched, and Teeter then fell down.
She showed no visible sign of injury to her face in photographs and interviews that followed the incident..."
Read on.
A Peak Moment In the History of the Internet | Power Line
A Peak Moment In the History of the Internet | Power Line
"David Burge started out with a website he operated under the name Iowahawk.
He later migrated to Twitter, where he is one of the platform’s funniest and most insightful commentators.
On Thursday, Iowahawk tweeted a lament on behalf of laid-off Buzzfeed and Huffington Post liberals in a mock-blue collar, populist style reminiscent of the 1930s.
It was then set to music by SixStringTweets, a genius with whom I was previously unfamiliar.
Here it is.
As Oscar Wilde put it, it would take a heart of stone not to laugh:
"David Burge started out with a website he operated under the name Iowahawk.
He later migrated to Twitter, where he is one of the platform’s funniest and most insightful commentators.
On Thursday, Iowahawk tweeted a lament on behalf of laid-off Buzzfeed and Huffington Post liberals in a mock-blue collar, populist style reminiscent of the 1930s.
It was then set to music by SixStringTweets, a genius with whom I was previously unfamiliar.
Here it is.
As Oscar Wilde put it, it would take a heart of stone not to laugh:
Texas says it found 95,000 non-citizens on voter rolls; 58,000 have voted | Fox News
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Friday that the state has discovered 95,000 non-citizens on the voter rolls going back to 1996, 58,000 of whom have voted in at least one Texas election -- an announcement likely to raise fresh concerns about the prospect of voter fraud.
Venezuela Shows How Revolutionary Socialism Always Ends
Venezuela Shows How Revolutionary Socialism Always Ends:
"...The inevitable fruits of command economics—shortages, rationing, political dysfunction, and terror—were a feature of life in Venezuela even before Chavez’s death in 2013, but they intensified under his successor, Nicolas Maduro.
...Which brings us back to word games.
The failure of socialism in practice is particularly frustrating for those who have nominally hitched themselves to the socialist wagon.
The redistribution of incomes and the state’s influence over market signals has everywhere failed to achieve its desired aims, and it necessitates oppression and violence when the people it fails begin to notice their worsening lots.
That’s inconvenient if you’re a “Democratic Socialist.”
"...The inevitable fruits of command economics—shortages, rationing, political dysfunction, and terror—were a feature of life in Venezuela even before Chavez’s death in 2013, but they intensified under his successor, Nicolas Maduro.
- Rates of murder and violent crime in Venezuela exploded.
- Narcotics trafficking is a way of life for civilians and members of the military alike.
- Rolling blackouts were and remain a near-daily experience.
- Running water is a luxury.
- Basic goods and amenities are scarce.
- Food and medicine are rationed, where they can be found at all.
- Preventable diseases like malaria, measles, and diphtheria are common.
- People started to flee with their families for the safety and security of stable market economies.
- And then the political violence began.
...Which brings us back to word games.
The failure of socialism in practice is particularly frustrating for those who have nominally hitched themselves to the socialist wagon.
The redistribution of incomes and the state’s influence over market signals has everywhere failed to achieve its desired aims, and it necessitates oppression and violence when the people it fails begin to notice their worsening lots.
That’s inconvenient if you’re a “Democratic Socialist.”
College teaches ed. students how to 'combat toxic masculinity'
College teaches ed. students how to 'combat toxic masculinity'
"Lewis and Clark College offers a course on "toxic masculinity."
The course description says it will help educators "combat toxic masculinity."
Students at Lewis and Clark College’s Graduate School of Education can take a course in spring 2019 that will teach them to combat toxic masculinity in the classroom.
The course, which is intended for educators, will encourage participants to “analyze the effects of toxic masculinity and how they play out in our classrooms, communities, and lives," according to the course description.
Participants will walk away from the course with “a lesson plan based on an idea or strategy presented during sessions, and will return to their classrooms with strategies to combat toxic masculinity...”
"Lewis and Clark College offers a course on "toxic masculinity."
The course description says it will help educators "combat toxic masculinity."Students at Lewis and Clark College’s Graduate School of Education can take a course in spring 2019 that will teach them to combat toxic masculinity in the classroom.
The course, which is intended for educators, will encourage participants to “analyze the effects of toxic masculinity and how they play out in our classrooms, communities, and lives," according to the course description.
Participants will walk away from the course with “a lesson plan based on an idea or strategy presented during sessions, and will return to their classrooms with strategies to combat toxic masculinity...”
The double standards of the Mueller investigation - Chicago Tribune
The double standards of the Mueller investigation - Chicago Tribune:
The oncoming train is slower but also larger. It involves congressional investigations, Department of Justice referrals and inspector general's reports — mostly focused on improper or illegal FBI and DOJ behavior during the 2016 election.
Why are the two now about to collide?
By charging former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn for lying to the FBI, Mueller emphasized that even the appearance of false testimony is felonious behavior.
If that is so, then the DOJ will likely have to charge
Why are the two now about to collide?
By charging former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn for lying to the FBI, Mueller emphasized that even the appearance of false testimony is felonious behavior.
If that is so, then the DOJ will likely have to charge
Shocking moment Russian nuclear-capable bomber crashes in a fireball | Daily Mail Online
Shocking moment Russian nuclear-capable bomber crashes in a fireball | Daily Mail Online
"Shocking moment Russian 'Backfire' bomber splits in two and explodes into a fireball after landing heavily in a blizzard killing three of its crew
"Shocking moment Russian 'Backfire' bomber splits in two and explodes into a fireball after landing heavily in a blizzard killing three of its crew
- The Tupolev Tu-22M3 - known as a Backfire by Nato - was on a training mission in Murmansk, north of the Arctic Circle on January 22
- The aircraft, carrying a crew of four, attempted to land on the runway in the middle of a heavy blizzard
- The jet breaks its back after slamming into the ground sending the cockpit crashing into the runway
- Moments later the nuclear-capable supersonic jet explodes into a fireball killing three of those on board
Top liberal think tank suddenly distressed by all that money it took from a foreign government
Top liberal think tank suddenly distressed by all that money it took from a foreign government
"One of the most prominent and politically active left-wing think tanks in the United States, the Center for American Progress, has announced that it will no longer accept funding from the United Arab Emirates, the Guardian reported Friday.
...The spokesperson added, “This funding never impacted any CAP position or policy, but everybody here agrees it’s just the right thing to do.”
CAP, which was established in 2003 by former President Bill Clinton’s former chief of staff John Podesta, has reported receiving UAE funding between $500,000 and $1 million, making the foreign entity one of the think tank’s top donors.
Why would UAE donate to such a group?
It ain't rocket science.
CAP's staunch opposition to domestic fracking and oil and gas exploration generally works to the benefit of several foreign powers, including all OPEC members and Russia.
Naturally, CAP is just the sort of organization whose voice a foreign power such as the UAE would want to amplify in the American political debate.
Think of it as a way of meddling in foreign politics, just as Russia has done by subsidizing left-wing anti-oil organizations in the U.S. and in Europe..."
Read on.
"One of the most prominent and politically active left-wing think tanks in the United States, the Center for American Progress, has announced that it will no longer accept funding from the United Arab Emirates, the Guardian reported Friday.
CAP, which was established in 2003 by former President Bill Clinton’s former chief of staff John Podesta, has reported receiving UAE funding between $500,000 and $1 million, making the foreign entity one of the think tank’s top donors.
Why would UAE donate to such a group?
It ain't rocket science.
CAP's staunch opposition to domestic fracking and oil and gas exploration generally works to the benefit of several foreign powers, including all OPEC members and Russia.
Naturally, CAP is just the sort of organization whose voice a foreign power such as the UAE would want to amplify in the American political debate.
Think of it as a way of meddling in foreign politics, just as Russia has done by subsidizing left-wing anti-oil organizations in the U.S. and in Europe..."
Read on.
‘Family Friendly’ Is ‘Homophobic,’ Google Employees Fret | National Review
‘Family Friendly’ Is ‘Homophobic,’ Google Employees Fret | National Review
"False charges of homophobia only diminish the real and serious struggles of those who have had to be subjected to it.
A Google vice president had to address employees’ “concerns” after many of them supported the idea that the phrase “family friendly” was “offensive” and “homophobic.”
According to an article in The Daily Caller, the trouble started when a Google executive used the phrase “family friendly” when discussing a product for children during a company-wide presentation.
One employee reportedly became so upset that he stormed out, later explaining in an internal thread that using the word “family” to mean “household with children” was “offensive, inappropriate, homophobic, and wrong.”...
Read all.
"False charges of homophobia only diminish the real and serious struggles of those who have had to be subjected to it.A Google vice president had to address employees’ “concerns” after many of them supported the idea that the phrase “family friendly” was “offensive” and “homophobic.”
According to an article in The Daily Caller, the trouble started when a Google executive used the phrase “family friendly” when discussing a product for children during a company-wide presentation.
One employee reportedly became so upset that he stormed out, later explaining in an internal thread that using the word “family” to mean “household with children” was “offensive, inappropriate, homophobic, and wrong.”...
Read all.
No MAGA Hats in the Opinion Workers Union Hall
No MAGA Hats in the Opinion Workers Union Hall
"This week there was a rare celestial convergence: A Super Moon, a Blood Wolf Moon, and a Lunar Eclipse.
On earth there were also some noteworthy events: 1000 reporters lost their jobs, Mueller jumped the shark in arresting Roger Stone in the middle of the night, and the President moved on to another stage of the long Build the Wall battle.
"This week there was a rare celestial convergence: A Super Moon, a Blood Wolf Moon, and a Lunar Eclipse.
On earth there were also some noteworthy events: 1000 reporters lost their jobs, Mueller jumped the shark in arresting Roger Stone in the middle of the night, and the President moved on to another stage of the long Build the Wall battle.
The Opinion Workers Union Hall
Riffing on the loss of jobs by 1000 reporters, most especially those who’d been tapping away at Huffington Post and Buzz Feed spewing hateful, ill-informed nonsense, Iowahawk, had fun in a three-part tweet:
I was havin' beers with the fellas down at the Opinion Workers Union hall, and they're all itchin' for a strike. Let's see how long these management bastards last when the hot take warehouse goes empty.But Al the union steward said it was only "temporary" and that we shouldn't rile up nothin' less'n they start bussin' in a bunch of damn Twitter scabs. Sometimes I think that sumbitch is in management's pocket, and it's time for a wildcat vote.I spent the best 2 years of my life dragging randos and chasing hashtags, and what do I get? Carpal tunnel and goddamn pink slip. Brooklyn used to be filled with clickbait factories, now it's just busted dreams, UHauls, and opioid addicts.
The news of the discharges came after days of coverage respecting the confrontation between a make-believe Vietnam veteran and some Catholic school boys who did not take the bait to respond to his aggressive moves and were nevertheless falsely accused of the left’s favorite sin -- racism.
After a series of hoaxes in which white males were proven to have been unfairly accused of racism and sexism and such we were naturally skeptical. There was the Trayvon Martin (“white Hispanic”) nonsense, the Ferguson (“hands up, don’t shoot’) lies, the Duke Lacrosse Team hoax, the UVA fraternity debacle and the Judge Kavanaugh hokum, to name some of the publicized libels and defamations in the left’s quiver against straight white males.
Tom Maguire at Just One Minute laid out the game, It’s all worth reading. Here’s a sample:
To belabor the obvious, how will the media come out in a showdown between Evil White Christian Trump-loving Anti-Abortions Sons of the Oppressive Patriarchy and a beloved minority? My goodness, those high schoolers might even include a young Brett Kavanaugh!The narrative writes itself (aided by Nathan Phillips, the Native Elder, activist and provocateur), as anyone familiar with the Duke lacrosse or UVA rape fantasies has learned.Well. Just to pick out one "journalist" as an example, Sarah Mervosh of the flailing NY Times had a choice to throw in with the Feel Great, Feel the Hate viral mob, or actually dig for some facts and perspective. Her choice was utterly predictable; her original fan fiction submission was headlined "Viral Video Shows Boys in ‘Make America Great Again’ Hats Mob Native Elder".That was walked back slightly to "Viral Video Shows Boys in ‘Make America Great Again’ Hats Surrounding Native Elder". Closer! Even the original video suggested something that longer video makes obvious -- these students "surrounded" Phillips by the clever tactic of standing around while he pushed into the center of their group. We all know corrections are emotionally challenging at the Times so there were a few hours of suspense while we wondered if Times would fly even closer to reality or simply Move On. Somewhat surprisingly, cooler heads prevailed.The Walkback of Shame continued with this follow-up piece:Fuller Picture Emerges of Viral Video Between Native American Man and Catholic StudentsA fuller and more complicated picture emerged on Sunday of the videotaped encounter between a Native American man and a throng of high school boys wearing “Make America Great Again” gear outside the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.Interviews and additional video footage suggest that an explosive convergence of race, religion and ideological beliefs -- against a national backdrop of political tension -- set the stage for the viral moment. Early video excerpts from the encounter obscured the larger context, inflaming outrage.
So actual reporting, fact-gathering and interviewing led to a new perspective? Looking at two minutes of video and asking a longtime activist for his take on events is not reliable? Who could have guessed?Robby Soave of Reason stared at the replays and delivered an invaluable booth review (Spoiler: the ruling on the field was overturned). CNN and USA Today are rethinking their reflexive response. As to Truth and Justice? We'll have to wait and see.As to Lessons Learned, it's hardly news that certain stories, especially with Trump bashing, male-bashing, and Christian bashing themes, are catnip to the media and, like cats, they lose their minds. Sometimes they manage to sober up in a day or two, so giving these outrages time to breathe is a good idea. Of course, sometimes they simply move on without owning up to their deplorable instincts. Will any "journalist" lose their job over this? Don't be silly.
As Maguire notes, it’s all about money.
With print subscriptions and ad dollars shrinking, there’s money in peddling hate..."
Read on.
With print subscriptions and ad dollars shrinking, there’s money in peddling hate..."
Read on.
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