History for March 29

History for March 29 - On-This-Day.com
John Tyler (U.S.) 1790, Eugene McCarthy 1916, Sam Walton 1918 - Founder of Walmart


Vangelis 1943 - Composer ("Chariots of Fire"), Kurt Thomas 1956 - Olympic gymnast, Elle MacPherson 1964 - Model


1951 - In the United States, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. They were executed in June 19, 1953.


1973 - The last U.S. troops left South Vietnam.

Exclusive — Devin Nunes Sending Criminal Referral to DOJ over Spygate

Exclusive — Devin Nunes Sending Criminal Referral to DOJ over Spygate:

House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Devin Nunes (R-CA) is planning to send a criminal referral next week to the Justice Department that will detail “multiple referrals on a number of different crimes,” including leaking classified information, as part of his investigation into misconduct at the Justice Department and the FBI.
“As of now, it’ll be one criminal referral but with multiple referrals on a number of different crimes,” he told Breitbart News on Wednesday in an exclusive interview. “We will have some leakers in there for sure.”

Nellie Ohr: ‘I Favored Hillary Clinton’ | The Daily Caller

Nellie Ohr: ‘I Favored Hillary Clinton’ | The Daily Caller:

Nellie Ohr, a former Fusion GPS contractor and wife to Justice Department official Bruce Ohr, told Congress that she “favored” Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign, and would not have researched the Democrat as she did Donald Trump.
“I would probably have been less comfortable doing opposition research that would have gone against Hillary Clinton,” Nellie Ohr told a congressional task force on Oct. 19, according to a transcript released Thursday.

The way we were-----As If We Never Said Goodbye - Laurie Beechman

Boob-tube-----Channeling 1965 TV (with rare intros, promos and sponsor tags)

What happens after rich kids bribe their way into college? I teach them | Anonymous | US news | The Guardian

What happens after rich kids bribe their way into college? I teach them | Anonymous | US news | The Guardian:

• A professor at an elite US school says an influx of unskilled and entitled students is monopolizing faculty time: ‘They will eat you alive’

"If you think corruption in elite US college admissions is bad, what happens once those students are in the classroom is even worse.

I know, because I teach at an elite American university – one of the oldest and best-known, which rejects about 90% of applicants each year for the small number of places it can offer to undergraduates.
...the latest scandal represents a new tier of Americans elbowing their way into elite universities: unqualified students from families too poor to fund new buildings, but rich enough to pay six-figure bribes to coaches and admissions advisers. 
This increase in the proportion of students who can’t do the work that elite universities expect of them has – at least to me and my colleagues – begun to create a palpable strain on the system, threatening the quality of education and research we are expected to deliver..."
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Here's what the Paycheck Fairness Act is really about — it's not equal pay for equal work | TheHill

Here's what the Paycheck Fairness Act is really about — it's not equal pay for equal work | TheHill
"Since pay discrimination already is illegal, you might wonder what the Paycheck Fairness Act really will bring about.
The answer, unfortunately, is rigid pay scales, hiring discrimination, lower wages, lower productivity, increased business and consumer costs, and lawyers and judges second-guessing employers’ evaluations.
That is a lot of consequences, all in the name of reducing the so-called “pay gap” between men and women.
 That “pay gap” refers to an apples-to-oranges comparison purporting to show that, compared to men, women make about 20 cents less on the dollar.
The finding hinges on completely ignoring factors that employers consider when setting pay — factors such as occupation, education, experience and hours. 
When such measurable factors are taken into account, the “gap” all but disappears..."
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House Dems fail to override Trump veto in fight over border emergency declaration | Fox News

House Dems fail to override Trump veto in fight over border emergency declaration | Fox News:

House Democrats on Tuesday failed to override President Trump’s first veto as part of their battle over border security, representing a victory for the administration that allows the president's declaration of a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border to stand.
The president had vetoed a Democrat-backed measure to cancel that emergency. The House voted 248-181 on Tuesday in favor of overriding – but this fell 38 votes short of the two-thirds majority needed. Only 14 Republicans voted in favor of the veto override.

Risk of cancer from drinking one bottle of wine is the equivalent of smoking 10 CIGARETTES | Daily Mail Online

Risk of cancer from drinking one bottle of wine is the equivalent of smoking 10 CIGARETTES | Daily Mail Online
Risk of getting cancer from drinking just one bottle of wine is the same as smoking up to 10 CIGARETTES a week

• Experts compared the known dangers of smoking to that of drinking too much 
• One bottle of wine - 10 units - is five cigarettes for men or 10 for women a week
• The risk of cancer from downing three bottles of wine each week is much higher

Having one bottle of wine each week raises the risk of cancer by the same amount as smoking up to 10 cigarettes, scientists claim..."

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In the first study of its kind, academics managed to compare the known dangers of smoking to that of drinking too much

Researchers at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Bangor University and University of Southampton carried out the study.

Dr Theresa Hydes and team estimated 10 in 1,000 men would develop cancer at some point in their lives from drinking one bottle of wine each week.

However, for women this figure was 14 out of 1,000, according to the study published in the journal BioMedCentral Public Health..."
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Rashida Tlaib asks Congress if Trump should be impeached

Rashida Tlaib asks Congress if Trump should be impeached:
WASHINGTON –U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Detroit, followed through on promises Wednesday to introduce a resolution asking Congress to investigate whether President Donald Trump has committed any impeachable offenses.
...The resolution now goes to the House Judiciary Committee, where Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., will decide whether it should be considered and voted on.
If approved in committee, the resolution — which only calls for an investigation into potential "high crimes and misdemeanors" which could lead to impeachment — would then go to the full House for consideration..."
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Lunch video-----The Collapse of Western Civilization

Noon-toon

Media Desperate To Save Credibility, Avenatti Creepier Than Previously Thought | The Daily Caller

Media Desperate To Save Credibility, Avenatti Creepier Than Previously Thought | The Daily Caller:

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s released his greatly anticipated report, which cleared President Donald Trump of collusion and obstruction while exposing so much of the press as frauds.
Meanwhile, journalists are scrambling to try to save what’s left of their reputations while trying to convince their audiences that they weren’t lied to for two years.

All new UK cars to have speed limiters by 2022 under EU plans | World news | The Guardian

All new UK cars to have speed limiters by 2022 under EU plans | World news | The Guardian
"All new cars sold in the UK and Europe are to be fitted with devices to automatically stop drivers exceeding the speed limit under sweeping changes to vehicle safety rules that the EU has provisionally agreed.
...The package of measures needs to be ratified by the European parliament, which is likely by September..."
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Deep-State Dumpster Fire :: SteynOnline

Deep-State Dumpster Fire :: SteynOnline
"...We begin in November 2016, on the morning after the election night before:(Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes:)

Mostly she was mad - mad that she'd lost and that the country would have to endure a Trump presidency... Hillary kept pointing her finger at Comey and Russia. 'She wants to make sure all these narratives get spun the right way,' this person said.

No problem, because oddly enough that was what virtually the entire leadership of the DOJ and FBI were planning anyway, and indeed had been working on for months. 
And one of the most idiotic features of "the peaceful transfer of power" gave them all the cover they needed:

During the stupid and anachronistic two-and-a-half-month electoral "transition", the outgoing Administration worked round the clock to de-legitimize and cripple their successors.

...the most disturbing questions remain: Forget the Russian trolls and Macedonian content farmers; this is a story not of foreign subversion of the election, but of domestic subversion of the election...
...however, should not blind us to what happened: a cabal of Deep State bigwigs reverse-engineered a foreign cover for their own interference in self-government by the people. Show me the man and I'll show you the crime, boasted Beria..."

#1 This day 1972-----America - A Horse With No Name+Lyrics

Road Work: Should State Prioritize ‘Horse Boobs’ or Highways? – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Road Work: Should State Prioritize ‘Horse Boobs’ or Highways? – Michigan Capitol Confidential
"As Michigan debates funding for road repairs, policymakers should examine every corner of the state budget for savings and use them on higher priorities. 
...Michigan’s $9 million General Fund appropriation provides grants to a variety of projects around the state, including the Ann Arbor Film Festival.
...Should we subsidize the showing of movies like “Horse Boobs” or fix the roads?
...The state’s funding plan also includes grants for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra ($123,000) and White Lotus Farms ($5,625) for garden poetry readings. 
...In previous years, films shown at the festival included titles like last year’s Horse Boobs, “America’s Biggest *ick,” above, the animated short, “I am the Blueberry,” as well as what critics might define as the “absurdist” “Anal Masturbation and Object Loss ” and Crispen Glover’s “What Is It?”,,,
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Media Desperate To Save Credibility, Avenatti Creepier Than Previously Thought | The Daily Caller

Media Desperate To Save Credibility, Avenatti Creepier Than Previously Thought | The Daily Caller:

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s released his greatly anticipated report, which cleared President Donald Trump of collusion and obstruction while exposing so much of the press as frauds.
Meanwhile, journalists are scrambling to try to save what’s left of their reputations while trying to convince their audiences that they weren’t lied to for two years.

Trump orders historic plan to thwart EMP, warns attack would be ‘debilitating’

Trump orders historic plan to thwart EMP, warns attack would be ‘debilitating’
"In the first step of its kind,  President Trump has signed an executive order calling for a government wide war on EMP, the types of electromagnetic pulses that can wipe out every computer, electric grid, and jet.
In joining the voices of those warning of EMP attacks, Trump called on his government to quickly generate a plan to detect EMP, protect critical infrastructure like water and electric sources, and also to recover if a hit lands.
“It is the policy of the United States to prepare for the effects of EMPs through targeted approaches that coordinate whole-of-government activities and encourage private-sector engagement,” said the executive order released by the White House..."
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