Friday, April 09, 2021
History for April 9
History for April 9 - On-This-Day.com
Hugh Hefner 1926 - Publisher
- 1682 - Robert La Salle claimed the lower Mississippi River and all lands that touch it for France.
- 1770 - Captain James Cook discovered Botany Bay on the Australian continent.
- 1865 - At Appomattox Court House, Virginia, General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate Army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in the parlor of Wilmer McClean's home. Grant allowed Rebel officers to keep their sidearms and permitted soldiers to keep their horses and mules. Though there were still Confederate armies in the field, the war was officially over. The four years of fighting had killed 360,000 Union troops and 260,000 Confederate troops.
- 1867 - The U.S. Senate ratified the treaty with Russia that purchased the territory of Alaska by one vote.
- 1942 - In the Battle of Bataan, American and Filipino forces were overwhelmed by the Japanese Army.
- 1945 - National Football League officials decreed that it was mandatory for football players to wear socks in all league games.
- 1959 - NASA announced the selection of America's first seven astronauts.
Thursday, April 08, 2021
Report: China detaining Christians in windowless 'transformation' facilities, using 'brainwashing' to get them to renounce their faith - TheBlaze
Report: China detaining Christians in windowless 'transformation' facilities, using 'brainwashing' to get them to renounce their faith - TheBlaze:
Chinese officials are detaining Christians in windowless "transformation" facilities and using "brainwashing" to get them to renounce their faith, Radio Free Asia reported.
RFA said it spoke to a member of a Christian house church who asked to be identified by a pseudonym — and "Li Yuese" told the outlet he was held for nearly 10 months in a facility run by the Chinese Communist Party's United Front Work Department after a 2018 raid on his church.
Guns used in mass shootings in the U.S. 1982-2021
Guns used in mass shootings in the U.S. 1982-2021
"...Guns used in mass shootings in the U.S. 1982-2021--Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 23, 2021
Handguns are the most common weapon type used in mass shootings in the United States, with a total of 143 different handguns being used in 95 incidents between 1982 and March 2021.
These figures are calculated from a total of 121 reported cases over this period, meaning handguns are involved in about 78 percent of mass shootings...Read all.
Univ. of Pennsylvania professors discuss media’s alleged anti-black bias
Univ. of Pennsylvania professors discuss media’s alleged anti-black bias
"...Annenberg School for Communication Dean John Jackson Jr. ...“We often only are able to translate racial dynamics into representations that are hard and fast — good guys over here with white hats, and the bad guys over there with black hats on full time,” the dean said. The media has been part of creating “racialized violence, racial segregation, [and] racial stereotypes.”
- At a virtual event this past Monday, several University of Pennsylvania academics chatted about the prevalence of racial bias in the media.
Both Miller and Jackson Jr. noted that since networks are “largely controlled by white men,” they have substantial influence over what Americans see and hear. Jackson said we “must dismantle” the bias which been “built in, [and] serves powerful constituencies and serves institutional inequalities.”...Read all.
Yes, it's The Bee...or is it?-----Slim Jim Takes A Stand For Body Positivity With New Full-Figured Jim | The Babylon Bee
Opinion: Stop harming our children, follow the medical facts
Opinion: Stop harming our children, follow the medical facts
- The forced isolation of adolescents through COVID guidelines should be withdrawn immediately as a national policy to protect our youth from the severe epidemic of suicide that is far more dangerous to youth than is COVID.
"On March 20, 2021, some 10,000 people engaged in a London rally protesting the severe COVID lockdowns of schools, businesses, restaurants, bars, and even playgrounds. I was particularly struck by a sign carried by a woman that read “Stop Harming Our Children”.
As a busy psychiatrist who has been hearing of growing numbers of adolescent suicides from acquaintances of patients and friends, the extent of this reality was brought home by a March 25, 2021 report from Boston Children’s Hospital.
It states that between July and October of last year there was a 47% increase, over the same time period the year before, in adolescents needing to be hospitalized for suicidal ideation and attempts...Read all.
Why Young Adults Are the Most Frightened of COVID | Intellectual Takeout
Why Young Adults Are the Most Frightened of COVID | Intellectual Takeout
...nearly half of Americans between 18 and 34 are concerned about returning to a normal social life after the pandemic.
...The contrast is noteworthy because it’s widely understood that young people are far less likely to be hospitalized or die from COVID. But how less likely?
...Nationwide, research from the Heritage Foundation shows that adults aged 25-34 account for less than three thousand of the official 565,000 COVID-related deaths in the U.S. (Many of these deaths, it should be noted, are linked to comorbidities.)
This data should come as no surprise. Nearly a year ago, Stanford University’s Dr. John Ioannidis noted COVID's infection fatality rate is “almost zero” for people under 45.
An Inverse Relationship
All the official data point in the same direction: young people have the least to fear from COVID-19. Yet the YouGov poll also shows they are the most afraid.
This is odd. As influencers noted on Twitter, the level of comfort people feel in returning to normal life is inversely correlated to their level of actual risk.
This invites an important question: why are young people more afraid?
One obvious answer is young adults might simply be unaware their risk of serious illness is low.
As I recently noted, Americans in general are wildly misinformed about the risk of hospitalization from COVID-19, with roughly a third of Americans believing the chances of being hospitalized with the virus are 50 percent. (In actuality, it’s closer to one percent.)
..Read all.
- Nearly 3 million Americans are being vaccinated against COVID-19 each day, but the “return to normal” may not be as close as many hope.
...nearly half of Americans between 18 and 34 are concerned about returning to a normal social life after the pandemic.
...The contrast is noteworthy because it’s widely understood that young people are far less likely to be hospitalized or die from COVID. But how less likely?
...Nationwide, research from the Heritage Foundation shows that adults aged 25-34 account for less than three thousand of the official 565,000 COVID-related deaths in the U.S. (Many of these deaths, it should be noted, are linked to comorbidities.)
This data should come as no surprise. Nearly a year ago, Stanford University’s Dr. John Ioannidis noted COVID's infection fatality rate is “almost zero” for people under 45.
An Inverse Relationship
All the official data point in the same direction: young people have the least to fear from COVID-19. Yet the YouGov poll also shows they are the most afraid.
This is odd. As influencers noted on Twitter, the level of comfort people feel in returning to normal life is inversely correlated to their level of actual risk.
This invites an important question: why are young people more afraid?
One obvious answer is young adults might simply be unaware their risk of serious illness is low.
As I recently noted, Americans in general are wildly misinformed about the risk of hospitalization from COVID-19, with roughly a third of Americans believing the chances of being hospitalized with the virus are 50 percent. (In actuality, it’s closer to one percent.)
..Read all.
Even the little dictators are kicking sand into Biden's face-----Cuba Summons Biden Envoy over 'Flagrant' Human Rights Abuses in U.S.
"The Ministry of Foreign Relations (Minrex) of Cuba confirmed Monday that it had summoned the top American diplomat in the country, Embassy Chargé d’Affairs Timothy Zúñiga-Brown, to protest “flagrant and systematic violations of human rights in the United States.”
...Fernández de CossÃo reportedly used the fact that Cuba — along with other human rights criminals such as China, Venezuela, and Pakistan — sit on the United Nations Human Rights Council as evidence that Cuba “enjoys international prestige in the realm of human rights.”
Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno RodrÃguez, Fernández de CossÃo’s boss, took the nation’s campaign against the facts in the State Department report to social media, condemning the United States on Twitter.
“We reject the deceitful and politicized allegations about Cuba in the State Department report on human rights 2020,” RodrÃguez wrote. “The opportunistic, arbitrary, and unilateral report lacks truth. We demand the government of the U.S. cease its campaign of discrediting and interference.”...Read all.
6th Circuit Reaches Right Conclusion on ‘Preferred Pronouns.’ Other Courts Should Follow Suit.
6th Circuit Reaches Right Conclusion on ‘Preferred Pronouns.’ Other Courts Should Follow Suit.
"...The incident that precipitated this suit occurred in January 2018, when Shawnee State University philosophy professor Nicholas Meriwether responded to a male student’s question during a Socratic dialogue in his political philosophy class by saying, “Yes, sir.”
- In a victory for free speech, the rule of law, and common sense, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit has ruled that a philosophy professor could not be forced to use a transgender student’s “preferred pronouns,” and that his suit against the university for violation of his First and 14th Amendment rights could proceed.
After class at the school in Portsmouth, Ohio, the student approached Meriwether, stated that he was transgender, and demanded that the professor refer to him as a woman, with feminine titles and pronouns.
Instead, Meriwether offered to use the student’s last name, or any other name of the student’s choosing, but politely declined to use the transgender student’s pronouns.
The student became belligerent and promised to get Meriwether fired...Read all.
Sensing Online: Why there is no such thing as a corporate tax
Sensing Online: Why there is no such thing as a corporate tax
- Why there is no such thing as a corporate tax
First, corporations do not pay any corporate tax — individuals do. That is because companies pass on their costs. Some of the tax is paid by consumers, who pay higher prices. Company employees pay some of the tax through lower wages. And investors’ retirement accounts pay some of the tax through lower returns. ...Read all!
History for April 8
History for April 8 - On-This-Day.com
Kofi Annan 1938 - United Nations secretary-general
- 1513 - Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain.
- 1913 - The Seventeenth amendment was ratified, requiring direct election of senators.
- 1935 - The Works Progress Administration was approved by the U.S. Congress.
- 1952 - U.S. President Truman seized steel mills to prevent a nationwide strike.
- 1974 - Hank Aaron hits 715th home run breaking Babe Ruth's record.
- 1986 - Clint Eastwood was elected mayor of Carmel, CA.
- 2001 - Microsoft Corp. released Internet Explorer 6.0.
Wednesday, April 07, 2021
"A Great Step Forward" - EU Praises Yellen's Global Minimum Tax, Says Deal Could Come Later This Year | ZeroHedge
"...big tech has good reason to be particularly unnerved by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's calls for a global minimum corporate tax rate.
- Though it didn't name its source, Bloomberg reported Tuesday that the EU plans to insist that its long-awaited digital tax on the US tech giants - which Washington (under Trump) had protested - be part of the same package as the global minimum corporate tax in order to secure a deal.
- A bevy of European officials have praised Yellen's call for nations to work together to set a new tax floor, a call that was made during a speech to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs yesterday...
- "It’s very good news,” Gentiloni said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Francine Lacqua where he welcomed "this new multilateral atmosphere with the new US administration and the strong possibility of cooperation in the global arena. One of the main results could be finding agreements in global taxation."...
...in the meantime, analysts will need to factor in greater odds of a new global tax regime that could arrive before the end of the year...Read all.
(Updated): 'Absolute malarkey': '60 Minutes' airs deceptively edited segment accusing Gov. Ron DeSantis of corruption - TheBlaze
(Updated): 'Absolute malarkey': '60 Minutes' airs deceptively edited segment accusing Gov. Ron DeSantis of corruption - TheBlaze:
Updated 4/5/2021, 3:45 p.m. ET: The Democratic mayor of Palm Beach County, Dave Kerner, on Monday said he felt "compelled" to issue a statement after watching the "60 Minutes" segment featuring Gov. Ron DeSantis and vaccination efforts in the county.
"The reporting was not just based on bad information — it was intentionally false," Kerner said. "I know this because I offered to provide my insight into Palm Beach County's vaccination efforts and 60 minutes declined. They know that the Governor came to Palm Beach County and met with me and the County Administrator and we asked to expand the state's partnership with Publix to Palm Beach County.
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