History for October 3 - On-This-Day.com
Thomas Wolf 1900, Gore Vidal 1925, Chubby Checker 1941
Tommy Lee 1961 Musician (Motley Crue), Gwen Stefani (No Doubt) 1969, Neve Campbell 1973
1954 - "Father Knows Best" began airing on CBS-TV.
Wednesday, October 03, 2018
History for October 3
History for October 3 - On-This-Day.com
Thomas Wolf 1900, Gore Vidal 1925, Chubby Checker 1941
Tommy Lee 1961 Musician (Motley Crue), Gwen Stefani (No Doubt) 1969, Neve Campbell 1973
1954 - "Father Knows Best" began airing on CBS-TV.
Tuesday, October 02, 2018
FEC Records Indicate Hillary Campaign Illegally Laundered $84 Million
FEC Records Indicate Hillary Campaign Illegally Laundered $84 Million:
Yet the mainstream media took no notice of last week’s federal court filing that exposes an $84 million money-laundering conspiracy the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton campaign executed during the 2016 presidential election in violation of federal campaign-finance law.
Yet the mainstream media took no notice of last week’s federal court filing that exposes an $84 million money-laundering conspiracy the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton campaign executed during the 2016 presidential election in violation of federal campaign-finance law.
Saudi Arabia Puts World's Biggest Solar Power Project On Hold - Slashdot
Saudi Arabia Puts World's Biggest Solar Power Project On Hold - Slashdot
"An anonymous reader quotes a report from Deutsche Welle:
Citing Saudi government officials, the U.S. business daily The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Monday that Saudi plans to build the world's largest solar power generation facility had been shelved, as the desert kingdom was working on a "broader, more practical strategy to boost renewable energy." The solar project was expected to generate about 200 gigawatts of energy by 2030 -- more than three times the country's daily requirement. "It is easy to sway or grab one's attention, but difficult to do any execution," WSJ quoted a senior adviser to the Saudi government as saying. Now, no one was actively working on the project, the source added.
[T]he country's entry into the solar market is being hampered by high costs and logistical issues. The project's first phase alone was expected to gobble up $1 billion, and was due to be funded by the Vision Fund this year. According to the Saudi officials cited by WSJ, Riyadh hadn't yet made any decisions on the project's details, including land acquisition, the structure of development or whether it would receive subsidies from the state. "Everyone is just hoping this whole idea would just die," a Saudi energy official familiar with the matter was quoted as saying. Instead, Saudi officials said the government was now devising a broader renewable energies strategy to be announced in late October, which would help clarify renewable energy goals."
"An anonymous reader quotes a report from Deutsche Welle:
[T]he country's entry into the solar market is being hampered by high costs and logistical issues. The project's first phase alone was expected to gobble up $1 billion, and was due to be funded by the Vision Fund this year. According to the Saudi officials cited by WSJ, Riyadh hadn't yet made any decisions on the project's details, including land acquisition, the structure of development or whether it would receive subsidies from the state. "Everyone is just hoping this whole idea would just die," a Saudi energy official familiar with the matter was quoted as saying. Instead, Saudi officials said the government was now devising a broader renewable energies strategy to be announced in late October, which would help clarify renewable energy goals."
How a 1965 Supreme Court Ruling Explains the Partisan Battle Over Kavanaugh's Confirmation - Reason.com
How a 1965 Supreme Court Ruling Explains the Partisan Battle Over Kavanaugh's Confirmation - Reason.com
"Opposition to Kavanaugh stems from a case that was decided the year Kavanaugh was born and was argued by professors from the law school from which he graduated.
One way to look at the situation of Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee awaiting a Senate vote, is as only the latest episode in the long story of Griswold v. Connecticut.
In other words, it's a story about Yale Law School.
Griswold is the 1965 case in which the Supreme Court struck down a Connecticut law that had outlawed the use of contraception.
The court's opinion, by William Douglas, found a "right of privacy," reasoning in part that "specific guarantees in the Bill of Rights have penumbras, formed by emanations from those guarantees that help give them life and substance."
Griswold was the basis for Roe v. Wade, the abortion rights case decided by the Supreme Court in 1973.
It was the basis for Lawrence v. Texas, the 2003 case in which the Supreme Court struck down a Texas anti-sodomy law.
It was the basis for Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 case in which the Supreme Court found a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.
In all three cases—Roe, Lawrence, Obergefell—the court's opinions cited Griswold extensively and relied on it.
Griswold was a Yale Law School project from beginning to end.
...People have different views on the wisdom of Griswold.
The number of those people, the intensity of their views, and their political power partly explain why the Yalies and their successor chose the legal route rather than relying on the state legislatures..."
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"Opposition to Kavanaugh stems from a case that was decided the year Kavanaugh was born and was argued by professors from the law school from which he graduated.
One way to look at the situation of Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee awaiting a Senate vote, is as only the latest episode in the long story of Griswold v. Connecticut.
In other words, it's a story about Yale Law School.
Griswold is the 1965 case in which the Supreme Court struck down a Connecticut law that had outlawed the use of contraception.
The court's opinion, by William Douglas, found a "right of privacy," reasoning in part that "specific guarantees in the Bill of Rights have penumbras, formed by emanations from those guarantees that help give them life and substance."
It was the basis for Lawrence v. Texas, the 2003 case in which the Supreme Court struck down a Texas anti-sodomy law.
It was the basis for Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 case in which the Supreme Court found a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.
In all three cases—Roe, Lawrence, Obergefell—the court's opinions cited Griswold extensively and relied on it.
Griswold was a Yale Law School project from beginning to end.
...People have different views on the wisdom of Griswold.
- Those who think it unwise or cruel for a state to outlaw contraceptives, abortion, gay sex, or gay marriage will celebrate the outcomes the opinion allowed.
- Others may agree with the policy effects but have concerns nonetheless about the process by which unelected justices overturn democratically enacted laws, and do so not on the basis of the Constitution's text but rather on "penumbras, formed by emanations."
- Some people may dislike both the process and the outcome.
The number of those people, the intensity of their views, and their political power partly explain why the Yalies and their successor chose the legal route rather than relying on the state legislatures..."
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Watch -- Kanye West Rips Democrat Welfare State in Pro-Trump Speech on ‘SNL’: '90 Percent of News Are Liberal'
Watch -- Kanye West Rips Democrat Welfare State in Pro-Trump Speech on ‘SNL’: '90 Percent of News Are Liberal':
A Make America Great Again hat-wearing Kanye West ended the 44th season premiere of Saturday Night Live with an impassioned political speech that saw the Grammy-winning fashion icon defend President Donald Trump.
“The blacks weren’t always Democrats. You know it’s like the plan they did, to take the fathers out the home and put them on welfare. Does anybody know about that?
A Make America Great Again hat-wearing Kanye West ended the 44th season premiere of Saturday Night Live with an impassioned political speech that saw the Grammy-winning fashion icon defend President Donald Trump.
“The blacks weren’t always Democrats. You know it’s like the plan they did, to take the fathers out the home and put them on welfare. Does anybody know about that?
Muskegon Heights #4!-----50 Michigan communities with highest violent crime rate
Michigan Local News, Breaking News, Sports & Weather - MLive.com:
"Benton Harbor was Michigan's most violent city in 2017, based on FBI statistics released Sept. 24.
The FBI reported violent crime rates for communities throughout the United States.
Below is a list of the 50 Michigan cities and townships with the highest violent crime rates, which is calculated based on reports of homicides, rapes, robberies and aggravated assault.
Rape is defined by the FBI as any sexual assault that involves penetration or attempted penetration. Incest and statutory rape is not included.
Aggravated assault is defined as an attack on a person intended to inflict severe bodily harm or death.
It usually involves a weapon.
In 2017, Michigan had 4.5 violent crimes reported per 1,000 residents, according to FBI calculations..."
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"Benton Harbor was Michigan's most violent city in 2017, based on FBI statistics released Sept. 24.
The FBI reported violent crime rates for communities throughout the United States.
Below is a list of the 50 Michigan cities and townships with the highest violent crime rates, which is calculated based on reports of homicides, rapes, robberies and aggravated assault.
Rape is defined by the FBI as any sexual assault that involves penetration or attempted penetration. Incest and statutory rape is not included.
Aggravated assault is defined as an attack on a person intended to inflict severe bodily harm or death. It usually involves a weapon.
In 2017, Michigan had 4.5 violent crimes reported per 1,000 residents, according to FBI calculations..."
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The new Mafia is wising up and keeping quiet
The new Mafia is wising up and keeping quiet
"Meet the new mob — same as the old mob.
Thirty-three years after John Gotti carried out his audacious hit on crime boss Paul Castellano, which flouted Mafia rules and brought a wave of devastating prosecutions under the Dapper Don’s brash reign, New York’s five crime families have reverted to their old-guard ways.
They’re keeping quiet.
No more press conferences or TV appearances.
No more weekly meetings with capos at favorite restaurants or social clubs.
No more shootouts between warring factions.
No more wire rooms for taking wagers.
Instead, gangsters try to keep their heads down and earn as they’ve done for decades, with drug dealing, loan-sharking, running strip clubs and protection rackets and skimming from union construction jobs, cops and prosecutors say.
Bookmaking is still a lively trade, but most of it is done online using offshore accounts, not at smoke-filled gambling dens.
...This more careful approach to La Cosa Nostra — this thing of ours — has the Mafia looking to bounce back.
...And the most infamous mob rat of all, Sammy “The Bull” Gravano, the homicidal underboss whose testimony put former best friend John Gotti in jail, is alive and well.
And free as a bird.
Even with all the changes in the Mafia, some things remain the same.
“They’re still part of the fabric of New York City,” said a law-enforcement source.
“They’re never going to go away.”
Read on.
"Meet the new mob — same as the old mob.
Thirty-three years after John Gotti carried out his audacious hit on crime boss Paul Castellano, which flouted Mafia rules and brought a wave of devastating prosecutions under the Dapper Don’s brash reign, New York’s five crime families have reverted to their old-guard ways.
No more press conferences or TV appearances.
No more weekly meetings with capos at favorite restaurants or social clubs.
No more shootouts between warring factions.
No more wire rooms for taking wagers.
Instead, gangsters try to keep their heads down and earn as they’ve done for decades, with drug dealing, loan-sharking, running strip clubs and protection rackets and skimming from union construction jobs, cops and prosecutors say.
Bookmaking is still a lively trade, but most of it is done online using offshore accounts, not at smoke-filled gambling dens.
...This more careful approach to La Cosa Nostra — this thing of ours — has the Mafia looking to bounce back.
...And the most infamous mob rat of all, Sammy “The Bull” Gravano, the homicidal underboss whose testimony put former best friend John Gotti in jail, is alive and well.
And free as a bird.
Even with all the changes in the Mafia, some things remain the same.
“They’re still part of the fabric of New York City,” said a law-enforcement source.
“They’re never going to go away.”
Read on.
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