History for January 8

History for January 8 - On-This-Day.com
James Longstreet 1821 - U.S. Civil War general, Soupy Sales (Milton Hines) 1926 - Comedian (Host: The Soupy Sales Show), Elvis Presley 1935 - Musician, known as "the King of rock 'n' roll"


Bob Eubanks 1938 - Game show host ("The Newlywed Game"), Stephen Hawking 1942 - Theoretical physicist, writer ("A Brief History of Time"), David Bowie (David Robert Jones) 1947 Singer, movies ("The Man Who Fell to Earth", "Labyrinth", "Basquiat"), Broadway ("The Elephant Man")


1790 - In the United States, George Washington delivered the first State of the Union address.


1815 - The Battle of New Orleans began. The War of 1812 had officially ended on December 24, 1814, with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. The news of the signing had not reached British troops in time to prevent their attack on New Orleans.


1877 - Crazy Horse (Tashunca-uitco) and his warriors fought their final battle against the U.S. Cavalry in Montana.


1889 - The tabulating machine was patented by Dr. Herman Hollerith. His firm, Tabulating Machine Company, later became International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).


1900 - In South Africa, General White turned back the Boers attack of Ladysmith.


1918 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announced his Fourteen Points as the basis for peace upon the end of World War I.


1964 - U.S. President Lyndon Johnson declared a "War on Poverty."


1973 - The trial opened in Washington, of seven men accused of bugging Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate apartment complex in Washington, DC.

Walls Close In Around DOJ and FBI “Small Group” Participants… | The Last Refuge

Walls Close In Around DOJ and FBI “Small Group” Participants… | The Last Refuge:

"Additionally, the DOJ Office of Inspector General, Michael Horowitz, is anticipated to deliver 1.2 million documents, from a year-long investigation into the FBI/DOJ, to House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte on January 15th.

It is easy to get stuck in the weeds on any individual storyline within the larger network of ongoing investigations.  However, the bigger picture is found in the commonality all of these investigations hold.

The single thread that binds all of these stories together is the political use of the FBI and DOJ by former and current officials within each department…."

The way we were-----RUNNING BEAR

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Delingpole: The Frozen U.S. Is Paying a Terrible Price for Green Lies - Breitbart

Delingpole: The Frozen U.S. Is Paying a Terrible Price for Green Lies - Breitbart:
"The North-Eastern U.S. is experiencing record-breaking cold. Even the very sharks are dying as they swim."
Happily the New York Times is here to put it all in context. 
It’s all further evidence of global warming, of course!

All is ‘explained’ in a story headed “Why so cold? Climate Change May Be Part of the Answer”

As bitter cold continues to grip much of North America and helps spawn the fierce storm along the East Coast, the question arises: What’s the influence of climate change?

Some scientists studying the connection between climate change and cold spells, which occur when cold Arctic air dips south, say that they may be related. But the importance of the relationship is not fully clear yet.

The Arctic is not as cold as it used to be — the region is warming faster than any other — and studies suggest that this warming is weakening the jet stream, which ordinarily acts like a giant lasso, corralling cold air around the pole.

The facts need not detain us here – because there aren’t any. 

It’s just speculation – “could”, “may” – gleaned from conversations with tame “experts” at institutions like the notoriously alarmist and fervently left-wing Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany. 

And there’s plenty more nonsense where this came from, as Thomas Williams reported here earlier.

This determination to argue, against all evidence, that the planet is in a warming phase and that we must do more to try to cool it down would be quite funny if it didn’t have such terrible real world consequences..."

Read on!

Flash - 'Don't fear death': China's Xi urges blunt call to PLA - France 24

Flash - 'Don't fear death': China's Xi urges blunt call to PLA - France 24:
"President Xi Jingping has urged the PLA to step up research into high-tech means of warfare and engage in 'real combat training'
SHANGHAI (AFP) - President Xi Jinping has issued a blunt call for China's military to be ready for war and unafraid to die defending the country, as geopolitical tensions mount in Asia.
...China's military personnel should "neither fear hardship nor death," Xi told thousands of military personnel during an inspection visit Wednesday to the People's Liberation Army's Central Theater Command in northern Hebei province, according to the official Xinhua news agency..."
Read on!

COMEY MEMO BOMBSHELL: Evidence Hillary Committed A Felony, Deleted Mentions Of Evidence | Daily Wire

COMEY MEMO BOMBSHELL: Evidence Hillary Committed A Felony, Deleted Mentions Of Evidence | Daily Wire:

"A bombshell report released on Thursday reveals that former FBI Director James Comey's memo on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said there was "evidence to support a conclusion" that she committed a felony before subordinates removed multiple references of incriminating terms and deleted mentions of evidence that supported felony and misdemeanor criminal acts.

The website of Senate Homeland and Government Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) released the full draft of Comey’s memo on Clinton, including the edits to the draft. The Hill reports:"

Instapundit » Blog Archive » OUTSOURCING CENSORSHIP: Ve have vays of making you not talk! So not only is the German government…

Instapundit » Blog Archive » OUTSOURCING CENSORSHIP: Ve have vays of making you not talk! So not only is the German government…:
"OUTSOURCING CENSORSHIP: Ve have vays of making you not talk!

"So not only is the German government forcing social media companies to block their political opponents under the guise of counteracting online “hate speech”, the people doing the blocking are too dim to spot a parody account. How the Germans can’t see that such a law, in the hands of the wrong party, could be devastating is a mystery. I can only conclude such occurrences have no precedent in their country from which they could draw obvious lessons.

Titanic said on Wednesday its Twitter account had been blocked over the message, which it assumed was a result of a law that came into full force on Jan. 1 that can impose fines of up to 50 million euros ($60 million) on social media sites that fail to remove hate speech promptly.

A lot of people will rightly ask who defines hate speech. What they should be asking is how easy is it to change that definition."

"Elasticity in the law — the ability to shut down anybody at will — is the whole point."--Posted by Stephen Green

Snowflakes in oregon losing their minds just thinking of pumping their own gas...

Snowflakes in oregon losing their minds just thinking of pumping their own gas...:
"An angry horde of Oregonians have voiced their displeasure by sounding off on Facebook. Some commentators worried about getting sick, while others claimed they would die if they had to pump their own gas. 
Yes, this is real life..."

Lunch video-----Dr. Duke Pesta and Dr. Sandra Stotsky Dissect Why Common Core Has Failed...

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Now We Know: FBI Ignored Lawbreaking To Exonerate Hillary Clinton | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD

Now We Know: FBI Ignored Lawbreaking To Exonerate Hillary Clinton | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD:

"This is standard operating procedure for Democrats. Deny any wrongdoing. Stonewall investigators. Count on mainstream reporters not to lift a finger to do any investigative reporting on their own. Then claim it's all old news.

But in this case, there is more at stake than the question of whether Clinton broke the law many years ago — even though it seems pretty obvious that she did. The real question that must be answered is whether and how the FBI let politics drive its investigation and its decision-making.

This is highly relevant right now, because while the FBI was busy exonerating candidate Clinton for compromising national security — before all the evidence was in — it was rushing to aggressively investigate candidate Donald Trump based on a bogus "dossier" paid for by the Clinton campaign, on the grounds that it involved national security."

Trump vs. Obama: Let’s Compare Results-VICTOR DAVIS HANSON-National Review

Trump vs. Obama: Let’s Compare Results | National Review
"We’ve gone from hard left, under Obama, to hard right, under Trump. Judge the ideologies by their results. 
Most new administrations do not really completely overturn their predecessors’ policies to enact often-promised ideologically driven change. 
...In sum, there have rarely been back-to-back complete reversals in presidential agendas. 
From Hard Progressive to Hard Conservative Ideology Whatever Donald J. Trump’s political past and vociferous present, his first year of governance is most certainly as hard conservative as Barack Obama’s eight years were hard progressive. 
We are watching a rare experiment in political governance play out, as we go, in back-to-back fashion, from one pole to its opposite. 
...We shall see if the subsequent Antidote Two, of unregretful conservatism under Trump, will provide what conservatism has always promised: greater prosperity, security, and unity. 
We have been given a great gift in seeing two ideologically opposed solutions back to back, and both may end up adjudicating rhetoric through deeds.

WWII Pilot & Commander Nancy Harkness Love: A Symbol of Pride, Passion and Perseverance

WWII Pilot &; Commander Nancy Harkness Love: A Symbol of Pride, Passion and Perseverance: 
"Women have always proved their strength and abilities in all walks of life, and when it comes to flying airplanes, they haven’t fallen behind their male counterparts. 
One such example of passion and fervor of flying and the commitment to make female pilots second to none is Nancy Harkness Love.
Hannah Lincoln Harkness, famously known as Nancy Harkness Love was a famous American pilot who served in WWII as a commander.
Early Life and Interest in Aviation
On  Valentine’s Day in 1914, Harkness was born into the home of a rich physician in Houghton. 
She was a born aviator and her interest in aviation began at an early age. 
She took her first flight at the age of 16 and a pilot license was given to her within a month..."
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#1 This day 1949-----Spike Jones All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth

Byron York: What the Trump dossier criminal referral means

Byron York: What the Trump dossier criminal referral means
"There's been a lot of confusion about the decision by Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley and crime subcommittee chairman Lindsey Graham to refer Christopher Steele, author of the Trump dossier, to the Justice Department for a possible criminal investigation.

...But there has been much speculation that the FBI used information from the uncorroborated dossier to seek court permission to spy on Americans in the Trump-Russia investigation.
That would be a big deal, and it is an issue House and Senate Republicans are determined to sort out.
..."Maybe there is some innocent explanation for the inconsistencies we have seen," Grassley continued, "but it seems unlikely."

You ought to know!

WATCH: Clinton Advisor Worries Millennials Might 'Turn Republican' After Tax Cuts | Daily Wire

WATCH: Clinton Advisor Worries Millennials Might 'Turn Republican' After Tax Cuts | Daily Wire:

"At least one prominent Democratic advisor is panicked that if millennials learn they could get to keep more of their money by voting for Republicans, the current Democratic lean among youth voters could evaporate.

Former senior advisor to Hillary Clinton, Phillip Reines, told the Washington Center this week that he worries millennials are more fickle about their vote than they seem and that unlike older generations, millennials could switch their party allegiance over policy."

RIGOR MORTIS: On the hetero-patriarchal trappings of “academic rigor” at Purdue.

Instapundit » Blog Archive » RIGOR MORTIS: On the hetero-patriarchal trappings of “academic rigor” at Purdue. f you are t…:
RIGOR MORTIS: 
On the hetero-patriarchal trappings of “academic rigor” at Purdue.

"If you are thinking of building a bridge, be careful if your engineer went to Purdue University. Donna Riley, the head of the engineering department at Purdue, has put the world on notice that “rigor” is a dirty word. In an article for Engineering Education called “Rigor/Us: Building Boundaries and Disciplining Diversity with Standards of Merit,” Professor Riley, who is also the author of Engineering and Social Justice, argues that academic “rigor” is merely a blind for “white male heterosexual privilege.” Yes, really. . . . Professor Riley’s gibberish is meant in earnest. Her essay appears not in a science fiction journal or a publication intended for the denizens of a sanatorium but a journal concerned with science. This woman is the head of a department of engineering in an institution of higher education. The moral is, we suppose, that things are always worse than they seem.

Engineering Education seems to be a place to exile faculty who aren’t up to teaching actual engineering."
Posted at 12:29 pm by Glenn Reynolds  

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