History for July 2

History for July 2 - On-This-Day.com

Lindsay Lohan 1986, Dave Thomas 1932 - Founder for Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers, Imelda Marcos 1929 


1776 - Richard Henry Lee’s resolution that the American colonies "are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States" was adopted by the Continental Congress. 


1850 - B.J. Lane patented the gas mask. 


Battle of Gettysburg-Day 2
http://muskegonpundit.blogspot.com/2014/07/our-nation-gettysburg-july-2-1863.html


1881 - Charles J. Guiteau fatally wounded U.S. President James A. Garfield in Washington, DC. 


1890 - The U.S. Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act. 


1926 - The U.S. Congress established the Army Air Corps. 












1937 - American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappeared in the Central Pacific during an attempt to fly around the world at the equator. 


1939 - At Mount Rushmore, Theodore Roosevelt's face was dedicated. 


1947 - An object crashed near Roswell, NM. The U.S. Army Air Force insisted it was a weather balloon, but eyewitness accounts led to speculation that it might have been an alien spacecraft. 


1964 - U.S. President Johnson signed the "Civil Rights Act of 1964" into law. The act made it illegal in the U.S. to discriminate against others because of their race. 


1998 - Cable News Network (CNN) retracted a story that alleged that U.S. commandos had used nerve gas to kill American defectors during the Vietnam War.

RINO John McCain Gives Cochran’s Lie-Filled, Race Baiting Dirty Tricks Two Thumbs Up

RINO John McCain Gives Cochran’s Lie-Filled, Race Baiting Dirty Tricks Two Thumbs Up:
"One of the members of the Republican ‘Good Ol’ Boy’ network who is singing praises for Cochran’s dirty tricks is Arizona Senator John McCain, who has twice been censured by Republican groups in his state for his tendency to side with Democrats and against his own Party’s platform.
Not only did McCain go to Mississippi to campaign with Thad Cochran, he is now saying that these dirty tricks should be employed by other Republicans in an effort to push out Tea Party candidates."

VIDEO: After Thad Cochran’s Dirty Tricks in Mississippi, What Happens Next?

VIDEO: After Thad Cochran’s Dirty Tricks in Mississippi, What Happens Next?:
"The Republican Party is making headline news lately, and it’s not because of anything positive. After the dirty tricks employed by the Cochran campaign against his Tea Party opponent Chris McDaniel, a tactic in which he used lies to paint McDaniel as a raging racist, many are wondering if this rift created between the GOP and its base can be mended."

The liberal feminist's dream of "justice"----Campus Rape Culture

Campus Rape Culture | Department Justice | False Accusations
Many people hearing talk of America’s campus “rape culture” might be tempted to dismiss the overheated rhetoric as harmless.
Despite little evidence “rape culture” exists, though, three recent roundtable discussions on campus sexual assault hosted by Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) showed that not only do some people absolutely believe a rape culture exists on college campuses, but the federal government is involved in policing the issue on campuses.
The Department of Education mandates colleges to handle every single student sexual assault through internal quasi-legal proceedings, in which the school performs all the roles of investigator, prosecutor, judge, executioner and statistics compiler.
From the perspective of accusers in campus sexual assault cases, they may very well prefer a quasi-legal adjudication of their complaints because it provides a much broader definition of sexual assault, a much lower burden of proof and an environment in which “student’s rights” tend to be accuser’s rights, with little emphasis on rights for the accused.
For the accuser, it makes the alleged post-assault experience that much less stressful.
From the accused’s perspective, though, he’s not gonna know what hit him.

6 Reasons Liberals are Incapable of Governing

6 Reasons Liberals are Incapable of Governing - John Hawkins

Why are liberals so bad at governing?

1) Their political alliances require a lot of corruption: 

2) Their close-mindedness keeps them from getting feedback: .

3) They don't care if their policies work: 

4) Their strategy is centered around amassing government power: 

5) They don't like America very much: 

6) They believe the ends justify the means: 

Obama: I’m Taking Executive Action on Immigration Because Republicans Won’t ‘Pass a Darn Bill’ | TheBlaze.com

Obama: I’m Taking Executive Action on Immigration Because Republicans Won’t ‘Pass a Darn Bill’ | TheBlaze.com:
“Our country and our economy would be stronger today if House Republicans had allowed a simple yes or no vote on this bill or for that matter any bill. They would be following the will of the majority of the American people to support reform,” Obama said. “Instead, they have proven again and again that they are unwilling to stand up to the Tea Party in order to do what’s best for the country. The worst part of is a bunch of them know better.”
Obama said he was seeking advice from Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on additional executive actions he could take “within my existing legal authority.”

"Feel-good" of the day------Armed Citizen Shoots and Kills Robber Who Assaulted 60 Year Old Neighbor

Armed Citizen Shoots and Kills Robber Who Assaulted 60 Year Old Neighbor:
It’s always encouraging when neighbors look out for one another and that’s exactly what happened in this defensive gun use from this weekend.
The Muhlenberg Township Police Department gave the following account of the events (via Reading Eagle),
Florencio Roman-Quinones, 27, whose last known address was in the 300 block of North Fifth Street, approached the 60-year-old man in front of the victim’s house in the 200 block of South 13th Street about 10 p.m. Thursday. 
Roman-Quinones assaulted the man, took his jewelry and car keys and left the area.
Roman-Quinones was known to the victim and a few of his neighbors who saw the attack, so police obtained a warrant for his arrest on robbery and assault charges.
Because the man’s car keys had been stolen, he remained outside watching his car. At 1:54 a.m. Friday Roman-Quinones returned to the block with Vazquez and another man.
Roman-Quinones argued with the victim about calling the police and again assaulted the victim.
Vazquez joined in on the assault.
Moments later a neighbor yelled for the two men to stop beating the victim, but they continued the assault. The neighbor fired one shot, striking Vazquez in the chest.
Vazquez staggered to his car, and Roman-Quinones began driving to the hospital.
A police lieutenant on patrol saw the car speeding the wrong way on a one-way street and began pursuing the car into West Reading.
The chase ended at the emergency room entrance.

Are you one of Michigan's "winners"?------Winners and losers in Michigan's $52.3B budget: Remember all that talk about tax cuts?

Winners and losers in Michigan's $52.3B budget: Remember all that talk about tax cuts? | MLive.com: "WINNERS
Universities: Michigan universities will see a 5.9 percent boost for fiscal year 2015, bringing them closer but not all the way back to funding levels cut in 2011. Tuition is unlikely to increase more than 3.2 percent, as universities could jeopardize funding if they exceed that level. Grand Valley will see the biggest funding bump because it met certain performance goals, while Wayne State will see the smallest. 


Lower-funded schools: K-12 school districts will receive a $50 per-pupil increase in their foundation allowance, but some schools that had been on the low end of the funding spending spectrum will receive up to $125 more. Supporters say the "equity payments" will close the funding gap between districts, but critics say the money will disproportionately benefit charter and cyber schools, which have lower overhead costs so receive less money.

Local governments: Local communities are poised to see significant revenue sharing increases under the 2015 budget without having to jump through as many hoops. Total revenue sharing payments to cities, villages, townships and counties will rise by roughly 7.4 percent, or $1.2 billion, next year. That's less than Snyder proposed, but local leaders have praised the budget because it did away with some requirements of the Economic Vitality Incentive Program, which replaced traditional statutory revenue sharing in 2012.

Public safety: The budget makes a significant investment in public safety, with $46.6 million set aside to train 100 state police troopers, 31 motor carrier officers, 25 conservation officers and update a communications system. There's also about $5 million for a new police helicopter that will aid ground patrols and $6.8 million to enhance cyber-security efforts.

Film incentives: Michigan will set aside another $50 million to woo film makers in 2015 despite a push by Snyder to halve the incentive program. Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville, R-Monroe, had sought to increase film incentive funding and said earlier this month that he may still push for changes in the program designed to provide long-term stability for the industry."

VIDEO: Democrat Sen. Dick Durbin Says Obama ‘Will BORROW the Power’ from Congress for Amnesty

VIDEO: Democrat Sen. Dick Durbin Says Obama ‘Will BORROW the Power’ from Congress for Amnesty:
"Democrat Senator Dick Durbin is threatening Republican speaker John Boehner, saying that if the House doesn’t implement amnesty then Obama, in dictatorial fashion, will do it anyway. Durbin creepily said on Thursday that Obama will simply “borrow” the power from Congress, which constitutionally holds “all” legislative powers, previous to the Obama regime. "

The Romney RINOs live to divide-----Romney backs Trott over tea party favorite Bentivolio at Troy campaign event

Romney backs Trott over tea party favorite Bentivolio at Troy campaign event | The Detroit News:
"While Trott was preparing to host Romney at the Marriott in Troy, U.S. Rep. Kerry Bentivolio was presenting a Korean War Service Medal to 92-year-old John Markham, a veteran of both World War II and the Korean conflict, during a mid-afternoon ceremony in Farmington.
Bentivolio is a veteran of the Vietnam and Iraq wars and often cites his military service when contrasting himself with Trott, a Birmingham attorney who runs a foreclosure business.
“It’s interesting how (Romney’s) going to support someone who kicked out 80,000 families in one year in a foreclosure business versus a guy who served his country in two wars.
What does that tell you about Mitt Romney?” Bentivolio told The Detroit News.
“That’s the establishment Republicans — they don’t like regular people.”"

Don’t touch my Obama Free Stuff - Brawl Breaks Out at Welfare Office!

WATCH: Don’t touch my Obama Free Stuff - Brawl Breaks Out at Welfare Office! | BuzzPoBuzzPo:
"Obama has made welfare not only an entitlement, the president has lifted it to a whole new level worth battling over.
According to Conservative Tribune, keeping your hands of my free Obama stuff whether it is a cell phone or anything else can lead to a battle worth kicking someone’s butt over.
Watch two women brawl in a welfare office that is literally lighting up the internet and showing just how far government can literally wipe out any sense of decency, dignity and self hood!"

NYT: Scientists 'Startled' at Great Lakes' Rise; Another Warmist Prediction Is Biting the Dust

NYT: Scientists 'Startled' at Great Lakes' Rise; Another Warmist Prediction Is Biting the Dust | NewsBusters:
An undated but clearly recent page at the National Wildlife Federation breathlessly warns readers, in a section entitled "Threats from Global Warming," that "Lake Erie water levels, already below average, could drop 4-5 feet by the end of this century, significantly altering shoreline habitat." A Thursday Huffington Post Canada Business entry observed that "the (Great Lakes) basin has experienced the longest extended period of lower water levels since the U.S. and Canada began tracking levels in 1918." Of course, it's because of "climate change."

Friday, Julie Bosman at the New York Times reported (HT Powerline) that "The International Joint Commission, a group with members from the United States and Canada that advises on water resources, completed a five-year study in April 2013 concluding that water levels in the lakes were likely to drop even farther, in part because of the lack of precipitation in recent years brought on by climate change." But the reason Bosman was on the story is because — fortunately for area residents, but unfortunately for "startled" global warming adherents claiming to be "scientists" — Great Lakes sea levels are rising again (bolds are mine throughout this post):

Creeping Up on Unsuspecting Shores: The Great Lakes, in a Welcome Turnaround

... after reaching historic lows in 2013, water levels in the Great Lakes are now abruptly on the rise, a development that has startled scientists and thrilled just about everybody with a stake in the waterfront, including owners of beach houses, retailers in tourist areas and dockmasters who run marinas on the lakeshore.

Lakes Michigan, Huron and Superior are at least a foot higher than they were a year ago, and are expected to rise three more inches over the next month. Lake Ontario and Lake Erie are seven to nine inches higher than a year ago.

... Scientists say the reversal of fortunes for the lakes is partly a result of the most bone-chilling winter in memory for many Midwesterners. The thick and long-lasting ice cover on the lakes kept the water colder and slowed evaporation. Heavy snowfall and a rainy spring allowed the lakes to make even more gains.

“We’ve had a rebound that we haven’t seen in many, many years,” said Gene Clark, a coastal engineer with the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute in Superior, Wis. “We’ve been historically below average, and now we are finally back to above-average water levels. At this time last year, I was talking to Wisconsin state legislators about what was happening, why the levels were so low and what could the State of Wisconsin do about it. It was very much a crisis.”

Actually, Mr. Clark, what has occurred demonstrates that it wasn't a crisis. It was part of natural cycles over which man has no meaningful influence or control.

One Powerline commenter noted something consistent with my memories of the late 1960s, namely that people at the time were also worried about low lake levels:

 I live not far from Lake Huron, and I recall that water levels the last decade or so have been the lowest since the 1960s. Climate change is the all-purpose whipping boy, but that doesn't explain why they were so low in the 60s. Cyclical issues seem to be the easier answer, but you don't get as much grant money for cyclical issues.

Wash. school district complies with Michelle O’s lunch rules and bans birthday cupcakes - EAGnews.org powered by Education Action Group Foundation, Inc.

Wash. school district complies with Michelle O’s lunch rules and bans birthday cupcakes - EAGnews.org powered by Education Action Group Foundation, Inc.: "LYNNWOOD, Wash. – Michelle Obama’s national school lunch overhaul is getting a little ridiculous.

Now, the Edmonds School District in Washington state and others are cracking down on birthday cupcakes and other sugary snacks students bring from home under a directive from the federal lunch police, according to news reports.
“Birthday parties in classrooms may be celebrated with non-food treats and favors for students. 
No food is allowed as part of a birthday celebration,” according to a new Edmonds School District policy tied to the federal lunch rules, according to The Herald.
“Appropriate alternatives to food that may be shared on special occasions can be within the procedures,” the district’s website states.

Illinois mom elated after defeating powerful union in Supreme Cour

Illinois mom elated after defeating powerful union in Supreme Court | Fox News:

Pam Harris, the lead plaintiff in the landmark Harris v. Quinn case, in which the high court ruled people who care for loved ones in their home can't be compelled to join the Service Employees International Union, said the ruling was a victory for her son Josh, who suffers from a rare genetic disorder.

"It means no third party intrusion, it means that there's not going to be a union contract inserted between my son and I, there's not going to be union rules and regulations dictating how I can provide the care that Josh needs," she said.

"I don't rock the boat. But when it comes to taking public funding intended for people with disabilities, someone has to stand up."

- Pam Harris

Harris is the primary caregiver for her 25-year-old son, who suffers from Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome. His illness has left him mentally and physically disabled and in need of ‘round the clock care at his home in Winthrop Harbor, Ill.

“We feed him, help him wash his face, shave him, brush his teeth,” she said.

The family receives a Medicaid check each month for approximately $1,300 to care for Josh, but its "not nearly enough" to pay for all his medical bills and other needs. In order to receive that check, under state law, the Harris family must undergo eleven visits per year by state employees checking on Josh’s welfare, be required to submit monthly summaries detailing care on a time sheet and provide specific information about Josh’s care. ...... Harris estimates about $90 per month came out of the check and went to the SEIU.

Hobby Lobby Actually Lavishes Contraception Coverage on Its Employees

Hobby Lobby Actually Lavishes Contraception Coverage on Its Employees | National Review Online:

The lie>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>











THE TRUTH
Imagine that a woman starts work at Hobby Lobby tomorrow morning — July 1. She joins Hobby Lobby’s health care plan.
It includes access, copay-free, to the following categories of FDA-approved birth-control:

1. Male condoms
2. Female condoms
3. Diaphragms with spermicide
4. Sponges with spermicide
5. Cervical caps with spermicide
6. Spermicide alone
7. Birth-control pills with estrogen and progestin (“Combined Pill)
8. Birth-control pills with progestin alone (“The Mini Pill)
9. Birth control pills (extended/continuous use)
10. Contraceptive patches
11. Contraceptive rings
12. Progestin injections
13. Implantable rods
14. Vasectomies
15. Female sterilization surgeries
16. Female sterilization implants

(This new woman at Hobby Lobby cannot use male condoms or a vasectomy, at least not directly. However, if she chose either contraceptive method, in conjunction with her husband, she would have access to it.)

Further, not only would she have access to these medicines and devices, but Hobby Lobby would fund them. That’s right: while White House press secretary Josh Earnest claims that it “jeopardizes the health of women,” Hobby Lobby’s health plan pays for 16 different kinds of contraceptives for its female employees!

In the Left’s fantasy world, the militant Christians at Hobby Lobby police single female employees to assure that they have not engaged in sinful, pre-marital sex. As for married women, Hobby Lobby deprives them of birth control so that each can deliver a new baby every nine months, for God’s glory, just like in the Old Testament.

Liberals are living in a cartoon of their own making.

Again, Hobby Lobby’s health plan pays for birth-control pills, vaginal rings, contraceptive patches, and other items to help female employees plan their pregnancies. The Left’s arguments to the contrary are — surprise, surprise — lies.

What Hobby Lobby will not cover are four contraceptive methods that its owners fear are abortifacients:

1. Plan B (“The Morning After Pill”)
2. Ella (a similar type of “emergency contraception”)
3. Copper Intra-Uterine Device
4. IUD with progestin

Weather Channel Founder Explains the History of the Global Warming Hoax

Weather Channel Founder Explains the History of the Global Warming Hoax:

I'm thinkin' this gal voted "Obama" twice.......maybe more----------'Nightmare nanny' agrees to leave California home by July 4, family says

'Nightmare nanny' agrees to leave California home by July 4, family says | Fox News:
A California nanny who refused to leave the home of the family she lives with has now agreed to move out by July 4, "as long as the weather is cool," the family told FoxNews.com Monday.
Diane Stretton, 64, was fired June 6 by Marcella and Ralph Bracamonte of Upland, Calif., after, "she just stopped working," the family said.
But Stretton, who was hired by the family through Craigslist in March, refused to leave the Bracamonte residence.
Stretton also threatened to sue the family, claiming wrongful termination and abuse of the elderly.
When the Bracamontes contacted police three weeks ago, they were told, "'Sorry, you're going to have to go through the eviction process,' " Marcella Bracamonte said.
A judge also ruled in the nanny's favor, saying the family did not end Stretton's employment in a legal manner.

Illegal Aliens in NYC Will Get Municipal IDs, Free Legal Representation | CNS News

Illegal Aliens in NYC Will Get Municipal IDs, Free Legal Representation | CNS News:
"The new ID program for all illegal aliens who live within New York's five boroughs -- an estimated 500,000 of them -- will allow them to open a bank account, sign a lease and get a library card. (And vote? some are asking.)
The card will include, at a minimum, the cardholder’s photo, name, date of birth, address, and an expiration date. "Applicants will be able to elect to include his or her self-designated gender," the City Council said.
It doesn't end there. New York City also plans to use taxpayer money to keep illegal alien families together. "

Las Vegas Is "Screwed"; The Water Situation "Is As Bad As You Can Imagine"

Las Vegas Is "Screwed"; The Water Situation "Is As Bad As You Can Imagine" | Zero Hedge:

"It's just going to be screwed. 
And relatively quickly," warns Tim Barnett, of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, telling The Telegraph, the situation in Las Vegas is "as bad as you can imagine".
After a devastating, 14-year drought drained the reservoir that supplies 90% of the city’s water, the apparently endless supply of water is an illusion as Las Vegas population has soared.
As Barnett ominously concludes, "unless it can find a way to get more water from somewhere, Las Vegas is out of business. 
Yet they’re still building, which is stupid."

As The Telegraph reports, as with many things in Sin City, the apparently endless supply of water is an illusion.

America’s most decadent destination has been engaged in a potentially catastrophic gamble with nature and now, 14 years into a devastating drought, it is on the verge of losing it all.

“The situation is as bad as you can imagine,” said Tim Barnett, a climate scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. “It’s just going to be screwed. And relatively quickly. Unless it can find a way to get more water from somewhere Las Vegas is out of business. Yet they’re still building, which is stupid.”

Things are not good...

Las Vegas gets just four inches of rain in a good year, and in the first four months of 2014 there was just 0.31 of an inch.

The Southern Nevada Water Authority, which has the task of keeping the city from running dry, has described the effects of the drought as “every bit as serious as a Hurricane Katrina or a Superstorm Sandy”.

...

However, Las Vegas still uses 219 gallons of water per person per day, one of the highest figures in the US. In San Francisco the figure is just 49 gallons.

History for July 1

History for July 1 - On-This-Day.com:
Canada Day

National GSA Employee Recognition Day

Birth anniversary of Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-97).

In 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg began. It concluded on July 3--with 50,000 casualties.

Happy Birthday! Pamela Anderson, Dan Aykroyd,  Genevieve Bujold, Jamie Farr, Debbie Harry, Carl Lewis

1862 - The U.S. Congress established the Bureau of Internal Revenue. 


1898 - During the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt and his "Rough Riders" waged a victorious assault on San Juan Hill in Cuba. 



1940 - In Washington, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge was opened to traffic. The bridge collapsed during a wind storm on November 7, 1940. 


1943 - The U.S. Government began automatically withholding federal income tax from paychecks.
 

1960 - Somalia gained its independence from Britain through the unification of Somaliland with Italian Somalia. 







1963 - The U.S. postmaster introduced the five-digit ZIP (Zoning Improvement Plan) code.
 

1966 - The Medicare federal insurance program went into effect. 





1979 - Susan B. Anthony was commemorated on a U.S. coin, the Susan B. Anthony dollar. 


1979 - Sony introduced the Walkman. 


1980 - "O Canada" was proclaimed the national anthem of Canada. 

Supreme Court Pares Back Obamacare’s Contraception Mandate | TheBlaze.com

Supreme Court Pares Back Obamacare’s Contraception Mandate | TheBlaze.com:
"The Court decided that Obamacare cannot be used to require for-profit, closely held companies to provide certain birth control drugs and devices — such as morning after pills — that could cause abortion.
The case was brought by Hobby Lobby, a Oklahoma-based retail chain owned by the Green family. The Greens said they are willing to cover 16 of the 20 birth control methods mandated by Obamacare to its employees, but not four others because the risk of abortion goes against their religious beliefs."

Border Patrol Agent: ‘If the Administration Says This Isn’t Amnesty, Don’t Believe Them’ | CNS News

Border Patrol Agent: ‘If the Administration Says This Isn’t Amnesty, Don’t Believe Them’ | CNS News:
“Even if the administration says this isn’t amnesty, don’t believe them,” Spratte added.
President Obama recently praised  10 illegal immigrants, which the administration dubbed “Champions of Change,” during a June 17 event at the White House. "