History for October 2

History for October 2 - On-This-Day.com
Mahatma Gandhi 1869, Groucho (Julius) Marx 1890 - "Marx Brothers" movies and his quiz show "You Bet Your Life", Bud Abbott 1895 


Don McLean 1945, Mike Rutherford (Mike & the Mechanics, Genesis) 1950, Sting (Police) 1951 


1780 - British army major John Andre was hanged as a spy. He was carrying information about the actions of Benedict Arnold. 


1836 - Charles Darwin returned to England after 5 years of acquiring knowledge around the world about fauna, flora, wildlife and geology. He used the information to develop his "theory of evolution" which he unveiled in his 1859 book entitled The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. 


1870 - Rome was made the capital of Italy. 


1919 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed. 


1924 - The Geneva Protocol adopted the League of Nations. 


1925 - Scottish inventor John Logie Baird completed the first transmission of moving images. 


1940 - During World War II, the HMS Empress was sunk while carrying child refugees from Britain to Canada. 


1944 - The Nazis crushed the Warsaw Uprising. 


1950 - "Peanuts," the comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz, was published for the first time in seven newspapers. 


1955 - "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" debuted on CBS-TV. 


1959 - "The Twilight Zone" debuted on CBS-TV. The show ran for 5 years for a total of 154 episodes. 

1967 - Thurgood Marshall was sworn in. He was the first African-American member of the U.S. Supreme Court. 


1993 - Opponents of Russian President Boris Yeltsin fought police and set up burning barricades. 

LIBERTY REVIEW

LIBERTY REVIEW:

http://www.libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2014/10/beyond-negligence-by-tammy-derouin.html

The policies that were enacted, the procedures and rules which were ignored and the lack of knowledge provided to the American people due to the government takeover of our once free press, are all contributing factors as to why the war has now reached our shores.

Drop the political labels for a moment and look at what one man and his team of transformers have done to our nation.  If you just look at the facts and apply what has been done on the national level, to what would be the outcome if it were applied to you, in your personal life, you would have never allowed it to get to this point.  Every aspect from the financial security of our country to our educational and health care, utilities, private industry, religion, personal defense, speech, our basic human rights as documented in the Bill of Rights and guaranteed by our Constitution have come under attack by this administration.

GOP Rep. Livid After Another Shocking Secret Service Breach Is Revealed: The President’s ‘Life Was in Danger’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

GOP Rep. Livid After Another Shocking Secret Service Breach Is Revealed: The President’s ‘Life Was in Danger’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:

“Words aren’t strong enough for the outrage I feel for the safety of the President and his family,” he added. “His life was in danger. This country would be a different world today if he had pulled out his gun.”

The latest account comes after a man was able to make it inside the White House after jumping the fence and overpowering a Secret Service agent."

TYRANNY ALERT: Top Democrat: ‘We Need a New Constitution’

TYRANNY ALERT: Top Democrat: ‘We Need a New Constitution’:
"The left’s crusade for campaign finance restrictions is an effort to silence conservatives who want to give money to offset the extreme liberal agenda.
These restrictions are carefully crafted to negatively affect conservative donors and leave the money from leftist flowing.
If we bend on this issue, our republic ceases to exist as a true republic. Period. 
We cannot rewrite the First Amendment and we certainly cannot throw-out the Constitution because it is inconvenient and incompatible with Democrats’ political agenda. "

Rush Limbaugh: TPNN’s Scottie Hughes ‘Called it Exactly Right’ on Hillary’s Immunity to Criticism

Rush Limbaugh: TPNN’s Scottie Hughes ‘Called it Exactly Right’ on Hillary’s Immunity to Criticism: "Democrats are living by the mantra of “it’s it not broken, don’t fix it.” The 2008 race card worked very well for them. By exploiting white guilt, liberals were able to craft an ironclad defense- “Those that criticize do so because of an inherent racism.”

Now, with just a minor tweak in the game plan, those that criticize Hillary Clinton can be labeled as a chauvinist.

Kudos to Hughes and Limbaugh for having the guts to call it like they see it."

Watch: Secret Service Can’t Answer Key Trey Gowdy Questions on 2011 White House Shooting | TheBlaze.com

Watch: Secret Service Can’t Answer Key Trey Gowdy Questions on 2011 White House Shooting | TheBlaze.com:

"Secret Service Director Julia Pierson on Tuesday indicated her agency had little or no reason to decide that the shots fired at the White House in 2011 was just the noise of a car backfiring, and failed to answer why agents didn’t do a thorough examine of the White House grounds after the shooting."

Claim: Global Warming Helped Create ISIS

Claim: Global Warming Helped Create ISIS | The Daily Caller:
"Global warming is not only responsible for causing superstorms and the ebola outbreak, it’s now claimed that global warming helped create the conditions in which terrorists with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria could thrive.
Two academics have put forward the theory that a historic drought helped to spread unrest in Syria, sparking a chaotic civil war that ISIS terrorists used to gain power and commit atrocities throughout the region.
“A historic drought afflicted the country from 2006 through 2010, setting off a dire humanitarian crisis for millions of Syrians,” wrote Charles Strozier, a history professor at the City University of New York, and Kelly Berkell, an attorney and researcher with the Center on Terrorism at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
“Yet the four-year drought evoked little response from Bashar al-Assad’s government,” the academics wrote.
.....The two add that fighting global warming is linked to fighting terrorism and political violence around the world.
“If more Americans knew how glacial melt contributes to catastrophic weather in Afghanistan — potentially strengthening the Taliban and imperiling Afghan girls who want to attend school — would we drive more hybrids and use millions fewer plastic bags?
How would elections and legislation be influenced?” Berkell and Strozier wrote."

Study: Main Ingredient Found In Beer Can Help Improve Memory

Study: Main Ingredient Found In Beer Can Help Improve Memory « CBS Seattle:
"CORVALLIS, Oregon (CBS Seattle) – Beer is better for the brain than you might believe. 
A new study finds the frothy beverage can improve memory.
A researcher at Oregon State Universtity points to a compound found in hops, one of the main ingredients in beer, improved cognitive function in a group of mice.
The mice were given large doses of xanthohumol, a flavinoid found in hops.
Flavonoids are compounds found in plants that often give them their color.
Then the mice were run through a special maze to determine whether they showed signs of improved spacial memory and cognitive flexibility."

Here Comes the Snyder Gas/Diesel Tax and Fee Hikes

Here Comes the Snyder Gas/Diesel Tax and Fee Hikes | Right Michigan
As if raiding pensions (wasn’t necessary), raising the State Income Tax, and growing a budget now spending $1 Billion per week were not enough, Snyder broadcasts the real MI-GOP wallet gouging and family budget busting.

Gov. Rick Snyder said Monday he wants legislation boosting road funding to be the Legislature’s top priority during its lame duck session after the Nov. 4 election.

The Republican governor, who faces a tough re-election against Democrat Mark Schauer, has struggled to get the GOP-controlled Legislature to adopt a plan to raise at least $1.2 billion in additional annual revenue for road funding through increases in the fuel tax and vehicle registration fees.

….

“I still consider that a priority I want to get done in the first term,” Snyder said at the West Michigan Policy Forum’s conference at the Amway Grand Hotel.

In June, the Senate adjourned for the summer after rejecting a gas tax hike and higher fees for heavy trucks that Snyder supported. Schauer has criticized the governor’s leadership on the issue, but said he’s opposed to increasing the 19 cents-per-gallon gas tax.

"At least Schauer has sense enough not to tread into that particular Nerd swamp, especially, when MDOT’s multi-million dollar operation is dabbling in Wisconsin’s unwanted choo-choos, and tax dollars wasted on Hollywood productions at every turn. 
For that matter, let’s table for discussion the Nerd’s “Showcase Trail” at the cost of $1 Million per mile. 
Yes, our fuel taxes go to Complete Streets bicycle nonsense."

Wisconsin Reporter Was Sent to Cover Michelle Obama’s Speech and What She Says an Aide Told Her Had Her ‘Creeped Out’ | TheBlaze.com

Wisconsin Reporter Was Sent to Cover Michelle Obama’s Speech and What She Says an Aide Told Her Had Her ‘Creeped Out’ | TheBlaze.com:

"Meg Kissinger is a seasoned reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin’s well-known newspaper. She’s seen a lot in her days. But what she said happened at a speech by Michelle Obama in the state on Monday left her utterly “creeped out.”

"Required to charge a minimum...."?!!!------California bans plastic grocery bags

California bans plastic grocery bags:
"Yesterday, the Governor of California signed into law Senate Bill 270, which will prohibit grocery stores, drugstores, and convenience stores from providing single-use plastic bags for their customers.
It will first go into effect in large grocery stores next year in July, and to encourage people to use their own bags, stores will be required to charge a minimum of 10 cents each for paper and other kinds of bags. 
This is the first state-wide ban on single use plastic bags in the U.S."

Mosquito Virus That Walloped Caribbean Spreads in U.S.

Mosquito Virus That Walloped Caribbean Spreads in U.S.  - Bloomberg:
"A mosquito-borne virus that can cause debilitating joint pain lasting for years has spread to the continental U.S. after infecting hundreds of thousands of people in the Caribbean and Central America.
The virus is called Chikungunya, an African name meaning “to become contorted.”
While the illness, first identified in Tanzania in 1952, has long bedeviled Africa and Asia, the only recorded cases in the U.S. before July involved patients who contracted the virus abroad."

And this:http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2014/08/04/the-best-movie-to-watch-during-the-current-ebola-outbreak

One of Eric Holder’s Final Acts Could Pose a National Security Risk | TheBlaze.com

One of Eric Holder’s Final Acts Could Pose a National Security Risk | TheBlaze.com:

"Outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder will reportedly ban religious profiling as one of his final actions before leaving office, limiting federal agents access to mosques and providing no national security exemption."

A lotta grump goin' on--------Widow of former Michigan AD Don Canham: 'His legacy is going down the drain'

Widow of former Michigan AD Don Canham: 'His legacy is going down the drain' | MLive.com:
"Recently, the widow of the “father of modern college athletics directors” has begun to add her voice to the chorus expressing concern that the powerhouse built by Canham is in jeopardy of losing its luster.
“I’m just devastated that his lifetime at the school—he was there for 50 years as a student, a coach and an athletic director—to see that his legacy is going down the drain, that’s what I’m angry about,” Margaret Canham-Keeley said."

Jury Convicts New York TV Executive of Beheading Wife

Jury Convicts New York TV Executive of Beheading Wife | Fox News:
"BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The founder of a Muslim-oriented New York television station was convicted Monday of beheading his wife in 2009 in the studio the couple had opened to counter negative stereotypes of Muslims after the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
Muzzammil "Mo" Hassan never denied that he killed Aasiya Hassan inside the suburban Buffalo station the couple established to promote cultural understanding.
A jury deliberated for one hour before rejecting his claim that the killing was justified because he was long abused by and afraid of his wife.
Hassan, who's stocky and more than 6 feet tall, acted as his own lawyer during the trial. He said nothing when the verdict was read.
His reaction was blocked from view by a line of sheriff's deputies and court officers standing behind him at the defense table.
The Pakistan-born Hassan, 46, had been served with divorce papers a week before his wife's body was found at the offices of Bridges TV in Orchard Park, where the couple also lived. "

A Chilling Conversation With an Islamic State Terrorist: We Will ‘Make Some Attacks in New York Soon’

A Chilling Conversation With an Islamic State Terrorist: We Will ‘Make Some Attacks in New York Soon’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"An Islamic State terrorist vowed in an exclusive interview with VICE News that the militant group is planning attacks in New York City “soon.”
Farah Shirdon, also known as Abu Usamah Somali, is a Canadian citizen who left his native country to fight with the Islamic State in Iraq. He is seen in a recent propaganda video burning his passport and promising to destroy the U.S. and Canada."

Neville Chamberlain Would Have Been a Perfect Fit for Obama’s Foreign Policy Team

Neville Chamberlain Would Have Been a Perfect Fit for Obama’s Foreign Policy Team - Michael Schaus - Townhall Finance Conservative Columnists and Financial Commentary - Page full:
"On this day, in 1938, the British and French Prime Ministers signed the Munich Pact with Adolf Hitler in an effort to avoid the onset of another world war…
Spoiler alert: It didn’t work.
Someone once said that history doesn’t always repeat itself, but that it often rhymes. 
Well, brace yourself for some poetry:
By fall of 1938 Hitler had already managed to annex Austria into Germany, and was already trying to “stand up” for the Russian German speaking portions of Ukraine Czechoslovakia. The eventual conquest of Czechoslovakia was a part of Hitler’s grand plan to reestablish the “greatness of Germany”; and his National Socialist Party was pretty darn focused on making such outcomes possible.
By the second half of September, Hitler had demanded the immediate cession of the Sudetenland to Germany, and Czechoslovakia had responded by mobilizing troops. The world looked on as it seemed that war was merely weeks away. France – realizing that such an outbreak of violence could be detrimental to their security in the near future – immediately began fabricating white flags.
The incorrigible Neville Chamberlain was dispatched to Munich, along with the Prime Minister of France, to hash things out with that “totally understanding” fellow from Germany. (Maybe Neville should have just imposed some sanctions on rich German cronies, and called it good.)
Well… An accord was struck. Signatures were put to paper, and the Socialists with guns got their way. (That seems to happen a lot in recent European history.) Hitler, understandably, was pretty excited about getting a good chunk of a sovereign nation without firing a shot; Chamberlain was ecstatic about the political optics of working things out with a young and charismatic dictator; and the French seemed less than thrilled about the precedent set in the agreement. I mean, when even the French are a little trepidatious about giving in to a trigger happy “leader”, that should catch your attention.
Chamberlain returned home, and declared that his platitudes, diplomacy, and appeasement would be rewarded with “peace in our time”… Someone should have given him a Nobel Peace Prize, right?
Of course the “peace” was short lived. In 1939 Hitler decided the rest of Czechoslovakia should be his as well, and it was annexed.
.......Heck, much like Chamberlain, the Obama Administration seems pained to even contemplate uttering the word “war” in front of a microphone.
.....Chamberlain never fully understand this truth of life. And sadly, in today’s world, such ignorance almost seems to be a job requirement for working in the Obama Administration."

Uncle Sam’s $8 Trillion Annual Debt Churn: Why Washington Is Pertrified Of Honest Interest Rates

Uncle Sam’s $8 Trillion Annual Debt Churn: Why Washington Is Pertrified Of Honest Interest Rates | David Stockman's Contra Corner:
"I know that headline sounds completely outrageous.
But it is actually true.  
The U.S. government is borrowing about 8 trillion dollars a year, and you are about to see the hard numbers that prove this.
When discussing the national debt, most people tend to only focus on the amount that it increases each 12 months.
And as I wrote about recently, the U.S. national debt has increased by more than a trillion dollars in fiscal year 2014.
But that does not count the huge amounts of U.S. Treasury securities that the federal government must redeem each year.
When these debt instruments hit their maturity date, the U.S. government must pay them off.
This is done by borrowing more money to pay off the previous debts.
In fiscal year 2013, redemptions of U.S. Treasury securities totaled $7,546,726,000,000 and new debt totaling $8,323,949,000,000 was issued.  
The final numbers for fiscal year 2014 are likely to be significantly higher than that.
So why does so much government debt come due each year?"

History for October 1

History for October 1 - On-This-Day.com
William Boeing 1881, Walter Matthau 1920, Jimmy Carter (U.S.) 1924 


Roger Williams 1926, Tom Bosley 1927, Richard Harris 1930 


1880 - Thomas Edison began the commercial production of electric lamps at Edison Lamp Works in Menlo Park. 


1890 - The U.S. Congress passed the McKinley Tariff Act. The act raised tariffs to a record level. 


1908 - The Model T automobile was introduced by Henry Ford. The purchase price of the car was $850. 


1938 - German forces enter Czechoslovakia and seized control of the Sudetenland. The Munich Pact had been signed two days before. 


1940 - The Pennsylvania Turnpike opened as the first toll superhighway in the United States. 


1946 - The International War Crimes Tribunal in Nuremberg sentenced 12 Nazi officials to death. Seven others were sentenced to prison terms and 3 were acquitted. 


1949 - Mao Tse-tung raised the first flag of the People's Republic of China when the communist forces had defeated the Nationalists. The Nationalist forces fled to Taiwan. 


1961 - Roger Maris (New York Yankees) hit his 61st home run of the season to beat Babe Ruth's major league record of 60. 


1962 - Johnny Carson began hosting the "Tonight" show on NBC-TV. He stayed with the show for 29 years. Jack Paar was the previous host. 


1971 - Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, FL.


1972 - The Chinese government approved friendly relations with the United States. 


1979 - The United States handed control of the Canal Zone over to Panama. 


1995 - Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman and nine other defendants were convicted in New York of conspiring to attack the U.S. through bombings, kidnappings and assassinations.