History for October 5

History for October 5 - On-This-Day.com
Chester A. Arthur (U.S.) 1830, Robert H. Goddard 1882 - Known as the "Father of the Space Age", 
Ray Kroc 1902 - Businessman (McDonalds) 


Larry Fine 1902, Steve Miller (The Steve Miller Band) 1943, Michael Andretti 1962 


1813 - Chief Tecumseh of the Shawnee Indians was killed at the Battle of Thames when American forced defeated the British and the allied Indian warriors. 


1921 - The World Series was broadcast on the radio for the first time. The game was between the New York Giants and the New York Yankees. 


1937 - U.S. President Roosevelt called for a "quarantine" of aggressor nations. 


1955 - The play "The Diary of Anne Frank" opened at the Cort Theatre in New York. 


1969 - "Monty Python's Flying Circus" debuted on BBC television. 


1989 - The Dalai Lama (Lhama Dhondrub, Tenzin Gyatso) was named the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent campaign to end the Chinese domination of Tibet. Gyatso was the 15th Dalai Lama. 

1993 - China set off an underground nuclear explosion. 


1998 - The U.S. paid $60 million for Russia's research time on the international space station to keep the cash-strapped Russian space agency afloat. 


2006 - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. rolled out its $4 generic drug program to the entire state of Florida after a successful test in the Tampa area. 

ISIS Threatens to Kill Families of U.S. Military Members Talk 650 KSTE

ISIS Threatens to Kill Families of U.S. Military Members | Talk 650 KSTE:
"The U.S. military is warning servicemembers to be on guard because ISIS is threatening their families."

If Obama thinks Ebola is a 'national security priority,' why no travel ban? | Fox News

If Obama thinks Ebola is a 'national security priority,' why no travel ban? | Fox News:

"President Obama declared the Ebola outbreak a “national security priority.” That was three weeks ago. Yet, he has failed to treat it as such.
He could ban all travel into the U.S. of any person who has been in the affected West African countries. He has the legal power to do so.

Why hasn’t he?

The fundamental duty of the nation’s chief executive is to protect its citizens. Under Article II of the Constitution, he is duty-bound to respond to threats and to conduct the country’s foreign affairs."

Ebola Threat To The U.S. Could Be Linked To This One Thing Obama Did Four Years Ago

Ebola Threat To The U.S. Could Be Linked To This One Thing Obama Did Four Years Ago:

"In an exclusive post based on a secret government report that was leaked to Darby, we learn that, since the first of the year, more than 3,500 passengers from nations severely impacted by the Ebola outbreak have been allowed to enter the U.S. without any special screening."

White House Says Travel Ban Would ‘Impede’ Efforts to Fight Ebola in Africa | TheBlaze.com

White House Says Travel Ban Would ‘Impede’ Efforts to Fight Ebola in Africa | TheBlaze.com:

"A top White House official said Friday that imposing a travel ban on flights between the United States and Ebola-ravaged nations in West Africa would only impede efforts to fight the virus, the latest sign that the Obama administration is not taking the advice of some in Congress who are demanding travel restrictions.
Lisa Monaco, assistant to the president for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, told reporters at the White House that officials don’t favor a travel ban, even though at least one person has traveled back to the U.S. with the virus."

Tax on sodas eyed in San Francisco, Berkeley

My Way News - Tax on sodas eyed in San Francisco, Berkeley:
A tax on sodas and other sugar-laden drinks that voters and courts in other parts of the country have rejected is on the November ballots in San Francisco and Berkeley, two cities that have been open to such social-engineering initiatives in the past.
Voters in San Francisco will decide whether to make distributors pay a tax of 2 cents an ounce on sugary drinks, with the revenue used to fund programs promoting healthy eating and physical activity.
Berkeley voters will decide on a proposed tax of 1 cent an ounce, with proceeds going to the city general fund.

VIDEO: Obama Brags About Hanging Out with Illegals

VIDEO: Obama Brags About Hanging Out with Illegals:

"Giving a clear indication that he has no intention on enforcing federal immigration laws, and leading to speculation whether he will once again illegally and unilaterally alter immigration policy, giving amnesty to illegals, Barack Obama bragged about riding with two illegal aliens to a Congressional Hispanic Caucus event at the convention center. "

Ebola Yes, Bagpipes No :

Ebola Yes, Bagpipes No :: SteynOnline:
"Thomas Eric Duncan has the distinction of being America's Patient Zero - the first but not the last person to develop Ebola symptoms in the United States.
Is he a US citizen?
No, he's Liberian.
Is he a resident of the United States?
No, he landed at Washington's Dulles Airport on September 20th, in order to visit his sister and having quit his job in Monrovia a few weeks earlier.
So he's a single unemployed man with relatives in the US and no compelling reason to return to his native land.
That alone is supposed to be cause for immigration scrutiny.

....Just to give you an example of how hard-assed the boneheads of America's immigration bureaucracy can be when they want to:
The legendary Gord Sinclair, longtime news director of CJAD in Montreal, had a ski place near Jay in northern Vermont, and he invited his engineer on the show to come down and visit him.
"What's the purpose of your visit?" asked the agent at the small rural border post.
"Oh, just a relaxing weekend at my boss' place," said Gord's colleague affably, and then chortled, "although I don't know if it'll be that relaxing.
He'll probably have me out in the yard chopping wood all day."
So the immigration agent refused him entry on the grounds that he would be working illegally in the United States."

.....But, of course, giving additional attention to West African visitors would be racist. 
Not like terrorizing Scotsmen over their bagpipes.

Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security expands its curious priorities from raiding Boston strip clubs for selling knock-off Red Sox T-shirts to raiding private homes to seize vintage cars that don't meet EPA standards. 

And yet more emission creep:

Homeland Security Is Now Helping To Protect Communities From The Effects Of Climate Change

Big Government is, inevitably, stupid government. 

The bigger it gets the more it will focus on trivia, and the less it will even be able to discern the few things it should be doing. 

But something more pathological is going on here: "Homeland Security" is more interested in controlling law-abiding Americans than protecting them.

Ted Nugent: Liberalism is ‘a Scam,’ that Created Government Dependency and ‘A Plague of Black Violence’ in Inner Cities

Ted Nugent: Liberalism is ‘a Scam,’ that Created Government Dependency and ‘A Plague of Black Violence’ in Inner Cities:

"The ‘Nuge continues: 
“It is deaf, dumb and blind liberalism that has shoveled over $20 trillion into Fedzilla’s welfare crack programs over the past 50 years. Their big lie is that this was all done to eliminate poverty. What it really has done is waste this gargantuan pile of money while doing nothing to eliminate poverty, but in fact, increase it.
The bullet-proof truth is that our hard-earned tax dollars were torched by Democrats to create a permanent voting block out of black Americans. Money is the bait, and they took it, hook, line and sinker. Now President Obama has proposed shoveling another $10 trillion over the next 10 years for more Fedzilla welfare crack.”

He then calls out President Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton and says, "

Assisted Suicide 'Out of Control' in Netherlands

Assisted Suicide 'Out of Control' in Netherlands:
"The number of mentally ill people who have been killed through euthanasia in the Netherlands has trebled in a single year, according to new figures.
The Daily Mail reports that in 2012, 14 people with "severe psychiatric problems" were killed by lethal injection, a figure that rose to 42 in 2013.
There had also been a 15 percent overall rise in assisted dying over the past year, with the number of cases increasing from 4,188 to 4,829.
Deaths from euthanasia have risen by a total of 151 percent in a period of just seven years, with most cases involving cancer sufferers.
However, there were also 97 people who were killed by their doctors because they had dementia.
The figures do not include "terminal sedation", where the patient is sedated and then has food and fluids withdrawn. 
If they did, however, euthanasia would account for one in eight of all deaths in the Netherlands.
Dr Peter Saunders of the Christian Medical Fellowship told the Daily Mail that euthanasia in the Netherlands is "way out of control", saying that it proves that assisted dying is impossible to regulate.
"The House of Lords calculated in 2005 that with a Dutch-type law in Britain we would be seeing over 13,000 cases of euthanasia per year," he added."

Yet Another Presidential Security Breach | TheBlaze.com

Yet Another Presidential Security Breach | TheBlaze.com:

"The source did not know how close the imposter got to the president and first lady, but the incident comes to light the week that Julia Pierson resigned as director of the Secret Service following security lapses.
Word of the congressional impostor is the latest in a series of revelations about security breaches to emerge in the last month. A fence-jumper was able to enter the White House in September, though the first family was not home at the time. Perhaps more alarming was that a convicted felon carrying a weapon was permitted on an elevator with the president in Atlanta."

Fox News Hosts Slam Obama For Disparaging Remark

Fox News Hosts Slam Obama For Disparaging Remark:

"During a recent speech, Barack Obama once again tried to resuscitate support for his healthcare law by insisting the only opposition to ObamaCare emanates from Fox News."

HUD Official Pleads Guilty To Stealing $843,000 In Taxpayer Funds | The Daily Caller

HUD Official Pleads Guilty To Stealing $843,000 In Taxpayer Funds | The Daily Caller:

"Former Housing and Urban Development loan specialist Brian Thompson pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing $843,000 of taxpayer money in a wire fraud scheme.
Thompson was responsible for selling properties acquired by the government after borrowers defaulted on their HUD-guaranteed mortgages"

After Being Fined for Refusing to Host Gay Weddings and Making a Stunning Business Decision, Christian Farm Owners Are Fighting Back | TheBlaze.com

After Being Fined for Refusing to Host Gay Weddings and Making a Stunning Business Decision, Christian Farm Owners Are Fighting Back | TheBlaze.com:

“While the Giffords have asserted their constitutional religious protections as a defense to the discrimination allegations from the beginning, neither the Division, the Administrative Law Judge (the ‘ALJ’) or the Commissioner herself even mentioned those fundamental rights before compelling the family to either host and ‘celebrate’ same-sex wedding ceremonies in their own home, or go out of the wedding ceremony business altogether,” reads the appeal filed in court.
Attorneys for the Giffords argue that the family should be free to live according to their religious beliefs and that operating in the marketplace does not give the government the right to force an individual to give up his or her First Amendment rights."

In 2010, Obama administration scrapped CDC quarantine regulations

In 2010, Obama administration scrapped CDC quarantine regulations | Fox News:
"In October 2014, the first patient on American soil infected with the Ebola virus sits in isolation in a Texas hospital, prompting calls for travel restrictions between the United States and Ebola-stricken countries.
Meanwhile, four years ago, the administration of President Barack Obama moved with virtually no fanfare to abandon a comprehensive set of regulations which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had called essential to preventing international travelers from spreading deadly diseases inside the United States.
The CDC had proposed the regulations in 2005 under the administration of George W. Bush, reported USA Today in 2010.
The original impetus for the regulations was fear that avian flu would spread unchecked.
The regulations proposed under the Bush administration would have granted the federal government a power of “provisional quarantine” to confine airline passengers involuntarily for up to three days if they exhibit symptoms of certain infectious diseases.
Federal officials would also have been able to quarantine passengers exposed to people with those symptoms.

PBS Parrots Obama’s Claim Country Has Improved ‘By Every Economic Measure'; Lou Dobbs Proves Otherwise

PBS Parrots Obama’s Claim Country Has Improved ‘By Every Economic Measure'; Lou Dobbs Proves Otherwise | MRCTV:
"Following President Obama’s speech on the economy on Thursday, the PBS NewsHour offered a 48-second news brief on the subject, in which co-anchor Gwen Ifill offered no opposing viewpoint to the President’s claim in his speech that “by every measure, the country is better off than when he took office.”
The show then played a soundbite of the President, in which he lamented that “millions of Americans don't yet feel enough of the benefits of a growing economy where it matters most, and that’s in their own lives and these truths aren't incompatible.

In contrast to that, Lou Dobbs aired some of what the President said as well during his Fox Business Network (FBN) program on Thursday night, but he also provided plenty of facts that take the President’s claims that the economy is better thanks to him to task. 

First, Dobbs pointed to the country’s national debt, which stood at $10.6 trillion when Obama took office, now stands at $17.8 trillion and “is crushing in size and its impact on our government and taxpayers alike.”

Next, despite the President’s proclamation that the economy is growing and thriving, Dobbs mentioned that the same can’t be said about incomes, as median incomes have fallen from $57,000 since the President was inaugurated in 2009 to $54,000 now. As an addendum to that, an article on the website FiveThirtyEight reported that median incomes have fallen 8 percent since 2007.

The FBN host then went on fire off three more troubling statistical comparisons between when Obama became President and now: 

The labor participation rate back then was nearly 66 percent. It’s now 63 percent. The home ownership rate back then: 67 and a half percent. Today under 65 percent. The number of Americans on food stamps, then: 32 million. Now: 46 million and the President wants to talk economy? Because he doesn't have a clear strategy to destroy the Islamic State and thinned off the pesky Republicans at the polls? 

‘Please Don’t Hurt the Girls’: Police Say Those Were the Last Words Thug Heard After He and Two Accomplices Threatened Texas Family

‘Please Don’t Hurt the Girls’: Police Say Those Were the Last Words Thug Heard After He and Two Accomplices Threatened Texas Family | Video | TheBlaze.com
Police say a trio of thugs broke into a family’s home in Harris County, Texas, early Friday morning — but only two escaped alive.

Eight people, seven family members and one employee of the family’s construction business, were inside the house when the mother’s adult son reportedly heard the unmistakable noises of someone breaking into the home.
He retrieved his firearm and confronted the suspects, according to police.
“Please don’t hurt the girls,” he reportedly told the three intruders.
Moments later, he opened fire. 
The son shot and killed one of the suspects, and the remaining two ran out of the home.
Screengrab via KHOU-TV
Sgt. Felipe Rivera, of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, said “they were basically at a standoff, and he discharged first.” Rivera also revealed that one of the burglary suspects fired a gun inside the home.

None of the family members were harmed during the scary incident.
KHOU-TV reports that police did not provide a detailed description of the two at-large suspects, only stating that they were heard speaking Spanish.

Why America's Not Ready For An Ebola Outbreak

Why America's Not Ready For An Ebola Outbreak (In 1 Photo) | Zero Hedge:
"Because nothing says "safety precautions" like rolled-up sleeves on a HazMat suit..."

The New Jobs Report Is Pure Fraud | TheBlaze.com

The New Jobs Report Is Pure Fraud | TheBlaze.com:

"Here we go again. The latest jobs report is out — and it’s pure fraud. Fantasy. Bogus. Lies and propaganda passed off as “good news.” The reality is it’s a disaster for America and our middle class.
The “facts” released by our “honest and transparent government” report 248,000 new jobs created, beating expectations by a mile. The “facts” report unemployment dropping to 5.9%, the lowest since 2008."

Feel-good video of the month!

History for October 4

History for October 4 - On-This-Day.com
Rutherford B. Hayes (U.S.) 1822, Frederic S. Remington 1861, Buster Keaton 1895


Charlton Heston 1924, Alvin Toffler 1928, Anne Rice 1941


1535 - The first complete English translation of the Bible was printed in Zurich, Switzerland. 


1648 - The first volunteer fire department was established in New York by Peter Stuyvesant. 


1881 - Edward Leveaux received a patent for the player piano. 


1895 - The first U.S. Open golf tournament took place in Newport, RI. Horace Rawlins, 19 years old, won the tournament. 


1927 - The first actual work of carving began on Mount Rushmore. 


1933 - "Esquire" magazine was published for the first time. 


1940 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met in the Alps at Brenner Pass. Hitler was seeking help from Italy to fight the British. 


1953 - "I Led Three Lives" was first seen in syndication. The TV show was never on network. 


1957 - "Leave it to Beaver" debuted on CBS-TV. 


1957 - The Soviet Union launched Sputnik I into orbit around the Earth. Sputnik was the first manmade satellite to enter space. Sputnik I fell out of orbit on January 4, 1958. 


1958 - British Overseas Airways Corporation became the first jetliner to offer trans-Atlantic service to passengers with flights between London, England and New York. 


1976 - Barbara Walters joined Harry Reasoner at the anchor desk of the "ABC Evening News" for the first time. 


1993 - Dozens of Somalis dragged an American soldier through the streets of Mogadishu. A videotape showed Michael Durant being taken prisoner by Somali militants. 


1997 - Hundreds of thousands of men attended a Promise Keepers rally on the Mall in Washington, DC. 


2004 - SpaceShipOne reached an altitude of 368,000 feet. It was the first privately built, manned rocket ship to fly in space twice within a two week window. The ship won the Ansari X Prize of $10 million dollars for their success.

Mark Levin Rants Against Obama's Handling Of ISIS

Mark Levin Rants Against Obama's Handling Of ISIS:

"When Hannity asked Levin, an accomplished lawyer who served in the Reagan administration and is president of Landmark Legal, about President Obama’s 60 Minutes interview on CBS earlier this week, he accused the President of being complicit in a “cover up”:
“It is my contention that the President of the United States right now is in a full-blown cover up.  That’s why he went to his favorite ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent, Steve Kroft.  That’s why he blamed his intelligence agencies for this.

“This has nothing to do with the intelligence agencies.  It has to do with the intelligence between his ears."

New Video Purports to Show Islamic State Beheading British Hostage | TheBlaze.com

New Video Purports to Show Islamic State Beheading British Hostage | TheBlaze.com:

"CAIRO (AP) — An Internet video released Friday purports to show an Islamic State group fighter beheading British hostage Alan Henning and threatening yet another American captive, the fourth such killing carried out by the extremist group now targeted in U.S.-led airstrikes."

Left-Leaning Former CNN Host Pens Surprisingly Scathing Op-Ed on How ‘Obama Committed Professional Suicide’ This Week | TheBlaze.com

Left-Leaning Former CNN Host Pens Surprisingly Scathing Op-Ed on How ‘Obama Committed Professional Suicide’ This Week | TheBlaze.com:

"The ex-CNN host also speculated that Islamic State terrorists must have felt “emboldened” to see the president of the United States giving a statement on the beheading of American journalist James Foley — and then out smiling on the golf course just seven minutes later."

Michigan "republican" control--Not good----Michigan : State Data and Comparisons

Michigan : State Data and Comparisons : State Data Lab

Publishing Entity:  Michigan State Budget Office

• Michigan has only $23 billion assets available to pay the state's bills totaling $81 billion
• To fill its $58 billion financial hole, each Michigan taxpayer would have to send $19,300 to the state
• This $19,300 Taxpayer Burden is 49% of an average citizen's personal income of $39,215
• Michigan is among 41 "Sinkhole States," without enough assets to cover their debt
• Michigan "Outbound Moves," were 54% of total, making them the 16th worst of all the states

Favorite Program of Obama, Biden Faulted for How It Has Spent More Than $4 Billion | TheBlaze.com

Favorite Program of Obama, Biden Faulted for How It Has Spent More Than $4 Billion | TheBlaze.com:
"The GAO report called for better reporting from the Department of Transportation on the TIGER grants, the acronym for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery program. While it’s a competitive grant program, the audit points out that some of the lowest scoring project get funded before some of the higher scoring projects, and the department has not adequately explained why, the audit says."

‘Jihadis Next Door’: Four Important Things You Should Know From a New Article Circulating on the Web | TheBlaze.com

‘Jihadis Next Door’: Four Important Things You Should Know From a New Article Circulating on the Web | TheBlaze.com:
"They’re average, everyday, social media-savvy Americans — who happen to support the brutal jihadist regime slaughtering its way across the Middle East.
Vocativ on Wednesday took an in-depth look at American supporters of the Islamic State, and found a number of disturbing facts about “jihadis next door.”

Here’s some of what we learned."