Friday, March 06, 2015
Concerned Taxpayers of Michigan – Seven Reasons to Vote NO on Raising the Michigan Sales Tax
Concerned Taxpayers of Michigan – Seven Reasons to Vote NO on Raising the Michigan Sales Tax
7 Reasons to Vote “NO” on Raising the Sales Tax to 7%
1. We can't afford even higher taxes. Michigan residents already pay among the highest gas taxes in the country, and most of that money isn't even spent on roads. We pay a 4.25% state income tax where other states have no income tax. The ballot proposal would raise the Michigan sales tax to 7%, which would make it the 2nd highest state sales tax in the nation.
The proposal would raise taxes about $200 per year for every man, woman, and child in Michigan. $800 for a family of four.
Read 'em all and wonder about the politician's REAL reason for lying about the "need" to raise taxes for everyone and every employer in Michigan:
7 Reasons to Vote “NO” on Raising the Sales Tax to 7%
| Sources: | "Gas tax 101: Why Michiganders pay high gas taxes for crummy roads," Detroit Free Press, December 2, 2014. "Top State Income Tax Rates in 2014," Tax Foundation, April 24, 2014. "If Sales Tax is Passed, Michigan Would Have the Second Highest in the U.S.," Michigan Capitol Confidential,December 26, 2014. |
The proposal would raise taxes about $200 per year for every man, woman, and child in Michigan. $800 for a family of four.
Read 'em all and wonder about the politician's REAL reason for lying about the "need" to raise taxes for everyone and every employer in Michigan:
History for March 6
History for March 6 - On-This-Day.com
Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475, Cyrano De Bergerac 1619, Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806
Lou Costello 1906, Ed McMahon 1923, Alan Greenspan 1926 - Federal Reserve chairman
Leroy Gordon ‘Gordo’ Cooper 1927, Marion Barry 1936, Shaquille O'Neal 1972 - Basketball player
1820 - The Missouri Compromise was enacted by the U.S. Congress and signed by U.S. President James Monroe. The act admitted Missouri into the Union as a slave state, but prohibited slavery in the rest of the northern Louisiana Purchase territory.
1836 - The thirteen-day siege of the Alamo by Santa Anna and his army ended. The Mexican army of three thousand men defeated the 189 Texas volunteers.
1857 - The U.S. Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision ruled that blacks could not sue in federal court to be citizens.
1899 - Aspirin was patented by German researchers Felix Hoffman and Hermann Dreser.
1944 - During World War II, U.S. heavy bombers began the first American raid on Berlin. Allied planes dropped 2000 tons of bombs.
1960 - The United States announced that it would send 3,500 troops to Vietnam.
1973 - U.S. President Richard Nixon imposed price controls on oil and gas.
Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475, Cyrano De Bergerac 1619, Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806
Lou Costello 1906, Ed McMahon 1923, Alan Greenspan 1926 - Federal Reserve chairman
Leroy Gordon ‘Gordo’ Cooper 1927, Marion Barry 1936, Shaquille O'Neal 1972 - Basketball player
1820 - The Missouri Compromise was enacted by the U.S. Congress and signed by U.S. President James Monroe. The act admitted Missouri into the Union as a slave state, but prohibited slavery in the rest of the northern Louisiana Purchase territory.
1836 - The thirteen-day siege of the Alamo by Santa Anna and his army ended. The Mexican army of three thousand men defeated the 189 Texas volunteers.
1857 - The U.S. Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision ruled that blacks could not sue in federal court to be citizens.
1899 - Aspirin was patented by German researchers Felix Hoffman and Hermann Dreser.
1944 - During World War II, U.S. heavy bombers began the first American raid on Berlin. Allied planes dropped 2000 tons of bombs.
1960 - The United States announced that it would send 3,500 troops to Vietnam.
1973 - U.S. President Richard Nixon imposed price controls on oil and gas.
Thursday, March 05, 2015
Congressional leaders get runaround from IRS and White House [VIDEO]
Congressional leaders get runaround from IRS and White House [VIDEO]:
"Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch and House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan have been seeking these records since last April but have yet been unsuccessful to get the information. Oversight of these communications is an important part of the work for these committees.
Knowing how this information is being shared and what information is being shared between the IRS and White House is vital to making sure these records do not end up serving as a conduit for political harassment such as what we have seen previously out of the Lois Lerner case with the IRS."
"Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch and House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan have been seeking these records since last April but have yet been unsuccessful to get the information. Oversight of these communications is an important part of the work for these committees.Knowing how this information is being shared and what information is being shared between the IRS and White House is vital to making sure these records do not end up serving as a conduit for political harassment such as what we have seen previously out of the Lois Lerner case with the IRS."
No. Government of wimps will NOT protect you.-----ISIS Fighters Take Over Major Libyan Oilfields
ISIS Fighters Take Over Major Libyan Oilfields | TIME:
"Oilfield guards retreated after running out of ammunition
Fighters of the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) took over at least two oilfields in Libya and attacked another on Tuesday, according to oil and government sources.
Mashallah al-Zewi, the oil minister in the Tripoli-based government said ISIS attacked the Dhahra oilfield, before retreating.
He told AP on Wednesday that the militants swept down from the central city of Sirte and attacked Dhahra oil field to the south, trading fire with guards and blowing up residential and administrative buildings before eventually retreating.
Colonel Ali al-Hassi, a spokesman for Libyan oil industry security told the BBC said the same fighters first took the oilfields at Bahi and Mabruk.
“Extremists took control of the Bahi and Mabruk fields and are now heading to seize the Dhahra field following the retreat of the forces guarding these sites,” he said."
"Oilfield guards retreated after running out of ammunition
Fighters of the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) took over at least two oilfields in Libya and attacked another on Tuesday, according to oil and government sources.
He told AP on Wednesday that the militants swept down from the central city of Sirte and attacked Dhahra oil field to the south, trading fire with guards and blowing up residential and administrative buildings before eventually retreating.
Colonel Ali al-Hassi, a spokesman for Libyan oil industry security told the BBC said the same fighters first took the oilfields at Bahi and Mabruk.
“Extremists took control of the Bahi and Mabruk fields and are now heading to seize the Dhahra field following the retreat of the forces guarding these sites,” he said."
Nanny-state gone wild!!!----Parents held responsible for ‘unsubstantiated’ neglect. “‘Free-range’ parents …
Instapundit » Blog Archive » TAR. FEATHERS. Parents held responsible for ‘unsubstantiated’ neglect. “‘Free-range’ parents …:
TAR. FEATHERS.
“‘Free-range’ parents have been found ‘responsible’ for ‘unsubstantiated’ child neglect because they let their kids — ages 10 and 6 — walk home from a park near their Maryland home, reports the Washington Post.
Montgomery County Child Protective Services investigated Danielle and Alexander Meitiv’s parenting for two months before reaching that Orwellian verdict.”
TAR. FEATHERS.
Montgomery County Child Protective Services investigated Danielle and Alexander Meitiv’s parenting for two months before reaching that Orwellian verdict.”
"I would rather live in a world where bureaucrats who behaved this way faced tarring and feathering on a regular basis, than a world in which they feel free to perpetrate such outrages without consequence."
Three Excuses Coming From Dems on Hillary Clinton’s Email Scandal — Number Two Is Something Else | TheBlaze.com
Three Excuses Coming From Dems on Hillary Clinton’s Email Scandal — Number Two Is Something Else | TheBlaze.com:
"Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, is just one of the Republicans to accuse Clinton of failing to follow federal records law.
“The use of a personal e-mail address to skirt public records laws, aside from failing to meet the security standards one would expect of the nation’s top diplomat, enabled Clinton to shield her official communications from scrutiny by the media and the American public,” he said, according to Fox News."
"Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, is just one of the Republicans to accuse Clinton of failing to follow federal records law.
“The use of a personal e-mail address to skirt public records laws, aside from failing to meet the security standards one would expect of the nation’s top diplomat, enabled Clinton to shield her official communications from scrutiny by the media and the American public,” he said, according to Fox News."
Yes. Democrat "medicine" will come to EVERY state------Baker budget: Slash Medicaid to help close massive $1.8B gap
Baker budget: Slash Medicaid to help close massive $1.8B gap | Boston Herald:
"The state is staring down a $1.8 billion budget gap entering next fiscal year, Gov. Charlie Baker will announce today when he unveils his first budget — a $38 billion proposal that includes deep cuts to the state’s Medicaid program but keeps his vow not to raise taxes.
The deficit, which Baker is expected to detail at an afternoon press conference, is driven in part by nearly a $1 billion in new net spending at MassHealth and exceeds even the projections of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, which had pegged the total gap at $1.5 billion in recent weeks.
...To close the gap, Baker wants to slice $761 million from the mammoth state Medicaid program, including through a review of the eligibility of more than 1.2 million subscribers, which his budget team estimates will save $210 million.
...Among other health-care reforms, the governor proposes limiting opioid prescriptions to 14 days and not increasing reimbursement rates to nursing homes.
Baker’s budget also would eliminate payments for chiropractic services through the state program — the only benefit directly cut or reduced, aides said — which will amount to $300,000 in savings."
"The state is staring down a $1.8 billion budget gap entering next fiscal year, Gov. Charlie Baker will announce today when he unveils his first budget — a $38 billion proposal that includes deep cuts to the state’s Medicaid program but keeps his vow not to raise taxes.
...To close the gap, Baker wants to slice $761 million from the mammoth state Medicaid program, including through a review of the eligibility of more than 1.2 million subscribers, which his budget team estimates will save $210 million.
...Among other health-care reforms, the governor proposes limiting opioid prescriptions to 14 days and not increasing reimbursement rates to nursing homes.
Baker’s budget also would eliminate payments for chiropractic services through the state program — the only benefit directly cut or reduced, aides said — which will amount to $300,000 in savings."
BREAKING: Benghazi Panel Issuing Subpoenas For More Clinton Emails
BREAKING: Benghazi Panel Issuing Subpoenas For More Clinton Emails:
"The Associated Press reported on Wednesday that a computer server that sent and received Clinton’s emails, on a private account she used exclusively for official business while secretary of state, traced back to an Internet service registered to her New York home under an unknown man’s name. Clinton never set up a government email for her communications while serving as the country’s top diplomat."
"The Associated Press reported on Wednesday that a computer server that sent and received Clinton’s emails, on a private account she used exclusively for official business while secretary of state, traced back to an Internet service registered to her New York home under an unknown man’s name. Clinton never set up a government email for her communications while serving as the country’s top diplomat."Warren Buffett To Al Sharpton, The 1% Makes 19% Of All Income, Pays 49% Of All Taxes
Warren Buffett To Al Sharpton, The 1% Makes 19% Of All Income, Pays 49% Of All Taxes - Forbes:
"There is still considerable discussion about the 1% and whether they take more than they contribute to society.
Yet Congress’s Joint Tax Committee says the top 1% pays 49% of all income taxes.
...At the other end of the 1% extreme–but still a one percenter–is Al Sharpton.
Rev. Sharpton is famous for his protests, and of late, for his ties to White House, despite his tax debts.
Mr. Sharpton’s problems appear to more in the nature of collection and cash management.
...The Joint Committee on Taxation has released Fairness and Tax Policy, and the Senate Finance Committee has just held hearings on Fairness in Taxation.
The report reveals that for 2015, the top 10% (in terms of income) of all tax returns collect 45% of all income.
They also pay 82% of all income taxes.
The top 5% of all tax returns receive 34% of all income and pay 71% of all income taxes.
The top one percent of all tax returns receives 19% of all income and pay 49% of all income taxes...
"There is still considerable discussion about the 1% and whether they take more than they contribute to society.
Yet Congress’s Joint Tax Committee says the top 1% pays 49% of all income taxes.
...At the other end of the 1% extreme–but still a one percenter–is Al Sharpton.
Mr. Sharpton’s problems appear to more in the nature of collection and cash management.
...The Joint Committee on Taxation has released Fairness and Tax Policy, and the Senate Finance Committee has just held hearings on Fairness in Taxation.
The report reveals that for 2015, the top 10% (in terms of income) of all tax returns collect 45% of all income.
They also pay 82% of all income taxes.
The top 5% of all tax returns receive 34% of all income and pay 71% of all income taxes.
The top one percent of all tax returns receives 19% of all income and pay 49% of all income taxes...
The One Word Dozens of House Members are Using to Describe Obama’s Proposed Ammo Ban | TheBlaze.com
The One Word Dozens of House Members are Using to Describe Obama’s Proposed Ammo Ban | TheBlaze.com:
"Instead of worrying about ammo commonly used by legal sportsmen, sportswomen and hunters, the letter said ATF should be worrying more about more deadly rounds that criminals are using.
“ATF should refocus its efforts on serious threats to law enforcement officers from specially designed armor piercing projectiles that are intended for use in the sort of handguns commonly carried and concealed by criminals,” they wrote. “Under no circumstances should AFT adopt a standard that will ban ammunition that is overwhelmingly used by law-abiding Americans for legitimate purposes.”
Read their letter below, which includes typewritten names at the very bottom:"
"Instead of worrying about ammo commonly used by legal sportsmen, sportswomen and hunters, the letter said ATF should be worrying more about more deadly rounds that criminals are using.
“ATF should refocus its efforts on serious threats to law enforcement officers from specially designed armor piercing projectiles that are intended for use in the sort of handguns commonly carried and concealed by criminals,” they wrote. “Under no circumstances should AFT adopt a standard that will ban ammunition that is overwhelmingly used by law-abiding Americans for legitimate purposes.”Read their letter below, which includes typewritten names at the very bottom:"
Big deal. It was yesterday-----Today is National Grammar Day: March 4 ('March forth')
Today is National Grammar Day: March 4 ('March forth') » AEI | Carpe Diem Blog » AEIdeas
(“March Forth”) is National Grammar Day. In past years, the National Grammar Day organization promoted the annual date as follows:
“Language is something to be celebrated, and March 4 is the perfect day to do it. It’s not only a date, it’s an imperative: March forth on March 4 to speak well, write well, and help others do the same!”
(“March Forth”) is National Grammar Day. In past years, the National Grammar Day organization promoted the annual date as follows:
“Language is something to be celebrated, and March 4 is the perfect day to do it. It’s not only a date, it’s an imperative: March forth on March 4 to speak well, write well, and help others do the same!”
To celebrate National Grammar Day, here are my top 10 grammar-related items:
1. It’s vs. Its I. I frequently post on CD about my personal choice for the most common grammar/spelling/punctuation mistake in the English language: the frequent misuse of “it’s” (contraction for “it is”) when it should be “its” (possessive). Here’s some evidence for my claim that this is the most common mistake:
Exhibit A: A Google search shows more than 100,000 results for the incorrect phrase “meet it’s obligations.”
Exhibit B: A Google search finds more than 15 million! results for the incorrect phrase “at it’s best.”
Exhibit C: A Google search for the incorrect phrase “it’s fullest” finds more than 400,000 results.
Exhibit D: Do a Google search for “in it’s own right,” and you’ll get more than 400,000 results.
Exhibit E: See the sign in the photo above.
What’s so difficult about such a simple grammar/spelling/punctuation rule that is supposed to be taught in grade school? It’s really pretty basic: “It’s” is always a contraction for “it is,” and if you can’t substitute “it is” for “it’s” in a sentence, you know it’s wrong, e.g. “the company couldn’t meet it’s obligation,” and “boxing at it’s best” are both wrong because you can’t substitute “it is” in those sentences for “it’s.”
2. It’s vs. Its II. From the comment section of CD and from the web, here are some recent examples of the misuse of it’s for its:
a. The nominal minimum wage might be rising but it’s actual value is not.
b. …. almost every county in US has it’s own….
c. …..income disparity is at it’s worst in 100 years.
d. To hedge it’s currency risk…..
e. Niman Ranch may be most well known for it’s award winning pork.
f. ….decentralization does not work the way it’s proponents claim.
3. Zero Tolerance CEO. Kyle Wiens, CEO of iFixit, the largest online repair community, and founder of Dozuki, a software company dedicated to helping manufacturers publish amazing documentation, explains on the Harvard Business Review blog why “I Won’t Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here’s Why,” here’s a slice:
On the face of it, my zero tolerance approach to grammar errors might seem a little unfair. After all, grammar has nothing to do with job performance, or creativity, or intelligence, right? Wrong. If it takes someone more than 20 years to notice how to properly use “it’s,” then that’s not a learning curve I’m comfortable with. So, even in this hyper-competitive market, I will pass on a great programmer who cannot write.Grammar signifies more than just a person’s ability to remember high school English. I’ve found that people who make fewer mistakes on a grammar test also make fewer mistakes when they are doing something completely unrelated to writing — like stocking shelves or labeling parts.I hire people who care about those details. Applicants who don’t think writing is important are likely to think lots of other (important) things also aren’t important. And I guarantee that even if other companies aren’t issuing grammar tests, they pay attention to sloppy mistakes on résumés. After all, sloppy is as sloppy does.That’s why I grammar test people who walk in the door looking for a job. Grammar is my litmus test. All applicants say they’re detail-oriented; I just make my employees prove it.
4. The Skills Gap Employers are Most Concerned About Today? Writing.
5. What Corporate American Can’t Build? A sentence.
6. The Bad Grammar Epidemic, from the WSJ in 2012: Managers are fighting an epidemic of bad grammar in the workplace.
7. How’s Your Grammar? Take a 22-question quiz that accompanied the WSJ article above.
8. Apostrophe Abuse. a) America’s apostrophe catastrophe: What’s with the growing misuse of that puny piece of punctuation? by Arianna Huffington in Salon, b) ApostropheAbuse.com, and c) the UK-based Apostrophe Protection Society.
It's ALWAYS abour saving bank profits. Not people.-----IMF Director Admits: Greek Bailout Was "To Save German & French Banks"
IMF Director Admits: Greek Bailout Was "To Save German & French Banks" | Zero Hedge:
For the first time in public, though practically the entire world assumed it, an official from The IMF has admitted that the various Greek bailouts were not for The Greeks at all...
"They gave money to save German and French banks, not Greece,” Paolo Batista, one of the Executive Directors of International Monetary Fund told Greek private Alpha TV on Tuesday.
As KeepTalkingGreece reports,Batista then went on to strongly criticized not only the euro zone and the European Central Bank but also the IMF and the Fund’s managing Director Christine Lagarde for defending Europe much too much...
For the first time in public, though practically the entire world assumed it, an official from The IMF has admitted that the various Greek bailouts were not for The Greeks at all...
As KeepTalkingGreece reports,Batista then went on to strongly criticized not only the euro zone and the European Central Bank but also the IMF and the Fund’s managing Director Christine Lagarde for defending Europe much too much...
Oops!
"The Greek issues were not the best handled by The IMF... They put too much of a burden on Greece and not enough of a burden on Greece's creditors"
"The Greek issues were not the best handled by The IMF... They put too much of a burden on Greece and not enough of a burden on Greece's creditors"
Stop the Insanity: BBQ pitmasters told to take down American flags
Stop the Insanity: BBQ pitmasters told to take down American flags | Fox News
Nothing says America quite like smoking a pork butt and flying Old Glory.
Nothing says America quite like smoking a pork butt and flying Old Glory.
“The sport of professional barbecue is extremely American and family oriented,”said pitmaster Jeff Petkevicius.
So you can imagine Jeff’s extreme displeasure when organizers of an Alabama barbecue competition ordered him – along with other competitors to take down the American flags hanging from their barbecue trailers.
The star-spangled banner has survived bombs bursting in air and the rocket’s red glare – only to be done-in by an ordinance that doesn’t exist.
It happened Feb. 27th at the Sam’s Club National BBQ Competition in Daphne, Ala., sponsored by the Kansas City Barbecue Society.
...Last Friday Jeff rolled into town with his barbecue trailer and promptly hoisted Old Glory.
Not too long after, one of the organizers of the event told Jeff to take down the flag.
...So why were the patriotic pitmasters told to take down the flags?
Jeff said they were told by event organizers that the flags violated a city ordinance in Daphne.
But that allegation turned out to be false.
But that allegation turned out to be false.
“No one from the city advised or asked anyone to take down flags of any type,” Mayor Dane Haygood told me.
“”We proudly and boldly display American flags and we encourage everyone in the community to do the same.”
“”We proudly and boldly display American flags and we encourage everyone in the community to do the same.”
It turns out the order to remove the flags came from the tour director of the Kansas City Barbecue Society.
“As a measure of precaution, we asked everyone to take down any kind of signs or any kind of flags that were being displayed,” spokesman Mike McCloud told me.
“It turned out that some of those happened to be American flags.”
“It turned out that some of those happened to be American flags.”
...As politically correct as our nation has become,
I never thought I would see the day when American flags would be banned from a barbecue competition. That’s something you would expect to happen at a vegetarian cook-off."
I never thought I would see the day when American flags would be banned from a barbecue competition. That’s something you would expect to happen at a vegetarian cook-off."
Ben Carson Clashes With CNN Anchor About Whether Being Gay Is a Choice — and Offers Up This Example to Support His Claim | Video | TheBlaze.com
Ben Carson Clashes With CNN Anchor About Whether Being Gay Is a Choice — and Offers Up This Example to Support His Claim | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"Carson made this claim during an interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo that aired on Wednesday, making the proclamation after he outlined his contention that states, rather than federal courts, should handle civil issues like marriage."
"Carson made this claim during an interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo that aired on Wednesday, making the proclamation after he outlined his contention that states, rather than federal courts, should handle civil issues like marriage."Lies and promises from the government that tells us there's nomoney for road repair----Detroit-based Exxodus Pictures awarded $1.3 million from state for 3 made-in-Michigan films
Detroit-based Exxodus Pictures awarded $1.3 million from state for 3 made-in-Michigan films | Crain's Detroit Business:
Exxodus Pictures LLC, based in the Madison Building in downtown Detroit, has been awarded $1.3 million in incentives to shoot three feature-length films in Michigan.
The projects are expected to generate 99 jobs, including 20 full-time, and $3.7 million in production expenditures, according to a news release from the Michigan Economic Development Corp.
These are the first projects approved by the state for fiscal year 2015.
Reasons Why East Lansing, MI Is America's Best College Town
Nate Silver, Magic Johnson, and Burgerama: Reasons Why East Lansing, MI Is America's Best College Town:
The two Spartys rule
One is a svelte, semi-nude copper statue (formerly a terracotta warrior) in the middle of campus, who is annually fiercely guarded from vandalism attacks by Wolverines. The other is a gigantic, hyper-steroidal, sideline-dwelling badass with a giant chin and biceps that make Schwarzenegger’s seem flabby. Suck it, Gerard Butler. These are the real Spartans.
One is a svelte, semi-nude copper statue (formerly a terracotta warrior) in the middle of campus, who is annually fiercely guarded from vandalism attacks by Wolverines. The other is a gigantic, hyper-steroidal, sideline-dwelling badass with a giant chin and biceps that make Schwarzenegger’s seem flabby. Suck it, Gerard Butler. These are the real Spartans.
The campus is an aphrodisiac
State’s one of the most walkable and beautiful campuses in the country, and pretty much any area is good for a cheap date or a pre-hookup courtship. In the fall, the colors rival New England. In the winter, the Red Cedar looks like a Hallmark card. That’s to say nothing about kicking it outside Beaumont Tower, checking out a show at the Wharton, or perusing the horticulture gardens, which include an indoor butterfly house. Seriously. Chicks love butterflies!
History for March 5
History for March 5 - On-This-Day.com:
Gerhardus Mercator 1512 - Flemish mapmaker, William Oughtred 1575 - Mathematician, credited with inventing the slide rule, Antoine Cadillac 1658 - Founder of Detroit, MI
Emmett J. Culligan 1893 - Water treatment pioneer, Penn Jillett 1955 - Magician (Penn and Teller), Andy Gibb 1958 - Singer
1624 - In the American colony of Virginia, the upper class was exempted from whipping by legislation.
1770 - "The Boston Massacre" took place when British troops fired on a crowd in Boston killing five people. Two British troops were later convicted of manslaughter.
1836 - Samuel Colt's Patent Arms Manufacturing of Paterson, New Jersey, was chartered by the New Jersey legislature.
1845 - The U.S. Congress appropriated $30,000 to ship camels to the western U.S.
1872 - George Westinghouse patented the air brake.
1918 - The Soviets moved the capital of Russia from Petrograd to Moscow.
1922 - "Annie Oakley" (Phoebe Ann Moses) broke all existing records for women's trap shooting. She hit 98 out of 100 targets.
1933 - The Nazi Party won 44 percent of the vote in German parliamentary elections.
1946 - Winston Churchill delivered his "Iron Curtain Speech".
1984 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that cities had the right to display the Nativity scene as part of their Christmas display.
1993 - Cuban President Fidel Castro said that Hillary Clinton was "a beautiful woman."
Gerhardus Mercator 1512 - Flemish mapmaker, William Oughtred 1575 - Mathematician, credited with inventing the slide rule, Antoine Cadillac 1658 - Founder of Detroit, MI
Emmett J. Culligan 1893 - Water treatment pioneer, Penn Jillett 1955 - Magician (Penn and Teller), Andy Gibb 1958 - Singer
1624 - In the American colony of Virginia, the upper class was exempted from whipping by legislation.
1770 - "The Boston Massacre" took place when British troops fired on a crowd in Boston killing five people. Two British troops were later convicted of manslaughter.
1836 - Samuel Colt's Patent Arms Manufacturing of Paterson, New Jersey, was chartered by the New Jersey legislature.
1845 - The U.S. Congress appropriated $30,000 to ship camels to the western U.S.
1872 - George Westinghouse patented the air brake.
1918 - The Soviets moved the capital of Russia from Petrograd to Moscow.
1922 - "Annie Oakley" (Phoebe Ann Moses) broke all existing records for women's trap shooting. She hit 98 out of 100 targets.
1933 - The Nazi Party won 44 percent of the vote in German parliamentary elections.
1946 - Winston Churchill delivered his "Iron Curtain Speech".
1984 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that cities had the right to display the Nativity scene as part of their Christmas display.
1993 - Cuban President Fidel Castro said that Hillary Clinton was "a beautiful woman."
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