History for April 6 - On-This-Day.com

History for April 6 - On-This-Day.com:
Walter Huston (Houghston) 1884 - Actor (Treasure of the Sierra Madre [1948]), Lowell Thomas 1892 - Broadcaster, journalist, Merle Haggard 1937 - Country musician, songwriter 


Billy Dee (December) Williams 1937 - Actor ("Brian's Song", "The Return of the Jedi", "Batman"), John Ratzenberger 1947 - Actor ("Cheers"), Vince Flynn 1966 - Author 


1830 - Joseph Smith and five others organized the Mormon Church in western New York. 


1862 - The American Civil War Battle of Shiloh began in Tennessee. 


1896 - The first modern Olympic Games began in Athens, Greece. 


1903 - French Army Nationalists were revealed for forging documents to guarantee a conviction for Alfred Dryfus. 


1909 - Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson claimed to be the first men to reach the North Pole. 


1916 - Charlie Chaplin became the highest-paid film star in the world when he signed a contract with Mutual Film Corporation for $675,000 a year. He was 26 years old. 


1917 - The U.S. Congress approved a declaration of war on Germany and entered World War I on the Allied side. 


1965 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorized the use of ground troops in combat operations in Vietnam. 


1987 - The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 2,400 for the first time. 

1987 - Sugar Ray Leonard took the middleweight title from Marvin Hagler. 


1998 - The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 9,000 points for the first time. 


1998 - Pakistan successfully tested medium-range missiles capable of attacking neighboring India. 

Hillary Clinton CLEARLY LIED and these Emails Prove It! - Eagle Rising

Hillary Clinton CLEARLY LIED and these Emails Prove It! - Eagle Rising:

"So, one of the most corrupt women from one of the most corrupt families in the united States wants to be president, but she doesn't have a clue about national security as evidenced in Benghazi and her criminal actions in which she violated federal law by setting up an illegal email server. I think she might be better suited for a rock quarry at this point than the Oval Office, but it's her lies about it all that are right in the faces of the people of America without any justice being rendered on this 60's radical hag."

What could possibly go wrong?---Obama Admin Quietly Trying To Bring More Central American Immigrants To U.S. With New Program

Obama Admin Quietly Trying To Bring More Central American Immigrants To U.S. With New Program - Fox Nation:
The Obama administration is moving forward with a little-known program that will bring the families of legal immigrants from Central America to the United States.
The Obama administration launched the program, the Central American Minors Refugee/Parole Program, in December, minus any legislation from Congress, but hasn’t widely advertised it yet.
The joint program between the State Department and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is bringing in primarily children (under 21) and in certain cases, grandchildren and spouses of immigrants who are from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.

Pigs Eat Free! Michelle Obama’s School Lunches Tossed by Kids, End Up in Farm Animals | John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Pigs Eat Free! Michelle Obama’s School Lunches Tossed by Kids, End Up in Farm Animals | John Hawkins' Right Wing News:

"While no one can blame Wade and other farmers for utilizing this newly available resource for the betterment of their animals, American taxpayers might not like the idea that their money is going to feed pigs instead of children.

Saner heads might suggest the best way to stop waste is not to create it in the first place.

Here’s the cold, hard truth: those who promote a nannystate should remember that Americans do not easily accept a government that rules under the premise of “we know what’s best.” The fact that Michelle’s “healthy food” is so universally despised indicates that this entire campaign has been a complete failure."

Michigan Medicaid expansion only 2 years old and broke. Big time!!---Blue Cross cash kept HMO afloat

Blue Cross cash kept HMO afloat - Crain's Detroit Business:
"Blue Cross Complete, a Medicaid HMO owned by Blue Care Network, needed a $30 million cash infusion last year to stay financially solvent and meet the state's reserve requirements.
Under health care reform and Healthy Michigan Medicaid expansion, Blue Cross Complete has more than tripled in size to more than 75,000 members in the three Southeast Michigan counties where it is licensed to do business.
...But Blue Cross Complete — one of two Medicaid HMOs that lost money in 2014 — has lost $22.7 million during the last two years, according to annual reports filed to the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services.
Flint-based HealthPlus Partners lost $8.9 million in 2014"

How can this possibly be true?----Gallup Daily: Obama Job Approval 50%

This does not bode well for the future of civilization.
Gallup Daily: Obama Job Approval:
Each result is based on a three-day rolling average

"Weeks after leaving office, Obama discovers a leak under his sink so he calls a plumber to fix it..."

"Weeks after leaving office, Obama discovers a leak under his sink so he calls a plumber to fix it...":

"The Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, is a socialist scheme that does nothing more than funnel money away from the successful and into the hands of the not-so-successful.

While it might sound charitable at first glance, be very wary, for socialism in any form always produces the most horrific of results, as this example demonstrates:"

How Many People Will Have To Migrate Out Of California When All The Water Disappears?

How Many People Will Have To Migrate Out Of California When All The Water Disappears? | Zero Hedge:

The drought in California is getting a lot worse. 
As you read this, snowpack levels in the Sierra Nevada mountains are the lowest that have ever been recorded. 
That means that there won’t be much water for California farmers and California cities once again this year. 
To make up the difference in recent years, water has been pumped out of the ground like crazy.
In fact, California has been losing more than 12 million acre-feet of groundwater a year since 2011, and wells all over the state are going dry.  
Once the groundwater is all gone, what are people going to do? 

100 years ago, the population of the state of California was 3 million, and during the 20th century we built lots of beautiful new cities in an area that was previously a desert. Scientists tell us that the 20th century was the wettest century in 1000 years for that area of the country, but now weather patterns are reverting back to normal.  
Today, the state of California is turning back into a desert but it now has a population of 38 million people.  
This is not sustainable in the long-term.  
So when the water runs out, where are they going to go?

...California farmers rely on that water.  Last year, farmers had to let hundreds of thousands of acres lie fallow because of the scarcity of water, and it is being projected that this year will be even worse…

More than 400,000 acres of farmland were fallowed last year because of scarce water. Credible sources have estimated that figure could double this year.

Fortunately, many farmers have been able to rely on groundwater in recent years, but now wells are running dry all over the state. 
Here is more from NPR…

Another one bites the dust?---Report: Fate of The Detroit News could soon be decided

Report: Fate of The Detroit News could soon be decided - Crain's Detroit Business

How Worried Should U.S. Be About These Two Significant Statistics About the Job Market? | TheBlaze.com

How Worried Should U.S. Be About These Two Significant Statistics About the Job Market? | TheBlaze.com:

"Many Americans remain out of the labor force, partly because many baby boomers are reaching retirement age. The percentage of Americans either working or looking for work fell in March to 62.7 percent, the lowest such rate since 1978. That trend illustrates that one reason the unemployment rate is low is that many people without jobs are no longer seeking work and so aren’t counted as unemployed.

The Fed signaled last month that it would gradually raise rates from record lows. March’s weak hiring could delay an increase until September or later."

Comparison: Previous Obama Demands vs. Terms of New Nuclear Framework - Guy Benson

Comparison: Previous Obama Demands vs. Terms of New Nuclear Framework - Guy Benson
President Obama insists that his administration's preliminary outline of a nuclear deal with Iran is a "good deal," and the best option the West could have hoped for. Despite asserting for years that no deal would be preferable to an overly-permissive one, the White House now presents its proto-agreement as the only real alternative to all-out war. 
This line of argument relies on a now-familiar demagogic construction from Obama: "It's my way, or catastrophe -- and those who disagree are reckless ideologues."  
In examining the terms of the agreement, however, one is struck by how far it strays from the administration's stated goals heading into negotiations.  
Obama has moved the goalposts dramatically (as is his wont) and is hoping that observers will simply disregard his previous statements and stances (as has long been his wont).  
The Washington Post's editorial board declines to wipe its collective memory and mindlessly pick up pom-poms for Obama's new definition of what constitutes an acceptable bargain. 
 The stinging opening passage from their tough house editorial entitled, "Obama's Iran deal falls far short of his own goals:..."

DOWN WIND - Wind Farm documentary - FULL DOC in HD

Down Wind is the explosive documentary that examines Ontario's controversial rush into industrial wind farm development. 
Produced by Surge Media, Down Wind exposes how this Canadian provinces' green energy dream turned into a nightmare for rural residents forced to live among the towering 50 storey turbines. 
We hear searing, personal stories of people experiencing mysterious health problems, insomnia, depression, even thoughts of suicide; their lives turned upside down by the constant noise and vibrations given off by the massive wind turbines. 
The documentary also reveals the staggering economic costs of these wind farms to taxpayers with huge subsidies going to big wind corporations. 
And how inside connections have made some government cronies wealthy, while rural communities suffer. 
The film aired on Canada's Sun News Network. 
Media write up here: http://www.torontosun.com/2014/05/31/.... 
For more information contact: jeff.wigle@surgemedia.ca.

Today In History April 5

Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
Thomas Hobbes 1588, Elihu Yale 1649, Joseph Lister 1827 - British surgeon, inventor (Listerine mouthwash), Booker T. Washington 1856 - Educator, author (Up From Slavery),



Spencer (Bonaventure) Tracy 1900 - Actor ("Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941]"), Bette (Ruth Elizabeth) Davis 1908 - Actress ("Dangerous", "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"), Gregory Peck 1916 - Actor ("To Kill a Mockingbird [1962]", "The Guns of Navarone", "Captain Horatio Hornblower"),



Arthur Hailey 1920 - Author (Airport, The Final Diagnosis), Gale Storm (Josephine Cottle) 1922 - Singer ("Ivory Tower"), actress ("My Little Margie"), Colin Powell 1937 - U.S. Secretary of State, four-star general, Chairman of U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff



Dr. Judith A. Resnik 1949 - Electric engineer, astronaut, Agnetha Faltskog 1950 - Singer (ABBA), Brad Van Pelt 1951 - Football player


1614 - American Indian Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia.


1806 - Isaac Quintard patented the cider mill.


1887 - Anne Sullivan taught Helen Keller the meaning of the word "water" as spelled out in the manual alphabet.


1923 - Firestone Tire and Rubber Company began the first regular production of balloon tires.


1985 - John McEnroe said "any man can beat any woman at any sport, especially tennis."J 


1987 - FOX Broadcasting Company launched "Married....With Children" and "The Tracey Ullman Show". The two shows were the beginning of the FOX lineup.


2009 - North Korea launched the Kwangmyongsong-2 rocket, prompting an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council.

America is Losing what Made Us Special - Which Means Collapse Won't be Far Behind - Eagle Rising

America is Losing what Made Us Special - Which Means Collapse Won't be Far Behind - Eagle Rising:

"Every nation in history that collapsed from anything other than direct and immediate invasion, was a victim of its own internal failures. Rome fell, the Chinese dynasties collapsed, and even the great tsardom of Russia eventually deteriorated from the interior out. Intellect fell by the wayside, and power was usurped by individuals who were strong but not necessarily intellectual – powerful, but not intuitive. Greed and intimidation became the new gods. Intellect, compassion, and logic were driven out by the wolves in the pack, and only domination and deceit remained.

What made America unique for so long, was that we refused to allow the wolves to rule. We set standards of morality for the nation, and created failsafe devices in our Constitution so that this couldn’t happen to us."

Madison, Wis. is the first city to make atheists a protected class

» Madison, Wis. is the first city to make atheists a protected class » News -- GOPUSA: "Discrimination against atheism was banned on Tuesday in Madison, Wis., after a city council vote -- a first in the United States.
"Nonreligion" was added as a protected class by the Common Council under the city's equal opportunity ordinance. 
The legislation was co-sponsored by 14 of the council's 20 members and was approved without objection.
"This is important because I believe it is only fair that if we protect religion, in all its varieties, we should also protect non-religion from discrimination.
It's only fair," ordinance sponsor Anita Weier said.
"There are many categories that are protected... and it did occur to me that if religion was then perhaps the opposite should be."

Netanyahu: ‘The Survival of Israel Is Non-Negotiable’ | TheBlaze.com

Netanyahu: ‘The Survival of Israel Is Non-Negotiable’ | TheBlaze.com:

“Well, I want to make clear to all. The survival of Israel is non-negotiable,” he added. “Israel will not accept an agreement which allows a country that vows to annihilate us to develop nuclear weapons, period.”

“In addition, Israel demands that any final agreement with Iran will include a clear and unambiguous Iranian recognition of Israel’s right to exist,” Netanyahu concluded."

Spring Break Violence is a Black College Thing

Articles: Spring Break Violence is a Black College Thing:

Being a self-proclaimed "simple man," Bill O’Reilly has no reason to know about the long history of black mob violence associated with Spring Break.
So earlier this week when he wanted to know why seven black people were shot following a large fight at a large party in Panama City, Florida, O’Reilly was probably not aware that just few weeks before, a group of black people attacked Dak Prescott, a Heisman Trophy candidate from Mississippi State. They left the dazed quarterback on his back in a parking lot, his assailants doing the victory dance on social media. 
On video.
Nor was he aware that the vast majority of violence and gunplay getting so much attention at Panama Beach City is more than just a “young person” thing. 
It’s a black thing. 
So trying to understand a problem he misstated, he was flummoxed.
...That left just one guest to explain it all to the Big Man: Former Washington Postand NPR guru Juan Williams. 
He surprised a lot of people in two ways: 1) Knowing the truth. 2) Speaking the truth.
Williams reminded O’Reilly of Freaknik, the annual celebration of black violence and anarchy that got so bad that even the Chocolate City of Atlanta had to pull the welcome mat. Then he mentioned Urban Beach Week in Miami Beach -- only reporters call it anything but Black Beach Week -- and how that was a celebration of chaos and violence as well.
...But large-scale and persistent mob violence during Spring Break is a black thing. 
Or as the t-shirts say: A Black College Thing.

3 in 4 Refugees On Food Stamps, Many Using Other Forms Of Public Assistance

3 in 4 Refugees On Food Stamps, Many Using Other Forms Of Public Assistance - Breitbart
A strikingly high percentage of refugees to the United States use some form of public assistance, according to a government report to Congress.
The Office of Refugee Resettlement’s Annual Report to Congress for FY2013 reveals that nearly 3 in 4 refugees were on food stamps....
Refugees from Africa and the Middle East were the heaviest users of cash assistance at 61.9 percent and 68.3 percent respectively.
...The use of food stamps — or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — also varied with 88.9 percent of refugees from Africa, 91.4 percent of Middle Eastern refugees,  the Middle East, 72.9 percent of South Asia, and 36.7 percent of Latin American refugees using the benefit.

Check out Tom Izzo in 1977 coaching up high school kids at first job

Check out Tom Izzo in 1977 coaching up high school kids at first job | FOX Sports:
"We're a couple days away from Throwback Thursday but the time machine is ready early in light of these 1977 photos showing longtime Michigan Spartans skipper Tom Izzo during his first coaching gig at Ishpeming High School, which is located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
He was 22 years old in 1977.
Take a look (click either one to enlarge):"

Guess what the Iranians are claiming in the wake of international nuke framework | TheBlaze.com

Guess what the Iranians are claiming in the wake of international nuke framework | TheBlaze.com:

"Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Friday claimed a major victory in his negotiations with the U.S. and other world powers, by noting that Iran will still be able to enrich uranium on its own soil under the nuclear agreement announced this week.

“One promise was that the centrifuges have to spin, and at the same time, people’s life should go on smoothly,” Rouhani said through an interpreter in an address to his country Friday."

Russia Expected to Escalate War in Ukraine Soon

Russia Expected to Escalate War in Ukraine Soon | World Affairs Journal:
"That’s what a number of prominent experts think.
Andrii Parubii, the vice speaker of Ukraine’s Parliament and former national security adviser, stated on March 27th that there is a “high risk” of a “full-scale military operation” in the next few weeks. 
An expert team led by Wesley Clark, a retired US Army general and former NATO supreme allied commander, informed the Atlantic Council in Washington on March 30th that “Ukrainian forces expect [an] attack within the next 60 days.
...No one knows why.
Has Vladimir Putin been skittish about the risks involved?
Did he just make a mistake and fail to seize the best opportunity to attack—i.e., anytime in the first few months after the Maidan Revolution?
Or has he been developing fiendishly clever plans and sharpening his knives?  "

How the Pentagon Lost Track of $45 Billion Is... Ridiculous

How the Pentagon Lost Track of $45 Billion Is... Ridiculous | The Daily Sheeple

Since 2002, Congress has set aside $104 billion specifically to rebuild Afghanistan.
Of that, $66 billion went to the Pentagon.

Recently, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction asked the military to account for all that spending. 
It couldn’t. 
According to a new report from SIGAR, the Pentagon only knows how it spent a third of its reconstruction budget.

That’s $45 billion dollars the military can’t track and the reason is … ridiculous.
According to SIGAR, the Pentagon didn’t check a box on an electronic form when it filed the information in government databases.

It didn’t break any rules when it did this, and has since fixed the oversight that led to the underreporting, but it’s cold comfort for taxpayers who will probably never know how the U.S. military spent that money in Afghanistan.

The Shanker scenario

The Shanker scenario | Power Line:
Kerry’s column is headlined “A critical deal with Iran, but more work to be done.”

Kerry writes:

On Thursday, the United States, Iran, and our negotiating partners from the UN Security Council and European Union agreed on the parameters of a plan that, if finalized and implemented, will prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. Let’s call this talking point one:

Is there anyone who seriously believes this? 
President Obama (his statement is here) and Secretary Kerry repeat this talking point (and all the rest) like synchronized swimmers performing a routine. 
The fact that they do so in light of what they have wrought demonstrates two things: (1) they will say anything in the service of a bad cause, and (2) they think we’re really, really stupid.

What is the US Army Not Telling Us About Bowe Bergdahl’s Alleged Desertion? | TheBlaze.com

What is the US Army Not Telling Us About Bowe Bergdahl’s Alleged Desertion? | TheBlaze.com:

"Fortunately, Judicial Watch, the non-partisan government watchdog group based in Washington D.C., is stepping up to ask the right questions and pull out pertinent information Obama administration officials are working to conceal.

One big question that stands out here is what persuaded Hagel to conclude that the five terrorists are no longer a danger to the U.S.?"

Liberal haters are loonies too!---Memories Pizza Was an INSIDE JOB!!! Angry Bitter Liberals Are Turning to PIZZA TRUTHER Conspiracy Theories!

Memories Pizza Was an INSIDE JOB!!! Angry Bitter Liberals Are Turning to PIZZA TRUTHER Conspiracy Theories!:

"I’ve been seeing a lot of liberals absolutely fuming that people are supporting the Christian owners of the Indiana Pizzeria that’s been mercilessly attacked by anti-Religious Rights advocates.
But that isn’t enough to vent their bitter fury, so they’re turning to a conspiracy theory to explain the outpouring of support for Memories Pizza!"

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