History for May 11

History for May 11 - On-This-Day.com
Irving Berlin 1888 - Composer, lyricist, Salvador Dali (Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech) 1904 - Surrealist painter, Phil Silvers 1912 - Entertainer, comedy actor ("The Phil Silvers Show"), known as "The King of Chutzpah" 



Louis Farrakhan (Louis Eugene Walcott) 1933 - National Representative of the Nation of Islam, Eric Burdon 1941 - Musician (The Animals), Dr. Robert Jarvik 1946 - Scientist, researcher, entrepreneur 


0330 - Constantinople, previously the town of Byzantium, was founded. 


1910 - Glacier National Park in Montana was established. 


1934 - A severe two-day dust storm stripped the topsoil from the great plains of the U.S. and created a "Dust Bowl." The storm was one of many. 


1947 - The creation of the tubeless tire was announced by the B.F. Goodrich Company. 


1949 - Siam changed its name to Thailand. 


1960 - Israeli soldiers captured Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires. 


1985 - More than 50 people died when a flash fire swept a soccer stadium in Bradford, England. 


1996 - An Atlanta-bound ValuJet DC-9 caught fire shortly after takeoff from Miami and crashed into the Florida Everglades. All 110 people on board were killed. 


1998 - A French mint produced the first coins of Europe's single currency. The coin is known as the euro.

Glenn Beck Says This Form of Taxation Is Absolutely ‘Criminal’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

Glenn Beck Says This Form of Taxation Is Absolutely ‘Criminal’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Glenn Beck on Friday condemned the estate tax as absolutely “criminal” in a heated rant on his radio program. Also known as the “death tax,” the IRS describes the estate tax as a tax on “everything you own or have certain interests in at the date of death.”

“That’s criminal!” Beck said heatedly. “I’ve already paid taxes on this! Now you’re going to take [part of] everything that I’ve earned? Everything that I’ve done so I can leave my children in a better situation?”

Finally, some passion from a republican!----Carly Fiorina Was Asked About Pamela Geller. Her Response? "What About The Freaking Terrorists?"

Carly Fiorina Was Asked About Pamela Geller. Her Response? "What About The Freaking Terrorists?" - Chicks on the Right
"I haven't heard a lot of presidential candidates address the foiled terrorist attacks surrounding the Muhammad cartoon contest. 
Either they just haven't spoken up about it or they haven't been asked about it. 
But this answer from Carly Fiorina is 100% on the money. 
Especially since the interviewer tried to corner her into condemning Pamela Geller for hosting the event (which - WHAT? Still?)

Watch. 
And be ready to cheer -

I love how she's all "Pamela Geller? Seriously? You're worried about what she's doing? Free speech takes care of her. But aren't we going to talk about how this was an ATTEMPTED TERRORIST ATTACK? On American soil? Isn't that worth talking about? Just a little?"

Brad Thor in Defense of Pamela Geller: Islam Needs More Direct Challenges, Not Less

Brad Thor in Defense of Pamela Geller: Islam Needs More Direct Challenges, Not Less | TheBlaze.com:
"But despite a litany of barbarism, the West refuses to intellectually confront the ideology fueling Islamic supremacy and its attendant acts of horror.
Worse still, the West has carved out a protected space in the public square that indemnifies the Islamic faith from having to answer for the barbarism committed daily in its name.
We have been so hobbled by political correctness, that even face-to-face with the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks we were more concerned with not offending peaceful Muslims than in calling out their passive complicity in their co-religionists’ actions.
This must end.
It must end before there is another Garland, another Fort Hood, another July 7, 2005 or another Sept. 11, 2001.
We must challenge the Islamic faith and Muslims worldwide to be worthy of their standing in the 21st century.
If yours is truly a religion of peace, then prove it. Reform the Muslim faith so that those who would do violence in the name of Islam are the ones who no longer have any leg to stand on."

No. We do NOT have ‘Unfettered Capitalism’.---175,000 Pages of Federal Regulations

‘Unfettered Capitalism’? 175,000 Pages of Federal Regulations | PJ Tatler
Whenever a liberal like Paul Krugman talks about the American system of “unfettered capitalism” I break out laughing. 
There are currently about 175,000 pages of federal regulations governing anything and everything about American business.
In truth, many regulations have become necessary over the decades. 
Worker safety has benefitted enormously and death and injury rates on the job have plummeted in the last 50 years. 
Our air and water are cleaner, consumer products are safer, and predatory capitalists have largely been sidelined.

But it goes without saying that agencies like the EPA are out of control, that the IRS has become even more overbearing, and that the dizzying array of federal compliance rules make it possible to violate the law without even knowing it.
AEI scholar Charles Murray has a book coming out next week titled By the People: Rebuilding Liberty Without Permission. 
In this extended excerpt in the Wall Street Journal, he offers a novel solution for dealing with many of these regulations: ignore them.

Government report says electric cars don't make economic sense

Government report says electric cars don't make economic sense - Watchdog.org
...Another revelation was the EIA’s data on the payback period for electric and electric-gasoline hybrid vehicles (EHV’s / PEHV’s) as compared to vehicles with a conventional gasoline engine.

Hybrid and electric cars are significantly more expensive to purchase up front compared to their conventional counterparts. 
Total cost of ownership starts out higher.
So manufacturers typically make two common pitches to get you to buy.

They want you to think green.
...So the second pitch is savings.

..The EIA 2015 Energy Outlook Report begs to differ.

In 2040, compared with gasoline vehicles, fuel cost savings would be $227/year for an electric-gasoline hybrid, with a “payback period” of approximately 13 years for recovery of the difference in vehicle purchase price compared with a conventional gasoline vehicle; $247/year for a PHEV10, with a 27-year payback period; $271/year for a PHEV40, with a 46-year payback period; and $469/year for a 100 percent electric drive vehicle, with a 19-year payback period.

Lib hate/free speech OK. Others, not so........Boston University professor: White males a 'problem population'

Saida Grundy, Boston University professor: White males a 'problem population' - Washington Times
A newly hired Boston University professor has come under fire for several anti-white comments she made on Twitter, but the school says she is simply practicing free speech.
Incoming assistant professor of sociology and African-American studies, Saida Grundy tweeted a slew of tweets over several months blasting white males which have drawn criticism on social media, Fox News reported Saturday.
“White masculinity isn’t a problem for America’s colleges, white masculinity is THE problem for America’s colleges,” Ms. Grundy tweeted in March.
In another tweet from January, she wrote, “Every MLK week I commit myself to not spending a dime in white-owned businesses. 
And every year I find it nearly impossible.”
In another tweet she called white males a “problem population,” Fox reported.
The tweets were first discovered by University of Massachusetts Amherst student Nick Pappas, who compiled them on his website “SoCawlege.com.”

‘We Don’t Compromise America’s Bedrock Principles’: Megyn Kelly Delivers Passionate Free Speech Monologue | Video | TheBlaze.com

‘We Don’t Compromise America’s Bedrock Principles’: Megyn Kelly Delivers Passionate Free Speech Monologue | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Fox News host Megyn Kelly delivered a passionate monologue Thursday evening about free speech in the wake of a controversial “draw Muhammad” event that has stirred debate nationwide.

“We don’t compromise America’s bedrock principles just to make other nations like us more,” Kelly said."

Government at war with the people----Dental board drills Arkansas dentist for low-cost cleanings

Dental board drills Arkansas dentist for low-cost cleanings - Watchdog.org:
"In the state that launched Walmart to international fame on the promise of delivering “low prices every day,” a dentist has been threatened with the loss of his license because he’s not charging enough.
Ben Burris, an orthodontist and licensed dentist who owns 11 offices around the state, began in 2013 offering low-cost teeth cleanings to children and adults who lacked dental insurance.
To him, it seemed like a win-win proposition: helping provide an important health service to those who could not afford it and potentially gaining new customers in the process.
In 2013, the Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners told Ben Burris to shut down his program of low-cost teeth cleanings.
But Burris ran afoul of the Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners.
Under state law, dental specialists like orthodontists are not allowed to provide basic services like teeth cleanings — even though they are also licensed as dentists.
“The state shouldn’t be using its power to stop Dr. Ben Burris from helping people by offering services that he is perfectly qualified and willing to offer,” said Matt Miller"

Hands Down the BEST Meme About What's Happening in Baltimore

Hands Down the BEST Meme About What's Happening in Baltimore

At some point, you run out of victims------Thin line separates Detroit, Baltimore

Thin line separates Detroit, Baltimore
A man is cuffed, loaded into the back of a Baltimore police van and then dies from a spine injury while in custody.
Eight days later, shots ring out from a federal agent's gun in a house on Detroit's west side, killing a suspect in an armed robbery.
While Baltimore erupted in rioting, Detroit has avoided violence.
Yet these two impoverished industrial cities share many traits that can contribute to civil unrest — high unemployment, lingering distrust of police and strained race relations, among others.
"It's fragile," said Malik Shabazz, director of the Marcus Garvey Movement/Black Panther Nation, who in the past helped defuse irate crowds.
"You have anger, pain and the frustration of powerlessness, abject poverty, a rotten education and lack of opportunity."
Anger followed the shooting of Terrance Kellom in Detroit, but protests were mostly peaceful with leaders calling for calm, repeating "Detroit is not Baltimore."...
Yet...

Top Australian Official Declares Global Warming a Communist-Inspired, New World Order-Pushing Hoax | John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Top Australian Official Declares Global Warming a Communist-Inspired, New World Order-Pushing Hoax | John Hawkins' Right Wing News:

“Figueres is on record saying democracy is a poor political system for fighting global warming. Communist China, she says, is the best model,” he wrote.

As Jim Hoft pointed out, even the UN’s own Climate Chief, Christiana Figueres, fully admitted that global warming was a communist scheme to “intentionally transform” the world."

A lying, lawless administration!---DHS broke judge's order, approved amnesty applications despite injunction

DHS broke judge's order, approved amnesty applications despite injunction - Washington Times:
"President Obama’s lawyers admitted to a federal judge late Thursday that they had broken the court’s injunction halting the administration’s new deportation amnesty, issuing thousands of work permits even after Judge Andrew S. Hanen had ordered the program stopped.

The stunning admission, filed just before midnight in Texas, where the case is being heard, is the latest misstep for the administration’s lawyers, who are facing possible sanctions by Judge Hanen for their continued problems in arguing the case.
The Justice Department lawyers said Homeland Security, which is the defendant in the case, told them Wednesday that an immigration agency had approved about 2,000 applications for three-year work permits, which was part of Mr. Obama’s new amnesty, even after Judge Hanen issued his Feb. 16 injunction halting the entire program.
Top Obama officials, including Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, had repeatedly assured Congress they had fully halted the program and were complying with the order.
“The government sincerely regrets these circumstances and is taking immediate steps to remedy these erroneous three-year terms,” the administration lawyers said.
Sen. Charles E. Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said it was “remarkable” that the administration kept approving some applications."

History for May 10

History for May 10 - On-This-Day.com:
John Wilkes Booth 1838 - Stage actor, assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz) 1899 - Film and stage dancer, choreographer, singer, actor, David O. Selznick 1902 - Film producer ("Gone with the Wind") 


Danny Rapp 1941 - Musician (Danny &The Juniors), Donovan (Donovan Philips Leitch) 1946 - Singer, father of Donovan Leitch, Jr., "Bono" (Paul Hewson) 1960 - Musician (U2) 
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1773 - The English Parliament passed the Tea Act, which taxed all tea in the U.S. colonies. 


1840 - Mormon leader Joseph Smith moved his band of followers to Illinois to escape the hostilities they had experienced in Missouri. 


1869 - Central Pacific and Union Pacific Rail Roads meet in Promontory, UT. A golden spike was driven in at the celebration of the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S. 


1898 - A vending machine law was enacted in Omaha, NE. It cost $5,000 for a permit. 


1908 - The first Mother's Day observance took place during a church service in Grafton, West Virginia. 


1924 - J. Edgar Hoover was appointed head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 


1928 - WGY-TV in Schenectady, NY, began regular television programming. 


1933 - The Nazis staged massive public book burnings in Germany. 


1940 - Germany invaded Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. 


1962 - Marvel Comics published the first issue of "The Incredible Hulk." 


2001 - Boeing Co. announced that it would be moving its headquarters to Chicago, IL. 

Buck Sexton breaks down what ‘incitement’ really is after Texas shooting | Video | TheBlaze.com

Buck Sexton breaks down what ‘incitement’ really is after Texas shooting | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"In the wake of a foiled terrorist attack in Garland, Texas — where two gunmen attempted to slaughter those at an event for the best cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad — some have called the event an “incitement” to violence and questioned whether free speech protects “hate speech.”

TheBlaze’s national security adviser Buck Sexton took apart the argument in a web special posted Friday, pointing out that “doing something provocative is not hate speech just because those who are provoked hate what is being said or done.”


"Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech."

Benjamin Franklin

U.S. military dominance ‘no longer assured,’ says House committee | TheBlaze.com

U.S. military dominance ‘no longer assured,’ says House committee | TheBlaze.com:

“[W]ith the continued diffusion of advanced technology, U.S. military technological superiority is no longer assumed and the dominance U.S. forces have long enjoyed in the air, sea, space, and cyberspace domains is no longer assured,” the committee wrote in a report detailing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2016. “Such a security environment demands that the nation’s armed forces are agile, efficient, ready, and lethal.”

Middle school children can be 10-11 years old---Schools Quiz Twelve-Year-Olds about Gay, Oral, and Anal Sex

Schools Quiz Twelve-Year-Olds about Gay, Oral, and Anal Sex - Breitbart:

A public hearing is taking place Wednesday morning in the Massachusetts State House to look into a controversial sex survey given to middle school and high school students.

Developed by the Centers for Disease Control and called the “Youth Risk Behavior Survey,” the survey asks students as young as 12 a series of very personal and highly ideological questions.

The survey asks students if they are homosexual and if they are transgender. It also asks if they have had oral or anal sex and if they have performed such acts with up to six people.

Whether or not they have carried a gun, smoked cigarettes, consumed alcohol and how much also appear on the questionnaire, as well as whether they have taken drugs, such as OxyContin, Percocet, and Vicodin. It asks how often their guardian uses a seat belt, if the youngster has a sexually transmitted disease, and where they sleep.

..The test is given nationally and not without controversy. The Chicago Tribune reported two years ago that a Chicago teacher was reprimanded for telling students they had a “constitutional right” not to fill out the survey.

Baltimore Officers File Motion Requesting Marilyn Mosby be Taken Off Case, Charges Be Dismissed | TheBlaze.com

Baltimore Officers File Motion Requesting Marilyn Mosby be Taken Off Case, Charges Be Dismissed | TheBlaze.com:

"The lawyers for the Baltimore police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray filed a motion Friday afternoon requesting State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby recuse herself from prosecuting the case.

The motion, which also requested charges against the officers be dismissed, listed five reasons Mosby should be taken off the case, WBAL-TV reported."

We are doomed!!---Hey, the guy with the big foam head doesn't look like me

Hey, the guy with the big foam head doesn't look like me - Personal Liberty
"It’s 2015, the age of diversity, and he’s far too white, too male, too blue-eyed and too straight.
Hell, only a tiny toothbrush mustache or perhaps a white hood could make him more indicative of the ongoing and ironfisted oppression of all manner of diverse sentient beings.
That, or something like that, is why students at Rutgers University say it’s time to make some changes to their cartoon-headed Scarlet Knight mascot of 60 years.
According to Rutgers’ The Daily Targum, the school’s student assembly has passed a bill that would fix the Scarlet Knight’s glaring diversity problem “by adding multiple Scarlet Knights that could be black, Latino, Asian, female or third gender in addition to the existing Caucasian Scarlet Knight.”
...“What we were thinking — the way the bill’s laid out — it’s not defined that we need an Asian knight, a black knight, a Latino knight,” the first-year student told The Daily Targum.
“That we would really leave it up to the different student organizations … and basically the student body as a whole to determine how many knights they’d like and what these knights would represent.”
He also told the paper,
“What we were really hoping is that this would be a discussion with the entire student body … So we would have a working committee of the different multicultural (organizations), possibly the Queer Caucus — basically students who represent a unique voice, and have them all working together at the same table to make sure red flags that arise with any of those groups — that mascot would immediately be tabled.”
That should go well."

New tool the left will use to ruin America---Microaggressions spring from affirmative action, U. of Illinois survey finds

Microaggressions spring from affirmative action, U. of Illinois survey finds
It’s a couple months late, but a March survey by the Racial Microaggressions Project at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is getting noticed for its surprising findings about one source of perceived racial slights.

Inside Higher Ed reported this week that the online survey of 4,800 “students of color” in the 2011-2012 academic year found:

About a quarter of respondents said they felt their contributions in the classroom “have been minimized because of race” or that they were “made to feel inferior because of the way they spoke.” About 40 percent said they felt uncomfortable on campus because of their race, with “fraternity- and sorority-certified housing” being cited as the most uncomfortable locations on campus.

Just over half “reported experiences of stereotyping in the classroom,” according to the project report. Then there’s this from IHE:

The respondents described how other students seemed hesitant to sit near them in class, how affirmative action was frequently mentioned by nonminority students as the reason racial minorities were able to attend the university, and how they were often called on specifically to provide a racial minority perspective during discussions.

Writing at Minding the Campus, John Rosenberg sifts through the microaggression anecdotes in the project report:

• “Assuming that an African American student was admitted to a predominantly or traditionally white institution simply because of Affirmative Action rather than merit is another example of a racial microinsult.”
• Quote from “a multiracial female”: I was sitting in the library and I overheard other white students discussing admissions and laughing about how the only reason stupid Mexicans could get into this school was due to Affirmative Action. As a student of color, I found it extremely offensive to invalidate the hard work and intelligence of students because of their race. It also made me sad that this view seemed to have been readily accepted by all of the other people in the group, implying that racism is entrenched in many of the students that attend this school...