History for August 15

History for August 15 - On-This-Day.com
Napoleon Bonaparte 1769, Sir Walter Scott 1771, T.E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") 1888 


Julia Child 1912, Phyllis Schlafly 1924, Ben Affleck 1972 




1848 - The dental chair was patented by M. Waldo Hanchett. 


1877 - Thomas Edison wrote to the president of the Telegraph Company in Pittsburgh, PA. The letter stated that the word, "hello" would be a more appropriate greeting than "ahoy" when answering the telephone. 


1911 - The product Crisco was introduced by Procter & Gamble Company. 


1914 - The Panama Canal was officially opened to commercial traffic as an American ship sailed from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. The first vessel to pass through the canal was the American cargo and passenger ship SS Ancon. 


1935 - Will Rogers and Wiley Post were killed in an airplane crash in near Point Barrow, AK. 


1945 - The Allies proclaimed V-J Day a day after Japan agreed to surrender unconditionally. 


1948 - CBS-TV inaugurated the first nightly news broadcast with anchorman Douglas Edwards. 


1971 - U.S. President Nixon announced a 90-day freeze on wages, rents and prices. 


1992 - Vietnam blamed Hollywood for creating the "myth" concerning the issue of U.S. servicemen still being held prisoner in Indochina. 


1997 - The U.S. Justice Department decided not to prosecute FBI officials in connection with the deadly 1992 Ruby Ridge siege in Idaho. The investigation dealt with an alleged cover-up. 

Why Some Economists Think China’s Currency Devaluation Could Be the ‘Start of Something Big, Something Ugly’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

Why Some Economists Think China’s Currency Devaluation Could Be the ‘Start of Something Big, Something Ugly’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Economist Albert Edwards with the French bank Societe Generale had strong words along these lines.
“Make no mistake, this is the start of something big, something ugly,” Edwards told the Guardian, adding that he believes the devaluation could result in a “a tidal wave of deflation” across the world.

Here’s more from the Guardian on what this could mean:"

Mexico hands out free TVs to the poor in massive giveaway

Mexico hands out free TVs to the poor in massive giveaway - The Orange County Register:
"MEXICO CITY – Cradling a flat-screen television set in her arms, Tomasa Lopez beamed at her good fortune:
She’d just taken part in the world’s biggest distribution of free digital televisions.
Lopez, a domestic servant, was among thousands of people who’ve thronged a cavernous tent in the populous working-class Iztapalapa district, one of hundreds of venues across Mexico where the poor are receiving some of the 10 million digital television sets the government is giving away at no charge.
It’s a program costing the Mexican treasury $1.6 billion in a push to convert the nation from analog television signals to a digital format. The United States made the switch in 2009.
“I am happy,” Lopez said. “We’ve always wanted a digital television. We’ll see more channels. The kids will see cartoons.”
Other nations, such as Argentina, have given away digital television sets, but none on the scale of Mexico, and the program has proved controversial.
Critics question why the government of President Enrique Pena Nieto is giving away 24-inch flat-screen televisions, each costing around $145, when decoder boxes that allow older analog televisions to remain in use - the U.S. solution - cost only about $40.
It’s not just the recipients of TVs who benefit.
Television manufacturers clustered along Mexico’s northern border also profit, as do the two powerful media conglomerates that are moving quickly into digital services.
The two companies will soon face competition from a third television network mandated into existence in 2013 with a constitutional reform to bring greater competition to the industry.
At the entrance to the delivery tent, a recipient of a television set, Jose Luis Rodriguez, reproached a government official for suggesting the sets were free.
“Stop using that word. It’s paid for with our taxes. It’s not free,” sputtered Rodriguez, who works for the federal social security institute..."

The Obama Era Just Hit Another Amazing Low Point! - Eagle Rising

The Obama Era Just Hit Another Amazing Low Point! - Eagle Rising:

"Let's face it, we are being led by a Marxist administration that has the downfall of America in mind. At the rate things are moving, it won't be long until we find ourselves under full-blown fascism.

Derrick Wilburn wrote about the BLS statistics release in light of the current Trump/Kelly ongoing saga and reminded his fellow Americans, "I'm a little tired of pulling. But until we get more people paying attention to the substance than the flash, we have little chance of turning this nation around."

Women Wearing Makeup - Sexist Makeup Tax

Women Wearing Makeup - Sexist Makeup Tax | National Review Online:
IT’S COME TO THIS: The Fact that Most Women Wear Makeup Is Now Being Called a Sexist ‘Makeup Tax.’

Huh — I thought the left likes more and more taxes. If the “makeup tax” is bad, please tell me more about what other taxes you’d like to cut along with it.

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"The fact that most women spend more time and money on beauty products than men do isn’t just a reflection of the two sexes’ different priorities — it’s now being called a “makeup tax” and “another form of pay inequality.”
The discussion began when Facebook staffer Libby Brittain asked about it during Hillary Clinton’s July 20 Facebook Q&A:
Every morning, as my boyfriend zips out the door and I spend 30+ minutes getting ready, I wonder about how the ‘hair-and-makeup tax’ affects other women — especially ones I admire in high-pressure, public-facing jobs.
Clinton attempted to look really cool in her reply (it literally began with “Amen, sister!”) but she didn’t actually answer the question about whether or not she considered it a “tax.”
...For example, one piece titled “Women’s health is taxed by makeup, too,” in a liberal blog called Treehugger, explains that the burden goes beyond time and money.
“There’s another way that women pay the makeup tax, one that’s much harder to quantify,” the author, Margaret Badore, continues. “I’m taking (sic) about the price women pay with their health in the pursuit of looking ‘put together.’”...

Post office: Mailmen can assess health of elderly to ease budget woes

Post office: Mailmen can assess health of elderly to ease budget woes | The American Mirror: "According to the Postal Service, your mailman can not only deliver your letters and packages, but can be a handy helper, too.
That’s the latest idea for the giant bureaucracy that’s bleeding money everyday.
A new report from the Inspector General proposes several ways for the financially struggling agency to help its budget situation.
Among them: turn letter carriers into handy helpers.
The IG outlines a plan “to have the mailman stop in to help the elderly, by assessing their health and even setting up their new TV,” WSB reports.
The IG wrote, “The postal service could coordinate and collaborate with wellness organizations to offer new and far-reaching services to older Americans nationwide.”
The report also proposes the postal service could deliver groceries and medications to the elderly.
...The Postal Service has had chronic budget problems for years.
According to the news station, the agency has lost $586 million dollars in the past three months alone.
Some aren’t buying the idea that the agency could branch out into such areas.
“They aren’t even, right now, able to deliver the mail effectively without losing money and yet they now are on this new kick where they’re looking at new businesses,” Leslie Paige with Citizens against Government Waste says..."

Hillary Clinton's servergate IT company accused of illegal actions

Hillary Clinton's servergate IT company accused of illegal actions | Daily Mail Online:
EXCLUSIVE: Tech company which maintained Hillary's secret server was sued for 'illegally accessing' database and 'stealing White House military advisers' phone numbers'

• Platte River Networks was used by Clinton to maintain 'homebrew' server in her New York State house which held her State Department emails 
• She handed over the server and a thumb drive this week to FBI after emails were found to contain 'above top secret' material 
• Her White House campaign is said to be in 'panic' over the growing scandal which comes out of probe into US diplomats' deaths in Benghazi 
• Daily Mail Online can reveal Denver, Colorado, based firm was sued for illegally accessing master database of US phone numbers 
• It was also accused of causing chaos to White House military advisers when their numbers stopped working as it took their numbers 
• Case raises questions over how Platte River Networks' ability to secure server which would have been major target for foreign spy hackers

Judge Hands Down Big Ruling on Dad Who Openly Carried Gun Inside Daughter’s ‘Gun-Free Zone’ School | TheBlaze.com

Judge Hands Down Big Ruling on Dad Who Openly Carried Gun Inside Daughter’s ‘Gun-Free Zone’ School | TheBlaze.com:

"A Michigan judge has ruled in favor of a father who wanted to open carry inside his daughter’s school, despite it being a “gun-free zone.”

According to the Detroit Free Press, Kenneth Herman sued a Clio, Michigan, school district, arguing that he was denied access to his daughter’s elementary school on multiple occasions when he tried to pick her up from the school because he was openly carrying his pistol."

Good grief!-----Al Gore's Friends and Former Aides Eyeing 2016 Race

Al Gore's Friends and Former Aides Eyeing 2016 Race - ABC News:
"A one-time high-ranking political adviser to Al Gore tells ABC News that a group of friends and former aides are having a “soft conversation” about the possibility that Gore run for president in 2016.
The adviser cautions that there have been no formal or even informal moves by Gore himself -– but that the former vice president has not ruled out anything. This was first reported by BuzzFeed.
...It’s all against the backdrop of growing concern in the Democratic Party about Hillary Clinton’s candidacy.
A poll this week in New Hampshire had her trailing Bernie Sanders, the first time a major poll this election cycle has shown anyone other than Hillary Clinton to be leading the field."

Months ago, Colo. town resisted allowing EPA tests that caused toxic disaster

Months ago, Colo. town resisted allowing EPA tests that caused toxic disaster | Fox News:
"Five months before the Animas River toxic spill disaster, leaders from the tiny Colorado mining town of Silverton pleaded with EPA officials to not perform tests that would declare the area a Superfund site.
Yet the Environmental Protection Agency was intent on ferreting out “widespread soil contamination” from historic mines, even though the town was tested five years ago and no problems were found.
“The fact is that our mission is to protect human health and the environment and not to stick our heads in the sand and not look,” declared Steve Wharton, head of a Superfund response team.
His comments were contained in a March 27 article that appeared in the local Silverton Standard newspaper.
On Aug. 5, an EPA crew breached a debris dam at the old Gold King Mine, and 3 million gallons of water containing lead and arsenic flowed into the Animas River.
The poisons turned the water bright orange and have since flowed into Utah and New Mexico, creating an epic disaster affecting farmers, towns and the Navajo Nation, which rely on the water.
The crews had started to collect soil samples sometime after June 23."

Stand for Israel - Tell Washington -- Tell Congress Iran Cannot Be Trusted!

Stand for Israel - Tell Washington -- Tell Congress Iran Cannot Be Trusted!:

"The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are the last line of defense to stop Iran from becoming a nuclear sponsor or terror.
Iran has made their hatred of Israel and the United States very clear.
We must speak up before this disastrous agreement becomes reality.
Tell your senators and representatives to stand for Israel and the safety of America. Fill in and submit the form below to send a “No Nukes for Iran” email message to the congressman and senators from your state."

Gowdy Does Not Mince Words Reacting to Hillary Email Revelation: ‘This Is a National Security Issue’ | TheBlaze.com

Gowdy Does Not Mince Words Reacting to Hillary Email Revelation: ‘This Is a National Security Issue’ | TheBlaze.com:

"Gowdy expressed much concern over the inspector general for the intelligence community noting that emails deemed “TOP SECRET” traversed through her server.

“The IC Inspector General revealed Secretary Clinton’s emails and server contained not just ‘top secret’ classified information, but ‘compartmented’ classified intelligence not releasable to foreigners, which must be noted in the timing of this announcement,” Gowdy said."

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History for August 14

History for August 14 - On-This-Day.com
David Crosby 1941 - Singer, musician (Crosby, Stills and Nash), Steve Martin 1945 - Actor comedian, Danielle Steel 1947 - Author 


Gary Larson 1950 - Creator of "The Far Side", Earvin "Magic" Johnson 1959 - Basketball player, Sarah Brightman 1960 - Singer 


Halle Berry 1966 - Actress, Mila Kunis 1983 - Actress, Tim Tebow 1987 - Football player

1888 - A patent for the electric meter was granted to Oliver B. Shallenberger. 


1896 - Gold was discovered in Canada's Yukon Territory. Within the next year more than 30,000 people rushed to the area to look for gold. 


1919 - About 1 million tons of ice and rock broke off of a glacier near Mont Blanc, France. Nine people were killed in the incident. 


1935 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. The act created unemployment insurance and pension plans for the elderly. 


1945 - It was announced by U.S. President Truman that Japan had surrendered unconditionally. The surrender ended World War II. 


1947 - Pakistan became independent from British rule. 


1953 - The whiffle ball was invented. 


1980 - People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) was incorporated. 


1992 - The U.S. announced that emergency airlifts of food to Somalia would begin. The action was being taken to stop mass deaths due to starvation. 

Judge Napolitano Explains Point-by-Point Why Hillary Clinton Now Has a ‘Grave’ Legal ‘Situation’ With Her Private Email Scandal | Video | TheBlaze.com

Judge Napolitano Explains Point-by-Point Why Hillary Clinton Now Has a ‘Grave’ Legal ‘Situation’ With Her Private Email Scandal | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"The biggest sticking point is based on a report that two emails from the former secretary of state’s private server — now in the hands of the Justice Department — were deemed “top secret,” the cable network’s legal analyst said.

While the term is well known, it’s unlikely that most of us are aware of the national security implications of “top secret” — but Napolitano broke it down on “Fox and Friends”

Orlando airport unveils $250K Muslim prayer room

Orlando airport unveils $250K Muslim prayer room - Washington Times:
"The Orlando International Airport will soon be opening a Muslim prayer room.
The airport will spend $350,000 to build the “Reflection Room” where Muslims can pray, a local CBS affiliate reported.
The decision was made after Emirates Airlines announced it will soon be offering direct flights out of Orlando to Dubai.
A majority of the airline’s travelers are Muslim.
“These rooms provide travelers an opportunity an opportunity to pray in their own way and have peace before they take on a long flight,” Imam Muhammad Musri, president of the Islamic Society of Central Florida, told CNN’s local affiliate.
The room is expected be open by the Sept. 1 launch of the first Emirates flight out of Orlando.
Many Muslim travelers currently pray in public terminals and even in the bathrooms at the Orlando airport.
The “Reflection Room” will give them a more suitable place to pray, said Carolyn Fennell, director of public affairs at the airport, CBS reported.
“So they aren’t having to, if it is the case, kneel on the bathroom floors or in corners so they have the reflective time,” Ms. Fennell said.
The airport already has a chapel in Terminal A and is expected to open an interdenominational chapel in the near future."