Friday, October 02, 2015
History for October 2
History for October 2 - On-This-Day.com
Mahatma Gandhi 1869, Groucho (Julius) Marx 1890 - "Marx Brothers" movies and his quiz show "You Bet Your Life", Bud Abbott 1895
Don McLean 1945, Donna Karan 1948, Sting (Police) 1951
1780 - British army major John Andre was hanged as a spy. He was carrying information about the actions of Benedict Arnold.
1836 - Charles Darwin returned to England after 5 years of acquiring knowledge around the world about fauna, flora, wildlife and geology. He used the information to develop his "theory of evolution" which he unveiled in his 1859 book entitled The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
1870 - Rome was made the capital of Italy.
1919 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed.
1937 - Warner Bros. released "Love Is on the Air." Ronald Reagan made his acting debut in the motion picture. He was 26 years old.
1944 - The Nazis crushed the Warsaw Uprising.
1950 - "Peanuts," the comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz, was published for the first time in seven newspapers.
1955 - "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" debuted on CBS-TV.
1959 - "The Twilight Zone" debuted on CBS-TV. The show ran for 5 years for a total of 154 episodes.
1967 - Thurgood Marshall was sworn in. He was the first African-American member of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Thursday, October 01, 2015
Islam quiz has U.S. parents ‘outraged’
Islam quiz has U.S. parents ‘outraged’:
"Hundreds of irate parents are planning to attend the Walton County, Georgia, school board meeting Oct. 10 to convey their outrage over their children being taught the religious beliefs of Islam in middle-school social studies.
The outrage erupted over a quiz handed out to students asking them to answer questions related to the five pillars of Islam, the Quran as the “holy” book of Muslims, and the conversion prayer known as the “shahada,” which states, “There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger.” Perhaps most disturbing to Christian parents was the “correct” answer that the Muslim god Allah is the “same god” that is worshiped by Christians and Jews."
"Hundreds of irate parents are planning to attend the Walton County, Georgia, school board meeting Oct. 10 to convey their outrage over their children being taught the religious beliefs of Islam in middle-school social studies.
The outrage erupted over a quiz handed out to students asking them to answer questions related to the five pillars of Islam, the Quran as the “holy” book of Muslims, and the conversion prayer known as the “shahada,” which states, “There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger.” Perhaps most disturbing to Christian parents was the “correct” answer that the Muslim god Allah is the “same god” that is worshiped by Christians and Jews."
Tell me why.
Tell me why. | Pointman's:
"Don’t they know how many of our own poor can no longer afford to heat their homes?
Don’t they know how many millions die in the developing world from malaria because we won’t allow them access to DDT?
Don’t they know that a million children a year die or are simply blinded for life by withholding the distribution golden rice?
Don’t they know how many lives could be saved by supplying the poor with drought and disease resistant GM seeds?
Don’t they know that switching from growing food staples to growing biofuel crops for cars only the rich can afford has more than doubled prices of basic foods?
Don’t they know about the people killed in the food riots?
Do they actually know anything?
Do they care anyway?
There’s no oily sophistry about those questions, no sophistication, no tricky debating traps, no guile, no hidden agenda but always an essential inhumanity to the silence or uneasy evasiveness with which they’re met.
I’ve raised an impolite subject.
The truth is people are not dying, they’re being killed and we’re the ones through inaction doing the killing.
I make no apology for being so blunt because they’re needed questions, simple questions, brutal even, and yet there’s always that awkward silence in response to them."
"Don’t they know how many of our own poor can no longer afford to heat their homes?
Don’t they know how many millions die in the developing world from malaria because we won’t allow them access to DDT?
Don’t they know that a million children a year die or are simply blinded for life by withholding the distribution golden rice?
Don’t they know how many lives could be saved by supplying the poor with drought and disease resistant GM seeds?
Don’t they know about the people killed in the food riots?
Do they actually know anything?
Do they care anyway?
There’s no oily sophistry about those questions, no sophistication, no tricky debating traps, no guile, no hidden agenda but always an essential inhumanity to the silence or uneasy evasiveness with which they’re met.
I’ve raised an impolite subject.
The truth is people are not dying, they’re being killed and we’re the ones through inaction doing the killing.
I make no apology for being so blunt because they’re needed questions, simple questions, brutal even, and yet there’s always that awkward silence in response to them."
Rand Paul: Ted Cruz 'Done' in Senate
Rand Paul: Ted Cruz 'Done' in Senate:
Sen. Rand Paul on Tuesday said fellow Republican presidential candidate Ted. Cruz is “done for” in the Senate.
Sen. Rand Paul on Tuesday said fellow Republican presidential candidate Ted. Cruz is “done for” in the Senate.
“Ted has chosen to make this really personal and chosen to call people dishonest in leadership and call them names, which really goes against the decorum and also against the rules of the Senate, and as a consequence, he can’t get anything done legislatively,” Paul told Fox News Radio. “He is pretty much done for and stifled and it’s really because of personal relationships, or lack of personal relationships, and it is a problem.”
Cruz Humiliates Obama in Front of Chinese President With With Massive Slap in Face
Cruz Humiliates Obama in Front of Chinese President With With Massive Slap in Face:"Yesterday morning, when President Barack Obama met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, 2016 GOP presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz humiliated our president with one sentence.
We know as much courtesy of The Washington Post political contributor Dave Weigel, who shared Cruz’s comment on his Twitter feed."
David Stockman On CNBC: ‘We’re On The Fiscal Titanic”
David Stockman On CNBC: ‘We’re On The Fiscal Titanic” | David Stockman's Contra Corner
“We’re on the fiscal Titanic and we’re going to hit something hard and immovable one of these days,” said David Stockman, director of the Office of Management and Budget from 1981 to 1985, in a CNBC “Closing Bell” interview.
A government shutdown would force Congress to address fiscal issues before they reach unmanageable levels, a former Reagan administration official contended Wednesday.
“We’re on the fiscal Titanic and we’re going to hit something hard and immovable one of these days,” said David Stockman, director of the Office of Management and Budget from 1981 to 1985, in a CNBC “Closing Bell” interview.
The House of Representatives and Senate on Wednesday passed a last-minute stopgap spending bill that will keep the federal government open through Dec. 11 pending President Barack Obama’s signature.
But another budget battle will likely ensue then, as Congress remains divided over federal funding for women’s health organization Planned Parenthood.
But another budget battle will likely ensue then, as Congress remains divided over federal funding for women’s health organization Planned Parenthood.
Read MoreHouse passes legislation to avoid shutdown
Many in Congress have opposed a shutdown, as a government closure can put some federal employees temporarily out of work or delay their pay.
Stockman contends it could have a positive effect by making lawmakers address spending and debt issues.
Stockman contends it could have a positive effect by making lawmakers address spending and debt issues.
He called for entitlement and defense spending reform.
He also argued that easy monetary policy from central banks has made lawmakers less likely to address the deficit.Fourteen People Shot in 'Gun-Free Zone Chicago.' How Leftist Gun Policy's Failed Them...
Fourteen People Shot in 'Gun-Free Zone Chicago.' How Leftist Gun Policy's Failed Them... » Louder With Crowder:
Fourteen People Shot in ‘Gun-Free Zone Chicago.’ How Leftist Gun Policy’s Failed Them…
Fourteen People Shot in ‘Gun-Free Zone Chicago.’ How Leftist Gun Policy’s Failed Them…
If you want to get a great deep dish pizza, go to Chicago. If you want to see fourteen people shot in fifteen hours, then hear the leftists in local government pitch a fit about guns, go to Chicago. Be sure to leave your gun and sanity with your mom.
Yes, in the city with the strictest gun control in the history of humanity (okay really just the USA), Chicago saw fourteen people shot in fifteen hour period, six of whom tragically died. Looks like the only gun control going on in Chicago is expert trigger pull. But that didn’t stop idiot mayor Rahm Emannual from calling for more gun control laws, because the existing laws are as useful as butter is for sunblock (though you’ll taste delicious)..."
Germany's Sharia Refugee Shelters
Germany's Sharia Refugee Shelters:
- Christians, Kurds and Yazidis in the shelters are being attacked by Muslims with increasing frequency and ferocity.
- "I fled from the Iranian secret service because I thought that in Germany I could finally live my faith without persecution. But in the refugee shelter, I cannot admit that I am a Christian, or I would face threats... They treat me like an animal. They threaten to kill me." — An Iranian Christian in a German refugee shelter.
- "We have to dispense with the illusion that all of those who are coming here are human rights activists. ... We are getting reports of threats of aggression, including threats of beheading, by Sunnis against Shiites, but Yazidis and Christians are the most impacted. Those Christian converts who do not hide their faith stand a 100% probability of being attacked and mobbed." — Max Klingberg, director of the Frankfurt-based International Society for Human Rights.
- "We are observing that Salafists are appearing at the shelters disguised as volunteers and helpers, deliberately seeking contact with refugees to invite them to their mosques to recruit them to their cause." — Hans-Georg Maaßen, head of German intelligence.
- Police are urgently calling for migrants of different faiths to be housed in separate facilities. Some politicians counter that such segregation would go against Germany's multicultural values.
- "The bulk of the migrants who are arriving here cannot be integrated." — Heinz Buschkowsky, former mayor of Berlin's Neukölln district.
"Muslim asylum seekers are enforcing Islamic Sharia law in German refugee shelters, according to police, who warn that Christians, Kurds and Yazidis in the shelters are being attacked by Muslims with increasing frequency and ferocity.
Muslim migrants from different sects, clans, ethnicities and nationalities are also attacking each other. Violent brawls — sometimes involving hundreds of migrants — are now a daily occurrence..."
Muslim migrants from different sects, clans, ethnicities and nationalities are also attacking each other. Violent brawls — sometimes involving hundreds of migrants — are now a daily occurrence..."
Top Republican Reveals Huge News About 'Bulldog' Gowdy That His Fans Will Love
Top Republican Reveals Huge News About 'Bulldog' Gowdy That His Fans Will Love:"Many might say Congressman Trey Gowdy has truly become a conservative star by proving that he is one of the few members of the House bold enough to shoot both barrels at Obama and the left. Now, some are saying that Gowdy might take a step up in power that has conservatives cheering."
Obama's Green Plan With the Red Chinese
Nate Jackson: Obama's Green Plan With the Red Chinese — The Patriot Post:
"In tandem with Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the U.S., China announced details of its plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions.
That’s all well and good considering China is the world’s largest emitter, accounting for nearly a third of all emissions.
But does anyone trust that China’s plan will actually slow “global warming”?
Or that China will even abide by its promises?
But never mind that.
The important thing is the agreement gives Barack Obama a feather in his cap going into the climate summit in Paris this December.
Indeed, Obama’s climate agenda is paramount, and it is what Mark Alexander called an “end run on Liberty.”
And what better partner than Red China?
Besides, he’s got to hammer out the details of last November’s agreement that Obama unilaterally made in the wake of his staggering midterm election defeat.
Getting China on board is critical, not just to show “leadership” at the Paris climate summit, but to (Obama thinks) pull the rug out from under opponents of his agenda.
...On a final note, 2015 is the Chinese Year of the Goat, which is apparently the role Xi has in mind for Obama."
"In tandem with Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the U.S., China announced details of its plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions.
That’s all well and good considering China is the world’s largest emitter, accounting for nearly a third of all emissions.
But does anyone trust that China’s plan will actually slow “global warming”?
But never mind that.
The important thing is the agreement gives Barack Obama a feather in his cap going into the climate summit in Paris this December.
Indeed, Obama’s climate agenda is paramount, and it is what Mark Alexander called an “end run on Liberty.”
And what better partner than Red China?
Besides, he’s got to hammer out the details of last November’s agreement that Obama unilaterally made in the wake of his staggering midterm election defeat.
Getting China on board is critical, not just to show “leadership” at the Paris climate summit, but to (Obama thinks) pull the rug out from under opponents of his agenda.
...On a final note, 2015 is the Chinese Year of the Goat, which is apparently the role Xi has in mind for Obama."
Mystery ambulance rides cost Medicare $30M: auditors
Mystery ambulance rides cost Medicare $30M: auditors - CBS News:
WASHINGTON -- Medicare paid $30 million for ambulance rides for which no record exists that patients got medical care at their destination, the place where they were picked up or other critical information.
The mystery ambulance rides are part of a bigger problem with Medicare payments for transporting patients, according to a federal audit being released Tuesday.
The Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general's office also found that some urban ambulance services got paid for an average distance of more than 100 miles per ride.
That contrasts with a national average of just 10 miles for urban ambulance rides.
Four major metro areas seemed to be breeding grounds for ambulance schemes. Philadelphia, Los Angeles, New York and Houston accounted for about half of the questionable rides and payments.
...Across the country, 1 in 5 ambulance companies had at least some questionable billings.
"Medicare payments for ambulance transports have increased in recent years, and investigators have uncovered a variety of fraud schemes involving ambulance suppliers," the report said..."
WASHINGTON -- Medicare paid $30 million for ambulance rides for which no record exists that patients got medical care at their destination, the place where they were picked up or other critical information.The mystery ambulance rides are part of a bigger problem with Medicare payments for transporting patients, according to a federal audit being released Tuesday.
The Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general's office also found that some urban ambulance services got paid for an average distance of more than 100 miles per ride.
That contrasts with a national average of just 10 miles for urban ambulance rides.
Four major metro areas seemed to be breeding grounds for ambulance schemes. Philadelphia, Los Angeles, New York and Houston accounted for about half of the questionable rides and payments.
...Across the country, 1 in 5 ambulance companies had at least some questionable billings.
"Medicare payments for ambulance transports have increased in recent years, and investigators have uncovered a variety of fraud schemes involving ambulance suppliers," the report said..."
This Weird Fact About the Clinton Family Fortune Will Blow Your Mind
This Weird Fact About the Clinton Family Fortune Will Blow Your Mind - Washington Free Beacon: "Hillary Clinton and her husband Bill Clinton are very rich, raking in some $25 million in 2014.
They own multiple mansions.
They vacation in style.
They make 4-5 times the median annual income for giving one speech to a room full of Wall Street executives and/or brutal dictators.
Since they left the White House “dead broke” in 2001, they’ve pocketed more than $200 million.
But at least some of that massive haul is unaccounted for in their annual financial disclosure, raising some interesting questions, such as, “Where is it?”
Dan Alexander explains in Forbes:
Since Bill and Hillary Clinton left the White House in 2001, they have earned more than $230 million.
But in federal filings the Clintons claim they are worth somewhere between $11 million and $53 million.
After layering years of disclosures on top of annual tax returns, Forbes estimates their combined net worth at $45 million.
Where did all of the money go?
No one seems to know, and the Clintons aren’t offering any answers..."
They own multiple mansions.
They vacation in style.
They make 4-5 times the median annual income for giving one speech to a room full of Wall Street executives and/or brutal dictators.
Since they left the White House “dead broke” in 2001, they’ve pocketed more than $200 million.
Dan Alexander explains in Forbes:
Since Bill and Hillary Clinton left the White House in 2001, they have earned more than $230 million.
But in federal filings the Clintons claim they are worth somewhere between $11 million and $53 million.
After layering years of disclosures on top of annual tax returns, Forbes estimates their combined net worth at $45 million.
Where did all of the money go?
No one seems to know, and the Clintons aren’t offering any answers..."
BREAKING: Obama Issues Chilling Threat to Christians Across America... Spread This Everywhere
BREAKING: Obama Issues Chilling Threat to Christians Across America... Spread This Everywhere:
"After thoroughly trashing Christians everywhere and essentially promising that their religious liberty would not be recognized under his rule, he called for the LGBT community to remain vigilant and assured them he would continue to fight for “progress.”
If this isn’t a clear warning sign for American Christians, we don’t know what is."
The wolf is becoming more and more apparent.
"After thoroughly trashing Christians everywhere and essentially promising that their religious liberty would not be recognized under his rule, he called for the LGBT community to remain vigilant and assured them he would continue to fight for “progress.”If this isn’t a clear warning sign for American Christians, we don’t know what is."
The wolf is becoming more and more apparent.
Is The Government's War On Trans-Fat Misguided, Too?
Is The Government's War On Trans-Fat Misguided, Too? - Investors.com:
"Later this year, the federal government is expected to remove dietary cholesterol from its list of bad foods.
The expert panel that advises the government on these guidelines concluded there's no reason to be concerned about "overconsumption."
In other words, all those federal warnings stretching over the past four decades about how eating eggs and other cholesterol-rich food would clog your arteries were wrong.
Now the federal government could be making the same mistake with trans-fat.
...But a study published last week in the European Heart Journal found that low levels of artificial trans-fat didn't appear to pose a health risk, while naturally occurring trans-fat could help protect the heart.
As one of the study's authors noted, "it is a fairly common phenomenon: Some things are toxic at high levels, but we can live with them at low levels."
...Don't be surprised then, if a few decades from now the federal government — reluctantly — admits that its current campaign against trans-fats was just as misguided as its decades long war on cholesterol."
"Later this year, the federal government is expected to remove dietary cholesterol from its list of bad foods.
The expert panel that advises the government on these guidelines concluded there's no reason to be concerned about "overconsumption."
Now the federal government could be making the same mistake with trans-fat.
...But a study published last week in the European Heart Journal found that low levels of artificial trans-fat didn't appear to pose a health risk, while naturally occurring trans-fat could help protect the heart.
As one of the study's authors noted, "it is a fairly common phenomenon: Some things are toxic at high levels, but we can live with them at low levels."
...Don't be surprised then, if a few decades from now the federal government — reluctantly — admits that its current campaign against trans-fats was just as misguided as its decades long war on cholesterol."
History for October 1
History for October 1 - On-This-Day.com
William Boeing 1881, Walter Matthau 1920, James Whitmore 1921
Jimmy Carter (U.S.) 1924, Roger Williams 1926, Tom Bosley 1927
Richard Harris 1930, Julie Andrews 1935, Stella Stevens 1936
1908 - The Model T automobile was introduced by Henry Ford. The purchase price of the car was $850.
1938 - German forces enter Czechoslovakia and seized control of the Sudetenland. The Munich Pact had been signed two days before.
1940 - The Pennsylvania Turnpike opened as the first toll superhighway in the United States.
1949 - Mao Tse-tung raised the first flag of the People's Republic of China when the communist forces had defeated the Nationalists. The Nationalist forces fled to Taiwan.
1961 - Roger Maris (New York Yankees) hit his 61st home run of the season to beat Babe Ruth's major league record of 60.
1962 - Johnny Carson began hosting the "Tonight" show on NBC-TV. He stayed with the show for 29 years. Jack Paar was the previous host.
1971 - Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, FL.
1979 - The United States handed control of the Canal Zone over to Panama.
1995 - Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman and nine other defendants were convicted in New York of conspiring to attack the U.S. through bombings, kidnappings and assassinations.
William Boeing 1881, Walter Matthau 1920, James Whitmore 1921
Jimmy Carter (U.S.) 1924, Roger Williams 1926, Tom Bosley 1927
Richard Harris 1930, Julie Andrews 1935, Stella Stevens 1936
1908 - The Model T automobile was introduced by Henry Ford. The purchase price of the car was $850.
1938 - German forces enter Czechoslovakia and seized control of the Sudetenland. The Munich Pact had been signed two days before.
1940 - The Pennsylvania Turnpike opened as the first toll superhighway in the United States.
1949 - Mao Tse-tung raised the first flag of the People's Republic of China when the communist forces had defeated the Nationalists. The Nationalist forces fled to Taiwan.
1961 - Roger Maris (New York Yankees) hit his 61st home run of the season to beat Babe Ruth's major league record of 60.
1962 - Johnny Carson began hosting the "Tonight" show on NBC-TV. He stayed with the show for 29 years. Jack Paar was the previous host.
1971 - Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, FL.
1979 - The United States handed control of the Canal Zone over to Panama.
1995 - Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman and nine other defendants were convicted in New York of conspiring to attack the U.S. through bombings, kidnappings and assassinations.
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