History for July 7

History for July 7 - On-This-Day.com
Marc Chagall 1887, Satchel Paige 1906, Doc Severinsen 1927 - Bandleader


David McCullough 1933 - Author, Ringo Starr 1940 - Musician (Beatles), Jessica Hahn 1959


1846 - U.S. annexation of California was proclaimed at Monterey after the surrender of a Mexican garrison.


1885 - G. Moore Peters patented the cartridge-loading machine.


1920 - A device known as the radio compass was used for the first time on a U.S. Navy airplane near Norfolk, VA.


1930 - Construction began on Boulder Dam, later Hoover Dam, on the Colorado River.


1937 - Japanese forces invaded China.


1950 - The U.N. Security Council authorized military aid for South Korea.


1969 - Canada's House of Commons gave final approval to a measure that made the French language equal to English throughout the national government.






1994 - Amazon.com, Inc. was founded in Seattle, Washington under the name "Cadabra."

LIBERTY REVIEW

LIBERTY REVIEW:

http://libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2016/07/july-6-2016-independence-day-by-tammy.html

Independence Day  

By Tammy Derouin

Do we really understand the meaning of Independence Day?  Do we even care to understand what was taking place 240 years ago and the events which led to such an extraordinary document? 

Families, friends and countrymen must have faced a great divide.  Do you remain loyal to your oppressor; the one who provides for you but keeps you enslaved or do you break free and live with uncertainty and the ability to forge your own path?  Freedom demands responsibility.  It is not the responsibility of the government to provide the citizens with their daily necessities and desires.

 

The colonist didn't ask for their independence or freedom; they declared it.  They declared to the world why it was necessary to break ties with Great Britain. This was not a decision which was taken lightly.  “Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.”   The Declaration of Independence.    

After declaring their independence, they listed their grievances so the world would understand what led them to break free.  “The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.  To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.”  The Declaration of Independence.

The very first injury and usurpation is a noticeable reflection to our present day.  The Declaration of Independence states,..... 

Ted Cruz on FBI decision on Hillary Clinton - Business Insider

Ted Cruz on FBI decision on Hillary Clinton - Business Insider:

"The Texas senator added: "Director Comey has rewritten a clearly worded federal criminal statute. In so doing, he has come dangerously close to saying that grossly negligent handling of classified information should not result in serious consequences for high-level officials. In a nation where the rule of law is supposed to matter, this is troubling.""

Date of Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence

Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Date of signing[edit]

The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, by Armand-Dumaresq, (c. 1873) which has been hanging in the White House since the late 1980s.

The date that the Declaration was signed has long been the subject of debate. 

Within a decade after the event, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams all wrote that the Declaration had been signed by Congress on July 4, 1776.^[1] 

This seemed to be confirmed by the signed copy of the Declaration, which is dated July 4. 

Additional support was provided by the Journals of Congress, the official public record of the Continental Congress. 

When the proceedings for 1776 were first published in 1777, the entry for July 4, 1776, stated that the Declaration was engrossed (the official copy was handwritten) and signed on that date.^[2]

In 1796, signer Thomas McKean disputed that the Declaration had been signed on July 4, pointing out that some signers were not then present, including several who were not even elected to Congress until after that date.^[3] 

"[N]o person signed it on that day nor for many days after", he later wrote.^[4] 

Although Jefferson and Adams disagreed with McKean, his claim gained support when the Secret Journals of Congress were published in 1821.^[5] 

The Secret Journals contained two previously unpublished entries about the Declaration. The entry for July 19 reads:

Resolved That the Declaration passed on the 4th be fairly engrossed on parchment with the title and stile of "The unanimous declaration of the thirteen united states of America" & that the same when engrossed be signed by every member of Congress.^[6]

The entry for August 2 stated:

The declaration of Independence being engrossed & compared at the table was signed by the Members.^[7]

The Syng inkstand was used during the signing of the Declaration

In 1884, historian Mellen Chamberlain argued that these entries indicated that the famous signed version of the Declaration had been created following the July 19 resolution, and had not been signed by Congress until August 2.^[8] 

Historian John Hazelton confirmed in 1906 that many of the signers had not been present in Congress on July 4, that the fifty-six signers had never been together as a group, and that some delegates must have added their signatures even after August 2.^[9] 

While it is possible that Congress signed a document on July 4 that has since been lost, historians do not think that this is likely.^[10]..."

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When Trump Fought the Racists

When Trump Fought the Racists | The American Spectator
"...All of this is already old news.
But there is a much older “old news” story about Trump that has now resurfaced — a story that paints a highly accurate portrait of the real Donald Trump — the guy who has no time for racism and anti-Semitism and stood up in public to fight both.
The story, linked by a group calling itself Zionists for Trump, was published in the Wall Street Journal — in 1997.
It revolves around Trump’s purchase and operation of the famous Mar-a-Largo estate, built in the 1920s by Post Cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post.
Trump had recently purchased the sprawling, seaside estate and turned it into a club. 
This being located in upscale Palm Beach, Florida, there were other prestigious clubs in the area, clubs that catered to the old order of upper crust Palm Beach society.
The problem?

Quietly, these other clubs had long barred Jews and African Americans — which is to say they practiced a quiet but steely racism.
The Zionists for Trump headline:
The WSJ story that is linked focuses on the battles Trump faced as a new arrival to Palm Beach, including his new competition with the social clubs of the old order.
The story, which quotes Abe Foxman, the longtime head of the Anti-Defamation League, says, in part, the following:
Mr. Trump also has resorted to the courts to secure his foothold here, and many residents wince at the attention his legal battles with the town have drawn — to the town in general, and to the admission practices at some of Palm Beach’s older clubs in particular.
…The culture clash began to approach a climax last fall, when Mr. Trump’s lawyer sent members of the town council a copy of the film “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” a film that deals with upper-class racism.
Mr. Trump then approached the town council about lifting the restrictions that had been placed on the club.
He also asked some council members not to vote on the request because their membership in other clubs created a conflict of interest.
Last December, after the council refused to lift the restrictions, Mr. Trump filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Palm Beach, alleging that the town was discriminating against Mar-a-Lago, in part because it is open to Jews and African-Americans. 
The suit seeks $100 million in damages.
… Mr. Foxman seems pleased that Mr. Trump has elevated the issue of discriminatory policies at social clubs.
“He put the light on Palm Beach,” Mr. Foxman says.
“Not on the beauty and the glitter, but on its seamier side of discrimination.
It has an impact.”
In recent weeks, Mr. Foxman says, the league has received calls from Jewish residents telling of how Palm Beach clubs are changing. Locals concur that in the past year, organizations such as the Bath and Tennis Club have begun to admit Jewish patrons.
The Palm Beach Civic Association, which for many years was believed to engage in discriminatory behavior, this month named a Jewish resident as its chief officer.
In other words?
In other words, long before he was running for president, there was Donald Trump battling racism and anti-Semitism in Palm Beach society. 
Using every tool at his disposal..."

State Department: FBI Is Wrong; We're Not Lax On Protecting Classified Information - Matt Vespa

State Department: FBI Is Wrong; We're Not Lax On Protecting Classified Information - Matt Vespa:

"State Department Spokesman John Kirby was not happy about FBI Director James Comey’s assessment of the culture at federal agency regarding handling classified information. Comey said that there were egregious lapses in security protocols regarding how Clinton and her team disseminated such information.

“While not the focus of our investigation, we also developed evidence that the security culture of the State Department in general, and with respect to use of unclassified e-mail systems in particular, was generally lacking in the kind of care for classified information found elsewhere in the government,” said Comey."

Chores: The Canary in the Coal Mine of Kids’ Character

Chores: The Canary in the Coal Mine of Kids’ Character | Intellectual Takeout:
"Last month, Business Insider ran a list of 13 things parents can do to turn their child into a successful adult. 
The first item on the list was to make a child do chores.
Given the fact that only 28 percent of parents require their children to do chores, it seems that we’re destined for a generation of unsuccessful adults.
And according to recent statements by pediatrician Deborah Gilboa, children who don’t do chores will not only be unsuccessful in material achievements, they will also be unsuccessful in the area of moral character.
“Chores,” Gilboa noted, “are the canary in the coal mine of kids’ character.” She goes on to say that parents who allow children to get out of chores because they are too busy are raising children to be selfish:
“If we see teens as selfish, it is only because we have given them the opportunity to focus on themselves. …
Taking out the garbage builds character. Family work proves to kids that they’re not above serving the needs of the group – that they’re not exempt from helping. We’re convincing our kids that their character isn’t quite as important to us as their achievements.”
Furthermore, Dr. Gilboa notes that parents who worry chores will make their children unhappy are barking up the wrong tree:
“Their happiness is not my responsibility. Their character is my responsibility.”
Would you agree with Dr. Gilboa?
Is it time that parents realize that sparing their children from work is not a service, but a detriment to them socially, physically, and morally?
“Idleness, and its Amusements are in the End more tiresome than Labour itself.” – Benjamin Franklin, 1757"

Read of the day!-----Islam—Facts or Dreams?

Islam—Facts or Dreams? - Imprimis:
"...For our present purposes, however, the fact is that the Blind Sheikh’s summons to jihad was rooted in a coherent interpretation of Islamic doctrine.
He was not perverting Islam—he was, if anything, shining a light on the need to reform it.
Another point, obvious but inconvenient, is that Islam is not a religion of peace. 
There are ways of interpreting Islam that could make it something other than a call to war.
But even these benign constructions do not make it a call to peace.
Verses such as “Fight those who believe not in Allah,” and “Fight and slay the pagans wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem of war,” are not peaceful injunctions, no matter how one contextualizes.
Another disturbing aspect of the trial against the Blind Sheikh and his fellow jihadists was the character witnesses who testified for the defense. 
Most of these people were moderate, peaceful Muslim Americans who would no more commit terrorist acts than the rest of us. 
But when questions about Islamic doctrine would come up—“What does jihad mean?” “What is sharia?” “How might sharia apply to a certain situation?”—these moderate, peaceful Muslims explained that they were not competent to say.
In other words, for the answers, you’d have to turn to Islamic scholars like the Blind Sheikh.
Now, understand: there was no doubt what the Blind Sheikh was on trial for.
And there was no doubt that he was a terrorist—after all, he bragged about it.
But that did not disqualify him, in the minds of these moderate, peaceful Muslims, from rendering authoritative opinions on the meaning of the core tenets of their religion. 
No one was saying that they would follow the Blind Sheikh into terrorism—but no one was discrediting his status either..."
Lots here.
Read it all!

Lunch video-----Hillary Clinton vs. James Comey: Email Scandal Supercut

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Disgraced State Department Official Blamed Ambassador Chris Stevens for His own Death in Benghazi

Disgraced State Department Official Blamed Ambassador Chris Stevens for His own Death in Benghazi:

"The placement of blame for Stevens’ death was made in testimony by Charlene Lamb, then Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security and International Programs. Lamb was one of four State Department officials disciplined in response to the attacks for her alleged role in denying security requests to the U.S. Benghazi mission. She was placed on administrative leave but was subsequently reinstated to a State Department job by John Kerry.

The final Benghazi report reveals that Lamb told the Committee:

The RSO [Regional Security Officer] and the Ambassador are ultimately responsible "

Learning "English" no longer necessary?-----Dem immigration platform courts Hispanics

Dem immigration platform courts Hispanics | TheHill:
"The Democratic Party delivered a huge win to immigration activists in its party platform draft released Friday, taking a liberal stance in sharp contrast to Republican proposals.
...The platform calls for a path to citizenship "for law-abiding families who are here," the defense of President Obama's executive actions on immigration, the end of immigration raids against children and families, due process for "those fleeing violence in Central America," and to rescind statutory bans on immigrants who modify their status in the country. 
...The 2016 document contrasts sharply with the 2012 version, which also touted the need for comprehensive immigration reform, but stated that undocumented immigrants should "get right with the law, learn English, and pay taxes in order to get on a path to earn citizenship," language unpopular with Hispanic and immigrant rights groups..."

After Slaughter, Bangladesh Reels at Revelations About Attackers

After Slaughter, Bangladesh Reels at Revelations About Attackers - The New York Times:
"DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh’s capital city reeled in shock on Sunday as clues began to flood social media about the privileged backgrounds of the half-dozen attackers believed to have butchered 20 patrons of a restaurant during a bloody siege here late last week.
The six attackers were killed when the army stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery to end an 11-hour siege early Saturday.
The police declined to name the young men because nobody had shown up as of Sunday night to identify their bodies, but friends and relatives recognized photographs that were posted on a messaging app by the Islamic State, along with praise for the violence.
The men, all in their late teens or early 20s, were products of Bangladesh’s elite, several having attended one of the country’s top English-medium private schools as well as universities both in the country and abroad.
Among them was the son of a former city leader in the prime minister’s own Awami League, the governing party.
“That’s what we’re absolutely riveted by,” said Kazi Anis Ahmed, a writer and publisher of the daily newspaper The Dhaka Tribune.
“That these kids from very affluent families with no material want can still be turned to this kind of ideology, motivated not just to the point of killing but also want to be killed.”
That children of the country’s upper classes appear to have joined militant Islamists in an act of such brutality highlighted the radicalization among the largely moderate Muslim population here, a process that has accelerated in recent years."

Obama's Newest Pajama Boy: FBI Director James Comey

Obama's Newest Pajama Boy: FBI Director James Comey:
"The pajamas arrived on Saturday..."

BOOM: Swiss Carry Out Stunning Orders Targeting Muslims Across Their Country

BOOM: Swiss Carry Out Stunning Orders Targeting Muslims Across Their Country:
"The issue of Muslim immigration has become the focal point for many elections around the globe as a result of the flood of refugees fleeing war-torn nations in the Middle East.
Europe in particular has been hard hit by this crisis, with hundreds of thousands of people swarming into various European nations, stretching resources to the limits and often times causing outbreaks of violence.
While some countries have welcomed these refugees with open arms, and paid the price, other nations are very hesitant to do so. Switzerland is one of these countries, and will not fully integrate Muslims unless they conform to Swiss standards, reported USA Today"

TSA Fails 95 Percent Of Airport Security Tests Conducted By Homeland Security

TSA Fails 95 Percent Of Airport Security Tests Conducted By Homeland Security: Report:
"As thorough as the Transportation Security Administration screeners may be as they rifle through your belongings, the agency isn’t performing where it counts.
In a series of trials, the Department of Homeland Security was able to smuggle fake explosives, weapons and other contraband past airport screeners in major cities across the country, according to ABC News.
Officials briefed on the Homeland Security Inspector General’s investigation told the station that the TSA failed 67 out of 70 tests conducted by the department’s Red Teams — undercover passengers tasked with identifying weaknesses in the screening process, NJ.com reports.
During the tests, DHS agents each tried to bring a banned item past TSA screeners. 
They succeeded 95 percent of the time.
The internal investigation was designed to find the TSA’s most egregious vulnerabilities.
The TSA has said Red Team agents are “super terrorists” who “push the boundaries of our people, processes, and technology,” but DHS officials told ABC the test results were frustrating at the very least..."

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History for July 6

History for July 6 - On-This-Day.com
John Paul Jones 1747 - First United States' well known naval fighter in the American Revolutionary War, Harold Vanderbilt 1884 - American railroad executive, Nancy Reagan (Anne Frances Robbins) 1921 - Wife of U.S. President Ronald Reagan, actress


Pat Paulsen (Patrick Layton "Pat" Paulsen) 1927 - Comedian, satirist, Sylvester Stallone 1946 - Actor ("Rocky" series of movies), George W. Bush (U.S.) 1946 - 43rd President of the United States


1699 - Captain William Kidd, the pirate, was captured in Boston, MA, and deported back to England.


1854 - In Jackson, MI, the Republican Party held its first convention.


1885 - Louis Pasteur successfully tested his anti-rabies vaccine. The child used in the test later became the director of the Pasteur Institute.


1917 - During World War I, Arab forces led by T.E. Lawrence captured the port of Aqaba from the Turks.


1923 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was established.

1942 - Diarist Anne Frank and her family took refuge from the Nazis in Amsterdam.


1957 - Althea Gibson won the Wimbledon women’s singles tennis title. She was the first black athlete to win the event.


1967 - The Biafran War erupted. The war lasted two-and-a-half years. About 600,000 people died.

AP Fact Check: Clinton’s Email Claims Fall Apart Under FBI Investigation | TheBlaze.com

AP Fact Check: Clinton’s Email Claims Fall Apart Under FBI Investigation | TheBlaze.com:

"WASHINGTON (AP) — Key assertions by Hillary Clinton in defense of her email practices have collapsed under FBI scrutiny.

The agency’s yearlong investigation found that she did not, as she claimed, turn over all her work-related messages for release. It found that her private email server did carry classified emails, also contrary to her past statements. And it made clear that Clinton used many devices to send and receive email despite her statements that she set up her email system so that she only needed to carry one.

FBI Director James Comey’s announcement Tuesday that he will not refer criminal charges to the Justice Department against Clinton spared her from prosecution and a devastating political predicament. But it left much of her account in tatters and may have aggravated questions of trust swirling around her Democratic presidential candidacy."

Rush Limbaugh - July 5, 2016 Full Podcast

Suicide Bomber Attacks Near U.S. Consulate in Saudi Arabia | TheBlaze.com

Suicide Bomber Attacks Near U.S. Consulate in Saudi Arabia | TheBlaze.com:

"DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A suicide bomber carried out an attack early on Monday near the U.S. Consulate in the western Saudi Arabian city of Jiddah, according to the Interior Ministry.

The ministry said the attacker detonated his suicide vest when security guards approached him near the parking lot of a hospital. The attacker died and two security men were lightly wounded, according to the ministry statement, which was published by the state-run Saudi Press Agency. Some cars in the parking lot were damaged."

Hordes of Fake Users Scamming Social Media, eCommerce Sites

Hordes of Fake Users Scamming Social Media, eCommerce Sites:
"Inside the World of Fake User Accounts
The online hook-up site Ashley Madison is reportedly overrun by fake accounts.
Most men are real users, but most of the accounts claiming to represent women apparently are fake.
The dating app Tinder also has fake user accounts set up to lure real users off the app and onto another site or app where they can be scammed with cons, identity thieves or malware, according to researchers at Symantec and Panda Security.
Many of these fake accounts are used by spambots, which reportedly imitate the speech patterns of flirtatious women, and sometimes men.
Another reason to create fake accounts is to post phony online reviews.
Amazon recently filed lawsuits against three sellers for using sock puppet accounts to post fake reviews.
They posed as consumers but were in fact "reviewing" their own products.
And these sellers were allegedly prolific—some 30 to 45 percent of the companies' reviews were fake. The lawsuits are nothing new, according to Amazon, which claims to have sued more than 1,000 fake-review posters.
...Every recent American presidential election is attended by the creation of massive numbers of fake social media accounts to astro-turf public opinion in favor of one candidate or another..."

U.S. Military to Allow Soldiers to Crossdress

U.S. Military to Allow Soldiers to Crossdress - Breitbart:
"Military personnel who wish to dress as the opposite sex may now do so, according to an announcement from Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter.
Carter said, however, that new recruits would have to crossdress for at least 18 months prior to joining the military, presumably to avoid last-minute transitions from one mode of dress to another. Still, if a member of the armed forces wishes to swap genders while serving on active duty, that person may be able to do so “if a military medical provider determines it is necessary,” according to reports.
If any soldier would like to take a further step and undergo gender reassignment surgery, the Pentagon would cover the medical costs, Carter added."

‘Please Do Not Say Islam Is a Religion of Peace. Not Anymore’: Bangladeshi Author Sounds Off After Terror Attack | TheBlaze.com

‘Please Do Not Say Islam Is a Religion of Peace. Not Anymore’: Bangladeshi Author Sounds Off After Terror Attack | TheBlaze.com:

"Following the terror attack in that claimed at least 20 lives in Bangladesh on Friday — and for which the Islamic State claimed responsibility — an exiled Bangladeshi author sounded off against those who defend Islam in the wake of repeated deadly attacks.

“For humanity’s sake please do not say Islam is a religion of peace,” Taslima Nasreen tweeted Sunday. “Not anymore.”"

Dem party platform calls for prosecuting global warming skeptics

Dem party platform calls for prosecuting global warming skeptics
"Democratic operatives responsible for creating their party’s platform this year have unanimously adopted a provision calling for the Department of Justice to investigate companies who disagree with Democrats on global warming science.
A panel of Democrats voted Friday to approve a final draft of the party’s platform to promote “Progressive Democratic Values,” which apparently includes investigating energy companies who “misled” shareholders about global warming.
“Another joint proposal calling on the Department of Justice to investigate alleged corporate fraud on the part of fossil fuel companies who have reportedly misled shareholders and the public on the scientific reality of climate change was also adopted by unanimous consent,” according to the Democratic National Convention’s website..."

Federal Lab Cooked the Books for Two Decades and No One is Being Punished

Federal Lab Cooked the Books for Two Decades and No One is Being Punished | PJ Media:
"A federal lab has been falsifying environmental data for two decades and officials refuse to name the criminals responsible or say whether they have been punished.
A United States Geological Survey (USGS) lab in Colorado was discovered to have manipulated data from 1996 to 2014 with “serious and far ranging” effects, according to a recent report by the Department of the Interior (DOI) Inspector General (IG)
Daily Caller:
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) officials refuse to reveal who, if anyone, has been punished for nearly two decades of “disturbing” data manipulation.
Someone in the inorganic section of a USGS lab in Lakewood, Colorado manipulated data – some of which related to the environment – from 1996 to 2014, with “serious and far ranging” effects, the Department of the Interior (DOI) Inspector General (IG) recently reported.
The Energy Resources Program lab closed March 1, 2016 as a result of the bad data, but now agency officials won’t say who’s been punished or even if anybody has or will be..."

Must see!- Lunch video-----Ronald Reagan vs. Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Joe Biden and Barak Obama