History for July 21

History for July 21 - On-This-Day.com
Ernest Hemingway 1899 - Author, journalist, Marshall McLuhan 1911 - Educator, philosopher, scholar, Janet Reno 1938 - Attorney General of the U.S. (1993-2001)


Yusuf Islam 1948 - Musician (Cat Stevens), Robin Williams 1951 - Actor, comedian, Jon Lovitz 1957 - Actor ("Saturday Night Live") comedian, singer



1861 - The first major battle of the U.S. Civil War began. It was the Battle of Bull Run at Manassas Junction, VA. The Confederates won the battle.


1925 - The "Monkey Trial" ended in Dayton, TN. John T. Scopes was convicted and fined $100 for violating the state prohibition on teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. The conviction was later overturned on a legal technicality because the judge had set the fine instead of the jury.


1930 - The Veterans Administration of the United States was established.

1940 - Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia were annexed by the Soviet Union.


1944 - American forces landed on Guam during World War II.


1949 - The U.S. Senate ratified the North Atlantic Treaty.


1957 - Althea Gibson became the first black woman to win a major U.S. tennis title when she won the Women’s National clay-court singles competition.


1961 - Captain Virgil "Gus" Grissom became the second American to rocket into a sub-orbital pattern around the Earth. He was flying on the Liberty Bell 7.

LIBERTY REVIEW

LIBERTY REVIEW:

http://libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2016/07/comradesin-crime-bytammy-derouin_20.html

Comrades In Crime

By Tammy Derouin

The scandals are never ending.  There isn’t a low which this administration won’t try to reach.  Years of betrayal, deceit and getting away with so many scandalous activities have now led to openly congratulating themselves on a job well done.  Yes, the administration is very happy with the efforts of their comrades in crime to obstruct justice and hide the truth. The administration loves to insult the American people.

Is there any part of our government which hasn’t fallen to the evil arm twisting of this corrupt administration?  The Department of Justice, State Department, IRS, Department of Education, TSA, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Health and Human Services and now the FBI, to name a few, are all tainted with corruption. Of course, neither the Legislative nor Judicial Branches have been much help to rein in the Executive. 

The amount of criminal power and influence which must now exist within our government, to be able to control so many, is frightening.  One administration has managed to heavily damage, if not destroy, almost every division of our system of government, and in such a short amount of time.  Eventually, the truth will rise to the surface.  I fear the reality of how much evil corruption truly exists will be overwhelming, even for those who knew it was always part of this administration......

Mass Shooting in...Gun Free England?

Mass Shooting in...Gun Free England?
If you’re like me, you’ve been in an argument with an anti-gun leftist who brings up how England is gun-free and that we should be more like them.
Because peace, love, unity.
Because guns are mean boom-boom sticks who shoot people of their own free will.
Better not to have them at all, because safety.
Without guns, there can be no crime. 
Right?
Wait… right?
Turns out, no.
Because in super anti-gun England, there was just a shooting.
In a gun-free zone.
In this case the gun-free zone happens to be the entire country. 
So how did this shooting possibly happen?
Three people have been shot dead, including the suspected gunman, in Spalding, Lincolnshire, police have said..."

Clinton Slams Trump, Promises Several Universal Programs While in Minneapolis

Clinton Slams Trump, Promises Several Universal Programs While in Minneapolis - Alpha News: "Presumptive Democratic Nominee for President Hillary Clinton spoke at the Minneapolis Convention Center on Monday to the American Federation of Teachers.
Clinton made sure to be clear about her several proposals for universal programs, saying she supports free education from Pre-K to college, as well as universal healthcare and access to broadband internet..."

Sheriff David Clarke Prompts Massive Applause at GOP Convention With This Five-Word Opener | Video | TheBlaze.com

Sheriff David Clarke Prompts Massive Applause at GOP Convention With This Five-Word Opener | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke drew rousing applause when he took the stage at the Republican National Convention Monday night to declare, “Blue lives matter in America.”

“Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to make something very clear: Blue lives matter in America,” he said emphatically to the crowd of delegates gathered at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland."

An Open Letter To Tiny House Hunters

An Open Letter To Tiny House Hunters « terribleminds: chuck wendig:
"...One day my wife said, “You need to watch this new show.”
And I said, what is it, and does it star Guy Fieri, and will he milk the donkey sauce from his pubic beard into a chicken stock in order to make the soup that takes us all down to the FLAVORPOCALYPSE. 
And she said, no, no, “It’s a new House Hunters show,” and I thought, well, where else can they go? Maybe House Hunters New York Apartments where we follow a broke single person trying to fight rat-swarms in order to find a rent-controlled outhouse-sized apartment for less than the cost of a mansion in Minnesota.
“It’s not that,” she said.
But it was close.
It was very close.
Enter you people.
Hunters of tiny houses.
Cave-humans once stalked lions on the veldt, but you intrepid hunters track itty-bitty homes — houses compressed down like coal until they become the shining diamonds of Spartan living..."

Why We Can’t Keep Putting Off a Social Security Fix

Why We Can’t Keep Putting Off a Social Security Fix | Economics21
"...This question -- whether we can afford significant further delay in righting Social Security’s finances -- is a very common and important one, worthy of further exploration.
The answer is that we cannot afford continued postponement, and it’s important to understand why.
Social Security experts have long struggled against a widespread tendency to overemphasize the program’s “doomsday date” in descriptions of program finances. Countless media articles characterize the annual trustees’ report in terms of Social Security’s combined trust funds’ projected depletion date (currently 2034).
 Such framing invites the following two misperceptions:
1) Insolvency might not happen, because projections that far out can be wildly wrong;
2) Even if it would happen, we have several years yet to deal with it.
Unfortunately, both of these reflexive suppositions are dangerously incorrect.
...However, even if we pretend that the funds are combined and that the insolvency date isn’t until 2034, we still have far less time than that to act..."

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Megyn Kelly Clashes With Former New Black Panthers Leader Over ‘White People,’ Violence Against Police | Video | TheBlaze.com

Megyn Kelly Clashes With Former New Black Panthers Leader Over ‘White People,’ Violence Against Police | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"The president of Black Lawyers for Justice — who’s a former leader of the New Black Panther Party — told Fox News’ Megyn Kelly she holds a position of “white supremacy, white privilege” and is part of the “white power structure.”"

Social justice on Mars

Social justice on Mars:
"Assuming NASA ever actually does take us to Mars, we can now rest easy knowing they will be prepared to establish a utopian society upon the blank Martian slate, free from the privileges and prejudices of Earth.
The Goddard Space Flight Center announced in February that it has undertaken a “redesign” of its Diversity Dialogue Project (DDP) in order to “increase overall impact for the organization and better utilize and manage current internal resources.”
NASA plans to create a “culture of positive influencers who are empowered to use their privilege wisely.”    
By that, of course, they mean they’re going to promote “Diversity and Inclusion” (which they not only inexplicably capitalize, but even adorn with an acronym) by testing out an “awareness” training program intended to help participants discover their own unconscious biases.
...Oh, wait; here it is: By teaching employees about “the potential impact of our behaviors and (unconscious) biases in the workplace,” NASA plans to create a “culture of positive influencers who are empowered to use their privilege wisely.”

Top 10 Cases of Plagiarizing Democrats

Top 10 Cases of Plagiarizing Democrats - Breitbart:
"Here are the top 10 most serious cases of Democratic plagiarism, among contemporary political figures:
....4. Michelle Obama. Though the accusation never found traction in the mainstream media, the aspiring First Lady appeared to have lifted phrases from Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radical — a classic primer on community organizing — and attributed them to her husband. It is conceivable that Obama, an accused plagiarizer himself (see below), passed them off as his own.

3. Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE). Biden’s 1988 presidential aspirations were destroyed after it emerged that he borrowed heavily from British Labour Party politician Neal Kinnock — not just Kinnock’s words, but his biographical details. He was also found to have plagiarized in law school. Biden still made it to the top — or near the top — on charm and sheer perseverance.

2. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY). The 2008 and 2016 presidential candidate was accused, both times, of plagiarizing others’ lines — and her own. Most recently, she was accused by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) of stealing his talking points, partly in an effort to convince left-wing voters that there was no distance between the two. Her effort inspired a hashtag: #StealtheBern.

1. Barack Obama. The supposedly great orator was caught lifting the major refrain, “Don’t tell me words don’t matter,” from Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, his friend and fellow Harvard Law graduate. The irony of arguing for the importance of words, and then borrowing those words without attribution, was a sign of just how empty so many of those words really were."

In-state tuition for illegal immigrants is ‘not enough,’ NJ lawmakers say

In-state tuition for illegal immigrants is ‘not enough,’ NJ lawmakers say:
"A study by a nonpartisan think-tank argues that many illegal immigrants have been unable to take advantage of in-state tuition and would be better served by access to state financial aid, and some New Jersey lawmakers agree.
...The NJPP hopes its study will prove that current measures to help illegal immigrants attend college actually stymie their efforts.
...In January, several members of the NJ legislature introduced a bill that would allow illegal immigrants who meet certain criteria to apply for state financial aid..."

Obama Warns Republicans After Baton Rouge Attack: ‘We Don't Need Inflammatory Rhetoric’ - Breitbart

Obama Warns Republicans After Baton Rouge Attack: ‘We Don't Need Inflammatory Rhetoric’ - Breitbart:

"He also appeared to caution Republicans using the incident for political attacks, after both he and Hillary Clinton signaled sympathy with anti-police protest groups like Black Lives Matter."

Melania Trump's Big Difference from Michelle Obama: American Pride

Melania Trump's Big Difference from Michelle Obama: American Pride - Breitbart:
"Whether or not Melania Trump cribbed a passage from a Michelle Obama speech, there is one crucial sentiment Donald Trump’s Slovenian born wife certainly didn’t copy from Obama’s — the inherent pride of being an American citizen.
As the media pours over one passage in Melania Trump’s Republican National Convention speech that is similar to Michelle Obama’s 2008 speech at the Democratic National Convention, they overlook a key sentence that was undeniably written by Mrs. Trump and reveals all the difference in the world between these two women and their husbands.
“On July 28th, 2006, I was very proud to become a citizen of the United States — the greatest privilege on planet Earth,” the smiling Mrs. Trump said to thunderous applause.
...What a difference these sentiments are to Michelle Obama’s infamous remarks during the 2008 campaign, when she said, “For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country.”
Why was she suddenly proud “for the first time” in her “adult life”? Because her husband was running for president.
Contrast that with Melania Trump’s inherent pride in being an American citizen, which in her words is “the greatest privilege on planet Earth.”
That was the most important line in Melania Trump’s speech.
And she didn’t steal it from Michelle Obama."

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History for July 20

History for July 20 - On-This-Day.com:
Francesco Petrarch 1304, Sir Edmund Hillary 1919 - Explorer, first to climb Mt. Everest, Mike Ilitch 1929 - Founder of Little Caesar's Pizza franchises, owner of Detroit Red Wings


Chuck Daly 1933, Natalie Wood (Natasha Nikolaevna Gurdin) 1938 - Actress (From Here to Eternity, West Side Story, Rebel Without a Cause), Kim Carnes 1946 - Singer


1861 - The Congress of the Confederate States began holding sessions in Richmond, VA.


1868 - Legislation that ordered U.S. tax stamps to be placed on all cigarette packs was passed.


1881 - Sioux Indian leader Sitting Bull, a fugitive since the Battle of the Little Big Horn, surrendered to federal troops. (Montana)


1942 - The first detachment of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, (WACS) began basic training at Fort Des Moines, Iowa.


1944 - An attempt by a group of German officials to assassinate Adolf Hitler failed. The bomb exploded at Hitler's Rastenburg headquarters. Hitler was only wounded.


1969 - Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. became the first men to walk on the moon.


1982 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan pulled the U.S. out of comprehensive test ban negotiations indefinitely.


1998 - Russia won a $11.2 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund to help avert the devaluation of its currency.

A Heartfelt Plea, Nation of Islam and Blood on Obama’s Hands — All in a Weekend | Glenn Beck

A Heartfelt Plea, Nation of Islam and Blood on Obama’s Hands — All in a Weekend | Glenn Beck:

"“I don’t know if anybody noticed, but there was talk — serious talk — on television about martial law in America. We haven’t even hit the tough times yet, gang,” Glenn said. “They’re talking in Cleveland today, chief of police who says, ‘I’m an NRA member. I’m a gun guy. I’m a Second Amendment guy, but can’t we just suspend this concealed weapons permit just for a while?'”

Suspending the second amendment is never a good idea and this example just goes to show politicians often miss the mark on these issues. President Obama barely paid lip service to the fallen police officers while glorifying the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement and those who were shot by police.
This was not lost on the president of the Cleveland Police Association, who came out with the following statement:

The president of the United States validated the false narrative and the nonsense that Black Lives Matter and the media are pressing out there to the public, validated with his very divisive statements,"

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
"Erdoğan was a semi-professional footballer playing for Kasımpaşa Spor Kulübü before being elected as the Mayor of Istanbul from the Islamist Welfare Party in 1994.
He was stripped and banned from office after being sentenced to 10 months in prison for inciting religious intolerance in 1998, after which he abandoned openly Islamist politics and established the moderate conservative AKP in 2001.
The AKP won a landslide victory in the 2002 general election, with the party's co-founder Abdullah Gül becoming Prime Minister until his government annulled Erdoğan's ban from political office. Erdoğan subsequently became Prime Minister in March 2003 after winning a seat in a by-election held in Siirt.[6]"
...A US$100 billion government corruption scandal in 2013 led to the arrests of Erdoğan's close allies, with Erdoğan himself incriminated after a recording was released on social media.[15][16][17]
Erdoğan's government has since come under fire for electoral fraud, demeaning the Constitution, alleged human rights violations and crackdown on press and social media, having blocked access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube on numerous occasions.[18][19][20][21]
Opposition journalists and politicians have thus branded him a "dictator".[22][23][24][25][26]

"T-word"?-----New Progressive Media Lunacy: 'Terrorist' is a Biased Word

New Progressive Media Lunacy: 'Terrorist' is a Biased Word | PJ Media
"Off the deep end.

This is boilerplate leftist navel gazing, which they're especially prone to after terrorism attacks. 
Even when they're finally talking about it, they aren't really talking about it.

Here's the relevant drivel from this piece:

Some of my fellow word people, in discussing this same issue, have arrived at a less extreme conclusion than mine: Just use the T-word consistently, they say. Maybe that was once the right advice, but words and their connotations change over time with their usage, and therefore so must news organization policies.

The big problem with illegal immigrant wasn’t that reporters applied it inconsistently—the term simply became too judgmental, too toxic for neutral copy. So, in 2013, the Associated Press Stylebook dropped it.

Likewise, I think we’ve reached the same point with the T-word. Reuters—a less influential force in American journalism style than the AP—agrees with me.

There you have it, we are simply not using the word "terrorist" consistently!

I would argue that the MSM has a problem of frequency when it comes to calling terrorists what they are. 

Since the attack in Nice, I've read and heard a lot about a "truck attack" and a "lone wolf," but "terrorist" has been used as sparingly as if rent were being paid for its utterance.

The notion that being "too judgmental" when merely referring to terrorists is problematic is quite, well, insane. 

This just adds another dangerous layer of make-believe to the denial dance that the press does in concert with left-leaning politicians.

There is a lot that is nuanced in this complex, dangerous world. 

Figuring out who the terrorists are and labeling them as such isn't one of them, however. This is all very simple, and anyone fancying him or herself a deep thinker because he or she introduces complexity to something simple isn't very bright."

Secret Document Shows Key Iran Deal Restrictions Will Ease in Next Decade | TheBlaze.com

Secret Document Shows Key Iran Deal Restrictions Will Ease in Next Decade | TheBlaze.com:

"VIENNA (AP) — A document obtained by The Associated Press shows that key restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program will ease in slightly more than a decade, halving the time Tehran would need to build a bomb."

Hillary: White Americans Need To Do A Better Job Recognizing Their Privilege

Hillary: White Americans Need To Do A Better Job Recognizing Their Privilege - Breitbart:
"Monday in Cincinnati at the 107th NAACP convention, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said white Americans need to “recognize our privilege and and practice humility.”
Clinton said, “We white Americans need to do a better job of listening when African-Americans talk about the seen and unseen barriers you face everyday.
We need to recognize our privilege and and practice humility, rather than assume our experiences are everyone’s experiences.”

Half Of TSA's 30,000 Employees Accused Of Misconduct; Nearly A Third Multiple Times

Half Of TSA's 30,000 Employees Accused Of Misconduct; Nearly A Third Multiple Times | Techdirt:
The TSA is a multibillion dollar agency with nearly zero redeemable qualities. 
It can only act in hindsight, does almost nothing to make traveling safer, and seemingly devotes most of its screening efforts to toddlers, cancer patients, and ensuring carry-on liquids do not exceed three ounces.

What it lacks in competency, it makes up in misconduct. 

Lines at security checkpoints have slowed to a crawl. 

Making it through the tedious, invasive process sometimes means inadvertently "donating" expensive electronics to sticky-fingered agents. 

The TSA's morale is generally on par with Congress' approval rates. 

And, when it's all said and done, the people hired to protect travelers just plain suck at their job.

Despite the Transportation Security Administration's ten-point action plan to reduce long lines at airports across the country, lengthy queues remain. Now, the TSA's summer may be getting even worse: According to a recent report from the House Homeland Security Commission entitled "Misconduct at TSA Threatens the Security of the Flying Public", nearly half of the TSA’s 60,000 employees have been cited for misconduct in recent years.

As Katherine LaGrave of the Conde Nast Traveler points out, the problem is only getting worse. Complaints are up 28% over the last three years, with larger airports averaging a complaint a week. 
Long lines may be causing a spike in the complaints, but the misconduct detailed in the report has very little to do directly with this issue..."

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Baltimore Judge Acquits Fourth Officer Charged in Freddie Gray Case | Video | TheBlaze.com

Baltimore Judge Acquits Fourth Officer Charged in Freddie Gray Case | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"BALTIMORE (AP) — A judge has acquitted a Baltimore police officer on all charges in the death of Freddie Gray, a black who died after he was injured in a police transport van."

“On the evening of July 18, 1969, Mary Jo Kopechne died while trying to free herself from …

Instapundit » Blog Archive » HISTORY: “On the evening of July 18, 1969, Mary Jo Kopechne died while trying to free herself from …:

HISTORY:
“On the evening of July 18, 1969, Mary Jo Kopechne died while trying to free herself from Edward M. Kennedy’s submerged automobile in a tidal channel on Chappaquiddick Island.”

"Democrats and the media lionized Kennedy even though they knew what he had done.
They did so because his politics were good, and that washes away all sins on the left — because on the left, the only sin is for one’s politics to be incorrect."