History for August 13

History for August 13 - On-This-Day.com
Annie Oakley 1860, Bert Lahr 1895, Alfred Hitchcock 1899


Ben Hogan 1912, Fidel Castro 1926 - Cuban leader, Joycelyn Elders 1933

          

1521 - Present day Mexico City was captured by Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortez from the Aztec Indians.


1889 - A patent for a coin-operated telephone was issued to William Gray.


1932 - Adolf Hitler refused to take the post of vice-chancellor of Germany. He said he was going to hold out "for all or nothing."


1934 - Al Capp's comic strip "L'il Abner" made its debut in newspapers.


1942 - Henry Ford unveiled his "Soybean Car." It was a plastic-bodied car that weighed about 1000 lbs. less than a steel car.


1942 - Walt Disney's "Bambi" opened at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, NY.


1959 - In New York, ground was broken on the $320 million Verrazano Narrows Bridge.


1961 - Berlin was divided by a barbed wire fence to halt the flight of refugees. Two days later work on the Berlin Wall began.

Clinton Scandal: 44 More Lies Turn Up In Hillary's Emails | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD

Clinton Scandal: 44 More Lies Turn Up In Hillary's Emails | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD:

"But beyond the content, the new emails are important for a number of reasons.

First, they show that Clinton was -- and still is -- lying about when she started using her clintonemail.com account. In fact, the latest batch of emails prove that her private email address was already in wide circulation long before she claimed she started using it."

"Hillary for Prison" Bobblehead

"Hillary for Prison" Bobblehead:
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More Old Than Young: A Demographic Spreads Around the Globe

More Old Than Young: A Demographic Spreads Around the Globe - Bloomberg
"It’s known as the historic reversal, and it appears irreversible: 
Places where the old outnumber kids.
What began in 1995 in a single country, Italy, will spread to 56 nations, economies as diverse as New Zealand and Georgia, by 2030. 
These are the findings of Joseph Chamie, who spent a quarter of a century studying population patterns at the United Nations in New York and now is an independent researcher..."

Report: FBI Wanted an Investigation Into the Clinton Foundation — But the Justice Department Declined | TheBlaze.com

Report: FBI Wanted an Investigation Into the Clinton Foundation — But the Justice Department Declined | TheBlaze.com:

"“Once again, the Department of Justice has protected Hillary Clinton. Earlier this year the DOJ denied a request from the FBI to investigate her pay-to-play, corrupt Clinton Foundation,” the Trump campaign wrote in an email to supporters. “News of its rejection comes immediately after leaked emails exposed a concerning link between the Clinton Foundation and the State Department!”"

Clinton Scandal: 44 More Lies Turn Up In Hillary's Emails | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis

Clinton Scandal: 44 More Lies Turn Up In Hillary's Emails | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD:
"Eection 2016: Judicial Watch, which has been doing all the heavy lifting to expose the extent of Hillary Clinton's scandalous use of a private email account while secretary of state, released dozens of emails on Tuesday that shouldn't exist.
For more than a year, Clinton insisted that she didn't use her private email account until after March 18, 2009, since those were the earliest emails she turned over to the State Department.
According to Clinton, before that date, she was using an old Blackberry email account, to which she no longer had access.
Her campaign website continues to make this claim: "Early in her term, Clinton continued using an att.blackberry.net account that she had used during her Senate service."
Yet in March, Judicial Watch unearthed several emails to and from Hillary's private email account in February.
....But in one exchange, Morgan Stanley Asia Chairman Stephen Roach shares testimony he is about to give to Congress about China's monetary and trade policies.
"Can he come to the embassy" while she is in Beijing, Clinton asks.
As Judicial Watch points out, Morgan Stanley has been "a long-time financial supporter of the Clintons."
The emails Judicial Watch released in March showed Clinton's battle with security officials over attempts to get her a secure Blackberry.
But beyond the content, the new emails are important for a number of reasons.
First, they show that Clinton was -- and still is -- lying about when she started using her clintonemail.com account. In fact, the latest batch of emails prove that her private email address was already in wide circulation long before she claimed she started using it..."
Lots more!

A primer on Seattle’s new first-come, first-served renters law

A primer on Seattle’s new first-come, first-served renters law | The Seattle Times
"Seattle is apparently breaking new ground by requiring landlords in the city to rent their housing units to qualified applicants on a first-come, first-served basis.
Officials say they’re unaware of any other U.S. city with a policy like the one the Seattle City Council approved Monday, along with other rental-housing changes.
The goal is to ensure prospective renters are treated equally, according to Councilmember Lisa Herbold, who championed the policy. When landlords pick one renter among multiple qualified applicants, their own biases — conscious or unconscious — may come into play, she says.
Some landlords don’t mind the policy, saying they already operate on a first-come, first-served basis. But others are upset, saying they should be able to use their own judgment to choose the renters they believe will be most reliable..."

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‘Am I Not Speaking English?’: Reporter Grills State Department Spox Over Clinton Foundation Emails | Video | TheBlaze.com

‘Am I Not Speaking English?’: Reporter Grills State Department Spox Over Clinton Foundation Emails | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"The State Department is trying hard to avoid answering questions over the 44 newly released emails that reveal Hillary Clinton and her office communicated with Clinton Foundation staffers, calling into question whether Clinton may have used her position at the agency to return favors for those who donated to the foundation.

Asked about the ongoing controversy on Wednesday, State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau dodged the same question multiple times."

Claremont students refuse to live with whites

Claremont students refuse to live with whites:
A group of students at the Claremont Colleges in search of a roommate insist that the roommate not be white.
Student Karé Ureña (PZ ’18) posted on Facebook that non-white students in need of housing arrangements should reach out to either her or two other students with whom she plans to live in an off-campus house.
The post states that “POC [people of color] only” will be considered for this living opportunity.
“I don’t want to live with any white folks,” Ureña added.
...“This is directed to protect POC, not white people. Don’t see how this is racist at all…” responded AJ León (PZ ’18), a member of the Pitzer Latino Student Union.
“People of color are allowed to create safe POC only spaces. 
It is not reverse racism or discriminatory, it is self preservation [sic],” Sara Roschdi (PZ ’17), another Pitzer Latino Student Union member, stated.
“Reverse racism isn’t a thing...”

Shoring Up Social Security

Shoring Up Social Security:
"Absent reform, Social Security's trustees project that the program’s trust fund will be depleted in 2034. 
At that point, 88 million Social Security beneficiaries could face across-the-board benefit cuts of 21 percent if policymakers fail to act."

Post-Bankruptcy Detroit Hasn't A Clue How Much Comp Time It Owes Employees

Post-Bankruptcy Detroit Hasn't A Clue How Much Comp Time It Owes Employees [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"The Detroit News has reported that "glitches" left about 1,600 Detroit city employees without a paycheck in the first week of August.
The city had 8,588 employees as of its last audited statement in June 2015.
A city spokesman said that the problem was caused by an antiquated payroll system, according to The Detroit News.
The city stated an upgrade would be implemented by fiscal year 2017.
ForTheRecord says:
This is a bad sign for anyone who hoped for improved stewardship from Detroit officials following the city's emergence from bankruptcy in 2014, assisted by a state taxpayer bailout.
In 2012, Detroit and the state Treasury department agreed that the city needed to upgrade its payroll system.
According to bankruptcy-related filings by the city in June 2013, Detroit contracted with a vendor to transition to a modern payroll system with the work to be completed in March 2014.
Two years after that deadline passed and more than four years after the city and state agreed that the city needed to modernize, the last word from Detroit is "wait until next year..."

Pope Francis, Father Hamel & West’s Decline | National Review

Pope Francis, Father Hamel & West’s Decline | National Review:

"Pope Francis made comments last week that reveal the most important single thing you need to know about the modern world: The most dynamic religion of the last hundred years has been leftism. Not Christianity and not Islam. Leftism.

Leftism has taken over the world’s leading educational institutions, the world’s news media, the world’s popular entertainment, and it has influenced Christianity (and Judaism) far more than Christianity (or Judaism) has influenced anything."

STUDY: Michelle O’s school meals ‘making students more at risk of being overweight’

STUDY: Michelle O’s school meals ‘making students more at risk of being overweight’ | EAGnews.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. – First lady Michelle Obama’s campaign to address the nation’s youth obesity epidemic is actually making kids fatter, according to a new study.

Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences professor Wen You found that the longer kids eat government-funded school meals, the more likely they will be overweight, which means low-income kids the program seeks to help are the most at risk, Eurekalert.org reports.

The study, published in the journal of Health Economics, also points out the most obvious problems with the federal school food regulations championed by Michelle Obama: government regulations don’t help students understand why it’s important to eat healthy, or make the unappetizing result of the regulations more bearable..."

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History for August 12

History for August 12 - On-This-Day.com
Cecil B. DeMille 1881, Cantinflas 1911, Jane Wyatt 1912


William Goldman 1931, George Hamilton 1939 - Actor, Pete Sampras 1971 - Tennis player



1851 - Isaac Singer was issued a patent on the double-headed sewing machine.


1865 - Disinfectant was used for the first time during surgery by Joseph Lister.


1898 - The Spanish-American War was ended with the signing of the peace protocol. The U.S. acquired Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. Hawaii was also annexed.


1939 - "The Wizard of Oz" premiered in Oconomowoc, WI. Judy Garland became famous for the movie's song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." The movie premiered in Hollywood on August 15th.


1953 - The Soviet Union secretly tested its first hydrogen bomb.


1981 - IBM unveiled its first PC.


1992 - The U.S., Canada, and Mexico announced that the North American Free Trade Agreement had been created after 14 months of negotiations.


2000 - The Russian nuclear submarine Kursk sank and its 118-man crew died during naval exercises in the Barents Sea.

Feds Will Struggle to Recoup Loans to Failed Obamacare Co-Ops

Feds Will Struggle to Recoup Loans to Failed Obamacare Co-Ops:

"The federal government is unlikely to recover all of the taxpayer funds lent to failed Obamacare co-ops, according to an audit by the inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services.

The 23 co-ops that were created under Obamacare received $2.4 billion in taxpayer funds from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, of which $358 million were designated for “startup” loans."

'Classic Pay-to-Play': Giuliani Blasts 'Corrupt' Clinton Foundation

'Classic Pay-to-Play': Giuliani Blasts 'Corrupt' Clinton Foundation | Fox News Insider:

Aug 10, 2016 // 9:57am
As seen on Fox and Friends

Rudy Giuliani says that if he were still a federal attorney, he would open an investigation into the Clinton Foundation.
He explained that money being given to the foundation in exchange for favors from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's State Department could constitute racketeering.
"You have tapes that they were hiding that show that millions of dollars were given to Clinton Foundation, and the State Department did favors for those people that they knew had given millions of dollars," Giuliani said. "That’s called illegal, it's called criminal."
He said that's "classic pay-to-play," declaring the Clinton Foundation a "corrupt organization."
Watch more from Giuliani above."

9 Tragic Theme Park Deaths

9 Tragic Theme Park Deaths - ODDEE

The worst theme park accident in U.S. history occurred on May 11, 1984, at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey. There, fire took the lives of eight teenagers trapped inside the Haunted Castle attraction.
The castle was made of 17 interconnected commercial trailers and plywood frames. It had no fire protection, and many safety features were unusable. The exit lights were burnt out, and fire alarms were vandalized and never replaced. Exit doors were allegedly chained and emergency exits were fenced in and not accessible by patrons.
A 14-year-old was alleged to have sparked his lighter. While doing so, he bumped into the polyurethane covered wall, and the fire spread quickly due to the flammable props. Patrons poured out of the structure, but eight did not make it. Their bodies were burned beyond recognition, so much that firefighters were initially unsure if they were real or mannequins.
Six Flags was indicted for aggravated manslaughter, but denied any culpability, contending that the fire was arson and that no precautions would have saved lives. 
The trial jury found the defendants not guilty."

State Dept. Releases New Batch of Emails Clinton Failed to Turn Over | TheBlaze.com

State Dept. Releases New Batch of Emails Clinton Failed to Turn Over | TheBlaze.com:

"The government found the newly disclosed messages during a search of agency computer files from longtime Clinton aide Huma Abedin.

In one instance, Clinton exchanged messages with a senior Morgan Stanley investment executive whom she met with later that year at her office in Washington. They were among 246 pages of Abedin messages turned over to Judicial Watch.

Clinton campaign officials did not immediately answer questions about the issue."

Federal report says Detroit Veterans Affairs Medical Center wasted $300,000 on unused TVs

Federal report says Detroit Veterans Affairs Medical Center wasted $300,000 on unused TVs - WXYZ.com: 
"(WXYZ) Detroit - Federal inspectors have uncovered what they say is more than $300,000 in wasteful spending at The Detroit VA Medical Center.
A report by the Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General found the purchase of 300 television sets, for patient use, was improperly done. 
The units, have gone unused for nearly three years, sitting in the boxes they were delivered in.
The report says the items were purchased before an installation contract was awarded, and it was later determined the units were not compatible with design plans.
The VA spent nearly $20,000 to adjust their installation design, but still, the majority of the units have not been installed.
Adding further to the frustration, the warranties have since expired, which could lead to additional costs down the road should the units malfunction..."

WOMAN CRIES After Seeing How Easily Our Votes Are Stolen By Electronic Voting Machines

WOMAN CRIES After Seeing How Easily Our Votes Are Stolen By Electronic Voting Machines [VIDEO] » 100percentfedUp.com:

“There are people out there who are giving their lives trying to make our elections secure and they’re being called conspiracy theorists and technophobes. And these vendors are lying and saying ‘that everything’s alright’ and it’s not alright. It’s as though our country is one country and pretending to be another country. How can this be happening in our elections?”

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CHILD RAPE VICTIM COMES FORWARD=> Hillary Clinton Is a "Liar" Who "Does Not Care about Women and Children"

CHILD RAPE VICTIM COMES FORWARD=> Hillary Clinton Is a "Liar" Who "Does Not Care about Women and Children":

"In the 1980s as a young lawyer in Arkansas, Hillary Clinton took a case in which she represented a man accused of raping a 12-year-old girl.

In the interview obtained by the Washington Free Beacon Hillary Clinton discussed the case with Arkansas journalist Roy Reed:"

SHOCK PHOTO: Multiple staffers help unstable Hillary up stairs

SHOCK PHOTO: Multiple staffers help unstable Hillary up stairs - The American MirrorThe American Mirror:
The questionable health condition of Hillary Clinton should be a major issue of the 2016 campaign.

The latest evidence comes in the form of Clinton being helped up a set of stairs by multiple individuals outside what appears to be a home.

The photos, published by Reuters and Getty, show the 68-year-old candidate with aides holding her arms as she ascends the stairs.

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Kaspersky discovers new state-sponsored spyware capable of stealing data from offline PCs

Kaspersky discovers new state-sponsored spyware capable of stealing data from offline PCs
"Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab  announce the discovery of "ProjectSauron", a top-level espionage platform that seems to be supported by a nation state as the piece of spyware is extremely advanced and likely cost million of dollars to develop. 
The security firm says ProjectSauron primarily targets organizations that provide a key role in state services, including government, military, scientific research centers, telecom operator and financial organizations, and that it has a bias towards encrypted communication. 
ProjectSauron remained hidden for several years, the researchers believe it has been operational since June 2011 and claim its ultimate goal is to steal confidential and secret information from state-sensitive organizations. 
An infection is difficult to detect because ProjectSauron creates a unique footprint on every system that it infects, core implants for instance use different file names and sizes for each target. 
Also worth mentioning is that the espionage tool is capable of bypassing air-gapped computers via USB drives...

More details at Kaspersky.