History for November 15

History for November 15 - On-This-Day.com
William Pitt the Elder 1708 - Known as the Great Commoner, 1st Earl of Chatham, Georgia O'Keeffe 1887, Ed Asner 1929


Petula Clark 1932, Frida Lyngstad (ABBA) 1945, Beverly D'Angelo 1954




1777 - The Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, precursor to the U.S. Constitution.


1806 - Explorer Zebulon Pike spotted the mountaintop that became known as Pikes Peak.


1864 - Union Gen. William T. Sherman and his troops began their "March to the Sea" during the U.S. Civil War.


1901 - Miller Reese patented an electrical hearing aid.


1920 - The League of Nations met for the first time in Geneva, Switzerland.


1939 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC.


1966 - The flight of Gemini 12 ended successfully as astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. splashed down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.


1999 - Representatives from China and the United States signed a major trade agreement that involved China's membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Sheriff Clarke Crushes Obama For Failing To Calm Down Anti-Trump Riots [Video] – Conservative 101

Sheriff Clarke Crushes Obama For Failing To Calm Down Anti-Trump Riots [Video] – Conservative 101:

"Sheriff Clarke just slammed Obama for not doing enough to calm down these protesters and failing to do hi job as president to ensure a peaceful transition of power.

“These are anarchists, full-fledged anarchists. They don’t even support the Constitution. This isn’t constitutionally protected behavior,” Clarke said about the rioters."

Donald Trump Protester Speaks Out: "I Was Paid $3,500 To Protest Trump's Rally"

Donald Trump Protester Speaks Out: "I Was Paid $3,500 To Protest Trump's Rally" - ABC News
"PHOENIX A.Z. (AP) — For months now, rumors have circulated the Internet that individuals were being paid to protest at rallies held by presidential hopeful Donald Trump. Today a man from Trump’s rally in Fountain Hills, Arizona back in March has come forward to say that he was paid to protest the event.

“I was given $3,500 to protest Donald Trump’s rally in Fountain Hills,” said 37-year-old Paul Horner. 
“I answered a Craigslist ad about a group needing actors for a political event. 
I interviewed with them and got the part.”
Trump supporters have been claiming that protesters are being paid by the Bernie Sanders’ campaign, but Horner disagrees.
“As for who these people were affiliated with that interviewed me, my guess would be Hillary Clinton’s campaign,” Horner said. 
“The actual check I received after I was done with the job was from a group called ‘Women Are The Future’. 
After I was hired, they told me if anyone asked any questions about who I was with or communicated with me in any way, I should start talking about how great Bernie Sanders is.” 
Horner continued, “It was mostly women in their 60’s at the interview that I went to. 
Plus, all the people that I communicated with had an AOL email address. 
No one still has an AOL email address except people that would vote for Hillary Clinton...”
Read on!

fakehatecrimes.org

fakehatecrimes.org:
The purpose of this site is to compile a comprehensive database of the false reports of "hate crimes" committed in the USA. 
It builds on the work of Laird Wilcox, whose Crying Wolf (PDF) is the only book dedicated to this subject so far.
Worth a visit and a bookmark.

Top Clinton Aide: Loss 'Most Devastating In U.S. History' | The Daily Caller

Top Clinton Aide: Loss 'Most Devastating In U.S. History' | The Daily Caller:

"A top member of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign told Clinton’s top supporters Thursday her defeat was “the most devastating loss in the history of American politics,” while campaign chairman John Podesta said the defeat was due to a pro-Donald Trump bias in the media."

After Nearly Wall to Wall Coverage of Protests, CNN Lets a Truth Bomb Slip On Who 'Promoted' Them

After Nearly Wall to Wall Coverage of Protests, CNN Lets a Truth Bomb Slip On Who 'Promoted' Them

Wednesday night, CNN heavily covered the stories of people across America protesting the presidential election results. 
The impression left on many viewers was that the protests were spontaneous and organic.

But in between interviewing protesters about their beefs, CNN reporter Jean Casarez dropped a truth bomb:

“This was promoted by Socialist Advantage and one of the things they said the purpose of this rally was for was, was to not only protest the election of Donald Trump the 45th president of the United States but also to protest that the Democratic party had let them down.”

'Socialist Advantage' was the hashtag many used to communicate on Twitter:

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HELL SURGE CITY @Fatallydemonic

#SocialistAdvantage is protesting in the streets of large major cities.

8:44 PM - 9 Nov 2016

 
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And it turns out the real group 'promoting' the protests was really called “Socialist Alternative.”

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MR. SΞRIOUSLY 🌐 @MrSrsly

The group is NOT #SocialistAdvantage it is Socialist Alternative.

9:29 PM - 9 Nov 2016 

...In his series of undercover videos, “Rigging the Election,” James O'Keefe uncovered Democratic party officials who admitted to helping organize violence at Trump rallies and protests which were financed by Democratic billionaire George Soros.ets

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THAT’S EASY. A “RIOT” IS WHERE BROOKS BROTHERS-CLAD REPUBLICANS DEMAND BALLOT FAIRNESS. A “PROTEST”…

Instapundit » Blog Archive » 
"THAT’S EASY. 
A “RIOT” IS WHERE BROOKS BROTHERS-CLAD REPUBLICANS DEMAND BALLOT FAIRNESS. 
A “PROTEST” IS WHERE DEMOCRATS BURN CARS AND BEAT PEOPLE UNCONSCIOUS. 
Media still struggles with the difference between a protest and a riot.

Fabulous!-----Think America=Iguana, Liberal media=Snakes-------Iguana chased by snakes - Planet Earth II: Islands

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The Communists Behind the Anti-Trump Protests | Frontpage Mag

The Communists Behind the Anti-Trump Protests | Frontpage Mag:


"In short, the anti-Trump protests that are currently making headlines are 100% contrived, fake, phony exhibitions of street theater, orchestrated entirely by radicals and revolutionaries whose chief objective is to push America ever farther to the political left. Moreover, they seek to utterly demoralize conservatives into believing that public opposition to their own (conservative) political and social values is growing more powerful, more passionate, and more widespread with each passing day."

Crime highest in 16 years, Obama legacy

Crime highest in 16 years, Obama legacy | Washington Examiner:
The personal crime rate throughout America has hit a 16-year high, with nearly 30 percent of all households report being "victimized," according to a new survey

"Americans' direct experience with crime is at a 16-year high, consistent with a gradual increase — from 22 percent in 2001 to 29 percent today — in the percentage saying that they or a household member was the victim of a robbery, vandalism or violent crime in the past year," Gallup reports.
What's more, some 16 percent that they personally have been the victim of crime, most often theft.
Gallup said the recent increase wasn't huge, but the years of increases a concern.
"Americans' self-reported experience with crime has been trending up since about 2001 and is now at a numerical high..."

Democrats Are Now Calling For A ‘Revolution In The Streets’, And I Believe That They Are Quite Serious

Democrats Are Now Calling For A ‘Revolution In The Streets’, And I Believe That They Are Quite Serious:
"The surprise victory by Donald Trump on November 8th has spawned a series of violent protests and riots all over the nation as stunned leftists continue to throw the largest post-election temper tantrum in U.S. history.  

Protesters in large cities all across America have been disrupting public transportation, looting stores, hurling objects at the police and burning Trump in effigy.  
There have even been shootings at anti-Trump rallies in Seattle and in Portland.  
Hundreds of protesters have been arrested so far, and organizers are promising that this is only just the beginning.  
Meanwhile, large numbers of enraged leftists are physically threatening Trump on Twitter, and some are even calling for a violent revolution.  
Sadly, I believe that they are quite serious about this.
...But for many on the radical left the time for patience is over.  
The “Not My President” movement is taking off like a rocket, and one survey found that only 58 percent of all Clinton supporters consider Trump’s victory to be legitimate.  
A protest near Trump Tower in New York City on Saturday drew approximately 25,000 people, and USA Today reported that the anti-Trump protest in Portland, Oregon on Saturday night rapidly “devolved into a riot“.
It is becoming clear that these protests are not going away any time soon, and some are even beginning to refer to this movement as “the Purple Revolution”…

No sooner had Trump been declared the 45^th president of the United States, Soros-funded political operations launched their activities to disrupt Trump during Obama’s lame-duck period and thereafter. The swiftness of the Purple Revolution is reminiscent of the speed at which protesters hit the streets of Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, in two Orange Revolutions sponsored by Soros, one in 2004 and the other, ten years later, in 2014.

As the Clintons were embracing purple in New York, street demonstrations, some violent, all coordinated by the Soros-funded Moveon.org and Black Lives Matter, broke out in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Oakland, Nashville, Cleveland, Washington, Austin, Seattle, Philadelphia, Richmond, St. Paul, Kansas City, Omaha, San Francisco, and some 200 other cities across the United States. 

So could we actually see a violent revolution on the streets of America?

Is the radical left really so horrified by the prospect of a Trump presidency that they would actually be willing to engage in a prolonged campaign of chaos, violence and physical intimidation..?

Read on! Scary stuff!

Media still struggles with the difference between a protest and a riot

Media still struggles with the difference between a protest and a riot « Hot Air
"My hopes for a media postmortem after the election concluded appear to have been (mostly) dashed. 
For the third day in a row now I’ve woken up and turned on the news only to see CNN and MSNBC talking heads speaking in earnest tones about the “protests” taking place in response to Tuesday’s victory of President Elect Trump. 
There are always a few exceptions, but most of the coverage I’m seeing once again takes the same tone we’ve grown used to during the Black Lives Matter riots in Ferguson, Baltimore, New York, Chicago and beyond. 
The words stand in stark contrast to the scenes playing out on the screen as roadways are blocked, bottles are hurled, fires break out and “peaceful protesters” smash up police vehicles. 
And in Portland last night, somebody was actually shot. (Fox News)

A man suffered non-life-threatening injuries in Portland, Ore. early Saturday when he was shot while taking part in a protest against President-elect Donald Trump.

The shooting took place at around 1 a.m. local time as protesters were walking across the Morrison Bridge toward downtown Portland.

There are exceptions to the awkward newspaper coverage which might give us hope. 
One example comes from a most unexpected source… the Washington Post. They describe last night’s activities using a word which is rarely seen in print these days. 
Pay close attention to this passage. (Emphasis added.)

Hundreds of people protesting the election of Donald Trump took to the streets in cities across the country for a third straight night on Friday, as police bolstered their forces in the wake of rioting in Portland, Ore., and Los Angeles.

More than 225 people have been arrested across various cities — at least 185 in Los Angeles alone, the Associated Press reported — amid demonstrations that have included highway blockades, angry chants of “not my president” and a rampage through Portland.

Police in New York on Friday erected barricades and placed sand-filled trucks in front of Trump Tower. Protesters illuminated by the flashing red and blue of police car lights chanted, “Hey, hey, ho, ho, Donald Trump has got to go.”

They go on to actually cover what was happening in various cities with particular emphasis on Portland, which seems to be the epicenter of the most violent, riotous activity thus far.

The group that formed around 5 p.m. splintered, spreading around the city. Police in riot gear stood firm across one downtown street until after 8 p.m. when protesters threw glass bottles at the police.

By 10 p.m., the police had deployed tear gas, flash grenades and rubber bullets, warning protesters that they would be arrested if they remained on scene. An hour later, hundreds of people were still gathered downtown, with police closing in from the east and west to send a clear message: leave or be arrested.

...Let’s all take a look at these images and repeat after me. (Click on images for full size photos.)
This is a riot.

This is a protest.

This is a riot.

This is a protest.

Blog: Hillary wins the popular vote – not

Blog: Hillary wins the popular vote – not:

"Okay, let’s address this “Hillary might win the popular vote, isn’t that Electoral College situation just awful” thing head on.

No, it’s not awful.  It’s great, and it protects the importance of your vote.  It’s also uniquely American and demonstrates yet again the once-in-creation brilliance of the Founding Fathers."

Turkey Warns Citizens to Avoid Anti-Trump Protests in US Cities

Turkey Warns Citizens to Avoid Anti-Trump Protests in US Cities:
"Turkey has warned its citizens living in or traveling to the United States to avoid "social tensions" in major American cities, such as angry protests against Donald Trump's presidential election victory.
The Ankara government on Saturday also advised caution for any visitors who might encounter "racist" outbursts, which many Americans see as the action of extremists possibly emboldened by Trump's comments critical of immigrants.
Turkey did not specifically cite postelection political turmoil in the United States in connection with either of its warnings.
A Turkish Foreign Ministry statement urged Turks "to be vigilant due to the risks linked to current events and social tensions."
Turkey, which itself has been the subject of frequent travel warnings by Western governments in recent months, also noted "the increase, over the last few days, of verbal and physical aggression of a xenophobic or racist nature across the U.S."..."

AM Fruitcake

History for November 14

History for November 14 - On-This-Day.com:
Robert Fulton 1765 - Engineer and inventor (steamboat), Claude Monet 1840 - French impressionist painter, Aaron Copland 1900 - Composer, writer


McLean Stevenson 1929 - Actor, P.J. O'Rourke 1947 - Political satirist, journalist, writer, Condoleezza Rice 1954 - U.S. Secretary of State

1851 - Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick" was first published in the U.S.


1940 - During World War II, German war planes destroyed most of the English town of Coventry when about 500 Luftwaffe bombers attacked.


1956 - The USSR crushed the Hungarian uprising.


1968 - Yale University announced it was going co-educational.

1969 - During the Vietnam War, Major General Bruno Arthur Hochmuth, commander of the Third Marine Division, became the first general to be killed in Vietnam by enemy fire.


1979 - U.S. President Carter froze all Iranian assets in the United States and U.S. banks abroad in response to the taking of 63 American hostages at the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran.


1983 - The British government announced that U.S.-made cruise missiles had arrived at the Greenham Common air base amid protests.


1994 - U.S. experts visited North Korea's main nuclear complex for the first time under an accord that opened such sites to outside inspections.

Obama’s main legacy: the collapse of the Democratic Party | New York Post

Obama’s main legacy: the collapse of the Democratic Party | New York Post:

"What happened? From the beginning, Obama pushed the left-most plausible agenda without regard to political consequences. His signature initiative, ObamaCare, was forced through Congress despite its manifest unpopularity and with the crucial assistance of obvious falsehoods (i.e., that it would reduce premiums and people could keep their doctors).

When Obama’s initial legislative overreach cost him his congressional majorities, he proceeded with executive overreach, especially on environmental regulation and immigration. His attitude was that everyone had to get with his program and that if they didn’t, they were either stupid or spiteful. He believed less in the usual political arts of compromise and personal relationships than in the irresistible power of his own words."

The Double Standard in Environmental Protection

The Double Standard in Environmental Protection [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"There appears to be a double standard when it comes to the enforcement of environmental law. When a private individual or business harms the environment, regulators rush to identify perpetrators, begin enforcement proceedings, and fine or jail those responsible. 
Policymakers and the media often seize the opportunity to call for tighter government controls.
But when the government itself damages the environment, regulators, politicians, the media and the public show much less interest in holding anyone accountable.
They tend to just shrug their shoulders and move on.
If we want to maintain and protect the amazingly beautiful and fruitful Michigan environment, we must enforce environmental standards equally for private individuals, businesses and government alike.
But government regularly harms Michigan’s natural environment and what follows are several examples of these incidences — just from the past few months.
In each case, the government agencies or employees responsible for the damage faced little to no consequence for their actions. 
Our reluctance to address government-caused environmental impacts must end..."
Lots here. Read on!

NCRI Women's Committee - Iran: Girl students defy compulsory enforcement of veil in dormitories

NCRI Women's Committee - Iran: Girl students defy compulsory enforcement of veil in dormitories
Girl students defy compulsory enforcement of veil in dormitories

Students of Tehran's Chamran University staged a protest for the second consecutive night on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, at their dormitory against

the plan for imposing the compulsory dress code.

They explained their demands in a statement in which they said, "They firmly oppose the disparaging virtue and veil plans in the dormitories, which violates the students' privacy."

The statement concludes, "We will stand up to any attempt by security forces to deal with protesting students."

Left-Wing Bigotry And Hatred Is On Full Display After Trump Win | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD

Left-Wing Bigotry And Hatred Is On Full Display After Trump Win | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD:

"According to the current vote tally, Donald Trump secured 60 million votes. Exit polls show that 42% of women cast ballots for the Republican. Nearly half (49%) of independent voters backed Trump. So did 14% of LGBT voters. Trump did better among blacks, Latinos and other minorities, as well as lower-income voters, than the ultra-noncontroversial Mitt Romney did in 2012.

Trump did almost as well among college graduates as Clinton — 45% to 49% — and captured half of the suburban vote.

In other words, his support was widespread."

'What's Happening to America?' Trump Supporter Beaten by Chicago Mob Speaks Out

'What's Happening to America?' Trump Supporter Beaten by Chicago Mob Speaks Out - Breitbart
"The victim of a brutal mob in Chicago is explaining how he was caught up in Democrats’ anger over their huge defeat on election day.
“What’s happening to America?” said David Wilcox, as he showed his wounds inflicted by the mob. “You’re supposed to be able to vote in peace!
It’s supposed to be part of our democracy.
And what happened is, I vote for somebody, and I get beaten, robbed, and my car stolen, and I have no way of getting my wife to and from work safe anymore,” he told the Chicago Tribune’s news crew.

...Wilcox, 49, said the shocking attack happened after a black Sedan scraped the side of his vehicle on Wednesday.
“What’s your reaction as you watch this?” a Chicago Tribune reporter asks Wilcox as he’s shown the cellphone-recorded video of the attack.
“I was scared,” Wilcox said. “The car pulled up next to me.
We side-swiped each other.
But they hit my car,” he continued. “I put the car in park.
The light was red.
I got out of the car.”
That’s when Wilcox says he was targeted for the violent beating and carjacking.
“One of the guys, an African American at the bus stop, said: ‘Yeah, that’s one of those white boy Trump supporters,'” he said. 
“And I said: ‘What does that have to do with this accident? I just want to exchange insurance.'”
“Next thing I know, the guy said, ‘Don’t worry about it, we’re gonna beat his ass!’ 
And then punches were thrown, and the next thing I know, I have five people on me.
And I fell to the ground;
I was kicked in the head.
They were in my car, stealing all my stuff,” he said.
“I tried to go to the car. I got hit some more..."
Read on.
It gets worse.