History for November 18

History for November 18 - On-This-Day.com
Louis Daguerre 1789, Cesare Lombroso 1836, Alan Shepard, Jr. 1923


Brenda Vaccaro 1939 - Actress, Linda Evans 1942 - Actress ("Dynasty"), Kevin Nealon 1953 - Actor, comedian ("Saturday Night Live," "Weeds")


1865 - Samuel L. Clemens published "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" under the pen name "Mark Twain" in the New York "Saturday Press."


1916 - Douglas Haig, commander of the British Expeditionary Force in World War I, called off the Battle of the Somme in France. The offensive began on July 1, 1916.


1928 - The first successful sound-synchronized animated cartoon premiered in New York. It was Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie," starring Mickey Mouse.


1951 - Chuck Connors (Los Angeles Angels) became the first player to oppose the major league draft. Connors later became the star of the television show "The Rifleman."


1959 - William Wyler's "Ben-Hur" premiered at Loew's Theater in New York City's Times Square.


1966 - U.S. Roman Catholic bishops did away with the rule against eating meat on Fridays.


1969 - Apollo 12 astronauts Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. and Alan L. Bean landed on the lunar surface during the second manned mission to the moon.


1985 - Joe Theismann (Washington Redskins) broke his leg after being hit by Lawrence Taylor (New York Giants). The injury ended Theismann's 12 year National Football League (NFL) career.

Scott Baio and Steven Baldwin slam Hollywood’s overreaction to Trump’s victory – TheBlaze

Scott Baio and Steven Baldwin slam Hollywood’s overreaction to Trump’s victory – TheBlaze:

"During a recent interview on Fox News with Judge Jeanine, Baio was joined by Baldwin to discuss the reaction seen by the Hollywood elite and their fans to Trump’s victory. Asked if Trump supporters would start coming out in Hollywood now that Trump has won, Baio could only comment on the reaction he was seeing in his neck of the woods.

“I think right now with all this anger, which is just so unbelievable to me,” said Baio. “I mean eight years ago I wasn’t crying, and looking for a dog to hold. I wasn’t looking for somebody with a pin on their shoulder that was a safety person. I sucked it up."

Detroit News offers buyouts to all editorial employees

Detroit News offers buyouts to all editorial employees - Crain's Detroit Business:
"The Detroit News is offering a buyout to all of its editorial employees in an attempt to meet its 2017 budget requirement, Managing Editor Gary Miles confirmed to Crain's on Tuesday.
In a memo obtained by Crain's sent Tuesday on behalf of Editor and Publisher Jonathan Wolman, buyouts are offered to everyone in the newsroom regardless of age and duties.
It's unknown how many need to volunteer to take a buyout to meet the budget goal.
Without enough volunteers, the newspaper likely would have to begin layoffs.
...Crain's was previously told by a source familiar with the finances of the partnership that it was not profitable as of early 2014. 
Partnership executives had said the same thing publicly in 2009 and 2010, amid home delivery cutbacks and rounds of staff reductions to save money..."

The DNC Go Into Full Collapse Mode.... Seriously...

Steve Russo - The DNC Go Into Full Collapse Mode.... Seriously...

"The DNC Go Into Full Collapse Mode.... Seriously Considering Muslim Brotherhood / Hamas Connected and Communist Party Supported... Keith Ellison (Hakim Muhammad) As Their New Chairman

I say, do it! Torpedo the already sinking ship!

Chuck Schumer, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren (three of the most radically prominent and influentially schizophrenic figures in Democrat politics) support New Mogadishu congressIslamist Keith Ellison for the next Chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison, infamous for his pro- terrorist Hamas rallies....
http://pamelageller.com/…/rep-keith-ellison-attends-ugly-p…/

...and his pilgrimage to the Hajj in Saudi Arabia, paid for by the Muslim Brotherhood....
https://www.jihadwatch.org/…/witness-at-cruz-hearing-correc…

....and the same Ellison who spent Presidents Day weekend at a College of Sharia in Qatar where they kill gays and beat women for being unveiled...
http://www.minnpost.com/…/rep_ellison_touts_expanded_dialog…

.... is the front runner to become the new DNC chair. It’s no surprise. Hamas in the DNC chair would just be the end point on the pathway the Democrats — the party of jihad — have been following for years.

A brief background on the radical named Keith Ellison... https://youtu.be/kKeilK7wVrI

What kind of party would pick a radical Islamist and communist party backed threat like Ellison to represent it? 

Obviously the same party that gave us Obama and Clinton.... Democrat Party.

So far, Democrats appear to have learned nothing from the election results. 

They won’t even pretend not to be hostile to this country and the people who live in it.

“Keith Ellison, Touted as Possible New Democratic Party Chair, Is Staunch Progressive,”
http://abcnews.go.com/…/keith-ellison-touted-democra…/story…"

REPORT: Three Million Votes In Presidential Election Cast By Illegals - Vessel News

REPORT: Three Million Votes In Presidential Election Cast By Illegals - Vessel News:

"Three million votes in the U.S. presidential election were cast by illegal aliens, according to Greg Phillips of the VoteFraud.org organization.

If true, this would mean that Donald Trump still won the contest despite widespread vote fraud and almost certainly won the popular vote.

“We have verified more than three million votes cast by non-citizens,” tweeted Phillips after reporting that the group had completed an analysis of a database of 180 million voter registrations."

What Should Trump Do About Iran?

What Should Trump Do About Iran? — The Patriot Post: 
"With the recent election of Donald Trump and the voters' corresponding rejection of recent U.S. policies both foreign and domestic, one highly important question has arisen: 
What does Trump’s election mean for Barack Obama’s cherished Iran nuclear deal? 
Trump’s campaign talk on this issue was very hawkish, but not very specific. 
He seems to understand the extremely unfavorable nature of the deal, but it’s unlikely he has given much thought to how he might go about changing its terms or withdrawing altogether, or about what an alternative policy should be. 
Indeed, forming a coherent policy on Iran’s nuclear program must come first, before any decision on what to do about the existing deal.
There is no question the United States can withdraw from the deal. 
...The nature of the deal’s beneficial terms for Iran can be gauged by how quickly Iran started shouting after Trump won the election. 
Everyone from Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on down offered their views, most of which boiled down to insistence that the deal must be maintained as is. 
President Hassan Rouhani claimed, “Iran’s understanding in the nuclear deal was that the accord was not concluded with one country or government but was approved by a resolution of the UN Security Council and there is no possibility that it can be changed by a single government.” 
Others in high positions have said the same.
The first order of business for Trump and his team is to flesh out their Iran policy..."

No arrests. Just "reports". Unconfirmed.-----Hundreds Of Hateful Incidents Reported After Trump's Victory

Hundreds Of Hateful Incidents Reported After Trump's Victory | wgvu:
"Michigan middle school students chanting "build a wall" at Latino classmates.
A woman speaking a foreign language on a San Francisco Bay Area train being called an "ugly, mean, evil, little pig."
A Los Angeles student reportedly being teased that she was going to be deported.
Since the presidential election, reports of intimidating and aggressive incidents toward minorities and women have surfaced across the country.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate incidents, has recorded more than 300 such reports in the past six days. SPLC spokesman Ryan Lenz tells The Two-Way that they "span a number of different sorts of ideological motivators," including anti-black, anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim and anti-woman attitudes.
Rights groups have called for President-elect Donald Trump and other politicians to take a strong stand against intimidation."

Lunch video-----Victor Davis Hanson on Immigration, Multiculturalism and Amnesty

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JUST IN: Gowdy Announces FULL ON REVIVAL Of Hillary Probe Now Elections Are Done, It's OVER For Her ⋆ US Herald

JUST IN: Gowdy Announces FULL ON REVIVAL Of Hillary Probe Now Elections Are Done, It's OVER For Her ⋆ US Herald:

"Gowdy also took exception to Comey’s announcement – coming just days before the election – to reaffirm that decision.

“There is sufficient evidence, both direct and circumstantial, upon which a jury could conclude an intent to violate the law. This evidence includes concealment of evidence, destruction of evidence and false exculpatory statements — all of which fall under the general heading of consciousness of guilt.”"

The Great Smart Meter Con

The Great Smart Meter Con:
"As taxpayers, utilities, and rate payers continue to pump billions into modernization of the electric power grid, controversy rages over the evolving “smart” technology that makes it possible.
While proponents praise it as ushering in efficient grid management and cybersecurity, others warn that the “smart grid” is nothing less than a tool of the surveillance state that government uses to destroy liberty and privacy.
...But the other side of the coin, opponents say, is that government can spy on and ration your energy use by means of these digital meters.
During the 2015 California drought, for example, bureaucrats used them “to catch citizens consuming more than their government-approved water rations,” as Alex Newman reported for The New American.
In what amounted to warrantless search and collection of data, Long Beach Water Department General Manager Kevin Wattier bragged, “We are using it specifically for an enforcement tool to go after those customers who we’ve gotten lots of complaints about,” and to fine them for using more than their “fair share” of water.
...In 2012, the Congressional Research Service warned about the criminal potential afforded by such detailed, up-to-the-minute recording.
“By observing when occupants use the most electricity, it may be possible to discern their daily schedules,” opening the door for hackers to plan robberies or worse.
Newman also related that the European Data Protection Supervisor, a European Union government agency, warned that smart meters allow “massive collection of personal information … unprecedented in the energy sector.”
...We know from experience that there are valid reasons to oppose the use of smart meters.

• We know bureaucrats can and do use them to spy on utility customers, even bragging about their unwarranted surveillance exploits. 
• We know smart meters open the door to espionage and that they pose dangerous fire hazards. 
• Claims of their cost savings do not take into account the billions of dollars in taxes and rate hikes used to bolster grid modernization. 
• With such a litany of justified complaints, does it make sense to add questionable claims of ill health from unsubstantiated sources? 

Sticking with verifiable facts is clearly the smart choice."

Greenland Blowing Away All Records For Ice Growth

Greenland Blowing Away All Records For Ice Growth | The Deplorable Climate Science Blog
Greenland Blowing Away All Records For Ice Growth

Greenland’s surface has been gaining about 3.5 billion tons of ice per day since the first of September. 

This is about 50% above normal.

Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Mass Budget: DMI

This is occurring just as global land temperatures are cooling at a record rate.

www.woodfortrees.org/data/rss-land/

Meanwhile government funded 

experts 

 fraudsters are telling the press that Greenland is melting at catastrophic speed.

Alert! Greenland’s Ice Now Melting At Catastrophic Speed : News : Nature World News

One of the top priorities of the Trump administration should be to root those responsible for this fraud out of government.

Report: Three Million Votes in Presidential Election Cast by Illegal Aliens » Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!

Report: Three Million Votes in Presidential Election Cast by Illegal Aliens » Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!:

"If true, this would mean that Donald Trump still won the contest despite widespread vote fraud and almost certainly won the popular vote.
“We have verified more than three million votes cast by non-citizens,” tweeted Phillips after reporting that the group had completed an analysis of a database of 180 million voter registrations."

A quick primer for new readers: The Refugee Contractors « Refugee Resettlement Watch

A quick primer for new readers: The Refugee Contractors « Refugee Resettlement Watch
"It just occurred to me, when writing my post earlier this morning about State Department secrecy, that new readers are probably lost and confused by the many names of local organizations placing refugees in your towns.

First, there are nine major federally funded ‘non-profit’ groups that receive funding (some as much as 98% of their budget) from mainly the US Department of State (Population Refugees and Migration) and the Office of Refugee Resettlement which is in Health and Human Services.  (An aside: it is critical to pay attention to Trump cabinet picks for State and for HHS). 
Smaller federal grants come from other agencies as well.

Here they are:

• Church World Service (CWS)
• Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC) (secular)
• Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM)
• Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)
• International Rescue Committee (IRC) (secular)
• US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) (secular)
• Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services (LIRS)
• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
• World Relief Corporation (WR)

Then working for them are hundreds of subcontractors scattered across 49 states.  
Go here to the government’s data base of resettlement subcontractors (aka affiliates) working in your state.  Below is a screen shot of the Connecticut page.

See the abbreviation in the left hand corner of each entry. 
That stands for the major contractor over this particular subcontractor.

Obviously USCCB is the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. 
CWS is Church World Service. 
Not so easy to identify is DFMS. 
That is the other name (don’t ask me why!) for Episcopal Migration Ministries and it is Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (scroll to bottom of page here).  
My personal guess for why there are two names is that it has to do with their financial structure (keeping their finances hard to track?)...
Gigantic money machine you need to know more about. Read on!

AM Fruitcake

History for November 17

History for November 17 - On-This-Day.com:
Nicolas Appert 1749, Bernard Law Montgomery (Britain) 1887, Rock Hudson 1925


Gordon Lightfoot 1938 - Singer, Danny DeVito 1944 - Actor, Daisy Fuentes 1966 - Actress, model


1558 - Elizabeth I ascended the English throne upon the death of Queen Mary Tudor.


1796 - Catherine the Great of Russia died at the age of 67.


1869 - The Suez Canal opened in Egypt, linking the Mediterranean and the Red seas.


1903 - Russia's Social Democrats officially split into two groups - Bolsheviks and Mensheviks.


1913 - The steamship Louise became the first ship to travel through the Panama Canal.


1913 - In Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm banned the armed forces from dancing the tango.


1968 - NBC cut away from the final minutes of a New York Jets-Oakland Raiders game to begin a TV special, "Heidi," on schedule. The Raiders came from behind to beat the Jets 43-32.


1973 - U.S. President Nixon told an Associated Press managing editors meeting in Orlando, FL, "people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook."

LIBERTY REVIEW

LIBERTY REVIEW:

http://libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2016/11/november-16-2016-spawn-of-hatred-by.html

Spawn of Hatred

By Tammy Derouin

The American people made a very important statement.   The time has come to reclaim our government.  The people have had enough of runaway lawlessness.  We are fed up with the corruption, scandals, targeting, weakening, dictatorial actions and the suicidal course put before us by the Obama administration.  We refused to transfer our future to a different vehicle going down the same dark, destructive path.

The awakening has begun. Our course had to be altered before we found ourselves forever lost in darkness.  There is hope that we can, over time, recover from the damage and willful attempts to destroy our country by those who currently dwell within our government.  It’s not going to be easy and it isn’t going to happen overnight.  The first step is to identify the problem.  The second step is to remove it from our system.  A nationwide decision was cast to take back our lives, our future and our country. 

Our founding fathers established a revolutionary system of governance.  We were to be a land of laws not of men.  We must restrict and restrain our government within the confines of the Constitution.  Actions, laws and policy must be made within the boundaries of the Constitution regardless of party lines.  We the people control the government but, we must learn and understand the Constitution in order to uphold it.

These past eight years have been extremely difficult.  We watched as our nation changed and transformed into a system of government so distant from our founding principles.  It was difficult to watch dependency replace independence and willful enslavement replace freedom.  Lawlessness was applauded and those who stood for truth and justice were vilified.  Facts became irrelevant and fiction was becoming reality.   

What I found most astonishing was the influence of hatred and how it took hold of so many.  So many Americans were used and allowed themselves to be used by their own party.  They were used to stir up problems and create unrest against fellow Americans. Destructive actions were being encouraged as false narratives were being created.  This sent shock waves of hate and destruction through many American cities.  Hatred and unrest did not rise to such levels without help.  It was carefully cultivated.  History will trace the spawn of hatred to the Obama administration........

The North Carolina governor’s race may come down to voter fraud questions

The North Carolina governor’s race may come down to voter fraud questions « Hot Air:
And I bet most of you thought the 2016 elections were over, right? 
Dream on. 
In North Carolina, the gubernatorial election is still being counted and with more than 4.6 million ballots having been cast, barely 5,000 votes separate Governor Pat McCrory and his challenger, Roy Cooper. 
The local ABC outlet reports that the final canvass is set for Friday, but as the Washington Post notes, this race is about to get ugly and we may not know the winner until after Thanksgiving.
...This one isn’t just going to come down to counting the rest of the military and absentee ballots. 
If that were the case, there’s a good chance that McCrory would simply lose a very close race. 
But yesterday a formal protest was filed in Bladen County challenging over 400 fraudulent votes that stem from an “absentee ballot mill” run by a Democratic PAC. 
The details of that one look pretty bad. 
There were stacks of straight Democratic ticket ballots turning up, most of which had “suspiciously” similar handwriting on the witness signature line.
...This looks bad all the way around. A Superior Court Judge was recently quoted as saying, “Durham historically hasn’t figured out how to carry out an election properly.” 
Also, the State Bureau of Investigation has opened up an investigation of the processing of provisional and absentee ballots..."

Hillary Clinton Screaming Obscenities and Throwing Objects in Election Night Meltdown - Breitbart

Hillary Clinton Screaming Obscenities and Throwing Objects in Election Night Meltdown - Breitbart:


“Sources have told The American Spectator that on Tuesday night, after Hillary realized she had lost, she went into a rage,” R. Emmett Tyrrell reports. “Secret Service officers told at least one source that she began yelling, screaming obscenities, and pounding furniture. She picked up objects and threw them at attendants and staff. She was in an uncontrollable rage.”

The appearance of campaign manager John Podesta at Manhattan’s Javitz Center, and the dematerialization of his heretofore ubiquitous charge, perplexed in the first hours of Wednesday."

Your tax dollars funding propaganda-----NPR Puts 'Trigger Warning' at Start of Steve Bannon Story

NPR Puts 'Trigger Warning' at Start of Steve Bannon Story
"National Public Radio added a “trigger warning” to the start of a story on All Things Considered on Monday evening about President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to appoint Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon as Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor.

Host Robert Siegel introduced the story by David Folkenflik with the following warning (emphasis added):

Donald Trump has richly rewarded his campaign’s CEO, Steve Bannon, with an appointment as chief White House strategist. That appointment has inspired a firestorm. Bannon’s critics say his right-wing news site, Breitbart, spreads hate and bigotry, as NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik reports. And just a note – this story has language that some listeners might find offensive.

George Soros Can Be Charged With Treason and Sedition | iPatriot

George Soros Can Be Charged With Treason and Sedition | iPatriot:


"Sedition compliments treason. Then there is Seditious Conspiracy, which Webster defines as: “The crime of saying, writing, or doing something that encourages people to destroy the government.”

 The Law Dictionary states that sedition is: “The crime of creating a revolt, disaster or violence against lawful civic authority with the intent to cause overthrow or destroy.” Read this one carefully. George Soros is attempting to deconstruct the constitutional government of the United States and replace it with a Communist Controlled One World Order, destroying the structure of America that was legally put in order."

Trump and International Security

Trump and International Security:

• It is the EU, not Donald Trump, that threatens to undermine NATO and the security of the West. An EU defence union will present a direct threat to NATO, competing for funds, building in duplication and confusion, and setting up rival military structures.
• 

  "You can't say the past doesn't matter, the values we share don't matter, but instead try to get as much money out of NATO as possible and whether I can get a good deal out of it." — German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen.
• This is breath-taking hypocrisy from the defence minister of Germany, which spends less than 1.2% of GDP on defence against an agreed NATO minimumtarget of 2%, while freeloading off the America's 73% contribution to NATO's overall defence spending.
• European leaders would do well to recognize that they need the US more than the US needs them, and that real, concrete, committed defence from the world's greatest military power is more beneficial to them than a fantasy army that will have plenty of flags, headquarters and generals but no teeth.
• Trump should also prioritize both practical and moral support to anti-Islamist regimes in the Middle East, such as Sisi's Egypt.
• Rather than spreading fear and false propaganda about Donald Trump, they should be praying that he will provide the strength that is so desperately needed today, and working out how best they can support rather than attack him.

Since Donald Trump's election, media-fuelled panic has engulfed Europe, including over defence and security. 
We are told that World War III is imminent, that Trump will jump into bed with Putin and pull the US out of NATO. 
Such fantasies are put about by media cheerleaders for European political elites, terrified that Trump's election will inspire support for populist candidates in the forthcoming elections in Germany, the Netherlands and France.
In fact, it is the EU, not Donald Trump, that threatens to undermine NATO and the security of the West. In recent days, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, his foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, and German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen have suggested that Trump's election should give greater impetus to a European defence force..."

Colonel Richard Kemp was Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan. He served in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the Balkans and Northern Ireland and was head of the international terrorism team for the UK Joint Intelligence Committee.

Much here. Read on! 

Annual Cost To Pay Teachers Same As Doctors $1,283 Per Person

Annual Cost To Pay Teachers Same As Doctors $1,283 Per Person [Michigan Capitol Confidential]
"A music video called “I just sued the school system” by rapper Prince Ea has gone viral on social media with its own pop recipe for how to fix the nation’s education system.
In the video, Prince Ea states that teachers are underpaid. “Teachers should earn just as much as doctors,” he states.

...But if the amount of training and skill needed to be a teacher is equivalent to that of a full medical doctor — which is what the suggestion they should get equivalent pay implies — then transitioning to this would come with a steep price tag.
The 101,025 teachers in Michigan earned an average $61,978 in 2014-15, the latest year for which data is available.
The average pay for family practitioners and pediatricians nationwide was $189,000 a year according to a 2012 survey done by Merritt Hawkins & Associates. 

...Increasing the salary of all of Michigan’s public school teachers from $61,978 to $189,000 would cost every person in Michigan $1,283 annually, or $12.8 billion..."

Lunch video-----Hitler finds out Hillary lost

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Socialist Party Organization Linked To Anti-Trump Protests

Socialist Party Organization Linked To Anti-Trump Protests:


"The violent protests that took place in scattered cities did not spring from the residents of those communities, but were part of an organized effort, according to a revelation one CNN reporter let slip.
CNN reporter Jean Casarez was reporting about the unrest Wednesday when she reported these demonstrations were part of a plan."

Your tax dollars at "work"-----Rice University Students Organize Group Hug to Cope with Trump Win

Rice University Students Organize Group Hug to Cope with Trump Win - Breitbart:
"During a candlelight vigil event last week at Rice University, 150 students participated in a massive group hug in an effort to cope with Donald Trump’s victory in last week’s presidential election.

Students at Rice University organized the vigil in order to remind their peers that Rice “will continue to be a safe place” in Trump’s America.

Approximately 150 students gathered together and participated in the group hug, which occurred on one of the university’s main quads.

Female students at Rice University were also offered a “destress hour” by faculty members at the institution’s Women’s Resource Center. 

“Please take care of yourselves in this stressful time. 

...Students at Cornell University conducted a “cry in” event, in which students gathered together to drink Starbucks coffee and cry together over the results of the election. 
At the University of Pennsylvania, students were offered emotional support puppies and coloring books in an effort to help them cope with Trump’s rise to the White House."

NPR learing about "fly-over-country"-----Here's Where People Voted For Barack Obama And Donald Trump In The Presidential Election : NPR

Here's Where People Voted For Barack Obama And Donald Trump In The Presidential Election : NPR: 
"Donald Trump's surprise victory on Tuesday came largely due to his over-performance of expectations in the Midwest. 
His populist, anti-trade deal message was tailor-made for this region, but polling hadn't shown him pulling ahead of rival Hillary Clinton there.
But on Election Night, it was clear the surveys had missed a massive surge in some places and shifts in others of white, working-class voters in Iowa, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania that helped Donald Trump pull off the upset.
These maps show where the Trump surge happened and the places that flipped from supporting President Obama in 2012 to going for the Republican nominee and billionaire real-estate mogul just four years later."

Liberals telling you what thay want you to do-----Five More U.S. Jurisdictions Imposed Soda Taxes Last Week

Five More U.S. Jurisdictions Imposed Soda Taxes Last Week - Hit & Run : Reason.com:
"Last week five more jurisdictions joined Berkeley and Philadelphia in imposing special taxes on soda and other soft drinks. 
Four of the taxes were approved on Election Day by voters in Boulder, Colorado, and three California cities: San Francisco, Oakland, and Albany. 
The fifth was approved last Thursday by the Cook County, Illinois, Board of Commissioners.

Boulder's Ballot Issue 2H, which Eric Boehm noted last week, passed with 54 percent of the vote. 
It imposes an excise tax of two cents per fluid ounce on drinks that have five or more grams of added sugar in a 12-ounce serving. It does not apply to alcoholic beverages or milk products.
..."We understand the health threats posed by unhealthy sugary drinks, especially on low-income families," said Angelique Espinoza, manager of the Boulder soda tax campaign, after the initiative passed. 
"Today Boulder took an important, proactive step toward ensuring that all of us—our children in particular—have every opportunity to make better choices and to lead healthy lives."...