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History for February 3

History for February 3 - On-This-Day.com:
Horace Greeley 1811, Gertrude Stein 1874, Norman Rockwell 1894


James A. Michener 1907, Morgan Fairchild 1950, Nathan Lane 1956


1815 - The world's first commercial cheese factory was established in Switzerland.


1913 - The 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. It authorized the power to impose and collect income tax.


1927 - The Federal Radio Commission was created when U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signed a bill.


1941 - In Vichy, France, the Nazis used force to restore Pierre Laval to office.


1951 - Dick Button won the U.S. figure skating title for the sixth time.


1969 - At the Palestinian National Congress in Cairo, Yasser Arafat was appointed leader of the PLO.


1972 - The first Winter Olympics in Asia were held at Sapporo, Japan.


1998 - In Italy, a U.S. Military plane hit a cable causing the death of 20 skiers on a lift.

Gorka: Flynn Sent a 'Deadly Clear' Message by Putting Iran 'On Notice' | Fox News Insider

Gorka: Flynn Sent a 'Deadly Clear' Message by Putting Iran 'On Notice' | Fox News Insider:

 "He explained on "Hannity" tonight that White House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn "putting Iran on notice" shows that there has been a significant shift from the policies of the Obama administration.

"We don’t have a national security team made up of 28-year-old grad school students who have degrees in fictional writing. We have a very serious national security team,"  Gorka said.

"We sent a very clear message," Gorka said. "

Dems are right, Gorsuch is 'hostile' to the liberal agenda. And the problem is ... ?

Dems are right, Gorsuch is 'hostile' to the liberal agenda. And the problem is ...?:

"Well, yeah. That was kind of the point.

The American people, the ones who gave Republicans governing majorities at the federal level and across the country, wanted something Pelosi would call “hostile.” And Gorsuch promises to be hostile, indeed. Hostile to the evisceration of the Constitution. Hostile to decades of bad jurisprudence that has made confetti out of our founding documents. Hostile to ever-increasing federal overreach. Hostile to the desecration of citizens and states’ sovereignty. And hostile the societal transformation without representation."

Trump's Climate Plans Just Made the Media's Heads Explode

DELINGPOLE: Trump's Climate Plans Just Made the Media's Heads Explode:
"I’ve just watched the London liberal media’s heads exploding like ripe watermelons.

...The occasion was a press conference hosted by the Global Warming Policy Foundation for Myron Ebell, head of the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency transition team. Satan’s Emissary, as liberals prefer to think of him.

Ebell had come to tell them about Trump’s plans for the environment and energy, which I won’t repeat here because you know them already. (It’s going to be beautiful, that’s all you need to remember.)

No, the reason I went wasn’t to hear what Ebell had to say but to watch how his audience reacted.

You know that scene in The Omen when Damien’s parents try to take him into a church? 

It was a bit like that. 

Or maybe the one in The Exorcist, where Regan’s head does a 360 degree spin.

They hated it. (Especially the bit where Ebell told them that Trump would definitely be pulling the U.S. out of the Paris climate treaty) 

They couldn’t believe what they were hearing. 

They curled their lips. 

They laced their questions with the bitterest scorn. 

But they didn’t really tune into Ebell’s measured, silken, soft-spoken answers because, hell, they knew what he was saying just had to be wrong and they didn’t really understand what he meant anyway..."

THIS SORT OF BEHAVIOR SEEMS LIKE A CONSPIRACY TO INTERFERE WITH THE EXERCISE OF A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT

Instapundit » Blog Archive » THIS SORT OF BEHAVIOR SEEMS LIKE A CONSPIRACY TO INTERFERE WITH THE EXERCISE OF A CONSTITUTIONAL RIG…:
"THIS SORT OF BEHAVIOR SEEMS LIKE A CONSPIRACY TO INTERFERE WITH THE EXERCISE OF A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT, AND THUS A FEDERAL CRIME: Violent protests force cancellation of Milo Yiannopoulos appearance at Berkeley. 
I hope that Attorney General Sessions will have the Justice Department look into this.

MORE: MILO Berkeley Event Evacuated as Masked Protesters Light Fires, Storm Venue.

STILL MORE: Thousands of Students and Anarchists Swarm Berkeley Campus to Protest Milo Speech.
“Thousands of anarchists and students are swarming the University of California, Berkeley campus to protest a planned speech by Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulous.
There is currently a large fire blazing in front of the student union, which is surrounded by a ring of protesters, many of whom are clad in black.”

Related: The Left Holds Itself To Lower Standards Of Behavior.
As is common with small children and adolescents.

MORE STILL: “Berkeley still has rent control, but it hasn’t stopped Milo Yiannapoulos from living rent-free in the heads of the left. 
So in another triumph for his ironic performance art, a mini-riot has forced the cancellation of his speech here tonight.”

Amherst Student Expelled for Sexual Misconduct Can’t Defend Himself—It Would ‘Impose Psychological Trauma’ on Accuser - Hit & Run : Reason.com

Amherst Student Expelled for Sexual Misconduct Can’t Defend Himself—It Would ‘Impose Psychological Trauma’ on Accuser - Hit & Run : Reason.com:

"Consider the implications of this decision. According to Seattle District Judge James Robart, a student who believes Amherst violated his due process rights, wrongfully expelled him, and ignored subsequent evidence that his accuser, "Sandra Jones," was the actual violator of the college's sexual misconduct policies, does not deserve the opportunity to make his case because someone else's feelings are more important.

Whatever happened to believing the victim?"

Chicago: 53 Killed, 257 Wounded By Gun Violence In January Alone

Chicago: 53 Killed, 257 Wounded By Gun Violence In January Alone – American Military News: "Chicago gun violence has continued to soar in recent months as the number of shootings have hit record-breaking levels.
In 2016, the windy city saw 4,367 shootings with nearly 800 being fatal.
As the first month of 2017 came to a close, Chicago reported a total of 310 shooting victims with 53 of those being fatal.
Earlier this year, President Trump tweeted: “If Chicago doesn’t fix the horrible ‘carnage’ going on, 228 shootings in 2017 with 42 killings (up 24% from 2016), I will send in the Feds!”
Chicago’s mayor, Rahm Emanuel, said during an interview that the city would be open to federal help of some kind seeing as they have not been much assistance to the Illinois city for quite some time.
“Over the years the federal government’s stepped back their resources, which we have stepped up,” Emanuel said. “The federal government can be a partner, and to be honest they haven’t been for decades.”"

Colorado Rep Wants Lawsuits Against Sanctuary City Mayors

Colorado Rep Wants Lawsuits Against Sanctuary City Mayors | The Daily Caller
"A Colorado state representative announced a bill Monday that would allow victims of certain crimes committed by illegal immigrants to sue state and local politicians who defy federal immigration authorities seeking to enforce the law, multiple news outlets are reporting.

Republican state Rep. Dave Williams, who is Hispanic, said he wants to strip the “immunity” from Democratic politicians who “place Coloradans in danger because of the sanctuary city policies that they created and continue to implement,” the Denver Post reported.
“As the first Latino elected to Colorado House District 15, I think it’s important that we do all we can to uphold the rule of law and ensure all communities, regardless of race or ethnicity, are protected from dangerous policies that are forced on us by radical, out-of-touch politicians who continually sell out to an unlawful agenda that increases the number of criminals, and needless deaths among our fellow citizens,” Williams said, according to The Colorado Statesman.
Williams called out by name Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, who said on Friday that he would “welcome” the sanctuary city label for Denver..."

Lunch video-----Budweiser "Super Bowl" ad Attacks American's In Politically Motivated Superbowl Ad On Immigration...

Budweiser Attacks American's In Politically Motivated Superbowl Ad On Immigration; Stock Prices Plummet!:
"Budweiser Attacks American’s Who Want Secure Borders

Budweiser has created a Superbowl Ad that is creating a lot of controversy. The 1-minute ad tries to explain to origins of the company’s co-founder, Adolphus Busch, by focusing on the fact that he was an immigrant.

The ad starts out with an actor who is playing Busch being told, “You’re not wanted here! Go back home!”

The vice-president and ranking executive for Budweiser brand in the U.S., Ricardo Marques, claims that this is not related to what is currently going on in the country in regards to illegal immigration.

From ADWEEK:

“There’s really no correlation with anything else that’s happening in the country,” he says. “We believe this is a universal story that is very relevant today because probably more than any other period in history today the world pulls you in different directions, and it’s never been harder to stick to your guns.”

Translation: This is directly related to what is going on in the U.S. and we are standing with liberals across America because it’s the progressive thing to do.

Budweiser’s Ad

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Trump Suddenly Leaves White House Without Telling Media. His Reason is as Patriotic as it Gets | Tribunist

Trump Suddenly Leaves White House Without Telling Media. His Reason is as Patriotic as it Gets | Tribunist:

"Regional media outlets are reporting that the raid killed members of the al-Dhahab family. U.S. officials have linked the family with Al Qaeda.

Trump’s trip today is tied closely with the Yemen raid. The commander-in-chief and his daughter Ivanka were seen leaving the White House Wednesday afternoon, yet the trip had not been announced on his schedule. President Trump’s destination was Dover Air Force Base."

A Student Felt ‘Traumatized’ Because His Professors Did Not Silence Everyone He Disagreed With

A Student Felt ‘Traumatized’ Because His Professors Did Not Silence Everyone He Disagreed With - Hit & Run : Reason.com:
"Students got extensions on their paper because Trump was elected. It still wasn't enough."
A recent op-ed in the University of Pennsylvania's student paper, written by an unhappy student of color, paints a frustratingly bleak portrait of the emotional state of the modern campus liberal.
That students, James Fisher, claims that the recent semester was the worst he's had at college so far, and for one reason: several of his white professors caused him to feel marginalized and traumatized.
Why?
 It's not entirely clear.
Nor is it obvious what should be done about it, or even what Fisher would like done about it.
"Imagine being a black student on Penn's campus with even one of these types of professors," wrote Fisher.
"I had three. And each one of those professors either did not care to learn about their white privilege, or lied to me and said that they did."..."

Can Insanity Succeed?

Can Insanity Succeed? | Power Line:
CAN INSANITY SUCCEED?

"...There is, of course, no constitutional crisis. 
But the Democrats are going beyond the usual hyperbole. 
Shockingly, their just-defeated vice-presidential nominee, Tim Kaine, is urging the party’s faithful to make like Brownshirts:

[A]s protests against Trump’s executive order continued in spots around the country, the recent Democratic vice-presidential candidate urged Americans to “fight in the streets” over the new president’s policies. “What we’ve got to do is fight in Congress, fight in the courts, fight in the streets, fight online, fight at the ballot box,” Sen. Tim Kaine told MSNBC Tuesday.

I don’t believe any major American political figure has previously urged his followers to fight in the streets; not since the Civil War, certainly. 
Things may be about to get even more dangerous for Americans who dare to show their support for our duly-elected president, and for our democracy.

It probably is true that the Dems have a strategy. 

They certainly have message discipline, which is half-way to a strategy. 

But as President Trump fulfills one campaign pledge after another, surprising only the most cynical, the Democrats, to a person, are reacting like toddlers denied a second helping of ice cream. 

What they need is a good spanking.

At the polls, I mean. The Democratic Party has been in decline for a number of election cycles. 

The verdict on the Democrats’ strategy of synchronized hysteria will be rendered in November 2018. 

My guess is that after two years, most voters will have seen enough of the Democrats’ vileness. 

Watch for the Democrats to slide nearer to irrelevance in 22 months."

End the Foreign-Aid Racket

Stephen Moore: End the Foreign-Aid Racket — The Patriot Post:
"Donald Trump’s wise and humanitarian move to reinstate the Reagan-era “Mexico City policy,” which prohibits U.S. foreign-aid dollars from going to non-government organizations that perform or provide referrals for abortions, has incited a torrent of liberal outrage.
...The restoration of the Mexico City policy is a great start, but Trump should take a much bolder step: Stop all non-emergency foreign aid now. 
Virtually every poll of the last two decades shows that voters hate foreign aid, for good reason.
The programs don’t work to bring development to Nigeria or Mexico City anymore than domestic-aid programs have revived inner-city Detroit or Milwaukee.
Why are American taxpayers funding birth control or, for that matter, any overseas family-planning programs in foreign countries? 
We can’t even afford our own government health programs, yet we are supposed to fund condom-distribution programs in Asia and Africa?..."

Teacher Forced Out for Using Confederate Flag in Civil War History Lesson

Teacher Forced Out for Using Confederate Flag in Civil War History Lesson:

"And, with the Confederate battle flag, Hart was teaching his class accurate history as to the use of the flag — in battles during the Civil War.

But the school district argued that it did not really matter how the flag was used during the Civil War; it should not be seen by students today. “We recognize that regardless of context, to many of our students, families, and staff, the Confederate flag is a racist symbol of hate. Although this matter is under investigation, it is important to reiterate: Any employee who is found to engage in behavior that creates an unsafe environment for students will face full consequences, including the possibility of initiating termination proceedings.”"

WHAT? No Punishment For Student Who Made “All White People Are Racist” Hoodies At U.

WHAT? No Punishment For Student Who Made “All White People Are Racist” Hoodies At U. Wisconsin-Madison – American Lookout:
"There is no doubt that America is headed in the wrong direction on a multitude of levels. The racism that has escalated during the Obama administration has far exceeded anything that America lived through in the 60’s.

The racial unrest on college campuses has sunk to new lows, as evidenced by this report from The College Fix:

A spokesman for the University of Wisconsin-Madison has shrugged off concerns over one of its students selling hoodies bearing the phrase “All White People Are Racist” in capital letters.

“In this case, the individuals involved are exercising their rights to free speech and engaging in a private activity unrelated to their status as students,” campus spokesman John Lucas said in an email to The College Fix.

Asked a second time to weigh in on the matter, Lucas gave the same answer.

The hoodies are the brainchild of an entrepreneurial UW-Madison undergraduate who recently began selling sweatshirts online—in Wisconsin red—which proclaim: “All White People Are Racist.”

Other sweatshirts offered by the same UW student vendor read, “If I Encounter Another Cop With A God Complex I’m Going To Have To Show The World That They Are Human,” modeled by a woman in a hijab and begging the question of how she proposes to prove police officers’ humanity.

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History for February 2

History for February 2 - On-This-Day.com
James Joyce 1882, Ayn Rand 1905, Tom Smothers 1937


Graham Nash (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) 1942, Farrah Fawcett 1947, Christie Brinkley 1954


1848 - The Mexican War was ended with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The treaty turned over portions of land to the U.S., including Texas, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, California and parts of Colorado and Wyoming. The U.S. gave Mexico $15,000,000 and assumed responsibility of all claims against Mexico by American citizens. Texas had already entered the U.S. on December 29, 1845.


1848 - The first shipload of Chinese emigrants arrived in San Francisco, CA.


1870 - The "Cardiff Giant" was revealed to be nothing more than carved gypsum. The discovery in Cardiff, NY, was alleged to be the petrified remains of a human.


1887 - The beginning of Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, PA.


1892 - William Painter patented the bottle cap.


1943 - During World War II, the remainder of Nazi forces from the Battle of Stalingrad surrendered to the Soviets. Stalingrad has since been renamed Volgograd.


1950 - "What's My Line" debuted on CBS television.


1980 - The situation known as "Abscam" began when reports surfaced that the FBI had conducted a sting operation that targeted DEMOCRAT members of the U.S. Congress. A phony Arab businessmen were used in the operation.

LIBERTY REVIEW

LIBERTY REVIEW:

https://libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-shifting-left-by-tammy-derouin-if.html

The Shifting Left

By Tammy Derouin

If nothing else, I guess we've got to hand it to the Left for their endless attempts to keep their causes on the front page, as if they were actually worthy of our attention. But then again, front page attention doesn't take much, having captured the press for their publicity and Hollywood for their song and dance routine, which sadly sells tickets to their shows.

There's a never ending supply of ridiculous tantrums over false stories. Their attempts to create a crisis where clearly none exists, is nothing short of fear mongering to advance their agenda. We have watched this tactic for eight long years. Thankfully, many more people have left the audience and have refused to purchase additional tickets. Eventually, the show will be canceled and not a season too soon.

The shifting Left never ceases to amaze. Their story lines would be quite comical if they kept their tall tales in the land of make believe. You can almost see a fumbling character as he tries to piece together information that doesn't make sense. What was once thought to be true, appears to have completely changed or so we are led to believe. The plot thickens and becomes funnier as the twists and turns become even more unbelievable. It's an endless comedic adventure. Some of the best comedies have their foundation clearly planted in misunderstandings.

Misunderstandings can be hilarious when they are confined within the walls of showbiz. We are intelligent enough to know the truth so we can laugh when something so simple gets twisted and turned into something completely unrecognizable. In the end, when all facts are known and the evidence is undeniable, there's a sigh of relief and even a little embarrassment that something so self-evident was lost to the depths of a runaway imagination.

Unfortunately, in today's reality, the lines between truth and fiction are an ever shifting blur.........

Clinton, 1995, immigration, SOTU Bill Clinton talking about immigration in the 1995 State of the Union.

Report: Trump Halted $181B in Regulatory Costs on First Day in Office

Report: Trump Halted $181B in Regulatory Costs on First Day in Office:

"The Trump administration memo stopped the publication of new rules in the Federal Register, withdrew regulations that were sent for formal publication so they can be reviewed, and postponed recently finalized regulations for 60 days.

The American Action Forum found 206 rules that are subject to the administration memo, including five major rules that will likely be scaled back or withdrawn altogether.

One rule halted was the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Department of Transportation's plan to mandate all new cars, vans, and SUVs install technology that would share their speed and brake status information with nearby vehicles.

The Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications rule would have cost an estimated $108 billion. The regulation is in its beginning stages, with plans to finalize in 2019."

CRA: The "Regulatory Game Changer" That Could Wipe Out 8 Years Of Obama Regs In An Hour

CRA: The "Regulatory Game Changer" That Could Wipe Out 8 Years Of Obama Regs In An Hour | Zero Hedge:
"After a pompous, liberal agenda was crammed down the throats of the American people during his first two years in office, President Obama suffered staggering losses in Congress for the next six years that cost Democrats control of both houses.  
But, heavy Democrat losses, courtesy of an electorate that vehemently rejected a far-left agenda, didn't stop Obama from continuing to push through countless new rules and regulations from the White House all while pushing his authority to the brink of every Constitutional boundary known to man. 

Of course, the problem with "legislating from the White House" is that all those rules and regulations can be undone by the next administration.  
And, as Kimberley Strassel points out in a Wall Street Journal Opinion piece today, a little know tool within the Congressional Review Act could allow Republicans to wipe out 8 full years of Obama's liberal agenda, with a simple majority vote, all while preventing similar rules from every being recreated by future administrations.

Todd Gaziano on Wednesday stepped into a meeting of free-market attorneys, think tankers and Republican congressional staff to unveil a big idea. By the time he stepped out, he had reset Washington’s regulatory battle lines.

These days Mr. Gaziano is a senior fellow in constitutional law at the Pacific Legal Foundation. But in 1996 he was counsel to then-Republican Rep. David McIntosh. He was intimately involved in drafting and passing a bill Mr. McIntosh sponsored: the Congressional Review Act. No one knows the law better.

Everyone right now is talking about the CRA, which gives Congress the ability, with simple majorities, to overrule regulations from the executive branch. Republicans are eager to use the law, and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy this week unveiled the first five Obama rules that his chamber intends to nix....

...As Strassel points out: "The entire point of the CRA was to help legislators rein in administrations that ignored statutes and the will of Congress..."