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Friday, February 17, 2017

History for February 17

History for February 17 - On-This-Day.com:
Thomas Malthus 1766, Rene Laennec 1781, Montgomery Ward 1843

Gene Pitney 1941, Larry the Cable Guy 1963 - Actor, comedian ("Blue Collar TV"), Michael Jordan 1963 - Basketball player

1801 - The U.S. House of Representatives broke an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. Jefferson was elected president and Burr became vice president.

1876 - Julius Wolff was credited with being the first to can sardines.

1924 - Swimmer Johnny Weissmuller set a world record in the 100-yard freestyle. He did it with a time of 57-2/5 seconds in Miami, FL.

1933 - "Newsweek" was first published.

1944 - During World War II, the Battle of Eniwetok Atoll began. U.S. forces won the battle on February 22, 1944.

1947 - The Voice of America began broadcasting to the Soviet Union.

1992 - In Milwaukee, serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced to life in prison. In November of 1994, he was beaten to death in prison.

1995 - Colin Ferguson was convicted of six counts of murder in the December 1993 Long Island Rail Road shootings. He was later sentenced to a minimum of 200 years in prison.

Thursday, February 16, 2017

Judge Nap: Trump Focused on Going After 'Harmful' Undocumented Immigrants | Fox News Insider

Judge Nap: Trump Focused on Going After 'Harmful' Undocumented Immigrants | Fox News Insider:

"Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently carried out 680 arrests of undocumented immigrants, 75 percent of whom have been accused of committing violent crimes, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

The arrests have sparked outrage, but Homeland Security said these were routine searches."

Here Are 4 of the Worst Broken Promises on Obamacare

Here Are 4 of the Worst Broken Promises on Obamacare:
"While the House and Senate plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, members of Congress are hosting town hall meetings with their constituents and have been greeted by hostile crowds.

These folks seem to have amnesia about Obamacare’s glaring failures.

Here’s a quick refresher on Obamacare’s top four broken promises.

1. Costs are exploding.
President Barack Obama promised that his reform proposal would cut typical family costs by $2,500 annually. That, of course, never materialized.

The typical family today pays about 35 percent of their income for health care.

The small group and individual insurance markets were hit hard by big premium increases. An eHealth report concluded that from 2013 to 2017, the average individual market premium increases were 99 percent for individuals and a jaw-dropping 140 percent for families.

Costs have also increased for those with employer-sponsored insurance, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, from 2010 to 2016, average family premiums for employer-sponsored plans nearly increased 32 percent.

Higher premiums are not the only shock. Out-of-pocket costs in the Obamacare exchanges, particularly deductibles, have been stunning. HealthPocket analyzed that for the lowest tier bronze plans in 2017, the average deductible for an individual is $6,092 and $12,383 for a family.

2. Competition and choice are declining..."
Read on!

NAACP requires photo ID to attend anti voter ID protest march

NAACP requires photo ID to attend anti voter ID protest march | Herman Cain
"You would think that, at some point, we'd run out of "you can't make this stuff up" moments.
...Requiring minority voters to show ID to cast a ballot is, clearly, a way for old white men to oppress them.
So, as usual, the NAACP has been foaming at the mouth as it continues its completely genuine, not-at-all-phony, struggle for "equality."
Each year the civil rights watchdogs hold a so-called "Moral March on Raleigh."
The annual event is designed to protest any laws that Republicans may have passed during the preceding 12 months.
This year’s march took place this weekend, and it focused extensively on the Voter ID regs. So, what did you need if you wanted to attend?

Does Congress not realize it has the complete power to rein in rogue courts?

Does Congress not realize it has the complete power to rein in rogue courts?:

"Indeed, the fact that the Constitution granted the court jurisdiction only over the subject matter vested in it by the Congress is a clear indication that the judiciary was never meant to be the sole and final arbiter of constitutionality. This point can also be gleaned from the fact that courts may only give their opinion on the constitutionality of a statute in “cases and controversies properly before them,” [2] which was manifestly violated in this case in the Ninth Circuit."

Orange Coast College Suspends Student for Recording Professor’s Anti-Trump Rant

Orange Coast College Suspends Student for Recording Professor’s Anti-Trump Rant - Hit & Run : Reason.com:

"Prof said she would 'no longer tolerate any person who voted for Trump.' But that's protected speech.
A community college in California has suspended a student for a full semester because he recorded his professor calling Donald Trump's election "an act of terrorism" and leaked it to the press.
The student, Caleb O'Neil, must write a three-page apology letter to Olga Perez Stable Cox, an instructor at Orange Coast College who teachers human sexuality.
In a clip of the recording, published by Campus Reform, Cox says of Trump's election: "We have been assaulted, it's an act of terrorism. The people who committed the assault are among us, it's not some stranger coming in from another country coming in and attacking our sense of what it means to be an American."
She also says she would "no longer tolerate any person who voted for Trump..."
Read on!

Newly engineered material can cool roofs, structures with zero energy consumption

Newly engineered material can cool roofs, structures with zero energy consumption | CU Boulder Today | University of Colorado Boulder:
"A team of University of Colorado Boulder engineers has developed a scalable manufactured metamaterial — an engineered material with extraordinary properties not found in nature — to act as a kind of air conditioning system for structures.
It has the ability to cool objects even under direct sunlight with zero energy and water consumption.
When applied to a surface, the metamaterial film cools the object underneath by efficiently reflecting incoming solar energy back into space while simultaneously allowing the surface to shed its own heat in the form of infrared thermal radiation..."

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Trump Justice Dept May End Transgender Bathroom Lunacy | The Daily Caller

Trump Justice Dept May End Transgender Bathroom Lunacy | The Daily Caller:

"The Obama administration guidance, sent in May, instructed public school districts across the country to allow transgender students to choose bathrooms and shower stalls consistent with their gender identity, not their biological features. “A school’s failure to treat students consistent with their gender identity may create or contribute to a hostile environment in violation of Title IX,” the guidance said, in reference to the 1972 federal law banning gender discrimination in education."

Why Is This Happening in 2017: A Turkish Woman's Tragedy

Why Is This Happening in 2017: A Turkish Woman's Tragedy:
"Editor of clarionproject.org Meira Svirsky tells the horrific story of what happened to a woman who got separated from her husband in hajj stampede.

Illustrative picture of the hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. (Photo: © AHMADI GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images)