History for August 14

History for August 14 - On-This-Day.com:
Dash Crofts 1940 - Singer (Seals and Crofts), David Crosby 1941 - Singer, musician (Crosby, Stills and Nash), Steve Martin 1945 - Actor comedian


Gary Larson 1950 - Creator of "The Far Side", Earvin "Magic" Johnson 1959 - Basketball player, Tim Tebow 1987 - Football player


1805 - A peace treaty between the U.S. and Tunis was signed on board the USS Constitution.


1896 - Gold was discovered in Canada's Yukon Territory. Within the next year more than 30,000 people rushed to the area to look for gold.


1900 - An international force, consisting of eight nations, lifted the siege of Peking. It was the end to the Boxer Rebellion, which was aimed at purging China of foreigners.


1919 - About 1 million tons of ice and rock broke off of a glacier near Mont Blanc, France. Nine people were killed in the incident.


1935 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. The act created unemployment insurance and pension plans for the elderly.


1945 - It was announced by U.S. President Truman that Japan had surrendered unconditionally. The surrender ended World War II.


1947 - Pakistan became independent from British rule.


1953 - The whiffle ball was invented.

What Does Planned Parenthood Do, Exactly, That Deserves Federal Funding? | Parenting

What Does Planned Parenthood Do, Exactly, That Deserves Federal Funding? | Parenting:

"So what are they doing with that 500 million tax dollars? It appears that they are using some of it to launch "education" programs to teach your preschoolers that their genitals don't determine their gender. Or using sex toy experts to teach prepubescent children about sex in high schools. Is this something we need to subsidize with taxes? Are all the bridges safe? Are all the roads pothole free? It just seems awfully economically unsound (not to mention stupid) to spend this kind of money on the unscientific indoctrination of America's youth. It's also worth noting that the type of "sex education" Planned Parenthood is offering only encourages sexual activity "

The way we were-----Young Rascals - How Can I Be Sure (1967)

The Boob-tube-----1960 SENOR WENCES CEREAL COMMERCIAL

Picturing Policy: Since the B-52 started flying … | Insider Online

Picturing Policy: Since the B-52 started flying … | Insider Online

Blog: Guess who pays for those $150,000 Columbia journalism degrees?

Blog: Guess who pays for those $150,000 Columbia journalism degrees?
"There's been some brouhaha about Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism's new data journalism degree, which comes with a whopping $150,000 price tag for the three-semester Master's degree. 
The lowly median annual wage for journalists is being repeatedly cited as reason for the questionability of the degree. At Forbes, Preston Cooper notes:

The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that job opportunities for reporters and correspondents will shrink by 8% over the next decade. These jobs currently pay a median annual wage of $37,820.

....What is questionable is the issue of who pays for the degree. 
President Obama put limits on repaying back student loans at the 20-year mark, meaning anyone who takes out debt at the $150,000 level is only going to be repaying a fraction of that debt. 
The taxpayers will pick up the remainder of the tab. 
Should the taxpayers be paying for that? 
Particularly if the journalists being turned out end up being advocacy journalists on just one side of the political spectrum? 
That is worth asking..."
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LIMBAUGH: It's 1984 At Google | Daily Wire

LIMBAUGH: It's 1984 At Google | Daily Wire:

"Google's firing of software engineer James Damore for daring to express politically incorrect ideas in an internal memo is the latest example of the political left's tyrannical propensity to suppress speech, thought and dissent.

Almost as troubling as the left's policing is its apparent obliviousness toward its own hypocrisy and the danger it poses to the liberal exchange of ideas. While constitutional issues may not be involved in the Google case because no state action is involved, moral shaming has become a chilling cudgel in the hands of leftist-dominated institutions."

What draws people to anarchy? Left-wing extremism and smashing stuff but mostly smashing stuff - Hot Air Hot Air

What draws people to anarchy? Left-wing extremism and smashing stuff but mostly smashing stuff - Hot Air Hot Air:
"The Washington Post published a piece today titled “What draws Americans to anarchy? It’s more than just smashing windows.” 
The story itself isn’t as dumb as the headline suggests, but it never does demonstrate that what draws people to anarchism is anything beyond a kind of left-wing outlaw chic.
Legba Carrefour was one of the organizers behind Disrupt J20, the group of black bloc anarchists who created hassles at inauguration checkpoints and riots through parts of Washington, D.C. 
Carrefour tells the Post he became an anarchist after watching the G20 protests in Seattle on television. 
He knows smashing things turns people off but tells the Post, “The notion of convincing people is a liberal idea.” 
He adds, “I also think it’s important to attack the symbols of capitalism. It’s just property at the end of the day.”..."
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Is China's Fleet of Underwater Ocean Drones for Science, or Military Power? - The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel

Is China's Fleet of Underwater Ocean Drones for Science, or Military Power? - The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel:
"China has deployed underwater drones -torpedo-shaped vehicles — called Haiyi, or sea wings in Mandarin- in the strategic South China Sea waterway for scientific purposes where they will remain underwater for a month, according to reports.
...But observers ask is the technology actually being used as a political and military tool to secure its territorial ambitions.
Beijing claims a massive section of the South China Sea that extends roughly 1,000 miles from its southern shores.
Late last month, Beijing dropped a dozen of the underwater drones, also known as unmanned underwater vehicles, in an unspecified location in the international waterway to carry out "scientific observations," state-run media outlet Xinhua reported.
The huge area China claims is home to significant energy deposits and the world's busiest shipping routes, but Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also assert sovereign rights over parts of the international waterway..."
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Lunch video-----Reagan - Peace Through Strength

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Canada Sends Soldiers to Handle Illegals Flooding Her Southern Border - Breitbart

Canada Sends Soldiers to Handle Illegals Flooding Her Southern Border - Breitbart:

"The Associated Press reported Wednesday that the Canadian government is sending “about 100” soldiers to assist police and border guards at the remote road on the Quebec-New York border that has become the nexus of an outpouring of illegal aliens living in America.
The back road crossing, with no official border post, near Champlain, New York, and Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec, has seen thousands of people, mostly Haitians residing in the United States, come by taxi and other conveyences to try to illegally enter Canada. "

Let’s Not Forget How the North Korea Crisis Originated | Power Line

Let’s Not Forget How the North Korea Crisis Originated | Power Line:
LET’S NOT FORGET HOW THE NORTH KOREA CRISIS ORIGINATED

"Liberals are criticizing President Trump for belligerent language directed toward North Korea. 

They think he should be more diplomatic, like other presidents have been for the last 25 years. 

Because that worked so well, apparently.

This short video clip of President Clinton announcing the 1994 deal under which North Korea agreed not to develop nuclear weapons in return for a great deal of money is a great reminder of how we got where we are now. The deal was incredibly incompetent, if you think Clinton was actually trying to prevent the North Koreans from obtaining nukes, as opposed to sweeping the problem under the rug for later presidents to handle:

Via Roger Simon. Two additional comments:

1) President Obama is arguably even more at fault than President Clinton. For eight years, he stood by as the Kim regime continued its nuclear weapons development, along with ICBM research and testing. If a nuclear bomb lands on an American city, Barack Obama will bear more blame than anyone other than the North Koreans themselves.
2) The Iran deal is more or less a carbon copy of the North Korea agreement. Like the North Korea deal, it is not seriously intended to impede Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, and will not do so."

Clarice Feldman - porchlight: The Unite the Right people had...

Clarice Feldman - porchlight: The Unite the Right people had...

Clarice Feldman

7 mins · 

porchlight: 

"The Unite the Right people had permits that the city initially tried to pull.

ACLU helped them get the permits reinstated.

There were media from all over ready to report.

Tiki torches, white polos, and flags ordered in bulk.

The Charlottesville police were "politically pressured" to stand down.

Instead of protecting the legally permitted protesters, they drove them into the arms of the non-permitted Antifa thugs (similar to what was done in Berkeley and San Jose).

The media all had the "white nationalist" tag ready to go and universally used it.

Set up."

Steve Russo - After 8 Years of Obama's Race Divison and 3 Years of...

Steve Russo - After 8 Years of Obama's Race Divison and 3 Years of...: 
"After 8 Years of Obama's Race Divison and 3 Years of Black Lives Matter, Haven’t We Had Enough Of The Divisive and Hateful Rhetoric of Identity Politics?
This is what happens when you normalize identity politics. 
And that’s exactly what the Left has done. 
The truth is, subdividing people by skin color is no longer fringe; it’s become the norm.

• Teachers in grade schools, high schools and colleges are berating white kids for something they have no control over, the color of their skin. http://eagnews.org/video-harvard-students-debate-whether-w…/
• FL teacher fired over white privilege survey for sixth-graders
• http://eagnews.org/fl-teacher-fired-over-racist-sexist-whi…/
• Drake University Professor: “White Christians” Must Repent for Privilege by Paying Reparations to Blacks
• https://www.drew.edu/…/a-different-approach-to-racial-injus…
• University of Georgia to Offer Course on White Privilege
• http://newcourses.coe.uga.edu/…/echd8000-whiteness-white-p…/
• MTV to air new doc criticizing whites for ‘privileged’ place”
• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/…/MTV-set-air-controversial-new-…
• St. Paul schools spend millions on ‘white privilege’ training
• http://eagnews.org/teachers-complain-chaos-reigns-as-st-pa…/

The media has perpetrated this divisiveness by celebrating Black Lives Matter and LaRaza (for the Hispanic race) while parroting the claims of “white privilege.” 
And Barack and Michelle Obama not only invited those racist hating groups to the White House, they promoted them also. 
So is it any surprise that there is pushback from people who claim to be on “the Right, but are really just White Supremacists?...”
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#1 This day 1976-----Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart

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