History for September 14

History for September 14 - On-This-Day.com
Ivan Pavlov 1849, Margaret Sanger 1879, Clayton Moore 1914
  

Allan Bloom 1930, Walter Koenig 1936, Sam Neill 1947


1814 - Francis Scott Key wrote the "Star-Spangled Banner," a poem originally known as "Defense of Fort McHenry," after witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry, MD, during the War of 1812. The song became the official U.S. national anthem on March 3, 1931.


1899 - In New York City, Henry Bliss became the first automobile fatality.


1901 - U.S. President William McKinley died of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt, at age 42, succeeded him.


1938 - The VS-300 made its first flight. The craft was based on the helicopter technology patented by Igor Sikorsky.


1960 - The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was founded. The core members were Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela.


1963 - Mary Ann Fischer gave birth to America's first surviving quintuplets.


1972 - "The Waltons" premiered on CBS-TV.


1999 - Disney World closed down for the first time in its 28-year history. The closure was due to Hurricane Floyd heading for Florida.

LIBERTY REVIEW

LIBERTY REVIEW:

https://libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2017/09/september-13-2017-heart-and-soul-by.html

Heart and Soul

By Tammy Derouin

I enjoyed some post-Labor Day time at Lake Michigan over the weekend. This has to be my favorite time of year. The weather is still nice, even with a slight chill in the air. The water may or may not be warm enough to take on some challenging waves, but the traffic, the activity, has calmed down for the year. The snow fences are showing up and finding a parking place no longer gives you a headache. For me, going to the beach has always been a way to escape the realities of life, at least for a little while.

As I drove home, I noticed that the car ahead of me was from Florida. Reality was right in front of me while the tranquility of the lake was disappearing in my rear-view mirror. Of course, my reality of the anticipated hurricane comes through a distant camera lens and weather reports as I sit safely in my home. I wondered what part of Florida this couple called home. I couldn't imagine the anxiety they must be feeling. Would they have a home upon their return? How well would their family and friends get through the storm? I silently wished them well as the road took us in different directions.

As the United States braces for another natural disaster, I know the goodness of the American people will shine like a beacon in the night. It's what we do. When disaster strikes, we roll up our sleeves and help our fellow man. Politics and agendas disappear as the heart and soul of America radiates with unselfish acts of kindness.......

The way we were-----Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks 1974

Brainwashing the children---Boob-tube-----Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990) Season 1 Episode 1

Florida looting crackdown is 'white supremacy,' claims author Sarah Jaffe | Fox News

Florida looting crackdown is 'white supremacy,' claims author Sarah Jaffe | Fox News
"An author and journalist came under fire on social media Monday, after she tweeted a reply to an anti-looting warning from Miami police by saying: 
"The carceral state... is inseparable from white supremacy."

The Miami Police Department took to Twitter on Sunday, as Hurricane Irma battered the state. "Thinking about looting? Ask these guys how that turned out. #stayindoors," the post read, sharing a photo of people inside a jail cell.

Though Sarah Jaffe’s tweet on Monday garnered 1,500 likes, it sparked more than 100 comments -- many of which were critical and accused her of being racist. 

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good morning, the carceral state exists to protect private property and is inseparable from white supremacy https://twitter.com/MiamiPD/status/907053673011871747 …

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"They have prisons, crime, and private property in Nigeria too," one user wrote. "And Egypt. And India. 
Nothing to do with white supremacy. Poverty/inequality."
"So you'd be ok with someone breaking into your house and stealing all your stuff to avoid a 'carceral state'?" another asked.

Someone replying to Jaffe said, "You're saying non-whites can't help but steal, so they shouldn't be punished? Seriously? Keep your racist opinions to yourself. #ShameOnYou."

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The Cruelty of Barack Obama - WSJ

The Cruelty of Barack Obama - WSJ
"Throughout his political life, Barack Obama has been hustling America on immigration, pretending to be one thing while doing another.
Now he’s at it again.
Mr. Obama calls it “cruel” of Donald Trump both to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that protected hundreds of thousands of people who came to the U.S. as children illegally—and to ask Congress to fix it.
The former president further moans that the immigration bill he asked Congress to send him “never came,” with the result that 800,000 young people now find themselves in limbo.
Certainly there are conservatives and Republicans who oppose and fight efforts by Congress to open this country’s doors, as well as to legalize the many millions who crossed into the U.S. unlawfully but have been working peacefully and productively.
These immigration opponents get plenty of attention.
What gets almost zero press attention is the sneakier folks, Mr. Obama included. 
Truth is, no man has done more to poison the possibilities for fixing America’s broken immigration system than our 44th president.
Mr. Obama’s double-dealing begins with his time as junior senator from Illinois, when he helped sabotage a bipartisan immigration package supported by George W. Bush and Ted Kennedy.
Mr. Obama’s dissembling continued during the first two years of his own presidency, when he had the votes to pass an immigration bill if he had chosen to push one. 
It was all topped off by his decision, late in his first term, to institute the policy on DACA that he himself had previously admitted was beyond his constitutional powers..."
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Climate change activists want punishment for skeptics - Washington Times

Climate change activists want punishment for skeptics - Washington Times:

"“Climate change denial should be a crime,” declared the Sept. 1 headline in the Outline. Mark Hertsgaard argued in a Sept. 7 article in the Nation, titled “Climate Denialism Is Literally Killing Us,” that “murder is murder” and “we should punish it as such.”
The suggestion that those who run afoul of the climate change consensus, in particular government officials, should face charges comes with temperatures flaring over the link between hurricanes and greenhouse gas emissions."

Science confirms fuels reduction policies needed to stem wildfires – Free Range Report

Science confirms fuels reduction policies needed to stem wildfires – Free Range Report:
"Across the country, particularly in the west, national forests have millions of dead and dying trees. Growth and mortality rates far outpace fuels reduction and timber harvesting.
Forests have become unnaturally dense and overgrown, and insect epidemics have laid waste to entire landscapes.
Unsustainable fuel loads are resulting in larger wildfires, which helps explain why more than half of the Forest Service’s budget is now dedicated to wildfire suppression.
...There’s plenty of science that shows fuel reduction helps reduce the size and severity of fires. ...Congress must also place reasonable limits on activist lawsuits that obstruct efforts to improve forest health, reduce the risks of catastrophic wildfires and enhance and protect wildlife habitat for vulnerable species.
...The Chetco Bar Fire is an example of the limits of the “let-it-burn” philosophy that has come to influence federal land management, and how arbitrary land “protections” can easily become counterproductive.
It also shows that federal spending alone won’t stop the spread of catastrophic wildfires.
New policies are needed to promote science-based, active forest management that is desperately needed on federal lands to protect our forests and communities.
Nick Smith is the executive director of Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities, a non-profit, non-partisan grassroots coalition that advocates for active management of America’s federally owned forests.

Bill Clinton's "affairs"??-----When Someone Says They Still Support Trump, I Instantly Know 6 Things About Them | BlueDot Daily

When Someone Says They Still Support Trump, I Instantly Know 6 Things About Them | BlueDot Daily:
4. You have issues with women:

Trump regularly says vulgar and sexist things about women.  He strangely believes that Bill Clinton’s affairs somehow disqualify Hillary Clinton from the presidency, and yet, has been three times and had numerous (and proudly admitted) affairs himself.  As we already mentioned, Trump recently body-shamed a pageant winner. He has routinely called women, including his campaign opponent, dogs and pigs.  He once claimed Hillary Clinton and Carly Fiorina were both “too ugly” to be president. Donald Trump has consistently said strange and creepy things about his daughter’s appearance, giving off the vibe that he is attracted to her.

Donald Trump has major issues with women.  Again, either you do too, or you have no problem giving Trump a free pass on being a disgusting, sexist creep.

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Lunch video-----Mainstream Media Propaganda & Public Thought Control

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Donald Trump's travel ban temporarily restored as Supreme Court issues stay on lower court - Washington Times

Donald Trump's travel ban temporarily restored as Supreme Court issues stay on lower court - Washington Times:

"The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily restored part of President Trump’s travel ban, potentially blocking up to 24,000 refugees from being able to enter the U.S.
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, acting on a request from the Justice Department, stayed a ruling issued last week by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which said Mr. Trump had drawn too tight a circle in deciding who was exempt from the travel ban."

Understanding DACA’s Education Requirement : Immigration Impact

Understanding DACA’s Education Requirement : Immigration Impact:
"When the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was first announced, it was clear that individuals would have to meet some sort of education requirement in order to obtain the program’s many benefits, including a two-year renewable reprieve from deportation, work authorization, a social security number, and—in nearly every state—the chance to apply for a driver’s license.
What was unknown was how the immigration agency would address the question of individuals who were unable to finish high school.
...For some 400,000 individuals, the first step towards DACA will be finding and then signing up for a qualifying adult alternative education program.
After that, it’s back to school because DACA renewal will require a showing of substantial progress or passage of the GED."

Florida Gas Shortage? Blame Environmentalists | National Review

Florida Gas Shortage? Blame Environmentalists | National Review
"And we’d better get ready for them. 
Gasoline prices are falling, but you can’t buy the stuff. 
In the wake of one hurricane and in the face of another, the price of gasoline — as measured by gasoline futures — declined last week, even as the U.S. gasoline inventory was drawn down. 
You’d think that gasoline prices should be spiking, but spontaneous orders are sometimes counterintuitive: 
Hurricane Harvey temporarily shut down a significant portion of the nation’s oil refineries, reducing the demand for crude and resulting in slightly lower oil prices. 
But our refineries are pretty robust, and investors have calculated that the temporary reduction in refining capacity will be reversed quickly...
And so the price of gasoline futures, which are essentially bets on the future price of gasoline, have declined. 
That’s the future. 
In the present, it’s damned hard to get a gallon of gasoline in parts of Florida, which is a problem for Floridians looking to high-tail it up the northbound lanes out of the path of Hurricane Irma. 
Why? 
Between 2007 and 2014, Florida’s daily gasoline consumption shrank significantly — by about 90,000 barrels. 
In 2012, two Caribbean refineries that had supplied Florida with a significant share of its gasoline were idled, leaving Florida more dependent upon refineries located along the Gulf Coast. 
That’s all well and good when the weather is fair, but Hurricane Harvey disrupted things. 
For one thing, it forced the shutdown of several refineries in the Houston area. 
For another, it made navigating the Gulf of Mexico treacherous — you don’t want to sail an oil barge into a hurricane. 
And there is no gasoline pipeline connecting those Gulf Coast refineries to Florida: that trade is conducted by boat. 
Pipelines are the cheapest and safest way to move petroleum products from producers to consumers, but America’s fanatical environmentalists, who oppose the development of new energy infrastructure categorically, have been remarkably successful in blocking or delaying the development of new pipelines, as well as other projects, such as coal-export terminals connecting U.S. producers to Asian markets. 
We have plenty of gasoline, and it’s cheap. 
But we are having a hard time getting it to Florida..."

#1 This day 1971-----Donny Osmond "Go Away Little girl"

Linbeck: Hurricane Harvey was not a catastrophe - Houston Chronicle

Linbeck: Hurricane Harvey was not a catastrophe - Houston Chronicle:
Tales from 'narrative spinners' are trying to change our city's formula for success
"Imagine the following scenario:
A major metropolitan area with millions of people is hit with a natural disaster of unprecedented proportions. 
Everyone expects a catastrophe of biblical proportions.
After the disaster passes, you learn the following:

• 99.5 percent of people are able to remain in their homes.
• 94 percent of homes suffered no damage.
• 0.0000075 percent of the population dies from the disaster, an increase in the annual death rate of about 0.1 percent.

...City, county, corporate, non-profit, and community leaders do a great job of responding to the disaster, as do state and federal government emergency management agencies.
Average, everyday citizens step up in a big way to take care of family, friends, and neighbors.
The economic damage caused by the disaster is estimated to be than 10 percent to 20 percent of annual regional economic output, most of which is covered by insurance or tax deductible. 
This is like someone who makes a salary of $60,000 having suffering loss of $6,000 to $12,000.
Houstonians don't have to imagine this scenario - we just lived it.
But Hurricane Harvey was not a catastrophe. 
It was Houston's finest hour, evidence that our distinctive approach to self-governance works, even under the stress of a major storm..."

You ought to know!

Arizona Companies Chosen To Build Prototypes For Trump's Border Wall

Arizona Companies Chosen To Build Prototypes For Trump's Border Wall:

"Another Arizona company has been selected to build a prototype for President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall between the United States and Mexico.

Sierra Vista-based KWR Construction was one six companies selected in early September to construct a prototype so U.S. Customs and Border Protection could test different wall designs.

The six construction firms have been awarded contracts to build prototypes that will be between 18 and 30 feet in height and measure 30 feet in length."

Brazil has nearly 60,000 murders - here's a map to put that number in perspective - Metrocosm

Brazil has nearly 60,000 murders - here's a map to put that number in perspective - Metrocosm

In 2015, Brazil had the same number of homicides as all the blue countries combined (interactive version)

Credit to Reddit user Speech500 for the original version of this map. This one has been modified to reflect updated figures and a different selection of countries.

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