Sunday, September 17, 2017
History for September 17
History for September 17 - On-This-Day.com
J. (John) Marriott 1900, Chaim Herzog (Israel) 1918, Hank Williams, Sr. (Hiram King "Hank" Williams) 1923 - Country music performer
George Blanda 1927, Roddy McDowall 1928, Ken Kesey 1935
1796 - U.S. President George Washington's Farewell Address was read before the U.S. Congress.
1862 - The Battle of Antietam took place during the American Civil War. More than 23,000 men were killed, wounded, or missing. The Rebel advance was ended with heavy losses to both armies.
1920 - The American Professional Football Association was formed in Canton, OH. It was the precursor to the National Football League (NFL).
1944 - Operation "Market Garden" was launched by Allied paratroopers during World War II. The landing point was behind German lines in the Netherlands.
1962 - U.S. space officials announced the selection of Neil A. Armstrong and eight others as new astronauts.
1964 - "Bewitched" premiered on ABC-TV.
1972 - "M*A*S*H" premiered on CBS-TV.
1983 - Vanessa Williams, as Miss New York, became the first black woman to be crowned Miss America.
Saturday, September 16, 2017
DOJ can't withhold grants from 'sanctuary' cities, judge rules - Washington Times
DOJ can't withhold grants from 'sanctuary' cities, judge rules - Washington Times:
"The ruling blocks nationwide enforcement of two of the three new conditions the Justice Department sought to impose on jurisdictions seeking funds through the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant, which doles out nearly $400 million to state and local agencies each year.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced new stipulations in July as a means to ensure that local jurisdictions were cooperating with federal immigration agents and not working to shield illegal immigrants from deportation."
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced new stipulations in July as a means to ensure that local jurisdictions were cooperating with federal immigration agents and not working to shield illegal immigrants from deportation."
U. North Carolina students, faculty offer dubious legal basis for removing 'Silent Sam' statue - The College Fix
U. North Carolina students, faculty offer dubious legal basis for removing 'Silent Sam' statue - The College Fix:
"Students and faculty at the University of North Carolina have put forth a letter which states they will sue the college if the statue of (Confederate soldier) Silent Sam is not taken down.
The basis for legal action? Titles VI and IV of the Civil Rights Act.
The letter was sent by lawyer Hampton Dellinger to UNC President Margaret Spellings and Chancellor Carol Folt, according to The Daily Tar Heel.
“[T]he statue violates federal anti-discrimination laws by fostering a racially hostile learning environment,” the letter reads. By citing Title VI, the article states, the letter’s signatories are claiming Silent Sam represents “a threat to the safety of people of color on the University’s campus.”
“Taking that down is a way for them to show us that they are listening, not just hearing us, but that they are actually listening to what we’re saying, and how we’re feeling and that our feelings are justified and real,” signee Rimel Mwamba said.
OK, but a piece of granite is … a threat to someone’s safety?
Somewhat to that point, Campus Y Co-chair and letter signee Courtney Staton said Silent Sam could “serve as a rallying point for those looking to harm people of color on UNC’s campus.”"
"Students and faculty at the University of North Carolina have put forth a letter which states they will sue the college if the statue of (Confederate soldier) Silent Sam is not taken down.
The basis for legal action? Titles VI and IV of the Civil Rights Act.The letter was sent by lawyer Hampton Dellinger to UNC President Margaret Spellings and Chancellor Carol Folt, according to The Daily Tar Heel.
“[T]he statue violates federal anti-discrimination laws by fostering a racially hostile learning environment,” the letter reads. By citing Title VI, the article states, the letter’s signatories are claiming Silent Sam represents “a threat to the safety of people of color on the University’s campus.”
“Taking that down is a way for them to show us that they are listening, not just hearing us, but that they are actually listening to what we’re saying, and how we’re feeling and that our feelings are justified and real,” signee Rimel Mwamba said.
OK, but a piece of granite is … a threat to someone’s safety?
Somewhat to that point, Campus Y Co-chair and letter signee Courtney Staton said Silent Sam could “serve as a rallying point for those looking to harm people of color on UNC’s campus.”"
FBI reversal: Bureau will release more Hillary Clinton investigation docs - Washington Times
FBI reversal: Bureau will release more Hillary Clinton investigation docs - Washington Times:
"Weeks after saying there wasn’t enough public interest in Hillary Clinton’s email case, the FBI’s decision has been modified, and the bureau will publicly release more details of its obstruction of justice probe into the former secretary of state.
The Justice Department confirmed the new position in a letter Thursday to Ty Clevenger, a lawyer who’d filed an open-records request for the information."
"Weeks after saying there wasn’t enough public interest in Hillary Clinton’s email case, the FBI’s decision has been modified, and the bureau will publicly release more details of its obstruction of justice probe into the former secretary of state.
The Justice Department confirmed the new position in a letter Thursday to Ty Clevenger, a lawyer who’d filed an open-records request for the information."
Michael Barone: Let's go back to paper ballots
Michael Barone: Let's go back to paper ballots:
"Mickey Kaus notes that the Netherlands is going to go back to conducting its elections with paper ballots.
"Dutch go old school against Russian hacking," he notes, linking to a Politico Europe story.
Kaus adds an appropriate shout-out to Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit, who has been calling for paper ballots for years.
Going back to paper ballots may strike many people, as it used to strike me, as retrograde.
Isn't it a lot faster to count electronic votes?
Isn't there a danger that paper ballots can be altered, defaced, and burned?
Isn't electronic voting cooler and more up to date?
But the arguments against paper ballots wither under inspection.
Speed of counting: Why do we need an immediate result? The press has exit polls, of varying and perhaps improving worth (Britain's was much better this year than in 2015 and 2016).
And speaking of Britain, it only takes until about 5:00am the night of election day, to have the results in for all (save maybe one or two) parliamentary constituencies. California, in contrast, takes four to five weeks to count all its ballots — California, the home of Silicon Valley!
The fact is that sacrificing a bit of speed for reliability is probably a good trade.
Read on!
"Mickey Kaus notes that the Netherlands is going to go back to conducting its elections with paper ballots.
"Dutch go old school against Russian hacking," he notes, linking to a Politico Europe story.
Kaus adds an appropriate shout-out to Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit, who has been calling for paper ballots for years.
Going back to paper ballots may strike many people, as it used to strike me, as retrograde.Isn't it a lot faster to count electronic votes?
Isn't there a danger that paper ballots can be altered, defaced, and burned?
Isn't electronic voting cooler and more up to date?
But the arguments against paper ballots wither under inspection.
Speed of counting: Why do we need an immediate result? The press has exit polls, of varying and perhaps improving worth (Britain's was much better this year than in 2015 and 2016).
And speaking of Britain, it only takes until about 5:00am the night of election day, to have the results in for all (save maybe one or two) parliamentary constituencies. California, in contrast, takes four to five weeks to count all its ballots — California, the home of Silicon Valley!
The fact is that sacrificing a bit of speed for reliability is probably a good trade.
- The strongest argument for paper ballots is that they can't be hacked.
- The second strongest is that there is an independent record of each ballot cast, which some computerized systems lack..."
Read on!
The Women’s March Vagina Costume Is Now High Fashion, Apparently | Activist Mommy
The Women’s March Vagina Costume Is Now High Fashion, Apparently | Activist Mommy"Remember the Women’s March? You know, that massive rally attended by thousands of (leftist) women in which demonstrators dressed up like gigantic vaginas for women’s rights (or something) and happily talked about blowing up the White House and the right to kill a baby in the womb?
Yeah, that one.
Well, in an effort to make sure every aspect of life in America is now political and adequately represents the sick morality of the far-left, one fashion designer has debuted an entire collection of haute couture inspired by female genitalia, giving creative Women’s March vagina costume designers everywhere a run for their money.
According to Breitbart News, the collection, which was put on display during New York Fashion Week by German designer Namilia.
It was quite tastefully named, “My P****, My Choice,” and according to the New York Post, was trotted down the runway as children’s Disney music played, which adds a whole new angle of creepiness to the show..."
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Donald Trump slams Susan Rice: 'What she did was wrong' - Washington Times
Donald Trump slams Susan Rice: 'What she did was wrong' - Washington Times:
"President Trump said Thursday that Susan Rice admitting that she unmasked the identities of Trump transition team officials caught up in national security surveillance was “just the tip of the iceberg.”
He condemned her actions as “wrong.”"
He condemned her actions as “wrong.”"
New York Teamsters approve slashing benefits to retired members
New York Teamsters approve slashing benefits to retired members:
"WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - Retired members of the Teamsters union in New York will have their benefits cut by around 30 percent starting in October after the 34,000 participants in the pension approved a plan aimed at extending the life of the cash-strapped fund.
Monthly pensions for retired teamsters from nine New York local unions who have 30 years' service will be cut on average to $3,550 from $5,000, according to plan trustees.
Members who are working would also have benefits cut.
The vote by participants in the New York State Teamsters Conference Pension and Retirement Fund sparked an outcry on social media, in part because defeating the proposal required a majority "no" vote by eligible voters.
Votes against the cuts topped votes for the cuts 9,788 to 4,081, but 20,767 eligible participants did not vote, so the cuts were approved, according to the U.S. Treasury..."
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"WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - Retired members of the Teamsters union in New York will have their benefits cut by around 30 percent starting in October after the 34,000 participants in the pension approved a plan aimed at extending the life of the cash-strapped fund.Monthly pensions for retired teamsters from nine New York local unions who have 30 years' service will be cut on average to $3,550 from $5,000, according to plan trustees.
Members who are working would also have benefits cut.
The vote by participants in the New York State Teamsters Conference Pension and Retirement Fund sparked an outcry on social media, in part because defeating the proposal required a majority "no" vote by eligible voters.
Votes against the cuts topped votes for the cuts 9,788 to 4,081, but 20,767 eligible participants did not vote, so the cuts were approved, according to the U.S. Treasury..."
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Video of Dog Giving Nazi Salutes Earns Man Hate Crime Charge - Hit & Run : Reason.com
Video of Dog Giving Nazi Salutes Earns Man Hate Crime Charge - Hit & Run : Reason.com:
"A case out the United Kingdom is a perfect example of why legislation restricting "hate speech" is a terrible idea.
In April 2016, Mark Meecham of Coatbridge, Scotland, posted a YouTube video of his girlfriend's dog Buddha responding to the words "seig heil" by raising his paw in a Nazi salute and responding to the question "Do you want to gas the Jews?" by jumping to attention.
According to Meecham, the video was intended to prank his partner's overdone admiration for her admittedly adorable pet.
"My girlfriend is always ranting and raving about how cute and adorable her wee dog is.
so I thought I would turn him into the least cute thing I could think of, which is a Nazi," he says at the beginning of the video, titled M8 Yer Dugs A Nazi."
Meecham's video quickly went viral, racking up some three million views and sparking reactions of both amusement and offense.
Then police showed up at his door and arrested him for a hate crime..."
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"A case out the United Kingdom is a perfect example of why legislation restricting "hate speech" is a terrible idea.
In April 2016, Mark Meecham of Coatbridge, Scotland, posted a YouTube video of his girlfriend's dog Buddha responding to the words "seig heil" by raising his paw in a Nazi salute and responding to the question "Do you want to gas the Jews?" by jumping to attention.
According to Meecham, the video was intended to prank his partner's overdone admiration for her admittedly adorable pet.
"My girlfriend is always ranting and raving about how cute and adorable her wee dog is.
so I thought I would turn him into the least cute thing I could think of, which is a Nazi," he says at the beginning of the video, titled M8 Yer Dugs A Nazi."
Meecham's video quickly went viral, racking up some three million views and sparking reactions of both amusement and offense.
Then police showed up at his door and arrested him for a hate crime..."
Read on!
Coverup: Benghazi Contractors Reveal What Hillary's State Dept. Ordered Them to Do After Attack
Coverup: Benghazi Contractors Reveal What Hillary's State Dept. Ordered Them to Do After Attack:
"Two security contractors at the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi have claimed they were pressured to stay silent about security deficiencies at the site and the scrambled to improve them in the weeks before it was attacked in 2012, Fox News reported.
In a story that aired on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” on Tuesday, five years after the attack, Brad Owens and Jerry Torres of Torres Advanced Enterprise Solutions told Fox News that Hillary Clinton’s State Department had ordered them to be quiet about security lapses.
...While TAES had bid on the contract, the men noted that the deck was stacked against them by what the State Department considered “technically acceptable...”
"Two security contractors at the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi have claimed they were pressured to stay silent about security deficiencies at the site and the scrambled to improve them in the weeks before it was attacked in 2012, Fox News reported.
In a story that aired on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” on Tuesday, five years after the attack, Brad Owens and Jerry Torres of Torres Advanced Enterprise Solutions told Fox News that Hillary Clinton’s State Department had ordered them to be quiet about security lapses.
...While TAES had bid on the contract, the men noted that the deck was stacked against them by what the State Department considered “technically acceptable...”
Clinton State Department silenced them on Benghazi security lapses, contractors say | Fox News
Clinton State Department silenced them on Benghazi security lapses, contractors say | Fox News:
"Security at the State Department's Benghazi compound was so dire that another contractor was brought in to clean up the mess just two weeks before the 2012 terror attack – and was later pressured to keep quiet by a government bureaucrat under then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, according to two men from the American security company."
Clinton: 'I Am Not Someone Who Will Say Things That Aren't True' | Daily Wire
“I am not someone who will say things that aren’t true,” said Hillary Clinton in a Tuesday-published interview with Vox’s Ezra Klein.
Clinton framed herself as politically disadvantaged by her honest disposition relative to Barack Obama in 2008 and Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump in 2016.Partial transcript below:
I can’t change who I am.
I knew that.
I knew that I am not someone who will say things that aren’t true, that will not take responsibility.
I had to run as me. …
I care about being absolutely as accurate as possible. …I didn’t want to be either not telling the truth about what was going to happen [with any of my policy proposals] and not being responsible about what I thought we could do and get done together..."
Watch Clinton’s comments below:
I knew that.
I knew that I am not someone who will say things that aren’t true, that will not take responsibility.
I had to run as me. …
I care about being absolutely as accurate as possible. …I didn’t want to be either not telling the truth about what was going to happen [with any of my policy proposals] and not being responsible about what I thought we could do and get done together..."
Watch Clinton’s comments below:
“I don’t think I’m held to the same standard as anybody else,” said Clinton, portraying herself as uniquely and acutely scrutinized by the broader news media..."
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History for September 16
History for September 16 - On-This-Day.com
Louis XIV (France) 1638, J.C. Penney 1875, Allen Funt 1914
Lauren Bacall 1924, B.B. King 1925, Charlie Byrd 1925
1782 - The Great Seal of the United States was impressed on document to negotiate a prisoner of war agreement with the British. It was the first official use of the impression.
1908 - General Motors was founded by William Crapo "Billy" Durant. The company was formed by merging the Buick and Olds car companies.
1940 - U.S. President Roosevelt signed into law the Selective Training and Service Act, which set up the first peacetime military draft in U.S. history.
1940 - Samuel T. Rayburn of Texas was elected Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. He served for 17 years.
1963 - "The Outer Limits" premiered on ABC-TV.
1965 - "The Dean Martin Show" debuted on NBC-TV.
1968 - "The Andy Griffith Show" was seen for the final time on CBS.
1974 - U.S. President Ford announced a conditional amnesty program for draft-evaders and deserters during the Vietnam War.
Friday, September 15, 2017
Awans Funneled Data to Secret Server | The Daily Caller
"A secret server is behind law enforcement’s decision to ban a former IT aide to Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz from the House network.
Now-indicted former congressional IT aide Imran Awan allegedly routed data from numerous House Democrats to a secret server. "
Equifax had 'admin' as login and password in Argentina - BBC News
Equifax had 'admin' as login and password in Argentina - BBC News
"The credit report provider Equifax has been accused of a fresh data security breach, this time affecting its Argentine operations.
Cyber-crime blogger Brian Krebs said that an online employee tool used in the country could be accessed by typing "admin" as both a login and password.
He added that this gave access to records that included thousands of customers' national identity numbers.
Last week, the firm revealed a separate attack affecting millions in the US.
After being notified of the latest breach, Equifax temporarily shut the affected website.
..."We immediately acted to remediate the situation, which affected a limited amount of information strictly related to Equifax employees..."
"The credit report provider Equifax has been accused of a fresh data security breach, this time affecting its Argentine operations.
Cyber-crime blogger Brian Krebs said that an online employee tool used in the country could be accessed by typing "admin" as both a login and password.He added that this gave access to records that included thousands of customers' national identity numbers.
Last week, the firm revealed a separate attack affecting millions in the US.
After being notified of the latest breach, Equifax temporarily shut the affected website.
..."We immediately acted to remediate the situation, which affected a limited amount of information strictly related to Equifax employees..."
Two Models | Belmont Club
Two Models | Belmont Club
"For most of recorded human history men have dealt with the weather in two ways: adaptation and amelioration.
When sea levels rose, men moved cities inland.
But for the first time, policy makers don’t want to adapt to climate, they want to change the climate itself.
Perhaps no one put it more clearly than Barack Obama in his 2008 nomination speech.
Now the seas would fall.
Describing the significance of his vision Obama said, “this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal.”
The current program put forward by climate change advocates is frankly one of weather engineering.
"For most of recorded human history men have dealt with the weather in two ways: adaptation and amelioration.
When sea levels rose, men moved cities inland.
But for the first time, policy makers don’t want to adapt to climate, they want to change the climate itself.
Perhaps no one put it more clearly than Barack Obama in his 2008 nomination speech.
Now the seas would fall.
Describing the significance of his vision Obama said, “this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal.”
The current program put forward by climate change advocates is frankly one of weather engineering.
Policy makers are going to change the quantity of carbon in the atmosphere by taxing energy consumption -- and thereby reduce carbon.
“A carbon tax is a tax levied on the carbon content of fuels….
From an economic perspective, carbon taxes are a type of Pigovian tax [intended to correct an inefficient market outcome ... by being set equal to the social cost of the negative externalities]”
That’s how we’re going to save the world, through Pigovian taxes.
In general governments and big companies (which benefit from government largesse) like Pigovian taxes..."
Hillary Lies about Trump’s Inaugural Address | National Review
Hillary Lies about Trump’s Inaugural Address | National Review:
"President Donald J. Trump’s inaugural address was “a cry from the white-nationalist gut,” the Duchess of Chappaqua proclaimed on Sunday while pitching What Happened, her brand-new, blame-all extravaganza about why her Oval Office bid crashed and burned. As she further pronounced in an audience that she granted to CBS News: “What an opportunity to say, ‘Okay, I’m proud of my supporters, but I’m president of all Americans.’ That’s not what we heard at all.”
Wrong!
"President Donald J. Trump’s inaugural address was “a cry from the white-nationalist gut,” the Duchess of Chappaqua proclaimed on Sunday while pitching What Happened, her brand-new, blame-all extravaganza about why her Oval Office bid crashed and burned. As she further pronounced in an audience that she granted to CBS News: “What an opportunity to say, ‘Okay, I’m proud of my supporters, but I’m president of all Americans.’ That’s not what we heard at all.”Wrong!
Five Cities That Got F*cked by Hosting the Olympics - Reason.com
Five Cities That Got F*cked by Hosting the Olympics - Reason.com
"Every four years with the Olympics, municipalities compete to host the winter and summer games and virtually always plunge their cities and sometimes even their home countries into massive debt and insolvency.
"Every four years with the Olympics, municipalities compete to host the winter and summer games and virtually always plunge their cities and sometimes even their home countries into massive debt and insolvency.
Why? Because host cities inevitably spend double or more over initial estimates, fewer people show up than expected, and the International Olympic Committee, or IOC, takes bigger and bigger cuts of TV and other revenue streams.
Sports economist Andrew Zimbalist says that a typical Summer Olympics generates up to $6 billion in revenue, at least half of which goes to the IOC.
Winter Games generate even less money despite often being more expensive to host than Summer Games.
Cities routinely claim that whatever money they spend on new facilities will stimulate the local economy for decades to come.
With the recent announcement that Paris will host the 2024 Summer Games and Los Angeles will host the 2028 Summer Games, here are five cities that got fucked by hosting the Olympics.
Winter Games generate even less money despite often being more expensive to host than Summer Games.
Cities routinely claim that whatever money they spend on new facilities will stimulate the local economy for decades to come.
With the recent announcement that Paris will host the 2024 Summer Games and Los Angeles will host the 2028 Summer Games, here are five cities that got fucked by hosting the Olympics.
Athens, Greece, 2004.
Athens is the birthplace of the ancient games that inspired today's modern municipal money pits. Its 2004, Games cost $16 billion, or 10 times the original estimate. By 2010, more than half the venues built for the event were underused, completely empty, or literally falling apart..."
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Portland Police Nix Gang Database. Due to Lack of White Gangs. Yes, Really... » Louder With Crowder
Portland Police Nix Gang Database. Due to Lack of White Gangs. Yes, Really... » Louder With Crowder
"Anyone who lives near a city knows how much of a problem gangs are.
If you’re downtown after dark, you could very well get caught in a crossfire between mental midgets who think it’s perfectly acceptable to murder somebody for wearing the wrong color.
So, over the years, the authorities created resources to help catch these lead-slinging douchenuggets.
But now, Portland is nixing their gang database.
Because there aren’t enough white gangs on the list.
Yes, really…
"Anyone who lives near a city knows how much of a problem gangs are.
If you’re downtown after dark, you could very well get caught in a crossfire between mental midgets who think it’s perfectly acceptable to murder somebody for wearing the wrong color. So, over the years, the authorities created resources to help catch these lead-slinging douchenuggets.
But now, Portland is nixing their gang database.
Because there aren’t enough white gangs on the list.
Yes, really…
Portland police will no longer maintain a database of suspected gang members, due to concerns that the vast majority of people with the gang label are racial minorities.Starting Oct. 15, the Portland Police Bureau will end the 20-year practice of issuing gang member designations, which police say can lead to “unintended consequences” and a lifelong stigma even for those who have given up the gang lifestyle..."
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