History for February 2

History for February 2 - On-This-Day.com:
James Joyce 1882, George Halas 1895, Ayn Rand 1905


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.


1863 - Samuel Langhorne Clemens used a pseudonym for the first time. He is better remembered by the pseudonym which is Mark Twain.


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


1945 - U.S. President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill left for a summit in Yalta with Soviet leader Josef Stalin.


1971 - Idi Amin assumed power in Uganda after a coup that ousted President Milton Obote.


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.


1989 - The final Russian armored column left Kabul, Afghanistan, after nine years of military occupation.


1999 - Hugo Chávez Frías took office. He had been elected president of Venezuela in December 1998.

STUNNING ADMISSION: James Clapper Admits Steele Dossier Was Used For FISA Surveillance "Extension" (VIDEO)

STUNNING ADMISSION: James Clapper Admits Steele Dossier Was Used For FISA Surveillance "Extension" (VIDEO):

"In a stunning admission to CNN‘s Jake Tapper Wednesday, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper admitted the Steele dossier was used for an extension of FISA surveillance."

Sourpuss Democrats Self-Immolate at State of the Union | Roger L. Simon

Sourpuss Democrats Self-Immolate at State of the Union | Roger L. Simon:

"Other Democrats, even ones who should have known better or secretly felt otherwise, sat on their hands.  You could see them glancing at each other, wondering whether they were allowed to applaud or stand up. What a bunch of cowards.
It was a disgraceful display of bad manners, but even more it was incredibly stupid because "the whole world was watching."  The camera was getting them all in close-up.
Who are these ungrateful corpses, middle America must have been asking.  Good question.  (Can you imagine how much money Pelosi has made in the stock market since Trump was elected? What does she have to be so upset about?)"

The way we were-----The Youngbloods - Get Together - 1967

Boob-tube-----ABC Early 1970s Commercials

Donald Trump’s Top 7 Accomplishments in His First Year as President - John Hawkins

Donald Trump’s Top 7 Accomplishments in His First Year as President - John Hawkins:
"While the news media and the President’s biggest critics have understandably focused on Trump’s latest controversial tweets and statements along with sketchy claims made about him by anonymous sources, he has done a shockingly good job of actual governance. 
In fact, if any 2016 candidate other than Trump had gotten this much done in his first year, Republicans would be calling him another Reagan. 
With that said, it’s time to give a little credit where credit is due…
Honorable Mentions: Winning A Government Shutdown, Repealing Obama's Net Neutrality Rules, Cutting Regulations, Repealing The Individual Mandate, Getting Cooperation From China On North Korea, Pulling Out Of The Paris Climate Agreement, Reduction In Illegal Immigration, Reinstating The Mexico City Policy On Abortion...
Lots of winning here. Read it all!

What Millennials Should Know About the Soviet Union--Blog | HumanProgress.org

Blog | HumanProgress.org:
"The admiration of young people for communist leaders is slightly down from last year, according to the annual report on U.S. attitudes toward socialism, which was released by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. 
...However, a horrifying 23 percent of Americans between ages 21 and 29 believe that Stalin was a “hero.” 
Also, 32 percent of millennials hold a favorable view of Karl Marx, slightly down from 34 percent last year.
This drop in popularity is comforting, but only slightly. 
Chances are you have friends who still idealize socialism, communism, and the men who enforced these ideologies with an iron hand. 
But what they probably don’t realize is the awful truth about these utopian visions of a better world. Let’s quickly walk through some of the history they ought to consider..."
Read on!!

Expected Clinton Victory Explains Federal Employee Wrongdoing | National Review

Expected Clinton Victory Explains Federal Employee Wrongdoing | National Review:

"Similarly, if the clear front-runner Hillary Clinton had won the election, we’d now have no scandals. Again, the reason is not that she and her careerist enablers did not engage in scandalous behavior, but that such foul play would have been recalibrated as rewardable fealty and absorbed into the folds of the progressive deep state."