History for March 2

History for March 2 - On-This-Day.com:
Sam Houston 1793 - First President of the Republic of Texas, Sholem Aleichem 1859 - Author, playwright, Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) 1904 - Writer, poet, and cartoonist


Tom Wolfe 1931 - Author, Mikhail Gorbachev 1931 - Former Soviet President, Karen Carpenter 1950 - Singer (The Carpenters)


1807 - The U.S. Congress passed an act to "prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States... from any foreign kingdom, place, or country."


1836 - Texas declared its independence from Mexico and an ad interim government was formed.


1877 - In the U.S., Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner of the 1876 presidential election by the U.S. Congress. Samuel J. Tilden, however, had won the popular vote on November 7, 1876.


1899 - U.S. President McKinley signed a measure that created the rank of Admiral for the U.S. Navy. The first admiral was George Dewey.


1917 - The Russian Revolution began with Czar Nicholas II abdicating.


1933 - The motion picture King Kong had its world premiere in New York.


1949 - The B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II landed in Fort Worth, TX. The American plane had completed the first non-stop around-the-world flight.


1969 - In Toulouse, France, the supersonic transport Concorde made its first test flight.

‘There’s enough to arrest Hillary now’

‘There’s enough to arrest Hillary now’:

"There is enough evidence now to arrest former Democratic Party presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and send her to jail, says the president of a well-known government-watchdog organization.
But Americans shouldn’t hold their breath, because federal authorities are too consumed with politics, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in an exclusive interview with WND.
“As far as I am concerned, there is enough to arrest Hillary Clinton now,” Fitton said bluntly. “And I just want the Justice Department to finally start enforcing the rule of law.”"

The way we were-----WALTER MURPHY- A Fifth of Beethoven (extended version)

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The Trumpian Rorschach Test Never Ends | Roger L. Simon

The Trumpian Rorschach Test Never Ends | Roger L. Simon: 
"...In fact, I would go so far as to say that it is Trump's very boorishness, if you want to call it that, that has allowed him to succeed to such a degree, i. e. to the point that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (no boor he) was able to avow "2017 was the best year for conservatives in the 30 years that I've been here. The best year. On all fronts."
Trump wouldn't have won without being a boor. 
We would have had President Hillary -- who is even more boorish, to tell the truth.  
And you wouldn't have the Democrats walking into walls, calling thousand-dollar bonuses "crumbs" as the mega-boorish Nancy Pelosi did and does. 
And how about cameraholic Adam Schiff when it comes to boors? 
And then there's Bernie with his warmed over 1930s socialist gasbaggery.  
How boorish is that?  
Maybe we have an epidemic.
...Those who cherish good manners and a certain measure of formality and protocol despise the man. Those who call themselves progressive and, usually, don't pay much attention to good manners and certainly not formality  (cf. pussy hats) despise him even more.  
...We enjoy Donald just because he wants to shake things up.  (Yes, like it or not, I have that trait.)  
...I regard his tweets as a feature, not a bug.  
I can't imagine a world without them at this point..."
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Cut NRA ties, take sides in culture war. That's bad for business and us.

Cut NRA ties, take sides in culture war. That's bad for business and us.:
"Do we really want separate financial systems for Republicans and Democrats? 
Because that's where we're headed if this witch hunt continues.
...Progressive activists and many in the news media have rather different priorities.
Their ire is focused squarely on a group that wasn’t tipped off, wasn’t a first responder, and had no affiliation with the attacker.
Namely, the National Rifle Association.
...But as soon as a vocal group started yelling online, many of these companies cancelled the programs — some within 24 hours. Enterprise car rental, Delta Air Lines, MetLife insurance, Symantec security software and several others abruptly abandoned their often long-standing arrangements with the NRA.
By cowering to a day of social media pressure, these companies are punishing 5 million potential customers simply for holding a common view in American politics — that the Constitution is the law of the land.
NRA members are just a small portion of the roughly 74 million gun owners in America.
Are they to be chased out of the marketplace as well?
...The larger problem isn’t this temporary tempest.
All of these pressure campaigns accomplish nothing but alienate people based on their politics. 
The result is to divide Americans into ever smaller subgroups in which we can’t sit in the same town hall or, apparently, shop in the same stores..."

Broward deputy works for ‘Muslim mafia’

Broward deputy works for ‘Muslim mafia’:

"A leader of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in South Florida also serves as a deputy for the Broward County Sheriff’s office, which is under fire for its handling of the Valentine’s Day school shooting in which 17 people were killed.
Nezar Hamze is the regional operations director for the Florida chapter of CAIR, whose national office was named an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas-funding scheme and was designated a terrorist organization by the United Arab Emirates.
How, then, asked anti-Shariah activist Joe Kaufman in a 2015 column for FrontPage Magazine, “is it possible that one of [CAIR’s] leaders, Nezar Hamze, could be considered for a position at one of the most prominent Sheriff’s offices in the United States?”"

Delaware may let students ‘choose’ their race, gender without parental consent | Fox News

Delaware may let students ‘choose’ their race, gender without parental consent | Fox News
"A proposal that would let students in Delaware as young as 5 choose their own race and gender-identity – without approval from their parents – has sparked a bitter battle in the First State.
On one side are parents who say they want a more welcoming climate for their transgender or non-binary children. 
On the other side are parents who say the proposal infringes on their basic parental rights.
Under Regulation 225, schools would be required to provide access to facilities and activities that are consistent with a student's gender identity—regardless of the child's sex at birth. 
That includes bathrooms, locker rooms, team sports and adhering to the child's preferred name. 
Under the proposal, students could also choose their own race.
What has rankled some parents is that the new regulation does not require schools to inform parents of the child’s decision..."
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Notice a trend?-----Lowest Grossing Movies To Win Best Picture At The Academy Awards | iHeartRadio

Lowest Grossing Movies To Win Best Picture At The Academy Awards | iHeartRadio
"These 15 movies may have been loved by critics, but they did not do well during their run in theaters.

• The Deer Hunter (1979)

$192,149,700 (Inflation)
$48,979,328 (Actual)

• Ordinary People (1981)

$186,899,800 (Inflation)
$54,766,923 (Actual)

• Braveheart (1996)

$159,275,800 (Inflation)
$75,609,945 (Actual)

• Annie Hall (1978)

$157,465,500 (Inflation)
38,251,425 (Actual)

• Gandhi (1983)

$153,840,200 (Inflation)
$52,767,889 (Actual)

• Million Dollar Baby (2005)

$143,954,300 (Inflation)
$100,492,203 (Actual)

• Amadeus (1985)

$135,817,300 (Inflation)
$51,564,280 (Actual)

• The Last Emperor (1998)

$98,749,600 (Inflation)
$43,984,230 (Actual)

• No Country For Old Men (2008)

$97,141,300 (Inflation)
$74,283,625 (Actual)

• Crash (2006)

$78,130,500 (Inflation)
$54,580,300 (Actual)

• The Artist (2012)

$51,788,200 (Inflation)
$44,671,682 (Actual)

• Spotlight (2016)

$47,812,300 (Inflation)
$45,055,776 (Actual)

• Birdman (2015)

$47,298,400 (Inflation)
$42,340,598 (Actual)

• Moonlight (2017)

$28,997,300 (Inflation)
$27,854,932 (Actual)

• The Hurt Locker (2010)

$20,604,900 (Inflation)
$17,017,811

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Noon-toon-----Cartoon: Dereliction of Duty - NetRight Daily

Cartoon: Dereliction of Duty - NetRight Daily:

Here are the liberals still hell-bent on trying to prove the anti-Trump dossier is true - Washington Times

Here are the liberals still hell-bent on trying to prove the anti-Trump dossier is true - Washington Times:

"Twenty months after Christopher Steele first briefed the FBI on his Donald Trump conspiracies, dossier fever has struck Washington as at least eight politicos and groups are trying to prove it is true.
Meanwhile, Republican investigators have come to the conclusion that the unverified 35-page dossier is Democrat Party-bought bunk. They have turned to investigating the dossier itself: how did the FBI use the Democratic scandal sheet to spy on the other party and who in the Obama administration knew about it.

The dossier loyalists:"

Seattle author mistakes Norwegian flag for Confederate flag, alerts local newspaper — RT US News

Seattle author mistakes Norwegian flag for Confederate flag, alerts local newspaper — RT US News
"When a New York Times bestselling author noticed a blue-and-red flag flying near her home, she tipped off the local newspaper to report a "Confederate flag."
But there was just one little problem – it was a Norwegian flag.
The tip-off to the Seattle Times came from true-crime author Rebecca Morris. 
“Hi. Suddenly there is a Confederate flag flying in front of a house in my Greenwood neighborhood...”
...On second glance, however, Morris admitted her error. "Well, it does look like the Norwegian flag!" she said. "Maybe that's the story... we're so stressed by all things political that we see things that aren't there."...
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Ohio Sheriff Offers Free Gun Training To 50 Teachers; Forced To Cap At 300 After Huge Response | Zero Hedge

Ohio Sheriff Offers Free Gun Training To 50 Teachers; Forced To Cap At 300 After Huge Response | Zero Hedge:
"An Ohio sheriff who offered free firearms training to 50 teachers was forced to cap his offer at 300, after a flood of local school employees signed up in the wake of a Florida high school shooting that left 17 people dead. 

“We put it online, we thought we’d get 20 school teachers maybe. Within 20 minutes we had 40. Within an hour we had 100. Within four hours we had 200. By the next morning, at 300, we cut it off,” Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones said on “Fox & Friends.”

Richard K. Jones

✔@butlersheriff

If you listen 2 media teachers do not want to carry weapons in schools. We have over 300 said want 2.

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School personnel start gun training in butler county Ohio Monday ccw. We will train this week over 120.

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The Parkland, FL shooting has renewed a national debate on the Second Amendment. Sheriff Jones noted that only a few schools in Ohio allow the concealed carry of a firearm, and that the plan to arm teachers would only work if "the school boards have the guts to make it a reality." Jones suggested that school staffers should go through mandatory firearms training to help them identify the sounds of gunfire. 

“We have to do something here because we can’t wait for our government to do anything. All they do is fight, they get nothing done,” he said..."

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Nancy Pelosi draws three liberal opponents in re-election | The Sacramento Bee

Nancy Pelosi draws three liberal opponents in re-election | The Sacramento Bee
"Nancy Pelosi is the most right-wing candidate in her reelection race this year.
The House Democratic leader faces not one, but three, Democratic challengers in 2018, as well as a Green Party candidate. 
And while national Republicans love to target Pelosi as the face of the far left in their campaigns, her opponents complain she’s actually not liberal enough for her San Francisco district, particularly on issues like health care and campaign finance..."
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'Slew of Subpoenas' Coming for State Dept. Officials, Nunes Warns

'Slew of Subpoenas' Coming for State Dept. Officials, Nunes Warns:

"High-ranking State Department executives — those both current and former — will be “hauled into Congress” next week to “answer publicly” questions about the “salacious and unverified” anti-Trump Steele dossier, according to Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) in an appearance on “The Laura Ingraham Show.”
“A week ago we sent a letter with a questionnaire to high-ranking former Obama and current Trump officials, asking them 10 questions about when they knew about the dossier, when they knew the dossier was used, when they knew the dossier was used to get a warrant to spy on an American — all questions that the public has a right to know and that the Congress definitely has a right to know,” said Nunes, who is chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence."

Three women forced to take off hijabs for mugs settle with city - NY Daily News

Three women forced to take off hijabs for mugs settle with city - NY Daily News
"New York City will pay a total of $180,000 to three Muslim women who were forced to take off their hijabs for mug shots, the Daily News has learned.
Settlements in the three cases were filed Monday in Brooklyn federal court, with the lawsuits spurring new NYPD procedures on photographing people donning religious head coverings.
The cases date back as far as 2012, when a Brooklyn high school girl identified as “G.E.” was arrested after a scuffle with two girls she thought were spreading rumors about her.
The criminal case was dismissed, but it was the initial mug shots that mattered in the civil rights case that followed.
G.E. was taken to the 62nd Precinct, which covers such neighborhoods as Bensonhurst, Mapleton and Bath Beach, where police told her she’d have to take off her hijab.
The teen refused, and was taken to a private room where a female officer shot the photo outside the presence of any men.
But at Brooklyn central booking, police told her there weren’t any female officers to do the picture and the camera was in a fixed spot, so it couldn’t be privately taken elsewhere.
G.E. said a male officer took her picture without her hijab..."
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History for March 1

History for March 1 - On-This-Day.com:
William Dean Howells 1837 - Author, Glenn Miller 1904 - Bandleader, William Gaines 1922 - Publisher ("MAD Magazine")


Deke (Donald) Slayton 1924 - Astronaut, Roger Daltrey 1944 - Musician (The Who), Ron Howard 1954 - Producer, actor ("The Andy Griffith Show", "Happy Days")


1692 - In Salem Village, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Salem witch trials began. Four women were the first to be charged.


1873 - E. Remington and Sons of Ilion, NY, began the manufacturing the first practical typewriter.


1912 - Captain Albert Berry made the first parachute jump from a moving airplane.


1932 - The 22-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was kidnapped. The child was found dead in May.


1941 - FM Radio began in Nashville, TN, when station W47NV began operations.


1941 - Bulgaria joined the Axis powers by signing the Tripartite Pact.


1954 - The United States announced that it had conducted a hydrogen bomb test on the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.


1954 - Five U.S. congressmen were wounded when four Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire from the gallery of the U.S. House of Representatives.