History for April 12

History for April 12 - On-This-Day.com:
Henry Clay 1777 - "The Great Pacificator", U.S. Secretary of State under John Quincy Adams, three time unsuccessful candidate for president of United States. Quote: "I would rather be right than president.", Tiny Tim (Herbert Khaury) 1930 - Ukulele playing, falsetto singer ("Tiptoe Through the Tulips"), Ed O'Neill 1946 - Actor ("Married....with Children", "Wayne’s World")


Tom Clancy 1947 - Author, David Letterman 1947 - TV host, comedian ("Late Night With David Letterman"), David Cassidy 1950 - Singer, actor ("The Partridge Family")


1861 - Fort Sumter was shelled by Confederacy, starting America's Civil War.


1877 - A catcher's mask was used in a baseball game for the first time by James Alexander Tyng.


1938 - The first U.S. law requiring a medical test for a marriage license was enacted in New York.


1945 - In New York, the organization of the first eye bank, the Eye Bank for Sight Restoration, was announced.


1945 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt died in Warm Spring, GA. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 63. Harry S Truman became president.


1961 - Soviet Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin became first man to orbit the Earth.


1985 - Federal inspectors declared that four animals of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus were not unicorns. They were goats with horns that had been surgically implanted.


1992 - Disneyland Paris opened in Marne-La-Vallee, France.

LIBERTY REVIEW

LIBERTY REVIEW:

https://libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2018/04/homesecurity-bytammy-derouin-theamount.html

Home Security

By Tammy Derouin

The amount of resistance to securing our borders is difficult to comprehend. Why is there so much opposition to keeping our country safe? I think the average American understands that security is important. An open border policy is irresponsible and will continue to cause more harm than good.

Most Americans are not opposed to immigration. We just want those who wish to live here to knock on the front door and go through the proper procedures to become citizens and a productive part of our society. Unfortunately, those who push open borders have a political agenda. They continually try to demonize the law and law enforcement. The Left reaches into their bag of tricks and tries to use labels such as racism or felonious phobias to turn the enforcement of the law into some kind of evil deed.

Logic is completely disregarded, by certain elements, when it comes to protecting our country. The president has been challenged at every turn for trying to enforce the law and for trying to secure our borders, in other words, he has been challenged for doing his job. Rouge, agenda driven judges have hampered the duty of the President of the United States. Their actions severely compromise the security of the American people. What possible reason would make sense for not protecting our borders? What could be the desired outcome of allowing anyone into our home without care or concern?

Sadly, the only argument which makes sense is the willful destruction and destabilization of the United States......

Boob-tube-----Jello Wrestling For My Man (The Jerry Springer Show)

The way we were-----Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (original version)

Knife crime: top doctor calls for pointed kitchen knives to be banned | UK | News | Express.co.uk

Knife crime: top doctor calls for pointed kitchen knives to be banned | UK | News | Express.co.uk:
"Dr John Crichton, the new chairman of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland, wants the sale of pointed kitchen knives to be banned to help reduce the number of fatal stabbings.
...Dr Crichton, who took on the role of chairman in June this year, is championing a switch to so-called “R”-bladed knives, which have rounded points and are far less effective as weapons.
He said that research shows many attacks, particularly in households where there has been a history of violence, involve kitchen knives because they are so easily accessible.
Dr Crichton believes a switch from sharp-pointed, long-bladed knives to the new design could save lives.
He said: “This is a public health measure and public health measures are always about society deciding on a self-imposed restriction for the public good.”...
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Dr John Crichton is calling for the dramatic move in an attempted to reduce knife crime

US Attorney John Lausch to oversee FISA warrant document release | Fox News

US Attorney John Lausch to oversee FISA warrant document release | Fox News:

"The Justice Department on Monday appointed a U.S. attorney to oversee the gathering of documents in response to a subpoena issued by the House Judiciary Committee last month in an effort to obtain materials related to the FBI’s probe into Hillary Clinton’s private email server and potential Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act abuses.
The Justice Department is set to announce the appointment of U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois John Lausch, a Trump appointee, to oversee the agency’s compliance with the subpoena, after it missed the initial deadline given by the committee to turn over requested documents."

Mass killings are law enforcement failures that should be punished

Mass killings are law enforcement failures that should be punished:

Law enforcers might prevent more disasters like school shootings if they faced consequences for failure. Incompetence should be penalized.

Law enforcement keeps failing, and people keep dying.  

Where are the consequences? 

Where is the accountability?

Despite receiving a warning directly from the Russian government, the FBI failed to stop the Tsarnaev brothers from staging the Boston Marathon bombing. 
Despite having plenty of resources, the Charlottesville police failed to stop a car attack that left a woman dead. 
The FBI interviewed Omar Mateen, the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooter, and considered criminally investigating him. 
They didn’t — possibly because his father was an FBI informant. 

The FBI also missed numerous "red flags" before the San Bernardino shooting. 
And despite having lots of warning, the FBI, the Broward County schools and the Broward Sheriff’s Department under Sheriff Scott Israel all failed to stop Nikolas Cruz from shooting up a high school.

And yet these repeated failures — among others — keep getting swept under the rug as we look for “solutions” to the problem of violence..."

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Trump administration to provide records on Obama-era gun-smuggling probe

Trump administration to provide records on Obama-era gun-smuggling probe: "

The U.S. Justice Department has agreed to provide congressional investigators confidential records on a failed gun-trafficking operation during the Obama administration known as “Fast and Furious” that long has been criticized by Republican lawmakers."

How Pizza Night Can Cost More in Data Than Dollars

How Pizza Night Can Cost More in Data Than Dollars: 
"...Even a low-key evening at home can mean handing over a trove of personal information to high-tech companies
...The smartphones, Facebook accounts and other technology products deeply embedded in modern life help people get more things done every day. 
They also gather more information about us than we often realize.
But Facebook's crisis over how it handles and protects user data has led some to ask: What data am I giving up?
Imagine “Sally” sets up a pizza-and-movie night with her friend “Kristen.” 
The Wall Street Journal reviewed privacy statements to assess just how much data could be unknowingly shared on top of the price of that pepperoni pie."...

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The Order

As Kristen cleans up her apartment, she turns to her Amazon Echo: “Alexa, open Domino's and place an order.”

The Domino's app installed on the Echo pulls up Kristen’s stored credit-card information. "Do you want to use your Visa ending in 1234?” Alexa asks.

The stored credit-card information is used to complete the pizza purchase. Alexa also logs the interaction, and Domino’s creates a transcript of what she said.

DATA PROVIDED

ALEXA

Voice characteristics

Content of request

DOMINO'S

Payment and billing information

Type of pizza ordered

Quantity of order

ADDITIONAL DATA COLLECTED

ALEXA

 Interaction history

 Type of Echo device

 Location

 Last four digits of credit card

DOMINO'S

 Transcript of what she said

 Hardware settings

 Operating system

 Performance statistics

Alan Dershowitz: Today is a 'very dangerous day for lawyer-client relations'

Alan Dershowitz: Today is a 'very dangerous day for lawyer-client relations':

""I tell [clients] on my word of honor that what you tell me is sacrosanct," he said. "And now they say, just based on probable cause ... they can burst into the office, grab all the computers, and then give it to another FBI agent and say, 'You're the firewall. We want you now to read all these confidential communications, tell us which ones we can get and which ones we can't get.'"
"If this were Hillary Clinton being investigated and they went into her lawyer's office, the ACLU would be on every television station in America, jumping up and down," he added.
"The deafening silence from the ACLU and civil libertarians about the intrusion into the lawyer-client confidentiality is really appalling," Dershowitz said."

Lunch video-----Stossel: The Great American Tax Ripoff

Noon-toon

Facebook Punishes Conservative News Site for Criticizing Mass Migration

Facebook Punishes Conservative News Site for Criticizing Mass Migration:

"Facebook has repeatedly punished a fast-growing news website for its conservative views on immigration and other topics–suspending its moderators, censoring content, and threatening to close the site down.
Voiceofeurope.com, which takes pride in its “uncensored news,” has been effectively bludgeoned into submission by Facebook and recently announced it will self-censor on the social media site to avoid losing its page."

Vaccines: Decades Of Misinformation Have Succeeded | Science 2.0

Vaccines: Decades Of Misinformation Have Succeeded | Science 2.0:
"Though less than a dozen school children will be slain by a gun in any given year, American society is mobilized with marches and media against firearms. 
Meanwhile, on average 55,000 Americans will die from the flu, which has a vaccine. 
In states like California, anti-vaccine sentiment ran so high on the coast that the state had to pass a law forcing parents to comply or not have their kids enrolled. 
Some schools in Marin county had fewer than 30 percent of children vaccinated. 
Philosophical exemptions just by families in the wealthiest parts of California exceeded the number of religious exemptions nationwide - by 1000 percent.
...They found that the vaccine hesitancy phenomenon started before the 1990s, and it was due to scandals, like the European thalidomide disaster of 1962, along with the emergence of new styles of parenting, second-wave feminism, and the popularization of alternative medicine. 
...In the United States, we even give supplements, naturopathy and other "alternatives" to real medicine quasi-legitimacy by giving them federal funding under the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, which claims to study but really shields what used to be called folk medicine, and then alternative medicine, and then complementary medicine and is now relabeled again as integrative medicine.
Watch anti-vaxxers lose their sh*t over a law that encourages critical vaccines
https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/983367180594155520
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#1 This day 1962-----Shelley Fabares - Johnny Angel (1962) HQ

The Sun will get unusually cold by 2050 and might trigger a mini ice age - IBTimes India

The Sun will get unusually cold by 2050 and might trigger a mini ice age - IBTimes India
"A study by the University of California San Diego has said the Sun will experience a cold period where all solar activities will be reduced drastically.
Scientists warn of unusually cold Sun: Will we face another ice age?
...A study by the University of California San Diego has claimed that by 2050, the Sun is expected to become cool.
You might think "what's the big deal," but remember that this means the solar activities that create the heat of the Sun to sustain life on Earth may diminish.
And the last time it happened was in the 17th century when the Thames River froze. 
Scientists call this the "Maunder Minimum".
...Researchers at the Northumbria University have claimed that a mini ice age will start by 2021 and is expected to reduce the effect of global warming, but not stop it."
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Constitution Challenged As Federal Court Bans AR-15 - Conservative Daily Post

Constitution Challenged As Federal Court Bans AR-15 - Conservative Daily Post:

"Second amendment supporters know all too well the danger in banning any types of guns. While the left is quick to question why the average civilians may have a need for any particular model of firearm, this type of overreach instigates a slippery slope which soon infringes on the constitutional right to bear arms.
Devastatingly, this is already occurring in Massachusetts where a federal court made a traitorous ruling that rifles such as the AR-15 are not protected under the second amendment as they are similar to guns used for military service."

The U.S. States People Are Fleeing (And The Ones They Are Moving To) – Forbes

The U.S. States People Are Fleeing (And The Ones They Are Moving To) – Forbes: 
"Each year families pack up their belongings and move to a new home, sometimes out of state. Tracking where they go—and where they’re leaving from—paints an interesting picture of U.S. migration.
...For a look at the top ten states people are leaving, check out our slideshow..."
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1. Illinois--Total Moves: 8,157--Percentage Moving Out: 63.4%

History for April 11

History for April 11 - On-This-Day.com:
Dean G. Acheson 1893, Dale Messick 1906 - Cartoonist ("Brenda Starr"), Oleg Cassini 1913 - Fashion designer


Joel Grey 1932 - Singer (Katz), dancer, actor ("Cabaret"), actress Jennifer Grey's father, Louise Lasser 1939 - Actress ("Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman", "Slither"), Peter Riegert 1947 - Actor ("The Mask")


1945 - During World War II, American soldiers liberated the Nazi concentration camp of Buchenwald in Germany.


1947 - Jackie Robinson became the first black player in major-league history. He played in an exhibition game for the Brooklyn Dodgers.


1951 - U.S. President Truman fired General Douglas MacArthur as head of United Nations forces in Korea.


1961 - Israel began the trial of Adolf Eichman, accused of World War II war crimes.


1968 - U.S. President Johnson signed the 1968 Civil Rights Act.


1970 - Apollo 13 blasted off on a mission to the moon that was disrupted when an explosion crippled the spacecraft. The astronauts did return safely.


1984 - China invaded Vietnam.


2001 - China agreed to release 24 crewmembers of a U.S. surveillance plane. The EP-3E Navy crew had been held since April 1 on Hainon, where the plane had made an emergency landing after an in-flight collision with a Chinese fighter jet. The Chinese pilot was missing and presumed dead.

Mark Zuckerberg Declines to Share Facebook's Definition of 'Hate Speech' with Senate | Breitbart

Mark Zuckerberg Declines to Share Facebook's Definition of 'Hate Speech' with Senate | Breitbart:

"While testifying before the Senate, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg dodged providing a definition of what constituted “hate speech” on the Facebook platform."

William McKinley statue removal in Arcata, California expands liberal push to erase history - Washington Times

William McKinley statue removal in Arcata, California expands liberal push to erase history - Washington Times:

"A California town’s effort to remove a statue of former President William McKinley shows that the leftist bent for erasing politically incorrect figures from the public square no longer is reserved for slave owners, Confederate generals and segregationists.
On the heels of the Confederate monument purge across the South, the town council of Arcata, California, voted to take down a statue of the 25th president, despite McKinley’s sterling record on civil rights.
Among other things, McKinley fought to abolish slavery in the Civil War, resisted demands to fire Catholic state workers as governor of Ohio and appointed a record number of blacks to federal positions as president."

The way we were-----The Cascades Rhythm of the Falling Rain

Boob-tube-----The History of the Television documentary

A Broken FBI Promise - WSJ

A Broken FBI Promise - WSJ:
"...But already both the FBI and the Justice Department are back to their old tricks.
At issue is a memo related to the opening of a counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign’s alleged ties with Russia in 2016.
Such information is crucial for Congress to get an accurate picture of how Justice and the FBI handled this investigation.
House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R., Calif.) has written to both Director Wray and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein asking for an unredacted version for all committee members to see. The bureau says it will not provide the material because it is too sensitive.
Mr. Nunes notes this is ridiculous, given that the document “is not highly classified.”
More to the point, if an Intelligence Committee made up of elected representatives of the American people is not qualified to see such material, no one is..."
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