History for May 9

History for May 9 - On-This-Day.com:
John Brown 1800, Sir James Barrie 1860, Howard Carter 1873


Henry J. Kaiser 1882, Mike Wallace 1918 - Broadcast journalist ("60 Minutes"), Billy Joel 1949 - Musician


1671 - Thomas "Captain" Blood stole the crown jewels from the Tower of London.


1754 - The first newspaper cartoon in America showed a divided snake "Join or die" in "The Pennsylvania Gazette."


1936 - Fascist Italy took Addis Abba and annexed Ethiopia.


1941 - The German submarine U-110 was captured at sea by Britain's Royal navy.


1960 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved for sale an oral birth-control pill for the first time.


1980 - A Liberian freighter hit the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay in Florida. 35 motorists were killed and a 1,400-foot section of the bridge collapsed.


1987 - Tom Cruise and Mimi Rogers were married.


1996 - In video testimony to a courtroom in Little Rock, AR, U.S. President Clinton insisted that he had nothing to do with a $300,000 loan in the criminal case against his former Whitewater partners.

New Hampshire Becomes Fourth State to Require Work for Medicaid | Breitbart

New Hampshire Becomes Fourth State to Require Work for Medicaid | Breitbart:

"The Donald Trump administration approved New Hampshire’s waiver, becoming the fourth state to implement work requirements for Medicaid.
New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu said in a statement on Monday:"

The way we were-----The Seekers - Georgy Girl (1967 - Stereo)

Boob-tube-----24 NEW SHOWS OF FALL TV 1973

She called his elevator joke offensive. He called her complaint ‘frivolous.’ Who’s right? - The Washington Post

She called his elevator joke offensive. He called her complaint ‘frivolous.’ Who’s right? - The Washington Post:
"“Ladies’ lingerie.” 
It was a lame, outmoded joke — the sort of thing you say in a crowded elevator to alleviate the discomfort of being jammed among strangers, an artifact of the days of fancy department stores with operators announcing the floor stops.
Those two words — the speaker remembers saying “ladies’ lingerie,” a passenger who was offended recalls hearing “women’s lingerie” — have turned into the latest exemplar in the academy of political correctness gone wild.
The episode, which has not been previously reported, occurred last month in San Francisco at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association. Richard Ned Lebow, a professor of political theory at King’s College London and the 2014 recipient of ISA’s distinguished scholar award, made the remark after someone in his elevator called out to ask for floor requests.
Simona Sharoni, professor of women’s and gender studies at Merrimack College in Massachusetts, took offense..."
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Saudis sign deal with Vatican to build churches: report | Saudi Arabia News | Al Jazeera

Saudis sign deal with Vatican to build churches: report | Saudi Arabia News | Al Jazeera
"Egyptian media say the kingdom has signed an agreement with the Vatican to construct churches for Christian citizens.
Saudi Arabia has signed an agreement with the Vatican to build churches for Christian citizens, according to Egyptian news media reports.
Online newspaper Egypt Independent on Wednesday said the agreement was signed during a visit by Jean-Louis Tauran, the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue at the Vatican, during his visit to the kingdom in April.
...Saudi Arabia currently bans the practice of faiths other than Islam."
If true, BIG!
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D’Souza: Rosie broke law 5 times in giving cash to Dems

D’Souza: Rosie broke law 5 times in giving cash to Dems:

"Conservative filmmaker and author Dinesh D’Souza is calling revelations that comedian Rosie O’Donnell made repeated, “oversized” donations to Democrats – using five addresses and four different names –”an egregious violation.”"

Holi crapoli!-----See the 50 communities with Michigan's highest millage rates | MLive.com

See the 50 communities with Michigan's highest millage rates | MLive.com:
"A graphic is provided for each community on this list with multiple millage rates to show those levies.  

1. City of Ecorse/River Rouge schools (Wayne County): 112 mills

Ecorse is served by two school districts. The average homestead tax for a residential parcel is $1,235 in the River Rouge school district and $1,208 in Ecorse schools. That's based on an average taxable value of $11,028 for the city's 3,751 residential parcels, which includes vacant lots. (The city has 1,939 occupied dwellings with an average market value of $39,600, based on U.S Census Bureau estimates. The agency estimates annual property taxes averaged $1,482 between 2012-16.) ..."

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Why People Become More Prone to Distraction With Age - Neuroscience News

Why People Become More Prone to Distraction With Age - Neuroscience News

"Summary: A new study reports the locus coerleus, a brain network that controls our ability to focus while under stress, appears to weaken as we age. 
This may explain why we find it more difficult to focus as we get older.
Older adults appear more easily distracted by irrelevant information than younger people when they experience stress or powerful emotions– and a specific network in the brain recently identified as the epicenter for Alzheimer’s and dementia may be to blame.
A USC-led study finds that seniors’ attention shortfall is associated with the locus coeruleus, a tiny region of the brainstem that connects to many other parts of the brain.
The locus coeruleus helps focus brain activity during periods of stress or excitement..."
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Lunch video-----Mindblowing Corruption At FBI - NSA Whistleblower Reveals

WATCH: NRA Member Harassed By Security At Anti-Gun Rally After Asking Alyssa Milano Why Her Bodyguards Are Armed | Daily Wire

WATCH: NRA Member Harassed By Security At Anti-Gun Rally After Asking Alyssa Milano Why Her Bodyguards Are Armed | Daily Wire:

"A member of the National Rifle Association visited Alyssa Milano's anti-gun rally being held just outside the NRA's national convention in Texas, and ended up in a bizarre confrontation."

Homogeneous: The Political Affiliations of Elite Liberal Arts College Faculty | National Association of Scholars

Homogeneous: The Political Affiliations of Elite Liberal Arts College Faculty | National Association of Scholars:

"In this article I offer new evidence about something readers of Academic Questions already know: The political registration of full-time, Ph.D.-holding professors in top-tier liberal arts colleges is overwhelmingly Democratic. 

Indeed, faculty political affiliations at 39 percent of the colleges in my sample are Republican free—having zero Republicans. 

The political registration in most of the remaining 61 percent, with a few important exceptions, is slightly more than zero percent but nevertheless absurdly skewed against Republican affiliation and in favor of Democratic affiliation. 

Thus, 78.2 percent of the academic departments in my sample have either zero Republicans, or so few as to make no difference..."

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Figure 2
Number of Democratic Faculty Members for Every Republican in Five Broad Fields

#1 This day 1967-----The Happening - The Supremes

Before Tuesday election, compare property tax rates in your Michigan county | MLive.com

Before Tuesday election, compare property tax rates in your Michigan county | MLive.com:
"As you consider property tax requests, you may wonder how your property tax rate compares to others in your county.
It's a more complicated question than you may think, since many cities and townships have multiple school districts in within their boundaries, and villages add another layer of taxation.
...In addition, communities have two property tax rates: the homestead rate for owner-occupied owners and a higher nonhomestead rate for commercial properties and second homes.
This database allows you to compare the current millage rates in any Michigan county.

You also can just look up the rates for your city, township or village, or compare the rates within your school district..."
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Dick's Sporting Goods Gets Hit with Brutal Consequences for Pushing Gun Control

Dick's Sporting Goods Gets Hit with Brutal Consequences for Pushing Gun Control:

"Dick’s Sporting Goods better hope the gun control crowd buys a lot of sneakers.
The Pennsylvania-based retailer has been lapping up a lot of free publicity from the mainstream media thanks to its over-the-top response to February’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
But its turncoat activism against the Second Amendment rights of American citizens is starting to hit hard in the business world."

Connecticut state Senate passes bill giving electoral votes to presidential candidate who wins popular vote | TheHill

Connecticut state Senate passes bill giving electoral votes to presidential candidate who wins popular vote | TheHill:
"The Connecticut state Senate on Saturday voted in favor of a measure to give the state’s electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the popular vote.
The move puts the state in a position to become the 11th, in addition to Washington, D.C., to join an interstate compact to pool their Electoral College votes for the candidate who wins the popular vote.
...Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy is expected to sign the legislation, according to the report.
With the addition of Connecticut’s seven electoral votes, the compact would have 172 in total.
For the compact to go into effect nationally, it would need 270 electoral votes – the number needed for a candidate to win the presidency.
The nationwide effort to form the compact gained traction after George W. Bush won the 2000 presidential election without winning the popular vote and took on new life after the 2016 election.
President Trump won the Electoral College, but Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes."