History for June 2

History for June 2 - On-This-Day.com:
Marquis de Sade 1740 - French aristocrat, revolutionary and writer, Thomas Hardy 1840 - Novelist and poet of the naturalist movement, Johnny Weissmuller 1904 - Olympic swimmer, he was the sixth actor to portray Tarzan in movies


Pete Conrad (Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr.) 1930 - American naval officer, third person to walk on the moon, Jerry Mathers 1948 - Actor ("Leave it to Beaver"), Dana Carvey 1955 - Comedian, actor ("Saturday Night Live," "Moving")


1793 - Maximillian Robespierre initiated the "Reign of Terror". It was an effort to purge those suspected of treason against the French Republic.


1835 - P.T. Barnum launched his first traveling show. The main attraction was Joice Heth. Heth was reputed to be the 161-year-old nurse of George Washington.


1883 - The first baseball game under electric lights was played in Fort Wayne, Indiana.


1897 - Mark Twain, at age 61, was quoted by the New York Journal as saying "the report of my death was an exaggeration." He was responding to the rumors that he had died.


1953 - Elizabeth was crowned queen of England at Westminster Abbey.


1954 - U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy charged that there were communists working in the CIA and atomic weapons plants.


1969 - Australian aircraft carrier Melbourne sliced the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in half off the shore of South Vietnam.

Roseanne's ABC Cancellation & NFL Kneeling Ban: In Defense | National Review

Roseanne's ABC Cancellation & NFL Kneeling Ban: In Defense | National Review:

"Free speech can be threatened in practice by a culture of mob rule — attempts to destroy someone’s life thanks to their viewpoint rather than their behavior. But sometimes speech is inherently related to the job or product at issue. Corporations have every right to protect their bottom line under such circumstances, and the public has every right to shy away from such products and services."

The way we were-----DUELING BANJOS ~ Guitar & Banjo Song ~ Deliverance

Boob-tube-----22 NEW SHOWS OF FALL TV 1981

Commission urges Washington and Lee University: Don’t change the school’s name - The College Fix

Commission urges Washington and Lee University: Don’t change the school’s name - The College Fix:
"Panel says school should focus on others ways to ‘teach and present the university’s history’

A panel appointed by Washington and Lee University to study its history and the impact it has on the institution has recommended that the university retain its name, despite some controversy in the university’s being partly named after the Confederate war general Robert E. Lee.

“The recommendation to retain the name is not passive,” said the commission. 
...“As the ninth-oldest institution of higher education in the country, Washington and Lee is a justifiably proud university that can withstand careful scrutiny,” said Dudley. 
...Other recommendations made by the committee include retaining the name of the teams as “The Generals” despite the claim that some believe it is directly referring to Washington and Lee, converting Lee Chapel into a museum and not having it be used for key events and displaying portraits of Lee in civilian attire rather than his Confederate uniform..."
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Starbucks Training: Employees Forced to Watch ‘Video After Video’ Of White Cops Attacking Blacks

Starbucks Training: Employees Forced to Watch ‘Video After Video’ Of White Cops Attacking Blacks:
"“At one point a girl at my table actually had to get up and leave because video after video they showed black people being assaulted by police or black people being verbally assaulted and white people being racially biased toward people of color,” a young black female Starbucks employee told Philly Mag after being forced to take part in their “racial sensitivity” training course this week.
From Philly Mag:
Starbucks billed Tuesday’s training as “one step” in addressing racial bias, and national reports have called the company’s move an “important start.”
But for two Philadelphia Starbucks employees I talked to, the training merely “targeted” people of color and exacerbated racial tensions..."
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More Evidence of Political Coverup in Dem IT Security Scandal - Judicial Watch

More Evidence of Political Coverup in Dem IT Security Scandal - Judicial Watch:

"The government’s bizarre failure to prosecute Awan for the national security violations he appears to have committed points to a political coverup that’s dangerous, craven and borders on traitorous. A House Office of Inspector General investigation determined earlier this year that Awan and his relatives committed numerous violations of House security policies, including logging into the House Democratic Caucus server thousands of times without authorization. The same news agency that reported that story published alarming new revelations in the case this month, concluding that “Democrats appear to want to keep the case out of court” because “a trial could expose their reckless IT practices.” It turns out that, not only has Capitol Police failed to make any arrests, it inadvertently gave evidence to defense attorneys that was supposed to go to prosecutors. It gets better; prosecutors appear to be sharing information with someone on Capitol Hill who in turn is leaking it to Awan’s lawyer."

Triple Jeopardy in College Sexual Assault Case Ends an N.F.L. Career - The New York Times

Triple Jeopardy in College Sexual Assault Case Ends an N.F.L. Career - The New York Times
"Keith Mumphery was twice cleared of an alleged sexual assault.
Then he was tried a third time, without even knowing it. 
And then his life collapsed..."
A national disgrace!
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"Huge Increase in Size of Cerebral Cortex" --Scientists Pinpoint Unique Evolution of the Human Brain - The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel

"Huge Increase in Size of Cerebral Cortex" --Scientists Pinpoint Unique Evolution of the Human Brain - The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel:
"Over the last million years of evolution, our brain underwent a considerable increase in size and complexity, resulting in the exceptional cognitive abilities of the human species.
This brain enlargement is largely due to an increase in the number of neurons in the cerebral cortex, the outer part of the brain.
Since we share about 99% of our genome with that of our closest living relative, the chimpanzee, it has remained a daunting task for scientists to identify which human-specific gene changes may underlie the unique aspects of human brain evolution..."
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Up-Chuck Schumer orders media to cover up 'Spygate' - Conservative Review

Up-Chuck Schumer orders media to cover up 'Spygate' - Conservative Review:

"On Monday, while most Americans were remembering the sacrifice of fallen service members, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., gave instruction to the mainstream media via tweet. The chief Democrat of the U.S. Senate wants President Donald Trump to be taken to task for using the term “Spygate” and insists that there is “absolutely no evidence of a spy” being placed in the 2016 Trump campaign."

Report: Number of college freshmen suffering from psychological disorders way up - The College Fix

Report: Number of college freshmen suffering from psychological disorders way up - The College Fix: "
"Reports of anxiety, depression leading to special privileges like longer test-times

The number of college students reporting psychological disorders and handicaps has jumped significantly in recent years, with upwards of 25% of first-year students reporting some sort of mental disorder, a classification which often grants them special privileges in the classroom.

“[W]hile all claimed disabilities have ticked up since 2010, the biggest jump has been in self-described ‘psychological disorders’,” write Joy Pullmann at The Federalist.

... As well, from 2011 to 2016, “the number of students with special accommodations increased by an average of 71% among 22 flagship state schools.”
As Pullmann points out, “huge percentages of college students say they feel overwhelmed, anxious, depressed, even suicidal. 

Colleges are responding by installing live-in counselors in dorms and hiking fees to pay for additional psychological health staff.”...

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Diversity Policies Are Corrupting the Sciences - Minding The Campus

Diversity Policies Are Corrupting the Sciences - Minding The Campus
"Anyone who believes that the hard sciences could never capitulate to identity politics in the way the humanities and softer sciences have should not read Heather MacDonald’s report just posted at City Journal. 
It’s too infuriating, and the impacts could be devastating.
MacDonald surveys the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and accrediting organizations such as the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and finds the quota police alive and well within them.
The NSF, for instance, “dumps millions of dollars into implicit-bias activism,” a pseudo-scientific effort to explain lack of proportionate numbers of women and certain minorities in STEM fields on the grounds of racism and sexism. 
It has other programs that “pressure actual science grantees to incorporate diversity considerations into their research.” 
uch programs aim to set “inclusion and equity” at “the very core” of STEM science.
The NIH puts similar burdens on the field. Its training grants for postdoctoral education for physicians are threatened with funding cuts if the programs don’t support “a sufficient number of ‘underrepresented minorities.'” 
It also wants to see proportionate representation in the sample of medical subjects...
...but the percentage of doctorates in STEM fields granted to African Americans each year is under four percent. 
he applicant pool isn’t nearly large enough for departments to reach proportionality in the demographic make-up of the professors (using the population of the surrounding geographic area as a base measure)...
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#1 This day 1959-----Johnny Horton Battle Of New Orleans (HQ Stereo) (1959)

Voter guide!-----"How Michigan Legislators Voted on Taxpayer-Funded Business Subsidies."--Business Subsidy Scorecard - Michigan Votes

Business Subsidy Scorecard - Michigan Votes: 
"A Scorecard of the Business Subsidies Authorized by Michigan Lawmakers. 
This is part of a Mackinac Center policy brief titled, "How Michigan Legislators Voted on Taxpayer-Funded Business Subsidies." 
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100.0% Valentine, Mary D
100.0% Hughes, Holly R

100.0% Sabo, Terry D

100.0% Hovey-Wright, Marcia D

100.0% Lamonte, Collene D

98.2% Huizenga, Bill  R

98.1% Whitmer, Gretchen D

97.1% Farhat, David R

94.9% Calley, Brian R

3.5%  Colbeck, Patrick R

0.0% Amash, Justin R

0.0% Glenn, Gary R 

0.0%  Bumstead, Jon R

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Church of England Seeks Gay, Transgender Priests In New ‘Diversity Drive’ | Daily Wire

Church of England Seeks Gay, Transgender Priests In New ‘Diversity Drive’ | Daily Wire:

"The church founded by an adulterous tyrant is increasingly becoming the laughing-stock of Christianity.
Church of England's U.S. counterpart, Episcopalianism, sold its soul to the leftist agenda, and now its mothership church in the U.K. is kicking off a drive to recruit transgender priests in order to help bolster the church's LGBT-friendly image."

Google Lists ‘Nazism’ as an Ideology of Republicans | Intellectual Takeout

Google Lists ‘Nazism’ as an Ideology of Republicans | Intellectual Takeout:
"...As first reported by Vice, the powerful search engine company listed “Nazism” as the ideology of the California Republican Party—less than a week before the GOP’s primary...

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History for June 1

History for June 1 - On-This-Day.com:
Brigham Young 1801, Andy Griffith 1926 - Actor, Norma Jeane Mortenson (Marilyn Monroe) 1926 - Actress


Pat Boone 1934 - Singer, Morgan Freeman 1937 - Actor, Cleavon Little 1939


1861 - The first skirmish of the U.S. Civil War took place at the Fairfax Court House, Virginia.


1938 - Baseball helmets were worn for the first time.


1939 - The Douglas DC-4 made its first passenger flight from Chicago to New York.


1944 - Siesta was abolished by the government of Mexico.


1954 - In the Peanuts comic strip, Linus' security blanket made its debut.


1958 - Charles de Gaulle became the premier of France.


1980 - Cable News Network (CNN) made its debut as the first all-news station.


2009 - General Motors filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. The filing made GM the largest U.S. industrial company to enter bankruptcy protection.

Sarah Sanders Weighs In On Dinesh D'Souz | The Daily Caller

Sarah Sanders Weighs In On Dinesh D'Souz | The Daily Caller:

"The decision flustered critics. D’Souza was convicted during the Obama presidency for campaign finance violations. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders weighed in the decision with her full support."

Samantha Bee Calls Ivanka Trump 'C*nt'

Samantha Bee Calls Ivanka Trump 'C*nt':

"On Wednesday’s “Full Frontal” on TBS, host Samantha Bee slammed the Trump administration over separating children from their families at the border and urged Ivanka Trump “do something about your dad’s immigration practices you feckless c*nt.”"

Greg Abbott, Texas gov., unveils school safety plan with eye toward security, mental health - Washington Times

Greg Abbott, Texas gov., unveils school safety plan with eye toward security, mental health - Washington Times:

"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday called for more armed school safety personnel, better school security and better access to mental health treatment as part of a 40-point response to this month’s deadly shooting at Santa Fe High School.
Mr. Abbott described his plan as a “starting point” he devised after holding roundtable discussions to solicit ideas in the wake of the shooting two weeks ago, which killed 10 people at a school just outside of Houston."

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Boob-tube-----9 Episodes of Kids Shows That Dealt With Serious Issues

The Culture Of The Smug White Liberal | HuffPost

The Culture Of The Smug White Liberal | HuffPost
"I have spent my life as a Democrat which probably isn’t that surprising considering that I am African-American.
One of the things that always attracted me to the party were the ideals of equality, fighting for the little guy and our openness to differing opinions, but lately I have seen my party take a turn that makes me uncomfortable.
Somewhere along the way we stopped fighting for the little guy and became the party of the smug, educated elites who look down on those with less education and deem them unable or unworthy of being able to make personal decisions for their own lives..."
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