History for June 3

History for June 3 - On-This-Day.com
Jefferson Davis 1808/1808 - American soldier, politician, President of the Confederate states of America during the U.S. Civil War, Josephine Baker 1906 - Dancer, singer and Actress, Tony Curtis (Bernard Schwartz) 1925 - Actor ("Sweet Smell of Success," "Some Like it Hot," father of actresses Jamie Lee Curtis and Kelly Curtis


Allen Ginsberg 1926 - Writer, poet, Chuck Barris 1929 - Producer, creater and game show host ("The Gong Show"), Larry McMurtry 1936 - Author ("Lonesome Dove")


1098 - Christian Crusaders of the First Crusade seized Antioch, Turkey.


1784 - The U.S. Congress formally created the United States Army to replace the disbanded Continental Army. On June 14, 1775, the Second Continental Congress had created the Continental Army for purposes of common defense and this event is considered to be the birth of the United States Army.


1805 - A peace treaty between the U.S. and Tripoli was completed in the captain's cabin on board the USS Constitution.


1888 - "Casey at the Bat" the poem by Ernest Lawrence Thayer was first published.


1923 - In Italy, Benito Mussolini granted women the right to vote.


1937 - The Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated the British throne, married Wallis Warfield Simpson.


1938 - The German Reich voted to confiscate so-called "degenerate art."


2003 - Sammy Sosa (Chicago Cubs) broke a bat when he grounded out against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The bat he was using was a corked bat. (Illinois, Florida)

Addison Barnes victorious: Judge's ruling allows student to wear pro-Trump 'Border Wall' shirt - Washington Times

Addison Barnes victorious: Judge's ruling allows student to wear pro-Trump 'Border Wall' shirt - Washington Times:

"Attorney Peter Mersereau tried to persuade the judge that “a population that is one-third Hispanic” warranted the district’s position.
“So First Amendment protections vary from high school to high school?” the judge asked. “The T-shirt is core protected speech, and walking down the streets of Hillsboro, no state official — petty or grand — would be able to do much about that T-shirt legitimately under the Constitution.”"

The way we were-----Richard Harris MacArthur Park

Boob-tube-----23 NEW SHOWS OF FALL TV 1976

"Tommy this, an' Tommy that ...an' Tommy go away" :: SteynOnline

"Tommy this, an' Tommy that ...an' Tommy go away" :: SteynOnline
"recent events in the United Kingdom and in particular the fate of, er, someone whose name they weren't permitted to mention but who, um, had been gaoled for, er, something or other...
...Rowan, Ross and I all knew we were referring to a gentleman by the name of Tommy Robinson. I expect many of you know that, too.
But I doubt most Australian viewers had much of a clue about it, and I'm pretty certain the overwhelming majority of his fellow Englishmen are unaware of his fate.
...On Friday, Robinson was livestreaming (from his telephone) outside Leeds Crown Court where last week's Grooming Gang of the Week were on trial for "grooming" - the useless euphemism for industrial-scale child gang rape and sex slavery by large numbers of Muslim men with the active connivance (as I pointed out to the Sky guys) of every organ of the state: social workers, police, politicians.
Oh, and also the media..."
Must read all of this disgusting story!

Increasing Similarity of Billboard Songs - Slashdot

Increasing Similarity of Billboard Songs - Slashdot:
"It's not just you, others have also noticed that popular songs on the Billboard charts sound similar. But what you may not realize is that in the recent days, they're sounding even more similar. 
Andrew Thompson and Matt Daniels for The Pudding make the case:
From 2010-2014, the top ten producers (by number of hits) wrote about 40% of songs that achieved #1 - #5 ranking on the Billboard Hot 100.
In the late-80s, the top ten producers were credited with half as many hits, about 19%.
In other words, more songs have been produced by fewer and fewer topline songwriters, who oversee the combinations of all the separately created sounds.
Take a less personal production process and execute that process by a shrinking number of people and everything starts to sound more or less the same..."
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NYC sanctuary policy sends 'hundreds' of criminals back onto streets: DHS - Washington Times

NYC sanctuary policy sends 'hundreds' of criminals back onto streets: DHS - Washington Times:

"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement flagged more than 440 people in New York’s jails as deportation targets from January to April. But city officials would only hold those the mayor’s office deemed to have committed egregious crimes, ICE said, meaning dozens were shielded from deportation and set free.
Of those, “hundreds” were released and 40 have already been arrested for new crimes, said ICE, a branch of Homeland Security."

More Evidence That Lawyers Are Ruining America – You Won't Believe What McDonald's Is Being Sued For Now… | The Daily Sheeple

More Evidence That Lawyers Are Ruining America – You Won't Believe What McDonald's Is Being Sued For Now… | The Daily Sheeple:
"One of the fastest ways to ruin anything is to get lawyers involved, and lawyers are running amok in America today.
Several decades ago, Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger warned that our nation would become “a society overrun by hordes of lawyers, hungry as locusts”, and that is precisely what has happened.
...Earlier today I came across another shocking example of this phenomenon.
McDonald’s is actually being sued for charging the same price for a Quarter Pounder with cheese and a Quarter Pounder without cheese…
Two McDonald’s customers in Florida are suing the fast-food giant for a hefty sum of $5 million because they say they’re being unfairly charged for cheese they don’t want on their burgers."
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EU proposes to ban plastic straws, stirs, and cotton buds

EU proposes to ban plastic straws, stirs, and cotton buds:
"BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has proposed banning plastic products like cotton buds, straws, stirs and balloon sticks when alternatives are easily available in an attempt to reduce litter spoiling beaches and ocean beds.
...The proposal will be assessed by the EU parliament and member states but Timmermans hopes to see results before May 2019..."
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Lunch video-----The Hypocrisy of Hollywood

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Glenn Simpson accused of lying to Congress by Sen. Charles Grassley - Washington Times

Glenn Simpson accused of lying to Congress by Sen. Charles Grassley - Washington Times:

"Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley is suggesting Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson uttered an “outright lie” when he testified to panel staffers."

Your Next Glass of Wine Might Be a Fake—and You'll Love It | WIRED

Your Next Glass of Wine Might Be a Fake—and You'll Love It | WIRED
"...the vast majority of American wine drinkers... want wine that tastes good and doesn’t cost much.
...“The question we tried to answer was, how do we make these generic wines better?” Walker says.
...The breakthrough started with baby food.
In 2012, Hicks was about to become a father.
He started wondering what, exactly, was in the organic, premium-priced products that he and his wife were planning to feed their newborn, so he sent samples off for laboratory analysis.
“If you know Kevin,” Walker says, “you understand that that’s just totally something he would do.”
When the bills—as much as $1,500 for a single sample—started to add up, Hicks created a lab of his own, which he dubbed Ellipse Analytics.
He had a bigger plan.
He invested several million dollars in equipment and hired a team of scientists and technicians and before long, Ellipse had enticed paying clients to commission chemical breakdowns of entire consumer categories, like protein powders and sunscreens.
Walker saw the potential for wine..."
Fascinating, read all!

Prevailing Wage Legislation and the Continuing Significance of Race by David E Bernstein :: SSRN

Prevailing Wage Legislation and the Continuing Significance of Race by David E Bernstein :: SSRN
"Since the early twentieth century, labor unions have lobbied federal and state governments to enact and enforce laws requiring government contractors to pay “prevailing wages” to employees on public works projects.
These laws, currently active at the federal level and in approximately thirty states, typically in practice require that contractors pay according to the local union wage scale.
The laws also require employers to adhere to union work rules.
The combination of these rules makes it extremely difficult for nonunion contractors to compete for public works contracts.
...
Part I of this Article discusses the discriminatory history of the most significant of all prevailing wage laws, the Davis-Bacon Act.
As discussed below, Davis-Bacon was passed with the explicit intent of excluding African American workers from federal construction projects, and its discriminatory effects continued for decades..."
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#1 This day 1961-----Ricky Nelson - Travelin' Man 1961

Trump Has Cut Federal Payroll by 24,000 Jobs

Trump Has Cut Federal Payroll by 24,000 Jobs:
"(CNSNews.com) - The federal government cut 3,000 jobs in May and federal employment has now dropped by 24,000 since President Donald Trump took office, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Even as federal government jobs were declining, overall employment was increasing—as was employment in state and local government..."
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Anti-Gun Arne Duncan Sends His Children to School with Armed Security | Breitbart

Anti-Gun Arne Duncan Sends His Children to School with Armed Security | Breitbart:

"Obama Sec. of Education and staunch gun control advocate Arne Duncan sends his kids to a school with armed security.
On May 20 Breitbart News reported that Duncan suggested Americans ought to pull their kids from school until Congress passes more gun control."

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