History for June 12

History for June 12 - On-This-Day.com
David Rockefeller 1915 - Banker, Irwin Allen 1916 - Television and film producer, nicknamed "The Master of Disaster", George H.W. Bush 1924 - 41st President of the United States, father of President George W. Bush


Vic Damone 1928 - Singer, Anne Frank (Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank) 1929 - Known for her diary which documented her experiences during World War II, Jim Nabors 1930 - Actor, singer ("Gomer Pyle, USMC")


1897 - Carl Elsener patented his penknife. The object later became known as the Swiss army knife.


1935 - U.S. Senator Huey Long of Louisiana made the longest speech on Senate record. The speech took 15 1/2 hours and was filled by 150,000 words.


1939 - The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was dedicated in Cooperstown, New York.


1963 - "Cleopatra" starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison, and Richard Burton premiered at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City.


1963 - Civil rights leader Medgar Evers was fatally shot in front of his home in Jackson, MS.


1979 - Bryan Allen flew the Gossamer Albatross, man powered, across the English Channel.


1981 - "Raiders of the Lost Ark" opened in the U.S.


1987 - U.S. President Reagan publicly challenged Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.

May 2018 the Third Consecutive Month of Record Background Checks

May 2018 the Third Consecutive Month of Record Background Checks:

May 2018 became the third consecutive month of record background checks and the biggest May in history, as far as background checks are concerned.
FBI numbers show 2,002,992 background checks were conducted in May 2018. The previous May record was 1,942,677 background checks conducted during that month in 2017.

The way we were-----Shelley Fabares - Johnny Angel [Full Video Edit] 1961

Boob-tube-----Almanac: The shooting of Andy Warhol

QUESTION ASKED AND ANSWERED: Why is the media desperate to make out Ambassador Richard Grenell is a …

QUESTION ASKED AND ANSWERED: 
QUESTION ASKED AND ANSWERED: 
Why is the media desperate to make out Ambassador Richard Grenell is a full-blown fascist?

"From all of which one might have the impression that Grenell had backed Hungary’s Jobbik or Greece’s Golden Dawn. In fact the political leader in Europe that Grenell expressed himself a ‘fan’ of was Sebastian Kurz, the young Chancellor of Austria, and a man of the political conservative mainstream. Yet such is the level of ignorance and presumption about politics across the continent that various publications seized on this as yet more evidence of Grenell’s extremism. For the Austrian Chancellor is in a coalition with that country’s ‘Freedom Party’ which is frequently described as ‘far-right’. And therefore to meet with Kurz is to meet with someone who meets with the wrong people. Meaning that any meeting with him is itself suspect....

As Jonah Goldberg wrote in 2014, “This is a very old story:”

Joseph Stalin championed the idea that all of his political opponents should be dubbed fascists, including many of his fellow Bolsheviks, such as Leon Trotsky (whom Stalin had assassinated), and much of the Red Army’s officer corps (whom he had executed), and countless Ukrainians (whom he had liquidated). Stalin insisted that even mentioning the man-made – i.e., Stalin-made — Ukranian famine was evidence you were an agent of the Nazis..."

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Indeed it was — and still is. ---Posted by Ed Driscoll

How they "think"-----How Houston Lost Its Mind Over a Trump Shirt – Texas Monthly

How Houston Lost Its Mind Over a Trump Shirt – Texas Monthly
"It’s hard to imagine a safer space in Houston than West University Place. 

Its unofficial motto is “The Neighborhood City,” and on a sweet spring night that was blessedly cool and clear, with mature live oaks spreading their protective branches over the tidy streets and the azaleas blooming in a riot of coral, fuchsia, and the whitest white, that’s what it seemed to be: a cozy, friendly oasis in the middle of a big, complicated metropolis. 
A place where four girls just entering their teens could head out for ice cream and cookies, unaccompanied, to a spot called Tiny’s Milk & Cookies. 
It was March 31, 2018, the Saturday before Easter. 
They were coming from a church group meeting.

So there they were, four girls around the age of fourteen, with long, shiny hair and braces on their teeth. 
They were chatting and giggling as they took their places in line at Milk & Cookies, which is basically a take-out window for a restaurant called Tiny’s No. 5, which itself is pleasantly appointed with assiduously tended gardens of Texas wildflowers and other natives.
...There’s often a line at Milk & Cookies because its chocolate chip cookies are considered some of the best in town, even if they cost $2.50 each. 
...It took a few seconds for the girls to recognize the commotion behind them and then to realize it was directed their way. 
A woman in line, a few spaces back, seemed to be in some sort of state. 
She was tall and thin, and her hair was cut short. 
She was with a man and two little boys. 
“Grab ’em by the pussy!” the woman declared, staring straight at the girls while using that very bad word. 
She had a fist up in the air. 
“Woohoo!” she added, along with what sounded like the start of a crazy chant: “Maga!!”
At first, the girls had no idea why this woman was acting so weird, as if she were mad at them or something. 
What had they done? 
They couldn’t think of a thing. 
That is, until one of the girls pointed to the T-shirt another was wearing. 
The former was on her phone at the time, talking to her mom about what was going on.
“It’s your shirt!” she said, interrupting her own conversation.
They all stopped and looked. 
The offending garment was a souvenir from a trip to Washington, D.C. Across the front, in big, bold letters, was a word that may be the most divisive in America right now: TRUMP..."
Must read all!

Comedian Chris Rock Openly Calls For White Kids To Be Shot (Video)

Comedian Chris Rock Openly Calls For White Kids To Be Shot (Video):

Anti-White racist Chris Rock wants white kids to be shot. The comedian’s twisted logic is that “real equality” would include “white mothers” crying about their dead children on TV.

The FBI's fractured fairytale | TheHill

The FBI's fractured fairytale | TheHill
"Once upon a time, the FBI said some thugs planned to rob a bank in town. Thugs are always looking to rob banks. 
They try all the time. 
But at this particular time, the FBI was hyper-focused on potential bank robberies in this particular town.
The best way to prevent the robbery — which is the goal, after all — would be for the FBI to alert all the banks in town. 
“Be on high alert for suspicious activity,” the FBI could tell the banks. 
“Report anything suspicious to us. 
We don’t want you to get robbed.”
Instead, in this fractured fairytale, the FBI followed an oddly less effective, more time-consuming, costlier approach. 
It focused on just one bank. 
And, strangely, it picked the bank that was least likely to be robbed because nobody thought it would ever get elected president — excuse me, I mean, because it had almost no cash on hand. (Why would robbers want to rob the bank with no cash?)
Stranger still, this specially-selected bank the FBI wanted to protect above all others happened to be owned by a man who was hated inside and outside the FBI..."
Read all!!!!!

Lunch video-----Ami Horowitz: The Dark Secret Behind the Iran Deal

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Obama Administration Skirted U.S. Sanctions to Grant Iran Billions in Cash

Obama Administration Skirted U.S. Sanctions to Grant Iran Billions in Cash:

The findings confirm earlier reports by the Washington�Free Beacon surrounding efforts by the Obama administration to go above and beyond the terms of the landmark nuclear deal to appease Iran and grant it billions in hard currency, as well as access to the U.S financial system, despite multiple assurances to Congress this was not the case.
Congressional investigators have now confirmed that the Obama administration ordered the Treasury Department to issue a secret license granting Iran access to the U.S. financial system and American dollar, a process that played out at the same time these senior administration officials were testifying to Congress that they were not engaged in such activities.

IS THIS A GREAT COUNTRY, OR WHAT? San Diego crowd goes crazy after foul ball lands perfectly in woma…

Instapundit � Blog Archive � IS THIS A GREAT COUNTRY, OR WHAT? San Diego crowd goes crazy after foul ball lands perfectly in woma…
"IS THIS A GREAT COUNTRY, OR WHAT? 
San Diego crowd goes crazy after foul ball lands perfectly in woman’s cup of beer​:

Arguably the best catch at the San Diego Padres vs. Atlanta Braves game on Tuesday happened off the baseball field.
A 23-year-old Padres fan wasn’t the only one surprised when a foul ball soared across the stadium and landed in her full cup of beer.
The once-in-a-lifetime moment was caught on video by the Padres organization, and quickly spiraled Gabrielle DiMarco to social media fame.
“I felt like I won the lottery,” DiMarco told The San Diego Union-Tribune. “I was like, ‘What are the chances?’ I wasn’t even trying to catch this ball and it landed in my cup.”

As Iowahawk tweets, “I love my beautiful patient wife who bore me two perfect children, but by god I am filing for divorce tomorrow and proposing to this woman.”

#1 Movie this week 1979-----Rocky II Official Trailer #1 - Burgess Meredith Movie (1979) HD

5 Reasons Trump Will Win 40 States in 2020 - Kevin McCullough

5 Reasons Trump Will Win 40 States in 2020 - Kevin McCullough
"Delusional progressives are powerless to stop it. Ineffective never-trump laughingstock are dwindling into oblivion.
After every curve-ball has been thrown at him from every conceivable direction, Donald Trump will win 40 states, and do so in a most extraordinary way....
5. Foreign Policy Dominance...
4. Stronger Might, Less War, Safer World...
3. His Base Is Strongest Of The Era...
2. He Will Garner Record African American Support...
1. Jobs...
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#1 This day 1963-----Sukiyaki (Ue o Muite Arukou) - Kyu Sakamoto (English Translation and Lyr...

Mata Hari journalism? Veteran Senate Intelligence Committee staffer, in romantic relationship with NYT reporter, arrested in probe of leaks

Mata Hari journalism? Veteran Senate Intelligence Committee staffer, in romantic relationship with NYT reporter, arrested in probe of leaks
"James A. Wolfe, former director of security for the Senate Intelligence Committee, lost everything when he was arrested by the FBI last night.  
A review of media reports on the background of the arrest suggests that the lure of romance with a nubile female journalism school student was his undoing.

This is a story with at least two compelling themes: the apparent betrayal of national security by a veteran Senate staffer and the rise in a mere four years of a comely female reporter in a romantic relationship with Wolfe from unpaid undergraduate intern at McClatchy to the lofty post of New York Times national security correspondent.

Ali Watkins's picture, used on her Twitter account.

The indictment of Wolfe indicates that lying to the FBI about his relationship with Ms. Watkins (REPORTER #2 in the indictment) is the basis for the arrest.  
It outlines the genesis of the relationship and the meteoric rise of Ms. Watkins from journalism major to a prestigious beat at the New York Times..."
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KASHUV: No Attention Out In Santa Fe | Daily Wire

KASHUV: No Attention Out In Santa Fe | Daily Wire:

As the sirens still blared in Parkland, reporters converged from all corners to capture the agony and grief of my classmates. The anguish of my peers was in the spotlight with hourly coverage. We suffered and struggled; the world watched.
This coverage had some staying power, as evidenced by the continued presence of my classmates as spokespeople on the news. Many shootings have happened since, but the Parkland shooting remains distinguished above the reporting of the others. This is because there is a trend in the reporting of school shootings, partly illustrated by the criteria that Parkland survivor David Hogg tweeted out to his followers. He listed his five-point plan for gun control:

U.S. National Debt Clock : Real Time (click to update)

U.S. National Debt Clock : Real Time

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