History for June 17

History for June 17 - On-This-Day.com
John Wesley 1703 - Cleric, Christian theologian, Igor Stravinski (Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky) 1882 - Composer, John Hersey (John Richard Hersey) 1914 - Writer, journalist
   

Newt Gingrich (Newton Leroy "Newt" Gingrich) 1943 - Politician, historian, author, Barry Manilow 1946 - Musician, Venus Williams 1980 - Tennis player


1579 - Sir Francis Drake claimed San Francisco Bay for England. (California)


1837 - Charles Goodyear received his first patent. The patent was for a process that made rubber easier to work with.


1856 - The Republican Party opened its first national convention in Philadelphia.


1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City aboard the French ship Isere.


1928 - Amelia Earhart began the flight that made her the first woman to successfully fly across the Atlantic Ocean.


1941 - WNBT-TV in New York City, NY, was granted the first construction permit to operate a commercial TV station in the U.S.


1942 - Yank, a weekly magazine for the U.S. armed services, began publication. The term "G.I. Joe" was first used in a comic strip by Dave Breger.


1950 - Dr. Richard H. Lawler performed the first kidney transplant in a 45-minute operation in Chicago, IL.

‘Willingness’ To Impact The Election: IG’s Clinton Report Is Loaded With Bombshells | The Daily Caller

‘Willingness’ To Impact The Election: IG’s Clinton Report Is Loaded With Bombshells | The Daily Caller:

The Department of Justice’s internal watchdog released a much-anticipated report on the FBI’s investigation of Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of state.
The report contained several bombshells.
Anti-Trump FBI agent showed “willingness” to impact election
Anti-Trump FBI agent Peter Strzok showed a “willingness to take official action” to impact the presidential election, according to the new report from Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz.

The way we were-----The Byrds- Eight Miles High (HQ)

Boob-tube-----First Television Broadcast NBC/RCA July 7, 1936 Part 1 of 2

The Most Important Study of the Mediterranean Diet Has Been Retracted - Slashdot

The Most Important Study of the Mediterranean Diet Has Been Retracted - Slashdot:
"Zorro shares a report from Quartz:
In 2013, the New England Journal of Medicine published a landmark study that found that people put on a Mediterranean diet had a 30% lower chance of heart attack, stroke, or death from cardiovascular disease than people on a low-fat diet. 
It received massive media and public attention when released, and since has been cited by 3,268 other scientific papers. 
The study had tremendous impact on the field of nutrition and health science.
Yesterday (June 13), however, the journal retracted the study -- providing a new reason for skepticism about how effective the now-popular Mediterranean diet really is.
The reasons for the withdrawal are complicated, having to do with the methodology of the study..."
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Netflix’s Five Second Staring Rule -- Sexual Harassment Rules Goes Too Far | National Review

Netflix’s Five Second Staring Rule -- Sexual Harassment Rules Goes Too Far | National Review
"This is completely ridiculous and could end up hurting more than it helps.
Netflix has reportedly banned workers from looking at each other for more than five seconds as part of its new anti-harassment rules.

The new policy also bans the company’s film crews from asking their colleagues for their phone numbers, according to an article in the Sun.

...“Looking at anyone longer than five seconds is considered creepy.”

“You mustn’t ask for someone’s number unless they have given permission for it to be distributed,” the source continued. 

...“Don’t ask out a colleague more than once if they have said no,” 

...“Steer clear of a colleague once they have said they are not interested in you,” 

and “Don’t flirt.” 

The rules also encourage employees to “Shout ‘Stop, don’t do that again!’ if a colleague has been inappropriate.”...

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Rod Rosenstein greater threat to Constitution than J. Edgar Hoover - Washington Times

Rod Rosenstein greater threat to Constitution than J. Edgar Hoover - Washington Times:

Behold, Rod Rosenstein, the very face of the swamp Leviathan.
Geeky and bespectacled, he is the cancer that even America’s Founders could not imagine when they crafted a set of checks and balances designed to temper even the most monstrous of human nature.
Mr. Rosenstein, one of the most powerful men in the Department of Justice, threatened to investigate members of Congress and their staff if Congress continued to fulfill its constitutional responsibility to oversee the increasingly rogue federal department.

Work related to Obama Presidential Center to cost Illinois taxpayers nearly $200 million | Fox News

Work related to Obama Presidential Center to cost Illinois taxpayers nearly $200 million | Fox News
"The controversial Obama Presidential Center in Chicago will benefit from almost $200 million in taxpayer funding for work on infrastructure projects near the center on Chicago’s South Side.
The Chicago Sun Times first reported Friday that Illinois lawmakers had approved $174 million for roadwork in and around Jackson Park related to the development of the center.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a former Obama White House chief of staff, described the infrastructure improvements as “money well spent.”
...The Center won approval from Chicago’s city council last month, despite significant resistance and protests from its opponents, who are skeptical of the Obama Foundation’s claim that the center will support thousands of new jobs and have a total economic impact of $3.1 billion in its first 10 years..."
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Anti-police books part of high school's summer reading list - The College Fix

Anti-police books part of high school's summer reading list - The College Fix
"Two books in a South Carolina high school’s summer reading list have stirred up controversy, as many — including the law enforcement community — claim they are anti-police in nature.

Wando High School’s English I reading list includes “The Hate U Give” and “All American Boys” both which “address racism and police brutality,” according to WCBD-2. 

In the former, the protagonist’s unarmed best friend is shot and killed by cops, while in the latter a main character is roughed up by officers after (wrongly) being accused of shoplifting. 

Students in the Charleston County school are to choose one book from a list of four, of which these two titles are included.

...John Blackmon, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Tri-County Lodge #3, said “Whether it be through social media, whether it be through text message, whether it be phone calls, we’ve received an influx of tremendous outrage at the selections by this reading list.”..."

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Lunch video-----Not Father's Day Too

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'Foreign actors' accessed Hillary Clinton emails, documents show | Fox News

'Foreign actors' accessed Hillary Clinton emails, documents show | Fox News:

“Foreign actors” obtained access to some of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails -- including at least one email classified as “secret” -- according to a new memo from two GOP-led House committees and an internal FBI email.
Fox News obtained the memo prepared by the House Judiciary and Oversight committees, which lays out key interim findings ahead of next week’s hearing with Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz. The IG, separately, is expected to release his highly anticipated report on the Clinton email case later Thursday.�

[H]ardOCP: Social Media Fueling Mental Sickness and Obesity

[H]ardOCP: Social Media Fueling Mental Sickness and Obesity
"Social Media Fueling Mental Sickness and Obesity

England's National Health Service describes itself as picking up the pieces of an epidemic among children in the UK and it firmly lays the responsibility at the feet of social media. 
No data is pointed to however. 
And the NHS is upset with you too, Fatty McFatFat. 
You are on the pooper twice as long as you are doing exercise. 
Well, not like eating all those chips does not take a good amount of time out of my schedule, and those have to go somewhere.
The average person in this country spends twice as long on the toilet as they do exercising."

The director of Northeastern University’s Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program claims …

Instapundit � Blog Archive � OH: The director of Northeastern University’s Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program claims …
"OH: 
The director of Northeastern University’s Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program claims it is “logical to hate men,” asserting that it is time for feminists “to go all Thelma and Louise…on their collective butts.”

That didn’t work out very well for Thelma or Louise.
UPDATE (FROM GLENN): 
As a colleague said at the time, what really happens in the Thelma & Louise movie is that two women get out from under male supervision, immediately do a lot of stupid things, then commit suicide. 
And the only voice of sanity is the older white male cop (Harvey Keitel), whom they ignore. 
And yet it’s portrayed as some sort of feminist masterpiece.--Posted by Stephen Green"

#1 This day 1958-----Sheb Wooley - Purple People Eater (1958)

The Ethical Principle of ‘Epikeia’ | Intellectual Takeout

The Ethical Principle of ‘Epikeia’ | Intellectual Takeout

• "It’s 2 a.m. and Claire has been stuck at a red light for five minutes. She knows that it’s against the law to run a red light. However, no other cars are in sight, and it seems ridiculous to wait for the light to turn green. Should she run the red light and continue her drive home?
• Brian knows that public urination is against the law. However, there are no restrooms around, and he has to go to the bathroom very badly. He happens to have a susceptibility to bladder infections, and has been hospitalized a couple of times because of them. Should he go ahead and relieve himself in the nearby alley?

How to deal with these moral dilemmas?
Well, there’s an ethical principle for that!
It’s called epikeia.
Epikeia is a Greek word meaning “reasonableness”..."
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Fed Judge Rules Against Mueller: He Must Name Unidentified Persons in Manafort Indictment

Fed Judge Rules Against Mueller: He Must Name Unidentified Persons in Manafort Indictment:

A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that special counsel Robert Mueller must identify unnamed individuals in an indictment against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
Last week, Mueller indicted Manafort and his former aide, Konstantin Kilimnik, on a series of charges related to lobbying work they did on behalf of Ukraine, The Hill reported.
U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered Mueller’s team to turn over the names of several individuals and organizations referred to but not named in the indictment by Friday.

Lubbock, Texas school district spent $1.4 million on hotels, airlines — in one year! | EAGnews.org

Lubbock, Texas school district spent $1.4 million on hotels, airlines — in one year! | EAGnews.org
LUBBOCK, Texas – The Lubbock Independent School District has its own travel department.
If that’s not a red flag for taxpayers, it certainly should be. 
When a government department of any type exists, you can be sure that a lot of tax dollars are spent.
When it came to employee and student travel in the Lubbock school district, that certainly appears to be the case.
In fiscal 2016-17, the Lubbock district spent more than $1 million at hotels alone.
The exact total was $1,028,067.49, according to our tally, through 2,373 district travel card transactions.
...The school district also spent $395,321.76 on airline fares and fees through 1,158 travel card transactions, according to our calculations..."
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History for June 16

History for June 16 - On-This-Day.com
Stan Laurel 1890, Katherine Graham 1917, Erich Segal 1937


Roberto Duran 1951 - Boxer, Phil Mickelson 1970 - Golf player, Tupac Shakur 1971 - Rapper


1858 - In a speech in Springfield, IL, U.S. Senate candidate Abraham Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be resolved. He declared, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."


1884 - At Coney Island, in Brooklyn, NY, the first roller coaster in America opened.


1883 - The New York Giants baseball team admitted all ladies for free to the ballpark. It was the first Ladies Day.


1903 - Ford Motor Company was incorporated.


1952 - "My Little Margie" debuted on CBS-TV.


1980 - The movie "The Blues Brothers" opened in Chicago, IL.


1996 - Russian voters had their first independent presidential election. Boris Yeltsin was the winner after a run-off.


2000 - U.S. federal regulators approved the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE Corp. The merger created the nation's largest local phone company.

James Comey was 'insubordinate,' FBI wracked by leaks in 2016 campaign probe - Washington Times

James Comey was 'insubordinate,' FBI wracked by leaks in 2016 campaign probe - Washington Times:

Top FBI officials regularly broke Justice Department rules during the 2016 presidential election, the department’s inspector general said Thursday, calling fired Director James Comey “insubordinate,” saying others violated their recusals from the Clinton investigation, and a top agent’s political bias might have skewed the bureau’s decisions in the run-up to Election Day.
The agent, Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok, said in an August 2016 text message to his paramour, then-FBI lawyer Lisa Page, that they would “stop” then-candidate Donald Trump from winning the White House.
Ms. Page wanted reassurance that Mr. Trump wouldn’t win the election. Mr. Strzok replied: “No. No he’s not. We’ll stop it.”

The way we were-----My Eyes Adored You - Frankie Valli

Boob-tube-----58 TV Commercials from 1977

Iranian Deal Disaster from Start | National Review

Iranian Deal Disaster from Start | National Review
"The more we learn about it — as Iranian and Obama-administration deceptions are uncovered — the more we know it was a disaster from the start.
When Donald Trump withdrew from the so-called Iran deal in early May, almost all conventional wisdom in Washington was aghast.
The Left thought nullification would fast-track Iranian proliferation, incite more Iranian terrorism and adventurism, estrange our allies, and alienate a possible new friend.
Many on the conservative side (aside from Never Trumpers who are against anything Trump is for, including their own prior policies) thought it would have been wiser to back out slowly, or at least to have waited first for the duplicitous Iranians to get caught in clear violations, or to coordinate a joint withdrawal with the Europeans.
Few of these critics ever quite understood that the deal was already a stinking corpse, long overdue for burial. Iranian cunning and the strategic thinking about the asymmetrical deal had always aimed at the following trajectory..."
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Dumbing down? New study suggests young people's IQs are in decline — RT World News

Dumbing down? New study suggests young people's IQs are in decline — RT World News:
"A new study, conducted by Norwegian scientists, shows that IQ scores of today’s young people are in decline, putting an end to the post-war trend of rising intelligence.
After the Second World War young people’s IQs were steadily rising.
It was dubbed the Flynn effect after New Zealand intelligence researcher James Flynn.
This phenomenon saw average IQ scores rise about three points per decade.
...The study revealed that the IQ points of those tested peaked among those born in 1975, while people born in 1991 scored five points lower..."
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