History for November 9

History for November 9 - On-This-Day.com
Elijah Lovejoy 1802, Hedy Lamarr 1913, Spiro T. Agnew 1918


Carl Sagan 1934, Mary Travers (Peter, Paul & Mary) 1936, Lou Ferrigno 1951


1938 - Nazi troops and sympathizers destroyed and looted 7,500 Jewish businesses, burned 267 synagogues, killed 91 Jews, and rounded up over 25,000 Jewish men in an event that became known as Kristallnacht or "Night of Broken Glass." 


1965 - The great Northeast blackout occurred as several states and parts of Canada were hit by a series of power failures lasting up to 13 1/2 hours.

Illegal border crossers now ineligible for asylum, White House says | Fox News

Illegal border crossers now ineligible for asylum, White House says | Fox News:

The Trump administration announced Thursday that migrants who attempt to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally will not be eligible to claim asylum under a new rule meant to crack down on "meritless" claims.
The rule, which prevents migrants from claiming asylum if they do not do so at an official border crossing, is the latest attempt by the White House to handle a surge in migration to the U.S. from the Central American countries of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. President Trump is expected to formally enact the rule in a presidential proclamation Friday.

Voter ID Laws Approved in Multiple States

Voter ID Laws Approved in Multiple States:

Amid competing claims over whether voter ID laws protect the voting process or disenfranchise minority citizens, both Arkansas and North Carolina voters have approved ballot propositions to create voter ID laws.

The way we were-----Ruby Tuesday

Boob-tube-----Groucho Marx Classic - "Gonzalez-Gonzalez" - You Bet Your Life

Van Jones hails 'rainbow wave': New Dem Party 'younger, browner, cooler' - Washington Times

Van Jones hails 'rainbow wave': New Dem Party 'younger, browner, cooler' - Washington Times
"CNN host and former Obama adviser Van Jones celebrated the midterm election results as a “rainbow wave” Tuesday night, declaring that the Democratic Party just got “younger,” “browner” and “cooler.”
“It is the end of one-party rule in the United States, thank God, and the beginning of a new Democratic Party — younger, browner, cooler, more women, more veterans,” Mr. Jones said after learning Democrats reclaimed control in the House.
“It may not be a blue wave — it’s a rainbow wave,” he said..."
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Sarah Lawrence Professor's Office Door Vandalized After He Criticized Leftist Bias - Hit & Run : Reason.com

Sarah Lawrence Professor's Office Door Vandalized After He Criticized Leftist Bias - Hit & Run : Reason.com
"Samuel Abrams says the college's president accused him of "attacking" the community and suggested he might be looking for a new job.

After penning an op-ed for The New York Times decrying the ideological homogeneity of his campus administration, a conservative-leaning professor at Sarah Lawrence College discovered intimidating messages—including demands that he quit his job—on the door of his office. The perpetrators had torn down the door's decorations, which had included pictures of the professor's family.

In the two weeks since the incident, Samuel Abrams, a tenured professor of politics at Sarah Lawrence, has repeatedly asked the college's president, Cristle Collins Judd, to condemn the perpetrators' actions and reiterate her support for free speech. But after sending a tepid campus-wide email that mentioned the importance of free expression, but mostly stressed her "commitment to diversity and inclusive excellence," Judd spoke with Abrams over the phone; according to him, she accused him of "attacking" members of the community.

"She said I had created a hostile work environment," Abrams said in an interview with Reason. "If [the op-ed] constitutes hate speech, then this is not a world that I want to be a part of..."

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An unknown person left these signs on Samuel Abram’s door today, probably in response to his @nytimes op-ed. Story to follow.

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Abrams believes the perpetrators tried to break into his office; some of his books had fallen off their shelves as if the sign-posters had slammed the door and the walls..."
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7 Staggering Quotes Made by Progressive Democrats’ New Star

7 Staggering Quotes Made by Progressive Democrats’ New Star:

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shocked political observers in June after defeating 10-term incumbent Congressman Joe Crowley, D-N.Y., in the Democratic primary for New York’s 14th District by nearly 14 points.
The 29-year-old self-described socialist who has become known as the “Sarah Palin of the Left” has used her new national voice to stump for left-wing challengers to establishment Democrats in primaries across the country.
As the fresh face of the progressive left heads to Washington, here’s a look back at some of the congresswoman-elect’s hot-button statements made in media appearances along the campaign trail.
1. Capitalism in the Crosshairs

Trump Makes History By Adding Seats to GOP Senate Majority in His First Midterm Election

Trump Makes History By Adding Seats to GOP Senate Majority in His First Midterm Election
"This is historic.

And President Trump was eager to tell the nation of his success tonight.

The President quoted Ben Stein tonight:

 “There’s only been 5 times in the last 105 years that an incumbent President has won seats in the Senate in the off year election. 

Mr. Trump has magic about him. This guy has magic coming out of his ears. 

He is an astonishing vote getter & campaigner. 

The Republicans are unbelievably lucky to have him and I’m just awed at how well they’ve done.

 It’s all the Trump magic – Trump is the magic man. 

Incredible, he’s got the entire media against him, attacking him every day, and he pulls out these enormous wins.”

Ben Stein, “The Capitalist Code”

Another failure of peer review, due to corrupt temperature data from a single station | Watts Up With That?

Another failure of peer review, due to corrupt temperature data from a single station | Watts Up With That?
"...Notice anything odd? 
I sure did. 
As many of you know, I’ve spent years looking at weather stations around the world, spotting problems that contribute to temperature bias. 
This one has at least four visible biases that will likely cause it to read warmer than it should, especially in the overnight Tmin temperature.

Here are the issues:

1. Metal roof is nonstandard. It looks like they used the same sheet roof as the buildings in the background.Stevenson Screens are defined to have a wooden roof, painted white. I would expect this metal roof to bias the Tmax upwards in days with direct sun.
2. Closer to surface than normal. While I can’t absolutely confirm this with a measurement, it appears the based of the Stevenson screen is about 1 meter from the surface, based on my experience with inspecting weather stations.  The standard is supposed to be a minimum of 1.5 meters. This will bias both the Tmax and Tmin upwards if my observation is correct.
3. Cattle guard surrounding station. This metal structure will act like a heat sink, biasing the Tmin temperature upwards as it dumps the heat it has absorbed from the sun during the day.

...it is clear to me that combined, these three observed issues at the Rekomitjie Research Station will likely contribute an upward bias effect on temperatures measured by this station.

4. But wait, there’s more..."

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Lunch video-----Socialism Fails Every Time

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KAVANAUGH EFFECT: Democrats Who Voted Against Him Lose Competitive Races | Daily Wire

KAVANAUGH EFFECT: Democrats Who Voted Against Him Lose Competitive Races | Daily Wire:

As of Wednesday morning, every incumbent Democrat senator in a competitive race who voted against Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court has lost.

Dutch man, 69, who 'identifies as 20 years younger' launches legal battle to change age

Dutch man, 69, who 'identifies as 20 years younger' launches legal battle to change age:
"A pensioner has begun a legal battle to be recognised as being 20 years younger than his actual age so he can go back to work and achieve greater success with women on Tinder.
Emile Ratelband, 69, argues that if transgender people are allowed to change sex, he should be allowed to change his date of birth because doctors said he has the body of a 45-year-old.
The entrepreneur and self-help guru is suing his local authority after they refused the amend his age on official documents.
Mr Ratelband's case has now gone to a court in the city of Arnhmen in the eastern Dutch province of Gelderland..."
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THE KAVANAUGH EFFECT

Instapundit � Blog Archive � THE KAVANAUGH EFFECT: UPDATE: UPDATE: …

#1 This day 1967-----Lulu To Sir With Love 1967 Stereo

The Shameful Election Coverage by Fox News | Trending

The Shameful Election Coverage by Fox News | Trending
"...The Democrats went on to gain only 26 seats in a midterm in which Congress historically flips from the party in power. 
This gain, while giving power of the House over to the Democrats -- an obvious disappointment for Republicans -- is not the indictment of Trump many think, particularly when you compare losses in previous administrations.

• In 2010, Obama lost 63 seats. 
• In 1994, Clinton lost 52. 
• You have to go all the way back to Reagan to find a Republican loss the same as Trump’s -- 26 in 1982. 

None lost their second term.
The shellacking Obama received in 2010 -- a nuclear explosion compared to 2018 -- was even more of an indictment of his presidency than we are seeing with Trump’s..."
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You ought to know!

Rush Limbaugh rips Republicans who bought 'media's blue wave scam,' ran from Trump - Washington Times

Rush Limbaugh rips Republicans who bought 'media's blue wave scam,' ran from Trump - Washington Times:

Rush Limbaugh said Wednesday the biggest losers in the midterm elections were Republicans who believed a “blue wave” was coming and distanced themselves — literally and figuratively — from President Trump.
Mr. Limbaugh said the political takeaway from Tuesday night was that “all of these RINO or old-fashioned establishment Republicans who just couldn’t stand Trump” miscalculated by retiring or attacking Mr. Trump on the campaign trail.
“The most House seats ever lost by a president’s party in power was Obama in 2010,” Mr. Limbaugh said. “He lost 63. Next was Bill Clinton in 1994. He lost 52. … So it was not a blue wave, especially when you go over to the Senate. … I mean, nine out of 11 people the president personally stumped for won.”

AM Fruitcake

History for November 8

History for November 8 - On-This-Day.com
Edmond Halley 1656 - Astronomer, mathmatician, was the first to calculate the orbit that was named after him., Bram Stoker 1847, Margaret Mitchell 1900


Dr. Christian Barnard 1922, Patti Page 1927, Parker Posey 1968


1805 - The "Corps of Discovery" reached the Pacific Ocean. The expedition was led by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis. The journey had begun on May 14, 1804, with the goal of exploring the Louisiana Purchase territory.


1895 - Wilhelm Roentgen while experimenting with electricity discovered the scientific principle involved and took the first X-ray pictures.

Republicans Improve Black Americans’ Lot | National Review

Republicans Improve Black Americans’ Lot | National Review:

So, what do blacks think of Trump today? Rasmussen’s tracking poll Monday found Trump’s approval among blacks at a record-high 40 percent, versus 50 percent nationwide. How could this be? The Trump-hating Left/media’s attacks have been ruthless, relentless, and more one-sided than a flounder. Answer: President Trump and Republican leadership have made black Americans better off than they were two years ago.

the way we were-----I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY (1949) by Hank Williams

Pioneering robot 'KNOCKED medic's hand in middle of heart operation' | Daily Mail Online

Pioneering robot 'KNOCKED medic's hand in middle of heart operation' | Daily Mail Online

• Medic had arms knocked by robot repairing retired Stephen Pettitt's heart valve
• Communication between surgeon and assistant was difficult due to 'tinny' sound
• One medic realised the stitches were not being placed in 'an organised fashion'
• Conducted operation to repair leaking mitral valve using robot for the first time

A surgeon has described the tense atmosphere in an operating theatre as a pioneering robotic heart operation went catastrophically wrong.

At one point one of the assisting medics had his arms knocked by the robot which was being used to repair retired music teacher and conductor Stephen Pettitt's heart valve, an inquest was told.

Communication between lead surgeon Sukumaran Nair and his assisting surgeon Thasee Pillay was difficult because of the 'tinny' sound quality coming from the robot console being operated by Nair..."

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Need a Flu Shot? Get It Now - The New York Times

Need a Flu Shot? Get It Now - The New York Times:
"If you’ve waited until now to get your flu shot, your procrastination may actually pay off, though you’d be unwise to delay getting the vaccine any longer.
Although there are some cases of flu in October and November in the United States, flu season here doesn’t usually get going full speed until December, peaking in most years in February and usually ending by April.
I’ve just learned from Dr. Michael T. Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, that immunity induced by the flu vaccine, which is rarely greater than 60 percent to begin with, tends to wane by 20 percent a month, leaving those who got their shot in August or September with less than desirable protection by the time they’re exposed to a variant of flu virus their body doesn’t recognize.
Dr. Osterholm suggested that “since 95 percent of flu outbreaks start in mid-December, it’s best to get the flu shot in early to mid-November...”
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WATCH: Texas Poll Worker Tells Undercover Reporter They've Allowed 'Tons' Of DACA Recipients To Vote | Daily Wire

WATCH: Texas Poll Worker Tells Undercover Reporter They've Allowed 'Tons' Of DACA Recipients To Vote | Daily Wire:

"Right. It doesn’t matter that he’s not a citizen?" the PV journalist replied, adding that she had heard on the internet that he could not vote.
"No, Don’t pay any attention to that. Bring him up here," the official said.
Another woman, who appeared to be an election official, said that there was not an issue with DACA recipients voting, saying, "we got a lot of 'em."​
"You've got a lot of them?" the journalist asked.

Murderous communists? Who knew? Take a look at what they are doing in Venezuela. …

Instapundit Blog Archive  MONICA SHOWALTER: Murderous communists? 
"Murderous communists? 
Who knew? 
Take a look at what they are doing in Venezuela.

There’s another reality about the place, and it’s not getting the attention, say, Saudi Arabia or Russia is, over the killings of dissidents. The Maduro regime is showing an alarming willingness to violently attack opposition leaders, and it’s moving in on high-profile ones who had previously seemed untouchable. They’ve already jailed politician Leopoldo Lopez and driven many others into exile. But the regime’s people have stepped up the thuggery to higher levels since then. They tortured to death a city councilman who was then flung off a ten-story building earlier this month. And they encircled and beat up leading opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, likely signaling intent to kill.

Maduro’s abuses aren’t getting the same attention Khashoggi’s murder has because they can’t be used to embarrass the right people.---Posted by Stephen Green