History for January 8

History for January 8 - On-This-Day.com:
James Longstreet 1821 - U.S. Civil War general, Soupy Sales (Milton Hines) 1926 - Comedian (Host: The Soupy Sales Show), Elvis Presley 1935 - Musician, known as "the King of rock 'n' roll"


Bob Eubanks 1938 - Game show host ("The Newlywed Game"), Stephen Hawking 1942 - Theoretical physicist, writer ("A Brief History of Time"), David Bowie (David Robert Jones) 1947 Singer, movies ("The Man Who Fell to Earth", "Labyrinth", "Basquiat"), Broadway ("The Elephant Man")


1815 - The Battle of New Orleans began. The War of 1812 had officially ended on December 24, 1814, with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. The news of the signing had not reached British troops in time to prevent their attack on New Orleans.


1964 - U.S. President Lyndon Johnson declared a "War on Poverty."

Dozens of trans-regretters now 'out of the closet' - WND

Dozens of trans-regretters now 'out of the closet' - WND:

The problem isn’t so much the trauma that causes people uncertainty, it’s the societal pressures that gives them only one choice, the report finds.

“Much of their isolation is caused by our society’s slavish obedience to political correctness, which dictates that there is ‘no such thing’ as transgender regret. Even worse, the transgender lobby is making it very difficult for such people to get the counseling they desperately want and need. They’ve set up roadblocks in the form of new laws that virtually ban standard cognitive therapy for people who diagnose themselves with gender dysphoria, particularly those who are undecided about their path or actually regret it after the fact. Any legitimate form of talk therapy – —therapy that allows for real Q-and-A that doesn’t necessarily result in affirmation of gender dysphoria – has been smeared with the label ‘conversion therapy,'” she said.

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Anti-Semitic U.S. doctor tweeted that she would 'purposely give Jews the wrong medications' | Daily Mail Online

Anti-Semitic U.S. doctor tweeted that she would 'purposely give Jews the wrong medications' | Daily Mail Online

Doctor, 27, who tweeted that she would 'purposely give Jews the wrong medications' still has her medical license - despite being condemned by the Cleveland Clinic where she worked - as it emerges she has been posting anti-Semitic messages for years

• Dr Lara Kollab posted anti-Semitic messages on social media for several years 
• The 27-year-old graduated last year, and worked at The Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
• Wrote on Twitter that she would 'purposely give all the Jews the wrong meds'
• Also tweeted she hoped 'Allah will kill the Jews' and referred to Jews as 'dogs'
• Cleveland Clinic condemned her and confirmed she is no longer works there
• Dr Kollab, who is of Palestinian heritage, got degree at a Jewish college in NY

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Hatred: Dr Kollab also tweeted that she would give Jewish patients the wrong medication 

Writing in Arabic, she says she wants to destroy Jewish homes, hashtagging that she 'say this a lot', and that she wishes Allah would end the lives of Jews..."

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Dennis Prager---The Left Will Make 2019 a Dark Year – American Greatness

The Left Will Make 2019 a Dark Year – American Greatness
"I rarely make predictions—whether of election results or anything else.
My policy has always been to say what I believe should be done, not what will be done.
I am making an exception with regard to America in 2019.
It will be a dark year in America.
Thanks to the Left’s control of the House of Representatives and the news media, Americans will be kept in a fevered state throughout 2019—with innumerable hearings, exposés, criminal investigations and possible indictments of those around the president and the president himself.
Truth will not be the point. 
Defamation will. 
Anything that might muddy the president, no matter how spurious, no matter how thin the evidence, will be pursued with gusto.
The media will drop “bombshell” after “bombshell.”
If lives and careers are ruined, so much the better; no one should be associating with this president anyway, as far as the Left is concerned..."

Border Patrol: Assaults against agents spike 300% after caravan

Border Patrol: Assaults against agents spike 300% after caravan:
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — The Border Patrol says it has experienced a major uptick in violence at the border since the arrival of the migrant caravan.
Assaults against agents are up 300 percent compared to this time last year, according to San Diego Border Sector Chief Rodney Scott.
An agent was struck in the face shield with a rock thrown at the border on New Year’s Eve and was not injured.
“These incursions are organized they are bringing people down there for the express purpose of provoking a confrontation,” said Border Patrol agent Joshua Wilson..."

Judge: State can't stop engineers from calling themselves engineers - WND

Judge: State can't stop engineers from calling themselves engineers - WND:

A federal magistrate has ruled that Oregon cannot prevent an engineer who is questioning the state’s mathematical formula for traffic-light timing from calling himself an engineer.
Mats Jarlstrom, defended by the Institute for Justice, filed a First Amendment lawsuit after the state engineering-licensing board fined him for writing in a letter, “I’m an engineer.”
Jarlstrom has a degree in electrical engineering and decades of engineering experience. Like most engineers in Oregon, he is not a state-licensed “professional engineer,” and state law provided that only licensed professional engineers could legally use the title “engineer.”
Magistrate Judge Stacie F. Beckerman of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon ruled largely in his favor.
He sued the board in 2017 alleging that Oregon’s engineering-licensing law violated his First Amendment rights by banning him from speaking publicly about the math behind traffic lights and from describing himself as an “engineer.”

The Electoral College: Misunderstood, Unappreciated – Jewish Policy Center

The Electoral College: Misunderstood, Unappreciated – Jewish Policy Center
“The story of the Electoral College,” one pundit recently wrote, “is also one of slavery.”

Such a comment is just the tip of the iceberg. 

The Electoral College has been taking quite a beating lately. 

Even former President Barack Obama has jumped onto this bandwagon.

“The Electoral College is a vestige,” he told reporters late last year. 

“It’s a carry-over…[T]here are some structures in our political system, as envisioned by the Founders, that sometimes are going to disadvantage Democrats.”

...Are these critics right? 

Should Americans ditch the system that has given the presidency to a popular vote loser twice in the past sixteen years? 

Americans have abolished slavery, given women the right to vote, and expanded civil rights in all sorts of ways. 

Isn’t an amendment to eliminate the Electoral College the next logical step?

Emphatically, no.

A little education reveals the truth: The Founders had sound, principled reasons for creating the Electoral College. 

• They didn’t create it because some of them were slave owners, and they didn’t create it because telephones, television, and 24-hour news channels hadn’t been invented yet. 
• Instead, they created the Electoral College because they understood the flaws of human nature – and because they understood the dynamics that had caused other, earlier governments to implode...

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Democrats Try to Spin Massive Jobs Number as Bad News | Breitbart

Democrats Try to Spin Massive Jobs Number as Bad News | Breitbart
Democrats struggled to spin Friday’s massive job growth number as bad news for the economy, in what has become a monthly routine under President Donald Trump.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy added 312,000 new jobs in December — nearly twice what Wall Street analysts had expected.

In response, Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez blasted Trump for increasing economic “volatility.”

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DNC statement from Tom Perez on new stronger-than-expected jobs numbers out today: "Thanks to Trump, volatility in the federal government is translating into volatility across our economy."

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Newly-installed Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said that despite “positive” news about jobs, the president was threatening the economy because of the government shutdown. 

She reiterated that the border wall was “immoral”..."

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New medical warning: Your social-media comments could get you killed - WND

New medical warning: Your social-media comments could get you killed - WND:

A new guidance from the British Medical Association advises families to “trawl through” the Twitter and Facebook accounts of such loved ones in search of any indications that they may want to die.
The aim is “to help reach a decision on whether to withdraw treatment or switch off life support.

James Taranto on Twitter: "Here's the nut graf of the @AnnieLinskey/@daveweigel piece.… "

James Taranto on Twitter: "Here's the nut graf of the @AnnieLinskey/@daveweigel piece.… "

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Retired U.S. Army Colonel Charged Bribing Haiti Officials – Connected to the Clintons - DC Dirty Laundry

Retired U.S. Army Colonel Charged Bribing Haiti Officials – Connected to the Clintons - DC Dirty Laundry
The Haiti Swamp and D.C. Swamp Merge in this head-scratching game of Clue.
This indictment from 2017 may have snuck past many people, but it most definitely requires everyone’s attention. 
This is not a court case about one man and corrupt foreign officials. 
The scope of this is staggering, and everyone should be following this court case closely. 
This is a powerful web of corrupt politicians, civilians, foreign officials, and rivaling families from the Haiti swamp straight to the D.C. swamp. 
This is a story you are going to want to read all the way to the end!
THE FACTS:
1) On August 28, 2017 A criminal complaint was filed against Joseph Baptiste in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, with an attached affidavit from Special Agent Garett Trombly. 
Also on August 28th a Government’s motion to seal was filed, entered and terminated.
2) On August 29, 2017 the Department of Justice put out a press release stating: Retired U.S. Army Colonel Charged with Conspiring to Bribe Senior Officials of The Republic of Haiti., Joseph Baptiste was arrested, and a notice of hearing for initial appearance was set for September 7th.
3) On September 7th a secured bond was set for $250,000.00.
4) On October 4, 2017 the Department of Justice put out a press release stating: Retired U.S. Army Colonel Indicted for Conspiring to Bribe Senior Government Officials of the Republic of Haiti. This is the 15-page indictment.
5) As of April 4, 2018 it is still in the “Status” stage, and the next court date has been set for April 24, 2018. However, within this mostly insignificant transcript of United States of America v. Joseph Baptiste, there was one interesting little nugget that the honorable judge says is “par for the course”....
...CLINTON CONNECTION: The telecommunications company he is referring to is Digicel – the company involving Dennis O’Brien (Clinton’s lap dog) and the Clintons. 
My source has previously confirmed to me that they continue to receive monthly kickbacks on this.
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#1 This day 1962-----The Twist - Chubby Checker

Rich libs want tax increases for the rest of us-----Why cheaper gas prices could mean trouble for roads, climate

Why cheaper gas prices could mean trouble for roads, climate:
"Gas prices have dropped below $2 a gallon for unleaded regular in Michigan and a lot of people are happy about that.
But more than a few people also fret over what cheap gas means for our roads and our climate. Inexpensive fuel means more driving and thus more stress on our already-battered roads. 
And cheaper fuel translates into more pollution as motorists take to the roads.
...So what to do about it? 
One obvious idea that suggests itself is to raise the gas tax. 
That would immediately make gas more expensive at the pump and, according to Econ 101, would reduce the amount of driving we all do..."