History for November 16

History for November 16 - On-This-Day.com
Burgess Meredith 1908, Clu Gulager 1928, Elizabeth Drew 1935 - Journalist
  

Marg Helgenberger 1958 - Actress ("C.S.I."), Oksana Baiul 1977, Maggie Gyllenhaal 1977 - Actress


1871 - The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) was first chartered in the State of New York.


1952 - In the Peanuts comic strip, Lucy first held a football for Charlie Brown.

Horowitz Report Will Be Damning. Criminal Referrals Likely. - Sara A. Carter

Horowitz Report Will Be Damning. Criminal Referrals Likely. - Sara A. Carter:

Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s much anticipated report on his investigation into the FBI’s probe into President Trump’s campaign is expected to be made public before Thanksgiving and the outcome is alleged to contain several criminal referrals, according to sources who spoke with SaraACarter.com.
Horowitz’s investigation on the bureau’s probe into the now debunked theory that Trump colluded with Russia in the 2016 presidential election will more than likely result in the declassification of documents — requested by senior Republican lawmakers for more than several years. These are the same documents President Trump turned over to Attorney General William Barr in May, giving him ‘full and complete authority” to declassify.

The way we were-----33 Songs You Didn't Know Were Covers

Boob-tube-----TV Themes You Don't See Every Day (vintage, seldom syndicated series int...

Wow!---Does Tire Rotation Include Tightening Lug Nuts? Michigan Court Thinks About It For Awhile, Concludes 'No'

Does Tire Rotation Include Tightening Lug Nuts? Michigan Court Thinks About It For Awhile, Concludes 'No'
"In what will surely go down in history as one of the most Galaxy Brain court rulings of all time, a Michigan appeals court determined that a tire rotation does not, in fact, include tightening the lug nuts.
It is a ruling that not only defies common sense but has potentially broad ramifications for Michigan car owners who may find it much harder to sue mechanics for doing unspeakably dumb things, such as not making sure the damn tires stay on the car.
In October 2013, Samuel Anaya and Doris Myricks took their car home from a dealership in Grand Rapids, Michigan after having some basic repairs and maintenance conducted, including a tire rotation.
About two blocks from the dealership, the left front wheel came off, causing the car to skid into a curb.
Turns out, the mechanic did not tighten the lug nuts..."
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Don Surber: Highlights of the News

Don Surber: Highlights of the News
Much here but look at this!
"ITEM 2: KTBS reported, "Caddo Sheriff Steve Prator and City Councilman Grayson Boucher say they confirmed that Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins pulled city police resources out of assisting with security for President Trump's rally for GOP gubernatorial candidate Eddie Rispone.
"And they say it left the U.S. Secret Service in a lurch.
"Boucher said after an SPD officer informed him on Wednesday morning, he sought confirmation outside the SPD."
The mayor is a Democrat.
They want him dead.
The FBI should investigate why Mayor Perkins put the president's life in jeopardy."

Google’s Not-So-Secret Health Data Collection Project Under Federal Investigation | The Daily Caller

Google’s Not-So-Secret Health Data Collection Project Under Federal Investigation | The Daily Caller:

Google is facing a federal investigation after a report that revealed the tech giant was working on a project to collect health data on millions of Americans.
Google partnered with Ascension, the second-largest health care system in the U.S., in an effort to create software using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to analyze patient information and give people recommendations to improve their health as part of a not-so-secret project titled “Project Nightingale,” The Wall Street Journal first reported Monday.

Why Is Venice Sinking? | Reference.com

Why Is Venice Sinking? | Reference.com
Venice is sinking because the Adriatic plate underneath the city is subducting (the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.) beneath the Apennines Mountains due to plate tectonics and the slow compaction of the sediments that support the city.
...Historically, pumping groundwater from beneath the city also contributed to the sinking, but such pumping was stopped.
Venice is sinking at a rate of approximately 0.08 inches per year.
The sea level around Venice is rising at almost the same rate, exacerbating the problem.
Both the city and the land of the surrounding lagoons is sinking..."
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The hate and lies they spew!-----How Hitler went from fringe politician to dictator—and what it means - Business Insider

How Hitler went from fringe politician to dictator—and what it means - Business Insider
"One reason many people find the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency scary is that Trump often sounds more like an authoritarian than a president.
Trump supporters argue that Trump's dictatorial rhetoric is a sales pitch and that Trump is more reasonable and less megalomaniacal than he sounds. 
They also point out that the United States has checks and balances that restrict the power of the president and make it difficult for a would-be dictator to seize absolute control.
But given what might be described as Trump's "dictatorial tendencies," it's worth reviewing how at least one famous dictator rose to power and transformed a democracy into a dictatorship.
Many observers have already drawn parallels between Trump and Adolf Hitler — not late Hitler, but early Hitler, before the horrors of the late 1930s and World War II (in other words, before Hitler became Hitler, back when millions of Germans viewed him as a refreshingly bold and strong leader who could restore a troubled country)...."
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Lunch video-----How did the US Navy win the Battle of Midway?

Noon-toon

Singer threatens to cancel performance at Dallas Cowboys' Thanksgiving game unless Salvation Army supports LGBT agenda - TheBlaze

Singer threatens to cancel performance at Dallas Cowboys' Thanksgiving game unless Salvation Army supports LGBT agenda - TheBlaze:

Singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding threatened to cancel her planned halftime performance for the Dallas Cowboys' Thanksgiving football game unless the Salvation Army issues a show of support for gay marriage.
Goulding made the demands after her fans appraised her of the traditional marriage stance of the Salvation Army, which is a Christian organization.

Tlaib frantically asked campaign for personal money, messages show, as ethics probes announced | Fox News

Tlaib frantically asked campaign for personal money, messages show, as ethics probes announced | Fox News
"The House Ethics Committee on Thursday released a trove of striking internal campaign communications sent in 2018 by Michigan Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib, in which Tlaib urgently requested money from her congressional campaign to defray personal expenses -- and, a government watchdog said, possibly violated federal law in the process.
...Additionally, the Ethics Committee acknowledged for the first time on Thursday an investigation into Florida Democratic Rep. Alcee Hastings concerning a "personal relationship with an individual employed in his congressional office."
...In one April 2018 email offered as an exhibit by OCE, Tlaib wrote that she was "struggling financially right now" and was "sinking." 
She continued: "So I was thinking the campaign could loan me money, but Ryan said that the committee could actually pay me. I was thinking a one time payment of $5k."
..."With the loss of a second income to lean back on," she wrote. "I am requesting $2,000 per two weeks but not exceeding $12,000. 
...And, in a striking scene at the outset of a Rules Committee meeting last month, Hastings -- who himself was impeached and removed from the federal bench in 1989 for taking bribes -- outlined the alleged "high crimes and misdemeanors" that he said Trump had committed..."
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Democrat's view of your future America.

Airport Revenues Soar After Allowing Travelers To Pay To Turn Off CNN | The Babylon Bee

Airport Revenues Soar After Allowing Travelers To Pay To Turn Off CNN | The Babylon Bee
Airport Revenues Soar After Allowing Travelers To Pay To Turn Off CNN

WORLD—Airports around the world are reporting record revenues after introducing a long-awaited feature: the ability to turn off CNN on television sets in their terminals.

For just one quarter, you can turn off CNN for a full fifteen minutes while you're waiting for your flight, leaving you with the "far superior" experience of just staring at a blank screen.

"At long last," said one man waiting for his flight at LaGuardia as he dropped a few dollars' worth of quarters into the "Turn CNN Off" slot. "Honestly, I might fly more now." He's not alone: airports expect a 426% uptick in traveling over the holidays as flyers no longer have to worry about having the droning words of CNN hosts pounded into their heads for hours on a layover..."

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#1 This day 1986-----Boston - Amanda

Bad math---Michigan Capitol Confidential - Posts

Michigan Capitol Confidential - Posts

"A federal civil rights lawsuit filed on behalf of some Detroit public school district students accuses the State of Michigan of denying them what it calls a right to be literate due to poor conditions at their schools. The complaint includes claims about teacher pay in the district that are not correct

The lawsuit claims: “To make up for the shortfall in instructional materials and other basic supplies, including books, pens, pencils, notepaper, and printer paper, teachers in all of Plaintiffs’ schools frequently pay out of their own pockets or privately raise money online. It is not uncommon for a teacher to spend more than a thousand dollars on school supplies in a single year, and some spend as much as $5000, roughly one-sixth of their annual salary.”

That would mean Detroit teachers make $30,000 a year. One-sixth of $30,000 is $5,000. The starting salary for a Detroit teacher was $35,683 in 2016-17, the year the lawsuit was filed. The average Detroit teacher salary was $57,997 in 2017-18.

Also, the state constitution, state laws and Michigan judges have required schools to pay for necessary items including “[p]encils, paper, crayons, scissors, glue sticks” and “[t]extbooks (regular or supplemental),” in the words of a Department of Education rule.

How fast they (we?) can crash.

BBC Wakes Up to Sweden Bombing Epidemic Years After Breitbart

BBC Wakes Up to Sweden Bombing Epidemic Years After Breitbart:

The publicly-funded British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has woken up to Sweden’s bombing epidemic years after Breitbart News.
In an analysis article titled ‘Sweden’s 100 explosions this year: What’s going on?’, the BBC acknowledged the epidemic of gang crime, gun crime, and criminal use of explosives which Breitbart London has been reporting for years — while the mainstream media scoffed and continued to hail the country as a Scandinavial left-liberal paradise.

Pretty good summary - Here is a summary for those of you who care to know the REAL reason...

Mae B. Binnie - Here is a summary for those of you who care to...Mae B. Binnie
"Here is a summary for those of you who care to know the REAL reason why the House of Representatives are calling for impeachment of President Trump.

Hunter Biden is former Vice-President Joe Biden’s son. He is 45 years old with a long history of drug abuse. Hunter Biden was kicked out of the military in 2014 for testing positive for cocaine. Shortly after that he was appointed to the board of directors of Burisma, Ukraine’s largest private producer of gas.

Two weeks before he was appointed, his father the Vice President of the United States encouraged Ukrainian leaders to place him on their board. Hunter Biden has ZERO experience or knowledge in the gas industry or in the Ukraine. He was paid $50,000 a month for his position on the board and a money transfer of 3 MILLION dollars was made from the Ukraine through Latvia, Cyprus, and finally to the US into accounts owned by Hunter Biden.

The top prosecutor in the Ukraine was investigating corruption and was getting ready to interview Hunter Biden regarding his dealings with Burisma and the apparent money laundering of the 3 million dollars. Before hunter Biden could be interviewed Joe Biden leaned on the Ukrainian government and threatened to withhold over 250 MILLION in US foreign aid unless the prosecutor was fired. The prosecutor was fired. The investigation into hunter Biden and Burisma ended, the Ukraine got the financial aid.

Hunter Biden was also involved in a deal with China where his father the Vice President was working on US business. This deal netted Hunter Biden over 1.5 BILLION dollars! That story will bust wide open next. I mean what would cause China to hand over 1.5 BILLION dollars to a known drug addict who just happens to be the son of the Vice-President? Think that through America. It gets worse!!

The Vice-President Joe Biden took his son Hunter on Air Force Two with him to China in 2013. Ten DAYS after that trip, the Bank of China signed this deal with Hunter Biden’s company for over a 1.5 BILLION DOLLARS!! Some of this money went to a company called Henniges who makes very sensitive military equipment for the US military.

Wanna know who else was involved in the China deal as Hunter Biden’s Partners? You can’t make this stuff up people! While John Kerry was Secretary of State his stepson Chris Heinz and mob boss Whitey Bulger’s nephew Billy Bulger we’re partners in the company along with Hunter Biden. Wow right? The sons of the two most prominent decision makers in America!! How did that escape scrutiny!!

Amazing how the media isn’t even a tiny bit interested in this, and how as soon as it starts getting reported, they start impeachment proceedings against President Trump! They are hoping no one is paying attention, that the American people are too stupid, lazy, indifferent, and apathetic to pay attention. Don’t be one of those Americans. For goodness sake wake up and start actually thinking again instead of letting the media tell you what and when to be outraged about. Good grief what has happened to critical thinking?? Do most people even know they are merely pawns?

AND
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AM Fruitcake--Predictions, predictions...

History for November 15

History for November 15 - On-This-Day.com
William Pitt the Elder 1708 - Known as the Great Commoner, 1st Earl of Chatham, Georgia O'Keeffe 1887, Joseph Wapner 1919


Ed Asner 1929, Petula Clark 1932, Frida Lyngstad (ABBA) 1945


1988 - The Palestine National Council, the legislative body of the PLO, proclaimed the establishment of an independent Palestinian state at the close of a four-day conference in Algiers.


1999 - Representatives from China and the United States signed a major trade agreement that involved China's membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO).

'Hearsay can be much better evidence than direct,' Dem claims during impeachment hearing - TheBlaze

'Hearsay can be much better evidence than direct,' Dem claims during impeachment hearing - TheBlaze:

Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Illinois) raised eyebrows when he defended the testimony of House Democrats' "witnesses" during the first day of public impeachment hearings against President Donald Trump on Wednesday, arguing that "hearsay can be much better evidence than direct."
What are the details?
After questioning Deputy Asst. Secretary of State George Kent and Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor — neither of whom directly heard the conversations on which they testified — Quigley offered what he called "a primer on hearsay."

Next Generation of Americans Will Embrace Socialism If We Lose ‘War on History’

Next Generation of Americans Will Embrace Socialism If We Lose ‘War on History’:

Sadly, that isn’t clear from the perspective of many young Americans.
The Victims of Communism poll demonstrates a disturbing combination of historical ignorance and a concomitant embrace of a radical, destructive ideology.
“We need to redouble our efforts to educate America’s youth about the history of communist regimes and the dangers of socialism today,” said Marion Smith, the executive director of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.

The way we were-----Andy's earned authority

Boob-tube-----bored of education

The End of the Electoral College Is Closer Than You Think | Intellectual Takeout

The End of the Electoral College Is Closer Than You Think | Intellectual Takeout
"Two hundred seventy votes. 
That’s all that’s needed for state legislatures to undermine the checks and balances imposed by the Electoral College. 
The National Popular Vote bill already has the approval of 16 jurisdictions with 196 votes. 
Once it hits a majority of the 538 electoral votes (270), it will be a binding agreement among these jurisdictions

...To win the popular vote, one could simply head to the most popular cities. Campaigns that had to balance attention to the variety of voters in different regions under the electoral college, could instead focus solely on people attracted to cities..."

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AN IMPORTANT WINTER SAFETY TIP FROM THE GLEN ROSE TX VETERINARY CLINIC

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"AN IMPORTANT WINTER SAFETY TIP FROM THE GLEN ROSE TX VETERINARY CLINIC:

Even if you don’t own a pet, this is still a key health tip to familiarize yourself with.--Posted by Ed Driscoll"

IG Complaint: 'Whistleblower' May Have Broken Law by 'Weaponizing' Leaking to Make Money | Breitbart

IG Complaint: 'Whistleblower' May Have Broken Law by 'Weaponizing' Leaking to Make Money | Breitbart:

A complaint recently filed with the Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) reportedly alleges that the “whistleblower” who triggered the partisan impeachment inquiry may have broken federal law by indirectly soliciting money from mainly anonymous sources, potentially including foreigners, via a GoFundMe page.
The GoFundMe page in question has raised over $227,000 so far. In collaboration with impeachment whistleblower lawyers from the Compass Rose Legal Group, Whistleblower Aid helped start the GoFundMe page in question back in September.