History for January 8

History for January 8 - On-This-Day.com

James Longstreet 1821 - U.S. Civil War general

• 1675 - The first corporation was chartered in the United States. The company was the New York Fishing Company.
• 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.
• 1889 - The tabulating machine was patented by Dr. Herman Hollerith. His firm, Tabulating Machine Company, later became International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
• 1901 - The first tournament sanctioned by the American Bowling Congress was held in Chicago, IL.
• 1964 - U.S. President Lyndon Johnson declared a "War on Poverty."
• 1994 - Tonya Harding won the ladies' U.S. Figure Skating Championship in Detroit, MI, a day after Nancy Kerrigan dropped out because of a clubbing attack that injured her right knee. The U.S. Figure Skating Association later took the title from Harding because of her involvement in the attack.

Parents Appeal To Reopen California Schools After Initial Suit Dismissed | The Daily Caller

Parents Appeal To Reopen California Schools After Initial Suit Dismissed | The Daily Caller: 

California parents filed an appeal Monday at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in an effort to reopen schools the state has kept closed after their initial suit was dismissed.

The way we were-----The Extraordinary Voyage of the USS Marblehead

"By May 1942, nearly half of the forty surface ships of the U.S. Asiatic fleet would be sunk, including the fleet’s largest vessel, the heavy cruiser USS Houston. 

But the improbable survival of one of the fleet’s vessels, the light cruiser USS Marblehead, is the stuff of legend.  

The extraordinary voyage of the Marblehead is history that deserves to be remembered."

Boob-tube-----1988-1989 TV Commercials

Another great one from Kurt Schlichter---Welcome to a Wilderness of Lies

Welcome to a Wilderness of Lies

"...Have you noticed that everything is a lie and a scam? 

Everything.

See, the problem starts when our elite realized that it could break the norms and betray the principles that we all thought we were all abiding by without accountability, at least for a little while. 

The Establishment realized that it can simply not enforce the norms, and then there will be a lag time while the normals continue on as if the norms were still in effect. 

It’s inertia – this is why you get these sad sack RINOs lecturing us on how we’re subverting the institutions when what we are really doing is pointing out that the institutions have subverted themselves.

It’s willful blindness to the corruption because the weakhearts don’t want to admit there is corruption because that would then require them to act. 

It’s easier to live on scraps.

...Now, the media’s whole job is to angrily reaffirm the divine right of our garbage elite to rule us.

And they have carefully cultivated a class of drones to support them. 

You see them on the street, healthy people wearing face diapers as they walk alone...Read all!

They made us this way.

The Michael Smith Show - They made us this way."

"The media, and even a large contingent of the Congressional Republicans and Democrats want you to believe what happened at the Capitol complex was only about President Trump.

It is not.

I have constantly been told today by preening ruling class members that “This is not who we are”.

Where the hell have they been for a year and a half, in a coma?

Because thanks to the way BLM and ANTIFA were ignored as they occupied, looted, and destroyed without consequence, this is EXACTLY who have become. 

They made us this way.

• We have witnessed a national media express overt bias against a president they despise.
• We witnessed talk of impeachment even before the president was inaugurated.
• We watched as Democrats and the media cheered when the 25th Amendment was discussed.
• We watched as Congressman Steve Scalise was shot on a baseball field by a Bernie Sanders supporter.
• We watched a destructive, partisan investigation of “collusion” wind on for two years that ultimately ended in a whimper...Read all.

Study finds Americans are leaving Democrat-run states in throngs and heading for Republican ones - TheBlaze

Study finds Americans are leaving Democrat-run states in throngs and heading for Republican ones - TheBlaze: 

A newly published study that tracks migration patterns in the United States has found that Americans are leaving states and cities run by Democrats for Republican-dominant ones — and that the trend may have been accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic.

Democrats Were For Riots Before They Were Against Them | Frontpagemag

Democrats Were For Riots Before They Were Against Them | Frontpagemag

• Why is broken glass on Capitol Hill so much more precious than the broken glass in Kenosha?

"In 2018, the media was writing up glowing stories about the hundreds of Women’s March members who were engaging in "direct action” to disrupt the Senate’s Kavanaugh hearings.

Hundreds of members from the radical leftist group had invaded the hearings and were arrested. 

Their travel expenses and bail for the disruptions were covered by the Women’s March. 

Radicals from the March and other leftist groups blocked hallways, shouted down Senate members, and draped protest banners from balconies. 

Democrats cheered them on.

When a leftist mob assailed the Supreme Court, pounding on the doors, MSNBC called it an “extraordinary moment” and praised the crowd, “besieging the Supreme Court” and “confronting senators”.

"If you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd. And you push back on them," Rep. Maxine Waters had urged earlier that year.

Later, the Democrat House member told MSNBC, "They’re going to absolutely harass them"...Read all!

Vulva-esque sculpture causes controversy in Brazil - CNN Style

Vulva-esque sculpture causes controversy in Brazil - CNN Style

"Ahuge concrete sculpture that looks like a human vulva has caused a stir in Brazil.

The 33-meter long handmade piece is the work of visual artist Juliana Notari,

...In the post said the work intended to "question the relationship between nature and culture in our phallocentric and anthropocentric western society" and make people question the "problematization of gender."...Read all. Really read all, this is nuts!

MOTUS A.D.: Dim Sum? Yes.

MOTUS A.D.: Dim Sum? Yes.

"Quelle surprise! 

As it turns out President Trump was 110% correct about calling COVID-19 the Chinese Virus.

According to the Daily Mail today, which is once again doing the work American journalists refuse to do:

China lab leak is the 'most credible' source of the coronavirus outbreak, says top US government official, amid bombshell claims Wuhan scientist has turned whistleblower.

Mr Pottinger said that the latest intelligence points to the virus leaking from the top-secret Wuhan Institute of Virology, 11 miles from the market, saying: 'There is a growing body of evidence that the lab is likely the most credible source of the virus.'...Read all.

Lunch video-----LOCKDOWN 3-- Paul Joseph Watson

Noon-toon

Bill de Blasio on Variant Virus Strain: 'Let's Have a Travel Ban Right Now'

Bill de Blasio on Variant Virus Strain: 'Let's Have a Travel Ban Right Now': 

“Why, still, after all these challenges and problems is this madness still going on?” de Blasio asked, calling for a travel ban — something several Democrats and members of the establishment media deemed racist and xenophobic when President Donald Trump first began shutting down travel from China early last year.

Masks RULE!

 

Must read this insanity!-----Michigan Democrats warn challenging electoral votes could permanently harm democracy - mlive.com

Michigan Democrats warn challenging electoral votes could permanently harm democracy - mlive.com

"Michigan’s Democratic representatives in Congress warned that Republicans ready to challenge electoral votes in several swing states could cause lasting damage to American democracy.

• Representatives who spoke with reporters hours before Congress is scheduled to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory said there should be no doubt that Michigan ran a secure election. 

...U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Dearborn, said Republicans who are promoting President Donald Trump’s unproven claim that widespread fraud cheated him out of a second term are “not loyal to the United States of America.”...Read all.

No wonder our communists want more.

 

"Free" medical!-----UK Woman Arrested For Filming Inside Empty Hospital

UK Woman Arrested For Filming Inside Empty Hospital

"A woman in the UK was arrested by police after she filmed a video inside an almost completely empty hospital and posted it online.
The clip shows the woman walking through virtually empty corridors and filming empty wards at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.
“This is a disgrace…it is so dead…all the people in our country desperately waiting for treatment, cancer treatment heart disease, honestly this is making me so angry,” she states as she films a row of empty waiting chairs.
The woman expressed shock at how quiet the hospital was, saying she expected there to be “a few more people around, there’s absolutely nobody.”

According to reports, a 46-year-old woman was subsequently arrested by police for filming the video and has been charged on suspicion of a public order offence. – READ

#1 This day 1962-----The Twist - Chubby Checker

Expect more!-----Antifa Reportedly Attacks Home Of GOP Senator Josh Hawley, Threatens Family | The Daily Wire

Antifa Reportedly Attacks Home Of GOP Senator Josh Hawley, Threatens Family | The Daily Wire

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said late on Monday night that Antifa attacked his home in Washington, D.C., and threatened his wife and newborn baby.

“Tonight while I was in Missouri, Antifa scumbags came to our place in DC and threatened my wife and newborn daughter, who can’t travel,” Hawley wrote on Twitter. 

“They screamed threats, vandalized, and tried to pound open our door. Let me be clear: My family & I will not be intimidated by left-wing violence.”...Read all.

It only takes one.....

 

Social media torches Kamala Harris for telling odd story from her childhood that is strikingly similar to one from MLK Jr. - TheBlaze

Social media torches Kamala Harris for telling odd story from her childhood that is strikingly similar to one from MLK Jr. - TheBlaze: 

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris recalled a bizarre story from her childhood that many thought was strikingly similar to one told by the iconic civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in 1965.

Well, at least now we now know with what we are dealing.--Michael Smith

Well, at least now we now know with what we are dealing.

"...Fraud Biden and his evil sidekick, Kamala Sutra, will ascend to the throne and the total takeover of the US federal government will begin.

What does this tell us?

My initial thoughts:

1) Critical Race Theory, especially the idea that whites are racist down to their DNA, is working.

2) Identity politics is working and will permeate everything. Welcome to at least two years of 5,732 genders, continued persecution of the language and anyone who believes in natural laws, and more "diversity" programs than you can imagine.

3) Collectivism is winning. The idea that if you can just survive your  womb bearer's right to choose and can fog a mirror after matriculating government paid kindergarten, grade school, high school and maybe even "free" college, other people in society owe you something is a thing now. You now have a right to other people's productivity just because you are you. No other reason. That's all.

4) Modern Monetary Theory is now the primary economic principle. Anytime government needs to payoff a group or fund a program, it can just print money without consequence. Debt is just an idea, just a notation on a balance sheet. It means nothing...Read all!

AM Fruitcake

 

History for January 7

History for January 7 - On-This-Day.com

Millard S. Fillmore 1800 - 13th President of the United States

• 1610 - Galileo Galilei sighted four of Jupiter's moons. He named them Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
• 1904 - The distress signal "CQD" was established. Two years later "SOS" became the radio distress signal because it was quicker to send by wireless radio.
• 1942 - The World War II siege of Bataan began.
• 1980 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed legislation that authorized $1.5 billion in loans for the bail out of Chrysler Corp.
• 2009 - Russia shut off all gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin publicly endorsed the move and urged greater international involvement in the energy dispute.

Facebook Takes 'Emergency Measures,' Blacklists Trump Video, Blocks President's Account for 24 Hours

Facebook Takes 'Emergency Measures,' Blacklists Trump Video, Blocks President's Account for 24 Hours: 

Facebook has followed Twitter in removing a video posted by President Donald Trump, urging his supporters to peacefully return home and respect law enforcement following the storming of Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. earlier today. Mark Zuckerberg’s company has also blocked the President’s account for 24 hours, meaning he cannot post to the platform at all.

Horowitz: With no lockdown or mask mandate, Florida has roughly same hospitalization level as 2018 flu season - TheBlaze

Horowitz: With no lockdown or mask mandate, Florida has roughly same hospitalization level as 2018 flu season - TheBlaze: 

Well, if there is anywhere we can cross-check this hypothesis, it would be in Florida, where there is no lockdown or mask mandate. In fact, people are flocking there from out of state to enjoy vacations and host conferences and even to live. Naturally, we'd expect hospital levels to be bursting at the seams if they rise and fall with lockdowns and masks, right? Well, actually, you can barely see an increase in the hospitalization level in the Sunshine State from previous years, and the current level appears to be on par with the 2018 flu season, which was more of a pandemic flu than other flus in recent years. And in 2018, we did nothing as a nation to suspend liberties.

The way we were-----Where the Rubber Meets the Road: A Brief History of Tires

Boob-tube-----Cheers - The Guys Play Monopoly

Milwaukee's historic year of violence ends with 189 homicide victims

Milwaukee's historic year of violence ends with 189 homicide victims

"Milwaukee concluded its historically violent year with 189 homicides as of New Year’s Day, nearly doubling that figure from 2019 and smashing its previous record set in 1991 by more than 14% 

The grim increase, which many experts and local officials believe was influenced by the coronavirus pandemic, follows a trend seen in dozens of other American cities in 2020 and comes after four years of declining homicides locally...Read all.

How $10 Million for Gender Programs in Pakistan Got Tied to a COVID Relief Bill - Foundation for Economic Education

How $10 Million for Gender Programs in Pakistan Got Tied to a COVID Relief Bill - Foundation for Economic Education
"...Hours before lawmakers voted on a multi-trillion dollar government funding package that included a $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill, congressional aides were spotted wheeling in the legislation.

It ran 5,593 pages.
“You’d have to read 560 pages an hour to finish it before midnight,” observed NBC News correspondent Garrett Haake.
“Among them are a pair of assistance programs in Pakistan, whereby $15 million will be put toward “democracy programs” and $10 million will be distributed to ‘gender programs,’” reports Fox News correspondent Brittany De Lea.
...while the Pakistani gender programs were not technically included in the COVID relief bill, the end result is much the same. 

US senators could not vote for COVID relief without voting for 

• gender programs in Pakistan, 
• $35 million for abstinence programs, 
• and tax changes for owners of race horses. 

(The process in the House was a bit more complicated.)...Read all.