Wednesday, May 05, 2021
History for May 5
History for May 5 - On-This-Day.com
Karl Marx 1818 - Socialist writer ("Das Kapital", "The Communist Manifesto"), founder of communism
- 1862 - The Battle of Puebla took place. It is celebrated as Cinco de Mayo Day.
- 1865 - The Thirteenth Amendment was ratified, abolishing slavery in the U.S.
- 1892 - The U.S. Congress extended the Geary Chinese Exclusion Act for 10 more years. The act required Chinese in the U.S. to be registered or face deportation.
- 1912 - Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda began publishing.
- 1917 - Eugene Jacques Bullard becomes the first African-American aviator when he earned his flying certificate with the French Air Service.
- 1925 - John T. Scopes, a biology teacher in Dayton, TN, was arrested for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.
- 1945 - A Japanese balloon bomb exploded on Gearhart Mountain in Oregon. A pregnant woman and five children were killed.
- 1961 - Alan Shepard became the first American in space when he made a 15 minute suborbital flight.
Tuesday, May 04, 2021
Hillary Clinton 'thrilled' Joe Biden is using the COVID pandemic to push big-government agenda - TheBlaze
Hillary Clinton 'thrilled' Joe Biden is using the COVID pandemic to push big-government agenda - TheBlaze:
"It wasn't until the pandemic that I think a truly working majority of Americans ... suddenly understood in a clear way that, you know what, there's lots of times when we need the government, and we've been exposed as lacking in the kind of investments and support that we, as Americans, should be providing each other with the government as our partner," Clinton opined.
"I'm thrilled that, you know, President Biden is taking advantage of this moment to try to push the agenda as far as possible," she added.
They have stolen our children!-----Summit School District (CO.) drafts new equity policy | SummitDaily.com
Summit School District drafts new equity policy | SummitDaily.com
"The Summit School District board of education on May 13 is scheduled to conduct a second reading and final vote on a proposed equity policy.
The Summit School District Policy for Just & Equitable Education was drafted by the district’s equity advisory team and presented at the April 8 school board meeting.
The six-person board unanimously approved the policy on first reading.
"The Summit School District board of education on May 13 is scheduled to conduct a second reading and final vote on a proposed equity policy.
The Summit School District Policy for Just & Equitable Education was drafted by the district’s equity advisory team and presented at the April 8 school board meeting.
- The policy, which highlights that historical inequities persist within local public schools, says Black, Indigenous, disabled, English-language learning, immigrant, refugee and LGBTQ students “have all been negatively impacted by the institution of education.”
- The policy goes on to say that white students are over represented in district academic, extracurricular and athletic programs, achievement scores and honors.
- The policy contains actions that would aim to “address systemic inequities and eliminate opportunity gaps.”
The policy also highlights language barriers for students.
“Institutionalized racism and systemic oppression due to language proficiency continue to have the largest impact on student performance, self-efficacy, experience of schooling and attendance in (the district),” the policy states...Read all.
“Institutionalized racism and systemic oppression due to language proficiency continue to have the largest impact on student performance, self-efficacy, experience of schooling and attendance in (the district),” the policy states...Read all.
"Blindsided!"-----DC mayor Bowser bans dancing at weddings: 'It's insane'
DC mayor Bowser bans dancing at weddings: 'It's insane'
"In a city where dancing is forbidden, not even a teenager with a rebellious spirit can save DC couples reeling from the capital’s latest COVID guidelines.
Seemingly ripped straight from the plot of “Footloose,” Washington, DC’s, new social distancing rules ban standing and dancing at weddings. 
The sudden announcement, made just as wedding season kicks off, has blindsided couples getting ready to tie the knot.
...Sadowski says couples are being forced to move their weddings outside of the nation’s capital with just one or two week’s notice....
...In a statement to local affiliate Fox 5 DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office said it has the dancing ban in place as an extra layer of safety to reduce the spread of COVID-19 because when people stand and dance their behavior changes.
For example, people are more likely to get close and touch each other...Read all.
VIDEO: University of Minnesota student telling peers to make life hell for police - TheBlaze
VIDEO: University of Minnesota student telling peers to make life hell for police - TheBlaze:
A member of the University of Minnesota's student government was caught on video imploring her peers to make the lives of police officers "hell" by placing bogus calls for help. Lauren Meyers is the chief financial officer of the Minnesota Student Association and the co-chair of the Office for Student Affairs Mental Health committee. During a video conference with fellow members of the MSA, Meyers instructed her fellow student government members to use several tactics to "annoy the s*** out of" campus law enforcement.
What Was That About Voter Suppression? - WSJ
What Was That About Voter Suppression? - WSJ
‘We have classic voter suppression,” declared Kamala Harris last fall, and Democrats keep making the charge. 
Yet new Census voting data show these claims are as meritless as Donald Trump’s that the election was stolen.
Census figures released Thursday show that turnout in 2020 reached a near-historic high for a presidential election, with 66.8% of voting-age citizens casting ballots—0.9 percentage-points shy of the 1992 record.
- ...Notably, GOP states with stricter voting rules didn’t experience significantly lower minority turnout. Black turnout was highest in Maryland (75.3%) followed by Mississippi (72.8%) and lowest in Massachusetts (36.4%).
- Liberals have lambasted Georgia for “purging” voters and restricting ballot access. But Georgia had a smaller black-white voting gap than Illinois, New Jersey, Virginia and California—all states controlled by Democrats.
- The states with the biggest black-white voting gaps? Massachusetts, Oregon, Wisconsin, Iowa and Colorado. Three allow same-day voter registration (Wisconsin, Iowa, and Colorado), according to the National Conference of State Legislatures...Read all.
Heck, it's just "free money". Right?-----Auditors Find State Overpaid Medicaid Home Health Vendors $39.4 Million
Auditors Find State Overpaid Medicaid Home Health Vendors $39.4 Million
- Could be worse: A previous audit found a $160 million loss
"A recent audit found that the state of Michigan has delivered millions of dollars in overpayments to vendors under a Medicaid program meant to help needy people with daily activities such as bathing, cooking and shopping.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services pays individuals and agencies to provide such in-home care for indigent and low-income individuals under its Home Help Program.
But service providers received $39.4 million in overpayments, according to a performance audit released by the Office of the Auditor General, covering October 2017 through September 2019...Read all.
California Hosts Latest Unaccompanied Migrant Child Shelter
California Hosts Latest Unaccompanied Migrant Child Shelter:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials announced the opening of another Emergency Intake Site (EIS) to move the increasing numbers of unaccompanied children out of Customs and Border Protection custody. The move mirrors recent announcements by HHS to address the surge in unaccompanied children migrants flooding the southern border.
Yes, it's The Bee...or is it?-----All Scientists Forced To Retire After Realizing The Science Is Now Settled | The Babylon Bee
All Scientists Forced To Retire After Realizing The Science Is Now Settled | The Babylon Bee
"WORLD—Thousands of scientists around the world are looking for new work after they realized the science is settled and there was no need for them anymore.
"The science is settled," said climatologist Blorg Norbergrobben as he hung his head sadly.
"I heard that on CNN. What am I going to do with my life now that all knowledge has been uncovered and will never be overturned by new discoveries? Maybe I'll get a job as a political advisor!"
Experts have indeed found that the science is settled on
- climate change,
- infectious diseases,
- gender,
- the origin of biological life,
- sociology,
- nutrition,
- and pretty much every other scientific discipline the government is still willing to fund.
Most scientists have taken new jobs as politicians and media personalities so they can assure the public about how incredibly settled the science is.
One scientist tried to insist that the science wasn't settled, but he was labeled as a "science denier" and kicked off social media."
A software company comes up with a brilliant corporate speech policy - American Thinker
A software company comes up with a brilliant corporate speech policy - American Thinker
"Basecamp is remote work software that provides a single online environment in which workers on a single project can consolidate everything they do on that project.
...its CEO's new rule: people may not discuss politics at work. With that single announcement, a third of the workforce quit. Other American corporations should follow suit.
...Here are the core parts...
1. No more societal and political discussions on our company Basecamp account. Today's social and political waters are especially choppy. Sensitivities are at 11, and every discussion remotely related to politics, advocacy, or society at large quickly spins away from pleasant. You shouldn't have to wonder if staying out of it means you're complicit, or wading into it means you're a target. These are difficult enough waters to navigate in life, but significantly more so at work. It's become too much...People can take the conversations with willing co-workers to Signal, Whatsapp, or even a personal Basecamp account, but it can't happen where the work happens anymore...
(I urge you to read David's blog post, because it's an excellent statement about how free speech should work in America.)
In addition to banning political talk in the workplace or over the workplace communication system, the company is turning away from the Silicon Valley trend of turning every workplace into an amusement park for overgrown children...Read all.
Minneapolis Target burned by rioters now displays mural celebrating arson
Minneapolis Target burned by rioters now displays mural celebrating arson
"About one year ago, Target on Lake Street was burned by BLM rioters.
"About one year ago, Target on Lake Street was burned by BLM rioters.
Now, it displays a mural apparently celebrating their actions.
The Minneapolis Target store that was looted and burned during last year’s George Floyd riots now displays a mural that appears to celebrate arson.
In late May 2020, rioters damaged over 1,500 Minneapolis buildings, burning 150 of them, including the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct.
In late May 2020, rioters damaged over 1,500 Minneapolis buildings, burning 150 of them, including the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct.
...Recently, reporter Michael Tracey highlighted how the rebuilt Minneapolis Target now features a mural that appears to celebrate burning buildings...Read all.
'Follow the Science': Documents Suggest Biden Let Teachers' Union Shape CDC School Reopening Policy
'Follow the Science': Documents Suggest Biden Let Teachers' Union Shape CDC School Reopening Policy:
Newly-released documents suggest that one of the country’s most powerful teachers’ unions shaped Biden administration policies on the reopening of schools, despite President Joe Biden’s pledge to “follow the science” on pandemic policy.
The documents, obtained by the conservative group Americans for Public Trust through a Freedom of Information Act request, were reported Saturday by the New York Post. They show the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) lobbying the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — and succeeding in having some of their recommendations adopted.
Here’s Another Damn Thing We’re Supposed to Be Concerned About
Here’s Another Damn Thing We’re Supposed to Be Concerned About
"Insanity Wrap is kind of done with Lefties who hate people for taking Lefties seriously.
We’d also like to remind people that the whole anti-vax thing began years ago in Blue enclaves where kids started getting measles in numbers not seen in decades because their progressive parents are idiots.
From 2015: The faces of antivaccine parents: Overwhelmingly affluent, white, and suburban...Read all.
History for May 4
History for May 4 - On-This-Day.com
Horace Mann 1796 - Educator, father of public education in the U.S., author
- 1471 - In England, the Yorkists defeated the Landcastrians at the battle of Tewkesbury in the War of the Roses.
- 1626 - Dutch explorer Peter Minuit landed on Manhattan Island. Native Americans later sold the island (20,000 acres) for $24 in cloth and buttons.
- 1715 - A French manufacturer debuted the first folding umbrella.
- 1886 - Chichester Bell and Charles S. Tainter patented the gramophone. It was the first practical phonograph.
- 1942 - The Battle of the Coral Sea commenced as American and Japanese carriers launched their attacks at each other.
- 1970 - The Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on students during an anti-Vietnam war protest at Kent State University. Four students were killed and nine others were wounded.
- 1979 - Margaret Thatcher became Britain's first woman prime minister.
- 1981 - The Federal Reserve Board raised its discount rate to 14%.
Monday, May 03, 2021
Texas Democratic official faces demands to resign after calling Sen. Tim Scott racial slur - TheBlaze
Texas Democratic official faces demands to resign after calling Sen. Tim Scott racial slur - TheBlaze:
A Texas Democratic official is facing widespread backlash and demands for his immediate resignation after he disparaged Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) with what is being characterized as a racial slur. Democrats lashed out at Scott last week after he declared that America is "not a racist country."
They will ALWAYS abuse EVERY POWER we give to them!-----Millions Are Saying No to the Vaccines. What Are They Thinking?
Millions Are Saying No to the Vaccines. What Are They Thinking?
"Several days ago, the mega-popular podcast host Joe Rogan advised his young listeners to skip the COVID-19 vaccine.
“I think you should get vaccinated if you’re vulnerable,” Rogan said.
“But if you’re 21 years old, and you say to me, ‘Should I get vaccinated?’ I’ll go, ‘No.’”
Rogan’s comments drew widespread condemnation.
But his view is surprisingly common.
One in four Americans says they don’t plan to take the COVID-19 vaccine, and about half of Republicans under 50 say they won’t get a vaccine.
...What are they thinking, these vaccine-hesitant, vaccine-resistant, and COVID-apathetic?
...So what will change their minds?
1. Try something like “DoorDash for vaccines.”
2. Make it suck more to not be vaccinated.
3. “What if natural immunity isn’t enough to protect your grandmother?”
...The United States suffers from a deficit of imagining the lives of other people...Read all.
Fake News Still Gaslighting America with Phony Polls - American Thinker
Fake News Still Gaslighting America with Phony Polls - American Thinker
"Opinion polls, particularly in the buildup to a presidential election, are not designed to reflect public opinion, but instead to shape it.
Now most of the media is embedded within the Democrat party, serving as an advocacy arm or political action committee to influence elections and agendas.
A CNN staffer, who bragged that he was “one step down” from a director, admitted to an undercover Tinder date, actually a real journalist working for James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas, that CNN was “creating a story” that “we didn’t know anything about,” calling it “propaganda” to help remove President Trump from office.
"Opinion polls, particularly in the buildup to a presidential election, are not designed to reflect public opinion, but instead to shape it.
For the media, objectivity is only of historic interest, a journalistic tenet from a bygone era.
A CNN staffer, who bragged that he was “one step down” from a director, admitted to an undercover Tinder date, actually a real journalist working for James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas, that CNN was “creating a story” that “we didn’t know anything about,” calling it “propaganda” to help remove President Trump from office.
The epitome of fake news.
Fake news media have many gaslighting tools at their disposal.
Fake news media have many gaslighting tools at their disposal.
- Some outlets doctor audio or video tapes to make their “bad guy” appear racist or doing something illegal.
- Or, they make their “good guy” look like Mother Teresa. Recipients of this treatment range from law enforcement and Ferguson’s Gentle Giant Michael Brown, to George Zimmerman, and even President Donald Trump.
- Many cable news channels, or newspapers simply say or print falsehoods, as in Trump-Russia collusion, Russian bounties on American soldiers, or the cause of death of a Capitol Police officer. The error or correction, if acknowledged at all, is relegated to a couple of lines buried in back of the newspaper several days or more later.
- Opinion polls are a well-known and effective method of shaping opinion....Read all.
Romney showered with boos at GOP event as hecklers call him a 'communist' and 'traitor' | Washington Examiner
Romney showered with boos at GOP event as hecklers call him a 'communist' and 'traitor' | Washington Examiner:
“I’m a man who says what he means, and you know I was not a fan of our last president’s character issues,” Romney said Saturday as delegates at Utah’s Republican convention shouted their disapproval, with some calling him a “traitor” and a “communist.”
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