#1 This day 1962-----Shelley Fabares - Johnny Angel

Bonhoeffer on the ‘Stupidity’ That Led to Hitler’s Rise Americans today might do well to heed Bonhoeffer’s warning.

Bonhoeffer on the ‘Stupidity’ That Led to Hitler’s Rise Americans today might do well to heed Bonhoeffer’s warning.  link

• Bonhoeffer on the ‘Stupidity’ That Led to Hitler’s Rise
  
• Americans today might do well to heed Bonhoeffer’s warning.

"Although he was in power for only a handful of years, Hitler and his Nazi government slaughtered millions. 

One of the more well-known victims of that slaughter was Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was executed on April 8th, 1945, a few short weeks before Hitler’s own death.
Unlike many of Hitler’s victims, Bonhoeffer was not a Jew, but a Lutheran minister, scholar, and theologian who boldly spoke against Hitler’s policies. 

Bonhoeffer landed a position in the German government during WWII and subsequently used that position as cover for assassination attempts against Hitler.
While awaiting execution, Bonhoeffer recorded a number of his thoughts in a work we now know as Letters and Papers from Prison. 

One of these essays, entitled On Stupidity, records some of the problems which Bonhoeffer likely saw at work in Hitler’s rise to power...Read all!!

No such thing!!

 

Biden family scandal EXPOSED - TheBlaze

Biden family scandal EXPOSED - TheBlaze: 

"The truth of the matter is an avalanche of facts were held behind the dam of censorship," Solomon told Glenn. "But, you know what? The dam is breaking and the facts are flowing and overrunning the dam now. And soon, the American people are going to know the truth in spite of the news media, and that's a good thing for all of us."

Elon Musk will NOT join the board of Twitter: CEO says 'I believe this is for the best' | Daily Mail Online

Elon Musk will NOT join the board of Twitter: CEO says 'I believe this is for the best' | Daily Mail Online

• Twitter shares rise after Elon Musk abandons plan to join the company's board: Staff speculate (via Twitter) that the Tesla chief could now launch hostile takeover bid
  

"Elon Musk, 50, last week was revealed to be the biggest shareholder in Twitter, having bought a stake worth 9.2 percent - four times that of founder Jack Dorsey
Musk was due to join the board of the company on Saturday but decided not to, CEO Parag Agrawal said on Sunday
He did not say why Musk would not join, but suggested that shareholders had expressed concern
Several Twitter employees tweeted reactions to the announcement, seemingly agitated by the roller coaster surrounding Musk's company involvement...link

AM Fruitcake

 

History for April 12

History for April 12 - On-This-Day.com

Tom Clancy 1947 - Author

• 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacked Constantinople.
• 1782 - The British navy won its only naval engagement against the colonists in the American Revolution at the Battle of Saints, off Dominica.
• 1861 - Fort Sumter was shelled by Confederacy, starting America's Civil War.
• 1892 - Voters in Lockport, New York, became the first in the U.S. to use voting machines.
• 1911 - Pierre Prier completed the first non-stop London-Paris flight in three hours and 56 minutes.
• 1945 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt died in Warm Spring, GA. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 63. Harry S Truman became president.
• 1961 - Soviet Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin became first man to orbit the Earth.
• 1993 - NATO began enforcing a no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina.

MARK LEVIN: Disney transformed from the Magic Kingdom to a WOKE asylum - TheBlaze

MARK LEVIN: Disney transformed from the Magic Kingdom to a WOKE asylum - TheBlaze: 

As leftist Disney executives transform the Magic Kingdom into a woke asylum, Mark unearths a shocking interview where Disney's president of content lays bare the company's plan to indoctrinate the nation with its Marxist agenda. This sexual agenda being taught to your babies has reached unacceptable levels of depravity, and it must be stopped.

The way we were-----The Day The Gauge Changed

The U.S. INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM Explained

Not quite Boyz N Hood, is it?

Michael Smith  link
"I just heard Richard Fowler on FOX make the case that Ketanji Brown Jackson would bring her "lived experiences" to bear in her approach to Supreme Court decisions.

...They can't understand the "black experience" in America.

So let's review a few things:

• KBJ's parents were both professionals, her father was a lawyer and ultimately became the chief attorney for the Miami-Dade County School Board. 
• Her mom served as the principal of the New World School of the Arts in Miami...
• She is also a graduate of Harvard and Harvard Law.
• According to Wikipedia, "In 1996, Brown married surgeon Patrick Graves Jackson, a Boston Brahmin who is a descendant of Continental Congress delegate Jonathan Jackson, and is related to U.S. Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. 
• Through her marriage, Jackson is related to former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan."

Not quite Boyz N Hood, is it?...Read all!!

No Jail for NYC Prankster Who Told Diners He Had a Bomb and Would Kill Them for Allah

"When Malik Sanchez was sentenced on Wednesday for claiming he had a bomb and telling two women outside a New York City restaurant that he was going to kill them, he apologized to the women and said that his actions were those of an “immature and reckless child.” 

Manhattan federal court Judge Colleen McMahon stopped him right there and corrected him, saying his action was “that of a sicko.” 

Nevertheless, she gave him no jail time at all while praising his post-arrest behavior and calling him a “pretrial success story.” 

Scaring people half to death is no big deal in New York City; in the decaying Leftist paradise of Bill de Blasio and Eric Adams, it takes a great deal to be sent to prison...link.

Are Law Schools Now Woke Factories?

Are Law Schools Now Woke Factories?: 

Students at three recent college events threatened violence against conservative speakers, along with the student groups that invited them to speak on campus. This may be commonplace today, but what makes this hostility so much more shocking is that it occurred at colleges once considered eminent law schools: Georgetown University Law Center, Hastings College of Law at the University of California, and Yale Law School. These future lawyers and their professors have shown us precisely what they think of free speech and open inquiry when the wrong people with the wrong views come to campus.

Mariupol, Ukraine City Council Member: ‘Russia Is Not Possible To Stop W...

States of Covid Performance - WSJ

States of Covid Performance - WSJ

"A new study compares outcomes on economy, education and health. The Editorial Board 

"More than two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s time to draw some conclusions about government policy and results. The most comprehensive comparative study we’ve seen to date was published last week as a working paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and it deserves wide attention.

The authors are University of Chicago economist Casey Mulligan and Stephen Moore and Phil Kerpen of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity. They compare Covid outcomes in the 50 states and District of Columbia based on three variables: the economy, education and mortality. ..link

Noon-toon-----An ABANDONED Southwest Detroit Neighborhood: Delray, Detroit, Michigan 5K.

Noon-toon

NPR reporter goes against own newsroom to call Hunter Biden laptop a legitimate story - TheBlaze

NPR reporter goes against own newsroom to call Hunter Biden laptop a legitimate story - TheBlaze: 

Independent journalist Glenn Greenwald called out legacy media for intentionally ignoring the Hunter Biden email story. "Most of the national corporate media lied in unison to the country for weeks right before the 2020 election by telling them that completely authentic emails about Joe Biden's dealings in Ukraine and China were 'Russian disinformation,' a lie they got from the CIA," Greenwald tweeted out on Wednesday. "Twitter founder Jack Dorsey apologized and admitted it was wrong for Twitter to have censored any mention of the story. The WPost this week called for a media 'reckoning' over what they did. Beyond those 2, they all let their lie stand to this day."

Drum-beats of WW3?-----NATO Plans Massive Military Buildup On Russia's Border, Citing Major "Reset" | ZeroHedge

NATO Plans Massive Military Buildup On Russia's Border, Citing Major "Reset" | ZeroHedge
Authored by Kyle Anzalone via AntiWar.com,
"The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is in the middle of a “fundamental transformation” and planning a massive military buildup along Russian borders. 

The Telegraph reported, "Nato is drawing up plans to deploy a permanent full-scale military force on its border in an effort to combat future Russian aggression following the invasion of Ukraine, the alliance’s secretary general has revealed."
Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said NATO will undergo a major “reset” and plans to put enough troops in states that border Russia to repel an invasion. The alliance currently has 40,000 troops in eastern member states...link.

#1 Movie this week 1974-----The Conversation (1974) movie trailer

John Hinckley, failed assassin-turned-musician, books NYC concert

John Hinckley, failed assassin-turned-musician, books NYC concert

• 
  Maybe he’s looking to land a No. 1 song with a bullet on the record charts.

"Would-be assassin John Hinckley Jr. — who attempted to kill then-President Ronald Reagan in 1981 — has apparently hit his goal of rebranding as a singer. 

He announced on Twitter Friday that he has scheduled a performance this summer in New York City.
“Big news!! I will be performing on July 8 at the Market Hotel in Brooklyn, NY,” he wrote in the tweet, which also noted that “special guests” would make appearances. “Get your tickets while you can.”...link.

#1 This day 1974-----Elton John - Bennie And The Jets (Official Music Video)

Bill Clinton's supreme NATO screw-up comes back to haunt us - American Thinker

Bill Clinton's supreme NATO screw-up comes back to haunt us - American Thinker

"...the very notion that Russia was headed in the political direction of Western-style "democracy" shows how out of touch Clinton and his foreign policy team were.  

This American hubris was reminiscent of 

• FDR's "hunch" that he could persuade Joseph Stalin to promote postwar stability, or of Woodrow Wilson's belief that Lenin's Bolsheviks, who had thrown off Russia's imperial yoke, were bringing more freedom to Russia; or of 
• Barack Obama's puzzled reaction to Russia's invasion of Crimea in 2014 as a misplaced legacy of the 19th century.  

George Kennan knew better.

...He scorned those in U.S. policy circles — those "doctrinaire and impatient well-wishers" — who envision Russia as "a replica of the Western democratic dream."....Read all.

Self-delusionists!

 

Does Joe Biden need to eat a Snickers or is he just OLD? - TheBlaze

Does Joe Biden need to eat a Snickers or is he just OLD? - TheBlaze: 

According to Joe Biden, Putin's invasion of Ukraine has driven up gas prices and food prices worldwide. The president claims that 70 percent of the increase in inflation was the consequence of Putin's price hike because of the impact on oil prices. However, the notable thing about Biden's speech is less about the words he said and more about how he said them.

Obama slapped with history lesson after claiming he was tough on Russia, had to 'drag' European allies into action - TheBlaze

Obama slapped with history lesson after claiming he was tough on Russia, had to 'drag' European allies into action - TheBlaze: 

Former President Barack Obama was blasted Thursday for "self-serving revisionist history" after claiming he was tough on Russia as president. What happened? While speaking at the "Disinformation and the Erosion of Democracy" conference at the University of Chicago, Obama claimed he was forced to "drag" European allies to take action against Russia for invading and annexing Crimea in 2014.

Environmental group calls for deflating tires of SUVs to combat climate change: target ‘wealthy areas’ SUVs play a large role in climate change, the group says

• Environmental group calls for deflating tires of SUVs to combat climate change: target ‘wealthy areas’
•  SUVs play a large role in climate change, the group says

"A radical environmental group raised a few eyebrows on Twitter after encouraging people to let the tires out of SUVs in an apparent bid to combat climate change.
The group, Adbusters, tweeted step-by-step instructions for the provocation on Wednesday, calling it a "gentle escalation" or ramping up the urgency about climate change.
"Wedge gravel in the tire valves, leaflet the SUV to let them know the tires are flat and why it was done, and walk away. It’s that simple," the group tweeted. "If we organize, we can hit enough SUVs in particular neighborhoods to spark reporting and spread the metameme."...link.

AM Fruitcake

 

Mark Levin: These are impeachable offenses

History for April 11

History for April 11 - On-This-Day.com

Dean G. Acheson 1893

• 1783 - After receiving a copy of the provisional treaty on March 13, the U.S. Congress proclaimed a formal end to hostilities with Great Britain.
• 1898 - U.S. President William McKinley asked Congress for a declaration of war with Spain.
• 1899 - The treaty ending the Spanish-American War was declared in effect.
• 1901 - Construction on the Empire State Building was completed. The building was dedicated and opened on May 1, 1931.
• 1945 - During World War II, American soldiers liberated the Nazi concentration camp of Buchenwald in Germany.
• 1947 - Jackie Robinson became the first black player in major-league history. He played in an exhibition game for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
• 1968 - U.S. President Johnson signed the 1968 Civil Rights Act.
• 1970 - Apollo 13 blasted off on a mission to the moon that was disrupted when an explosion crippled the spacecraft. The astronauts did return safely.
• 1984 - China invaded Vietnam.