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History for August 19

History for August 19 - On-This-Day.com

Bernard Baruch 1870

• 1812 - "Old Ironsides" (the USS Constitution) won a battle against the British frigate Guerriere east of Nova Scotia.
• 1856 - Gail Borden received a patent for his process of condensing milk by vacuum.
• 1909 - The first car race to be run on brick occurred at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
• 1919 - Afghanistan gained independence from Britain.
• 1929 - "Amos and Andy," the radio comedy program, made its debut on NBC starring Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll.
• 1934 - Adolf Hitler was approved for sole executive power in Germany as Fuehrer.
• 2016 - A federal judge ordered Hillary Clinton to answer questions from the watchdog group Judicial Watch in writing about her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state.

Biden climate official sanctioned by science body; accused of putting 'thumb on the scales for friends and family,' using outdated data in paper - TheBlaze

Biden climate official sanctioned by science body; accused of putting 'thumb on the scales for friends and family,' using outdated data in paper - TheBlaze: 

This announcement comes months after House Reps. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.), Stephanie Bice (R-Okla.) and Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.) wrote to President Joe Biden suggesting that Lubchenco's actions "may violate the Administration's principles of scientific integrity," making "her current leadership role very troubling." According to Axios, the NAS reiterated that Lubchenco violated its code of conduct.

The way we were-----This Is Parris Island (1970)

Homeowners Get $18K Electrical Bill for 'Their' Street

German Officials Warn Of Draconian Energy Regulations, "Extremists" Fueling "Mass Protests And Riots" | ZeroHedge

German Officials Warn Of Draconian Energy Regulations, "Extremists" Fueling "Mass Protests And Riots" | ZeroHedge
"As queries for "firewood" have exploded on Google in Germany, and Deutsche Bank predicting that "wood will be used for heating purposes where possible," German officials are now warning of extreme energy rationing measures, along with the potential for "extremists" to fuel national unrest over the deteriorating situation.

• For starters, German Economy Minister and Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck - who previously called on residents to cut back on heating, visits to the sauna, and showers - announced on Friday that public buildings across the country won't be allowed to set heating above 66.2F this fall.
• In addition, buildings and monuments will not longer be lit at night, and there will be curbs on illuminated advertising - while "more savings are also needed in the work environment," he added.
• Habeck's announcement comes just days after the head of Germany's grid regulator, Klaus Mueller, said that German families would need to cut 20% of their normal energy consumption in order to avoid gas shortages by December.

The Justice System Has Gone Beria - American Thinker

The Justice System Has Gone Beria - American Thinker
"...It’s easy to understand why 79% think the DOJ administers unequal justice. 

•  Stacey Abrams claims her 2018 election was stolen and is allowed all over social media; President Trump claims his 2020 election was stolen and gets an FBI investigation and silenced on social media. 
• Hunter Biden committed multiple felonies recorded on video that are completely ignored by the FBI. 
• The 2020 “summer of rage” riots were executed by BLM and Antifa, supported by Dems, yet go uninvestigated. 
• Crime is out of control in dozens of Democrat cities while the FBI and media do nothing. 
• Since Biden’s inauguration, he has ceased enforcing the border and millions of illegals have poured into the U.S. - the FBI and media do nothing; 
• 100,000+ Americans died of drug overdose in 2021, largely due to fentanyl smuggled across the Mexican border, and nothing is done or said. 
•  And following the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, dozens of pro-life pregnancy centers have been systematically vandalized and destroyed, and the FBI refuses to investigate...

Dutch Farmer Protests: Police Arrest Over 100 for Resisting Green Agenda

Dutch Farmer Protests: Police Arrest Over 100 for Resisting Green Agenda: 

Over 100 people have been arrested by police in relation to demonstrations resisting EU green agenda plans that will see Dutch farmers lose their livelihoods. Police in the Netherlands have reportedly arrested over 100 people in relation to protests against EU green agenda measures which will see up to 30 per cent of livestock farms in the country forced to close.

Can You Find the Radius of the Small Yellow Circle? | Step-by-Step Expla...

Defund The FBI! - I & I Editorial Board

Defund The FBI! - I & I Editorial Board
"No, that headline’s not a joke. 

• The Federal Bureau of Investigation, once so popular it had its own TV show solely dedicated to its heroics, has become a hyper-politicized, jackbooted bully that no longer serves the American people or the U.S. Constitution, which its employees are sworn to protect. 

It has become, instead, the intelligence arm and domestic enforcer of the far left..."

Lunch video-----Bf 109 pilot Franz Stigler and B-17 pilot Charlie Brown's first meeting

"Charlie Brown was born in Weston, West Virginia, and eventually became an American pilot during WWII. One day, his plane was severely damaged by German artillery. Franz Stigler was a German pilot who, among other German pilots, saw the damage to Brown’s plane from the ground.

Stigler took his plane in the air, and instead of shooting Brown’s plane down, he flew alongside it and gestured that Brown should try to get to Sweden. Brown and his crew didn’t understand Stigler’s gestures. They decided they should try to make it to England. When Stigler realized their intentions, he flew in formation just above the wing of Brown’s crippled plane, so the Germans wouldn’t target it. Eventually, they flew over open water. Brown, unsure of Stigler’s intentions, asked one of his crew mates to point a gun at Stigler. Stigler got the message, saluted, and flew off.

Basically, Franz Stigler risked his own life to save the enemy. He could have been shot down by Brown’s plane. What’s more, if his own side had caught him protecting the enemy, execution would be a virtual certainty. So Franz Stigler never mentioned the incident to anyone.

Both men survived the war. Charlie Brown moved to Canada in 1953 and became a successful businessman. Forty years after the fact, Charlie Brown, after a tremendous effort, learned the identity of the man in the other plane. The two men were reunited in 1990, and stayed close friends until their deaths, just a few months apart, in 2008.

Their story is the subject of a book entitled, A Higher Call. The book spent 19 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list."

Noon-toon

 

Joe Biden's 2022 Migrant Flood Breaks Records

Joe Biden's 2022 Migrant Flood Breaks Records: 

In all 12 months of fiscal 2021, officials counted 1,734,686 migrants at the border and allowed 671,160 into the United States via various border-law loopholes.

But in the first 10 months of fiscal 2022, border officials have counted 1,946,780 migrants at the border and allowed 1,012,378 economic migrants to seek homes and jobs throughout the United States.

This July, Biden’s deputies admitted 125,403 of the 199,976 arriving migrants. The 2022 admission numbers show a 50 percent jump over 2021, with two months to go.

Both are nation destroying CRIMES!

 

Liz (Honest Abe) Cheney's Net Worth Grew as Much as 600% During Her Time in Office

Liz Cheney's Net Worth Grew as Much as 600% During Her Time in Office

• Rep. Liz Cheney’s (R-WY) net worth ballooned from an estimated $7 million when she first took office in 2017 to possibly more than $44 million in 2020, according to analysis from the Center for Responsive Politics and her most recent financial disclosure forms..."

The elite always get too greedy, too power-crazed.

 

Why are taxpayers forced to fund this intellectual-cesspool?------Less than two percent of Harvard faculty is conservative: survey | The College Fix

Less than two percent of Harvard faculty is conservative: survey | The College Fix
"Less than two percent of Harvard professors are conservative – and most other faculty members are opposed to recruiting more right-leaning academics, according to a survey from the campus newspaper.

• 
  ...According to the survey, only 16 percent of Harvard faculty characterized their views as moderate and 1.5 percent identified as conservative.
  
• ...There is a demand for racial and class diversity, however..."

#1 This day 1955-----Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock (1955) HD

At war with the people!-----Why Merrick Garland Is Losing the People - Victor Davis Hanson

Why Merrick Garland Is Losing the People
"...But almost immediately after his sermon, the

Justice Department and its affiliates were back to their usual selective leaking (“sources say” . . . “according to people familiar with the investigation”) to liberal newspapers.

• In no time, the Washington Post claimed the raid was aimed at finding Trump Administration documents relating to “nuclear secrets.” The now-familiar desired effect was achieved. 
• “Presidential historian” Michael Beschloss quickly tweeted a picture of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, noting that in the past revealing such nuclear secrets had led to the death penalty. 
• Former CIA Director Michael Hayden, previously known for comparing Trump’s border detention facilities to Auschwitz and falsely claiming the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian “disinformation,” replied: “Sounds about right.” That is, without any proof, it was legitimate to imagine that the former president of the United States, like the Rosenbergs, should be executed for passing nuclear secrets..."

Another added to the list freebies demanded by libs.

 

WaPo: Biden's 'Inflation Reduction' Bill Will Not Cut Prices 'Anytime Soon'

WaPo: Biden's 'Inflation Reduction' Bill Will Not Cut Prices 'Anytime Soon': 

President Joe Biden’s “Inflation Reduction Act” will not be cutting consumer prices for working- and middle-class Americans “anytime soon,” the Washington Post admits.

This doesn't seem right.-----Wealthy Khloe Kardashian and Reese Witherspoon got millions in PPP loans they didn't pay back | Daily Mail Online

Wealthy Khloe Kardashian and Reese Witherspoon got millions in PPP loans they didn't pay back | Daily Mail Online

"EXCLUSIVE: It pays to be rich! America's wealthiest, including Tom Brady, Khloe Kardashian, Reese Witherspoon, Kanye and Nancy Pelosi's husband took millions in PPP loans – and nearly all have been forgiven.

• Celebrities including Kanye West, Jay-Z and Khloe Kardashian received millions in government PPP (Payment Protection Program) loans, set up for desperate businesses hit by the Covid pandemic
• DailyMail.com can now reveal the exact amounts that these millionaires took out via the government program
• Kanye West's Yeezy LLC borrowed $2,363,585, with $1,772,689 being spent on payroll for 106 staff
• Khloe Kardashian's denim brand Good American LLC had a loan of $1,245,405 approved on April 14, 2020, mostly for the payroll of 57 workers. The full amount, plus interest, was forgiven
• In most cases, the loans have been 'forgiven' so the full amount, including interest, will not have to be repaid, despite the owners' wealth

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History for August 18

History for August 18 - On-This-Day.com

Martin Mull 1943

• 1227 - The Mongol conqueror Ghengis Khan died.
• 1587 - Virginia Dare became the first child to be born on American soil of English parents. The colony that is now Roanoke Island, NC, mysteriously vanished.
• 1914 - The "Proclamation of Neutrality" was issued by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson. It was aimed at keeping the U.S. out of World War I.
• 1920 - Tennessee ratified the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Amendment guaranteed the right of all American women to vote.
• 1963 - James Meredith graduated from the University of Mississippi. He was the first black man to accomplish this feat.
• 1990 - The first shots were fired by the U.S. in the Persian Gulf Crisis when a U.S. frigate fired rounds across the bow of an Iraqi oil tanker.

Border Patrol nabbed 10 suspects on terror watch list in July alone, bringing this year's total to 66 - TheBlaze

Border Patrol nabbed 10 suspects on terror watch list in July alone, bringing this year's total to 66 - TheBlaze: 

Scott remains hopeful that this latest report regarding terrorist apprehensions will likewise cause a national stir. The number of terrorists apprehended in July, he said, is "beyond red flares." "Those are rocket flashes going on."

The way we were-----Summertime Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong

How the decadence of modern society, as it touches upon gender, mirrors that of the Roman Empire

"Our modern ideas about ‘trans’ women have echoes in the degeneracy of Rome."

Rich dems pouring "free" money into pockets of rich dems!-----Which electric vehicles will qualify for new $7,500 tax credit? - mlive.com

Which electric vehicles will qualify for new $7,500 tax credit? - mlive.com

"...Models included are the 2022 Ford F Series electric pickup, BMW X5, Nissan Leaf, Chevrolet Bolt, Jeep Wrangler plug-in hybrid, and all four Tesla models..."

Betsy McCaughey: Dems Weaponize the IRS to Silence Critics | The Patriot Post

Betsy McCaughey: Dems Weaponize the IRS to Silence Critics | The Patriot Post

• 
  The agency’s magnified clout will be used to muzzle and punish political critics. That’s a serious blow to our freedom.
  
• The public should be frightened that Democrats are passing new legislation to weaponize the already abusive Internal Revenue Service.

GOP Rep. Perry: FBI 'About Intimidating Anyone Who Refuses to Bend the Knee to the Narrative'

GOP Rep. Perry: FBI 'About Intimidating Anyone Who Refuses to Bend the Knee to the Narrative': 

During this week’s broadcast of FNC’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA), who recently had his phone seized by the FBI, argued the FBI and Department of Justice were working to intimidate those who were unwilling to “bend the knee” to the Democratic Party narrative.