History for November 19

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

Dick Cavett 1936

• 1850 - The first life insurance policy for a woman was issued. Carolyn Ingraham, 36 years old, bought the policy in Madison, NJ.
• 1863 - U.S. President Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania.
• 1954 - Two automatic toll collectors were placed in service on the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey.
• 1959 - Ford Motor Co. announced it was ending the production of the unpopular Edsel.
• 1970 - Hafiz al-Assad seized power in Syria.
• 1993 - The U.S. Senate approved a sweeping $22.3 billion anti-crime measure.
• 2007 - The Amazon Kindle was first released.

Tucker Carlson is in SPAIN joining protests against tyranny | Blaze Media

Tucker Carlson is in SPAIN joining protests against tyranny | Blaze Media: 

“If your government is allowing foreigners to come in and hurt you, they’re committing war against you,” he continued. “Our news media doesn't report a lot of things, and in our time here, it's very obvious that the socialists in alliance with the separatists are trying to end the rule of law in Spain. If you don't have freedom of speech, you don't have the freedom to defend yourself, and you can't vote your way out of it. The system is rigged, and you're in real trouble.”

The way we were-----The Japanese Had Begun Calling Them Devil Boats And The Mosquito Fleet

Great Moments in Unintended Consequences: Gun Buybacks, Poppy Payday, CA...

Highlights of the week - Don Surber-Read it all!

Highlights of the week - Don Surber

• Maybe turning the state into Michighanistan was not a good idea.

ITEM 1: AP reported, “Federal authorities in New York announced on Wednesday the largest-ever seizure of counterfeit goods, consisting of handbags, shoes and other luxury merchandise valued at more than $1 billion.”
That’s good because when New Yorkers loot a store, they should get the real thing, not some cheap knockoff...
ITEM 8: The Washington Free Beacon reported, “The Biden administration may approve a sanctions waiver on Tuesday that will allow Iran to access at least $10 billion in previously frozen funds held in Iraq, a closely watched decision that comes just a month after the Tehran-backed terror group Hamas launched an attack on Israel that left 1,200 dead.”
If Palestinians had murdered twice as many, would Biden have given Iran $20 billion?
ITEM 9: The Detroit News reported, “Hundreds of members of Detroit’s Jewish community flew to Washington, D.C., to march in solidarity with Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza on Tuesday, but some of them say they had trouble participating because of what they said was a malicious walk-off by some bus drivers.” Maybe turning the state into Michighanistan was not a good idea...

Mark J. Perry on X: "For every 100 girls/women....

Mark J. Perry on X: "For every 100 girls/women.

Bud Light marketing executive resigns as sales continue to collapse over transgender controversy | Blaze Media

Bud Light marketing executive resigns as sales continue to collapse over transgender controversy | Blaze Media: 

Seven months after Bud Light's transgender campaign debacle erupted, Anheuser-Busch InBev's top marketing executive is leaving the company. The company said Wednesday that its U.S. chief marketing officer Benoit Garbe will resign by the end of the year in order "to embark on a new chapter in his career."

Brigitte Gabriel's Epic and Brilliant Answer To "Most Muslims Are Peaceful

Solar Panels Are Three Times More Carbon-Intensive Than IPCC Claims

Solar Panels Are Three Times More Carbon-Intensive Than IPCC Claims - C. P. COLUM AND
LEA BOOTH

"...Last August, in an amalgamation of “The Green New Deal” meets “Build Back Better,” President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act gifted the renewables industry with billions of dollars worth of taxpayer-funded subsidies.

• What few backing the bill realized was that the largest beneficiary would likely be China due to its expansive grip on the global solar photovoltaic (PV) industry. 
• Worse than that, it might end up misdirecting the world’s clean energy efforts into dirtier than appreciated energy technologies because of the country’s ongoing dependence on coal-fired energy...

Lunch video-----7 Things pro-Palestinians Forgot to Tell You (...this war is not about l...

Noon-toon

Speaker Johnson silences CNBC anchor with history lesson for trying to weaponize prayer against him | Blaze Media

Speaker Johnson silences CNBC anchor with history lesson for trying to weaponize prayer against him | Blaze Media: 

As Johnson explained, Jefferson believed that through these two clauses, the founding fathers build "a wall between church and state" — a wall meant to keep government out of the free exercise of religion, not faith out of government.

They neither respect us nor fear us.

 

ACT test scores drop to lowest level in 30 years

ACT test scores drop to lowest level in 30 years

"Average ACT scores have hit a 30-year low, according to a new report.
(Gray News) – The average Composite score on the ACT test for the class of 2023 has fallen to 19.5 out of 36, according to a report...

• The average scores in three of the four subjects featured on the test - mathematics, reading and science - were below the ACT College Readiness Benchmarks. 

The benchmarks are the minimum ACT test scores required for students taking the test to have a high probability of success in college...
ACT CEO Janet Godwin said this is the sixth consecutive year of declines in average scores.

• The graduating seniors who met none of the ACT College Readiness Benchmarks climbed to historic highs in 2023, with only 21% of students meeting all four benchmarks...

Priorities!

 

Scientists Skeptical of Anthropogenic Global Warming | Blaming climate change for every tragic weather event is easy and convenient | Facebook

Scientists Skeptical of Anthropogenic Global Warming  - John

"Blaming climate change for every tragic weather event is easy and convenient. 

However, this can be a dangerous oversimplification that ignores the role of policy and infrastructure failures in exacerbating these disasters.

• For instance, the devastating floods in Germany in 2021 were not caused by climate change, but by the failure of local and regional governments to adequately manage floodplains and build resilient infrastructure.
• Similarly, the wildfires in Maui in 2023 were fueled by a combination of failed infrastructure and poor land management practices.

Climate Change Dispatch · Blaming climate change for every disaster hides the real reasons for these calamities: govt. negligence and green policies.

CLIMATECHANGEDISPATCH.COM

Climatologist: Scapegoating Climate Change For Every Disaster Hides The Real Culprits

#1 This day 1985-----Starship - We Built This City (Official Music Video)

Oh, Really? Mexico “Categorically Rejects” New Immigration Laws in Texas

Oh, Really? Mexico “Categorically Rejects” New Immigration Laws in Texas - KAREN TOWNSEND

SB 4 makes crossing the border into Texas illegally from Mexico a state crime. 

Local and state officials will be authorized to deport illegal immigrants. 

What a novel approach, right? 

Those who come here illegally and bypass the legal process will not be allowed to stay here. 

No one gets to jump the line over those who are following the law.

• The Mexican government said it “categorically rejects” Texas’ latest proposal to arrest and deport immigrants to Mexico...

Odd they'd conflate the two "phobias". Or just business as usual for the media.

 

Jordan Peterson corners Maher question no Dem will answer | Blaze Media

Jordan Peterson corners Maher question no Dem will answer | Blaze Media: 

After expounding on the “idiot meta-Marxism” that has taken over universities throughout the West, Peterson laid out a simple question that no Democrat will answer.

“One of the things the Democrats also have to pay the price for, I would say, is their absolute refusal to draw a line between the modern Democrats and the extremists,” Peterson begins to Bill Maher and his panel.

Clarice Feldman - David Bernstein: The Washington Post is just... | Facebook

Clarice Feldman - David Bernstein: The Washington Post is just... | Facebook

"David Bernstein: The Washington Post is just doing straight up Hamas propaganda now. 

Headline: Israel's War on Gaza Separates Palestinian Babies from their Mothers. 

• Start with the first clause, "Israel's War on Gaza." 
• A somewhat less biased would be "Israeli's War against Hamas in Gaza." A relatively neutral headline would start "Israel-Hamas War..." 
• Non-neutral but still accurate headlines could be "Hamas's Refusal to Release Hostages and Surrender" or "War Started by Hamas Massacre..." 
• But the Post went with the most inflammatory, anti-Israel version.

Second, while it's really sad when mothers and babies get separated, assumedly this happens in any war when people have to flee the warzone. 

• Has the Post *ever* had a story focusing specifically on the separation of mothers and babies in any other war, including wars involving the US? 

I'll put all my money on "no." 

Like I said, straight up Hamas propaganda."

AM Fruitcake

History for November 18

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

Alan Shepard, Jr. 1923

• 1928 - The first successful sound-synchronized animated cartoon premiered in New York. It was Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie," starring Mickey Mouse.
• 1959 - William Wyler's "Ben-Hur" premiered at Loew's Theater in New York City's Times Square.
• 1966 - U.S. Roman Catholic bishops did away with the rule against eating meat on Fridays.
• 1969 - Apollo 12 astronauts Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. and Alan L. Bean landed on the lunar surface during the second manned mission to the moon.
• 1976 - The parliament of Spain approved a bill that established a democracy after 37 years of dictatorship.
• 1988 - U.S. President Reagan signed major legislation provided the death penalty for drug traffickers who kill.

Mob attacks Detroit first responders, damaging fire truck and preventing EMS from assisting fatal car crash victims quickly | Blaze Media

Mob attacks Detroit first responders, damaging fire truck and preventing EMS from assisting fatal car crash victims quickly | Blaze Media: 

Firefighters, medics, and other first responders arrived on the scene "really fast," according to Shawn Ley of WDIV-TV. However, they were prevented from accessing the mangled vehicle and the people trapped inside by a large crowd that had gathered in a parking lot nearby. For some reason, members of the mob were angry at the first responders and began throwing rocks and other objects at them.

The way we were-----Casey Kasem's American Top 40 – October 20, 1984

Deaths in Young Surged 34% in 2022 | No One Knows Why?

Target Promotes ‘GayCruella’ To ‘LGBTQIA+ Segmentation Strategist’ Amid Abysmal Sales From Pride Backlash

Target Promotes ‘GayCruella’ To ‘LGBTQIA+ Segmentation Strategist’ Amid Abysmal Sales From Pride Backlash - By Amanda Harding 

"Target has appeared to double down on its acceptance of radical gender theory despite a second straight negative sales report following backlash to its Pride-themed products earlier this year.
Target reportedly selected a man named Erik Thompson as its Senior LGBTQIA+ Segmentation Strategist and Pride Lead, according to a post he shared on Instagram that was flagged by popular X account Libs of TikTok. 

Thompson, who goes by “gaycruella” on the social media platform, shared with followers that he was “honored” to accept the role.

“Time to whip out the Glitter & Hellfire flamethrowers and rip that old world to shreds darlings,” the self-described Target corporate employee shared. “Let’s flip that script and rewrite that narrative. This time for ~ALL Guests, ALL Humans & ALL Hearts...

Our enemies have purchased our universities!-----Why the Woke Anti-Semitism?

Why the Woke Anti-Semitism? Victor Davis Hanson @VDHanson

"What exactly explains the campus hypocrisy and moral vacuity that fuels both DEI and anti-Semitism? 

...Under their new reparatory admissions, so-called whites make up only 20-40 percent of incoming classes, and as a result Jews are increasingly scarce at tony universities. 

Faculty DEI hiring matches the emerging student profile. 

In addition, foreign students pay full tuition and are courted, especially those with petro-fueled scholarships. 

The transcendent DEI/cultural Marxist ideology that has absorbed the curricula and culture of campuses postulates a bifurcated, victim/victimizer reductionism: Israelis and Jews are Western, white, and successful—and thus hated, while their supposed victims are not, and are thus sympathetic. 

Ergo, there is an increasing hostility of DEI toward Jews...

size of protest is so massive, you have to see it believe it | Blaze Media

size of protest is so massive, you have to see it believe it | Blaze Media: 

As you likely know, pro-Palestinian protests are occurring across the globe, especially in major cities – including London.

Dave Rubin plays the clip of a recent rally in London, where a sea of what he calls “terrorist sympathizers” gathered to support the crusade against Israel.

Man Washes Car: Gets Charged w/Felonies