History for December 4

History for December 4 - On-This-Day.com 

Francisco Franco 1892

• 1812 - Peter Gaillard patented the power mower.
• 1875 - William Marcy Tweed, the democrat "Boss" of New York City's Tammany Hall political organization, escaped from jail and fled from the U.S.
• 1977 - Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of the Central African Empire, crowned himself emperor in a ceremony believed to have cost more than $100 million. He was deposed 2 years later.
• 1979 - For the second time, the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to urge Iran to free American hostages that had been taken on November 4.
• 1984 - A five-day hijack drama began as four men seized a Kuwaiti airliner en route to Pakistan and forced it to land in Tehran. Two American passengers were killed by the hijackers.
• 1991 - Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson was released after nearly seven years in captivity in Lebanon.
• 1993 - The Angolan government and its UNITA guerrilla foes formally adopted terms for a truce. The conflict was killing an estimated 1,000 people per day.

Frustrated California business owner leads police to home of alleged thief after putting AirTag trackers on merchandise | Blaze Media

Frustrated California business owner leads police to home of alleged thief after putting AirTag trackers on merchandise | Blaze Media: 

A business owner was able to track down an alleged thief who had stolen thousands of dollars of items after putting Apple AirTag trackers on his merchandise. Michael Sullivan, the operations manager for Roger's Garden, told KABC-TV that the nursery in Newport Beach had been hit by a thief several times, and he was caught on video, but police were unable to do anything about it.

The way we were-----Sherlock Holmes: Story Behind the Legend

A true, mass murdering, monster!-----The Absolute Worst Scientist Of All Time - And Why He’s Popular Again

• "Few scientists have caused more death and suffering than Trofim Lysenko.

He was a Soviet botanist whose ideas around genetics (i.e., he didn’t believe in it) led to massive famines across multiple decades when Josef Stalin promoted his ideas across the country.

And yet… He’s becoming popular again.

Why? Let’s look at it.

When you've lost CBS!-----Americans need an extra $11,400 today just to afford the basics, Republican analysis finds - CBS News

Americans need an extra $11,400 today just to afford the basics, Republican analysis finds - CBS News - BY AIMEE PICCHI

"The typical American household must spend an additional $11,434 annually just to maintain the same standard of living they enjoyed in January of 2021, right before inflation soared to 40-year highs, according to a recent analysis of government data...

Night of the Living Ed: Zombie Public Schools, Drained of Pandemic Lifeblood, Haunt the Land | RealClearInvestigations

Night of the Living Ed: Zombie Public Schools, Drained of Pandemic Lifeblood, Haunt the Land | RealClearInvestigations - By Vince Bielski

"Call them “zombie” schools.
A significant but unknown number of public schools across the U.S., particularly in big cities, have lost so many students in the last half-decade that many of their classrooms sit empty. 

Gone is the loud clatter of students bursting through crowded hallways and slamming lockers.

• The harm from these half-empty schools is inflicted directly on all students in a district...

But nothing in public education is more controversial and difficult than closing a neighborhood school...which also tend to be the worst academic performers in districts, are just a prelude of the reckoning to come, according to interviews with school leaders, researchers, educators, and charter officials.

• ...But the $190 billion lifeline – called the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund – ends next September...

Fact Check: Gavin Newsom Says Crime in California 'At 50-Year Lows'

Fact Check: Gavin Newsom Says Crime in California 'At 50-Year Lows': 

CLAIM: Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) says crime hit “50-year lows” in California, despite higher crime rates than the national average.

VERDICT: MOSTLY FALSE. National rates overall are lower than decades ago, but crime in California has risen in recent years.

Diversity is our strength; a modern myth explored

Lunch video-----The SAT Question Everyone Got Wrong

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Bank Executive Destroys New York's Case Against Trump in Loan Case: 'Not Unusual'

Bank Executive Destroys New York's Case Against Trump in Loan Case: 'Not Unusual': 

The evidence shows that banks made money on these loans, which were paid off either early or on time. In fact, none of the banks complained about the Trump organization’s estimations, which were accompanied by a warning that the banks should not rely on those estimates.

Moreover, James is seeking to kill a corporation once viewed as iconic in New York, not just by denying the certificates for the Trumps to do business in the city but by imposing $250 million in penalties for money that no one actually lost.

Elections matter!

 

Ummm, EVERY democrat controlled city in the USA!-----NY Times: Don’t Worry About the $112.1B in Shoplifting, It’s a Right-Wing Narrative

NY Times: Don’t Worry About the $112.1B in Shoplifting, It’s a Right-Wing Narrative - By Bob Hoge

"The New York Times has developed a well-deserved reputation for gaslighting its readers by scorning narratives that don’t fit its increasingly left bent. 

Once considered the foremost news organization in the country and possibly the world, it has descended into a woke blog whose stories more often seem to emanate from a fledgling college student rather than from actual expert reporters.

• To wit, I received the following newsletter in my email recently: “We’re covering claims of a shoplifting boom… Viral exaggerations.”

Really, NY Slimes? 

• It’s the right-wing media who are concocting this crisis out of thin air, we’ve “pounced on it," as they love to say—it’s not actually a serious consideration?

Don’t worry about it, they report:

Target and other retail chains have warned of widespread theft. News outlets have amplified the story. On social media, people have posted videos of thieves looting stores.

But the increase in shoplifting appears to be limited to a few cities, rather than being truly national...

"...shock pivot"

 

"Science"?!!-----The Hallett Inquiry - Now we have the mask double flip flop

The Hallett Inquiry - Now we have the mask double flip flop
"...We follow the trajectory of the statements on the use of masks made by Dame Jenny Harries, England’s deputy chief medical officer at the height of the pandemic and now chief executive of the United Kingdom Health Security Authority (UKHSA)...
At the pandemic's beginning, Dame Jenny had a cosy fireside chat with Mr Boris Johnson, the then Prime Minister (PM). 

• Dame Jenny reassured the PM that mass gatherings were not a danger to the spread of the virus.
• Dame Jenny added that “it’s usually quite a bad idea to wear a mask” if a healthcare professional hasn’t asked you to wear one.” The message was repeated on the BBC as mask usage could “trap the virus.” According to the Independent, Harries stated that mask usage could increase the risk of infection.

Here is an excellent video summary of Harries’ early 2020 mask statements.

• Along the way, she dismissed the idea of closing schools, which were duly shut a few days later.

But then, mask-wise, everything changed, as we have documented in our partial timeline.

#1 This day 1959-----Bobby Darin "Mack The Knife" on The Ed Sullivan Show

Get US out of the UN!-----What does @UN_Women gain from refusing to condemn the mass rapes and murders of women on October 7?

What does @UN_Women gain from refusing to condemn the mass rapes and murders of women on October 7?

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Angry dad says son has been 'pretty devastated' since Deadspin writer accused 9-year-old of wearing blackface to Chiefs game | Blaze Media

Angry dad says son has been 'pretty devastated' since Deadspin writer accused 9-year-old of wearing blackface to Chiefs game | Blaze Media: 

The father of Holden Armenta — the 9-year-old boy accused by Deadspin writer Carron J. Phillips of wearing blackface to a Kansas City Chiefs game over the weekend — told Fox News' Jesse Watters that he's "mad" and "upset" about the toll the rather dubious controversy has taken on his son.

"He's pretty devastated," Holden's dad Bubba said of his son, adding that it was his "dream to get on the Jumbotron" for the game.

A nice, albeit sad story of an American family-----Frail Father Battling Cancer Walks His Daughter to Be Crowned Homecoming Queen | The Epoch Times

Frail Father Battling Cancer Walks His Daughter to Be Crowned Homecoming Queen | The Epoch Times - Louise Chambers

• A doting father battling cancer has summoned all his strength for a very special moment. 

"Determined to show his love and pride for his youngest daughter, he walked her across her school's football field as she was crowned homecoming queen.

• High school sweethearts Carrie, 48, and Brett Yancey, 47, have been married for 25 years and have three daughters, 24-year-old nurse Savannah, 21-year-old student Sydney, and 17-year-old Sarakate, a senior at Southside High School, Alabama.

Mr. Yancey was diagnosed with esophageal cancer at the age of 41, and after a year in remission following a successful surgery, the cancer returned and spread. 

Despite his declining health, when Sarakate was named homecoming queen in her senior year, the doting dad knew that he wanted to make the 50-yard walk with his daughter to receive her crown...

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History for December 3

History for December 3 - On-This-Day.com 

Joseph Conrad 1857

• 1828 - Andrew Jackson was elected president of the United States.
• 1833 - Oberlin College in Ohio opened as the first truly coeducational school of higher education in the United States.
• 1931 - Alka Seltzer was sold for the first time.
• 1950 - Paul Harvey began his national radio broadcast.
• 1967 - In Cape Town, South Africa, a team of surgeons headed by Dr. Christian Barnard, performed the first human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky. Washkansky only lived 18 days.
• 1992 - The UN Security Council unanimously approved a U.S.-led military mission to help starving Somalians.

Hamas branded Israeli child hostages in case they escaped, relative says

Hamas branded Israeli child hostages in case they escaped, relative says: 

Brothers Yagil Yaakov, 12, and Or Yaakov, 16, were freed Wednesday during a temporary cease-fire that saw the release of approximately 110 hostages. Their uncle said the terrorists branded each boy by using the exhaust pipe of a motorcycle to identify them in case they escaped, the Times of Israel reported. "They told us stories about what they went through inside Gaza. The stories are horrible," Yaniv Yaakov said in North Macedonia with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen. "Each child that was taken by Hamas was taken on a motorbike, and they took every child, took his leg and put it on the exhaust of that motorbike, so they have a burn, so they will be marked if they run, if they escape, so [Hamas] can find them."

The way we were-----The Last News of the Third Reich | March 22, 1945 Goebbels' Final Newsle...

Close contact spread

A warning! Plus much more at link.-----Highlights of the week - Don Surber

Highlights of the week - Don Surber

"ITEM 2: Bloomberg News uncovered a secret plan by terrorists to destroy the Snake River dams.

Bloomberg reported, “A draft agreement negotiated behind closed doors by the Biden administration and advocates of tearing down the lower Snake River dams says the science is clear on removing the dams.

“In what some are calling a secret plan developed with four tribes, Washington and Oregon, the federal government would spend more than $1 billion to prepare for breaching the four hydroelectric dams and to promote fish populations.”

The dams provide cheap, carbon-neutral electricity.

• Eventually, Democrats will have us living in caves — this time without fire.

The science ain't settled!-----Vaccinated People More Likely to Suffer Blood Disorders, Ear Disease: Studies | The Epoch Times

Vaccinated People More Likely to Suffer Blood Disorders, Ear Disease: Studies | The Epoch Times

• People who received COVID-19 vaccines at higher risk of a range of conditions, South Korean researchers find. - By Zachary Stieber

"People who received a COVID-19 vaccine were more likely to suffer a range of conditions, including a lack of blood cells being produced and ear disease, according to new studies.
Researchers in South Korea analyzed data from the Korean National Health Insurance Service to examine whether vaccinated or unvaccinated people had experienced higher rates of dozens of adverse events, including menstrual disorder, ear disease, and aplastic anemia...

Iowa mom vs. Department of Health and Human Services | Blaze Media

Iowa mom vs. Department of Health and Human Services | Blaze Media: 

Emily Donlin is an Iowa mother who is under investigation by the Department of Health and Human Services because her infant’s umbilical cord tested positive for cocaine.

The only thing is Emily has never done cocaine in her entire life. In fact, she’s so holistic she doesn’t even take over-the-counter painkillers or vaccinate her children.

How on Earth did this happen?

Allie Beth Stuckey invites Emily on the show to share her most disturbing story.

Can it be true that Net Zero and climate change are starting to be seen ...

"Rishi Sunak has begun, in a very small way, ditching some of the so-called ‘green’ agenda. 

With luck, this signals a change in perspective.

CNN: ‘It’s Time to Limit Travel’ for Climate Change

CNN: ‘It’s Time to Limit Travel’ for Climate Change - BEN BARTEE

"Futurist utopians once envisioned a destiny for humanity populated with flying cars, endless leisure time, and human fulfillment...

 “Progress” was sold as the great liberator of humanity.

• That narrative has collapsed slowly over time, incrementally, replaced with “shut up, eat your bugs, and die in your coffin apartment, peasant.”...

Via CNN (emphasis added):

...The summer saw record-breaking heatwaves across many parts of the world...Experts attributed these extreme conditions to climate change.

Tourism is part of the problem...some are suggesting drastic changes to our travel habits are inevitable. In a report from 2023 that analyzed the future of sustainable travel, tour operator Intrepid Travel proposed that “carbon passports” will soon become a reality if the tourism industry hopes to survive.

• ...This is critical to remember: the amount of social control they will exercise in the name of “climate change” or Public Health™ or whatever cause is directly tied to what they believe they can get away with. 
• There is no ceiling to the totalitarian control they would like to exercise. The sky’s the limit. 

Popular blowback — the peasants armed with pitchforks — is literally the only check on their power.