Opposing Tyranny

…On this day in 1836 Samuel Colt was granted a United States patent for the Colt revolver.

…On this day in 1917 The U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom was given the infamous Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledged to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declared war on the United States. This provided an impetus for the US to enter WWI.

…Thank goodness the weekend is here and along with the shameless politicization of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS comes the revelation that the school's armed resource officer, Scot Peterson, whose job it is to defend the students and teachers from what happened nine days ago waited outside the school for a full six minutes as the gunman went on his rampage. Is it too soon to call him "the Broward Coward" and "Sheriff Quick-Withdraw?" …

…As we head into Thursday, the top story continues to be the predictable Leftist opportunism of turning a crisis into a political opportunity. This time, grieving children are being used as nothing more than props to push for the other Democrat-Leftist holy grail of the abolition of our right to keep and bear arms.…

…On this day in 1848 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published The Communist Manifesto. It has failed miserably in every place it has been tried. It has also been forced on the population against their will in every place it has been tried. However, its intermediate step between capitalism and communism runs rampant all over the world including the US. It just takes longer to fail.

…On this day in 1933 the Congress of the United States proposed the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution that would end Prohibition in the United States on ratification. 'Proposed' means that 2/3 of both houses voted for the new amendment.

…An abundance of links for this Monday holiday so I shall endeavor to be brief so you can read them, or the comments, as is your wont.…

…On this day in 1959 the first weather satellite Vanguard 2 was launched.

For all you morons wondering where Vic is, he's in the hospital. He went for a follow-up apt about his prostate on Wednesday, and fell while he was there. They took him to the emergency rm for evaluation & then admitted him to the hospital. One of the drugs they gave him in an effort to shrink the prostate causes dizziness. He'd also been having problems with diarrhea and hadn't been eating much.

I was in Myrtle Beach visiting some friends when this happened, so I cut my visit short & came back.

He has a viral infection that they want to knock out & his blood pressure was low, so they want to get that under control, too. He will have an operation on his prostate, but we don't have the date yet.

I'll try to keep you posted.

Good morning kids. Happy St. Valentine's Day. Let's get right to it. First up we tackle the anti-Trump insurrection…

…On this day in 1991 The US dropped two laser-guided "smart bombs" and destroyed the Amiriyah shelter in Baghdad. Allied forces said the bunker was being used as a military communications outpost, The enemy US press bemoaned the Araqi claims of over 400 Iraqi civilians inside were killed.

…The last sentence of the previous email: “with any piece of new gear—there’s a brief period for working out bugs—we’re in that process now.”…

…On this day in 1954 President Dwight Eisenhower warned against United States intervention in Vietnam. But when he left office he had sent 900 military advisers there.…

…On this day in 1993 General Motors sued NBC after Dateline NBC allegedly rigged two crashes intended to demonstrate that some GM pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settled the lawsuit the next day. The crash and fire was a setup.