Opposing Tyranny
The “migration crisis” continues apace in Europe. Boat people, including children, are still drowning off the coast of Greece. And the coast guards of various European nations are still rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean. Meanwhile, Slovakia, the Netherlands, and other European countries have jumped on the bandwagon and reinstituted border controls.
In other news, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott was ousted from within his own party (the Conservatives) as both party leader and Prime Minister by Malcolm Turnbull. It is thought that Mr. Turnbull’s accession will help expedite gay marriage in Australia.
On this day in 1966 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack by Charles Whitman at the University of Texas at Austin, wrote a letter to Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation.…
Even as Germany closes its border with Austria in an attempt to slow down the flood of “migration”, native Europeans continue to gather en masse to celebrate and welcome the refugees. More demonstrations in support of migrants took place in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, and other Western European countries. Meanwhile, Canada says that it will donate aid money to help Syrian refugees, but it will not take any more in.
In other news, leaders of the Scottish Nationalist Party are planning another referendum on independence, which they hope will take place before the next regional elections in 2016.
…On this day in 1814 the poem Defence of Fort McHenry was written by Francis Scott Key.…
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Needless to say, the European “migration crisis” dominates tonight’s news. Mass rallies in support of the “refugees” took place in Britain, Denmark, Germany, and Austria. Mass rallies opposed to immigration took place in Slovakia, Hungary, and several cities in Poland. The new Iron Curtain, or so it seems.
Meanwhile, Hungary has completed its fence along the Serbian border, Austria has stopped the flow of refugees coming in from Hungary, and a Turk rammed his car into a crowd of Kurds in Bern, killing two people and injuring an unknown number (that last one is not in the feed, but Vlad gave me some video links).
In other news, an engineer from the Bin Laden Group says that there was no technical fault responsible for yesterday’s crane collapse in Mecca. He insists that the tragedy can only be described as an act of Allah.…
On this day in 70 AD Romans under Titus sacked Jerusalem. Many gold artifacts from the temple were carried off to Rome as plunder.…
On this day in 1876 in Northfield, Minnesota, the James-Younger Gang attempted to rob the town's bank but were driven off by armed citizens.…
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On this day in 1620 the Pilgrims set sail from Plymouth, England for the new world. They originally wanted to land in the Carolinas but wound up in MA instead. But they did not turn around when they realized their error…
On this day in 1888 George Eastman registered the trademark Kodak and received a patent for his camera that used roll film.
On this day in 1783 The American Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
On this day in 1803 Lewis and Clark started their expedition to the west leaving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at 11 in the morning.
It’s easy to come up with a list of the GOP’s conservative promises…. (repeal Obamacare, stop executive amnesty, etc.)…the hard part is finding a promise they haven’t broken…and not just recently. The GOP has not only passively broken their promises—but they’re ACTIVELY helping the other team.…
…On this day in 1942 Walt Disney's fifth full-length animated film, Bambi, was released to theaters.…
…On this day in 1935 Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.…
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…On this day in 1929 Babe Ruth hit his 500th home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.…
The Tablet, a prominent Jewish magazine, accused the Obama White House of using Nazi-style attacks on Jews who disagree with the foolish nuclear deal with the Iranian regime. …
The notion that Trump or ANY external source is destroying the GOP—is absolute nonsense. The GOP wounds are self-inflicted, and these guys are sounding more and more like Obama, blaming others for their own failures.
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…On this day in 1901, The U.S. Steel Recognition Strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers began. Like most of the early labor organizations this union was largely communist. This strike failed. In fact it left the steel workers in worse shape than they were before the strike. Eventually the unions succeeded in organizing the steel companies. And eventually the steel companies went out of business and all production moved to non-union mills overseas.
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