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…On this day in 1922 Tarzan swam the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the minute barrier.…
…On this day in 1932 the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.…
On this day in 1928 sliced bread was sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
… On this day in 1189 Richard I "the Lionheart" acceded to the English throne.…
…On this day in 1687 Isaac Newton published Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.…
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Had a busy weekend. News has piled up, but links have lagged. I'll get to what I can the next few days. Expect late and retro-added links.
Charlie Daniels, Bill Whittle, Krauthammer, much more
…On this day in 1897 Guglielmo Marconi obtained a patent for the radio in London. Widespread use of the radio for commercial broadcasting began in the 20s.…
…On this day in 1870 U.S. Grant signed into law an act of the radical Republicans in Congress creating a new federal bureaucracy, the Department of Justice. It immediately began growing by leaps and bounds.…
…On this day in 1882 Charles J. Guiteau was hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield. Interesting man Mr Guiteau. His life was a litany of miserable failure and he was probably a mental case. He pleaded insanity as a defense but only during the shooting. In those days juries and courts were better.…
…On this day in 1956 the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 was signed, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.…
Today is Sunday, June 28, 2015. On this day in 1894 Labor Day became an official US holiday.
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Real Life Things have been keeping me away from blogging much lately. Mostly good real life things, though.
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Krauthammer: SCOTUS Gay Marriage Decision ‘Is a Huge Loss for Democracy’
PJTV: SCOTUS Handyman: John Roberts Fixes Broken Laws
Hillary Clinton’s passionate Defense of Traditional Marriage
PJ Media: Hillary Clinton, Who Opposed Gay Marriage Until 2013, Is Totes ‘Proud’ of Today’s SCOTUS Ruling
Newsmax, Malzberg | Andrew McCarthy discusses Freddie Gray Autopsy Report and the recent SCOTUS rulings
Krauthammer and Ben Carson on Supreme Court decision to uphold ObamaCare subsidies
Megyn Kelly, Richard Fowler Engage In Epic Duel Over SPLC’s ‘Women Against Islam’ Hate List
PJ Media: SPLC Issues Hit List of 12 Conservative Women Who Speak Out Against Radical Islam
NY Times: Right-Wing Extremists More Dangerous Than Jihadis
Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey has a few things to say about that
Carly Fiorina answers viewers’ questions
Steve Malzburg Show, Newsmax: Rob Astorino on Socially Engineered Neighborhoods
Via Right Reason, Obama’s Forced Diversity in Housing Is Not a New Development
PJTV: Black Racism Infinitely More Pervasive Than White Racism
Colin Flaherty: “He aint do no wrong: He just shot a cop. Thassall.”
No links today due to sleeping late. … However I note that 5 assholes in black robes have rewritten the Constitution to assert federal authority over marriage. I do not see anything in my copy of the Constitution that says the federal government has any authority over marriage. …
…On this day in 1870 Christmas became an official holiday in the US.…
…On this day in 1998 in Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 was unconstitutional. So why is Obama getting away with selective enforcement of laws and making new laws on it own?…
…On this day in 1916 Mary Pickford became the first female film star to sign a million dollar contract. …
In 2014, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) urged the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to shut down computer systems which were operating without a current security authorization. OIG specifically warned the breach of some of the systems could have “national security implications.”…
…On this day in 1868 a new invention called the type writer was patented by Christopher Sholes and a new occupation for women was started.…
Nice Deb's weekly video collection (Retro-added)
Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, who gained worldwide fame for a “selfie” taken with President Obama at the funeral of Nelson Mandela, has resigned her post, and has also stepped down as the leader of the Social Democrats. Ms. Thorning-Schmidt’s party was bested in this week’s elections by a bloc of center-right parties, in which the Danish People’s Party was the largest winner.
In other news, a stowaway in the wheel well of a British Airways flight from South Africa to the UK fell to his death on a London rooftop as the plane made its descent to land at Heathrow. A man who accompanied him survived, and is recovering in a hospital.
Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, who gained worldwide fame for a “selfie” taken with President Obama at the funeral of Nelson Mandela, has resigned her post, and has also stepped down as the leader of the Social Democrats. Ms. Thorning-Schmidt’s party was bested in this week’s elections by a bloc of center-right parties, in which the Danish People’s Party was the largest winner.
In other news, a stowaway in the wheel well of a British Airways flight from South Africa to the UK fell to his death on a London rooftop as the plane made its descent to land at Heathrow. A man who accompanied him survived, and is recovering in a hospital.
…The left is basking in the horror as they try to make political hay is as predictable as night following day. My pledge to you is that, at least for this day, you will not read about it on this post.…
The European Central Bank says that it is not sure whether Greek banks will be able to open for business on Monday. Greek depositors have been withdrawing money from banks at a record rate — more than €2 billion over the first three days of the week. The ECB says the banks will be open tomorrow (Friday), but Monday is not a certainty.
In other news, UK police in Watford, Hertfordshire arrested a white man for wearing a black burka and carrying suspicious rucksacks. One of the rucksacks featured an image of Peppa the Pig on the outside.
A young man named Fareed Mumuni was arrested on Staten Island today after he attacked an FBI agent with a knife. The agent was one of a team who came to search Mr. Mumuni’s home as part of an investigation into his support for ISIS. Mr. Mumuni was said to be an associate of Munther Omar Saleh, who was arrested over the weekend in Queens, also for attacking law enforcement officers with a knife.
In other news, the owner of an Austrian brothel is offering his clients free sessions with the young ladies under his charge, as a form of protest over what he says are unreasonably high taxes imposed by the government on his business.
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