History for May 17

History for May 17 - On-This-Day.com 

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini 1900

• 1756 - Britain declared war on France, beginning the French and Indian War.
• 1792 - The New York Stock Exchange was founded at 70 Wall Street by 24 brokers.
• 1875 - The first Kentucky Derby was run at Louisville, KY.
• 1881 - Frederick Douglass was appointed recorder of deeds for Washington, DC.
• 1932 - The U.S. Congress changed the name "Porto Rico" to "Puerto Rico."
• 1940 - Germany occupied Brussels, Belgium and began the invasion of France.

Web of 'Chinese Spies' Has Fully Infiltrated Prestigious US University, Student Investigation Finds

Web of 'Chinese Spies' Has Fully Infiltrated Prestigious US University, Student Investigation Finds: 

A bombshell investigation by the Stanford Review, published May 7, has uncovered what it described as a widespread Chinese espionage operation at Stanford University. The student-led probe alleged that the Chinese Communist Party has deeply infiltrated the prestigious institution. The investigation, first reported by the Review, drew on over a dozen interviews conducted between July 2024 and April 2025. Interviewees included Stanford faculty, students, and independent experts on Chinese intelligence operations.

The way we were-----15 Forgotten One Hit Wonders From 1966

WTH!!-----Michigan's Attorney General Launched a 'Hate Crimes Unit' to Put Conservatives Under Surveillance

In 2020, CNN's Jake Tapper completely dismissed Lara Trump when she mentioned Biden’s cognitive decline.

Now, he’s cashing in with a book about Biden’s cognitive decline, the cover-up, and "his disastrous choice to run again." - Fox News

She calls out the “audacity” of legacy media’s double standard: 

“How anyone is going to buy Jake Tapper’s book and trust him at all is beyond me...”

Diesel Generators powering wind turbine farms is peak level insanity.

What a scam. - Linda Traitz

What a concept: All the DEI money Biden used in Justice Department getting redirected to actually fight crime * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh

What a concept: All the DEI money Biden used in Justice Department getting redirected to actually fight crime * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh: 

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi will not waste taxpayer money on those numerous "diversity, equity, inclusion" projects launched under the Joe Biden administration, according to a new report. A Justice Department official has told Fox News those funds are now in the process of being moved to budget categories that target criminals.

Great Moments in Unintended Consequences: Doordash, Google AI, French Wi...

The Scoop Politics · This guy was confirmed 99-0, let that sink in. Rubio was born for this, great choice by Trump!

Brilliant!!

Lunch video-----Canada's 2001 climate predictions. How did they do?

Noon-toon

 

WATCH: CCP-owned GNC stores on U.S. bases? Congressman sounds alarm * WorldNetDaily * by WND Staff

WATCH: CCP-owned GNC stores on U.S. bases? Congressman sounds alarm * WorldNetDaily * by WND Staff: 

They're tracking our troops, hijacking our supply chains, and buying up America while our leaders look the other way. This isn't a warning about what could happen ... it's already happening

It really does make sense!

 

We're buying critical energy infrastructure from CHINA??!!-----Rogue Devices Capable Of Triggering Blackouts Reportedly Found In Chinese Solar Panels - Audrey Streb

Officials are reportedly reassessing the risk posed by Chinese-made devices found in solar panels that are capable of damaging the energy infrastructure, destabilizing the power grid and triggering widespread blackouts.

Over the past nine months, “rogue communication devices” not listed in product documents were found in solar power inverters and batteries from several Chinese suppliers, according to sources familiar with the matter who spoke with Reuters. 

The undocumented devices were found after U.S. experts disassembled the renewable energy equipment to check for security issues, prompting officials to review the potential dangers of the Chinese-made devices, according to the publication. 

“We know that China believes there is value in placing at least some elements of our core infrastructure at risk of destruction or disruption,” Mike Rogers, a former director of the U.S. National Security Agency, told Reuters...

Good bye, South Africa!

 

One Of Trump’s Most Important Executive Orders Went Entirely Unnoticed I & I Editorial Board

Not long after Michelino Sunseri, a professional mountain runner, finished a race across Grand Teton last fall, he found himself on the receiving end of a Justice Department criminal charge. 

His offense? Running on a closed trail, for which he could end up serving six months in jail.

We are not making this up.
Last Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order designed to prevent such gross abuses. 

It is one of the most important – and underappreciated – actions he’s taken.

• The “crime” Sunseri committed wasn’t a federal law passed by Congress. It was a crime invented by the National Park Service – one of some 300,000 federal crimes (although nobody knows exactly how many there are) that unelected bureaucrats have conjured up when writing regulations.
• What’s more, many of these regulatory crimes are “strict liability” offenses, which means that you don’t need to have criminal intent to be charged with a crime.

“This status quo is absurd and unjust,” Trump says in his executive order...

#1 This day 1979-----Peaches & Herb - Reunited (1978)

Tucker Carlson Interviews Ed Martin – The Scale of Corruption within the DOJ and FBI are “Much, Much Worse Than People Think”… | Sundance

Ed Martin now carries the authority of the President of the United States to investigate a weaponized DOJ/FBI apparatus.
Within the interview Martin outlines the mysterious motives of the FBI handling of the J6 “pipe bomber” case, alleging that basic investigative steps were overlooked. 

“They didn’t interview some of the people that you would have said, ‘That might be a suspect.’ They hadn’t interviewed him,” he said. Raising concerns about the agency’s competence, he added, “The question becomes, ‘what’s happening here?’ Is it incompetence? It feels worse than incompetence.”

When asked by Carlson whether the DOJ is worse than people believe, Martin went further, declaring, “I think it’s worse than incompetence.”...

The dems want to exclude these folks??!!

 

'There will be hell to pay': Rand Paul tells Glenn Beck he's not done with Anthony Fauci over Wuhan funding | Blaze Media

'There will be hell to pay': Rand Paul tells Glenn Beck he's not done with Anthony Fauci over Wuhan funding | Blaze Media: 

Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky said that the investigation into the coronavirus pandemic isn't done with Anthony Fauci, after new revelations about laboratory funding. Paul made the comments in an interview with Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck on his radio show Wednesday. The senator said that the change of guard at the Department of Health and Human Services meant new evidence was being produced from the pandemic era.

Minneapolis dad to school board: Teacher lent my son his iPad and it opened to "a group of gay men having sex."

Alpha News on X: "Your teacher lent my son his personal iPad ... they closed out a tab, there was a bunch of naked men."

AM Fruitcake

 

History for May 16

History for May 16 - On-This-Day.com 

William Seward (William Henry Seward, Sr.) 1801 - Governor of New York, U.S. Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln

• 1868 - U.S. President Andrew Johnson was acquitted during the Senate impeachment, by one vote.
• 1888 - The first demonstration of recording on a flat disc was demonstrated by Emile Berliner.
• 1946 - Jack Mullin showed the world the first magnetic tape recorder.
• 1963 - After 22 Earth orbits Gordon Cooper returned to Earth, ending Project Mercury.
• 1965 - Spaghetti-O's were sold for the first time.
• 1987 - The Bobro 400 set sail from New York Harbor with 3,200 tons of garbage. The barge travelled 6,000 miles in search of a place to dump its load. It returned to New York Harbor after 8 weeks with the same load.

Breaking: New Inflation Numbers Crush Democrats' Narrative About Trump's Tariff Strategy

Breaking: New Inflation Numbers Crush Democrats' Narrative About Trump's Tariff Strategy: 

Guess what? Those naysayers now need new crystal balls. The data showed tariffs haven’t driven up prices as feared. In fact, they’ve forced foreign producers to absorb costs, shielding American consumers.

This isn’t just a policy win; it’s a political smackdown. Democrats built their 2024 campaign on scaring voters about Trump’s economic plans. They lost, and now their narrative is crumbling faster than a stale cookie. The American people aren’t buying the fear anymore.

Trump’s tariffs are doing what he said they’d do: protecting U.S. jobs and strengthening the economy.

The way we were-----20 Rare Photos from 1974: What Life in America Really Looked Like

Ben Shapiro Notices Something STRANGE About Palestinian Protesters NO ON...

Victor Davis Hanson: The Media ‘Jumps the Shark’

It’s time to sett the record straight on “The Media.”

More than 100 days since starting his second term, and the corporate media has nothing good to say about President Donald Trump, and his administration.

• Elon Musk received negative coverage 96% of the time on evening news, according to an April study conducted by the Media Research Center.
• Why did the media go from loving Sen. John Fetterman to questioning his mental competency?

Bottom line: What the corporate media, most namely ABC, NBC and CBS, labels “the truth” is wholly dependent on whether it benefits the political Left, argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words:”...

BREAKING: Wind turbine collapses in Kildare, Oklahoma.

Video | Facebook - Save the Moat - Save the Sperrins

• Sources say it may have fainted after discovering just how much public money it’s raking in for not producing electricity. 
• Turns out even turbines can’t handle that level of daylight robbery…

Judge rules Trump CAN invoke Alien Enemies Act to deport Tren de Aragua members * WorldNetDaily * by Cristina Laila, The Gateway Pundit

Judge rules Trump CAN invoke Alien Enemies Act to deport Tren de Aragua members * WorldNetDaily * by Cristina Laila, The Gateway Pundit: 

A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Tuesday became the first to say President Trump can invoke the Alien Enemies Act to deport Tren de Aragua gang members.

Victor Davis Hanson: The Media ‘Jumps the Shark’