History for January 25

History for January 25 - On-This-Day.com

Eduard Shevardnadze 1928 - President of Georgia

• 1858 - Mendelssohn’s "Wedding March" was presented for the first time at the wedding of the daughter of Queen Victoria and the Crown Prince of Prussia.
• 1915 - In New York, Alexander Graham Bell spoke to his assistant in San Francisco, inaugurating the first transcontinental telephone service.
• 1924 - The 1st Winter Olympic Games were inaugurated in Chamonix in the French Alps.
• 1959 - In the U.S., American Airlines had the first scheduled transcontinental flight of a Boeing 707.
• 1971 - Maj. Gen. Idi Amin led a coup that deposed Milton Obote and became president of Uganda.
• 1981 - The 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived in the United States and were reunited with their families.
• 1999 - In Louisville, KY, man received the first hand transplant in the United States.

Energy Dept. Report Admits Economic Benefits of Keystone XL Pipeline

Energy Dept. Report Admits Economic Benefits of Keystone XL Pipeline: 

President Joe Biden’s Energy Department quietly published a congressionally mandated report in December showing the president revoking the Keystone XL Pipeline federal permits cost thousands of jobs and billions of dollars.

The report — Keystone XL Extension Permit Revocation: Energy Costs and Job Impacts — brought attention to the positive economic benefits the Keystone XL Pipeline could have had if Biden did not revoke the federal permits for it hours after being sworn into office.

The way we were-----10 Popular Things From The 1970s... That We've Abandoned

Why are they hiding this about Klaus Schwab and the WEF?

Read it all!-----Budapest & Half Moon Bay: The Value Of Perspective - The American Conservative

Budapest & Half Moon Bay: The Value Of Perspective - The American Conservative 

"...(Side note: Especially in a city like Baton Rouge, which, like crime-ridden New Orleans, has a large contingent of poor young black men.

 You are not supposed to notice these things, but everybody does, because one's safety depends on it.

Friend of mine there, an older man, a white liberal Democrat who spent a lifetime working with law enforcement, told me once that one of the hardest things for him to deal with personally, as a liberal who despises our history of racism in Louisiana, is the reality of total social breakdown in the black community, and its causal intersection with violent crime in the city. 

He told me that the truth is, the core of the problem is beyond the ability of the state to fix. 

It all has to do with the annihilation of the family, in his view. 

• He talked about going to court once and seeing a mother in handcuffs who had been brought out of prison to be present when her handcuffed teenage son stood before the judge for sentencing for some violent crime he had committed. That, for him, was a symbol of our city's tragedy. But no one talks about that publicly, for obvious reasons.

"So what's the solution?" I asked. 

He shrugged, as if to say, there's not one, at least not one that can be imposed from the outside.)...

US to follow same footsteps?-----Pakistan Loses Power

Pakistan Loses Power

"Millions of Pakistanis were without electricity or internet Monday for the second time in three months after an overnight cost-saving measure of planned temporary blackouts led to widespread outages.  Power was said to be restored after 15 hours late Monday, making it one of the nation's longest outages.  Government officials claimed an irregular voltage fluctuation occurred when operators were returning the system to normal levels after overnight conservation.  Planned blackouts are common in the country of 220 million...

Biden Admin Reports Record 250K Migrant Encounters Along Southwest Border in December

Biden Admin Reports Record 250K Migrant Encounters Along Southwest Border in December: 

The Biden Administration announced another record-setting month for migrant encounters along the U.S.-Mexico border. The report of nearly 252,000 migrant encounters came in a Friday-night after-hours news dump. This represents the largest single-month report in U.S. history.

Bongino reveals why Democrats are 'terrified' of Biden classified docs

Are we "protected" by morons?-----With no accountability, how can US intelligence community keep us safe?

With no accountability, how can US intelligence community keep us safe? - James Bamford

• James Bamford, author of the new book "Spyfail," says the US intelligence community has a lot of explaining to do when it comes to the loss of top-secret documents, cyberweapons and more.

"...For several years I have been working on a new book, “SpyFail,” that examines the collapse of the country’s counterintelligence and security operations. 

And by far, no administration has had a more disastrous record than those of Barack Obama and Biden. 

For years, insiders at the hyper-secret National Security Agency were able to walk out the door with more than half a billion pages of documents classified higher than top secret, some dealing with nuclear weapons and many of which ended up in Russia. 

And that was after the supposed crackdown following the million or so documents removed by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, also on Obama and Biden’s watch.

• Still another NSA insider was able to steal nearly all of the agency’s highly dangerous cyberweapons — the tech equivalent of loose nukes — and put them up for auction on the internet ...

Lunch video-----European excess deaths, official data

"There are excess deaths throughout Europe and in all age groups.

Noon-toon

 

Comer: DOJ 'Abusing' Its Power -- Potentially Obstructing Congressional Oversight

Comer: DOJ 'Abusing' Its Power -- Potentially Obstructing Congressional Oversight: 

Representative James Comer (R-KY) said Friday on FNC’s “Your World” that the Department of Justice was abusing its power by not handing over documents requested by congressional committees.

Both will end civilization!

 

US Federal Air Surgeon Susan Northrup should resign

US Federal Air Surgeon Susan Northrup should resign - Steve Kirsch

• If she doesn't the FAA should fire her. She has put the lives of pilots, FAA employees, and the public at risk by her abject failure to investigate safety concerns associated with the COVID vaccines.

"...Failing to investigate numerous safety issues associated with the vaccine that were brought to her attention is inexcusable...

...Susan has not called any of these people to investigate. 

Nobody from the FAA has. 

That is a dereliction of duty...

Susan is aware of the evidence in plain sight that the vaccines are making people more likely to be infected

• There is no possible way that a person in Susan’s position could not know about the Cleveland Clinic study which tracked over 51,000 healthcare workers of working age and found that the greater the number of shots, the greater the risk of COVID infection. 

In short, the shots are doing exactly the opposite of what the FAA thought they would do...

"...they hate excellence in anyone..."

 

Gaffespotting - by Peter Venetoklis - The Roots of Liberty

Gaffespotting - by Peter Venetoklis - The Roots of Liberty

• Psychologist and science writer Steven Pinker offered up the observation that the media's idea of political coverage is just gaffe spotting.

"Probably the truest words I've seen this year.
Rather than deep-dive journalism intended to expose corruption, reveal inconvenient truths, and pull back the green curtain on government's machinations, the legacy press is all about gotcha-gaming the political party they oppose. 

By extension, they play gotcha-defense for the home team when their ideological counterparts in the press do it to their favored sons and daughters (and aunts and uncles and other assorted fossils), either by press-splaining gotchas away or by offering up whataboutisms...

#1 This day 1975-----Please Mr Postman- The Carpenters (1975)

We used to have unlimited energy. Now we have "unlimited" money?-----Energy switch-off discounts extended

Energy switch-off discounts extended

• The big story: Get paid to cut your electricity use

"National Grid has signalled that households will be paid to cut their electricity use at certain times more often in future, as Britain relies on wind power as part of the push to net zero. 

Craig Dyke, head of national control at the electricity system operator, said it “strongly believes” in consumers becoming more flexible about when they use electricity as the energy system is overhauled...

"The streets of Paris: 2023 vs 1890 Is this what progress looks like?"

End Wokeness on Twitter: "The streets of Paris: 2023 vs 1890 Is this what progress looks like?

District administrator calls for 'privileged white voices' to be dismissed from curriculum plans in California | Fox News

District administrator calls for 'privileged white voices' to be dismissed from curriculum plans in California | Fox News: 

A California district administrator involved in overseeing curriculum, Samia Shoman, called for "privileged White voices" to be removed from influencing against a far-left ethnic studies curriculum. Shoman oversees curriculum in the San Mateo Union High School district as manager of English learners and academic support programs. The email was dated March 2021 and was obtained via public record request by Zachor Legal.

American Airlines Pilot Union Trying To Cover For Crew In New York Near-Disaster - View from the Wing

American Airlines Pilot Union Trying To Cover For Crew In New York Near-Disaster - View from the Wing

"On January 13, an American Airlines Boeing 777 headed to London taxied on the wrong runway as a Delta 737 began its take off roll. 

This was nearly a disaster of epic proportions, as the American jet crossed right in front of Delta, and the Delta plane hit the brakes.

The Delta flight stopped less than 1000 feet from where it would have intersected with American’s plane...

Given the potential calamity that was narrowly avoided, there’s a search for answers. How could that American plane have found itself taxiing on the wrong runway in front of another plane – that almost slammed into it?...

AM Fruitcake

 

History for January 24

History for January 24 - On-This-Day.com

Desmond Morris 1928

• 1848 - James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget at Sutter's Mill in northern California. The discovery led to the gold rush of '49.
• 1908 - In England, the first Boy Scout troop was organized by Robert Baden-Powell.
• 1922 - Christian K. Nelson patented the Eskimo Pie.
• 1935 - Krueger Brewing Company placed the first canned beer on sale in Richmond, VA.
• 1972 - The U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws that denied welfare benefits to people who had resided in a state for less than a year.
• 2003 - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security began operations under Tom Ridge.

'Yellowstone' Effect: Kevin Costner, Harrison Ford, Sylvester Stallone bring old school male leads back to TV | Fox News

'Yellowstone' Effect: Kevin Costner, Harrison Ford, Sylvester Stallone bring old school male leads back to TV | Fox News: 

"Traditionally movies have been considered more prestigious than television to many actors, but the emergence of premium, cinematic streaming programming has shattered that distinction and Hollywood legends have taken note," Quast shared.

He continued: "While there may be a particular attraction to some of the uniquely American themes of rugged individualism, western machismo and nostalgia, it is most likely that the success of ‘Yellowstone’ inspired projects with similar themes."

Here is a look at some old-school members of Hollywood’s elite who have made the switch.

CBP reports record monthly southwest land border encounters - TheBlaze

CBP reports record monthly southwest land border encounters - TheBlaze: 

America's southern border continues to be inundated by a massive flow of migrants, with U.S. Customs and Border Protection reporting a whopping 251,487 southwest land border encounters during the month of December 2022, a staggering sum which, according to Fox News' Bill Melugin, represents the highest monthly total ever recorded.

The way we were-----Family Truckster: The History of the Station Wagon

World Economic Forum has gotten ‘more ridiculous’

It's NEVER free!

 

Must read!!-----TikTok is a Chinese Superweapon - by Gurwinder - The Prism

TikTok is a Chinese Superweapon - by Gurwinder - The Prism

• ...TikTok’s capacity to stupefy people, both acutely by encouraging idiotic behavior, and chronically by atrophying the brain, should prompt consideration of its potential use as a new kind of weapon, one that seeks to neutralize enemies not by inflicting pain and terror, but by inflicting pleasure.

"...Last month FBI Director Chris Wray warned that TikTok is controlled by a Chinese government that could “use it for influence operations.” 

So how likely is it that one such influence operation might include addicting young Westerners to mind-numbing content to create a generation of nincompoops?

• The first indication that the Chinese Communist Party is aware of TikTok’s malign influence on kids is that it’s forbidden access of the app to Chinese kids. 

...Has the CCP enforced such rules to protect its people from what it intends to inflict on the West? 

When one examines the philosophical doctrines behind the rules, it becomes clear that the CCP doesn’t just believe that apps like TikTok make people stupid, but that they destroy civilizations...

Nancy Pelosi ordered priests to perform exorcism at home - TheBlaze

Nancy Pelosi ordered priests to perform exorcism at home - TheBlaze: 

Nancy Pelosi summoned priests to perform an exorcism at her home following the alleged hammer attack on her husband, according to the daughter of the former House speaker. Alexandra Pelosi, the daughter of Nancy Pelosi, recently revealed a devilish detail about how her family reacted to the reported hammer attack on Paul Pelosi in October. The diabolical revelation was made during a New York Times interview that was published on Saturday.