Warren Buffett says bitcoin is 'probably rat poison squared'
Saturday, May 5, 2018
You didn't see this on CNN or MSNBC.
Trump Tax Windfall Going to Capex Way Faster Than Stock Buybacks
Friday, May 4, 2018
On this day in 1886,
Haymarket Labor Riot Results in 8 Cops Killed Four Anarchists Hanged
A labor history of this tragic event
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Students Across the Country Walk Out of School in Defense of Gun Rights
Students who support the Second Amendment "feel that they're being misrepresented by the media," says protest organizer Will Riley.
Poll Shows Trump's ‘Extreme’ Immigration Proposals Are Broadly Popular
Survey finds strong support for reducing entry, mandating consistent use of E-Verify, and curtailing 'chain migration'Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Former U.S. Atty Andrew McCarthy: Mueller’s Questions for Trump Show the Folly of Special-Counsel Appointments
"If Bob Mueller wants that kind of control over the executive branch, he should run for president."
On this day 2011,
OSAMA BIN LADEN KILLED BY
NAVY SEAL TEAM SIX
Team Six Members Later Ambushed in Afghanistan in Suspected Revenge Killing After Biden Discloses Identity
On this day in 2011, Osama bin Laden, was killed by U.S. forces during a daring raid on his home in Abbottabad, Pakistan. At a press conference days after, Vice President Biden broke from protocol and identified the U.S. forces as part of Navy SEAL Team Six. Three months later, 30 Team Six members, including some who had participated in the bin Laden raid, and other special forces were ambushed and killed in Afghanistan in what many believe was a revenge killing abetted by disloyal Afghans with insider knowledge regarding Team Six’s presence and activities. The ambush remains the worst loss of Americans in a single incident during the Afghan campaign.
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Josh Barro: Is Trump's "Volatile" Personality Making The World A Safer Place?
Some people used to call this the "Mad man theory of diplomacy"
On this day in 1863,
LEE ROUTS UNION FORCES AT CHANCELLORSVILLE
Stonewall Jackson Shot By Own Troops, Dies
On this day in 1863, Robert E. Lee cemented his reputation as a tactical genius by outsmarting and routing Union General Joseph Hooker at the Battle of Chancellorsville despite the fact that the Union forces outnumbered the Army of Northern Virginia by a 2:1 ratio. During the battle, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson, while returning from a reconnaissance mission beyond Union lines, was mistaken for a Union soldier as he returned and shot three times by his own troops. One of Jackson’s arms was amputated but he died several dies later from pneumonia.
More background here from Civil War Trust
More background here from Civil War Trust
On this day in 1960,
U.S.S.R. Shoots Down U.S. U-2 Spy Plane Flown By Gary Powers
On this day in 1960, the Soviet Union shot down a U.S. spy plane over Russia. The CIA told Republican President and former general Dwight Eisenhower that the Soviets did not possess anti-aircraft weapons sophisticated enough to reach the high-altitude plane but, if they did, the plane would self-destruct and the pilot would kill himself. As a result, the U.S. initially said the plane was a weather plane, had wandered off course, and crashed. Soviet leader Khrushchev responded by not only displaying the wreckage but also pilot Powers. At a later major summit of the super powers, Khrushchev blasted the U.S., prompting Eisenhower to walk out. Eisenhower privately called the “stupid U-2 mess” one of the worst episodes of his presidency. Powers spent about two years in a Soviet prison before being exchanged for a Soviet spy.
Monday, April 30, 2018
Sunday, April 29, 2018
On this day in 1862,
UNION FORCES TAKE NEW ORLEANS
On this day in 1862, Union forces, led by Admiral David Farragut, took the City of New Orleans in a surprise attack from the Gulf of Mexico rather than via the Mississippi River to the north, where most of the Confederate forces were massed. Farragut secured the Union’s takeover of New Orleans by taking the last two Confederate forts between New Orleans and Vicksburg, 400 miles to the north. The Union’s control of New Orleans and the Mississippi split the Confederacy into two and severely hampered its ability to supply its troops.
On this day in 1992
On this day in 1992, riots broke out in South Central L.A. after an all-white Simi Valley jury acquitted four police officers who had been videotaped beating Rodney King. King suffered a broken face bone, a broken ankle, and many bruises and cuts.
The riots continued for four days, during which L.A.P.D. officers pulled out of several areas, leaving law-abiding citizens and local businesses completely at the “mercy” of the rioters. 55 people died, thousands were injured, there were dozens of fires, and over a billion dollars in damage.
Korean-owned businesses were especially targeted by the rioters.
The riots ended only after the National Guard was called in to restore order.
Among those seriously hurt was Reginald Denny, who was pulled from his truck, severely beaten by several rioters, and then left lying on the street, all while a TV helicopter crew caught the incident on camera and broadcast it live on local television. The rioters struck Denny in the head with a cinder block and fractured his skull in 91 places. Four heroic local residents saw Denny’s beating on TV, rushed to the scene, grabbed Denny, put him into a cab, and drove him to a nearby hospital. Denny’s ability to speak and walk is impaired to this day despite years of rehabilitative therapy.
Rodney King was represented by Johnnie Cochran in his civil suit against L.A. and was awarded $3.8 million.
Rodney King Criminal Trial Verdict Acquitting Four Police Officers Announced, Four Days of Riots, 55 Deaths, $1,000,000,000 in Damage
On this day in 1992, riots broke out in South Central L.A. after an all-white Simi Valley jury acquitted four police officers who had been videotaped beating Rodney King. King suffered a broken face bone, a broken ankle, and many bruises and cuts.
The riots continued for four days, during which L.A.P.D. officers pulled out of several areas, leaving law-abiding citizens and local businesses completely at the “mercy” of the rioters. 55 people died, thousands were injured, there were dozens of fires, and over a billion dollars in damage.
Korean-owned businesses were especially targeted by the rioters.
The riots ended only after the National Guard was called in to restore order.
Among those seriously hurt was Reginald Denny, who was pulled from his truck, severely beaten by several rioters, and then left lying on the street, all while a TV helicopter crew caught the incident on camera and broadcast it live on local television. The rioters struck Denny in the head with a cinder block and fractured his skull in 91 places. Four heroic local residents saw Denny’s beating on TV, rushed to the scene, grabbed Denny, put him into a cab, and drove him to a nearby hospital. Denny’s ability to speak and walk is impaired to this day despite years of rehabilitative therapy.
Rodney King was represented by Johnnie Cochran in his civil suit against L.A. and was awarded $3.8 million.
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