Thursday, May 31, 2018

Pat Buchanan

Is America's Racial Divide Permanent?

Is white America really black America’s biggest problem?

Kim Strassel: The FBI's Story re the Origin of Its Spying on Trump Doesn't Fit the Known Facts


Democratic Louisiana Governor Signs 15-Week Abortion Ban

Andrew McCarthy: A Worthy Pardon for Dinesh D’Souza

Peter Navarro: Donald Trump's steel, aluminum tariffs lift low and moderate income families


Pregnant woman gives birth to baby girl during appointment at abortion clinic 
File this under "What else would you expect?"

Obama Allies Scheme to Kneecap Trump’s New National Security Team
Liquidity Crisis Coming: Here, There, Everywhere
Former U.S. Attorney Andrew McCarthy

Gowdy/Rubio are Wrong - the FBI was Investigating the Trump Campaign When It Spied

50 Taliban leaders die in HIMARS strike in Afghanistan
On this day in 1862,

THE BATTLE OF SEVEN PINES

Robert E. Lee Takes Over Confederate Army For Injured Gen. Johnston





On this day in 1862, Union and Confederate forces started the Battle of Seven Pines, a little known skirmish that proved to have a big impact on the remainder of the Civil War.  The outmanned Confederate forces, led by General Joseph Johnston, tried to draw the Union forces, led by Gen. George McClellan, into a trap as the Rebels retreated to their capital, Richmond.  As the Yankees struggled to cross a river and marsh area, Johnston ordered three divisions to attack one of McClellan’s vulnerable flanks from three directions.  The inexperienced Rebels bungled the maneuver, allowing the Union forces to bring in reinforcements.  The battle was essentially a draw but 6,000 Union soldiers and 5,000 Confederate soldiers were killed.  McClellan was so distraught over the carnage he witnessed that he became far more cautious in his future battles, causing Lincoln to replace him months later.  Confederate General Johnston was shot and seriously wounded during the battle, requiring his replacement by Gen. Robert E. Lee, who to this time had served without distinction in Western Virginia.  
On this day in 1889,

JOHNSTOWN FLOOD KILLS 2,209


On this day in 1889, the Johnstown Flood killed 2,209 people.  The flood occurred when the South Fork Dam, 60 miles east of Pittsburgh, collapsed after heavy rains.  The dam had recently been bought and modified by the local hunting club, which had turned the area into a vacation retreat for notable millionaires, including Andrew Carnegie.  

As the storm worsened, a dam engineer noticed that a spillway was blocked and might cause the dam to collapse.  He tried to notify all local townspeople but telegraph lines were down or the warning was ignored because there had been many previous false alarms.  
Ninety-nine entire families died in the flood, including 396 children. One hundred twenty-four women and 198 men were widowed, 98 children were orphaned. One-third of the dead, 777 people, were never identified; their remains were buried in the "Plot of the Unknown" in Grandview Cemetery in Westmont.
Clara Barton led 50 volunteers in the Red Cross’ first major relief effort.  

The Johnstown area suffered from several subsequent floods until 1936, when the Army Corps of Engineers reworked the river and declared it “flood free.”  However, in 1972, a “100 year flood” killed 78 people, caused $200 million in damage, and rendered 50,000 people homeless.

In 2016 a hydraulic analysis concluded that the hunting club’s pre-1889 modifications to the dam severely weakened it, rendering it unable to withstand severe storms like the one which caused the Johnstown Flood.

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Will this Vaccine Prolong The Lives of Those with Glioblastoma Brain Cancer?


Study: Slaveowners were more likely to fight in the Confederate Army than non-slaveowners

Tyler Cowen: Ethiopia Already Is the ‘China of Africa’


Blue State Blues: The Trump Paradox — Short on Accuracy, Long on Credibility

Grassley: Fusion GPS Founder Gave ‘Extremely Misleading’ Testimony About Trump Work

N.Y. Post: When it comes to North Korea, we need more Trump chaos

The Federalist

The Repeal Of Ireland’s Abortion Ban Marks A New Paganism


The overwhelming repeal of Ireland’s constitutional prohibition on abortion is a reminder that without Christianity, liberalism descends into brutality.
Morgan Freeman Threatens to Sue CNN re Fake News

Charles Hurt: Trump inherits Reagan's wind

Trump is more like Reagan than any president since.

George H.W. Bush was a silk-stocking Yankee of high privilege while Reagan was an outsider from the Midwest who grew up in a modest home. 
Whereas Reagan believed fervently in “America First” — to borrow a theme from Mr. Trump’s campaign — George H.W. Bush dreamed of a “new world order” where supposedly benevolent global elites would dictate the new orders.
El-Erian: Fallout from Italy's political crisis reveals US as the 'only economy with real legs'
On this day in 1848,

Wisconsin becomes 30th state after voting against statehood four times



Andrew McCarthy: The Obama Administration’s Hypocritical Pretext for Spying on the Trump Campaign