Tuesday, December 31, 2019
On this day in 1999, 20 years ago:
U.S. Gives U.S.-Built Panama Canal to Panama
Video: How a U.S.-backed Central American revolution led to the building of the canal
Monday, December 30, 2019
On this day in 1936,
GM Flint Employees Begin Sit-down Strike Demanding UAW Recognition
UAW History Video
Sunday, December 29, 2019
On this day in 1890,
Viewer discretion advised
U.S. Army Massacres Sioux "Ghost Dancers"
at Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation
Saturday, December 28, 2019
Trump meets with enlisted-only soldiers in Afghanistan who tell him:
“NATO’s a joke. Nobody knows what they’re doing,” the SEALs reportedly told Trump. “We don’t fight to win. The morale is terrible. It’s totally corrupt.”
On this day in 1908,
Worst European Earthquake Hits
- 100,000 Killed in Italy
Video of 1908 Messina earthquake damage
Friday, December 27, 2019
Eric Wemple/WaPo Opinion
Rachel Maddow has refused to acknowledge she repeatedly hyped a fraud: the Steele Dossier
Rachel Maddow has refused to acknowledge she repeatedly hyped a fraud: the Steele Dossier
Former FBI special agent Frank Watt/American Thinker
Two Possibilities in Trump Wiretapping, and Neither Is Good
Two Possibilities in Trump Wiretapping, and Neither Is Good
Thursday, December 26, 2019
On this day in 1944, 75 years ago:
Patton's Audacious Strategy
Stops Hitler's Surprise Last Gasp Attack
at the Battle of the Bulge
Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Christmas Eve, 75 years ago, in the Adennes during the Battle of the Bulge:
These Brave Americans
Stopped Hitler's Last Major Attack
On this day in 1992,
Bush 41 Pardons Reagan Admin Officials
re Iran-Contra
Special Prosecutor Accuses Bush 41 of Misconduct in Office
Video
Monday, December 23, 2019
On this day in 1968:
Crew of USS Pueblo released by North Korea after 11 months of being tortured every day
Ship still held by North Korea and on display in Pyongyang
Video
Sunday, December 22, 2019
Liberal Law Prof Jonathan Turley
The Impulse Buy Impeachment: How The Democrats Yielded To The Holiday Frenzy Over Facts
Saturday, December 21, 2019
On this day in 1988,
Islamic Terrorists Bomb Pan Am 103
Over Lockerbie, Scotland
270 killed, most Americans returning home for Christmas
The Lockerbie bombing summarized in three minutes
On this day in 1767,
John Dickinson Publishes
"Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer"
Advocates Commercial Retaliation Against British Policies
Friday, December 20, 2019
On this day in 1989, 30 years ago:
"Operation Just Cause":
Bush 41 Orders U.S. Military to Invade Panama and Depose Noriega
Video summary
Retired con law prof Obama-voter Althouse:
Impeaching Trump and then not following through with what you did? What idiotic bumbling!
Don't start what you don't know how to finish. What a spectacle of incompetence!
Thursday, December 19, 2019
Liberal Law Prof Jonathan Turley
“Let Them Impeach And Be Damned”: History Repeats Itself With A Vengeance As The House Impeaches Donald Trump
On this day in 1998:
President Clinton Impeached For Lying to a Grand Jury and Obstructing Justice
"I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky" (video)
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Monday, December 16, 2019
Sunday, December 15, 2019
On this day in 1961,
ISRAELIS SENTENCE ADOLF EICHMANN,
"ARCHITECHT OF THE HOLOCAUST",
TO DEATH BY HANGING
Saturday, December 14, 2019
On this day in 1863,
LINCOLN PARDONS TREASONOUS SISTER-IN-LAW
LIVING SECRETLY IN WHITE HOUSE
It helps to have political connections.
Honest Abe
Friday, December 13, 2019
On this day in 1862,
LEE INFLICTS DECISIVE, BLOODY DEFEAT ON BURNSIDE AT FREDERICKSBURG "SLAUGHTER PEN"
Burnside's orders that his troops attempt 14 times to scale Marye's Heights directly into Confederate fire called "butchery" and "suicide"
Video Summary of Battle
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Byron York
Of course the FBI spied on the Trump campaign
It even met with (i.e. interviewed) Trump under false circumstances
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Liberal Matt Taibbi/Rolling Stone:
‘Corroboration Zero’: An Inspector General’s Report Reveals the Steele Dossier Was Always a Joke
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Law Prof Jonathan Turley
The record falls considerably short of proving Trump abused his power and obstructed justice
On this day in 1967,
Otis Redding Dies in Lake Monona Plane Crash
The memorable whistling verse in "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay"
was an unfinished verse intended to serve only as a placeholder.
(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay (official video)
Monday, December 9, 2019
NBC's Pete Williams (video):
Horowitz Found FISA Application Process Was ‘Screwed Up At Every Level’
Modern day Vietnam Pentagon Papers?
Washington Post: Confidential documents reveal U.S. officials failed to tell the truth about the war in Afghanistan
Statement of Attorney General William Barr
in response to Horowitz report:
"Nothing is more important than the credibility and integrity of the FBI and the Department of Justice. That is why we must hold our investigators and prosecutors to the highest ethical and professional standards. The Inspector General’s investigation has provided critical transparency and accountability, and his work is a credit to the Department of Justice. I would like to thank the Inspector General and his team.
The Inspector General’s report now makes clear that the FBI launched an intrusive investigation of a U.S. presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions that, in my view, were insufficient to justify the steps taken. It is also clear that, from its inception, the evidence produced by the investigation was consistently exculpatory. Nevertheless, the investigation and surveillance was pushed forward for the duration of the campaign and deep into President Trump’s administration. In the rush to obtain and maintain FISA surveillance of Trump campaign associates, FBI officials misled the FISA court, omitted critical exculpatory facts from their filings, and suppressed or ignored information negating the reliability of their principal source. The Inspector General found the explanations given for these actions unsatisfactory. While most of the misconduct identified by the Inspector General was committed in 2016 and 2017 by a small group of now-former FBI officials, the malfeasance and misfeasance detailed in the Inspector General’s report reflects a clear abuse of the FISA process.
FISA is an essential tool for the protection of the safety of the American people. The Department of Justice and the FBI are committed to taking whatever steps are necessary to rectify the abuses that occurred and to ensure the integrity of the FISA process going forward.
No one is more dismayed about the handling of these FISA applications than Director Wray. I have full confidence in Director Wray and his team at the FBI, as well as the thousands of dedicated line agents who work tirelessly to protect our country. I thank the Director for the comprehensive set of proposed reforms he is announcing today, and I look forward to working with him to implement these and any other appropriate measures.
With respect to DOJ personnel discussed in the report, the Department will follow all appropriate processes and procedures, including as to any potential disciplinary action."
On this day in 1992,
Bush 41 Sends U.S. Troops into Somalian Chaos
Clinton withdraws troops from Somalian chaos 16 months later
Bush 41's address to the Nation.
Sunday, December 8, 2019
Cliff's Book Notes
The American Revolution
by Gordon Wood
A short refresher on the American Revolution that produced the Articles of Confederation and the counter-revolution that produced the Constitution.
Would the Anti-Federalists/Republicans who opposed Madison and Hamilton argue that today’s political divisions were inevitable given the Federalists’ opposition to a more decentralized and democratic form of government?
Saturday, December 7, 2019
Moody's Analytics:
The Fed Raised Rates Too Fast and Cost U.S. Millions of Jobs
(Translation: Trump was right about the Fed hurting the economy.)
On this day in 1941, "A date that will live in infamy":
Japan Attacks U.S.
2,400 Americans Killed at Pearl Harbor
Original Navy Video
Friday, December 6, 2019
Tucker Carlson opening monologue 12/5 (video):
The Opioid Crisis & Corrupt Conservative Think Tanks, e.g. AEI, Defending Big Pharma
On this day in 1865,
13th Amendment Prohibiting Slavery Ratified Republicans Favor Unanimously
Democrats Oppose
A Hip Hughes History Video Summary
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Scott Adams Blog Episode 747:
Pelosi, Schiff and Nadler should be impeached for abuse of power and attempting to destroy the country
On this day in 1933, a really dumb idea dies:
Prohibition Ends
21st Amendment Repeals 18th Amendment
A Hip Hughes History video summary of the 18th Amendment
Althouse, retired con law professor:
The real impeachable offense has always been that Donald Trump got himself elected
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Althouse, retired constitutional law professor:
Impeachment law professors way over the top - "awful display"
Tucker Carlson's opening monologue 12/3 (video):
Tucker Carlson Rips ‘Vicious’ Billionaire Paul Singer for ‘Vulture Capitalism’ Tactics and the Destruction of Sydney, Nebraska
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Sunday, December 1, 2019
On this day in 1862,
Lincoln's State of the Union Speech Proposes Gradual, Compensated Emancipation of Slaves
Believes African-Americans will ultimately emigrate out of U.S.
On this day in 1824,
A Hip Hughes Video Summary
"Corrupt Bargain"Denies Presidency
to Populist Outsider Andrew Jackson
Despite Leading Popular and Electoral Votes
A Hip Hughes Video Summary
Saturday, November 30, 2019
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