Saturday, March 9, 2019

American Spectator:

Trump Will Win in 2020 Because Americans Have Seen Real Improvement In Their Lives
Lawfare Podcast with liberal John Judis.

Why Nationalism is Needed for Democracy to Survive

And why the right is winning out over the left.

On this day in 1945,

U.S. Firebombs Tokyo - 

Most Destructive Bombing Raid Ever - 

100,000 Killed

                       U.S. War Dept. News Footage Video - Narrated By Ronald Reagan

On the night of 9–10 March 1945, Operation Meetinghouse was conducted and is regarded as the single most destructive bombing raid in human history: 16 square miles of central Tokyo were wiped out, over 1 million were made homeless with an estimated 100,000 civilian deaths. The Japanese later called this event Night of the Black Snow.

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On this day in 1916,

Pancho Villa Invades U.S. & Kills Americans: U.S. Invades Mexico In Failed Effort To Capture

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

On this day in 1836,

"Remember the Alamo"

The Alamo falls to Mexican forces

David Bowie killed.  His mother says "I'll bet he didn't have any wounds in his back."




Trump Selects Jessie Liu As Associate Attorney General
On this day in 1857,

Supreme Court Issues Dred Scott Decision Holds African Americans Cannot Be Citizens

On this day in 1857, the Supreme Court denied freedom to Dred Scott on the premise that African Americans, whether free or slaves, were and could not be citizens of the United States. Scott had claimed he should be considered free because of time he spent in various free states and territories, including the Wisconsin Territory. There were two dissenting justices, one being John McLean, a Jackson Democrat, who in 1860 lost the Republican nomination for president to Abraham Lincoln.

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Monday, March 4, 2019

On this day in 1837,

Andrew Jackson's Prophetic Farewell Address



Salena Zito: Bill Maher’s red-state hate will help get Trump re-elected

Reason: The president's speech at CPAC was a bedazzling mix of bravado, B.S., humor, and positive vision no Democrat will be able to top.
The man who presaged Trumpism,

Pat Buchanan: If Americans Cannot Unite, Is The American Century Over?

In America, talk turns to something unspoken for 150 years: Civil war
Has America's 2nd Civil War Already Begun?
On this day in 1933,

FDR Sworn In After Landslide Victory

“The Only Thing We Have To Fear Is Fear Itself”

Blasts Greedy “Money Changers” - Promises “New Deal” For American People

On this day in 1868,

Grant, The Introvert, Sworn In As President

Gives Unusually Short Inaugural Address

Promises To Enforce Laws Equally For All

Endorses 15th Am. Giving Blacks The Right To Vote

Supports Citizenship For Native Americans

Photo by Mathew Brady

On this day in 1861,

Lincoln Sworn In As President

Tells Seceded Southern States He Will Not Interfere With Slavery Because It Is Protected Under the Constitution

But Says Union Might Invade South If It Refuses to Pay Tariffs


On this day in 1861, Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as president after seven southern states had seceded. As part of his inaugural address, in an effort to reconcile with the seceded states, Lincoln pledged not to interfere with the institution of slavery where it already existed, believing slavery where it existed was protected under the Constitution.  Lincoln also promised that the Union would not use force against the seceded states except to protect federal property or to collect federal tariff revenues.

Sunday, March 3, 2019

On this day in 1919,

Supreme Court holds citizens have fewer civil liberties during wartime

Otherwise protected free speech can be a crime

Oliver Wendell Holmes: You cannot yell fire in a crowded theater

A Hip Hughes History summary
On this day in 1863,

Lincoln Orders Draft - Deadly Race Riots Follow in NYC - 120 Killed

Worst civil/racial insurrection other than Civil War

A Hip Hughes History summary

On this day in 1863, as the North was running out of volunteers to fight on behalf of the Union, Congress authorized the draft of male citizens and aliens intending to become citizens between the ages of 20 and 45 who could not buy their way out of service by paying $300 or find a substitute. The draft act set off protests throughout the North, the worst of which occurred in New York City where the protests turned into a race riot, with white rioters, predominantly Irish immigrants, attacking blacks throughout the city. The military could not afford to send forces to regain control of the City until after about 120 people were killed, and public buildings, black churches, homes of abolitionists and blacks, were burned down. 43 regiments were later positioned outside the City to protect against more rioting, including Union troops sent over from Gettysburg. Aside from the Civil War itself, the riots remain the largest civil and racial insurrection in American history.