Newsweek:
The militarization of the southwest border continues to grow.
Saturday, August 10, 2019
Byron York
His views on immigration came mostly from Europe, he hated the Dems' free health care for immigrants, and he feared automation
The El Paso Killer Wrote His Manifesto So Trump Would Not Be Blamed
His views on immigration came mostly from Europe, he hated the Dems' free health care for immigrants, and he feared automation
Friday, August 9, 2019
On this day in 1945,
U.S. Drops 2nd Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki
60-80,000 Killed, Many Vaporized
(Video showing the effects of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings)
On this day in 1945, the U.S. dropped a second atom bomb on Japan at Nagasaki, forcing Japan’s unconditional surrender. Somewhere between 60,000 and 80,000 people were killed, with exact figures impossible to determine because so many bodies were virtually vaporized.
Although the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were devastating, the “fire-bombing” of Tokyo the prior March was worse, resulting in 100,000 deaths, a million homeless, and 16 square miles of complete desolation.
Thursday, August 8, 2019
Byron York
Never Trump quandary:
When you want Trump to lose but can't bear his Democratic opponents
(Nobody really cares what they think about the campaign, except to point and laugh)
On this day in 1863,
Robert E. Lee Offers to Resign
On this day in 1863, in partial response to the viciously negative press of his day, Confederate General Robert E. Lee offered to resign following his loss at Gettysburg and the near simultaneous fall of Vicksburg. Confederate President Jefferson Davis refused to accept Lee’s resignation.
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Dr. John Meyer, Accuweather Founder:
Throwing cold water on extreme heat hype
37 of the 50 states have an all-time high temperature record not exceeded for more than 75 years.
N.Y. Post
Dayton shooter may be antifa’s first mass killer
"Kill every fascist." "Nazis deserve to die." "I want socialism."
Dem Pollster Mark Penn:
NYT Headline Change In Response to Twitter Mob Orwellian 1984 Ministry of Truth
NYT Headline Change In Response to Twitter Mob Orwellian 1984 Ministry of Truth
On this day in 1964, in response to U.S. destroyers allegedly being attacked by North Vietnam:
Congress Passes Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
58,000 American boys killed during Vietnam War
Tuesday, August 6, 2019
On this day in 1945,
U.S. Drops First Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
80,000 killed immediately - 60,000 die few months later
Truman announces
U.S. Army film of post-bomb Hiroshima
WikipediaOn this day in 1945, the United States dropped the first atom bomb over the city of Hiroshima. The bomb exploded 1,900 feet over a hospital. Approximately 80,000 people were killed immediately, another 35,000 injured, and at least another 60,000 killed by the end of the year from the effects of the fallout.The Hiroshima city government had put hundreds of schoolgirls to work clearing fire lanes in the event of incendiary bomb attacks. They were out in the open when the Enola Gay dropped its load.There were 90,000 buildings in Hiroshima before the bomb was dropped; only 28,000 remained after the bombing. Of the city’s 200 doctors before the explosion; only 20 were left alive or capable of working. There were 1,780 nurses before - only 150 remained who were able to tend to the sick and dying.President Harry Truman made the decision to drop the atomic bomb because Japan refused to surrender and Truman feared a long campaign with many fatalities if the U.S. were forced to invade and fight a land war. Three days later the U.S. dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Japan announced its surrender on August 15.
Monday, August 5, 2019
On this day in 1981,
Reagan fires 11,359 air-traffic controllers
Video of Press Conference Announcing Firings
On this day in 1861,
Abraham Lincoln imposes 1st federal income tax
A video history of the revolution in government finance that financed the Civil War
On this day in 1864,
Wikipedia
History.com
Admiral Farragut Captures Port of Mobile - Last Confederate Port on the Gulf Coast
“Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!”
Civil War.orgOn this day in 1864, Union Admiral David Farragut and his flotilla sailed through floating mines (then called “torpedoes”), and past Confederate batteries hidden inside Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines on the southern end of the bay, to seal off the last major Southern port. The fall of Mobile was a huge blow to the Confederacy, and the victory was the first in a series of Yankee successes that helped secure the re-election of Abraham Lincoln later that year against the Democrats, who wanted to end the Civil War and let the South maintain slavery.After Farragut’s takeover of the port of New Orleans in 1862, Mobile became the major Confederate port on the Gulf of Mexico, with blockade runners carrying critical supplies from Havana. Ulysses S. Grant made the capture of the Port of Mobile a top priority after assuming command of all Federal forces in early 1864.One of Farragut’s first ships through the Bay channel was immediately sunk by a torpedo, throwing the rest of the Union fleet into a panic. Farragut, who suffered from vertigo, strapped himself to a mast and rallied the Union forces by yelling, “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!” Miraculously, Farragut’s ship and those that followed made it past all the torpedoes without losing another vessel. Once past the torpedoes and forts, the Union fleet quickly demolished the Confederate fleet. Fort Gaines fell a couple days later and Fort Morgan surrendered a couple weeks later.
Wikipedia
History.com
Sunday, August 4, 2019
On this day in 1944.
Wikipedia
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
Dutch Turn In Anne Frank/Family To Nazis
On this day in 1944, Anne Frank and her family were arrested in Amsterdam by the Nazis, thanks to a tip from a Dutch informer. Although Amsterdam has historically been known as a liberal haven, a greater percentage of Jews from the Netherlands were killed by the Nazis than from any other Western European country, including Poland.
Wikipedia
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
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