Saturday, May 30, 2020
Time to bring back the duel?
On this day in 1806,
On this day in 1806,
Andrew Jackson Kills Crack Shot Slanderer of Wife in Duel After Being Shot in Chest
Carries bullet and lives in pain the rest of his life
Friday, May 29, 2020
On this day in 1922,
Supreme Court Holds Baseball Exempt
from Anti-Trust Laws
Deemed a sport and not interstate commerce - until the Curt Flood case
About this day in 1861,
Did President Lincoln (R) Order Arrest
of Chief Justice Taney?
Lincoln was irate over court decision
voiding Honest Abe's unconstitutional suspension of habeas corpus
Thursday, May 28, 2020
What - I thought the science was settled?
American Journal of Epidemiology: Evidence shows early outpatient use of HCQ is effective and should be increased
American Institute for Economic Research:
State-level stay-at-home orders accounted for little of the observed reduction in the activity of people outside their home
On this day in 1957,
MLB Approves
Brooklyn Dodgers & New York Giants
Move to California
Video summary
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
On this day in 1939,
U.S Turns Away Ship With 937 Jewish Refugees Fleeing Nazi Germany
Two-Thirds Die in Holocaust
Video: "No one wanted us - The Tragic Voyage of the SS St. Louis"
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Politico
The general election scenario that Democrats are dreading
"We are about to see the best economic data we’ve seen in the history of this country," says a top former economic adviser to Obama.
(Who, what?)
On this day in 1962,
On this day in 1962,
When Clarinetist Acker Bilk's
"Stranger on the Shores" Hits #1
Video of live performance
On this day in 1959 at Milwaukee County Stadium:
PIRATES' HARVEY HADDIX
PITCHES 12 PERFECT INNINGS
LOSES TO MILWAUKEE BRAVES IN 13TH
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Video Summary
On this day in 1924,
Pres. Calvin Coolidge (R)
Signs Restrictive Immigration Act of 1924
Asians banned.
Immigration of Eastern Europeans et al severely restricted.
Skills-based entry allowed.
Asians banned.
Immigration of Eastern Europeans et al severely restricted.
Skills-based entry allowed.
Video summary
Monday, May 25, 2020
On this day in 1861,
Lincoln Suspends Writ of Habeas Corpus
for Critics and Confederate Sympathizers
Supreme Court Justice Rules Unconstitutional. Lincoln Ignores.
Video summary from historian Eric Foner
Sunday, May 24, 2020
On this day in 1964,
Goldwater Urges Withdrawal from Vietnam
or Limited Use of Nuclear Weapons
to Support U.S. Troops
Johnson calls Goldwater a "warmonger," wins election landslide,
and 58,000 American boys later die in Vietnam.
LBJ's famous "Daisy" campaign video (1964)
On this day in 1964, Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater said the U.S. should do whatever it took to support U.S. troops in Vietnam and, if Democrat President Johnson was not prepared to “take the war to North Vietnam,” the U.S. should withdraw. Goldwater also suggested using low-yield nuclear weapons to defoliate infiltration routes and destroy bridges, roads and railroad lines bringing supplies from China.Johnson responded by labeling Goldwater a warmonger who would drop atomic bombs on the people of Hanoi, a theme expanded upon in the Democrat Party’s famous “Daisy” ad showing a little girl picking daisies in a field while an atomic bomb goes off.
Johnson won a landslide victory and went on to ignore the advice of his generals and mislead the American people regarding the scope of American involvement in Vietnam and what lay ahead.
By the time the Vietnam War was over, 58,000 American boys, most of whom had been drafted and forced to go to Vietnam to fight, had been killed. [Partial source: Lt. General H.R. McMaster (President Donald Trump’s former National Security Advisor), Dereliction of Duty (1997).]
On this day in 1861,
Elmer Ellsworth,
Personal Friend of Abraham Lincoln,
Becomes 1st Fatality of Civil War
Ellsworth, Wisconsin named in his honor
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