July 20

356BC – Alexander the Great is born in Pella, Macedon.

70 – Titus’ Roman army storms the Fortress Antonia north of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

1189 – Richard the Lionheart of England is officially invested as Duke of Normandy.

1738 – Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.

1810 – Citizens of Bogotá, New Granada (now Colombia) declare independence from Spain.

1831 – The Seneca and Shawnee tribes agree to cede land in western Ohio for 60,000 acres west of the Mississippi River.

1864 – Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman at Peach Tree Hill near Atlanta

1903 – The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.

1923 –José ‘Pancho Villa’ Arámbula, is killed by a group of 7 assassins in Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico

1940 – California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.

1944 – Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.

1950 – In Federal Court held in Philadelphia , Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying, by passing secrets from atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs to the Soviet Union.

1960 – The Polaris submarine launched ballistic missile – SLBM – is successfully launched from the USS George Washington

1969 – At 20:17:40 UTC,  Apollo 11’s Lunar Module, Eagle, piloted by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin makes the first manned landing on the Moon at Lunar coordinates 00°41′15″N 23°26′00″E, in the Sea of Tranquility, becoming Tranquility Base

1976 – The Viking 1 probe successfully lands on Mars.

1977 – Heavy rain in Cambria County, Pennsylvania overtops 6 dams which fail which causes a flash flood through the Conemaugh River Valley, killing 84 people in several towns and cities.

1993 – Vince Foster reportedly commits suicide in Fort Marcy Park, Fairfax County Virginia

1997 – The Navy celebrates the 200th birthday of the fully restored USS Constitution by setting sail on it for the first time in 116 years.

2012 – James Holmes, later sentenced to 12 consecutive life terms plus 3318 years without parole, opens fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people and injuring 70 others.

2013 – 17 government soldiers are killed in an attack by FARC revolutionaries in the Colombian department of Arauca.

2015 – The United States and Cuba resume full diplomatic relations after 5 decades.

2017 – O. J. Simpson is granted parole from prison after serving 9 years of a 33 year sentence after being convicted of armed robbery in Las Vegas.

2021 – American businessman Jeff Bezos flies aboard New Shepard NS-16 operated by his private spaceflight company Blue Origin.

4 Thugs Break Into Armed Philadelphia Woman’s Home, Instantly Regret it

Four suspected burglars thought they were in for an easy ride when they broke into the home of a Philadelphia woman who lived alone.

However, unbeknown to the gang of thugs, the woman is a Second Amendment patriot who knows her constitutional rights and is ready and willing to exercise them.

When the crooks illegally entered the apartment in the city’s Germantown neighborhood around 1 am Sunday, they got far more than they bargained for.

Police said the woman found four men inside her home, on the 4900 block of Germantown Avenue, without her permission, WPVI-TV reported.

Amid a confrontation, the woman opened fire and shot two of the four robbers, all of whom fled the scene.

Officers arrived around 1:30 a.m. and found the pistol-packing woman outside, standing over 48-year-old suspect Jermaine Parker. Parker had gunshot wounds to his hand and leg, WTXF-TV reported.

A short time later, police found 45-year-old Randy Miller a few blocks away. Miller had a gunshot wound to his back.

Both Parker and Miller were taken to Einstein Medical Center and later charged with burglary and related offenses, WTXF said.

Police revealed that the thugs were armed with a weapon which was recovered. Miller was listed in stable but critical condition, WPVI reported.

Police are still looking for the other two men, WTXF said.

New Zealand’s gun control laws to stop ‘mass shootings’ didn’t work.

Man lets loose with pump-gun shotgun in Auckland

AUCKLAND, New Zealand – Three people are dead and many are injured following a shooting in Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, on Thursday morning.

The shooting took place at a construction site on the city’s best known thoroughfare, Queen Street,

“Multiple injuries have been reported and at this stage we can confirm two people have died,” New Zealand Police said in a statement. The alleged shooter, a 24-year old man, is also dead.

The alarm was raised at around 7:23am Thursday when reports were received of a person discharging a pump-action shotgun inside the site at 1 Queen Street.

A significant number of police responded and cordoned off the area. The Police Eagle helicopter was also deployed and provided oversight.

The alleged shooter moved through the building site and continued to discharge his firearm, killing two and injuring 6, including police. Three of them are in serious condition.

Upon reaching the upper levels of the building, which is owned by Precinct Properties Group, the man contained himself within the elevator shaft while police officers attempted to engage with him.

Further shots were fired from the man and he was discovered dead a short time later.

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Sen. Chris Murphy Targets Military Gun Owners In Defense Bills

It takes a certain amount of brazenness to put the responsibility of defending the nation on a young American and then, in the next breath, demand they forfeit those freedoms they are literally willing to die to protect.

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) is never one to disappoint, though. His latest legislative move is to put a target on the back of every service member as someone who cannot be entrusted to exercise their Second Amendment rights. Military members already sacrifice many of their freedoms to protect the United States. Sen. Murphy, who has never served a day in uniform, doesn’t think that’s enough.

Sen. Murphy thinks Second Amendment freedoms for those in uniform is, well, too much freedom.

Gun control isn’t anything new to Sen. Murphy. He’s made a career of attacking the Second Amendment and the firearm industry. That’s made him the darling of gun control groups but now he’s putting the Second Amendment rights of military gun owners in his crosshairs.

Sen. Murphy introduced an amendment to the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which empowers our government to fund and support our nation’s military. As a “must-pass” bill, it naturally attracts thousands of amendments for pet projects every year. Most of those are ruled out of order, or not defense related, so they can’t be attached to the bill.

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Think about what he just said. In his mind, and the minds of most Democrats, we’re not a constitutional republic with three branches of government accountable to the people. We should instead be ruled by un-elected bureaucrats and intelligence agencies who do their bidding. Mfume just completely epitomized everything that is wrong with our government.
– Greg Price

Appears someone has decided to play political hardball right back in the demoncrap’s faces.

House passes resolution to remove Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee

The Republican-led House of Representatives voted on Thursday to pass a resolution to remove Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee.

House Republicans have argued Omar should not serve on the committee in light of past statements she has made related to Israel that in some cases been criticized by members of both parties as antisemitic. Democrats have criticized the push to oust Omar, arguing it amounts to an act of political revenge and that the Minnesota Democrat has been held accountable for her past remarks. The party-line vote was 218 to 211. GOP Rep. David Joyce of Ohio voted “present.”

Omar was defiant in a floor speech ahead of the vote. “My leadership and voice will not be diminished if I am not on this committee for one term. My voice will get louder and stronger,” she said.

“So take your vote or not – I am here to stay, and I am here to be a voice against harms around the world and advocate for a better world,” the congresswoman said.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries accused Republicans of seeking “political revenge.”

“I will move immediately to seat Rep. Omar on the House Budget Committee where she will defend Democratic values against right-wing extremism,” Jeffries tweeted after the House vote.

The action by House Republicans comes after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy officially denied seats on the House Intelligence Committee to Democratic Reps. Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff, the former chairman of the panel – a decision that was condemned by Democrats.

McCarthy vowed last year that if Republicans won back the House majority, he would strip Schiff, Swalwell and Omar of committee assignments, arguing that Democrats created a “new standard” when they held the majority by removing Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Paul Gosar of Arizona from committees for violent rhetoric and posts.

Louisiana Legislature Overrides Governor’s Veto of Bill Protecting Kids From Transgender Surgeries.

The cultural conflicts that play out in various states become complicated when the legislature and the executive come from different parties. Take Louisiana for example: in the Bayou State, the legislature is heavily Republican, while Gov. John Bel Edwards is a Democrat.

In 2023, the state legislature passed multiple bills that sought to counter the transgender madness that’s sweeping our culture. The legislature voted on and passed three bills: HB81 would have required teachers and school staff to use a child’s birth pronouns unless parents consented to use alternate pronouns; HB466 was Louisiana’s version of Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law; and HB648 prohibited gender treatments for minors. As one would expect of a Democrat, Edwards vetoed all three bills.

The GOP-dominated legislature began to work to override the vetoes, but Republicans couldn’t muster enough support to get to the two-thirds majority that the law requires to override the vetoes on HB81 and HB466. However, large majorities in both chambers voted to override Edwards’ veto of HB648, so that bill will become law.

“Thanks to the bi-partisan support of the Louisiana State Senate, we are one step closer to protecting children in Louisiana from experimental chemical and surgical sex change procedures. HB648 has passed both chambers of the state legislature with veto-proof majorities, and the people of Louisiana have made it clear that our children are worth fighting for,” State Rep. Gabe Firment (R-22nd district), who sponsored the bill, said in a statement.
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You Will Own Nothing: Your War with a New Financial World Order and How to Fight Back

When Carol Roth first heard that one of the World Economic Forum’s predictions for 2030 was “You will own nothing, and be happy,” she thought it was an outlandish fantasy. Then, she researched it. What she found was that a number of businesses, governments, and global elites share a vision of a future that sounds utopian: Everyone will have everything they need, and no one will own anything.

From declines in home and vehicle ownership to global inflation and government spending, many of the trends of modern life reveal that a new world that is emerging—one in which Western citizens, by choice or by circumstance, increasingly do not own possessions or accumulate wealth. It’s the perfect economic environment for the rich and powerful to solidify their positions and prevent anyone else from getting ahead.

In You Will Own Nothing¸ Roth reveals how the agendas of Wall Street, world governments, international organizations, socialist activists, and multinational corporations like Blackrock all work together to reduce the power of the dollar and prevent millions of Americans from taking control of their wealth. She shows why owning fewer assets makes you poorer and less free. This book is essential guide to protecting your hard-earned wealth for the coming generations.

Surprise, surprise, surprise

South Bend shooting numbers down despite permitless gun law

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) – Despite a statewide permitless handgun carry law being in effect for more than a year, South Bend officials say that the number of shootings in the city has gone down compared to previous years.

HEA 1296, passed on July 1, 2022, removed the requirement to have a permit to carry a handgun in the state of Indiana. The proposed law had city leaders up in arms before it was passed.

“We had a say, and we said it, but it fell on deaf ears,” said South Bend Police Chief Scott Ruszkowski during a 2022 press conference. “The police departments said it, the Sheriff’s Association said it, the state police have said it… Don’t do this, and what did they do? They did it.”

Even with requirements being repealed, all nine counties in our viewing area (Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, LaGrange, LaPorte, Marshall, Pulaski, St. Joseph, and Starke) have seen a small increase in active licenses.

According to data from the Indiana State Police, on January 1, 2022, all nine counties showed a total of 120,956 active licenses. Exactly one year later, the number of licenses increased by 3.2% to 124,869.

“As Indiana was already a ‘shall issue’ license state prior to enacting constitutional carry, I don’t believe the new law had any impact on law-abiding people who wanted to carry a concealed weapon legally,” said Terry Demaegd, a moderator for a local second amendment group.

Mayor James Mueller said that while shootings are down, they could be lower. He also adds that the lack of permit requirements makes it difficult for officers to stop gun violence in the first place.

“Now if [police] see someone carrying a gun in public, unless they have knowledge that that person is not allowed to carry it…that officer cannot go and intervene, does not have probable cause,” Mueller said.

DeMaegd added that education is important for gun owners.

“Groups composed of responsible gun owners have always stressed safety instruction, firearm training, and adherence to the law for both licensed or constitutional carry persons who want to carry a concealed weapon,” DeMaegd said.

Pierre Atlas is a senior lecturer at the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI and has extensive experience working on the topic of gun culture in America.

“What the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department reported was a doubling of accidental shootings since the implementation of the permitless carry law,” said Atlas. “I think that goes to the point that, and this is my own interpretation, I think permitless carry facilitates irresponsible gun ownership. The carry license that Indiana had that ended last year served as a gatekeeper. You had to pass a criminal background check and give your fingerprints. So people who were prohibited persons automatically were rejected, and then they knew they were rejected.”

Despite the relaxed restrictions, other state and federal restrictions still stand in terms of who can and cannot possess a firearm.

Nolte: NY Times Reports Coronavirus Deaths Overcounted by 30% … on Paragraph 17

The far-left New York Times quietly admitted this week that deaths from the coronavirus were overcounted by 30 percent.

Gee, another “right-wing conspiracy theory” is proven true…

The Times’ dishonesty is on full display even in the reporting of this breathtaking news.

Does this amazing revelation earn its own headline? Nope.

Does this amazing revelation sit at the top of the story? Nope.

Here’s how the propagandists at the Times bury the truth:

Headline: “A Positive Covid Milestone.”

Sub-headline: “In a sign that the pandemic really is over, the total number of Americans dying each day is no longer historically abnormal.”

And it is only after reading some 17 paragraphs where you will finally find the buried truth…

The official number is probably an exaggeration because it includes some people who had virus when they died even though it was not the underlying cause of death. Other C.D.C. data suggests that almost one-third of official recent Covid deaths have fallen into this category. A study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases came to similar conclusions.

One-third.

We shut down the country, we closed schools, we bankrupted people, we bankrupted small businesses, we destroyed our economy, we transferred enormous wealth to the top one percent… All based on data that was off by a full third.

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July 19

64 – The Great Fire of Rome rages on for six days, destroying half of the city

711 – Umayyad moslem forces, under Tariq ibn Ziyad, defeat the Visigoths led by King Roderic at Guadalete in southern Spain, noted as the first battle of the moslem conquest of the Iberian peninsula.

939 – During the Reconquista, King Ramiro II of León defeats a moslem army under Caliph Abd-al-Rahman III near Simancas in Spain

1701 – Under terms of the Nanfan Treaty, the Iroquois Confederacy cedes territory north of the Ohio River to England.

1814 – Samuel Colt is born in Hartford, Connecticut

1843 –The Great Western Steamship Company’s steamship SS Great Britain is launched, the first ocean going craft with an iron hull and screw propeller, and at the time, the largest vessel afloat in the world.

1845 – The Great New York City Fire destroys 345 buildings and results in the death of 4 firefighters and 26 citizens

1870 – France declares war on Prussia.

1929 – Gaston Glock is born in Vienna, Austria

1934 – The rigid airship USS Macon ‘surprises’ the cruiser USS Houston near Clipperton Island, southwest of Mexico, en route to Hawaii, with a mail delivery for President Roosevelt, a demonstration by its Captain of the aircraft’s potential for tracking ships at sea.

1963 – Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 for the first time to an altitude of 347,800 feet exceeding an altitude of 100 km, qualifying as spaceflight.

1967 – Piedmont Airlines Flight 22, a Boeing 727, and a private corporate Cessna 310 collide over Hendersonville, North Carolina and crash, killing all 82 passengers and crew aboard both aircraft.

1969 – Senator Ted Kennedy crashes his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.

1977 – The world’s first Global Positioning System is transmitted from an orbiting satellite.

1979 – Sandinista rebels overthrow the Somoza government of Nicaragua.

1981 – In a private meeting with President Reagan, French President Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development for decades.

1982 – David S. Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut, is kidnapped by Hezbollah

1989 – United Airlines Flight 232, A Douglas DC-10, suffers a engine failure in flight, damaging most of the craft’s fight controls, and crashes as the crew attempts an emergency landing at the Gateway Airport in Sioux City, Iowa killing 112 of the 286 passengers and crew aboard.

2018 – The Knesset passes the controversial Nationality Bill, which defines the State of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people.

2019 – Dutch actor Rutger Hauer dies, age 75, at his home in the Netherlands.

Man Dies After Pulling Gun on ‘Lawfully Armed’ Man During Robbery Attempt

Eighteen-year-old Kyler Matthews died after being shot during an alleged attempted armed robbery of a “lawfully armed” man in Greenwood, Mississippi, Sunday.

The Greenwood Commonwealth reported that the incident occurred just after 4:00 p.m. “in front of W.J. Bishop Apartments on Clay Avenue.”

Leflore County Sheriff’s Department Investigator Bill Staten told Breitbart News that the would-be victim was walking down the street on his way back from a convenience store, and Matthews allegedly took up a position where the two would come into contact.

Staten said, “Matthews confronted him, asked him for a smoke or a cigarette lighter, and the man said he didn’t have one. Matthews then turned away and turned back around suddenly and shoved a gun in the guy’s chest.”

He noted, “The guy immediately reacted by pushing Matthews’ gun away.”

Staten indicated that Matthews did not know the would-be victim was “lawfully armed.” The would-be victim pulled his gun and fired one shot, striking Matthews in the shoulder.

Matthews went to a hospital in a private vehicle and died thereafter.

Now That the Whole World Knows We’re Low on Ammunition, Frantic Effort to Re-Arm Commences

The entire world knows that the United States is low on firepower because President Joe Biden acted on his inexplicable desire to blurt out such information on CNN, telling Fareed Zakaria, “This is a war relating to munitions. And [Ukraine]… is running out of that ammunition, and we’re low on it.”

He also maintained that the shortage was one reason behind the controversial decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine.

Now the U.S. is scrambling to strengthen stockpiles, according to John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council. (By the way, what does that title even mean?)

Appearing with Shannon Bream on “Fox News Sunday,” Kirby described the effort:

We’re working very closely with the defense industry to try to ramp up production, particularly for artillery shells…

You saw that we gave some cluster munitions to Ukraine as a bridging solution here while we ramp up production. We’re having very, very strong conversations with the defense industry and we believe that we’ll be able to get there.

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Bream had brought up a think tank report that estimated it could take years to get back to where we were:

Kirby was responding to a segment reporting that a Center for Strategic and International Studies report found replacing inventories for ammunitions such as 155 mm shells could take between four and seven years. Replacing Javelins could take up to eight years and Stingers up to as many as 18 years, according to the report.

Meanwhile, he has to convince the manufacturers that the administration is in it for the long haul, saying:

The defense industry obviously wants to make sure that if they’re going to increase production, that production rate is going to stay elevated for a period of time. Because that means hiring more workers, it means retooling and adding capacity in their factories and manufacturing capabilities.

So we understand that and that’s sort of the central thesis here of the discussions that we’re having with them, is to get them to increase production and let them know that we’re serious about doing that for some period of time.

 

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