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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

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Today in History

1315
Swiss soldiers ambush and slaughter invading Austrians in the battle of Morgarten.
1533
The explorer Francisco Pizarro enters Cuzco, Peru.
1626
The Pilgrim Fathers, who have settled in New Plymouth, buy out their London investors.
1777
The Articles of Confederation, instituting perpetual union of the United States of America, are adopted by Congress.
1805
Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and their party reach the mouth of the Columbia River, completing their trek to the Pacific.
1806
Explorer Zebulon Pike discovers the Colorado Peak that bears his name, despite the fact that he didn’t climb it.
1864
Union Major General William T. Sherman‘s troops set fires that destroy much of Atlanta’s industrial district prior to beginning Sherman’s March to the Sea.
1881
The American Federation of Labor is founded.
1909
R. Metrot takes off in a Voisin biplane from Algiers, making the first manned flight in Africa.
1917
Kerensky flees and Bolsheviks take command in Moscow.
1920
Forty-one nations open the first League of Nations session in Geneva..
1922
It is announced that Dr. Alexis Carrel has discovered white corpuscles.
1930
General strikes and riots paralyze Madrid, Spain.
1937
Eighteen lawsuits are brought against the Tennessee Valley Authority, calling for its dissolution.
1942
An American fleet defeats a Japanese naval force in a clash off Guadalcanal.
1946
The 17th Paris Air Show opens at the Grand Palais des Champs-Elysees. It is the first show of this kind since World War II.
1952
Newark Airport in New Jersey reopens after closing earlier in the year because of an increase in accidents.
1957
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev asserts Soviet superiority in missiles, challenging the United States to a rocket-range shooting match.
1960
The first submarine with nuclear missiles, the USS George Washington, takes to sea from Charleston, South Carolina.
1962
Cuba threatens to down U.S. planes on reconnaissance flights over its territory.
1963
Argentina voids all foreign oil contracts.
1965
In the second day of combat, regiments of the 1st Cavalry Division battle on Landing Zones X-Ray against North Vietnamese forces in the Ia Drang Valley.
1969
A quarter of a million anti-Vietnam War demonstrators march in Washington, D.C.
1976
A Syrian peace force takes control of Beirut, Lebanon.
1984
Baby Fae dies 20 days after receiving a baboon heart transplant in Loma Linda, California.
1985
An Anglo-Irish Agreement is signed by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald.
1988
The Palestinian National Council proclaims an independent State of Palestine.
1990
The People’s Republic of Bulgaria is replaced by a new republican government.
2007
Cyclone Sidr strikes Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5,000 people.

Kaepernick named 'Citizen of the Year' by GQ

Colin Kaepernick , who last year started protesting police  brutality against African Americans by kneeling during the US national anthem,  has been named "Citizen of the Year" by GQ magazine. 

Fossil Fuel Burning Set to Hit Record High in 2017

Antibiotics Are Weakening and Millions Will Feel the Damage

Legal loophole may help company freeze people alive

In pursuit of life everlasting, some turn to Dog. Others turn to science. Or rather, something science-ish.
If you’ve ever hoped to be cryogenically frozen, you might come across a legal hurdle: while human cryonics is legal in several countries, you have to be dead before going into the cryonics tank. Otherwise, freezing someone alive is tantamount to murder. So, as it is, you can only get your dead body or head frozen—and when thawed, you’d still be dead.

Social media inflames people's passions – and builds extremist divisions

The people of the United States continue to learn how polarized and divided the nation has become. In one study released in late October by the Pew Research Center, Americans were found to have become increasingly partisan in their views. On issues as diverse as health care, immigration, race and sexuality, Americans today hold more extreme and more divergent views than they did a decade ago. The reason for this dramatic shift is a device owned by more than three out of every four Americans.

Horrifying tale of what abortions looked like during the 1950's before Roe v. Wade

In the 1950s, Dr. Waldo Fielding was an obstetrician working at Harlem Hospital in Manhattan. He remembers women from the community coming to him — many terrified they would be reported — with complications from backroom abortions. After Roe, he remembers the protestors at his Boston clinic and the harassment women endured just to access medical care.

Polygamous cult leader was arrested in Mexico

The leader of a polygamous Mormon cult was arrested last week when U.S. law enforcement officials stormed the American fugitive’s ranch in northern Mexico.
Orson William Black Jr., who fled the United States in 2003 after being accused of sexually abusing minors, has been leading a polygamous cult in Mexico for over a decade. Over a hundred U.S. and Mexican officials joined forces to storm the gates of Black’s heavily fortified ranch after two of his sons and a young boy appeared dead on his property. Investigators say they believe the three victims were killed execution style at the door of Black’s trailer.

Mother, daughter leap out of moving train to escape gang rape in India

An unidentified woman and her daughter jumped off a local Indian train Saturday to escape a group of men attempting to harm the young girl.
While aboard the Howrah-Jodhpur Express, the 40-year-old mother made numerous attempts to ward off the group of 10 to 15 men, but her efforts were futile. The woman allegedly made two complaints to the onboard constables but suspected the men bribed the police due to their continued harassment.

I'm a Psychologist, and This Is Why I Believe Roy Moore's Accuser

‘Grossly unfit for office’

After a fifth woman came forward with sexual misconduct allegations against Alabama’s wingnut Senate candidate Roy Moore, the state’s largest newspaper called on him to drop out of the race.

‘WTF is wrong with you’

Twitter users lashed out at lunatic fringe wingnut hack Coulter this week after she suggested that Alabama wingnut Senate candidate Roy Moore’s alleged sexual abuse of a 14-year-old was like President John F. Kennedy having a consensual affair with a 19-year-old.

Moore was banned from the Gadsden Mall in the 70’s for ‘repeatedly’ hitting on teen girls

Though Alabama’s wingnut Senate nominee Roy Moore and his syophants call allegations that he “dated” teen girls when he was in his 30’s politically-motivated fake news, people from Gadsden, where Moore lived at the time of the allegations, say they remember him “badgering” girls.

One Alabama man spent five years in jail for less than what Roy Moore is accused of doing to 14-year-old

Joseph Lee Musso was accused of enticing a 14-year-old girl for sexual purposes in December 2004. Instead of running for the U.S. Senate, however, Musso ended up in jail.

'Anti-government' Florida man arrested in urine bomb plot

A Florida man was arrested on a variety of charges after drunkenly admitting during an argument with his parents that he had built an explosive device.

Wingnut website howls at ‘Simpsons’

Wingnut website howls at ‘Simpsons’ for mocking ‘right-wing nutjobs’ and Ayn Rand

Your Local TV News Is About to Get Even Worse

Corporations Are Undermining Public Education

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