Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
The Roman Empire, Ivan the Terrible, Council of Nablus, Medici Bank, Don Quixote, Act of Union, Midnight Battle, Civil Service, Samoa, Iran Major Events on January 16 27 B.C. – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the end of the Roman Republic
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Elizabeth I crowned Queen, Robert Morris asks Congress to adopt coinage and a national mint, British Museum, War of 1812, Civil War, Donkeys & the Democrat Party, Coca-Cola, Spartacist Uprising, Spanish Civil War, Pope John Paul II & Lech Walesa Major Events on January 15 1559 – Elizabeth I is
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Feast of the Ass, Ratification of the Treaty of Paris, Hippie Movement and the Human Be-In, Spain annexes Cuba, Treaty of Kiel, Greek War of Independence, Casablanca Conference, Elvis Presley Holidays and Observances on January 14 Feast of the Ass: This is a now antiquated celebration that may have arisen
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Feast of St. Hilary of Poitiers, Afghanistan becomes the Graveyard of Empires, California in the Mexican-American War, Doctor’s Plot, Spanish slavery, NatGeo, Independent Labour Party, Hawaii and the Bayonet Constitution Holidays and Observances on January 13 Feast of St. Hilary of Poitiers is a memorial on the General Roman Calendar
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Feast of St. Benedict Biscop, Congress authorized the AUMF for the Persian Gulf War, LBJ’s 1966 SOTU, Super Bowl III, Nigerian Civil War, Hajj Stampede Holidays and Observances on January 12 Feast of St. Benedict Biscop (ca. 628-690), one of the more notable of the Anglo Saxon clerics. Over his
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Memorial of Mary Mitchell Slessor, First use of Insulin on a human patient, Nika Riots, Muhammed takes Mecca, Kingsland Munition Factroy, Occupation of the Ruhr, Designated-Hitter Rule Holidays and Observances Presbyterian Memorial of Mary Mitchell Slessor a 19th century Scottish Presbyterian missionary to Nigeria who very successfully spread Christianity “while
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Feast of Archbishop Laud, Margaret Thatcher Day, Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense, Caesar crosses the Rubicon, Norman invasion of Muslim Sicily, Standard Oil Co., Treaty of Versailles, United Nations, and more. Holidays and Observances on January 10 William Laud The Anglican Church celebrates a feast for Archbishop of Canterbury, William
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Feast of Adrian of Canterbury, Massacre of Jews in Basel, Switzerland, Britain introduces the income tax, Joan of Arc, Horatio Nelson, Daguerreotype photography, Star of the West incident, Battle of Gallipoli, iPhone Holidays and Observances on January 9 Feast of Adrian of Canterbury (memorial). Adrian of Canterbury was born about
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Tomorrow, on January 9, Nancy Pelosi will push through the House a non-binding resolution that would tie the President’s hands from ever attacking Iran – or presumably any Iranian found anywhere in the world, including Iraq – under any condition, without first getting approval from Congress. The resolution, Pelosi tells
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Trump just spoke to the American people, the world, and to Iran after Iran’s purely symbolic response to Soleimani’s liquidation. This is a yuge win for Trump. He just rewrote the world’s geopolitics. Democrats who took the side of Iran should find that a costly mistake. . My initial thoughts
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Iran’s insignificant response to Soleimani’s death shows a weak regime that is looking to Democrats to help it out, but must still deal with Trump. Stuck between a rock and a hard place, Iran had to respond to Trump’s targeting of IRGC General Soleimani. They did so last night by
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While the Democrats keep squawking about proportionality, the facts show that Trump’s targeting Soleimani was proportional to the risks Iran presents. Nancy Pelosi is leading the charge against Trump for targeting IRGC General Qassam Soleimani. This attack is purely political and designed to gather political advantage, irrespective of cost to
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Battle of New Orleans, Democrat Party, War on Poverty, Alfred the Great, Handel, the ’45, Washington 1st SOTU, Crazy Horse, Woodrow Wilson, and more. Major Events on January 8 1815 – War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans: British interference with American merchant ships during the Napoleonic Wars led to
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In the wake of Trump’s targeting of Iran’s Gen. Soleimani, the MSM seems to be competing among themselves for the most hyperbolic stories. To give them their due: We start with CBS and never-Trumper Mike Morrel for the headline soundbyte: “’There will be dead Americans’ as a result of Iran
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Feast of the Epiphany, South Sea Bubble, FDR’s Four Freedom’s Speech, Harold Godwinson Reconquista, wives of Henry VIII, Continental drift, settled science, Mother Teresa, Trump confirmed as President, and more. Holidays and Observances on January 6 Today is the Feast of the Epiphany. As with Christmas, the Feast of the
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