ProPublica published a very insightful interview with Alan Bersin. He “served in several key posts in the Department of Homeland Security, including as acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, the force of 58,000 employees that includes the U.S. Border Patrol as well as CBP officers guarding air, land and sea ports of entry. He … [Read more…]
Daily Alta California, 13 February 1857 We read in the Moniteur – “M. Thomas, of Colmar, has lately made the finishing improvements in the calculating machine, called the arithmometer, at which he has been working for upwards of thirty years. Pascal and Leibnitz, in the 17th century, and Diderot at a later period, endeavored to … [Read more…]
San Bernardino Sun, 11 February 1933 DICTATORSHIP PLAN TO MEET G.O.P. ATTACK Garner Scheme Giving Boundless Authority to President Hit By Republican Leaders HOOVER’S HELP SOLICITED Minority Party Sees Threats to Government if Executive Can Set Aside Laws BY CECIL B. DICKSON (Associated Press Writer) WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 – A compromise on the extent of … [Read more…]
Sausalito News, 3 January 1925 Tin Can Has Helped Make America Great The epic of the tin can! Our skill in producing tin plate has developed out of our ability to supply the world with American tin cans. Cans for kerosene, tinned beef, salmon, California fruits, Hawaiian pineapple, Maryland tomatoes. We lead the world in … [Read more…]
Sacramento Union – 5 February 1917 Cancellation of Oriental Liquor Licenses Asked The Trade Protective League of Sacramento has sent communications to the city commission and to the board of supervisors asking those bodies to cancel all liquor licenses now held by Orientals. This action by the league was taken after the city of Stockton … [Read more…]
In The Guardian from 1933, an interesting piece about Adolf Hitler. BERLIN, THURSDAY “I only ask for four years; after that the nation can do what it will with me – crucify me if it likes,” said Hitler during an interview which he gave this afternoon to a small group of British and American journalists.
Regarding Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court, here is a comment from Ars Technica which mirrors my sentiments very closely. As I write this, it is +25 votes: I hope the nomination drags out for ages and is ugly and horrible. This is a stolen seat, and it’s bullshit, and I want revenge. Which … [Read more…]
Bannon is a threat … I’m adding a link to a MOTHER JONES article from August 22, 2016 on Bannon and some history on his latest incarnation HERE. And more currently: The Full Article in the Washington Post: The danger of Steve Bannon on the National Security Council To wit: First, he (Trump) essentially demoted … [Read more…]