On this day:
1297
Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly-led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English.
1649
Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell’s English Parliamentarian troops take the town and execute its garrison
1708
Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish empire ceases to be a major power
1829
Surrender of the expedition led by Isidro Barradas at Tampico, sent by the Spanish crown in order to retake Mexico, This was the final consummation of Mexican independence.
1857
The Mountain Meadows Massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.
1921
Nahalal, the first moshav in Palestine, is settled as part of a Zionist plan to colonize Palestine and creating a Jewish state, later to be Israel.
1922
The British Mandate of Palestine begins.
1944
World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
1978
U.S. President Jimmy Carter, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel meet at Camp David and agree on the Camp David Accords a framework for peace between Israel and Egypt and a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.
1997
14 Estonian soldiers die in the Kurkse tragedy, drowning in the Baltic Sea
2001
The September 11 attacks take place in the United States. Airplane hijackings result in the collapse of the World Trade Center in New York City, damage to The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and the crashing of a passenger airliner near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
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On the "We think it's a good idea to destroy the world's economy" front, the International Energy Agency, which has repeatedly predicted that global oil demand growth will peak before 2030, has drafted a report admitting that both oil and gas demand are set to continue growing for decades.
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1297
Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly-led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English.
1649
Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell’s English Parliamentarian troops take the town and execute its garrison
1708
Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish empire ceases to be a major power
1829
Surrender of the expedition led by Isidro Barradas at Tampico, sent by the Spanish crown in order to retake Mexico, This was the final consummation of Mexican independence.
1857
The Mountain Meadows Massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.
1921
Nahalal, the first moshav in Palestine, is settled as part of a Zionist plan to colonize Palestine and creating a Jewish state, later to be Israel.
1922
The British Mandate of Palestine begins.
1944
World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
1978
U.S. President Jimmy Carter, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel meet at Camp David and agree on the Camp David Accords a framework for peace between Israel and Egypt and a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.
1997
14 Estonian soldiers die in the Kurkse tragedy, drowning in the Baltic Sea
2001
The September 11 attacks take place in the United States. Airplane hijackings result in the collapse of the World Trade Center in New York City, damage to The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and the crashing of a passenger airliner near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
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On the "We think it's a good idea to destroy the world's economy" front, the International Energy Agency, which has repeatedly predicted that global oil demand growth will peak before 2030, has drafted a report admitting that both oil and gas demand are set to continue growing for decades.
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The 9/11 anniversary the TV stations planned this morning have been negatively impacted by Kirk's murder. Strangely, we don't see the staring, homicidal connection. Children's bodies are scattered on school floors. Toltalitarian regimes probe the borders of their neighbors, looking for a chance of a nice, clean, low-cost hit. Well-educated scientists nurse infant bioweapons in petri dishes. Edges of the Bell Curve ruminate on their purposeless life and grasp "I hate therefore I am" in a cold embrace.
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The poor Ukrainian girl who thought she would escape man's murderous intent in Charlotte died alone among her fellow passengers. Not one moved before or after the knife attack. The camera footage shows them silently leaving the train at the next stop.
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And the House of Representatives booed the motion to say a prayer for Kirk on the House floor.
There is something seriously wrong here.
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Kirk
Well, the mask is off. The notion that our national problems need only a respectful engagement with your opponent, discussion, debate, and good-humored withdrawal to a neutral corner is untrue. That is exactly what Charlie Kirk did and was.
Well, the mask is off. The notion that our national problems need only a respectful engagement with your opponent, discussion, debate, and good-humored withdrawal to a neutral corner is untrue. That is exactly what Charlie Kirk did and was.
He was not a politician; He was not elected to anything. He was a public teacher, a crusader emphasizing religion and government, a peaceful religion and a limited government. Specifically, he was a Christian and a conservative. He would seek out places where his opponents lived, go there, and challenge them. Not just baiting the bear, he met them on the respectful academic grounds of the college campuses. He had a little segment in his speaking performance called "Change my mind," in which he would invite members of the audience to a microphone to challenge any of his opinions and discuss them back and forth.
He dropped out of college to do this. He had his opponents--beliefs always stimulate opposition, and, yesterday, there were 7000 signatures on a petition to prevent him from accessing the campus. And his encounters were smart and demanding. But I have never heard anyone who had met him who was not impressed with his openness, honesty, and good nature. He was, by all accounts, a kind, generous, reflective man.
And he was experiencing increasing success. A more conservative movement is emerging among younger people, especially on campuses, and he was a major factor. Trump said he might not have been elected without him.
Create a forum where you can engage your opponents with respectful discussion, debate, and polite resolution. That is exactly what Charlie Kirk did and was.
And that is exactly why he was murdered.
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