On this day:
1807Robert Fulton’s North River Steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.
1862
American Civil War: Major General J.E.B. Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
1862
Indian Wars: The Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Lakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.
1918
Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated. This, and the attempted assassination of Lenin by Fanny Kaplan, initiates the Red Terror
1943
World War II: The Royal Air Force begins Operation Hydra, the first air raid of the Operation Crossbow strategic bombing campaign against Germany’s V-weapon programme.
1943
World War II: The U.S. Eighth Air Force suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission.
1943
World War II: The U.S. Seventh Army under General George S. Patton arrives in Messina, Italy, followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery, thus completing the Allied conquest of Sicily.
1950
Hill 303 massacre: American POWs were massacred by North Korean Army.
1970
Venera Program: Venera 7 launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus).
1998
Monica Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an “improper physical relationship” with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. On the same day, he admits before the nation that he “misled people” about the relationship.
2005
Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh
2008
American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals in one Olympic Games.
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They [these leftists] seem to want a regression to the Dark Ages: an unsophisticated economy with no landlords, no insurers, no complex markets. They see complexity in the economy, the reason for which is beyond their comprehension, as parasitic.--Wolfe
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Imagine, if you will, outrageously wealthy men suddenly declaring their devotion and their lives to the well-being of the average guy.
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The Moroccan migration into Ceuta has caused a ripple in the EU.
While France and other countries tightened border checks, Italy went further and announced it had suspended the EU’s free-movement Schengen agreement with Madrid. Now, in Italian airports, passengers from Spain are asked to join a different line.
Spain retaliated by imposing checks on travelers from Italy.
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One of America's stranger official creations, the Memorandum of Understanding, has expired. All those politicians and journalists, with their somber declarations and comments, will be missed.
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The Alaskan Microcosm
Sometimes politics seems to be too big a task for politicians.
Dan S. Sullivan is the incumbent Republican senator from Alaska running for reelection. A late addition to the race is one Daniel J. Sullivan.
Though Dan J. Sullivan, AKA "Decoy Dan," is running as a Republican, he was not associated with the party until two days before filing to run under the GOP banner. He also asked the state to be listed on the ballot as "Dan S. Sullivan," though he does not share Sen. Sullivan's middle initial.
Majority Forward, the nonprofit affiliate of Schumer's Senate Majority PAC, began running ads for the Democrat candidate, using the man who nominated "Decoy Dan" in the ad. He is a romantic partner of an Alaska Democrat operative.
Republicans challenged Dan J. Sullivan's candidacy, arguing that he was running in "bad faith." The Alaska Division of Elections disqualified him in June, determining that his campaign served "the purpose of confusing or misleading voters." Dan J. Sullivan appealed the decision, which a lower court reversed. This means Dan J. Sullivan will appear on the Aug. 18 primary ballot alongside Sen. Sullivan.
This is a clear effort by the Democrats, at the local and national levels, to split the Alaskan Sullivan vote and allow their candidate to sneak in. That subversion of the Alaskan vote is a matter of national Democrat policy. Policy. Nor does the judicial system have the moral wherewithal to protect the voter from their politicians. Like gerrymandering. Like packing the court.
In some way, this is reminiscent of college fraternity rivals; it has a funny element. But our republic gives the citizen a say. On the assumption that being a national senator has national and international implications, and this brazen act is obviously an attempt to confound and blunt the voters' choice, it is a serious matter and should be remembered every time a Democrat somberly intones his concerns about 'saving democracy.'
Though Dan J. Sullivan, AKA "Decoy Dan," is running as a Republican, he was not associated with the party until two days before filing to run under the GOP banner. He also asked the state to be listed on the ballot as "Dan S. Sullivan," though he does not share Sen. Sullivan's middle initial.
Majority Forward, the nonprofit affiliate of Schumer's Senate Majority PAC, began running ads for the Democrat candidate, using the man who nominated "Decoy Dan" in the ad. He is a romantic partner of an Alaska Democrat operative.
Republicans challenged Dan J. Sullivan's candidacy, arguing that he was running in "bad faith." The Alaska Division of Elections disqualified him in June, determining that his campaign served "the purpose of confusing or misleading voters." Dan J. Sullivan appealed the decision, which a lower court reversed. This means Dan J. Sullivan will appear on the Aug. 18 primary ballot alongside Sen. Sullivan.
This is a clear effort by the Democrats, at the local and national levels, to split the Alaskan Sullivan vote and allow their candidate to sneak in. That subversion of the Alaskan vote is a matter of national Democrat policy. Policy. Nor does the judicial system have the moral wherewithal to protect the voter from their politicians. Like gerrymandering. Like packing the court.
In some way, this is reminiscent of college fraternity rivals; it has a funny element. But our republic gives the citizen a say. On the assumption that being a national senator has national and international implications, and this brazen act is obviously an attempt to confound and blunt the voters' choice, it is a serious matter and should be remembered every time a Democrat somberly intones his concerns about 'saving democracy.'
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