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Today in History

1789
The National Guard is created in France.
1812
The last remnants of Napoleon Bonaparte‘s Grand ArmeĆ© reach the safety of Kovno, Poland, after the failed Russian campaign.
1814
General Andrew Jackson announces martial law in New Orleans, Louisiana, as British troops disembark at Lake Borne, 40 miles east of the city.
1862
Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats Union Major General Ambrose Burnside at the Battle of Fredericksburg in Virginia. A witness will later describe the battle to President Abraham Lincoln as a “butchery.”
1902
The Committee of Imperial Defense holds its first meeting in London.
1908
The Dutch take two Venezuelan Coast Guard ships.
1937
The Japanese army occupies Nanking, China.
1940
Adolf Hitler issues preparations for Operation Marita, the German invasion of Greece.
1941
British forces launch an offensive in Libya.
1945
France and Britain agree to quit Syria and Lebanon.
1951
After meeting with FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, President Harry S. Truman vows to purge all disloyal government workers.
1968
President Lyndon B. Johnson and Mexico’s President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz meet on a bridge at El Paso, Texas, to officiate at ceremonies returning the long-disputed El Chamizal area to the Mexican side of the border.
1972
Astronaut Gene Cernan climbs into his lunar lander on the moon and prepares to lift off. He is the last man to set foot on the moon.
1973
Great Britain cuts the work week to three days to save energy.
1981
Polish labor leader Lech Walesa is arrested and the government decrees martial law, restricting civil rights and suspending operation of the independent trade union Solidarity.
1985
France sues the United States over the discovery of an AIDS serum.
2001
Terrorists attack the Parliament of India; 15 people are killed, including the terrorists
2003
Deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured; he is found hiding near his home town of Tikrit.

Too Much Xmas Music Really Can Drive You Bonkers

The Elite Is Not Who You Think It Is

Low-Wage Workers Are Still Vulnerable to Abuse

Kaepernick’s Protest for….Workplace Democracy?

Kaepernick’s Protest for….Workplace Democracy?
While Colin Kaepernick has effectively been locked out of the National Football League, his kneeling protests continue to inspire controversy and comment.…

If We Want Kids to Grow Up and Earn a Decent Living, Schools Should Teach Them to Organize Unions

Military officials privately confirmed that Sgt. La David Johnson survived initial ISIL ambush

By chance, a reporter overheard military officials confirm that they believed Sgt. La David Johnson survived the initial ambush in Niger at the heart of a presidential controversy in October — but never released that part of the mysterious story surrounding his death to the public.

Iowa girls turn in their adoptive father for using a cattle prod to make them work faster on farm

Two Iowa girls have turned in their adoptive father for using a cattle prod on them when he felt they were working too slowly on the family farm.
Iowa girls turn in their adoptive father for using a cattle prod to make them work faster on farm

Judge resigns after sending Georgia woman to jail on her wedding anniversary over a traffic ticket

A municipal judge in Decatur, Georgia has resigned after publication of a controversial jail sentence he gave a woman who he claimed lied about a traffic ticket.
Judge resigns after sending Georgia woman to jail on her wedding anniversary over a traffic ticket

Couple busted for lying to Chicago cops about knife-point robbery by black man

A Minnesota couple have been charged with lying to Chicago police about being robbed at knife-point by three black men on a visit to the city.

NC cops caught circulating ‘tasteless’ image mocking victims of the opioid crisis

A North Carolina sheriff has publicly apologized for a “tasteless” meme that appears to mock people who overdose on opioids and wish them dead.

Explosion At New York's Port Authority: 4 Injured, 1 In Custody

People won't stop flipping off Dumbass Trump

Dumbass Trump just can't escape the finger.
The Dumbass got flicked off yet again on Saturday in Florida as his motorcade traveled to his Mar-a-Lago estate, marking at least the fifth time he's been flipped the bird by random passers-by. Dumbass Trump may not be popular—his approval rating is about 37 percent, meaning he's the least-liked pretender in modern history—but the very proper gesture has become a near-constant reminder that follows him wherever he travels.

Crude Dumbass Trump sycophants face an epic shaming after calling 5-year-old girl a ‘terrorist’

A video of Dumbass Trump sycophants being confronted for calling a 5-year-old Palestinian-American girl a “terrorist” is quickly going viral.
Crude Dumbass Trump sycophants face an epic shaming after calling 5-year-old girl a ‘terrorist’

Scientology-linked schools to receive your tax dollars

Clearwater’s website promotes that the teachings are from Hubbard and proudly touts the concepts in Study Technology “developed by Mr. Hubbard when he discovered the primary barriers to a student’s comprehension.”

Major donor dumps James O’Keefe over his criminal record

James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas has just lost a major donor in the wake of revelations that the lunatic fringe wingnut dirty trickster failed to disclose his past criminal record.

The Stylistic Differences Between the KKK and the Alt-Right

Right whales face extinction after number plunges to 450

North Atlantic right whales are facing a severe threat of extinction after this year saw the death of 17 of the species, leaving their numbers dwindling at around 450 individuals in the wild.
Right whales face extinction after number plunges to 450

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