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Wednesday, September 14, 2016
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"The future always comes too fast and in the wrong order."
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Outlook
If we want to change the world, we have to focus on results and not feelings
Reality Check
Israeli PM's statement flummoxed the Obama administration because no Israeli leader has ever stated the obvious bigotry of the US position regarding the so-called settlements so pointedly
Life Hacks
The first steps in overcoming life's greatest challenges
Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
Cooking can be the best lesson learned in college (INCL. 6 MUST-MASTER RECIPES!)
Consumer Intelligence
Avoid these blunders if you want to get your problem resolved
Wellness
My diagnosis came just before I turned 40. But it's not stopping me
[ W O R T H 1 0 0 0 W O R D S ]
[ T O D A Y I N H I S T O R Y ] • 1752, the British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2)
• 1812, one week after winning a bloody victory over the Russian army at the Battle of Borodino, Napoleon Bonaparte's Grande Armee enters the city of Moscow, only to find the population evacuated and the Russian army retreated again. Moscow was the goal of the invasion, but the deserted city held no czarist officials to sue for peace and no great stores of food or supplies to reward the French soldiers for their long march. Then, just after midnight, fires broke out across the city, apparently set by Russian patriots, leaving Napoleon's massive army with no means to survive the coming Russian winter
• 1814, Francis Scott Key was inspired to write a poem after witnessing how Fort McHenry in Maryland had endured a night of British bombardment during the War of 1812; that poem, originally called "Defence of Fort McHenry," later became the lyrics to "The Star-Spangled Banner," the American national anthem
• 1886, George K. Anderson of Memphis, TN patented the typewriter ribbon
• 1901, President William McKinley dies after an assassination attempt on September 6, and is succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt
• 1917, Russia is officially proclaimed a republic
• 1944, the U.S. 1st Marine Division lands on the island of Peleliu, one of the Palau Islands in the Pacific, as part of a larger operation to provide support for Gen. Douglas MacArthur, who was preparing to invade the Philippines. The cost in American lives would prove historic
• 1948, groundbreaking for the United Nations headquarters
• 1959, the Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it
• 1964, Pope Paul VI opened the third session of the Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, also known as "Vatican II." (The session closed two months later.)
• 1972, the first performance of The Waltons on CBS-TV
• 1982, president-elect of Lebanon, Bachir Gemayel, is assassinated by practitioners of that "religion of peace"
• 1984, Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a hot air balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean
• 1985, practitioners of that "religion of peace" in Lebanon released the Rev. Benjamin Weir after holding him captive for 16 months
• 1994, the Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike
• 2001, U.S. President George W. Bush proclaimed this to be a day of national mourning and remembrance for those killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. ALSO: The FBI identified the hijackers and said several had taken flying lessons in Florida. a historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital
• 2003, authorities said an estimated 124 people were dead or missing after South Korea was struck by the most powerful typhoon to hit the country in a century
• 2010, U.S. hiker Sarah Shourd, imprisoned in Iran on charges of espionage for more than a year after she and two male companions were accused of illegally crossing into Iranian territory, was released on $500,000 bail. The men -- Shane Bauer, her fiance, and Josh Fattal --were freed just over a year later
• 2012, Alexandria, Va., resident Amine Mohamed El-Khalifi, 29, whose plot to make a suicide attack on the U.S. Capitol was foiled by the FBI, was sentenced to 30 years in prison
Andrew Malcolm: The most crucial, least-discussed issue for Trump and Clinton (THOUGHT PROVOKING)
News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Undignified Deaths
Lenore Skenazy: The Pest Years of Our Lives
Michelle Malkin: Mulan vs. the Diversity-Mongers
Charles Hurt : Weekend at Hillary's, a tragicomedy about lying enablers and a White House campaign
Jonah Goldberg: Hillary's health is a valid issue
Ramesh Ponnuru: What Clinton missed in 'basket of deplorables'
Declassified by Eli Lake: U.S. spies think China wants to read your email
Walter Williams: Academic Giants and Dwarfs
Thomas Sowell: Election Year Books
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