November 16

1532 - The Incan Empire fell to Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro.

Atahualpa invited the Spaniards in on the 15th, and Pizzaro wasted no time imprisoning the Incan Emperor.

The Incas had no way of knowing, but they followed the mistakes of the Sumerians, Etruscans, Scythians, Hittites, Romans, etc., etc., and were soon to join them in the trash-heap of history...Someday our people will follow this same path, after being conquered by either a more advanced or more barbaric people - I hope you understand it could be either.

1621 - The Roman Church adopted January 1st as the beginning of the calendar year. Previously, March was the first month, which explains why our modern names for the 9th-12th months begin with prefixes meaning: '7' (sept), '8' (oct) '9' (nov) and '10' (dec).

Just a little FYI.

It’s also important to note, this was agreed on by the Roman Church, but Protestants, Orthodox Christians and the non-Christian world took no part in changing the date...Which is why dates always must be taken with a grain-of-salt. In general dates are good, but it is events and their results which are important.

1933 - The United States and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations. President Roosevelt sent a telegram to Soviet leader Maxim Litvinov expressing hope that U.S.-Soviet relations would "forever remain normal and friendly."

The Communists had a solid grip on power for at least the previous decade, so not 'recognizing' the USSR till this time was stupid...Expecting “normal and friendly” relations was equally stupid.

1973 - President Nixon signed the Alaska Pipeline law.

Maybe someday another Congress and president will pull their heads out of their asses and do the same in ANWAR...And maybe we’ll also decide it might be a good idea to drill throughout the U.S. and offshore.

Until this time, however, the world oil market will continue to be at the will of the lunatics in the Middle East, Russia, Venezuela, Nigeria, etc.

1991 - Boris Yeltsin issued a series of decrees effectively transferring control of his republic's economy from the Soviet central government to the Russian Federation.

Unfortunately, Yeltsin was much more successful at dissolving the Soviet state than establishing a well-run Russian one...It's also unfortunate that Yeltsin's successor - Putin - has been much more successful establishing the Russian state.

Notice I didn't say a well-run Russian state.  Putin has re-established the patterns of the past instead of forwarding Russia into the modern world...A reality which is not positive for the Russian people - nor the rest of the world.

1991 - Former Democratic Governor Edwin Edwards of Louisiana was overwhelmingly elected, defeating former Ku Klux Klan member David Duke.

I’m a solid 'anti-Democrat,' which leads me to vote Republican even though I don’t like them much either...I’ve never voted for a Democrat in my life, and don’t see any case in the near future where I will - though Senator McCain tries my patience every six years.

That said, if I were from Louisiana (perish the thought), I would have voted (D) in this election.

There is no excuse for ever supporting a KKK member (past or current)...Shame on those who did in this election, and shame on those in West Virginia who put a former Grand Cyclops, Bobby 'KKK' Byrd (D), in the Congress (both houses) for five decades.

1993 - The U.S. Senate voted to approve a measure designed to protect people who provide or seek abortions from physical attacks or intimidation by abortion opponents.

I’m against abortion, but this vote was proper...The current law allows for fetal-homicides, and as much as it repulses me it is the law.

There are many laws I don't like, but the U.S. is a nation of laws, and the answer is not to attack individuals receiving or performing abortions. The answer is to work towards changing the law.

1994 - A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting California from implementing most provisions of Prop 187, the voter-approved measure denying most public services to illegal aliens.

So much for “the will of the people”...Prop 187 passed by a landslide (59%), but Liberals didn’t have to win the vote, because they knew they could find an appeals court ‘in hand.’  They also knew even further down the judicial path was the 9th Circuit Court - always a beacon of light for Liberal degeneracy.