1770 – Marie Antoinette, at age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15.

1866 – The U.S. Congress authorized the first 5-cent piece to be minted.

1868 – U.S. President Andrew Johnson was acquitted during the Senate impeachment, by one vote.

1879 – The Treaty of Gandamak between Russia and England set up the Afghan state.

1881 – In Germany, the first electric tram for the public started service.

1888 – The first demonstration of recording on a flat disc was demonstrated by Emile Berliner.

1888 – The capitol of Texas was dedicated in Austin.

1910 – The U.S. Bureau of Mines was authorized by the U.S. Congress.

1914 – The American Horseshoe Pitchers Association (AHPA) was formed in Kansas City, Kansas.

1920 – Joan of Arc was canonized in Rome.

1929 – The first Academy Awards were held in Hollywood.

1939 – The Philadelphia Athletics and the Cleveland Indians met at Shibe Park in Philadelphia for the first baseball game to be played under the lights in the American League.

1946 – “Annie Get Your Gun” opened on Broadway.

1946 – Jack Mullin showed the world the first magnetic tape recorder.

1948 – The body of CBS News correspondent George Polk was found in Solonika Bay in Greece. It had been a week after he’d disappeared.

1960 – A Big Four summit in Paris collapsed due to the American U-2 spy plane incident.

1960 – Theodore Maiman, at Hughes Research Laboratory in California, demonstrated the first working laser.

1963 – After 22 Earth orbits Gordon Cooper returned to Earth, ending Project Mercury.

1965 – Spaghetti-O’s were sold for the first time.

1969 – Venus 5, a Russian spacecraft, landed on the planet Venus.

1971 – U.S. postage for a one-ounce first class stamp was increased from 6 to 8 cents.

1975 – Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

1977 – Five people were killed when a New York Airways helicopter, idling on top of the Pan Am Building in Manhattan, toppled over, sending a huge rotor blade flying.

1985 – Michael Jordan was named Rookie of the Year in the NBA.

1987 – The Bobro 400 set sail from New York Harbor with 3,200 tons of garbage. The barge travelled 6,000 miles in search of a place to dump its load. It returned to New York Harbor after 8 weeks with the same load.

1988 – A report released by Surgeon General C. Everett Koop declared that nicotine was addictive in similar was as heroin and cocaine.

1988 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that police do not have to have a search warrant to search discarded garbage.

1991 – Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.

1992 – The Endeavour space shuttle landed safely after its maiden voyage.

1996 – Admiral Jeremy “Mike” Boorda, the nation’s top Navy officer, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after some of his military awards were called into question.

1997 – In Zaire, President Mobutu Sese Seko gave control of the country to rebel forces ending 32 years of autocratic rule.

2000 – U.S. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton was nominated to run for U.S. Senator in New York. She was the first U.S.first lady to run for public office.

2005 – Sony Corp. unveiled three styles of its new PlayStation 3 video game machine.

The Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) is a secure area used for handling classified information. Let’s delve into the rules and guidelines associated with SCIFs:

1. Purpose:
   • The primary purpose of SCIFs is to establish policies for accessing, safeguarding, and storing classified information and material within a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)-controlled SCIF.
   • This includes documents printed and stored within the SCIF.
2. Background:
   • Several authorities govern the protection of facilities, personnel, and classified information in GSA-controlled SCIFs. These authorities include:
     • Executive Order (EO) 13526: Addresses “Classified National Security Information.”
     • EO 12333: Pertains to “United States Intelligence Activities.”
     • Code of Federal Regulations Title 32, Part 2001: Covers “Classified National Security Information.”
     • Intelligence Community Directives (ICDs): Various ICDs provide guidance on protection, unauthorized disclosure, personnel security standards, and SCIF facilities.
3. Scope and Applicability:
   • This order applies to all GSA personnel and visitors to a GSA-controlled SCIF.
   • It does not apply to other agencies using a GSA-controlled SCIF unless specified in agreements.
   • Legal authorities of the GSA Office of Inspector General and the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals remain unaffected.
4. Policy:
   • GSA-controlled SCIFs fall under the responsibility of the GSA Office of Mission Assurance (OMA).
   • Only individuals with appropriate security clearance, a need-to-know basis, and within a GSA-controlled SCIF may handle, discuss, and store classified information and material.
5. Responsibilities:
   • Associate Administrator of OMA:
     • Leads the SCI Security Program, ensuring compliance with policies and procedures.
     • Safeguards equipment, systems, and printed documents within GSA-controlled SCIFs ¹.

Remember, SCIFs play a crucial role in maintaining national security by safeguarding sensitive information and facilitating secure communication among authorized personnel.

The Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) is a secure area used for handling classified information. Let’s delve into the rules and guidelines associated with SCIFs:

1. Purpose:
   • The primary purpose of SCIFs is to establish policies for accessing, safeguarding, and storing classified information and material within a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)-controlled SCIF.
   • This includes documents printed and stored within the SCIF.
2. Background:
   • Several authorities govern the protection of facilities, personnel, and classified information in GSA-controlled SCIFs. These authorities include:
     • Executive Order (EO) 13526: Addresses “Classified National Security Information.”
     • EO 12333: Pertains to “United States Intelligence Activities.”
     • Code of Federal Regulations Title 32, Part 2001: Covers “Classified National Security Information.”
     • Intelligence Community Directives (ICDs): Various ICDs provide guidance on protection, unauthorized disclosure, personnel security standards, and SCIF facilities.
3. Scope and Applicability:
   • This order applies to all GSA personnel and visitors to a GSA-controlled SCIF.
   • It does not apply to other agencies using a GSA-controlled SCIF unless specified in agreements.
   • Legal authorities of the GSA Office of Inspector General and the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals remain unaffected.
4. Policy:
   • GSA-controlled SCIFs fall under the responsibility of the GSA Office of Mission Assurance (OMA).
   • Only individuals with appropriate security clearance, a need-to-know basis, and within a GSA-controlled SCIF may handle, discuss, and store classified information and material.
5. Responsibilities:
   • Associate Administrator of OMA:
     • Leads the SCI Security Program, ensuring compliance with policies and procedures.
     • Safeguards equipment, systems, and printed documents within GSA-controlled SCIFs ¹.

Remember, SCIFs play a crucial role in maintaining national security by safeguarding sensitive information and facilitating secure communication among authorized personnel.

Source: BingAI

Cancer Politics

Why do politicians from states with the highest cancer rates vote to defund research to find a cure? Cancerous politics.

“Cancer claims more than 600,000 American lives a year and cancer care costs about $200 billion every year.

President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot initiative is Congress’ latest partisan casualty. MAGA Republicans, refusing to give Biden a “win,” voted against the renewal of funding.” – USA Today

Use this map based on data from the National Cancer Institute to see which states have the highest rates of cancer: Lung cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer and prostrate cancer. It’s overlaid with the Congressional rep for the district so you can easily see who is putting their politics above your health.

See! Elections do have consequences. You get politicians ready to defund cancer research to fund tax cuts for their billionaire donors.

Hold them accountable

Source: thedemlabs.org

aka Maga/Republicans