Social Security is an administration, The Social Security Administration, as well as the program which it administers. It was created by the Social Security Act of 1935 which FDR signed into law on August 14, 1935. It is funded by a payroll tax commonly known as FICA ( Federal Insurance Contributions Act) and administered/enforced by the Internal Revenue Service. It was initially highly discriminatory in addition to its other flaws and has been amended several times. The 1956 amendments, in particular, created Medicare and Medicaid. It has also survived two Supreme Court Challenges. The original legislation was Pub. Law 74-241 and the US Code is 42 USC ch.7.
There really was a Macbeth, who really killed a king named Duncan
On this date in 1967, the UK passed extraterritorial legislation banning offshore "pirate" radio, far in excess of any semblance of legitimate authority against all of the jurisdictions and areas they were seizing effective control over.
Today is calledVictory Dayin the US. It used to be called VJ Day aka Victory over Japan Day, but they're now an important ally in our planned war on China. Besides, Honda, Nintendo, Nissan, Sony, Toshiba, Toyota, etc.
We also shouldn't forget National Navajo Code Talkers Day, especially in respect of the above, but, then again, damn near everybody does, for the obvious reasons.
On this day in history:
1040 King Duncan I fell in battle against Macbeth 1720 The Villasur military expedition was wiped out by Pawnee and Otoe 1842 Many Seminole were forced to move from Florida to Oklahoma. 1901 The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead 1912 U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua 1935 FDR signed the Social Security Act 1941 Churchill and FDR signed the Atlantic Charter 1945 The Viet Minh launched the August Revolution against the French colonial government 1967 The UK outlawed participation in offshore "pirate" radio, a blatant extra-territorial power grab. 1975 The Rocky Horror Picture Show opened in London 1980 Walensa leds strikes at Gdansk shipyards 2003 A major electrical blackout hit the northeast US and Canada. 2013 Egyptian security forces killed hundreds of pro-Morsi demonstrators 2015 The US Embassy in Havana re-opened after 54 years
Some people who were born on this day:
Understanding is a lot like sex; it’s got a practical purpose, but that’s not why people do it normally.
~~ Frank Oppenheimer
1530 Giambattista Benedetti, mathematician and physicist 1642 Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, high toned jackass 1714 Claude Joseph Vernet, painter 1777 Hans Christian Orsted, physicist and chemist 1840 Richard von Krafft-Ebing, professional voyeur, wrote Psychopathia Sexualis 1848 Margaret Lindsay Huggins, astronomer 1851 Doc Holliday, dentist, gambler, gunman 1912 Frank Oppenheimer, physicist 1926 Buddy Greco, singer and pianist 1940 Darrell "Dash" Crofts, singer, songwriter, musician 1941 David Crosby, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1942 Willie Dunn, singer and songwriter 1947 Maddy Prior, singer for Steeleye Span 1947 Danielle Steel, author 1950 Gary Larson, cartoonist
Some people who died on this day:
Writers can’t write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.
~~ Bertolt Brecht
1870 David Farragut, admiral 1890 Michael J. McGivney, priest, founded the homophobic Knights of Columbus, candidate for sainthood because same 1951 William Randolph Hearst, yellow journalist, pushed to outlaw pot 1956 Bertolt Brecht, poet, playwright, director 1988 Roy Buchanan, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1988 Enzo Ferrari 2004 Czeslaw Milosz, novelist, essayist, and poet
Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:
National Creamsicle Day
National Navajo Code Talkers Day
Social Security Day
Victory Day fka VJ Day
Partition Horrors Remembrance (India).
Today's Tunes
1912 US Invasion of Nicaragua
Rocky Horror
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Havana Embassy: and yet they persevered
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Kraft-Ebbing
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Buddy Greco
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Darrell Crofts
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David Crosby
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Willie Dunn
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Maddy Prior
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Bertolt Brecht
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Roy Buchanan
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Ok, it's an open thread, so it's up to you folks now. So what's on your mind?
Cross posted from http://caucus99percent.com Open Thread, social security, Rocky Horror, nicaragua, Havana, Kraft-Ebbing, David Crosby, Tom Lehrer, Bertolt Brecht, Roy Buchanan