Countries in the Newz ...

• [1] - Date of the signature of the Declaration of Independence, from the Library of Congress, The Philadelphia Historic Society: 
  Thomas Jefferson, when an old man, said it was "late afternoon" when the document was signed. John Adams and John Quincey Adams said they signed "late in the day."
  

• [2] - John B. Early, an American astrologer, had written on the margin of his contemporary Raphael's ephemeris:
  "Declaration signed 10:10 PM." on the July page of his almanac of 1776.
  

• [3] - John Clark Ridpath, A.M. Professor of Belles-Lettres and History in Indiana Asbury University:
  "History of the United States from the Discovery of America to the Present Time" states on p.309, "The discussion was resumed on the morning of the 4th, and at two o'clock on the afternoon of that memorable day the Declaration of American Independence was adopted by a unanimous vote."
  

• [4] - Biography: Herbert S. Alan, "John Hancock, Patriot in Purple," 1940, p.228:
  "At last, about 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the 4th, the great white paper was reported ... and immediately ratified."
  

• [5] - President Gerald Ford decreed that the bicentennial celebration on 1976 would be held on July 4, 1976 and the ringing of the bells would occur at 2:00 PM. 

Watergate ... 40 Years ago Exactly

1. “He (Nixon) has, acting personally and through his subordinates and agents, endeavored to  cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be initiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner.”— Article II, Section 1, Articles of Impeachment against Richard M. Nixon, adopted by the House Judiciary Committee, July 29, 1974

   1. The burglary occurred in 1972, the climax came in 1974, but 40 years ago this week — May 17, 1973 — the Senate Watergate hearings began exploring the nature of Richard Nixon’s administration.

   2. Now the nature of Barack Obama’s administration is being clarified as revelations about IRS targeting of conservative groups merge with myriad Benghazi mendacities.

   3. Obama Administration  aggressively hawked the fiction that the Benghazi attack was just an excessively boisterous movie review.
      

   4. Now we are told that a few wayward souls in Cincinnati, with nary a trace of political purpose, targeted for harassment political groups with “tea party” and “patriot” in their titles.

   5. The Washington Post has reported that the IRS also targeted groups that “ criticized the government and sought to educate Americans about the U.S. Constitution .” Credit the IRS operatives with understanding who and what threatens the current regime.
      

   6. The Washington Post also reports that harassing inquiries have come from other IRS offices, including Washington.

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