Welcome back to another installment of the Watercooler, RedState’s daily Open Thread! Today, we’ve got a short one…

This Week In History

• Sunday, 9/9: Nation named “United States of America” by Continental Congress, 1776; Cleveland’s daughter born in White House, 1893
• Monday, 9/10: Hale volunteers as spy, 1776; Battles of Lake Erie, 1813 and Carnifex Ferry, 1861; Jackson kills Second Bank of the U.S., 1833
• Tuesday, 9/11: Staten Island peace conference fails, 1776; Mountain Meadows massacre, 1857; Western Front advances onto German soil at Aachen, 1944
• Wednesday, 9/12: Battle of Chapultepec, 1847; Battle of Edson’s Ridge begins, 1942; “We choose to go to the Moon,” 1962
• Thursday, 9/13: NYC named temporary US capital, 1788; Baltimore repels British assault, 1814; Union troops intercept Lee’s battle plans, 1862
• Friday, 9/14: Battle of South Mountain, 1862; IBM 305 RAMAC computer introduces disk data-storage, 1956; Elizabeth Ann Seton canonized as first American saint, 1975
• Saturday, 9/15: Confederates take Harpers Ferry, 1862; USS Wasp sunk at Guadalcanal, 1942; restoration work makes Smithsonian’s ex- John Bull world’s oldest operable steam locomotive, 1981

Today’s Birthdays: Journalists H. L. Mencken, 1880 and Greg Gutfeld, 1964; publishers Arthur Sulzburger, 1891 and Alfred A. Knopf, 1892; actor Desmond Llewelyn, 1914 (Happy Birthday, “Q”!); politicians Sam Brownback, 1956 and Scott Brown, 1959.

Holidays Around the World: Maryland observes Defenders Day and Cape Verde celebrates their National Day.

This Week In History is compiled with assistance from History.com and Wikipedia. Something interesting not listed here? Please share in the Comments section–this is an Audience Participation Encouraged featurette.

Gratuitous Gun Giveaways

• *American Handgunner magazine, for a Kahr ST9 pistol, Glock 34 Gen 5 MOS pistol with red-dot sight or SCCY CPX-3 pistol package: http://americanhandgunner.com/giveaway/
• *Guns Magazine, for a 6.5 Creedmoor Ruger Precision Rifle, North American Arms NAA-22 .22LR derringer or Savage MSR 15 Valkyrie rifle: http://gunsmagazine.com/giveaway/
• Davidson’s Gallery of Guns, for one of two Remington 870 Express Compact 12-gauge shotguns: https://ggg.galleryofguns.com/
• GrabAGun, for a Kel-Tec CMR-30 .22WMR rifle: http://grabagun.com/giveaway

*Note: FMG Publishing giveaways require you to provide an FFL dealer’s info at entry. Aero Precision and Primary Arms giveaways give me one entry each per person who uses my referral link.

Prayer Request

When y’all have a moment to spare over the coming days, please keep our members downrange of Hurricane Florence in the coastal Carolinas in your thoughts and prayers.

Fire Mission Request: Washington State Initiative 1639

Once again, and you’re going to get sick of this every week until the election but defeating this Bloomer-bought-and-paid-for monster needs All Hands On Deck, I need to ask you the readership to contact anyone and everyone you know in Washington State who might be sympathetic to our cause and ask them to get the facts for themselves at SaveOurSecurity.net and Initiative1639.org. Cliffs Notes version on how bad this thing really is can be found in a handy little flyer at https://www.initiative1639.org/media/1182/wa-initiative-1639-insert-v4.pdf. Believe me, if they get the foot in the door with this here they’ll be trying to bring it to YOUR door next…

Public Service Announcement for “Sanctuary State” Residents
If you would like to report illegal aliens, please call Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at 1-866-DHS-2ICE (347-2423). They will need to know names, locations (either work place or residence) and any other specific information you can provide. Visit http://www.ice.gov for more information.

Quote of the Day

“Never give up on something you can’t go a day without thinking about.”
–Winston Churchill

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