Saturday, April 30, 2022

Texas Man Offers Elon Musk 100 Acres of Land to Move Twitter HQ Out of San Francisco

Texas Man Offers Elon Musk 100 Acres of Land to Move Twitter HQ Out of San Francisco

An Austin-area man is offering Tesla CEO Elon Musk 100 acres of free land to move Twitter’s headquarters from  San Francisco to Texas. The offer comes after Musk’s successful bid to buy Twitter for $44 billion. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted that he would declare the area a “free speech zone” and added “maybe we can rename it Twitter, Texas.”

The way we were-----The Stigler-Brown Incident Animation

Thomas Sowell: The Poverty Empire

FCC commissioner shoots down demand that government step in, block Elon Musk from buying Twitter: 'Absurd' - TheBlaze

FCC commissioner shoots down demand that government step in, block Elon Musk from buying Twitter: 'Absurd' - TheBlaze

"The Open Markets Institute believes the deal poses a number of immediate and direct threats to American democracy and free speech," the organization declared in a statement. Barry Lynn, director of the OMI, claimed that Musk's acquisition violates several laws, most of which are more than 100 years old. But Lynn's chief complaint is that Musk's purchase of Twitter while he owns Starlink, a satellite-powered broadband internet service, violates antitrust laws.

Did COVID-19 Lockdowns Kill More People Than They Saved?

Imagine the media outrage if Trump had planned similar?-----Biden's DHS Confirms Plans to Siphon Healthcare Services Away from Veterans to Illegal Aliens at Border

Biden's DHS Confirms Plans to Siphon Healthcare Services Away from Veterans to Illegal Aliens at Border link
  • President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has seemingly confirmed plans to siphon healthcare services away from American veterans treated at Veterans Affairs (VA) to illegal aliens arriving at the United States-Mexico border.
"During a hearing before the House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas confirmed to Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) that the Biden administration is in talks with VA officials to potentially transfer doctors and nurses to the southern border to treat illegal aliens arriving every day in record-breaking numbers.
...Already, Americans are forced to subsidize medical care for illegal aliens to the tune of $18.5 billion annually. 
Last year alone, Americans footed the bill for more than $316 million in medical care for border crossers and illegal aliens who were detained in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody..."

Lunch video-----The Northman; how a film about white Europeans has upset the left-wing establishment.

"It seems almost beyond belief that a film which shows medieval Europe populated exclusively by white people with traditional gender roles could upset progressive types, but The Northman is being slated as appealing to the alt-right and being a dog whistle to white supremacists.

Noon-toon


 

Sage Steele sues ESPN and Disney for treatment following her comments on vaccine mandates, Obama - TheBlaze

Sage Steele sues ESPN and Disney for treatment following her comments on vaccine mandates, Obama - TheBlaze
Steele — who has worked as an anchor for ESPN since 2007 — came under fire after an interview with former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler on his podcast, "Uncut with Jay Cutler," in September, when she criticized Disney's strong-arming over the vaccine.

"I didn't want to do it," she told Cutler. "But I work for a company that mandates it, and I had until Sept. 30 to get it done, or I'm out."

Surprise!


 

The Taxpayer Con of the Century - WSJ

The Taxpayer Con of the Century - WSJ
  • Remember how Democrats sold their student loan takeover as a money-saver
"Now millions of borrowers can’t or don’t want to repay their loans, so President Biden says he may cancel their debt. 
The taxpayers who repaid their loans or didn’t go to college will pay instead.
The Administration has repeatedly extended what was supposed to be a temporary pause on student loan payments and interest accrual. 
This reprieve has cost the government $100 billion and counting—money that Congress hasn’t appropriated. 
Now Democrats want Mr. Biden to compound the damage to taxpayers and the Constitution by writing off loans by presidential fiat..."

Explain it...


 

Biden-carz destroy profits!-----Ford Reports Devastating Losses Thanks To Electric Vehicle Gamble | The Daily Caller

Ford Reports Devastating Losses Thanks To Electric Vehicle Gamble | The Daily Caller link
  • “A net loss of $3.1 billion was primarily attributable to a mark-to-market loss of $5.4 billion on the company’s investment in Rivian,” Ford said in the earnings report.
...President Joe Biden has promised to craft policies to ensure 50% of new vehicle sales in the U.S. are emissions-free by 2030 and every addition to the federal government’s 600,000-vehicle fleet is electric by 2035.
...“Put very simply, all the world’s cell production combined represents well under 10% of what we will need in 10 years,” Scaringe said last week. 
“Meaning, 90% to 95% of the supply chain does not exist.”...

#1 This day 1962-----THE SHIRELLES soldier boy

Traitor!!-----Republicans tears into DHS Secretary Mayorkas for 'DELIBERATELY trying to overwhelm the border' | Daily Mail Online

Republicans tears into DHS Secretary Mayorkas for 'DELIBERATELY trying to overwhelm the border' | Daily Mail Online   link
  • Republicans are lambasting Mayorkas for claiming Wednesday that the Biden administration is 'effectively managing' the crisis at the border
  • Representative Jim Jordan accused on Thursday the Biden administration of 'deliberately' and 'intentionally' causing the southern border crisis as Republicans tore into Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for being 'out of touch' and a 'traitor.'
  • 'The chaos on our southern border is not an accident,' the Ohio Republican congressman continued. 'It's deliberate, it's on purpose, it's by design.'
  • 'President Biden on Day One said there'll be a moratorium on deportations, he ended Remain in Mexico, he terminated agreements with Northern Triangle countries and he stopped building the wall,' Jordan rattled off. 'Those policies, done intentionally, have led to all kinds of bad outcomes.'
  • He said: 'Americans want legal immigration. President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas want illegal immigration. They want illegal migrants to come, stay and never go home. Now, the secretary won't say that. In fact, he says everything's just fine. He said it yesterday in two congressional hearings. He said it last September. Quote, 'The border is secure,' he told us.'..


Libs. It's who they are.


 

Blackburn: 'Twitter Snowflakes Are Just Having a Good Old-Fashioned Come-Apart' Because They Can't Censor Anymore

Blackburn: 'Twitter Snowflakes Are Just Having a Good Old-Fashioned Come-Apart' Because They Can't Censor Anymore

According to Blackburn, the “Twitter snowflakes are just having a good old-fashioned come-apart” over Musk’s takeover. She doubled down on her belief that the employees should “go to tolerance class” to keep their jobs.

Biden’s New ‘Ministry of Truth’ Director Turns out to Be a Raving Lunatic

Biden’s New ‘Ministry of Truth’ Director Turns out to Be a Raving Lunatic  link
"Who could have possibly guessed that the person who has been chosen to run Joe Biden’s new “Ministry of Truth” would turn out to be a raving, dictatorial lunatic?
That’s the story this morning after others have begun to dig through Nina Jankowicz’s past social media posts. 
As RedState reported previously, Jankowicz is set to be the new director of the administration’s new “Disinformation Governance Board,” an Orwellian entity if I’ve ever seen one.
...Read her posts for yourself.

  • Jankowicz is (because it’s a requirement on the left these days) a big-time Russia hysteric, spreading false conspiracy theories that the Hunter Biden laptop was a “Russian disinformation campaign.”
  • She was also a huge fan of the Mueller investigation before she turned into a pro-lockdown fanatic..."

AM Fruitcake


 

History for April 30

History for April 30 - On-This-Day.com
Cornelius Vanderbilt 1898
  • 1789 - George Washington took office as first elected U.S. president.
  • 1803 - The U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million.
  • 1938 - Happy Rabbit appeared in the cartoon "Porky's Hare Hunt." This rabbit would later evolve into Bugs Bunny.
  • 1945 - Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide. They had been married for one day. One week later Germany surrendered unconditionally.
  • 1975 - Communists North Vietnamese troops entered the Independence Palace of South Vietnam in Saigon. 11 Marines lifted off of the U.S. Embassy were the last soldiers to evacuate.
  • 1993 - CERN put the World Wide Web software in the public domain.
  • 1998 - NATO was expanded to include Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The three nations were formally admitted the following April at NATO's 50th anniversary summit.

Friday, April 29, 2022

DHS creates 'disinformation governance board,' appoints leader who peddled disinformation about Hunter Biden laptop, Trump dossier - TheBlaze

DHS creates 'disinformation governance board,' appoints leader who peddled disinformation about Hunter Biden laptop, Trump dossier - TheBlaze

According to Politico, the DHS has established the Disinformation Governance Board, which will "coordinate countering misinformation related to homeland security, focused specifically on irregular migration and Russia." The agency appointed Nina Jankowicz as executive director of the board. DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas confirmed the board's creation on Wednesday after Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.) asked him what steps the DHS is taking to combat the manipulation of black Americans and Hispanics, including migrants, through "misinformation" and "disinformation."

The way we were-----The history of the Iroquois confederacy | Thomas Sowell

Here's Why Toyota's New Hydrogen Car is the Future (Goodbye Tesla)

NOTHING is impossible!-----There's something funny about Kamala's case of COVID - American Thinker

There's something funny about Kamala's case of COVID - American Thinker link
"Kamala has COVID, and it is, allegedly, a light, asymptomatic case. 
However, she's being treated with heavy-duty medicine. 
The disconnect between these two facts makes it easy to come up with some cool conspiracy theories that will last as long as it takes Kamala to return to her office.
...Kamala's strange treatment suggests that she's sicker than anyone is admitting and may be "forced" to leave office.
Others are thinking along the same lines, but they believe that Hillary is the one who will step up when Kamala goes:


Image by Doug M. at SondraKistan..."

Woke=broken-----People Are Fleeing the Self-harm Progressives Inflicted on Their Own Cities

People Are Fleeing the Self-harm Progressives Inflicted on Their Own Cities
  • ...An unprecedented 18 of the 50 states and the District of Columbia all lost population. 
The biggest percentages of population losses were in Washington, D.C. (-2.8%), New York (-1.8%), Illinois (-1.1%), and California (-0.8%) -- all densely populated, all politically woke.
...But the biggest losses, in both population and percentage loss, came in four of the nation's six largest metropolitan areas: San Francisco/San Jose (-2.6%), New York (-1.8%), Chicago (-1.1%) and Los Angeles/Riverside (-0.8%). 
...Meanwhile, violent crime rates have skyrocketed since the George Floyd riots of June 2020, and there are signs that voters even in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco are recoiling..."

'Annoying as hell': Google Docs features 'inclusive warning' pop-ups telling users to choose 'chairperson' instead of 'chairman' and other woke edicts - TheBlaze

'Annoying as hell': Google Docs features 'inclusive warning' pop-ups telling users to choose 'chairperson' instead of 'chairman' and other woke edicts - TheBlaze

What are the details? The platform gives you the lowdown on its Workspace Updates page, even showing you what happens when a Google Docs user makes the unfortunate choice of typing the non-inclusive term "chairman" into a document. Like a virtual slap on the wrist, the pop-up instructs the user to choose the more inclusive "chairperson":

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on Our COVID Response

"The Stanford professor and Great Barrington Declaration coauthor stands up to COVID-19 autocrats and disastrous lockdowns by following the science."

Sooo, this ALLEGATION gets front-paged but Hunter, Sharpton and the rest of the dems get no investigation or mention?-----Justice Department sues Paul Manafort for nearly $3 million

Justice Department sues Paul Manafort for nearly $3 million link
"The Justice Department is suing Trump's one-time campaign chairman Paul Manafort for nearly $3 million for allegedly failing to report his financial interest in foreign bank accounts between 2013 and 2014.
..."He owes the United States $2,321,797 for the willful FBAR penalty for 2013, plus interest and failure to pay penalty," the documents filed in Florida federal court allege..."

Wow!!--Lunch video-----No One is Telling You the Truth About Electric Cars, So I Have To

Noon-toon


 

Former NFL player threatens MSNBC host with lawsuit over 'child abuse' attack: 'She needs to be held accountable' - TheBlaze

Former NFL player threatens MSNBC host with lawsuit over 'child abuse' attack: 'She needs to be held accountable' - TheBlaze

"She has completely humiliated my kids and my program," Brewer told the news outlet. "It's just so hurtful, and she needs to be held accountable. "She does it so often. And you know, her words and the way that she comes across to black America leaves a stain on all of us," he added. "I won't put up with it when it comes to my kids." Brewer explained that he planned to send a letter to Reid demanding an apology. If she refuses, his counsel is prepared to file a defamation lawsuit against her.

Investment advice!!


 

They get the kudos (from democrats), you get the bill!-----DTE is helping impoverished Detroiters keep the lights on | Opinion

DTE is helping impoverished Detroiters keep the lights on | Opinion link
"...a recent analysis related to people in Detroit and for communities where the providing of energy from utilities is a challenge for many to pay, some companies, including DTE, are leading the way towards a better day. 
It was recently reported that DTE “showed its charitable side by helping to buy laptops for Detroit Public school children and publicized that it would not disconnect the gas and electric service of people who could not pay their bills.”
...DTE has provided millions of dollars to The Heat And Warmth Fund and United Way for Southeast Michigan to help vulnerable Michigan families stay warm in the winter and cool in the summer. 
In 2021, it connected customers to more than $119 million to help Michiganders pay their bills..."

Evolution.


 

They're teaching this crap to your kids!!!-----White women can never truly be antiracist — because they’re white, feminist scholar argues.

White women can never truly be antiracist — because they’re white, feminist scholar argues  link
  • ANALYSIS: Prominent feminist scholar argues white women can’t win within the confines of an antiracist worldview because they can’t escape their whiteness
"A prominent feminist scholar has spelled out the Catch-22 for white women seeking to be antiracist: it’s impossible.
The problem has been dubbed “the impasse of whiteness” by Robyn Wiegman, professor of literature and women’s studies and formerly the Margaret Taylor Smith Director of Women’s Studies at Duke University.
Wiegman gave a talk at Princeton University March 28 titled “Who’s Afraid of Rachel Dolezal? Or, Feminism and the Impasse of Whiteness” to discuss the concept. 
...Wiegman, who is white, links Dolezal to “the impasse of whiteness,” which is essentially a no-win situation created by antiracism in which modern intersectional feminism now apparently demands that “white feminism” be dismantled to allow “black feminism” to exist..."

#1 This day 1966-----The Young Rascals "Good Lovin'" on The Ed Sullivan Show

He's a dementia patient. Biggest political cover-up in history!!-----Watch: Joe Biden Suffers a Brain Freeze over 'Putin's Kleptocracies'

Watch: Joe Biden Suffers a Brain Freeze over 'Putin's Kleptocracies'  link
"President Joe Biden suffered another brain freeze on Thursday, stumbling over a phrase in a speech about Ukraine and Russia.
  • The president struggled to say the word “kleptocracies” as he spoke from his teleprompter about the “ill-begotten gains” of Russian oligarchs connected to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  • “We’re going to seize their yachts, their luxury homes, and other ill-begotten gains of Putin’s kleptocrac-,k- k-, yeah, kleptocracy … the guys who are in the kleptocracies,” he concluded with a chuckle.
  • “But these are bad guys,” he added...

Transferred to YOU!


 

Watch MSNBC Host Realize Live On Air What Conservatives Have Known For Years | The Daily Caller

Watch MSNBC Host Realize Live On Air What Conservatives Have Known For Years | The Daily Caller

“Elon Musk says this is all to help people because he is just a free speech, philosophically clear open minded helper, a world helper, if you will. Is that true? Should you take him at his word?”

Outkick founder Clay Travis mocked Melber’s segment.

“MSNBC ‘talent’ suddenly realizes the owners of Twitter can rig the entire site. This is amazing to watch. Does he not realize all of this was done to Republicans?”

DHS sec Mayorkas announces Orwellian 'Disinformation Governance Board' with a leader who dismissed Hunter's laptop as disinformation - American Thinker

DHS sec Mayorkas announces Orwellian 'Disinformation Governance Board' with a leader who dismissed Hunter's laptop as disinformation - American Thinker  link  By Thomas Lifson

"What could better epitomize the dystopian nature of a governmental organ called the  "Disinformation Governance Board" than putting it under the command of a bureaucrat who 

  • questioned the validity of Hunter Biden's laptop, calling it "a Trump campaign product," and 
  • who served as an adviser to the corrupt Ukrainian regime?

Bradford Betz reports for Fox News:

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified Wednesday that the Department of Homeland Security is creating a "Disinformation Governance Board" to combat misinformation ahead of the 2022 midterms...


...Katelyn Caralle of the U.K. Daily Mail adds:

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas...explained that the board would work to tackle disinformation ahead of the November midterms, particularly in Hispanic communities...

The Russia disinformation expert previously called the laptop of President Joe Biden's son Hunter a 'Trump campaign product. (snip)

Jankowicz also suggested last week that she opposes the The First Amendment because she thinks it is bad for 'marginalized communities' and called Elon Musk a 'free speech absolutist' because he wants to make Twitter more open to all voices.

Sounds like a taxpayer-funded propaganda organ directed at a key constituency the Democrats fear losing..."

AM Fruitcake

 

History for April 29

History for April 29 - On-This-Day.com
William Randolph Hearst 1863 - American newspaper magnate, newspaper publisher
  • 1429 - Joan of Arc led Orleans, France, to victory over Britain.
  • 1813 - Rubber was patented by J.F. Hummel.
  • 1913 - Gideon Sundback patented an all-purpose zipper.
  • 1945 - The Nazi death camp, Dachau, was liberated.
  • 1946 - Twenty-eight former Japanese leaders were indicted in Tokyo as war criminals.
  • 1952 - IBM President Thomas J. Watson, Jr., informed his company's stockholders that IBM was building "the most advanced, most flexible high-speed computer in the world." The computer was unveiled April 7, 1953, as the IBM 701 Electronic Data Processing Machine.
  • 1990 - The destruction of the Berlin Wall began.
  • 1992 - Rioting began after a jury decision to acquit four Los Angeles policemen in the Rodney King beating trial. 54 people were killed in 3 days.
  • 1998 - The U.S., Canada and Mexico end tariffs on $1 billion in NAFTA trade.

Thursday, April 28, 2022

Disney's Leftist Turn Betrays Walt Disney's Vision

Disney's Leftist Turn Betrays Walt Disney's Vision

What would Walt Disney, who died in 1966, think of his company today?

In Neal Gabler’s biography “Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination,” we learn that while Walt was sometimes opinionated, especially when it came to his anti-communism beliefs, he wanted to keep Disneyland, Disney World, and his animated characters free of politics, preferring fantasy and storytelling.

Gabler writes:

The way we were-----If you grew up in the 1960s...you remember this PART 2 - Life in America

Denmark suspends vaccinations

Kansas Lawmaker Denounced for Feeling Discomfort at Sharing a Bathroom With Transgender Colleague

Kansas Lawmaker Denounced for Feeling Discomfort at Sharing a Bathroom With Transgender Colleague

"...Kansas state Rep. Cheryl Helmer responded to an email from a transgender activist asking about the banning of biological males from female sports...

“Now, personally I do not appreciate the huge transgender female who is now in our restrooms in the Capitol,” Helmer wrote in an email which was published by the Topeka-Capital Journal.  “It is quite uncomforting. I have asked the men if they would like a woman in their restroom and they freaked out.”

The transgender lawmaker in question, Rep. Stephanie Byers, was offended that Helmer was uncomfortable sharing a bathroom with a biological male..."

Batteries won't save us.

Facebook  Clarice Feldman 
"We're told solar and wind future
But when wind is not blowing and sun not shining?
Batteries!
Yet Europe uses 7.5GWh/minute and has 10.2GWh of battery storage: enough for just 1m:21s
2030: 11m:45s
After that, we need 100% backup, mostly fossil fuels"


Supreme Court poised to side with Christian football coach fired for praying after games - TheBlaze

Supreme Court poised to side with Christian football coach fired for praying after games - TheBlaze

The Washington Post reported that the questions raised by the court’s conservatives "indicated they believe the school district has misread the court’s precedents regarding government endorsement of religion, and perhaps were hostile to such demonstrations."

For example, Justice Clarence Thomas questioned whether Kennedy would have been terminated or otherwise punished had he taken a knee during the singing of the national anthem in protest against racism.

This isn’t just Joe Biden: Gingrich

The Left Hates Real Fairness, Wants Equity

The Left Hates Real Fairness, Wants Equity
  • Equity to them is another word for revenge.
"Dr. Ben Carson: Just over a year ago, I wrote about the dangers of the left’s seemingly innocuous shift of vernacular from “equality” to “equity.” 
Instead of pursuing the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s ideal of judging people by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin, the Biden administration committed to a different path.
  • Equity’s worldview, as I see it, starts with the proposition that the white majority is guilty of bigotry and oppression
  • and that all differential outcomes between groups are solely the result of that bigotry and oppression. 
  • Equity proponents therefore argue that retributive actions against the majority are necessary to correct those wrongs – we’ll get to that later..."

Lunch video-----Stossel: How Government Caused 'The Boy Crisis’

Noon-toon

 

Twitter employees go 'absolutely insane' in meltdown over Elon Musk's purchase: 'I feel like im going to throw up' - TheBlaze

Twitter employees go 'absolutely insane' in meltdown over Elon Musk's purchase: 'I feel like im going to throw up' - TheBlaze

Immediately after the $44 billion purchase was announced, Twitter employees began voicing outrage and shock in private chat rooms. A New York Times reporter described internal communication channels as "absolutely insane."

Remember when you watch TV "news".


 

The Left. How it was vs. how it is now.

Rodney Allebach

  • The Left. How it was vs. how it is now.


The hypocrisy is thick with these scumbags.


 

Anyone seeing a connection here?-----Prices Soar as Avian Flu Hits 1-in-10 Egg-Laying Hens Nationwide

Prices Soar as Avian Flu Hits 1-in-10 Egg-Laying Hens Nationwide link
(The Center Square) – Egg prices increased dramatically in April, due in part to the avian flu, and industry sources don’t expect prices to fall anytime soon.
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) data shows approximately 24.8 million egg-laying hens were affected by the flu, which typically requires destruction of the birds, since February.
The United Egg Producers says there are 232 million egg-laying hens in the country, meaning the flu has taken out more than 10%..."

#1 This day 1977-----Glen Campbell - Southern Nights (Live)

Borrowed and saved for protection from censors concerning facts about oil.

Borrowed and saved for protection from censors concerning facts about oil.  From Lance Geist link
"...You’ve been lied to by the phony President and his phony cronies, but I want to set the record straight. 
I’m going to tell you the truth, so pay attention.
  • There is enough recoverable crude oil within the continental US to supply current and projected future demand for 400+ years, and that’s just the oil we know about. It doesn’t account for future discoveries. That’s a fact, jack.
  1. We do not need to import a SINGLE DROP of foreign crude oil. The domestic oil industry can easily meet, and even surpass domestic demand. We’ve done it before, and we can do it again. That’s a fact, jack.
  2. The domestic oil industry currently cannot satisfy domestic demand due to oil drilling restrictions imposed by the federal government. That’s a fact, jack.
  3. The price of EVERYTHING revolves around oil, and the law of supply vs demand dictates the price of oil. When oil is plentiful, commodities are cheap. When oil is scarce, commodities are more expensive. Right now, domestic oil is scarce, and the price of everything is high because of these restrictions imposed by the federal government. That’s a fact, jack...Read all.

Undeniable!

Court Temporarily Blocks Ending Of Title 42 | The Daily Caller

Court Temporarily Blocks Ending Of Title 42 | The Daily Caller

The lawsuit, which was first brought about by Arizona, Missouri and Louisiana, challenged the Biden administration over its decision to end the pandemic public health order responsible for the expulsions of over 1.8 million migrants since it began in March 2020.

Special Districts Are Kingdoms of Unaccountable Power - WSJ

Special Districts Are Kingdoms of Unaccountable Power - WSJ link
  • Special Districts Are Kingdoms of Unaccountable Power
  • Disney’s Reedy Creek is only one of 38,000 such entities nationwide—twice the number of U.S. cities.
"...Yet Reedy Creek is only one example of the proliferation of powerful
“special districts,” shadowy local governments
that exercise ever-greater control over taxation and spending.
...According to the U.S. Census, there are more than 38,000 of them across the country—double the number of cities.
Although some types of special districts have value, most are superfluous, obscure and burdensome. 
  • They are means to escape citizen limitations on government power and should be brought under the control of regular voters and local governments again.
...Bureaucrats and legislators set up districts to fund irrigation and drainage, fire protection, libraries, community colleges, hospitals, welfare, water, solid waste, mortgage credit, transit, bridges, parks, electrical power, cemeteries, mosquito control and on and on. 
They also set up special districts like Reedy Creek, which do almost everything a city can do, 
but without most of the constraints..."

History for April 28

History for April 28 - On-This-Day.com
James Monroe 1758 - 5th U.S. President, nickname: The Last Cocked Hat
  • 1686 - The first volume of Isaac Newton's "Principia Mathamatic" was published.
  • 1789 - A mutiny on the British ship Bounty took place when a rebel crew took the ship and set sail to Pitcairn Island. The mutineers left Captain W. Bligh and 18 sailors adrift.
  • 1896 - The Addressograph was patented by J.S. Duncan.
  • 1914 - W.H. Carrier patented the design of his air conditioner.
  • 1932 - The yellow fever vaccine for humans was announced.
  • 1945 - Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci were executed by Italian partisans as they attempted to flee the country.
  • 1952 - The U.S. occupation of Japan officially ended when a treaty with the U.S. and 47 other countries went into effect.
  • 1992 - The U.S. Agriculture Department unveiled a pyramid-shaped recommended-diet chart.

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Democratic official threatens school closures, new mandates over COVID-19 booster numbers - TheBlaze

Democratic official threatens school closures, new mandates over COVID-19 booster numbers - TheBlaze
Elrich's threat predictably drew backlash.

One critic pointed out that booster shots do not prevent case surges. A self-avowed "fellow liberal" urged Elrich to "please stop," suggesting that he should instead focus on issues that actually impact Montgomery County residents, like crime. Another local resident called Elrich an "authoritarian."

"This is very misguided, wrong messaging and application of science all in 1 tweet! Threatening virtual learning for the Least at risk, based on knowing the negative impact it had, because of booster rates, even though having booster doesn’t prevent cases and prevent an 'uptick'!" said WTTG-TV senior vice president Patrick Paolini.

The way we were-----Suez Crisis 1956 (All Parts)

The Stingray: How Law Enforcement Can Track Your Every Move

Ripping off the public!!-----Ann Arbor Police Use Big Overtime Totals To Boost Big Pensions

Ann Arbor Police Use Big Overtime Totals To Boost Big Pensions link
"Ann Arbor police detective David Monroe...in 2021, his last full year with the department, overtime hours boosted Monroe’s total pay to $184,649.
  • They also contributed to Monroe retiring with an annual pension of about $159,160.
...The department’s union contract permits officers to boost their pension payout calculations by adding the overtime they earn during their last five years on the job. 
...Ann Arbor police officers who put in overtime on University of Michigan football Saturdays are a familiar sight, and the extra revenue they collect as a result also pays off in higher pension benefits for the rest of their lives..."

Why Violence Is An Inevitable Outcome Of Critical Race Theory

Why Violence Is An Inevitable Outcome Of Critical Race Theory  link
  • For true believers of critical race theory, America is too steeped in racial oppression to be changed from within. Destruction is the only alternative.
"Our nation has been rocked by at least two significant acts of domestic terrorism in a five-month span.
  • Last week, Frank James opened fire in a New York City subway, injuring 23 people.
  • In November, Darrell Brooks drove his SUV through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, killing 6 people and injuring 60 others.
Both perpetrators are black, which is a bit unusual given that mass shootings have historically been perpetrated by white men. 
More significantly, both Brooks and James had expressed radical views on social media advocating violence towards whites in the lead-up to their attacks, strongly suggesting
race relations were a key motive for their acts of violence.
(Naturally, the mainstream media has neglected to find out if it was indeed their motivation)..."

Tucker: This will happen unless conservatives get their act together

Elon Musk and SpaceX thwarted a Russian electromagnetic attack on Ukraine - TheBlaze

Elon Musk and SpaceX thwarted a Russian electromagnetic attack on Ukraine - TheBlaze

SpaceX — a company founded and owned by Elon Musk with the express intention of colonizing Mars — successfully stopped a Russian electromagnetic attack in Ukraine.

In March, Musk’s company worked at a breakneck pace to shut down Russian efforts to disconnect Ukrainians from the internet by jamming the country’s access to its Starlink satellite constellation.

Government as predator!-----Stossel: Little Pink House

"Susette Kelo bought a run-down home. 
She fixed it up and painted it pink. 
Then the government came and took it."

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY

Instapundit--EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY

Facebook Doesn’t Know What It Does With Your Data, Or Where It Goes.

...And the “fundamental” problem, the company admits, is that Facebook has no idea where all of its user data goes, or what it’s doing with it, according to a leaked internal document obtained by Motherboard...

What it comes down to is this: So long as your data is how Facebook makes money, the company has no vested interest in what happens to it after they’ve gotten their cut.--Posted by 

This is GREAT!!!--Lunch video-----A Solution to Children's Book Propaganda

Noon-toon

 

Missing Texas National Guard soldier named Bishop Evans - TheBlaze

Missing Texas National Guard soldier named Bishop Evans - TheBlaze

The Texas National Guardsman who went missing while attempting to save two drowning migrants at the southern border has been identified. The search for the missing Texas National Guardsman continues.

Incredibly, this is what libs are publicly saying!


 

Self-delusion!-----A Mostly Wind- and Solar-Powered U.S. Economy Is a Dangerous Fantasy :: Gatestone Institute

A Mostly Wind- and Solar-Powered U.S. Economy Is a Dangerous Fantasy :: Gatestone Institute link
  • When President Biden and other advocates of wind and solar generation speak, they appear to believe that the challenge posed is just a matter of currently having too much fossil fuel generation and not enough wind and solar; and therefore, accomplishing the transition to "net zero" will be a simple matter of building sufficient wind and solar facilities and having those facilities replace the current ones that use the fossil fuels. They are completely wrong about that.
  • The proposed transition to "net zero" via wind and solar power is not only not easy, but is a total fantasy. It likely cannot occur at all without dramatically undermining our economy, lifestyle and security, and it certainly cannot occur at anything remotely approaching reasonable cost. At some point, the ongoing forced transition... will crash and burn.
    [I]t doesn't matter whether you build a million wind turbines and solar panels, or a billion, or a trillion. On a calm night, they will still produce nothing, and will require full back-up from some other source.
  • If you propose a predominantly wind/solar electricity system, where fossil fuel back-up is banned, you must, repeat must, address the question of energy storage...Much here, read all!

Remember who fanned the flames!