Former Biden Adviser on Sanders: ‘We Cannot Let This Man Be the Nominee’

Former Biden Adviser on Sanders: ‘We Cannot Let This Man Be the Nominee’:

Democrats must not select Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) as their presidential nominee, warned Moe Vela, former senior adviser to Vice President Joe Biden and president of the Vela Group, on Monday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight with host Rebecca Mansour and special guest host John Hayward.
“[Bernie Sanders] will be disastrous for down-ballot races,” said Vela of a possible Democrat presidential nomination for the Vermont senator. “From sheriff to school board to mayor, all the way up to the U.S. Senate and the House, he will be absolutely disastrous for down-ballot Democratic races.”

Is Manhattan About To Get Drowned By The Sea? — Manhattan Contrarian

Is Manhattan About To Get Drowned By The Sea? — Manhattan Contrarian

"Nothing, and I mean nothing, leads so quickly to the loss of all critical faculties as global warming hysteria.
One key claim in the maelstrom of global warming hype is the assertion that sea level will shortly rise and swamp coastal cities.
I would put this claim in the category of total BS.

For more detail than you would ever want to know on that subject, go to this link.
But for today’s purposes, assume that there is something to the claim of a big impending sea level rise.
I live here in Manhattan, specifically Lower Manhattan (the southern part of the island).
If sea level is about to rise and swamp coastal cities, Manhattan looks like ground zero, and Lower Manhattan in particular.
...Belief in anthropogenic global warming and its associated natural disasters like sea level rise is an essential component of Manhattan groupthink.
Therefore, it is clear that our politicians must “do something” about the impending calamity.
But what?
We’re not about to jack up some thousands of buildings by 30 or 50 feet each, even assuming that somebody could figure out how to do that.
Thankfully, our politicians have come up with the answer, namely, the “East Side Coastal Resiliency Project” (ESCRP).
...According to the Villager article at the link, the proposed ESCRP generated quite a bit of controversy in the affected community.
Not that anyone expressed doubt about the premise that the sea is about to rise up from man-made global warming.
Instead, most of the controversy was about losing the park for three plus years, plus the loss of some hundreds of trees that are about to be buried in dirt.
But even if everyone accepted the premise of imminent massive sea level rise, you would think that someone would have asked the next obvious question, which is, how does it help us to raise the grade of three miles of the relevant shoreline while leaving the grade of the other twelve miles the same?
After all, the sea level is the same on the Lower West Side as it is on the Lower East Side..."
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Accepting failure.....

(What’s Left of) Our Economy: What Washington Doesn’t Know About U.S. China Drug Dependence Can Literally Kill Us | RealityChek

(What’s Left of) Our Economy: What Washington Doesn’t Know About U.S. China Drug Dependence Can Literally Kill Us | RealityChek
"...United States finds itself reliant on the People’s Republic for a wide variety of medicines and, just as important, for the chemical building blocks of those medicines. 
It’s at least as bad, and much less widely reported, that the U.S. government still doesn’t know the exact extent of this dependence, and still uses an inspection system for checking the safety of these Chinese inputs that looks as leaky as the proverbial sieve.
...Rosemary Gibson of The Hastings Center, one of the world’s leading research institutes focusing on healthcare and healthcare and broader scientific ethics issues.
Gibson...her conclusion that “The nation’s health security is in jeopardy”...
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#1 This day 1948-----Art Mooney - I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover (1948)

"By Any Means Necessary" MSU Must Address Climate Change, Demands Panel

"By Any Means Necessary" MSU Must Address Climate Change, Demands Panel
"A panel demanded MSU to phase out fossil fuels, stated need for collective action, and called on the student government to act.

...Answering how to solve climate change, “something really radical has to happen,” said a JMC professor towards the end of the event.
She clarified emphasizing a peaceful “civic uprising.”
...Outlined by several panelists was the idea of capitalism being against climate change. They cited the existence of fossil fuel industries and their externalities as the side effects of capitalism.
...Going forward, the panel called said ending “university's investment in fossil fuels” was a goal. They said it means phasing out the use of energy derived from fossil fuels on campus.
...A member of the JMC Student Senate, speaking as a panelist, made a number of claims to the audience, including “we don’t even have clean water. You see your water bottle, wait an hour, it has lead in it.”
...The panelist went further, saying students must “hold the university accountable by any means necessary.”
Both professors on the panel shook their heads in agreement following this comment.
Elaborating on the comment, he suggested “we won’t have a college to study from if we don’t act. Honestly, cost isn’t the question we should be asking.”
...A student at the event told The Morning Watch, “capitalism equals more factories and more capital, which in turn leads to more pollution and CO2 emissions.”...
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Most expensive hoax!

Audience Member Calls Out Bloomberg For Pushing Gun Control While Using Armed Guards: ‘Does Your Life Matter More Than Mine?’ | The Daily Caller

Audience Member Calls Out Bloomberg For Pushing Gun Control While Using Armed Guards: ‘Does Your Life Matter More Than Mine?’ | The Daily Caller:

An audience member called out former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg for “pushing for more gun control” when he has “an armed security detail.”
“How do you justify pushing for more gun control when you have an armed security detail that’s likely equipped with the same firearms and magazines that you seek to ban the common citizen from owning?” the man asked at a Monday evening Fox News town hall in Manassas, Virginia. “Does your life matter more than mine or my family’s or these peoples’?”

2018 but still open to cheat!-----DEFCON Video Shows Voting Machine Used in 18 States Is Hacked in 2 Minute

DEFCON Video Shows Voting Machine Used in 18 States Is Hacked in 2 Minute
"Amidst a climate of uncertainty concerning American election fraud, foes, and fake news, a gathering of hackers at the 26th annual DEFCON conference in Vegas this past weekend has reminded everybody that US election infrastructure is alarmingly susceptible to ulterior motives, an alarming new video shows.
One attendee at the annual Las Vegas hacker convention shared a video this past weekend on Twitter that reveals how a voting machine the hackers says is used in 18 states can be compromised in two minutes without special tools or advanced knowledge.

Rachel Tobac

@RachelTobac

At

@defcon

hacking conference and just learned how easy it is to physically gain admin access on a voting machine that is used in 18 states. Requires no tools and takes under 2 minutes. I’m concerned for our upcoming elections.

The Twitter user who posted the tutorial is Rachel Tobac, the CEO of SocialProof Security, a service that works to assess a company’s social engineering security and educate employees on how a hacker might gather information to gain unauthorized access to system..."
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info and privacy

AM Fruitcake

History for March 5

History for March 5 - On-This-Day.com
William Oughtred 1575 - Mathematician, credited with inventing the slide rule, Antoine Cadillac 1658 - Founder of Detroit, MI, Emmett J. Culligan 1893 - Water treatment pioneer


Fred Williamson 1938 - Actor, football player, Penn Jillett 1955 - Magician (Penn and Teller), Andy Gibb 1958 - Singer


1770 - "The Boston Massacre" took place when British troops fired on a crowd in Boston killing five people. Two British troops were later convicted of manslaughter.


1946 - Winston Churchill delivered his "Iron Curtain Speech".

Chuck Schumer launches into Supremes: 'You will pay!' - WND

Chuck Schumer launches into Supremes: 'You will pay!' - WND:

A reporter attending protests at the Supreme Court on Wednesday as it heard arguments over the constitutionality of a Louisiana law requiring abortionists to have hospital admitting privileges caught longtime abortion advocate Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., issuing what sound to many like a threat to the two associate justices appointed by President Trump.

Liberal Journalist Partially Suspended From Twitter For Reporting Joe Biden’s Own Words | The Daily Caller

Liberal Journalist Partially Suspended From Twitter For Reporting Joe Biden’s Own Words | The Daily Caller:

Twitter partially suspended a liberal-leaning journalist after citing one of former Vice President Joe Biden’s most recent gaffes.
Liberal journalist Jordan Chariton was limited from engaging in Twitter functions after he said Biden told voters to vote on “Super Thursday.” He was referring to a moment Monday night when Biden told rally goers at a Texas campaign stop to vote on “Super Thur–Tuesday.”

The way we were-----All American Newsreel 1953

Boob-tube-----You Bet Your Life #59-32 The funniest Baptist preacher Groucho ever hoid...

Whitmer signs tax break for poor Detroiters into law

Whitmer signs tax break for poor Detroiters into law
"Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Monday morning that will wipe away much of the delinquent tax debt for thousands of low-income Detroit homeowners who qualify, calling it "crucial step" to helping people out of poverty.
Participants in "Pay as You Stay" will get their interest and fees eliminated.
And the remainder of their debt would be capped at 10% of their home's taxable value under the new law..."
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Access vs Affordability!-----Scientists Skeptical of Anthropogenic Global Warming

Scientists Skeptical of Anthropogenic Global Warming
John Whitefisk shared a link.

"Access to electricity is now an afterthought in most parts of the world, so it may come as a surprise to learn that 16% of the world’s population — an estimated 1.2 billion people — are still living without this basic necessity.

To understand what the map is about click on the link and read the accompanying article.

Keep in mind that this map shows ACCESS to electricity, not what percent of the population can afford the electricity which is available.
That is a different issue. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-billion-people-without-access-to-electricity/"

A surprising number of people around the world are still living without access to reliable electricity. This map shows where they live.

VISUALCAPITALIST.COM

Mapped: The 1.2 Billion People Without Access to Electricity

A surprising number of people around the world are still living without access to reliable electricity. This map shows where they live.

Nolte: Pete Buttigieg's Failed Campaign Was Built on Hate and Lies

Nolte: Pete Buttigieg's Failed Campaign Was Built on Hate and Lies:

Mean Little Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign is over, and how lucky we are to be rid of that nasty piece of work.
Never forget that the failed mayor of South Bend, Indiana, launched his failed presidential bid with hate, bigotry, and lies.

The Inevitability of Bureaucratic Bloat | International Liberty

The Inevitability of Bureaucratic Bloat | International Liberty
"I’m not a big fan of bureaucracy, mostly because government employees are overpaid and they often work for departments and agencies that shouldn’t exist.

Today, motivated by “public choice” insights about self-interested behavior, I want to make an important point about how bureaucracies operate.

We’ll review two articles about completely disconnected issues. But they both make the same point about ever-expanding bureaucracy...

...Let’s now look at the next article about bureaucracy.

John Lehman, a former Secretary of the Navy, recently opined in the Wall Street Journal about bureaucratic bloat at the National Security Council.

The problems that plague the NSC trace to before its founding in 1947. The White House has long sought to centralize decision-making to overcome the political jockeying that often takes place within the national-security establishment. …The NSC was established in the 1947 National Security Act, which named the members of the council: president, vice president and secretaries of state and defense. …under President Nixon…, Mr. Kissinger grew the council to include one deputy, 32 policy professionals and 60 administrators. …the NSC has only continued to expand. By the end of the Obama administration, 34 policy professionals supported by 60 administrators had exploded to three deputies, more than 400 policy professionals and 1,300 administrators. The council lost the ability to make fast decisions informed by the best intelligence. The NSC became one more layer in the wedding cake of government agencies.

Wow..."
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"...incoherent ramblings of nonsense and impossibility..."--Michael Smith ---Fans of Best of the Web Today

(2) Fans of Best of the Web Today

Michael Smith

"I'm beginning to face a hard fact, one that was plainly evident in the results from the Democrat primaries last night.

On the one hand, this is a party, the two front runners of which are 
1) a doddering old man who clearly is in the process of losing his faculties and 
2) a doddering old man who is a stealth communist disguised as a socialist - and they have to choose between them.

No doubt that some voted for Biden because they feared Bernie and many voted for Bernie because they see Biden sliding toward a comfortable divan at the care home - but the problem is that neither of them is good for America.

One major commonality is that their policies are incoherent ramblings of nonsense and impossibility. 

• The former candidate can't really articulate what he is going to do but knows he will tax the hell out of you to do it and the 
• second wants to make everything free but has no idea how much "free" is going to cost.

The other commonality is that both of the represent some sort of "feel good" progressivism where feelings matter more than facts. It doesn't matter how much it costs, how much it destroys or how ineffective it is in resolving a particular issue - or whether that issue is even real - it only matters how good we feel to be "doing something".

That's just inane, imbecilic and impossible to sustain.

But millions of Democrat primary voters just cast their ballots for that very thing last night - and were enthusiastic in their ignorance - signalling that we have a significant number of people completely detached from reality.

And that's a problem."