Wednesday, August 19, 2020
THE ECONOMIC DAMAGE OF RIOTING LASTS FOR DECADES
Instapundit Blog Archive:THE ECONOMIC DAMAGE OF RIOTING LASTS FOR DECADES:
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How might the riots be responsible for these outcomes? The National Bureau of Economic Research suggests a number of ways:Property risk might seem higher in central city neighborhoods than before the riots, causing insurance premiums to rise; taxes for income redistribution or more police and fire protection might increase, and municipal bonds may be more difficult to place; retail outlets might close; businesses and employment opportunities might relocate; middle and higher income households might move away; burned out buildings might be an eyesore; and so on. These damaging aspects of riots, the authors find, apparently outweighed outside assistance directed toward the riot areas in the wake of the disturbances...
Or as James Lileks wrote yesterday of Minneapolis:
They had stories of what it’s like to live downtown now, and if I could sum it up, it would be this: SUDDENLY CRAZY. Emboldened lawlessness. A year ago: living in a beautiful neighborhood with spectacular views, access to parks and restaurants, peaceable dog walks after dark. Now: Carjackings, fireworks, madmen muttering outside the front door, a spiky sense that anything outside of a block or two radius is questionable. These are long-time downtown residents...
It took 20 years to build up this part of the city, and three months to spoil it.
Just compare Pompeii Detroit to this time capsule video from 1965, just before the lights went out:
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Scalise: Pelosi Pushing Post Office 'Money Grab' She's Wanted 'Well Before COVID'
Scalise: Pelosi Pushing Post Office 'Money Grab' She's Wanted 'Well Before COVID':
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) by saying she isn’t willing to bring the House back to provide help for families and businesses, but is willing to do so for a “money grab” for the Post Office that she has wanted “well before COVID,” and accused her of “trying to take advantage of a crisis.”
Scalise said, “Interesting, how the speaker has been trying to literally hold hostages for families and businesses and won’t bring the House back in for that, but when it comes to this continued desire to get — and we’re not talking about enough money to keep the Post Office running, their revenues have actually been up since the pandemic — she’s been trying to get about $75 billion, and keep in mind, their total budget is about that amount for entire year.
Scalise said, “Interesting, how the speaker has been trying to literally hold hostages for families and businesses and won’t bring the House back in for that, but when it comes to this continued desire to get — and we’re not talking about enough money to keep the Post Office running, their revenues have actually been up since the pandemic — she’s been trying to get about $75 billion, and keep in mind, their total budget is about that amount for entire year.
Media Hype 130F Death Valley Temp – It's Still Not A Record-Breaker | Climate Dispatch
Media Hype 130F Death Valley Temp – It's Still Not A Record-Breaker | Climate Dispatch
"On Sunday, August 16th the National Weather Service in Las Vegas, Nevada sent out a tweet highlighting a new maximum daily temperature of 130°F in Death Valley:
"On Sunday, August 16th the National Weather Service in Las Vegas, Nevada sent out a tweet highlighting a new maximum daily temperature of 130°F in Death Valley:
Predictably, the media jumped on this number with the Los Angeles Times saying “…possibly the highest mercury reading on Earth since 1913.”
...While global warming activists are rubbing their hands together in anticipation and glee hoping this will aid their case, what they and the LA Times aren’t telling you is that this is simply “business as usual” for Death Valley.
In fact, back in 1913, over 100 “global warming” years ago, Death Valley’s official weather station at Greenland Ranch hit an all-time record of 134°F and also hit 130°F or higher three times that July:
...While global warming activists are rubbing their hands together in anticipation and glee hoping this will aid their case, what they and the LA Times aren’t telling you is that this is simply “business as usual” for Death Valley.
In fact, back in 1913, over 100 “global warming” years ago, Death Valley’s official weather station at Greenland Ranch hit an all-time record of 134°F and also hit 130°F or higher three times that July:
Source: Monthly Weather Review archive: ftp://ftp.library.noaa.gov/docs.lib/htdocs/rescue/mwr/050/mwr-050-01-0010.pdf
While climate crusaders would like you to think today’s 130°F temperature is more “proof” of global warming, aka “climate change” induced by fossil fuel use putting more carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, the irrefutable fact is that in 1913, CO2 in our atmosphere was about 43% lower than today at 290 parts per million in 1913 compared to the “climate crisis” level of 414 PPM today...Read all.
"Inconvenient: NOAA data shows U.S. Tornadoes on the decline since 1970..."
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Inconvenient: NOAA data shows U.S. Tornadoes on the decline since 1970
We’ve been told time and again by climate alarmists that global warming would make more severe weather.
In fact, the opposite is true according to recently released tornado data from NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center.
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Special Prosecutor: Kim Foxx's Office Committed 'Substantial Abuses of Discretion' in Jussie Smollett Case
Special Prosecutor: Kim Foxx's Office Committed 'Substantial Abuses of Discretion' in Jussie Smollett Case:
The special prosecutor investigating how Chicago prosecutor Kim Foxx carried out the Jussie Smollett hate hoax investigation has found “substantial abuses of discretion” in Foxx’s actions.
Early in 2019, the former Empire star claimed that he was attacked by MAGA hat-wearing racists who beat him and poured bleach on him in downtown Chicago in the dead of night during below zero weather. But a Chicago police investigation claimed that Smollett invented the attack. Smollett was arrested and charged with the fraud. But Cook County Prosecutor Kim Foxx quickly dismissed the case and released Smollett, dropping the charges.
The special prosecutor investigating how Chicago prosecutor Kim Foxx carried out the Jussie Smollett hate hoax investigation has found “substantial abuses of discretion” in Foxx’s actions.
Early in 2019, the former Empire star claimed that he was attacked by MAGA hat-wearing racists who beat him and poured bleach on him in downtown Chicago in the dead of night during below zero weather. But a Chicago police investigation claimed that Smollett invented the attack. Smollett was arrested and charged with the fraud. But Cook County Prosecutor Kim Foxx quickly dismissed the case and released Smollett, dropping the charges.
History for August 19
History for August 19 - On-This-Day.com
Bernard Baruch 1870, Orville Wright 1871, Malcolm Forbes 1919
Gene Roddenberry 1921, Fred Thompson 1942 - Actor, politician, Bill (William Jefferson) Clinton (U.S.) 1946
1909 - The first car race to be run on brick occurred at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
1929 - "Amos and Andy," the radio comedy program, made its debut on NBC starring Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll.
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Voters condemn Trump for racist comments — then learn Biden actually made those comments - TheBlaze
Voters who spoke recently to the Daily Caller News Foundation's Matt Miller were adamant: President Donald Trump's alleged racism is reason enough why he should not win re-election in November.
But they refused to apply that same standard to presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden when confronted with the former vice president's history of racist comments.
What are the quotes?
John Thompson raged during BLM protest at Bob Kroll's home - TheBlaze
John Thompson raged during BLM protest at Bob Kroll's home - TheBlaze:
John Thompson, a Democrat campaigning for State House in Minnesota, launched into a fiery diatribe during a Black Lives Matter protest outside the home of Minneapolis Police Federation President Bob Kroll on Saturday. During the vitriolic tirade, Thompson hinted that the town of Hugo be burned down, which is where Kroll lives.
John Thompson, a Democrat campaigning for State House in Minnesota, launched into a fiery diatribe during a Black Lives Matter protest outside the home of Minneapolis Police Federation President Bob Kroll on Saturday. During the vitriolic tirade, Thompson hinted that the town of Hugo be burned down, which is where Kroll lives.
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