Wednesday, March 04, 2020
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.
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/"
That is a different issue. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-billion-people-without-access-to-electricity/"
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.
"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
"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.
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."
Report: Billionaire Republican Paul Singer Buys Stake in Twitter
Billionaire Republican megadonor Paul Singer has reportedly bought a “sizable” stake in Twitter and “plans to push” to remove CEO Jack Dorsey, according to reports.
Fox News reports that the billionaire Republican megadonor Paul Singer has reportedly purchased a “sizable” stake in social media website Twitter and reportedly “plans to push” CEO Jack Dorsey out of the company. Paul Singer’s Elliott Management Corp. has reportedly already nominated four directors to Twitter’s board.
The experts predict... on Monday!---JustOneMinute: Wut Happened?!?
JustOneMinute: Wut Happened?!?---March 02, 2020
"...Team Silver have updated their forecasts.
"...Team Silver have updated their forecasts.
A brokered convention is the heavy favorite now, at about 67%. Sanders is at 17% chance of an outright win, just ahead of Biden at 16%.
Bloomberg and Gabbard have no shot but capitalism is much safer, for today at least.
Here's a fun chart shwoing the rising odds of Chaos, the breakdowns of of Bernie and Bloomberg and the rebirth of Joe Biden."
Bloomberg and Gabbard have no shot but capitalism is much safer, for today at least.
Here's a fun chart shwoing the rising odds of Chaos, the breakdowns of of Bernie and Bloomberg and the rebirth of Joe Biden."
Quip du jour on the impending showdown between Biden and Sanders: Democrats are being asked to choose between early onset Alzheimer's and early-onset communism.--Posted by Tom Maguire
THE 21st CENTURY IS NOT TURNING OUT AS I HAD HOPED
Instapundit Blog Archive
"THE 21st CENTURY IS NOT TURNING OUT AS I HAD HOPED:
"THE 21st CENTURY IS NOT TURNING OUT AS I HAD HOPED:
● Video of Mike Bloomberg eating community pizza shows exactly what not to do if you want to stay safe from coronavirus.
● Iranians Lick Door of Holy Shrine to Show Coronavirus Who’s Boss.
● ‘If I do get Coronavirus I’m attending every MAGA rally I can’; Denver councilwoman quotes ‘solidarity’ to tweet.
● Canadian “Atheist Muslim” author and podcaster Ali A. Rizvi Tweets About Spreading Coronavirus to Trump Supporters.---Posted by Ed Driscoll"
● Iranians Lick Door of Holy Shrine to Show Coronavirus Who’s Boss.● ‘If I do get Coronavirus I’m attending every MAGA rally I can’; Denver councilwoman quotes ‘solidarity’ to tweet.
● Canadian “Atheist Muslim” author and podcaster Ali A. Rizvi Tweets About Spreading Coronavirus to Trump Supporters.---Posted by Ed Driscoll"
"...concerning the fake news about the loss of 50% of the world's beaches..."--Air-Climate-Energy
Air-Climate-Energy---Gregory Wrightstone
"Following on to my post yesterday concerning the fake news about the loss of 50% of the world's beaches, here is a study using 1,277 tide gauges around the globe to assess sea level rise.
"Following on to my post yesterday concerning the fake news about the loss of 50% of the world's beaches, here is a study using 1,277 tide gauges around the globe to assess sea level rise.
Tide gauges provide the only direct and detailed long term analysis of sea-level rise available. Satellite data is only available for the last 30 or so years.
Note that the seas began rising in the early 1800s.
Note that the seas began rising in the early 1800s.
The globe began warming in the late 1600s but the planet didn't warm enough until about 1820 for summer ice loss to exceed winter ice accumulation and cause glacial retreat.
The rate of rise has been steady since then despite the protestations of the climate change bed wetters." (200 mm=<8 b="">
Dr. Drew says it's 'fake news' that VP Pence — now leading Coronavirus Task Force — improperly responded to epidemics as Indiana governor - TheBlaze
Dr. Drew says it's 'fake news' that VP Pence — now leading Coronavirus Task Force — improperly responded to epidemics as Indiana governor - TheBlaze:
The Daily Blast Live spoke on the phone with Pinsky late last week and noted that Pence "mishandled the HIV epidemic in 2015 with the needle-exchange program which one study said actually contributed to more deaths."
'I don't know what the hell people are talking about'
"I don't know what they're talking about," Pinsky replied regarding reports about Pence. "We used to point at the way Indiana responded to the opiate of the HIV epidemic as the model for the country. I don't know what they're talking about. The only reason I felt comfortable with Pence as vice president was I was aware of his track record in Indiana in handling these serious problems, and they handled them better than most states did, almost any other states. So, I don't know what the hell people are talking about. That is fake news."
'I don't know what the hell people are talking about'
"I don't know what they're talking about," Pinsky replied regarding reports about Pence. "We used to point at the way Indiana responded to the opiate of the HIV epidemic as the model for the country. I don't know what they're talking about. The only reason I felt comfortable with Pence as vice president was I was aware of his track record in Indiana in handling these serious problems, and they handled them better than most states did, almost any other states. So, I don't know what the hell people are talking about. That is fake news."
$Billions Wasted: Australia’s Massive Wind & Solar Surge Fails to Cut CO2 Emissions – STOP THESE THINGS
$Billions Wasted: Australia’s Massive Wind & Solar Surge Fails to Cut CO2 Emissions – STOP THESE THINGS
"Except, that the wind and solar industries have never produced a shred of credible evidence that chaotic and intermittent wind & solar power have actually reduced CO2 gas emissions, anywhere on that planet.
If CO2’s your ‘poison’, wind and solar power are clearly no antidote.
No single country has thrown more money to the wind and the sun than Germany.
And yet, in the mother of all ironies, CO2 gas emissions continue to rise.
Leaving aside arguments about whether CO2 is a toxic pollutant or a naturally occurring beneficial trace gas which plants crave, if the primary object of Germany’s ‘transition’ to an all wind and sun powered future was cutting carbon dioxide gas emissions, the result has been a dismal failure – that’s cost Germans more than a €Trillion, so far..."
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- The one, nay the only, ‘justification’ for the $billions squandered on subsidised wind and solar power is ‘saving’ the planet from CO2 gas.
If CO2’s your ‘poison’, wind and solar power are clearly no antidote.
No single country has thrown more money to the wind and the sun than Germany.
And yet, in the mother of all ironies, CO2 gas emissions continue to rise.
Leaving aside arguments about whether CO2 is a toxic pollutant or a naturally occurring beneficial trace gas which plants crave, if the primary object of Germany’s ‘transition’ to an all wind and sun powered future was cutting carbon dioxide gas emissions, the result has been a dismal failure – that’s cost Germans more than a €Trillion, so far..."
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History for March 4
History for March 4 - On-This-Day.com
Prince Henry the Navigator 1394, Antonio Vivaldi 1678, Knute Rockne 1888
Barbara McNair 1934, Catherine O’Hara 1954 - Actress, Chastity Bono 1969 - Daughter of Sonny and Cher
1908 - The New York board of education banned the act of whipping students in school.
1933 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt gave his inauguration speech in which he said "We have nothing to fear, but fear itself."
Tuesday, March 03, 2020
'You know the thing!' Watch Biden flub the Declaration of Independence - WND
Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden, whose infamous gaffes include firing shotguns to warn intruders and telling a paralyzed supporter to stand, recently claimed 150 million Americans were killed by gun violence.
That would be about half the nation's population.
But anyone who might think it couldn't get worse would be wrong:
Concerns About U.S. Military Supply Chains And Readiness Grow As COVID-19 Coronavirus Spreads - The Drive
Concerns About U.S. Military Supply Chains And Readiness Grow As COVID-19 Coronavirus Spreads - The Drive:- The Pentagon says that it is working to mitigate these issues, but it's unclear how severe their impact could be if the virus' spread accelerates.
Worries about what it could do the readiness of American forces abroad and at home are mounting as the virus continues to spread around the world, including inside the United States, where it has now caused six deaths and infected dozens more.
"It's not just civilian businesses that are dependent upon products and components that come from China," Thornberry noted..."
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Why is he not executed? Immediately! That monster!!!-----Chris Matthews retires from MSNBC, cites comments to women - ABC News
Chris Matthews retires from MSNBC, cites comments to women - ABC News
"...He said that "compliments on a woman’s appearance that some men, including me, might have incorrectly thought were OK were never OK. Not then, and certainly not today, and for making such comments in the past, I’m sorry.”
The 74-year-old Matthews, who underwent prostate surgery last year, worked as a speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter and was top aide to House Speaker Thomas “Tip” O'Neill before turning to journalism as Washington bureau chief for the San Francisco Examiner.
"...He said that "compliments on a woman’s appearance that some men, including me, might have incorrectly thought were OK were never OK. Not then, and certainly not today, and for making such comments in the past, I’m sorry.”
- ...He apologized last Monday for likening Sanders' win in the Nevada caucus two nights earlier to the Nazi takeover of France.
- On Friday's show, he confused the identities of South Carolina Senate candidate Jaime Harrison and Sen. Tim Scott, both black men.
- And he was criticized for an uncomfortable interview with Warren following the presidential debate, asking if she believed Mike Bloomberg was lying when he denied telling a pregnant female employee of his news company to terminate the pregnancy. “Why would she lie?" Warren said.
- In her first-person story GQ story released Friday, journalist Laura Bassett said Matthews behaved inappropriately toward her when she was a guest on his show in 2016. In the makeup room prior to the show, Matthews looked at her and said “why haven't I fallen in love with you yet?” she wrote. "When I laughed nervously and said nothing, he followed up to the makeup artist. ‘Keep putting makeup on her, I’ll fall in love with her,’” Bassett wrote.
- “Another time, he stood between me and the mirror and complimented the red dress I was wearing for the segment. ‘You going out tonight?’ he asked.”
- ...Even before his last week, there was some discontent among Sanders supporters about Matthews' lack of enthusiasm for their candidate, putting the news network that appeals to a liberal audience at odds with a potential liberal presidential nominee.
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