Predatory governance!-----CHICAGO’S SPEED CAMERAS START CHURNING OUT $35 TICKETS MARCH 1

CHICAGO’S SPEED CAMERAS START CHURNING OUT $35 TICKETS MARCH 1

• Chicago’s mayor said speed cameras will enforce a lowered tolerance March 1 as a way to curb traffic fatalities. 
  

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s new speed camera policy took effect March 1, slapping motorists caught driving 6 to 10 mph over the posted speed limit with a $35 ticket in the mail...Read all.

AM Fruitcake-----Cows With Guns - The Original Animation

History for March 3

History for March 3 - On-This-Day.com

Alexander Graham Bell 1847

• 1849 - The Gold Coinage Act was passed by the U.S. Congress. It allowed the minting of gold coins.
• 1857 - Britain and France declared war on China.
• 1931 - The "Star Spangled Banner," written by Francis Scott Key, was adopted as the American national anthem. The song was originally a poem known as "Defense of Fort McHenry."
• 1945 - Superman encountered Batman and Robin for the first time on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
• 1952 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld New York's Feinberg Law that banned Communist teachers in the U.S.
• 1969 - Sirhan Sirhan testified in a Los Angeles court that he killed Robert Kennedy.
• 1991 - Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers. The scene was captured on amateur video. (California)

Michigan to relax COVID-19 restrictions for restaurants - mlive.com

Michigan to relax COVID-19 restrictions for restaurants - mlive.com: 

Michigan is rolling back some of its COVID-19 restrictions as new infections shrink and vaccinations ramp up, MLive has confirmed.

Starting Friday, March 5, Michigan restaurants can open at 50% capacity instead of 25% and stay open until 11 p.m. instead of 10 p.m., according to sources with knowledge of the governor’s plans. The order will last through April 19.

California Teachers Union President Who Led School Closures Caught Dropping Daughter Off At Private School | The Daily Caller

California Teachers Union President Who Led School Closures Caught Dropping Daughter Off At Private School | The Daily Caller: 

Viral video footage shows a California teachers union president who led school closures dropping his daughter off at a private school.

Footage posted by the group Guerilla Momz shows Berkeley Federation of Teachers President Matt Meyer dropping his two-year-old daughter off at a private preschool. Meyer’s daughter’s face is blurred out.

The way we were-----The "Long Winter" of 1880/81

Boob-tube-----Jay Leno's Science quiz

Apple Store in downtown Portland that was looted by BLM rioters has finally reopened, and now looks like a prison! | Not the Bee

Apple Store in downtown Portland that was looted by BLM rioters has finally reopened, and now looks like a prison! | Not the Bee: 

"Yes, the downtown Portland Apple Store now looks like a prison, and this is amazing on several levels...Read all.

In case you missed this excellent video!-----Michael Moore's documentary 'has exposed green energy as a fraud'

"Michael Moore's documentary, 'Planet of the Humans' has exposed  the "swindlers" who are peddling misinformation and the environmental benefits of green energy"

Loudoun County Schools cancel Dr. Seuss for 'racial undertones' - Washington Times

Loudoun County Schools cancel Dr. Seuss for 'racial undertones' - Washington Times: 

Another day, another cancellation.

Yesterday, it was Mr. Potato Head. Today, it’s Dr. Seuss.

March 2 marks Read Across America Day, a national recognition of Dr. Seuss’ birthday for more than 20 years. Now, a liberal educator group dubbed “Learning for Justice” is demanding Dr. Seuss‘ books be stripped from school libraries because of their “racial undertones.”

The One Wing of the GOP That Keeps Embarrassing Itself Over Trump by Matt Vespa

The One Wing of the GOP That Keeps Embarrassing Itself Over Trump by Matt Vespa

"...Funny how the only thing these principled anti-Trump conservatives want to do is…help Democrats. They’re slime balls—all of them. 

...I’m done with swamp monsters. 

I’m for the non-politicians. 

Are some of them a bit nuts? 

Sure—but I don’t care. 

This town is killing America. 

We have a COVID relief bill that doesn’t help anyone impacted economically by this virus. 

It does help federal workers stay at home, paying them $1400 for weeks. 

Where is that assistance to America’s working families? 

The institutions are rigged.  

The system is corrupt and anyone who wants to take a baseball bat to it, I’ll at the very least hear them out. 

...I’m fine with the populist moment we’re in right now. 

These people haven’t done their jobs for decades...Read all.

Grossly overpaid hypocrite!-----Berkeley's Robert Reich Complains About CEO Pay, Collected $300k To Teach Three Classes

Berkeley's Robert Reich Complains About CEO Pay, Collected $300k To Teach Three Classes

"University of California-Berkeley professor Robert Reich has often complained about the high pay of CEOs.

...In 2019, Reich made $249,533 base pay and $300,354 total compensation.

According to California-Berkeley, Reich taught one class in the fall of 2020, called “The Political Economy of Inequality” that was remote only and lasted two hours and was once a week.

In the upcoming spring of 2021 semester, Reich is scheduled to teach two online-only classes once a week called “Wealth and Poverty” that last two hours."...Read all.

Lunch video-----Can You Trust Anybody When Everybody's Out to Take Advantage of You?

Rand Paul responds to accusations of 'transphobia' over questioning Rachel Levine on sex changes for children - TheBlaze

Rand Paul responds to accusations of 'transphobia' over questioning Rachel Levine on sex changes for children - TheBlaze: 

During a confirmation hearing Thursday, Paul pointedly asked Levine, who is a transgender woman, about her support for allowing children to change their sex, and whether she believes children are capable of making such life-altering decisions. Levine evaded the question, answering instead with a vague statement about the complexities of transgender medicine, which she would again reiterate for Paul's subsequent questions. Watch a video clip of the confirmation hearing here.

He's a democrat. Will likely walk free.

 

Prelude to a state pension bailout | American Enterprise Institute - AEI

Prelude to a state pension bailout | American Enterprise Institute - AEI

"After decades of mismanagement, state and local government pensions face unfunded liabilities topping $4.2 trillion. 

When a major public plan finally runs dry, you can bet Congress will bail it out no matter the crippling cost. 

Congressional Democrats’ Covid-relief package includes a multibillion-dollar bailout for union-affiliated private-sector multiemployer pensions. 

If politicians will bail out truckers’ and coal miners’ pensions, why would they turn away teachers and firefighters?...Read all.

2 masks!

“Acceleration” in Sea-Level Rise Found to Be False – An artifact of Switching Satellites

“Acceleration” in Sea-Level Rise Found to Be False – An artifact of Switching Satellites
"One of the most common arguments climate alarmists make is that the rate of sea-level rise is “accelerating” or rising faster every year.
Sea-level data reported from satellites indicate seas are rising approximately of 3.3 mm/year.
By contrast, tidal stations have recorded a rise of approximately 1 to 2 mm annually, a rate which is little changed over the century or so for which we have adequate records. 

Indeed, as reported in Climate at a Glance: Sea Level Rise, the oldest tide gauge in the USA, in New York City, shows no acceleration at all going back to 1850.
Why the large difference?
The answer it turns out is simple. 

When NASA and NOAA launched new satellites, the data they produced wasn’t the same as the data recorded by earlier satellites.

...This is either incompetent or dishonest, and certainly not up to even the simplest of basic science principles. 

Virtually any high school or college student who presented such work for a class would get called out on it by their instructor for showing a false trend...Read all.

#1 This day 1957-----Tab Hunter - Young Love (1957 Live at The Perry Como Show)

The CO2 doomsayers wrong...AGAIN!-----NASA Vegetation Index: Globe Continues Rapid Greening Trend, Sahara Alone Shrinks 700,000 Sq Km!

NASA Vegetation Index: Globe Continues Rapid Greening Trend, Sahara Alone Shrinks 700,000 Sq Km!

• Looking at NASA’s Vegetation Index data, the news is good: the globe has greened 10% so far this century.

"That’s good news because we know this ultimately means greater crop production area and forest expansion. Ironically, what many “experts claim to be a huge problem (CO2) is in fact one of the major reasons behind the greening.
Zoe Phin has a post on this topic at her site which really warrants attention.
Global Vegetation Index surges 10% in 20 years
Zoe downloaded all of NASA’s available 16-day-increment vegetation data from 2000 to 2021. Here’s her result:

NASA’s Vegetation Index has risen from 0.0936 to 0.1029, which is a 9.94% increase. Chart by Zoe Phin

“10% global greening in 20 years! We are incredibly fortunate!” Zoe comments on the results. “I just wish everyone felt that way. But you know not everyone does. To the extent that humans enhance global greening is precisely what social parasites want to tax and regulate. No good deed goes unpunished.”...Read all.

Yeah, they did that!

 

Media ticked over White House plan to charge reporters $170 for COVID-19 test every time they enter - TheBlaze

Media ticked over White House plan to charge reporters $170 for COVID-19 test every time they enter - TheBlaze: 

The White House plans to roll out a new policy starting Monday that would charge journalists $170 to take a COVID-19 test every time they enter the grounds, and reporters in the press corps and beyond are not happy about it.

Man Arrested, Claims He Was Strip Searched For Going For a Walk Too Far From Home

Man Arrested, Claims He Was Strip Searched For Going For a Walk Too Far From Home

• A man in Wales was arrested by police for going for a walk too far from home and failing to identify himself before he claimed he was taken to the police station and subjected to a strip search.

"According to McEvoy, the couple in question were grieving the recent death of an uncle and wanted to visit the nearest beach to go for a walk.
Mr. Radek, the man seen being handcuffed in the video, says that the couple had been struggling with mental health issues as a result of lockdown.
“My family was struggling with many issues that are sourced in the constant lockdowns and homeschooling,” said Radek. “On top of that came personal family problems which we faced in the last months. They include the very serious illness of my wife’s brother and death of close relatives. We were not even able to say goodbye or go and attend the funeral in Poland.”

On returning to the car park after their walk on Talacre Beach, Radek and his wife were confronted by two female police officers who had been handing out fines.
Radek was told he had violated coronavirus regulations and was handcuffed before being subjected to a search without consent...Read all.

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