Sunday, April 25, 2021
MIT researchers say you're no safer from Covid indoors at 6 feet or 60 feet in new study
MIT researchers say you're no safer from Covid indoors at 6 feet or 60 feet in new study
KEY POINTS
- An MIT study showed that people who maintain 60 feet of distance from others indoors are no more protected than if they socially distanced by just 6 feet.
- According to the researchers, other calculations of the risk of indoor transmission have omitted too many factors to accurately quantify that risk.
- “We need scientific information conveyed to the public in a way that is not just fear mongering but is actually based in analysis,” the author of the study said.
The risk of being exposed to Covid-19 indoors is
as great at 60 feet as it is at 6 feet — even when wearing a mask, according to a new study by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers who challenge social distancing guidelines adopted across the world...Read all.
as great at 60 feet as it is at 6 feet — even when wearing a mask, according to a new study by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers who challenge social distancing guidelines adopted across the world...Read all.
Why Wind and Solar Energy Are Doomed to Failure | Power Line
Why Wind and Solar Energy Are Doomed to Failure | Power Line
"...a paper published last week by Center of the American Experiment argues that land use constraints are the most basic reason why wind and solar are inexorably destined to fail.
"...a paper published last week by Center of the American Experiment argues that land use constraints are the most basic reason why wind and solar are inexorably destined to fail.
The paper, titled Not In Our Backyard, is authored by internationally recognized energy expert Robert Bryce, producer of the terrific documentary Juice: How Electricity Explains The World and the book A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations
Robert’s paper acknowledges that there are multiple reasons why wind and solar energy will never meet America’s energy needs, but focuses on the particular problem of land use:
'Of course, other factors, including the incurable intermittency of renewables as well as the massive amounts of materials, including steel, concrete, copper, and rare earth elements, will limit the deployment of wind and solar.
Robert’s paper acknowledges that there are multiple reasons why wind and solar energy will never meet America’s energy needs, but focuses on the particular problem of land use:
'Of course, other factors, including the incurable intermittency of renewables as well as the massive amounts of materials, including steel, concrete, copper, and rare earth elements, will limit the deployment of wind and solar.
But the biggest barrier is the land-use problem.
The ferocity and extent of rural land-use conflicts are showing that any attempt to convert the domestic economy to run solely on renewables is destined to fail.'
Why is land use such a problem for wind and solar, but not for coal, nuclear or natural gas?
Why is land use such a problem for wind and solar, but not for coal, nuclear or natural gas?
Because wind and solar are pathetically low-intensity energy sources, as reflected in this chart from Bryce’s paper:
“Green” energy holds political sway, which has made a relative handful of people (largely non-Americans and lobbyists) immensely wealthy, while impoverishing utility rate payers and taxpayers–that is to say, the rest of us. This insanity will continue until voters wise up, or–more likely, I am afraid–until the laws of physics, along with land use and raw materials constraints, make it blindingly obvious that the “green dream” is just that. A nightmare.
By that time, an astonishing amount of wealth will have been destroyed...Read all.
“Green” energy holds political sway, which has made a relative handful of people (largely non-Americans and lobbyists) immensely wealthy, while impoverishing utility rate payers and taxpayers–that is to say, the rest of us. This insanity will continue until voters wise up, or–more likely, I am afraid–until the laws of physics, along with land use and raw materials constraints, make it blindingly obvious that the “green dream” is just that. A nightmare.
By that time, an astonishing amount of wealth will have been destroyed...Read all.
EQUITY!-----Virginia moving to eliminate all accelerated math courses before 11th grade as part of equity-focused plan | Fox News
Virginia moving to eliminate all accelerated math courses before 11th grade as part of equity-focused plan | Fox News
The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is moving to eliminate all accelerated math options prior to 11th grade, effectively keeping higher-achieving students from advancing as they usually would in the school system.
- State says framework includes 'differentiated instruction' catered to the needs of the child
...A Loudoun parent who spoke on the condition of anonymity worried that the changes would "lower standards for all students in the name of equity."
...Ian Prior, a Loudoun parent and former Trump administration official, similarly panned the move as a way to "stifle advancement for gifted students and set them back as they prepare for advanced mathematics in college. This is critical race theory in action and parents should be outraged."...Read all.
Biden Considering Offering Asylum to People Displaced by Climate
Biden Considering Offering Asylum to People Displaced by Climate:
President Joe Biden’s administration may provide immigration rights and citizenship to many foreign “climate migrants” who claim they are being displaced by climate change, the Associated Press (AP) reported this week.
Choose your child's entertainment.. or they will!-----Pixar Animation House Releases Casting Call for '14-Year-Old Transgender Female' Cartoon Character The Gateway Pundit
Pixar Animation House Releases Casting Call for '14-Year-Old Transgender Female' Cartoon Character The Gateway Pundit
"Pixar Animation Studios, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studios, has released a casting call seeking someone to portray a “14-year-old transgender female” in an upcoming cartoon.
The studio is seeking someone who can “authentically portray” the character.
“Pixar is casting a youth voice-over role for an upcoming animated project. The character, Jess, is a 14-year-old transgender girl. She’s compassionate, funny, and always has your back,” the casting call says.
The ad continues on to say that they are “looking for actresses 12-17 years old who: Are enthusiastic, outgoing, funny, and energetic. Feel comfortable acting in front of a microphone. Can authentically portray a 14-year-old transgender girl.”
The call says that if you know someone who fits the description, her “legal guardian” should contact them....Read all.
History for April 25
History for April 25 - On-This-Day.com
Edward R. Murrow 1908 - American broadcast journalist
- 1684 - A patent was granted for the thimble.
- 1792 - The guillotine was first used to execute highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier.
- 1846 - The Mexican-American War ignited as a result of disputes over claims to Texas boundaries. The outcome of the war fixed Texas' southern boundary at the Rio Grande River.
- 1859 - Work began on the Suez Canal in Egypt.
- 1953 - Dr. James D. Watson and Dr. Francis H.C. Crick suggested the double helix structure of DNA.
- 1959 - St. Lawrence Seaway opened to shipping. The water way connects the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1961 - Robert Noyce was granted a patent for the integrated circuit.
- 1962 - The U.S. spacecraft, Ranger, crashed on the Moon.
- 1967 - Colorado Governor John Love signed the first law legalizing abortion in the U.S. The law was limited to therapeutic abortions when agreed to, unanimously, by a panel of three physicians.
- 1980 - In Iran, a commando mission to rescue hostages was aborted after mechanical problems disabled three of the eight helicopters involved. During the evacuation, a helicopter and a transport plan collided and exploded. Eight U.S. servicemen were killed. The mission was aimed at freeing American hostages that had been taken at the U.S. embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979. The event took place April 24th Washington, DC, time.
Saturday, April 24, 2021
Parents warned, again, that indoctrination coming for your kids
Parents warned, again, that indoctrination coming for your kids
"According to an exclusive National Review story, the U.S. Dept. of Education has announced grant funding is available for programs in U.S. history and civics classes that “incorporate racially, ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse perspectives.”
- America’s public school students are the soon-to-be target of a grant program from the U.S. Dept of Education that plans to introduce children to the Marxism-inspired Critical Race Theory and the debunked 1619 Project, and a knowledgeable critic of both is asking parents when enough is enough.
What does that mean?
...In politics and academia, Kendi is recognized as a pioneering proponent of Critical Race theory which, at this moment, is teaching school children, federal workers, and corporate executives that white people are racists at birth and their hidden feelings of racial superiority must be confessed and atoned for.
...Responding to the controversy, AFR co-host Wil Addison of “Airing the Addisons” says the federal government’s blatant plan to indoctrinate our kids, and to dangle federal grants to do it, should be the Marxist straw that breaks the camel's back.
“Whoever wins the time battle wins,” Addison says of the school classroom, “because if you have an indoctrination center having eight hours of the day with your child, when they come home, you're going to have to work very, very hard to get out of them what's been put in.”...Read all.
Scare the children...well-----‘The Earth Is On Fire And We’re All Going To Die Soon’: Dem Rep Pleads With Thunberg For Advice
‘The Earth Is On Fire And We’re All Going To Die Soon’: Dem Rep Pleads With Thunberg For Advice
"On Thursday, as she testified before Congress, teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg, 18, who repeatedly has issued dire predictions for the planet, played psychologist for one Democratic congresswoman.
The congresswoman, who has three children, asked the 18-year-old to advise her on how to deal with her 9-year-old daughter who bewailed, “The Earth is on fire and we’re all going to die soon.”
Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA), the mother of three children, two teenage sons and a nine-year-old daughter, asked Thunberg: “I just want to ask you one question: I have a nine-year-old daughter, I have three kids, and I told my nine-year-old daughter that I was going to be speaking with you, and I said, ‘What do you think about the climate change?’...Read all!
'No person can say this was a fair trial': Candace Owens weighs in on Chauvin guilty verdict - TheBlaze
'No person can say this was a fair trial': Candace Owens weighs in on Chauvin guilty verdict - TheBlaze:
Candace Owens decried the guilty verdict against former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin as "mob justice," telling Fox News' Tucker Carlson that "no person can say this was a fair trial."
Climate Emergency - NewTube
Instructive read-----The Battle of Tinhorn Flats, Continued | The Pipeline
"The Burbank City Council has lost its collective mind, pursuing an obvious vendetta against Tinhorn Flats restaurant, a family-owned and operated business that has been part of the community for 50 years.
Back in December, the Lepejian family made the difficult decision to defy state and local closure orders and serve food on its back patio, while following all previously established outdoor dining protocols.
Since then, lawsuits have been flying.
...Lucas has since been arrested three times, twice for violating a court order and the third time for “altering efforts the city has implemented to prevent entry into the establishment, due to the unsafe conditions and to be compliant with the city’s safety codes.” 
That is, trying to remove the sandbags.
- Burbank police have been sauntering around the establishment for a couple of weeks, shouting at anyone who gets too close.
- The BPD even rolled out an entire squad of police to make sure nobody got in the way of the fence installation.
Given that the rest of the state is finally re-opening, the council is engaging in this absurd display for one reason: punishment for defiance.
Even nearby Ventura County, which also was bringing action against a handful of restaurants for defying local orders, has dropped all the cases.
The behavior of the council is not merely demonstrative of governmental overreach, but of the insidious side of handing power to a group of five citizens.
Remember, these politicians are nothing special.
They are just regular people without any particular expertise in anything.
Government should always act with prudence, yet the ferocity with which the council has assaulted this business is chilling.
So what’s going on and what is the future for the restaurant?
Is the entire council really this stupid and short-sighted?
Most politicians are savvy enough to recognize potential blowback that could harm them...Read all!!
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