Ransomware cyberattack shuts down major US pipeline, company says - ABC News

Ransomware cyberattack shuts down major US pipeline, company says - ABC News

"A cyberattack has forced the shutdown of a major gas pipeline in the U.S. that supplies 45% of all fuel consumed on the East Coast.

The cyberattack against Colonial Pipeline, which runs from Houston to Linden, New Jersey, began 7 p.m. on Friday night, according to a Federal Emergency Management Agency report...

"We proactively took certain systems offline to contain the threat, which has temporarily halted all pipeline operations, and affected some of our IT systems," the company said in a statement.

...Colonial's network supplies fuel from U.S. refiners on the Gulf Coast to the eastern and southern U.S. and transports 2.5 million barrels a day of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and other products through 5,500 miles of pipelines, the company said...Read all!

Kamala’s first foray into international diplomacy does not go well

Kamala’s first foray into international diplomacy does not go well

"Finally, six weeks after taking on the responsibility for dealing with illegal aliens swarming the southern border, Kamala announced that she would meet with the presidents of Mexico and Guatemala. 

...Except nothing went well. Kamala, whom I’ve always been told by people who know her, is as dumb as a box of rocks with the personality of an arch narcissist, managed to leave President Lopez Obrador in a towering rage, furious at American machinations and deeply offended when she simply walked out on him.

The Gateway Pundit translated ABC International’s report on the meeting (emphasis added):

Much has changed the attitude of the Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, towards the White House after the departure of Donald Trump. At his first major meeting with the US vice president, who has recently assumed the task of solving the migration crisis at the border, the Mexican president has come accusing his northern neighbor of interventionist and financier of coup plotters, to which he has added the rudeness of communicating to Kamala Harris that she was not going to stay for the entire meeting – held virtually by the pandemic – for other commitments. Even so, in the face to face, López Obrador has said: “Let’s seek understanding, don’t fight.

The bit about the coup refers to the fact that AMLO claims that Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity, a group that the U.S. funds, is plotting to overthrow him. “That’s why we’re asking that (the U.S. government) clarifies this for us. A foreign government can’t provide money to political groups.”...Read all

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VIDEO: Heavily armed leftists surround, threaten lone Portland motorist. But when fed-up driver points his own gun at them, all hell breaks loose. - TheBlaze

VIDEO: Heavily armed leftists surround, threaten lone Portland motorist. But when fed-up driver points his own gun at them, all hell breaks loose. - TheBlaze: 

Heavily armed leftists apparently acting as security for a march in Portland earlier this week pointed their guns at a lone motorist and threatened him before the fed-up driver exited his truck and pointed his own gun at them — and then all hell broke loose.

"Liberal paradise".

 

Three landlords tried kicking her out in one year. She wonders whether she can last much longer.

Three landlords tried kicking her out in one year. She wonders whether she can last much longer.

"Here now was another stranger at her door telling her to go. 

A property manager hired by the new landlord, he said. Patricia Mendoza had never seen him before, but she could guess what he was about to say.

..."OK," the property manager said. "You haven't paid rent since December, right? So December, January, February. Three months." He explained that the new owner, who had purchased in December, was planning to renovate all four of the units.

But Mendoza had heard it before. 

Since the coronavirus's arrival, three landlords have owned her apartment. 

The first two had tried to get her out, but she was still there.

...It was a fact that once again hit Mendoza as she turned around, noticing for the first time that her daughter was only a few steps behind her, filming the encounter on her phone, silently crying...Read all.

#1 Movie this week 1962-----Dr. No Official Trailer #1 - Sean Connery Movie (1962) HD

Treasury warns of need to deal with national debt limit

Treasury warns of need to deal with national debt limit

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department says it will employ measures to avoid an unprecedented default on the national debt this summer, but officials say those measures could be exhausted “much more quickly” than normal given the unusual circumstances of the global pandemic.

Treasury officials on Wednesday urged Congress to pass either a new borrowing limit or another suspension of the debt before a July 31 deadline. 

The Treasury will continue to initiate the types of bookkeeping maneuvers it has used in the past to keep the government from breaching a level that would trigger a default on the massive national debt.

...The national debt subject to the limit now stands at a record $28.1 trillion. 

The amount of the debt that is held by the public currently totals $22.1 trillion, an amount slightly higher than 100% of the entire economy and heights not seen since the huge borrowing the government did in the 1940s to finance World War II...Read all.

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Here's How You Know Democrats Rigged and Stole the 2020 Election by Wayne Allyn Root

Here's How You Know Democrats Rigged and Stole the 2020 Election by Wayne Allyn Root

• Let me put this in terms even Democrats can understand.

"Let's say a white police officer killed a black man who did nothing wrong. 

Unlike George Floyd, this man had not committed any crime, did not resist arrest, didn't have fentanyl in his system and had no record of violent crime. 

How do the police react? 

They say the shooting was righteous. They refuse to investigate. There is bodycam footage, but they refuse to release it. And get this: They refuse to allow anyone to even talk about it. If any cop talks about it, he loses his job. If anyone in the black community talks about it, social media will suspend them or ban them for life.

What would all of that mean to you? 

Guilty as charged, right?

The police must be covering up a crime. 

No one who's innocent acts like that, right?

• Guess what? That's equivalent to the reaction (or, should I say, overreaction) of liberals, Democrats and assorted socialists and communists when Republicans make accusations of massive voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

...The fix is in. It's crystal clear to me now that not only was the election rigged but so is everything post-election. It's simple psychology. Just look at the absurd reaction, or overreaction, by Democrats.

...Who would react like that? Only guilty people.

• Here are the questions I want answered.

        -- If Democrats didn't rig and steal the election, why are they so afraid of forensic audits in key battleground states, specifically the current audit in Arizona?

        -- When Trump was an 8-to-1 landslide favorite with bettors around the world late on election night and clearly headed toward a landslide electoral victory, why did five states suddenly announce they would pause counting for the night? And how come Biden was suddenly ahead by morning?

        -- How come Michigan apparently had a dump of 149,772 votes at 6:31 a.m. on Nov. 4, 96% of which went to Biden?

        -- How did Wisconsin count 149,520 votes for Biden from 3:26 to 3:44 a.m. on Nov. 4?

        -- How come Philadelphia vote counters were so desperate to keep witnesses out of the counting room? Why did they refuse entry to witnesses (to Republicans) until those witnesses had a court order in hand?

        -- Why were the windows in a vote-counting location in Detroit covered with cardboard so nobody (no Republican) could see inside?

        -- There are videotapes filmed in Detroit of vans pulling up in the middle of the night with what obviously look like boxes of ballots. In Atlanta, there are videotapes that clearly show ballot containers appearing at a vote-counting location after a fake water main break was used to force all GOP witnesses out of the counting room. Why can't we discuss these videotapes?

        -- How come Twitter banned me for life over mentioning these videotapes?

        -- How come the Arizona Senate's liaison for the vote audit says Maricopa County hasn't complied with the subpoena by turning over passwords to Dominion voting machines?

        -- How come the Biden DOJ suddenly wants to stop the Arizona audit?...Read all!

They lied!

 

CDC acknowledges COVID-19 is an airborne virus, not spread through 'close contact' - TheBlaze

CDC acknowledges COVID-19 is an airborne virus, not spread through 'close contact' - TheBlaze: 

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday updated its public health guidance about how COVID-19 spreads, acknowledging that the virus is airborne. It's an important change from previous guidance, which claimed the virus was spread by "close contact, not airborne transmission."

Wood prices are out of control. I went to a sawmill that explains why.

Wood prices are out of control. I went to a sawmill that explains why.

• A journey to the heart of the lumber shortage.
  

"...That morning, the price of lumber futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange surged above $1,500 for the first time, a 300 percent rise from this time last year. 

Two-by-fours are suddenly very, very expensive, sending the cost of building a new home up by about $36,000 on average, according to the National Association of Home Builders. Lumber companies are reporting record profits.

...But the case of lumber supply is a little more perplexing. 

True, shipments from Canadian forests, which contribute about one-third of U.S. lumber consumption, have been constrained by tariffs, beetle infestations, and wildfires. 

But there is plenty of wood on both sides of the border, and fast-growing pine in the U.S. South is actually cheaper than it’s been in two decades...Read all.

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History for May 10

History for May 10 - On-This-Day.com

David O. Selznick 1902 - Film producer ("Gone with the Wind")

• 1676 - In Virginia, Bacon's Rebellion began. Nathaniel Badon led the the rebellion which pitted frontiersmen against the government.
• 1768 - The imprisonment of the journalist John Wilkes as an outlaw provoked violence in London. Wilkes was returned to parliament as a member for Middlesex.
• 1773 - The English Parliament passed the Tea Act, which taxed all tea in the U.S. colonies.
• 1869 - Central Pacific and Union Pacific Rail Roads meet in Promontory, UT. A golden spike was driven in at the celebration of the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S.
• 1908 - The first Mother's Day observance took place during a church service in Grafton, West Virginia.
• 1933 - The Nazis staged massive public book burnings in Germany.

Oklahoma officially bans critical race theory from public schools, law targets far-left's social agenda - TheBlaze

Oklahoma officially bans critical race theory from public schools, law targets far-left's social agenda - TheBlaze: 

Oklahoma has officially banned critical race theory from being taught in state schools. Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) signed a bill on Friday that prohibits Oklahoma teachers and administrators from teaching certain "critical race theories," according to KOCO-TV.

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Stoking hate!-----Michelle Obama: I Fear for My Daughters Every Time They Get in a Car

Michelle Obama: I Fear for My Daughters Every Time They Get in a Car

"Former first lady Michelle Obama said on Friday’s broadcast of “CBS This Morning” that she worried as the mother of two Black daughters, Malia, 22, and Sasha, 19, “every time they get in a car by themselves.”

...I know that people in the Black community don’t feel that way because many of us still live in fear as we go to the grocery store, or walking our dogs, or allowing our children to get a license.”

Anchor Gayle King said, “Aren’t your girls driving?”

Obama said, “They’re driving, but every time they get in a car by themselves, I worry about what assumption is being made by somebody who doesn’t know everything about them...Read all.

Statism in Five Images | International Liberty

Statism in Five Images | International Liberty

"As a wonk, I prefer serious criticisms of government that focus on excessive spending, punitive tax rates, and pointless red tape.

But since I’ve never grown up, I also appreciate humor that mocks government.

So let’s enjoy a new collection of memes that target our overlords in Washington (these also apply to the politicians and bureaucrats in other national capitals, as well as those in state capitals and local government).

• We’ll start with this four-frame summary of government.

For our second item, we have a cartoon that shows how government creates a big wedge between gross pay and take-home pay...Read all!

GOP lawmaker wants answers from Fauci on Wuhan lab's research and possible COVID-19 origin | Washington Examiner

GOP lawmaker wants answers from Fauci on Wuhan lab's research and possible COVID-19 origin | Washington Examiner: 

Republicans on Capitol Hill are pushing the Biden administration to provide information about what the U.S. government knows about the potential origins of COVID-19, with one GOP congressman pressing Dr. Anthony Fauci about his support for gain-of-function research and about National Institutes of Health funding going to a Wuhan lab.

Tsunami on the way!!-----Government Grew by 48,000 Employees in April | CNSNews

Government Grew by 48,000 Employees in April | CNSNews
"(CNSNews.com) - Federal, state and local governments in the United States increased their employment by a combined 48,000 workers in April,

according to the numbers released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

• From March to April, the number of workers employed by government in the United States climbed from 21,543,000 to 21,591,000.
• Local government employment increased by 32,000, rising from 13,685,000 to 13,717,000.
• State government employment increased by 7,000, rising from 4,970,000 to 4,977,000...Read all.

Yet the Chinese communists support "greens" in US. Are you seeing the connection?-----Growth Engines: Coal and Nuclear Powering China’s Economic Rise & Global Ambitions

Growth Engines: Coal and Nuclear Powering China’s Economic Rise & Global Ambitions

"No country ever got rich without abundant supplies of affordable energy. It’s all very well for the well-fed, smug and pompous to lecture others about the virtues of wind and solar. But when you’re dragging hundreds of millions out of agrarian poverty, virtue signalling runs a very poor second. And, so it is, with China.

The CCP isn’t mucking around with unreliable, intermittent and unstable electricity sources. Instead, the Party has largely rejected wind and solar, with an acute focus on building coal-fired and nuclear plants.

Much to the horror of the climate industrial complex, China is building new coal-fired power plants, at a staggering clip. Moreover, it’s also leading the world in the construction of new nuclear plants. In short, China is a Country that’s totally serious about serious power generation.

Here are a couple of pieces that make precisely that point.

China: “renewable energy … intermittent and unstable, we must rely on a stable power source”
According to Su Wei, Deputy Secretary-General of the National Development and Reform Commission, renewable energy is too unreliable to power China.

• China has ‘no other choice’ but to rely on coal power for now, official says...Read all.