- Electricity and gas prices are soaring across Europe, with bills close to double from last year in most European capitals, according to new data from the Household Energy Price Index—a monthly tracker of energy prices for households across 33 European capitals, including the 27 EU member states and several non-members...
- The cost of living in most of Europe is already exorbitant because of the energy crisis and this crisis is only going to get worse after the EU embargoes on Russian oil and then fuels come into effect...
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Yet, most of the sheep are silent. Why?-----Energy Bills In Europe Are 90% Higher Than Last Year | OilPrice.com
Energy Bills In Europe Are 90% Higher Than Last Year | OilPrice.com
What the bloody HELL? They gave it BACK to the passenger!!-----TSA errors allowed disruptive passenger to bring box cutters on flight
TSA errors allowed disruptive passenger to bring box cutters on flight"...One of the bags was flagged for a physical search, and agents discovered a box cutter.
The “visible blades” were removed, but then returned to the passenger, which contradicts “standard operating procedure,” the TSA said.
Box cutters must be thrown away at the checkpoint or placed in checked baggage, where they “must be sheathed or securely wrapped,” according to the agency...
Republicans vote more often in-person, that's where the "problems happen...every year!-----Arizona on my Mind - American Thinker- Clarice Feldman
Arizona on my Mind - American Thinker - By Clarice Feldman
- Election Day is increasingly looking like election month, and frankly, unless state residents under our federal system get control of this, I see no end to it...all of which contribute to an atmosphere in which corruption flourishes.
- The more this happens, the more voters believe they cannot vote themselves out of policies and politicians with which they disagree. That is not an insignificant problem.
...Yet right on cue come election day, the machines fail to work properly.
Maricopa County, Arizona, Supervisor Bill Gates apologized after roughly 20% of their polling sites had problems with tabulation machines reading ballots just hours after Election Day polls opened...
California sheriff's office stops all daytime patrols due to 'catastrophic staffing shortage' - TheBlaze
California sheriff's office stops all daytime patrols due to 'catastrophic staffing shortage' - TheBlaze:
A California county sheriff's office announced that it will stop its daytime police patrol due to a "catastrophic staffing shortage throughout the agency."
Tehama County, which is located north of Sacramento and has a population of 65,000, will suspend daytime patrol services starting November 20.
The 1930s Europeans had moron leaders too!-----Althouse: Biden goes for power-positioning of the hands, but what captures my eye is the expression on Xi's face.
Althouse: Biden goes for power-positioning of the hands, but what captures my eye is the expression on Xi's face.
"I made this screenshot of the central detail of the photo, by Doug Mill, in the NYT...
"I made this screenshot of the central detail of the photo, by Doug Mill, in the NYT...
- ...What's so funny about Xi's expression, though?
- Does it mean something like, you pathetic little child?"
History for November 15
History for November 15 - On-This-Day.com
William Pitt the Elder 1708 - Known as the Great Commoner, 1st Earl of Chatham
- 1777 - The Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, precursor to the U.S. Constitution.
- 1806 - Explorer Zebulon Pike spotted the mountaintop that became known as Pikes Peak.
- 1864 - Union Gen. William T. Sherman and his troops began their "March to the Sea" during the U.S. Civil War.
- 1901 - Miller Reese patented an electrical hearing aid.
- 2005 - In Amiens, France, Isabelle Dinoire became the first person to undergo a partial face transplant. She had been attacked by a dog earlier in the year.
Monday, November 14, 2022
White sign language interpreter booted from 'Lion King' gig on Broadway because of his skin color: Report - TheBlaze
White sign language interpreter booted from 'Lion King' gig on Broadway because of his skin color: Report - TheBlaze:
An actor and comedian was removed from his role as sign language interpreter on Broadway's production of "The Lion King" because he is white, according to a discrimination lawsuit filed last Tuesday.
Societal collapse-----Man arrested with 20,000 fentanyl pills set free
Man arrested with 20,000 fentanyl pills set free
- Manuel Pagan was released after he was charged for the possession of "approximately 20,000 multi-colored M-30 fentanyl pills."
- A man was busted with 20,000 “rainbow” fentanyl pills in Manhattan’s hip Chelsea neighborhood – and then released back to the street, police and sources said Sunday.
- Manuel Pagan, 49, of Washington Heights was arrested with the multicolored drugs — which authorities say are used to target younger people — at West 30th Street and 11th Avenue around 2 p.m. Friday, cops said...
It's all about money!!!-----The world has nine years to prevent climate catastrophe
The world has nine years to prevent climate catastrophe
- A major paper released on the sidelines of the COP27 climate summit in Egypt has started a countdown.
- At the current rate of global emissions, the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels will likely be permanently out of reach in nine years, the study found.
- The paper, published on Nov. 11 and written by dozens of leading climatologists, the paper assesses what scientists call the “carbon budget,” which is a way of predicting the amount of warming that will likely be produced by a given volume of emissions...
Los Angeles prosecutors drop charges against Konnech CEO Eugene Yu, accused of overseeing 'largest data breach in United States history' - TheBlaze
Los Angeles prosecutors drop charges against Konnech CEO Eugene Yu, accused of overseeing 'largest data breach in United States history' - TheBlaze:
In an abrupt and hushed post-election reversal on Wednesday, the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office (DAO) dropped all charges against Eugene Yu, citing "potential bias" in the investigation. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge granted the dismissal per the DAO's request.
Yu, a 64-year-old Chinese national, is the CEO of the Michigan-based election software company Konnech, which licensed its proprietary PollChief software to various municipalities and counties across the U.S..
GM=Government Motors-----Buick Will Buy Out Dealers Who Don't Want to Start Selling EVs
Buick Will Buy Out Dealers Who Don't Want to Start Selling EVs"Buick has made it clear that its future lies in two directions.
- First, the brand will only sell EVs after 2030.
- Second, all Buicks will be SUVs.
- Dealers who aren’t aligned with that future will be given an off-ramp, Buick global vice president Duncan Aldred said this week...
Duncan Aldred, global vice president of Buick and GMC, revealed to the Wall Street Journal this week that all of the 1900-plus Buick dealerships in the U.S. will be given buyout offers to those who don't want to be a part of the brand's shift to selling only electric vehicles...
Benjamin Netanyahu talks antisemitism, Trump, Obama in Glenn Beck interview - TheBlaze
Benjamin Netanyahu talks antisemitism, Trump, Obama in Glenn Beck interview - TheBlaze:
Netanyahu replied, "The real purpose of the Jewish state is, first of all, to defend the lives of Jews who are subjected to this unforgiving and undiscerning hate."
"We paid a horrendous price of massacres and displacements and exiles and pogroms and murder and ultimately Holocaust," he continued. "If Israel wasn't strong, we would have been destroyed many times over."
Netanyahu on being 'mistreated and disrespected' by Barack Obama
Government fools gone crazy!-----Arizona Appeals Court Deflates Subsidies for Space Balloons
Arizona Appeals Court Deflates Subsidies for Space Balloons
"...World View Enterprises, a private space technology company based in Tucson, hopes to allow everyday citizens to experience what billionaires like Bezos, Branson, and Musk have achieved: a trip to space...
But to get passengers to that point, World View needed some help.
"...World View Enterprises, a private space technology company based in Tucson, hopes to allow everyday citizens to experience what billionaires like Bezos, Branson, and Musk have achieved: a trip to space...
But to get passengers to that point, World View needed some help.
- Enter local government: In January 2016, the Pima County Board of Supervisors approved $15 million in financial incentives for the company to establish its "world headquarters and first launchpad" just outside Tucson.
- The county would borrow the money through a bank loan, secured by offering several county buildings as collateral...
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