Janet Shagam - 'Revolt over high fuel prices threatens to paralyse...

Janet Shagam - 'Revolt over high fuel prices threatens to paralyse...

Janet Shagam

'Revolt over high fuel prices threatens to paralyse France
Rise of the ‘gilets jaunes’ coincides with Macron’s record low 26% approval rating'

daddy - "On the Macron thing, about his raising fuel costs significantly to pay for his Climate Control schemes, it makes me think that if we had not pulled out of those stupid Paris Climate Accords, we US Taxpayers would probably have been providing the Funding that he is now trying to get out of the pockets of his own angry people.
Thanks, President Trump. MAGA! "

FTA - "The gilets jaunes are a grass-roots revolt against high fuel prices, and they threaten to paralyse France on Saturday.
The cause of the price hikes are “eco taxes” meant to dissuade the French from using cars."...

https://www.irishtimes.com/…/revolt-over-high-fuel-prices-t…

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Schumer: ‘We Are Going to Fight... to Let Everybody Vote – Everybody’

Schumer: ‘We Are Going to Fight... to Let Everybody Vote – Everybody’:

Democrats are going to fight “to let everybody vote – everybody,” Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) vowed Wednesday.
At a press conference outlining his party's legislative prioriites, Sen. Schumer said Democrats are fighting for “real reforms,” like allowing “everybody” to vote. “Everybody,” Schumer reiterated.
He, then, twice called it “despicable” to excluding anyone from voting:

NEW SOCIALIST “IT GIRL” CONTINUES TO PAY DIVIDENDS: It’s the final countdown! Flashback…

Instapundit  Blog Archive  NEW SOCIALIST “IT GIRL” CONTINUES TO PAY DIVIDENDS

NEW SOCIALIST “IT GIRL” CONTINUES TO PAY DIVIDENDS: 
It’s the final countdown!

Flashbacks:
● President Obama ‘has four years to save Earth.’
—The London Guardian, January 17, 2009.
● Warming expert: Only decade left to act in time.
—NBC News, September 14, 2006.
● U.N. Predicts Disaster if Global Warming Not Checked:

A senior U.N. environmental official says entire nations could be wiped off the face of the Earth by rising sea levels if the global warming trend is not reversed by the year 2000.

Coastal flooding and crop failures would create an exodus of ″eco- refugees,′ ′ threatening political chaos, said Noel Brown, director of the New York office of the U.N. Environment Program, or UNEP.

He said governments have a 10-year window of opportunity to solve the greenhouse effect before it goes beyond human control.

—AP, June 29, 1989.
And finally, this classic:

Posted by Ed Driscoll 

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History for November 16

History for November 16 - On-This-Day.com
Burgess Meredith 1908, Clu Gulager 1928, Elizabeth Drew 1935 - Journalist
  

Marg Helgenberger 1958 - Actress ("C.S.I."), Oksana Baiul 1977, Maggie Gyllenhaal 1977 - Actress


1915 - Coca-Cola had its prototype for a contoured bottle patented. The bottle made its commercial debut the next year.


1973 - U.S. President Nixon signed the Alaska Pipeline measure into law.

No ID Needed to Vote In LA: Observations From an L.A. Pollworker - Latest News - Mike Huckabee

No ID Needed to Vote In LA: Observations From an L.A. Pollworker - Latest News - Mike Huckabee:

I’ve worked all three elections held in Los Angeles County this year: a special election in March, the primary election in June, and the general election last week.  Before this year, pollworkers were required to ID everyone who came in to vote.  But at the beginning of this year, the County Registrar dropped this requirement, letting all pollworkers know in no uncertain terms that ID’S ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED for voting.

The way we were-----Six Turning Four Burning - Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" (HD)

Boob-tube-----Carlin George on children

The end of America-----National Popular Vote

National Popular Vote
"The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.  
Explanation  It has been enacted into law in 12 states with 172 electoral votes (CA, CT, DC, HI, IL, MA, MD, NJ, NY, RI, VT, WA). Map showing status in states.  The bill will take effect when enacted by states with 98 more electoral votes. 
It has passed at least one house in 11 additional states with 89 electoral votes (AR, AZ, CO, DE, ME, MI, NC, NM, NV, OK, OR)  and has been approved unanimously by committee votes in two additional states with 26 electoral votes (GA, MO). 
The bill has recently been passed by a 40–16 vote in the Republican-controlled Arizona House, 28–18 in Republican-controlled Oklahoma Senate, 57–4 in Republican-controlled New York Senate, 34-23 in Democratic-controlled Oregon House, and 26-16 in the New Mexico Senate. .."
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CNN: Swing State Voters Support Trump's Nationalist Immigration Agenda

CNN: Swing State Voters Support Trump's Nationalist Immigration Agenda:

A majority of swing state voters across the United States support President Trump’s nationalist agenda on immigration.
In CNN exit polls for the midterm elections, a majority of voters in swing states like Florida, Arizona, Nevada, and others said they support Trump’s immigration agenda, saying it is just right or does not go far enough to reduce immigration levels.

No ID Needed to Vote In LA: Observations From an L.A. Pollworker - Latest News - Mike Huckabee

No ID Needed to Vote In LA: Observations From an L.A. Pollworker - Latest News - Mike Huckabee
(...If you care about protecting the integrity of America’s electoral system from turning into a banana republic, then this just might chill your bones…)- Mike Huckabee
No ID Needed to Vote In LA:
Observations From an L.A. Pollworker
On Election Day, I had the privilege of working as Neighborhood Voting Center (NVC) Director at a multi-precinct polling place in Los Angeles County.
It was a long, nearly 14 ½-hour workday with no breaks or lunch periods. 
Allegedly, it was even busier than the last presidential election.
I’ve worked all three elections held in Los Angeles County this year: a special election in March, the primary election in June, and the general election last week.
Before this year, pollworkers were required to ID everyone who came in to vote. 
But at the beginning of this year, the County Registrar dropped this requirement, letting all pollworkers know in no uncertain terms that ID’S ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED for voting..."
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Support For 'Pre-Existing Conditions' Protections Plummets When Costs Are Explained | Investor's Business Daily

Support For 'Pre-Existing Conditions' Protections Plummets When Costs Are Explained | Investor's Business Daily
"Health Reform: Democrats campaigned heavily on promises to preserve ObamaCare's protections for people with "pre-existing conditions."
And the polls seem to back them up.
But do they?
...The Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank in Washington, D.C., wanted to find out how much support would remain for pre-existing condition protections once people learned about those costs.
In a poll released the just before the midterms, Cato first asked the standard question: Do you support ObamaCare's protections against pre-existing conditions?
Sixty-five percent said they did, which is in line with other polls.
What About Costs?
But the poll went on to ask whether the public backed this protection if meant a tax increase? Suddenly, support dropped to just 51%.
What if it meant premiums increased? 
Support plunged to only 49%. 
And just 47% say they back this protection if it meant less access to top-rated medical facilities..."
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Lunch video-----O'Reilly: Where Pinhead Jim Acosta Went Wrong

Noon-toon

Caravan migrants scaling U.S. border fence

Caravan migrants scaling U.S. border fence:

Some of the people seen on a video climbing a border fence near San Diego are part of the caravan that began in Honduras, according to the U.S. Border Patrol.
The Fox affiliate in San Diego reported that after part of the caravan arrived in Tijuana, people on the Mexican side of the border could be seen Tuesday climbing the fence near Friendship Park, a half-acre binational park.

Don Surber: Nazi till proven innocent

Don Surber: Nazi till proven innocent
"Pete Gust took a picture of his son and about 60 other high school senior boys on the steps outside the Sauk County Courthouse in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
 He told them to wave to their parents.
Then he posted the photo online.


Nazi Salute! Jules Suzdaltsev of Vice Media declared.
Jules Suzdaltsev

‏Verified account @jules_su Nov 12

If anybody from Baraboo High School in Wisconsin can clue me in on why it appears the entire male class of 2018 is throwing up a Sig Heil during their prom photos - that would be great.

And now the police are investigating, the high school is investigating, and the father who took the photo is apologizing.
There's your white privilege.
There's your male privilege.
The boys have joined the Duke lacrosse team and Brett Kavanaugh's boofing brothers in being unfairly maligned.
The new rule is if you are a white male, do not raise your arm.
Kevin Vodak, the president of the Baraboo school board, said, "The photo has shaken to the core my personal belief of the process that we as a community and as a school district have made to be tolerant, inclusive, accepting and admitting of all of those who are different from ourselves."
Literally shaking, eh?
In 21st century America, race relations have deteriorated to the point where we assume all white people are Nazis, until proven otherwise. 
Especially males."

From 12/13/2016-----Records: Too many votes in 37% of Detroit’s precincts

Records: Too many votes in 37% of Detroit’s precincts

"Voting machines in more than one-third of all Detroit precincts registered more votes than they should have during last month’s presidential election, according to Wayne County records prepared at the request of The Detroit News.

Detailed reports from the office of Wayne County Clerk Cathy Garrett show optical scanners at 248 of the city’s 662 precincts, or 37 percent, tabulated more ballots than the number of voters tallied by workers in the poll books. Voting irregularities in Detroit have spurred plans for an audit by Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson’s office, Elections Director Chris Thomas said Monday.

...The problems were the worst in Detroit, where discrepancies meant officials couldn’t recount votes in 392 precincts, or nearly 60 percent. And two-thirds of those precincts had too many votes..."

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#1 This day 1965-----The supremes---I hear a symphony

The Mob at Tucker Carlson’s Home Shows How Idealism Can Lead to Evil | Intellectual Takeout

The Mob at Tucker Carlson’s Home Shows How Idealism Can Lead to Evil | Intellectual Takeout
"Last week, angry “Smash Racism DC” Antifa protestors chanted obscenities outside the home of Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson: "Racist scumbag, leave town!" 
They ominously added, “Tucker Carlson, we will fight. We know where you sleep at night."
The mob broke Carlson’s front door. 
A video captured one protester saying she wished she had a pipe bomb.
...CNN Host Justifies Mob Violence
This past summer, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo provided a moral justification for mobs like the one outside Carlson’s home. 
"People who show up to fight against bigots are not to be judged the same as the bigots, even if they do resort to the same petty violence," Cuomo said. 
He argued: "When someone comes to call out bigots, and it gets hot, even physical, are they equally wrong as the bigot they are fighting? I argue, no. Fighting against hate matters." 
Cuomo’s words provide succor to violent thugs.
...History is clear: When the ordinary restraints of civil society no longer apply, there is no forecasting who will be caught in the resulting web of hatred.

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Jim Acosta Is a Creep and CNN's Lawsuit Is a Joke - The Rush Limbaugh Show

Jim Acosta Is a Creep and CNN's Lawsuit Is a Joke - The Rush Limbaugh Show:

Bottom line is this, Jim Acosta has no constitutional right to be admitted to the White House, period. Jim Acosta has no constitutional right to a White House press pass, period. Jim Acosta has no constitutional right to a White House-issued microphone. And Jim Acosta has no constitutional right to ask the president of the United States questions.
Because, you see, the White House is not prohibiting CNN from being in there. CNN is not being denied access. CNN is not being denied the opportunity to ask questions or harass the president. CNN’s got a reporter in there replacing Acosta. There literally are no grounds. There’s no basis for this. Freedom of the press does not extend to individual — the White House is not required to let anybody who wants in there, in there!

California’s Paradise Lost - WSJ

California’s Paradise Lost - WSJ:
"... “There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor,” Mr. Trump tweeted.
“Billions of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forests. Remedy now, or no more Fed payments!”
...fueling the fires is an overgrown government bureaucracy that frustrates proper forest management.
About 57% of California forestland is owned by the federal government while most of the rest is private land regulated by the state.
Nearly 130 million trees died in California between 2010 and 2017 due to drought and a bark beetle infestation.
Dense forests put trees at greater risk for parasitic infection and enable fires to spread faster. 
When dead trees fall, they add more combustible fuel.
...California also restricts timber harvesting and requires myriad permits and environmental-impact statements to prune overgrown forests.
...One problem for landowners is disposing of deadwood.
Dozens of biomass facilities that burn tree parts that can’t be used for lumber have closed due to emissions regulations and competition from subsidized renewables and cheap natural gas..."
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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, Gerhart Hauptmann 1862, Georgia O'Keeffe 1887


Petula Clark 1932, Sam Waterston 1940, Frida Lyngstad (ABBA) 1945


1777 - The Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, precursor to the U.S. Constitution.


1999 - Representatives from China and the United States signed a major trade agreement that involved China's membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Monica Lewinsky slams Bill Clinton in new essay: He 'should want to apologize' - Washington Times

Monica Lewinsky slams Bill Clinton in new essay: He 'should want to apologize' - Washington Times:

Monica Lewinsky penned a scathing new essay Tuesday criticizing how former President Bill Clinton “safely, even smugly” gave interviews for years without ever having to answer for how he treated her in the 1990s scandal that eventually led to his impeachment.
In a piece for Vanity Fair, where she is a contributing editor, Ms. Lewinsky explained why she chose to participate in the new documentary series, “The Clinton Affair,” which premieres Sunday on A&E.

The way we were-----Gone Groups of the 1960s: Musical acts that have fallen off the radar of...

Boob-tube-----Biggus Dickus - Monty Python, Life of Brian.

Antarctic temperatures recently plunged close to the theoretically coldest achievable on Earth! | Watts Up With That?

Antarctic temperatures recently plunged close to the theoretically coldest achievable on Earth! | Watts Up With That?
"...why wasn’t this headline news in the Washington Post, New York Times, etc.?  
Yes… That was a rhetorical question.

Ultralow Surface Temperatures in East Antarctica From Satellite Thermal Infrared Mapping: The Coldest Places on Earth

T. A. Scambos, G. G. Campbell, A. Pope, T. Haran, A. Muto, M. Lazzara, C. H. Reijmer, M. R. van den Broeke
First published: 25 June 2018[…]

Plain Language Summary

The lowest measured air temperature on Earth is −89.2 °C (−129 F) on 23 July 1983, observed at Vostok Station in Antarctica (Turner et al., 2009, https://doi.org/10.1029/2009JD012104). However, satellite data collected during the Antarctic polar night during 2004–2016 reveal a broad region of the high East Antarctic Plateau above Vostok that regularly reaches snow surface temperatures of −90 °C and below. These occur in shallow topographic depressions near the highest part of the ice sheet, at 3,800 to 4,050‐m elevation....[…]

Geophysical Research Letters

Comparisons with nearby automated weather stations suggest that air temperatures during these events are near −94 ± 4 °C or about −138 F. Ultracold conditions (below −90 °C) occur more frequently when the Antarctic polar vortex is strong. This temperature appears to be about as low as it is possible to reach, even under clear skies and very dry conditions, because heat radiating from the cold clear air is nearly equal to the heat radiating from the bitterly cold snow surface..."

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Electric bills goin' UP, UP, UP!-----Woman warned about ‘sparks’ from power lines day before deadly wildfire

Woman warned about ‘sparks’ from power lines day before deadly wildfire: 
"A woman in Northern California said Monday that the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. contacted her about “sparks” in power lines on her property one day before the deadly wildfire in Paradise began.
Betsy Ann Cowley said the power company emailed her on Wednesday and warned that they were “having problems with sparks” and needed access to her property in the small town of Pulga.
On Thursday, the wildfire started near Pulga and incinerated the neighboring town of Paradise.
...Earlier Monday, PG&E said it experienced a problem on an electrical transmission line near the site of the massive fire, minutes before the blaze broke out.
California authorities have launched a probe targeting PG&E to “assess the compliance of electric facilities with applicable rules and regulations in fire impacted areas.”
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