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Whom to Believe: Big Brother or Your Lying Eyes? | The Pipeline

Whom to Believe: Big Brother or Your Lying Eyes? | The Pipeline

"... Among the minority who deal in facts is Mark Mills, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. If you haven’t already, it is well worth while keying in to his presentation on February 9, 2021 to the U.S. House Energy Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. Here’s just a taste:

• Building a single 100-MW wind farm requires some 30,000 tons of iron ore and 50,000 tons of concrete, as well as 900 tons of nonrecyclable plastics for the huge blades.
• A storage system to back-up such a wind farm would require using at least 10,000 tons of Tesla-class batteries.
• The tonnage in cement, steel, and glass is 150% greater for solar than for wind, for the same energy output.
• Under the scenarios for clean energy imagined by the World Bank, the 700 tons of neodymium currently mined would need to increase by between 1,000 and 4,000 percent. Indium by as much as 8000%. Cobalt by 300 to 800%. Lithium by more than 2,000%.
• The Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney, concluded last year that the supply of elements such as nickel, dysprosium, and tellurium will need to increase by 200 to 600%.

As Mills explains, while the minerals required are there, digging them up will be daunting and pricey. Count among the costs: environmental degradation; increased threats to the West’s national security in view of China’s dominance in many of the supply chains; the use of child labour in countries not so sensitive to human rights; the massive amounts of energy required to mine, transport and process these exotic minerals; and, the bottom line, the demise of reliable and affordable hydrocarbon power...Read all.

History for July 5

History for July 5 - On-This-Day.com

P.T. Barnum (Phineas Taylor Barnum) 1810 - American showman, businessman, entertainer

• 1832 - The German government began curtailing freedom of the press after German Democrats advocate a revolt against Austrian rule.
• 1865 - William Booth founded the Salvation Army in London.
• 1943 - The battle of Kursk began as German tanks attack the Soviet salient. It was the largest tank battle in history.
• 1946 - The bikini bathing suit, created by Louis Reard, made its debut during a fashion show at the Molitor Pool in Paris. Micheline Bernardini wore the two-piece outfit.
• 1947 - Larry Doby signed a contract with the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first black player in the American League.
• 1951 - Dr. William Shockley announced that he had invented the junction transistor.
• 1975 - Arthur Ashe became the first black man to win a Wimbledon singles title when he defeated Jimmy Connors.
• 1991 - Regulators shut down the Pakistani-managed Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) in eight countries. The charge was fraud, drug money laundering and illegal infiltration into the U.S. banking system and democrat connected politicians.

'Enraged' Maryland sheriff tears into Democratic councilman for interfering with traffic stop of black driver: 'Who in the hell does he think he is?' - TheBlaze

'Enraged' Maryland sheriff tears into Democratic councilman for interfering with traffic stop of black driver: 'Who in the hell does he think he is?' - TheBlaze: 

A Maryland sheriff recently slammed a Democratic county council member live on radio for putting his deputy at risk by interfering with a routine traffic stop. Then the council member called into the show and the two officials got into a shouting match.

The way we were-----Adapt or Die: The Mustang II Story

"Ford's second-generation Mustang has been dismissed for years as little more than a re-skinned Pinto.  But did this much maligned mare actually represent the lowest point of the blue oval's equestrian efforts?  Discover the truth in "Adapt or Die:  The Mustang II Story"

Biden Has Always Been a Doofus...

"Thomas Sowell, Clarence Thomas and Newt Gingrich expose Biden for the incompetent phony he always was, and still is."

Believe the science?

Sue Jeffers
New covid-19 mortality estimates: 

We’ve tracked a half million people inside & outside long term care. 

No models… real data from CDC & MDH.

• Survival rate outside long term care ~ 99.87%
• Under age 60 ~ 99.97%
• Children ~ 99.999%
• Overall ~ 99.68%

Trans-goons violent AGAIN!!!-----Asian man wearing a “Rooftop Korean” shirt near the Wi Spa protest where antifa have been beating people was assaulted on camera.

Asian man wearing a “Rooftop Korean” shirt near the Wi Spa protest where antifa have been beating people was assaulted on camera.

PATEL: Why Are Republicans Agreeing To Send Armies Of IRS Agents After American Small Businesses? | The Daily Caller

PATEL: Why Are Republicans Agreeing To Send Armies Of IRS Agents After American Small Businesses? | The Daily Caller: 

Given this dynamic, it’s almost incomprehensible that Senate Republicans are about to help pass an infrastructure package that unleashes the IRS to collect more revenue through aggressive policing of small businesses.

Massive Ransomware Attack May Impact Thousands of Victims

Massive Ransomware Attack May Impact Thousands of Victims
(Bloomberg) -- Just weeks after President Joe Biden implored Vladimir Putin to curb cyber crime, a notorious, Russia-linked ransomware gang has been accused of pulling off an audacious attack on the global software supply chain.
REvil, the group blamed for the May 30 ransomware attack of meatpacking giant JBS SA, is believed to be behind hacks on at least 20 managed-service providers, which provide IT services to small- and medium-sized businesses. 
...Biden said he had ordered a “deep dive” by U.S. intelligence officials on what happened in the attacks.

 At this point, he said “we’re not sure” that Russia is behind them...Read all.

New stimulus benefit offers free health insurance through the end of this year

New stimulus benefit offers free health insurance through the end of this year
"The massive COVID rescue package President Joe Biden signed back in March — the same law that included $1,400 stimulus and the upcoming monthly payments for families — is now offering free health insurance to millions of Americans, through the end of 2021.
The benefit's zero-premium health care plans just became available, as of July 1, and there are no income limits to qualify.

 But you must meet one big eligibility requirement.
If you've gotten or have been approved for unemployment benefits during 2021, you qualify to receive free health coverage for the remainder of the year via HealthCare.gov...— Obamacare.
Middle-of-the-pack "silver" plans (not high-end, but not low-end either) with $0 monthly premiums made their debut on Thursday as part of the program. 

By comparison, this year's typical Obamacare premium is $452 a month, according to the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation...Read all.

Lunch video-----CNN Blames Florida Building Collapse On CO2

"A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier." -  H. L. Mencken

Noon-toon

 

Obama DHS Sec'y Johnson: 'The Situation on the Southern Border Is Troubling' - Number of Attempted Crossings 'Way Too High'

Obama DHS Sec'y Johnson: 'The Situation on the Southern Border Is Troubling' - Number of Attempted Crossings 'Way Too High': 

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said that “the situation on the southern border is troubling” and that the 180,000 people attempting to enter the U.S. encountered by Border Patrol in May “is way too high.”

...THE point!

 

The long knives are out!-----Kamala Harris Facing White House Sabotage as Establishment Media Lay Out Pete Buttigieg’s Path to Presidency

Kamala Harris Facing White House Sabotage as Establishment Media Lay Out Pete Buttigieg’s Path to Presidency

• Vice President Kamala Harris is facing White House sabotage as the establishment media lay out Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg’s path to the presidency.
  

"With Harris’s history of “mistreatment of employees and dissent” before entering the White House, the establishment media have begun reporting on the infighting and “sabotage” impacting the office of the vice president.
“It’s a whisper campaign designed to sabotage her,” Biden’s senior adviser Cedric Richmond said, admitting Friday to the Hill the infighting is real.
Axios reported Friday Harris’s aides are panicked that she is “fucking up” and perhaps “shouldn’t be the heir apparent” for 2024’s presidential race because she “could not defeat whomever the Republican Party puts up.”...Read all.

Let's bring that back!

 

Confused Joe Biden Has To Pull Out Notes To Answer Question On Russia

"MondayMorning--Holy Crap! This fraud can’t even answer a question set up for the occasion! God help us."

#1 This day 1992-----Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got Back (Official Music Video)

US educators slam math workbook that claims it's racist to ask students to get the right answer | Daily Mail Online

US educators slam math workbook that claims it's racist to ask students to get the right answer | Daily Mail Online

"Now MATH is racist: Educators condemn $1M 'Dismantling Racism in Mathematics' program funded by Bill Gates which tells teachers NOT to push students to find the correct answer because it promotes white supremacy...

• It centers around a workbook which asserts that asking students to find the correct answer for math problems is inherently harmful for minorities
  
• So far, the workbook is being used by school districts in Georgia, Ohio, California and Oregon...
• 'The workbook's ultimate message is clear: Black kids are bad at math, so why don't we just excuse them from really learning it,' one critic said
• The program was funded through a $1million grant from The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• It's part of a larger push nationwide to teach students about critical race theory...Read all.

Is the "facebook america" the America you want for for children?

 

Jen Psaki Can't Name GOPer Who Wants to 'Defund the Police' - Louder With Crowder

Jen Psaki Can't Name GOPer Who Wants to 'Defund the Police' - Louder With Crowder: 

The Joe Biden White House thinks you're stupid. Or, they know they can lie and 95% of the media will swear by it, and the media thinks you're stupid. Decide amongst yourselves which of those two options makes you the most stabby. Because Jen Psaki is going all in on "ackschually, Republicans are the ones who want to defund the police." It's not the leftist protesters threatening police officers on the regular. It's not the Biden-supporting teachers' unions who threatened to not go back to work if the police weren't defunded. It's not even the Biden White House that never misses an opportunity to throw cops under the bus for political points.

Dead last!-----U.S. Has Lowest Trust of Media In 46 Countries Surveyed, According to Reuters Institute Report

U.S. Has Lowest Trust of Media In 46 Countries Surveyed, According to Reuters Institute Report

As a collective industry, our mainstream corporate predominantly liberal and leftist media is manipulative, arrogant, elitist, demeaning, smug, and manipulative (but I repeat myself).

It’s no surprise that a just-released Report by the Reuters Institute and the University of Oxford finds US ranks last among 46 countries in trust in media:

The United States ranks last in media trust — at 29% — among 92,000 news consumers surveyed in 46 countries, a report released Wednesday found. That’s worse than Poland, worse than the Philippines, worse than Peru. (Finland leads at 65%.)...Read all!

 

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PATEL: Why Are Republicans Agreeing To Send Armies Of IRS Agents After American Small Businesses? | The Daily Caller

PATEL: Why Are Republicans Agreeing To Send Armies Of IRS Agents After American Small Businesses? | The Daily Caller: 

Given this dynamic, it’s almost incomprehensible that Senate Republicans are about to help pass an infrastructure package that unleashes the IRS to collect more revenue through aggressive policing of small businesses.

History for July 4

History for July 4 - On-This-Day.com

Calvin Coolidge (U.S.) 1872 - 30th President of the United States

• 1776 - The amended Declaration of Independence, prepared by Thomas Jefferson, was approved and signed by John Hancock, the President of the Continental Congress in America.
• 1802 - The U.S. Military Academy officially opened at West Point, NY.
• 1803 - The Louisiana Purchase was announced in newspapers. The property was purchased, by the U.S. from France, was for $15 million (or 3 cents an acre). The "Corps of Discovery," led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, began the exploration of the territory on May 14, 1804.
• 1817 - Construction began on the Erie Canal, to connect Lake Erie and the Hudson River.
• 1886 - The first rodeo in America was held at Prescott, AZ.
• 1960 - The 50-star U.S. flag made its debut in Philadelphia, PA.
• 1966 - U.S. President Johnson signed the Freedom of Information Act, which went into effect the following year.
• 1976 - The U.S. celebrated its Bicentennial.

The way we were-----History of DeSoto & Why the Brand Was Cancelled (1928-1961) - Rise, Fall...

Suppose You Were A Member Of Congress

“Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.”  – Mark Twain

"...this is going to be an "epic catastrophe." ..."

Donald Sensing
"A retired Army colonel with combat tours in Afghanistan (and Iraq) told me that this is going to be an "epic catastrophe." 

I agree.

 He also commented what China, Russia, India, and Iran do there as foreign troops vacate "will be interesting," which is something of an understatement.
OTOH, Afghanistan's history shows that it is unmanageable, IMO, and the Soviets spent 10 or 11 years there with no good outcome.

Just what the strategic value would be for any of those four countries to become involved there I cannot posit, especially since they would not be cooperating with each other at all."


Afghan civilians take up arms against Taliban as foreign troops depart
Citizens react to spiralling violence with militants seizing at least 50 of county’s nearly 400 districts..."

Never trust the "american" media. NEVER!-----Are We Nazi Germany? - American Thinker

Are We Nazi Germany? - American Thinker
"I've noticed that whenever the subject of Nazi Germany is raised, someone always says something like this: "It's unbelievable that Adolf Hitler was able to manipulate and control the entire German population. It just seems impossible." Yet that's exactly what he did. 

 Yes, there were some dissenters and political foes, but they were subdued and quashed as the boundless power of the Nazi regime shut down all dissent with the use of the brown-shirted Sturmabteilung or SA, the Schutzstaffel or SS, and the dreaded Gestapo or Geheime Staatspolizei.
...Like a lot of Americans, I always assumed that America was safe from the kind of tyranny the German people experienced under the heavy hand of the Third Reich. 

There is no way our federal, state, and local governments could restrain and control the American people the way Hitler and his Nazis dominated the German population, I thought.
Yet, for the past eighteen months, that's exactly what has happened in America.
A nation that always prided itself on its independence and individuality was suddenly locked down. 

• Travel was restricted, 
• schools and businesses were shuttered, 
• we were commanded to wear face masks, 
• voting laws were altered, 
• isolation and quarantines were mandated, and 
• speech was censored by social and mainstream media if Big Tech oligarchs judged what was said or written as "misinformation."

It didn't stop there. 

•  A public health emergency was declared, 
• borders were closed, and 
• large gatherings were forbidden — including church attendance, funerals, and weddings.

In short, civil liberties that Americans had always taken for granted were suspended by those in power, just as the Nazis rescinded the rights of the German people, including a free press guaranteed by Germany's Weimar Republic (1918 to 1933). 

 The German press quickly complied with its new masters...Read all.