Sunday, May 04, 2025
New Yorkers are getting robbed blind.
New Yorkers are paying through the nose because of this backroom dealing.
It allows the state to spend a staggering $254 billion in the coming year.
That's more than it costs to run Florida and Texas combined, even though New York has 33 million fewer people to serve.
Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state's two legislative leaders announced a budget deal Monday night on how much to tax New Yorkers and how much the state government will spend in the coming fiscal year, which starts June 1.
From the smattering of information available, it's likely this deal will necessitate additional tax hikes months from now that could trigger an economic death spiral for the state and its largest city.
Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state's two legislative leaders announced a budget deal Monday night on how much to tax New Yorkers and how much the state government will spend in the coming fiscal year, which starts June 1.
From the smattering of information available, it's likely this deal will necessitate additional tax hikes months from now that could trigger an economic death spiral for the state and its largest city.
- Here's the kicker.
- This is a backroom deal, done in secrecy.
- No press allowed, and none of the other 211 members of the legislature were permitted in the room...
Good Intentions: Bad Results John Stossel
Government makes most things worse.
That's because the handouts encourage people to become dependent.
- Lyndon Johnson launched a War on Poverty; Richard Nixon a War on Drugs.
That's because the handouts encourage people to become dependent.
Welfare even discouraged marriage because a single parent gets a bigger check.
As a result, welfare created something never seen before in America: a permanent "underclass" -- generations raised without fathers, generations who stay poor and passive...
The War on Drugs also had unintended consequences.
"When you launch a war on drugs ... you create huge profits for cartels because there's so much at stake," says Brook.
That led to more illegal drugs, and "massive corruption among police."...
As a result, welfare created something never seen before in America: a permanent "underclass" -- generations raised without fathers, generations who stay poor and passive...
The War on Drugs also had unintended consequences.
"When you launch a war on drugs ... you create huge profits for cartels because there's so much at stake," says Brook.
That led to more illegal drugs, and "massive corruption among police."...
- Brook's point is not that people shouldn't try to help the poor, the addicted and the planet; it's that individuals do it better than government ever will.
- "All these government programs that regulate and control, they institutionalize mediocrity at best."
Trump says Harvard will lose tax-exempt status * WorldNetDaily * by Nick Pope, Daily Caller News Foundation
Trump says Harvard will lose tax-exempt status * WorldNetDaily * by Nick Pope, Daily Caller News Foundation:
Harvard currently has 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status with the federal government, meaning that the university does not pay taxes on its net earnings while donors are able to get deductions on their income taxes. If Trump follows through with removing the university's nonprofit status, Harvard would have to start paying considerable amounts of taxes, and donations could dwindle if the incentives change.
The Trump administration has cracked down aggressively on elite universities in the U.S. through his first 100 days in office, freezing funding and threatening further action unless university administrators take on antisemitism on campus and cut DEI.
DOGE reveals 5 'most outrageous' ways taxes were wasted * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
DOGE reveals 5 'most outrageous' ways taxes were wasted * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh:
A new report posted at Fox News, based on comments from DOGE employees during an interview with Jesse Watters, reveals the "most outrageous" ways those on the taxpayers' payroll wasted tax money.
President Donald Trump launched the Department of Government Efficiency when he took office, and officials there have reported cutting at least $160 billion in waste, fraud and abuse.
Chemtrail Claims
Learn the truth about this widely held (and false) conspiracy theory. Dr. Roy Spencer explains... - John Whitefisk 
Chemtrail Claims [excerpt from the article posted]
I have read that report (written by Air Force academy students), and indeed it was highly speculative.
The increase in air traffic has led to the popularization of chemtrail theories, which usually involve claims that damaging chemicals are being sprayed by aircraft...Regarding “chemtrails”, Grok 3 (accessed 4/25/25) says,
“Chemtrail conspiracy theories first gained traction in the mid-1990s, particularly around 1996… A key catalyst was a 1996 U.S. Air Force research paper titled Weather as a Force Multiplier: Owning the Weather in 2025, which discussed speculative weather modification technologies. Though theoretical, the paper was misinterpreted by some as evidence of secret government programs.”
I have read that report (written by Air Force academy students), and indeed it was highly speculative.
It did not mention any existing cloud- or weather-modification technologies beyond the usual cloud-seeding efforts which date back to the 1950s....
Chemtrails or Contrails? - CO2 Coalition
By Roy W. Spencer, Ph.D. May 1, 2025 Cirrus clouds have been around forever. Cloud types were first named by English pharmacist Luke Howard in 1802 using Latin terms. Cirrus clouds refer to their hair-like appearance, but they can take on many shapes depending upon conditions such as humidity, the r...
Chemtrails or Contrails? - CO2 Coalition
By Roy W. Spencer, Ph.D. May 1, 2025 Cirrus clouds have been around forever. Cloud types were first named by English pharmacist Luke Howard in 1802 using Latin terms. Cirrus clouds refer to their hair-like appearance, but they can take on many shapes depending upon conditions such as humidity, the r...
The real oligarchy!
- Elite academia is big on the “rule of law.” They just don’t expect it to apply to them. - Glenn Reynolds
Here's ANOTHER Example of the Blatant Bias That Lost PBS Its Taxpayer Funding Amy Curtis Amy Curtis
They believe their First Amendment rights involve taking our tax dollars to feed us Leftist propaganda masked as news.
Yesterday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order ending public funding of PBS and NPR. Leftists -- as always -- had a meltdown over it...
Yesterday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order ending public funding of PBS and NPR. Leftists -- as always -- had a meltdown over it...
But here's another example from Maze that demonstrates why PBS/NPR shouldn't get a dime of our money (and why Congress should pass legislation stripping PBS/NPR of their funding)...
Just amazing.
DOGE efforts lead to collapse in rate of government workers who work from home: Report | Blaze Media
DOGE efforts lead to collapse in rate of government workers who work from home: Report | Blaze Media:
New jobs numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey show that the rate of government workers who work from home has plummeted precipitously.
The work-from-home rate was one of the criticisms that President Donald Trump lobbed at federal workers once he took office, and it appears that the Department of Government Efficiency has taken a toll.
Department of Government Efficiency on X
"The Treasury Access Symbol (TAS) is an identification code linking a Treasury payment to a budget line item (standard financial process). - Department of Government Efficiency@DOGE 
In the Federal Government, the TAS field was optional for ~$4.7 Trillion in payments and was often left blank, making traceability almost impossible.
- As of Saturday, this is now a required field, increasing insight into where money is actually going.
Thanks to@USTreasury for the great work. https://tfx.treasury.gov/taxonomy/term/
History for May 4
History for May 4 - On-This-Day.com 
Horace Mann 1796 - Educator, father of public education in the U.S., author
- 1626 - Dutch explorer Peter Minuit landed on Manhattan Island. Native Americans later sold the island (20,000 acres) for $24 in cloth and buttons.
- 1886 - Chichester Bell and Charles S. Tainter patented the gramophone. It was the first practical phonograph.
- 1904 - The U.S. formally took control of the property for construction of the Panama Canal.
- 1970 - The Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on students during an anti-Vietnam war protest at Kent State University. Four students were killed and nine others were wounded.
- 1981 - The Federal Reserve Board raised its discount rate to 14%.
- 1994 - Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat signed a historic accord on Palestinian autonomy that granted self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho.
Saturday, May 03, 2025
Trump's DOJ files lawsuit against Illinois for restricting program meant to bar illegal alien workers | Blaze Media
Trump's DOJ files lawsuit against Illinois for restricting program meant to bar illegal alien workers | Blaze Media:
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the state of Illinois over state efforts against businesses using a federal program meant to weed out illegal aliens from being hired and competing with U.S. citizens for jobs.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon reveals greedy truth behind student loan forgiveness
President Trump’s education boss Linda McMahon has defended the administration’s decision to resume student loan debt collections — insisting that greedy colleges have “profited massively” from Biden-era forgiveness measures. 
In a fiery Wall Street Journal op-ed addressing the move, the education secretary blamed the Biden administration and universities for making “empty promises to students while pocketing their loan dollars.”
- “Colleges and universities call themselves nonprofits, but for years they have profited massively off the federal subsidy of loans, hiking tuition and piling up multibillion-dollar endowments while students graduate six figures in the red,” McMahon wrote.
- “A widely cited 2015 study found that for every dollar of increased federal caps on subsidized loans, colleges raised tuition by 60 cents,” she continued.
- “Many of the degree-granting programs that qualify for student loans are worthless on the job market, but colleges continue to accept students to these programs and encourage them to borrow to pay for them...
California gas car ban blocked by 35 House Democrats, all Republicans | Fox News
California gas car ban blocked by 35 House Democrats, all Republicans | Fox News:
Thirty-five House Democrats are rebuking the Biden administration's 11th-hour waiver that cleared a path for California to enact a full ban on gas cars by 2035.
A Republican resolution aimed at repealing the Biden-era Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) move passed by a 246 to 164 vote on Thursday morning.
Having abandoned objective reporting...
...the mainstream media’s refusal to adopt a neutral stance on climate change has transformed a complex scientific debate into a monolithic narrative of impending catastrophe. - Scientists Skeptical of Anthropogenic Global Warming - John Whitefisk 
Far from being impartial arbiters, media outlets are enthusiastic propagandists recycling doomsday predictions that consistently fail to materialize while ignoring a wealth of scientific research that challenges the narrative of disastrous warming.
This isn’t journalism; it is activism disguised as truth-telling.
This isn’t journalism; it is activism disguised as truth-telling.
The result?
A global populace misled, policymakers swayed by fiction, and developing nations shackled by energy policies that prioritize “green” ideology over human well-being.
climatechangedispatch.com
How Media Push Climate Catastrophism, Ignore Science, And Harm The Poor
Mainstream media hype fuel fear, silence dissent, and pressure developing nations into costly clima
climatechangedispatch.com
How Media Push Climate Catastrophism, Ignore Science, And Harm The Poor
Mainstream media hype fuel fear, silence dissent, and pressure developing nations into costly clima
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