Monday, July 29, 2019
Woman set to replace Puerto Rico's governor doesn't want job
Woman set to replace Puerto Rico's governor doesn't want job
"SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The woman who is supposed to replace Puerto Rico’s embattled governor announced Sunday that she doesn’t want the job as the U.S. territory reels from political crisis.
Justice Secretary Wanda Vázquez said in a Twitter post that she hopes Gov. Ricardo Rosselló will appoint a secretary of state before resigning Aug. 2 as planned.
Former Secretary of State Luis Rivera Marín would have been next in line as governor, according to the U.S. territory’s constitution.
But he is one of more than a dozen officials who have resigned in recent weeks
Marín’s resignation had left Vázquez as next in line to be governor.
But she said she has already told Rosselló about her wishes not to get the job, creating a chaotic scenario about who will be Puerto Rico’s next leader.
If Rosselló’s choice for a secretary of state is not approved by the island’s House and Senate, Puerto Rico’s law dictates the treasury secretary would be next in line if the justice secretary doesn’t become governor.
But current Treasury Secretary Francisco Parés is too young at 31 years old.
The constitution dictates the person would have to be at least 35, so that would leave interim Education Secretary Eligio Hernández next in line.
He replaced former education secretary Julia Keleher, who resigned in April and was arrested July 10 on federal corruption charges.
...Vázquez’s comments came less than an hour after Public Affairs Secretary Anthony Maceira resigned.
...The announcement comes a day before Puerto Ricans planned another march, this time against Vázquez, who is accused of not ordering an investigation into the alleged mismanagement of supplies for hurricane victims, among other things.
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"SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The woman who is supposed to replace Puerto Rico’s embattled governor announced Sunday that she doesn’t want the job as the U.S. territory reels from political crisis.
Justice Secretary Wanda Vázquez said in a Twitter post that she hopes Gov. Ricardo Rosselló will appoint a secretary of state before resigning Aug. 2 as planned.
Former Secretary of State Luis Rivera Marín would have been next in line as governor, according to the U.S. territory’s constitution.But he is one of more than a dozen officials who have resigned in recent weeks
Marín’s resignation had left Vázquez as next in line to be governor.
But she said she has already told Rosselló about her wishes not to get the job, creating a chaotic scenario about who will be Puerto Rico’s next leader.
If Rosselló’s choice for a secretary of state is not approved by the island’s House and Senate, Puerto Rico’s law dictates the treasury secretary would be next in line if the justice secretary doesn’t become governor.
But current Treasury Secretary Francisco Parés is too young at 31 years old.
The constitution dictates the person would have to be at least 35, so that would leave interim Education Secretary Eligio Hernández next in line.
He replaced former education secretary Julia Keleher, who resigned in April and was arrested July 10 on federal corruption charges.
...Vázquez’s comments came less than an hour after Public Affairs Secretary Anthony Maceira resigned.
...The announcement comes a day before Puerto Ricans planned another march, this time against Vázquez, who is accused of not ordering an investigation into the alleged mismanagement of supplies for hurricane victims, among other things.
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Ex-Miss Michigan Kathy Zhu Joins Trump Reelection Board | The Daily Caller
Ex-Miss Michigan Kathy Zhu Joins Trump Reelection Board | The Daily Caller:
“I think that everything I’ve said is considered free speech because it is backed up by statistics, facts, something I have experiences or my opinions,” she continued, according to The Detroit Free Press. “I don’t have a racist bone in my body. I don’t think I am Islamophobic, but I am going to criticize something that doesn’t fit within my morals when I see it.”
Scientists Stunned By 'City-Killer' Asteroid That Just Missed Earth On July 25 - Slashdot
Scientists Stunned By 'City-Killer' Asteroid That Just Missed Earth On July 25 - Slashdot"A "city killer" asteroid whizzed past earth Thursday that "would have hit with over 30 times the energy of the atomic blast at Hiroshima," according to one astronomer professor.
Long-time Slashdot reader SonicSpike shared a Washington Post story that begins with a reaction from Alan Duffy, lead scientist at the Royal Institution of Australia:"I was stunned," he said. "This was a true shock."
This asteroid wasn't one that scientists had been tracking, and it had seemingly appeared from "out of nowhere," ,,,Read on.
History for July 29
History for July 29 - On-This-Day.com
Booth Tarkington 1869, Benito Mussolini 1883, Melvin Belli 1907
Marcel Bich 1914 - Manufacturer and co-founder of Bic., Ken Burns 1953, Martina McBride 1966
1914 - The first transcontinental telephone service was inaugurated when two people held a conversation between New York, NY and San Francisco, CA.
1968 - Pope Paul VI reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church's stance against artificial methods of birth control.
Sunday, July 28, 2019
GOP calls to cancel House recess until ICE is funded
A letter signed by 34 House Republicans was delivered to Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday that called for the cancellation of the August recess.
In the letter, the group of GOP lawmakers led by Texas Rep. Chip Roy, says that the scheduled break for lawmakers in the lower chamber would be inappropriate without first securing funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Why isn't this BIG NEWS?-----Bombshell study: ‘NO evidence’ white cops ‘show bias’ in shooting black suspects
Bombshell study: ‘NO evidence’ white cops ‘show bias’ in shooting black suspects
"(NationalSentinel) The Left is succeeding in demonizing the honorable profession of police officer to the point where cops are getting so fed they’re quitting and departments are plagued with officer shortages because fewer Americans want to subject themselves to the abuse.
Police officers are racist, the Left screams.
They ‘prey’ on young black men.
After all, we have to believe that because Colin Kaepernick, Mr. Black Privilege, says so.
But a new study by researchers from Michigan State University not only debunks that myth, it blows it out of the water with this bombshell conclusion: There’s just no evidence to support the Left’s claims..."
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"(NationalSentinel) The Left is succeeding in demonizing the honorable profession of police officer to the point where cops are getting so fed they’re quitting and departments are plagued with officer shortages because fewer Americans want to subject themselves to the abuse.Police officers are racist, the Left screams.
They ‘prey’ on young black men.
After all, we have to believe that because Colin Kaepernick, Mr. Black Privilege, says so.
But a new study by researchers from Michigan State University not only debunks that myth, it blows it out of the water with this bombshell conclusion: There’s just no evidence to support the Left’s claims..."
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg opposes liberal court-packing and praises Trump appointees
Ruth Bader Ginsburg opposes liberal court-packing and praises Trump appointees:
In an NPR interview released on Tuesday, liberal icon Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg disappointed the radical left when she opposed packing the court and imposing term limits on Supreme Court justices. Many of the front-runners for the Democratic presidential nomination have advocated for one or both of those policies.
In the interview, Ginsburg said she was not particularly concerned about those seeking to impose term limits on Supreme Court justices. "The only way you could get that would be to amend the Constitution, and as you know our Constitution is powerfully hard to amend,” Ginsburg said. However, she expressed more concern about those who seek to increase the number of judges on the high court.
In the interview, Ginsburg said she was not particularly concerned about those seeking to impose term limits on Supreme Court justices. "The only way you could get that would be to amend the Constitution, and as you know our Constitution is powerfully hard to amend,” Ginsburg said. However, she expressed more concern about those who seek to increase the number of judges on the high court.
Mini-Nuclear Reactors Are Coming, and They Could Reinvent the Energy Ind...
"Nuclear power may be making a comeback as researchers develop reactors that are smaller than ever before. "
Their numbers are lies!-----Revision to: Wind Farm Back-of-the-Envelope Economic Analysis | Watts Up With That?
Revision to: Wind Farm Back-of-the-Envelope Economic Analysis | Watts Up With That?"Various commenters pointed out to me that I made an error in my calculations.
First, the maintenance man told me the turbines were designed to produce 2.3 MW but only produce an average of 1.3 MW.
...Next, I have been informed that a capacity factor of 1.3/2.3 = 57% (told to me by the maintenance man) is probably way high. ...And I raised the annual maintenance costs to $1 million from $750,000.
...It gets lots more complicated when you consider that the wind farms are being subsidized by the government with the Production Tax Credit (PTC).
...If the company sells $3 million of electricity they get the $3 million, plus a PTC subsidy of $2 million.
That is a huge subsidy!
In fact, I think it is the biggest subsidy ever given for anything.
However, the economics get worse – much worse. ...Even with my error in the original calculation, my conclusion remains: Companies are making money on these things, but the source of the profit is only (or at least mainly) coming from the Production Tax Credit – the subsidy paid by our government with our tax money for these projects.
It’s obvious that T. Boone Pickens and Warren Buffett were right.
Without the PTC (for the past 27 years) these things would not exist.
I think we should stop building these wind farms — yesterday.
Larry F. Brown, PhD--Palisade, CO "
Ex-ICE chief blasts Tlaib's 'uneducated' push to abolish agency - WND
Ex-ICE chief blasts Tlaib's 'uneducated' push to abolish agency - WND:
Fox News host Harris Faulkner asked Homan what would happen if ICE were abolished.
“Every illegal alien who enters this country and demands a hearing before a judge and gets ordered removed — no one is going to make them leave,” he replied.
“It will cause a surge at the border like we’ve never seen before.”
Allowing illegal aliens to stay, Homan said, “will only bring more people to this country, put more in harm’s way, more women will be sexually assaulted, more children will die, the cartels get richer.”
Fox News host Harris Faulkner asked Homan what would happen if ICE were abolished.“Every illegal alien who enters this country and demands a hearing before a judge and gets ordered removed — no one is going to make them leave,” he replied.
“It will cause a surge at the border like we’ve never seen before.”
Allowing illegal aliens to stay, Homan said, “will only bring more people to this country, put more in harm’s way, more women will be sexually assaulted, more children will die, the cartels get richer.”
Jonathan Turley--The mysterious Mister Mifsud and why no one wants to discuss him | TheHill
The mysterious Mister Mifsud and why no one wants to discuss him | TheHill"Joseph Mifsud: The name of the generally unknown character in the Russia investigation came up, over and over, in the long-awaited House committee hearings with former special counsel Robert Mueller.
Republican Jim Jordan of Ohio invoked the name as if it legally required the accompaniment of horror movie theme music; Mueller immediately snapped back that he would not discuss that man.
...Two years ago, I wrote about Mifsud and his curious role in the unfolding scandal.
...For Republicans, if there was a Garden of Eden in the Trump campaign, Mifsud was the snake.
...The question is, what will happen when that investigation is completed?
...Or he could be a master spy working for the Russians — or for Western intelligence.
What makes him so scary is not what we know but what we don’t know ... that and the fact that no one on Mueller’s team or in the political establishment wants to talk about him."
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We Have Already Entered The Sixth And Final Era Of Our Universe
We Have Already Entered The Sixth And Final Era Of Our Universe
"In the end, only black dwarf stars and isolated masses too small to ignite nuclear fusion will remain, sparsely populated and disconnected from one another in this empty, ever-expanding cosmos.
...This last era, of dark energy domination, has already begun.
...The Universe may have six unique stages, but for the entirety of Earth's history, we've already been in the final one.
Take a good look at the Universe around us.
It will never be this rich — or this easy to access — ever again..."
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"In the end, only black dwarf stars and isolated masses too small to ignite nuclear fusion will remain, sparsely populated and disconnected from one another in this empty, ever-expanding cosmos.
...This last era, of dark energy domination, has already begun.
...The Universe may have six unique stages, but for the entirety of Earth's history, we've already been in the final one.
Take a good look at the Universe around us.
It will never be this rich — or this easy to access — ever again..."
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The Crazy V-Bat Vertical Takeoff And Landing Drone Could Be A Game Changer - The Drive
The Crazy V-Bat Vertical Takeoff And Landing Drone Could Be A Game Changer - The Drive:- A drone that can fly at up to 90 knots, stay aloft for eight hours, and take off and land virtually anywhere was once the stuff of science fiction.
Read on.
Fox News Dominates CNN, MSNBC In Mueller TV Ratings | The Daily Caller
Fox News Dominates CNN, MSNBC In Mueller TV Ratings | The Daily Caller:
Fox News was the top rated television network Wednesday for the highly anticipated testimony of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Capitol Hill.
During the course of the hearings, which were broadcast by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, Fox News Channel averaged 3 million viewers, with 441,000 coming in the coveted 25-54 demographic. The numbers far outpaced other cable news networks, including MSNBC and CNN.
Fox News was the top rated television network Wednesday for the highly anticipated testimony of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Capitol Hill.
During the course of the hearings, which were broadcast by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, Fox News Channel averaged 3 million viewers, with 441,000 coming in the coveted 25-54 demographic. The numbers far outpaced other cable news networks, including MSNBC and CNN.
Janet Shagam - It seems important to remember what was in the DNC emails...
Janet Shagam - It seems important to remember what was in the DNC emails.
"The exposed emails showed us that the old MSM was working with the DNC.
Wherein we see Jake Tapper's producer actively colluding with democrats on coverage
Luis and April, hope you’re both doing well. I think the best reporter to give the news to ahead of time is Greg Sargent at the Washington Post. But, the specific reporter is not as important as getting it to an outlet before the news breaks so we can help control the narrative on the front end. Otherwise this may likely get spun in a not-so-helpful way. We should also get Rep. Cummings on the phone with that reporter. Thanks again, Mark "
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/11242
"The exposed emails showed us that the old MSM was working with the DNC.
Here are 4 links/examples:
Zack Brown @ZackBrownCALeaked emails show POLITICO's Ken Vogel emailed his stories to the DNC before publishing them.
Fwd: per agreement ... any thoughts appreciated
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https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/4077
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Media Collaboration--"Subject: RE: Getting on same pageLuis and April, hope you’re both doing well. I think the best reporter to give the news to ahead of time is Greg Sargent at the Washington Post. But, the specific reporter is not as important as getting it to an outlet before the news breaks so we can help control the narrative on the front end. Otherwise this may likely get spun in a not-so-helpful way. We should also get Rep. Cummings on the phone with that reporter. Thanks again, Mark "
https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/11242
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WikiLeaks ✔ @wikileaks
#DNCLeaks: "OFF THE RECORD., You didn't get this from me." DNC leaks Sanders letter to the Wall Street Journal
History for July 28
History for July 28 - On-This-Day.com
Beatrix Potter 1866, Rudy Vallee 1901, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 1929
Darryl Hickman 1931, Jim Davis 1945, Sally Struthers 1948
1868 - The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was declared in effect. The amendment guaranteed due process of law.
1914 - World War I officially began when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
Saturday, July 27, 2019
SHAFFER: Mueller’s Testimony Is Over; Now It’s Time For James Comey To Answer Some Questions | The Daily Caller
SHAFFER: Mueller’s Testimony Is Over; Now It’s Time For James Comey To Answer Some Questions | The Daily Caller:
Former FBI Director James Comey has a list of questions he would like Democrat lawmakers to ask former Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
It’s a rather hysterical attempt at coming across as a neutral arbiter of fact. In reality, Comey hasn’t got a shred of credibility left beyond his cabal of Trump saboteurs with names such as John Brennan, James Clapper and Andrew McCabe.
Former FBI Director James Comey has a list of questions he would like Democrat lawmakers to ask former Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
It’s a rather hysterical attempt at coming across as a neutral arbiter of fact. In reality, Comey hasn’t got a shred of credibility left beyond his cabal of Trump saboteurs with names such as John Brennan, James Clapper and Andrew McCabe.
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