Sunday, October 27, 2019
Report: Joe Biden as senator lobbied for Hunter's interests - WND
Joe Biden twice used his position as a senior senator to boost his son Hunter's business interests, according to an investigation by the Washington Examiner.
The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate privately contacted the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department to discuss issues related to Hunter’s firm's lobbying clients, the Examiner said.
City Journal: Battery Derangement - American Experiment
City Journal: Battery Derangement - American Experiment
"Governor Walz wants to impose California’s low and zero emission vehicle (LEV and ZEV) regulations on Minnesotans through the bureaucratic rule making process.
These rules would require car manufacturers to meet quotas for electric vehicle sales in order to sell gasoline and diesel powered cars in the state, essentially holding Minnesota’s car market hostage until they sell enough money-losing cars.
...Electric vehicles are often touted as the future of transportation, but a great article in City Journal throws cold water on this idea.
You can read the entire article below:
"...Electric vehicles stand at the center of every “green energy” initiative.
Advocates claim that EVs are far simpler machines than combustion engines.
But the essential “engine” for both is similarly complicated.
While the EV’s electric motor is simple, its battery is a half-a-ton electrochemical machine with thousands of parts and welds, along with wiring, electronics, and cooling.
It’s every bit as complex as—and far more expensive than—the combustion-mechanical drivetrain that it replaces.
Manufacturing automotive batteries is surprisingly labor intensive.
Tesla’s gargantuan battery factory in Nevada produces about 1,000 propulsion batteries per year per 12 workers.
Meantime, a modern engine and transmission factory produces about 1,000 mechanical-propulsion systems per year per four workers..."
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"Governor Walz wants to impose California’s low and zero emission vehicle (LEV and ZEV) regulations on Minnesotans through the bureaucratic rule making process.
These rules would require car manufacturers to meet quotas for electric vehicle sales in order to sell gasoline and diesel powered cars in the state, essentially holding Minnesota’s car market hostage until they sell enough money-losing cars.
...Electric vehicles are often touted as the future of transportation, but a great article in City Journal throws cold water on this idea.
You can read the entire article below:"...Electric vehicles stand at the center of every “green energy” initiative.
Advocates claim that EVs are far simpler machines than combustion engines.
But the essential “engine” for both is similarly complicated.
While the EV’s electric motor is simple, its battery is a half-a-ton electrochemical machine with thousands of parts and welds, along with wiring, electronics, and cooling.
It’s every bit as complex as—and far more expensive than—the combustion-mechanical drivetrain that it replaces.
Manufacturing automotive batteries is surprisingly labor intensive.
Tesla’s gargantuan battery factory in Nevada produces about 1,000 propulsion batteries per year per 12 workers.
Meantime, a modern engine and transmission factory produces about 1,000 mechanical-propulsion systems per year per four workers..."
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History for October 27
History for October 27 - On-This-Day.com
Theodore Roosevelt (U.S.) 1858, Emily Post (Price) 1873, Dylan Thomas 1914
Ruby Dee 1924, John Cleese 1939 - Actor, comedian, Lee Greenwood 1942 - Singer
1858 - Roland Macy opened Macy's Department Store in New York City. It was Macy's eighth business adventure, the other seven failed.
1978 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin were named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize for their progress toward achieving a Middle East accord.
Saturday, October 26, 2019
DOJ Docs Show Rosenstein Advising Mueller ‘the Boss’ Doesn’t Know About Their Communications — Judicial Watch | Judicial Watch
DOJ Docs Show Rosenstein Advising Mueller ‘the Boss’ Doesn’t Know About Their Communications — Judicial Watch | Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch released 145 pages of Rod Rosenstein’s communications that include a one-line email from Rod Rosenstein to Robert Mueller stating, “The boss and his staff do not know about our discussions” and “off the record” emails with major media outlets around the date of Mueller’s appointment.
Judicial Watch filed the lawsuit after the DOJ failed to respond to a September 21, 2018, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:19-cv-00481)). Judicial Watch seeks:
Judicial Watch filed the lawsuit after the DOJ failed to respond to a September 21, 2018, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:19-cv-00481)). Judicial Watch seeks:
Three Ways Parents are Ruining Halloween
"No child has ever been killed by a stranger's poisoned candy.
Ever.
But facts don't stop fear.
Here are three ways in which our misguided terror on Halloween is killing all the fun."
Trump Confirms U.S. Is out of Paris Climate Agreement
Trump Confirms U.S. Is out of Paris Climate Agreement:
President Donald Trump has met one of his key election promises and confirmed the U.S. will definitely withdraw from the Paris climate agreement.
He made the announcement Wednesday night at an energy conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, denouncing the agreeement as a bad deal and lauding his pro-fossil fuel policies that make the U.S. an independent energy superpower.
President Donald Trump has met one of his key election promises and confirmed the U.S. will definitely withdraw from the Paris climate agreement.
He made the announcement Wednesday night at an energy conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, denouncing the agreeement as a bad deal and lauding his pro-fossil fuel policies that make the U.S. an independent energy superpower.
Ben Carson: political correctness is 'going to destroy our nation'
Note the snark look from the democrat congresswoman.
Note her unbridled contempt.
Note her unbridled contempt.
PC destroying another "harmony"-----Discord continues at Founders as company’s diversity and inclusion director resigns - mlive.com
Discord continues at Founders as company’s diversity and inclusion director resigns - mlive.com
"GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- As the fallout continues from a racial discrimination lawsuit involving Founders Brewing, the company’s diversity and inclusion director announced her resignation.
Graci Harkema posted on Facebook late Friday, Oct. 25 that she was resigning effective Nov. 8.
"GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- As the fallout continues from a racial discrimination lawsuit involving Founders Brewing, the company’s diversity and inclusion director announced her resignation.
Graci Harkema posted on Facebook late Friday, Oct. 25 that she was resigning effective Nov. 8.
She posted the lengthy resignation letter the same day as Founders announced it was closing its Detroit tap room partly out of concern for employee safety and because of “recent events.”
Founders is receiving backlash this week after a leaked deposition from a racial-discrimination lawsuit against the company revealed a Founders general manager wouldn’t concede the black employee who filed the lawsuit is black...
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Gavin Newsom Stumped By High Gas Prices In California — Where Gas Taxes Outstrip The Other 49 States | The Daily Caller
While Newsom claimed that there was “no identifiable evidence to justify” the fact that Californians paid an average of $0.30 more per gallon, there were a few key indicators that the California governor appeared to be ignoring.
Must read to the end!--Fascinating article.----Will the country split into 3,4 parts?---Trudeau Wins A Hollow Victory In Canada's Vote
Trudeau Wins A Hollow Victory In Canada's Vote
"...Climate change has entered the realm of, to use a phrase of Napoleon’s, “lies agreed upon.”
...All the dire and hysterical predictions that unleashed this worldwide alarm about the climate have been proved inaccurate.
... what the prime minister professes to believe is the principal issue in this country is a fiction, which if it did exist, Canada could not influence — climate change.
...Canada’s greatest problems are capital flows and national unity.
...On Monday night Mr. Blanchet left viewers in no doubt that Quebec sought sovereignty, preferably but not necessarily on friendly terms with Canada.
...As the Montreal (and Terrebonne) economic analyst DeWolf Shaw has forcefully pointed out, economically Quebec has completely outperformed Canada in the past decade...
...The only viable counter argument to Quebec’s independence is the vision of the great bicultural world nation of Canada.
I don’t believe the current federal leaders can sell that vision, especially when Alberta has been so mistreated it would be economically justified to contemplate secession also.
...This is where exalting the unifying Big Lie of anthropogenic climate change and ignoring real issues has got us.
Yes, congratulations to the prime minister, but he will find out soon enough that he is sitting on a knife-edge, and we are all there with him."
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"...Climate change has entered the realm of, to use a phrase of Napoleon’s, “lies agreed upon.”
...All the dire and hysterical predictions that unleashed this worldwide alarm about the climate have been proved inaccurate.
...Canada’s greatest problems are capital flows and national unity.
...On Monday night Mr. Blanchet left viewers in no doubt that Quebec sought sovereignty, preferably but not necessarily on friendly terms with Canada.
...As the Montreal (and Terrebonne) economic analyst DeWolf Shaw has forcefully pointed out, economically Quebec has completely outperformed Canada in the past decade...
...The only viable counter argument to Quebec’s independence is the vision of the great bicultural world nation of Canada.
I don’t believe the current federal leaders can sell that vision, especially when Alberta has been so mistreated it would be economically justified to contemplate secession also.
...This is where exalting the unifying Big Lie of anthropogenic climate change and ignoring real issues has got us.
Yes, congratulations to the prime minister, but he will find out soon enough that he is sitting on a knife-edge, and we are all there with him."
Read all!
NCAA Names a Man Their "Female Athlete of the Week," Leaves Out a Few Key Details About Him
NCAA Names a Man Their "Female Athlete of the Week," Leaves Out a Few Key Details About Him"Jonathan Eastwood loved to compete in track, and was rather good at it.
After he became “June” in middle school, and began identifying himself as a girl, his interest continued, and now he competes as a girl against real girls for the University of Montana.
You may not be surprised to hear this, but he seems to be faster than them.
Just to add insult to the women’s injured pride, the NCAA’s Big Sky Conference named Eastwood the “female athlete of the week,”...
Eastwood beat out eight other nominated competitors for Female Athlete of the Week, all of whom appear to be biological women judging by their official college headshots.
The conference does not note Eastwood is transgender.
The University of Montana does not even note that the conference has male and female categories in its press release on Eastwood’s recognition.
...So sum it up, a man wins a race meant for women, is given recognition and awards meant for women, and no one running the show thought to even mention that Eastwood was a man in the official paperwork.
On top of that, they also push a propaganda piece in order to make Eastwood’s arrival on the women’s scene seem uplifting and legitimate..."
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FBI: 'We have a terror recruiting problem in Minneso...
"Andrew Luger, the U.S. attorney for Minnesota, comments on the arrests of six individuals on terror charges."
BRUNEAU: Under Trump, Latinos Win On The Economy While Losing On Immigration | The Daily Caller
BRUNEAU: Under Trump, Latinos Win On The Economy While Losing On Immigration | The Daily Caller:
Latino-owned business increased its revenue by nearly 50 percent over the past year — far outpacing the U.S. average. This follows a revenue increase of more than 25 percent the year before that.
According to recent data from the Kauffman Foundation, Latinos are nearly twice as entrepreneurial as the rest of the population. And their entrepreneurship rate has grown markedly since Trump’s election.
Hispanics have disproportionately benefited from the little-publicized 20 percent small business tax deduction that took effect last year as part of Trump’s tax cuts.
Latino-owned business increased its revenue by nearly 50 percent over the past year — far outpacing the U.S. average. This follows a revenue increase of more than 25 percent the year before that.
According to recent data from the Kauffman Foundation, Latinos are nearly twice as entrepreneurial as the rest of the population. And their entrepreneurship rate has grown markedly since Trump’s election.
Hispanics have disproportionately benefited from the little-publicized 20 percent small business tax deduction that took effect last year as part of Trump’s tax cuts.
The long history of eco-pessimism - spiked
The long history of eco-pessimism - spiked:
"In December last year, veteran naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough warned attendees at the United Nations climate-change summit that the ‘collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon’.
This pronouncement was very much in keeping with Attenborough’s long-standing neo-Malthusian views, from his insistence that he has ‘never seen a problem that wouldn’t be easier to solve with fewer people...
...Needless to say, climate Armageddon is just one among many predicted environmental catastrophes that somehow failed to materialise.
Indeed, such prophecies of doom have almost always accompanied the development of disruptive technologies over the past two centuries.
Why is it, then, that 93-year-old Attenborough, a man who has lived through an endless stream of failed eco-catastrophic pronouncements, remains so enamoured of them despite all the evidence to the contrary?
What makes this especially puzzling is that he came of age during a period dominated by a ‘global soil erosion’ scare, which lasted roughly from the time of his birth to the turn of the 1960s.
This now largely forgotten episode is well worth revisiting.
First, because it shows how, like today, the eco-catastrophist narrative can dominate academic and policymaking discourse, and grip parts of the public imagination.
And secondly because it illustrates how a minority of dissenters who believe in technological progress can – and often do – turn out to be right against a powerful and influential group of pessimists.
- Climate change isn’t the first eco-apocalyptic idea, and it won’t be the last.
"In December last year, veteran naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough warned attendees at the United Nations climate-change summit that the ‘collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon’.
This pronouncement was very much in keeping with Attenborough’s long-standing neo-Malthusian views, from his insistence that he has ‘never seen a problem that wouldn’t be easier to solve with fewer people......Needless to say, climate Armageddon is just one among many predicted environmental catastrophes that somehow failed to materialise.
Indeed, such prophecies of doom have almost always accompanied the development of disruptive technologies over the past two centuries.
Why is it, then, that 93-year-old Attenborough, a man who has lived through an endless stream of failed eco-catastrophic pronouncements, remains so enamoured of them despite all the evidence to the contrary?
What makes this especially puzzling is that he came of age during a period dominated by a ‘global soil erosion’ scare, which lasted roughly from the time of his birth to the turn of the 1960s.
This now largely forgotten episode is well worth revisiting.
First, because it shows how, like today, the eco-catastrophist narrative can dominate academic and policymaking discourse, and grip parts of the public imagination.
And secondly because it illustrates how a minority of dissenters who believe in technological progress can – and often do – turn out to be right against a powerful and influential group of pessimists.
- The global soil-erosion scare...
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History for October 26
History for October 26 - On-This-Day.com
C.W. (Charles William) Post 1854 - Founder of Post cereals and products (Grape Nuts), Napoleon Hill 1883 - Writer (Think and Grow Rich), Mahalia Jackson 1911- Singer
Jaclyn Smith 1945 - Actress (TV: "The Bourne Identity," "Charlie’s Angels"), Hillary Rodham Clinton 1947 - First Lady: wife of 42nd U.S. President William J. Clinton, U.S. Senator from New York, U.S. Presidential candidate in 2008, Keith Urban 1967 - Singer
1951 - Winston Churchill became the prime minister of Great Britain.
1991 - Former Washington Mayor Marion Barry arrived at a federal correctional institution in Petersburg, VA, to begin serving a six-month sentence for cocaine possession.
Friday, October 25, 2019
Nolte: Adam Schiff Desperate to Hide Inconvenient William Taylor Testimony
The Big Fake News today is that Ukraine’s top diplomat, William Taylor, delivered a smoking gun to Rep. Adam Schiff’s (D-CA) secret impeachment hearings.
That is not hyperbole, those are the headlines — “smoking gun.”
Myth: Trump betrayed the Kurds. Reality: Kurdish leader thanks Trump for ceasefire.
Myth: Trump betrayed the Kurds. Reality: Kurdish leader thanks Trump for ceasefire."Don’t look for this in the establishment propaganda media.
It doesn’t fit their narrative.
Don’t expect retractions, either, from all those who condemned Trump in stinging terms for his actions in Syria.
“Military leader of Syrian Kurds thanked President Trump for cease-fire,” by Sophie Sanders, The BL, October 24, 2019:
The military leader of the Syrian Kurds, Gen. Mazloum Abdi, thanked President Trump on Wednesday, Oct. 23, for his tireless effort that stopped the brutal Turkish attack.
In the statement that was announced via Twitter by Mustafa Bali, a spokesman for the SDF, Mazloum said:
President Trump tweeted back:
Thank you General Mazloum for your kind words and courage. Please extend my warmest regards to the Kurdish people. I look forward to seeing you soon. @mustefabali
Mazloum’s statement was released soon after the president announced that the United States was lifting economic sanctions on Turkey for its commitment to a “permanent” cease-fire..."...Read all.
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