Smoke-free surge stalled by feds clinging to old habits | Blaze Media

Smoke-free surge stalled by feds clinging to old habits | Blaze Media: 

The U.S. nicotine market is undergoing a historic shift — one that should be celebrated as a major public health breakthrough. A new Goldman Sachs report forecasts that smoke-free nicotine products will surpass cigarettes in consumption by 2025 and come close to matching them in revenue and profit by 2035.

This shift isn’t the result of government policy. It’s happening because consumers are making better choices. Yet federal regulators appear determined to stand in the way.

The difference!

Here’s Why Some Unvaxxed Military Aren’t Taking Deal to Return Catherine Salgado

You probably can’t guess the reason why a number of former military forced out over the Biden administration‘s vaccine mandate have not taken the Trump administration deal to return.

Well over 8,000 patriotic troops were forced out of the military over the Biden administration’s harmful and unjust Covid-19 vaccine mandates. 

Whether the troops chose to leave because of the mandates or were forcibly discharged, coercion was applied. 

Unfortunately, that’s a reality someone in the Defense Department doesn’t or won’t understand, and a condition made for some separated troops is preventing them from eagerly accepting the new Trump administration deal.

Western Journal explained the dilemma:

Service members separated for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine can now re-enlist, but the Department of Defense requires some to do the impossible first... Those who were involuntarily separated would receive back pay, while those who “voluntarily” separated would not, [undersecretary Tim] Dill said. Both, however, would be reinstated with the same rank and pay as when they left….

Former members of the Air National Guard, Air Force, and Space Force must first sign a form acknowledging that they “voluntarily separated” or allowed their service to lapse, and that their “decision to separate was made freely and without coercion.”

That is simply untrue, and R. Davis Younts, a lawyer representing some vets who had to leave the military over the mandates, explained, “I talked to several clients who were forced out,” who “have no interest in signing the document,” but otherwise would “gladly come back in. They don’t care much about back pay, but they are not going to sign a false statement just to come back in.”...

#1 movie this week 1992-----Official Trailer: Basic Instinct (1992)

Perhaps if we pay more taxes we can control the earth's orbit...maybe.

Ice ages aren't just ancient history — they're part of a natural cosmic rhythm. - Alan Turner 

New research has cracked the code on how Earth's orbit and axial tilt set off ice ages, revealing that our planet's tilt (obliquity) is the key player in starting these deep freezes.
Here’s how it works:
• When Earth’s tilt decreases, sunlight hits higher latitudes less intensely — perfect conditions for ice sheets to grow.
• The combo of precession (Earth’s wobble) and tilt also controls the shifts between icy periods and warmer interglacial times.
The wild part? 

Based on this cycle, the next ice age could start in about 11,000 years. ...

#1 This day 1968-----BOBBY GOLDSBORO - HONEY

Bringing Immigration Policy into Focus - American Thinker

Wretchardthecat has given us a sage analysis of the MAGA agenda: - Clarice Feldman

The reason the MAGA initiatives looked so disjointed to the media is they were component parts of a vast alternative worldview now coming into sight. Like the five blind men and the elephant the progressives are only now realizing the aspects of a single larger foe.

Immigration control is a key feature of the MAGA initiatives: 

• closing the border, 
• removing illegal immigrants, 
• keeping non-citizens from voting, and 
• stopping federal funds from going to so-called non-government organizations that were bringing in millions of immigrants who overwhelmed housing, welfare, and educational budgets, committed crimes, and threatened national security.

This week, the Administration obtained some substantial victories on this score.
The Catholic Church, which was a huge recipient of federal funds fueling the immigrant express, has finally shut down refugee and migrant aid operations. 

Shutting off this spigot was key to the Administration’s immigration policy...

Sending a message to murderous loons??!!

 

Judge allows Trump's DHS to proceed with another tool to keep track of illegal immigrants | Blaze Media

Judge allows Trump's DHS to proceed with another tool to keep track of illegal immigrants | Blaze Media: 

Trump admin says it is simply enforcing existing law. Afederal judge is allowing the Trump administration to proceed with its plans to require illegal immigrants to register with the government or face consequences following a lawsuit from the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights. The new federal program stems from an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on his first day in office, which orders the Department of Homeland Security to ensure that aliens comply with section 262 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1302). Failure to comply with the registration requirement will be treated as a civil and criminal enforcement priority.

Feds' $4.6B furniture splurge is one more outrageous abuse of taxpayer funds

Feds' $4.6B furniture splurge is one more outrageous abuse of taxpayer funds - Post Editorial Board

One thing Americans can be sure of: 

• At any given time, somewhere out there, a government decision-maker is finding new and inventive ways of flushing your hard-earned cash.

The latest: Government watchdog OpenTheBooks found that the feds spent an eye-popping $4.6 billion on new furniture and decorations for government buildings since October 2020, even though only half the federal workforce was consistently showing up for work in person as of last year.
In 2023, the Government Accountability Office found that 17 of 24 federal agencies used 25% or less of their headquarters’ buildings.
So the feds blew billions in taxpayer cash on art that almost no one will look at and furniture that almost no one will use.
It’s always easy to spend other people’s money.
Some of the worst splurges:

• $250,000 worth of Herman Miller chairs for the US Agency for International Development offices in Mozambique.$237,960 for 30 solar-powered picnic tables for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• $1.4 million on art and drawings for embassies.
• $39,000 for new conference tables for The Nancy Pelosi Federal Building in San Francisco.
• $117,250 on 40 Ethan Allen recliners for the US embassy in Pakistan — or about $2,931 each. (And we doubt they got a volume discount.)...

AM Fruitcake

 

History for April 14

History for April 14 - On-This-Day.com 

Anne Mansfield Sullivan 1866 - "The Miracle Worker", famous for teaching Helen Keller to read, write and speak

1828 - The first edition of Noah Webster's dictionary was published under the name "American Dictionary of the English Language."

1865 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth. He actually died early the next morning.

1902 - James Cash (J.C.) Penney opened his first retail store in Kemmerer, WY. It was called the Golden Rule Store.

1912 - The Atlantic passenger liner Titanic, on its maiden voyage hit an iceberg and began to sink. 1,517 people lost their lives and more than 700 survived.

1981 - America's first space shuttle, Columbia, returned to Earth after a three-day test flight. The shuttle orbited the Earth 36 times during the mission.

2008 - Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines announced they were combining.

Dari�n Gap crossings nearly disappear as Trump drops hammer on illegal immigration | Blaze Media

Dari�n Gap crossings nearly disappear as Trump drops hammer on illegal immigration | Blaze Media: 

Under President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, a once heavily trafficked jungle passage between Colombia and Panama experienced a 99% drop in crossings in February.

Days before Trump’s inauguration in January, border czar Tom Homan vowed to shut down the Darién Gap in order to “protect our national security.”

The way we were-----The truth about blacks owning slaves in the US

Jordan Peterson Drops BOBMSHELL Details About Hitler

Gretchen Whitmer's Very Embarrassing White House Picture Goes Viral

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is one of those Democrats whose name is being bandied about for the 2028 presidential race. - By Nick Arama
But maybe not after the picture that the NY Times just published of her at the White House this week...

“Ten Environmentalist Myths”

“Modern environmentalism often strays from its original purpose, advancing policies that unintentionally damage ecosystems, strain economies, and benefit powerful corporate interests.” - Stephen Heins - CLIMATE HYSTERIA -  Edward Ring

• The first Earth Day was organized in 1970 in response to growing public concern for the environment. Many of these concerns were entirely justified. 

In 1969, for example, an oil slick along an industrialized stretch of the Cuyahoga River in Ohio caught fire, generating national awareness of the need to reduce water pollution...
We’ve come a long way in 51 years. 
Here are ten issues where environmentalism has been misused, with consequences that have either been of no benefit whatsoever to the environment or have even caused harm.

• We are in a climate crisis

We may as well begin with the most controversial environmentalist claim, that our planet is at imminent risk of catastrophic climate change. The problem with this claim is two-fold. First, there remains vigorous—if suppressed—debate over whether the data actually supports this claim. There is ample evidence that average global temperatures are not rapidly increasing, if they are even increasing at all. There is also strong evidence that extreme weather events are not increasing but rather that our ability to detect them has improved and that population increases have led more people to live in places that are particularly vulnerable to extreme weather...

• There are too many people...

Based on extrapolations back in 1970, this may have appeared to be the case because populations worldwide at that time were rapidly growing. But today, in almost every nation, the inverse is now true: birthrates are well below replacement levels...

• We are running out of “fossil” fuel...

Stunner! Judge rules Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh

Stunner! Judge rules Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh: 

As part of President Donald Trump's agenda to make America more secure, he's been deporting those individuals, including students, who create issues in communities or on university campuses that the government fears may be a threat.

New airport rules mark the 'biggest shakeup' in the airline industry yet

Leftist America is sick!-----Donald Sensing - The American Left is increasingly embracing violence and even murder as just another tool in their political toolbox.

And left and left leaning persons (including national Democrat leaders) who would not personally commit such acts also will not publicly denounce them. - Donald Sensing
This is from Rutgers University, folks, not exactly a MAGA stronghold:

Political violence targeting Donald Trump and Elon Musk is becoming increasingly normalized. Following the July 13, 2024 attempted assassination of President Trump, tolerance – and even advocacy – for political violence appears to have surged, especially among politically left-leaning segments of the population...

The study found that about half of those who describe themselves as left of center (from “slightly liberal” on over) say that assassinating Donald Trump or Elon Musk is justified (see chart).
This is a *short* way from being the majority view of rank and file Democrats...

Lunch video-----How Al Gore Tricked You With 'An Inconvenient Truth'

Noon-toon

 

Dan Bongino publicly responds to FBI appointment of J6-obsessed official | Blaze Media

Dan Bongino publicly responds to FBI appointment of J6-obsessed official | Blaze Media: 

While conservatives had been counting on newly crowned FBI Director Kash Patel to root out people like Jensen, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino posted a few cryptic X posts that seemed to defend the FBI’s decision to give him the position.

“As I dive back into work, I want to reassure you that nothing that is happening here is happening by accident. Because of the sensitivity of what the FBI deals with, both the Director and I have to be circumspect in what we can make public. Bad guys read this stuff too. Neither one of us came here to play games,” Bongino wrote in a post on X.

Soooo, 4 year olds can declare gender but 20 year olds too young for adult punishment??!!

Ten Tariff Questions Never Asked | RealClearPolitics - Victor Davis Hanson

Why do most nations prefer trade surpluses and protective tariffs? -  Victor Davis Hanson 

1. President Donald Trump's so-called "trade war."
Many call the American effort to obtain either tariff parity or a reduction in the roughly $1 trillion trade deficit and 50 years of consecutive trade deficits a "trade war." 

But then what do they call the policies of the past half-century by Europe, Asia, China, and others to ensure asymmetrical tariffs, pseudo-health and security trade restrictions, and large surpluses?
A trade peace? Trade fairness?
2. Do nations prefer surpluses or deficits?
Why do most nations prefer trade surpluses and protective tariffs?...
3. Would our trade partners prefer to trade places with us?...

• What's next?

If there soon is a rush of nations to cut a deal with the U.S. and not to be left out of the American market, will there follow another hysterical Wall Street spasm -- but not to sell, but instead to buy stocks at bargain prices?

What's changed??!!

 

DOGE: 3 Democrat States Had Most of $382M in Unemployment Fraud

The agency recently uncovered $382 million in such payments since 2020 and named California, New York, and Massachusetts as the top states to blame for the problem - Amy Furr
In a social media post on Wednesday, DOGE said, “An initial survey of Unemployment Insurance claims since 2020 revealed the following: 

– 24.5k people over 115 years old claimed $59M in benefits

– 28k people between 1 and 5 years old claimed $254M in benefits

 – 9.7k people with birth dates over 15 years in the future claimed $69M in benefits.”
“In one case, someone with a birthday in 2154 claimed $41k,” the agency stated:

#1 This day 1979-----The Doobie Brothers: What A fool Believes (1979) Classic Rock R&B, and Pop

Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Signs Declaration: Climate Change Is a Hoax

Dr. Clauser has now made his opposition to climate alarmism official by signing the WCD.

The Nobel Prize-winning scientist has joined hundreds of other leading scientists who have signed the World Climate Declaration (WCD) and said that so-called anthropogenic climate change is a hoax by the world's elite, according to an article on thepeaople'svoice website, Azernews reports..

Sen. John Kennedy says AOC is “the reason there are directions on a shampoo bottle.”

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