Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Woman arrested at Mar-A-Lago had cash, signal detector in hotel room, prosecutors say | Fox News
Woman arrested at Mar-A-Lago had cash, signal detector in hotel room, prosecutors say | Fox News:
A woman arrested at President Trump's Mar-A-Lago club last month had $8,000 in U.S. and Chinese currency in her hotel room as well as a signal detector meant to spot hidden cameras, a federal prosecutor in Florida said Monday.
Yujing Zhang, 32, was ordered held until her bond hearing resumes April 15 in West Palm Beach federal court. Zhang was arrested on March 30 and was charged with unlawfully entering a restricted area and making false statements to federal law enforcement.
Prosecutor Rolando Garcia told U.S. Magistrate Judge William Matthewman that the government was not making allegations of spying against Zhang at this time, but noted there are "a lot of questions that remain to be answered." Garcia claimed that Zhang would present a "serious risk of flight" if she were released while she awaits trial, as she has no ties to the United States.
Yujing Zhang, 32, was ordered held until her bond hearing resumes April 15 in West Palm Beach federal court. Zhang was arrested on March 30 and was charged with unlawfully entering a restricted area and making false statements to federal law enforcement.
Prosecutor Rolando Garcia told U.S. Magistrate Judge William Matthewman that the government was not making allegations of spying against Zhang at this time, but noted there are "a lot of questions that remain to be answered." Garcia claimed that Zhang would present a "serious risk of flight" if she were released while she awaits trial, as she has no ties to the United States.
Fined $55K for calling a male a male
Fined $55K for calling a male a male
"We told you this was coming.
We warned you it would happen.
We were not crying wolf.
We were telling you the truth.
And now it is here, as a headline announces: "Canadian tribunal fines Bill Whatcott $55,000 for expressing Christian views on 'transgenderism.'"
In other words, Whatcott called a biological male (who identifies as a female) a "biological male." That was his crime.
What a miscarriage of justice.
What an assault of freedom of speech and expression.
"We told you this was coming. We warned you it would happen.
We were not crying wolf.
We were telling you the truth.
And now it is here, as a headline announces: "Canadian tribunal fines Bill Whatcott $55,000 for expressing Christian views on 'transgenderism.'"
In other words, Whatcott called a biological male (who identifies as a female) a "biological male." That was his crime.
What a miscarriage of justice.
What an assault of freedom of speech and expression.
...But, as I have stated often, this was always the end-goal of radical LGBT activism: the opposition must be silenced. (And until it is legally silenced, it must be socially shamed.)...
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Walrus Deaths Were Due To Polar Bears – Andrew Montford | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
Walrus Deaths Were Due To Polar Bears – Andrew Montford | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
"Andrew Montford has followed up the Netflix walrus porn story, with a damning piece for the Spectator:
This all came about as the result of the latest episode of Our Planet, the new wildlife extravaganza from Netflix. As is normal for such programmes, the story that accompanies the animal eye-candy is told by Sir David Attenborough and, as is positively compulsory, it is spiced with multiple references to the horrors of global warming. In fact, we are told, it is us who should shoulder the blame for the slaughter of the walruses, because shrinking sea ice caused by climate change forces them to haulout – leaving the water to take refuge on the shore instead.
"Andrew Montford has followed up the Netflix walrus porn story, with a damning piece for the Spectator:
"Over the weekend, social media and the newspapers were full of stories of Pacific walruses plunging over sea cliffs to their deaths.
Heart-wrenching film of the corpses of these magnificent beasts piled up on the shore have been driving many to tears.
Heart-wrenching film of the corpses of these magnificent beasts piled up on the shore have been driving many to tears.
This all came about as the result of the latest episode of Our Planet, the new wildlife extravaganza from Netflix. As is normal for such programmes, the story that accompanies the animal eye-candy is told by Sir David Attenborough and, as is positively compulsory, it is spiced with multiple references to the horrors of global warming. In fact, we are told, it is us who should shoulder the blame for the slaughter of the walruses, because shrinking sea ice caused by climate change forces them to haulout – leaving the water to take refuge on the shore instead.
The programme ends with Attenborough directing viewers to a website run by WWF, the co-producers of the series. It is therefore, in essence, an eight-part, multi-million pound fundraiser.
Which is a pity, because there is now considerable evidence emerging that the story is not quite what it seems."
For a start, as the zoologist Susan Crockford has documented for the GWPF... thinks that the footage on the Netflix show comes from a well-documented incident that took place in the village of Ryrkaypiy, in eastern Siberia, in October 2017.
September and October are the peak period for walrus haulouts, and there are numerous examples, which date back to the 1960s, of the cliff phenomenon taking place on Wrangel Island, a few hundred kilometres to the north.
However in 2017, as the Siberian Times reported, the colony attracted polar bears that frequent – and indeed at the time terrorise – the area.
The bears drove several hundred walruses over the cliffs to their deaths, before feasting on the corpses.
They continued to frequent the area right through into the winter..."
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Nolte: Scientists Prove Man-Made Global Warming Is a Hoax
Nolte: Scientists Prove Man-Made Global Warming Is a Hoax
"The far-left ThinkProgress reports that scientists have finally proven that the theory of man-made Global Warming is a total hoax.
Of course, no one will admit it, but that is exactly what has happened.
A new scientific study shows has revealed the following:
Yes, you read that correctly, three million — million — years ago CO2 levels on Earth were the same as they are today, but there is one major difference between three million years ago and today…
"The far-left ThinkProgress reports that scientists have finally proven that the theory of man-made Global Warming is a total hoax.
Of course, no one will admit it, but that is exactly what has happened.
A new scientific study shows has revealed the following:
Current CO2 levels of 410 parts per million (ppm) were last seen on Earth three million years ago, according to the most detailed reconstruction of the Earth’s climate by researchers at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and published in Science Advances.
Yes, you read that correctly, three million — million — years ago CO2 levels on Earth were the same as they are today, but there is one major difference between three million years ago and today…
Three million years ago, we humans were not driving cars or eating the meat that requires cow farts; we weren’t barbecuing or refusing to recycle or building factories; there was no Industrial Age, no plastic, no air conditioning, no electricity, no lumber mills, no consumerism, no aerosols.
In fact, three million years ago, there were probably no human beings on Earth, at least not human in the way we use that term today. And yet…
CO2 levels were the same then as they are now…
Hmmm…?
But I thought humans warmed the planet? That’s the hustle we’ve been sold for three decades now — you know, that WE are the problem..."
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All the Progressive Plotters – American Greatness
All the Progressive Plotters – American Greatness:
Right after the 2016 election, Green Party candidate Jill Stein—cheered on by Hillary Clinton dead-enders—sued in three states to recount votes and thereby overturn Donald Trump’s victory in the Electoral College. Before the quixotic effort imploded, Stein was praised as an iconic progressive social justice warrior who might stop the hated Trump from even entering the White House.
When that did not work, B-list Hollywood celebrities mobilized, with television and radio commercials, to shame electors in Trump-won states into not voting for the president-elect during the official Electoral College balloting in December 2016. Their idea was that select morally superior electors should reject their constitutional directives and throw the election into the House of Representatives where even more morally superior NeverTrump Republicans might join with even much more morally superior Democrats to find the perfect morally superior NeverTrump alternative.
When that did not work,
When that did not work, B-list Hollywood celebrities mobilized, with television and radio commercials, to shame electors in Trump-won states into not voting for the president-elect during the official Electoral College balloting in December 2016. Their idea was that select morally superior electors should reject their constitutional directives and throw the election into the House of Representatives where even more morally superior NeverTrump Republicans might join with even much more morally superior Democrats to find the perfect morally superior NeverTrump alternative.
When that did not work,
Do Dems hate Trump more than they love America? - Christine Flowers
Do Dems hate Trump more than they love America? - Christine Flowers
"The most troubling thing about the end of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation was the reaction of so many on the left when they learned that Donald Trump was not a Russian asset.
They were, to put it mildly, disappointed.
...Rep. Adam Schiff (D., Calif.), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, gave an interview to the Washington Post, where he rejected Mueller's findings, stating that "undoubtedly there is collusion."...
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D., N.Y.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, continued to insist that despite the Mueller report clearing the president and his associates from colluding with the Russians, "We know there was collusion … why there's been no indictments, we don't know."
...Instead of exulting in joy, many Democrats acted like kids who hadn't gotten everything on their Christmas list.
That's frightening.
There is something twisted in the idea that Americans would rather have their partisan dreams fulfilled than be assured that the man who leads us...is not a traitor.
...when news of the report was released, something was unleashed on the left that convinces me there are people there who hate Trump more than they love this country..."
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"The most troubling thing about the end of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation was the reaction of so many on the left when they learned that Donald Trump was not a Russian asset.
They were, to put it mildly, disappointed.
...Rep. Adam Schiff (D., Calif.), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, gave an interview to the Washington Post, where he rejected Mueller's findings, stating that "undoubtedly there is collusion."... Rep. Jerry Nadler (D., N.Y.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, continued to insist that despite the Mueller report clearing the president and his associates from colluding with the Russians, "We know there was collusion … why there's been no indictments, we don't know."
...Instead of exulting in joy, many Democrats acted like kids who hadn't gotten everything on their Christmas list.
That's frightening.
There is something twisted in the idea that Americans would rather have their partisan dreams fulfilled than be assured that the man who leads us...is not a traitor.
...when news of the report was released, something was unleashed on the left that convinces me there are people there who hate Trump more than they love this country..."
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History for April 10
History for April 10 - On-This-Day.com
William Hazlitt 1778 - English writer, essayist, philosopher and critic, Lew Wallace 1827 - U.S. novelist ("Ben Hur"), William Booth 1829 - Founder of Salvation Army, author ("In Darkest England")
Harry Morgan 1915 - Actor ("M*A*S*H"), Chuck (Kevin Joseph) Connors 1921 - Actor ("The Rifleman"), Omar Sharif (Michael Shalhoub) 1932 - Actor ("Dr. Zhivago", "Lawrence of Arabia")
1912 - The Titanic set sail from Southampton, England.
1963 - 129 people died when the nuclear-powered submarine USS Thresher failed to surface off Cape Cod, MA.
Tuesday, April 09, 2019
Mark Meadows: More criminal referrals coming, 'overwhelming evidence' shows DOJ, FBI abuse
Mark Meadows: More criminal referrals coming, 'overwhelming evidence' shows DOJ, FBI abuse:
Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., teased more criminal referrals against Justice Department and FBI officials on Monday as a colleague of his plans to submit one of his own.
House Intelligence Committee ranking member Devin Nunes, R-Calif., announced on Sunday he is ready to send eight criminal referrals to Attorney General William Barr this week related to the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation.
In a tweet, Meadows, a member of the Oversight Committee, said it was the "right move" and hinted that there is more to come.
Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., teased more criminal referrals against Justice Department and FBI officials on Monday as a colleague of his plans to submit one of his own.
House Intelligence Committee ranking member Devin Nunes, R-Calif., announced on Sunday he is ready to send eight criminal referrals to Attorney General William Barr this week related to the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation.
In a tweet, Meadows, a member of the Oversight Committee, said it was the "right move" and hinted that there is more to come.
Report: Top Democrats Colluded with Ukrainians to Interfere with 2016 Election | Trending
Report: Top Democrats Colluded with Ukrainians to Interfere with 2016 Election | Trending:
This morning, award-winning investigative journalist John Solomon reported at The Hill what could be an explosive story about potential collusion between American Democrats and Ukrainian nationals, including interference with the 2016 election and the obstruction of criminal investigations.
Kostiantyn Kulyk, deputy head of the Prosecutor General’s International Legal Cooperation Department, told me he and other senior law enforcement officials tried unsuccessfully since last year to get visas from the U.S. embassy in Kiev to deliver their evidence to Washington.
“We were supposed to share this information during a working trip to the United States,” Kulyk told me in a wide-ranging interview. “However, the (U.S.) ambassador blocked us from obtaining a visa.
Kostiantyn Kulyk, deputy head of the Prosecutor General’s International Legal Cooperation Department, told me he and other senior law enforcement officials tried unsuccessfully since last year to get visas from the U.S. embassy in Kiev to deliver their evidence to Washington.
“We were supposed to share this information during a working trip to the United States,” Kulyk told me in a wide-ranging interview. “However, the (U.S.) ambassador blocked us from obtaining a visa.
Glenn K. Beaton: Barbarians are well past the gate | AspenTimes.com
Glenn K. Beaton: Barbarians are well past the gate | AspenTimes.com
"And it’s probably too late to push them back out.
If you disagree, answer me these questions:
No, I’m still not done.
In fact, I’m just gettin’ warmed up.
Denver voters will vote this spring whether to allow overnight sleeping and camping in all public places including parks and sidewalks, most of which have no toilets.
Why do people in America’s once-great cities think the way to help vagrants is to encourage their vagrancy?...
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"And it’s probably too late to push them back out.
If you disagree, answer me these questions:
- What’s up with TV commentators like Rachel Maddow? For two years, she relished the impending impeachment of the president and built her TV ratings high as an Aspen ski gondola full of spring-breakers. When the investigator’s report finally debunked her impeachment fantasy, she fought back tears. Why? I’m old enough to remember when the determination that a president committed no crimes would be seen as a good thing, not something to cry about...
- What happened to our once-great universities as centers of learning? In the name of tolerance, thugs now beat up people who dare to offer a different viewpoint.
- Why did politicians in New York State enact legislation permitting abortions up to the moment of birth even though 79% of New Yorkers think that’s wrong?
In fact, I’m just gettin’ warmed up.
Denver voters will vote this spring whether to allow overnight sleeping and camping in all public places including parks and sidewalks, most of which have no toilets.
Why do people in America’s once-great cities think the way to help vagrants is to encourage their vagrancy?...
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What Is Behind the Opposition to Peace with Israel?
What Is Behind the Opposition to Peace with Israel?
- The anti-Israel campaign in the Arab and Islamic world sees peace with Israel -- and not failed leadership, bad economic policies and corruption -- as the biggest threat to Arabs and Muslims. Recognizing Israel's right to exit is also seen by many Arabs and Muslims as a humiliation to their values, their culture, their political power and their economic traditions. They seem concerned that Arabs and Muslims might wake up one morning and start demanding freedom of expression and free and democratic elections like the ones held every few years in Israel.
- The anti-peace camp seems to want its people to continue living in misery and under dictatorships, so that it is easier to recruit people to jihad against Israel and the West. Also, if people are lifted from poverty and misery and begin to enjoy the fruits of modern civilization, there is a chance that Arabs and Muslims will move away from Islam and even start endorsing the inadmissible values of the West.
- The Trump administration will soon discover what every child in the Arab and Islamic world already knows: that the Israeli-Arab conflict is not about a settlement or a checkpoint or a security fence, but about Israel's very right to exist in the Middle East. The Trump administration will also learn that peace with Israel is seen by many Arabs and Muslims as nothing but an unacceptable threat that must at all costs be stopped.
Marc Thiessen: Award for Mike Pompeo mysteriously rescinded, proves our politics just hit a new low | Fox News
Marc Thiessen: Award for Mike Pompeo mysteriously rescinded, proves our politics just hit a new low | Fox News:
How bad has Trump derangement syndrome gotten in Washington? Consider this: On Tuesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was set to receive the 2019 Foley American Hostage Freedom Award, in recognition of the Trump administration's work in releasing Americans held hostage abroad. The award is named for James Foley, the American journalist who was kidnapped and beheaded by the Islamic State. But at the last minute, the award was mysteriously rescinded and Pompeo disinvited from the gala that he had agreed to attend.
By any objective criteria, Pompeo deserved the award, because the Trump administration has the best record in freeing American hostages of any administration in modern times.
By any objective criteria, Pompeo deserved the award, because the Trump administration has the best record in freeing American hostages of any administration in modern times.
Social Justice Prosecutors
Social Justice Prosecutors
"For years, many have bemoaned the slide of America’s higher education system down the slippery slope of moral relativism and the embracing of virtually all facets of progressive dogma while rejecting most elements of conservatism.
The mere invitation of a conservative commentator to speak on college campuses is now reason enough for rioting and mass student protests.
Bozo the Clown has a better chance of giving a commencement address at an Ivy League school than does Clarence Thomas, Condoleezza Rice, or their conservative contemporaries.
Nowhere is this truth more prevalent than at our most prestigious law schools, and the products of those schools are now reflecting that decades-long liberal drift.
Individuals from this new class of legal eagles have advanced in all branches of government and at all levels -- local, state, and federal.
They have attended notable law schools, they are African-American, and they are hellbent on ushering in an era of seeking what today’s liberal law schools are pouring into their students by the bucket full -- not “justice” but “social justice.”
Now finding themselves in positions of power, these social justice warriors have a deep-rooted belief in the fundamental unfairness of America in general, and our judicial system in particular.
...The decision by Cook County Illinois State’s Attorney Kim Foxx (’97 Southern Illinois) to dismiss all sixteen felony charges against Jessie Smollett, wipe his record clean, seal documents from public view, and allow him to walk with only time served (16 hours of community service at Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow/PUSH Coalition) is representative of an ever-growing class of young ethnic-minority lawyers advancing through the ranks of our judicial system and taking it upon themselves to place a thumb on what used to and should be the blind scales of justice in favor of the “marginalized.”...
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"For years, many have bemoaned the slide of America’s higher education system down the slippery slope of moral relativism and the embracing of virtually all facets of progressive dogma while rejecting most elements of conservatism.
The mere invitation of a conservative commentator to speak on college campuses is now reason enough for rioting and mass student protests.
Bozo the Clown has a better chance of giving a commencement address at an Ivy League school than does Clarence Thomas, Condoleezza Rice, or their conservative contemporaries.
Individuals from this new class of legal eagles have advanced in all branches of government and at all levels -- local, state, and federal.
They have attended notable law schools, they are African-American, and they are hellbent on ushering in an era of seeking what today’s liberal law schools are pouring into their students by the bucket full -- not “justice” but “social justice.”
Now finding themselves in positions of power, these social justice warriors have a deep-rooted belief in the fundamental unfairness of America in general, and our judicial system in particular.
...The decision by Cook County Illinois State’s Attorney Kim Foxx (’97 Southern Illinois) to dismiss all sixteen felony charges against Jessie Smollett, wipe his record clean, seal documents from public view, and allow him to walk with only time served (16 hours of community service at Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow/PUSH Coalition) is representative of an ever-growing class of young ethnic-minority lawyers advancing through the ranks of our judicial system and taking it upon themselves to place a thumb on what used to and should be the blind scales of justice in favor of the “marginalized.”...
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VICTOR DAVIS HANSON--Trump's Europe Relations: Rift Widens as Continent Falls | National Review
Trump's Europe Relations: Rift Widens as Continent Falls | National Review
...But Trump neither created European or transatlantic crises nor can be of much help in solving them. In part, they are Western in origin and to a degree shared by all Western allies, but mostly they are innate to Europe and self-induced.
...the global influence of Europe continues to wane, at least as defined by demographic robustness, technological innovation, the quality of higher education, and the ability to defend its interests.
Its aristocratic elite classes are currently under constant challenge from populist reformers.
...Some of Europe’s current problems, of course, are ancestral and have never been adequately solved.
The great curse — and boon — of Europe has always been traced to its diversity.
The continent is about the same size as the United States, but Europe currently is divided among some 44 nations.
...The dream of all strongmen, from Julius Caesar and Augustus, Napoleon, and Hitler to the supposedly enlightened European Union, has been to unite and thereby magnify Europe under one government, one culture, and one economy, by an imposed nationalist rule (Roman, French, or German) and, most recently, by a pan-European elite.
The problem, however, with all these one-government schemes is that they have inevitably required a level of coercion..."
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- As Europe wanes, the distance between it and America grows
...But Trump neither created European or transatlantic crises nor can be of much help in solving them. In part, they are Western in origin and to a degree shared by all Western allies, but mostly they are innate to Europe and self-induced.
...the global influence of Europe continues to wane, at least as defined by demographic robustness, technological innovation, the quality of higher education, and the ability to defend its interests.
Its aristocratic elite classes are currently under constant challenge from populist reformers....Some of Europe’s current problems, of course, are ancestral and have never been adequately solved.
The great curse — and boon — of Europe has always been traced to its diversity.
The continent is about the same size as the United States, but Europe currently is divided among some 44 nations.
...The dream of all strongmen, from Julius Caesar and Augustus, Napoleon, and Hitler to the supposedly enlightened European Union, has been to unite and thereby magnify Europe under one government, one culture, and one economy, by an imposed nationalist rule (Roman, French, or German) and, most recently, by a pan-European elite.
The problem, however, with all these one-government schemes is that they have inevitably required a level of coercion..."
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Devin Nunes locked and loaded: 8 criminal referrals ready, including 3 targeting 'conspiracy' and 'global leaks'
Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., announced on Sunday he is ready to send eight criminal referrals to the Justice Department next week related to the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation.
"We're prepared this week to notify the attorney general that we're prepared to send those referrals over and brief him if he wishes to be briefed," Nunes said on Fox News.
Arctic Island Was 5-6C Warmer 9,000 Years Ago | Climate Dispatch
Arctic Island Was 5-6C Warmer 9,000 Years Ago | Climate Dispatch:"Zhokhov Island in the Siberian High Arctic today exhibits inhospitably severe climate conditions, desolate tundra, and year-round pack ice in the surrounding sea.
During the Early Holocene, this same island was warm enough to host waterfowl species, birch trees, and year-round human residents who hunted polar bear and reindeer.
I. Zhokhov Island Today: A Frozen Wasteland..
II. Zhokhov Island Early Holocene: Warm, Teeming With Life
...The island’s human inhabitants hunted polar bear and reindeer with blades made of raw materials (obsidian) gleaned from long-distance regional trading networks (Pitulko et al., 2019). Zhokhov was at least 5 to 6°C warmer than today between 10,000 and 9000 years ago (Makeyev et al., 2003), or when CO2 concentrations hovered around 260 ppm.
III. The Early Holocene Arctic Was 4-7°C Warmer Than Today..."
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This Is How Men Should Look… According to Fashion Designers
This Is How Men Should Look… According to Fashion Designers:
"Featured below are some of the most bizarre and insane men’s outfits from various fashion designers.
Only one questions comes to mind:
“What the hell were they thinking?!”
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"Featured below are some of the most bizarre and insane men’s outfits from various fashion designers.
Only one questions comes to mind:
“What the hell were they thinking?!”
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CALIFORNIA’S POTEMKIN ENVIRONMENTALISM-No State Imports More Electricity Than California.
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No State Imports More Electricity Than California.
"CALIFORNIA’S POTEMKIN ENVIRONMENTALISM:
No State Imports More Electricity Than California.
Even during the Schwarzenegger era, Max Schultz of City Journal, who coined this post’s headline, noted that California’s “celebrated green economy produces pollution elsewhere, ongoing power shortages, and business-crippling costs.”
Look for those trends to continue to get worse, based on the California assembly’s bill mandating 100 percent clean electricity passed last year.
Eventually, the New York Times and NPR may even dub the results “An ‘Almost Unimaginable’ Crisis.”--Posted by Ed Driscoll"
No State Imports More Electricity Than California.
"CALIFORNIA’S POTEMKIN ENVIRONMENTALISM:
No State Imports More Electricity Than California.
Even during the Schwarzenegger era, Max Schultz of City Journal, who coined this post’s headline, noted that California’s “celebrated green economy produces pollution elsewhere, ongoing power shortages, and business-crippling costs.” Look for those trends to continue to get worse, based on the California assembly’s bill mandating 100 percent clean electricity passed last year.
Eventually, the New York Times and NPR may even dub the results “An ‘Almost Unimaginable’ Crisis.”--Posted by Ed Driscoll"
Kobach: No, Trump Does Not Need Congress to Solve Immigration Crisis
In an exclusive interview with SiriusXM Patriot’s Breitbart News Tonight, Kobach said there is much the Trump administration and DHS officials can do to mitigate the soaring levels of illegal immigration in recent months where now about 1.5 million illegal aliens are projected to enter the country this year.
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