In a news release last week, the company said it had "filed a Notice of Intent to initiate a legacy North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) claim under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement to recover economic damages resulting from the revocation of the Keystone XL Project's Presidential Permit."
The notice was filed with the State Department.
Thursday, July 08, 2021
Taxpayers could be on the hook for more than $15 billion after Biden canceled Keystone XL pipeline permit - TheBlaze
Taxpayers could be on the hook for more than $15 billion after Biden canceled Keystone XL pipeline permit - TheBlaze:
Pay-to-play now OFICIALLY OK!-----A New Biden Product Line - WSJ
A New Biden Product Line - WSJ
"Add another title to the résumé of Hunter Biden, son of the U.S. president.
Previously known primarily for his well-paid adventures in Ukrainian natural gas, Chinese finance, Romanian real estate, and Russian-backed computer manufacturing, the dashing man of letters is now taking the art world by storm.
"Add another title to the résumé of Hunter Biden, son of the U.S. president.
Turns out that Hunter Biden is also a painter, and as in so many of his other notable ventures, he seems to have discovered a well-heeled and enthusiastic clientele.
Is there anything Hunter Biden can’t do?
Artnet’s Katya Kazakina reports:
He has a dealer, Georges Bergès; a studio; and a collector base.
Artnet’s Katya Kazakina reports:
He has a dealer, Georges Bergès; a studio; and a collector base.
...Prices range from $75,000 for works on paper to $500,000 for large-scale paintings, Bergès said.
...Even those who don’t care for the art can still be bullish on its commercial prospects.
...Even those who don’t care for the art can still be bullish on its commercial prospects.
The Post reports:
Art consultant Martin Galindo told The Post that while he’s “not a fan” of the work by Hunter that he’s seen, “I’m very positive that he’s gonna do well in the market because this industry is very much about, what’s a simple way to put this — it’s like clout.”
...“Honestly, I mean, from an aesthetic perspective, I don’t like it. But I’m sure he’s gonna do really well,” the art consultant said...Read all.
Art consultant Martin Galindo told The Post that while he’s “not a fan” of the work by Hunter that he’s seen, “I’m very positive that he’s gonna do well in the market because this industry is very much about, what’s a simple way to put this — it’s like clout.”
...“Honestly, I mean, from an aesthetic perspective, I don’t like it. But I’m sure he’s gonna do really well,” the art consultant said...Read all.
Why Did Traffic Deaths Spike As Drivers Left Roads?
"...Despite having driven much less owing to lockdowns–staying at home out of fear, or simply because there were less places to go and fewer things to do–the National Safety Council (NSC) estimates that
- over 42,000 Americans died in motor vehicle accidents in 2020.
- That’s 8% more than the previous year.
- It’s also the highest death toll since 2007, and the first increase in four years.
- Worse yet, the rate of fatalities per 100 million driven miles (a normalized measure) in 2020 leapt 24% from the previous year, which is the largest annual increase since statistics began being tracked in 1924...Read all!
Lunch video-----Was Roman Concrete Better?
"Comparing modern concrete to that of the western Roman empire.
Errata: “More viscous” should be “less viscous”.
Report: Biden Admin To Ease Trump Sanctions Regime On Key American Adversaries | The Daily Caller
Report: Biden Admin To Ease Trump Sanctions Regime On Key American Adversaries | The Daily Caller:
The Biden administration is re-evaluating how the U.S. uses economic sanctions and is in the midst of planning a new approach that will do away with widespread economic pressure campaigns, unilateral sanctions and excessive collateral damage, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
Joey Does Number Bonds – Close Enough For Government Work!
Joey Does Number Bonds – Close Enough For Government Work!
As we learn more about the new coronavirus, it is imperative to continue to update the assumptions used in these models. - Heritage
Buildings keep falling down in America. What the heck’s going on?
- Is it bad science? Or maybe bad math? What if building engineers used the kind of modeling/statistics that Professor Neil Ferguson, who led the COVID-19 modeling team at Imperial College in London, used to develop the public policy of lockdown in Britain and America?
We now know the model was so highly flawed it never should have been relied upon for policy decisions to begin with.
- Or maybe the failing infrastructure is partially the result of bad social engineering?
Workplace diversity and inclusion is a top priority.
To attract more female candidates, avoid using too many “masculine-type” words (e.g., ambitious, dominate, challenging) in your job posting. Check out if your job posting might be turning off female candidates using this nifty tool here.
Please note: I’m aware that it’s considered both racist and sexist of me to even think there may be a connection between diversity hiring and reduced performance.
...If your job performance is based on how well you meet diversity goals you will meet them, no matter how.
If knowing that and saying it makes me a white supremacist, so be it: like racism itself the words no longer mean anything.
But back to the problem at hand, it’s so bad that Putin has declared “the age of American Dominance” to be over...Read all.
The re-education of the January 6th prisoners
The re-education of the January 6th prisoners
- Well, they’re political prisoners, after all, so they need re-education [emphasis mine]:
[Court-appointed defense attorney] Shaner’s legal captives are learning the hard way what the government will do when one resists their commands to comply. Not only have their personal lives been shattered, finances depleted, and reputations destroyed by an abusive Justice Department investigation, Shaner’s clients must be indoctrinated with leftist propaganda about America’s alleged systemic racism.
The purge of the populist mindset is underway, courtesy of the fetid Beltway judicial system and the Joe Biden regime.
Judges routinely lecture January 6 defendants about the wrongthink of a “stolen election” while prosecutors openly mock their political beliefs, including home schooling and gun ownership.“I have had many political and ethical discussions with Anna Lloyd,” Shaner wrote in her motion agreeing to the plea and probation for Lloyd. “I tendered a booklist to her. She has read Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Just Mercy, and Schindler’s List to educate herself about ‘government policy’ toward Native Americans, African Americans and European Jews. We have discussed the books and also about the responsibility of an individual when confronting ‘wrong.’”
On the face of it, there’s nothing wrong with watching or reading any of Shaner’s “booklist.” What is very wrong is a taxpayer-paid attorney—one who is supposed to fight the government’s charges related to January 6, not play along with its phony depiction that “white supremacists” attacked the Capitol—
using her authority to reprogram the political views of people she is supposed to be defending. The presumption of racist beliefs is automatic...Read all!
CA drought hurts power supplies as heatwave engulfs the West | The Sacramento Bee
"...That additional capacity should be enough to stave off blackouts — so long as California is able to import supplies in a pinch from nearby states.
But if the entire West is blanketed in triple-digit temperatures — like this week — then imports will become scarce, just as they did last August, because other states will want the power that otherwise would flow to California.
...Imports play a critical role in California; they amounted to nearly 28% of all the power consumed in the state in 2019, according to the California Energy Commission...Read all.
...Imports play a critical role in California; they amounted to nearly 28% of all the power consumed in the state in 2019, according to the California Energy Commission...Read all.
Sen. Cotton blasts New York Times' Independence Day story saying the US flag is a 'divisive symbol' - TheBlaze
Sen. Cotton blasts New York Times' Independence Day story saying the US flag is a 'divisive symbol' - TheBlaze:
The New York Times posted a news story over the Independence Day weekend about the divisiveness of the United States flag, sharing stories of how displaying the flag has become a symbol of divisive political affiliation.
DC AG Subpoenas Fascistbook for Data on ALL Users That Have Spread ‘COVID-19 Misinformation’
DC AG Subpoenas Fascistbook for Data on ALL Users That Have Spread ‘COVID-19 Misinformation’
The subpoena was filed on June 21 and demands that Facebook identify all groups, pages, and accounts that have violated the platform’s far-reaching COVID-19 misinformation rules...Read all.
- Unmasking people for wrongthink.
The subpoena was filed on June 21 and demands that Facebook identify all groups, pages, and accounts that have violated the platform’s far-reaching COVID-19 misinformation rules...Read all.
Today in History: July 8
Today in History: July 8
1839-John D. Rockefeller, financier, philanthropist, founder of Standard Oil.
- 1865-Four of the conspirators in President Abraham Lincoln's assassination are hanged in Washington, D.C.
- 1918-Ernest Hemingway is wounded in Italy while working as an ambulance driver for the American Red Cross.
- 1941-20 B-17s fly in their first mission with the Royal Air Force over Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
- 1943-American B-24 bombers strike Japanese-held Wake Island for the first time.
- 1960-The Soviet Union charges American pilot Francis Gary Powers with espionage.
Wednesday, July 07, 2021
Trump launches class action lawsuit against Big Tech giants - TheBlaze
Trump launches class action lawsuit against Big Tech giants - TheBlaze:
Former President Donald Trump announced class action lawsuits Wednesday against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, the leaders of three Big Tech companies that banned him from their platforms after the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol building.
Joe Biden Can't Answer Russia Question Without Notecard - Louder With Crowder
Joe Biden Can't Answer Russia Question Without Notecard - Louder With Crowder: A thirteen-year-old boy finding his first Playboy in the woods is nothing compared to the horniness reporters have over Joe Biden eating ice cream. Biden doesn't like the press very much. Or, doing his job. He also has issues with black people. Really, if you're an American, the president isn't a fan. But Joe Biden loves ice cream and our news media loves watching him eat ice cream. One reporter had the audacity to ask Biden a question while our president was getting his fix. Something about Russia possibly hacking something American. Biden seemed confused, but thankfully an aide wrote down what he needed to say.
WATCH: Race HUSTLING Host Get EMBARRASSED by Calm Guest
"Chris Rufo joined Joy Reid on her MSNBC show, The Reid Out, where he tried to explain the negative effects of critical race theory despite constant interruptions from Reid."
From 2020!!-----Iran And Italy Are Paying A Hefty Price For Ties With Communist China
Iran And Italy Are Paying A Hefty Price For Ties With Communist China
By any common-sense measure, both countries should have much lower numbers of confirmed cases and deaths because they are geographically far from the epicenter of the outbreak.
- Iran and Italy's economies are worsening, and their people are suffering most in this Wuhan virus outbreak — all because of their leaders’ short-sighted and foolish decisions.--MARCH 17, 2020
By any common-sense measure, both countries should have much lower numbers of confirmed cases and deaths because they are geographically far from the epicenter of the outbreak.
The reason these two countries are suffering the most outside China is mainly due to their close ties with Beijing, primarily through the “One Belt and One Road” (OBOR) initiative.
OBOR is Beijing’s foreign policy play disguised as infrastructure investment.
- Here’s how it works: China and country X agree to do an infrastructure project in country X. Country X has to borrow from a Chinese bank to finance the project. A contract is always awarded to Chinese companies, which then bring supplies and Chinese employees to country X to build the project. Clearly, the country that benefits most from this initiative is China.
At least eight countries that signed on the OBOR initiative are so indebted to the Chinese that they had to hand over their strategic assets to China to offset their debt...Read all!
Real Threats to Planet and People by Paul Driessen
Real Threats to Planet and People by Paul Driessen
"Environmental activism was already nasty and lethal when I wrote Eco-Imperialism: Green Power – Black Death 18 years ago.
"Environmental activism was already nasty and lethal when I wrote Eco-Imperialism: Green Power – Black Death 18 years ago.
It’s gotten steadily worse since then, especially with hysteria about the “looming manmade climate apocalypse” driving ever more extreme demands that we rid the world of fossil fuels and prohibit or roll back modern living standards.
The demands have reached previously unimaginable extremes – based primarily on GIGO computer models and wild assertions about planetary temperatures, weather, ice caps, and vanishing wildlife.
The claims have little basis in real-world evidence but are presented as Gospel Truth by climate alarmists.
- One group of extremists wants to make what it calls “ecocide” an “international crime” – then prosecute and imprison political leaders and corporate executives who have engaged in “mass ecological destruction” that these zealots assert has now reached a magnitude “similar” to Nazi genocide.
- Others are agitating for a “Great Reset” – demanding that corporations reject their traditional roles and goals, and focus instead on “saving the planet” and advancing racial and gender “equity.” This unavoidably means companies must embrace “a certain degree of eco-dictatorship,”corporate-state tyranny and “top-down authoritarianism.” But in exchange, they will reap huge profits by disrupting access to reliable energy and reducing middle and working-class living standards, in the name of climate.
VIDEO: Migrant smuggler reveals the reason why so many migrants are coming to American right now - TheBlaze
VIDEO: Migrant smuggler reveals the reason why so many migrants are coming to American right now - TheBlaze:
While reporting from the Rio Grande river in Texas, which forms a natural border boundary between the U.S. and Mexico, reporters from Townhall and the Daily Caller caught up with a migrant smuggler early Friday morning.
That smuggler, who was in the middle of transporting migrants, said that crossing the Rio Grande river was more difficult under former Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, adding that migrants are coming to the U.S. right now because President Joe Biden is giving them asylum.
Don Surber: Red, White, And Blue Privilege
Don Surber: Red, White, And Blue Privilege
- General Milley made an ass of himself in a congressional hearing when he went all SJW about understanding White Rage.
"Milley's racist vignette was part of a sinister scheme.
Reading Marx and Mao may not make you a Marxist, but he is a Marxist who wants to destroy America.
This whole CRT and white rage nonsense is about diminishing the middle class.
The American dream of something better for your children now is openly mocked.
...There is no white privilege.
There is only Red, White, And Blue Privilege.
Poverty has been the default human condition for most people since civilization began.
America created a system that allows people to escape poverty.
Call it systemic opportunity.
Christianity was a key.
Marxists want to destroy that because they want to take over the country...Read all!
Rep. Cori Bush promptly torched after claiming 'black people still aren't free' to celebrate July 4: 'This land is stolen' - TheBlaze
Rep. Cori Bush promptly torched after claiming 'black people still aren't free' to celebrate July 4: 'This land is stolen' - TheBlaze:
Freshman Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), a member of the so-called "Squad" of far-left House Democrats, triggered a tsunami of backlash Sunday when she said Independence Day is not about celebrating freedom for all Americans.
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