Wednesday, September 08, 2021
Britain forced to fire up coal plant amid record power prices and winter squeeze | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
Britain forced to fire up coal plant amid record power prices and winter squeeze | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
"The UK has turned to a coal-fired power station to help boost its energy supply after
- global gas and power prices hit new highs and
- wind farms produced very low levels of electricity.
...The Government plans to phase-out coal-fired power by 2024 in an effort to slash carbon emissions. Most coal-fired power stations have closed, but some remain available to help meet demand – particularly in emergencies.
...Many countries have been replacing coal-fired power stations with gas-fired alternatives, which produce less carbon emissions, but the high price of gas is making coal more appealing again...Read all.
Photo: This is a Maxar image of 6 chartered commercial airplanes at Mazar-i-Sharif airport in northern Afghanistan.
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Photo: This is a Maxar image of 6 chartered commercial airplanes at Mazar-i-Sharif airport in northern Afghanistan.
- They are being held hostage and not allowed to depart by the Taliban, which has once again broken its promises. U.S. citizens and Afghan interpreters have been waiting for days to board the flights.
- Zero Americans have been flown out of the country since U.S. troops departed.
- Also, an important update from the Panjshir Valley battle...Read all.
Mom 'furious' after teacher taped masks to multiple 4th-grade students' faces: Report - TheBlaze
Mom 'furious' after teacher taped masks to multiple 4th-grade students' faces: Report - TheBlaze:
"He went to get a sip of water, forgot to put the mask on," she said.
But rather than reminding him to put the mask back on or even sending him to the principal's office, the teacher allegedly dragged him in front of the whole class and then applied the tape.
We need to stop trying to educate every child to the same level at the same pace.
Facebook Michael Smith"We need to stop trying to educate every child to the same level at the same pace.
The American concept of education is the "No Child Left Behind" model, one condemned to fail because, as we all know, there are some smarter than others and some, like me, who are going to have to put in a lot of work just to be average.
But that is a reality of life and no social justice policy or program is going to change it.
One of the greatest problems I have with our current perspective within the factory, assembly line, schools is the idea that classes of kids must progress at exactly the same rate.
But that is a reality of life and no social justice policy or program is going to change it.
One of the greatest problems I have with our current perspective within the factory, assembly line, schools is the idea that classes of kids must progress at exactly the same rate.
All this does is bore the smarter, better prepared kids to death and lowers the learning to the lowest common denominator...READ IT ALL!
History for September 8
History for September 8 - On-This-Day.com
Peter Sellers 1925
- 1565 - A Spanish expedition established the first permanent European settlement in North America at present-day St. Augustine, FL.
- 1664 - The Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British, who then renamed it New York.
- 1892 - An early version of "The Pledge of Allegiance" appeared in "The Youth's Companion."
- 1935 - U.S. Senator Huey P. Long, "The Kingfish" of Louisiana politics, was shot and mortally wounded. He died two days later.
- 1966 - NBC-TV aired the first episode of "Star Trek" entitled "The Man Trap". The show was canceled on September 2, 1969.
- 1975 - In Boston, MA, public schools began their court-ordered citywide busing program amid scattered incidents of violence.
Tuesday, September 07, 2021
Labor Day weekend: 58 people shot in Chicago, 4-year-old boy Mychal Moultry - TheBlaze
Labor Day weekend: 58 people shot in Chicago, 4-year-old boy Mychal Moultry - TheBlaze:
There were eight children shot during the bloody weekend in Chicago, including six kids shot in 12 hours from Saturday night into Sunday morning. Two of the wounded minors were recovering at Comer Children's hospital as of Sunday morning.
So far this year, more than 280 children have been shot in Chicago, 35 of whom have died from their injuries, WLS-TV reported.
Corruption in South Africa | DW Documentary
"A country falls into the hands of kleptocrats, a state is taken over.
This happens again and again, all over the world.
Including in South Africa, of all places, where the fight for democracy against a brutal apartheid regime was so hard-won..."
Solar Slaves: China Dominates Market For Solar Panels Using Forced Uighur Labour
The smugness exhibited by the owners of solar panels is in its own special class.
"...Pious and self-righteous, these characters are quick to pontificate about their holier than thou credentials.
...None of them seem bothered by the fact the chaotic, largely uncontrolled, output from their panels has rendered the grid increasingly unstable and causes untold headaches for the grid manager, trying to deal with the chaos created.
Now, it turns out, that all those shiny, ‘planet-saving’ solar panels have a much darker and menacing origin.
The reason that China is able to dominate the market for solar panels isn’t about superior manufacturing techniques or Confucian ideals.
Now, it turns out, that all those shiny, ‘planet-saving’ solar panels have a much darker and menacing origin.
The reason that China is able to dominate the market for solar panels isn’t about superior manufacturing techniques or Confucian ideals.
No, it’s about very cheap wages.
So cheap in fact, apparently no money changes hands between the ‘employer’ and ‘employee’, at all...Read all, much here!!!
The United States 'has gone mad'
"Sky News host Sharri Markson says US President Joe Biden is claiming his Afghanistan exit as a victory, however it is not.
“This was no victory,” Ms Markson said.
"As we come up to the 20th anniversary of 9/11, instead of us looking back from a position of safety and security, suddenly Islamic terror is reenergised.
"The US has gone mad."
Ms Markson said global terror “is at large once again”.
Pregnant American stranded in Afghanistan who was targeted by Taliban speaks out in powerful interview - TheBlaze
Pregnant American stranded in Afghanistan who was targeted by Taliban speaks out in powerful interview - TheBlaze:
The American woman whom Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said was targeted by the Taliban after being left behind by American forces in Afghanistan broke her silence on Friday.
What is the background?
On Tuesday, Issa relayed the heartbreaking story of a pregnant American woman who he called "Nasria." He explained that Nasria made "multiple attempts" to enter the Kabul airport, but was unable to reach safety before U.S. forces departed Afghanistan.
More baloney from government EXPERTS exposed as total crapola!----- Fat Head
"While most people saw the documentary Super Size Me as an expose of the fast food industry, comedian and former health writer Tom Naughton saw it as a dare:
He'd show that you could lose weight on a diet of burgers and fries.
In addition to chronicling Naughton's weight drop, the film provides interviews with doctors, nutritionists and others to drive home his thesis that most of what we know about "healthy eating" is wrong."
Loons getting paid by YOU to be looney!-----Indigenous professor vows to stop using capitalization to ‘resist acknowledging the power structures that oppress’
Indigenous professor vows to stop using capitalization to ‘resist acknowledging the power structures that oppress’
"The associate vice-president of indigenization and decolonization at Mt. Royal University in Alberta, Canada issued a statement this week indicating she would cease using capitalization in order to protest the “symbols of hierarchy” wherever they are found.
Dr. linda manyguns, who was named to her current post in May 2021, said she would be joining the “lowercase movement” to protest what she sees as the mistreatment of Indigenous people.
“We resist acknowledging the power structures that oppress and join the movement that does not capitalize,” manyguns said in her statement...Read all.
Joe Rogan tests negative for COVID-19, Twitter hoped he die - TheBlaze
Joe Rogan tests negative for COVID-19, Twitter hoped he die - TheBlaze:
Joe Rogan has tested negative for COVID-19, only two days after announcing he was infected with coronavirus. The good news of Rogan testing negative for COVID-19 disappointed many people who had previously hoped he would die from coronavirus.
On Friday, Rogan shared a photo of his negative test result on Instagram with the gleeful caption, "Tested negative today! Thanks for all the kind wishes!"
Biden Official: Look, Abandoning Americans and Afghan Allies is Actually in 'Their Best Interest' by Guy Benson
Biden Official: Look, Abandoning Americans and Afghan Allies is Actually in 'Their Best Interest' by Guy Benson
"A few appalling soundbytes in an ocean of appalling soundbytes from Biden officials trying to spin away what they've done.
In a matter of days, Team Biden has shifted
- from 'we won't leave our people behind'
- to 'how dare you use the word stranded?'
- to 'listen, these strandings were expected, normal,
- and not really a big deal.'
Let's review the tape.
President Biden promised repeatedly, including less than two weeks ago, that the United States would get its citizens and allies out of Afghanistan before our military fully withdrew:
...I'll leave you with this, which touches on a group of Americans that the administration's dubious 'stranded' math excludes:
"Do not rely on U.S. government assistance" is a fitting, harrowing sentence...Read all.
Who Erased The Medieval Warm Period?
Who Erased The Medieval Warm Period?
In the Middle Ages, it was similarly warm in Switzerland and other parts of Central Europe as it is today. The so-called Medieval Warm Period (MWP) is scientifically well documented in the region...Controversial temperature curve
- Science scandal: What follows is an excellent overview of how the Medieval Warm Period was once again disappeared from the latest IPCC climate report
- The latest UN report distorts climate history. The tracks lead to Bern, Switzerland.
It had long been assumed that the medieval warmth might be a regional, North Atlantic phenomenon. However, this has not been confirmed, because the warm phase also occurred in many other regions of the world, for example, on the Antarctic Peninsula, in the Andes, in North America, in the Arctic, in the Mediterranean, in East Africa, China and New Zealand.
Peer-reviewed: Medieval Warm Period global...The medieval warmth was then followed globally by a precipitous drop in temperature. During the Little Ice Age, 1450-1850, the climate cooled to the coldest temperature level of the entire last ten thousand years.
In the new IPCC report, one will unfortunately look for this information in vain...Read all.
THINK OF THEM AS DEDICATED BUT NOT-ESPECIALLY-COMPETENT DEMOCRATIC PARTY OPERATIVES AND YOU WON’T GO FAR WRONG
Instapundit--THINK OF THEM AS DEDICATED BUT NOT-ESPECIALLY-COMPETENT DEMOCRATIC PARTY OPERATIVES AND YOU WON’T GO FAR WRONG
"Lies, omissions and false fact checks – a banner week for media disinformation.
Last week, USA Today decided to fact check reality. Presented with a photo of President Biden checking his watch during the return of dead US service members to American soil, reporter Daniel Funke said that was “wrong.” Don’t believe your lying eyes.
No, Funke insisted, Biden only checked his watch after the ceremony was over. No matter that military family members were already quoted saying the president did it multiple times.
Then, calamity. Pictures revealed that Biden checked his watch at least three times. Funke was forced to fact check his fact check, which he did grudgingly as a “clarification.” USA Today couldn’t even bring itself to say the fact was “true.” It was changed to “missing context.”
What context? The only one we can think of is “the context that this makes Biden look bad and we can’t have that.”
It’s tempting to dismiss these fact checkers as navel-gazing propaganda, but the problem is they are increasingly used by social media companies to censor information.
In the summer of 2020, USA Today ran a fact check that claimed that “the 1994 crime bill, strongly promoted by then-Sen. Joe Biden, did not bring mass incarceration to Black Americans.” Funny, lots of people on the left don’t think this is a lie, and USA Today’s reasoning is based on an analysis by The Brennan Center for Justice that called the bill’s legacy “complicated” — not exactly a debunking.Yet Facebook-owned Instagram, citing USA Today, banned people from expressing that opinion as “false information.” Coming just months before the 2020 election, this was a blatant example of USA Today and Facebook stifling criticism of Biden.
Nothing that USA Today has done since I stopped my regular gig with them has made me feel bad about my decision. But follow the link for more on Biden’s sleazy phone call, Rolling Stone’s Ivermectin dishonesty, and more.--Posted by
Parents Sue California Over Curriculum That Would Allegedly Teach Their Kids How To Pray To Aztec Gods | The Daily Caller
Parents Sue California Over Curriculum That Would Allegedly Teach Their Kids How To Pray To Aztec Gods | The Daily Caller:
“The ESMC’s unequivocal promotion of five Aztec gods and the Yoruba religion through repetitive chanting and affirmation of their symbolic principles constitutes an unlawful government preference toward a particular religious practice,” president of CFER Frank Xu said in the press release. “This public endorsement of the Aztec and Yoruba religions fundamentally erodes equal education rights and irresponsibly glorifies anthropomorphic, male deities whose religious rituals involved gruesome human sacrifice and human dismemberment. Alarmingly, this is only the tip of the iceberg with the ESMC being California’s trojan horse of CRT!”
Imagine if ANY other manufactured product was controlled by these morons!-----Coin shortage redux: Banks, merchants again searching for pennies | American Banker
Coin shortage redux: Banks, merchants again searching for pennies | American Banker
"Bankers thought the nationwide coin shortage was over...
...The United States Mint is responsible for the production of coins, and the Fed controls their distribution to banks.
"Bankers thought the nationwide coin shortage was over...
...The United States Mint is responsible for the production of coins, and the Fed controls their distribution to banks.
...The Fed believes the renewed coin shortage has been the result of a normal seasonal increase in demand for coins, coupled with the impact that the third round of economic impact payments had on low-income families that no longer needed to use coins to pay bills, and the higher use of coins for transactional purposes as the economy reopened, according to the spokesperson.
...“We cannot manufacture our way out of this problem,” Mint Director David Ryder said in the video...Read all.
- Production capacity at the U.S. Mint is just about maxed out.
...“We cannot manufacture our way out of this problem,” Mint Director David Ryder said in the video...Read all.
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