Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed Congress Wednesday morning. In his speech, Zelenskyy pleaded with the American leadership to "do more" to support Ukraine as the West locks arms in defiance of Russia's ongoing invasion.
Saturday, March 19, 2022
Zelenskyy addresses Congress, calls for 'no-fly zone' amid Ukraine's 'darkest time' - TheBlaze
Zelenskyy addresses Congress, calls for 'no-fly zone' amid Ukraine's 'darkest time' - TheBlaze:
Russia duped Europe into energy dependence by funding 'rabid environmental groups': experts | Fox News
Russia duped Europe into energy dependence by funding 'rabid environmental groups': experts | Fox News
"For years, world leaders have accused Russia of funding environmental groups in Europe to steer nations away from energy independence and strengthen Russia’s iron grip over the continent.
"I have met allies who can report that Russia, as part of their sophisticated information and disinformation operations, engaged actively with so-called non-governmental organisations - environmental organisations working against shale gas - to maintain European dependence on imported Russian gas," Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the former prime minister of Denmark and then-secretary-general of NATO, said, according to the Guardian...Read all.
"For years, world leaders have accused Russia of funding environmental groups in Europe to steer nations away from energy independence and strengthen Russia’s iron grip over the continent.
- "The Russians actually fund some of the most rabid environmental groups in Europe because they sic them on the energy projects that aren’t Russian," James Carafano...
"I have met allies who can report that Russia, as part of their sophisticated information and disinformation operations, engaged actively with so-called non-governmental organisations - environmental organisations working against shale gas - to maintain European dependence on imported Russian gas," Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the former prime minister of Denmark and then-secretary-general of NATO, said, according to the Guardian...Read all.
Israeli study finds fourth mRNA vaccine dose 'may only have marginal benefits' for young, healthy people - TheBlaze
Israeli study finds fourth mRNA vaccine dose 'may only have marginal benefits' for young, healthy people - TheBlaze:
"A comparison of the initial response to the fourth dose with the peak response to a third dose did not show substantial differences in humoral response or in levels of Omicron-specific neutralizing antibodies," the study authors concluded. They suggested that a fourth shot "may have only marginal benefits" when given to healthy young people.
The study did not asses the efficacy of a fourth dose among older and more vulnerable populations.
And our children are being taught this in our public schools!!-----AOC gives lessons in capitalism vs. socialism (in a Biden-esque whisper voice)
AOC gives lessons in capitalism vs. socialism (in a Biden-esque whisper voice)
"A few days ago, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez put her econ degree to work with a Twitter thread explaining capitalism, gas prices, subsidies and other things.
Now, who’s up for a lesson in socialism vs. capitalism, all in a whisper voice that might remind you of when President Biden does it? Brace for some knowledge to drop:
“Most people are not capitalists, because they don’t have capitalist money — they’re not billionaires.” Wait, you can’t be a capitalist unless you’re a billionaire? That’s interesting.
But wait, there’s more...Read all!
Democratic governor warns against 'echoing Socialist Party lines' and forcing Big Oil to drill
Democratic governor warns against 'echoing Socialist Party lines' and forcing Big Oil to drill
- Gas prices in the U.S. keep going up and up, and Washington's Democrats have found a convenient scapegoat for the pain inflicted on American drivers — Big Oil.
- First, oil companies need long-term price stability. If a company moves now, it could lose out if prices drop before new oil actually starts flowing. It “could be in six months, it could be in a year,” Polis says of the lag each company has to factor in...
- A company like Exxon (XOM) surely remembers investing over the last decade and then posting a net annual loss of $22.4 billion for 2020, the largest in its history.
- The oil giant survived but many smaller companies failed. In a recent oil bankruptcy report, the Texas law firm Haynes and Boone documented more than 600 industry bankruptcies from 2015 through 2021...Read all.
Homelessness: The Reality and the Solution | PragerU
Homelessness: The Reality and the Solution | PragerU
- Why are so many Americans homeless and what can we do to help them?
"America has a homelessness crisis—and it’s getting worse by the day.
Politicians promise to stop it.
Cities like San Francisco spend millions trying to end it.
Nothing seems to help.
PragerU’s new short documentary reveals the root causes of homelessness and offers compassionate, effective solutions that we can all get behind."
Audit finds Andrew Cuomo's Department of Health undercounted 4,100 covid nursing home deaths in New York - TheBlaze
Audit finds Andrew Cuomo's Department of Health undercounted 4,100 covid nursing home deaths in New York - TheBlaze:
"Our audit findings are extremely troubling," DiNapoli said. "The public was misled by those at the highest level of state government through distortion and suppression of the facts when New Yorkers deserved the truth."
The report found that the New York Department of Health failed to meet federal directives to inspect for infection control problems, reporting on only 20% of facilities between March and May 2020 – compared to over 90% for other states.
Energy reliability is everything - CFACT
Energy reliability is everything - CFACT
- A recent Wall Street Journal article, The Power Struggle, raised the importance of grid reliability, but claimed that electric grid failures were caused by climate change.
The claim that climate risk is undermining grid reliability is an illusion. The WSJ article correctly diagnosed the danger of blackouts, but incorrectly determined that the cause was climate change.
It is their proposed cure, i.e.,more wind, solar and batteries for storage, that is causing the problem.
As usual, some of their assumptions are wrong.
For example, the WSJ article said:
- “Wind and solar technologies have become increasingly cost-competitive and now rival coal, nuclear and, in some places, gas-fired plants.”...
Here are some facts:
- Wind and solar are not less costly than existing natural gas combined cycle (NGCC), coal-fired or nuclear power plants. They are also not less costly than new NGCC power plants. And they are, without question, far more costly when the cost of batteries, needed to backup up wind and solar, are included in the cost of generating and distributing electricity...Read all.
History for March 19
History for March 19 - On-This-Day.com
Wyatt Earp 1848 - American gambler, sheriff and Deputy Town Marshal of Tombstone, AZ, he took part in Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
- 1628 - The Massachusetts colony was founded by Englishmen.
- 1687 - French explorer La Salle was murdered by his own men while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, in the Gulf of Mexico.
- 1748 - The English Naturalization Act passed granting Jews right to colonize in the U.S.
- 1903 - The U.S. Senate ratified the Cuban treaty, gaining naval bases in Guantanamo and Bahia Honda.
- 1918 - The U.S. Congress approved Daylight-Saving Time.
- 1945 - Adolf Hitler issued his "Nero Decree" which ordered the destruction of German facilities that could fall into Allied hands as German forces were retreating.
- 1987 - Televangelist Jim Bakker resigned from the PTL due to a scandal involving Jessica Hahn.
Friday, March 18, 2022
Kamala Harris blunders about NATO again, this time in a deleted tweet - TheBlaze
Kamala Harris blunders about NATO again, this time in a deleted tweet - TheBlaze:
Vice President Kamala Harris was caught in a precarious blunder again when she implied in a tweet that Ukraine was a part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin has cited the possibility of Ukraine joining NATO as part of his justification for invading the former Soviet republic as a matter of national defense.
You knew they'd never relinquish that unlimited power.-----Global rise in COVID-19 cases is 'tip of the iceberg,' WHO warns | CBC News
Global rise in COVID-19 cases is 'tip of the iceberg,' WHO warns | CBC News
...A combination of factors was causing the increases, including the highly transmissible Omicron variant and its BA.2 subvariant, as well as the lifting of public health and social measures, according to WHO.
..."We just have to avoid thinking that COVID is no longer there. And therefore maintain the strictly necessary measures, which are essentially the continuous monitoring and tracking of cases, and the maintenance of the obligation to wear a mask in closed or very crowded places."...Read all.
- Omicron variant, lifting of public health measures driving COVID-19 uptick worldwide
...A combination of factors was causing the increases, including the highly transmissible Omicron variant and its BA.2 subvariant, as well as the lifting of public health and social measures, according to WHO.
..."We just have to avoid thinking that COVID is no longer there. And therefore maintain the strictly necessary measures, which are essentially the continuous monitoring and tracking of cases, and the maintenance of the obligation to wear a mask in closed or very crowded places."...Read all.
Hide the children!!-----Yes, The Senate Should Investigate Jackson's Leniency To Sex Predators
"...But research released this week by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, calls into question Judge Jackson’s judicial philosophy concerning sex predators, particularly sentencing for child sex predators.
...her record also demonstrates an attempt to normalize a radical sexual ideology of adults being attracted to minors – categorizing it not as flatly criminal, but simply as misunderstood.
Judge Jackson’s Disturbing Pattern...at the U.S. Sentencing Commission, Judge Jackson advocated for eliminating the existing mandatory minimum sentences for child porn, suggesting that at least some people who possess child porn aren’t sexually motivated, but simply “in this for either the collection, or the people who are loners and find status in their participation in the community.”
While on the federal bench, Judge Jackson demonstrated a continuous string of departures from sentencing guidelines for sex predators...Read all!!
NY Governor Kathy Hochul Gets Booed at NY Rangers Game - Louder With Crowder
NY Governor Kathy Hochul Gets Booed at NY Rangers Game - Louder With Crowder:
Kathy Hochul is a trailblazer. She became the first female lieutenant governor to be appointed governor after the real governor got yeeted for sexually harassing a bunch of other women. On Monday, Hochul shattered another glass ceiling, becoming the first female governor to get booed out of Madison Square Garden during a cheap publicity stunt before a NY Rangers Game. To "celebrate" Women's History Month, someone thought it would be a good idea for Hochul to drop the puck. I guess they thought the heart of New York City would be a safe space for her.
Nope.
We're gonna see more of these. Better ones. Much better!-----Deep fake footage purports to show Ukrainian president capitulating | Prothom Alo
Deep fake footage purports to show Ukrainian president capitulating | Prothom "A poorly edited video purporting to show Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky publicly capitulating to Russian demands...
The video appeared to show an ashen-faced Zelensky speaking from the presidential lectern and urging his countrymen to down their weapons in the face of Russian invaders.
,,,Ukrainian officials have been warning of the danger of deep fakes, especially after Moscow's forces were denied a quick victory on the battlefield following their Feb. 24 invasion...Read all.
The video appeared to show an ashen-faced Zelensky speaking from the presidential lectern and urging his countrymen to down their weapons in the face of Russian invaders.
,,,Ukrainian officials have been warning of the danger of deep fakes, especially after Moscow's forces were denied a quick victory on the battlefield following their Feb. 24 invasion...Read all.
GOP Sen. Mitt Romney votes with Democrats to keep mask mandate for toddlers - TheBlaze
GOP Sen. Mitt Romney votes with Democrats to keep mask mandate for toddlers - TheBlaze:
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) recently joined Democratic colleagues on the Health, Labor, Education, and Pensions Committee to approve a rule that keeps in place a mask mandate for toddlers involved in a federal early learning program.
U wonner wy Jonnee kant reed?-----Teachers union president misspells Ukraine on Twitter after posing with upside-down Ukrainian flag | Fox News
Teachers union president misspells Ukraine on Twitter after posing with upside-down Ukrainian flag | Fox News
"We #StandWithUkriane," American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten tweeted on Wednesday morning before deleting the tweet shortly after.
The American Federation of Teachers is an affiliate of the AFL-CIO.
- The group also posted upside-down Ukrainian flags
"We #StandWithUkriane," American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten tweeted on Wednesday morning before deleting the tweet shortly after.
The American Federation of Teachers is an affiliate of the AFL-CIO.
- The spelling mistake came as the AFT was slammed on social media for promoting a tweet where the Ukrainian flag was depicted upside down in a post that was also deleted...Read all!!
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