Saturday, April 23, 2022

History for April 23

James Buchanan 1791 - 15th U.S. President, nickname: Old Buck

1789 - U.S. President George Washington moved into Franklin House, New York. It was the first executive mansion.
1900 - The word "hillbilly" was first used in print in an article in the "New York Journal." It was spelled "Hill-Billie".
1908 - U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt signed an act creating the U.S. Army Reserve
1950 - Chaing evacuated Hainan, leaving mainland China to Mao and the communists.
1984 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that Dr. Robert Gallo and his colleagues had found the cause of AIDS. It was a retrovirus labled HTLV-III.
1988 - A U.S. federal law took effect that banned smoking on flights that were under two hours.
2004 - U.S. President George W. Bush eased sanctions against Libya in return for Moammar Gadhafi's agreement to give up weapons of mass destruction.
2005 - The first video was uploaded to YouTube.com.

Friday, April 22, 2022

Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey blasts Brian Stelter, says he witnessed incident in which CNN tried to falsify news - TheBlaze

Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey blasts Brian Stelter, says he witnessed incident in which CNN tried to falsify news - TheBlaze:

Jack Dorsey, former Twitter CEO and co-founder, hit out at CNN's Brian Stelter on Sunday and said that he has seen CNN promoting falsified news reports and pushing narratives after witnessing an incident that took place during the 2014 Ferguson, Missouri, riots.

The way we were-----The Mafia’s Iron Grip on Waste Management

Everywhere libs rule!-----KPIX Special Report: San Francisco's Tenderloin – A State of Emergency

Defund the Capitol Police

Defund the Capitol Police link
"While purporting to defend “Congress, the U.S. Capitol, and our democracy,” Capitol police act as a narrative enforcer for Democrats.

"...agency suffered a major humiliation Wednesday night after it forced the evacuation of the Capitol and surrounding buildings after spotting “an aircraft that poses a probable threat.” Staff scrambled to exit the buildings in a panic, and news outlets interrupted coverage with “breaking news” bulletins about the suspicious aircraft. Roughly 15 minutes later, Capitol police backtracked and announced there was no threat; the aircraft, it turned out, was a U.S. Army plane preparing to perform a parachute stunt at the Washington Nationals baseball game.

...Pelosi and her Democratic colleagues...but deserving of billions of new dollars courtesy of American taxpayers: the U.S. Capitol Police.

Since January 6, 2021, congressional Democrats have lavished the federal law enforcement agency with praise, medals of honor, and loads of cash to fund everything from more officers to a “Wellness and Trauma” program to help officers cope with the aftermath of the four-hour disturbance that resulted in the death of four Trump supporters.

Over the past 15 months, however, the department has morphed into Pelosi’s own little Secret Service.

...For example, Capitol Police first seeded the lie that Officer Brian Sicknick was killed in the line of duty of January 6. “At approximately 9:30 p.m. this evening, United States Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick passed away due to injuries sustained while on-duty,” the agency announced on January 7, 2021. “Officer Sicknick was responding to the riots on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol and was injured while physically engaging with protesters.”

Pelosi made the most of the tragic news...Read all.

The Real Reset is Coming... But Not the One the Elites Expect - American Thinker

The Real Reset is Coming... But Not the One the Elites Expect - American Thinker link

“The ‘Real Reset’ is Coming,” As Victor Davis Hanson writes on the upcoming midterm elections.

In truth, we are about to see a radical reset – of the current reset. It will be a different sort of transformation than the elites are expecting and one that they should greatly fear. . .
In the November 2022 midterms, we are likely to see a historic “No!” to the orthodox left-wing agenda that has resulted in unsustainable inflation, unaffordable energy, war, and humiliation abroad, spiraling crime, racial hostility — as well as arrogant defiance from those who deliberately enacted these disastrous policies.

The public has been marinated in false narratives and disinformation spread by our elite ruling class and echoed by the dominant media. For example,

climate change (more), green energy and its consequences, and
Putin inflation.
Then there’s the COVID-19 origin and
authoritarian mandates fostered by the spurious meme follow the science,
the Russian collusion narrative,
there was no election fraud in the 2020 Election,
voter suppression,
wokeism, and equity-speak.
Don’t forget gender fluidity/grooming,
the mask mandates by woke schoolboards supported by teachers' unions,
cops shooting Black men, and
Critical Race Theory, including the divisive memes of White Supremacy/domestic terrorism/systemic racism and many other crises de jour...link

DeSantis and Florida Republicans move to strip Disney World of its self-governing powers - TheBlaze

DeSantis and Florida Republicans move to strip Disney World of its self-governing powers - TheBlaze:

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday announced that state legislature will consider repealing special privileges that give Disney quasi-government powers over the area where the Walt Disney World Resort is located. The governor said at a press conference that when lawmakers meet in special session this week to redraw the state's congressional maps, their agenda will be expanded to consider repealing all special districts enacted before 1968, including the Reedy Creek Improvement District where Walt Disney World is located.

Tucker: This is an intimidation campaign against 'Libs of TikTok'

Lots here, read all!!-----What is a Battery?

What is a Battery?

The Embedded Costs of Going Green

"What is a battery?'
...They do not make electricity – they store electricity produced elsewhere, primarily by coal, uranium, natural gas-powered plants, or diesel-fueled generators. So, to say an EV is a zero-emission vehicle is not at all valid.
Also, since forty percent of the electricity generated in the U.S. is from coal-fired plants, it follows that forty percent of the EVs on the road are coal-powered, do you see?
...But that is not half of it.

For those of you excited about electric cars and a green revolution, I want you to take a closer look at batteries and also windmills and solar panels.

These three technologies share what we call environmentally destructive embedded costs...Read all.

Lunch video-----Let's not forget the admiration of the left for China's communism-----Social media videos show officials dumping food in locked-down Shanghai

Noon-toon

Breaking: Musk Twitter Takeover Officially Underway as New 'Complex' Plan Revealed After Cryptic Tweet

Breaking: Musk Twitter Takeover Officially Underway as New 'Complex' Plan Revealed After Cryptic Tweet:

Elon Musk’s counteroffensive against Twitter may launch in less than two weeks’ time according to recent reports.

The self-made billionaire’s bid to buy the social media giant in an attempt to create a true free-speech platform was complicated when Twitter’s board, which has been known to take the opposite stance on many free-speech issues, adopted a “poison pill” policy, diluting his share of the company and, therefore, his leverage.

Yet, the tax money still flows to these charlatans!!!-----"One wonders at the sheer hubris of these people."

Facebook: Rick Young

One wonders at the sheer hubris of these people.
They have no shame, and no clue, only an agenda....

Hope for America?

Boston College Psychology Professor: “School Has Become a Toxic Place for Children"

Self-directed education, grounded in play, is most beneficial for youth learning and development.

"More families may be flocking to homeschooling and other schooling alternatives over the past two years, but Peter Gray has been urging families to flee coercive schooling since long before the pandemic began.

The Boston College psychology professor wrote in his 2013 book Free To Learn: “The more oppressive the school system becomes, the more it is driving people away, and that is good.”..." link

#1 This day 1969-----𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 | 𝗔𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗨𝗦 ♒︎ 𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗜𝗻 - [Extended]

The swampers know there is not enough!-----Lithium Battery Shortage May Wreck The Great EV Race | Investor's Business Daily

Lithium Battery Shortage May Wreck The Great EV Race | Investor's Business Daily

Why A Lithium Battery Shortage May Wreck The Great EV Race
Ten years ago, few investors knew what lithium was.
But the white metal is key to the EV race.

Now investors are starting to say: "Show me the metal."

Among many key materials, lithium is the most indispensable.
...Nevertheless, Litinsky feels sure, "There's going to be a freakout moment" — perhaps multiple moments — when the EV supply chain fails spectacularly...Read all.

Do Chinese communists have the goods on drooling-Joe?

Washington Post reporter taken to the woodshed for doxxing anonymous Libs of Tik Tok creator, prompting outlet to stealth-edit the report - TheBlaze

Washington Post reporter taken to the woodshed for doxxing anonymous Libs of Tik Tok creator, prompting outlet to stealth-edit the report - TheBlaze:

Social media came for Washington Post technology reporter Taylor Lorenz in full force after she was accused of doxxing the anonymous creator of the popular Twitter account Libs of TikTok. The outlet then appears to have stealth-edited the report to remove the woman's personal information.

Headline lies, repeat until the sheep comply!-----Support for Mask Requirements in Public Persists Although Worries about Infection Continue to Decline - AP-NORC

Support for Mask Requirements in Public Persists Although Worries about Infection Continue to Decline - AP-NORC

There continues to be more support than opposition to mask mandates in public, but large partisan gaps persist...Read all to see the lies!

AM Fruitcake

History for April 22

History for April 22 - On-This-Day.com

Nikolai Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Lenin) 1870 - Russian premier (1917-1924)

1509 - Henry VIII ascended to the throne of England upon the death of his father Henry VII.
1864 - The U.S. Congress passed legislation that allowed the inscription "In God We Trust" to be included on one-cent and two-cent coins.
1889 - At noon, the Oklahoma land rush officially started as thousands of Americans raced for new, unclaimed land.
1915 - At the Second Battle Ypres the Germans became the first country to use poison gas.
1970 - The first "Earth Day" was observed by millions of Americans.
1987 - The American Physical Society said that the "Star Wars" missile system was "highly questionable" and would take ten years to research.
2000 - Elian Gonzalez was reunited with his father. He had to be taken from his Miami relatives by U.S. agents in a predawn raid.

Thursday, April 21, 2022

More States Move to Affirm Parental Rights in Education

More States Move to Affirm Parental Rights in Education:

Florida has been the center of national attention for weeks over its new Parental Rights in Education law, but it’s not alone: Across the country, state lawmakers are introducing similar legislation.

Florida’s law—inaccurately dubbed “the Don’t Say Gay law” by opponents—prohibits “classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity” to children in kindergarten through third grade or in a manner that isn’t age appropriate according to state standards.

A report by The Heritage Foundation says that other states are responding to parent dissatisfaction by increasing classroom transparency and asserting parents’ rights as decision-makers for their children. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.)

“Lawmakers around the country are considering parents’ bills of rights that affirm that parents are their children’s primary caregivers, prevent schools from compelling students to affirm ideas that violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964, require schools to receive parental permission before administering health services to children, and authorize parents to view the list of books and instructional materials for K–12 classrooms,” the Heritage report reads.

In recent months, these five states—among others—have taken action to limit discussion of gender ideology in the classroom and to protect parents’ rights in K-12 education.

L.A. Is Creating Traffic Jams to Push Commuters to Ride Bikes and Rail

Elon Musk Makes a Massive Proposal, Offers to Purchase Twitter for $41 Billion With Plan to Take Company Private - The Last Refuge

Elon Musk Makes a Massive Proposal, Offers to Purchase Twitter for $41 Billion With Plan to Take Company Private - The Last Refuge
"...What Elon Musk appears to be doing is perhaps the biggest story that few understand.
I share this perspective having spent thousands of hours in the past several years deep in the weeds of tech operating systems, communication platforms, and the issue of simultaneous users.

What Twitter represents, and what Musk is attempting, is not what most would think.
In the big picture of tech platforms, Twitter, as an operating model, is a massive high-user commenting system.
Twitter is not a platform built around a website; Twitter is a platform for comments and discussion that operates in the sphere of social media.

As a consequence, the technology and data processing required to operate the platform does not have an economy of scale.
There is no business model where Twitter is financially viable to operate…. UNLESS the tech architecture under the platform was subsidized.
In my opinion, there is only one technological system and entity that could possibly underwrite the cost of Twitter to operate.

That entity is the United States Government, and here’s why...READ ALL!!!

Elect morons, expect moronism-----Parachute demo causes brief evacuation of US Capitol | WAVY.com

Parachute demo causes brief evacuation of US Capitol | WAVY.com: link
"WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Capitol was briefly evacuated Wednesday evening after police identified an aircraft that they said posed “a probable threat” — but the plane was actually carrying members of the U.S. Army Golden Knights, who then parachuted into Nationals Park for a pregame demonstration.
The alert from the U.S. Capitol Police sent congressional staffers fleeing from the Capitol and legislative building around 6:30 p.m.
The incident suggested a stunning communications failure between the military and the Capitol Police, all the more remarkable because of Washington’s focus on improving security since the January 6, 2021, attack on the building by supporters of then-President Donald Trump..."

Horowitz: Walgreens recorded who tested positive for COVID, and the results might surprise you - TheBlaze

Horowitz: Walgreens recorded who tested positive for COVID, and the results might surprise you - TheBlaze:

At the risk of causing one more set of data to disappear from the internet, I draw attention to the Walgreens COVID-19 Index, which posts the weekly number of tests administered, percentage of positives broken down by vaccination status, and age brackets of each permutation. You know, the sort of useful information countries like the U.K. published but that our own CDC artfully avoided showing the American people. Here is the bar chart worth more than 560 million vaccine doses!

Funny how that "disappearance" happens, eh?-----Brooklyn subway shooting has ‘disappeared from the headlines’

Another lib projecting his inner rage-----Paul Krugman predicts those wearing KN95s will soon be facing harassment and even violence

Paul Krugman predicts those wearing KN95s will soon be facing harassment and even violence link

"Paul Krugman is always wrong. We now know that masking was never about slowing the coronavirus pandemic, it was about control...

Is harassment bad? Because we did plenty of posts on people being harassed for not wearing a mask. Here’s one as a refresher:

But that was good harassment, right, because it was all about public health.
We honestly don’t care if anyone wears a mask or not at this point, just don’t force it on us..."

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