"It's always funny to tell people stuff that's going to happen, and then have "experts" and media figure it out a couple years later when it's too late to stop and act like it was all some big surprise.
Saturday, April 23, 2022
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Progressives Have Fallen in Love With Black Victimhood | Opinion
Progressives Have Fallen in Love With Black Victimhood | Opinion link
"Over the past two years, Black American life has been sold to the American people as a state of constant oppression.
"Over the past two years, Black American life has been sold to the American people as a state of constant oppression.
- We are portrayed as living in constant fear, living with permanently unfair treatment and an inability to excel in a white majority society that hates us because of the color of our skin.
Open the New York Times or the Washington Post or turn on CNN or NPR or MSNBC and you will see Black Americans almost exclusively portrayed as entrapped by "systemic racism."
The only problem with it is that it's wrong.
...Among the studies interesting findings was one about priorities.
The only problem with it is that it's wrong.
...Among the studies interesting findings was one about priorities.
Pew posed Black American respondents with an open-ended question:
- What is the most important issue is that your community is facing? And when it came to their answers, racism didn't crack the top five.
More Black Americans said they had no issues than listed racism as their top issue.
And when asked who they believe should address these issues, respondents overwhelmingly said that these are matters that local leaders within their communities should address..."
Warner Bros. Discovery shuttering CNN amid reports of dismal subscriber numbers - TheBlaze
Warner Bros. Discovery shuttering CNN amid reports of dismal subscriber numbers - TheBlaze:
Warner Bros. Discovery is shutting down the newly launched CNN and is expected to address the closure with staffers on Thursday, Variety reported Thursday morning.
What are the details?
China or the USA? :: Gatestone Institute
China or the USA? :: Gatestone Institute by Pete Hoekstra link
"Two recent reports highlight a disturbing trend in the global power dynamic.
They are not receiving much attention because of the ongoing war in Ukraine, but China is exploiting this out-of-the-spotlight moment to work smartly at increasing its influence within the Muslim world.
...At a recent meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation's Council of Foreign Ministers, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was a special invitee. It was the first time that a Chinese government official had ever been invited to be present at an OIC meeting. The OIC has 57 member countries, making it the world's second-largest international organization.
...At a recent meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation's Council of Foreign Ministers, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was a special invitee. It was the first time that a Chinese government official had ever been invited to be present at an OIC meeting. The OIC has 57 member countries, making it the world's second-largest international organization.
- According to reports, "China is investing over $400 billion in nearly 600 projects across the Muslim world under the Belt and Road Initiative." These moves have helped China make significant strides in increasing its influence on both the policy and economic fronts with the OIC...
- The OIC seems completely to have ignored the persecution of Uyghur Muslims by the Chinese government and the deaths in 2021 of more than a 100,000 Americans from fentanyl and other hard drugs, largely exported from China. The Department of Homeland Security is reportedly considering labeling fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction..."
After Twitter Rejects Musk Offer, DeSantis Jumping in with Musk to Make Twitter an Offer It Can't Refuse
After Twitter Rejects Musk Offer, DeSantis Jumping in with Musk to Make Twitter an Offer It Can't Refuse:
Wildly popular Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis and self-made billionaire and entrepreneur Elon Musk are teaming up to take on one of the world’s most powerful social media platforms.
Musk’s recently announced he would be attempting to purchase 100 percent of Twitter in a bid to create a true free-speech platform. Musk offered to buy Twitter in its entirety at $54.20 per share, a 54 percent premium on the shares’ actual value. Twitter’s board of directors — which has led the company to adopt numerous left-wing-biased censorship policies — has fought back by initiating a “poison pill,” a method of diluting Musk’s shares in order to weaken his current standing.
This could actually happen!!-----Marjorie Taylor Greene's Court Appearance for Alleged 'Insurrection' Was Absolutely Bonkers
Marjorie Taylor Greene's Court Appearance for Alleged 'Insurrection' Was Absolutely Bonkers link
"I’ll admit to forgetting this was a thing, but apparently, Democrat activists are still trying to get Marjorie Taylor Greene thrown off the 2022 ballot under the guise that she promoted an insurrection.
"I’ll admit to forgetting this was a thing, but apparently, Democrat activists are still trying to get Marjorie Taylor Greene thrown off the 2022 ballot under the guise that she promoted an insurrection.
...Suffice it to say, I’m really not a fan of the left’s attempt to take objectively good things and turn them into supposed dog whistles that only they can hear.
Greene has never called for an insurrection.
- She did not participate in an insurrection.
- It is not an insurrection to object to the electoral college, and several Democrats have done so in the past.
In summary, this entire case is just a total farce.
Greene has a right to free speech.
She should not be in a courtroom having to defend that right to some crazy Democrat activist group seeking to undercut the will of the voters.
Ironically, throwing her off the ballot would be far more undermining of “democracy” than anything Greene has ever done.
Lastly, that this judge actually ruled to allow this nonsense to continue is nuts, and given that he did, who knows how he’ll actually rule on the matter.
Lastly, that this judge actually ruled to allow this nonsense to continue is nuts, and given that he did, who knows how he’ll actually rule on the matter.
Could Greene really be thrown off the ballot based on clips from “Independence Day” and accusations that saying “1776” is a call for insurrection?
It’s actually possible."
The suicide of expertise: Glenn Reynolds
The suicide of expertise: Glenn Reynolds link"Americans might look back on the last 50 years and say, “What have experts done for us lately?”
According to Foreign Affairs magazine, Americans reject the advice of experts so as "to insulate their fragile egos from ever being told they’re wrong.” That’s in support of a book by Tom Nichols called The Death of Expertise, which essentially advances that thesis.
According to Foreign Affairs magazine, Americans reject the advice of experts so as "to insulate their fragile egos from ever being told they’re wrong.” That’s in support of a book by Tom Nichols called The Death of Expertise, which essentially advances that thesis.
- ...It was the experts — characterized in terms of their self-image by David Halberstam in The Best and the Brightest — who brought us the twin debacles of the Vietnam War, which we lost, and the War On Poverty, where we spent trillions and certainly didn’t win. In both cases, confident assertions by highly credentialed authorities foundered upon reality, at a dramatic cost in blood and treasure. Mostly other people’s blood and treasure.
- The history of government nutritional advice from the 1960s to the present is an appalling one: The advice of “experts” was frequently wrong, and sometimes bought-and-paid-for by special interests, but always delivered with an air of unchallengeable certainty.
- In the realm of foreign affairs, which should be of special interest to the people at Foreign Affairs, recent history has been particularly dreadful. Experts failed to foresee the fall of the Soviet Union, failed to deal especially well with that fall when it took place, and then failed to deal with the rise of Islamic terrorism that led to the 9/11 attacks. Post 9/11, experts botched the reconstruction of Iraq, then botched it again with a premature pullout..."
It's all about money from "green energy" and frightened energy CEOs.-----John Kerry Says the Darndest Things - WSJ
John Kerry Says the Darndest Things - WSJ link
"President Biden’s climate envoy John Kerry a few months ago said he could see natural gas being a “bridge fuel.”
Apparently he meant a bridge to nowhere.
On Thursday he sentenced the industry to death in 10 years, no matter if renewable energy sources won’t be able to replace natural gas by then.
“We have to put the industry on notice: You’ve got six years, eight years, no more than 10 years or so, within which you’ve got to come up with a means by which you’re going to capture [emissions], and if you’re not capturing, then we have to deploy alternative sources of energy,” he told Bloomberg TV...."
After Twitter Rejects Musk Offer, DeSantis Jumping in with Musk to Make Twitter an Offer It Can't Refuse
After Twitter Rejects Musk Offer, DeSantis Jumping in with Musk to Make Twitter an Offer It Can't Refuse:
According to WJXT, during a news conference on Tuesday, DeSantis announced that a team of lawyers is currently reviewing how the state can hold the Twitter board “accountable for breaching their fiduciary duty.”
It’s important to note that Musk previously used this exact language on Twitter’s platform Thursday, warning that the board may soon face legal repercussions for “breaching their fiduciary duty” to Twitter shareholders.
Why Food Prices Are Expected to Skyrocket
Why Food Prices Are Expected to Skyrocket
Food shortages and skyrocketing food prices now appear inevitable. The global food price index hit its highest recorded level in March 2022, rising 12.6% in a single month. On average, food prices were one-third higher than in March 2021. In the U.S., food prices rose 9% in 2021, and are predicted to rise another 4.5% to 5% in the next 12 months
Story at-a-glance
- Inflation was already ramping up well before Russia went into Ukraine, thanks to the uncontrolled printing of fiat currencies that occurred in response to the COVID pandemic. Governments’ COVID responses have also wreaked havoc with global supply chains, causing disruptions that continue to this day
- Ukraine has ceased exports of wheat, oats, millet, buckwheat and cattle, and Russia has banned exports of fertilizer
- Together, Russia and Belarus provide nearly 40% of the global exports of potash, a key fertilizer ingredient. Russia also exports 48% of the global ammonium nitrate, and combined with Ukraine, they export 28% of nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium fertilizers. Experts are now predicting fertilizer prices may double as a result of Russia’s ban on fertilizer exports...link
History for April 23
History for April 23 - On-This-Day.com
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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.
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.
"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.
- ...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.
“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.
Lots here, read all!!-----What is a Battery?
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.
- The Embedded Costs of Going Green
...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.
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