However, 24 GOP state attorneys general banded together and wrote a letter to the two companies, threatening legal action against them for violating the Second Amendment rights of ordinary Americans and perhaps even violating consumer protection and anti-trust laws. Several Republican-controlled state legislatures also began introducing legislation which would have prohibited the use of the new code.
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Visa and Mastercard 'pause' decision to categorize gun-store purchases after significant pressure from state-level Republicans - TheBlaze
Visa and Mastercard 'pause' decision to categorize gun-store purchases after significant pressure from state-level Republicans - TheBlaze:
SVB ain't no small bank!-----First Thing We Do, Let’s Blame ‘Deregulation’
First Thing We Do, Let’s Blame ‘Deregulation’ - I & I Editorial Board"Whenever a disaster strikes, you can bet that a story will soon appear blaming “deregulation.”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, in an op-ed published in Monday’s New York Times, said that a bill Trump signed in 2018 that tweaked some banking rules was responsible for SVB’s failure...
Let’s rewind the clock here.
That 2018 “deregulation” Warren and others are now citing as the culprit was bipartisan legislation to address a serious flaw in the Dodd-Frank bill – the massive new regulatory regime Democrats imposed after the 2008 financial crisis.
Let’s rewind the clock here.
That 2018 “deregulation” Warren and others are now citing as the culprit was bipartisan legislation to address a serious flaw in the Dodd-Frank bill – the massive new regulatory regime Democrats imposed after the 2008 financial crisis.
- That flaw was the fact that Dodd-Frank’s cumbersome and heavy-handed rules and regulations were choking small and community banks to death,
- leading to even greater consolidation of the banking industry,
- thereby exacerbating the very risk it was trying to solve,
- while also suffocating economic growth by making it harder for businesses to get access to financing...
Lunch video-----Worst Drought In 1200 Years
"The press says California is experiencing the worst drought in 1,200 years.
Parents incensed by 'mandatory' high school assembly featuring students performing in drag - TheBlaze
Parents incensed by 'mandatory' high school assembly featuring students performing in drag - TheBlaze:
Parents of students exposed to a mandatory drag show performed by peers are demanding transparency and accountability, multiple outlets reported.
"They knew there would be parents who would not support this, and this is why they let it in under the guise of 'culture,'" parent Amy said during an Elk Grove Unified School District board meeting March 7.
Coming for YOUR children!-----AARP's Sordid History of Promoting "Family Friendly" Drag Events
AARP's Sordid History of Promoting "Family Friendly" Drag Events"As concerns mount over so-called “family friendly” drag shows and the sexualization of children, AARP’s history of promoting such events is coming under increased scrutiny.
In May 2021, just as the cultural left began their effort to rebrand drag performances as kid-friendly, AARP published an article encouraging “drag queen story hour” as a way for “the whole family” to celebrate “Pride Month.”
The article specifically mentions the “beloved Drag Queen Story Hour NYC,” which “brings drag performers to read stories to children in libraries, schools, bookstores, museums and more, with virtual livestreams opening up the experience to anyone who wants to tune in.”
In May 2021, just as the cultural left began their effort to rebrand drag performances as kid-friendly, AARP published an article encouraging “drag queen story hour” as a way for “the whole family” to celebrate “Pride Month.”
The article specifically mentions the “beloved Drag Queen Story Hour NYC,” which “brings drag performers to read stories to children in libraries, schools, bookstores, museums and more, with virtual livestreams opening up the experience to anyone who wants to tune in.”
The senile fool hates America!-----Biden's WHO pandemic treaty would kill Americans in for 'equity'
Biden's WHO pandemic treaty would kill Americans in for 'equity' - Betsy McCaughey"President Joe Biden’s diplomats are negotiating a treaty with the World Health Organization to promote “global health equity.”
...Under the draft treaty, presented Monday in Geneva, the United States will be obligated to hand over a whopping 20% of its medical supplies, including diagnostic tests, antiviral medications and vaccines, to WHO for global distribution.
...Under the draft treaty, presented Monday in Geneva, the United States will be obligated to hand over a whopping 20% of its medical supplies, including diagnostic tests, antiviral medications and vaccines, to WHO for global distribution.
- Article 10 of the treaty specifies this will be done “in real time,” not after American needs are met.
Missed this on TV? Imagine if it was Newt!-----Barney Frank Sat on Board for Collapsed Signature Bank
Barney Frank Sat on Board for Collapsed Signature Bank"Former Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), author of the 2010 Dodd-Frank bill, sat on the board for Signature Bank which collapsed in the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) implosion...
Not enough real hate to satisfy wimps, morons and haters, so they make some up!-----Alarming discovery of a noose causes ‘shock, disgust, pain, and anguish’ for physicians
Alarming discovery of a noose causes ‘shock, disgust, pain, and anguish’ for physicians
"Last week we did a post on hysterical anti-Republican art critic Jerry Saltz, who added as an afterthought to a tweet, “And yes, they want to bring back lynching.”
"Last week we did a post on hysterical anti-Republican art critic Jerry Saltz, who added as an afterthought to a tweet, “And yes, they want to bring back lynching.”
We’ve done lots of posts on “nooses,” such as the one left for NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace, and they always turn out to be fake.
TheBlaze reports on the alarming discovery of another noose, this time outside Kaiser Permanente in Gilroy, California.
What? Look at this and tell us it’s not a hangman’s noose:Dave Urbanski reports that Kaiser Permanente quickly released a statement saying that “this alarming discovery caused shock, disgust, pain, and anguish for our staff and physicians” and although an investigation was underway, “we are not waiting for the conclusion of these reviews to acknowledge the trauma this incident has caused.”...
- ...KRON in a follow-up story...said surveillance video reportedly showed an individual placing the rope in the location to propel himself up a tree to cut down out-of-reach branches and leaves. Police added to KRON that the rope was inadvertently left on the tree afterward...
One-Third of Democrats Say Biden Has 'Conflict of Interest' with China
One-Third of Democrats Say Biden Has 'Conflict of Interest' with China:
One-third of Democrats believe President Biden has a “conflict of interest” with China potentially affecting his administration’s response to China’s “aggressive actions against the U.S.,” a Convention of States Action/Trafalgar Group survey released this week found.
Lib media wants us to know that 16 banks closed during Trump years. Let's look!-----FDIC: Bank Failures in Brief
1. 8 bank failures in 2017? Trump's first year. All from previous administration. Obama.
2. Total Asset losses historically VERY LOW during his tenure.
3. Number of bank failures historically VERY LOW during his tenure.
4. 0 failures in 2021? Biden's first year, Trump's gift.
Media twists statistics to distort the real truth. As always.
History for March 14
History for March 14 - On-This-Day.com
Michael Caine 1933 - Actor ("Batman Beyond")
- 1743 - First American town meeting was held at Boston's Faneuil Hall.
- 1794 - Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin.
- 1891 - The submarine Monarch laid telephone cable along the bottom of the English Channel to prepare for the first telephone links across the Channel.
- 1900 - U.S. currency went on the gold standard with the ratification of the Gold Standard Act.
- 1905 - French bankers refused to lend money to Russia until after their war.
- 1936 - Adolf Hitler told a crowd of 300,000 that Germany's only judge is God and itself.
Monday, March 13, 2023
'De facto bailout of the banking system': Yellen says no bank bailouts, but Big Four reportedly set to grab $210 billion as tech elites get propped up - TheBlaze
'De facto bailout of the banking system': Yellen says no bank bailouts, but Big Four reportedly set to grab $210 billion as tech elites get propped up - TheBlaze:
A California bank that long served tech elites and affluent venture investors collapsed on Friday, amounting to the greatest financial institutional failure since Washington Mutual went bankrupt in 2008.
While Biden officials have suggested that there will not be bailouts comparable to those enjoyed in the late 2000s, the Big Four banks will reportedly see a bailout by another name of roughly $210 billion, while the U.S. government makes wealthy tech workers whole again.
Sen. Ted Cruz: Biden's new budget reveals the 'socialists are in charge of the White House' - TheBlaze
Sen. Ted Cruz: Biden's new budget reveals the 'socialists are in charge of the White House' - TheBlaze:
"You know what is not in this budget?" Cruz asked Hannity. "Funds to secure our southern border. They want to fund 87,000 IRS agents, but they don’t have funds for significant numbers of new border patrol agents. They don’t have funds for significant numbers of DEA agents to stop the fentanyl crisis that led to over 100,000 overdoses that happened last year on Biden’s watch."
Classic Stossel: Fake Farmers
"Lawyers, and others who have never farmed in their lives, got rich off of taxpayer money – all through a lawsuit against the USDA that was supposed to compensate black farmers for past discrimination.
One black farmer tells me, lawyers said "if you had a potted plant… you're a farmer. And if you have a yard and you fertilize it, you're a farmer."
That's why 90,000 people got money from the government -- even though the USDA and the Black Farmers' Association say there were only 18,000 black farmers in the country.
A Classic Stossel from 2011.
Instapundit--THIS SEEMS LIKE AN UNWISE EFFORT
THIS SEEMS LIKE AN UNWISE EFFORT"Ancient dormant viruses found in permafrost, once revived, can infect amoeba.
“A team of climate scientists from France, Russia and Germany has found that ancient viruses dormant for tens of thousands of years in permafrost can infect modern amoeba when they are revived.
For their study, reported on the open-access site Viruses, the group collected several giant virus specimens from permafrost in Siberia and tested them to see if they could still infect modern creatures...
The effort by the research team followed up on prior work in 2014 that showed a 30,000-year-old virus could be revived—and that it could be infectious.”
I know, in principle what they’re doing, the way they’re doing it, should be perfectly safe. But. . .--by Glenn Reynolds
I know, in principle what they’re doing, the way they’re doing it, should be perfectly safe. But. . .--by Glenn Reynolds
Imagine if a republican had grilled the lib-media prima donnas in the same way!-----Dems Say They Weren't Pressuring Reporters to Reveal Sources — Roll the Tape
Dems Say They Weren't Pressuring Reporters to Reveal Sources — Roll the Tape - Julio Rosas"Democrats attempted to get journalist Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger to reveal their sources on how they managed to get the Twitter Files during Thursday's hearing about the bias and malpractice of the social media site prior to billionaire Elon Musk buying it.
..."No one is interested in revealing 'journalists’ sources," Plaskett tweeted. "What we ALL should be interested in is what discussion, promises and/or deals Elon Musk has with Taibbi, Shellenberger," and House Republicans.
House Republicans posted video of Democrats' line of questioning proving they were, in fact, attempting to get Taibbi and Shellenberger to spill the beans...
..."No one is interested in revealing 'journalists’ sources," Plaskett tweeted. "What we ALL should be interested in is what discussion, promises and/or deals Elon Musk has with Taibbi, Shellenberger," and House Republicans.
House Republicans posted video of Democrats' line of questioning proving they were, in fact, attempting to get Taibbi and Shellenberger to spill the beans...
Former 'Democratic Party icon' apologizes to conservatives; lauds release of January 6 footage - TheBlaze
Former 'Democratic Party icon' apologizes to conservatives; lauds release of January 6 footage - TheBlaze:
Feminist author Naomi Wolf offered a formal apology to conservatives who "put America first" after reviewing newly-released footage of the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot.
"Peaceful Republicans and conservatives as a whole have been demonized by the story told by Democrats in leadership of what happened that day," Wolf said in a lengthy post on Substack Thursday.
Important!-----Why the Mental Health of Liberal Girls Sank First and Fastest
Why the Mental Health of Liberal Girls Sank First and Fastest - Jon Haidt
"...The graphs also show three two-way interactions (young women higher, liberal women higher, young liberals higher).
And there’s an important three-way interaction: it is the young liberal women who are highest.
They are so high that a majority of them said yes, they had been told that they have a mental health condition...
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