Monday, April 03, 2023
The Energy Transition Is a Delusion Indeed
The Energy Transition Is a Delusion Indeed - By Benjamin Zycher 
"...The “energy transition” is a massive shift, wholly artificial and politicized, from conventional energy inexpensive (Table 1b and here), reliable, and very clean given the proper policy environment, toward such unconventional energy technologies as wind and solar power.
They are expensive, unreliable, and deeply problematic environmentally in terms of
- toxic metal pollution,
- wildlife destruction,
- land use massive and
- unsightly, emissions of conventional pollutants,
- and in a broader context large and inexorable reductions in aggregate wealth and thus the social willingness to invest in environmental protection.
But the Beltway being what it is, the fantasists are impervious to reality, until the massive costs and dislocations and absurdities become impossible to ignore. (Witness, for example, California.)...
FedEx to transfer LAX airport maintenance to Indianapolis - FreightWaves
FedEx to transfer LAX airport maintenance to Indianapolis - "FedEx will close its heavy maintenance hangar at Los Angeles International Airport next summer and consolidate operations in Indianapolis to reduce costs, ending a piece of aviation history rooted in the acquisition of Flying Tiger Line 35 years ago.
The company said the decision to terminate maintenance activity at the LAX hangar was triggered by the expiration of the lease in June 2024, creating the opportunity to gain cost savings by combining resources at the Indianapolis hub...
The company said the decision to terminate maintenance activity at the LAX hangar was triggered by the expiration of the lease in June 2024, creating the opportunity to gain cost savings by combining resources at the Indianapolis hub...
CBS News execs ban staffers from reporting on transgender identity of Nashville school killer: Report - TheBlaze
CBS News execs ban staffers from reporting on transgender identity of Nashville school killer: Report - TheBlaze:
CBS News reportedly instructed its newsroom not to refer to the perpetrator of the Covenant School massacre as "transgender."
Top executives at the network told staffers in a memo Tuesday that because CBS News has not corroborated the perpetrator's gender identity, reporters should not include that detail in stories about the massacre.
Taxpayers to pay ALL union dues!!!-----Lansing’s friends-and-family plan will hasten exodus from Michigan
A Michigan run for the few will continue to lose people. Both young and old people flee the state - By James David Dickson
Related reading: Two Michigan House bills shower favors on unions
The Mackinac Center’s Steve Delie and Michael LaFaive explained what’s at stake in House Bill 4235 in a Detroit News op-ed.
- Stop me if you’ve heard it before: Michigan is shrinking. Decaying. Dying, even.
- We got more bad news this week from the U.S. Census Bureau. Michigan’s population fell by 3,000 people between 2021 and 2022.
- For the second straight year, Michigan had more deaths than births. About 18% of Michigan is 65 or older.
Related reading: Two Michigan House bills shower favors on unions
The Mackinac Center’s Steve Delie and Michael LaFaive explained what’s at stake in House Bill 4235 in a Detroit News op-ed.
- This proposal means taxpayers, not union members, will be paying 100% of union dues ― and the dues themselves will most likely increase once the bill is enacted.
- Union members get a full dollar’s worth of refundable credits for every dollar they spend on union dues.
- Union dues would cease to be a financial obligation of the union’s members and instead would become a Michigan taxpayer obligation.
History for April 3
History for April 3 - On-This-Day.com
William M. (Marcy) "Boss" Tweed (DEMOCRAT) 1823 - Political boss, known for his Tweed "Ring" that stole millions of dollars from New York City
- 1513 - Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida. He had sighted the land the day before.
- 1860 - The first Pony Express riders left St. Joseph, MO and Sacramento, CA. The trip across country took about 10 days. The Pony Express only lasted about a year and a half.
- 1946 - Lt. General Masaharu Homma, the Japanese commander responsible for the Bataan Death March, was executed in the Philippines.
- 1948 - U.S. President Harry Truman signed the Marshall Plan to revive war-torn Europe. It was $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
- 1953 - "TV Guide" was published for the first time.
- 1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "mountaintop" speech just 24 hours before he was assassinated.
- 1986 - The U.S. national debt hit $2 trillion.
Sunday, April 02, 2023
Michigan State University's 'inclusive language guide' discourages using words like 'America,' 'gifts,' 'bunnies' - TheBlaze
Michigan State University's 'inclusive language guide' discourages using words like 'America,' 'gifts,' 'bunnies' - TheBlaze:
The guide aligns with the university's diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy and provides language recommendations for students and staff to "support belonging."
It advises Spartans to avoid "seemingly innocuous idioms or words" that could be perceived as "racist, sexist or ableist in nature, such as 'cake walk,' ‘peanut gallery,' ‘grandfather clause,' 'tipping point,' 'rule of thumb' or 'bonkers.'"
Trump Isn’t A Special Case, He’s A Test Case
Trump Isn’t A Special Case, He’s A Test Case - I & I Editorial Board"Liberals might be scratching their heads over why potential Donald Trump rivals are rushing to denounce his indictment.
The reason is simple.
The reason is simple.
Conservative Republicans know that if this assault is allowed to stand, they will be next.
...But the lie at the center of all this is that Trump is a special case that justifies such previously unimaginable antics.
He’s not.
Trump is a test case....
That is why as soon as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis started appearing as a possible new threat to the left’s established order, it immediately pointed its weapons at him.
...But the lie at the center of all this is that Trump is a special case that justifies such previously unimaginable antics.
He’s not.
Trump is a test case....
That is why as soon as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis started appearing as a possible new threat to the left’s established order, it immediately pointed its weapons at him.
And so we started seeing headlines such as:
- “Who’s more dangerous — Trump or DeSantis?”
- “A Comprehensive Guide to Why a Ron DeSantis Presidency Would Be as Terrifying as a Trump One”
- “DeSantis is a ‘very dangerous individual’ an expert on fascism argues”
- “Believe It: A DeSantis Presidency Could Be Even Worse Than Trump”
- “Branding expert explains why Ron DeSantis is way scarier than Donald Trump”
Read it all!-----The Death of the Republic
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Notes from Der Kooler
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
The Death of the Republic
( If you don't like a parallel history parable, this post isn't for you)
I was inspired by a line from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar to draft this post. It will appear at the end.
I studied the line and the play, several aspects about Shakespeare and the play, pushed me to do some research about the author and the assassination.
( If you don't like a parallel history parable, this post isn't for you)
I was inspired by a line from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar to draft this post. It will appear at the end.
I studied the line and the play, several aspects about Shakespeare and the play, pushed me to do some research about the author and the assassination.
In the end, those in power, those with money, those with prestige split the country apart by unthinkable acts, by selfish ambition, by self serving self centered crossing of untouchable lines with little or delusional thought, destroying the very system trying to be preserved or corrected.Caesar was murdered March 15, 44 BC by a cabal of Roman Senators( perhaps as many as 60 were involved , privy to it, or approved it.) The Senate consisted of two houses, Patricians ( the nobility) and the Plebeians ( commoners). At the time, there were upwards of 600 Senators.
Many Roman authors wrote about the event, the causes, the aftermath, and gave opinions about it.
Shakespeare himself drew heavily upon these writings, and then embellished by adding dialogue in character to the person's, perspectives, and events.
Caesar and Pompey had fought a brief private war a few years before, with control of the Senate's affairs at stake. Caesar portrayed himself as a man of the people and a reformer. Pompey as the protector of tradition.
Caesar won as Pompey was murdered by Cleopatra's brother.
Caesar crossed the Rubicon River with his army in violation of Senate edicts and tradition, and was to declare himself Consul for life.
Shakespeare wrote his dramas as allegories and social lessons for his time. By cloaking them as historical plays, he was able to issue object lessons without invoking too much heat from those in power
Shakespeare knew the death of Caesar would lead to civil war. He died @ 25 years before the English Civil War erupted.
The play itself doesn't catch the entirety or flavor of the event. In all fairness, it was written at a time where almost all nations were ruled by monarchies and the common people were subject to all the power grabs and intrigues as normal and routine.
The Old Roman Republic had been dead for at least a generation prior to Caesar's death. The Slave Revolt had been put down. The old ideal of doing public service for the good of the nation was now a cliche. Nobility based on historic clan was replaced with wealth, power, and political allegiance. Marriage was often about maneuvering. The gods weren't revered but invoked for posturing..
Patricians held office for life. The plebians sought election by winning anyway possible, inorder to gain power and wealth to become a new patrician.
The commoner sold his vote for money or favor. A writer later wrote of them :" all they care about is bread and circuses ( chariot races). Food was subsidized because Rome couldn't grow enough grain. A dole system began to be set up. The Senate spent more than it had. Much spending was done for lobbyists, merchant guilds, and public works. The military usually favored their leaders who paid them and allowed spoils. In essence, they were privatized..
The Roman Republic had devolved into a cesspool, a swamp, a den of vipers.
So the death of Caesar basically boiled down to the Republican elites killing a Populist elite. One group was trying to save the illusion that was the Republic , and one trying to " reform" the system.
The people were against Caesar becoming a dictator, but were outraged by one group engaging in a heretofore unspeakable and untouchable taboo of political gain through assassination.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
The use of absolute power destroys absolutely.
The seeking of absolutism is absolutely devoid of reason.
Caesar's assassins had a multitude of different reasons to kill him.
Caesar's assassins had a multitude of different reasons to kill him.
Yet in the end, they were totally obsessed with ridding themselves and secondarily the nation of Julius Caesar.
Many had focused on this obsession for years.
Their blinders prevented them from seeing the real consequences.
When an authoritarian group acts unilaterally in the name of the people, by invoking public safety and for the public good, when this group uses public power without public consent, they become no better than the " tyrants" they seek to destroy..
As Anthony says in Act 3, scene 1, lines 299-301
" Cry ' Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war
That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men groaning for burial"
Or another way: " put your sword back in its place, for those who draw the sword shall die by it"
Once blood is spilled upon drawing the sword, a course is set, and a reckoning beckoned."
As Anthony says in Act 3, scene 1, lines 299-301
" Cry ' Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war
That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men groaning for burial"
Or another way: " put your sword back in its place, for those who draw the sword shall die by it"
Once blood is spilled upon drawing the sword, a course is set, and a reckoning beckoned."
Horowitz: Talk or action? 7 actions Trump supporters should promote to stop politically targeted prosecutions - TheBlaze
Horowitz: Talk or action? 7 actions Trump supporters should promote to stop politically targeted prosecutions - TheBlaze:
The die is cast. The political persecutions have been happening against average conservative citizens for several years, but it took the indictment of Trump to finally get people’s attention. We no longer have equality under the law. It’s quite evident that a conservative living in a blue state or being prosecuted by the feds in D.C. will never get a fair shake from the prosecutor, judge, or jury. Nothing will change that. The question is whether red states will make their states sanctuaries for liberty and as unhospitable to their political enemies as blue states are to our people.
UK INSANITY!!------New law lets staff sue their boss if customers offend them - Telegraph C10
New law lets staff sue their boss if customers offend them - Telegraph C10"PM Rishi Sunak is facing a Tory revolt over “draconian” laws that will allow
- shop assistants,
- bar staff and
- doctors to
sue their employers if a member of the public offends them at work.
New harassment rules on the brink of becoming law will enable
New harassment rules on the brink of becoming law will enable
- medics to sue the NHS if a patient insults them,
- allow bar staff to take legal action against landlords if they are offended by drunk punters, and
- let baristas take coffee shop owners to a tribunal if they overhear offensive remarks made by customers...
Lunch video-----Why so many trans men and women come across as strange, and not like any...
"One of the things which people notice about a lot of transexuals is that they present as being more than a little odd.
There is good reason for this.
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Reparations Black White - TheBlaze
Reparations Black White - TheBlaze:
California was not a slave state, but seems determined to hand out reparations to black residents. The plan could cost California more than $800 billion.
Pat Gray says this “could possibly see the Newsome administration spend well over double the state’s annual budget” on these race-based reparations.
Begin with words. Exactly like Hitler's Nazis in the 1930s!-----Left-Wing Violence Chic
Left-Wing Violence Chic - BY VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
"...It was recently disclosed that federal authorities did little or nothing last year when anti-abortion mobs traveled to the homes of conservative Supreme Court justices, yelling and disrupting their neighborhoods...
"...It was recently disclosed that federal authorities did little or nothing last year when anti-abortion mobs traveled to the homes of conservative Supreme Court justices, yelling and disrupting their neighborhoods...
- Amid this environment of general chaos, a would-be assassin of Justice Brett Kavanaugh turned up near the justice’s home, but was convinced by his own sister to surrender.
- In March 2020, then-Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., had all but called for violence against the justices, when he threatened two by name before an angry pro-abortion crowd protesting at the doors to the court: “I want to tell you Gorsuch; I want to tell you Kavanaugh – you have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price. You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions.” What did Schumer mean by “whirlwind,” “pay the price” and “what hit you”?
- On a recent episode of ABC’s “The View,” octogenarian actress Jane Fonda reentered controversy by boasting that women were not going to retreat on abortion rights. And if their marching and protesting were not enough, Fonda smirked, “Well, I’ve thought of murder.”
- Recently Wayne State Professor Steven Shaviro posted his views on free speech on campus: “Although I do not advocate violating federal and state criminal codes, I think it is far more admirable to kill a racist, homophobic, or transphobic speaker than it is to shout them down.”...
Lies feeding their war on beef!-----Dairy cows to be fed methane suppressants to help reach net zero
- Government's green plan includes proposals to help reduce gasses produced by livestock
- (Morons lie) Cows and other farm animals are responsible for 14 per cent of carbon emissions
A new insanity EVERY DAY!-----7 sorority sisters at University of Wyoming sue Kappa Kappa Gamma to challenge induction of transgender member
7 sorority sisters at University of Wyoming sue Kappa Kappa Gamma to challenge induction of transgender member"...The suit, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court in Cheyenne, claims that allowing the transgender woman — identified by the pseudonym Terry Smith — to be a member violates the Kappa Kappa Gamma bylaws, which state the sorority is a “single-gender” organization.
...Kappa Kappa Gamma...added that it “values diversity” and does not discriminate based on gender identity.
...Smith, 21, was inducted into the Kappa Kappa Gamma chapter at the University of Wyoming in the fall of 2022.
...Kappa Kappa Gamma...added that it “values diversity” and does not discriminate based on gender identity.
...Smith, 21, was inducted into the Kappa Kappa Gamma chapter at the University of Wyoming in the fall of 2022.
Alan Dershowitz explains why judge may quickly toss out Trump indictment: 'Foolish, foolish decision' - TheBlaze
Alan Dershowitz explains why judge may quickly toss out Trump indictment: 'Foolish, foolish decision' - TheBlaze:
Legal scholar Alan Dershowitz explained why he believes the indictment against former President Donald Trump will be quickly tossed from court.
History for April 2
History for April 2 - On-This-Day.com
Emile Zola 1840 - Novelist
- 1889 - Charles Hall patented aluminum.
- 1902 - The first motion picture theatre opened in Los Angeles with the name Electric Theatre.
- 1910 - Karl Harris perfected the process for the artificial synthesis of rubber.
- 1914 - The U.S. Federal Reserve Board announced plans to divide the country into 12 districts.
- 1982 - Argentina invaded the British-owned Falkland Islands. The following June Britain took the islands back.
- 1989 - An editorial in the "New York Times" declared that the Cold War was over.
- 1996 - Lech Walesa resumed his old job as an electrician at the Gdansk shipyard. He was the former Solidarity union leader who became Poland's first post-war democratic president.
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