California Energy Commission Proposes State Takeover Of Oil Refineries

The state obviously does not understand that if you can’t make any money you’ll have to curtail production, and you won’t be able to produce a product – or you’ll have to sell the product elsewhere. -By Katy Grimes

...But the study had other interesting conclusions:
Like most product prices, gasoline prices should ideally obey the laws of supply and demand.

• However, supply dynamics in California’s transportation fuels market differ from many other markets in the United States...

For example, in the last two years (2022 and 2023), California had two gasoline price spikes in September and October.

“Spikes were not seen in regions outside of the western part of the United States.”...

#1 This day 1966-----Summer in the City

Ten Slides on the Looming Mess in MISO

In total, 42 million people depend on MISO to provide reliable power to their homes and businesses. -Isaac Orr and Mitch Rolling

As we’ve noted before, MISO is the regional transmission organization (RTO) serving all or parts of 15 U.S. States and the Canadian province of Manitoba. 

According to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) Long-Term Reliability Assessment (LTRA), MISO is the region most at risk of rolling blackouts from 2024 to 2028, and the trends moving forward make it unlikely that the situation will improve...

Calling Your Tongue Your Own - American Thinker

Calling Your Tongue Your Own - American Thinker - Clarice Feldman 

Very scary things are happening in the United Kingdom.

• Sir Mark Rowley, Met Police Commissioner, has threatened to jail U.S. citizens over online posts he deems hateful or disinformation. 
• At the same time, the UK is openly enforcing a two-tier system of justice where antisemitic rioters, pro-jihadi and pro-open borders thugs are given free rein to terrorize citizens, and those who object are beaten and jailed. 
• One jurist has, in fact, just sentenced someone for being a just a looker-on and even retweets of anything the UK overlords object to subjects one to arrest...

This on ABC??!!

 

WATCH: Democrat Unhappy with How Tim Walz Handled Minnesota Riots

WATCH: Democrat Unhappy with How Tim Walz Handled Minnesota Riots: 

Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley has expressed the same sentiments, telling Breitbart News Daily this week that it is crucial that voters do not forget that Walz — Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate — owns the riots in Minneapolis.

“The number one image that I think needs to be burned literally into every American’s mind is Minnesota rioting and Minnesota burning to the ground for four days while he refused to call in the National Guard,” Whatley said of Walz, also calling out Walz’s wife for speaking so highly of smelling the city burning.

WATCH: Elon Musk Lists Seven Reasons He Endorses Trump in Fascinating Interview By Bob Hoge

He broke down his reasons for supporting Trump in the former president’s battle to re-take the Oval Office:

...MUSK: ...But we have to pick; we've got two choices really for... president, and it's not just for president, but the entire administrative structure changes over. 

And I thought Trump displayed courage under fire. Objectively. You know, he just got shot. He's got blood streaming down his face, and he's, like, fist-pumping, saying, "Fight!" You know, like, that's impressive. 

You can't feign bravery in a situation like that. Most people would have been ducking. Because there could be a second shooter, you know?

Watch:

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...Then he got specific: why do we need new leadership in this country? His answer: the porous border, crime, and out-of-control spending...

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History for August 12

History for August 12 - On-This-Day.com 

Cecil B. DeMille 1881

• 1851 - Isaac Singer was issued a patent on the double-headed sewing machine.
• 1865 - Disinfectant was used for the first time during surgery by Joseph Lister.
• 1877 - Thomas Edison invented the phonograph and made the first sound recording.
• 1898 - The Spanish-American War was ended with the signing of the peace protocol. The U.S. acquired Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. Hawaii was also annexed.
• 1939 - "The Wizard of Oz" premiered in Oconomowoc, WI. Judy Garland became famous for the movie's song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." The movie premiered in Hollywood on August 15th.
• 1981 - IBM unveiled its first PC.

Alex Soros Is Taking Over His Dad's Role and His Plans Make George Look Downright Wholesome

Alex Soros Is Taking Over His Dad's Role and His Plans Make George Look Downright Wholesome: 

“I’m more political,” Alex told the WSJ in 2023, using three chilling words to compare himself to his father. “As much as I would love to get money out of politics, as long as the other side is doing it, we will have to do it, too.”

The way we were-----The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Documentary

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Folks, Google and DuckDuckGo are your friend | Facebook

This pic is making the rounds of conservative FB pages.  - Donald Sensing

• The problem is that it has been popping up in one context or another for literally years. 
• As Snopes explains, it was used a few years ago by Democrats accusing Trump of staging a campaign event. (You will notice there is no date on the alleged image of a Craigslist page.)
• Healthy skepticism for memes like this is not merely warranted, it is required! 

Link to Snopes is here:
https://www.snopes.com/.../craigslist-ad-seeks-trump-actors/

Surfaced Recording of Biden/Harris Team Reveals How They Targeted and Manipulated Voters and Information By Margaret Clark

A recently surfaced recording of a Zoom call between the Biden/Harris team from 2020 reveals disconcerting evidence of the team's intentional targeting and manipulation of voters and relentless bullying of media outlets to control information. - By Margaret Clark

Exposing the ranked-choice voting scam | Blaze Media

Exposing the ranked-choice voting scam | Blaze Media: 

Although ranked-choice voting is always presented by its proponents as nonpartisan, the truth is that it’s now being used by many on the left as part of an effort to undermine districts where conservatives hold much of the power. That’s why many of the groups pushing for ranked-choice voting just happen to support left-wing policies.

For example, left-leaning organizations FairVote.org and Rock the Vote are lobbying hard to convince lawmakers to adopt the voting scheme. These groups and their allies support policies such as a national popular vote, open primaries, and universal voter registration — all of which are widely favored by the left and disfavored by conservatives. Their wholehearted support for ranked-choice voting is telling.

Criminals For Kamala

Britain is Leading the World on Net Zero, But No One is Following...

leaving Britain alone in committing green suicide, - From THE DAILY SCEPTIC - Will Jones
Here’s an excerpt. 

In China and much of the rest of the ‘developing world’, Net Zero targets appear to mean nothing at all beyond their usefulness in undermining the West....

Even holier-than-thou little Norway, which aims to be carbon neutral by 2030, seeks to extend the life of its North Sea oil and gas reserves long into the future with big ongoing incentives to invest....

Only in the U.K. does the torch of Net Zero still burn strong, with the newly installed Labour Government determined to double down on emission targets whatever the costs...

Worth reading in full.

Lunch video-----The Fall of Minneapolis

Noon-toon

 

Brit Hume delivers harsh verdict on Kamala Harris and her abilities * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh

Brit Hume delivers harsh verdict on Kamala Harris and her abilities * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh: 

On social media this week, he said, "If VP Harris were a confident, competent candidate well-prepared to be president, she would be willing, even eager, to outline her plans and explain herself to inquiring journalists. But she is not. She appears afraid she'll remind people why so many came to regard her as a giggling lightweight."

TDS suffering hypocrites easily flip their "outrage".

 

JD Vance's Commanding Officer Goes on CNN and Shuts Down Host Who Attacked His Record

Haney, a public affairs officer, also corrected Keilar, noting the dangers of being a combat correspondent, citing 130 individuals who did not make it home
CNN host Brianna Keilar attacked JD Vance’s record, referring to it yesterday as if it were a trip to a resort...

It’s well that Maj. Shawn Haney (ret.) came on CNN to shut down the notion that Vance did nothing in Iraq...

"...total eradication of Western civilization..."??!!

 

FBI let suspect in plot to kill Trump into U.S. on parole despite terror ties, Iran trip, memos show | Just The News

Asif Merchant was granted a ‘significant public benefit’ parole in April and overstayed his permission before being arrested. - By John Solomon and Steven Richards

• The FBI allowed Asif Raza Merchant, the Pakistani man charged with plotting with Tehran to assassinate Donald Trump and others, to enter the U.S. in April with special permission known as “significant public benefit parole” even though he was flagged on a terrorism watchlist and recently traveled to Iran, according to government documents reviewed by Just the News.
• The FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force interviewed Merchant, fingerprinted him and inspected the contents of his electronic devices when he arrived at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport, in Houston, but then let him leave with the special parole that expired on May 11, the memos state.
• “Subject was polite and cooperative throughout encounter,” the FBI interview memo reads. “... Subject's notable travel outside of country of citizenship includes a recent trip to Iran.”...

#1 This day 1959-----Elvis Presley - A Big Hunk O' Love (Official Audio)

Just in time, but no longer called "monkey pox"!-----CDC Issues Health Alert to Doctors Over Deadly Mpox Virus Strain | The Epoch Times

... sparking an alarm from the WHO earlier this week about whether it could expand outside the continent. 

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday issued a health alert to notify clinicians and health departments about a more deadly strain of mpox, also known as monkeypox, as the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) announced he will convene an emergency meeting.
• The current mpox outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has already seen around 27,000 cases and claimed more than 1,100 lives, most of them children, since the beginning of 2023...

"... a seven year old girl..."

 

Court rules CDC was breaking the law by deleting info that should be saved * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh

Court rules CDC was breaking the law by deleting info that should be saved * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh: 

The U.S. government's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been involved in some of the biggest health scandals in years. It's been involved in recommending the controversial HPV shots, as well as promoting LGBT ideology. And then it was caught up in the maelstrom of the COVID shots, which actually injured tens of thousands of Americans. And now its reputation has taken another major hit, with a judge's determination it was breaking the law by deleting information that should have been kept for government records.

ROWAN ATKINSON (Mr. Bean): Free Speech (English Subtitles)

British actor and comedian, Rowan Atkinson has given his full support to a newly launched campaign aimed at reforming the UK’s controversial insults law...

He is a man with a pliant face, who can alter his look from a complete buffoon to a snooty grandee in a matter of seconds. 

He learnt of his flair for comedy while attending Oxford University and since then, there has been no looking back. 

In this speech, he also quotes: 

"We need to build our immunity to taking offence so that we can deal with the issues that perfectly justified criticism can raise. Our priority should be to deal with the message, not the messenger."

 - Watch with big English subtitles.

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