Monday, December 02, 2024
Freezing Chicago Cold Leaves Desperate EV Owners Unable To Charge Their Cars, Sparks Concerns Of “EV Armageddon”
As temperatures plummeted to negative double digits, their cherished EVs stood helpless, struggling to charge at Tesla supercharger stations across the city. - Ben Turner 
- Unlike their gasoline counterparts, the charging process of EVs relies on a chemical reaction that becomes sluggish in freezing temperatures, hampering the charging speed and reducing their range.
- As the mercury dipped, fast charging became a nearly impossible task...
England legalizes assisted suicide with promise of no abuse | Blaze Media
England legalizes assisted suicide with promise of no abuse | Blaze Media:
Candidates for government-assisted death would have to be over 18 and live in England or Wales.
Members of Parliament have voted to pass legislation that makes assisted suicide legal in England and Wales.
The new legislation will allow for the death of those in the two countries who are over the age of 18 and are registered with a general practitioner for at least 12 months.
The bill passed with a vote of 330 to 275 and will allow patients to expect to be killed within six months of their request.
Wonkish but well worth the read!-----No, Trump Shouldn't Use Recess Appointments To Force Nominees
Recess appointments probably wouldn’t succeed in Congress and, even if they did, appear dead on arrival at the Supreme Court. - Christopher Jacobs @chrisjacobsHC 
- Since Donald Trump’s reelection victory, some conservatives have discussed the possibility of using recess appointments, temporary appointments made while Congress is out of session, to fill positions in Trump’s new Cabinet...
- Moreover, much of the discussion has focused on a scenario that seems unlikely to happen, could well get struck down in court if it did, and represents an unwise use of time and political capital.
History for December 2
History for December 2 - On-This-Day.com 
Alexander M. Haig 1924
- 1823 - U.S. President James Monroe outlined his doctrine opposing European expansion in the Western Hemisphere.
- 1942 - A self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated by Dr. Enrico Fermi and his staff at the University of Chicago.
- 1961 - Cuban leader Fidel Castro declared in a nationally broadcast speech that he was a Marxist-Leninist and that he was going to lead Cuba to communism.
- 1990 - The Midwest section of the U.S. prepared for a massive earthquake predicted by Iben Browning. The earthquakes did not occur.
- 1994 - The U.S. government agreed not to seek a recall of allegedly fire-prone General Motors pickup trucks. A deal was made with GM under which the company would spend more than $51 million on safety and research.
- 1997 - U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno declined to seek an independent counsel investigation of telephone fund-raising by President Clinton and Vice President Gore. She had concluded that they had not violated election laws.
Sunday, December 01, 2024
Local Sheriffs Back Trump's Deportation Plan: 'People Are Tired of This'
Local Sheriffs Back Trump's Deportation Plan: 'People Are Tired of This':
Local sheriffs expressed support for President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to deport large numbers of illegal migrants from the United States, stating that “people are tired of this.”
Chuck Jenkins, a Republican sheriff in Frederick County, Maryland, and Richard Jones, a Republican sheriff in Butler County, Ohio, told the Wall Street Journal that they support Trump’s deportation plan and are willing to assist the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency and its agents.
Another "JUSSIE"!!-----JUST IN: Hakeem Jeffries Claims Democrats Received Bomb Threats on Thanksgiving Signed with "MAGA"
Who believes this? | The Gateway Pundit - Cristina Laila“Threats of violence against elected officials are unacceptable, unconscionable and have no place in a civilized society,” Hakeem Jeffries’ office said...
Politico reported:
Politico reported:
- "...threats made against Democratic members of Congress that ranged from “detailed threats of a pipe bomb placed in mailboxes to swatting.”...
- Nearly all of the House and Senate Democrats from Connecticut were the targets of bomb threats at their homes on Thursday... Police did not find evidence of devices at the lawmakers’ residences, Jeffries’ office confirmed...
Taxpayer funded insanity!-----Speaking of gobbledy-gook: here is the abstract of perhaps the stupidest paper I have ever read
"The article aims to transform narratives surrounding Utah’s Great Salt Lake...by reimagining how brine shrimp are perceived in science, culture, and art. Scientists Skeptical of Anthropogenic Global Warming - Julius Sanks
- It introduces the concept of hydrosexuality to bridge these realms, thereby enriching feminist blue posthumanities and feminist biology through art-based practices and queer advocacy.
- By navigating the environmental narrative of the GSL, the hydrosexual perspective challenges settler science by exploring the connections between the reproductive system of brine shrimp and the economy, ecology and culture...
- Furthermore, this cultural analysis draws inspiration from low trophic theory and Queer Death Studies...
Lawsuit filed after LGBT promoter stages 'setup' on Christian worker, gets her fired * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
Lawsuit filed after LGBT promoter stages 'setup' on Christian worker, gets her fired * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh:
Shortly later, she was fired.
"It certainly appears as though Cohen is the victim of a setup by a pro-LGBT staffer. To make matters even worse, it appears as though Kay Jewelers is anti-Christian. Diamonds may be a girl's best friend, but Kay Jewelers is certainly no friend to Christians," he said.
It is the American Center for Law and Justice that took on the case.
It said it is defending "an employee's right to express her religious beliefs," this time in Ohio.
Culture Change Incoming - by Michael Smith
The 2024 election was more about culture than politics. - Michael SmithI was remembering Andrew Breitbart and that he famously said politics is downstream from culture.
That is why I think most people misread the 2024 election...I didn’t understand this election was far less political and far more cultural than I anticipated...
The fight is not over.
That is why I think most people misread the 2024 election...I didn’t understand this election was far less political and far more cultural than I anticipated...
- Since history can only be understood through the rearview mirror, it seems clear that people voted based on their approval or disapproval of the cultural changes that began to be forced on American people since Obama assumed the Presidency in 2009...
- We just lived through four years of an administration trying out every bad idea from Orwell’s 1984, Huxley’s Brave New World, Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, Golding’s Lord of the Flies, and Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, followed by a campaign season where one party combined Orwell’s Ministry of Truth with Goebbels’ theories of propaganda.
- More than rejecting a political party, enough people recognized they had been lied to about returning to normal and that there were powerful forces that were looking to create a new normal.
The fight is not over.
It can revert as quickly as it was defeated...
Democrat legend attacks Jon Stewart of 'The Daily Show' for lying to Democrats | Blaze Media
Democrat legend attacks Jon Stewart of 'The Daily Show' for lying to Democrats | Blaze Media:
If running on a platform that idolizes frivolous abortion, taxpayer-funded transgender surgeries for illegal immigrant inmates, the mutilation of children, DEI, and open borders isn’t considered “woke,” then most Americans don’t know what is.
Regardless, Bill Maher and Jon Stewart have apparently claimed that Kamala Harris did not run a “woke” campaign — and James Carville isn’t having it.
Tragic Ashli Babbitt and the buried Jan. 6 truth
So now we know that the cop who fatally shot unarmed Donald Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt, 36, during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot was rewarded with a promotion and a $36,000 bonus. - Miranda Devine 
- There were no ill consequences for his rash actions that day. Instead, Capt. Michael Byrd, 56, was held up as a hero of democracy, despite the fact that he had a lengthy disciplinary record that includes leaving his loaded handgun in a public bathroom in the Capitol Visitor Center, “improperly” firing his gun at a car near his home while off duty and abusing a Maryland cop who tried to stop him...
- Three entries in Byrd’s internal affairs record are missing, wrote subcommittee Chairman Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) in a letter to Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger...
As a teacher for 26 years, I’ve seen how we dumbed down education — and how kids suffer
'Vegetative education' - Jeremy Adams 
"...most precise description of education in post-COVID America: vegetative education.
As he writes, “Teachers in past decades have been faced with two choices: educating students with challenging material and frequent grading or engaging them with fun projects and participation grades.”...
As he writes, “Teachers in past decades have been faced with two choices: educating students with challenging material and frequent grading or engaging them with fun projects and participation grades.”...
- But unless we acknowledge the hollowness of conventional classroom instruction, it won’t make a bit of difference.
- Here’s the dead giveaway: Our students suffer from a pathology of low expectations for themselves and especially for their teachers.
- Many of the best and most experienced teachers I know tell me they have noticed something peculiar about their new students: They ask questions that reveal an academic ecosystem brimming with mediocrity: "Are we doing anything today?...
This crooked, corporate-payback must end!-----General Motors, Bedrock want Michigan taxpayers to foot $250M for RenCen redevelopment
Two weeks after firing 1,000 employees, General Motors wants Michigan taxpayers to pay $250 million to tear down and renovate the Renaissance Center - Scott
- In a Nov. 25 news conference, House Speaker-elect Matt Hall, R-Richland, said the proposal was insulting. “How insulting is it to the taxpayers that these guys say ‘We’re leaving Detroit and we want you guys to pay to tear down the building on our way out?’”
- Rep. Dylan Wegela, D-Garden City, also rejected the proposed handout supported by Bedrock, owned by billionaire Dan Gilbert. “Dan Gilbert has a net worth of $25b. “GM is making record profits. Yet they still have the nerve to ask for a $250 Million handout.”...
'He has his own agenda': Mark Zuckerberg dines with Trump | Blaze Media
'He has his own agenda': Mark Zuckerberg dines with Trump | Blaze Media:
Meta CEO and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg reportedly had dinner with President-elect Donald Trump at his Florida golf club on the day before Thanksgiving.
Zuckerberg was first spotted on the property around 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time before reports were confirmed later in the evening.
A Meta spokesperson told CBS News that Zuckerberg was "grateful for the invitation to join President Trump for dinner and the opportunity to meet with members of his team about the incoming Administration."
But rich libs were sanguine when crime destroyed the rest of the country.-----NYC's wealthy rocked by surging crime, including carjackings!
Ritzy NYC neighborhood rocked by surging crime, including daylight carjackings and brazen robberies - Georgia Worrell and Tina Moore
- The Upper West Side has devolved into a Wild West atmosphere where anything goes, terrified crime victims and neighbors begging for more cops told The Post.
- Criminals are more emboldened than ever in the ritzy nabe — with robberies soaring over 30% compared to last year — and carjackers so brazen they flashed their guns without concern on consecutive Sundays in broad daylight.
- “I have never felt so scared in this neighborhood the way I feel now,” one of the carjacking victims told The Post this week.
History for December 1
History for December 1 - On-This-Day.com 
Woody Allen 1935
- 1913 - Ford Motor Co. began using a new movable assembly line that ushered in the era of mass production.
- 1952 - In Denmark, it was announced that the first successful sex-change operation had been performed.
- 1955 - Rosa Parks, a black seamstress in Montgomery, AL, refused to give up her seat to a white man. Mrs. Parks was arrested marking a milestone in the civil rights movement in the U.S.
- 1959 - 12 countries, including the U.S. and USSR, signed a treaty that set aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve, which would be free from military activity.
- 1987 - Construction began on the Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France.
- 1990 - British and French workers digging the Channel Tunnel finally met under the English Channel.
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