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Marcus Tullius CiceroD Bunkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00614492883036750990noreply@blogger.comBlogger4092125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863877434692129194.post-79214498694581174732019-02-12T07:48:00.001-08:002019-02-12T07:48:25.929-08:00The Hidden State of Illegalia<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/02/the_hidden_state_of_illegalia.html#ixzz5fEMi8PlM">American Thinker </a><br /><a href="https://www.americanthinker.com/author/gary_gindler/">Gary Gindler Feb 11, 2019</a><br />All of us have to thank Nancy Pelosi. She turned out to be not only the speaker of the House of Representatives, but also an excellent salesperson. Thanks to her ill conceived tricks, the advertisement of the annual presidential State of the Union (SOTU) address to the Congress reached unprecedented heights. <br /><br />If earlier such traditional performances were simply routine, and only a few people outside Washington were interested, then this year, the situation (thanks to Pelosi) was significantly different. She invited Trump to speak on January 3, 2019, then "canceled" her invitation on January 16. Then the partial government shutdown ended, and the SOTU was rescheduled to February 5. <br /><br />Pelosi's request for a cancelation of this traditional presidential address was an unprecedented and unheard of scandal, which ignores a hundred-year-old tradition. She was successful in postponing the presidential address, but that was a classic example of a Pyrrhic victory (hat tip: Ronald Cherry). Trump could have used this opportunity for his advantage. He talked about the economy, record low unemployment numbers, legal immigration, and foreign policy. What he spent less time on than he should have is the State of Illegalia. <br /><br />Unfortunately, most Americans are not aware of such a state. No, it is not the 51st state in the Union; instead, it is a satellite substate within every legitimate state of the Union. <br /><br />For example, in the state of California alone, there are about <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/16/number-of-anchor-babies-in-california-twice-wyomings-total-population/">1.2 million children</a> born out of "tourism" of pregnant illegal aliens. These are official hospital data. For comparison, the population of the legitimate state of Wyoming is about 600,000 people. <br /><br />That is, inside the state of California, there is a substate — the State of Illegalia — whose population is twice the state of Wyoming. <br /><br />California's State of Illegalia is not alone. All states of the Union contain within them, hidden from prying eyes, substates of Illegalia. In Illinois, there are 174,000 illegal children. For comparison, the popular among legal immigrants Chicago North Shore area contains just half of Illegalia's population — 86,000. In the state of New York, there are 224,000 such children. For comparison, only 36,000 people live in the popular among legal immigrants Brighton Beach area of New York City. <br /><br />This confrontation is obviously a losing matter for the Democrats. They openly position themselves as a party that protects illegal aliens and distance themselves from the protection of American citizens. Pelosi did not want to give Trump the podium, which he could and did use to once again turn to the common sense of the American people. Whenever Trump speaks, he speaks directly to American citizens, and not through the filter of mass disinformation media. <br /><br />After the Democrats attempted to destroy a hundred-year-old tradition, Trump could have made some unconventional moves, too. In order to emphasize this talk about the States of Illegalia, he could have invited some non-traditional guests to the SOTU address. <br /><br />The composition of these guests would be the main headache of the Democrats. <br /><br />Imagine guest seats filled with parents of those American children who were killed by the citizens of the State of Illegalia — by illegal aliens. Some of them were murdered directly, and some indirectly — with the help of drugs transported across the border with Mexico in tons. <br /><br />Also, several crying 15-year-old girls from South America could be invited, who were secretly brought by human-traffickers across the southern border for underground brothels in the State of Illegalia. Moreover, President Trump could end the tradition of the one-man-show and give the floor to them all in turn. <br /><br />Trump could also give the floor to American doctors, who will tell the public what diseases they face in the states of Illegalia. Many of these diseases were practically eliminated in America soon after the Second World War — measles, scarlet fever, lice, tuberculosis, syphilis. However, these diseases are returning to America, and they are penetrating — initially through the open border with Mexico, and then through the States of Illegalia. Also, there are numerous cases of AIDS and hepatitis, plus widespread rape of women of all ages. <br /><br />The U.S. Border Patrol guards would then be invited to the podium. They would bring with them a few rugs — the rugs Muslims use to pray. Recently, border guards have been finding more and more such rugs in the border zones of Arizona and Texas. Why should representatives of the "peaceful religion" get into America through the State of Illegalia? Why resort to such infiltration? What is the level of cooperation between sharia states and the State of Illegalia? <br /><br />Trump could also go to extremes and order a baker's dozen handcuffed MS-13 gang members, with the most evil faces, entirely covered with scary tattoos, to be seated right next to Democrats' guests for the SOTU. These bandits — citizens of the State of Illegalia — could play an excellent backdrop to Trump's pitch for the country's sovereignty. <br /><br />According to various estimates, American taxpayers spend from 110 to 260 billion dollars a year to support illegal aliens. This large discrepancy is due to exactly how to count, and who exactly counts. However, regardless of who makes the estimates and how, all calculations are one in one: the balance is negative. That is, illegal aliens receive more from American society than they give, at least 100 billion dollars a year. This number is the budget of the State of Illegalia. <br /><br />The Democrats have long represented the interests of the states of Illegalia, and not the citizens of the states of the Union. We must hope that Pelosi will play her role to the end. <br /><br />Gary Gindler, Ph.D., is a conservative blogger at <a href="https://garygindler.com/">Gary Gindler Chronicles</a>. Follow him on <a href="https://twitter.com/Gary_US">Twitter</a>.</span></span>D Bunkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00614492883036750990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863877434692129194.post-62876900963618358122019-02-12T03:36:00.000-08:002019-02-12T03:38:33.822-08:00Pelosi and House Democratic Leaders Condemn 'Anti-Semitic Comments' by Rep. Ilhan Omar<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/pelosi-house-leaders-condemn-rep-omars-use-anti-semitic-tropes-and-prejudicial">CNSNews</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a class="username" href="https://www.cnsnews.com/author/craig-bannister" title="View user profile.">Craig Bannister</a> | February 11, 2019 | 2:26 PM EST </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) joined other Democrat leaders Monday in signing and publishing a <a href="https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/21119/">statement condemning controversial tweets</a> posted Sunday by fellow Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).</span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/rep-ilhan-omar-under-fire-tweets-linking-jews-and-money">As CNSNews.com reported</a>,
Rep. Omar had posted a pair of tweets insinuating that the pro-Israel
lobby pays members of Congress to support Israel, upsetting critics
ranging from the American Jewish Committee to Chelsea Clinton.</span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In a Monday tweet, Pelosi posted the joint statement and said that
she had spoken with Rep. Omar and that the two had agreed to “move
forward as we reject anti-Semitism in all its forms”:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">“In our conversation today, Congresswoman Omar and I agreed that we
must use this moment to move forward as we reject anti-Semitism in all
forms. <a href="https://t.co/UpZA3DNgQs" target="_blank" title="https://goo.gl/isKX97">https://goo.gl/isKX97</a>”</span></span></blockquote>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The full text of the joint statement by Democrat House leadership
condemning Rep. Omar’s comments, as posted on Speaker Pelosi’s website,
is presented below:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Democratic Leadership Statement on Anti-Semitic Comments of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">February 11, 2019</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny
Hoyer, Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, Assistant Speaker Ben Ray Luján,
Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries and Caucus Vice Chair Katherine Clark
issued this joint statement condemning anti-Semitic comments made over
Twitter by Congresswoman Ilhan Omar:</i></span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Anti-Semitism must be called out, confronted and condemned whenever it is encountered, without exception.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">“We are and will always be strong supporters of Israel in Congress
because we understand that our support is based on shared values and
strategic interests. Legitimate criticism of Israel’s policies is
protected by the values of free speech and democratic debate that the
United States and Israel share. But Congresswoman Omar’s use of
anti-Semitic tropes and prejudicial accusations about Israel’s
supporters is deeply offensive. We condemn these remarks and we call
upon Congresswoman Omar to immediately apologize for these hurtful
comments.</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">“As Democrats and as Americans, the entire Congress must be fully
engaged in denouncing and rejecting all forms of hatred, racism,
prejudice and discrimination wherever they are encountered.”</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank You Mr Bannister and CNS. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Related Interest;</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/calls-democratic-leadership-remove-ilhan-omar-house-foreign-affairs"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Calls For Democratic Leadership to Remove Rep. Ilhan Omar From House Foreign Affairs Committee</span></span></a>D Bunkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00614492883036750990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863877434692129194.post-49978617603142229012019-02-12T03:10:00.000-08:002019-02-12T03:14:39.916-08:00Toons for Feb 12, 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />D Bunkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00614492883036750990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863877434692129194.post-68882191634591277902019-02-10T06:41:00.000-08:002019-02-10T06:41:43.872-08:00Stop Medieval Diseases With a Medieval Wall<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272811/stop-medieval-diseases-medieval-wall-daniel-greenfield">frontpagemag</a><br /> February 8, 2019 <br /> <a href="https://www.frontpagemag.com/author/daniel-greenfield">Daniel Greenfield</a><br /> <br />How the legalization of illegal migration and homelessness is leading to a new wave of disease outbreaks. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1NZqg6B8RDgceKklYjwFQJClt8t_UZtqKnN9XstAZUpwF2WePK3R4KO-8r5oIJRguEzj0IqphcBpyzJgsm8bHddCn7OOYht2PzDU6sFWuPQnlv8z4tXw6kgSHigjqc5lQgJ0qVQ3q8xU/s1600/thr_1.jpg"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1NZqg6B8RDgceKklYjwFQJClt8t_UZtqKnN9XstAZUpwF2WePK3R4KO-8r5oIJRguEzj0IqphcBpyzJgsm8bHddCn7OOYht2PzDU6sFWuPQnlv8z4tXw6kgSHigjqc5lQgJ0qVQ3q8xU/s640/thr_1.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /> <i>Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism. </i> <br /><br /> The media recently reported that Los Angeles County’s ongoing typhus epidemic <a href="https://www.nbclosangeles.com/investigations/Typhus-Epidemic-Worsens-in-Los-Angeles-505166301.html">had infected</a> Deputy City Attorney Liz Greenwood. <br /><br /> "Who gets typhus? It's a medieval disease that's caused by trash,” she wondered. <br /><br /> Greenwood is partially correct. The typhus outbreak, like the hepatitis outbreak, was directly caused by social justice policies that legalized public vagrancy, and leaving trash and human waste on sidewalks. The piles of trash, human waste and people combine to create horrifying diseased conditions. Before Greenwood, many Los Angeles patients who had been diagnosed with typhus were indeed homeless. <br /><br /> "There are rats in City Hall and City Hall East," she complained. "There are enormous rats and their tails are as long as their bodies." <br /><br /> The rats are a problem, but the fleas that carry the virus that Greenwood has can live on a variety of animals, including stray cats and possums. That’s why the typhus outbreak isn’t just happening in Skid Row, but has spread to Long Beach and <a href="https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-ln-typhus-outbreak-20181011-story.html">Pasadena</a>. And while the homeless encampments act as incubators for the disease, it’s not the only social justice policy spreading disease across America. <br /><br /> Or at least in California and Texas. <br /><br /> “It’s never been considered a very common disease,” Peter Hotez, the dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, <a href="https://www.voanews.com/a/typhus-cases-rise-in-los-angeles-several-other-us-cities/4621679.html">noted</a>, “but we seem to see it more frequently. And it seems to be extending across from Southern California all along the Mexican border into southeastern Texas and then into the Gulf Coast in Florida.” <br /><br /> America never had much of a history of typhus, but Mexico did. And our brief episodes of typhus invariably involved immigrants and migrants carrying the disease from Europe or Mexico. <br /><br /> The first outbreak of the disease in this hemisphere occurred in Mexico back in the 17th century and there have been 22 major outbreaks since then, caused in part by refugees and crowded conditions. Typhus was so associated with Mexico that it was even known as Tabardillo or Mexican typhus fever. There was extensive debate as to whether Mexican typhus was different than European typhus. <br /><br /> The first case of typhus in southern California <a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/236291">was linked</a> to Mexican refugees. <br /><br /> Dr. L.M. Powers, a Los Angeles physician, was the first to spot it. "The first recognized and recorded cases of typhus fever in southern California occurred in the summer of 1916, when many Mexicans came to this section during a civil war in their own country," he wrote in a paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. <br /><br /> The first victim of typhus had visited El Paso. Dr. Powers linked many other typhus cases in Los Angeles to Mexico. Historical records show that these cases involved migrants and Mexican railway workers. <br /><br /> In saner times, American authorities understood the problem and took common sense measures to fight the spread of the disease. The rise of typhus cases in California a century ago led to a campaign that included the delousing of anyone coming into the United States from certain parts of Mexico. Leftists have revisited this history in recent years to make obscene analogies to Holocaust gas chambers. <br /><br /> But despite the insistence that disinfection stations were motivated by racism, rather than real fear of the disease, the 67 typhus cases in El Paso make it very clear that there was a real problem. <br /><br /> El Paso’s efforts to keep out typhus were touched off by the death of Dr. W. C. Kluttz, who spotted the disease in the Mexican refugees that he was treating, before becoming infected and dying of it. <br /><br /> Dr. Kluttz was far from the only medical professional who lost his life to the disease. Dr. Howard Taylor Ricketts, the brilliant pathologist after whom Rickettsia, the genome that causes typhus is named, died while trying to isolate typhus in Mexico City at the request of the Mexican government. <br /><br /> At Dr. Kluttz's funeral, El Paso's Mayor Lea <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=O8tvDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA133&ots=wMqBZ6CuaR&dq">called for</a> "a strong federally enforced quarantine here that would effectively stop the entrance into this country of disease-bearing persons from south of the Rio Grande." <br /><br /> The ambitious 2,000 mile quarantine ultimately proved to be a success, preventing Mexico’s typhus outbreaks from spreading into the United States. But it also claimed a toll with at least one inspector, David M. White, conducting disinfection procedures, contracting typhus and dying of the disease. <br /><br /> Illegal migrants seeking to bypass the quarantine however spread the disease in unlikely places. <br /><br /> A 1921 outbreak of typhus on a Navajo reservation <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/4576328?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents">was attributed</a> to it being on a “pathway for itinerant laborers.” That particular outbreak appears to have killed 27 Navajo Indians. <br /><br /> The quarantine is history and typhus cases continue to rise in border states. <br /><br /> Texas saw a <a href="https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/typhus-infections-surging-throughout-texas/">surge of typhus cases</a> between 2008 and 2016. And the cases have been heavily concentrated in counties with high illegal populations. But officials insist on blaming ‘global warming’. <br /><br /> The number of typhus cases <a href="https://www.chron.com/local/prognosis/article/Texas-officials-issue-alert-about-typhus-threat-12398813.php">rose from</a> 30 in 2003 to <a href="https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Typhus-once-thought-eradicated-continues-to-13102164.php">519 in 2017</a>. Hidalgo County had the highest incidence with 99 cases. Hidalgo County <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/28/undocumented-population-demographics/">contains 6% of the state’s illegal alien population</a>. Harris County has the second highest rate with 71 typhus cases and contains 24% of the state’s illegal alien population. Hidalgo has some of the youngest and newest illegal alien arrivals which may account for its high typhus infection rates. <br /><br /> Bexar County, with 59 typhus cases, the fourth highest rate of infections, hosts 4% of Texas illegals. <br /><br /> Typhus had fallen off the radar in the United States. It had been delisted by the CDC in 1994. And then it made a comeback in the middle nineties. Los Angeles saw a rise in the number of typhus cases in 1996 around the same time as futile efforts were being launched to fight the plague of illegal migration. <br /><br /> Now the situation has worsened. And it will only keep getting worse. <br /><br /> Like superstitious dark age types, leftists insist on blaming the typhus outbreaks on global warming, caused by an angry ‘Mother Earth’ rather than on the very real spread of disease by people. Instead of preventing the spread of disease, they insist that we must repent for our crimes against the environment, and recycle more, and then the earth will cool and the typhus outbreak will stop. <br /><br /> This denial of basic scientific facts is at the root of the typhus outbreak. Raising taxes in a bizarre scheme to change the weather is a bizarre folly that will do absolutely nothing to stop the spread of typhus. <br /><br /> The legalization of illegal migration and homelessness, is leading to a new wave of disease outbreaks. <br /><br /> Epidemiology shows us that typhus flares up in border counties and areas with large illegal alien populations. From there, it takes root in poor areas with bad hygiene. Fleas carried by rats, possums and cats can then pass on the disease to people who would have never expected to come down with it. <br /><br /> We know how to stop typhus. It begins with ending public vagrancy and illegal migration. <br /><br /> The Los Angeles Deputy City Attorney called typhus a “medieval disease”. Senator Kamala Harris of California ridiculed President Trump’s proposal for a border wall as “medieval”. California Rep. Harley Rouda urged Trump to “give up on the outdated notion of building a wall from medieval times.” <br /><br /> Rouda represents parts of Orange County. The O.C. had 15 typhus cases last year. <br /><br /> If you want to stop a medieval disease, you might want to start with a medieval wall. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank You Mr Greenfield and FPM.<br /> </span></span>D Bunkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00614492883036750990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863877434692129194.post-11109215090504461512019-02-10T06:29:00.000-08:002019-02-10T06:32:46.670-08:00ERICKSON: The Green Raw Deal<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and her ilk are a gift to our Constitutional Republic. Anyone who can lead with a foot This big proudly on display in her mouth, will only hobble the rest of her Party's Collectivizing Agenda.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/43267/erickson-green-raw-deal-erick-erickson">dailywire</a><br /> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/authors/erick-erickson"> Erick Erickson </a> <br /> February 9, 2019<br /> <br /> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Democrats in the House of Representatives have rolled out what they are calling a "Green New Deal." It is the most serious public policy offering from Generation Tide Pod Eater to ever be unveiled. It is exactly what you would expect.<br /> <br />In the rollout of their deal, the Democrats released an outline that summarized their legislation. It included such gems as, "When JFK said we'd go to the by the end of the decade, people said impossible." You might think I left out the word "moon" and a few other choice words. You would be wrong. The Democrats left those out. There is also this one: "We aren't sure that we'll be able to fully get rid of farting cows." <br /><br />This is not the product of serious people. This is the product of zealots who are under the impression they have more power than they actually do. The Democrats' plan calls for the elimination of fossil fuels and the embrace of 100 percent renewable energy, but would not invest in new nuclear power. Were this successful, the nation would be wholly dependent on the sun and on wind for energy. No nation has been so wholly dependent on the sun and on wind for energy since the period known as the Dark Ages. <br /><br />The plan would also eliminate or retrofit every building in the United States to comply with increased efficiency standards. Concurrently, the plan wants to "massively expand clean manufacturing (like solar panel factories, wind turbine factories, battery and storage manufacturing, energy efficient manufacturing components) and remove pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from manufacturing." The Tide Pod eaters who conjured this may not be aware that the creation of solar panels is seriously environmentally unfriendly.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br />The Democrats even claim they want to build massive high-speed rail systems to eliminate air travel so that one might be able to cross the country in three days instead of four hours. They would also apparently use the power of government to force everyone into a vegetarian lifestyle so they could eliminate the "farting cows" problem. <br /><br />In the polite language of the Democrats, they would "work with farmers and ranchers to create a sustainable, pollution and greenhouse gas free, food system that ensures universal access to healthy food and expands independent family farming." A greenhouse gas-free food system would, definitionally, not contain carbon dioxide-emitting animals. <br /><br />How would the Democrats pay for this? The policy outline provided says we shouldn't worry about it. "If Eisenhower wanted to build the interstate highway system today, people would ask how we'd pay for it." They asked then, too. More specifically, this is the actual language in the outline answering the question of "How will you pay for it?": <br /><br />"The same way we paid for the New Deal, the 2008 bank bailout and extended quantitative easing programs. The same way we paid for World War II and all our current wars. The Federal Reserve can extend credit to power these projects and investments and new public banks can be created to extend credit. There is also space for the government to take an equity stake in projects to get a return on investment. At the end of the day, this is an investment in our economy that should grow our wealth as a nation, so the question isn't how will we pay for it, but what will we do with our new shared prosperity." <br /><br />During World War II, Franklin Roosevelt added about $240 billion to the national debt. Ronald Reagan added about $1.8 trillion. George W. Bush added over $5 trillion, with Barack Obama adding about $8 trillion. The national debt will top $25 trillion by 2021, with interest payments on that debt exceeding every other expenditure. This green program would double the national debt, making it the single largest expenditure in the history of the United States. It would also bankrupt families, businesses and the nation. This Green New Deal would make the national socialists and their kissing cousins, the Soviets of mid-twentieth century Europe, very proud — if only because it would destroy the American economy. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank You Mr Erickson and the DailyWire. </span></span>D Bunkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00614492883036750990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863877434692129194.post-30575920030395915982019-02-10T06:13:00.001-08:002019-02-10T06:14:37.148-08:00Donald Trump’s Annihilation of the Democratic Party<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://amgreatness.com/2019/02/06/donald-trumps-annihilation-of-the-democratic-party/">American Greatness</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />The nadir of the amoral egotism of what might broadly be called “Me-ism” has been reached by the avant garde of the Democratic Party in their race to the bottom of the electoral depths. The renunciation of any notions of sacrifice, patriotic pride, the spirituality of life, or the recognition of anything except the smash-and-grab politics of endless atomized grievances and instant gratification of convenience, has reached what must, in its way, be the end of history. <br /><br />The governor of Virginia, Ralph Northam, a pediatric neurologist, led the way downwards with an unctuous statement on the virtues of delivering children, assuring their survival as live babies, and then determining in discussion with the mother (of course) whether they deserved to be allowed to survive.<br /> <br />This was an attitude that appalled a large section of opinion in 5th century B.C. Athens. In espousing it, far more than the utter moral vacuity of the cutting edge of the Democratic Party has been exposed. When running for governor, Northam called his opponent a racist and President Trump a “narcissistic maniac.” <br /><br />The Bigger Fight</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> The informal, spontaneous, emergent strategy of the Democrats is finally erupting and foaming from the mouths and nostrils of their legislators and candidates in a mighty outburst of opportunistic consciousness. This is a delayed reaction to the destruction of their monopoly on political power by the Trump phenomenon, compounded by the recognition that Trump can’t be impeached and will do everything he promised if he can get a firm enough grip on the apparatus of political power. <br /><br />The supreme struggle for the commanding heights of American politics, the battle of Verdun or of Stalingrad, has come over immigration. The decades-old understanding between machine Democrats vacuuming up easy Latino votes and largely Republican employers exploiting the cheap labor of illegal Latino immigrants enabled Donald Trump to forge a new coalition of the threatened working class, the middle class exhausted by more than a decade of flat-lined purchasing power, the silent majority of disinterested patriotic Americans, and the legitimate immigrants who do not want their ability to climb the socio-economic ladder as American immigrants have done for 240 years to be undercut by swarms of illegal migrants with no sense of choosing a new country and determining to accept that country’s values and work within them.<br /> <br />Democrats rejoice in proclaiming that Trump didn’t drain much of the swamp when the Republicans controlled the White House and both houses of Congress. They know perfectly well that the Republicans in the Congress were NeverTrumpers. The only senator Trump had at the outset was the subsequently hopeless attorney general, Jeff Sessions, who could not have done more to assist the cover-up of Democratic skullduggery if he had co-authored the Steele dossier. <br /><br />Now Trump has banished the worst of the NeverTrumpers from the congressional Republican delegation, and won the rest over by friendly persuasion—except for Mitt Romney, who <a href="https://amgreatness.com/2019/01/07/mitt-romney-fails-again/">virtually terminated his useful career</a> as a senator two days before he was sworn in with an article on the president’s character. The piece confirmed about Romney what his predecessor from Utah, Orrin Hatch, had called him: “a well-oiled weather vane.” It showed, too, that he was a treacherous one. Despite Romney and the chronically bumptious Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Trump’s allies are now in control of the Senate and its committees and the unearthing of the misconduct of the Obama Justice Department, intelligence services, and the Clinton campaign—as the attorney general-designate has pledged—are about to begin. <br /><br />Democrats Backed Into a Corner</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> The Democratic House of Representatives has taken its stand on immigration. Led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), they claim to favor border security but are reluctant to do anything to reduce the flow of illegal immigrants. The entire Democratic media echo chamber has gone to maximum decibel levels denouncing <a href="https://www.historyextra.com/period/general-ancient/great-wall-china-facts-history-length-why-built-from-space/">the time-honored solution</a> of an “immoral” wall, and claiming the problem is wildly exaggerated and chiefly occurs at airports. They are backing themselves into the corner of “sanctuary cities” where police are instructed to ignore federal immigration laws and census-takers are enjoined from asking the citizenship of the country’s residents, as the Constitution requires.<br /> <br />This is insurrection and the pervasion of the immigration question, around 20 million people who entered the United States illegally, has corrupted the Democratic Party as its leaders balk at rational solutions. These include the establishment of a border, the deportation of serious law-breakers illegally present in the United States, a generous treatment for the people who entered blamelessly as children, and an expedited path to citizenship for the great majority of illegal entrants who have been constructive and law-abiding residents. <br /><br />With battle joined on immigration, the Democrats have lashed out at the rich, including the close pals of the Clintons and Obamas in Wall Street and Hollywood, and are calling for a return to pre-LBJ, almost World War II-level tax rates, (of the confiscatory levels that drove Ronald Reagan into the Republican Party). <a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dolores-Ibarruri">La Pasionaria</a> of the movement, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), and the modern Herbert Marcuse, Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), are both calling for top tax rates in the neighborhood of 70 percent. Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, junior U.S. senator from California, surged to the fore by calling for the nationalization of the entire health insurance industry, and, effectively of the entire gigantic field of health care. Never mind single-payer healthcare, this is no-payer health care. Doctors of America would become de facto federal employees. <br /><br />Exalting Atrocities</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> The Democratic train is now roaring off the tracks and down the third rail which politicians used not to touch, out of a lingering sense of self-preservation. The logical coruscation of this dispersal—this flight from the political center to the left, to stage a goal-line stand of the die-hards against the Trump ogre, grinding relentlessly forward, heedless of the semi-daily announcements by most of the national media of his imminent collapse in legal shambles, is to repurpose abortion as the end of the policy rainbow. <br /><br />Abortion is too intrusive, too inconvenient; let the children be born and then the mother can decide whether she wants to be a mother after all, or kill the child, or give it up for adoption. <br /><br />This was the logical end of the nonsensical Roe v. Wade decision that childbirth is exclusively a matter of a woman’s control over her body: it decided correctly that the state does not have the power and should not seek the power to inflict childbirth on a woman who does not want to have a child. But it ignored the real question of when the unborn attain to the rights of a person. That is why the decision is vulnerable and the Democrats, in cold terror that it could be overturned, are in panic and are moving the battle-lines forward to the position of Ralph Northam, <a href="https://victorygirlsblog.com/blackface-backpedal-northams-fire/">far from a natural oracle of moral opinion</a> this past week. <br /><br />To hell with control over their own bodies! Women will decide in post-natal calm whether to kill the child. It is to this unspeakable assault on every principle and value that has guided, inspired, and undergirded American civilization, where the Democrats are arriving at their last post. <br /><br />#MeToo was justice by denunciation. Senator and presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) said Dr. Christine Blasey Ford had to be believed over Judge Brett Kavanaugh because she was a woman. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) saved the balance of evidence and of probabilities, and rebutted justice by mere unsubstantiated denunciation. The Democrats are moving on: women will not only cause the rejection of male candidates for high positions, but have them prosecuted, which in the corrupt American justice system in 95 percent of cases means imprisoned. For good measure, the warrior-queen sisterhood will also decide, after birth, whether their children will be allowed to survive. Life is not remotely sacred, it is to be encouraged if convenient and snuffed out if not. <br /><br />A Frenzy of Extremism</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> Donald Trump’s greatest achievement may be the total annihilation of the Democratic Party in its present mutated and degraded form. The Democrats have been allowed to slither to their present state of moral degradation with the witless and spineless collaboration of look-alike Republicans who are easy to defeat, like McCain and Romney, or can be survived, like Reagan and the Bushes, or destroyed, like Nixon. <br /><br />Faced with a Trump they could not defeat and cannot destroy, Democrats appear to be entering a frenzy of primal extremism. If the Democrats go to the voters next year as the party of infanticide, open borders, a 70 percent top personal income tax rate, and the practical abolition of private health care, they will vanish more quickly, and with less distinction, than the Whigs, who at least had serious leaders like Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and Abraham Lincoln before their party imploded. This thronging riff-raff of Democratic presidential aspirants couldn’t lead the country across Washington’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, and won’t get an invitation to try.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank You Mr Black and American Greatness. </span></span>D Bunkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00614492883036750990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863877434692129194.post-27406838841979707812019-02-10T05:58:00.000-08:002019-02-10T05:59:50.036-08:00Virginia: When Identity Groups Collide<a href="https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/02/virginia_when_identity_groups_collide.html"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">American Thinker</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">For
decades, lacking a coherent and acceptable broad-based platform, the
Democrats have cobbled together their victories by playing the identity
politics game. Reaching out to different groups, playing on their sense
of victimization and oppression, dissolving the very bonds of civic
cohesion, and pretending to a savior role for each group. Of course, if
people thought about it, no one is less oppressed than a modern-day
American, and the special interests and pleadings of these disparate
groups often collide and conflict, but that seemingly passes beyond
their ken or notice. This week, in contrast to the unifying State of the
Union address by the President which was coherent, consistent, and
uplifting, the three top officials in Virginia -- all Democrats -- are
engaged in a bloody battle which looks to disunite the Democratic women
from the black voters of the state. It’s not helping the media either,
especially not the Washington<i> Post, </i>owned by Jeff Bezos himself, embroiled in a marital scandal and fight with David Pecker, the owner of the <i>National Enquirer</i>. (Who can beat the NY <i>Post’s </i>front page on Friday “Bezos Exposes Pecker”?)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
imbroglio in Virginia has inspired lots of humorous digs on the right,
not the least of which is the rewriting of the motto “Virginia is for
Lovers” into “Virginia is for Losers” as indeed the party is now a
laughingstock with no good way out of the dilemma.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>A Little Background</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>(1) Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey-Ford</i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Events pass so quickly, pardon me for a quick review of recent history. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Christine
Blasey-Ford accused then-nominee for the Supreme Court Brett Kavanaugh
of sexual harassment, which, she said, had occurred years before when
they were both in high school. She was vague as to the date and place,
and persons she identified as being in the house when the offensive
behavior occurred did not confirm that he was even there when the
claimed abuse occurred nor was there a shred of evidence that the two
had ever even met. Yet for days, the Washington<i> Post </i>headlined her story. And Democrats, especially women Democrats, insisted that women accusers of sexual malfeasance <i>must </i>be believed. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hillary Clinton (oddly enough) <a href="http://hrc.io/SexualAssault">was typical</a>:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Every survivor of sexual assault deserves to be heard, believed, and supported. </span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Additionally,
that paper then reported on a number of preposterous, unverified, and
even more outlandish allegations against the nominee, later withdrawn.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>(2) Governor Ralph Northam, Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax, and Attorney General Mark Herring</i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="" src="https://www.americanthinker.com/images/bucket/2018-08/208315_5_.png" style="float: right; height: 118px; margin: 5px; width: 250px;" />The
fiasco in Virginia began when a medical school yearbook in which on
Northam’s page was a picture of a man in blackface standing next to a
man in a KKK outfit surfaced. Northam first apologized, later denied he
was in that picture but did admit he’d appeared in blackface at a dance
while in college. His denials seemed unpersuasive, suggesting someone
mixed up pictures and placed this one on his page without his knowledge.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Next
up Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring admitted he, too, had had
worn blackface in college. (This seems to be a peculiar Virginia
tradition. No one in other states seems to remember this happening at
that time.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The blackface furor began with demands for Northam’s resignation, and then Herrings’.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Among those calling for Northam’s immediate resignation were the<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ralph-northam-must-resign/2019/02/06/b1703986-2a40-11e9-b011-d8500644dc98_story.html?utm_term=.acb8a50cb605"> editors of the Washington<i> Post</i></a>, which cited “his shifting and credulity-shredding explanations for the racist photograph.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Professor Glenn Reynolds (Instapundit) <a href="https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/321014/">was having none of this</a>:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hey, <i>WaPo</i> editorial
board -- remember how you pushed Northam as some sort of racial healer,
while gleefully spreading the bullshit claims that longtime milquetoast
GOP pol Ed Gillespie was some sort of Stormfront stalking horse? Maybe
you should resign, too, hacks. Don’t try to pretend this is just about
the rottenness of Virginia’s Democratic Party. You’re part of the rot
yourselves.</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It would, indeed, be hard to argue with a straight face that Virginia Democrats got into this box on their own. The Washington<i> Post </i>deserves a great deal of credit.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In any event, an online friend, Lynn Chu, probably best explains the hoopla about blackface and Northam:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">All
this weird, exaggerated shrieking about blackface etc. (and so many
other leftist fetish behaviors) is some kind of psychological
displacement behavior. With pathetic desperation they seem to seek to
cover up for, or find scapegoats or substitutes for, what ought to be
profound guilt and shame over all their other immoral behaviors.</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This
the Left adamantly ignores except for its symbolic expiations in
overkill involving boorish male sex predators, the worst being those who
abuse power. Northam's bland assertion of a right to infanticide, and
that jerk Cuomo's actual jubilant celebration of it (excommunicate him
please, Pope, alas, a useless one) is a prime example. But there are
more.</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
calls for Northam’s resignation, which had to include Herrings’ for
consistency’s sake, might have gotten somewhere but for two allegations
involving Justin Fairfax. For then it occurred to not a few people that
all three might have to resign leaving a Republican in the Governorship
according to Virginia’s succession law.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>(a) The Fairfax Allegations.</b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A
Scripps College professor, Dr. Vanessa Tyson, asserts that at the 2004
Democratic Convention in Boston, Fairfax forced her to perform fellatio
on him. Friday Meredith Wilson who has corroborating contemporaneous
corroborating emails, Facebook messages and statements from friends,
accuses Fairfax of raping her when they were both students at Duke
University.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tyson’s allegations were made public sooner and we <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep-bobby-scott-learned-lt-gov-justin-fairfax/story?id=60898781&fbclid=IwAR1KOsdkfolCgBffDobZw4AY0u-i0mqV6fk-tW-CO2Wkp7WR5F6GYGZky3M">have more details</a> about how they were handled than we do of Wilson’s. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tyson,
a friend of Virginia democratic Congressman Bobby Scott, says she told
him about the incident a year ago. His aides said that Tyson first
reached out to Scott on October 20, 2017 indicating she was not “a fan”
of Fairfax and that she followed up a month later indicating she wanted
to explain to Scott why that was so, In December she texted him her
issue with Fairfax was because of a “MeToo allegation” and about January
of this year she disclosed that it was, she who had been Fairfax’s
victim. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Washington <i>Post</i> <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-washington-post-went-all-in-on-the-brett-kavanaugh-but-spiked-a-similar-story-about-a-democrat">received the information from Tyson</a> over a year ago (prior to the Virginia election) and decided <i>not </i>to publish her allegations. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As Becket Adams notes:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">What’s
the paper’s excuse for running multiple stories repeating totally
uncorroborated allegations of sexual abuse aimed at Kavanaugh? When the <i>Post</i>
got Ford on the record amid the fight over Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court
nomination, the paper didn’t seem to be so concerned by the fact that
she couldn't provide a single piece of evidence to verify her claim that
the judge tried to rape her when they were both in high school -- or
even that they'd ever met. </span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Note
that, absent the leaks, her allegation could have been properly
investigated by senators from both parties on the Senate Judiciary
Committee without the resulting damage to privacy and reputation. But
the <i>Post</i>, less worried in that case about the lack of evidence behind the allegation, plowed ahead. </span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In fact, as the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute’s <a href="https://twitter.com/tedfrank/status/1092452036870844416?s=19" target="_blank">Ted Frank</a> noted
Monday, there are fewer red flags in the Fairfax accuser's story then
there were in Ford's. Unlike Ford, Fairfax’s accuser identifies the
exact year and location of the alleged assault. Unlike Ford, Fairfax’s
accuser belongs to the same political tribe, and therefore speaks
against interest in at least one sense. </span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are other things that bother me about the <i>Post</i>’s
uneven treatment of the Fairfax and Kavanaugh accusers. For example,
the paper’s first original coverage of the allegation against the
lieutenant governor came only <i>after</i> Fairfax had issued a statement defending himself. Kavanaugh was afforded no similar benefit. </span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Virginia
Democrats haven’t had this hard of a time since the third day at
Gettysburg” says my online friend “Captain Hate’ and with good reason.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Northam
can’t be forced to resign even if black voters are furious. Neither can
Herring. And it seems inconsistent to not treat both men equally for
essentially the same offense. But if they resign for blackface pictures
in college, how can Fairfax stay in office facing charges now from two
women for far more egregious conduct? And if all three resign the
Democratic Party in Virginia will be decimated. But if they don’t it
will infuriate women voters or black voters, or both.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank You Ms Feldman and AT. </span></span></div>
D Bunkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00614492883036750990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863877434692129194.post-42846625137121173042019-02-10T04:23:00.002-08:002019-02-10T04:57:38.546-08:00The Ku Klux Krats<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/02/the_ku_klux_krats.html#ixzz5f81TUPpD">American Thinker</a><br />By <a href="https://www.americanthinker.com/author/bruce_walker/">Bruce Walker</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Feb 10, 2019 <br /><br />The racist antics of Virginia governor Ralph Northam ought not to surprise anyone. The Democratic Party has long been marinated in racist thinking. Today, most of that racism is irrational hatred of white people and the denial of white people through such policies that the Nazis practiced — racial quotas — in the name of that moronic and repulsive goal "social justice," which is to say injustice; all justice is individual. <br /><br />The Democratic Party was even more deeply committed to racism against blacks, and the Ku Klux Klan was simply the terrorist wing of the Democratic Party, which drove Republicans out of the South and compelled blacks to join the Democratic Party, where they were denied the right to vote in primaries or participate in caucuses to choose the Democrat nominee for offices. <br /><br />Blacks who gave in to this terrorism and became Democrats were said by disgusted black women to be "crossing the Jordan" and were referred to as "<a href="https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2008/04/post_11.html">Uncle Tom</a>," which is how that derogatory name from Uncle Tom's Cabin entered the American political lexicon. <br /><br />The Ku Klux Klan did more than just terrorize Republicans. The Klan was <a href="https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2008/03/some_wicked_friends_of_public.html">a strong supporter of public schools</a> and a passionate advocate of creating a federal department of education with Cabinet-level status. The Ku Klux Klan also touted itself in many parts of the nation as "progressive" and opposed big business. <br /><br />The infestation of Klan members in the Democratic Party — an utterly forgotten story — includes not just nebbishes like Northam, but Democrat icons. Woodrow Wilson, though not a Klan member himself, re-segregated the federal civil service. He showed the Klan celebratory film, The Birth of a Nation, in the White House and commented that so much of what was in the film was so true. <br /><br />FDR won the Democrat presidential nomination in 1932 when, in the later rounds of voting, all the "Solid South" swung to him. FDR never desegregated the military or tried to end the disenfranchisement of blacks in the South or supported the civil rights bills that conservative Republicans repeatedly introduced in Congress. Truman himself applied to join the Ku Klan Klan. <br /><br />Democrat presidents put several Klansmen on the Supreme Court. Justice Edward White, who had been a Klansman, was put on the Supreme Court by Grover Cleveland. FDR put Hugo Black, a leftist icon and also a Klansman, on the Supreme Court. Harry Truman put Tom Clark, father of the odious radical leftist Ramsay Clark, on the Supreme Court. <br /><br />Is all this ancient political history? Recall that the presidency of George W. Bush included West Virginia senator Robert Byrd, who had been a high official in the Ku Klux Klan and used the term "white nigger" in a television interview. Byrd was repeatedly chosen as the Democrat leader in the Senate. <br /><br />The contrast with the Republican Party is stark. Every single Republican presidential candidate since the Civil War supported equality before the law for blacks and invited blacks to join and to participate in the Republican Party at the local and national levels. Even after serving terms as president, men like Rutherford B. Hayes devoted the rest of their lives to working to educate blacks in the South. <br /><br />Thaddeus Stevens, who is attacked in most history books for supporting the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, refused to acknowledge Pennsylvania state law changes that, before the Civil War, denied blacks the vote. In his will, Stevens asked to be buried in a black-only cemetery. <br /><br />Republican national conventions long before there was any political gain to be had often had the invocation by black clergymen. The platforms of these conventions almost invariably called for granting blacks genuine political and civil rights. Virtually all the black leaders, up to W.E.B. Du Bois, were Republicans (and even the Marxist Du Bois, after supporting Wilson in 1912, declined to do so in 1916). <br /><br />How, then, did the Ku Klux Krats come to be seen as the champions of blacks? Because, as they always do, leftists — the Ku Klux Klan is clearly a spawn of the Left — promised them unearned goodies, unmerited advantages, and the appearance of power. Equality before the law became in fact inequality, forcing colleges and companies to hire relatively unqualified blacks, which both destroyed the value of those institutions in many ways and also insured that interracial hostility continued and worsened. <br /><br />Can anything be done? Possibly, but probably not. All those who crossed the Jordan to become Democrats are too addicted to those destructive narcotics that are the tools of enslavement used by the Left. That is just what the left and its political vehicle, the Democratic Party, want.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank You Mr Walker and American Thinker. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tyler Durden</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Feb 9, 2019</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has inserted her foot squarely
in her mouth as her "Green New Deal" PR nightmare continues. </span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">After removing an embarrassing FAQ from her website which failed to
match the environmental legislation package she introduced on Thursday, <b>one of her advisers went on <i>Fox News'</i> Tucker Carlson Tonight and lied about it.</b></span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The now-deleted version of the FAQ originally uploaded by AOC's office contained an absurd provision for "<b>economic security for all who are unable or unwilling to work,</b>" a phrase which AOC adviser Robert Hockett - a Cornell law professor, claimed came from a "doctored document."</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"I think you’re referring to some sort of document that some, <b>I think some doctored document that somebody other than us has been circulating</b>," said Hockett in response to Carlson's question about the "unwilling to work" statement. </span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Oh, I thought that came right from her, that was in the backgrounder from her office, is my understanding," Carlson replied. </span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<b>No, no. She’s actually tweeted it out to laugh at it. If you
look at her latest tweets, it seems that apparently, some Republicans
have put it out there.</b>"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">AOC’s office released a GND FAQ
page w/ the “unwilling to work” line, then deleted it, then she quote
tweeted screenshots of ppl trolling the GND FAQ page, then she RT’ed her
supporter on national TV conflating the fake trolling w/ what the GND
FAQ page really did say. Shameless.</span></span></div>
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— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) <a href="https://twitter.com/JerryDunleavy/status/1094253267402530816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 9, 2019</a></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here's an archived version of the now-deleted <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a>'s House webpage with the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreenNewDeal?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GreenNewDeal</a>
FAQ's and the "guarantee" in all its glory: "It guarantees to
everyone... Economic security to all who are... unwilling to work."<a href="https://t.co/UlOtwgD3dT">https://t.co/UlOtwgD3dT</a> <a href="https://t.co/qr29dzU2fV">pic.twitter.com/qr29dzU2fV</a></span></span></div>
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— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) <a href="https://twitter.com/JerylBier/status/1093697335589326848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 8, 2019</a></span></span></blockquote>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Making it worse, AOC and her Chief of Staff are now <i>continuing to bullshit people about it over Twitter!</i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are multiple doctored GND
resolutions and FAQs floating around. There was also a draft version
that got uploaded + taken down. There’s also draft versions floating out
there.<br /><br />
Point is, the real one is our submitted resolution, H.Res. 109: <a href="https://t.co/ZlgWmNQn57">https://t.co/ZlgWmNQn57</a></span></span></div>
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— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1094331348813340672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 9, 2019</a></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mistakes happen when doing time
launches like this coordinating multiple groups and collaborators. It's
hard to have both a transparent and open process with many stakeholders
while keeping all info locked down. But what’s in the resolution is the
GND.</span></span></div>
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— Saikat Chakrabarti (@saikatc) <a href="https://twitter.com/saikatc/status/1094265598694096896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 9, 2019</a></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mystery document authored by *checks PDF properties*... AOC's Chief of Staff. <a href="https://t.co/MBdZkdqNM7">https://t.co/MBdZkdqNM7</a> <a href="https://t.co/btvMr8HO6y">pic.twitter.com/btvMr8HO6y</a></span></span></div>
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— Jon Lech Johansen (@jonlech) <a href="https://twitter.com/jonlech/status/1094317280773713921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 9, 2019</a></span></span></blockquote>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And as if the Green New Deal hadn't generated enough negative
attention this week, President Trump chimed in with a tweet mocking the
plan that is almost guaranteed to draw a response from AOC herself.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I think it is very important for
the Democrats to press forward with their Green New Deal. It would be
great for the so-called “Carbon Footprint” to permanently eliminate all
Planes, Cars, Cows, Oil, Gas & the Military - even if no other
country would do the same. Brilliant!</span></span></div>
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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1094375749279248385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 9, 2019</a></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank You Mr Durden, Zerohedge, and President Trump for rubbing it in. </span></span>D Bunkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00614492883036750990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863877434692129194.post-8002697147603370472019-02-09T05:32:00.001-08:002019-02-09T05:32:22.853-08:00Green New Deal Will Stifle Green Energy Innovation, Expert Says<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://freebeacon.com/issues/green-new-deal-will-stifle-green-energy-innovation-expert-says/">freebeacon</a><br /><a href="https://freebeacon.com/author/elizabeth-harrington/">Elizabeth Harrington</a> <br />February 7, 2019 2:30 pm<br /><br /><b>'Socialist manifesto' could increase electric bills by $3,800 per year</b><br /> <br />The "Green New Deal" will produce the opposite of its intended goal of reducing carbon emissions by stifling energy innovation, according to an expert at the American Enterprise Institute. <br /><br />Democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez <a href="https://freebeacon.com/politics/ocasio-cortezs-green-new-deal-calls-for-economic-transformation-of-u-s/">released</a> her proposal Thursday. The 10-year plan calls for the "economic transformation" of the United States, the elimination of air travel, replacement or upgrade of every building, and a guaranteed federal job with paid vacation for every person in America even if they are "<a href="https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5729035/Green-New-Deal-FAQ.pdf">unwilling to work</a>." <br /><br />Ocasio-Cortez is light on the details of how to finance the deal, estimated at anywhere between $2 trillion and $5.7 trillion, "<a href="https://www.aei.org/publication/costs-of-the-green-new-deal/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiT1RCaVlUZGxNRE5qTWpBeCIsInQiOiJcL3hmMURtWU9wZFdUTTV4eEpWSjZ1aWNHdXhjcHdBMjJoRk1xU1hvNnRZdVR0TFdcL3orMThBSHdzV09RZ3ZXang0MEtnNkVXQVF4Y3VxZkFcL1wvbFdKR0ZQdm8rMWVjN1FhS1lqcFRMRXR6M29HUDJtZndyK01WQUpVc0xNXC9sR1NmIn0%3D">or more</a>." <br /><br />"At the end of the day, this is an investment in our economy that should grow our wealth as a nation," Ocasio-Cortez said. "So the question isn't how will we pay for it, but what will we do with our new shared prosperity." <br /><br />AEI resident fellow Alex Brill <a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/427873-costs-of-the-green-new-deal">explained</a> last week that regardless of cost, the unintended consequences of the Green New Deal are "the worst imaginable." <br /><br />Brill writes that the Green New Deal's financing through bureaucratic funding schemes could "inhibit clean technology and energy efficiency innovation," because grants will "inevitably be earmarked for investments that can be defined using only tools and technologies already at hand." <br /><br />Energy innovation in the private sector would also be inhibited as private companies would seek federal financing instead of private investment for green energy projects. Brill cites transportation spending data that show highway spending in President Barack Obama's nearly $1 trillion stimulus bill in 2009 actually "reduced state spending on highway projects by 81 cents." <br /><br />Brill also notes the funding process would be political by nature, as inevitably Green New Deal projects would go to those that are preferred by powerful liberal lawmakers in Congress. <br /><br />"Some lawmakers will insist on a certain level of investment in solar projects, while others will demand more money for wind turbines or geothermal power," Brill writes. "The final allocation will depend on the relative clout of the lawmakers and will inefficiently differ from the allocations that consumers and producers would demand." <br /><br />"In short, the Green New Deal would be a deficit financed expansion of federal bureaucratic power to dictate investment decisions in one of the most dynamic sectors of the economy," Brill concludes. <br /><br />Sen. John Barrasso (R., Wyo.) called the Green New Deal a "raw deal for the taxpayer" that would increase electric bills by up to $3,800 per year. <br /><br />"It's a socialist manifesto that lays out a laundry list of government giveaways, including guaranteed food, housing, college, and economic security even for those who refuse to work," Barrasso said. "As Democrats take a hard left turn, this radical proposal would take our growing economy off the cliff and our nation into bankruptcy. It's the first step down a dark path to socialism." <br /><br />Barrasso said the solution to lower emissions is through private innovation. <br /><br />"I want to make American energy as clean as we can, as fast as we can, without raising costs for consumers," he said. "We can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by supporting new innovative technologies like advanced nuclear power, carbon capture, and carbon utilization. Innovation, not regulation, will lead to lower emissions and a stronger economy."<br /> <br />Thank You Ms Harrington and Free Beacon.<br /> </span></span>D Bunkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00614492883036750990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863877434692129194.post-80463470260592849572019-02-09T02:59:00.003-08:002019-02-09T02:59:49.045-08:00WSJ Columnist Takes Little 'Socialist That Could' Ocasio-Cortez To The Woodshed Over Her Moronic New Green Deal<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/02/08/wsj-columnist-takes-little-socialist-that-could-ocasio-cortezs-to-the-woodshed-n2541054">townhall</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s a fine line. I’m not one to attack Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on <i>everything </i>because
that is what the Left does with Trump, but when it comes to policy that
could destroy the country, curb freedom, and relegate this nation to
something out of a socialist hellhole, then by all means, go at it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This
week, Ocasio-Cortez, one of the faces of the far left, pitched her New
Green Deal, which was rightfully laughed out of the room. It called for a
complete transition away from fossil fuels…within a decade, upgrading
all buildings in the country, and the slaughter of all cows because
their farts produce methane. No, I’m not kidding. Oh, and “<a href="https://twitter.com/ReaganBattalion/status/1093941254067494918">economic security for all who are unable or unwilling to work</a>.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">1)
By the end of the Green New Deal resolution (and accompanying fact
sheet) I was laughing so hard I nearly cried. If a bunch of GOPers
plotted to forge a fake Democratic bill showing how bonkers the party
is, they could not have done a better job. It is beautiful. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreenNewDeal?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GreenNewDeal</a></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) <a href="https://twitter.com/KimStrassel/status/1093644987256909824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2019</a></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">2)
See Ron Bailey for look at sheer number of turbines, solar panels,
facilities necessary just for the "renewable electricity" bit. Wud need
500k square km, bigger than California. Also note, govt will pay for
these--not private sector. <a href="https://t.co/wQ0C6wonha">https://t.co/wQ0C6wonha</a></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) <a href="https://twitter.com/KimStrassel/status/1093644987990851584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2019</a></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">3)
Also, AOC would put charging stations "everywhere," upgrade or tear
down "every building" in the country (homes and businesses), install
high-speed rail across every state, upgrade all our infrastructure.
(Maybe once Ds allow permitting reform? LOL. LOL. LOL.)</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) <a href="https://twitter.com/KimStrassel/status/1093644988892598272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2019</a></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">4)Somehow,
government-run healthcare, "family sustainable" wages, paid leave, and
"affordable" housing are also "required" for a clean economy. I would
love to understand this logic. (And imagine what wages will need to be
to pay for billion-dollar-per-kilowatt electricity)</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) <a href="https://twitter.com/KimStrassel/status/1093644989920235520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2019</a></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">5)
Key part though people is bit in fact sheet that explains why
resolution is not immediately banning fossil fuels or demanding
zero-emissions across economy. Because "we aren't sure that we'll be
able to fully get rid of farting cows and airplanes that fast." Note
"fully."</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) <a href="https://twitter.com/KimStrassel/status/1093644990691995648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2019</a></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">6)
Planes run on fossil fuel. No fossil fuel, no visits to granny. Cows
produce methane, why alarmists want to get rid of livestock. She can't
do it "fully" in 10 years, but AOC is coming after ur air miles and
bacon. This is honesty about how Ds wud micromanage private life.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) <a href="https://twitter.com/KimStrassel/status/1093644991501459456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2019</a></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">7)And
how to pay for mass trillions in cost? Don't worry! Federal Reserve
will just "extend credit" And "new public banks can be created to extend
credit too." Because, you know, like, money is just paper, and how hard
can it be to make some more of the stuff, right? Right?</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) <a href="https://twitter.com/KimStrassel/status/1093644992331972613?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2019</a></span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Wall Street Journal’s</i>Kimberley Strassel read the proposal, had a good laugh, and then proceeded <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-socialist-that-could-11549583738">to take the little socialist that could” to the woodshed </a>for
having a brain dead agenda that, in keeping with Democratic social
policy tradition, leaves out the price tag and the taxes that would need
to be applied to pay for all of this. We all saw how the same people
reacted to when pressed about Medicare for All. They had no answer,
though we all had a ballpark figure: some $30+ trillion in the first ten
years.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On
Thursday Ms. Ocasio-Cortez unveiled her vaunted Green New Deal,
complete with the details of how Democrats plan to reach climate nirvana
in a mere 10 years. It came in the form of a resolution, sponsored in
the Senate by Massachusetts’ Edward Markey, on which AOC is determined
to force a full House vote. That means every Democrat in Washington will
get to go on the record in favor of abolishing air travel, outlawing
steaks, forcing all American homeowners to retrofit their houses,
putting every miner, oil rigger, livestock rancher and gas-station
attendant out of a job, and spending trillions and trillions more tax
money. Oh, also for government-run health care, which is somehow a
prerequisite for a clean economy. </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s a GOP dream, especially
because the media presented her plan with a straight face—as a
legitimate proposal from a legitimate leader in the Democratic Party.
Republicans are thrilled to treat it that way in the march to 2020, as
their set-piece example of what Democrats would do to the economy and
average Americans if given control. The Green New Deal encapsulates
everything Americans fear from government, all in one bonkers
resolution. </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is for starters, a massive plan for the government
to take over and micromanage much the economy. Take the central plank,
its diktat of producing 100% of U.S. electricity “through clean,
renewable, and zero-emission energy sources” by 2030. As Ron Bailey at
Reason has noted, a 2015 plan from Stanford envisioning the goal called
for the installation of 154,000 offshore wind turbines, 335,000 onshore
wind turbines, 75 million residential photovoltaic (solar) systems, 2.75
million commercial solar systems, and 46,000 utility-scale solar
facilities. AOC has been clear it will be government building all this,
not the private sector. </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Buried in the details, the Green New Deal
also promises government control of the most fundamental aspects of
private life. The fact sheet explains why the resolution doesn’t call
for “banning fossil fuels” or for “zero” emissions across the entire
economy—at least at first. It’s because “we aren’t sure that we’ll be
able to fully get rid of farting cows and airplanes that fast” (emphasis
mine). </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is an acknowledgment that planes don’t run on
anything but fossil fuel. No jet fuel, no trips to see granny. It’s also
an acknowledgment that livestock produce methane, which has led climate
alarmists to engage in “meatless Mondays.” AOC may not prove able to
eradicate “fully” every family Christmas or strip of bacon in a decade,
but that’s the goal.</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Alas, why I, and I’m sure many
others, very much liked President Trump’s declaration that this nation
has to remain free, and that “America will never be a socialist
country.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/02/05/american-suspension-inf-treaty-aimed-at-china.html"><em>Authored by Anatoly Karlin via The Strategic Culture Foundation,</em></a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u><strong>So it’s done.</strong></u> The US has suspended its
participation in the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, and
Russia soon followed suit. This almost certainly spells an end to this
late Cold War relic, which banned the two superpowers from deploying
ground-launched ballistic missiles and cruise missiles with ranges of
500-5,500km. There have been recriminations all round. <strong>But in
the end, so far as two of the world’s three most greatest military
Powers are concerned, upholding the INF Treaty could never have been
done exactly to the letter.</strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/or-42183.jpg?itok=LFdhg7r-" data-link-option="0" href="https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/or-42183.jpg?itok=LFdhg7r-"><img alt="" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="8ee3bd40-77f8-49a0-be24-ab078b3a294a" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="298" src="https://zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com/s3fs-public/inline-images/or-42183.jpg" width="500" /></a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>The US has specified Russia’s Novator 9M729 (NATO designation: SSC-8) as the offending missile that finally prompted US action. </strong>Russian nuclear weapons analyst Pavel Podvig <a href="https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/novator-9m729-the-russian-missile-broke-inf-treatys-back-23547">has noted that</a> it
is very similar to the Russian Navy’s Kalibr-NK cruise missile, which
has a range well beyond 500 km and has been touted as a potential
“carrier killer”. Podvig goes on to speculate that if the US had
observed a test of the 9M729 from a land-based Iskander-M launcher –
even if on just a single occasion – then all of them “would have to be
eliminated” by the formal terms of the treaty. This is obviously not
something that Russia could reasonably be expected to carry out.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Moreover, any number of US missile systems can be considered to be in breach of the INF Treaty.</strong> For instance, the Russians <a href="http://tass.com/politics/1032585">have argued that</a> America’s
AEGIS Ashore program – a ground-based cruise missile, for all intents
and purposes – can also be considered to be in systemic breach of the
INF Treaty. Incidentally, this system was itself enabled by America’s
unilateral withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with Russia
in 2002, under the George W. Bush administration.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Trump has been taking heat for the INF withdrawal from the usual quarters. </strong>For instance, the <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/amb0cj/trump_just_scrapped_a_nuclear_treaty_that_kept_us/efkqgrx/">top comment</a> on this story at <em>r/politics</em> –
a bastion of online Trump/Putin Derangement Syndrome – lambasts the US
President for spoiling America’s image and letting down its allies
instead of sanctioning Russia. (Naturally, no mention of <a href="https://www.state.gov/t/avc/trty/102360.htm">where exactly it says</a> that breaking the Treaty is grounds for such). <strong>In
reality, dissatisfaction with the INF Treaty had been building up for
years within the previous Obama administration, and NATO has released <a href="https://sputniknews.com/military/201902021072054257-nato-inf-withdrawal-official-statement/">a statement of support</a> for Trump’s decision.</strong> There is no significant division on this matter either within US political circles, or its transatlantic allies.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Because at the end of the day, rhetoric to the contrary, nobody really cares about the INF Treaty within Europe.</strong>
Force levels on both sides of the border between the West and Russia –
which has moved 1,000-1,500 km to the east, in large part thanks to
NATO’s broken promises not to expand – are at a small fraction of Cold
War levels. Few seriously believe that Russia has any territorial
designs on the Baltics, and even on the off chance that it does, it’s <a href="https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR1200/RR1253/RAND_RR1253.pdf">not like</a> the 9M729 is going to make any cardinal difference.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>However, it is with respect to <a href="http://www.unz.com/akarlin/trump-withdraws-from-cold-war-relict-treaty/">the balance of power</a> in the West Pacific that the restrictions imposed by the INF on the US – but not on China – come into play.</strong>
While consensus expert opinion holds that the US still retains
dominance in the South China Sea vis-à-vis China, its margin of
superiority is shrinking year by year. In <a href="https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9858z3.html">a 2015 report</a>,
the RAND Corporation estimated that the number of US air wings required
to defeat a surge of attacking Chinese aircraft over Taiwan increased
from just a couple in 1996 to 30 by 2017. In a <a href="https://www.rand.org/paf/projects/us-china-scorecard.html">subsequent report</a> released in the following year, <strong>we
see the balance of power in potential China-US conflict scenarios shift
from a terminal Chinese disadvantage in 1996, to parity over Taiwan by
2017</strong> (though they believe that the US still holds a decisive
advantage in a conflict over the Spratly Islands). Even so, it is
especially notable that the only two categories in a conflict over
Taiwan in which RAND now considers China to hold an advantage – <strong>“Chinese
attacks on air bases” and “Chinese anti-surface warfare” – are both
spheres in which intermediate-range ballistic missiles would play an
important role.</strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is not just my supposition. In another 2016 RAND report, tellingly titled “<a href="https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1140.html">War with China: Thinking Through the Unthinkable</a>”, this consideration is stated openly and forthrightly:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em><strong>“US land-based missiles from 500 km to 5,500 km are
prohibited by the INF treaty, whereas the Chinese missiles are not,
giving China a significant advantage.”</strong></em></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u><strong>It has long been obvious that the US (<a href="http://www.unz.com/akarlin/sinotriumph-101/">correctly</a>) regards China as the real long-term threat to its global hegemony.</strong></u>
Meanwhile, Russia is a mere nuisance, a “dying bear” that is ever
approaching collapse, in the wake of which Moscow will have no choice
but to sign up to America’s China containment project. (Sure, this
sounds like a crazy ideological narrative, and it is – but the US policy
of alienating Russia and drawing it into a quasi-alliance with China is
even crazier – <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/henry-kissinger-pushed-trump-to-work-with-russia-to-box-in-china">just ask Kissinger</a>). <strong>But like it or not, this really is how the American elites think, and it can’t be denied that there is a certain logic to it.</strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In this context, withdrawal from the INF Treaty – with Russia’s alleged violations as pretext – is just the<strong> logical next step to the military component of Obama’s “pivot to Asia”,</strong> one that the US is entirely happy to continue and follow through with. It really is as banal as that.</span></span><br />
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D Bunkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00614492883036750990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863877434692129194.post-32950460263768864972019-02-09T02:24:00.000-08:002019-02-09T02:24:32.375-08:0012,000 Chinese Blood Treatments Found To Be Contaminated With HIV<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-08/12000-chinese-blood-treatments-found-be-contaminated-hiv">zerohedge</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tyler Durden Feb 8, 2019</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just as China's Lunar New Year is being rung in, the ruling communist party is facing another major healthcare scandal.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of the country's state run pharmaceutical companies found the HIV
virus present in an estimated 12,000 doses of immunoglobulin treatment,
an immune therapy treatment made with antibodies from blood plasma. The
state-owned Shanghai Xinxing Pharmaceutical Company, China’s
second-biggest medical blood products manufacturer, notified authorities
on Tuesday of the news, according to <a href="http://www.nhc.gov.cn/wjw/xwdt/201902/312169870041448cb34e30a11669a21d.shtml">China's National Health Commission</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In response, the National Health Commission (NHC) warned hospitals to
immediately suspend use of the batch after the provincial health
commission and disease control center of eastern China’s Jiangxi
detected traces of HIV in it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This contamination is the latest in a long line of shocking failures
by the Chinese healthcare system, which has included the deliberate use
of expired polio vaccines on children to save money, a scandal which
eventually forced President Xi to apologize, especially after public
anger spilled over, resulting in protests which ended violently for the
parents involved.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But that paled in comparison with July’s vaccine scandal, in which
252,600 faulty rabies vaccines made by Changchun Changsheng
Bio-technology, one of China’s biggest vaccine firms, were administered
to thousands of toddlers.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Even worse, the news comes just two weeks after the communist party
announced a new campaign to fight the "rampant irregularities" in
the Chinese healthcare system <a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2185178/12000-chinese-blood-plasma-treatments-contaminated-hiv">according to the SCMP</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And with socialism all the rage in the US these days, perhaps this is
an opportune moment to remind readers that China offers a free and
functional healthcare system to its people - these are the results.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Back to the latest scandal, where while already 12,000 batches of
contaminated treatments were found to carry HIV, the government left
open the possibility that <em>more cases</em> could soon be found, as
the company urged government officials to "continuously observe and
monitor" patients who had received the treatment.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Luckily, the Jiangxi Provincial Disease Control Centre which
administers the region covering Shanghai Emerging Medicine Holdings,
reported that no patients have tested positive for HIV at that location
so far, although since this is China, one should take any and all
official "news" with an uncontaminated rock of salt.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ironically, the company's intravenous treatment is used to help
"strengthen" peoples immune systems and is commonly used for patients
with cancer or other diseases that affect the body’s ability to fight
off infections. A dosage of HIV, needless to say, would lead to the
opposite outcome.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">One head of haematology at a Shanghai hospital told SCMP that "if
this is true, it would be a very low-end error,” the unnamed doctor was
quoted as saying. “Right now, the crucial point is to make clear whether
it was caused by a blood donor or a problem with the product.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"We need to find out where the faulty batch was delivered and carry out a recall and re-examination."</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">He also said that patients treated with faulty blood plasma may not
necessarily be infected with HIV, because there was an anti-virus
treatment in the preparation process.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">“[Patients] would need to be tested again to find out whether they were specifically infected,” he was quoted as saying.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Since the scandal first emerged nobody has said how the HIV became
present in the treatments in the first place, however so far, state
officials have tried to place the blame for these shocking cases of
medical negligence squarely on China's private sector.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In November, the government consulted the first draft of a vaccine
management law that would allow people to sue drug makers for punitive
damages in cases of death or serious illness caused by faulty vaccines.</span></span><br />
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was immediately met with a torrent of ridicule after its unveiling on
Thursday, not just by climate change deniers but also by establishment
Democrats like Nancy Pelosi, who dismissed it as a <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-07/pelosi-mocks-ocasio-cortez-green-new-deal">"green dream"</a> and insisted that there were other, more practical, ways to fight climate change than banning cow farts and airplanes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But in what's looking like a staggeringly haphazard rollout, the
controversy over the plan continued on Friday when co-sponsor Ed Markey,
the Massachusetts Senator who was the plan's lead backer in the Senate,
slammed Ocasio-Cortez and the plan's "fact sheet" for calling for a ban
on nuclear power, <strong>which supplies roughly 50% of America's carbon-free energy. </strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here's more from <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-08/mysterious-turkish-firm-helped-maduro-move-900-million-in-gold">Bloomberg:</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Giselle Barry, a spokeswoman for Senator Ed Markey, a Massachusetts
Democrat who is the Green New Deal’s lead Senate backer, disowned the
fact sheet and said Markey’s office wasn’t consulted before it was sent
out. <strong>"We did not draft that fact sheet,"</strong> she said. </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Markey sought to do damage control at a midday press conference,
emphasizing the proposed resolution doesn’t address specific energy
technologies. Language on nuclear power “is not part of this
legislation,” he said. <strong>“The resolution is silent on any individual technology that can move us to a solution.”</strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Not only did the nuclear power provision annoy potential supporters
of the deal who see nuclear power as an essential component of any
carbon-free energy infrastructure, it also revealed how difficult it
might be to "build consensus" around such an extreme, radical collection
of proposals. <strong>But that wasn't the only criticism of the plan lobbed by other green-energy advocates. </strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Many, including former Obama Administration Energy Secretary Ernest
Moniz, argued that the goal of shifting the US economy to 100% renewable
energy within 10 years simply wasn't realistic. And pursuing such an
aggressive milestone would put too much pressure on important
constituencies of the left like, for example, labor unions.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">“I’m sure it has some co-sponsors scratching their heads,” said Jeff
Navin, who served as acting chief of staff for Ernest Moniz, President
Barack Obama’s energy secretary.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Moniz himself said that it may be impossible to achieve zero carbon emissions in 10 years, as the plan calls for. </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>"It’s just impracticable,"</strong> Moniz told National
Public Radio. "And what concerns me about that is if we start putting
out impracticable targets we may lose a lot of key constituencies that
we need to bring along." </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">He cited labor unions as an example. </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"We cannot strand too many assets and frankly stand too many workers with impracticable unrealizable objectives," Moniz said. <strong>"We
will jeopardize what I think has been the very significant movement of
the large energy companies toward developing their new business models
to function in a low carbon world."</strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Others insisted that any renewable energy plan that doesn't include
nuclear power (which is a controversial subject among the green energy
set) would be doomed to fail.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Any approach to eliminating greenhouse-gas emissions requires all
clean energy technologies, including nuclear, to work together to
address that urgent problem,” Maria Korsnick, the group’s president said
in a statement issued after the Green New Deal was unveiled. </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thursday’s kerfuffle over nuclear might just be a taste of things to come.</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>"These are ideological documents - not legislative blueprints,” </strong>said
Paul Bledsoe, strategic adviser at the Progressive Policy Institute. It
will get even tougher “when you actually have to create legislative
language.”</span></span><br />
</blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Considering the walk-backs and infighting that have arisen already,
the unveiling of AOC's signature multi-trillion "green plan" has made
the first Trump travel ban rollout almost look orderly in comparison.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Do you Really want to let These people have control of your money and your Liberties, Your Rights?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cow Farts?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank You Mr Durden and Zerohedge. </span></span><br />
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D Bunkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00614492883036750990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863877434692129194.post-63765606809570880042019-02-09T02:11:00.002-08:002019-02-09T02:11:46.372-08:00 "WTF Is Going On In Downtown LA?": Army War Drills Continue Across Los Angeles<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-08/us-army-conducts-war-drill-los-angeles-metro-area">zerohedge</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tyler Durden Feb 8, 2019</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Having
started on Monday, the US Army continues its war drills across the
greater Los Angeles metropolitan area through Saturday with the goal of
enhancing Army Special Forces skills by "operating in urban
environments", Army Special Operations Command said in a statement.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Residents around Los Angeles may hear sounds associated with the
field training exercise, including helicopters and weapon
simulations, according to the statement.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<em>The local terrain and training facilities in Los Angeles provide
the Army with unique locations and simulates urban environments the
service members may encounter when deployed overseas,</em>" <a href="https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2019/02/04/military-drills-taking-place-in-la-long-beach-areas/">the Army told CBS</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Downtown Los Angeles residents were shocked Monday night when a fleet
of Boeing A/MH-6M Little Bird and Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters
swooped in around them.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">👀WTF is going on in downtown Los Angeles??? 👀 Multiple military helicopters landing on the street!!!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/QAnon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#QAnon</a> <a href="https://t.co/jlUmBkfPRb">pic.twitter.com/jlUmBkfPRb</a></span></span></div>
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— Uche (@ThatsUche) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThatsUche/status/1093409194701549568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2019</a></span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A commercial parking lot across the street from the Regal Cinemas
L.A. LIVE 14, at 1000 W Olympic Blvd, was the epicenter of
some intense war simulations Tuesday night.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">MILITARY EXERCISE: The U.S. Army is
conducting military training in the greater Los Angeles and Long Beach
areas tonight until Feb. 9. Downtown LA residents are reporting seeing
helicopters and hearing explosions. <a href="https://twitter.com/MizSkellington?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MizSkellington</a> <a href="https://t.co/8Mmgn2FdTK">pic.twitter.com/8Mmgn2FdTK</a></span></span></div>
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— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSLA/status/1092659229268340736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 5, 2019</a></span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Newchopper4
Bravo was overhead as Special Forces performed training exercises in
the parking lot, then were extracted by helicopters before taking off
over the 110 Freeway while police blocked nearby intersections.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Not every day that you see the <a href="https://twitter.com/USArmy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@USArmy</a> training in downtown LA and landing helicopters close to <a href="https://twitter.com/STAPLESCenter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@STAPLESCenter</a> and LA Live. <a href="https://t.co/mXi8qNpgKn">https://t.co/mXi8qNpgKn</a> <a href="https://t.co/b7HvhwjO3V">pic.twitter.com/b7HvhwjO3V</a></span></span></div>
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— NBC Los Angeles (@NBCLA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCLA/status/1093027120782155778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2019</a></span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There were other field training exercises that were on the perimeter
of the city, away from populated areas and toward the San Pedro Bay
port Tuesday night and into early Wednesday morning.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Army leased space in an industrially zoned area around the Port
of Los Angeles near Terminal Island for field training
exercises Wednesday night, according to Phillip Sanfield, a spokesman
for the L.A. port. Port operations at Long Beach, the second largest
port in the US, were not affected, port spokesman Lee Peterson told the
Los Angeles Times.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sanfield said residents living on houseboats in marinas around
Wilmington were notified they might hear helicopters, explosions, and
simulated assault rifle fire.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>“There is no replacement for realistic training.</strong>
Each location selected enables special operations teams and flight crews
to maintain maximum readiness and proficiency, validate equipment and
exercise standard safety procedures. <strong>The training is essential to ensure service members are fully trained and prepared to defend our nation overseas.</strong>”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Army Special Operations Command conducts multiple urban field
training exercises around the country, said Lt. Col. Loren Bymer, a
spokesman for the command group.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>“It wouldn’t be unheard of to train in Boston or Miami,” </strong>he said.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">“It takes a lot of planning and coordination to do this safely.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is not the first time residents of a major metropolitan area
across the US have experienced a military exercise. For instance, in
2015, Texas residents prepared for Jade Helm 15, an army training
exercise which took place in multiple states.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As to what exactly the Army was preparing for by simulating war
drills on the streets of Los Angeles was beyond our comprehension. One
thing that is obvious: the Army is preparing for more conflict, whether
with a foreign adversary or, more troubling, social unrest on the
streets of America?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank You Mr Durden and Zerohedge. </span></span><br />
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D Bunkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00614492883036750990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863877434692129194.post-41593985670478455362019-02-08T13:32:00.001-08:002019-02-08T13:32:29.508-08:00Pelosi Stacks Climate Committee with Dems Backed by Energy Interests<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here's a 'special' post for those who believe in man made global warming. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://freebeacon.com/politics/pelosi-stacks-climate-committee-with-dems-backed-by-energy-interests/">freebeacon</a><br /> <a href="https://freebeacon.com/author/haris-alic/">Haris Alic</a> <br />February 8, 2019 1:45 pm<br /><br />Democratic speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) has appointed to the special committee on climate change members who have all received significant backing from the energy industry. <br /><br />On Thursday, Pelosi <a href="https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/2719/">named</a> Democratic representatives Ben Lujan (N.M.), Suzanne Bonamici (Ore.), Julia Brownley (Calif.), Sean Casten (Ill.), Jared Huffman (Calif.), Mike Levin (Calif.), Donald McEachin (Va.), and Joe Neguse (Colo.) to the newly reconstituted House Select Committee on Climate Crisis. The panel, which will be chaired Democratic congresswoman Kathy Castor (Fla.), is tasked with developing "innovative, effective solutions to prevent and reverse the climate crisis." <br /><br />"We are thrilled to welcome so many visionary leaders and strong voices to our new Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, which will be vital in advancing ambitious progress for our planet," Pelosi said in a statement announcing the appointments. "Each Member brings great energy and deep expertise to the climate crisis, which jeopardizes our public health, our economy, our national security and the whole of God’s creation." <br /><br />Despite the speaker's confidence in the energy and expertise of her appointees, it is unclear if their history of taking campaign contributions from large energy conglomerates will prove problematic. <br /><br />Castor, who has <a href="https://readsludge.com/2018/12/24/likely-head-of-global-warming-committee-will-reject-fossil-fuel-donations/">pledged</a> to reject campaign contributions from fossil fuel interests, has taken more than $72,000 from individuals and political action committees associated with the energy and natural resources industry since joining Congress in 2007. The majority of the funds—approximately $59,000, <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/industries?cid=N00027514&cycle=CAREER&type=C">according</a> to the Center for Responsive Politics—came from PACs linked to the industry. As <a href="https://freebeacon.com/politics/pelosis-pick-to-lead-climate-crisis-committee-owned-stock-in-top-polluters/">reported</a> by the Washington Free Beacon, Castor previously owned stock in companies with troubling environmental records. <br /><br />Similarly, Bonamici (<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/industries?cid=N00033474&cycle=CAREER">$87,963</a>), Brownley (<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/industries?cid=N00034254&cycle=CAREER&type=I">$55,789</a>), Casten (<a href="https://freebeacon.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1121446&action=edit">$46,259</a>), Huffman (<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/industries?cid=N00033030&cycle=CAREER&type=I">$118,310</a>), Levin (<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/industries?cid=N00040667&cycle=2018">$42,143</a>), and McEachin (<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/industries?cid=N00039327&cycle=CAREER&type=I">$62,364</a>) all received significant backing from the industry throughout their congressional careers. <br /><br />By far the largest recipient of industry contributions was Lujan, a member of Pelosi's leadership team who previously served as the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Since entering the House in 2009, Lujan has taken more than <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/industries?cid=N00029562&cycle=CAREER&type=C">$522,000</a> from individuals and PACs linked to energy interests. Of that total, more than $438,000 came from PACs belonging to companies like BP, which donated <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/pacs?cat=E01&catlong=Oil+%26+Gas&cid=N00029562&cycle=2018&seclong=Energy+%26+Natural+Resources&sector=E">$7,500</a> to Lujan in 2018 alone. <br /><br />Neguse, a freshman from Colorado, was the smallest recipient with only <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/industries?cid=N00041080&cycle=2018">$3,316</a> flowing from energy interests to his campaign. <br /><br />The more liberal members of the House majority have already raised <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-pelosi-ocasio-cortez-progressives-climate-change-committee-20181228-story.html">concerns</a> about the committee's impotence. Unlike permanent congressional committees, it will not have the ability to issue subpoenas or introduce legislation. Instead, the panel will only have the ability to advise and issue recommendations. <br /><br />The speaker's office did not return requests for comment on this story. <br /> <br /> This entry was posted in <a href="https://freebeacon.com/politics/">Politics</a> and tagged <a href="https://freebeacon.com/tag/climate-change/">Climate Change</a>, <a href="https://freebeacon.com/tag/congress/">Congress</a>, <a href="https://freebeacon.com/tag/energy/">Energy</a>, <a href="https://freebeacon.com/tag/house-democrats/">House Democrats</a>, <a href="https://freebeacon.com/tag/nancy-pelosi/">Nancy Pelosi</a>. Bookmark the <a href="https://freebeacon.com/politics/pelosi-stacks-climate-committee-with-dems-backed-by-energy-interests/">permalink</a>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank You Freebeacon, </span></span>D Bunkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00614492883036750990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863877434692129194.post-13103168656275290022019-02-08T13:19:00.002-08:002019-02-08T13:19:23.640-08:00Downtown L.A. Typhus Outbreak Spreads to City Hall, May Force Removal of All Carpets <span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.weaselzippers.us/410410-downtown-l-a-typhus-outbreak-spreads-to-city-hall-may-force-removal-of-all-carpets/">weaselzippers</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Karma. Update to<a href="https://www.weaselzippers.us/410064-los-angeles-is-dealing-with-a-deadly-flea-borne-typhus-outbreak/"> this story.</a></span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Via <a href="https://ktla.com/2019/02/07/downtown-l-a-typhus-outbreak-may-prompt-city-hall-to-replace-all-carpets/">KTLA:</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">All carpets at Los Angeles City Hall may need to be
replaced amid a Typhus outbreak that may have infected one city employee
while at work, according to a motion filed by Council President Herb
Wesson on Wednesday.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wesson first became aware of a vermin issue in November 2018,
contacted pest control experts and removed all his office’s carpets,
according to the motion.</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The motion reported cleanup issues and a noticeable increase in
rodents in the area, which could have contributed to the outbreak.</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Los Angeles county health officials first reported a Typhus outbreak
in downtown Los Angeles in October 2018, the year there were 142 Typhus
cases in Los Angeles County alone, according to a study by the
California Department of Public Health.</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Typhus is a deadly bacterial disease that is typically transmitted through fleas that have been infected by rodents.</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Symptoms include high fever, chills, headaches, muscle aches, rashes,
and in some severe cases, internal bleeding. The disease can be treated
with antibiotics, according to the California Department of Public
Health.</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wesson’s motion asks for a report on the scope of vermin and pest
control issues at City Hall, and instructs city staff to report back
with a cost estimate for removing all carpets in the building and an
assessment of all live plants in any city building.</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mayor Eric Garcetti’s office issued a statement saying that multiple
city departments began a coordinated effort to improve cleanliness in
Civic Center last fall.</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">“In addition to increased trash collection and cleanings, aggressive
action has been taken to address pests both in the buildings and in the
surrounding outside areas,” the statement said.</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On Thursday, city workers were seen power-washing the sidewalk
outside City Hall, cleaning up piles of trash and filling in rat burrows
in the surrounding area.</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">An email was sent out to all city employees telling them not to leave
food out in their work area and to take out the trash daily.</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank You WZ and KTLA </span></span>D Bunkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00614492883036750990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863877434692129194.post-55092148981571122332019-02-08T13:05:00.002-08:002019-02-08T13:11:19.505-08:00Pelosi: Virginia Scandals Don't Damage Democrat's National Brand<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://www.weaselzippers.us/410467-pelosi-virginia-scandals-dont-damage-democrats-national-brand/">weaselzippers</a></span></span><br />
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<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5hK3caEEAjo" width="560"></iframe><br />D Bunkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00614492883036750990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863877434692129194.post-81888459930558504172019-02-08T05:58:00.000-08:002019-02-08T05:58:22.744-08:00Ocasio-Cortez Bungled Green New Deal’s Release. Her Staff Took Its Webpage Offline<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.dailycaller.com/2019/02/07/ocasio-cortez-green-new-deal-release/">dailycaller</a><br /><br />Michael Bastasch | Energy Editor<br /><br /> <br />Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York bungled the release of the “Green New Deal.”<br />Her office was forced to take down a summary of the bill because it contained a series of gaffes.<br />Those included anti-nuclear power language, a reference to “farting cows” and welfare for “unwilling” workers.<br /><br />Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez kicked off Thursday unveiling her highly-anticipated “Green New Deal” resolution to cheers from Democrats and environmentalists, but by the day’s end, her staff was forced to take a gaffe-riddled summary of the bill offline. <br /><br />Ocasio-Cortez gave NPR the <a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/02/07/691997301/rep-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-releases-green-new-deal-outline">scoop</a>. Her office provided NPR the Green New Deal resolution and its accompanying FAQ document that laid out its goals, namely to “[m]ove America to 100% clean and renewable energy” within 10 years. <br /><br />What immediately became clear, however, was that the legislative language didn’t match with Ocasio-Cortez’s FAQ, especially when it came to nuclear power, welfare programs and “farting cows.” <br /><br />“Frankly, it does a disservice to the debate,” Jeremy Harrell, policy director at ClearPath, a conservative group that promotes low-emissions energy, told The Daily Caller News Foundation. <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/07/ocasio-cortez-green-deal-social-justice/">(RELATED: What’s Really Motivating The ‘Green New Deal’? Ocasio-Cortez Straight Up Told Us)</a> <br /><br />The Green New Deal resolution, which has more than sixty cosponsors in the House, does not have language ruling out nuclear or banning fossil fuels, but its accompanying FAQ actually did. <br /><br />The FAQ <a href="https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5729035/Green-New-Deal-FAQ.pdf">document</a> Ocasio-Cortez’s staff gave to NPR reads: <br /><br /><br />A Green New Deal is a massive investment in renewable energy production and would not include creating new nuclear plants. It’s unclear if we will be able to decommission every nuclear plant within 10 years, but the plan is to transition off of nuclear and all fossil fuels as soon as possible. <br /><br />In fact, NPR reported the “ultimate goal is to stop using fossil fuels entirely, Ocasio-Cortez’s office told NPR, as well as to transition away from nuclear energy.” <br /><img height="426" src="https://cdn01.dailycaller.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/RTX6LPWF.jpg" width="640" /><br /><br />U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) moves through a group of reporters after a news conference for the proposed “Green New Deal” to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in 10 years, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. February 7, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst. <br /><br />“Realistically, you can’t decommission a nuclear plant in ten years,” Harrell told TheDCNF. <br /><br />“She’s making false promises that aren’t even in the realm of the doable,” Harrell said. “She’s using this to push a liberal agenda.” <br /><br />Harrell wasn’t the only one to notice the discrepancy. Mike Shellenberger, founder of the pro-nuclear group Environmental Progress, called for Ocasio-Cortez do clear up the confusion. <br /> <br /><br />I have been questioned on my reporting that Green New Deal is anti-nuclear & I stand by it <br /><br />The office of <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a> put out a *written* document stating that “plan is to transition off of nuclear” <br /><br />If <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a> isn’t calling for death of nuclear then she needs to issue *written statement* <a href="https://t.co/NGvVEU3cDJ">https://t.co/NGvVEU3cDJ</a> <br /><br />— Mike Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/1093579055201280000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2019</a> <br /><br />Shellenberger <a href="https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/1093653265344950273">pointed</a> to the fact Ocasio-Cortez herself said at a Capitol Hill rally for the Green New Deal was about “transitioning to 100% renewable energy,” despite the legislative text. <br /><br />Energy expert Christopher Clack, who co-authored a comprehensive study on <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2017/07/28/electric-grid-expert-lays-out-why-its-basically-impossible-use-100-green-energy/">the feasibility of a 100 percent renewable grid</a>, told TheDCNF that while he thought the legislative text was “ambitious and far-reaching,” the FAQ complicated things. <br /><br />“If they are not wanting newer technologies, and wanting only wind, solar and hydro, as the FAQs represent, that would be more problematic,” Clack said, “however, that is not how the bill is written.” <br /><br />Clack’s study estimated that completely decarbonizing the grid, including the use of nuclear power and carbon capture, would cost somewhere between $20 trillion and $40 trillion by 2050. <br /><br />Ocasio-Cortez’s staff took out the anti-nuclear language from the FAQ <a href="https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/media/blog-posts/green-new-deal-faq">posted</a> on her congressional website. However, that FAQ page was taken down Thursday afternoon.<br /><br /> <br /><br />But those weren’t the only changes made to the FAQ before it was taken down. <br /><br />The Green New Deal’s FAQ also explained how the resolution used the term “net-zero emissions, rather than zero emissions” was because “we aren’t sure that we’ll be able to fully get rid of farting cows and airplanes that fast.” <br /><br />The FAQ also called for a “[b]uild out highspeed rail at a scale where air travel stops becoming necessary.” Ocasio-Cortez’s staff <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/07/green-new-deal-cow-flatulence/">eventually deleted “farting” from the FAQ</a>, but not before reporters found it. <br /><br />Democrats were also <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/07/green-new-deal-struggle-combustion-engine/">hard-pressed to explain how Americans would phase out the internal combustion engine</a> and what a world without air travel would look like. Also included in Ocasio-Cortez’s FAQ was the promise of “<a href="https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/07/green-new-deal-welfare/">[e]conomic security to all who are unable or unwilling to work</a>,” which was also missing from the legislation. <br /><br />House Speaker Nancy Pelosi <a deal="" green="" href="https://www.dailycaller.com/2019/02/07/ocasio-cortez-green-new-deal-release/Nancy%20Pelosi%20Is%20Not%20On%20Board%20With%20Ocasio-Cortez" new="" s="">dismissed the Green New Deal</a> as a “suggestion,” and named more members to the House climate change committee. <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/07/aoc-climate-committee-snub/">Ocasio-Cortez was not named to the committee</a>. <br /><img height="426" src="https://cdn01.dailycaller.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/RTX6LPYL.jpg" width="640" /><br /><br />U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) hold a news conference for their proposed “Green New Deal” to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in 10 years, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. February 7, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst. <br /><br />Democratic Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey introduced a companion bill in the Senate Thursday that was cosponsored by several Democratic 2020 hopefuls. <br /><br />The Green New Deal’s FAQ at least twice mentioned planting trees as a way to sequester carbon dioxide emissions and fight global warming. In fact, the FAQ says a Green New Deal would mean we “plant lots of trees” to reduce emissions. <br /><br />“We believe the right way to capture carbon is to plant trees and restore our natural ecosystems. CCUS technology to date has not proven effective,” reads the FAQ, referring to carbon capture technology. <br /><br />“Planting trees is not going to eliminate or reduce emissions from a variety of point sources. In the end, you need carbon capture and nuclear to meet emissions goals,” Harrell said. <br /><br />Ocasio-Cortez’s office did not respond to TheDCNF’s request for comment.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank You Mr Bastach and the DC.<br /><br /> </span></span>D Bunkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00614492883036750990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863877434692129194.post-47745390701466320842019-02-07T04:56:00.000-08:002019-02-07T04:56:29.934-08:0010 NEW Signs Of China Imminent Economic Collapse 2019 China's Yuan CRASH!<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bKHyqO72oAo" width="560"></iframe><br />D Bunkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00614492883036750990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863877434692129194.post-61435061134921459652019-02-07T04:09:00.000-08:002019-02-07T04:09:41.142-08:00U.S. lawmakers target China's ZTE with sanctions bill<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-zte/u-s-lawmakers-target-chinas-zte-with-sanctions-bill-idUSKCN1PU2MU">Reuters</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Feb 5, 2019</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of senators introduced a
bill on Tuesday that would reimpose sanctions on ZTE Corp if the Chinese
telecommunications firm fails to live up to U.S. laws and an agreement
with the Trump administration. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">U.S. President Donald Trump
angered many members of Congress, including some of his fellow
Republicans, in July 2018 when he decided to lift a ban on U.S.
companies selling to ZTE, allowing the Chinese company to resume
business. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">ZTE broke a previous agreement and was caught illegally
shipping U.S.-origin goods to Iran and North Korea, Commerce Department
officials said. ZTE pleaded guilty last year over the sanctions
violations.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank You Reuters </span></span>D Bunkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00614492883036750990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863877434692129194.post-82972783644193436662019-02-07T04:04:00.000-08:002019-02-07T04:04:30.365-08:00U.S. warns European allies not to use Chinese gear for 5G networks<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-huawei-tech-eu/u-s-warns-european-allies-not-to-use-chinese-gear-for-5g-networks-idUSKCN1PU1TG">Reuters</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Feb 6, 2019</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States sees the European Union as its
top priority in a global effort to convince allies not to buy Huawei
equipment for next-generation mobile networks, a U.S. State Department
Official said on Tuesday.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">After meetings with the European Commission and the Belgian
government in Brussels, U.S. officials are set to take a message to
other European capitals that the world’s biggest telecommunications gear
maker poses a security risk, said the official, who declined to be
named. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">“We are saying you need to be very, very cautious and we
are urging folks not to rush ahead and sign contracts with untrusted
suppliers from countries like China,” the official said. </span></span><br />
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D Bunkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00614492883036750990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863877434692129194.post-14541620689889125732019-02-07T04:00:00.002-08:002019-02-07T04:00:48.831-08:00U.S. trade agency sees negotiating new WTO rules to rein in China as futile<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://The U.S. Trade Representative’s office used its annual report to Congress on China’s WTO compliance in part to justify its actions in a six-month trade war with Beijing aimed at forcing changes in China’s economic model. The report also reflects the United States’ continued frustration with the WTO’s inability to curb what it sees as China’s trade-distorting non-market economic policies, and offered little hope that situation could change soon. ">Reuters</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Negotiating new World Trade Organization rules to
try to rein in China’s “mercantilist” trade practices would be largely a
futile exercise, the Trump administration’s trade office said on
Monday, vowing to pursue its unilateral approach to protect U.S.
workers, farmers and businesses. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The U.S. Trade Representative’s office used its annual report to
Congress on China’s WTO compliance in part to justify its actions in a
six-month trade war with Beijing aimed at forcing changes in China’s
economic model. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The report also reflects the United States’
continued frustration with the WTO’s inability to curb what it sees as
China’s trade-distorting non-market economic policies, and offered
little hope that situation could change soon. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://The U.S. Trade Representative’s office used its annual report to Congress on China’s WTO compliance in part to justify its actions in a six-month trade war with Beijing aimed at forcing changes in China’s economic model. The report also reflects the United States’ continued frustration with the WTO’s inability to curb what it sees as China’s trade-distorting non-market economic policies, and offered little hope that situation could change soon. ">Read More</a></span></span><br />
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D Bunkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00614492883036750990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863877434692129194.post-37500252824215067412019-02-07T03:53:00.001-08:002019-02-07T03:53:35.379-08:00China hacked Norway's Visma to steal client secrets: investigators<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-cyber-norway-visma/china-hacked-norways-visma-to-steal-client-secrets-investigators-idUSKCN1PV141">Reuters</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The attack was part of what Western countries said in December is a
global hacking campaign by China’s Ministry of State Security to steal
intellectual property and corporate secrets, according to investigators
at cyber security firm Recorded Future. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">China’s Ministry of State
Security has no publicly available contacts. The foreign ministry did
not respond to a request for comment, but Beijing has repeatedly denied
any involvement in cyber-enabled spying. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Visma
took the decision to talk publicly about the breach to raise industry
awareness about the hacking campaign, which is known as Cloudhopper and
targets technology service and software providers in order reach their
clients. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank You Reuters</span></span>D Bunkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00614492883036750990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863877434692129194.post-82729897376172734362019-02-07T03:47:00.002-08:002019-02-07T03:47:50.983-08:00Fed's Quarles says Chinese 'downdraft' weighs on global economic outlook<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed-quarles-outlook/feds-quarles-says-chinese-downdraft-weighs-on-global-economic-outlook-idUSKCN1PW029">reuters</a><br />Feb 6, 2019<br /><br />NEW YORK (Reuters) - A “downdraft” in the Chinese economy and the effect of ongoing trade negotiations are among the top concerns in the global economy, though U.S. growth is still solid, a Federal Reserve governor said on Wednesday. <br /><br />Randal Quarles, the Fed’s vice chairman for supervision, said at an event in New York that he is most focused on how global growth evolves over the next three to six months and how U.S. trade policy affects China and Europe. <br /><br />“Right now China is a downdraft as we think about what the potential impact for that is on our economy.” The U.S. outlook “is still very solid” given the labor market in particular. <br /><br />Thank You Reuters and President Trump. <br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span>D Bunkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00614492883036750990noreply@blogger.com0