Gates of Vienna.

Robert Fico, the new prime minister of Slovakia, has broken ranks with the New World Order in his pronouncements on the experimental mRNA treatment designed to prevent infection with the Wuhan Coronavirus, and related matters. It remains to be seen whether the actions of his government will line up with his words.

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I’m old enough to remember when Joe Scarborough spent most of his show kissing Donald Trump’s ass. Those were the days. Cast your mind back to 2015. Mika and Joe were still just “co-workers” and they would constantly yuck it up with then candidate Donald J. Trump. Don’t take my word for it — even the Washington Post wrote about their love affair with the Donald, describing the theme of these interviews as “bonhomie.” Erik Wemple explained, “Trump is often on the phone; some decent, journalistic questions get lobbed at Trump, often by Willie Geist; Trump makes more claims than the crew can possibly fact-check; and there’s a great deal of talk about polls.” When Willie Geist is asking the hard-hitting questions, you know you are in friendly territory.

Alas, that was then. If Scarborough’s most recent televised tirade against the former president tells us anything it is that the honeymoon is long over. Sitting next to the permanently nodding Mika, Joe ranted about the danger that is posed by candidate Donald Trump. “And if he is voted into office, then a lot of these people that are talking about literal, or figurative, or whatever the hell they’re saying, are going to look like idiots,” the host blustered. To be fair, if I was going to trust anyone on the subject of looking like an idiot, it would be Mr. Scarborough.

The fear-mongering wasn’t done just yet though. He continued, “Because he will do, he will get away with, he will imprison, he will execute, whoever he is allowed to imprison, execute, drive from the country.”

You would think that, if such were possible, he’d have done that the first time around.

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Most of the time, single posts on Twitter/X aren’t worth rebuking with an entire piece, but Washington Post media reporter Paul Farhi laid out an absolute banger this weekend when he lamented the idea of “citizen journalists” not being as professional, trained or equipped as he or his colleagues at major news outlets like the Post, New York Times or CNN. The idea that citizen journalists are not every bit as capable as journalists employed by these outlets (and others) is ridiculous and should be rebuffed.

Farhi posted, “Someone invented the phrase ‘citizen journalism’ a few years ago to describe amateurs doing the work of pros. Yes, it occasionally works, but probably no more often than ‘citizen cop,’ ‘citizen attorney’ or ‘citizen soldier.’”

There’s a lot to unpack here, starting with the idea of citizen versus professional journalist. When professional journalists at Newsweek sat on the Monica Lewinsky story, trying to figure out how to minimize the damage to their great white hope then-president Bill Clinton, a citizen journalist broke the story — perhaps the biggest of the decade. When professional journalists attempted to kill the John Edwards story, the National Enquirer ran with it and effectively ended any political ambitions Edwards may have had.

Supplying 65% Of Our Energy, America Must Lead On Oil and Gas

World facing ‘hellish’ 3C of climate heating, UN warns before Cop28 (The Guardian) Do you believe that ‘scientists’ can measure the temperature of the earth with any accuracy? I don’t.

A Look at California’s Landmark Climate Reporting Laws

Maria Bartiromo Floats Bonkers New COVID Conspiracy About Trump and China (Daily Beast)

Longer COVID School Closures Linked To Youth Suicide Rates

IRS Says Some People Can Still Get COVID Stimulus Cash… Here’s How

Americans More Polarized Than Ever Over Ivermectin

Homeschooling Trend Accelerates Even After COVID Lockdowns

Vanity Fair: ‘Secret Warnings’ About Wuhan Before COVID

The mRNAs Didn’t End COVID, Omicron Did: Berenson

Earth passed a feared global warming milestone Friday, at least briefly (Washington Poop) Apparently they have a big thermometer stuck up the Earth’s butt, giving them the temperature from minute to minute. Sure, I believe that….

The world briefly smashed through the 2-degree warming limit for the first time (CNN) You heard the sound of the smash, of course, didn’t you? After all, it was a ‘limit’.

Earth likely briefly passed critical warming threshold on Friday (Axios)

Global Temperatures Briefly Crossed Critical Threshold For The First Time Last Week (Forbes)

One Greenwich school has a geothermal heating system. It’s ‘failed across the board,’ officials say.

Family Businesses Can’t Afford To Lose Access To Reliable Electricity

The Fifth National Climate Assessment Report is Driven by Government Deception & Climate Alarmist Politics

Federal Energy Efficiency Requirements Are Outdated and Should Be Repealed

Tuvaluan’s May ‘Escape’ to Australia, but if They Do, Associated Press, It Won’t Be Because of Climate Change

Study Reveals Most Common Chronic Symptoms After COVID-19 Vaccination

“Tranhausen By Proxy?” Parents’ Personality Disorders Driving Surge In Trans Kids: Psychiatrists

4 more free COVID tests will be available to each household ahead of the holidays (ABC News)

US to Offer More Free COVID Tests Nationwide  For all the people out there still wearing masks.

US Has Highest-Ever Childhood Vaccine Exemption Rate In History  Gee, I wonder why?

How Major Environmental Groups Ended Up on the Wrong Side of California’s Housing Crisis (Mother Jones)

“Reduce Your Emissions Within Two Months Or Face The Consequences”, Brussels Tells 12 Member States

Are EVs a Doomed Technology?

How Green Billionaires Groom the Public into Accepting Unworkable Net Zero Policies

Recycling Eco-Myths Is The Existential Threat

Climate Enron May Be Heading for a Crash

Uncle Sam Begging Anti-Vaxxers to Come Back to Army  Good luck with that.

The COVID Caper Gradually Unravels

CDC Claims On Vaccination And Natural Immunity Made Without Seeing Underlying Data: FOIA Document

Only 3.6% of Americans Got Updated COVID-19 Shots as of Oct. 31

Why So Many Countries Followed China’s Lockdown Example  Life (for the ruling  class) would be SO much easier if we were all just Communist dictatorships. Ask Thomas Friedman.

New Email Shows Fauci Adviser Suggesting He Destroyed Records

CDC CCP

The world’s largest single-site solar farm just came online (Electrec)

UAE Inaugurates Giant Solar Plant, Two Weeks Before Climate Talks (Barron’s)

UAE’s Masdar opens world’s largest single-site solar plant ahead of COP28 (Al-Monitor)

Masdar and partners inaugurate 2 MW single site solar farm (Energy Global)

Energy Companies Dominate The Top US Companies For Employee Retention

China cons US on green energy agenda

Offshore Wind Costs

Geothermal Everywhere: Finding the Energy to Save the World

The Harmful Side Effect of Cleaning Up the Ocean “Patches of floating plastic are teeming with life, and cleanup companies hauling trash out of the water risk destroying a marine habitat.”

2 degrees, 40 feet: Scientists who study Earth’s ice say we could be committed to disastrous sea level rise (NBC News)

Heating Homes With Natural Gas Is More Than 40% Cheaper Than Electricity: US EIA

Study: 58% of world’s richest companies quietly lobby against climate policies. (UPI) How is this news?

‘It feels like I’m not crazy.’ Gardeners aren’t surprised as USDA updates key map (NPR)

“No One Will Want Solar”: California Cuts Rooftop Solar Subsidies In Blow To ‘Green’ Industry    If you have to pay someone to do something that they wouldn’t do on their own….

New Report Raises Concerns That CDC Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System Is Broken

Plasmid DNA Contamination In COVID-19 Vaccines Is ‘Clear Breach Of Informed Consent’ By FDA: Dr. Malone

CDC Releases More Newborn RSV Shots as Cases Surge

The Army’s Two-Faced Covid Memo

Capturing Cop28 chief’s oil firm emissions would take centuries – study (The Guardian)

What Happens When You Put a Fossil Fuel Exec in Charge of Solving Climate Change (TIME)

Cop28 Climate Summit Host Also Runs Abu Dhabi’s State Oil Company (Mother Jones)

UAE oil giant’s two missions: a greener image and ‘accelerated growth’ (Politico)

Nitrogen wars: the Dutch farmers’ revolt that turned a nation upside-down (The Guardian)

Climate Change Is ‘Ultimate Threat to Humanity,’ Biden Says Before Boarding Private Jet To Meet World’s Largest Carbon Emitter

Price paid for offshore power to rise by 50%

India To Increase Coal Production By 60%

Wave-Powered Desalination System Produces 13,000 Gallons of Drinking Water a Day From Each Buoy

How China Dominates the World – And Lies about Climate Commitment

Biden DOJ Quietly Hires More Lawyers For Vaccine Injury Lawsuits

The Rise Of Pharma Fascism And The Ruination of the Commons

Top FDA Officials Accepted Jobs With Moderna After Playing Key Roles In The Licensure Of COVID-19 Vaccines  My, what a surprise.

Sen. Rand Paul Says He Wants Federal Prosecution Of Fauci For COVID Coverup

An Illegal Chinese Biolab Containing Infectious Diseases Operated in California. The Feds Ignored It for Months. 

Scientists are beginning to understand how long COVID symptoms affect the brain (NPR)

Government Deceit

Inside EcoHealth Alliance’s closed-door congressional testimony

Actress Sues AstraZeneca After COVID-19 Jab Leaves Her With Brain Injuries

Expert warns green energy projects ‘are not worth it’ as prices spiral ‘out of control’ (Fox Business)

China and US push through tensions in reaching climate deal (Politico)

U.S. and China Agree to Displace Fossil Fuels by Ramping Up Renewables (N.Y. Times)

The tough truth behind corporate net zero sustainability targets (BBC)

Corporate progress on curbing emissions is slowing, MSCI finds (Reuters)

Global heat deaths could quadruple if action is not taken on climate change, study finds (NBC News)

Biden’s ‘War on Fossil Fuels’ Out of Step With Geopolitical Realities, Energy Policy Analysts Say

Coalition Files Notice of Intent to Sue Federal Agencies to Stop Whale-killing Virginia Wind Project

Gulf Stream Collapse Scare Debunked by Royal Society

The Climate Cult and Its Mythic Origins

Sunnylands Statement on Enhancing Cooperation to Address the Climate Crisis (State Dept.)

Fifth National Climate Change Assessment Propaganda “Science Report” Released

The EU Shouldn’t Block Poland’s Move Toward Nuclear Energy

Trust climate predictions from climate models that cannot reproduce the past?

I Visited over 120 EV Chargers: Why So Many Were Broken

$17 a Gallon to Charge an EV

Study suggests Covid rebound is far more common with Paxlovid than without (STAT)

COVID-19 Antivirals Can Trigger Viral Rebound, Study Finds (MedScape)

Virologic rebound observed in 20% of patients treated with nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (MedicalXPress)

Paxlovid Lifesaving, Yet May Allow Viral Rebound Contagion (Mirage)

The Declaration That Wasn’t Supposed To Happen

“We Might Need To Let It Burn”: Firefighting In The EV Era Is A Whole New Game

BlackRock invests $550M in world’s largest direct air capture plant

Green Dreams Turn Into Nightmares: After US Withdrawal, Orsted Pulls Out Of Norway Wind Bidding

OPEC Oil Production Inches Up In October, Sees “Healthy” Demand In US And China

IEA Raises Oil Demand Outlook For 2023 And 2024  Time to buy oil stocks.

Prioritizing Justice in New York State Climate Policy

Electric heat to cost 77 percent more than natural gas, federal agency says

What if climate change meant not doom — but abundance? (Washington Poop)

Newsom Says Homeless Camp Pallet Fire Was Caused By Climate Change (Babylon Bee)

Boston’s plan to ban fossil fuels in new buildings goes up in smoke (Boston Globe)

Europe Taps Record-High Natural Gas Storage As Temperatures Drop

A Nuclear Renaissance Is The Best Path Forward

Climate Data Refutes Crisis NarrativeWatchdog Has Grim Winter Warning: There May Be Blackouts

A COVID-19 vaccine reckoning is coming for the DOJ over federal gov mandates (N.Y.Post)

Lawsuit Challenges Federal Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (MedPageToday)

Sen. Schmitt Wants Answers on COVID Learning Losses

Thousands of Greenland’s glaciers are rapidly shrinking. Before-and-after photos reveal decades of change (CNN)

After a Last-Minute Challenge to New Loss and Damage Deal, U.S. Joins Global Consensus Ahead of COP28 (Inside Climate Narrative News)

Claim: $5.9 Trillion Government Money Grab Required for Climate Action

L A Times Fails to Comprehend the Difference between “Average Temperature Anomaly” & “Absolute Maximum Temperature” Climate Data

Climate Fact Check: October 2023 Edition

West Antarctica Temperature FALLS 2°C in 20 Years

Sahara Expert Says Desert Shrinking, Calls Alarmist Tipping Points “Complete Nonsense”

First vaccine for chikungunya virus, an ’emerging global health threat,’ gets FDA approval (Fox News)

Certain COVID-19 Vaccines Linked To Elevated Risk Of Guillain-Barré Syndrome

El Niño is now ‘strong’ but acting strange. What that means. (Washington P00p)

Climate change is pushing American farmers to confront what’s next (Washington Poop)

A new COVID variant, HV.1, is now dominant. These are its most common symptoms (TODAY)

Alarming collapse of Greenland ice shelves sparks warning of sea level rise (LiveScience)

Power grid watchdog warns of higher winter blackout risks, cites Biden energy policies as top threat

America’s power grid at risk of buckling this winter: Regulator (WSYR)

Two-Thirds of North America Could Face Power Shortages This Winter (Insurance Journal)

FERC, NERC Caution Against Closing Everett LNG Import Terminal in New England (Natural Gas Intelligence)

More people not having children due to climate breakdown fears, finds research (The Guardian) Think of it as evolution in action.

In California’s Central Valley, a massive carbon removal factory is pulling CO2 from the air (Fast Company)

Nation’s first commercial carbon capture plant opens in Tracy (KCRA Sacramento)

A surprising green technology rises in the San Joaquin Valley (S.F. Chronicle)

Climate tech company Heirloom opens US commercial carbon capture plant (Reuters)

First-of-a-Kind Nuke Project Terminated in Blow to Biden Clean Energy

Arrests ‘Part of the Deal’: Climate Activists Who Struck Degas Exhibit to Return to DC

Australia Signs Historic Climate Refuge Pact With Tuvalu (Bloomberg)

German Gov’t Agrees To Bailout Giant Loss-Making Wind Farm, UK Increases Subsidies

Renewable Energy Meltdown Spreads: Plug Power Crashes After ‘Going Concern’ Warning 

Scientists: Nearly 4 Decades of Climate Model Failure Undermines Confidence In Future Predictions

As The Transition to Green Energy Crumbles, Funding for The Climate Scare Soars

Alarming collapse of Greenland ice shelves sparks warning of sea level rise (LiveScience)

Coral spawning season brings hope for the Great Barrier Reef (CNN)

What does a Jordan Peterson conference say about the future of climate change? Apparently we’re headed towards ‘human flourishing’ (The Guardian) Sarcasm in a headline never works.

Epstein lays out benefits — and morality — of fossil fuel use (Freightways)

The U.S. Project Meant To Debut Revolutionary Nuclear Reactors Just Fell Apart (Huffington Post)

First planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has been canceled (Ars Technica)

Utah just lost an important future energy source. Here’s why (Deseret News)

Number of species at risk of extinction doubles to 2 million, says study (The Guardian)

Eco-friendly plastic turns into a source of nutrition for ocean life (Interesting Engineering)

Behind Mike Bloomberg’s $500 Million Donation To ‘Finish The Job On Coal’

Researchers Try Doomsday Images To Scare Meat Eaters

Climate Extremists Block Ambulance in ‘Life or Death’ Situation

New Study Finds Most Of Antarctica Has Cooled By Over 1°C Since 1999…W. Antarctica Cooled 1.8°C

Rand Paul Wants Fauci Taken Down or a New Law Passed (Newsweek)

‘Insanity’: petrostates planning huge expansion of fossil fuels, says UN report (The Guardian)

Plastic waste ‘spiralling out of control’ across Africa, analysis shows (The Guardian)

Plastic is plaguing lower-income countries. Where does fashion fit in? (Vogue)

WWF models cost of plastic pollution in Pacific region (Australia B.C.)

Indonesia must lead towards an ambitious Global Plastics Treaty (Eco-Business)

Chile shuts down a popular glacier, sparking debate over climate change and adventure sports (Fox News)

Prolific Wanker Known As ‘The Sperminator’ Creates ‘Unvaxxed Sperm’ Group On Facebook After Requests Skyrocket

California scientists suggest a strategy to ‘eat our way’ out of the climate crisis (The Hill)

Physicists Warn Earth Could Feasibly Descend Into Chaos (Science Alert)

Embattled conservation group leader heads for exit (Politico)

Why surging sales of large electric vehicles raises environmental red flags (The Narrative Conversation)

What’s really going on with the electric car market? (Axios) People are discovering that they are an expensive and impractical answer to a non-existent question.

An EV slowdown? Battery makers are cool with that. (E&E News)

Yet Another “Climate Crisis” News Cabal

Africa Doesn’t Need Western Elites’ Meaningless Climate Policies

COVID US Map Shows States Where Cases Are Highest in Latest Week (Newsweek)

World Bank to host climate damages fund despite opposition from developing nations (CNN)

California EV HELL: QUEUING for chargers at MIDNIGHT!!!

Setting Utility Rates

Watch: Just Stop Oil Climate Crazies Smash Glass Protecting 17th Century Painting with Hammers

Drunk grizzlies keep getting hit by trains in Montana  Think of it as evolution in action.

£15 Million AI Climate Change Grant for the University of Southampton

Professor Lockdown Denies Ever Calling For Lockdown

CDC to Test Travelers for Respiratory Viruses

Newsom Rewrites Pandemic History

FDA Responds After Being Urged To Recall Pfizer’s Vaccine Over DNA Fragments

These haunting underwater photos portray climate change in a new way (CNN) According to the Narrative, of course.

‘Greenies’ Are All About The Green

Judge Interrupts Just Stop Oil Protestor’s Flight to India

The Coming Collapse of Green Energy, and why EVs Will Never Catch On

House GOP approves cutting EPA budget by nearly 40 percent (The Hill)

House approves funding bill slashing EPA budget to 1990 levels, expanding domestic energy production (Fox News)

House passes bill with massive cut to EPA (Axios)

House GOP backs large EPA cut, setting up negotiations (The Hill)

Deep Rifts at UN Loss and Damage Talks Cast a Shadow on Upcoming Climate Conference (Inside Climate Narrative News)

Western countries clash with Saudi Arabia over UN climate fund (Financial Times)

Western nations are on the cusp of usurping Loss and Damage Fund. This could derail COP28 (EuroNews)

Global: A human rights-focused Loss and Damage Fund for climate change is vital to alleviate suffering (Amnesty International)

Rich Men North Of Richmond: Michael Bloomberg’s Anti-Coal Agenda

Fine Dining in London is Now a Climate Guilt Experience?

Uranium Demand Hits Decade High as Nuclear Renaissance Gains Traction

Nearly 2 Billion People In The World Don’t See Climate Change As A Threat

Mask mandates return in some settings even as COVID-19 stalls in California (S.F. Chronicle)

Mask Mandates Officially Return In California (OutKick)

Mandatory Masking Makes a Comeback in Southern California (L.A. Magazine)

California Counties Making Mask Mandates Grate Again (Daily Signal)

Certain Scientists, Journals Pose ‘Potential Threats To Vaccine Confidence’: CDC

Hydroxychloroquine Associated With Lower COVID-19 Mortality: French Study

House Republican Introduces Bill To Block CCP Influence At State Department

Court tosses EPA ban on pesticide linked to brain damage in kids (The Hill) Linked!

Former EU Climate Pope Again Uses Girl’s Death to Push Green Agenda

House Approves Massive Cuts to EPA Budget

Energy Efficiency Program Makes Washington, DC, Living Even More Expensive

Climate’s ‘Catch-22’: Cutting pollution heats up the planet (Reuters)

America’s Most Powerful Nuclear Reactor Makes a Landmark Revival (Power Magazine)

CNN Peddles Alarm About Western Antarctica Melting

COP28 Organisers Already Accused of Greenwashing

Will China pay climate change “loss and damage”?

COP28: European Anti-Coal Crusade on Collision Course With China

Why EVs Aren’t The GreenTech Panacea

Colorado River Flow Data Disproves “Climate Change Warming” Computer Model Flow Reduction Claims

Health misinformation and lack of confidence in vaccines continue to grow, years after the Covid-19 pandemic, survey shows (CNN) In the Narrative media, ‘health misinformation’ means anything that doesn’t push the Narrative.

FDA Defends COVID Vaccine Against Smoking Gun Claims (Newsweek)

How AI played an instrumental role in making mRNA vaccines

California Counties Making Mask Mandates Grate Again

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President Joe Biden says 24 million Americans “suffer from food insecurity!”

News anchors were shocked that there is “food insecurity in the richest country in the world!” ABC hosts turned “insecurity” into “hunger.”

But in my new video, Rachel Sheffield, who researches welfare policy at The Heritage Foundation, explains, “Food insecurity is not the same thing as hunger. It just means that they had to rely on cheaper foods, store-brand alternatives … or reduce[d] variety.”

Really? The alarm about “food insecurity” is based on that? Well, yes. Even the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in its fine print, admits that “for most food-insecure households, the inadequacies were in the form of reduced quality and variety of food rather than insufficient quantity.”

“They always want to create a crisis,” I say to Sheffield.

“Government programs want to keep themselves going,” she replies.

Biden Administration Approves Biggest Offshore Wind Farm Yet, in Virginia (N.Y. Times)

The Great ‘Green Energy Transition’ That Wasn’t (The Foundry)

World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm-Developer Abandons Two Major US Projects As Renewable Bust Erupts

The EV transition trips over its own cord

Ørsted Abandons New Jersey Wind Projects

“Pharmageddon” Strikes US Drugstores As 5,000 Workers Walk Off Job

Pfizer To Shut Down Two Facilities Amid Major Cost Cuts

NIH-funded US Lab Tested SARS-like Virus on Bats in 2018

Covid vaccines and mortality (Marginal Revolution)

Watch: COVID Authoritarians Want Forgiveness – Here’s Why They Don’t Deserve It

Sen. Tillis Tests Positive for COVID-19

Why many scientists are now saying climate change is an all-out ‘emergency’ (Washington Poop)

Is your hotel sustainable? Not if these two things are in your room, says Soneva’s founder (CNBC) I don’t know about you, but I’m always worried that my hotel might not be sustainable.

Earth’s freshwater is getting saltier, and people are to blame (Washington Poop)

Wrong, Amnesty International, “Climate Change in Mexico” is Not Displacing People

EV Driving Range Is Even Worse Than Advertised

Mark Lynas ‘99% Consensus’ on Climate Change – Busted in Peer Review.

The Foundry.

nstitution, with almost two-thirds now rating the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as “only fair or poor.” Half of America no longer has much confidence in science itself.

The loss of trust is part of the disgraceful legacy of those who held power during the pandemic caused by the SARS2-CoV virus. Two presidents and dozens of governors hid behind public health bureaucrats Anthony Fauci, Deborah Birx, Robert Redfield, and Rochelle Walensky. They ignored Henderson’s classic review 15 years earlier showing lockdowns were both ineffective and extremely harmful.

They rejected the alternative, targeted protection, recommended as early as March 2020 by Ioannidis, Katz, and Atlas. Beyond a reckless disregard for foreseeable destruction from their policies, America’s leaders imposed sinful harms and long-lasting damage on our children, the totality of which may not be realized for decades.

Australia Warns Ferries about EVs

More Questions about Electric Vehicles

Why are the globalists calling “Climate Change” a “Public Health Crisis”?

The *cough* evidence *cough* that shows climate change is already impacting our lives