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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

9th May 2023

In Australia, scientists begin vaccinating koalas against chlamydia (NPR)

NIH Restarts EcoHealth Alliance Grant, Watchdog Outraged

Local And Private COVID Vaccine Mandates For Patients And Health Care Workers Being Reversed, Overturned Across US

Chelsea Clinton Promotes Mass Vaccination Program For Children – Laments Public Resistance

Never Forget What They Did… Never!

NIH Renews Controversial Grant To EcoHealth For Coronavirus Bat Study

Lessons from the COVID War

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

8th May 2023

Vietnam and Laos record hottest temperatures ever as heat wave grips Southeast Asia (CNN)

Climate change: Vietnam records highest-ever temperature of 44.1C (BBC) Communist regimes get a preview of their eventual destination.

Weather tracker: Vietnam and Laos set records for highest-ever temperatures (The Guardian)

Germany And The EU Are Hopelessly Behind On EVs & Artificial Intelligence

Climate Extremists Vandalise Historic Roman Monument

Manmade: Studies Suggest That Wind Parks Cause Climate Change, Even Regional Drought

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

8th May 2023

What to know about the newest COVID-19 variant (NPR)

How China Used a Prominent HBCU to Spin Its Pandemic Response

FDA Issues Emergency Bacteria Warning For 500,000 COVID-19 Tests

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

7th May 2023

limate scientists first laughed at a ‘bizarre’ campaign against the BoM – then came the harassment (The Guardian)

America Needs Permitting Reform To Reduce U.S. Reliance On Foreign Energy

A Heavy Dose of Reality for Electric-Truck Mandates

Germany’s Nuclear Phase-Out Has Been a Disaster

Marc Morano to Newsmax: Energy ‘Conspiracies’ Became ‘Reality’

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

6th May 2023

‘A sea of misinformation’: FTC to address industry greenwashing complaints (The Guardian)

Study: Climate change is pushing the Sonoran Desert toward a weedier, barren future (Desert Sun)

Biden administration green lights nation’s first congestion pricing plan for New York (Politico)

Thousands of Americans Try To Take Advantage of Biden’s Solar Subsidies. They Can’t Connect to a Power Grid.

Electricity Statism and Misdirection: Introducing Doug Lewin’s “Texas Energy and Power Newsletter” (well-funded propaganda)

New York Gas Stove Ban – Beginning of the End or End of the Beginning?

World’s first thermal energy storage “gigafactory” opens

Ocean-surface temperatures are breaking records

The grid isn’t ready for 300M EVs by 2030

The Conversation: “A Single [Climate] Radical Gets More Media Coverage Than Thousands of Marchers”

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

6th May 2023

Small study points to possible cause of myocarditis following mRNA vaccination in young men (NBC News)

What explains rare heart condition among young men after Covid vaccines? A new study offers clues (StatNews)

Study reveals insights into post-vaccine heart inflammation cases (MedicalXPress)

Science Reveals Cause of Rare Heart Trouble in Young Men Who Get COVID Vaccines (U.S. News & World Report)

Randi Weingarten Goes Mega-Karen After Twitter Community Notes Expose Lockdown Lies

Teachers Union Won’t Give Records to House COVID Panel

Disease experts warn White House of potential for omicron-like wave of illness (Washington P0st)

Class-Action Suit Launched Against Australian Government Over COVID Vaccine Injuries

 

 

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Who Helped Overturn the “Pentagon Papers Principle”? The Washington Post and New York Times

6th May 2023

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Last December, Michael Shellenberger reported in a #TwitterFiles thread that the Aspen Institute hosted a “Hack-and-Dump Working Group” exercise in the summer of 2020 titled, “Burisma Leak,” which predicted with uncanny accuracy an upcoming derogatory story in the New York Post about Hunter Biden’s lost laptop.

The documents Shellenberger published showed how at least five media figures, including David Sanger and David McCraw of the New York Times, Ellen Nakashima of the Washington Post, then-Daily Beast and future Rolling Stone editor Noah Schactman, and Rick Baker of CNN worked alongside Twitter and Facebook’s chief moderation officers, Yoel Roth and Nathaniel Gleicher, to plan a response to a hypothetical damaging exposé about Joe Biden’s son.

The “Burisma Leak” exercise predicted many elements of the real response to the New York Post’s coming Hunter Biden story, including complaints from influential Democratic congressman Adam Schiff about its “source and veracity,” and public statements from “former senior intelligence officials” falsely raising the specter of a “Russian operation.”

 

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Regressive Behavior: New York Times Demands Higher Taxes on Poor People

6th May 2023

Washington Free Beacon.

There are few things liberals love more than raising taxes. They are particularly fond of regressive taxes that fall primarily on the poor. Tax hikes on alcohol and other “sin” products are designed to control people’s behavior and force them to behave more like elite liberals who shop at Whole Foods and inject themselves with diabetes medicine to lose weight. Cigarettes, soda, gasoline, and so on.

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

5th May 2023

The people living ultra-low-carbon lifestyles (BBC)

Yet Another Problem With Recycling: It Spews Microplastics (WIRED)

EV Deflation Arrives: Ford Slashes Prices On Its Mustang Mach-E, Following Tesla’s Strategy

FLASHBACK: Media Said Gas Stove Bans Were a Right-Wing Conspiracy

Unhumanity Part V: Big Brother is Green

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

5th May 2023

COVID-19 Drops to 4th-leading Cause of US Death in 2022

Restrictions On Ivermectin Dropped In Australia

Infectious Disease Experts Advise Health Care Facilities To Drop Universal Mask Policies

COVID No Longer Global Health Emergency: WHO  Better late than never, I guess.

WHO (Finally) Declares COVID Pandemic “Global Health Emergency” Over

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

4th May 2023

How to make your wardrobe sustainable (BBC) God forbid you have an unsustainable wardrobe.

Ocean Temperatures Reach Unprecedented Territory, Alarm Scientists (The Weather Channel)

Aussie Green Energy Shock: Snowy Hydro Cost and Completion Time Blowout

“The thinking error that makes people susceptible to climate change denial”

EU Backs Controversial Dutch Plans To Shut Down Farms In Bid To Reduce Nitrogen Emissions

The Left’s Favorite Pro-Renewable Energy ‘Watchdog’ Doesn’t Legally Exist

RFK Jr. Says Climate Change Being Exploited To Push ‘Totalitarian Controls’

‘Paper can’t be a solution to plastic waste’: Canadian environmentalists warn about the rise in single-use paper products  Sure it can.

Westinghouse announces a new small modular nuclear reactor

 

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All Tomorrow’s Riots

4th May 2023

The American Mind.

In an incident sadly familiar to many New Yorkers, a man living on the streets with a long history of mental illness started screaming, acting erratically, and threatening the people sharing his subway car earlier this week. “I don’t mind going to jail and getting life in prison,” screamed the 30-year-old Jordan Neely, who had 44 arrests under his belt and an outstanding warrant for felony assault, as he flailed around throwing items of his clothing. “I’m ready to die!”

In response, a 24-year-old Marine Corps veteran put Neely in a chokehold, incapacitating him and releasing him after he stopped struggling and passed out. A freelance reporter who took video of the incident, Juan Alberto Vazquez, told news outlets that no one on the train initially thought Neely was in any worse shape than being unconscious, but by the time the police who met the train at the station took him to a nearby hospital, Neely was pronounced dead.

Police questioned the young man, whose name they did not make public, but released him without charges pending an investigation. In the next 36 hours, the usual suspects began to gin up the outrage machine. Readers online lambasted The New York Times for not immediately declaring Neely a murder victim and characterized the incident as having racist implications; Neely is black, and the Marine is white. Governor Kathy Hochul declared the case “troubling.” AOC tweeted, “Jordan Neely was murdered” and declared that funding the police is “militarized” and “disgusting.” By the end of the week, it’s likely Jordan Neely will be on the front of every paper, forcing the country to consider whether erratic and threatening behavior from someone clearly out of his mind justifies the application of force in self-defense.

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

3rd May 2023

Unilever Welcomes Regulators’ Ongoing Greenwashing Crackdown (AdWeek)

Why Companies React to ‘Greenwashing’ With ‘Greenhushing’ (Sourcing Journal)

The coming crackdown on corporate greenwashing (EcoBusiness)

The FCC Is Supposed to Protect the Environment. It Doesn’t. (ProPublica) No, it isn’t. It regulates communications. The environment is none of its concern.

Scientists Say Meat Is Crucial To The Human Diet – Warn Against Vegan ‘Zealotry’

The New Pause Lengthens by Two Months To 8 Years 11 Months

The Practical Impossibility of Large-Scale Carbon Capture and Storage

Nature-based solutions are cleaning up cities

Congress Needs to End This Massive Government Slush Fund

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

2nd May 2023

Biden will end Covid vaccine mandates for federal workers and international travelers on May 11  What took them so long?

DHS to lift Covid vaccine requirement for non-US travelers (CNN) What took them so long?

Texas AG to Probe Big Pharma on COVID-19 Vaccines

Fauci, Weingarten Denials ‘Slap in the Face’ to Parents

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

2nd May 2023

Environmentalists Want the FTC Green Guides to Slam the Door on the ‘Chemical’ Recycling of Plastic Waste (Inside Climate Narrative News)

Oliver Stone’s new movie makes the case nuclear power is the obvious solution to climate change (CNBC)

Joe Biden Is Losing Young Climate Voters

Green Energy Industry Admits It Needs Cheap Chinese Goods To Survive

Bureau Can’t Dodge Differences in Temperature Data

Wind farm in Germany is being dismantled to expand coal mine

Austrian Authorities Side With Climate Protesters Over Disrupted Citizens

Environmentalists sue FAA over Starship fallout, claiming regulator is lost in space

 

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AP Report: LGBTQ+ Lawmakers Find Themselves ‘Literally Trying to Exist’

2nd May 2023

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Apparently, every day is a battle for LGBTQ+ lawmakers. According to an Associated Press report, they “find themselves fighting just ‘to exist.’”

Literally! LITERALLY!

Read on and you’ll find these bills include Florida’s March 2022 Parental Rights in Education law which banned discussion on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade classrooms. And, of course, they identify the legislation as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

The lawmakers – and the AP – are especially incensed over bills that “would classify providing gender-affirming care to minors as a form of child abuse.” Isn’t it?

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RedState Toasts to MSNBC Host Losing His Mind Over Being Fact-Checked

2nd May 2023

NewsBusters.

Bob Hoge with our friends at RedState had a hilarious piece Tuesday pulling together the latest saga and kid-in-a-grocery-store meltdown MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan pitched last week after he was roundly condemned and fact-checked for one insane claim after another about crime and, of course, racism.

At the heart of it, Hoge noted that Hasan has objected Twitter’s Community Notes feature, which allows users to fact-check false claims, seeing more play under Elon Musk’s ownership and he was “getting awfully sick of” it. This was particularly ironic since he recently released a book entitled Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking.

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

1st May 2023

Texas AG Ken Paxton’s COVID-19 vaccine investigation could stick it to Big Pharma execs (N.Y. Post)

How Surging Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Introduced Anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan to the Anti-Vaxx Movement

Why Are So Many COVID Authoritarians Suddenly Shifting Their Narratives?

Lightfoot Slams Weingarten’s Union for Not Reopening Schools Now that she’s lost the election, she doesn’t have any reason to suck up to the union.

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

1st May 2023

Carbon capture technology “can never be an excuse” for business as usual, advocates say (CBS News)

NYC co-op owners, covering over 800K apartments, rebel against massive climate law costing millions (N.Y. Post)

The Conversation: “Can we justify … botanic gardens in an age of climate change … ?”

Lithium-ion batteries a growing fire hazard in NYC garbage trucks

EV’s Have 12.5 Percent Less Range Than EPA Estimates

 

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See if You Can Anticipate What the NYT Reveals in the 23rd Paragraph About Why the Boy Killed Himself?

1st May 2023

Steve Sailer.

From the New York Times news section, a classic NYT upside-down article with the big news buried until most subscribers have stopped reading….

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

30th April 2023

Deadly Heat Threatens the Well-Being of 1 Billion People in India (Wired)

An Ominous Heating Event Is Unfolding in the Oceans (Wired)

Barren lands show impact of Spain’s record-breaking heat (CNN)

Ohio lawmaker on the fight to put abortion rights on the ballot (MSNBC)

Eco-Terrorist ‘Pipeline’ Bombs at Box Office

“No Bricks, No Glass, No Cement” – What Net Zero 2050 Demands According to Government-Funded Report

Irony: German Bundestag Admits Conversion To Heat Pump Systems For Its Own Buildings Not Possible!

XR Founder Moans About His Carrots

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

30th April 2023

Masks Had No Effect On COVID Cases Among Children: Study

“Something Clearly Went Wrong” – Fauci & Friends Desperately Try To ‘Close The Book’ On COVID

Pfizer Donated Thousands to Groups Who Lobbied for Vax Mandates

California Doctor Faces $290 Million In COVID-19-Related Fraud Charges  Free government money! Let’s go!

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

29th April 2023

What an ominous surge in ocean temperatures means for the planet (Washington Post)

Portland breaks daily temperature record and the day isn’t over yet (The Oregonian)

April heat wave a reminder that AC is becoming necessary in the Pacific Northwest (Fox 12 Oregon)

New York Governor Announces Progress in Push To Ban Natural Gas in New Buildings Time to leave.

New York on Verge of Being First State to Ban Natural Gas  Time to leave.

George Monbiot on Eco-terrorism: “I back saboteurs … but I won’t blow up a pipeline”  Well, that’s something, I guess….

Ocean Warming Study So Distressing, Some Scientists Didn’t Want to Talk About It

Chinese Import Fraud Could Shatter Europe’s Biodiesel Dreams

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

28th April 2023

New York Post blasts Randi Weingarten, Anthony Fauci for dodging ‘responsibility’ on school closures

Randi Weingarten ruined kids’ lives — but she refuses to apologize for not following the science (N.Y. Post)

Randi Weingarten’s unchecked CDC access harmed our kids’ education. America needs accountability (Fox) Sorry–they’re too busy going after Clarence Thomas.

CDC Officials Make False Statements About Possible COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects

Does the “Arcturus” COVID variant cause pink eye? What to know about the new strain (CBS News)

Jennings LAYS Into Weingarten on CNN for Pandemic School Closings  The mask slips.

Nine COVID Vaccinations Per Citizen? Time for Contract Revisions

WATCH: No, Randi Weingarten Wasn’t Fighting To Open Schools

US Officials Reject Compensation For People Diagnosed With COVID-19 Vaccine Injuries

The Fauci zigzag

WATCH: Covid “vaccines” and all-cause mortality

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

28th April 2023

‘Endless record heat’ in Asia as highest April temperatures recorded (The Guardian)

Glass or plastic: which is better for the environment? (BBC)

New Covid-19 booster recommendations roll out in Vermont (VTDigger)

CDC eases COVID vaccination rule on international travelers as expiration looms (CBS News)

German Climate Idiots Use New Type Of Glue Requiring Jackhammer To Break Free

Tom Patterson: Climate Change Alarmism Not Supported by the Facts

DOE vs. Gas Cooking: A Review of Critical Comments

PNG Officials Charged with Skimming $2 million of Climate Aid Money

An Ominous Heating Event Is Unfolding in the Oceans (WIRED ‘Science’)

FACT CHECK: Climate Activists Who Smeared Paint on Priceless Sculpture Insist ‘We Are Adults’  But apparently acting like adults is beyond them.

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

26th April 2023

Randi Weingarten, teacher’s union helped coordinate CDC’s 2021 school reopening guidance, records reveal (N.Y. Post)

Trudeau Slammed After Claiming He Never ‘Forced’ Anyone To Take COVID-19 Vaccine

Mother Of 7 Denied Kidney Transplant For Refusing COVID Shot In Georgia

Explosive New Study Finds Face Masks May Increase Stillbirths, Testicular Dysfunction, Cognitive Decline — In Kids

RFK Jr. Says Middle Class Was ‘Systematically’ Wiped Out By COVID-19 Lockdowns  A bit of an exaggeration, perhaps, but directionally correct.

Fauci Says He Never Locked Anything Down And Has Never Heard Of COVID (Babylon Bee)

Fauci Tries To Rewrite History in New York Times Interview

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

26th April 2023

These are the places most at risk from record-breaking heat waves as the planet warms (CNN)

Here’s where extreme heat could be devastating in coming years (NBC News)

Here are the places most at risk from record-shattering heat (Seattle Times)

These Countries Are Most Vulnerable to Dangerous Heat Waves This Century (Daily Beast) A Narrative weather report.

FTC takes a microscope to sustainability claims (Politico)

Attorney General Bonta Co-Leads Multistate Coalition Urging the FTC to Strengthen Environmental Marketing Standards (California Attorney General)

Fashion greenwashing glossary part two: what do ‘biodegradable’, ‘closed loop’ and ‘degrowth’ really mean? (The Guardian) Virtue-signaling in a Narrative way.

Celebrating Conscious Indian Labels Steering Clear From The Greenwashing Mandate (Elle India) Elle India? What’s next, Vogue India?

Retiring coal-fired power plants need a replacement. These Western states may have the answer (Deseret News) Go nuclear!

Manchin: I’ll Vote to Repeal Inflation Reduction Act to Stop Radical Climate Agenda

GM Kills Chevy Bolt, Paving Path for Electric Pickups

As Sea Levels Rise, the East Coast Is Also Sinking

Environmentalists Want to Make Their Religion Official

European Green Activists Winning on the Streets and in the Courts

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

25th April 2023

Pfizer Quietly Financed Groups Lobbying For COVID Vaccine Mandates: Fang

A closer look at the U.S. pandemic response reached an unsettling conclusion (Washington Post)

“Arcturus Variant”: Russia revives Covid scam, right on cue

FDA: Vaccines Don’t Have To Prevent Infection Or Transmission  Did you think so? Foolish you!

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

25th April 2023

Recent, rapid ocean warming ahead of El Niño alarms scientists (BBC)

Fashion greenwashing glossary part two: what do ‘biodegradable’, ‘closed loop’ and ‘degrowth’ really mean? (The Guardian)

Greenwashing in the Crosshairs: Regulators Around the Globe Take Aim (AdWeek)

How to Spot Greenwashing: When Companies Aren’t as Green as They Claim (Gold Coast Week)

China gears up for peak emissions season with record coal imports: Maguire (Reuters)

China approves coal power surge, risking “climate disasters,” Greenpeace says (CBS News)

Poland’s grid operator disconnects wind, solar facilities after oversupply of renewable energy (Fox)

Senators Question Feasibility Of EPA’s New Vehicle Emissions Standards

Massive iceberg discharges during the last ice age had no impact on nearby Greenland, raising new questions about climate dynamics

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

24th April 2023

Possible links between Covid shots and tinnitus emerge (NBC News)

COVID vaccines could have links with causing tinnitus as new theories emerge (Sky News)

New theories of possible link between Covid vaccines and tinnitus are emerging (AOL)

CDC says tinnitus not linked to Covid vaccines (NBC News)

Study: Masks May Raise Stillbirths, Testicular Toxicity, Cognitive Decline  Beyond inconvenient.

 

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Ex-Spy Who Discredited Hunter Biden’s Emails Used WaPo Column to Boost Joe Biden

24th April 2023

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As a contributing columnist for the Post, former CIA deputy director Michael Morell published numerous articles before the election attacking former president Donald Trump and pushing various claims about Russian disinformation. Morell called on Trump’s intelligence chief, John Ratcliffe, to resign in his final Post column on Oct. 12, 2020, a week before he concocted the Hunter letter. In an Oct. 11 piece, Morell said Trump’s financial debt raises national security concerns. In August 2020, Morell made the disputed claim that “the Russians infiltrated Trump’s 2016 campaign.”

Morell was carrying water for the Biden campaign behind the scenes, too. The former intel official admitted in a recent congressional interview that he was behind an Oct. 19, 2020, letter that cast the release of Hunter Biden’s laptop days earlier as a probable Russian disinformation campaign. Morell said he organized the letter, which was signed by 50 other former intelligence officials, after a conversation with Biden adviser Tony Blinken, now the secretary of state. Morell told lawmakers he undertook the initiative to help Biden “win the election.”

The Post has penalized columnists for campaign connections more tenuous than Morell’s. In 2011, conservative columnist George Will came under scrutiny after his wife began advising Rick Perry’s presidential campaign. The Post’s ombudsman found that Will did not use his column to improperly boost his wife’s client, but said the columnist should have disclosed his wife’s work. The ombudsman wrote that “readers need to be able to judge for themselves if any conflict of interest could bias a journalist, even an opinion columnist.”

“A cynic would say none of this is surprising,” Tim Graham, the Media Research Center’s director of media analysis, said of Morell and the Post. He noted that the Post describes Morell’s CIA service in the George W. Bush administration to make Morell look bipartisan. “It’s that ‘career official’ spin that helps them present people like Morell as less partisan.”

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News Blackout In Effect

24th April 2023

Matt Taibbi.

An all-time media blackout is in effect. We’re experiencing real-time Sovietization.

It transpires that the infamous incident before the 2020 election in which 50 former intelligence officials signed an open letter declared a New York Post expose about Hunter Biden’s laptop to have the “classic earmarks of a Russian information operation” was instigated at the behest of the Joe Biden campaign. This at least is the allegation in a letter to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken released by Jim Jordan, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, and Subcommittee on the Weaponization of Government.

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

23rd April 2023

Chinese Censorship Is Quietly Rewriting the Covid-19 Story (N.Y. Times)

Chicago Employees Fired For Not Getting COVID-19 Vaccine Must Be Reinstated: Judge

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

23rd April 2023

sThai authorities issue extreme heat warnings as temperatures top 100 (NBC News)

Majority of adults have been personally affected by extreme weather, climate change: poll (The Hill)

Extreme weather is nearly universal experience, poll indicates (Politico)

Extreme weather is nearly universal experience: AP-NORC poll (Associated Press)

Nearly half of people who’ve dealt with extreme weather express concern about having to move: CBS News poll (CBS News)

How the Clean Air Act lets closed coal plants keep polluting for years (Reuters)

Feds Have No Data On How Regulations Reduce Emissions: Audit Finds  I doubt that they even care.

50 years after the oil embargo crisis of 1973, no American policy for energy independence

Big Banks, Corporations Getting 90 Percent Of Biden’s Green Energy Credits: Congressional Study  My, what a surprise. Aren’t you surprised? I’m sure surprised.

Extinction Rebellion Founder Outed As Diesel-Using, Packaged-Fruit-Buying Hypocrite

 

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Tax Me More!

23rd April 2023

John Hinderaker at Power Line.

Most rich people who take part in politics are on the Left, which is a major reason why the Democratic Party and its candidates consistently have so much more money than the Republican Party and its candidates.

I have long been bemused by rich liberals like Warren Buffett, who tell us their tax rates are too low. Really? Guess what: the IRS will cash your check! If you seriously think you aren’t paying enough taxes, or you actually believe the government spends money more wisely and effectively than you do, there is an easy solution. Write the IRS a check, I guarantee they will cash it.

Yet, strangely, I have never heard of a rich liberal doing this, even though most of these people are second or third generation beneficiaries who cannot comprehend how hard their ancestors worked to accumulate the wealth that they enjoy.

On Wednesday, a group of rich people held a press conference in Washington, urging Congress to pass a 90% tax rate on the wealthy. Stephen Moore crashed their party. It turns out that these rich liberals don’t actually want to turn their own money over to the government. The woman who pipes up at the end is, I understand, a Disney.

The point is that these mooks don’t want taxes raised on them; they want them raised on other people, people who don’t make as much money as they do and therefore would be put at a comparative disadvantage financially by higher tax rates. The ‘write a check’ response is all it takes to strip the word-salad disguise off of this attempted robbery.

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

22nd April 2023

Six ways to lower your carbon emissions quickly (BBC)

‘Appalling’ Earth Day greenwashing must not detract from message, says protest founder (The Guardian)

Earth Day is Killing Us

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

21st April 2023

What to Know About XBB.1.16, the New COVID-19 Strain Called ‘Arcturus’ (U.S. News and World Report)

New COVID mutation ‘arcturus’ spreads, causing different symptoms in children (ABC Tampa)

Mayo Clinic expert talks about new omicron variant (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Latest COVID booster guidance as new Arcturus subvariant spreads (CBS News)

CDC Director Admits Vaccines Do Not Prevent COVID Transmission, Blames “Evolution Of Science”

Meta: Keep Removing COVID Misinformation

‘Freedom Over Fauci-ism’: DeSantis Explains Florida’s Prosperity With Subtle Dig at Trump

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

21st April 2023

How melting Arctic ice could be fueling extreme wildfires in the Western U.S. (NPR)

‘Frightening’: record-busting heat and drought hit Europe in 2022 (The Guardian)

Climate change is causing more ‘heat stress’ in Europe (NBC News)

‘Frightening’: Scientists confirm 2022 was Europe’s second warmest year and hottest summer ever (EuroNews) God is obviously preparing it for all of those Middle Eastern & African immigrants.

Nuclear Troubles Send French Winter Power Prices Soaring

Poland Secures $4 Billion Loan for Up to 20 New Nuclear Power Plants  They can build 20 nuclear power plants for $4 billion? Tell us how!

America’s $800B climate splurge is feeding a new lobbying ecosystem

Climate Group Deflates Tires on 43 Boston SUVs

 

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‘Grow Up’: Haley Scolds Reporter for Hard-Hitting Coverage of Her Dress Color

21st April 2023

Washington Free Beacon.

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley called out Newsweek after the outlet reached out for comment about the color of a dress she wore to her daughter’s wedding.

“This is why people don’t trust the media. Liberal ‘journalists’ spend their time harassing conservatives about outfit choices,” Haley tweeted Friday. “Grow up, Newsweek.”

She is reported to have worn a white dress to her daughter’s wedding. This is apparently a Rube Faux Pas among the Crust.

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

20th April 2023

Why Asia’s early heat wave is so alarming (Vox)

Asia heatwave pushing temperatures to record levels (Al Jezeera)

Large swathes of Asia are sweltering through record breaking temperatures (CNN)

EPA is out of control. Here’s our plan to stop its illegal actions (Fox)

Sullivan pledges resolutions to cancel EPA’s proposed vehicle emissions rules (Washington Examiner)

Beyond the poles: How melting ice affects everyone (NPR) Neither National nor Public! Just ask them!

A quarter of Americans live with polluted air, with people of color and those in Western states disproportionately affected, report says (CNN) “Women and minorities hardest hit.”

Electrify Everything (Mother Jones)

India’s heat is underestimated, harming progress, study says (Associated Press)

India’s heat putting economy, development goals at risk: Study (Al Jezeera)

Climate change is fueling deadly heat waves in India. It’s putting the country’s development at risk, study says (CNN) A study! That proves it!

India’s heatwaves putting economy, development goals at risk – study (Reuters)

Citing Neo-Nazi Plots Against The Grid, States Pass Laws Meant To Thwart Climate Protests (Huffington Post)

EU Readies Levies On High-Carbon Imports… To Pressure Rest Of World On Climate Change

‘Less ice means more conflicts with polar bears’ narrative not supported by scientific evidence

“Why Does Brussels Hate Us?” Livid EU Farmers Hit Back At Green Agenda

Blame rice for global warming!? ‘Rice is to blame for around 10% of global emissions of methane’ – ‘Rice cannot be ignored’

Democrats reintroduce Green New Deal with new goals (Washington Examiner)

Scientific American: Social Bullying is the Best Motivator for Green Behaviour

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

20th April 2023

New AI-Generated T-Cell Vaccine Showcases Long-Lasting Immunity Against COVID-19 (SciTech Daily)

COVID vaccination found to have lower risk of autoantibodies than natural immunity (MedicalXNews)

Next-generation vaccine strategies to combat current and emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants (News-Medical.net)

Therapeutic strategies for COVID-19: progress and lessons learned (Nature)

Chinese Lab Developed COVID-19 Virus, Senate Report Claims

US Compensates People Injured By COVID-19 Vaccines For First Time

Twitter Files: Dr. Anthony Fauci “Lied Under Oath”

The NIH poured $1B into long Covid research, with little to show for it

The Educational Ship Comes to a Shuddering Halt

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

19th April 2023

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Changes to Simplify Use of Bivalent mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines (FDA)

FDA authorizes 2nd dose of updated Covid booster for older adults (NBC News)

The Great COVID-19 Vaccine Bribe

Masking Uncertainty in Public Health

Watch: Former Director Of National Intelligence Admits That Fauci Lied About Gain Of Function Research  But you knew that.

Rand Paul Rips DHS Over Big Tech Collusion to Muzzle Speech on COVID-19

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

19th April 2023

Manchin knocks ‘dangerous’ EPA vehicle emissions standards (The Hill)

Manchin backs overturning Biden auto emissions proposal: ‘Lying to Americans’ (Washington Examiner)

Here’s what to know before going electric with your car (WLNS Lansing)

Fox networks fearmonger over the Biden administration’s new vehicle tailpipe emissions proposal (Media Matters for America)

Why Are We So Afraid of Nuclear Power? (Mother Jones) Don’t ask us–it’s you people who are afraid of it.

‘Don’t fool yourself’: billions more needed to protect tropical forests, warns new report (The Guardian)

Rising sea levels may have forced the Vikings out of a successful settlement (CNN)  Climate change! Is there anything it can’t do?

To Ditch Fossil Fuels, We’ll Need to Raise an Army of Electricians (Mother Jones) And you aren’t going to find them reading Mother Jones.

Energy Abundance Is Liberating Humanity From Grueling Labor (Reason)

Why “Net Zero” Is Not A Rational U.S. Energy Policy

Germany Closes Its Last Nuclear Power Plants – Electricity Bills To Spike Up To 45%

Latest Stunt of the Krazy Klimate Klowns

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

18th April 2023

‘Without the ice cap, we cannot live’: the Andes community devastated by climate crisis (The Guardian)

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now so huge and permanent that a coastal ecosystem is thriving on it, scientists say (CNN)

Great Pacific Garbage Patch in middle of the ocean now home to coastal species (CBS News)

This floating ocean garbage is home to a surprising amount of life from the coasts (NPR)

Why coastal species have been found thousands of miles out to sea (The Telegraph)

Fashion greenwashing glossary: what do ‘circular’, ‘sustainable’ and ‘zero waste’ really mean? (The Guardian)

How disappearing ice in Antarctica threatens the U.S. (NPR)

From GE to Siemens, the wind energy industry hopes billions in losses are about to end (CNBC)

Historic Asia heat breaks hundreds of records, with extremes in Thailand and China (Washington Post)

Another View: EPA wants to speed up EV switch, as it should (L.A. Times)

The EPA goes after tailpipe emissions, Elon gets an ultimatum and Careem lands $400M for its super app (Tech Crunch)

Rice Is Now Killing The Planet, Apparently  I’ve had my suspicions.

WHAT? State-Affiliated BBC Champions Climate Change ‘Ninja Trollhunters’

Tesla, GM, Ford Among The Only 10 Vehicles That Will Qualify For The New $7,500 EV Tax Credit

New York Mayor Goes To War Against Meat And Dairy As Climate Agenda Escalates  The key aspect of progressive totalitarianism is that it leaves no aspect of your life unstained.

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

18th April 2023

Rare COVID symptom reported as latest omicron subvariant hits the U.S. (S.F. Chronicle)

What to Know About Highly Transmissible ‘Arcturus’ COVID Variant as New Symptom Emerges (NBC Chicago)

What to know about the XBB. 1.16 “Arcturus” COVID subvariant (Axios)

Arcturus Or The XBB.1.16 Variant: Is The New Covid-19 Variant More Dangerous? (NDTV)

Senate Report Concludes COVID Likely Caused by Lab Leak

Second Bivalent Booster Approved for Older Adults 

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Changes to Simplify Use of Bivalent mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines (FDA)

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

17th April 2023

Climate envoy Kerry: No rolling back clean energy transition (Politico) I’m sure he wishes that were true. But it’s not.

Awash in Toxic Wastewater From Fracking for Natural Gas, Pennsylvania Faces a Disposal Reckoning (Inside Climate News)

California Going Full Commie: ‘Designing Electricity Rates for An Equitable Energy Transition’ (California Globe)

Environmental knowledge is inversely associated with climate change anxiety

Berkeley Ban on Natural Gas Hookups Tossed by Ninth Circuit (Bloomberg)

Russian walrus and polar bears continue to thrive US researchers tell the Washington Post

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

17th April 2023

Covid is still a leading cause of death as the virus recedes (Washington Post) I don’t believe that.

Senate GOP Report on COVID Origin Backs Lab Leak Theory

 

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NYT: Why Did Conservatives Start the War on the American Tradition of Poisoning, Mutilating, and Sterilizing Children?

17th April 2023

Steve Sailer.

From the New York Times news section, an in-depth analysis of how conservatives hold the whip hand in modern American culture and thus started the divisive debate over the time-honored American custom of poisoning, sterilizing, and mutilating moody children due to the transgender mania….

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

16th April 2023

Long COVID-19 is Sticking Around. What’s Causing it? (U.S. News & World Report)

As some move on from the pandemic, people with long COVID feel frustrated and alone (NPR)

You’re less likely to get long COVID after a second infection than a first (NPR)

California church must pay $1.2M for breaking COVID rules (Associated Press) Unbelievable.

The E. Coli Super-Pathogens You Should Know About

Contentious COVID-19 Drugs Are All Anti-Malarial: May Not Be A Coincidence

What to know about Arcturus, a new coronavirus subvariant the WHO is tracking (Washington Post)

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

16th April 2023

Everyone Wants to Play God: Extrapolations and a Climate-Bleak Future (Reformed Journal)

Scientists find ‘harbinger of doom’ lurking off Oregon’s coast. So, of course, late night TV’s got jokes (Oregon Live)

Clean Energy Is Thriving in Texas. So Why Are State Republicans Trying to Stifle It? (Inside Climate News)

Seas are rising faster, so Florida must act faster, too (Tampa Bay Times) Call me when real-estate prices in Malibu and Martha’s Vineyard–and Palm Beach–start dropping.

The Biden Administration Is Once Again Tightening Rules On Vehicles Emissions

Visualizing Air Pollution Levels Around The World In 2022  Guess who pollutes the most? Hint: It ain’t us, although progs would like you to believe that it is.

Data-Centers & Small Nuclear Reactors – A Match Made In Heaven?

Europe’s Most Powerful Nuclear Reactor Launches in Finland

Winter sea ice habitat for polar bears still abundant enough to sustain a thriving species

Tropical Paradise Islands Are Not Sinking and Shrinking…Most Are in Fact Growing!

Luxury Beliefs And Energy Policy: The Fatal Conceit

 

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