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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

27th January 2023

New technique from U.S. national lab promises to strip carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and factories at record-low cost (CNBC)

10 Mystifying Rainforest Mysteries That Baffle Scientists

Human activity and drought ‘degrading more than a third of Amazon rainforest’ (The Guardian)

New York City will replace its largest fossil fuel plant with wind power, in a US first (Electrek)

New York Showdown Imminent as Big Names Submit Their Offshore Wind Bids (Offshore Wind)

This city shouldn’t be here (Politico)

China’s Rampant Illegal Fishing Is Endangering the Environment and the Global Economy (Newsweek)

Environmentalists are making headway against the ‘menace’ that is the albizia tree (Hawaii News)

A fridge too far? Living sustainably in NYC by unplugging (Associated Press)

RIP Washington’s Hinman Glacier, gone after thousands of years (NPR)

‘Climate deniers are victims not villains’: A psychologist’s guide to winning them over (EuroNews)

Texas environmentalists push the EPA to crack down on methane emissions, saying state agencies have “failed us” (Texas Tribune)

Renewable Power Projects Slow In US Over High Costs And Community Opposition

In Unexpected Swing, Germany’s Public Now Favors Nuclear Power

Letting China Off the Hook

Gas-Fired Power Is Now Cheaper Than Offshore Wind Again

Europe’s Energy Crisis Leaves Almost All Of Pakistan Without Power

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

27th January 2023

Pfizer Introduces New Mascot ‘Clotty’ (Babylon Bee)

We are all playing Covid roulette. Without clean air, the next infection could permanently disable you (The Guardian) George Monbiot loses his shit.

FDA withdraws Covid antibody treatment Evusheld because it’s not effective against 93% of subvariants (CNBC)

Federal Investigators Issue ‘Damning’ Report Over Fauci’s Lax Oversight of Wuhan Coronavirus Research

Satire Or Serious: “Why Didn’t The Unvaccinated Do More To Warn Us?”

Rand Paul, GOP Senators Push Bill To Reinstate Service Members Fired For Refusing COVID Vaccines

Judge Blocks California’s COVID-19 Misinformation Law

House Prepares First Hearing on Biden’s COVID-19 Response

 

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The Unreality System

27th January 2023

ZMan looks at the Uniparty.

The mainstream media has always been biased, but it was never monolithic, as part of the claim of objectivity was to include alternative opinion. The main newspapers during the Cold War made sure to include critics of American Cold War policy along with conservative critics of progressive social policy. The television chat shows made sure to have at least one conservative on the panel. There was always a bias and a lack of balance, but alternative voices did have a place.

Somewhere after the Cold War this ended. It is hard to pinpoint the exact date, but pretty much every terrible media trend started with the Clinton Crime Family blowing into town, so that is a good bet. In the first Gulf War, CNN worked hard to be a legitimate news organization. A few years later they converted themselves into the Clinton News Network and they have never recovered. Outside of staged debates, the mainstream media is a monolith now.

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

26th January 2023

New booster works against dominant Covid strain (Politico)

Updated boosters are cutting the risk of getting sick from Covid-19 by about half (CNN)

I finally got COVID. Here’s why I threw my Paxlovid pills in the garbage (S.F. Chronicle)

COVID in California: Growing number of Californians are dying at home (S.F. Chronicle)

COVID in California: Pandemic stigma cost Asian restaurants billions, study says (S.F. Chronicle)

New COVID-19 variant becomes dominant strain in U.S. (KOLN)

New Study Claims COVID-19 Vaccine Adverse Events Are Underreported

Gov. Hochul Weighing Options After NY Court Blocks Last Vax Mandate

House Committee Chair Calls For Probe Into ‘$60 Billion’ In Fake COVID-19 Unemployment Claims

CDC Officials Who Spread Misinformation Apologized To Source Of False Data But Not To Public: Emails

That’s Science? Congress Must Probe The Rationale For COVID Mask Mandates

“Directed Evolution”? Pfizer R&D Exec Says Covid-19 Created In Wuhan, Is ‘Cash Cow’ For Company

MSNBC: GOP, the Party of Tax Cheats, Cares About COVID’s Origin?

CNN Backtracks After Calling COVID Death Inflation a ‘Conspiracy Theory’

Justin Trudeau Called A Tyrant As He Is Swarmed By Angry Mandate Protesters

‘Unconstitutionally Vague’: Judge Blocks California’s COVID ‘Misinformation’ Law

New CDC Data Signals Potential Stroke Risk From Pfizer Bivalent COVID Shot

Long Covid Is Keeping Significant Numbers of People Out of Work

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

26th January 2023

Carbon offsets are a licence to pollute (The Guardian) Well, duh.

Regulators nix proposal on California’s last nuclear plant (Associated Press)

Yes, you can have kids and fight climate change at the same time (Vox)

‘Environmental nightmare’: French authorities hunt for source of plastic pellet spill (EuroNews)

Wave of plastic pellets washed ashore in France an ‘irreversible’ problem, says activist (CBC)

Are You Really Against Fossil Fuels? Read This Before You Answer (Real Clear Energy)

Do fossil fuels have a place in responsible investments? (The Globe and Mail) Yup. USOI. 40% dividend yield.

How ancient seeds from the Fertile Crescent could help save us from climate change (NPR)

Wind Turbines Are Burning, Collapsing in Green Energy Setback

Researchers Propose Compulsory Climate Change Teaching in Core Law Curriculum

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

25th January 2023

ExxonMobil shows the perils of corporate science (Financial Times)

Portion of Pacific Ocean turns pink off California coast — and it will happen again (Sacramento Bee) How appropriate.

‘No miracles needed’: Prof Mark Jacobson on how wind, sun and water can power the world (The Guardian)

5 reasons why forest carbon credits are an important part of climate action (World Economic Forum)

94% of Forest-Based Carbon Offsets Certified By Leading Global Provider Are ‘Phantom Credits,’ Major Investigation Finds (EcoWatch)

Bill Gates backs start-up tackling cow burps and farts (CNN) Where would we be without Bill Gates?

Bill Gates backs new startup aiming to reduce emissions from cow burps (The Guardian)

Oil wells guzzle precious California water. Next door, residents can’t use the tap (The Guardian)

The Tests Are Vital. But Congress Decided That Regulation Is Not. (ProPublica) Leave no stone unregulated!

Cute, furry and key to the ecosystem: can sea otters save the US west coast? (The Guardian)

Uganda begins oil drilling, hopes for production by 2025 (Associated Press)

Report: Vermont not on track to meeting climate requirements (WCAX)

Xbox will force gamers to power down to fight climate change, touting the first ‘carbon aware console’ (The Blaze)

China Becomes World’s Biggest LNG Buyer With Flurry Of Long-Term Deals

EU Gas Price Cap Could Trigger Significant Changes In Markets

Saving the World from Lithium Mines

Antarctica Putting Brakes on Global Sea Level Rise! And: ‘World Climate News’ Makes Debut

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

25th January 2023

Bivalent BA.4-5 or BA.1 mRNA-booster given as a fourth dose associated with increased protection against COVID-19 hospitalization and death (News-Medical)

U.S. FDA proposes shift to annual COVID vaccine shots (Reuters) Because that worked so very well with influenza. KA-CHING!

CDC flags possible safety issue with updated Pfizer COVID-19 booster (KATU)

FDA leaves out Pfizer COVID vaccine ‘stroke signal,’ myocarditis study from advisers’ next meeting (Just The News)

N.J. still fears COVID, but says please, no more mask mandates, poll finds (NJ.com)

Why Are Millennials Having So Many Strokes?

Australia Sees Heart Attacks Increase By 17% In 2022 – “Experts” Blame Pandemic

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

24th January 2023

California City Gives Up On 100% Renewable Plan

Depleted Under Trump, a ‘Traumatized’ E.P.A. Struggles With Its Mission (N.Y. Times)

EU to Allow Cricket Powder in Flour-Based Food Products

Netherlands To Shut Down Europe’s Largest Gas Field

Evidence says offshore wind development is killing lots of whales

“Demand Management” In Britain

Eric Adams bucks Hochul’s planned gas stove ban, says electric ‘just doesn’t cook’ (N.Y. Post)

Antarctic: Giant iceberg breaks away in front of UK station (BBC)

Is It Time to Call Time on the Doomsday Clock? (Wired ‘Science’)

Lawns Are Dumb. But Ripping Them Out May Come With a Catch (Wired ‘Science’)

A Plan for Blowing Up U.S. Climate Politics (Politico)

NPR Morning Show Mocks Fox-Driven Gas Stove Panic, Ignores Their Own Anti-Gas Story

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

24th January 2023

Biden Administration Still Pushing For Forced Masking

Australians Were Once Prosecuted For Claiming Face Masks Worked Against Viruses

China Says Over 80% Of Population Infected With COVID, No Risk Of Virus Rebound

Why Some People Never Become Infected With COVID-19 (Epoch Times)

NY GOP House Members Demand End to Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers

THE FACEBOOK FILES: It Wasn’t Just Twitter — How CDC Pressured Facebook to Censor

House Freshmen Turn Down WH Reception Invite Over COVID Rules

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

23rd January 2023

Utah doctor charged with destroying COVID-19 vaccines, giving fake shots to children at their parents’ request (Fox)

Utah plastic surgeon sold fake COVID vaccine cards for $97,000: feds (N.Y. Post)

Novavax NVX-COV2373 triggers neutralization of Omicron sub-lineages (Nature)

New trial evaluates Omicron BA.1–adapted BNT162b2 vaccine in older adults (News-Medical.net)

WSJ Shreds Vaccine Makers, Biden Admin Over “Deceptive” Booster Campaign

Africa Is Starkly Unvaccinated, And Starkly Unvanquished By COVID  According to the Narrative, Africa ought to be piled high with corpses–which it is, of course, but not because of COVID.

FDA to Simplify COVID Vaccine Strategy

COSA Poll: Majority Want Fauci Investigated for Pandemic Mismanagement

Incoming WH Chief of Staff Jeff Zients Was Biden’s COVID Czar. Here’s How Many Americans Died on His Watch.

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

22nd January 2023

Researchers find that study results converge on a consistent relationship between antibody levels and protection from COVID-19 (News-Medical.net)

King County, here’s what to know about that CDC letter in your mail (Seattle Times)

New FAA cardiac health rules not prompted by COVID-19 shots (Associated Press) Totally a coincidence. No connection whatsoever.

COVID symptoms in kids for XBB.1.5 variant: What you need to know (NJ.com)

Elon Musk: ‘Felt Like I Was Dying’ After Second COVID Booster

Long COVID Expert: Not Much Being Done to Help Patients  Where would be the money in that?

Covid, flu, RSV declining in hospitals as ‘tripledemic’ threat fades (Washington Post)

DeSantis Wants to Eliminate COVID Vaccine, Mask Mandates in Fla. Schools

Gonorrhea is becoming unstoppable; highly resistant cases found in US  Think of it as evolution in action.

Big Pharma Greed’s Knows No Bounds

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

22nd January 2023

New carbon offset standards ‘should bring greater scrutiny’ (The Guardian)

Shell to spend $450m on carbon offsetting as fears grow that credits may be worthless (The Guardian)

Colombia announces halt on fossil fuel exploration for a greener economy (The Guardian)

This snowplow driver just started his own service. But warmer winters threaten it (NPR)

Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases Do Not Discriminate, But People Do (Mother Jones)

Geopolitical, global-warming angst in the Alps (Star-Tribune)

A Solution to Excess CO2? New Study Proposes Fertilizing the Ocean (SciTech Daily)

While Davos Attendees Boast About Carbon Offsets, a Report Reveals That Carbon Offsets Don’t Work (The New Republic)

What ‘The Last of Us’ gets right about a climate-fueled fungus pandemic (Washington Post)

Unions press Biden administration to not change EV tax credit rules (Reuters) Why would unions care about tax credit rules? Think about it.

It’s time for a climate moonshot in America (The Hill) Yeah–take all the climatistas and shoot them to the moon.

“Not The Weather”: What’s Behind California’s Skyrocketing Natural Gas Bills

Climate Alarmists Panic That Twitter Under Musk Allows More Dissenting Views On Global Warming

Claim: Here’s How Your Cup of Coffee Contributes to Climate Change

John Kerry Calls for WW2 Climate Change Mobilization

Claim: Solar Powered Refrigerators would Solve African Food Waste

Hydrogen Will Not Save Us. Here’s Why.

NRC Certifies First U.S. Small Modular Reactor Design

The Mesopotamian Marshes Are Disappearing, Again

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

21st January 2023

Here’s How Long You’re Contagious With The Latest COVID Variant (Huffington Post)

Warning! Covid patients are at high death risk for at least 18 months from infection (Times Now)

Why Aren’t People Getting the Bivalent COVID Booster? (MedPage Today)

Yale study finds significant protection in annual COVID-19 booster (Yale Daily News)

As the pandemic enters its 4th year, there’s still much to learn about long COVID (NPR)

Davos Plans For The Next Pandemic – Suggests National Digital Infrastructures To Track Vaccination

The Need For COVID Reparations

The 7 Sacraments of Public Health

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

21st January 2023

EVs Turn Ferries Into Death Boats

The ‘carbon pirates’ preying on Amazon’s Indigenous communities (The Guardian)

Exxon’s predictions about the climate crisis may have increased its legal peril (The Guardian)

Exxon and the 1970s climate predictions that were ignored (The Guardian)

Davos 2023: Big oil comes in from the cold on energy transition (Reuters)

Environmental rules stoke anger as California lets precious stormwater wash out to sea (L.A. Times)

Wood banks emerge as vital source of heat while US gas bills still on the rise (The Guardian)

Six Environmental Justice Policy Fights to Watch in 2023 (InsideClimateNews)

Is that fork really biodegradable? Companies may soon have to prove it. (Washington Post)

Feds send $930 million to curb ‘crisis’ of US West wildfires (Associated Press)

California’s Green Debacle (City Journal)

This is an era of plentiful, cheap, renewable energy, but the fossil fuel dinosaurs can’t admit it (The Guardian)

What to know about cellphone radiation (Salon)

At Davos, Thunberg visit spotlights lack of climate action (Associated Press)

Small group has stood in way of Nantucket erosion control project (Boston Globe)

Which Symptoms Are Associated With New COVID Variant XBB.1.5 as Midwest Cases Rise? (NBC)

‘Absolutely crazy’: Wind turbine in Dodge County collapses (WSN)

Is strip-mining the sea floor to fight climate change necessary? Let’s find out before it’s too late (S.F. Chronicle) It isn’t ‘strip mining’, of course, just picking up nodules off the sea-floor. The term ‘strip mining’ is used deliberately to create a false (and negative) impression.

‘It’s Armageddon’: Media Silent on Biden Admin Plan to Snatch Public Land For Solar Farms

LA Times Flawed Year 2022 Climate Alarmist Propaganda Editorial

Who To Believe? The BBC Or Your Lyin’ Eyes?

UK to Ban Plastic Spoons

Al Gore Again Warns The Earth Will Not Make It Past The Year 2012 (Babylon Bee)

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

20th January 2023

These 3 solutions could turn the tide on the climate crisis (CNN)

‘Super-tipping points’ could trigger cascade of climate action (The Guardian)

Down to Earth: How gas stoves ignited an American culture war (The Guardian)

A look at the environmental and health effects associated with gas stoves (PBS)

Shell to spend $450m on carbon offsetting as fears grow that credits may be worthless (The Guardian)

Voluntary carbon markets set to become at least five times bigger by 2030 -Shell (Reuters)

Renewables Projected to Soon Be One-Fourth of US Electricity Generation. Really Soon (Inside Climate News)

Are cows at sea the future of farming? (The Guardian)

Bill Gates: We will overshoot 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming, nuclear can be ‘super safe’ and fake meat will eventually be ‘very good’ (CNBC)

Coffee pod carbon footprint better for planet than filtered brew (BBC)

Virginia residents reject massive solar farm plan for third time over environmental concerns (Fox)

Climate misinformation ‘rocket boosters’ on Musk’s Twitter (Associated Press)

Climate change misinformation ‘rocket boosters’ on Elon Musk’s Twitter (CTV News)

Al Gore Attempts Own ‘Greta Moment’ In Unhinged Davos Rant: “Equivalent Of 600,000 Hiroshima Bombs Daily”

Memo to John Kerry: Advancing Economic Freedom Is True Key to Saving Planet  He doesn’t believe that and never did.

Green Champion Jacinda Ardern Resigns as New Zealand PM

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

20th January 2023

Another major HIV vaccine trial fails (NBC)

How are covid-19 symptoms changing? (BMJ)

New study categorizes long COVID symptoms, allowing for earlier detection (Boston.com)

Unredacted NIH Emails Show Efforts to Rule Out Lab Origin of Covid (The Intercept)

Unredacted NIH E-mails Show Efforts to Rule Out a Lab Origin of Covid (The Nation)

HHS: US Nursing Homes Had at Least 75 Percent Infection Rates First Year of COVID  Thank you, Governor Cuomo.

Big Mystery Donors Fund COVID Conspiracy Nonprofit  I love the smell of conspiracy in the morning.

CDC Knowingly Left Serious Adverse Events Off Post-Vaccination Surveys, Documents Show

About XBB.1.5: The Dominant and Most Transmissible COVID Variant

Shocking Truth: Vax Didn’t Prevent College Basketball Team From COVID

“What About The Sudden Deaths?”: Pfizer CEO Confronted At Davos Over COVID-19 Vaccine

Prominent CNN Doctor Concedes US Has Been ‘Overcounting’ COVID-19 Deaths

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

19th January 2023

RSV vaccine: Moderna, Pfizer start a new FDA approval race (CNBC)

‘This is the last thing we need:’ Millions of businesses hammered by the pandemic need to start paying back Covid loans (CNN) But … that was Government Money! It’s supposed to be free!

Operation Warp Speed was a huge success. So why is the US turning away from it? (Vox) Because it was Trump’s idea.

Recovering from COVID doesn’t give you bulletproof immunity—’hybrid’ immunity is way better, according to a new WHO study (Fortune)

EU drug regulator has not seen signal of possible Pfizer COVID shot stroke link (Reuters)

How your first brush with COVID warps your immunity (Nature) Really fine ‘vaccine’ ya got there, bubba.

Elko County health board to consider banning COVID, flu vaccines (Las Vegas Review Journal)

Fed Chair Powell Tests Positive For COVID; “Is Vaccinated & Boosted, Has Mild Symptoms”

Censored, Fired Vaccination Victims Speak Out Against ‘COVID Cartel’

Video Report: CDC Seeks Ability to Reimpose Mask Mandates

Biden Administration Urges Judges To Lift Stay On CDC’s Airplane Mask Mandate

15 Reasons Completely Unrelated To The Vaccine People Are Dying Suddenly (Babylon Bee)

Inside the Facebook Files: Emails Reveal the CDC’s Role in Silencing COVID-19 Dissent

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

18th January 2023

Can you use an expired at-home COVID-19 test? (The Hill)

Molecular fate-mapping of serum antibody responses to repeat immunization

Biden administration argues CDC has right to require travelers to mask up in appeals court (N.Y. Post)

Russell Brand interviews Fauci whistleblower on Big Pharma corruption, family ties: ‘Meet the Faucis’ (Fox)

Everything you need to know about a new Covid strain spreading across U.S. (NBC)

Moderna says its RNA vaccine was nearly 84% effective in preventing symptoms in adults 60 and older (Fox)

DeSantis calls out ‘biomedical security state,’ seeks to permanently ban mandates on COVID-19 vaccine, masks (Fox)

NY Supreme Court Strikes Down COVID Vaccine Mandate For Health Care Workers

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

18th January 2023

Outlook? Terrifying: TV weather presenters on the hell and horror of the climate crisis (The Guardian)

Brookline and Watertown are first to adopt new building code in Mass. that discourages fossil fuels (Boston Globe)

Larry Kudlow: If John Kerry would keep his yap shut, we would all be in better shape (Fox)

John Kerry mocked for speech on WEF’s ‘almost extraterrestrial plan’ to save the planet: ‘Liberal delusions’ (Fox)

Cyclones in the Arctic are becoming more intense and frequent (Science News)

New Bay Area maps show hidden flood risk from sea level rise and groundwater (L.A. Times)

Rising Groundwater Threatens New York City — Researchers to Study How Much (The City)

GE, IHI to develop ammonia-based low-carbon gas power turbines (Reuters)

Jokes about the climate crisis? Why not! Standup champ Lara Ricote targets another taboo (The Guardian)

Explainer: Can the world ‘halt and reverse’ biodiversity loss by 2030? (Carbon Brief)

Why your recycling doesn’t always get recycled (National Geographic) It’s all an expensive virtue-signaling scam.

Have we reached ‘peak meat’? Why one country is trying to limit its number of livestock (The Guardian)

‘Extinction crisis’ of sharks and rays to have devastating effect on other species, study finds (The Guardian)

Spokane pushes Legislature to exempt its trash incinerator from cap-and-trade program (The Spokesman-Review) Rules are for thee but not for me.

Video Evidence Suggests Greta Thunberg Detainment In Germany May Have Been Staged  My, what a surprise.

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

17th January 2023

John Kerry backs UAE appointment of oil chief to oversee UN climate talks (The Guardian)

A major oil exporter is hosting a UN climate summit. Opinions are divided (CNN)

Orbit of Doom: The Surprising Connection Between Earth’s Orbital Patterns and an Ancient Warming Event (SciTechDaily)

Why Tech Companies Can’t Stop Talking About Sustainability (CNET) Trying to avoid the witch-hunt.

Warning of unprecedented heatwaves as El Niño set to return in 2023 (The Guardian)

Cement industry accounts for about 8% of CO2 emissions. One startup seeks to change that. (CBS)

Fletcher’s Ice Island: The Air Force’s Arctic research facility that melted away (Anchorage Daily News)

Exxon set to order 5th Guyana oil vessel, sizing up more blocks (Reuters)

8 Sustainable Side Hustles That Will Make You Money and Save the Environment (Entrepreneur)

Eco group slams Davos summit as global elites arrive in private jets to talk climate policy (Fox)

Study: Eating One Freshwater Fish Equal to a Month of Drinking Contaminated Water

Police Detain Greta Thunberg in German Coal Village Protests  Greta needs to have a talk with Mr. Belt.

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

16th January 2023

How long can you use an at-home COVID-19 test once it’s expired? (WCNC)

What we know about the Ohio measles outbreak (The Hill) We know it’s time to PANIC!

New study: Long-term COVID symptoms disappear within first year (CBS) Guess it’s not all that long.

Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 possibly more likely to infect those who are vaccinated, officials say (Fox)

Health experts reaffirm booster safety after concerns arise over COVID-19 shots (ABC) Of course they do.

Japan’s Experts Baffled By High ‘COVID Deaths’ Despite High Vaccination Rate  One might almost think the ‘vaccine’ ineffective.

Super-Rich Thrive as COVID Thrusts Millions Into Poverty  That’s because the rich have the power to push back against being jerked around by the Crust and their minions in government; the poor don’t have that option. Big business employee? You can work from home! Small business owner? You have to shut down! Working class prole? Not only do you have to go to work, but you have to wear a mask as well! Aren’t you lucky?

“Deeply Sinister”: Big Pharma Bullied Twitter To Censor Cheap Vaccine Demands, ZeroHedge Articles

Wokeness Appears to Alter CDC Communication Guidelines

Millions Of Lives Saved By Person Wearing Mask While Walking Alone On Sidewalk (Babylon Bee)

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

16th January 2023

Davos 2023: Climate activists protest over big oil hijacking debate (Reuters) I suspect that the main reason the International Crust hold meetings like that at Davos is to give the Woke fringe some venue in which to blow off steam. It’s not as if any of them care what the protesters have to say.

Davos 2023: Climate activists protest the presence of oil giants at World Economic Forum (Fox) “Shut up!” they explained.

Biodiversity: Fungi are ‘underloved and understudied’ (BBC) We can’t just have a picture of a cute chick; put some glasses on her to indicate that she’s brainy, too.

Ron DeSantis’s ‘New era of environmental stewardship’ (Tallahassee Democrat)

Climate tech roundup: From solar to CES, this week had something for everyone (TechCrunch) Everybody tryin’ to make money off of the greenies.

Breakthroughs in Clean Energy to Watch in 2023 (CNET)

EPA Moves Away From Permian Air Pollution Crackdown (Inside Climate News)

Trapping Millions of Tons of CO2 – Researchers Have Discovered an Arctic Carbon Conveyor Belt (SciTech Daily)

Lost for words: fears of ‘catastrophic’ language loss due to rising seas (The Guardian)

Greta Thunberg joins protests in Germany as thousands gather to object to coal mine expansion (EuroNews)

Lützerath: German police oust climate activists after clashes near coal mine (BBC)

Tanzania’s tomato harvest goes to waste: Solar-powered cold storage could be a sustainable solution (Salon)

U.S. climate envoy Kerry outlines carbon offset initiative for developing nations (Reuters) Who are all for sure going to jump right on that.

Dry stone wallers call for subsidy rise to protect environment (BBC)

MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Lets Climate Alarmist Michael Mann Push for More Energy Crackdowns

Meet the Green Energy Group Behind the Study That’s Driving Calls To Ban Gas Stoves

China leads the quest for small modular nuclear reactors–will the world follow?  Yeah, let’s go steal their tech the way they’ve been stealing ours.

Drying Great Salt Lake Could Expose Millions to Toxic Arsenic-Laced Dust

“Distasteful Masterclass In Hypocrisy”: Elites Swarm Davos In Private Jets To Discuss Climate Crisis Rules are for thee but not for me.

As elites arrive in Davos, conspiracy theories thrive online (Associated Pess) A ‘conspiracy theorist’, of course, is someone who refuses to ignore what the Narrative wants you to ignore.

Youngkin Quashes Construction of Green Energy Plant That Would Have Been ‘a Front for China’

Wyoming Republicans Propose Ban on Electric Car Sales

 

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Politico Finally Writes About Katie Porter Employee Scandal After Absurd Avoidance

16th January 2023

Read it.

Finally, finally after two recent stories about California Congresswoman Katie Porter first pondering and then announcing her bid for the U.S. Senate, Politico has at last gotten around to revealing the already well known embarrassing employee scandal in her office. A scandal almost as embarrassing as pretending it doesn’t exist as Politico absurdly tried to do.

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

15th January 2023

China’s COVID surge prompts CDC to expand a hunt for new variants among air travelers (NPR)

Bivalent COVID Vaccines Likely Thwarted by Immune Imprinting, Expert Says (Medpage Today)

FDA ADVISOR AND VACCINE EXPERT SAYS THERE’S ‘NO EVIDENCE’ NEW BOOSTERS ARE BETTER

CDC Says Stroke Concerns Over Pfizer Jab Warrant Investigation

COVID-Narrative Dissenters File Lawsuit Against Legacy Media Over Coordinated Censorship

Doctor Calls For Withdrawal Of Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines Following New Research  Hard to ‘follow the science’ when the ‘science’ keeps changing.

How Can We Trust Institutions That Lied?

WHO Appeals to China to Release More COVID-19 Information

We Have Ways of Making You Take the Vax

Multiple Young Athletes And Former Athletes Died Suddenly This Past Month  But it has nothing to do with the vax, no sir.

Drug Shortages Aren’t New. The Tripledemic Just Made You Look (Wired ‘Science’)

In the Next Pandemic, Let’s Pay People to Get Vaccinated (Wired ‘Scence’) It’s cheaper just to get the government to twist their arms.

Pentagon “Exploring” Back-Pay For Troops Kicked Out Over COVID Vaccine Mandate

Long Covid: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

14th January 2023

Misinformation on gas stoves is swirling the internet. Here’s what you need to know (S.F. Chronicle) According to the Narrative.

New study links gas stoves with asthma, but lung doctor says don’t throw the stove out yet (NBC)

2022 was 6th warmest year on record for Massachusetts (WCVB Boston)

Ocean heat shatters record with warming equal to 5 atomic bombs exploding “every second” for a year. Researchers say it’s “getting worse.” (CBS)

Move over polar bears, there’s another top predator along the Arctic coast (LiveScience)

New imaging finds trigger for massive global warming 56 million years ago (Ars Technica)

Bulgaria rolls back plans to phase out coal amid fears over energy and job security (Euronews)

New Research Flips Our Understanding of Ice Age Frequency (SciTech Daily)

Scientists reveal Earth’s most detailed recent climactic history (The Hindu)

Federal climate forecasts could help prepare for extreme rain. But it’s years away (NPR)

Burning Man touts sustainability. Now it’s suing to block clean energy. (Washington Post)

Burning Man sues US government to stop Nevada ‘green’ project (N.Y. Post)

Corporate America Reserves the Right to Kill You With Soot Pollution (The New Republic)

We know soot pollution is deadly. The EPA needs tougher standards to protect public health (L.A. Times)

UAE names oil company chief to lead UN climate talks COP28 (Associated Press)

UAE Selects Oil Boss for Climate Talks (Foreign Policy)

Global Warming Is the Front-Page Story of Our Lifetime (The Nation)

Europe’s freakish winter heatwave breaks records (The Economist)

A Big Green Mess In Germany With Coal A Stunning 31% Of Electricity Production

FLASHBACK: Paul Ehrlich, The Media’s Favorite “Doomsday Celebrity”  One can make a very good living out of being demonstrably wrong for fifty years.

Bill Gates: Nuclear Power and Fake Meat can Save Us from Climate Change

Electric car makers put the brakes on UK production because they are too expensive to sell

Biden Calls For Two Weeks Of Not Cooking On Gas Stoves To Flatten The Curve (Babylon Bee)

Average EV fast-charging costs soar above petrol

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

14th January 2023

COVID Vaccines Are “Obviously Dangerous” And Should Be Halted Immediately, Say Senior Swedish Doctors

How Accurate Are At-Home COVID Tests With The XBB Subvariant? (Huffington Post)

Why Rapid COVID-19 Test Results Are Getting More Confusing (TIME)

Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations. (Nature)

J&J slashes production of its unpopular COVID-19 shot

The Dystopian Roots Of California’s COVID-19 Misinformation Law

We are overcounting covid deaths and hospitalizations. That’s a problem. (Washington Post)

Brett Giroir to Newsmax: Gottlieb Censoring Natural Immunity Is a Bad Look

FDA Adviser Says Young And Healthy People Shouldn’t Get Latest COVID Boosters

European Parliament Poised To Ban Pfizer Representatives

 

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13th January 2023

Time to branch out? Trees put lawns in the shade when it comes to tackling climate crisis (The Guardian)

Extreme ‘Rogue Wave’ in The North Pacific Confirmed as Most Extreme on Record (Science Alert)

A possible carbon-capture milestone in the fight against climate change (CBS News)

Swiss company that counts Microsoft as a customer says it’s removed CO2 from the air and put it in the ground (CNBC)

More homes using heat pumps as cheaper, greener alternative to fossil fuels (PBS)

Most Schools Burn Fossil Fuels for Heat. Here’s Why That’s a Problem (Education Week)

‘A new industrial age’: The coming renewable-energy boom (Al Jezeera)

IEA says clean energy manufacturing set for substantial growth as world enters ‘new industrial age’ (CNBC)

Why humans should worry about national parks’ effect on animals, plants (Deseret News)

The US was poised to pass the biggest environmental law in a generation. What went wrong? (Vox)

Five Climate Questions for 2023 (Mother Jones)

Oil companies sue Los Angeles over ban on oil and gas drilling (CNBC)

A Giant Leap Towards a Greener Future: Breakthrough in Sustainable Ammonia and Fertilizer Production (SciTech Daily)

Celebrity Who Travels On Private Jets And Collects Luxury Sports Cars Says You’re The Reason For Climate Change (Babylon Bee)

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

13th January 2023

How much should people worry about Covid’s newly-dominant XBB.1.5 variant? Our medical analyst explains (CNN)

Why Rapid COVID-19 Test Results Are Getting More Confusing (TIME)

Childhood vaccinations in the U.S. fall again, leaving kids at risk for preventable disease (NBC News)

Seniors shrug off White House urgent pleas to get vaccinated as new variant spreads (Politico)

Should you wear a mask on flights? WHO issues new recommendations as COVID variant spreads (Euronews)

WHO officials recommend mask-wearing for travel in light of XBB.1.5, stop short of endorsing travel checks (The Hill)

Disagreement Among Progressives Over Whether The Vax Is The Literal Body Of Fauci Or Just Symbolic (Babylon Bee)

Military To End Vax Mandate Now That All The Conservatives Have Been Weeded Out (Babylon Bee)

Pfizer Reportedly Working On Vaccine To Counteract Gas Stove Emissions (Babylon Bee)

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

12th January 2023

Oceans are melting Greenland’s glaciers 100x faster than originally thought; new report finds (KXAN)

The past 8 years were the world’s warmest, report finds (Axios)

Ocean heat hit another record high in 2022, fueling extreme weather (CNN)

Saudi Aramco bets on being the last oil major standing (Financial Times)

Breakaway iceberg raises concerns over Antarctica’s ‘doomsday glacier’ (New Scientist)

Biden administration announces largest-ever funding opportunity for addressing environmental equality (The Hill)

This is the climate change ‘scam’ that’s making agenda-pushers ‘loaded’: Jimmy Failla

On Possible Ban, CNN’s Weir Compares Gas Stoves To Idling Cars

Why the Biden Administration Is So Interested in Your Gas Stove

Absurd Scenes As Police Clash With Climate Protesters Barricaded In Abandoned German Village

Mammoth Mountain Closes Because Of Too Much Snow  Gotta love that global warming.

 

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

12th January 2023

Omicron XBB.1.5 does not have mutations known to make people sicker, WHO says (CNBC)

Coronavirus ‘chimera’ made in lab shows what makes omicron seemingly less deadly (Washington Post)

COVID-19 symptoms have evolved. Here’s what to look out for now (Deseret News)

Long COVID: Biden Extends Public Health Emergency for Pandemic  Of course he does. Keep that gravy train going.

Science! Study of Monkeypox in Women Used 47% Biological Dudes

Deadline Passes For Pfizer To Submit Results Of Post-Vaccination Heart Inflammation Study To US Regulators  Prediction: Nobody will get fired, nobody will go to jail.

 

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11th January 2023

New, more transmissible COVID-19 subvariant XBB.1.5 on the rise (ABC)

Pentagon formally drops COVID-19 vaccine mandate for troops

Meet MGen, a new STI going around that no one is talking about (Salon)

Some newly mailed Covid tests from the government expire imminently — even with extensions (NBC News)

Moderna CEO says COVID moving into endemic stage

Parent group wants mask mandate back at Boston Public Schools (Boston Globe) Forcing people to do things your way is what Taxachussetts is all about.

WHO meeting to decide on COVID emergency set for Jan. 27 (Reuters)

Biden team eyes end of Covid emergency declaration and shift in Covid team (Politico)

Report: Biden’s COVID-19 Emergency Extension Might Be Last

More US schools institute mask mandates as COVID cases rise (ABC News)

Sen. Sanders to Moderna: Don’t Hike COVID-19 Vaccine Price

Scientists to Expand COVID Genomic Sequencing to Better Track Flu, RSV

House COVID Panel to Focus on Origin, Pandemic Funding  They can’t do much, with the Senate in Democrat hands, but at least they can get the word out.

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

11th January 2023

One simple graph shows why we need to study ways of reflecting sunlight to cool the Earth (CNBC)

This firm is working to control the climate. Should the world let it? (Washington P0st)

Biden says US can’t ‘wall ourselves off’ as his Delaware beach house adds new barrier (Fox)

Coming soon: Beef, coffee, and chocolate, without a side of environmental destruction (Vox)

Biodiversity: Rising tide of extinctions on Madagascar (BBC)

Oceans were the hottest ever recorded in 2022, analysis shows (The Guardian)

Population growth is a key driver of climate breakdown and biodiversity loss (The Guardian)

Conservations argue feds aren’t doing enough to protect rare plant from cattle (NBC)

‘Is There Something More Sinister Going On?’ Authorities Fear Extremists Are Targeting U.S. Power Grid (TIME)

We must act now to protect the electric grid from drones (The Hill)

Climate change makes heat waves, storms and droughts worse, climate report confirms (NPR)

Relentless rain, record heat: study finds climate crisis worsened extreme weather (The Guardian)

U.S. greenhouse emissions show signs of slowing — but not quickly enough (NBC News)

‘Mineral’ is the newest Alphabet company with a focus on sustainable agriculture

Renewables to surpass coal as global electricity source in just 2 years (Electrek) Yeah, sure.

Ozone Layer Recovers, Limiting Global Warming: UN Report

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit About Big Oil Conspiracy

Net Zero Will Lead To The End Of Modern Civilisation, Says Top Scientist

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

10th January 2023

Vaccines are not making COVID strains like ‘Kraken’ stronger. Here’s how the four shots battle variants  (Fortune)

XBB.1.5, the latest COVID-19 variant, will probably infect everyone. What you should know. (Des Moines Register)

21 SC counties need public masking again as COVID cases spike, CDC says. Here’s where it’s worst

South Carolina: Health officials say all but 2 counties have high or medium levels of COVID-19

CDC warns of rising strep throat infections among children (PBS)

Mainland Chinese citizens are eager to travel — for the West’s mRNA Covid vaccines (CNBC)

TWITTER FILES: Pfizer Director Pushed Twitter to Censor COVID-19 Vaccine Debate

Where’s The Woodward And Bernstein Of The COVID Scandals?  Pushing the Narrative.

FDA Deviated From Normal Process In Pfizer Vaccine Approval, Documents Show

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

10th January 2023

Some inconvenient truths about the energy transition (The Hill)

In Iceland, start-up founders invent new ways to tackle environmental crises (Washington Post)

English farmers turning to cultivating nuts as climate heats (The Guardian)

Inventor in Baja is testing a plan to cool the Earth by mimicking a volcanic eruption (CNBC)

Earth’s ozone layer on course to be healed within decades, UN report finds (The Guardian)

The ozone layer is on track to recover within decades as harmful chemicals are phased out, scientists report (CNN)

Environmentalists Hate the EPA’s Proposed Biofuel Standards (Mother Jones)

England will ban single-use plastic plates and cutlery for environmental reasons (NPR)

Clarified: Which technologies will help us fight climate change? (NBC)

World’s new largest wind turbine sweeps 10 football fields per spin (New Atlas)

This simple tweak could slash carbon emissions from U.S. military vehicles (Washington Post)

Why Pacific Islanders are staying put even as rising seas flood their homes and crops

Norway expects jump in oil output and gas near record highs (Reuters)

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

9th January 2023

New variant XBB.1.5 is ‘most transmissible’ yet, could fuel covid wave (Anchorage Daily News)

Newest COVID-19 variant XBB.1.5 spreading (KOAT New Mexic0)

NYC teachers accused of filing fake COVID vaccine cards must be returned to their jobs (N.Y. Post)

Thailand U-turns on COVID vaccination rule for visitors (Reuters)

Most people who ended up with long COVID started with a mild case, new study shows (CBS News)

Why the new omicron variant is being called ‘Kraken’ (Deseret News) Trying to start a PANIC!

China reopens borders in final farewell to zero-COVID (N.Y. Post)

Will Media Follow New CDC Language Guidelines?

CDC Finally Releases VAERS Safety Monitoring Analyses For COVID Vaccines  Now when it doesn’t matter.

Nearly 90 Percent of People in China Province Infected with COVID

YouTube Censors Doctors, Heritage Foundation Expert for ‘Medical Misinformation’ on COVID-19

This Censorious Pfizer Board Member Was A Major Influence On Lockdowns

Twitter Files 13: Pfizer’s Dr. Scott Gottlieb Lobbied for Censorship

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

9th January 2023

Chubb review recommends new integrity body for Australian carbon credits scheme (The Guardian)

Australian review finds no problem with carbon offset programme (Reuters)

Coastal residents on climate change: “The ocean’s coming for you” (CBS News)

Green tech vies for limelight at major gadget convention in Las Vegas (Times of Israel)

On this flooded island of homeless people, climate change has never been more real (L.A.Times)

H-bombs or chicken bones: the race to define the start of the Anthropocene (The Guardian)

Climate change is making some homes too costly to insure

US Safety Agency to Consider Ban on Gas Stoves Amid Health Fears (Bloomberg)

Restoration of the Ozone Layer Is Back on Track, Scientists Say (N. Y. Times)

Do Google Search Options Conceal Climate Data that is Contrary to Government Alarmists Propaganda?  Of course.

 

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8th January 2023

‘Holy grail’ wheat gene discovery could feed our overheated world (The Guardian)

Flies are taking over thanks to climate change — while moths and other pollinators disappear (Salon)

World’s largest offshore wind farm will clear unexploded bombs (Electrek)

Moscow to mobilize 500,000 new conscripts, Kyiv military intelligence says (Politico)

Scientists study how wavy jet stream plus ‘extra warmth’ fuels extreme weather (Financial Times)

Trudeau wants Alberta to spend budget surplus on carbon capture incentives

Never-opened $300 million-plus biofuels refinery facing foreclosure in southern Oregon (Oregon Live)

Oatly, Shell and Coca-Cola: Why are climate activists taking companies to court? (Euronews) It’s all part of the witch-hunt.

YouTube Bans Heartland Institute’s Channel Just Before Live-stream with Climate Scientist Judith Curry

If we all cycled like the Dutch, global emissions would drop 700M tonnes  And if we all walked barefoot like the aborigines, they’d drop even further. NEWS FLASH: We aren’t Dutch.

Svalbard walrus thrive in the face of sea ice decline, mocking predictions of future catastrophe

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

8th January 2023

Do you have COVID XBB.1.5? Symptoms doctors say to look for in new, ‘crazy infectious’ variant (PennLive)

Maryland doctors warn of contagious new COVID variant (CBS Baltimore)

The ‘Kraken’ COVID variant has competition at the top—‘Cerberus’ is running neck-and-neck in the U.S. (Fortune)

New fast-spreading COVID-19 variant with creepy nickname: What we know (Oregon Live)

RSV recedes and flu peaks as a new COVID variant shoots ‘up like a rocket’ (NPR)

How has COVID-19 accelerated the growth of Moderna?

FDA Deviated From Normal Process in Pfizer Vaccine Approval, Documents Show (Epoch Times)

The CDC Puts Itself In Charge Of Language Too

Fear Of COVID Is The Opiate Of The People

Will Universities Ever Admit They Were Wrong About COVID Policy?  No.

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

7th January 2023

Scientists Report a Dramatic Drop in the Extent of Antarctic Sea Ice (Inside Climate News)

New Technology Creates Carbon-Neutral Chemicals Out of Thin Air (SciTech Daily)

California’s deadly floods won’t break the megadrought (Vox)

New York City Greenery Absorbing All Traffic Emissions on Many Summer Days (Yale Environment 360)

With stroke of his pen, Gov. Mike DeWine defines natural gas as green energy (Cleveland.com)

Thinning of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream (NASA)

More than 100 writers sign letter in solidarity with jailed UK climate activists (The Guardian) Well, that’ll make ’em sit up and take notice.

The world’s torrid future is etched in the crippled kidneys of Nepali workers (Washington Post) Climate change! Is there anything it can’t do?

A new climate reality: Less warming, but worse impacts on the planet (Washington Post) Mere facts won’t stop the Narrative.

We’re finally getting close-up, fearsome views of the doomsday glacier (Popular ‘Science’)

Biden Admin Issues Climate Directive for Federal Agencies

‘60 Minutes’ Exhumes Environmental Doomsayer, 90, for New Round of Scaremongering

Green EU: The Massive Gas Field Nobody will Touch

Friday Funny: Paul Ehrlich Discredits the Peer Review Process  They ought to get him together with Carl ‘Worse Than Watergate’ Bernstein and Laurence ‘Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!’ Tribe.

Green Energy Revolution? Oil Use Growing at a Million Barrels per Day Per Year

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

7th January 2023

COVID Is Doing Something to Our Sleep, And Even to Our Dreams (ScienceAlert)

WHO: Anti-Vaccine Activism Is Deadlier Than Global Terrorism

More Than a Million Students Fled Public School During Pandemic, Report Finds

Nearly 80% Of COVID Cases Among International Arrivals In South Korea Are From China

 

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Sex Trafficking Row Helped Fuel Gaetz’s Hatred for McCarthy

7th January 2023

Rolling Stone.

Among the major factors in McCarthy losing over a dozen speakership ballots, people familiar with the matter say, was the severity of Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz’s enmity toward the Republican leader. Gaetz’s intense and personal distaste for McCarthy has been an open secret in Washington political circles for years, so much so that Gaetz and McCarthy’s colleagues would argue it isn’t even a “secret” at all.

But Gaetz’s hatred curdled into something even more powerful after it was revealed in early 2021 that the MAGA congressman was the target of a federal investigation into the sex trafficking of a minor. (No charges were filed against Gaetz, but his “wingman” Joel Greenberg was sentenced to 11 years in prison.) McCarthy, in Gaetz’s opinion, failed to mount a forceful enough defense on his behalf. According to two sources familiar with the matter, Gaetz has been furious at McCarthy for the perceived lack of support ever since — despite the fact that McCarthy did not strip him of any committee assignments during the probe.

What goes around, comes around.

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

6th January 2023

New Covid strain is the most transmissible yet, WHO says (Politico)

New COVID omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is ‘spreading like wildfire’ in US: Health experts reveal why (Fox)

What the great reopening means for China—and the world (The Economist)

Meet the biology professor who named the surging ‘Kraken’ COVID variant. He has more to help make sense of Omicron’s ‘alphabet soup’ (Fortune)

Pentagon Scrambles to Prep New COVID Rules as Vaccine Mandate Nears End (Defense One)

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

6th January 2023

The Guardian view on Europe’s heatwave: the door is closing – but there is a way out (The Guardian)

Record Heat Has Turned Europe’s Ski Season Into a Slushfest (Mother Jones)

Four Big Things to Expect in Clean Energy in 2023 (Inside Climate News)

A new world energy order is taking shape (Financial Times)

Comedians made some hilarious jokes about climate change. Were they right? (Washington P0st)

Climate crisis: 4 reasons for hope in 2023 (The Hill)

Manchin’s Favorite Federal Offshore Fossil Fuel Lease Sale Flops (Gizmodo)

New Legislation Would Fund Wyoming Fight Against Closing Coal-Fired Power Plants (Cowboy State Daily)

EU ban on deforestation-linked goods sets benchmark, say US lawmakers (The Guardian)

Here’s how the EU’s new rules could finally turn the tide on tropical forest loss (Reuters)

Amazon deforestation may shrink Himalayan snow and Antarctic ice (New Scientist)

Study: Two-Thirds of Glaciers on Track to Disappear by 2100

Saudi Arabia Cuts Oil Prices To Asian Markets Amid Sluggish Demand

Meet The Eco-Movement That’s Hoping For Humanity’s Extinction

Taliban and China firm agree Afghanistan oil extraction deal (BBC)

China And India Are Buying Up Russia’s Arctic Oil

Serially Wrong Paul Ehrlich Is Wrong, Again. We Are Not on The Brink of a 6th Mass Extinction Event

The Wind Power Mirage

Extreme Weather Events Declining

How the Media is Funded by ‘Green Investors’ to Promote ‘Climate Change’

You Wicked Planet Wrecking Coffee Drinker – Think of the Climate Impact!

 

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5th January 2023

Why everyone is going to need a heat pump (Washington Post)

Farming Destroyed Brazil’s Rain Forests. It Could Also Save Them (TIME) Except that there is plenty of rainforest left, they just want to scare people.

Welcome to a new year on a warming planet, now with 8 billion people (AZCentral)

Shadow Carbon Pricing: The Unexpected Costs of Fossil Fuel Opposition (Energy Institute at Haas)

Lowest sea ice on record powers ocean gyres as a heat source that is poised to take out W Antarctica (Daily Kos)

New York Times essay says you should mate with short people to save the planet (N.Y. Post)

New York Times mocked for essay on short people being better for the planet: ‘Ridiculous’ (Fox)

Eelgrass: the endangered marine plant vital to keeping climate stable (The Guardian)

Pa. lets polluter resume drilling in protected zone, outraging Dimock residents in fracking’s ‘ground zero’ (Philadelphia Inquirer)

‘Boys will be boys’: why consumers don’t punish big polluters for greenwashing lies (The Conversation) Perhaps because they just don’t give a shit?

Electric Vehicles Are Bringing Out the Worst in Us (The Atlantic)

Forget the climate: Steep prices the biggest reason EV sales aren’t higher  It’s easy to be ‘green’–if you’ve got the green….

Wash Post: ‘Climate change puts more women at risk for domestic violence’  Climate Change! Is there anything it can’t do?

Europe Experiences a “Climate Change” Heatwave

Climate Enforcers Need Hard Evidence. Friederike Otto Has It (Wired ‘Science’) Evidence is not proof, and climatology is not a science. SCIENCE works every time; it’s not a creature of statistics and probabilities.

Does the world have enough lithium to move to electric vehicles?  No.

Tim Robbins Says COVID Has Become A “New Religion”

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

5th January 2023

What to Know About the New XBB.1.5 Variant (TIME)

New COVID omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is ‘spreading like wildfire’ in US: Health experts reveal why (Fox)

Fla. surgeon general used ‘flawed’ vaccine science, faculty peers say (Washington Post)

UF says no ‘standing’ to review Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo’s COVID-19 guidance (Fox) Gee, that’s not what the Washington Post said.

Hamlin’s collapse spurs new wave of vaccine misinformation (Associated Press) Well, if Fauci & Co. hadn’t lied to us so early and often, perhaps that wouldn’t now be a problem.

German doctor jailed for illegally issuing mask exemptions (Associated Press) Thank God you don’t live in Germany.

Debunking claims that Western media is “exaggerating” Covid-19 in Shanghai (France 24)

Anthony Fauci didn’t get the hero’s sendoff he deserved. So it goes in the world of public health (S.F. Chronicle) He deserved to be tarred and feathered.

Experts urge domestic action against winter COVID surge (The Hill) All aboard for the latest PANIC!

Life is getting shorter in America, and the CDC is to blame (Fox)

Health Care Workers Cry Foul On FDA Claiming It Didn’t Prohibit Ivermectin For COVID-19

Zero COVID Ends But Zero Sense Continues

Whitlock Skewers NFL, Big Pharma For Ruling Out Vaccination Harms

 

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4th January 2023

New COVID Variant XBB.1.5: What It Is, Symptoms and What You Should Know (NBC) The first thing you should know, of course, is to PANIC!

Omicron offshoot XBB.1.5 could drive new Covid-19 surge in US (CNN)

America’s health care focus shifting in 2023 (Axios) Finding new reasons to PANIC!

‘Not business as usual’: Health lobbyists brace for Bernie Sanders (Politico)

‘Twitter Files’ Reveal How the Left Uses Big Tech to Create an Illusion of Scientific Consensus and Stifle Debate, Especially on COVID-19

As China Retreats From COVID Lunacy, Lunacy Returns To The US

California Bill To Punish Doctors For ‘False’ Covid-19 Information Goes Into Effect

Let’s Discuss The Real COVID Infection Fatality Rate

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

4th January 2023

John Kerry: rich countries must respond to developing world anger over climate (The Guardian)

4 reasons to give up defending fossil fuels (The Hill)

Scientists say planet in midst of sixth mass extinction, Earth’s wildlife running out of places to live (CBS)

Noise pollution is a menace to humanity – and a deadly threat to animals (The Guardian)

’60 Minutes’ Makes Fake News About Humans Ruining Earth

A Mad Rush To Build More EV Factories, But Where Are The Minerals?

‘60 Minutes’ Peddles Fake News About Humans Overrunning Earth

How We Came to Know and Fear The Doomsday Glacier

Climate Alarmists

 

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3rd January 2023

‘Extreme event’: warm January weather breaks records across Europe (The Guardian)

Thousands of records shattered in historic winter warm spell in Europe (Washington Post)

Unlike past campaigns, today’s concern for the Great Barrier Reef is stuck in neutral (The Guardian)

How agriculture hastens species extinction (CBS)

The Wildlife Charities Scamming Millions

Convicted Climate Activist: “we need … a different form of democracy”

Paul Ehrlich Claims Vindication for his Climate Catastrophe Prediction

Discredited ‘Population Bomb’ Author Predicts “End Of The Civilization We’re Used To” On 60 Minutes

NY Times Op-Ed: ‘Mate With Short People To Stop Climate Change’

Maine School Secretly Gender-Transitioned 13-Year-Old Girl

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

2nd January 2023

Elon Musk teases Fauci Files will be released this week on Twitter (Fox)

Musk says Twitter employees had ‘Fauci Fan Club’ Slack channel (The Hill)

Once-favored Covid drugs ineffective on Omicron may be putting millions at risk (Politico)

Free telehealth consultation available for Paxlovid COVID-19 treatment

The Astonishing Way COVID Could Actually Help Us Cure Cancer (Daily Beast)

How COVID Vaccines Cause Cancer (Epoch Times)

COVID-19: France, Spain, and UK Latest To Test Travelers From China

David Stockman On The Parallels Between The COVID Hysteria And The Salem Witch Trials

‘You Can Protect Yourself’: Zeke Emanuel Tells MSNBC Viewers To Mask Up As New COVID Strain Spreads ‘Very Rapidly’ (Daily Caller) And don’t forget to PANIC!

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

2nd January 2023

The hidden underwater forests that could help tackle the climate crisis (The Guardian)

Meet the renewable energy source poised for growth with the help of the oil industry (Politico)

Antarctic Sea ice extent hits a new record low, possibly heading to set the most significant negative anomaly ever observed in the satellite era (Severe Weather Europe)

Hungry and on the march as the climate heats up: Termites in Australia (Washington Post)

Scientists say planet in midst of sixth mass extinction, Earth’s wildlife running out of places to live (CBS)

The extinction next time

 

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