Turkey could be on the brink of dictatorship (The Economist)

Biden, McCarthy to meet on debt limit as Yellen warns of consequences (Reuters)

New Yorkers abandoning their state in record numbers for sunny climates, low taxes of Florida: report (Fox)

More New Yorkers moved to Florida in 2022 than any year in history in staggering exodus (N.Y. Post)

Top U.N. women’s visit to pressure Afghanistan’s Taliban on rights marred by security team’s poorly planned photo op (CBS)

Backlash against anti-abortion laws produces new legal strategies, more secure rights (MSNBC)

Thieves are breaking into Bay Area garages using this novel technique, police warn (S.F. Chronicle)

The facts and strategy behind the outrage over rumors of a ban on gas stoves (NPR)

Facebook And Instagram Could Soon Allow Transgender And Non-Binary People To Show Their Breasts  Their fake breasts.

“It’s Shocking”: California’s Early Release Of Convicted Pedophiles Will Lead To More Victims: Former DA

What’s in here, Joe? Beat-up box of ‘Important Doc’s’ was out in open at Joe Biden’s house, laptop reveals (N.Y. Post)

‘We need help out here’: Arizona farmer sounds the alarm on migrant surge contaminating crop

‘It’s not sustainable’: Yuma County nearing tipping point in migrant response (Arizona Republic)

“Biden drained America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserves to the lowest level since 1984.” (PolitiFact)

Energy secretary says Republican oil bill would weaken energy security tool, result in higher gas prices (The Hill)

‘Joe Biden has been constantly underestimated’: Chris Whipple on his White House book  KA-CHING!

Biden’s ‘Busy’ Border Visit Brings Back a Whole Lot of Nothing

The Penn Scandal: Ivy League University Was Funnel for Biden’s Chinese Cash

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)

Chicago mayoral election: New poll shows Vallas, Garcia as frontrunners

She made history as Chicago mayor. Reelection may be harder  Making history doesn’t help when you do a shitty job.

Bennie Thompson got introspective on the legacy of the Jan. 6 panel he chaired: “It’s also humbling that as a Black person, you led the effort to maintain democracy in this country.” (Politico)

Al Sharpton, Lionized

MSNBC’s Sharpton Defends Tawana Brawley Rape Accusation Hoax on PBS

Church Sets Record for Shortest Black Worship Service At 4 Hours, 52 Minutes (Babylon Bee)

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Unmarried women without children have been moving toward the Democratic Party for several years, but the 2022 midterms may have been their electoral coming out party as they proved the chief break on the predicted Republican wave. While married men and women as well as unmarried men broke for the GOP, CNN exit polls found that 68% of unmarried women voted for Democrats.

The Supreme Court’s August decision overturning Roe v. Wade was certainly a special factor in the midterms, but longerterm trends show that single, childless women are joining African Americans as the Democrats’ most reliable supporters.

Their power is growing thanks to the demographic winds. The number of never married women has grown from about 20% in 1950 to over 30% in 2022, while the percentage of married women has declined from almost 70% in 1950 to under 50% today. Overall, the percentage of married households with children has declined from 37% in 1976 to 21% today.

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The debt ceiling was created during the World War I under the Second Liberty Bond Act of 1917. Prior to establishing the debt ceiling, Congress had to vote to approve each issuance of Treasury bonds, which can be a cumbersome process.

A debt ceiling allows the Treasury Department to issue bonds without having to go through Congress each time until the ceiling is reached. It thus makes the government’s fundraising process more efficient and encourages fiscal responsibility because, in theory, there is a limit on how much the Treasury can borrow.

In reality, however, the debt ceiling has been raised or suspended numerous times since its creation—from $11.5 billion in 1917 to $31.4 trillion as of 2021 (unadjusted for inflation). Over the past decade alone, the debt ceiling was raised or suspended eight times to avoid a government default, leading its critics to question its effectiveness and necessity.

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

Lightfoot fields attacks in crowded Chicago mayoral debate BRAAAAAAAINS!

Black sculptor’s MLK statue represents ‘White America’ butchering his legacy: WaPo columnist

Chicago Mayor Admits ‘Mistake’ After Student Bribery Scandal BRAAAAAAAINS!

Corporate Hypocrites Celebrate MLK Day While Suing To Protect Discrimination

Portland’s Tragic Dirt

Diversity Is Our Strength

Princeton University Press Doles Out Book Grants Based on Race

Black Man Dies Following His Arrest — Examine the Media Coverage

I Confronted a Reporter Over Her Biased Coverage of a Black Man’s Death Following His Arrest

Chicago’s ‘Reform-Minded’ DA Lets Gunman Off Easy After Killing a Man and Wounding a Bystander

Left-Wing Group Says Opposition to Biden’s Old White Lady Nominee Is ‘Anti-Black’

Biden on classified docs discovery: ‘There’s no there there’ (Associated Press)

President Biden has ‘no regrets’ on decision not to reveal discovery of classified documents earlier (ABC)

As egg prices rise, so do seizures at US border (BBC)

As Egg Prices Rise, People Are Buying Their Own Chickens. Is It Safe? (CBS Miami)

Adams calls for migrants to ‘remain in Mexico’ until asylum applications get reviewed (N.Y. Post)

ICE releases nearly 3,000 detained immigrants affected by accidental data leak

Kamala Harris to avoid the US-Mexico border during her Thursday visit to Arizona (Fox) Avoiding doing any work is what being ‘border czar’ is all about.

US Will Resume Border Wall Construction at San Diego Park

FBI Director Wray Praises Big Tech-Gov’t ‘Collaboration,’ Pushes for More at Davos

ABC & CBS Screech About the Debt Ceiling, Absolve Biden of Blame

Will The Corrupt FBI Come To Biden’s Rescue?  If they can.

As Europe and United Kingdom Take Tough Action, Biden Admin Slow to Sanction Iran

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Led the Biden Administration’s Supply Chain Task Force. He Never Attended A Meeting.  Well, you know, he’s busy.

D.C. Mayor to Biden: Your Teleworking Employees Are Killing My City

Air Travel Debacles Put a Star of Biden’s Cabinet in the Hot Seat (N.Y. Times) If, of course, you can be a “star” without ever having actually done anything.

NYC Mayor Adams Calls For ‘National Czar’ To Manage Border Crisis, Despite VP Harris Already Holding Role  She’s filling the role the way a rock fills a pothole.

On Illegal Immigration, Mexico Isn’t Really America’s Amigo  They want all the troublemakers to head north.

FALSE: MSNBC Claims FBI Offering $25K For Info On Pro-Life Terrorists

US Intel Community Investigated Trump Docs for National Security Risk, but Is Silent on Biden Classified Information

DOJ reserves right to not cooperate with certain House GOP requests Let’s just starting to impeach Biden’s cabinet, starting with Blinken and working our way on down.

Boon for Buttigieg? DC Could Give Residents Up to $1,200 To Buy Electric Bikes

FACT CHECK: NYT Calls Pete Buttigieg a ‘Star of Biden’s Cabinet’

WATCH: Joe Biden’s Senior Moment of the Week (Vol. 26)

Biden Admin Incompetence Forces Release of Thousands of Migrants Into Country

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

Under oath, Trump is confronted with his ‘hoax’ hyperbole (Washington Post) ‘Analysis’ that, oddly enough, turns into a witch-hunt.

Bitter RNC chair race roiled by questions of Trump loyalty (Washington Post) No, by questions of Trump hatred.

Trump and lawyer sanctioned almost $1 million for ‘frivolous’ lawsuit against Hillary Clinton (CNBC) Frivolous!

Trump Resort to Host Pro-QAnon Speaking Tour (Daily Beast) QAnon (whatever that is) is the new Satan, I guess. I sounds like a proglodyte fantasy to me.

Judge Orders Trump and Lawyer to Pay Nearly $1 Million for Bogus Suit (N.Y. Times) Middlebrooks was appointed by Clinton in 1997.

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Democrats may have lost control of the House of Representatives, but it appears Republicans are embracing their legacy of so-called diversity and inclusion.

Republican congressman Patrick McHenry (N.C.), now the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, announced earlier this month that there would be six subcommittees—and all of them will count advancing “diversity and inclusion” as one of their top priorities, according to the committee’s announcement.

With Republicans like these, who needs Democrats?

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Remember when the Paul Pelosi story was big news for a while, then weird things started coming out, and then suddenly everyone stopped talking about it?

Yeah, I do.

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A Syrian asylum seeker was arrested in the Netherlands on Tuesday on suspicion of acting as one of the Islamic State’s top security chiefs during the terror cell’s infamous rise to power in the Middle East.

The 37-year-old man was arrested in the village of Arkel, approximately 40 kilometers east of Rotterdam, where he had resided since entering the Netherlands and claiming asylum back in 2019.

The suspect is believed to have been in a senior position in the security services of both the Islamic State and, prior to this, Jabhat al-Nusra, another proscribed Salafist jihadist terror group, according to the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM).

Wherever you go,
Whatever you do,
A Muslim waits there
To try to kill you.

ZMan’s weekly podcast. Highly recommended.

Ten years ago, if you asked people if the government was involved in manipulating public opinion or leaning on social media companies or spying on presidential candidates, very few people would have agreed. Those who did think this was the case were branded conspiracy theorists. Today, most people just seem to accept that this is now the way things are done in our democracy.

It is hard to know if this is really the case, but the lack of public outrage over the stream of revelations about government pressure on social media companies suggests people are not surprised by it. Maybe most people are still processing it, as no one was raised to think they lived in a police state. Possibly the lack of mainstream coverage lets the public ignore what they would prefer not to face.

Thomas Sowell.

The rhetoric of the political left often invokes the name of the common man, but their interest in ordinary people is at best like the ASPCA’s interest in dogs and cats. No one at the ASPCA has ever suggested putting cats and dogs on their board of directors. Running left-wing movements has always been the prerogative of spoiled rich kids.

 

Matthew Continetti.

Republicans enter the debt ceiling fight with no leader, no strategy, and no specific proposal. They face a president who refuses to negotiate, a Democratic Senate, and a hostile media. When the Treasury Department’s “extraordinary measures” to avoid default come to an end this spring, markets are sure to tremble, and business and investors will pressure Congress for a quick fix. If the crisis isn’t handled properly, outcomes include a government shutdown, economic contagion, downgraded U.S. debt, and renewed GOP infighting. Oh, yes—in the worst-case scenario, federal spending would remain uncontrolled.

A regular day in The Neighborhood.

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Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman said on Thursday that the World Economic Forum at Davos is an “echo chamber,” telling Bloomberg “…this echo chamber we live in here in Davos where everybody’s basically repeating back to each other what they’ve heard from the last person. Let’s be honest.

Well, yeah. They pick whom to invite, and they only invite members of the clerisy who are guaranteed to agree with the trans-globalist Crust.

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Seven militants have been arrested and charged with domestic terrorism following a deadly shootout with law enforcement at their “autonomous zone” in a wooded area south of Atlanta. They are all from out of state.

On Wednesday morning, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and other law enforcement agencies conducted a raid on the so-called autonomous zone at the site of the future Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. Since June 2021, Antifa and other far-left extremists from across the US have occupied the area to prevent the construction of what they call a “cop city.” The GBI says a Georgia State Patrol trooper was shot and severely injured during Wednesday’s raid by a man camped in the area. Officers returned fire and killed the gunman, who allegedly used a pistol.

Black sculptor’s MLK statue represents ‘White America’ butchering his legacy: WaPo columnist

Wes Moore sworn in, making history as Md.’s first Black governor (Washington Post) He looks pretty white to me.

MSNBC’s ‘Racial Healing’ Town Hall Hypes Divisive 1619 Project

Racial Reparations Will Solve Nothing  Well, they’ll fund a lot of Democrats.

The Benefits of Cultural Appropriation

DeSantis Blocks AP African-American Studies Course for Breaking Florida’s Anti-CRT Law (Daily Beast)

‘A Routine Traffic Stop’

Overcoming the Problem of Race: A Reflection on the Towards the Common Good Conference

The Broken Boys of Kenosha

Illinois’ Newest Suicide Attempt: Wealth-Tax Legislation To Be Introduced This Week

U.S. launching pilot program to allow private sponsorship of refugees from around the world (CBS) Wonder how much Federal taxpayer money that will eventually soak up.

Newsom says 95% of Texans pay more than Californians in taxes. But is he correct? (Sacramento Bee) No, of course not.

Prostitutes charge Davos attendees $2,500 a night as sex work demand booms (N.Y. Post)

Bank of America CEO says new ESG rules are needed to reboot capitalism (CNBC)

Lemire Declares Biden Document Scandal to Be ‘A Partisan Story’

Make Birth Free (Compact Magazine) Birth is already free. What they want is somebody else to pay for their pre-natal care.

Philadelphia Flyers Player Boycotts His Woke Team’s “Pride Night,” Refuses To Wear Their LGBTQ Warmup Jersey

House Dems Prepare for Denials on Three Key Committee Seats

Christian Philadelphia Flyers Player Refuses to Wear LGBT Pride Jersey, Citing His Faith

Outrage Ensues As DeSantis Engineers Conservative Overhaul Of Progressive College

Colorado Democrats Want to Take Away Taxpayers’ Refunds, Give the Money to Public Schools

WEF Davos Panel Pushes ‘Pre-Bunking’ Content, ‘Amplifying’ Selected Sources Online

10 Million 2022 California Ballots Unaccounted For, Report Finds

‘Absolutely Insane’: Connecticut Law Would Axe Fitness Requirements for Female Firefighters

NYC’s Top Prosecutor Lets Violent Jew-Haters Off Easy

Billionaires in blue states face coordinated wealth-tax bills (Washington Post) Serves ’em right.

CNN Feigns Ignorance Why Swalwell Shouldn’t Be on Intel Committee

Minnesota Dem Pushes for Tampons in Boys Room: ‘Not All Who Menstruate Are Female’

British Food Tsar Hints At Cake Ban At The Office, Compares Health Harms To Passive Smoking

Ten People Died Because of Pro-Crime ‘Bail Funds’

DOJ Adds Everyone Who Pre-Ordered ‘Hogwarts Legacy’ To Anti-Trans Watchlist (Babylon Bee)

It’s time to put cancer warning labels on alcohol, experts say (CBC) Experts! That proves it!

Yes, Baby Girls Who Are ‘Unwanted’ Because of Their Sex Are Aborted in America  Although not to the extent that they are in Asia and Africa.

Whoopi Demands Texas Send New York ‘Cash’ to Deal With Illegals

Atlanta Antifa Promotes ‘Night of Rage’ After Deadly Encounter With Police

UK Army Veteran Fined for Silent Prayer Near Abortion Facility: ‘What Is the Nature of Your Prayer Today?’ Cops Ask

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

The Carl Gustaf Recoilless Rife Confiscated By TSA Was All Legal

Ukraine Situation Report: Germany And US Play Chicken Over Tanks For Kyiv

Russia is planning a major offensive. Here’s what that might look like (The Hill)

Putin could be ready to announce a second mobilization drive (CNBC)

How the war in Ukraine could end sooner than expected (The Hill)

Russia’s war in Ukraine reaches a critical moment (CNN)

Putin: Victory In Ukraine Is “Unavoidable” & Invasion Was Effort To “Stop This War” In Donbas

Serbia’s Vucic: We Won’t Back Putin’s War

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy Urges West to Send Tank Supplies Faster

Germany Says US Must Lead Way On Tanks For Ukraine, As GOP Also Piles On Pressure

Visualizing The World’s Top 25 Fleets Of Combat Tanks

Dozens Of WikiLeaks Cables Show US Knew NATO Expansion Was Russia’s Bright Red Line

SUPPORT: NATO Training Support

PARAMILITARY: No Substitute For Military Mammals

DARPA’s New X-Plane Aims To Maneuver With Nothing But Bursts Of Air

Losing Taiwan Means Losing Japan

Ukraine-Russia War Lessons – Cyber

Is Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Finally Ready to Indict Trump? (Daily Beast)

DA Alvin Bragg warns Simon & Schuster tell-all book may derail Trump probe (N.Y. Post)

One-on-One with Michael Schmidt (MSNBC) Hating Trump as a business model.

Joe Scarborough: Trump Vow To ‘Handle’ DeSantis ‘Sounds Like A Mob Threat’

Former anti-Trump Rep. Adam Kinzinger removes, reposts listing for signed copies of Jan. 6 committee report  Apparnetly RINO points can be traded for valuable prizes.

N.C. AG Stein to Run for Governor in 2024, Mocks Trump

Trump Derangement Syndrome…on the Right (Mother Jones)

Trump Is Plotting How to Kick DeSantis ‘In the Nuts.’ Here’s His Playbook, So Far (Rolling Stone) The notion that anybody at Rolling Stone has even the vaguest idea of what Trump’s ‘playbook’ might be is ludicrous.

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Gee, I wonder why?

ZMan.

One of the tricks the Clintons popularized for getting around rules and protocols was the sudden collapse in enforcement of the rules and protocols. Instead of violating one specific rule that was hindering them, they would violate all the rules. This way they could blame the system or just unintended errors. This made it hard to see the specific rule they were violating, which made it hard to see the caper. They hid their crimes in an avalanche of sloppiness.

This seems to be what the Bidens were up to when Joe was Vice President. His brother and son wanted to trade access for cash, a common political crime. Influence peddling is probably the second oldest crime. If you can get some important guy to do something or entertain doing something, that has tremendous value, so you sell that ability to people who want to influence the important guy. This is pretty much how all legislation is devised and passed into law in Washington.

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If, of course, that’s what you want to do.

Personally, I find my $500 50″ Roku sitting on my mantel perfectly adequate.

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California Governor Gavin Newsom refuses to address the hydrocarbon elephant in the room, namely that The End of Oil Would be the End of Civilization as the products manufactured from crude oil played a major role in building the world from one billion to eight billion people in the past 200 years.

With his narrow focus on the useless transition to so-called renewables, no matter what, Newsom is apparently unable to understand that renewables of wind turbines and solar panels cannot manufacture anything.

Today’s dangerous emphasis on wind and solar power for intermittent electricity is creating a lack of products in the future. It is also causing a shortage of fuels for planes, ships, militaries, and space programs, all of which are manufactured from the substance Newsom seems to hate most — oil, that is, black gold, Texas Tea, or petroleum. But Newsom stubbornly refuses to talk about the “products crisis” his energy policies are creating.

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Organized criminal gangs active in the Netherlands and France, mostly made up of Moroccan migrants, are blowing up ATMs in Germany at a record pace in highly professional robbery operations. In 2022, government statistics indicate that they blew up 500 such machines, with statistically more than one machine being blown up every day.

SciTechDaily.

Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and IBM Research have created a virtual library of thousands of “command sentences” for cells using machine learning. These “sentences” are based on combinations of “words” that direct engineered immune cells to find and continuously eliminate cancer cells.

This research, which was recently published in the journal Science, is the first time that advanced computational techniques have been applied to a field that has traditionally progressed through trial-and-error experimentation and the use of pre-existing molecules rather than synthetic ones to engineer cells.

The advance allows scientists to predict which elements – natural or synthesized – they should include in a cell to give it the precise behaviors required to respond effectively to complex diseases.

The Guardian.

You can never have enough butter.

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Many active volcanoes can be found on the seabed within Norway’s maritime borders. Some are now only a few metres below sea level.

Priorities….

Steve Sailer.

Institutional momentum continues to build in wealthy parts of the country where blacks were historically least oppressed by slavery and Jim Crow for cashing in white guilt over George Floyd as racial reparations before whites wise up (or cynical Asians and Hispanics take over).
For example, posh Evanston, Illinois (where 91 percent voted for Biden in 2020), has already handed out $25,000 reparation vouchers to sixteen black residents, with The Washington Post complaining that’s not fast enough. And the state of Illinois (Biden 58 percent) is gearing up its African Descent-Citizens Reparations Commission.
Likewise, the state of California (Biden 63 percent) has a Reparations Task Force assigned to come up with a proposed payout to blacks (not that California was ever a slave state), with the chairwoman currently talking about six or even seven figures.

Scott Johnson at Power Line.

Everything we know in the Biden classified documents matter derives from Biden’s attorneys. In other words, it is inherently unreliable. The existence of the matter was leaked by unidentified sources. Attorney General Garland has since publicly appointed a Special Counsel and more classified documents have been discovered in Biden’s Corvette garage and elsewhere. Mysteries abound.

‘Lies’: Fox News chief Rupert Murdoch will go under oath (MSNBC)

New book ‘Myth America’ examines misinformation in U.S. history (PBS) ‘Misinformation’ being anything that doesn’t agree with the Narrative.

Historians on race, identity and immigration in ‘Myth America’ (Washington Post)

What the Jan. 6 probe found out about social media, but didn’t report (Washington Post)

Why Didn’t the January 6 Committee Go Harder on Big Tech? (Vanity Fair)

Ron DeSantis’s war on “wokeness” is a war against the First Amendment (Vox)

Media Cameras Cut Away From Jaguars Kicker Patterson’s Cross

Man Wearing ‘Jesus Saves’ Shirt Ordered to Leave Mall

CNN Spews Disinformation About VA School District’s Maniacal ‘Equity’

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

Since Biden Inauguration, Anonymous Chinese Donors Poured Millions Into University That Houses His Think Tank

Signs the White House is beginning to shift documents strategy (CNN)

White House claimed Biden’s Delaware house used for official business but now says it’s ‘personal’ (Fox)

Blue meanie Joe’s divisive cop tirade is the president’s latest battle with facts (New York Post)

A famous last name, business deals and a looming probe: Republicans ramp up investigation of Biden family (CNN)

11 states have ended judicial deference to executive agencies — more should follow their lead (The Hill)

Border Patrol union rips Kamala Harris’ handling of border crisis: ‘You should be fired’ (Fox)

Elon Musk chose me to report on the Twitter Files. Here are the disturbing things I learned about the FBI (Fox)

Have Joe Biden’s Tax Returns Disappeared? What We Know, What We Don’t (Newsweek)

Buttigieg Could’ve Improved Airline Issues And Just…Didn’t (Daily Beast) He’s there to collect a paycheck, not do any actual work.

MSNBC: GOP Turning Biden Scandal Into ‘Next Benghazi,’ Hunter Is ‘Just His Son’

Ex-intel Official Now Says Hunter Biden Emails Had to Be Real

The imaginary Biden versus the real one: Mona Charen’s dilemma

WH Press Secretary Jean-Pierre Walks Out on Newsmax Question

New Biden Rule Permits Money Managers to Play Politics With Trillions in Retirement Savings

Watergate Lawyer: Biden May Escape Charges on Technicality

Ex-Intel Official Who Signed Hunter Laptop ‘Disinfo’ Letter Makes Shocking Admission  He lied.

Joe Rogan On Biden: “They’re Trying To Get Rid Of Him”  And who could blame them?

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.

Trump Throws Temper Tantrum Throughout E. Jean Carroll Deposition (Daily Beast) Not unlike the daily temper tantrum the Daily Beast throws about Trump.

House Bill Would Criminalize Social Media Postings Supporting “White Supremacy” Or “Replacement Theory”  Even in Texas, stupid black people get elected to Congress.

Rep. Jackson Lee’s Anti-White Supremacy Bill Could Target Online Posts

US Cop Convicted of Murdering George Floyd Appeals Case

Video Report: Gang Fight Mass Shooting Leaves Woman Dead What better way to celebrate MLK day than a gun fight?

Turley: Bill to Curb ‘White Supremacy’ Is ‘Flagrantly Unconstitutional’

3 Get Life in Slaying of Michigan Guard Over Face Mask Order

Biden Celebrates MLK Day With Speech to Group Founded by Infamous Jew-Hater

Democrats Try to Criminalize Free Speech

The King of Hate Media

Mapping Out All The Key Revelations From The ‘Twitter Files’ So Far…

DeSantis prohibits Florida state-run fund managers from considering ESG factors (The Hill)

This 22-year-old is trying to save us from ChatGPT before it changes writing forever (NPR) Save us! Oh, save us!

Meta’s Nudity Policies Discriminate Against Trans People, Oversight Board Says (Gizmodo)

Hundreds in Massachusetts town fuming over massive property tax increase (ABC)

Eric Adams says it’s time to candidly talk about women’s health with NYC clinics to soon have abortion pills (N.Y. Post)

17 cars broken into on a single night in this San Francisco neighborhood (S.F. Chronicle)

Sesame allergy moms sound off about shortcuts on FDA guidelines: ‘Threatening the lives of our kids’ (Fox)

Under fire: State’s assault weapons ban challenged by two lawsuits — with others on the way (Chicago Sun-Times)

Activists criticise insurance industry’s first attempt to measure carbon emissions (Financial Times)

Why won’t NY’s heavy hitters in DC — Schumer, Jeffries, Gillibrand — do anything to help Mayor Adams? (N.Y. Post)

Firestorm! NCAA, Incoming Prez Facing Fury Of Transgender Opponents

GMA Praises Drag Queen ‘Shangela’: ‘We Need That Right Now’

Maryland’s Larry Hogan Leaves Office More Popular With Democrats Than Republicans  Don’ think of it as selling out–think of it as buying in.

D.C. Council Overrides Mayor’s Veto, Lightens Sentencing for Carjackings and Gun Crimes

Port Authority Volunteers Enticing Migrants to Exit NYC With Free Bus Trips

Propaganda Acolytes: 54 Soros-Tied Figures Linked to Major Media

LOCK HER UP: These Photos of Greta Thunberg Being Carried Away by German Police Will Brighten Your Day

Networks Ignore D.C. Softening Penalties for Violent Criminals

Is New Zealand A Beta Test For Western Governments Micromanaging The Populace?

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Wherever you go,
Whatever you do,
A Muslim waits there
To try to kill you.

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Geraldine Tyler is a 94-year-old woman spending the twilight of her life in retirement, as 94-year-olds typically do. But there isn’t much that’s typical about it.

Tyler has spent the last several years fighting the government from an assisted living facility after falling $2,300 behind on her property taxes. No one disputes that she owed a debt. What is in dispute is if the government acted constitutionally when, to collect that debt, it seized her home, sold it, and kept the profit.

If that sounds like robbery, it’s because, in some sense, it is. But it’s currently legal in at least 12 states across the country, so long as the government is doing the robbing.

Note that this is in a blue state.

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With the enormous advances in machine learning over the last few years, it feels like we are now not only on the cusp of big things, but that the world is already a genuinely different place than it was just a little while ago. I mean, how does even just assigning homework work in a world of LLMs?

There’s one product I haven’t seen discussed yet that I’m really looking forward to. I call it the Next button. It’s an app one might install on their computer that can access the keyboard and mouse and which puts just a single button in the system tray. When you click it, the model does whatever it thinks is most useful to do next, conditioned on things like the contents of one’s email accounts, calendar, files on my computer and cloud storage, text messages — ideally, any digital content associated with me.

In the Good Old Days, some computers had a button labelled DWIM, which stood for ‘Do What I Mean’. It didn’t work all that well. But the technology has advanced since then.

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.

As DOJ eyes Trump, MSNBC’s Elie Mystal on ‘taking heat’ for demanding justice in MAGA era (MSNBC) He’s so oppressed.

Vagrant still terrorizing Gramercy Park locals despite pleas to cops, City Hall (N.Y. Post)

8 shot at crowded MLK Day block party in Fort Pierce, Florida, authorities say (CNN) The other MLK legacy.

Vile Reid Uses MLK Day to Falsely Smear Reagan and GOP as Racists