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  • Idaho couple takes on EPA at the Supreme Court over land rights [Protected Waters action]

    10/04/2022 1:11:03 PM PDT · by SES1066 · 20 replies
    KY3 Broadcasting (Missouri) ^ | 10/03/2022 | Molly Martinez
    US Supreme Court 1st hearing on 3 October 2022. The case revolves around Michael and Chantell Sackett who bought a soggy plot of land near Priest Lake, Idaho in 2004. With the intention of building a home on the property, they began back-filling the low lying wet area. The EPA stepped in, claiming they were interfering with protected wetlands.
  • White House policies rescued U.S. economy, Treasury’s Yellen says [Date: 09/08/22]

    09/13/2022 7:36:08 AM PDT · by SES1066 · 51 replies
    CNBC / The REALCO ^ | 09/08/22 | Chelsey Cox
    Yellen, who spoke following a tour of the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, touted the Democrat-led Inflation Reduction Act, the bipartisan infrastructure law and the CHIPS and Science Act as boons to the manufacturing sector and job growth. - - - Her speech came as Democrats aim to highlight their economic successes ahead of the midterm elections in November, which will determine whether Republicans can retake one or both chambers of Congress. President Joe Biden will travel to Ohio on Friday to promote the opening of an Intel semiconductor manufacturing facility.
  • Media Figures Make The Jackson Water Crisis All About Racism [Memories of New Orleans & Hurricane Katrina]

    09/04/2022 5:20:46 AM PDT · by SES1066 · 53 replies
    Daily Caller ^ | 09/03/22 | Harold Hutchinson
    Liberal media outlets and figures blamed a long-running water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, on racism in the wake of Republican Gov. Tate Reeves declaring a state of emergency. --- Reeves warned residents of Jackson, the state’s capital, not to drink the tap water due to the failure of water pumps at the city’s main water treatment plant Monday after the Pearl River flooded. National Guard troops began assisting efforts to deliver bottled water to the city’s 180,000 residents. Many liberal media figures, including reporters from NBC and MSNBC hosts, claimed racism was the cause of the crisis.
  • NASA: Artemis I [3 Sept 2022, Saturday, Launch info]

    09/02/2022 7:30:00 AM PDT · by SES1066 · 48 replies
    NASA ^ | 09/02/22
    All eyes will be on the historic Launch Complex 39B when the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket lift off for the first time from NASA's modernized Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Artemis I will be the first in a series of increasingly complex missions to build a long-term human presence at the Moon for decades to come. The primary goals for Artemis I are to demonstrate Orion’s systems in a spaceflight environment and ensure a safe re-entry, descent, splashdown, and recovery prior to the first flight with crew on Artemis II.
  • Is California Going to Kill McDonald’s? [Fast Food Wage GOVERNMENT Board]

    09/01/2022 10:19:54 AM PDT · by SES1066 · 63 replies
    The Stream ^ | 08/31/2022 | BRADLEY POLUMBO
    The “FAST Act” is headed to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk after recently passing through the state legislature. As the Wall Street Journal reports, it would “create a government panel that would set wages for an estimated half-million fast food workers in the state.” --- “The bill would establish a panel with members appointed by the governor and legislative leaders composed of workers, union representatives, employers and business advocates,” The Journal explains. “They would set hourly wages of up to $22 for fast food workers starting next year and can increase them annually by the same rate as the consumer-price index,...
  • USS Texas in dock at Galveston (Pelican Island)

    08/31/2022 2:38:05 PM PDT · by SES1066 · 64 replies
    Multiple tugs and patrol craft. Slow and stately tow. No incidents seen. Drydock is still 'wet' and the comments indicate that it wont be drained for a while.
  • Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s home is ‘swatted’ for second time in as many days [NY Post calls her 'far right']

    08/26/2022 5:24:54 AM PDT · by SES1066 · 25 replies
    NY Post ^ | 08/25/2022 | Emily Crane
    Far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Georgia home was “swatted” for the second time in as many days early Thursday after a person allegedly made fake suicide threats, authorities said. Officers responded to Greene’s home just before 3 a.m. after a local 911 call center received a report from someone supposedly threatening to kill his family and himself, according to a police report. The person, who allegedly identified himself as “Wayne Greene,” claimed to have recently come out as transgender, the police report said — an apparent reference to Rep. Greene’s views on trans rights.
  • Citing inflation, Ford hikes EV prices $8.5k, erasing $7.5k EV tax credit in Inflation Reduction Act [GM too - pure coincidence, right?] [Also a lie]

    08/21/2022 6:19:22 AM PDT · by SES1066 · 34 replies
    Just The News ^ | 08/20/2022 | Nicholas Ballasy
    On Aug. 9, just before President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law, Ford announced that due to inflation it will raise the prices of its electric F-150 Lightning pickups between $6,000 and $8,500 — effectively canceling out the $7,500 federal EV tax credit applicable to the vehicles under the $740 billion tax and spending measure. --- According to CNBC, Ford is only the "latest automaker to increase pricing of their newest electric vehicles amid rising inflation and commodity costs," joining General Motors, Rivian Automotive, Lucid and Tesla.
  • Text Message Overload

    07/16/2022 8:28:02 AM PDT · by SES1066 · 44 replies
    Washington DC Parasites | 07/16/22 | Self
    I need some pesticide, these DC fundraisers are FLOODING my text messages and emails to the point of nausea! Yesterday I got 15+ from 22-now.com and others! Is there any way that my fellow FReepers have found to handle this?
  • 2022 Tour de France Disrupted by Climate Activists Blocking Course During Stage 10 [989 Days Left]

    07/12/2022 4:21:18 PM PDT · by SES1066 · 54 replies
    PEOPLE.COM ^ | 07/12/22 | Jason Duaine Hahn
    "We can no longer remain spectators of the ongoing climate disaster. We have 989 days left to save our future, our humanity," Derniere Renovation said on Twitter. "The finish line is a ravine and we are calling on our government to turn immediately." "Our goal is to force legislation to drastically reduce France's emissions, starting with energy renovation, the area most likely to bring together social and climate justice today," the group continued.
  • How Far Do Putin’s Imperial Ambitions Go? [WSJ Saturday Essay]

    06/24/2022 2:20:16 PM PDT · by SES1066 · 18 replies
    WSJ / Wall Street Journal ^ | 06/24/2022 | Yaroslav Trofimov
    At a ceremony honoring young geographers in 2016, President Vladimir Putin asked one boy about the capital of Burkina Faso and then quizzed another about where Russia’s borders end. “At the Bering Strait with the United States,” the 9-year-old boy ventured hesitantly. Mr. Putin, who chairs the board of the Russian Geographic Society, contradicted the boy to triumphant applause. “The borders of Russia,” he pronounced, “never end.”
  • Civil War author, Shelby Foote - Stars in Their Courses [From 1994 - prescient forecast of our Cancel Culture at 44:40]

    06/14/2022 1:11:18 PM PDT · by SES1066 · 10 replies
    CSPAN2 - Book TV ^ | 07/26/1994 | Shelby Foote & Brian Lamb
    If I looked up 'GRAVITAS' in the dictionary, Shelby Foote's picture and voice should be there. Anyway, while I just happened to enjoy this YouTube replay of a Brian Lamb GENUINE interview (as opposed to what we see these days), up pops a PROPHETIC statement by Mr Foote on the acceptance of history versus the desire to 'cancel' history.
  • "Joe's Train Wreck" [NY Post cover (in comments) from 19 MAY and it was too EARLY]

    06/14/2022 3:34:10 AM PDT · by SES1066 · 9 replies
    New York Post ^ | 05/19/22
    Front page cites Dow drop of 1,164. Friday to Monday's drop on the Dow was 1,700+. Twenty five days and it keeps getting worse!
  • How Plate Tectonics was Discovered [An Answer to ":Settled Science" of 1970 from BBC]

    05/26/2022 3:21:32 PM PDT · by SES1066 · 14 replies
    In the 1960-70s, every geology textbook was rewritten, as the previous verities were DESTROYED! Alfred Wegner (1880-1930) was, posthumously, proven correct, in the face of the academia that scoffed at him. What was needed, was the mechanism, that the technology of WW2 provided.
  • CAN ADULTS NO LONGER CONSENT? [M51 D.Sabatini/F29 K.Knouse]

    05/22/2022 4:10:08 AM PDT · by SES1066 · 18 replies
    Powerline ^ | 05/21/22 | John Hinderaker
    As it turns out, that was then, and this is now. Consent is no longer enough. The latest case in point is that of David Sabatini, said to be one of the world’s greatest scientists. His career has been derailed because a former lover has now turned on him. It is a sad story, certainly for Sabatini and maybe for the rest of us, as his cancer research is among the world’s most promising. Sabatini was forced out of MIT and his career has been downhill from there [...]
  • Montana high school questionnaire asks why straight people are ‘so sexually aggressive’ [in-class discussion]

    05/15/2022 4:54:24 AM PDT · by SES1066 · 49 replies
    The Post Millennial (thepostmillennial.com) ^ | 05/14/22 | Leonardo Briceno
    “Do you think straights flaunt their sexuality? If so, why?” / “40 percent of married couples get divorced. Why is it so difficult for straights to stay in long-term relationships?” / “Considering the consequences of overpopulation, could the human race survive if everyone were heterosexual?” / “99 percent of reported rapists are heterosexual. Why are straights so sexually aggressive?” / “The majority of child molesters are heterosexuals. Do you consider it safe to expose children to heterosexual teachers, scout leaders, and coaches?”
  • Political cartoon shared by Elon Musk is being sold as an NFT [Shifting Social Spectrum - Cartoon by Colin Wright]

    05/03/2022 4:04:46 AM PDT · by SES1066 · 7 replies
    NY Post ^ | 04/29/22 | Thomas Barrabi
    Hi @elonmusk! Thank you for sharing my cartoon! If anyone wants to buy the mug, it's available in my store! [Colin Wright]
  • Teachers speak out against Florida's "Parental Rights in Education" bill [CBS 03/28/22] - HISTORY speaks to susceptible children - 1980-90s Childcare Hoax

    05/01/2022 12:13:53 PM PDT · by SES1066 · 50 replies
    CBS News ^ | 03/28/22 | Arthur Jones II
    Some of America's most highly regarded teachers are speaking out against Florida's "Parental Rights in Education" bill, and a growing number of LGBTQ teachers and allies across the country are worried about the impact this and similar legislation could have on students [3-7 age].
  • The Thrill of Buc-ee’s, Once a Texas Roadside Oasis, Is Gone [Snowflake to the extreme]

    01/21/2022 1:52:39 PM PST · by SES1066 · 103 replies
    Eater.Com ^ | 01/20/2022 | Amy McCarthy
    As gas stations go, there are few chains that have managed to capture the attention of travelers — and eaters — like Buc-ee’s. The Texas-born chain is a highway oasis, boasting a slew of clean bathrooms, a dizzying array of snacks and prepared foods, and tons of merch emblazoned with the chipper face of its mascot, a beaver named Bucky. [...] Founded in 1982, the chain slowly built a local cult following and in 2001, owner Arch “Beaver” Aplin expanded the convenience store into a full-fledged travel center in Luling, Texas. More locations popped up across the state in the...
  • Sanders open to supporting primary challengers against Manchin and Sinema [Sun rises in the east]

    01/19/2022 4:19:16 AM PST · by SES1066 · 22 replies
    The Hill ^ | 01/18/2022 | ALEXANDER BOLTON
    “Anybody who believes in American democracy has got to vote to enable us to go forward with 50 votes to suspend the filibuster, at least on this vote,” he [Sanders] said. “I hope we have 50 votes. If we don’t, they’re going to have to go home and explain to their constituents.” During negotiations over the Build Back Better Act, Sanders repeatedly voiced frustration with Manchin’s opposition to expanding Medicare benefits and Sinema’s reluctance to give Medicare wide-ranging power to negotiate lower prescription drug prices. Sinema eventually signed off on a scaled-down proposal to make prescription medications more affordable.