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Image is Currier and Ives' Autumn Kimball: A genuinely transgressive act - On the dedication of Christ Chapel at Hillsdale College. Stunningly beautiful Left-Wing Racial Grievance Merchants Want to Ban Honors Classes in Schools, Claiming They Only Promote "White Supremacy" America's religion of anti-racism reaches peak absurdity Clinical insanity isn’t just a fashionable option anymore. It is becoming mandatory. The Electric Car Fantasy - Senator Chuck Schumer’s ambitious proposal bucks basic economics—and science. Huge October Payrolls Beat: 128K Jobs Added As Black Unemployment Rate Hits All Time Low New York Times: Airing National Anthem On TV Could Trigger Viewers Who Hear ‘Political Overtones’ Tomi Lahren responds to left-wing backlash over her AOC Halloween costume: 'Calm down' California's Prop 47 leads to rise in shoplifting, thefts, criminal activity across state WAKE UP, IDIOTS! 453,000 New Yorkers Fled the State Last Year — And Now Trump!… And Cuomo and De Blasio CRACK JOKES? Aaron Sorkin, Who Built His Career on Making Up Stuff About Politics, Claims Free Speech "Assaults Truth" Biden: IT’S DEFINITELY TIME TO END THE WAR IN VIETNAM Former CIA Director On Trump Impeachment: ‘Thank God For The Deep State’ A stunning confession from a Deep State member subverting the constitutional republic Suspected ‘Whistleblower’ Ciaramella May Be CIA Spy Planted in Trump White House Identified as “Charlie” in Strzok and Page Texts Military Official Who Worked with Top Schiff Witness Alex Vindman Reprimanded Him for Inappropriate and Partisan Behavior in Military Andrew McCarthy: Trump impeachment inquiry's sneaky next chapter – Get ready for THIS Finland Has a Sports Screw Loose - Swamp soccer. Wife carrying. Phone throwing. The country used to be formidable in traditional sports, but has pivoted hard to the bizarre side of competition. 2020 Dems Stand With J Street, Hamas and ISIS Against Israel - Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders declare war on the Jewish State. Trump Admin Considers Adding More Nations To So-Called Travel Ban Comments
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Re: the The Electric Car Fantasy
Years back I worked with one of the best research engineers in th country on an electric automobile project. He was surprised to learn that all the variations of battery and hybrid power plants that were proposed had actually been tried early in the last century ... by the railroad industry. He asked me what happened. I told him they'd concluded the problem was basic battery physics. Edison expected it to be solved in his lifetime. We're still waiting. His response was to hold out for fuel cells, but not to hold my breath, because they're having essentially the same problem with stack life. Great just what we need, another New Yorker moving to Florida. At least he moved to the east coast of Florida instead of the west coast. Fortunately I don't think this one is bringing their losing, socialist ideas with him.
If an "assault on truth" is a crime, we're going to have to hire a lot more cops.
Impeachment testimony:
Comment: If the witnesses don't testify publicly, under oath, subject to cross, and the rules of evidence, it never happened". Pass it on. There are two aspects to the impeachment of Trump. There is of course the impeachment itself, something that was planned and begun even before Trump took office. It was Obama and Hillary's deep state election interference coup plan to steal back an election. This is serious, it is unconstitutional and anti-American. This is something you might see in a banana republic or a full fledged communist regime. It must be stopped and the perps brought to justice.
But the second aspect of this is the lock step of the Democrats behind this unconstitutional anti-American coup. This is a magnitude more scary. There are some, a handful perhaps, good and honest Democrats in congress and either they are too cowed, too scared to object to this assault on our constitution OR they agree with it. Either way it fills me with fear for what the Democrats will do to this country should they regain power. When I think of Adam Schiff, the closest historical figure I can compare him with is Lenin. And when I think of the Democrats supporting him or at the least unwilling to disagree with his tactics I am reminded of a true even in the Soviet Union where the supreme leader was giving a speech to his fellow communists and they all stood up and applauded but realized that they could not stop applauding or sit back down. Anyone who stopped applauding first would be pulled from his bed in the middle of the night and sent off to the Gulag. You simply could not disagree or even appear to disagree with the supreme leader. And THAT is the Democrat party today. Complete with trumped up crowds and activists and a organized enforcement arm (Antifa) to beat up anyone who resists. THAT is scary. Two good pieces at PJ media:
How the World to the Dark Tower Came The processes by which a society produced its goods and governed itself were once common knowledge to a large percentage of the population. But they are not now. https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/how-the-world-to-the-dark-tower-came/ and Largest Child-Sacrifice Graveyard Strikes Huge Blow to Native American Innocence Myth The archaeological discovery in Peru should serve as a reminder that the modern prosperity, freedom, and morality we now enjoy is not the norm in human history. These benefits must be defended, and those of us who enjoy them should be grateful to the Western heritage from which they sprang. https://pjmedia.com/trending/largest-child-sacrifice-graveyard-strikes-huge-blow-to-native-american-innocence-myth/ The Democrats haven't used their go-to tactic yet.
The one they used on Clarence Thomas, Herman Cain, Judge Kavanaugh and Justice Kavanaugh, et al. I anticipate that it's coming soon. Maybe after President Trump is re-elected or sooner if Impeachment fails. Of course honors courses promote white supremacy as does any difficult course. When I was an undergrad I took the senior level analytical mechanics course. The course was notoriously difficult and was taught by Dr. Miller, AKA Dr. Death. 36 of us started the course and 6 of us finished it. We were all white guys, no women, blacks or Latinos. Even worse, we bragged about passing the course. A really bad case of white supremacy.
Northeast Asians will also do well in those classes, and a very few castes from India. Nigerians from the Igbo tribe (or at least the Bight of Benin) can produce a few survivors, as can the Lebanese.
Every group will be able to provide a few, but those listed will produce a higher percentage. If you like to keep up with this stuff, Ray, I recommend Greg Cochrane's site "West Hunter" Schumer's electric car fantasy … like all the other subsidized manufacturing it seems the politically connected American oligarchs are lining up at the taxpayer trough to fatten up on the "green" smoothies.
re 453,000 New Yorkers Fled the State Last Year — And Now Trump!… And Cuomo and De Blasio CRACK JOKES?
It shows how small minded and partisan they are. |
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