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Wednesday, March 30. 2022

Wednesday morning links

 Why Men Must Be Asked Whether They Are Pregnant


 Yale: DEAN GERKEN’S GABBLE


 A Plastic Bag’s 2,000-Mile Journey Shows the Messy Truth About Recycling


 Too Much Lake Water is Climate Change, Not Enough Lake Water is Climate Change.


 UCLA race and equity director tweets: ‘[we all] hope Clarence Thomas dies’


 Less a Powerhouse Than a Parasite. What happened to the NRA?


British Government Looking For Ways To Tax EV Users


 Paycheck Protection Program led to 'the biggest fraud in a generation'


 Fed Finally Admits That COVID Stimulus Is Responsible For Hottest Inflation In A Generation


 The Atlantic manages to blame the collapsing US birth rate on... Trump


 Nearly 1 million migrants have already crossed the border in SIX MONTHS: Staggering figures revealed as Biden plans to give COVID vaccines to migrants and the White House braces for huge influx when Title 42 is dropped


 Putin has driven a rift between Russia and Ukraine that will likely never heal

Posted by Bird Dog in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 06:15 | Comments (20) | Trackbacks (0)

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"a rift between Russia and Ukraine that will likely never heal" hyperbole from the me-generation? Never is an awfully long time. Even France and Germany have managed to bury the hatchet.
#1 Freddo on 2022-03-30 09:26 (Reply)
Re NRA: Wayne LaPierre and his cronies in the NRA headquarters are indeed a disgrace. It is amazing to me that they have not been ejected even now, after all the scandal and waste they have brought. The NRA desperately needs a thorough housecleaning, and if it must be forced into bankruptcy and reorganization to make it happen, so be it.

The really sad part is that there is no other national organization that does what the NRA does on a local level, e.g., providing training at all skill levels, organizing competitions, and supporting local shooting clubs. Few who are not involved in the shooting sports are even aware of this role, which is equally if not more important than the political activities of the NRA-ILA.
#2 Hairless JOe on 2022-03-30 09:50 (Reply)
As Eric Hoffer said, "Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket." The NRA hasn't gotten any of my money for a long time because of this. Gun Owners of America is a pretty good alternative though.
#2.1 Aggie on 2022-03-30 10:18 (Reply)
How about https://www.goal.org/ ?
#2.2 Kim on 2022-03-30 12:28 (Reply)
2nd Amendment Foundation out of Washington State is another good one, they actually send updates of what they are doing instead of the BS NRA asking for more money for the fight. And look for state and local groups, they can always use some help but check them out first.
#2.3 grant1863 on 2022-03-30 15:18 (Reply)
Re: Fed Finally Admits That COVID Stimulus Is Responsible For Hottest Inflation In A Generation

I guess all the “quantitative easing” (printing money by any definition) since 2008 was completely benign, right?
#3 mudbug on 2022-03-30 09:57 (Reply)
The Bloomberg story about tracking plastics destined for recycling is a good one, nice to see some real investigative journalism. I used 'Print Preview' (F9) to get past the paywall.

One thing that would be really helpful as a policy measure, would be to standardize plastics on their content, maybe using color coding, to facilitate recycling. This would be an example of government being wise enough to override the weaker arguments from marketers. But the incineration of plastics is a good, reasonably clean alternative, especially with high-demand sites such as the concrete plant - especially if it reduces the repetitive transportation & handling cycle. The real life cycle environmental impact is not always taken into consideration in most of these schemes

Related, I found this thread on Climate Disaster-ism quite a good short read:

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1488989219896709120.html
#4 Aggie on 2022-03-30 10:26 (Reply)
The biggest problem with recycling consumer plastic is that once the plastic has been used in a food-contact applicaton, it cannot be recycled into a food container. Holding the recovered material at temerature long enough to provide a "kill step" degrades the polymers and reduces it's value for future use.

Unfortunately, landfilling and incineration are probably the most ecologically friendly ways of disposing of them that will not allow them to end up in the ocean.
#4.1 Another guy named Dan on 2022-03-30 12:20 (Reply)
At this point I think you're right. Better to get some energy production out of them and reduce pollutants.

There are new capabilities in place that break plastics back down to monomers. If those can be utilized effectively, then we could do a lot of good. Especially if we could start using these as production for 3-D printing feedstocks.
#4.1.1 DrTorch (Link) on 2022-03-30 12:40 (Reply)
"The Atlantic manages to blame the collapsing US birth rate on... Trump"

Funny. The economy was doing pretty well when he was in office, so that would've been a good time to start a family.
#5 Maniac on 2022-03-30 11:03 (Reply)
Climate change hysteria is part of the biggest grift in history. Of course the climate is always changing. But around 1850 we ended the mini ice age and the climate began to warm again. What else could possibly happen when you end a mini ice age? And because things like this move as slowly as a glacier (pun intended) today 172 years later it is still slowly warming. And it is doubtful that some 6 billion of us would be alive today had it not begun to warm some 172 years ago. Thank god it warmed because the colder wetter weather ( a mere 1.5 ° warmer) allowed us to grow more food, survive disease and to live longer. But, thanks to government schools and the MSM, most young people believe this shtick while most older people are more inclined to think "fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me". Whenever I hear the talking heads claiming we have 10 more years to live or until the seas rise etc. I am reminded of a barker in a carnival trying to get your money. Because... that is exactly what it is. This is a scam to get the West's wealth simple as that.
#6 JustMe on 2022-03-30 11:05 (Reply)
re UCLA race and equity director tweets: ‘[we all] hope Clarence Thomas dies’

When he entered the hospital the other day I was shocked to hear my wife say the same thing. "I hope he dies."

She also prefers 20% inflation and $4 gas to the Trump years because Trump = Satan and so we just can't have him in office.
#7 feeblemind on 2022-03-30 11:32 (Reply)
re Less a Powerhouse Than a Parasite. What happened to the NRA?

IMO, the phenomenon of executive directors running amok at nonprofit organizations is far more common than anyone imagines.
#8 feeblemind on 2022-03-30 11:42 (Reply)
The world is about to endure the full on four horsemen of the apocalypse. There are a few reasons for this but the biggest factor is the green revolution and the climate change scam. I would imagine that 10's of millions will die in the next few years because of these two scams. I would also expect that our leaders will use this to destroy the U.S. by bringing in millions from 3rd world countries who will do what they do best; destroy.

It is interesting that our latest crime wave is partly committed by recent immigrants legal and illegal. The MSM hides this, they intentionally take steps to make sure you don't know this. Why would they do that? Wouldn't it be useful to the citizens of this country to know that the effort by a small group in our government to flood us with immigrants who then cannot function in a first world country are killing us? But it is verboten to mention this when reporting news. Remember that guy who smear his feces on the womans face in the NY subway? He was a recent immigrant from Africa where their government was glad to get rid of him. It seems like only yesterday that we brought in well over 100,000 Afghans but they have already begun to commit violent and sex crimes in our country. But the MSM will not report that. Illegal immigrants from Mexico kill about 5000-10,000 people every year in this country, the MSM is silent.

We are about to take in 100,000 or so Ukrainians. Other countries are also taking in these refugees. But did you know that every other country will eventually send them home because their laws don't unilaterally make them citizens. Our country will send zero Ukrainians home because once here the laws protect you and make it easy to become citizens and then the laws make it easy to bring in anyone who is related to you in any way. THAT is the problem with immigration in the U.S.
#9 Anon on 2022-03-30 12:29 (Reply)
The Atlantic manages to blame the collapsing US birth rate on... Trump: The Atlantic is under water...

Climate Change: As i keep saying, the climate has been changing ever since our planet got an atmosphere...
#10 Sam L. on 2022-03-30 14:02 (Reply)
Sounds like Dean Gerken is in a bit of a pickle
#11 Trangbang68 (Link) on 2022-03-30 17:45 (Reply)
An interesting development. A wealthy man with millions in life insurance died because of complications caused by the covid shot. The insurance company refused to pay one two grounds:
1. the shot was known to be dangerous to life and the choice to take it anyway amounted to suicide and they don't pay in the event of suicide.
2. The shot is not an approved treatment it is an experimental drug and they do not pay on death as the result of taking unapproved drugs.
It went to court and not only did they win their case the judge affirmed their position saying that the shot was unsafe and everyone knows it.
#12 Anon on 2022-03-30 17:46 (Reply)
Can you please provide a citation (or more background information) for this so we can read more?
#12.1 Aggie on 2022-03-30 18:32 (Reply)
Yeah, I'd love to see the other stories on whatever site that one is from.
#12.1.1 Assistant Village Idiot on 2022-03-30 20:54 (Reply)
Fact check: COVID-19 vaccine won't jeopardize your life insurance coverage
#12.2 Zachriel on 2022-03-30 22:22 (Reply)

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