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Tuesday, March 26. 2024Tuesday morning linksMr. Lamboghini began by making tractors Hawaii, Which Couldn’t Survive Without Fossil Fuels, Holds Climate Doom Conference “I Was Wrong About Renewables,” Says Former Green Energy Executive. A twenty-year veteran of clean tech now says we need to use more, not less, energy, especially natural gas and nuclear Jonathan Haidt: Smartphones Rewired Childhood. Here’s How to Fix It. If gender is a social construction, why would we not believe that transgender identities are socially constructed. Banning the Blockers - Gender clinics from Stockholm to San Francisco have been running an uncontrolled experiment on children, while cloaked in the mantle of human rights. Europe Blunders on AI - The United States should avoid the regulatory mistakes of the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act. Central Planners Can't Fix Iraq—or Detroit. In Fragile Neighborhoods, author Seth Kaplan applies his Fixing Fragile States observations domestically. Calif. fast-food chains slash workers as $20-an-hour minimum wage looms VDH: Will DEI End America—or America end DEI? Academia Versus Civilization - The antisemitism of campus leftism may be incidental. The barbarism is the point. Border Patrol Chief: Terrorists May Be Among Migrants Sen. Hagerty: Tonight every single Senate Democrat voted against my amendment that would stop Biden Admin from using taxpayer dollars to charter flights for hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens from their countries directly to American towns to be resettled. In the Shifa Hospital: “IDF troops apprehended approximately 480 terrorists affiliated with the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist organizations, and have located weapons and terrorist infrastructure in the hospital.” Trackbacks
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The funny thing about Hawaii and all their Climate Doom posturing, is that they import diesel fuel to generate electricity instead of going to geothermal energy, which they have in superabundance because of vulcanism. Iceland generates quite a bit of their energy this way and heats entire towns. About a quarter of their electricity is generated from geothermal, and a substantial portion is from hydro as well. Of course, they committed to this approach a long time ago and have been working to implement it.
But Hawaii? Not so much; One puny little geothermal plant that's been there for years. Easier to be virtuous without all that nuisance of actually, you know, going to the effort to innovate a creative solution. No gratitude? No sympathy. Stop the fuel deliveries, especially jet fuel, until they come up with a geothermal plan. Aggie: The funny thing about Hawaii and all their Climate Doom posturing, is that they import diesel fuel to generate electricity instead of going to geothermal energy, which they have in superabundance because of vulcanism.
Geothermal produces about 20% of power on the Big Island (Hawaii). Geothermal isn't practical on the smaller islands, and there are safety issues with geothermal. Puna Geothermal Ventures has been approved for expansion. Hawaiian Electric hits 38% renewable energy in 2021: "Buoyed by a full year of geothermal production and an increase in private rooftop solar, Hawaiian Electric achieved a 38% consolidated renewable portfolio standard in 2021." Thank you ChatGPT. Now STFU and go away. You're annoying the adults. AGAIN!
At this point there is no doubt that Biden and those in his administration are traitors to the U.S. and should be removed from office and jailed. Also there are traitors in our three letter agencies who should be jailed as well. Our federal government is corrupt, they sold out to the highest bidder which seems to be China but other enemy states may have bought them as well. Intermingled helter skelter are many politicians that may not have been bought, may not be traitors who may simply be trying to get rich and therefore refuse to take the risk of doing the right thing against these traitors. It would almost appear that only MTG and Matt Gaetz are looking out for Americans.
QUOTE: Judith Butler's Phantasms: Of course, all human societies, from the dawn of time, have insisted on binary categories. That is not correct. Polynesian, Thai, Amerindian, South Asian, and other peoples have recognized third genders: māhū, fa'afafine, two-spirits, hijras, kur.gar.ra, tertium sexus. In the Western world Hermaphroditus was a Greek god, while Leucippus, Caeneus, and Iphis were transexual figures in Greek mythology. OK! OK! What was meant was "Of course, all human societies, from the dawn of time, have insisted on binary categories and insane people. There! Fixed it!
OneGuy: "Of course, all human societies, from the dawn of time, have insisted on binary categories and insane people.
Except many societies considered third gender persons to be part of the normal spectrum. Butler is just wrong on the facts. Many people believe in fairies too, oh wait, bad example. Let's see something really, really stupid for a good comparison to the stupidity of multiple genders... Aha! AGW! Many people believe AGW too, that doesn't make it real.
OneGuy: Many people believe in fairies too
That’s not the claim, but the false claim that “all human societies, from the dawn of time, have insisted on binary categories.” In societies which have insisted on binary categories, that insistence has often taken the form of ostracism and violence against people who don’t fit into the binary categories. Did the "societies" believe in this bizarre multiple gender theory OR did some with power believe it and forced others to accept it. THAT is exactly what is happening today. In Canada you can be fired and even jailed for voicing the opinion that LBQTI+ is pure nonsense/insanity. In YOUR world that means all of those Canadians to scared or too smart to voice opposition "believe" the fairy tale
OneGuy: Did the "societies" believe in this bizarre multiple gender theory OR did some with power believe it and forced others to accept it.
There is great variation in how different cultures treat third gender people. That's why Butler is wrong on the facts. There is great variation in how different cultures treat third gender people . . .
. . . from outright rejection, to simple acceptance, to integration into important cultural traditions.
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Who benefits from the terrorist attack on a Russian theater? ISIS? No real benefit. Ukraine? Zero benefit and perhaps unfair consequences. Only one man and one government benefits: Putin and Russia. This attack has solidified the Russian citizens behind Putin and Russia in their war with Ukraine and the rest of the free world. Putin gains huge power.
So who planned it and paid the dummies to carry it out? No one knows but logically you would guess the person with the most to gain. But, he needs to make sure that he is not exposed. He needs to move fast and blame Ukraine and use his newly expanded support to crush Ukraine. He needs to imply that the rest of Europe and the U.S. "may" have been involved. He needs a lot of heavy propaganda. So now, watch what he does to get a hint of who is behind this act of terror or false flag. Is that you Zelensky? Shouldn't you be force conscripting what's left of your youth for the meat grinder or begging for more handouts from your globalist masters? =)
Well OF COURSE Lamborghini began by making tractors. Who could possibly forget Clarkson's tractor on his Diddly Squat farm? Which everyone insisted was "TOO BIG"!
To quote the Greatest Living Englishman, “Speed and Power!”
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