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Oregon Judge Shreds State’s Defense, Extends Ban on Measure 114
Post Date: 2022-12-16 16:53:54 by Charles_Byrd
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Robert Raschio, presiding judge for Oregon’s 24th Judicial District, heard arguments on both sides of the issue on Tuesday and then extended the ban on implementation of Measure 114, while lambasting the state’s defense. At issue is just the part of the law — which was narrowly passed in November — that restricts the sale, ownership, or possession of magazines to 10 rounds or fewer. Raschio has put in place a separate ban on implementing the rest of Measure 114. Click for Full Text!
AOC’s Climate-change Documentary Flops at Box Office
Post Date: 2022-12-16 16:52:30 by Charles_Byrd
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If you hadn’t heard that far-Left Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D- N.Y.) had produced and starred in a new film about her fight for a “Green New Deal,” you’re not alone. Released in 120 theaters last Friday, AOC’s new film, To the End, took in less than $10,000 in its opening weekend — a paltry $80 per theater. The schoolgirl congresswoman first came to relevance in 2018 when she won a House seat in the Democratic stronghold known as New York’s 14th District by ousting long-term Democrat Joe Crowley in a primary upset. AOC quickly made climate change her signature issue, having famously quipped, “The world is gonna end in 12 years if we ...
Politics Is Getting in the Way of What Makes Cities Great
Post Date: 2022-12-16 16:50:53 by Charles_Byrd
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Progressives loves cities, yet refuse to address the degree to which their policies have made urban life a bigger chore than needed. Conservatives depict cities as dystopian hellholes. They delight in highlighting the crime problems, poorly functional school systems, homeless encampments, and other urban problems that seem unsolvable. The message from the former: We should all live in densely packed urban areas, where we can stroll to cafes and stores and take the bus to work, but we can't (or won't) make the streets safer, the schools better or the transit systems less miserable. The message from the latter: Stay away from cities and hole up in placid but uninteresting suburbs. ...
Elizabeth Warren's Crypto Bill Targets Financial Freedom, Not Fraud
Post Date: 2022-12-16 16:48:18 by Charles_Byrd
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Beyond politically connected scammers and frothy valuations, the attractiveness of cryptocurrencies lies in their potential for doing what cash does, but across distances. When governments inflate money, people turn to other stores of value, including crypto. When politicians and their financial-sector accomplices block transactions of which they disapprove, people look for alternative means of doing deals without permission, crypto among them. So, when officials talk of stripping privacy and autonomy from cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, you know they would do the same to cash if they could. "Rogue nations, oligarchs, drug lords, and human traffickers are using digital assets to ...
Their Climate Talk Has No Basis In Fact
Post Date: 2022-12-16 16:46:06 by Charles_Byrd
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The World’s Largest Arms-Producing Companies
Post Date: 2022-12-16 16:24:41 by Charles_Byrd
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For the first time in over 30 years, and in a tightly-controlled presentation, the United States unveiled a new strategic bomber on Friday. The nuclear-capable B-21 Raider is expected to enter service in 2027 and is seen as a major part of the States’ response to military buildup by China. The estimated cost was also revealed: The plane’s manufacturer, Northrop Grumman, can expect $700m per aircraft. Many other companies will also profit from the project, with the arms production company stating that 400 suppliers are involved in the project. One of these is Raytheon Technologies – whose subsidiary Pratt & Whitney will be manufacturing the engines for the new stealth jet. ...
At Least The Russians Told Us They Have Doomsday Machine
Post Date: 2022-12-16 16:22:51 by Charles_Byrd
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In the 1960s cold war dark comedy, Dr. Strangelove, a rogue general initiates a bombing squad’s raid of Russia in an attempt to start a nuclear war. Obsessed with bodily fluids, this general, barricades himself in at a military base coveting his launch codes. Meanwhile diplomatic efforts are being conducted to avoid all out nuclear war. In an underground base, generals and the president find out that the Russians have a doomsday machine that would respond to a preemptive nuclear strike by the United States. Dr. Strangelove, the aged NAZI scientist working for the Americans, points out the stupidity of having a doomsday machine and not telling anybody. The Russian diplomat mentions that ...
The Prospect of Nuclear War Is Getting too Close for Comfort
Post Date: 2022-12-16 16:21:36 by Charles_Byrd
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Biden Regime Secretary of State Blinken has blocked negotiations between Russia and Ukraine by declaring it is US policy to drive Russia out of the reincorporated territories, including Crimea. Biden’s announcement that the US will use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear threats, and the knowledge that US nuclear weapons are deployed close to Russia are forcing Putin to abandon his no first use of nuclear weapons pledge. Click for Full Text!
Bill of Rights: The Ignored History of Why it Exists
Post Date: 2022-12-16 16:16:13 by Charles_Byrd
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Today is “Bill of Rights Day” – commemorating ratification on Dec. 15, 1791. But what the government-run schools – and supporters of the monster state – “teach” about the Bill of Rights has almost nothing to do with the foundational principles which motivated the people who supported – and demanded it. Click for Full Text!
Netanyahu Says US Must ‘Reaffirm’ Alliance With Saudi Arabia
Post Date: 2022-12-16 16:13:48 by Charles_Byrd
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Israel’s incoming prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said Thursday that the US must “reaffirm” its alliance with Saudi Arabia and that he will seek normalization with Riyadh once in office. “I think that the alliance, the traditional (US) alliance with Saudi Arabia and other countries, has to be reaffirmed. There should not be periodic swings, or even wild swings in this relationship, because I think that the alliance between America’s allies and with America is the anchor of stability in our region,” Netanyahu told Al-Arabiya English. Click for Full Text!
You've Got to Be Kidding: Nussbaum Demands Animals Stop Eating Each Other
Post Date: 2022-12-16 16:11:50 by Charles_Byrd
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Sometimes you encounter a proposal that is so daft that you think to yourself, “The author can’t be serious!” In today’s column, I’d like to discuss an example of this sort that comes from one of the world’s most eminent moral philosophers, Martha C. Nussbaum. In her article, “A Peopled Wilderness,” appearing in the New York Review of Books, December 8, 2022, Nussbaum suggests that we need to think seriously about curbing predation in nature. It disturbs her that animals eat other animals: this is not how things ought to be. We must be careful in what we try to do to correct this morally bad state of affairs, since through lack of knowledge, we may ...
FBI Should Have 14 Days, Not 66 Years, to Produce Seth Rich Information: Lawyer
Post Date: 2022-12-16 16:09:30 by Charles_Byrd
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The FBI should only have 14 days, not 66 years, to produce information from Seth Rich’s laptop computer, a lawyer argued in a new court filing. After a U.S. judge ordered the FBI to produce the information, the bureau said that it should not be required to hand it over because of exemptions to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). And if the bureau still had to produce the information, government lawyers said it should have 66 years because it needs to review the information and redact certain information. Click for Full Text!
Austerity: A Real Solution to Help Heal the U.S. Economy
Post Date: 2022-12-15 20:36:04 by Charles_Byrd
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Austerity works. We know what it is and don’t like it, but it works. It usually means cutting your consumption and spending, paying down your debts, pawning assets, and working more hours to restore your economic situation. You might invoke “austerity” because you lost your job, your house burned down, or you have an unexpected child on the way. You might take similar actions if the economy was in crisis. It’s essentially the same thing as cutting expenses to save for a down payment on a house, paying for a child’s education, or accumulating a fund for retirement. Click for Full Text!
Christmas Time Down South
Post Date: 2022-12-15 20:34:32 by Charles_Byrd
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Christmas Time Down South · Charlie Daniels Christmas Time Down South ℗ 1990 Sony Music Entertainment Released on: 1990-01-01 Click for Full Text!
Teaching the Big Words of the Faith
Post Date: 2022-12-15 20:32:53 by Charles_Byrd
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When we teach children, we tend to simplify things. When we teach children about God, we want them to understand the truths we are communicating on their level in a way that is comforting, helpful, and life-giving for them. Today, I would like to propose that we use the “big words” of our faith when we teach our kids, preteens, and teenagers, whether that be in the home, in the church, or in a school setting. When it comes to terms like justification, sanctification, absolution, incarnation, Law, Gospel, atonement, resurrection, ascension, and so on, which ones have you taken the time to use and define with the young people in your life? Math is a great example of an area where we ...
Bluffing their way to an Article V Convention, Part 2: The best PR money can buy
Post Date: 2022-12-15 20:27:38 by Charles_Byrd
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In Part 1, we saw that ever since 1907, 2/3 or more of the States have had at least one active application on record asking Congress to call a convention under Article V. And if Congress is hoodwinked into validating all non- rescinded applications by passing H.R.8419 or its 2023 counterpart,[1] Congress will likely trigger the first constitutional convention since 1787. So why wasn’t Congress deceived into calling a convention 50 or 100 years ago? Perhaps it’s because the PR industry hadn’t come of age yet! To justify a “call,” Congress, whose priority is getting re-elected, would require considerable constituent pressure— Click for Full Text!
NBA Coach Loses, Prays for Winning Team’s Coach
Post Date: 2022-12-15 20:26:04 by Charles_Byrd
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After losing a game that his team should have won, Phoenix Suns head coach Monty Williams embraced Houston Rockets coach Stephen Silas, a moment that was caught on video and, since Monday night, has garnered nearly 400,000 views. Click for Full Text!
G7 Nations Agree to Give Vietnam $15.5 Billion in “Loans” to Cut Coal Use
Post Date: 2022-12-15 20:24:19 by Charles_Byrd
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On Wednesday, the G7 nations announced that they are giving loans and grants totaling $15.5 billion to Vietnam in order to assist the Southeast Asian nation in switching from coal-based energy to renewable sources. The G7, which includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union, were joined by Norway and Denmark in the deal. Click for Full Text!
Government Must OUTLAW Religious Conversions, Says Writer
Post Date: 2022-12-15 20:22:52 by Charles_Byrd
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“Government must see to it that conversions, whether open or on the sly, must be stopped,” opines writer Sumit Paul. “Mankind has already had enough of God and religion. Give it breathing space.” Paul is passionate about this position, too, so much so that he devotes a goodly amount of picturesque prose to trying to convert us to his position. Click for Full Text!
Cop Fired for Offering a Homeless Man a S**t Sandwich Rehired by Nearby Town
Post Date: 2022-12-15 20:20:36 by Charles_Byrd
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Even when bad cops face consequences, police union rules often insulate them from punishment—even for "vile and disgusting" behavior. In 2016, officers with the San Antonio Police Department cleared a homeless encampment from a private parking lot. Matthew Luckhurst, a bike patrol officer involved in the effort, was trying to get the residents to clean up on their way out when he allegedly offered a homeless man a shit sandwich—literally, dog feces on bread. Click for Full Text!
Portugal’s Parliament passes euthanasia bill. President de Sousa rejected two previous euthanasia bills.
Post Date: 2022-12-15 20:18:10 by Charles_Byrd
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Alison Roberts reported for BBC News on December 9 that Portugal’s parliament passed a bill that would legalize euthanasia if an adult’s wish to die is “current and reiterated, serious, free and informed”. Click for Full Text!
America’s Allies Should Fear Abandonment
Post Date: 2022-12-15 20:16:41 by Charles_Byrd
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For the past 77 years, the US has defended the so-called free world. Not all by itself, but almost so for much of the time. Even today, Washington does more than Europe to defend Europe. None of the continent’s traditionally great powers, Britain, France, and Germany, fields even 300 tanks. The US deploys more ships to the Pacific than Japan possesses to defend itself. Despite having 50 times the economic strength and twice the population of the North, South Korea’s army is smaller and possesses fewer tanks. Worse, Washington threatens to use nuclear weapons in any conflict involving these nations and risk incineration of the American homeland. Click for Full Text!
Germany Signs Contract to Purchase F-35s That Can Carry US Nuclear Warheads
Post Date: 2022-12-15 20:14:06 by Charles_Byrd
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Germany on Wednesday signed a contract with the US to purchase dozens of Lockheed Martin-made F-35 fighter jets, which are capable of carrying nuclear warheads that the US keeps in Germany. There are about 20 US B-61 nuclear gravity bombs stored in Germany under NATO’s nuclear sharing program. While Germany has no nuclear weapons of its own, it maintains a fleet of aging Tornado bombers capable of dropping them, which the F-35s will replace. Click for Full Text!
Decentralization, Freedom, and Peace Are the Pillars of a Free Society
Post Date: 2022-12-15 20:12:07 by Charles_Byrd
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Classical liberal tradition defends the right of secession on many grounds. One of the main reasons is that the territorial dispersion of power limits political domination much more than formal constitutions do. Small states cannot easily adopt protectionist policies and their political classes are closely controlled by the citizens; in addition, redistribution is more difficult and rulers have more direct information about their own reality. Besides that, nationalism is a nonsense in a tiny jurisdiction of only 30,000 people (as in the case of Liechtenstein). Therefore, if we want to protect our fundamental rights, we need competing small states and the best way to enlarge the market is to ...
Christmas In Carolina
Post Date: 2022-12-15 20:10:21 by Charles_Byrd
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From The Marshall Tucker Band, Ramblin Records release Carolina Christmas 2005 CD. Click for Full Text!
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