In Jon Ronson’s book “Men Who Stare at Goats,” one member of a wacky new Age, unconventional warfare unit explains, “we are trying to make the world a better place by having people jump around, screaming ‘Hoo-ah!'”
The book (and later hilarious movie) came to mind this week as various Biden Administration efforts to shape the market (and consumer choices) have collided with economic reality. President Biden looks more and more like the President who stares at goats trying to prove the power of mind over markets.
This month, the Administration has doubled down on grants for electric vehicles while pushing manufacturers to go electric. However, Ford is cutting production and laying off workers because of the lack of demand. Dealers are revolting as their lots are filling up with electric vehicles that no one wants.
This week, the Administration was embarrassed when energy developer Orsted withdrew from agreements with the State of Maryland to develop two offshore wind projects. The reason? The wind projects are simply not profitable despite the push for the Skipjack Wind 1 and Skipjack Wind 2 projects.
Federal and state pushes for all electric mass transportation fleets have also lead to problems. Cities like Asheville, North Carolina spent millions to buy more expensive electric buses only to find that they have to be recharged every 70 miles. Three out of five buses are now broken and cannot be repaired because the company that makes the buses has filed for bankruptcy.
Politicians have long sought to shape consumer demands or markets by sheer will . . . and billions of dollars. It has largely failed on a spectacular scale. However, they are rarely blamed when these bills come due years later without results. For example, the Obama Administration touted its investment in solar panels with a massive half billion dollar subsidy for Solyndra. After the photo ops with President Barack Obama, Solyndra would later collapse as did another government-subsidized company.
In his 1960 paper, Ronald Coase wrote his famous work “The Problem of Social Cost.” The work, associated with what became known as the Coase Theorem, argued, among other things, that, in a perfect market, it does not matter which party has an “entitlement” or legal advantage. The more valuable resource or product will prevail. For example, in his famous hypothetical involving a conflict between a rancher and a farmer, it did not matter (absent “transaction costs”) whether a state favored farmers or ranchers. The entitlement of the state only impacted the distribution of wealth, not the ultimate allocation of resources. The market would determine what is more valuable: cattle or crops.
There are many elements at work in these non-perfect markets. However, the general thrust of Coase is still relevant. Consumers drive market choices, not entitlements or subsidies. Federal subsidy programs are often as effective as yelling at a storm to stop it. President Biden is yelling at the market to go green, but the supply and demand elements are not yet present to make that a reality.
Nevertheless, the Biden Administration continues to try to manipulate the markets. Take the decision this week by Biden to halt natural gas export facilities on climate change grounds. Allies in Europe need increased natural gas exports to reduce their dependency on Russia. They are effectively funding the Ukrainian war on both sides by aiding Ukraine while buying Russian gas. The problem is that Europe, which has embraced green energy, has found that it cannot sustain their populations or industry. The question is whether reducing exports will change that equation. Europe wants to go green, but it is likely to simply turn to Russia for the cheaper energy source.
None of this computes with those gluing themselves to rare paintings. The fact is that most of us are concerned with climate change and support efforts to reduce carbon pollutants. Moreover, consumers have no yen for fossil fuels. If the cost and convenience of electric cars improves, the market will likely shift. However, politicians trying to pick winners among technology rivals has rarely worked economically. Yet, it has worked politically. No one, including Obama, faced repercussions for disasters like Solyndra and other companies. Photo ops were held, billions spent, and virtues signaled . . . and the public was left holding the bag
Despite the recent denial of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, President Biden once promised “I want you to look at my eyes. I guarantee you. I guarantee you. We’re going to end fossil fuel.” It is just a matter of focus of mind over markets.
As you look into his eyes, just remember, as Ronson wrote, “we are not just soldiers, we are men who stare at goats.”
Look into his lies, I can promise you, he is ending the USA.
A couple of thoughts:
Depending on your definition, the first “motorized car” could be said to have appeared anywhere between 1769 and 1886. No one would dispute that the changes in manufacturing methods and technology have vastly improved over the original design and have brought us to the point of having reliable and relatively cost-effective transportation and, in addition, mass transportation of goods. It’s conceivable that in the same timespan of 300 or so years, EV’s may reach the same relative position to their current iteration that the modern car is to the early steam-driven vehicle; but we ain’t there yet.
The next thought ties to this (maybe tangentially). Those of us that are old enough to remember the Betamax versus VHS wars saw what happened when the technologically superior Betamax (better picture quality, better audio quality, more durable) lost out to VHS primarily because of lower cost and a longer recording time, leading to wider availability and higher demand – simply put, the market liked VHS better.
At some point, EVs may well win out over ICE vehicles, but we ain’t there yet and won’t be until the market sees a reason to make it happen.
Since all of us claim to support free market competition, this concept only works if we include all costs in the use of fossil fuels.
Even conservative economists agree that gasoline would cost double it’s current price if we included all of the pollution costs.
For example: if you have smog in big cities like NYC or Los Angeles that causes lung cancers, asthma or acid rain (polluting drinking water) – that cost is not included in the pump price of gasoline. If smog was removed from those cities, those cancers and illnesses would not exist.
Private citizens/consumers still pay those costs omitted from the free market price, it it creates a false comparison to cleaner energy sources. So free market competition can’t incentivize cleaner alternatives.
It appears the fossil fuel industry has no intention of a net-zero future or they would gradually add these hidden taxes to the retail price of their products to make the free market function properly.
Pickup truck manufacturers – especially all electric pickups – are not selling due to excessive inflation on the price of pickup trucks over 20 years. Not lack of demand for all electrics.
This excessive pickup truck inflation – over 20 years – can’t be blamed on Covid and lack of demand. Most us just wish our paychecks inflated enough to buy an all electric or hybrid pickup truck.
While Turley rages on about Americans who buy Elon Musk Teslas & other EV’s, he deliberately avoids this economic reality: the US now produces a record 13.5 million barrels of oil per day. Yep, Professor, with Biden in the White House, the US now produces more oil than any other country in history.
I live in California. Last week, I paid $3.57 a gallon for gas. Two years ago, gas here was $6 a gallon. I now pay $30 less when I fill up my tank compared to a couple years ago.
Turley has repeatedly called Biden a gaffe machine, yet now singles out a single comment he made about ending fossil fuel. Trump repeatedly pledged to repeal Obamacare, build a wall and make Mexico pay for it, and, get this, solemnly vowed that he would eliminate the national debt in 8 years. Instead, he added $7.9 trillion to the debt.
Yet Turley insists Biden’s single comment about fossil fuels is far more significant than the fact that American consumers are now greatly benefiting from plummeting prices at the pump and the US now has record oil production with Biden in the White House.
Keep us posted about presidents who stare at goats, JT.
“I live in California. Last week, I paid $3.57 a gallon for gas.”
You sure you didn’t buy 3/4 of a gallon?
Yesterday, the California average for regular was $4.50/gallon. Last year, it was $4.50/gallon.
In 2019, it was $3.13/gallon.
No doubt, the rest of your comment is similarly accurate.
Sam, your numbers check out with our prices here. Not the exact same prices, but the ups and downs and spreads check out.
The California numbers are made up.
It is. My wife’s fam is in CA, and if someone is paying less than $4/gallon, I’d sure love to know where they live. In my in-laws hometown, and it’s a conservative county (as far as that goes in CA), gas is $4.59+/gallon, and that is if you pay with cash and avoid card fees. For ‘fancy’ gas, you are paying upwards of five bucks a gallon. Today. That person is lying through their teeth. Gas is not that cheap anywhere in the state of CA. Period. Lies, lies, lies. I’ll post a picture if you want.
Well, James, since you asked so nicely, gas is $3.67 a gallon at Costco in Palm Desert. At the Palm Desert Sam’s Club, it’s $3.62 a gallon. And as I mentioned, I paid $3.57 a gallon at the Aqua Caliente station in Rancho Mirage.
Let me know if you have any other questions, James.
For all of you who are asking, here’s a link to the cheapest current gas prices in Palm Desert.
https://www.gasbuddy.com/gasprices/california/palm-desert
“. . . a gallon at Costco in Palm Desert . . .”
So your initial comment was a lie by omission — and gave cherry picking a bad name. Imagine that.
Costco gas is always about .25$/gallon cheaper than other local prices because it’s a hook to get people into their stores. (Ditto for Sam’s Club.) And buying their gas requires a *paid* membership. Incidentally, if you had been honest you would’ve noted that *Costco* gas elsewhere in California is some $4.30/gallon.
I paid $3.57 a gallon at the Aqua Caliente gas station in Rancho Mirage, Sam. You seem to have a little trouble understanding that an average price of $4.50 a gallon doesn’t mean that’s the price every gas station charges. The nearest Shell station sells gas for $4.55 a gallon. It’s rather amazing how some people in my city will pay $4.55 a gallon gas when they can get it for $3.57 a gallon, but that’s not my problem.
As to the accuracy of our country now having record oil production & the US now producing more oil than any other country in history, I respectfully suggest you take a few moments to further research that. You will discover the US now produces 13. 2 million barrels of oil per day. Trump’s highest total was 13 millions of oil per day. It’s not hard to figure out why the price of gas has dropped so much over the past 2 years.
Really appreciate you taking time to respond to my previous post, Sam.
“. . . further research that.”
The only thing honest Americans have to “research” is their own energy bills — which are now some 40% higher than they were under Trump.
and you focus on one sentence and ignore the essence of the article. and gas is still more expensive than when Biden took office, so you fail there as well.
Progressive hubris and stupidity knows no bounds
Green statists “pushing manufacturers to go electric.”
Let’s see:
I can have a car that takes anywhere from 1/2 hour to 1/2 day to fill up. It’s range might be 300 miles or 200. I might, or might not, be able to find a filling station. That filling station might, or might not, be operational. My car might, or might not, work when it’s cold.
Or I can have a car that takes about 10 minutes to fill up, anywhere in the country, any day of any season. Oh, and that same model car is significantly less expensive.
Bravo — pithy, succinct —- thank you.
YW — assuming you’re sincere.
Concerned with Climate Change? Give me a break. I’d rather yell at storms to stop. Buying into the official narrative is not the sign of a critical thinker.
𝐔.𝐒. 𝐄𝐕 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝟐𝟗% 𝐢𝐧 𝐐𝟒
By Charles Kennedy – Jan 29, 2024
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/US-EV-Sales-Climbed-29-in-Q4.html
𝐔𝐒 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝟖% 𝐢𝐧 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐕 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝟐𝟗%
By: Zachary Shahan ~ Jan 28th 2024
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/01/28/us-auto-industry-rose-8-in-4th-quarter-while-ev-industry-grew-29/
EV sales have risen – but not much and 50% of the entire market is tesla
No one besides Tesla has managed to sell more than 60,000 cars the entire year.
Tesla sold a 800,000 EV’s last year. Ford – the largest competitor sold 60,000 EVs.
But Ford sold 2M Gas vehicles.
Going from 10,000 Q1 to 20.,000 Q4 is a big jump. But it is TINY as part of the auto market.
“𝐔𝐒 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝟖% 𝐢𝐧 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐕 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝟐𝟗%”
We sold 100,000 more red apples last year. A 10% increase.
We sold 5 more yellow apples last year. A *100% increase!
“Lies, damned lies, and statistics”
Like P. T. Barnum said, there’s a sucker born every minute.
I’ve always ‘loved’ statistical abuse —— a rise in convention auto sales is a good sign — a rise of nearly 30% means sales rose from 100 vehicles to 130 vehicles….see what I mean?
When I read the headline of Professor Turley’s article, it crossed my mind whether he was referencing Joe Biden and how he looks at his wife, Doktur Jill. Happily that wasn’t the case. Goats don’t plagiarize and are smart enough not to pursue an Ed.D. degree. That and their kids are useful, clean and sober.
You should follow Jesus’s teachings more closely.
Jonathan: Alina Habba is not finished making a fool of herself. The ink on the jury verdict awarding E. Jean Carrol $83million in damages is hardly dry and Habba wrote a letter (1/29) to Judge Kaplan alleging he violated the cannons of judicial ethics because he had a “mentor-mentee” relationship with Roberta Kaplan (no relation) when they worked at the same big law firm back in the 1990s. And the source of Habba’s allegations? An article that appeared in Rupert Murdock’s salacious NY Post where you often publish articles. Habba is even quoted in the article. None of the allegations in the article are true.
Today, Roberta Kaplan responded to Habba’s letter claiming there was never “mentor-mentee” relationship between herself and Judge Kaplan and asked the judge for sanctions against Habba. Barely 2 hours after Kaplan wrote her letter Habba now does an about face. In a follow up letter Habba now says it was just a big misunderstanding. That her letter did not to accuse Judge Kaplan of ethical violations (which it did) but “simply to inquire as to whether there is any merit” to the NY Post article. Now Habba wants the whole thing to go away because she has no “personal knowledge as to whether the information contained in the [NY Post] article is true or false”. Habba now says that “[s]ince Ms. Kaplan has now denied there was ever a mentor-mentee relationship between herself and your Honor, this issue has been resolved”.
One person for whom the matter has not been “resolved” is Judge Kaplan. Judges take seriously false claims of ethical violations. So I would expect Judge Kaplan to haul Habba back into court and sanction her. Seems Alina Habba is radio-active–making filings based on spurious allegations in a Murdock tabloid. When will she learn? Probably never. Alina spends her time staring at goats–hoping they will just fall over dead. But Judge Kaplan is not a goat!
Who cares?
As is typical Dennis gets everything backwards.
There is an issue it APPEARS to be minor. But the issue STILL is with Kaplan and Kaplan – not Habba.
They were required to disclose even potential conflicts.
But it is also possible that Attny Kaplan is lying about the relationship.
It is not like these people are trustworthy./
What is a conservative ever going to win in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York given total venue corruption?
Answer: Nothing.
Hilarious that super lawyer Dennis thinks a judge can just order someone to court. No case, just lets have a hearing.
LMAO
Until the current case is appealled – which likely will be shortly Judge Kaplan has jurisdiction and can order the Attornies to Court.
But he must order BOTH attorney’s to court.
We will see what happens – Judges have enormous egos – Kaplan certainly does and the are arrogant and tend to perceive every issue as the fault of someone else. But =whether this is a big or little issue – the fault is with Kaplan and Kaplan not Habba.
But that may not stop Kaplan from making a stink.
“making filings based on spurious allegations in a Murdock [sic] tabloid” How about filing affidavits in court based on the phony Steele dossier? Is the DOJ and FBI incompetent too? Should Trump sue them for sanctions?
The Judge and the plantiffs lawyers were both at the same firm.
Judge Kaplan has admitted that.
At the bare minimum that was REQUIRED to be disclosed to the defense.
There is no formal defintion of a mentor/mentee relationship.
It is HOWEVER legitiamte for Habba to enquire as to the nature of the relations – not labels such as Mentor/Mentee,
But how closely did Attny Kaplan and Judge Kaplan work.
You are lobbing accusations – but the FACT is that particularly as the relationship was NOT disclosed.
Habba has both the right and the obligation to inquire further.
In fact it would actually be a professional error on Habbas part not to do so.
If you wish you can pretend that Habba should have been more polite in her inquiries.
But they were Required regardless.
The Error here is on the part of Kaplan and Kaplan – not Habba.
They failed to disclose the relationship.
I would note conflicts are taken very seriously in law, law firms, and with respect to judges.
It is REQUIRED that the attorneys and the judge on a case do a conflicts check at the start of the case.
I would further note that Carrol is entitled to the lawyer of her choice – regardless of whether there is a conflict with the judge or with the opposing lawyer.
Conversely Trump is entitled to the lawyer of his choice – regardless of whether there are conflicts.
Where there is a conflict between the judge and the attorney’s – either all parties must waive the conflict AT THE START or the judge must recuse.
When a judge takes office it is the norm for that judge to be recused from all cases from his former law firm for a significant period of time.
From what I can tell Kaplan and Kaplan were at the same firm many years in the past.
That still should have been disclosed to Trump no matter what,
But it might not constitute a conflict that requires the Judge to recuse
DEPENDING ON THE RELATIONSHIP.
I have no idea whether Judge Kaplans claim that there was little relationship with Attny Kaplan is true.
Law Frims come in a large variety of sizes and NY law firms can be extremely large.
Judge Caplan is NOT obligated to recuse himself from cases where other lawers from his firm that he had limited relationships with are lawyers for one party or another. But the Judge and the attoney with the relationship ARE required to disclose.
The duty probably is higher for Attny Kaplan that Judge Kaplan as conflict records are usually preseverved by Law Firms not Judicial chambers.
regardless, you are making a big stink over alleged misconduct by Habba, when in fact the Error was by Kaplan and Kaplan.
Judge Kaplan says the relationship was inconseuqntial – I do not trust him about anything for a second.
But higher courts are likely to. Further if Judge Kaplan says the relationship is inconsequential and it is discovered to be false – that is a far more serious ethical violation than anything addressed so far.
The only ethical violation in this thus Far is by Kaplan and Kaplan.
I(F and Only If the relationship was inconsequential – then the violation is minor.
Dennis, quite simple logic should tell you that you are full of Schiff.
You claim that Habba got this information from a new article, and that article incorrectly stated the nature of the relationship.
SO WHAT ?
It is not Habba’s duty to vet Judge Kaplan and attny Kaplan to see if they have Conflicts.
That is knowledge that Attny Kaplan and Judge Kaplan have.
We do not require the attorney’s in a case to discover if the judge has a conflict – That duty OBVIOUSLY belongs to the Judge.
Even the monor conflict that attny Kaplan now claims existed – was REQUIRED to be disclosed.
There is no “mentor/Mentee” standard – you are off on a wild goose chase there.
There are an infinite variety of relationships that a judge can have with someone involved in a case.
Some of those relationships are clear conflicts. Some are not, some fall into grey areas.
That is why there is a duty to disclose.
Trump is not supposed to have to rely on Habba to hire a private investigator, or to find out about relationships in the press.
In the event she Does find out about them from some source other that the judge and the other attorney – the ethical problem associated with her making a false assumption rests with the party who failed to disclose.
This is simple logic.
Or would you prefer that we require each side to hire private investigators to dig into the lives and private lives of all the judges and attorny’s in a case.
I would note – I said that Carrol can have whatever attorney she wishes – that is NOT without exception.
If as an example Attny Kaplan had previously represented Trump – she could not work for a client adversarial to him.
In fact the could not work for anyone else involved in the case – some cases have multiple parties, without Trump’s permission.
Further Conflists are NOT limited to those between the judge and attornies.
The relationship of the Judge with Kaplan, Carrol, any firm Kaplan worked for, Trump, Habba, any firm Habba worked for,
As well as witnesses and all other parties in the case – any of this is supposed to be disclosed and could result in a requirement to recuse.
Even if this turns out to be nothing – the error – though minor is Judge Kaplan and Attny Kaplans.
They were the ones with the duty to disclose.
But as is typical – you get all of this completely wrong.
In all cases you assume the party in error in any conflict is the one you dislike the most.
You have made all kinds of both false and defamatory claims regarding Habba – echoing people with poor credibility and knowledge of the case.
As I pointed out to you – Habba’s assorted motions ALL prove the claim that Habba has not properly objected and therefore has no grounds to appeal. Everything in every motion by Habba is grounds for appeal.
Whether it is winning grounds will be decided by the appeals courts – Not Judge Kaplan.
The moment Habba appeals – Kaplan no longer has jurisdiction.
This was also the reason that Judge Chutkan in DC ordered Smith to cease filing things in her court while the case was on appeal.
She was way too polite to Smith, but she was opbligated to order him to stop.
Smith was deliberately or ignoratnly making a first year law mistake.
The case had been appealed – Two courts can not have jurisdiction of the same case at the same time.
As the case was with the appleate court for the duration of the appeal, the case in DC was suspended until the appeal was final.
Whild Chutkan ordered the case suspended and Smith violated that order.
The fact is no order was needed and technically the order was invalid.
The case is on appeal – Chutckan has no jurisdiction and Smith pretending otherwise is unethical.
John Say: If I’m full of “Schiff” you are full of Alina Habba! You should read Habba’s letter of 1/29 to Judge Kaplan. Have you? The facts are that Judge Kaplan and Roberta Kaplan worked at the same 1000 person law firm back in the 1990s. Roberta was a jr. associate and Judge Kaplan was a senior partner. Judge Kaplan was never Roberta’s “mentor” nor did they work on any cases together.
Habba bases her allegations solely on the allegations in the NY Post article–a fact free article that claimed the two were in a “mentor-mentee” relationship. There was no duty to disclose because there was no ethical violation. And, yes, Habba should have hired investigators to look into the NY Post charges before she wrote her letter.
That’s why Habba is in deep trouble with Judge Kaplan. Despite your ridiculous claims the Judge still has jurisdiction over the case and can haul Alina back before him and impose sanctions!
Mentor-mentee relationships do not have to be formal. Many people are mentors without even knowing it. “providing psychosocial support that includes role modeling, and offering career or instrumental support that includes providing challenging work toward skill development (Kram,K. Phases of the mentor relationship. Academy of Management Journal. 1983;26(4):608–625.
If Judge Kaplan hauls Habba back to court and sanctions her – that WILL be an ethical violation on his part that requires him to recuse.
The obligation to disclose even potential conflicts rests with those who have the conflict – in this case Kaplan and Kaplan.
The obligation exists even if the conflict is NOT sufficient to warrant recusal.
The obbligation exist and belongs to the party with the conflcit specifically to AVOID problems like this.
At is not only reasonable for Habba to raise the issue of an undeclared conflict when she becomes aware of it – it is her ethical duty.
I do understand that you are getting confused by the massive amount of unethical conduct we are seeing by the Get Trump left wing nuts.
Willis and Wade now have something like 7 or 8 different investigations into their conduct, Two judges, 2 atlanta county commissioners investigations, the GA house, the GA senate, and the US house of representatives. With possible Bar and GA AG investigations to come.
The odds of Willis, Wade, the Atlanta DA’s office remaining on the case are slim.
The odds of Willis being impeached are near certain, The odds of willis and wade going to jail are low but possible.
Regardless what is occuring in GA alone should make you aware of the importance of disclosing potential conflicts.
It was not Romans attorney’s obligation to discover the conflicts that Willis had.
it was Willis’s obligation to disclose them.
It is not Willis’s romantic relationship with Wade that is the problem – it is that she hired him – without third party approval, and that she paid him – without third party approval, and that she received things of value back from him.
Had Willis disclose the relationship at the start – Wade would have been removed from the case and Willis could have proceeded.
We are also now discovering that the Biden WH was communicating in secret with both Wade and Willis and that DOJ and the SC were also.
That MAY not be illegal. But Willis has burned her credibility so that contact will be viewed differently because she has been caught hding things.
And this relates to Turley’s essay how? Did I somehow get linked to the wrong blog? Maybe you should just start your own blog if you have no interest in Turley’s subjects.
Dennis: thanks. As a follow-up, Trump’s “team” is looking for appellate counsel to appeal Carroll II, so Habba appears to be on her way out.
It is basic economics that, between market pull and technology push, one is real and one is fictitious. (Hint: market pull is real.)
OT, Covid as a weapon to be used against humans, for the profit of Pfizer and other Big Pharma players, was in development as far back as 1965. In the early 2000s, Fauci was instrumental in bringing it all to pass. It is a 100% human-engineered virus that could not possibly have come from a wet market. Take a listen to this testimony at the EU parliament by Dr. David Martin, who is very well informed on the topic:
https://twitter.com/VigilantFox/status/1752151932003573940
HERE IS THE PROBLEM: JON, YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR OWN T.V. PROGRAM. NOW. YOU ARE THE ONLY VOICE OF REASON WHO HAS THE SCHOLARSHIP TO CALM DOWN THE INSANITY RIPPING OUR COUNTRY TO SHREDS. I CAN GET YOU ADVERTISERS IN 4 DAYS. THINK ABOUT IT
Davos 2024: Special address by Javier Milei, President of Argentina
Unfortunately, in recent decades, the main leaders of the Western world have abandoned the model of freedom for different versions of what we call collectivism. Some have been motivated by well-meaning individuals who are willing to help others, and others have been motivated by the wish to belong to a privileged caste.
We’re here to tell you that collectivist experiments are never the solution to the problems that afflict the citizens of the world. Rather, they are the root cause. Do believe me: no one is in better place than us, Argentines, to testify to these two points.
*But before having the discussion, it would first be important for us to take a look at the data that demonstrate why free enterprise capitalism is not just the only possible system to end world poverty, but also that it’s the only morally desirable system to achieve this.
Far from being the cause of our problems, free trade capitalism as an economic system is the only instrument we have to end hunger, poverty and extreme poverty across our planet. The empirical evidence is unquestionable.
Therefore since there is no doubt that free enterprise capitalism is superior in productive terms, the left-wing doxa has attacked capitalism, alleging matters of morality, saying – that’s what the detractors claim – that it’s unjust. They say that capitalism is evil because it’s individualistic and that collectivism is good because it’s altruistic. Of course, with the money of others.
So they therefore advocate for social justice. But this concept, which in the developed world became fashionable in recent times, in my country has been a constant in political discourse for over 80 years. The problem is that social justice is not just, and it doesn’t contribute to general well-being.
Quite on the contrary, it’s an intrinsically unfair idea because it’s violent. It’s unjust because the state is financed through tax and taxes are collected coercively. Or can any one of us say that we voluntarily pay taxes? This means that the state is financed through coercion and that the higher the tax burden, the higher the coercion and the lower the freedom.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/01/special-address-by-javier-milei-president-of-argentina/
If the cost and convenience of electric cars improves, the market will likely shift.
Well duh!
Turley says: “President Biden looks more and more like the President who stares at goats trying to prove the power of mind over markets.” Turley looks more and more like a purchased mouthpiece who has sold his soul to Fox (non) News. Turley, professing to be a teacher of law, ignores the biggest current law story: the antics of a pig who insults a judge in the courtroom by continuing to talk while witnesses are testifying after being told to stop doing this, who gets up and makes a show of walking out while opposing counsel is delivering summation, whose attorney-model is incompetent, lacking basic knowledge of the Rules of Evidence and Rules of Professional Conduct, who got a $83 + million verdict for defamation against him because he can’t keep his big mouth shut, and who is trying to circumvent a third defamation case by posting a link to articles containing defamatory statements about Ms. Carroll on his Lie Social page instead of directly attacking her. Such misconduct and disrespect for the rule of law and our legal system by someone deigning himself qualified to be the leader of the free world and a role model is a BIG, important story. Instead, Turley comes up with a hit piece on green energy, which is our future because we WILL run out of oil some day, and we better start getting prepared. Yeah, there are problems with electric vehicles, just like there were in the early days of gasoline-powered vehicles, but green energy is the wave of the future, and these issues are solvable. Oh, and another thing: because the public and even MAGA-ites, have figured out that Biden has turned around Trump’s disasterous economy, with the stock market hitting records in recent days, inflation caused by Trump tax cuts and trade war with China consistently going down, with the GDP going up, with unemployment at low levels and consumer confidence going up, Trump is trying to take credit for these successes by claiming that everyone “knows” he’ll get re-elected, so this is driving optimism. If this isn’t a sign of mental illness and proof of malignant narcissism, I don’t know what qualifies.
Natasha,
If anyone is mentally ill, it is you with your TDS.
Get help.
First: my name is GIGI. Second, list one thing I said that isn’t true. A former POTUS who went on trial for defamation and behaved like he did is a major story–not just based on the conduct that is the basis for the lawsuit–inability to stop lying about and defaming Ms. Carroll, but behaving boorishly, hoping to get thrown in the can for contempt because he thinks he can profit financially in the form of more campaign contributions. That strategy backfired. That course of conduct is an important indicator of his lack of mental health and unfitness for office–he just can’t respect anyone or anything that doesn’t bow down to him, including the judge, plus the judgment underlying the fact that he hired his attorney based on her looks because to him, everything is about image. She was asked whether she’d rather be pretty or smart, and she said “pretty”, because “you can fake being smart’. The Carroll case proves that’s just not true, and that, too, is an important story. He hired her because he thought that her attractiveness would elevate his image, plus the fact that she does everything he tells her. According to the interview I saw last night with Carroll’s attorneys, Habba behaved professionally when Trump wasn’t there, but when he was, she took her marching orders from him–he ordered her to object and talk back to the judge. See how well that turned out. Ordinarily I ignore trolls, but I’d like you to point out some contrary facts, instead of accusing ME of being mentally ill. Your hero claimed the stock market would crash if Biden got elected–it didn’t–it is setting records, and because your hero’s ego can’t handle the truth of Biden’s success or explain it away, or call those reporting Biden’s success liars, he has to concoct a theory that gives him credit for Biden’s success. THAT’s sick, and proof not only that he’s a liar, but a narcissist. Just as sick are MAGA-ites who don’t see this situation for proof of his unfitness to be the leader of the free world.
It is not lying to say that Carroll is a fabulist, making up a story about Trump based upon a TV program she saw. The fact that she can turn this fable into a million-dollar verdict tells us nothing about Trump but very much about the social, sexual and judicial culture in NYC.
Yes, it’s lying.
Thank you. So now Trumpsters are blaming NYC, as if Trump is somehow not responsible. Trump had his day in court and chose not to testify, likely because he would get slaughtered on cross examination. Carroll met her burden of proof, and she had contemporary witnesses to whom she reported what Trump did to her. The jury found her credible and awarded damages.
The real problem is people have become numb to the outrageousness of Trump, his endless lies, attempted insurrection when he lost the election —a former POTUS who behaves like a street thug in court at a trial for defaming a woman he was found responsible for sexually assaulting—just one of multiple legal entanglements that include stealing classified documents, cheating on his taxes, lying on loan applications and trying to rig the election in Georgia. How and why any sentient, patriotic American could even consider voting for this person is beyond me.
No NY isnot just now being blamed – it has been blamed for a long long time.
The issue is not that Trump did not testify.
The issue is that evidence challenging Carrols credibility was not allowed to be admitted.
Actually no Carrol did not have contemporary witnesses – all were from long after the fact and new little of what had occured.
And themselves had credibility issues – regardless even as the case was presented with an absymally bad judge it did not come close to meeting the more probable than not standard.
And if you think it did – you are a complete idiot and please NEVER sit on a jury.
John Say: I SAW the interview with Carroll’s best friend on Monday–she is a journalist–and she recalls E. Jean calling her that evening after it happened, and she recalls she was serving dinner to her kids who were very young at the time. She recalls stepping out of the room so that the kids wouldn’t hear about the details. She recalls vivdly the conversation for one very important reason–she had recently interviewed Trump at MAL and had written a piece about him turning MAL into a private club. THAT’s how they pinpointed the time when this happened. SHE’s the one who told E. Jean that what he did was rape and that she should report him to the police.
What evidenc “challenging Carroll’s crediblity was not allowed’?
Gigi – this case is a gross insult to the women who have actually been sexually assaulted.
While you have gotten the verdict you wanted – you have undermined the credibility of actual rape victims accross the country.
Carrol is nuts. Maybe you got a hate filled NY jury to convict – but people accross the country are judging this – not judging Trump, but judging carrol.
You have made things harder on Women everywhere.
March 9, 1983 was the worst moment of my life. I was at home asleep. I had driven all night to get home from a friends wedding in Boston. My wife got up at 7am and walked to a church 4 blocks away where she was the organist.
She never made it. She was abucted off the street dragged into an abandoned building and raped for 3 hours.
At noon I received a call to go to the ER at the local hospital because my wife had been raped.
The #metoo movement brought to light the widespread but hidden extent of sexual abuse of women in this country.
But it also brought forward gold diggers and frauds like Carroll. The alleged duke lacross victim had a better story than Carroll.
That people like you believe her discredits your judgement.
Listen to actual women who have been assaulted – women Like Kathleen Wiley or Jaunita Broderick.
Not Nutjobs like Carroll.
Do you know ANYTHING about E. Jean Carroll, other than what you hear on the alt-right media upon which you rely? She is a very well-respected journalist, was a columnist for Elle Magazine, a writer for SNL, and has multiple other writing credits. Did you follow the case for yourself, instead of relying on pro-Trump media feeding you lies and their spin on the facts? Have you seen the photo of Trump, Ivana and E. Jean and her (then) husband? Trump says he never met her, and when the photo was shown to him while testifying, he misidentified E. Jean as his second wife, Marla Maples! His lawyer then spoke up and corrected him–told him it was E. Jean–his claim that he never met her was just another lie. Where do you get off calling her crazy or a liar? That’s the standard response when a woman is attacked. That people like you disbelieve E. Jean discredits your judgment. I’m sorry for your wife and other women who have been assaulted—I know several, but E. Jean’s victory is a victory for all women because she had the guts to take on someone with his own media cabal that spreads lies about hims. Trump had every opportunity to testify at the first trial when responsibility for his attack was at issue, but chose not to. This second trial was about defamation–and E. Jean proved her case. Her attorneys asked for a judgment sufficient to get him to stop defaming her. Apparently, he got the message.
it is you, gigi, who relies on the media for your information for your second-hand and third-hand and fourth-hand authoritative declarations.
No it is not – Long before Carrol accused Trump – decades after the fact – she has accused 80 other men – pretty much every male in her life.
Judge Kaplan allowed Everything regarding Trump in but bloacked the addmision of all of the damning evidence of Carrols own speech.
This is major error, A witnesses own speech that casts doubt on their credibility is ALWAYS admissible.
Where is the proof that E. Jean accused 80 other men of rape? I can’t find any reference to this.
What is especially disturbing is that Carroll has been accusing men of Rape for a long time – I beleive she accused 80 different men – none of whom was Trump in a 2019 book.
Carrol is the one show should be losing a huge defamation verdict.
You say you are speaking Truth ?
I thought those on the left were more interested in people speaking their own Truth.
Everyone knows Trump’s truth and it is pretty close to reality.
The left is conspiring to stop Trump from becoming president by any means necescary.
It is increasngly clear that there is no possible way to win the 2024 election. Biden can not win. Harris can not win, Newsom can not win. Your efforts to fund Republicans to take him out did not work.
Now you are using corrupt people and corrupt courts.
You do not seem to grasp that the more you lie – the less you are trusted.
Would the people who concocted the alpha bank hoax or the collusion delusion or the Russian disinformation nonsense or any of the rest of the garbage you have tried to sell for more than a decade
Would the people who lied about censorship, who target catholics as domestic terrorists, who use SWAT teams against pro-life protestors, who bring pornography into our schools and lie about it, who want to drug and multiate our children and who use the power of government top destory the parents that try to save their daughters from Transgendered rapists.
Would the people who lied about J6, who lied about their corrupt foriegn business dealings, who tell bald faced lies right to our faces about our borders,
Would those people also lie about alleged sexual assault 30 years ago ?
Would they they commit fraud to win an election ?
Would they murder the law to thwart political enemies ?
Trump’s Truth, my truth, and THE TRUTH is – yes, you would and you have. And you are not entitled to our respect.
you want us to beleive that your antics are not fraud and lies ?
Then why is it that your leade prosecutor in Georgia is committing adultery, hiring her paramour, paying him far more than he is worth and then receiving kickbacks, and following this with false accusations at the woman she is betraying ?
Are these people one should trust in court ?
Are judges that can not even keep straight the results of a prior rigged trial – people that can be trusted ?
Are judges that issue findings of fact and law without a trial who do not grasp that the power of government to use force against someone else is predicated on the social contract which requires that we can not sanction people for actions that do not cause ACTUAL HARM. Or the 3rd grad version – There is no fraud if no one is harmed. Rgardless are these people to be respected or trusted ?
You accuse others of being Nazi’s – but it is your behavior that is fascist.
You real polls that said if Trump was convicted of a crime, voters would abandon him. But you failed to grasp that understood in that was that the conviction was at a fair trial with due process for a real crime that he actually committed.
You have demanded that each of us be allowed to speak “our truth” – actually you have demanded that YOU be allowed to speak your truth. No one you disgree with is free to speak their truth – or THE TRUTH.
“To make laws that man can not and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt. It is very important in a republic, that the people should respect the laws, for if we throw them to the winds, what becomes of civil government?”
—Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1860)
” If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, then tyranny.”
—U.S. Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, United States v. United Mine Workers (1947)
[N]either laws nor the procedures used to create or implement them should be secret; and . . . the laws must not be arbitrary.
—U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Diane Wood,
When we [Americans] talk about the rule of law, we assume that we’re talking about a law that promotes freedom, that promotes justice, that promotes equality.
—U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy,
The World Justice Project has proposed a working definition of the rule of law that comprises four principles:
A system of self-government in which all persons, including the government, are accountable under the law
A system based on fair, publicized, broadly understood and stable laws
A fair, robust, and accessible legal process in which rights and responsibilities based in law are evenly enforced
Diverse, competent, and independent lawyers and judges
You have failed at this, and the result is that neither Trump nor most of the rest of us respect or trust you.
Willis committed to integrity in office, she specifically commited to firing anyone in her office who had a romantic relationship witho others in her office. She lied, proceeded to hire an unqualified paramour, pay him exhorbitantly, and take kickbacks from him.
Willis and Wade had communications with the Whitehouse over her campaign promise to prosecute Trump.
She was not permitted to do these things, and she was also required to disclose them.
Articles of impeachment are already being drafted against Willis – under Georgia law it is a crime punishible by atleast 1 year and up to 5 years in prison to use the power of office to target a political enemy – and that is precisely what willis did.
It is also what James did – but in your world that is OK.
You impeached Trump for asking for a legitimate inquiry into the well known – outside the left dubious conduct of the Bidens.
Yet, Bragg, Willis and James CAMPAIGNED on doing just that – and then did.
When someone tells you who they are – beleive them the first time
Maya Angelou
Or, maybe, just maybe, Trump IS the lying misogynist who has a reputation for cheating and lying going back for years; and just maybe he DID sexually assault Carroll, falsified tax and loan documents, tried to rig the vote in Georgia, stole classified documents, lied about returning them, lied about declassifying them, lied about losing in 2020, and tried get his fans to stop Congress from certifying Biden’s victory—something unheard of in American history. Trump wasn’t “questioning” anything—he was trying to steal Biden’s victory, knowing there was nothing behind his claims of a “stolen “ victory other than his own massive ego. Time has proven Biden’s win was valid.
Is Trump a mysoginist – most likely. I did not vote for him in 2016 and 202 over the Access hollywood tape.
Does he cheat on women – absolutely there is no doubt about that.
As to the lying part – aside from to his wives – you have pretty much failed on that.
The lying pretty much since he came down the escalator has been about him, not by him.
“just maybe he DID sexually assault Carroll,”
Just maybe does not meet the standard for a civil trial.
You are free to beleive that Carrol is both a nutjob and Trump’s victim, but we do not convict people based on just maybe.
“Falsified tax and loan documents”
You have lost that.
Neither the IRS nor the NY DOR are prosecuting Trump for taxes.
AG JAmes has pushed idiotic legal theories – this “Trump cheated on his taxes by paying the correct taxes, but not reporting things precisely the way she would prefer”
The only false valuations we have seen have been by AG James.
Should you go to jail if you list your home for sale at a price higher than you actually sell it ?
The actual value of something is what a willing buyer and a willing seller agree to PERIOD.
BTW Loan docs are filled out by the bank.
” tried to rig the vote in Georgia,”
Tried to UNRIG the vote in georgia.
“stole classified documents,”
Took documents that are his property and have been for every president since Washington.
“lied about returning them”
Had his property stolen by a corrupt Biden administration
I would suggest looking into the documets that have been entered in FL as a result of FOIA requests.
Thoguhout 2021 – NARA and the WH were pushing YOUR claims and DOJ and FBI told them to pound sand that they were wrong on the law. Oops. Garland’s DOJ was telling NARA that they were full of Schiff.
NExt those FOIA documents have revealed that Trump was Fully copertating with NARA.
We are also having Video problems because Jack Smith confiscated the MAL video and will not provide copies, Trump has demanded it back as exculpoatory and revealing that boxes were removed from the SCIF so that attorney’s could review them to determine what was going to be given to NARA. You do know that the Biden classified Docs were discovered in March 2022 and sent to Boston where Biden’s attorneys tried to figure out what to do for 7 months.
Judge Canon is also triying to figure out how to deal with the botched mess Smith has created – he has two grand juries in two different places – which he can not do. HE has unconstitutionally violated attorney client priviledge in DC with the help of an idiot judge that has no clue about the constitution.
“lied about declassifying them”
It is not possible for a president to lie about declassifying documents.
If a president says they are declassified – they are.
If he removes them from protection while president – they are declassified.
Whether these documents are declassified or not is irrelveant – as JW v NARA established that presidents can take classified materials with them as they leave office.
Other FOIA request documets that have come to light in FL is that DOE maintained a TS.SCI security clearance for Trump until June 2023 – that is almost a year AFTER MAL.
” lied about losing in 2020″
Alrady proven false – DHS, FBI CAI and 501C3’s paid by the government engaged in the political censorship of social media in 2020 censoring 8M posts to alter the outcome of the election.
That is just ONE of the many acts of election rigging in 2020.
But it is the one there is no way for you to wriggle out of.
“tried get his fans to stop Congress from certifying Biden’s victory”
Perfectly legal and constitutional.
“something unheard of in American history”
So unusual that it has happened in every single election in my lifetime.
“Trump wasn’t “questioning” anything—he was trying to steal Biden’s victory,”
That would be so much more convincing if you did not get caught cheating and were not constantly saying over and over that you will win by any means necescary.
You can not expect people to beleive you when you say that and then also beleive you when you say you did not commit fraud.
“Is Trump a mysoginist – most likely. I did not vote for him in 2016 and 202 over the Access hollywood tape.”
John, if we were to record all powerful politicians in the “locker-room,” most would have a similar problem or something else. I leave perfection to the almighty. King Saul was near perfection, but King David was the greater of the two despite his imperfections. Man is imperfect, so in the main, I don’t look at those superficial things when choosing a leader. I study his policy and performance.
1. The E. Jean Carroll case was a CIVIL case–not criminal–Trump wasn’t “convicted” of anything–he lost according to the “preponderance of evidence” standard for civil cases. 2. Trump is notorious for lying, constantly, about everything. The NYT logged something like 30K lies while he was smelling up the White House. 3. The civil case brought by the NY AG is for Trump falsifying tax and loan documents–exaggerating (aka “lying) about the value of assets for purposes of borrowing money on the inflated equity, while, at the same time, exaggerating (aka “lying”) about the value of the same assest for tax purposes in the same tax year. If you followed something other than alt-right media, you would know this. You speak of “false valuations”–the only false valuations are those from Trump’s expert witness–a paid mouthpiece who charged almost a million dollars for his “services”–the judge ruled that his testimony was NOT credible. When you give one value of an asset for purposes of borrowing money based on the equity and a much lower value for purposes of property tax, you are engaging in fraud. This has been proven. The only remaining issue is damages.
4. Trump tried bullying the GA SOS to award him votes he didn’t get, and when that didn’t work, he got fake electors to falsify Electoral College documents, which is a felony. Trum LOST Georgia–that is a proven fact. People like Giuliani slandered Georgia election workers by lying about them bringing in suitcases of fake ballots. Virtually every claim about alleged election fraud has been debunked, but being a disciple, you still believe. Therefore, arguing with you is a waste of time. 5. Trump became a regular citizen when America put him out, and therefore, has no more right to posssess classified documents than anyone else. He STOLE the documents, dragged his feet about returning them, returned some, lied about returning all of them, maintained them in unsecure settings, and forced the government to seize them. These are crimes. The proof is out there. All of his arguments about some right to possess classified materials are just arguments. 6. Trump LOST in 2020, just like every poll said he would. That has been proven. You are a disciple, so you are fact-immune.
Well, that’s a whole lotta Brooklyn Bridge right there!
3 more american soldiers dead.
don’t. Don’t. Don’t.
Yea Biden’s the man!
Gigi need yo get laid. Any volunteers?
If you wish the rest of us to treat you with respect – act as if you deserve respect.
Turley’s post notes that many of Biden’s program’s run afoul of the basic principles of economics.
While Turley cites Nobel winner Ronald Coase and one of the 4 greatest economists of the past century, Turley could have used virtually every significant economist since Adam Smith or every major principel of economics
The results would be the same.
Adam Smith’s economic observation 250 years ago is indistinguishable from Coase’s nobel winning thesis.
“Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice; all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things. All governments which thwart this natural course, which force things into another channel, or which endeavour to arrest the progress of society at a particular point, are unnatural, and to support themselves are obliged to be oppressive and tyrannical.”
Or Turley could have referenced the work of Friedman, or Hayek or Mises, or Say or …..
Why is it that many people have no problem with Trump’s conduct that you rant about ?
That is easy – no one cares when you disrespect those who have lost the public trust through their own lawless conduct.
The entire country know the lawfare against Trump is a rigged game.
What is damning is that people like you DO NOT CARE.
Take heed of the declaration of Independence
“That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish ”
We are here – facing a collapse in trust of government, the judiciary, the president, the courts – because YOU have brought us here.
The Declaration continues to recomend that we should be patient, long suffering that our right to alter or abolish governmtn that is destructive of our rights, requires us to patiently try to fix that first.
We have been doing so.
Trump was elected in 2016 – because you went TOO FAR.
Matt Taibbi who uncovered a major part of the unconstitutional and lawless way you rigged the 2020 election is now exposing the rigging of the 2024 election – except that for the most part his story is not news. Everyone KNOWS what you are up to.
Trump is now over 50% in three polls and rising slowly. Biden is falling precipitously.
These are not MAGA devotes. Many are people who hate Trump. They just hate democrats, Biden and this lawlessness even more.
Think about that – as evil as you think Trump is – moderates and independents who to a significant extent agree with you – see YOU as more dangerous, more immoral, more evil.
When Trump wins in 2024 – are we going to see peaceful protests ? Or are we going to see the BLM riots on steroids ?
Most people KNOW that if Trump is election – those of you on the left are going to go on a violent rampage.
Regardless, take a look in the mirror – you will find in yourself all the faults you Think Trump has.
Wouldn’t it be hysterical if the progressives and Dems did go on a rampage and we had to lock them up and charge them with insurrection?
John Say: DREAM ON:
President Biden has opened up a 6 point lead in a hypothetical head-to-head match-up with former President Trump, new polling shows, amid signs of a growing gender gap in support for the two party front-runners.
A new Quinnipiac University national poll found Biden with 50 percent support among registered voters, ahead of Trump’s 44 percent.
That’s a shift in the incumbent’s favor from December, when Quinnipiac found the same Biden-Trump hypothetical “too close to call,” with Biden at 47 percent support and Trump at 46 percent.
Biden also scored majority support among independents in the latest findings, with 52 percent support to Trump’s 40 percent.
The poll additionally found a growing gender gap when it comes to support for the current and former presidents as they each run for a second White House term.
Fifty-eight percent of women say they support Biden, up from 53 percent in December.
At the same time, 53 percent of men say they support Trump, “largely unchanged” from 51 percent in December.
TRUMP WILL LOSE ONCE AGAIN IN 2024–so you might as well start thinking up new excuses for how Democrats will “cheat” him out of his victory.
the very same Quinnipiac poll that you selectively quote shows that if given different choices, Biden loses another 19 %
and only gains TWO points over Trump.
“Trump 37, Biden 39, Kennedy 14, West 3, Stein 2”
This is why you constantly lose credibility.
Trump is NOT”over50 percent” in the most- recent poll, contrary to what John Say claims, and is still behind Biden with the other candidates on the ballot. At least I cited my source, which John Say failed to do. What did I say that causes you to attack my credibility? My point is that Trump is NOT “over 50 percent“, which is true. Just like the alt-right media you rely on, you seem to have some pathological obsession with painting anyone you disagree with as a liar.
I wasn’t talking about what John said, I was quoting what you said, that A new Quinnipiac University national poll found Biden with 50 percent support among registered voters, ahead of Trump’s 44 percent.. The very same poll shows what you left out. GIve it up girl.
Here’s what John Say said: “Trump is now over 50% in three polls and rising slowly. Biden is falling precipitously.
These are not MAGA devotes. Many are people who hate Trump. They just hate democrats, Biden and this lawlessness even more.” Trump was NOT over 50% and Biden was NOT “falling precipitously”.
You Maga-ites just can never be wrong and you’ll argue endlessly against anyone who says something you don’t like, nitpicking the details. THAT’s what Trump and alt-right media have done to this country.
Tell you what Gigi. Take away all the BS and government subsidies and see how long the green revolution lasts.
“. . . we WILL run out of oil some day . . .”
Said every Malthusian since before Malthus.
So “green energy is the wave of the future.” If you are so good at predicting the future, why spend your time spouting nonsense on someone else’s blog? You should be using your talents to make yourself rich. And, if it is true that green energy is the wave of the future, then why the need to subsidize and mandate the use of green energy? But my biggest question for you is why on earth do you trust politicians and government bureaucrats to decide what technologies are worthy of investment? All they are doing is channeling taxpayer money into the pockets of themselves, their friends, and con-men like Al Gore.
Compelling and wasting our tax dollars, environmentalist wackos are preening the world for the occurrence of its annihilation by ever-increasing, overwhelming stores of thermonuclear weapons.
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“That dudn’t make any sense.”
– George W. Bush
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Even if they are only marginally effective on a very small percentage of the global land mass, the wackjobs intend for the world to taste, smell, and look good in its casket, one presumes.
Oh, and let us not overlook Xi Xi Ping-Pong’s pending mouse-lethal “bug” release (Trump is running again and somebody has to STOP HIM, right, Peter and Lisa?).
There’s no way this guy is calling the shots. I wish someone would do a complete expose’ and kick the can on who’s really running the show before its to late or is it to late already?
It’s too late already…and no, he’s not smart enough nor working enough hours to come up with the sheer volume of sh*t these people are imposing on us… and expect worse as the realize the window is closing.
It’s hard to believe that adults in America, and across the Earth do not remember the basic science of photosynthesis. A scientific fact that carbon dioxide is turned in oxygen by the very plants and trees destroyed to put up massive wind and solar farms. The Amazon jungle, Known as a “lung of the Earth,” is being destroyed for its balsa wood to make the blades for turbines. Such Eco destruction happening in the name of saving the environment.
Since we know, photosynthesis gives us oxygen, would it be more intelligent and cost-effective to plant more trees and plants to increase photosynthesis to clean and beautify our environment?
Actually, most if not all wind turbine blades are made of fiberglass which is not green friendly: Thousands of Old Wind Turbine Blades Pile Up in West Texas
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/sweetwater-wind-turbine-blades-dump/
Note, only 10% of solar panels are recycled. Less than 5% of wind turbines are.
The rest are landfill bound, NOT green or Eco-friedenly. Both have elements in them that are toxic that can and will leech into the local water table.
They also kill birds.