Timothy Birdnow

So, Russia is getting creamed, eh?

This suggests otherwise.

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Timothy Birdnow

What we sorely need; more "equity" in our energy!

Illinois renewable energy plan details extensive equity measures for future solar, energy projects
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"The Illinois Power Agency's (IPA) newly revised 2022 Long-Term Renewable Resources Procurement Plan is a critical step forward in the implementation of the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act," Peter Chung, programs coordinator for Sierra Club Illinois, said in a statement. "While the Renewable Resources Procurement Plan is not perfect, the plan builds on the tenets and policies set forth in CEJA to ensure our shared renewable energy future."

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John Lees

The claimed acceleration in global sea levels between the early 1900's and today, is NOT apparent when we look at the individual tide gauge records, from which this analysis is created.

So, can anybody explain how it is possible that the averaging of a selection of dozens of linear trends has resulted in a trend with clear acceleration?

If the global rate is accelerating as is shown above, then why is this acceleration not happening at each of the locations where the height of the sea surface is measured?

You can see just how astonishingly linear the individual gauge records are by eye-balling a selection of the long-term records, plotted here. (Click on the thumbnails to bring them up full screen.)
http://www.sealevel.info/MSL_global_thumbnails5.html

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Tom DelPozzo

Quotes from the world of sports.
1. Chicago Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson on being a role model: "I wan' all dem kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I wan' all the kids to copulate me."
2. New Orleans Saint RB George Rogers when asked about the upcoming season: "I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first."
3. And, upon hearing Joe Jacobi of the 'Skin's say, "I'd run over my own mother to win the Super Bowl." Matt Millen of the Raiders said, "To win, I'd run over Joe's Mom, too."
4. Torrin Polk, University of Houston receiver, on his coach, John Jenkins: "He treat us like mens. He let us wear earrings."
5. Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann:
"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."
6. Senior basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh:
"I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes."
7. Bill Peterson, a Florida State football coach: "You guys line up alphabetically by height." And, "You guys pair up in groups of three, and then line up in a circle."

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Warner Todd Huston

Woke Illinois 'Education' Police is to Teach 8-Yr-Olds How to Masturbate

Tim adds:

If a kid can't figure that out on his or her own then what does that say about the intellectual capaicty of modern America? And what exactly is there to teach? It's not exactly rocket science.

In honor of this auspicious program, I give you the song "School Days" duly modified for the postmodern educational system. Apologies for the ribald nature, and for switching from transgender to regular juvenile sex:

Nothing to do but crank on your shaft
Nothing to do you say
Let's take a trip on Jeff Epstein's fine ship
and learn lots of perverted ways
Sail to the old village school house
Anchor outside the school door
Look in and see, there's you and there's me
A couple of kids rolling round on the floor

School days, school days
Dear old sexual grooming days
Readin' and 'writhin' and masturbation
Taught to the tune of adult relation
You were my queen in ca transgender scheme
I was your bashful barebacking beau
And you wrote on my slate, "give me some bro"
When we were a couple of kids

'Member the pill, Nellie Darling or
or your belly will grow like a cow
You'll gain forty pounds upbelow those young hills
And they sag like the utters of cows
'Member the condoms we need, dear
we practiced with cucumbers and maize
If all of those you forgot well, jeepers, thanks a lot!
I guess I'll be stuck stuck with a raise

School days, school days
Dear old sexual grooming days
Readin' and 'ridin' and masturbation
Taught to the tune of adult relation
You were my queen in this transgender scheme
I was your bashful barebacking beau
And you wrote on my slate, "give me some bro"
When we were a couple of progressive kids

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Gregory Wrightstone

The CO2 Coalition statement concerning Gavin Newsome proposing $800 subsidies for high gasoline pricing.:

Measures like stimulus checks and suspension of gas taxes are gimmicks that only increase demand for fuel and add upward pressure to prices. They do nothing to address the underlying problem of too little supply. The solution to that is increased production of domestic energy.

Proponents of fake solutions are more concerned about their own political fortunes threatened by their adherence to a global warming ideology squandering the prosperity of a great country and the freedoms of people who deserve better.

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Dana Mathewson

PITTSBURGH -- Evelyn Wade was standing in a line with her friends, Sandra Owen and Janet Mundy. The queue not only filled the long hallway of the Allegheny Elks Club lobby but went out the door and down the steps. It then stretched around the city block of Cedar Avenue. Wade is a regular at the neighborhood fraternal club's weekly Lenten Friday fish fry. Owen and Mundy are not.

"Evelyn said the fish sandwiches are amazing, but she also said the atmosphere was great, too," Owen said. "Even though I am not even at a table yet, I can see what she means. You get a real sense of belonging and community just standing here meeting people."

For the next three hours, the social hall of the city neighborhood's Elks filled up with hundreds of people grabbing whatever chair they could find on long, cafeteria-style tables sitting side by side, most of the time with people they had never met. They discussed the neighborhood, found out they knew someone who knew someone who knew them, as well as the tastiness of the freshly made battered cod, homemade stick-to-your-ribs macaroni and cheese, coleslaw and french fries they devoured.

Friday fish fries are an American tradition rooted in the Catholic practice of abstaining from meat on Fridays during Lent, a practice brought here during the great European migration of the early 20th century, with many of those immigrants settling in Rust Belt Appalachia and the Midwest.

First seen as an inexpensive way for the devout to gather and enjoy meals in church halls with people from their parish, it soon became a way for those same parishes to raise money for the funding of schools and churches because of the relatively low cost to make a dinner out of fish.

They are almost all exclusively run by a team of dedicated volunteers young and old who usually start their preparations for the meals on Tuesdays. They start by purchasing the breading, macaroni, cheese, eggs, fresh cabbage and milk for the sides. Most parishes and organizations buy the fish fresh at the market on Friday mornings.

The Lenten fish fry has since expanded across the nation, migrating in the same patterns as the children and grandchildren of the families who originated them. Each region showcases its cultural flair with dishes at the events -- in the Midwest, it is cod and walleye, in the South, it is catfish, and on the Atlantic coastline, it is lobster and crab.

The side dishes are almost as important: macaroni and cheese, pierogies, french fries, coleslaw and hush puppies are the most popular.

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Dana Mathewson

When the Conservative Political Action Committee kicked off in late February, so did Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It seemed by the time the conference ended; Russian troops would be in firm command of the country. The Ukrainian capital of Kyiv was projected to fall within days of the invasion. Retired Gen. Jack Keane, a regular on Fox News, did say that the Ukrainians will mount a solid defense, but they will eventually be overrun by Russian troops. Not the case. We underestimated the Ukrainians' ability to stand their ground. We overestimated the Russian military’s supposed prowess. What happened? It seems that things have atrophied.

Russian armored tactics used to be excellent. Russian tanks are not usually blown to bits in the numbers like we’re seeing in Ukraine. To add more humiliation to Moscow’s supposed military might, armored columns have run out of gas. Everything is stalled except in the city of Mariupol which is besieged and engulfed in classic urban house-to-house fighting right now. Despite no food, water, or electricity, the Ukrainian defenders are not surrendering. Elsewhere, Russian forces are truly stuck in the mud.

Will the capital fall? As of now, no—the Russians don’t have the men or materials to capture the capital. Vladimir Putin is reportedly pressuring Belarus’ Alexander Lukashenko, but he is reluctant to deploy forces into the country. The first phase of this war is over, and Russia failed.

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Timothy Birdnow

Judge Jackson has a pattern of letting child porn offenders off the hook for their appalling crimes, both as a judge and as a policymaker. She’s been advocating for it since law school. This goes beyond "soft on crime.” I’m concerned that this a record that endangers our children

— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) March 16, 2022

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1  First I need to point out that your a racist for questioning Judge "It" Jackson. Since it cant define what a woman is I believe It will describe it nicely. The large testicles  it must have to be unable to describe what it is biologically and yet promote itself as being a black woman. Another double standard.  And they want it on the SC! My cat knows what sex she is and proves it by me being wrapped around her paw.

Posted by: Mike at March 24, 2022 05:24 PM (dEidV)

2 What seems to be missing from the Jackson arguments is something I read a few weeks back, which is that as a judge on the D.C. Court of Appeals, she has a record of something like 40+ % of her decisions being reversed. I don't think that's something we want for someone on SCOTUS.

I would really like to see the G.O.P. come down hard on her about that, and about her evasive answers. And although it might not be in perfectly good taste, I wouldn't mind if she were questioned on whether she's been nominated to fill a quota. Which she has, of course.

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at March 24, 2022 10:48 PM (551jX)

3 Yeah Mike; Zhe or Xi or whatever they call themselves cannot define male and female. May as well say you can't define anything else.

What happens if a rape case is before the Court? How do you rape something that is not definable from a sexual standpoint?

And if we extend that logic to other things, how can we define anything at all? All law is meaningless. If you don't BELIEVE you committed a crime, does that mean you did not? That is the upshot of her philosophy.

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at March 25, 2022 09:22 AM (Dzyvy)

4 That is what is so maddening about this pick Dana; she clearly is an affirmative action choice (in violation of Federal law) and a miserably poor judge to boot. The public needs to know that, even if the GOP cannot stop her confirmation.

I was wondering if quorum rules could be used to stop the vote. The Senate requires 51 Senators be present. BUT there is no roll call to determine if that is the case; someone from the minority would have to be present to demand a roll call, thus making a quorum in this case (I assume the V.P. is not considered in the quorum.) So a walkout by the GOP would not stop her.

Maybe the Republicans should think about finding ways to prevent Democratic Senators from making the vote? Steal all of Patrick Leahy's Depends maybe?

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at March 25, 2022 09:29 AM (Dzyvy)

5 Well, I think that your last idea is a winner, fer sherr!

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at March 25, 2022 10:32 PM (551jX)

6 Hehehehe!

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Warner Todd Huston

Trump Beats Biden in Head-to-Head Match Up in 2024 Polling/

Tim adds:

And yet so many on our side want a new candidate, as if the MSM won't do exactly the same to them, only they will be fresh meat. Trump has taken every sling and arrow they could throw at him. I doubt another candidate will be able to stand against what he endured.

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Timothy Birdnow

A critic of the Rochester, Michigan school district (Detroit suburb) Covid policies was fired from her job after the school district called her employer. She had been in several Facebook groups opposing Covid lockdowns and masking.

She just won $190,000 in court.

Dinverno participated in Facebook groups that were in favor of reopening Rochester schools for in-person instruction in 2020. She said she frequently questioned the school board’s decisions.

Rochester acknowledged that a deputy superintendent, Debra Fragomeni, called Dinverno's employer, though attorneys denied any wrongdoing.

Nonetheless, the district agreed to pay $116,209 to Dinverno and $72,540 to her attorney to settle the lawsuit, records show.

Dinverno said her free-speech rights were violated when the district retaliated by calling her employer.

"They have zero business policing her speech,” attorney Deborah Gordon said in 2021 when the lawsuit was filed.

Bear in mind these were the ones who were caught and went to court. How many other school districts have pulled this kind of thing?

The stench of Bolshevism is thick in the air of America.

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Timothy Birdnow

Joe Biteme's cleaning house of anyone who doesn't kiss his wrinkly posterior:

I received this letter on behalf of @POTUSrequesting I resign from the President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition. It’s sad that he would politicize such an important issue like health. The doctor he should ask to resign is Dr. Fauci, for a multitude of obvious reasons. pic.twitter.com/fJaVLKVWOC

— Dr. Mehmet Oz (@DrOz) March 24, 2022

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Lance Sjogren

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Steven Schueler

CEOs of 10 major airlines and cargo operators including American, Southwest, JetBlue and FedEx tell Biden to DROP 'outdated' mask mandates and tests for travelers

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Timothy Birdnow

Trade flows both ways. Putin knew that. It's why he promoted "green tech" in Europe in the first place by funding the radical environmental groups. He knew they would have to come to him for oil and gas. It's also why he launched this invasion in late winter, while Europe still needed the gas flowing.

Russia Chokes Major Oil Pipeline in Further Threat to Global Supplies

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Mark McDougall

What's on my mind?

This...

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Timothy Birdnow

Will wonders never cease? Who'da thunk it?

AP and Biden administration are surprised that the Taliban broke its promises about Afghan girls' education
The Furnace

In a piece published Wednesday morning, the news agency (AP) reported that the Taliban had announced that it would not be providing any education opportunities for girls beyond the sixth grade.

The initialreport (which was subsequently edited without bothering to alert readers that any edits had been made), headlined "Taliban nixes girls higher education despite earlier pledges," called the declaration by the terror group that now controls Afghanistan a "surprise decision" from "the hardline leadership of Afghanistan’s new rulers."

This means that nothing has really changed for girls in country since the Taliban took power in mid-August on the heels of the United States' abrupt and much-maligned exit from the South Asian nation — which falls in line with what most serious analysts expected from the Taliban.

However, the AP went on to repeatedly note how "unexpected" the move was.

"The unexpected decision came late on Tuesday as Afghanistan’s education ministry prepared for the new year opening of school, which was expected to herald the return of girls to school," the AP said in its original report.

"Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers unexpectedly decided against reopening schools Wednesday to girls above the sixth grade," the outlet said in the lede of its edited version of the story.

Like the AP, which called the moved "so sudden," people inside the Biden administration were also caught off guard.

U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West tweetedhis "shock and deep disappointment" over the terror group's declaration and ripped the Taliban for betraying its "public commitments" and previous statements that "ALL" off its people have a right to an education.

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Dana Mathewson

The left loves absentee voting, so I say let’s give it to them. And let’s make it as easy as picking up a scratch-off lottery ticket from the local store. Hell, let them vote on their phones. What could go wrong?

Nothing. Welcome to Redo Voting, the world’s first and only transparent, unhackable, incorruptible, paper-based voting system. No wiggle room on chain of custody, no Zuckerbucks to buy influence, and no reason to stop counting votes at 10:30 p.m. when the Republican presidential candidate is pummelling whatshisface, you know, the thing.

From the Redo Voting website:

Redo Voting is a hybrid of existing secure document technology used by state lotteries, combined with government-level encryption. The result is a voting system that is paper-based, but uses a web browser for data entry. A great example of this is your state’s lottery program. 45 states currently have a state-wide lottery, and because of the massive amounts of money that pass through that system the security is the best available this side of military encryption. If that were "hackable,” billions would be stolen on a regular basis; but it does not happen. We use the same technology and processes.

You may not yet have heard about the brilliance of Redo Voting, but it’s the latest rage in Washington, D.C. Everyone is talking about it.

You’ve heard a lot about "chain of custody” problems in the 2020 election. With Redo Voting, chain of custody is no longer an issue. It is 100% guaranteed from the printer right through exhaustion of post-election excuses. You cast your vote on a secure .gov domain website, and no one but you touches your ballot.

It can be used to vote in person or from anywhere on the planet. Here is how that aspect works:

You get a scratch-off "ballot” (again, based on the same technology as a lottery scratch-off ticket) from any retail store, scratch it, and scan the QR code underneath with your phone (you can also enter the info into your home computer browser).

When voting is closed, the secretary of State applies a decryption key to the repository and tallies the votes in seconds. She/he can give the key to anyone who wants to see the results (including voters). The tallies can’t be altered.

The public instantly knows how many votes each candidate received.

I thought it sounded too good to be true, so I spoke with Redo Voting co-founder and president John Rogers and asked him about security. Isn’t everything hackable, including the Redo Voting system?

"Technically, yes,” Rogers told me, "but it would take all the computing power of a modern nation-state and roughly five billion years to do it.”

Non-citizens aren’t registered and thus can’t vote. They won’t be recognized in the system. No matter how many scratch-off ballots you grab, you can only vote once. The system also employs fraud-detection measures.

People can vote privately and securely from anywhere in the world.

"An absentee ballot may be cast securely in real-time from anywhere on earth, but only by the voter who requested it,” claims the website. "If an astronaut takes their scratch-off ballot with them, they can vote securely and in real-time from space.”

Redo Voting is brilliant for many reasons. No one can vote unless they are a legally registered voter, no one can vote more than once, and Zuckerberg’s money can’t influence the election in any way. There is nothing 2,000 mules can do to affect the outcome of the election. Unless someone has a few billion years to spare, they can’t hack the system and change votes.

But wait, not everyone has a phone, right? The voting system is rigged and racist. What about poor people who don’t have cell phones?

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Dana Mathewson

Over the course of his long career with the Department of Defense, Trent Telenko spent 10 years as an Army vehicle auditor.

Based in Sealy, Texas, he received and inspected the steady stream of military vehicles damaged in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. This experience has given Telenko an eye for details that others could easily miss as well as a unique perspective on Russia's progress in Ukraine.

In early March, Telenko saw on social media a photograph of a Russian Pantsir-S1 missile system located near the Ukrainian city of Kherson. His eyes went immediately to the system's tires. Rather than using high-quality, more expensive tires that could support the tremendous weight of the Pantsir-S1, the Russian army had opted for cheaper, low-quality, Chinese-made tires. He also noticed they were in terrible shape because they had not been properly maintained.

In a widely read Twitter thread, Telenko identified the problems caused by the Russian army's failure to properly maintain not only this specific Pantsir, but neglect of the entire fleet.

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Chester McAteer

They are going to take us into war with Russia if they are allowed to. The propaganda has been so intense over the last few weeks that they’ve been able to change public opinion which shortly ago said that the Ukraine was none of our business too now over 70% think that the US and NATO needs to place a No-Fly Zone over Ukraine. That would effectively be a Declaration of War against Russia, which would draw in China, probably India and several other countries, including several African and South American countries on the side of Russia. WW3!

Tim replies:

I agree Chet; the war drumbeat is pretty much constant now, and it will drive us into war or at least into decades of distrust and bitterness. And war with a nuclear power of Russia's stature is insane! Most people think the Russians only have a few nukes. They don't realize they have more than do we, and newer ones too. This is the most dangerous time we've faced since the Cuban Missile Crisis and maybe even moreso. Back then we understood the stakes.

I am horrified by how easily led so many are, especially those on our side.

There are no good guys in this. Ukraine is a horrible place and so is Russia. We should have taken pains to stop this whole crisis. But Biden needs to hide his sins and so do the Interantionalists. We are blundering into war. It looks very much like 1914.

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