January 07, 2025
Meta Malarkey
Timothy Birdnow
Notice how Zuckerberg has only come to this conclusion AFTER his election inerference has failed spectacularly and he's facing scruttiny by the DOJ and other now-Trump-controlled agencies!
Rest assured; he'll find some sneaky backdoor ways to censor. Politifact and the other "third party fact checkers" were only the visible way they did it at Facebook; they had all sorts of sneaky tricks, like shadow-banning and suspensions for all sorts of things up to and including "going too fast" and dropping people down in the feed. It's not going to change; Zuckerberg knew all this was happening and took no steps. Now he's just playing for time.
In point of fact the fact checking had the honesty of at least admitting they were doing it. Granted, if they really wanted an honest fact check they would have paired the liberal fact check with a conservative fact check but they weren't going to do THAT. The real winner there was when they used a fact check site that was owned by Meta in the first place. That used to really cheese off my Facebook friends.
I still favor suing Meta for antitrust. I certainly know I have no trust in them. (Glad you can't throw rotten tomatoes through a computer screen.)
Notice how Zuckerberg has only come to this conclusion AFTER his election inerference has failed spectacularly and he's facing scruttiny by the DOJ and other now-Trump-controlled agencies!
Rest assured; he'll find some sneaky backdoor ways to censor. Politifact and the other "third party fact checkers" were only the visible way they did it at Facebook; they had all sorts of sneaky tricks, like shadow-banning and suspensions for all sorts of things up to and including "going too fast" and dropping people down in the feed. It's not going to change; Zuckerberg knew all this was happening and took no steps. Now he's just playing for time.
In point of fact the fact checking had the honesty of at least admitting they were doing it. Granted, if they really wanted an honest fact check they would have paired the liberal fact check with a conservative fact check but they weren't going to do THAT. The real winner there was when they used a fact check site that was owned by Meta in the first place. That used to really cheese off my Facebook friends.
I still favor suing Meta for antitrust. I certainly know I have no trust in them. (Glad you can't throw rotten tomatoes through a computer screen.)
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A Rejection of All Things Woke
Timothy Birdnow
Pretty much hits the nail on the head!
A Re-Declaration of Independence
Pretty much hits the nail on the head!
A Re-Declaration of Independence
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Mr. Smith Leaves from Washington
Timothy Birdnow
Can someone explain to me how Jack Smith is still preparing a "final report" and wants to release it to the media when Judge Aileen Cannon ruled his appointment unconstitutional? Who is paying Smith? Funding his team? If he was illegally appointed he should be forced to pay for all of this out of his own pocket, should he not? And he is going to release privileged and even classified information, information he had no right to possess in the first place.
At least Judge Cannon put a temporary stay on the release of the report until the 11th circuit could rule on whether it can be released.
Part of why Smith wants to do this now is he knows the Biden DOJ will help him do it, and he wants to tarnish Trump's inaugural.He really is a petty, vindictive little man.
Smith needs to be investigated for crimes. He was undoubtedly colluding with the White House, and we know he was colluding with Fani Willis and probably Alvin Bragg as well. And here he blew through $50 million taxpayer dollars to get Trump; at a minimum he should have to pay it all back out of his own pocket. And since his appointment was illegal every single charge brought against every single person involved should be immediately dropped, and the people so charged compensated for their legal fees.
Frankly, I think Smith should be charged with racketeering. What he is doing now can be seen as a kind of blackmail, to tarnish Trump so he doesnt pursue criminal charges. It's disgraceful.
Can someone explain to me how Jack Smith is still preparing a "final report" and wants to release it to the media when Judge Aileen Cannon ruled his appointment unconstitutional? Who is paying Smith? Funding his team? If he was illegally appointed he should be forced to pay for all of this out of his own pocket, should he not? And he is going to release privileged and even classified information, information he had no right to possess in the first place.
At least Judge Cannon put a temporary stay on the release of the report until the 11th circuit could rule on whether it can be released.
Part of why Smith wants to do this now is he knows the Biden DOJ will help him do it, and he wants to tarnish Trump's inaugural.He really is a petty, vindictive little man.
Smith needs to be investigated for crimes. He was undoubtedly colluding with the White House, and we know he was colluding with Fani Willis and probably Alvin Bragg as well. And here he blew through $50 million taxpayer dollars to get Trump; at a minimum he should have to pay it all back out of his own pocket. And since his appointment was illegal every single charge brought against every single person involved should be immediately dropped, and the people so charged compensated for their legal fees.
Frankly, I think Smith should be charged with racketeering. What he is doing now can be seen as a kind of blackmail, to tarnish Trump so he doesnt pursue criminal charges. It's disgraceful.
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The Oily Fingers of Joe Biden
Timothy Birdnow
Why Trump will find it difficult to reverse Biden's EO closing offshore drilling.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-ban-offshore-oil-gas-100551895.html
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OR Trump could get a higher court to reverse the lower court, even if it requires going to the Supreme Court. There is nothing in American jurisprudence that allows an EXECTIVE ORDER to supercede future Pressidential directives. This court had it's headquarters where it's hindquarters should have gone; an executive order cannot have the force of law - it is merely a rule imposed by the President ON THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT. We do not have kings in this country.
This court ruling was in 2019, at the outset of the Covid pandemic, and clearly wasn't appealed.
According to the American Bar Association, executive orders are:
It is NOT a law; it is a directive to the President's subordinates on how the exectuve branch will operate. Since so much money is involved, and so much regulatory power in place, eo's have the defacto force of law in our country. But the law mentioned by the media that will bind Trump is no more binding on him than any other law any president has used discretion in enforcing. Certainly Mr. Biden has refused to enforce multiple laws, such as immigration laws, just because he didn't agree with them. Trump has all the authority he needs to restore offshore drilling.
As another website states:
Yet now we're being told Trump cannot repeal Biden's eo. He can do so any time he likes; he's not repealing the LAW but the way the Biden Administration sought to exercise the law.
It was a federal judge in Alaska who issued the ruling in 2019 - the case did not go to the court of appeals. This was a constitutional issue; the court had no jurisdiction over this.
What I suspect is that the media and Biden are trying to set Trump up for another article of impeachment; they want him to tell them to pound sand over this and then accuse him of "willfully violating the law" when in fact he is exercising his legal authority. Prettymuch every corporate media outlet is saying Trump cannot overturn this. And I've not seen any alternative media in a Google or Yahoo search disagreeing (even though I know there are constitutional scholars who are probably shouting about this.)
Oh,btw,why did Biden wait until his last days to pull this? Anybody?
The law in question isthe 1953 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act which the media assures us cannot be contravened by a Presidential eo. But Trump would not be contravening it - he would be exercising his authority and actually obeying the law.
Sooo...the President via his Sec. Interior can at any time grant leases to the highest qualified bidder. Not sure where the "once locked up always locked up" theory comes from except the mind of a leftist judge in Alaska.
The Trump team needs to have a lawsuit ready and sue the Administration in a friendly court so this judge's ruling will be overturned immediatley. It was typical liberal overreach.
Why Trump will find it difficult to reverse Biden's EO closing offshore drilling.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-ban-offshore-oil-gas-100551895.html
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"It's ridiculous. I'll unban it immediately. I will unban it. I have the right to unban it immediately," Trump said in an interview on the Hugh Hewitt radio program.
During his term, Biden also limited new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters, drawing criticism from drilling states and companies.
But the Lands Act, which allows presidents to withdraw areas from mineral leasing and drilling, does not grant them the legal authority to overturn prior bans, according to a 2019 court ruling - meaning a reversal would likely require an act of Congress. That order came in response to Trump's effort to reverse Arctic and Atlantic Ocean withdrawals made by former President Barack Obama at the end of his presidency.
Trump also used the Lands Act to ban sales of offshore drilling rights in the eastern Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida through 2032. Biden's decision will protect the same area with no expiration.
It is unclear whether lawmakers would support reversing Biden's decision to protect these waters.
During his term, Biden also limited new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters, drawing criticism from drilling states and companies.
But the Lands Act, which allows presidents to withdraw areas from mineral leasing and drilling, does not grant them the legal authority to overturn prior bans, according to a 2019 court ruling - meaning a reversal would likely require an act of Congress. That order came in response to Trump's effort to reverse Arctic and Atlantic Ocean withdrawals made by former President Barack Obama at the end of his presidency.
Trump also used the Lands Act to ban sales of offshore drilling rights in the eastern Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida through 2032. Biden's decision will protect the same area with no expiration.
It is unclear whether lawmakers would support reversing Biden's decision to protect these waters.
OR Trump could get a higher court to reverse the lower court, even if it requires going to the Supreme Court. There is nothing in American jurisprudence that allows an EXECTIVE ORDER to supercede future Pressidential directives. This court had it's headquarters where it's hindquarters should have gone; an executive order cannot have the force of law - it is merely a rule imposed by the President ON THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT. We do not have kings in this country.
This court ruling was in 2019, at the outset of the Covid pandemic, and clearly wasn't appealed.
According to the American Bar Association, executive orders are:
" a signed, written, and published directive from the President of the United States that manages operations of the federal government."
It is NOT a law; it is a directive to the President's subordinates on how the exectuve branch will operate. Since so much money is involved, and so much regulatory power in place, eo's have the defacto force of law in our country. But the law mentioned by the media that will bind Trump is no more binding on him than any other law any president has used discretion in enforcing. Certainly Mr. Biden has refused to enforce multiple laws, such as immigration laws, just because he didn't agree with them. Trump has all the authority he needs to restore offshore drilling.
As another website states:
" The executive actions outlined above can often occur quite quickly because every president is free to repeal or modify any executive order"
Yet now we're being told Trump cannot repeal Biden's eo. He can do so any time he likes; he's not repealing the LAW but the way the Biden Administration sought to exercise the law.
It was a federal judge in Alaska who issued the ruling in 2019 - the case did not go to the court of appeals. This was a constitutional issue; the court had no jurisdiction over this.
What I suspect is that the media and Biden are trying to set Trump up for another article of impeachment; they want him to tell them to pound sand over this and then accuse him of "willfully violating the law" when in fact he is exercising his legal authority. Prettymuch every corporate media outlet is saying Trump cannot overturn this. And I've not seen any alternative media in a Google or Yahoo search disagreeing (even though I know there are constitutional scholars who are probably shouting about this.)
Oh,btw,why did Biden wait until his last days to pull this? Anybody?
The law in question isthe 1953 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act which the media assures us cannot be contravened by a Presidential eo. But Trump would not be contravening it - he would be exercising his authority and actually obeying the law.
"The Act empowers the Secretary to grant leases to the highest qualified responsible bidder on the basis of sealed competitive bids and to formulate regulations"
Sooo...the President via his Sec. Interior can at any time grant leases to the highest qualified bidder. Not sure where the "once locked up always locked up" theory comes from except the mind of a leftist judge in Alaska.
The Trump team needs to have a lawsuit ready and sue the Administration in a friendly court so this judge's ruling will be overturned immediatley. It was typical liberal overreach.
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Pope Francis the Apostate
Timothy Birdnow
I guess Pope Francis doesn't remember 1Ttimothy 2:12
Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office
Paul admonishes Timothy:
"I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. "
He elaborates:
"The women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says. If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church."
Also:
"Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness."
Then there is 1Corinthians 14:34:
"The women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says."
And 1Timothy 13-14:
"For Adam was formed first, then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor."
How about Isaiah 3:12:
"My people—infants are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, your guides mislead you and they have swallowed up the course of your paths."
I would add Jesus chose only men for leadership positions, despite having some very faithful female followers.
Paul said men and women were equal and indeed they are - but not the same and have different roles. Nobody would argue a single father makes a better parent than a mother (assuming both are of equal competency and love their children equally); men just aren't as good at the things a mother provides. Ditto women, who cannot provide the male role model children need. But together they make a strong family.
And while there were a few notable exceptions to the "women shouldn't lead" beliefs in the Bible, notably in the Old Testament, the fact is the Bible is quite concrete about the matter and when viewed as a whole women were not supposed to be in leadership positions in the Bible. You can argue with me all you like but it is of little account; this isn't my view but the Word of God.
So Franicis is just dismissing the Word of God to please modern society and make the Church comport with modern sensibilities. How have those sensibilities worked out thus far? How many broken homes, depressed children, deadbeat fathers, overworked mothers, are around now? How much spiritual darkness? The world didn't have these moral and spiritual plagues in any mamor fashion as we do now, like transgenderism or rampant homosexuality. Yes, they were always there to a degree (Man is a sinner and inherently evil) but they didn't stalk our children as now. THAT is the fruit of what Francis is trying to institutionalize.
This brings to mind Revelation9: 7-10
"The appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads appeared to be crowns like gold, and their faces were like human faces.
They had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like the teeth of lions.
They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.
They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months."
So we are looking at girly-men or masculinized women types who devour like locusts and who carry stings which cause pain to the inhabitants of the Earth. Sounds like the modern era to me.
In 2Timothy 1-5 we learn:
"2 Timothy 3.1-5
"But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.”
Sound familiar? These are the fruits of the Progressive project, and the end result of the breaking down of traditional sexual roles. And does not Pope Francis "have a form of godliness but deny it'spower"? He is all hat and no cattle.
In 2Peter 3: 3-4 we learn:
"Above all, you must understand that in the last days, scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, "Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.””
And indeed scoffers sneer at the Word of God and insist their way is better even when we have objective evidence their way brings pain and suffering and death. And Pope Francis is right in there promoting such.
BTW the woman put in charge is a nun and will be the boss of all religious orders. Anyone who has ever dealt with nuns knows they are an officious, bureacratic lot and most of them are hopelessly passive-aggressive. Now all religious orders will become full of snark and anyone who doesn't toe the line will be rapped with a metaphorical ruler.
Francis is apostate and is threatening to cause a schism in the Church by overturning fundamental principles, Biblical principles. But then, the Catholic Church always believed a Pope would wind up bveing the false prophet mentioned in Revelation. Is Francis that false prophet?
I guess Pope Francis doesn't remember 1Ttimothy 2:12
Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office
Paul admonishes Timothy:
"I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. "
He elaborates:
"The women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says. If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church."
Also:
"Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness."
Then there is 1Corinthians 14:34:
"The women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says."
And 1Timothy 13-14:
"For Adam was formed first, then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor."
How about Isaiah 3:12:
"My people—infants are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, your guides mislead you and they have swallowed up the course of your paths."
I would add Jesus chose only men for leadership positions, despite having some very faithful female followers.
Paul said men and women were equal and indeed they are - but not the same and have different roles. Nobody would argue a single father makes a better parent than a mother (assuming both are of equal competency and love their children equally); men just aren't as good at the things a mother provides. Ditto women, who cannot provide the male role model children need. But together they make a strong family.
And while there were a few notable exceptions to the "women shouldn't lead" beliefs in the Bible, notably in the Old Testament, the fact is the Bible is quite concrete about the matter and when viewed as a whole women were not supposed to be in leadership positions in the Bible. You can argue with me all you like but it is of little account; this isn't my view but the Word of God.
So Franicis is just dismissing the Word of God to please modern society and make the Church comport with modern sensibilities. How have those sensibilities worked out thus far? How many broken homes, depressed children, deadbeat fathers, overworked mothers, are around now? How much spiritual darkness? The world didn't have these moral and spiritual plagues in any mamor fashion as we do now, like transgenderism or rampant homosexuality. Yes, they were always there to a degree (Man is a sinner and inherently evil) but they didn't stalk our children as now. THAT is the fruit of what Francis is trying to institutionalize.
This brings to mind Revelation9: 7-10
"The appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads appeared to be crowns like gold, and their faces were like human faces.
They had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like the teeth of lions.
They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.
They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months."
So we are looking at girly-men or masculinized women types who devour like locusts and who carry stings which cause pain to the inhabitants of the Earth. Sounds like the modern era to me.
In 2Timothy 1-5 we learn:
"2 Timothy 3.1-5
"But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.”
Sound familiar? These are the fruits of the Progressive project, and the end result of the breaking down of traditional sexual roles. And does not Pope Francis "have a form of godliness but deny it'spower"? He is all hat and no cattle.
In 2Peter 3: 3-4 we learn:
"Above all, you must understand that in the last days, scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, "Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.””
And indeed scoffers sneer at the Word of God and insist their way is better even when we have objective evidence their way brings pain and suffering and death. And Pope Francis is right in there promoting such.
BTW the woman put in charge is a nun and will be the boss of all religious orders. Anyone who has ever dealt with nuns knows they are an officious, bureacratic lot and most of them are hopelessly passive-aggressive. Now all religious orders will become full of snark and anyone who doesn't toe the line will be rapped with a metaphorical ruler.
Francis is apostate and is threatening to cause a schism in the Church by overturning fundamental principles, Biblical principles. But then, the Catholic Church always believed a Pope would wind up bveing the false prophet mentioned in Revelation. Is Francis that false prophet?
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French Toast
Timothy Birdnow
Jean Marie Le Pen has passed away just as the French government is falling and the coalition that has been in power with Macron as the head is about to fall.
Makes one wonder, doesn't it.
Le Pen was the face of the resistance to the radical agenda of the internationalists and socialists in France. How convenient he's is gone now.
(No, I don't think he was poisoned; he was 96 after all, but I don't think the French government will shed any tears. And who knows; maybe he was "helped along" after all.)
Since this is a BBC article it uses abusive and inaccurate terms for Mr. Le Pen, calling him a "bigot" and "holocaust denier" and other such pejoratives. Some MAY be true, but most are just an expression of the disgust the Left had for him, as he was the man who created the true opposition to them in France.
In other news of the French right, Nicolas Sarkozy, former French President, goes on trialfor allegedly taking money from former Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi in what is clearly a case of lawfare by his enemies.
FTA:
Does this sound familiar? It sounds very much like what they've been doing to Trump over the last few years (or Bolsinaro in Brazil, or insert name here where any anti-establishement type has won power.)
This is what they will do to Trump if they retake power from the MAGA movement in '28. It will be one charge after another until they put him in prison; the Ruling Class cannot afford to let anyone get away with bucking them in this manner, and that is whether in France or Brazil or the U.S.
Trump should offer sanctuary to Sarkozyin the United States.
The New World Order is not going down without a fight. That'swhy I do wonder about the death of La Pen; like Trotsky it doesn't matter how long someone has been gone or how old they are - they will eventually meet the vengence of the Rulers. Even the Mafia holds less of a grudge.
Jean Marie Le Pen has passed away just as the French government is falling and the coalition that has been in power with Macron as the head is about to fall.
Makes one wonder, doesn't it.
Le Pen was the face of the resistance to the radical agenda of the internationalists and socialists in France. How convenient he's is gone now.
(No, I don't think he was poisoned; he was 96 after all, but I don't think the French government will shed any tears. And who knows; maybe he was "helped along" after all.)
Since this is a BBC article it uses abusive and inaccurate terms for Mr. Le Pen, calling him a "bigot" and "holocaust denier" and other such pejoratives. Some MAY be true, but most are just an expression of the disgust the Left had for him, as he was the man who created the true opposition to them in France.
In other news of the French right, Nicolas Sarkozy, former French President, goes on trialfor allegedly taking money from former Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi in what is clearly a case of lawfare by his enemies.
FTA:
"In exchange, the prosecution alleges Sarkozy promised to help Gaddafi combat his reputation as a pariah with Western countries.
Sarkozy, 69, was the president of France from 2007 to 2012.
He has always denied the charges, saying they were brought against him by people with motivations to bring him down.
The investigation was opened in 2013, two years after Saif al-Islam, son of the then-Libyan leader, first accused Sarkozy of taking millions of his father's money for campaign funding.
The following year, Lebanese businessman Ziad Takieddine - who for a long time acted as a middleman between France and the Middle East - said he had written proof that Sarkozy's campaign bid was "abundantly" financed by Tripoli, and that the €50m (£43m) worth of payments continued after he became president.
Twelve other people - accused of devising the pact with Gaddafi - are standing trial along Sarkozy. They all deny the charges.
Sarkozy's wife, Italian-born former supermodel and singer Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, was charged last year with hiding evidence linked to the Gaddafi case and associating with wrongdoers to commit fraud, both of which she denies.
Since losing his re-election bid in 2012, Sarkozy has been targeted by several criminal investigations.
He also appealed against a February 2024 ruling which found him guilty of overspending on his 2012 re-election campaign, then hiring a PR firm to cover it up. He was handed a one-year sentence, of which six months were suspended.
In 2021, he was found guilty of trying to bribe a judge in 2014 and became the first former French president to get a custodial sentence. In December, the Paris appeals court ruled that he could serve his time at home wearing a tag instead of going to jail.
Sarkozy was not wearing the tag as he arrived in court in Paris on Monday morning.
However, that is only because the details of that sentence have yet to be worked out.
It is likely that in the course of this three-month trial over the so-called Libya connection, the former president will appear wearing the device.
The trial is set to continue until 10 April. If found guilty, Sarkozy faces up to 10 years in prison. "
Sarkozy, 69, was the president of France from 2007 to 2012.
He has always denied the charges, saying they were brought against him by people with motivations to bring him down.
The investigation was opened in 2013, two years after Saif al-Islam, son of the then-Libyan leader, first accused Sarkozy of taking millions of his father's money for campaign funding.
The following year, Lebanese businessman Ziad Takieddine - who for a long time acted as a middleman between France and the Middle East - said he had written proof that Sarkozy's campaign bid was "abundantly" financed by Tripoli, and that the €50m (£43m) worth of payments continued after he became president.
Twelve other people - accused of devising the pact with Gaddafi - are standing trial along Sarkozy. They all deny the charges.
Sarkozy's wife, Italian-born former supermodel and singer Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, was charged last year with hiding evidence linked to the Gaddafi case and associating with wrongdoers to commit fraud, both of which she denies.
Since losing his re-election bid in 2012, Sarkozy has been targeted by several criminal investigations.
He also appealed against a February 2024 ruling which found him guilty of overspending on his 2012 re-election campaign, then hiring a PR firm to cover it up. He was handed a one-year sentence, of which six months were suspended.
In 2021, he was found guilty of trying to bribe a judge in 2014 and became the first former French president to get a custodial sentence. In December, the Paris appeals court ruled that he could serve his time at home wearing a tag instead of going to jail.
Sarkozy was not wearing the tag as he arrived in court in Paris on Monday morning.
However, that is only because the details of that sentence have yet to be worked out.
It is likely that in the course of this three-month trial over the so-called Libya connection, the former president will appear wearing the device.
The trial is set to continue until 10 April. If found guilty, Sarkozy faces up to 10 years in prison. "
Does this sound familiar? It sounds very much like what they've been doing to Trump over the last few years (or Bolsinaro in Brazil, or insert name here where any anti-establishement type has won power.)
This is what they will do to Trump if they retake power from the MAGA movement in '28. It will be one charge after another until they put him in prison; the Ruling Class cannot afford to let anyone get away with bucking them in this manner, and that is whether in France or Brazil or the U.S.
Trump should offer sanctuary to Sarkozyin the United States.
The New World Order is not going down without a fight. That'swhy I do wonder about the death of La Pen; like Trotsky it doesn't matter how long someone has been gone or how old they are - they will eventually meet the vengence of the Rulers. Even the Mafia holds less of a grudge.
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Lies About Gaetz
Timothy Birdnow
Uh huh!
Pelosi's 'House Ethics Committee' Caught in Multiple Staggering Lies in Gaetz Report
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Read tthe whole thing.
Uh huh!
Pelosi's 'House Ethics Committee' Caught in Multiple Staggering Lies in Gaetz Report
FTA:
"The letter was first reported by Marc Caputo of NeverTrump outlet The Bulwark, but Hemingway noted how it dovetailed with numerous other issues with the report.
"At the outset, I’ll note the release of your committee’s report is bizarre, Congressman Gaetz is no longer subject to your jurisdiction, and the precedential effect of the release of this report cannot be overstated,” a lawyer for Chris Dorworth, the man mentioned, wrote in a letter to House Ethics Committee chair Rep. Michael Guest, a Mississippi Republican.
The letter went on to list "three demonstrably false statements within your report” regarding Dorworth.
The first involved a mention that "Mr. Dorworth believed that Representative Gaetz invited people to his home on the evening of July 15, 2017.” This evening was critical, inasmuch as the most problematic allegation in the report — that Gaetz paid to have sex with a minor — happened on that night at Dorworth’s home.
"No, Mr. Dorworth did not and has never believed that Representative Gaetz invited people to his house on July 15, 2017,” the letter stated.
"To support your claim that Gaetz ‘invited’ people to my client’s home, you cite, in footnote 97, a gate log that doesn’t include Gaetz’s name on it and reference an affidavit and deposition transcripts that say nothing about Gaetz inviting anyone to my client’s home.” [Emphasis theirs.]
Furthermore, the letter stated, "Mr. Dorworth’s deposition transcript does not support this statement in your report, and it should be retracted immediately.”
Again, this basically undermines the most serious allegation completely, inasmuch as the Ethics Committee’s report relies upon Dorworth’s memories of that evening and the fact that he lived in a complex where "non-residents are required to present a driver’s license before entering, and entry records are maintained.”
If those entry records don’t have Gaetz’s name on them, they were either 1) tampered with, or 2) the preponderance of the evidence regarding the allegation shifts radically.
The second discrepancy also involves that allegation, noting that "Mr. Dorworth was deposed and confronted with cell phone records showing that he was in fact at his residence during the party.”
"As an attendee at Mr. Dorworth’s deposition, I can assure you he was never ‘confronted with any cell phone records,” adding that the records "were deemed ‘Attorneys Eyes Only’ at the time of Mr. Dorworth’s deposition” and that he was "mortified that the Committee on Ethics would include such a ridiculous conclusion” in its report.
The third alleged discrepancy, later in the same paragraph: "The Committee requested, through counsel, that Mr. Dorworth clarify his testimony regarding his whereabouts on the evening of July 15, 2017; his counsel did not respond.”
His counsel, being the author of this letter, noted that he did, saying he emailed the staff on Sept. 6 of this year.
"Interesting. The House ‘Ethics’ Committee is caught here just flat out lying about three things in its report on Matt Gaetz. (In addition to all the other alleged falsehoods),” Hemingway noted in an X repost of the letter:
Interesting. The House "Ethics” Committee is caught here just flat out lying about three things in its report on Matt Gaetz. (In addition to all the other alleged falsehoods) https://t.co/OwYyBRZS8F
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) December 24, 2024
Again, it’s difficult to overstate how damning serious mistakes in this part of the report would be, particularly given the decision to release it absent any real reason to do so; without substantial evidence that Gaetz paid to have sex with a minor, what you have is essentially a log of someone’s alleged substance use disorder and/or dysfunctional sex life the better part of a decade ago.
And again, this isn’t the only issue with the report. As Hemingway noted in a November article, "the same two central witnesses the House Ethics Committee has relied on for its critical report of Gaetz” are the two witnesses whose credibility issues led the Department of Justice to drop its investigation of Gaetz in 2022."
"At the outset, I’ll note the release of your committee’s report is bizarre, Congressman Gaetz is no longer subject to your jurisdiction, and the precedential effect of the release of this report cannot be overstated,” a lawyer for Chris Dorworth, the man mentioned, wrote in a letter to House Ethics Committee chair Rep. Michael Guest, a Mississippi Republican.
The letter went on to list "three demonstrably false statements within your report” regarding Dorworth.
The first involved a mention that "Mr. Dorworth believed that Representative Gaetz invited people to his home on the evening of July 15, 2017.” This evening was critical, inasmuch as the most problematic allegation in the report — that Gaetz paid to have sex with a minor — happened on that night at Dorworth’s home.
"No, Mr. Dorworth did not and has never believed that Representative Gaetz invited people to his house on July 15, 2017,” the letter stated.
"To support your claim that Gaetz ‘invited’ people to my client’s home, you cite, in footnote 97, a gate log that doesn’t include Gaetz’s name on it and reference an affidavit and deposition transcripts that say nothing about Gaetz inviting anyone to my client’s home.” [Emphasis theirs.]
Furthermore, the letter stated, "Mr. Dorworth’s deposition transcript does not support this statement in your report, and it should be retracted immediately.”
Again, this basically undermines the most serious allegation completely, inasmuch as the Ethics Committee’s report relies upon Dorworth’s memories of that evening and the fact that he lived in a complex where "non-residents are required to present a driver’s license before entering, and entry records are maintained.”
If those entry records don’t have Gaetz’s name on them, they were either 1) tampered with, or 2) the preponderance of the evidence regarding the allegation shifts radically.
The second discrepancy also involves that allegation, noting that "Mr. Dorworth was deposed and confronted with cell phone records showing that he was in fact at his residence during the party.”
"As an attendee at Mr. Dorworth’s deposition, I can assure you he was never ‘confronted with any cell phone records,” adding that the records "were deemed ‘Attorneys Eyes Only’ at the time of Mr. Dorworth’s deposition” and that he was "mortified that the Committee on Ethics would include such a ridiculous conclusion” in its report.
The third alleged discrepancy, later in the same paragraph: "The Committee requested, through counsel, that Mr. Dorworth clarify his testimony regarding his whereabouts on the evening of July 15, 2017; his counsel did not respond.”
His counsel, being the author of this letter, noted that he did, saying he emailed the staff on Sept. 6 of this year.
"Interesting. The House ‘Ethics’ Committee is caught here just flat out lying about three things in its report on Matt Gaetz. (In addition to all the other alleged falsehoods),” Hemingway noted in an X repost of the letter:
Interesting. The House "Ethics” Committee is caught here just flat out lying about three things in its report on Matt Gaetz. (In addition to all the other alleged falsehoods) https://t.co/OwYyBRZS8F
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) December 24, 2024
Again, it’s difficult to overstate how damning serious mistakes in this part of the report would be, particularly given the decision to release it absent any real reason to do so; without substantial evidence that Gaetz paid to have sex with a minor, what you have is essentially a log of someone’s alleged substance use disorder and/or dysfunctional sex life the better part of a decade ago.
And again, this isn’t the only issue with the report. As Hemingway noted in a November article, "the same two central witnesses the House Ethics Committee has relied on for its critical report of Gaetz” are the two witnesses whose credibility issues led the Department of Justice to drop its investigation of Gaetz in 2022."
Read tthe whole thing.
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Pelosi - Women More Ethical Than Men
Timothy Birdnow
Pelosi claims women are "more ethical" than men and it's just abuse to call them out. In an interview with Face the Nation Pelosi, commenting on the trouble she's had with detractors over the years, stated:
Oh?
Guess Nancy forgot about her own multiple ethical lapses like this. Pelosi has always been crooked. She steered the redevelopment of the Presidio in San Francisco, for instance to a company owned by her husband (her son was on the committee that made the recommendation). She has lied multiple times about serious matters and done so on the record. She is as unethical as they come.
Yet she's a piker next to Hillary Clinton.
Cognitive dissonance is ripe in Nan's aged brain, alas.
Pelosi claims women are "more ethical" than men and it's just abuse to call them out. In an interview with Face the Nation Pelosi, commenting on the trouble she's had with detractors over the years, stated:
"I mean, I know that it has. But I hope that it will not, that we will have — shine a bright light on this and just say, this is unacceptable. This is unacceptable. See, for women, they always — they always — women are known to be more, shall we say, ethical than men. And so, when they go after women candidates, they go after their ethics."
Oh?
Guess Nancy forgot about her own multiple ethical lapses like this. Pelosi has always been crooked. She steered the redevelopment of the Presidio in San Francisco, for instance to a company owned by her husband (her son was on the committee that made the recommendation). She has lied multiple times about serious matters and done so on the record. She is as unethical as they come.
Yet she's a piker next to Hillary Clinton.
Cognitive dissonance is ripe in Nan's aged brain, alas.
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Ain't No Sunshine Where She's Gone
Timothy Birdnow
I would say Sunny Hostin has gone mad but she was already quite loonie tunes before this. She's just doubled down on her insanity.
Sunny Hostin compares Jan. 6 rioting to slavery and the Holocaust in unhinged rant on 'The View'
In any other endeavor if an employee began spouting off angry diatribes at odds with reality they would be let go from their jobs and urged to seek psychiatric help. But in the media it's a resume' enhancement.
The woman needs a straightjacket and padded living accomodations.
I would say Sunny Hostin has gone mad but she was already quite loonie tunes before this. She's just doubled down on her insanity.
Sunny Hostin compares Jan. 6 rioting to slavery and the Holocaust in unhinged rant on 'The View'
In any other endeavor if an employee began spouting off angry diatribes at odds with reality they would be let go from their jobs and urged to seek psychiatric help. But in the media it's a resume' enhancement.
The woman needs a straightjacket and padded living accomodations.
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Biden Releasing Terrorists
Timothy Birdnow
Biden is releasing 11 terrorists from Gitmo and "resettling" them in Oman.
His parting gift to America. Only the worst of the worst resided in Guantanamo.
Biden sure is a nasty sob.
Biden is releasing 11 terrorists from Gitmo and "resettling" them in Oman.
His parting gift to America. Only the worst of the worst resided in Guantanamo.
Biden sure is a nasty sob.
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January 06, 2025
A Coup All Along
Timothy Birdnow
Here is an article arguing what many of us have, that Covid was a political coup all along.
Exclusive — Dr. Andrew Huff: Coronavirus Timeline ‘Giant Scandal to Subvert’ Trump
Here is an article arguing what many of us have, that Covid was a political coup all along.
Exclusive — Dr. Andrew Huff: Coronavirus Timeline ‘Giant Scandal to Subvert’ Trump
Officials knew about the coronavirus breakout in the fall of 2019 — sooner than they claim — and the biotechnology used to create the virus developed in the U.S. and was then exported to China, Dr. Andrew Huff, author of The Truth About Wuhan: How I Uncovered the Biggest Lie in History, said on Breitbart News Saturday.
Huff walked through some of the revelations, stating that "when you really boil this down, most of the biotechnology, or the advanced technology that was used to engineer SARS-CoV-2, was developed in the United States – primarily at the University of North Carolina with Dr. Ralph Baric – and illegally exported to the Chinese.”
Huff walked through some of the revelations, stating that "when you really boil this down, most of the biotechnology, or the advanced technology that was used to engineer SARS-CoV-2, was developed in the United States – primarily at the University of North Carolina with Dr. Ralph Baric – and illegally exported to the Chinese.”
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The Blind Leading the Blind
Timothy Birdnow
More like the stupid leading the ignorant...
More like the stupid leading the ignorant...
W Is for Woke: New Jersey Ditches Basic Literacy Test for Teachers
A B C D E I… that’s how the alphabet seems to go in too many American schools now, including and especially in Democrat-run New Jersey.
Teachers in New Jersey no longer have to pass a reading, writing, and arithmetic test to be certified, as of Jan. 1, thanks to Act 1669 (it would be more appropriate to call it the1619Act). Because American children aren’t already way behind where they need to be academically, it’s important for them to be taught by teachers as ignorant as themselves.
I know a couple of young teachers in the public school system who are well qualified, and one of them is truly excellent at her job (she also ditches the school’s curriculum and forms her own, though). But that teacher would agree that many teachers now are not qualified; indeed, some are barely literate. They are hired for their diversity score or their woke activism, not because they are well educated, hard working, intelligent, or otherwise qualified. Young teachers especially were largely educated in the very Marxist brainwashing morass that they now contribute to as teachers. They don’t know any better, and they cannot pass on what they don’t have.
This
is why educational reform is so vital for this country. History,
literature, mathematics, geography, and more are either taught entirely
through a Marxist lens or not at all. The Daily Caller reported that
Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed Act 1669 as part of his
state’s budget for 2025 as New Jersey has a shortage of teachers,
especially math and science teachers.As of 2022, post-pandemic, New Jersey students were "broadly underperforming” in K-12 tests.In 2024,
"Over 48 percent of all New Jersey students did not meet expectations
in English Language Arts, and over 60 percent did not meet basic
requirements in Math.” The last thing NJ students need is more
illiterate teachersFromThe Daily Caller:
New Jersey is especially in need of math and science teachers,accordingto an annual report from the state’s education department.
Just months earlier, Murphysigneda similar bill into law that created an alternative pathway for teachers to sidestep the testing requirement. A powerful teachers union, the New Jersey Education Association, was adriving forcebehind the bill, calling the testing requirement "an unnecessary barrier to entering the profession.” Teachers in the state are paid an average of $81,102 annually,accordingto the National Education Association.
New Jersey followed the example of New York, whichscrappedbasic literacy requirements for teachers in 2017 in the name of "diversity.”
Other states that have lowered requirements for teachers are Arizona and California. Wherever Democrats seize power, educational crisis is sure to follow.
Instead of learning about George Washington, Frederick Douglass, and Abraham Lincoln, students are learning about dozens of invented "genders.” They don’t know anything about the Civil War or WWII, but they do know stupid diversity slogans. They haven’t heard of the Berlin Wall, but they do want Trump’s wall on the U.S. border to come down. They can’t do algebra or pass chemistry, but they can use condoms and puberty blockers. They don’t read Dickens or Virgil or Austen or Longfellow, but they do readIbram X. Kendiand "This Book Is Gay.” They can’t sew on a button, but they can find racism in literally everything.
The Founding Fathers understood that a proper education, both in classical academia and in hands-on skills, was essential for the success of America. That is increasingly rare in this country. New Jersey is an illustration of exactly why this country is in crisis, and why major educational reform is needed if this society is not to collapse.
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Cognitive Dissonance
Timothy Birdnow
Bellylaugh of the day!
Clueless in DC: Schumer Says Dems Lost Elections because Americans didn't RealizeHow much We had Done
No, it's because we realized what they had done - TO us.
Bellylaugh of the day!
Clueless in DC: Schumer Says Dems Lost Elections because Americans didn't RealizeHow much We had Done
No, it's because we realized what they had done - TO us.
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On a Cold Day in Ottawa
Timothy Birdnow
To "save the planet" the city of Ottawa has just [lik=https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2025-01-04/ottawa-outlaws-remote-car-starters-save-climate]outlawed remote starters for cars, this in a place where temperatures are well below zero in winter and you could well freeze to death before your car is warmed up enough.
Is it any wonder Justin Trudeau had to resign?
At any rate Canada voted for this sort of thing and shouldn't be surprised now that they are getting it.
FTA:
To "save the planet" the city of Ottawa has just [lik=https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2025-01-04/ottawa-outlaws-remote-car-starters-save-climate]outlawed remote starters for cars, this in a place where temperatures are well below zero in winter and you could well freeze to death before your car is warmed up enough.
Is it any wonder Justin Trudeau had to resign?
At any rate Canada voted for this sort of thing and shouldn't be surprised now that they are getting it.
FTA:
With the New Year kicking in, the City of Ottawa reminded the plebs that new idling times for all automobiles on private or public land were now in effect:
Ottawa is the Canadian capital, where average temperatures range from -9C (15F) in December, -14C (6F) in January and Febuary, to -7C (19F) in March. The new time limits on pre-heating your car will allow one minute of idle time per hour for unoccupied vehicles.
That means using the remote starter to melt off the ice and warm the car up before piling into it for the morning commute is now verboten. It’ll also mean you’ll have to get out there in the -14C weather with your ice-scraper because there’s no way a minute of idle time is enough to defrost or de-ice your windshield.
Why?
In their own words:
"we are lowering greenhouse gas emissions and improving Ottawa’s air quality”
The entire nation of Canada is responsible for about 1.6% of Co2 emissions. You could eliminate the entire energy footprint of every Canadian (like maybe, forcing every last one of them to freeze to death in the winter) and it wouldn’t even move the needle in terms of reducing global emissions.
Via FactsOnClimate
Meanwhile China is still building and powering up about two new coal fired power plants every week:
Via Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA)
One can’t help but wonder how much Ottawa’s city council thinks how much net CO2 emissions they will cut by forcing citizens to cold start their cars.
There’s another problem…
Read the rest at Zerohedge.
Ottawa is the Canadian capital, where average temperatures range from -9C (15F) in December, -14C (6F) in January and Febuary, to -7C (19F) in March. The new time limits on pre-heating your car will allow one minute of idle time per hour for unoccupied vehicles.
That means using the remote starter to melt off the ice and warm the car up before piling into it for the morning commute is now verboten. It’ll also mean you’ll have to get out there in the -14C weather with your ice-scraper because there’s no way a minute of idle time is enough to defrost or de-ice your windshield.
Why?
In their own words:
"we are lowering greenhouse gas emissions and improving Ottawa’s air quality”
The entire nation of Canada is responsible for about 1.6% of Co2 emissions. You could eliminate the entire energy footprint of every Canadian (like maybe, forcing every last one of them to freeze to death in the winter) and it wouldn’t even move the needle in terms of reducing global emissions.
Via FactsOnClimate
Meanwhile China is still building and powering up about two new coal fired power plants every week:
Via Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA)
One can’t help but wonder how much Ottawa’s city council thinks how much net CO2 emissions they will cut by forcing citizens to cold start their cars.
There’s another problem…
Read the rest at Zerohedge.
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DOJ to File Against More J6ers
Timothy Birdnow
The DOJ wants to charge another 200 people with J6 before Biden leaves office in one final thumb in America's eye.
the article, in typical lying media fashion, makes this statement:
"About 180 Jan. 6 defendants have faced charges for carrying a dangerous weapon on Capitol grounds"
They carefully ignore the fact that almost none of these were firearms or bombs, but rather people with water bottles or improvised clubs (sticks) were accused of "carrying dangerous weapons". Yet most of these "dangerous weapons" were only there, and the police resisted, because the cops were in there busting heads with batons and tear gasing the crowd.
CNN, the Trump hating fantasy storytellers, even admitted firearms and bombs were not a big issue at the event.
They say:
"Feb 17, 2021 · Some of the weapons that were confiscated had been seen being used inside the US Capitol including a baseball bat, a fire extinguisher, a wooden club, a spear, crutches, a flagpole, bear spray"
So crutches and a flagpole and fire extinguisher are now "deadly weapons that justify charging people?
Come on.
The FBI first said no weapons were seized from the tourists, then they started calling everyday items weapons so as to be able to hand the J6 Star Chamber the tools it needed to call this an "insurrection". But it's does not comport with reality.
As none of this did - it was a setup from the very beginning.
The DOJ wants to charge another 200 people with J6 before Biden leaves office in one final thumb in America's eye.
the article, in typical lying media fashion, makes this statement:
"About 180 Jan. 6 defendants have faced charges for carrying a dangerous weapon on Capitol grounds"
They carefully ignore the fact that almost none of these were firearms or bombs, but rather people with water bottles or improvised clubs (sticks) were accused of "carrying dangerous weapons". Yet most of these "dangerous weapons" were only there, and the police resisted, because the cops were in there busting heads with batons and tear gasing the crowd.
CNN, the Trump hating fantasy storytellers, even admitted firearms and bombs were not a big issue at the event.
They say:
"Feb 17, 2021 · Some of the weapons that were confiscated had been seen being used inside the US Capitol including a baseball bat, a fire extinguisher, a wooden club, a spear, crutches, a flagpole, bear spray"
So crutches and a flagpole and fire extinguisher are now "deadly weapons that justify charging people?
Come on.
The FBI first said no weapons were seized from the tourists, then they started calling everyday items weapons so as to be able to hand the J6 Star Chamber the tools it needed to call this an "insurrection". But it's does not comport with reality.
As none of this did - it was a setup from the very beginning.
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Trudeau Resigns (Finally)
Timothy Birdnow
Justin "Baby Doc" Trudeau resigns.
Maybe now Canada can start turning back into a democratic republic now that the tyrant is leaving.
Justin "Baby Doc" Trudeau resigns.
Maybe now Canada can start turning back into a democratic republic now that the tyrant is leaving.
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No Increase in Hurricane Strength or Power
Timothy Birdnow
A new report shows that hurricanes are decreasing in both number and intensity despite claimss they are ramping up.
FTA:
A new report shows that hurricanes are decreasing in both number and intensity despite claimss they are ramping up.
FTA:
A new study found that there has been a 30-year drop in hurricane frequency and power.
This is a major blow to the junk scientists pushing to ban fossil fuels.
For years, the radical left and willing RINOs assured the public that hurricanes and tornadoes are worse today than ever thanks to manmade global warming.
Here is a recent list of the top hurricanes by force that made landfall in Florida.
Notice that only three of the top 10 hurricanes made landfall in the last 30 years.
Here we investigated changes in the destructiveness of tropical cyclones worldwide using the power dissipation index and found that there is no clear trend in most basins, but a significant decrease in power dissipation index has been detected in the South Indian Ocean basin since 1994, which is almost entirely due to a decrease in both tropical cyclone frequency and duration in this basin.
The decrease in tropical cyclone frequency is influenced by increased atmospheric stability.
The decrease in tropical cyclone duration can be attributed to the changes in tropical cyclone locations.
This is a major blow to the junk scientists pushing to ban fossil fuels.
For years, the radical left and willing RINOs assured the public that hurricanes and tornadoes are worse today than ever thanks to manmade global warming.
Here is a recent list of the top hurricanes by force that made landfall in Florida.
Notice that only three of the top 10 hurricanes made landfall in the last 30 years.
Here we investigated changes in the destructiveness of tropical cyclones worldwide using the power dissipation index and found that there is no clear trend in most basins, but a significant decrease in power dissipation index has been detected in the South Indian Ocean basin since 1994, which is almost entirely due to a decrease in both tropical cyclone frequency and duration in this basin.
The decrease in tropical cyclone frequency is influenced by increased atmospheric stability.
The decrease in tropical cyclone duration can be attributed to the changes in tropical cyclone locations.
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Vaccine Resistant Covid
Timothy Birdnow
Makes you wonder:
Makes you wonder:
Variants emerged in temporal and geographic proximity to clinical trials or mass ‘vaccination’ campaigns.
Wang et alstipulated that, as global immunity from vaccination or prior infection becomes widespread, vaccine-resistant mutations are expected to become the dominant driver of SARS-CoV-2 evolution, enabling the virus to evade neutralizing antibodies and persist despite widespread immunity. Analyzing the evolutionary trajectories of vaccine-resistant mutations across more than 2.2 million SARS-CoV-2 genomes, they observed a strong correlation between the frequency of these mutations and vaccination rates in Europe and America:
A comprehensive research library that contains 63 peer-reviewed studies linking COVID-19 "vaccination” to the evolution of vaccine-resistant viral variants has just been published (Compiled by Dr. Steven Hatfill, MD, MMed, Erik Sass, et al).You can read ithere.
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Musk for PM?
Timothy Birdnow
Musk for Prime Minister?
Musk for Prime Minister?
It looks like Good Morning Britain's @GMB poll blew up in their face.
— David Atherton (@DaveAtherton20) January 4, 2025
Nearly two-thirds of Brits welcome @elonmusk's involvement in UK politics. pic.twitter.com/P98dPgl62R
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January 05, 2025
For a Snowy Winter's Day
Here is one from the archives:
This Too Shall Pass
by Timothy Birdnow
A bitter frozen morn
gray skies burst open as if they were torn
bleeding white on what's below
burying us all in the ice and the snow
Entombed in a white cold silent crypt
frozen angel where a man had slipped
six feet long and three feet wide
faintest of trails to where he'd slide
An icy wind blows the crusty drifts
into mountains, canyons and slushy cliffs
they grow and grow
to bury us all in the thundersnow
The gravediggers wait in their glee and thier greed
as the sky's white corpuscles hemmhorage and bleed
The street in silence like the grave
for no soul seems to be adequately brave
as to leave the warmth of their dark empty cave
None seem to have the fight to brave this world buried in white
Crystal souls in darkness take flight
as they flee the frozen sprites that dance in the gloomy blight
There will be no shining rainbow
when the storm rains down the thundersnow
But one day no more snowfall cries
one day the bloom shall re-arise
the sun will shine, the ice will thaw
the slushy ground will start to draw
the drifts will die and lose their mass
And we will know this too shall pass
This Too Shall Pass
by Timothy Birdnow
A bitter frozen morn
gray skies burst open as if they were torn
bleeding white on what's below
burying us all in the ice and the snow
Entombed in a white cold silent crypt
frozen angel where a man had slipped
six feet long and three feet wide
faintest of trails to where he'd slide
An icy wind blows the crusty drifts
into mountains, canyons and slushy cliffs
they grow and grow
to bury us all in the thundersnow
The gravediggers wait in their glee and thier greed
as the sky's white corpuscles hemmhorage and bleed
The street in silence like the grave
for no soul seems to be adequately brave
as to leave the warmth of their dark empty cave
None seem to have the fight to brave this world buried in white
Crystal souls in darkness take flight
as they flee the frozen sprites that dance in the gloomy blight
There will be no shining rainbow
when the storm rains down the thundersnow
But one day no more snowfall cries
one day the bloom shall re-arise
the sun will shine, the ice will thaw
the slushy ground will start to draw
the drifts will die and lose their mass
And we will know this too shall pass
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