Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Environment

Four of Iceland's volcanoes about to erupt.

When the sun gets quiet, the volcanoes become active.

Politics

Conservatives reject Trump's budget and Obamacare tweaks.

Sunday, February 26, 2017

Economy

Claim Uber subsidizes drivers so it's business model is unsustainable.

Misc

AI is the culmination of thousands of years of progress by humans to overcome their physical limitations.

War on Drugs

Legalizing drugs would cure the heroin epidemic.

Education

Universities have treated 25 percent of students for mental illness. That's insane.
"It’s a short step from being diagnosed with a mental disorder to adopting the role of being super-sensitive to “triggers.” You could call it a self-fulfilling prophecy. “If I have a mental disorder, then I’m a victim, and then what people say and do around me is going disturb me…and I’ll prove it.”"
Taking brainwashing to a new level.

Violent leftists scare off speaker in Berkeley and are pleased with themselves afterwards.

Regulation

Minimum wage disaster disproportionately harms minorities.

Health Care

Vaccines, because government grants monopolies to produce them, are found to be contaminated.

I'm skeptical a malaria vaccine will see widespread use any time soon.

Report from Vancouver claims smallpox had devastated the population. I don't know if this story of smallpox wiping out a vast population of Indians is true or political correct baloney.

Politics

Unlike Obama, we know Trump isn't a fascist dictator because nobody fears speaking out against him.

The frenzy against Trump is due to fear he will cut spending on special interests.
"He has threatened to cut the F-35, a huge blow to Lockheed-Martin and hundreds of subcontractors; to pull US troops out of South Korea, a blow to the Empire; to end the wars, a blow both to the Empire and the military industry getting rich from them; to pull troops out of Okinawa, crippling the Empire in the Pacific; to start a trade war with China with a forty-five percent tariff on Chinese goods, threatening American corporations with factories there; and to chase out illegal immigrants, an important source of cheap labor to businesses.  He has called NATO “obsolete,” when leaving it would be the death knell of the Empire; and threatened to establish good relations with Russia, when the lack of a European enemy would leave NATO even more obviously unnecessary.
Thus New York and its branch operation in Washington resuscitate Russia as a bugbear to terrify the rubes, meaning most of the public. Money. Power. Empire."
Scary.

Pat Buchanan supports secession.

Saturday, February 25, 2017

Tax and Spend

Brazil's Olympic venue has already fallen into disrepair because of unpaid bills.
"It is thought hosting the Olympics cost the Brazilian government $3billion, with the rest of the massive bill coming from other sources."
No, thanks.

Politics

Girl taking testosterone to be more like a boy defeats other girls in wrestling matches.

Immigration

ICE agents empowered to enforce law against illegal immigrants, but detaining people on a plane until they show papers is ridiculous unconstitutional.

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Politics

Boehner admits Republicans won't repeal Obamacare like they voted to do when they knew Obama would veto it.

War

Robots are the future of war.

I'm skeptical the Nazi's tested a nuclear bomb in 1944.

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Media

Cord-cutting will reduce rulers' power over us.

Education

University publishes LBGTQQIAAPP gender terminology guide.
"terms of self-identification should not be used to label others without their consent."
More censorship.

Regulation

In a victory for vermin, regulators shut down D-Con.

Local

Whaley rallies support for Obamacare.

Economy

What a bizarre misunderstanding of economic history.

We've been hearing about Tesla's model 3 forever, but it still won't start production until July. Tesla lost money again this quarter.

CIA funded tech billionaire's company.

Renewables are doomed even though electric buses are supposedly cheaper than diesel and there are twice as many solar jobs as coal jobs in the US.

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Economy

Short-selling skeptic strikes it rich selling solar companies short.

Tax and Spend

Plan to restore Arctic ice would cost $5 trillion, reminding us this is all about destroying capitalism, not saving the planet.

Politics

The media doesn't report about ongoing terrorist attacks in Sweden, but the media calls Trump a liar when he mentions them.
"Trump’s comment is undeniably correct in substance. He used two words “last night” where he should perhaps have said “very recently” or “going on now” or “a few days ago” or or February 11 or “for the past several years”.
Trump’s comment is accurate, long-term and short-term. Anyone who doubts that Trump’s remark is accurate in substance need only do a little research on Malmö, Sweden. It has been the subject of continual hand grenade attacks, 150 alone in 2015 and a long list in 2016.
But his comment is also accurate as to a recent event.
Go read this account dated February 12, 2017: “SWEDEN’S ‘NO-GO ZONE’ CRISIS: Three police officers injured after being ATTACKED by thugs THREE Swedish police officers were taken to hospital after being attacked by a violent mob on a routine mission in a ‘no-go zone’ on Friday evening.” Read the views also of those who say that no such “no-go” zones exist, such as this article. But one cannot deny the report from Rinkeby a few days ago of the attack on police. An incident in Rinkeby dated March 1, 2016 is pertinent. We surely cannot deny that Rinkeby is largely immigrant and had riots in 2010. There is a Wikipedia entry on this."
Refugees.

Crime increasing, not decreasing, in Sweden.

Obama's sleazy, corrupt, last minute arms deal.

Media

Piracy boosts revenue for media.

I'm would be surprised in the New York Times didn't discriminate against Lew Rockwell and Infowars.

Saturday, February 18, 2017

Environment

NOAA whistleblower exposes fraud behind paper claiming the pause never existed.

Media

The Washington Post takes money from the Russian government, but it slams others who do and lies about some who don't.

Free libertarian ebooks from Tom Woods.

Tax and Spend

Greece in worse trouble than ever.
"With the Greek government pushing through more tax increases to comply with austerity requirements, more than 21,000 self-employed workers and small firms have shut down in the past two months, with many seeking help from accountants like Mr. Tsamopoulos to close their books. Yet many are not actually closing their businesses.
“Most of these people will keep working,” Mr. Tsamopoulous said, arching an eyebrow from behind his desk as clients waited in a smoky room outside. “But now, they’ll do it on the black market. They’re saying they need a way to survive.”"
The Greek government is failing. The people should reject it completely.

Obama may have doubled the federal debt, but federal spending grew more under Bush and Reagan than under Obama.

Misc

Scientists surprised by star whose brightness oscillates in sync with the eccentric orbit of a nearby giant planet, but it makes perfect sense to EU theorists.

Economy

This rotating skyscraper in Dubai should take the skyscraper curse to a new level.

Highway fatalities reach highest level since the height of the last bubble in 2007.

People not going out to eat as much despite all the new restaurants.

Bay area job growth declines dramatically.

Regulation

Congress repeals Obama-era regulation preventing coal mines from polluting rivers. That doesn't sound good.

Politics

Donald Trump and the Deep State part 1 and part 2 by Peter Dale Scott.

Immigration and welfare are tools of leftists following Cloward and Pivens' model.

Obama-linked activists have training manual for protesting Trump. He's still a astroturf organizer.

1992 proposal for right-wing populism sounds familiar.

Three Congressional Intelligence Committee IT staffers suspected of hacking congressional computers during campaign.

People blame Trump for rioting leftists.

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Politics

Frexit movement gaining steam from leading politicians in France.

War

US military training for martial law in America.

Sunday, February 12, 2017

Tax and Spend

Finnish trade union lawyer slams universal basic income plan.

Internet

College network attacked from its own IoT devices.
"including vending machines and light sensors"
Let's put those things on the internet. What could go wrong?

Environment

Four of Iceland's main volcanoes show signs of impending eruption. EU theorists predicted low solar activity would lead to more earthquakes and volcanoes.

California's permanent drought not so permanent after all.

Socialist presidential candidate offers asylum to US climate scientists. Funny.

Local

Sinclair creates retail program while retails stores are falling like flies.

New home sales skyrocket to highest level in a decade. In other words, it's another housing bubble.

Immigration

Analysis of the Ninth Circuit Court's ban on Trump's immigration delay from seven countries. Trump should point out the judiciary is a co-equal branch of government, not the boss of the executive branch.

Friday, February 10, 2017

Thursday, February 09, 2017

Wednesday, February 08, 2017

Politics

David Stockman reminds Trump he was elected to fix the economy.

Trump's foreign policy looks like Bush's and Obama's.

Trump acts like a neocon.

Republicans don't want to repeal Obamacare.

Tuesday, February 07, 2017

Politics

Trump has been following the Obama model of governing by presidential fiat and now he's adopted Obama's tactic of saying obvious lies like the murder rate is the highest in 47 years.

War

A reminder that the US, CIA and allies created and still funds ISIS.

Misc

Helium forms stable bond with sodium. It's not supposed to do that.

Sunday, February 05, 2017

Environment

UN official admits global warming fraud is about destroying capitalism.

Health Care

CDC Director acknowledges link between vaccines and autism.

Politics

Trump filled his cabinet with the same, old government-lovers. It reminds me of Reagan-Bush when Reagan employed all Bush people.

Police State

Judge orders Google to turn over emails stored on foreign server in contradiction to a previous ruling in favor of Microsoft not turning them over, setting up a higher court battle that will undoubtedly make companies surrender all data regardless of where it's kept.

Government failed to shut down child porn site, but Anonymous shut it down.

Saturday, February 04, 2017

Regulation

Google blocks payday loan ads to boost banks and prevent poor people from getting small loans.

Environment

Whistleblower exposes more fraud at NOAA.
"A high-level whistleblower has told this newspaper that America’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) breached its own rules on scientific integrity when it published the sensational but flawed report, aimed at making the maximum possible impact on world leaders including Barack Obama and David Cameron at the UN climate conference in Paris in 2015."
He's in trouble.

Politics

Soros continues to fund anti-Trump protests.

Immigration

Background for Trump's temporary immigration ban.

Immigration used to be controlled by states.

Friday, February 03, 2017

Politics

Obama keeps promise to stay in Washington D.C. and cause trouble.

Walter Williams asks,
"Ask yourself whether you have ever seen Republicans/conservatives rioting, turning over police cars, looting, setting places of business on fire and shouting obscenities while marching. Have you ever seen conservatives marching with chants calling for the murder of police officers?"
No.

Misc

Supernova remnants align with Milky Way's magnetic field as EU theory predicts.

Economy

Contrary to superficial reports, the economy is getting worse, not better.

Billionaires building nuclear bunkers in New Zealand.

Free cell phone service.

Education

Riots in Berkeley. It must be Tuesday. Blaming Black Bloc Anarchists. Police failed to stop riots.

More students are defaulting on loans than government admitted.

Foreign Policy

Trump is angering everybody fast. That may work in our favor.

Media

Fake news story about Trump threatening to invade Mexico.

White House investigating real leak of transcript.

Academy fears overt politicization at awards show as well they should.

War

Trump threatens Iran over Yemeni Houthi attack, or is that defense, on Saudi ship. This is wrong on so many levels.

Health Care

To forget may be one purpose of sleep, but to heal is the larger purpose.

Socialism

Ransomwear shuts down Licking County, Ohio government. Lucky people.

Crooks claim big data will make central planning effective. It won't.

Environment

Radiation levels at Fukushima hit record high.

Marine ecosystems adapt to climate change just like a thoughtful person would expect.

Wednesday, February 01, 2017

Economy

2016 home ownership rate lowest since 1965.

Police State

Police use pacemaker data to charge man with arson.

Misc

Social media makes people antisocial.

Politics

Republicans won't repeal Obamacare. Like I always said, they only want to modify it.

The left is throwing a hissy fit, but it's not self-destructing in reaction to Trump. Many said the same after Bush the Younger was elected, then we got Obama. It wasn't long ago talking heads told us Republicans had no path to win the presidency. Leftists will regroup and make a comeback because Republicans hate freedom too.

Environment

Sierra Nevada experience biggest snowpack in 22 years.

Media

Fake leaked transcripts of Trump phone calls?