A 46% tax on UNREALIZED capital gains for those tax payers of $100million or greater net worth. There WILL soon be a resolution for an exemption for our beloved politicians……
’…Stephen Colbert said President Joe Biden’s proposed budget is “dead on arrival” given that Republican lawmakers want to cut healthcare, food assistance, housing and other programs for the poor.
“It just reflects the bedrock Judeo-Christian values of the Republican party and echoes the words of our lord,” Colbert said, then mocked the religious right with a fake quote from Jesus: “For I was hungry and you said, ’Hey, who gave you that free food? Slap that fish out of his dirty little mouth!’”…’
Nikki Haley slammed for ‘idiotic’ claim that Medicaid and food stamp recipients are ‘sitting on the couch’
Former Trump UN Ambassador Nikki Haley is taking heat for falsely suggesting most Americans who use Medicaid or food stamps are “siting on the couch” and not working when they could be. In reality, the majority of food stamp and Medicaid recipients are children, seniors, or those with disabilities.“We shouldn’t be paying people to sit on the couch and adding to the rolls of welfare,” Haley, the former Republican governor of South Carolina currently running for president told Fox Corporation"s Neil Cavuto Thursday (video below), as she advocated for strong cuts in spending.
White House says attacks on LGBTQ rights are ‘dangerous’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Friday condemned what it described as “hateful and dangerous” attacks on LGBTQ people, as Republicans in various U.S. states pursue laws targeting the community’s rights. Speaking to reporters, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre pointed to Republican calls to ban gay marriage through legislation in Iowa and Tennessee, as well as moves to limit protections for same-sex couples in Florida.
Government should subsidize business by laying off government employees. With a 3.6 unemployment rate those people would surely find work and it would cut the budget.
Oh, wait, law says Government can’t do this! These people have a job for life.
Biden just doesn’t get it. Huge spending = record inflation. We suffer 2 ways. Everyone pays more for everything, and to tame inflation, the Fed keeps raising interest rates, which makes home ownership, buying a new car etc more expensive. Keep telling us how great this idiot is.
The problem for conservatives is they can’t find a Republican with the ability to understand the Budget Plan and read it to them, or actually listen to President Biden. If they could, they wouldn’t have any reason to bark meaningless, empty declarations.
@Radish the old word monger- Yes, it’s quite dangerous. The LGBTQ group only got that label recently. Those people have been that way since humans first started walking on this planet.
President Biden has offered a budget based on priorities and what Democrats believe in. But, by all means, I hope the Republicans offer a budget so that we can compare and contrast their priorities with ours.
Tell me again how our non-productive, non-collaborative, mutually exclusive, bitterly partisan, emotionally driven, binary, opposing-party, deeply dysfunctional, Congress can make the people healthy, wealthy, and wise with continual irrational obstruction and pathetic unfounded whining about the other side being the one with a tax and spend ideology while letting the important issues go unresolved session after session.
Bet a doughnut that Lisa takes advantage of all the government “spending” she can. But seriously Lisa, what are you willing to give up to accommodate your republican goals?
Funny how the “party of the people” consistently loses their collective MINDS whenever anybody suggests the rich should pay their fair share of taxes. Why, it’s almost like they’re actually more concerned about the rich, than they are about the average person…
This country will never have a balanced budget no matter who’s in charge. When people are spending other peoples money, they go hog wild. It’s just human nature.
I know, I know, you hate the “tax” part. But you always complain about the “spend” part, yet never seem to get around to committing to which cuts you’d make.
A few places that could be trimmed. The Department of Education. Student proficiency has dropped since the department’s founding. Close it as a failed experiment. I appreciate National Parks. Which protect the beauty of our land. likewise, Nation Forests that provide timber and other products from the forests. However, not land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Either, sell it or give it to the states. The General Services Administration had over 70,000 empty building. Determine if there is a future need. Sell the building over 10 years.
and yet Democrats get confused by this. When a liberal ‘economist’ says debt is good I know they are living in a clown world that has not relationship with the real world.
And so many sissy liberals will get angry at me for pointing this out. So fun to trigger the easily triggered sometimes.
And to further “balloon” the spending… Video shows hundreds of migrants storm across US-Mexico border bridge – Lee Brown, NYP March 13, 2023 7:53am
Hundreds out of thousands… We are paying for illegals, Ukranian oligarchs, elite bailouts, work capable welfare recipients, the Biden mob, the cartels, the Dim & Rino money laundering scheme; just how long before the house of cards come crashing down, days, weeks? Who is going to bail us out?
The rush followed a rumor that the border was being opened to give them fast-tracked political asylum in the US, according to Mexican outlet Norte Digital.
Many — including elderly and young kids — started running and appealing for others to follow as they raced up the bridge leading to El Paso, Texas.
The group — which Fox estimated was at least 1,000 mostly Venezuelan migrants — then clamored to be let in through gates at the border crossing, with some standing on vehicles
Some appeared to try to get past barbed wire while others prayed and begged to be let through.
It was one of three bridges where Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents confirmed they had to implement “port hardening measures” on Sunday because of “a potential threat to make a mass entry.”
Extra officers and barricades were also used at the Bridge of the Americas and the Stanton-Lerdo span, CBP said.
More examples of spend, spend, spend. This is a psychopath, not an intellectually disabled person. The execution will serve the purpose of protecting humanity. Would you want to guard him? Next it will be calls to let him free, suppressed, blind, etc. The liberal mindset being that of save one, the hell with the endangered masses; it makes me feel better and that’s all that counts, just don’t let him move into my neighborhood.
A Texas death row inmate who killed three people, including two kids, and later gouged out both of his eyes and ate one was granted a delayed execution.
Andre Thomas, 39, was sentenced to death for the 2004 killings of his estranged wife, Christine Boren, 20, their 4-year-old son Andre Lee and her 13-month-old daughter Leyha Marie Hughes.
He cut out the children’s hearts during the fatal attack.
Thomas was to be executed in Texas on April 5, but State District Judge Jim Fallon issued an order on Tuesday withdrawing the execution date.
Thomas’ lawyers had requested additional time to prepare for a court hearing to review his competency, citing mental illness.
The Supreme Court prohibits executions of the intellectually disabled – but not for those with mental illness – and has ruled that death row inmates must be determined competent before the execution.
“We are confident that when we present the evidence of Mr. Thomas’s incompetence, the court will agree that executing him would violate the Constitution,” Maurie Levin, Thomas’ attorney, wrote in a statement. “Guiding this blind psychotic man to the gurney for execution offends our sense of humanity and serves no legitimate purpose.”
spend, spend, spend, no matter the punch in the face of reality..
Reality Bites: Europe’s Wind & Solar Disaster Forces Serious Reversal On ‘Green’ Transition – March 10, 2023 by stopthesethings
Eventually, order emerges from chaos. Thanks to the chaos of Europe’s self-inflicted wind and solar disaster, reality is starting to take hold, with the promise of order on the horizon. Investment in new wind turbines and solar panels has plummeted across Europe. Coal-fired power is back in vogue and nuclear plants are the next must-have.
Economist Herbert Stein once said that ‘if something cannot go on forever, it will stop’. Today, there is growing evidence that ‘Stein’s law’ is coming for the renewables industry, particularly for wind and solar power.
Major fossil-fuel giants have put great efforts into rebranding themselves as ‘green’ in recent years. But they are now starting to shift gear. BP, after years of using the slogan ‘Beyond Petroleum’, is quietly moving back to plain-old petroleum. US president Joe Biden, who in 2019 promised to ‘end fossil fuels’, has seemingly changed his tune. In his State of the Union address last week, he noted that the world will need oil for ‘at least another decade’. Meanwhile, new data from Germany show that consumers’ willingness to switch from traditional cars to electric vehicles (EVs) declines substantially, Even Denmark, once known as a wind-power pioneer, is having second thoughts. It is both re-evaluating new renewable-energy projects and reopening the door for a return to nuclear energy. Poland, which currently relies heavily on coal, has decided to go all-in on nuclear power.
During last year’s global energy crunch, working nuclear power plants were shut down across the world, from California to Germany. This will be seen by future generations as a moment of absolute madness. As will attempts to phase out fossil fuels before reliable replacements are available.
spend, spend, spend: Will more states in the US follow? NO, the libs will force the Fed to get involved and waste our money, endanger our kids to make themselves feel better.
Norway offers a step forward in eliminating gender ideologyStory by Debra Soh, Washington Examiner
Last week, the Norwegian Healthcare Investigation Board announced it would be revising its current guidelines regarding so-called “gender-affirming care” for minors because it no longer considers them to be evidence-based. The board also acknowledged that the growing number of teenage girls identifying as male post-puberty remains under-studied.Under the proposed updated guidelines, the use of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and transition-related surgery would be restricted to research contexts and no longer provided in clinical settings. Norway joins Finland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom in introducing greater safeguarding for children. In the United States, eight states thus far have banned affirmative care for individuals under 18, with Tennessee being the latest to pass such legislation.
It’s good that more professional organizations are recognizing the experimental nature of this approach in children. An existing body of research shows that most kids with gender dysphoria grow to be comfortable in their bodies upon undergoing puberty and that those wishing to transition suddenly post-puberty may be experiencing a social contagion. These studies have been dismissed because they don’t fit the preferred activist narrative.
‘Shark Tank’s’ Kevin O’Leary rips Biden over Silicon Valley: ‘He nationalized the American banking system’ Story by Nikolas Lanum •
Investor and “Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary condemned President Joe Biden’s response to the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapse, claiming Biden had eliminated risk from the industry by using taxpayers’ dollars to reimburse wealthy clients.
“I don’t think he’ll say it in the way I’m suggesting, but what effectively happened over the weekend is that he nationalized the American banking system,” O’Leary told CNN on Monday. “It’s no longer a risk, it’s no longer private in any sense. It is now backstopped by the government, ultimately, the taxpayer. So, it doesn’t matter how bad you are as a bank manager.”
O’Leary blamed the SVP collapse on a “negligent” board of directors as well as “idiotic” management," noting the two errors acted as a “powerful cocktail” to wipe out the bank. – GO WOKE GO BROKE
Seems like the Treasury and the Fed have their wires crossed. Yellin: no bailout; feds: backstop – does anyone really believe the taxpayers will not pay (bailout) for the elite’s stupidity of holding too many assets in one institution???? Ask the Ukranian oligarchs, we are foolishly supporting them and many will blindly vote once again for the criminal politicians who demand that we pay Ukraine in order to launder back to the criminal politicians, just like the Biden family laundering scam.
As usual, Lisa left out an important detail; the ton-and-a-half of bricks of debt the GQP has loaded into the balloon basket, and the anchors of their obsructionism to hold the balloon down if the bricks are not enough
Pay for Play Chyna Joek, spending, spending, spending
OUTRAGEOUS: Silicon Valley Bank Provided Massive Amounts of Capital to Chinese Tech Ventures – Now Biden FDIC and Federal Reverse Are Bailing It Out – Clearly Biden Is Working for China
The Silicon Valley Bank has served as a huge bridge to China and Chinese tech engineers. Is this why the corrupt Biden Gang is bailing it out?
Just this morning the US House reported that they have the goods on the Bidens’ corrupt and criminal actions with China. The Bidens are in bed with the corrupt China regime and the House has the evidence. The Bidens were receiving money from the CCP.
Late today it was reported that the Biden regime is going to have its FDIC and Federal Reserve make good on all deposits in the bank – a significant portion of which are China-owned accounts.
To summarize, the Bidens are in the tank with China, SVD has a significant amount of capital invested with Chinese ventures, and the Biden Administration will make sure none of the Chinese companies lose money.
BIDEN IS NOT WORKING FOR AMERICA – HE’S WORKING FOR CHINA- Joe Hoft, Gateway Pundit
So we will wash the clothes twice, using more water than necessary, will spending more time and money. If only we could regulate more brain efficiency on the left.
Last month, President Biden’s Department of Energy proposed new efficiency standards for washing machines that require new appliances to use considerably less water, all in an effort to “confront the global climate crisis.”
Leading industry corporations have voiced their opinion on the rule, claiming the mandates force manufacturers to reduce cleaning performance to ensure their machines comply. As the Washington Free Beacon described it, “each cycle will take longer, the detergent will cost more, and in the end, the clothes will be less clean,” according to manufacturers.
The proposed washing machine change is the latest example of the Biden administration pushing more consumer regulations to advance green initiatives. In February, the administration received heat for a leaked proposal which would have banned half of America’s gas stoves in addition to another proposal to heavily regulate refrigerators.
The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers argued that the Energy Department’s washing machine regulations “would have a disproportionate, negative impact on low-income households” by eliminating cheaper appliances from the market. The Energy Department estimates that manufacturers will incur nearly $700 million in conversion costs to transition to the new machines.
“The proposal also argues that it won’t reduce appliance performance, but skepticism is warranted because past regulations have often been found to reduce performance,” Coleman told Fox News Digital.
Dim math: another hot air balloon primed for a crash landing
California pushes for $360,000 per person in reparations despite major deficit
In 2020, the United States Census Bureau recorded approximately 2.251 million black people residing in California, of whom 1.8 million had at least one ancestor who was a slave, Fox News reported, making the total reparations cost around $640 billion. It is unknown where the state will come up with the funds, however, as Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) reported that California is facing a budget deficit of $22.5 billion for this coming fiscal year.- Brady Knox, Washington Examiner
We all know California leads the nation in nonsensical spending. If the dims remain in power, it will become a federally funded spending operation under the guise of some convoluted equity, inclusion name and guess who will be paying for it, all taxpayers, not just the dopes who vote for these taxes in CA, causing the balloon to crash even harder.
Are the generations of those who helped abolish slavery exempt from paying? What about the complete erased history of the Irish immigrants slave traded by the English? Do they deserve reparations? The fact-checkers deny it because it doesn’t fit their narrative, making a distinction between indentured servitude and slavery. The historical recordation proves both slavery and indentured servitude.
China Joe added to his running the presses. Told SVB depositors they would lose no money. Told taxpayers they wouldn’t be paying for AVB’s pay outs to depositors. Spoke with forked toungue. No problem with refunding depositors upto $250,000. That’s what’s promised by the FDIC insurance. Refunding anything after that should come from the assets of SVB. There’s money in the vaults, outstanding loans and the the bank buildings. any crumbs left over should go to investors. Shouldn’t have invested in a woke bank to began with.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member about 1 year ago
Con-serves’ plan is to cut taxes for the rich, and spend.
Zykoic about 1 year ago
A 46% tax on UNREALIZED capital gains for those tax payers of $100million or greater net worth. There WILL soon be a resolution for an exemption for our beloved politicians……
Radish the wordsmith about 1 year ago
’…Stephen Colbert said President Joe Biden’s proposed budget is “dead on arrival” given that Republican lawmakers want to cut healthcare, food assistance, housing and other programs for the poor.
“It just reflects the bedrock Judeo-Christian values of the Republican party and echoes the words of our lord,” Colbert said, then mocked the religious right with a fake quote from Jesus: “For I was hungry and you said, ’Hey, who gave you that free food? Slap that fish out of his dirty little mouth!’”…’
Will? about 1 year ago
Is this the part where all those non-wealthy Republicans pretend that Biden’s proposed taxes will adversely affect them somehow?
Radish the wordsmith about 1 year ago
Republicans refuse to have their rich criminal friends taxed or even audited.
Radish the wordsmith about 1 year ago
Nikki Haley slammed for ‘idiotic’ claim that Medicaid and food stamp recipients are ‘sitting on the couch’
Former Trump UN Ambassador Nikki Haley is taking heat for falsely suggesting most Americans who use Medicaid or food stamps are “siting on the couch” and not working when they could be. In reality, the majority of food stamp and Medicaid recipients are children, seniors, or those with disabilities.“We shouldn’t be paying people to sit on the couch and adding to the rolls of welfare,” Haley, the former Republican governor of South Carolina currently running for president told Fox Corporation"s Neil Cavuto Thursday (video below), as she advocated for strong cuts in spending.
Radish the wordsmith about 1 year ago
White House says attacks on LGBTQ rights are ‘dangerous’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Friday condemned what it described as “hateful and dangerous” attacks on LGBTQ people, as Republicans in various U.S. states pursue laws targeting the community’s rights. Speaking to reporters, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre pointed to Republican calls to ban gay marriage through legislation in Iowa and Tennessee, as well as moves to limit protections for same-sex couples in Florida.
braindead Premium Member about 1 year ago
Lisa is another Trump Disciple who believes that tax cuts for the rich and for patriotic multinational corporations benefit her personally.
Those awesome analysis skills.
VegaAlopex about 1 year ago
versus Reganomical borrow and spend, so the rich can buy bonds and use the tax cuts for interest?
GOGOPOWERANGERS about 1 year ago
Imagine laughing at people trying to help each other
That what basically republicans come to
alex Coke Premium Member about 1 year ago
Show McCarthy and gang holding the ballon down.
Fklimko about 1 year ago
Government should subsidize business by laying off government employees. With a 3.6 unemployment rate those people would surely find work and it would cut the budget.
Oh, wait, law says Government can’t do this! These people have a job for life.
Masterskrain Premium Member about 1 year ago
The Heffalumps want to CUT TAXES for their rich buddies, and STILL spend like drunken sailors.
Basic economics 101: If you SPEND more then you take in, you WILL GO BANKRUPT. Everything else is just details.
FJB Premium Member about 1 year ago
Biden just doesn’t get it. Huge spending = record inflation. We suffer 2 ways. Everyone pays more for everything, and to tame inflation, the Fed keeps raising interest rates, which makes home ownership, buying a new car etc more expensive. Keep telling us how great this idiot is.
da_villa about 1 year ago
Yep! Can’t spend your way out of debt!
Stephen Runnels Premium Member about 1 year ago
The problem for conservatives is they can’t find a Republican with the ability to understand the Budget Plan and read it to them, or actually listen to President Biden. If they could, they wouldn’t have any reason to bark meaningless, empty declarations.
djtenltd about 1 year ago
@Radish the old word monger- Yes, it’s quite dangerous. The LGBTQ group only got that label recently. Those people have been that way since humans first started walking on this planet.
djtenltd about 1 year ago
Even if you’re the president, you can’t do much if you don’t have a strong supportive staff behind you.
The Nodding Head about 1 year ago
Tax the rich? Horrors! Work for a more equitable distribution of wealth? Pshaw! Subvert the power of Big Money? Squeak!
rs0204 Premium Member about 1 year ago
President Biden has offered a budget based on priorities and what Democrats believe in. But, by all means, I hope the Republicans offer a budget so that we can compare and contrast their priorities with ours.
davidthoms1 about 1 year ago
Lisa forgets that 25% of our total National Debt occurred during her orange savior’s term in office!
NeoconMan about 1 year ago
Tax and spend? I much prefer borrow and spend, and pass the bill on to our grandchildren.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member about 1 year ago
Republicans prefer tax breaks for the rich and then starting trillion dollar wars! Then they blame the Democrats for the debt!!
Durak Premium Member about 1 year ago
No doubt Lisa knows as much about Biden’s plan as does Speaker Kevin. Nothing.
superposition about 1 year ago
Tell me again how our non-productive, non-collaborative, mutually exclusive, bitterly partisan, emotionally driven, binary, opposing-party, deeply dysfunctional, Congress can make the people healthy, wealthy, and wise with continual irrational obstruction and pathetic unfounded whining about the other side being the one with a tax and spend ideology while letting the important issues go unresolved session after session.
njchris about 1 year ago
Compared to the GQP’s cut taxes and spend plans
Alberta Oil Premium Member about 1 year ago
Bet a doughnut that Lisa takes advantage of all the government “spending” she can. But seriously Lisa, what are you willing to give up to accommodate your republican goals?
rickmac1937 Premium Member about 1 year ago
So true it’s scary
ChristopherBurns about 1 year ago
And the Republicans plan is………?
DrDon1 about 1 year ago
Just Benson doing her impersonation of T. Carlson….
ShadowMaster about 1 year ago
As opposed to the Republican’s “cut taxes on those that pay the most and argue about spending while NOT cutting spending one thin dime.”
dpatrickryan Premium Member about 1 year ago
Funny how the “party of the people” consistently loses their collective MINDS whenever anybody suggests the rich should pay their fair share of taxes. Why, it’s almost like they’re actually more concerned about the rich, than they are about the average person…
preacherman about 1 year ago
Well, tax and spend, mostly on things that will benefit everyone, sure beats tax and give it to the rich, the Repub way.
Frankfreak about 1 year ago
Republicans need to return to their platform of the ’50’s.
MartinPerry1 about 1 year ago
“Tax and spend.” Far better than the right’s usual “Spend and spend some more.”
mxy about 1 year ago
This country will never have a balanced budget no matter who’s in charge. When people are spending other peoples money, they go hog wild. It’s just human nature.
Rich Douglas about 1 year ago
I know, I know, you hate the “tax” part. But you always complain about the “spend” part, yet never seem to get around to committing to which cuts you’d make.
zerorest about 1 year ago
Trust the free market? Bail me out now!
Woodstock Generation Premium Member about 1 year ago
The US economy was really booming when the top tax rate was 91%!
GiantShetlandPony about 1 year ago
Republicans can’t complain about budgets, when they don’t have one to present themselves. Program cuts and tax cuts for the wealthy are not budgets.
Plumb.Bob Premium Member about 1 year ago
The GOP cuts taxes and spends. The Dems increase taxes and spend. One is slightly more sustainable.
Interventor12 about 1 year ago
A few places that could be trimmed. The Department of Education. Student proficiency has dropped since the department’s founding. Close it as a failed experiment. I appreciate National Parks. Which protect the beauty of our land. likewise, Nation Forests that provide timber and other products from the forests. However, not land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Either, sell it or give it to the states. The General Services Administration had over 70,000 empty building. Determine if there is a future need. Sell the building over 10 years.
piper_gilbert about 1 year ago
Let’s elect people who only support people who take advantage of us.
tjteixeira Premium Member about 1 year ago
Lisa doesn’t show the boat anchor that is the Republican alternative of “Tax Cut and Still Spend”.
Bill.Franklin about 1 year ago
and yet Democrats get confused by this. When a liberal ‘economist’ says debt is good I know they are living in a clown world that has not relationship with the real world.
And so many sissy liberals will get angry at me for pointing this out. So fun to trigger the easily triggered sometimes.
cdbro about 1 year ago
And to further “balloon” the spending… Video shows hundreds of migrants storm across US-Mexico border bridge – Lee Brown, NYP March 13, 2023 7:53am
Hundreds out of thousands… We are paying for illegals, Ukranian oligarchs, elite bailouts, work capable welfare recipients, the Biden mob, the cartels, the Dim & Rino money laundering scheme; just how long before the house of cards come crashing down, days, weeks? Who is going to bail us out?
The rush followed a rumor that the border was being opened to give them fast-tracked political asylum in the US, according to Mexican outlet Norte Digital.
Many — including elderly and young kids — started running and appealing for others to follow as they raced up the bridge leading to El Paso, Texas.
The group — which Fox estimated was at least 1,000 mostly Venezuelan migrants — then clamored to be let in through gates at the border crossing, with some standing on vehicles
Some appeared to try to get past barbed wire while others prayed and begged to be let through.
It was one of three bridges where Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents confirmed they had to implement “port hardening measures” on Sunday because of “a potential threat to make a mass entry.”
Extra officers and barricades were also used at the Bridge of the Americas and the Stanton-Lerdo span, CBP said.
cdbro about 1 year ago
More examples of spend, spend, spend. This is a psychopath, not an intellectually disabled person. The execution will serve the purpose of protecting humanity. Would you want to guard him? Next it will be calls to let him free, suppressed, blind, etc. The liberal mindset being that of save one, the hell with the endangered masses; it makes me feel better and that’s all that counts, just don’t let him move into my neighborhood.
A Texas death row inmate who killed three people, including two kids, and later gouged out both of his eyes and ate one was granted a delayed execution.
Andre Thomas, 39, was sentenced to death for the 2004 killings of his estranged wife, Christine Boren, 20, their 4-year-old son Andre Lee and her 13-month-old daughter Leyha Marie Hughes.
He cut out the children’s hearts during the fatal attack.
Thomas was to be executed in Texas on April 5, but State District Judge Jim Fallon issued an order on Tuesday withdrawing the execution date.
Thomas’ lawyers had requested additional time to prepare for a court hearing to review his competency, citing mental illness.
The Supreme Court prohibits executions of the intellectually disabled – but not for those with mental illness – and has ruled that death row inmates must be determined competent before the execution.
“We are confident that when we present the evidence of Mr. Thomas’s incompetence, the court will agree that executing him would violate the Constitution,” Maurie Levin, Thomas’ attorney, wrote in a statement. “Guiding this blind psychotic man to the gurney for execution offends our sense of humanity and serves no legitimate purpose.”
cdbro about 1 year ago
spend, spend, spend, no matter the punch in the face of reality..
Reality Bites: Europe’s Wind & Solar Disaster Forces Serious Reversal On ‘Green’ Transition – March 10, 2023 by stopthesethings
Eventually, order emerges from chaos. Thanks to the chaos of Europe’s self-inflicted wind and solar disaster, reality is starting to take hold, with the promise of order on the horizon. Investment in new wind turbines and solar panels has plummeted across Europe. Coal-fired power is back in vogue and nuclear plants are the next must-have.
Economist Herbert Stein once said that ‘if something cannot go on forever, it will stop’. Today, there is growing evidence that ‘Stein’s law’ is coming for the renewables industry, particularly for wind and solar power.
Major fossil-fuel giants have put great efforts into rebranding themselves as ‘green’ in recent years. But they are now starting to shift gear. BP, after years of using the slogan ‘Beyond Petroleum’, is quietly moving back to plain-old petroleum. US president Joe Biden, who in 2019 promised to ‘end fossil fuels’, has seemingly changed his tune. In his State of the Union address last week, he noted that the world will need oil for ‘at least another decade’. Meanwhile, new data from Germany show that consumers’ willingness to switch from traditional cars to electric vehicles (EVs) declines substantially, Even Denmark, once known as a wind-power pioneer, is having second thoughts. It is both re-evaluating new renewable-energy projects and reopening the door for a return to nuclear energy. Poland, which currently relies heavily on coal, has decided to go all-in on nuclear power.
During last year’s global energy crunch, working nuclear power plants were shut down across the world, from California to Germany. This will be seen by future generations as a moment of absolute madness. As will attempts to phase out fossil fuels before reliable replacements are available.
cdbro about 1 year ago
spend, spend, spend: Will more states in the US follow? NO, the libs will force the Fed to get involved and waste our money, endanger our kids to make themselves feel better.
Norway offers a step forward in eliminating gender ideologyStory by Debra Soh, Washington Examiner
Last week, the Norwegian Healthcare Investigation Board announced it would be revising its current guidelines regarding so-called “gender-affirming care” for minors because it no longer considers them to be evidence-based. The board also acknowledged that the growing number of teenage girls identifying as male post-puberty remains under-studied.Under the proposed updated guidelines, the use of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and transition-related surgery would be restricted to research contexts and no longer provided in clinical settings. Norway joins Finland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom in introducing greater safeguarding for children. In the United States, eight states thus far have banned affirmative care for individuals under 18, with Tennessee being the latest to pass such legislation.
It’s good that more professional organizations are recognizing the experimental nature of this approach in children. An existing body of research shows that most kids with gender dysphoria grow to be comfortable in their bodies upon undergoing puberty and that those wishing to transition suddenly post-puberty may be experiencing a social contagion. These studies have been dismissed because they don’t fit the preferred activist narrative.
cdbro about 1 year ago
spend, spend, spend…
‘Shark Tank’s’ Kevin O’Leary rips Biden over Silicon Valley: ‘He nationalized the American banking system’ Story by Nikolas Lanum •
Investor and “Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary condemned President Joe Biden’s response to the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapse, claiming Biden had eliminated risk from the industry by using taxpayers’ dollars to reimburse wealthy clients.
“I don’t think he’ll say it in the way I’m suggesting, but what effectively happened over the weekend is that he nationalized the American banking system,” O’Leary told CNN on Monday. “It’s no longer a risk, it’s no longer private in any sense. It is now backstopped by the government, ultimately, the taxpayer. So, it doesn’t matter how bad you are as a bank manager.”
O’Leary blamed the SVP collapse on a “negligent” board of directors as well as “idiotic” management," noting the two errors acted as a “powerful cocktail” to wipe out the bank. – GO WOKE GO BROKE
Seems like the Treasury and the Fed have their wires crossed. Yellin: no bailout; feds: backstop – does anyone really believe the taxpayers will not pay (bailout) for the elite’s stupidity of holding too many assets in one institution???? Ask the Ukranian oligarchs, we are foolishly supporting them and many will blindly vote once again for the criminal politicians who demand that we pay Ukraine in order to launder back to the criminal politicians, just like the Biden family laundering scam.
Conservative Man about 1 year ago
The so called rich already pay the majority of the taxes, all democrats do is steal to hand out money to their cronies
drbee about 1 year ago
As usual, Lisa left out an important detail; the ton-and-a-half of bricks of debt the GQP has loaded into the balloon basket, and the anchors of their obsructionism to hold the balloon down if the bricks are not enough
Fklimko about 1 year ago
With the collapse of SVB it’s now bail out the rich.
cdbro about 1 year ago
Pay for Play Chyna Joek, spending, spending, spending
OUTRAGEOUS: Silicon Valley Bank Provided Massive Amounts of Capital to Chinese Tech Ventures – Now Biden FDIC and Federal Reverse Are Bailing It Out – Clearly Biden Is Working for China
The Silicon Valley Bank has served as a huge bridge to China and Chinese tech engineers. Is this why the corrupt Biden Gang is bailing it out?
Just this morning the US House reported that they have the goods on the Bidens’ corrupt and criminal actions with China. The Bidens are in bed with the corrupt China regime and the House has the evidence. The Bidens were receiving money from the CCP.
Late today it was reported that the Biden regime is going to have its FDIC and Federal Reserve make good on all deposits in the bank – a significant portion of which are China-owned accounts.
To summarize, the Bidens are in the tank with China, SVD has a significant amount of capital invested with Chinese ventures, and the Biden Administration will make sure none of the Chinese companies lose money.
BIDEN IS NOT WORKING FOR AMERICA – HE’S WORKING FOR CHINA- Joe Hoft, Gateway Pundit
cdbro about 1 year ago
So we will wash the clothes twice, using more water than necessary, will spending more time and money. If only we could regulate more brain efficiency on the left.
Last month, President Biden’s Department of Energy proposed new efficiency standards for washing machines that require new appliances to use considerably less water, all in an effort to “confront the global climate crisis.”
Leading industry corporations have voiced their opinion on the rule, claiming the mandates force manufacturers to reduce cleaning performance to ensure their machines comply. As the Washington Free Beacon described it, “each cycle will take longer, the detergent will cost more, and in the end, the clothes will be less clean,” according to manufacturers.
The proposed washing machine change is the latest example of the Biden administration pushing more consumer regulations to advance green initiatives. In February, the administration received heat for a leaked proposal which would have banned half of America’s gas stoves in addition to another proposal to heavily regulate refrigerators.
The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers argued that the Energy Department’s washing machine regulations “would have a disproportionate, negative impact on low-income households” by eliminating cheaper appliances from the market. The Energy Department estimates that manufacturers will incur nearly $700 million in conversion costs to transition to the new machines.
“The proposal also argues that it won’t reduce appliance performance, but skepticism is warranted because past regulations have often been found to reduce performance,” Coleman told Fox News Digital.
cdbro about 1 year ago
Dim math: another hot air balloon primed for a crash landing
California pushes for $360,000 per person in reparations despite major deficit
In 2020, the United States Census Bureau recorded approximately 2.251 million black people residing in California, of whom 1.8 million had at least one ancestor who was a slave, Fox News reported, making the total reparations cost around $640 billion. It is unknown where the state will come up with the funds, however, as Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) reported that California is facing a budget deficit of $22.5 billion for this coming fiscal year.- Brady Knox, Washington Examiner
We all know California leads the nation in nonsensical spending. If the dims remain in power, it will become a federally funded spending operation under the guise of some convoluted equity, inclusion name and guess who will be paying for it, all taxpayers, not just the dopes who vote for these taxes in CA, causing the balloon to crash even harder.
Are the generations of those who helped abolish slavery exempt from paying? What about the complete erased history of the Irish immigrants slave traded by the English? Do they deserve reparations? The fact-checkers deny it because it doesn’t fit their narrative, making a distinction between indentured servitude and slavery. The historical recordation proves both slavery and indentured servitude.
Interventor12 about 1 year ago
China Joe added to his running the presses. Told SVB depositors they would lose no money. Told taxpayers they wouldn’t be paying for AVB’s pay outs to depositors. Spoke with forked toungue. No problem with refunding depositors upto $250,000. That’s what’s promised by the FDIC insurance. Refunding anything after that should come from the assets of SVB. There’s money in the vaults, outstanding loans and the the bank buildings. any crumbs left over should go to investors. Shouldn’t have invested in a woke bank to began with.