Enjoy your water heater while you still can; Democrats again

Why are they doing this to us? TD

 Washington Examiner

"Ever heard the phrase “Give someone an inch and they’ll take a mile”? Americans gave Joe Biden the Oval Office, and now he is taking away their cars , dishwashers, gas stoves , and, most recently, their water heaters.

'Biden’s Department of Energy on July 21 released new proposed energy-efficiency standards for water heaters. This is the latest round in the administration’s ongoing home-invasion campaign in the name of stopping climate change and saving the world, all while actively making life harder for everyday Americans.

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'If finalized as currently written, beginning in 2029, this regulation would require new boiler installations to use electric heat pumps , which pull heat from the surrounding air to bring water up to temperature, instead of heating the water internally. Moreover, standards for traditional gas-fired water heaters will become stricter, thus making them more costly, which is in line with the Biden administration’s push toward full home appliance electrification.

'This latest efficiency mandate, like the ones that came before, stems from the Environmental Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, signed into law by President Gerald Ford at a time when there were great fears of energy scarcity. But in 2023, with the advent of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, more energy is available to us now than ever before. According to the Energy Information Administration, in 1975 America imported more than 5,800 barrels of crude oil and petroleum products daily. But in 2023, America is the largest producer of oil and natural gas in the world and a net exporter of them.

"Following Biden’s crackdown on dishwashers , the water heater rule is the latest in a long series of attempts (in 18 categories, to be exact) to restrict Americans’ ability to enjoy cheap, reliable energy, brought to us by conventional fuels. The onerous home appliance efficiency mandates will raise prices of appliances, disproportionately hurting poor people and small businesses." . . .

In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com last November, a whistleblower claimed he was on a 2012 phone call with then-Vice President Joe and Hunter discussing a Latin American online gambling business.

Hunter Biden investigation: Why the Devon Archer testimony is so important | Washington Examiner   "When Devon Archer sits down on Monday with the House Oversight Committee, the Hunter Biden investigation could enter a new and more significant phase.

"That’s because Archer, a former business partner of Hunter Biden’s and a former friend to the family, is expected to testify about the extent of President Joe Biden’s involvement in his son’s foreign business dealings, potentially roping the president more deeply into a scandal he has thus far studiously avoided.

"Archer will be the closest business associate of Hunter Biden’s to speak with Congress to date. The two served together on the board of Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company, and handled a range of other business deals together through Rosemont Seneca, their investment firm.

"While other witnesses have discussed the evidence that Hunter Biden engaged in illegal activity during his time working for overseas companies, Archer’s testimony could be the first that directly links Joe Biden to the lobbying his son did." . . .

Devon Archer, the man who will testify to Congress about his business dealings with Hunter Biden: Who is he? | Fox News    "Devon Archer, Hunter Biden’s longtime friend and business associate, is expected to testify on Capitol Hill Monday and share intimate details about foreign ventures he worked on and the level at which President Biden was allegedly involved.

"Archer is set to appear before the House Oversight Committee Monday and is reportedly preparing to tell lawmakers that President Biden met with dozens of Hunter's business associates while he was serving as vice president between 2009 and 2017." . . .

EXCLUSIVE: Explosive emails, photos and documents lay bare Hunter Biden's shady overseas business dealings that compromise the President and come dangerously close to violating foreign lobbying act | Daily Mail Online   . . ."And now after a painstaking investigation using documents from Hunter's abandoned laptop, interviews with sources and subpoenaed records obtained by DailyMail.com, we can reveal exactly what evidence may be used against the First Son.

"The information lays out a laundry list of potential foreign influence violations that span China, Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Kazakhstan, Mexico and other Latin American countries.". . .

Video: In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com last November, a whistleblower claimed he was on a 2012 phone call with then-Vice President Joe and Hunter discussing a Latin American online gambling business. DailyMail.com obtained an archive of the gambling website Much, much more at the Daily Mail.

It’s Year 5 of the Biden Crime Family Coverup | RealClearPolitics  "A truism that came out of the Watergate scandal is that often the coverup is worse than the crime. But that is not the case in the unraveling Bidengate scandal. The alleged crime here is so bad that it is probably the worst ever committed by an American president.

"Yet the coverup should be studied, too. It deserves superlatives for its longevity, inventiveness, and sheer audacity. The strategy has been simple: deny, deflect, destroy. Deny the facts. Deflect with distractions, and when all else fails, work tirelessly to destroy Trump, who was among the first to raise questions about the Biden family’s shady dealings. At Year 5, it may be the most successful coverup in modern history, especially since so many of the facts have been in plain sight for the entire time." . . . 

"Hunter Biden might be in prison now, and his father would have retired to Delaware to live out his final years in shame.

"Instead, Democrats in Congress put Trump on trial for daring to notice that which must not be named – the influence-peddling scheme run by Joe Biden and his kin. The impeachment was America’s crash course on Ukrainian corruption, but somehow the mainstream media missed the story and tried to convince the public that Biden was the victim. They hid the evidence then, just as they did last week when Hunter Biden’s sweetheart plea deal fell apart." . . .

UPDATE: Douglas Murray mocks media yet to cover Hunter Biden's 'sweetheart' plea deal rejection    "Many media outlets have not yet covered Hunter Biden’s misdemeanours, and his “sweetheart” plea deal rejection has been a “surprise” to them, according to author Douglas Murray.

“ 'It was meant to see him plead on these relatively small minor charges, get a slap on the wrist and then get on with things,” Mr Murray told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “ 'But the judge in Delaware, it turned out, hadn’t been spoken to, as it were. She made sure that she actually read the detail of it and wasn't happy with it.' ”

Clown Alert! Four Things the Leftists Hope You Missed This Week –

 PJ Media

America’s Bolshies were making moves this week, and some of them blew up spectacularly into their snotty Marxist mugs. They would probably prefer you not read this article, but that won’t stop you.

Schumer and his little fists again

1. Jason Aldean’s “Racist” Courthouse

First, let’s talk about that Jason Aldean video that keeps your green-haired, trans-pansexual sister-in-law awake at night. Never mind that she/zhe/sheep never heard of Aldean before. Once zhe/zsa-zsa was told to jump, compliance kicked in.

The leftoid cranks screamed that Aldean’s video promoted lynching after an unemployed C.H.U.D. popped out of mumsie’s basement and revealed that a century ago, a black man was hung in front of the courthouse that is seen throughout the video.

How dare Aldean not search the history of what might have happened near a building?

What the self-loathers on the left failed to realize — or chose to ignore — is that Miley Cyrus, as Hannah Montana, shot a scene in front of the same building in her 2009 film, “The Movie.”

So it was just revealed that Paramount shot a scene in one of their Christmas movies at the same courthouse that Jason Aldean’s new music was shot at. Plus, there’s a scene at the same courthouse in the Hannah Montana movie. So is @paramountplus and Hannah Montana racist too? pic.twitter.com/dZfHPgKdAF

— savannah (@scb_90) July 22, 2023

Why did Cyrus get a pass and not Aldean? Do you really need me to answer that? Okay!

Aldean is one of those abhorrent, straight, white men, and he is — even worse — a country music artist. I count four reasons for the left to fear him and weep violently into their N-95s." . . .   Keep reading; there's more.

Europe will be the Battleground … again

 EXCLUSIVE interview with Paul Craig Roberts: Europe will be the Battleground ... again - Herland Report (hannenabintuherland.com)

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts said in this exclusive interview to Herland Report, taped in 2018: “If there is a war, Europe is going to disappear. The Russians have already said that they will not fight another war on their territory. There are no independent governments in Europe, Washington owns them.” Say again?

 “If Russia and China have insulated themselves, it would be an enormous rise in power of Russia in the East and the complete collapse of the Western power. It would be like a world revolution. That would be the last thing that the Central Banks in the West would want because their main function is to expand Western financial hegemony.”

"Dr. Paul Craig Roberts is one of the leading political economists in the USA, awarded by the Treasury Department for “his outstanding contributions to the formulation of United States economic policy.”  He is also the chairman of the Institute for Political Economy, a former Wall Street editor, and an author of many books.

"Free intellectuals is a scarcity today. Most academics are dependent on state or private structures that demand conformity of opinion, while free thinkers such as Dr. Roberts depends on no one. It gives him a unique position to speak his mind, based on a lifetime of experience." . . .

Transgender researchers suffer from ‘traumatic harm’ when STEM students mock survey questions in their answers

 Eric Utter; American Thinker   . . ."Apparently, some students did not take the survey as

seriously as the gender researchers did, and have therefore drawn the ire of the intrepid, if
humorless, investigators. Of the 349 completed responses, 50 were of a mocking variety, and deemed “malicious” by the scientists -- who said they included “slurs, hate speech, or direct targeting of the research team.”

"Fully 12 percent of the “malicious” respondents identified their gender as an "Apache attack helicopter" (or similar aircraft), an apparent reference to a long-running meme meant to make light of individuals identifying as a broad range of “genders.”

"One student had the sheer audacity to write:

“I believe that is what is wrong with higher education. Students should be taught to focus on their chosen field and not their gender.”

"Students should be instructed in their chosen field, the one they are paying through the nose for, instead of being subjected to a radical social agenda? Egads!

"Another respondent wrote, “While I of course do not condone bullying or discrimination, I wish people in universities (especially the faculty) would not focus so much on gender and identity. That doesn’t matter.” Telling the faculty that’s supposed to be serving you that gender isn’t important to you, but being educated in your field is? The temerity! Hitler alert, Hitler alert!" . . .

That last comment turned out to be prescient: the OSU response turned out to be an accusation of fascism. We look for wisdom in the proper places and find only politically-driven silliness. TD