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Thursday, August 7, 2025
Progressive Don Quixotes: Tilting At Windfarms
"And the wind doesn’t blow all the time… Where do you store solar or wind energy? No such mass-storage system exists… All of them require backup. And guess what the go-to back-up is: fossil fuel."
. . . "Trump recently warned EU leaders that the rapidly proliferating windfarms are ecologically and economically detrimental, in addition to being an aesthetic disaster, spoiling Europe’s magnificent beauty. Unsurprisingly, mainstream leftist media exploded with mockery and attacks, comparing Trump’s advice to Don Quixote’s futile tilting at windmills.
"Don Quixote’s windmills happened to be imaginary monsters, yet he was uncannily prescient, as today’s windfarms are a real and present danger. The giant turbines that currently disfigure our landscapes and seascapes waste fertile land and ocean space. They harm whales and annually kill hundreds of thousands of birds, including bald and golden eagles, burrowing owls, and migratory birds and bats. They are prohibitively expensive and perilously unreliable. Alex Epstein, a renowned expert on energy and economics, explains:
Yes, the sun is free. Yes, wind is free. But the process of turning sunlight and wind into useable energy on a mass scale is far from free. In fact, compared to the other sources of energy – fossil fuels, nuclear power, and hydroelectric power, solar and wind power are very expensive.
The basic problem is that sunlight and wind as energy sources are both weak (the more technical term is dilute) and unreliable (the more technical term is intermittent). It takes a lot of resources to collect and concentrate them, and even more resources to make them available on-demand…
For wind, needed materials include high-performance compounds for turbine blades and the rare-earth metal neodymium for lightweight, specialty magnets, as well as the steel and concrete necessary to build structures – thousands of them – as tall as skyscrapers… More...
Nora D. Clinton is a Research Scholar at the Legal Insurrection Foundation. She was born and raised in Sofia, Bulgaria. She holds a PhD in Classics and has published extensively on ancient documents on stone. In 2020, she authored the popular memoir Quarantine Reflections Across Two Worlds.
Trump Cancels Giant Biden-Era Wind Energy Boondoggle . . ."Not only are these windmills big and ugly, but they also kill so many hawks, eagles, and other large birds that the federal government is reluctant to release numbers. The primary problem, though, as always, remains energy density. Wind power suffers from the standard problems in "green" energy; it is intermittent, it is unreliable, and it comes with only a fraction of the energy density of traditional fuels. If these installations were economically feasible, they wouldn't require subsidies; that plants like the proposed Lava Ridge Wind Project never seem to be privately funded speaks volumes." . . .
DC Has Had Its Chance to Self-Govern. It Failed. Enough Already.
It’s time for America to reclaim its principal city as the jewel it was designed to be.
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| Pat Cross Cartoons |
"On Monday, a crime that would be shocking in most of America happened in Washington, D.C.
"That crime, where it occurred, wasn’t shocking at all. And this fact should create consequences that Americans from Maine to Hawaii ought to be proud of.
"Edward Coristine isn’t quite 20 years old, but he’s nonetheless a famous figure. Coristine is known by his alias, “Big Balls.” He’s a college student and programmer formerly appointed to the Department of Government Efficiency, but he’s now a permanent federal employee. Coristine held the title of senior advisor at the highest pay grade (GS-15) in the General Services Administration and then moved on to a job working for the Social Security Administration.
"But on Monday his eventful life took a frightful turn, as he stepped in to protect a woman targeted by a group of animals on a D.C. street bent on carjacking her. She managed to get to safety inside the locked vehicle; Coristine was beaten severely by the would-be carjacker.
"This incident was notable only because it happened to someone in the public eye. Violent crime in Washington, D.C., especially that perpetrated by feral youths with zero fear of prosecution or incarceration, is off the scale.
"Consider that the current murder rate in Washington, D.C., is 41 per 100,000. That’s almost the highest in the world; it’s rivaled only by places like Caracas, Guatemala City, and Pretoria among international capitals. A murder rate more than four times higher than Mexico City, three times higher than Bogota, and at least 20 times higher than any of the capitals of major countries in Asia or Europe is utterly unacceptable.
"Property crime in Washington, D.C., is every bit as horrific. The police don’t even investigate muggings. Car thefts are mostly just reported to the insurance company.
"The last time I was in Washington I was walking around and ducked into a Five Guys for a quick lunch. $28 later I was nearly in a fistfight with an aggressive panhandler who came into the restaurant to demand that I buy him a meal. None of the employees did anything; they certainly didn’t bother calling the police. When I told a few Washingtonian friends about the incident, the response was “be glad it was lunchtime; it would have been a lot worse at night.”
"You don’t walk the streets of Washington, D.C., at night.
"Washington is a place where the local government thinks it’s a good idea to paint rainbow flags on all the crosswalks and essentially turn the police into lawn ornaments. Unless someone should deface those crosswalks, of course.
"In 2020, a mob of rioters burned a church near the White House and so threatened the presidential residence that Donald Trump was moved into the basement by the Secret Service. The reaction of the local government? Not a crackdown. Instead, they turned 16th Street NW, just a few blocks away, into Black Lives Matter Plaza, complete with garish yellow “BLACK LIVES MATTER” paint in the middle of a tourist area, and didn’t take it down for almost five years until the returning Trump administration began threatening to pull federal funding." . . .
Democrats rule California; how have they done with DC?
Elon Musk Urges Donald Trump to Federalize DC Over Injured DOGE Worker - Newsweek
"The president also [referred to] the incident during his remarks on Tuesday at the White House: "Somebody from DOGE was very badly hurt last night. A young man who was beat up by a bunch of thugs from DC. They're either going to straighten their act out, in terms of government and protection, or we're going to have to federalize and run it the way it's supposed to be run."
"Billionaire Elon Musk said Tuesday that it's "time to federalize DC" after President Donald Trump suggested the same threat while spotlighting a recent crime in Washington that allegedly involved a member of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
"Musk posted on X, "A few days ago, a gang of about a dozen young men tried to assault a woman in her car at night in DC. A @Doge team member saw what was happening, ran to defend her and was severely beaten to the point of concussion, but he saved her. It is time to federalize DC."
"Earlier Tuesday, Trump posted on Truth Social, that he would "federalize this city" while talking about crime in the nation's capital. He also included a photo of the alleged DOGE worker, who was cut, bruised and bloodied and sitting beside a white van." . . .
“99 homicides. Carjackings up 111%. D.C. teens beat a White House intern—and I can’t even charge them. They’re coddled. This ends now.” — @JudgeJeanine
Get woke, go broke: Howard Stern’s $500M fall from relevance
"In that same year, Stern intensified his attacks on Donald Trump and his supporters, going so far as to declare that he “despised” the people who had once packed his fanbase."
"Howard Stern didn’t just have a radio show. He had a revolution. He was brash, vulgar, and fearless. He gave voice to the silenced, told dirty jokes with conviction, and turned a microphone into a battering ram against establishment sanctimony. But somewhere along the line, the rebel became the regime." . . .
. . . "Today, some fans and former staff estimate his listenership hovers around 125,000 daily. This is a far cry from the 20 million he once commanded during his terrestrial radio peak. Put another way, he gets only 0.625% of his glory days’ audience. SiriusXM hasn’t released formal figures, and they probably never will. The number itself is less important than the arc it represents.
"This isn’t just about one man’s career unraveling. It’s about the consequences of abandoning authenticity to win elite approval. Howard Stern didn’t fade because the times changed. He faded because his change stretched beyond what his fans could believe in.
"Stern mocked the powerful, then hoped for their approval. He championed rebellion; then, in his defining moment, became a mouthpiece for the status quo. He gave a voice to the voiceless, only to fundamentally transform his persona by disrespecting the people who powered his rise.
"In doing so, he squandered not just his audience, but his legacy." . . .
Dr. Joseph Ford Cotto hosts and produces News Sight, speaking the data-driven truth about economic and political issues that impact you. During the 2024 presidential election, he created the Five-Point Forecast, which correctly predicted Trump's national victory and the outcome in all swing states. . .
Keir Starmer and the fall of Britain
Next time, Britons, try voting Conservative while you still have a country and British rather than sharia law.
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| When Hamas visits your children |
"Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, is a poster child for the adage that friends don’t let friends vote Labor, as shown by his proposal to reward Hamas terrorists by recognizing a Palestinian state. He apparently never heard the principle well known among military officers, which is to never give an order you know will not be obeyed. What does Starmer do when, after he recognizes his terrorist state, Israel responds by annexing Gaza, Judea, and Samaria?
How England Defrauded the Jews, Arabs, and French Combined
"Not only Israel, but also Jordan could argue strongly that a new Palestinian state should be carved out of English territory, in Britain itself if none of its remaining colonies is suitable. This could be achieved by Israel giving the “Palestinians” free one-way tickets to London. An incentive for Palestinian emigration to the U.K. is the fact that Britons are not permitted to own weapons for self-defense, which means the males are free to regard British women as “uncovered meat” that they are free to take whenever they want — in contrast to American small towns, where there are more pew-pews than people." . . .
Civis Americanus is the pen name of a contributor who remembers the lessons of history and wants to ensure that our country never needs to learn those lessons again the hard way. The author is remaining anonymous due to being subjected to cancel culture for denouncing Black Lives Matter’s incitement of civil disorder.
LA riots damage Newsom's 2028 presidential chances, conservatives predict
"Gavin Newsom is refusing to help stop the riots AND denying their existence because he bows to open borders donors... hoping they'll fund his 2028 Presidential run." Emma Colton;Fox News
LA riots damage Newsom's 2028 presidential chances, conservatives predict
"Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's floated potential run for the White House in 2028 was likely thwarted by his handling of the anti-ICE riots gripping Los Angeles, conservative social media critics predict.
Newsom has been floated as a likely 2028 Democratic contender for the White House as he wraps up his second term as governor in 2026. Riots plaguing the city in response to the Trump administration's efforts to remove illegal immigrants residing in Los Angeles, which come on the heels of massive wildfires that rocked southern California this winter, have left Newsom on precarious political ground, according to conservatives who are balking at his response to the LA chaos.
"Gavin Newsom’s odds of clinching the 2028 presidential race are practically nonexistent," X user Angela Belcamino posted Monday. "Across the country, Americans are eyeing California’s struggles under his watch, convinced he’d unleash the same chaos nationwide if he ever won the White House." . . .
Making California Mexico again - American Thinker "Why do Californians continue to vote for destructive Democrats like Karen Bass, Gavin Newsom, and their political clones despite their incompetence at basic duties" . . .
. . . "It’s a message designed to appeal to semi-literates, stoners, Hollywood groupies, and coastal elites who may know better but also know which party butters their bread by providing a massive influx of illegal and H-1B labor." . . . . . .
“You probably will have Republicans who’ll paint a California candidate as being a lefty liberal,” Demers said. “But I think you have a lot of Democrats ... who look at many of the policies that have occurred in California and see them as maybe progressive, but forward thinking.”
Jasmine Crockett Uses Potty Mouth to Attack Trump at Rally
" 'What is happening? Like, this is not America! This is a terrible nightmare!" she yelled. "Somebody slap me and wake me the f**k up, 'cuz I'm ready to get on with it!' "
"Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas), who is quickly earning a reputation for being one of the most obnoxious members of Congress, recently unleashed a torrent of foul, filthy language during a left-wing rally. All of the vitriol was aimed squarely at President Donald Trump, whom she insulted with pure venom.
"Crockett was delivering an address at the MoveOn Rally in Phoenix, Ariz., where she was advocating for improved oversight on gifts given to Supreme Court justices when the verbal explosion occurred.
"Listen, Donald Trump is a piece of s**t, OK? We know that!" she yelled to the audience, who promptly burst into enthusiastic applause.
"Yes, he is! He is! He is! But in a functioning democracy, he still would not be able to get away with this," she continued. "But he's been able to get away with this because the House Republicans are complicit. He's been able to get away with this because Senate Republicans are complicit. But most importantly, the courts, especially the Supreme Court, is complicit!"
The Texas congresswoman then demanded an increase in ethics requirements for Supreme Court justices.
"They are the highest court in the lands, and they have no ethics guardrails. Now you go down to the lower courts, and they do. How much sense does that make?" she shrieked at the crowd.
"A video clip of Crockett insulting Trump was soon all over social media. " . . .
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