Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Another Train Carrying Hazardous Materials Derails

 Yet liberals (Democrats) have decreed there will be NO pipelines. Word for today:  Eco-Harpies?

PJ Media  

"Move over “died suddenly,” because “train carrying hazardous materials derails” is quickly becoming the most common story to pop up in our news feeds.

"As per local reports, a train belonging to Canadian Pacific, consisting of 70 cars transporting hazardous materials, derailed late Sunday night in North Dakota, approximately one mile southeast of Wyndmere in Richland County at around 11:15 p.m.  According to the report, 31 of the 70 cars derailed, and some were found to be leaking petroleum used in the production of asphalt. No injuries have been reported.

"Officials said crews will wait for the cold weather to solidify the leaked material, which is expected to transform into a gel.

As worries about railroad safety persist in the United States, the recent incident in North Dakota is the latest in a string of train derailments.

"In February, a significant event occurred in East Palestine, Ohio, where around 50 cars derailed, resulting in the spillage of hazardous materials and the evacuation of residents. The Biden administration was widely criticized for its feeble response to the disaster. Similarly, a few weeks later, a train carrying hazardous materials derailed in Gothenburg, Neb.

"There are suggestions that these recent train derailments are happening more frequently than usual, but it’s possible that the heightened attention is due to the East Palestine disaster. Similarly, concerns were raised last year about the frequency of fires occurring at food processing plants, which added to the supply chain crisis that was already problematic.". . .

Related: Three Train Derailments and a Developing Bio-Disaster — Where Are the Eco-Harpies?

Alvin Bragg Is Trump’s Legal Sideshow, The Main Ring Is The Mar-a-Lago Classified Documents Case

 The entire left has brought America a clown show, yet there is no shortage of disciples in the media, academia, and government. TD

Legal Insurrection

"IF there is proof Trump instructed his lawyers to lie to the feds, something that remains to be seen but appears to be the claim, then the theory of criminal liability is simple, not likely to allow Trump to portray himself as a victim, and the Special Counsel cannot be played unlike the hapless Alvin Bragg.

"Exhausted yet? It is just six days since Donald Trump claimed he would be arrested on Tuesday, March 21. It feels like it’s been six years.

"There never was a substantive basis to “Tuesday,” even Trump attributed it to “leaks” and his attorneys quickly walked it back. “Tuesday” never was a thing, though there were many reports that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was moving towards an indictment.

"Yet by pre-announcing that “Tuesday” was the day, Trump achieved what he wanted, media and legal chaos that put Bragg on his heels and — reportedly — has the grand jury put on ice for a few days. I explained Trump’s tactic in my interview on the Tony Katz show, which was quoted by the Washington Examiner:. . ."

One consistent theme with the left and their media allies is after a horrific incident involving children, they begin the blame game before the bodies are even cold.

Or pause for a bit of ice cream humor.

                                                                                            Island Grill Fren

 ABC's Terry Moran Appears to Blame Today's Nashville School Mass Shooting by "Transgender" on Republican Lawmakers Who Oppose Transgender Surgery for Minors | The Gateway Pundit  "One consistent theme with the left and their media allies is after a horrific incident involving children, they begin the blame game before the bodies are even cold.

"As previously reported, a horrific mass shooting occurred at Nashville’s Covenant School Monday morning where at least six people perished, including three children.

"The shooter, who was later identified as Audrey Hale, who claimed to be transgender, is also dead.". . .

Biden Blasted for Starting WH Event By Talking About Ice Cream Hours After Nashville School Shooting (ijr.com)

 

Taliban Making Hay With the Staggering Amount of Military Gear Left in Afghanistan –

 RedState   "When Joe Biden ordered the chaotic, deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, he didn’t just leave behind our dignity, he also left behind billions in weapons and armaments. Although we’ve known that most of that equipment ended up in Taliban hands, new photos and videos are emerging showing just how much we essentially donated to the violent group.

"According to the Khaama Press News Agency, an Afghani news outlet, the militant group has been successful in fixing hundreds of tactical vehicles:

Taliban’s Defense Ministry has confirmed that the group has repaired around 300 military vehicles left by the United States in Afghanistan.

Most of these military vehicles had been intentionally partially damaged by the American forces when they withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021, Bakhtar News Agency reported.

The Taliban’s Ministry of Defense said that their technical team and engineers have also managed to repair hundreds of vehicles including 150 International Kamazes, 125 Humvees, 2 assault tanks, 4 trucks, 10 Porcliff vehicles, and 15 Humvee ambulances.

According to reports, including RedState‘s, at least $7 billion in materiel was left in the country. (Although many earlier claims indicated the figure was as high as $89 billion, most news outlets are now reporting the $7 billion figure. The $89 billion often cited is actually “the total amount spent on the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund since the war began in 2001.”). . .

Disturbing new photos of U.S. Military equipment in Afghanistan… – CITIZEN FREE PRESS 

First we had Antifa, then BLM, and now Trans Vengeance.

The reporting on the Nashville shooting reveals the incoherence of modern gender theory - American Thinker   *Unconfirmed* reports identify the Nashville shooter as “Audrey Hale”, a biological female that identifies as “He/Him” on their LinkedIn

"When newspapers publish stories using the phrase “her testicles,” it’s easy to add laughter to the tears that always accompany reports demonstrating the complete breakdown of reality in modern America. There is no laughter, though, when trying to decipher the biological sex of the school shooter who killed three children and three adults in Nashville, before the police appropriately terminated the killer’s existence.

"Initial stories identified the shooter as a female teenager. Then the reports changed to say that the shooter (whom I will not name) was a 28-year-old female. That was odd because, historically, women are not mass shooters, although there are always exceptions.". . .

Transgenderism remains a mental illness - American Thinker  . . ."A troubled young woman has been blamed for the killing of three adults and three children, and she identified herself as a transgender person, according to online profiles she left behind."  National Public Radio had just recently done a piece on how MUSS and other “LGBTQ” people are buying guns because, the story goes, they believe they’re imperiled by conservatives.

Nashville shooter Audrey Hale's mom: 'I think I just lost my daugher' | Daily Mail Online





Trans school shooter Audrey Hale's final messages are revealed | Daily Mail Online

 'I'm planning to die today... you'll probably hear about me on the news': Trans school shooter Audrey Hale's final messages to a friend before she shot six people - including three kids in private Christian school  
. . ."During an appearance on CNN on Tuesday morning, she said Hale had been suicidal in the past. 

'Audrey has shared with others that she had been suicidal in the past and I knew to take this serious.'  

"She also revealed that she was on hold for seven minutes before someone answered her call to the non-emergency police line.

" 'I called Nashville's non-emergency line at 10:14am and was on hold for nearly seven minutes before speaking with someone who said that they would send an officer to my home.

" 'An officer did not come to my home until 3:29 pm,' she said. 

"The first 911 call of a shooting came in at 10.13am. 

"By 10.27am, police were at the school and had killed Hale on the second floor of the building. 

"Hale shot her way into the school, firing through one of the locked doors.". . .

. . ."Patton immediately called the cops to report the messages but it was already too late. 

"By the time she called, Audrey had begun shooting children at the small, church school. 

"Patton told News Channel 5 Nashville that another message read: 'One day this will make more sense. I've left behind more than enough evidence behind.

" 'But something bad is about to happen.' ". . .

Audrey Hale: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know | Heavy.com

"Here’s what you need to know about Audrey Hale, The Covenant School shooting suspect:"... 

Why the Nashville Christian School Shooting Is About to Disappear From the News Cycle (townhall.com)

EVs Are The Yugo Of The 21st Century –

 Issues & Insights

"Way back in the mid-1980s, communist Yugoslavia exported the Yugo, a compact car that sold for around $4,000. It was so poorly made that bumping into a pole at 5 mph could total it.

"Fast forward to today, and a new class of cars has a similar problem. A minor accident can cause a total loss, even if the car’s been driven only a few miles. The only difference is that these cars aren’t cheap imports from some godforsaken socialist state. These are state-of-art electric vehicles that come with an average sticker price of $55,000.

"Why are insurance companies totaling low-mileage EVs that have been in a fender bender? For the same reason you could total a new Yugo when backing out of a parking spot. The cost of repair is exorbitant.

"As Reuters reported recently, “For many electric vehicles, there is no way to repair or assess even slightly damaged battery packs after accidents,” which means the only viable option is to replace the battery, which represents about half the cost of the car.". . .

Trans School Shooter Neutralized in Body-Cam Police Footage

 WATCH: Trans School Shooter Neutralized in Body-Cam Police Footage (townhall.com)  "The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department has released the body-worn camera footage of the heroic officers who took down 28-year-old transgender shooter Audrey Elizabeth Hale, a former Covenant School student who went by the trans name "Aiden."

"In the six-minute video posted to YouTube, two points-of-view are compiled, showing the perspectives of Officer Rex Engelbert, a four-year MNPD veteran, and Officer Michael Collazo, a nine-year MNPD veteran, the officers credited with fatally shooting Hale:". . .


"As RedState reported, a militant transgender shooter with a manifesto murdered multiple people at a Christian school in Nashville on Monday. The tragedy that rocked the community was revealed to be politically motivated in short order with prior calls for a “Trans Day of Vengeance” permeating the situation. That Tennessee had recently passed a law banning child mutilation under the guise of “gender-affirming care,” something the left described as a genocide, clearly played a role in the shooter’s psyche.". . .

Monday, March 27, 2023

The Rise and Fall of American News Media

 Ben Shapiro

"We are going to discuss the entire history of American journalism. I dive into the origins of journalism in the U.S., discuss the beginnings of the media establishment, and explore how digital media rapidly changed the entire industry. "

At about 15.00 we get to the news as we currently live it.

Turley: Alvin Bragg Has Handed Trump 'Proof Positive' of His Long Narrative — 'This Is a Political Prosecution'

 Breitbart

"On this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday,” George Washington law professor Jonathan Turley criticized Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s aggressive push to prosecute former President Donald Trump.

"According to Turley, Bragg’s attempt will prove Trump’s narrative that it is a “political prosecution.”

“ 'Well, they have discretion, but they don’t have discretion to create their own laws,” he said. “ 'And what is being done is something that most of us consider really beyond the pale, that is Bragg is taking a New York misdemeanor, which, by the way, has expired, only a two-year statute of limitations, and he’s potentially bootstrapping that into a felony. But he intends, according to reports, to prove a federal crime that the Department of Justice itself declined to prosecute. Now that effort, he’s losing already the court of public opinion. A poll came out showing roughly 60 percent of people viewed this as politically motivated. But he’s playing to a jury pool in New York.”

“ 'And the likelihood of finding a Trump supporter in the New York jury pool is about the same as finding a triceratops,” Turley added. “I mean, it’s not that likely. But he also has judges in New York who I think are going to look askance at this and say, wait, you’re a state prosecutor, and you’re going to prove a federal crime? I think he’s got a rough road ahead. But what he has done is handed Trump proof positive of his long narrative. This is a political prosecution.' ”

Democrats and Double Standards Week at Legal Insurrection

Mike LaChance

"This week we learned that Hunter Biden allegedly has a mole in the FBI.

"And when Joe isn’t taking time off in Delaware, he is making things worse for the rest of us.

"But Republicans are apparently the real problem.

"What’s going on with the Trump case?

Stanford Law Diversity Dean Placed On Leave, Student Disrupters Will Be Re-Educated Not Disciplined

 Legal Insurrection

"Law School Dean Jenny Martinez: “the hate mail and appalling invective that have been directed at some of our students and law school administrators in the wake of March 9 are of great concern to me.' ”


The latest development in the Stanford Law School shout-down of 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan has focues on the antics of Stanford Law School Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Tirien Steinbach. I concluded that The Stanford Law School Culture, Not The Diversity Dean, Is The Problem (but I repeat myself).

Then things got worse when it was revealed Stanford Law Protester Screamed At Conservative Judge: “We hope your daughters get raped!”

The latest news is that the Diversity Dean is on leave, though the exact circumstances and terms are not known. That was revealed in a letter sent to the Stanford Law Community by Dean Jenny Martinez. You can read the full letter here. The main focus of the letter is to portray Stanford Law as the victim because of the negative reaction from the public:

She then addressed the claim by some students that heckling and disruption was their own free speech:

. . .Some of the protestors at last week’s event stayed within the bounds of permissible, non-disruptive counter-speech, while others crossed the line in sustained heckling that disrupted the event. Some students contend that the judge invited the heckling with offensive comments or engagement with protestors. These arguments misunderstand the nature of the disruption policy. The policy would not be meaningful to protect the carrying out of public events and the right of attendees to hear what is said if it applied only when a speaker said things protesters in an audience found agreeable. Nor does the fact that the speaker departs from their planned remarks and engages with the hecklers justify further heckling that disrupts the event. The Stanford disruption policy prohibits not just conduct that literally drowns out the speaker, but also that which “disrupt[s] the effective carrying out” of the event (emphasis added).