Jan262023

Episode 666 – Karma Stinks!

Gas prices are going up again and Joe Biden is running out of things to blame.

Karma, it can be a bitch.

And California continues to suck butt.

 

News

Here is some news from yesterday:

  • Gas prices are going up again.
    • National average gas prices are currently $3.52 per gallon, according to data from the Energy Information Administration, reflecting a rapid increase from a $3.33 per gallon reading earlier this month and a $3.42 per gallon reading at the same time last year
    •  American benchmark for crude oil, was nearly $73.00 per barrel toward the beginning of the month; the metric surpassed $80.00 per barrel on Wednesday.
    • The nation’s most expensive markets for gas prices are currently Hawaii and California, where residents are contending with prices of $4.94 per gallon and $4.44 per gallon, respectively.
    • White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, “House Republicans are using their narrow majority to force the American people to pay higher gas prices, just as big oil companies are amassing record profits.”
      • I want to point out Republicans have owned the House for two weeks while Democrats have been in power in all of government for two years.
      • They also blamed climate change.
      • They never blame themselves. If the prices go down, it the Biden administrations policies. If prices go up it’s Republicans, Putin, climate change or whatever.
      • So old.
  • It was reported that Jimmy Carter once had classified documents at this home. Sure, why should he join the party.
  • According to the Daily Wire: Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) indicated Monday that she won’t permit the hiring of health care workers who’ve declined to get the COVID vaccine, despite her vaccine mandate being overturned in the courts and a serious healthcare worker shortage.
    • This is an example of a Democrat never being wrong.
    • The problem with her stubbornness is that they have a huge shortage for healthcare workers.
    • Again, she doesn’t care about the people who are waiting six hours to see a doctor in a hospital because there are no doctors in the hospital. All that’s important is that she’s right.
    • Every policy that has been kicked back to her by the courts she treats like this.
      • Abortion.
      • Gun control.
      • The mask and vaccine mandates.
      • She throws a fit and re-packages the laws and sends them out again.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-president-jimmy-carter-once-found-classified-docs-at-his-home-report
https://www.dailywire.com/news/hochul-wont-hire-back-unvaxxed-health-care-workers-despite-overturned-mandate-worker-shortage
https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-lot-of-upward-pressure-heres-why-gas-prices-are-soaring-again

 

Don’t Let the Door Hit You in the Ass on the Way Out

You might remember, over the last couple of years, Nancy Pelosi used to kick Republicans off of their committees because she didn’t like them. When the January 6th commission was created, several Republicans were nominated to be on the committee by Kevin McCarthy and they were all rejected.

When Nany did this, McCarthy warned that this is going to come back an bite her in the ass. He said this on the House floor on live television.

Guess what? Kamala’s a bitch. I mean Karma’s a bitch.

Kevin McCarthy, the Speaker of the House, has stripped committee assignments from Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell and Ilhan Omar. He sent this letter to House Minority Leader, Hakeem Jeffries:

As you can imagine, there was wailing and gnashing of teeth. The three, who shouldn’t even be in Congress anymore, decided to have a joint press conference.

Here is Adam Schiff, crying a river of tears:

Some things:

  • Nancy Pelosi did the exact same thing. She was warned that payback is a bitch before she did what she did.
  • Adam Schiff lied during the entire Trump administration, tried to impeach him twice, lied about it on television and interfered with government business for four years.
  • He does not belong on the Intelligence committee.

Here is Eric Swalwell, throwing a fit:

What I am really impressed with here is that Eric got through this who speech without farting.

Here he is finishing his speech. Still not farting.

Restore the integrity of Congress, huh?

This man, while married, was having sex with a Chinese spy. For years. Does this sound like someone who should be on the House Intelligence Committee? What’s shameful is his own party didn’t kick him off it.

And, last and very much the least, is Ilhan Omar:

She is an anti-Semite. She supported terrorists in the past. She dismissed 9/11. She had an affair while married with consultant and is under investigation for improper money transfers. She married her brother to get him in the country illegally, then married another person, cheated on him a married a third.

I do not want to hear about integrity from any of these people. If Congress had any integrity, these guys would have been kicked out by Nancy Pelosi herself.

And, let’s not forget, Kevin McCarthy can do this because Nancy Pelosi did it first. Paul Gosar and Marjorie Taylor Green are nuts but they didn’t do anything. They’re just really stupid. Gosar made a meme that pissed off AOC and Green used to believe in Jewish space lasers (no, I’m not kidding).

So, ciao guys. Maybe you’ll get some assignments in two years.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-formally-kicks-schiff-and-swalwell-from-house-intel-integrity-matters-more

 

Frigging California

California is losing its population. That’s because California has high taxes, high cost of living, high taxes, high crime, crappy schools, high homelessness and stupid policies. With the loss of people, they also lose money through taxes.

California has a plan for that. Not sure it’s legal but that never stopped them before.

According to the Daily Wire:

California lawmakers introduced a bill that would impose a “worldwide wealth” tax on wealthy individuals even after they leave the state.

The legislation, introduced by California Democratic Assemblymember Alex Lee, would create a 1.5% tax for a resident’s worldwide net worth that exceeds $1 billion in the 2024 and 2025 tax years. The bill would subsequently create a 1% annual tax for a resident’s worldwide net worth that exceeds $50 million and an additional 0.5% tax for worldwide wealth exceeding $1 billion.

Alex Lee said in a press release:

“With this modest tax on the ultra-wealthy who pay a lower effective tax rate than the bottom 99%, we would have sustained investments in our schools, tackle homelessness, maintain and expand needed services, and much more. We’ve been losing our lower and middle-income residents that are being priced out of this state because they can’t afford the high cost of living while shouldering the burden of paying for our roads, infrastructure, and schools all the while the ultra-wealthy doubled their fortunes during the pandemic.”

Here’s the thing, he admits the state is losing its tax base because it is too expensive to live in California and that means the state doesn’t have enough tax income to pay for all their free services for people who don’t work and illegal aliens. I’m not making that up. They admit this.

So things about this bill:

  • It’s a wealth tax, not an income tax. That means people have to pay based on the value of the investments. This is not a tax on liquid money. This might not be Constitutional.
  • According to the bill, current and former residents would have to pay based on the value of stocks, savings accounts, arts and collectibles, real estate, pension funds, financial assets held offshore, and several other assets. You’d have to pay California tax even if you don’t live in California! Not sure this is Constitutional.
    • Imagine moving to Texas to get away from California taxes and still having to pay California taxes.
    • I expect a bunch of free states to fight this and win.

Joe Lonsdale, a venture capitalist and entrepreneur who recently moved to Texas from California, reacted strongly against the legislation during an interview with Fox Business:

“This is really more a theatrical production going on in California. The state’s a total mess. And what they’re doing here is they’re signaling something crazy, and they’re probably going to compromise and tax the billionaires more some other way. But it’s really ridiculous.”

Don’t forget, California thought they had a $75 billion surplus with the big bucks the Biden administration gave them for COVID only to spend it all and now they have a $25 billion deficit. Now, the rich and the middle class are leaving California, which is their tax base and being replaced with homeless and illegal aliens.

Ayn Rand said this would happen to Places like California in her book, Atlas Shrugged. Those who innovate and create and become rich from it cannot be demonized and have all their money taken through taxes. That’s because they have the money to get up and leave. Then you end up with a dystopia with just poor people. That’s what’s happening in California and New York. Both states are losing their populations. The only ones who are staying are the ones that are taking from the government.

Expect California to get a lot worse.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-bill-would-create-new-worldwide-wealth-tax-even-for-people-who-flee-the-state