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Episode 991 – A Big Case Today for the Supreme Court!

It seems the President of South Korea may have changed his mind about becoming a doctator.

Women are going to extreme lengths to protest the Donald Trump Presidency.

And the Supreme Court is hearing a huge case today.

Look Who’s Doing It

According to the New York Post:

These women are getting elective surgical procedures to render themselves infertile — all because Donald Trump won the election.

The women, who are speaking proudly about their decision, say it’s because they fear a reproductive rights crackdown under a second Trump administration.

Newsweek recently spoke to multiple women, including an OnlyFans model, who said they were turning to invasive, irreversible medical procedures to ensure their reproductive freedom remains untrodden upon.

Eden Ixora, 25, of Florida, who creates content for the adult-oriented site, told the outlet, “for me, the idea of getting pregnant is worse than death.” She said she was making plans to have a bilateral salpingectomy — a procedure in which her fallopian tubes will be removed.

“For me it was a call to action. A need to get this locked in so I don’t have to live in fear that at any moment some random guy can completely destroy my life,” Ixora said.

“For me the idea of getting pregnant is worse than death. I’m doing what I can to protect my right to choose. I am choosing me.”

Reached via Instagram, Ixora told The Post she was already mulling the procedure before Election Day, but said “his winning just made me want to actually get it scheduled and on my calendar.”

She wasn’t the only woman considering the procedure with politics in mind.

“If I am to be denied any rights in the next four (or more) years, I will not give them up without a fight,” said Lydia Echols, 28, of Texas.

Echols told Newsweek she also plans to have her fallopian tubes removed. 

An unidentified 39-year-old who said she had just gotten the procedure told the outlet that she felt she had no choice after the election results.

“I am not happy that I felt forced into a surgery I did not want to alter my body, I feel like the election tied my hands and forced me to be sterilized — that is horrible.”

Another woman — who said she and her husband both never wanted children — described her decision using language straight out of a dystopian novel and TV series “The Handmaid’s Tale,” in which women are second-class citizens.

“I paid way too much attention to the vitriol Trump repeatedly spit during his previous term … and am keenly aware of the people he keeps around him and in his ear, who all seem to see women as incubators and possessions to subjugate,” she told the outlet.

She had preemptively scheduled her appointment to be sterilized in October, claiming she was “fully planning to cancel the surgery the day after the election, assuming Kamala won.”

https://nypost.com/2024/12/01/us-news/women-blame-trumps-election-for-decision-to-get-sterilized/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Finally This Ends

According to the Daily Wire:

The Supreme Court on December 4 will hear oral arguments in a case dealing with Tennessee’s law banning irreversible gender transition procedures for children — and it promises to be one of the most significant cases the court has looked at this term.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R.) signed the much-discussed Senate Bill 1 into law on March 22, 2023, which went into effect on July 1, 2023. The bill bans doctors or health care providers from performing so-called “gender-affirming” surgeries or hormonal procedures on minors, including surgery, puberty blockers, and hormones.

The bill followed a September 2022 investigation into Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) by the The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh, who exposed VUMC’s gender transition procedures for children and shocking attitudes towards gender transitions in general. Walsh and The Daily Wire found that the hospital regarded transgender procedures as a “big money maker” and pressured employees to ignore their “religious beliefs” on transgender issues or face “consequences.”

The Biden administration joined the ACLU and several teenage plaintiffs suing to stop the law, and a Tennessee district court initially blocked it in April 2023. But in September 2023, a sixth circuit court upheld Tennessee’s protections for children. The Supreme Court took up the case in June 2024, combining the Justice Department and ACLU cases into United States v. Skrmetti, marking the first time that the High Court took up a case of this kind.

Here is the one who will be arguing for cutting off the body parts of children, a “trans” man by the name of Chase Strangio (you just can’t make this stuff up):

https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-supreme-court-is-about-to-hear-a-major-child-gender-transition-case-heres-what-to-know?topStoryPosition=1

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Episode 990 – You Thought We Were Having Problems

In the shocker of shocks, the cease fire between Hezbollah and Israel is failing. Guess whose fault it is.

The government is Georgia is proving you do not have rights to your own children.

And the Daniel Penny trial enters the closing arguments.

Some News

Here is some news:

  • The cease fire in Israel, which is a week old, is already on the shelf. There is fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. Both sides are blaming each other.
  • Martial law has been declared in South Korea to subdue the protests happening their. The leader of South Korea is saying that the opposition leader is too cozy with North Korea.
    • South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on Tuesday, accusing the opposition of “anti-state” activity.
    • In an unannounced address broadcast live late at night on YTN, Yoon said he had no choice but to take drastic measures to protect South Korean freedoms and the constitutional order. He asserted opposition parties have taken the parliamentary process hostage and thrown the country into crisis.
  • The Danial Penny trial has enter closing arguments.
    • Manhattan prosecutors again accused Daniel Penny of failing to recognize the “humanity” of Jordan Neely during their closing arguments Monday, weeks after being accused of unfairly hinting at racial undertones in a case that does not involve hate crime charges.
    • There are issues with the prosecution:
      • The Medical Examiner said Neely died of drugs, schizophrenic delirium and sickle cell anemia.
      • There has been testimony that people felt fear for their lives.
  • A New Jersey resident was escorted out of a town council meeting for waving an American flag in protest of a new rule that bans such items, including the U.S. Constitution and other “props” from the public comment portion of town meetings.
    • Last week, the Township of Edison, New Jersey, passed an ordinance that cuts down the time residents have to address the council and forbids them from using “props” in their remarks, including American flags, during public comments, MyCentralJersey.com reported.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-jersey-lawyer-ejected-from-town-council-meeting-waving-american-flag-protest-disgusting-new-ban
https://www.foxnews.com/us/daniel-penny-prosecutor-dangles-race-card-again-over-defense-objection-despite-no-hate-crime-charges
https://www.foxnews.com/world/south-korean-president-declares-martial-law-move-against-opposition-party
https://redstate.com/streiff/2024/12/03/south-korean-president-suspends-national-assembly-and-declares-martial-law-n2182746

Dumbass of the Day

Forcing Children to Stay Immature

According to the New York Post:

A Georgia mom is refusing to strike a plea deal after she was arrested on child endangerment-related charges over her 10-year-old son’s unsupervised walk into town.

Brittany Patterson, 41, of Mineral Bluff, Ga., was arrested by the Fannin County Sheriff’s Department on Oct. 30 after she left her son alone at home and he wandered less than a mile into town, according to NBC News.

The Fannin County Sheriff’s Department initially called the mom to alert her to the fact that her son Soren was unaccompanied in the town located near the North Carolina border.

“It’s not a super dangerous or even dangerous-at-all stretch of road,” Patterson told the outlet, referring to the street that leads from their rural home to the town of Mineral Bluff. “I wasn’t terrified for him or scared for his safety.”

Deputies drove Soren home and, hours later, returned to handcuff and arrest her in front of her family.

Patterson was booked on suspicion of reckless conduct and posted a $500 bond, according to the report.

The mom said she was angered and frustrated that her children had to witness her being handcuffed and booked by police.

Patterson has rejected an offer to drop the charges, arguing they are entirely unwarranted.

The Sheriff’s Office has offered to drop charges if Patterson signs a form that outlines a safety plan for her kids, she and her lawyer say, according to NBC.

“This is not right. I did nothing wrong,” she said. “I’m going to fight for that.”

https://nypost.com/2024/11/16/us-news/georgia-mom-brittany-patterson-fights-child-endangerment-charges-after-son-found-less-than-mile-from-home

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Episode 989 – None of This Should Have Been a Surprise

Joy Reid goes on a rant…wait for it… against white people.

Joe Biden pardons Hunter Biden.

And protests/riots plague the nation and world during Thanksgiving.

Big Shock

https://www.dailywire.com/news/president-biden-pardons-hunter-claims-son-was-singled-out?topStoryPosition=1

Dumbass of the Day

Same Old Story

According to the Daily Wire:

Even as anti-Israel protests disrupted Black Friday shopping — all over the United States and beyond — outgoing President Joe Biden was seen exiting a Nantucket bookstore with an anti-Israel volume clutched in his arms.

The protests were documented in several cities across the country — everywhere from Boston and New York City to Chicago and Seattle — where they blocked traffic on the streets and harassed shoppers in local malls.

Other spots included Santa Monica, CA., Montreal, Canada and London, England.

“Bombs are dropping, why are you shopping?” protesters demanded as customers attempted to find their post-Thanksgiving deals in New York City’s Columbus Circle.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/anti-israel-protests-disrupt-black-friday-shopping-biden-exits-bookstore-with-anti-israel-tome?topStoryPosition=5

Not Sure I Buy This

According to the Daily Wire:

Multiple Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut were targeted with bomb threats on Thanksgiving.

The threats come a day after the Trump transition team announced that several of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees received bomb threats.

Reps. Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jim Himes (D-CT), and John Larson (D-CT) all said in statements that their homes were targeted.

The threats came after the Trump transition team revealed on Wednesday that several Trump nominees and appointees were targeted “in violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who live with them,” according to the transition team.

Those threatened from the Trump team include:

  • Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) – Ambassador to the United Nations.
  • Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) – EPA Administrator.
  • Brooke Rollins – the head of the Agriculture Department.
  • Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR) – Secretary of Labor.
  • Scott Turner – Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) – former pick for Attorney General.
  • Pete Hegseth – Department of Defense.

Problem I have with this story is the timing. The Democrats were “threatened” AFTER the Republicans were threatened. And, anyway, that not what Conservatives do. We all have jobs and are too busy.

The FBI should investigate and prosecute any threat.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/multiple-democrat-members-of-congress-receive-bomb-threats-on-thanksgiving-day

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Episode 988 – Thanks for the Confirmation About the Mask Thing!

It turns out a lot of the Haitians in Springfield, Ohio are not legal citizens as the Democrats said.

Two reports state climate change is BS. One of them is coming out from the government.

And, if you can believe it, we have a dumbass that is still pushing masks. Go figure.

Dumbass of the Day

I Thought They Were Legal?

Springfield, Ohio — Ketlie Moise fled unspeakable violence in her homeland of Haiti hoping to find peace and a slice of the American dream, settling in Springfield, Ohio.

“I stay here,” Moise told CBS News. “I do two jobs to make my business. That’s why I don’t go back to Haiti.” 

Moise saved money for years and recently opened a restaurant. She is one of the thousands of Haitian migrants building a life in Springfield who now find themselves in the crosshairs of the incoming Trump administration. About 12,000 to 15,000 Haitians reside in the Springfield area, according to city estimates.  

It was during President-elect Donald Trump’s Sept. 10 debate with Vice President Kamala Harris that Springfield came to forefront, when Trump repeated false and debunked claims about the Haitian migrants living there. Local officials have said there are no credible reports to back up such allegations.

Trump made the issue of mass deportations a major pillar of his presidential campaign.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fearing-deportation-some-haitian-migrants-leaving-springfield-ohio/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=665487423

You Don’t Say!

According to Red State:

True story: 70 million years ago, in the late Cretaceous, Antarctica was covered mostly in temperate forest. Dinosaurs roamed the woods, and while the winters were still cold and the winter nights long, Antarctica was in those days green, not white. 

These days, of course, that continent is the world’s southern icebox. It’s the only continent with no indigenous human population because it’s a pretty forbidding place, surrounded by sea ice. That sea ice has been the subject of a lot of panicked screeching by climate scolds in recent years, as they claim that the ice is melting at an accelerating rate – but a new study described by The Daily Sceptic’s Environment Editor Chris Morrison shows that the sea ice around Antarctica has actually been increasing since satellite monitoring began in 1979.

Sea ice around Antarctica has “slowly increased” since the start of continuous satellite recordings in 1979 with any changes caused by natural climate variation. In a paper published earlier this year, four environmental scientists further state that any sign that humans are responsible for any change is “inconclusive”. Not of course for mainstream media that have been crying wolf about the sea ice in Antarctica for decades to promote the Net Zero fantasy. Last year there was a reduced level of winter sea ice and this caused the Financial Times Science Editor Clive Cookson to exclaim that the entire area “faces a catastrophic cascade of extreme environmental events… that will affect climate around the world”.

Over the satellite record, the scientists note there was a “prolonged and gradual” expansion of sea ice to around 2014 followed by a short period of sudden decline from 2014-19. Growth was then resumed, although there was a temporary downturn around 2022. These variations, which can also be observed before 1979, were caused by a number of natural atmospheric and oceanic factors. All of this is known of course, with the EU weather service Copernicus admitting recently that sea ice extent as a whole “shows large year-to-year variability and no clear long-term trend since 1979”. At the other end of the Earth, Copernicus correctly states that the cyclical decline in Arctic sea ice “has levelled off since 2007”.

Thoughts and prayers are also the order of the day for those who set great store in all the coral disappearing. Three years of record growth on the huge Great Barrier Reef put an end to that headliner. Polar bears are just as bad and keep breeding to top up new Arctic highs. Satellites keep discovering vast colonies of penguins in Antarctica, and mainstream media seem shocked into complete silence to report that the eyes in the sky have detected a vast recent plant greening of the Earth.  There is a growing trend to debunk any ‘extreme’ weather claim – the great citizen journalist Paul Homewood even writes a book about the BBC’s more egregious climate howlers, every year no less, such is the volume to process.

The Net Zero project is starting to crumble around the world as citizens make their feelings known with votes, and sometimes with rocks. Nobody can or wants to live in a world without hydrocarbons. Crucial to this trend is an emerging understanding that the scientific process when it comes to climate has been trashed for decades and replaced with an increasingly laughable junk ‘settled’ science narrative.

https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/11/17/new-study-finds-antarctic-sea-ice-expanding-since-1979-n2182115

More Surprises

According to Red State:

We have seen plenty of hand-wringing on the threats of climate change not only from climate activists but many in our own, United States government. We are hectored almost daily about the risks we face by our refusal to surrender cheap, abundant energy and our modern technological lifestyle; we are told we risk literally setting the planet on fire. 

Now, plenty of us are skeptical about that. Plenty of us have looked into the issue and realize that, yes, the climate is changing; it always has, it always will. Sure, humans have some effect, although one good volcano can blow us away – not to mention a major asteroid impact, like the one that ended the Cretaceous, that impact being the reason you aren’t dodging T-Rexes every time you go for a morning walk.

Now, a report required by the U.S. government per the 2022 Global Catastrophic Risk Management Act has given us an assessment of the various risks humanity faces. Climate change didn’t make the cut.

Here is are some excerpts from the report:

Global catastrophic and existential risks hold the potential to threaten human civilization. Addressing these risks is crucial for ensuring humans’ long-term survival and flourishing. Motivated by the gravity of these risks, Congress passed the Global Catastrophic Risk Management Act in 2022, which requires that the Secretary of Homeland Security and the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency coordinate an assessment of global catastrophic risk related to a set of threats and hazards. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate and the Federal Emergency Management Agency requested the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center’s support in meeting this requirement. The authors of this report document findings from the resulting analysis.

This report summarizes what is known about the risks associated with six threats and hazards: artificial intelligence; asteroid and comet impacts; sudden and severe changes to Earth’s climate; nuclear war; severe pandemics, whether resulting from naturally occurring events or from synthetic biology; and supervolcanoes.

The risk summaries cover the following aspects: where feasible, estimates of the likelihood and potential consequences of each risk; factors causing the risk and associated uncertainties; and whether the risk is likely to change in the next decade.

Congress requested that the assessment focus on six areas of risk:

  • the use and development of artificial intelligence (AI);
  • asteroid and comet impacts;
  • sudden and severe changes to Earth’s climate;
  • nuclear war;
  • severe pandemics, whether resulting from naturally occurring events or from synthetic biology;
  • supervolcanoes

Using the key definitions across these six categories, the table below summarizes my reading of the report.

Hmm, maybe we can keep driving our gas-powered cars.

https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/11/14/us-govt-report-climate-change-not-an-existential-risk-n2182016

Have You Ever Watched Barney?

According to the Post Millennial:

University of Tulsa (UOT) professor has claimed that the reason why some adult men do not like Barney the dinosaur character is because they are attempting to rebel against a “different model for masculinity” and have a “resistance to homosexuality.”

Dr. Emily Contois, a media studies professor at the UOT in Oklahoma made the claim about cultural resistance to Barney coming from adult men, per the Daily Wire. The backlash against Barney that went on in the 1990s has been documented, and the professor reflected on the backlash in an episode of the series, “Generation Barney.” The podcast is about the history of the purple dinosaur and its reception culturally.

During an episode titled, “Love 2 Hate,” host Sabrina Herrera brought Contois on for the conversation. Herrera told the college professor, “Understanding particularly why adult men didn’t like Barney reveals a lot about gender and power in our current society. There were women who didn’t like Barney, but the high-profile hate was really coming from men.”

Contois replied, “He offered up a different model for masculinity, even as a purple dinosaur and not a human. This message about love, about nurturing, about looking after others, that these are emotions and also sort of social practices and responsibilities that in our culture are constructed and understood to be sort of feminine and feminizing.”

The college professor said that Barney as a character was “pushing back against that, offering a different model of sexuality and gender” and added that some men reacted badly to the show. She then added, “A part of that white masculine sort of set of authorities is also this incredible resistance to homosexuality.”

The professor’s university profile claims that she is a “public expert on a wide variety of topics” and adds that she has written for the left-wing publication, Jezebel, as well as NBC News. She has research interests in media studies, gender studies, fat studies, and others.

https://thepostmillennial.com/u-of-tulsa-prof-claims-adult-male-hate-for-barney-the-dinosaur-rooted-in-resistance-to-homosexuality#google_vignette

Dumbasses of the Day

https://thepostmillennial.com/ellen-degeneres-actress-spouse-portia-de-rossi-move-to-uk-never-coming-back-to-the-us#google_vignette

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Episode 987 – What Can They Come Up With Now?

Matt Gaetz is out. Pam Bondi is in. What bullshit can the Left make up about her? Their first efforts are questionable.

The police report is out about Pete Hegseth’s “rape” accusation. The media is counting on you not reading it.

And people will bitch and moan about everything.

One Trick Ponies

He’s Out!

Matt Gates is out. His replacement has been selected and it is Pam Bondi. The Left already has a story to discredit her.

According to the New York Post:

President-elect Trump’s attorney general nominee, Pam Bondi, was once caught up in a legal dogfight with a Louisiana couple over a pooch named Tank fighting to keep the beloved animal she felt had been seriously “neglected.”

The dispute goes back to 2005, when Tank’s owners, Steve and Dorreen Couture, put the St. Bernard in an animal shelter in Louisiana to ride out Hurricane Katrina.

Tank was later turned over to the Pinellas Humane Society in Florida and ultimately adopted by Bondi, 59, who renamed him Noah, The Tampa Bay Times reported.

These People Will Bitch About Anything

According to the Daily Wire:

A Minnesota hospital issued a profuse apology to staff after failing to abide by its “values of respect and justice” — by giving out free Chick-fil-A.

Essentia Health in Duluth wrote to staff last Tuesday after staff clucked about the free sandwiches available in the St. Mary’s Medical Center’s atrium earlier that day.

“We have received feedback from some colleagues who were concerned or offended by this occurrence, and we value colleagues feeling comfortable expressing their reservations,” Tammy Kritzer, senior vice president for regional operations at Essentia Health wrote in an email to medical staff that was obtained by The Daily Wire.

“We would like to thank our colleagues who had the courage to speak up to widen our lens of inclusivity, and we appreciate all colleagues continuing to live our values of respect and justice,” Kritzer wrote.

Chick-fil-A has drawn the ire of LGBT activists over the years, who have boycotted and staged protests over the company donating to groups like the Salvation Army, which activists claim has “a record of anti-LGBTQ discrimination.” In fact, the company emphasizes that it “values diversity, equity and inclusion” and does not discriminate or tolerate harassment on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

The hospital distanced itself from Chick-fil-A in the email, writing that the free lunch was “not intended to endorse a business or business practices,” the email said.

“We respect all we are honored to serve and employ, and situations such as these are an important reminder to consider all viewpoints. As we strive to be thoughtful and inclusive as an organization, we will have learnings along the way,” the email read.

“In the words of Maya Angelou, when we know better, we do better,” the email concluded. “Thank you for giving us grace, as we work to be better, together,” the email read.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/hospital-apologizes-for-chick-fil-a-lunch-thanks-employees-who-had-the-courage-to-complain?topStoryPosition=2

What’s the Hurry?

According to the Daily Wire:

On Tuesday, a Texas father who has spent years fighting his ex-wife’s attempt to trans their son said a California judge had sealed the boy’s fate, allowing the mother to go forward with “gender-affirming care” that would enable her “authority to castrate my son.”

“I lost all parental rights to my sons. Goodbye, boys. Perhaps, we will meet when you are adults. California Judge Juhas gave my ex-wife authority to castrate my son, James,” Jeff Younger posted on X.

Younger has been battling his ex-wife, pediatrician Anne Georgulas, for custody of their son James, who is now 12, since 2018, when Georgulas filed a restraining order to prevent Younger from entering James’ school and referring to his son as male. Younger‘s marriage had been annulled in 2016. Georgulas claimed James wanted to be called “Luna” and allowed her son to paint his nails and wear dresses, while Younger said the boy acted like a boy when with his father.

In 2019, Dallas County District Judge Kim Cooks granted both parents full custody. However, in 2020, Judge Mary Brown ruled that Georgulas should be granted full custody, although “gender-affirming care” would still have to be approved by Younger. “Georgulas has the exclusive right to consent to James’ medical procedures except for hormone suppression therapy, puberty blockers, or transgender reassignment surgery,” The Texan noted.

In February 2022, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an opinion in which he stated, “The medical evidence does not demonstrate that children and adolescents from engaging in these irreversible sterilization procedures,” adding that the “’sex change’ procedures and treatments enumerated above, when performed on children, can legally constitute child abuse.” Those procedures and treatments included sterilization through castration, orchiectomy, and penectomy, among others.

In September 2022, California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 107, which made California a “sanctuary state” for children seeking “gender-affirming care.” In November 2022, Georgulas moved to California.

In February, Georgulas filed a motion in Los Angeles County Superior Court “aiming to dissolve the protective order preventing her from subjecting James to ‘gender-affirming care,’” The Daily Signal reported. In July 2024, Younger claimed California Judge Michelle Kazadi “illegally sealed my case with no public access,” as The Daily Signal added.

“Judge Shelley Kaufman’s court has misrouted orders to the wrong address,” Younger stated. “Judge Mark Juhas denied me access to crucial evidence by setting a too-early trial date. I can’t even get an independent medical exam of my son. The corrupt Los Angeles courts sealed my case to hide their corruption as they castrate my son.”

The Daily Signal reported that Georgulas had quoted psychologist Brigid Mariko Conn’s statements that James “is interested” in “puberty blockers,” estrogen, and “bottom surgery.” “Bottom surgery” refers to the removal of his penis and testicles.

Younger cited Dr. Miriam Grossman, who was featured in The Daily Wire’s “What Is a Woman,” who said James is not suffering from gender dysphoria and that “gender-affirming care” is not an effective treatment for gender dysphoria.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/goodbye-boys-texas-dad-says-california-judge-gave-ex-wife-authority-to-castrate-my-son

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Episode 986 – Telling the Truth Is a Controversy

Men want to use the women’s restroom in Congress and then complain that Republicans are starting the culture war.

Gas will be going down throughout the country except in California. Let’s explore why.

And some guy is facing 10 years in prison for driving…on a street.

Some News

Here is some news:

  • Jose Ibarra, the killer of Laken Reilley, has been sentenced to life in prison. The leftist DA is getting crap for not asking for the death penalty.
  • U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Boston announced on Wednesday the arrests of two illegal immigrants who have been charged with forcibly raping children in Massachusetts, as well as a third individual who was convicted of raping a child in Brazil, and was hiding in the U.S. after being caught and released at the U.S. border in 2022.
    • The arrests come after Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said her state would not cooperate with President-elect Trump’s federal immigration enforcement efforts once he returns to the Oval Office in January.
    • ICE said one of the suspects, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, was arrested for forcible rape of a child, but was released in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, by authorities, who ignored a detainer request made by the federal agency to hold or transfer him to federal custody.
  • The Illinois Supreme Court overturned Jussie Smollett’s hate crime hoax conviction Thursday.
    • “Today we resolve a question about the State’s responsibility to honor the agreements it makes with defendants,” the court wrote in documents obtained by Fox News Digital. “Specifically, we address whether a dismissal of a case by nolle prosequi allows the State to bring a second prosecution when the dismissal was entered as part of an agreement with the defendant and the defendant has performed his part of the bargain. We hold that a second prosecution under these circumstances is a due process violation, and we therefore reverse defendant’s conviction.”
  • The International Criminal Court (ICC) rejected challenges from Israel and issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday.
    • The ICC charged Netanyahu and Gallant with “crimes against humanity and war crimes,” including using starvation as a method of warfare and targeting civilians. Israeli President Isaac Herzog condemned the move in a statement on Thursday.
  • Ukraine said Russia fired what appeared to be an intercontinental ballistic missile at the city of Dnipro on Thursday, in what would be the first use in war of a weapon designed to deliver long-distance nuclear strikes.
    • The United States disputes that.
    • Russia has made no comment.
    • Joe Biden is sending Ukraine another $275 million.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jussie-smollett-conviction-overturned-illinois-supreme-court
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-arrests-3-illegal-immigrants-massachusetts-2-charged-child-rape-1-convicted-same-crime-brazil
https://www.foxnews.com/world/icc-rejects-israel-appeals-issues-arrest-warrants-benjamin-netanyahu-yoav-gallant
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-launches-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-attack-ukraine-kyiv-says-2024-11-21/
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-sending-another-275m-in-military-aid-to-ukraine-before-trump-takes-office?topStoryPosition=2

These People Are Insane

According to the Daily Wire:

South Carolina Congresswoman Nancy Mace is following up her Capitol Hill bathroom legislation with yet another bill protecting women’s spaces — this time, banning men who identify as transgender women from using women’s facilities on any federal property.

Mace’s bill, the “Protecting Women’s Private Spaces Act,” was obtained exclusively on Wednesday morning by The Daily Wire. It will “prohibit individuals from accessing or using single-sex facilities on federal property other than those corresponding to their biological sex.” It forbids anyone from accessing facilities on federal property that do not correspond with their biological sex, and it provides precise definitions of what it means to be female or male.

Mace sparked a backlash this week when she introduced a bill banning trans-identifying men from women’s bathrooms or facilities on Capitol Hill. The resolution specifically states that “allowing biological males into single-sex facilities, such as restrooms, locker rooms, and changing rooms designed for women, jeopardizes the safety and dignity of members, officers, and employees of the House who are female.”

Liberal media outlets and lawmakers balked at the resolution, arguing that it targets a newly elected member of Congress — Sarah McBride, a man who identifies as a woman.

Tim “Sarah” McBride – Congressman from Delaware

https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-second-nancy-mace-bill-would-ban-men-from-womens-facilities-on-all-federal-property?topStoryPosition=1

Thing Just Keep Getting Worse

According to the Washington Examiner:

California gas prices could rise up to $1.15 per gallon next year thanks to the state’s new carbon credit system, taxes, refinery regulations, and refinery shutdown. This would require the typical Californian to make up to $1,000 per year more in pre-tax income to “break even,” according to an analysis from a professor at the USC Marshall School of Business. 

“The increase contributes to inflation, the high cost of living in California, and has a disproportionate and adverse impact on lower income Californians,” wrote Professor Michael A. Mische. “To compensate for the increases, the average Californian driving an internal combustion vehicle will have to earn an additional $600.00 to $1,000.00 a year in pre-tax income in order to “breakeven” with 2024 prices, depending on the grade of gas they purchase.”

Days after the November election, the California Air Resources Board — a regulatory commission almost entirely appointed by the governor — passed new updates to the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard, requiring producers of “dirty” transportation fuel to purchase more credits from producers of “clean” transportation fuel. The new LCFS will provide an estimated $105 billion in EV charging credits and $8 billion of hydrogen credits largely paid for by fees on gasoline and diesel, which the state estimated would be passed on to drivers and consumers. 

Mische first estimated  that the state’s newly passed carbon credit requirement will increase retail prices for regular grade gasoline in 2025 somewhere between 40 and 65 cents per gallon — similar to that estimated by the University of Pennsylvania Kleinman Center for Energy Policy.

He then estimated that the governor’s new refinery regulations he passed during a special legislative session last month would increase prices between 5 and 27 cents per gallon, and that the shutdown of the Phillips 66 refinery announced after the new refinery regulations would add another 8 to 14 cents per gallon.

Because California gas taxes rise with the state’s price index, Mische estimates the gas tax will go up between one to two cents per gallon in 2025.

Combined, these changes add up to an increase of 55 to 90 cents per gallon of regular-grade gasoline in 2025, and 95 cents to $1.15 for premium-grade gasoline.

How will it rise?

  • Carbon credit will raise the price – $.40-.65.
  • Refinery regulations – $.05-.27.
  • Refinery closure – $.08-.14
  • Gas tax hike $.02

Gavin Newsom was asked about this. Here’s his answer:

.https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3235752/usc-estimates-california-fuel-could-rise-by-up-to-90-cents-per-gallon-next-year/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/californians-reject-proposal-to-increase-minimum-wage-for-first-time-in-state-history/ar-AA1urfyr?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=ef73add5a272430dee6f8b20f63de69f&ei=30

What If He Burned an American Flag?

According to the Post Millennial:

A man has been arrested for doing burnouts on Pride crosswalks in Bellevue, Washington.

According to police, 21-year-old man Ivan Barzul is connected to several vandalism incidents targeting the same Pride art.

He was arrested at his home in Renton at approximately 1:58 pm on Tuesday on three counts of Malicious Mischief/first-degree vandalism and three counts of Reckless Driving. He could face up to 10 years in prison. 

Bellevue police believe he is responsible for three similar acts of vandalism that occurred on July 14, Sept. 7, and Sept. 15.

https://thepostmillennial.com/man-arrested-for-doing-burnouts-on-pride-crosswalk-could-face-10-years-in-washington-prison

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Episode 985 – Guys, Keep Doing This!

Democrats just can’t get over Trump. This may lead them to be unemployed in a couple of years.

I have another story about why you should home school your child.

And do you have a lot of apps, pictures and e-mails on your phone? You must have a mental disorder.

Good Idea

This is one of the dumber takes from Katie Hobbs, the governor of Arizona.

Home School Your Children!

According to the Post Millennial:

A current St. Helens High School teacher and a former teacher at the Oregon school have both been arrested on sex abuse charges after a months-long investigation. Students at the high school have criticized the school board for allowing the current teacher to continue teaching despite the allegations and investigation.

46-year-old Eric Stearns was arrested in St. Helens on Tuesday and is a current teacher at the school, and 64-year-old Mark Collins, who is retired, was arrested on Tuesday in Beaverton, according to KGW8.

https://thepostmillennial.com/oregon-students-blast-school-board-after-2-teachers-arrested-on-sex-abuse-charges-district-sat-on-the-allegations-for-years

I Guess I’m Nuts

According to the New York Post:

Does this ring a bell?

If your phone contains thousands of photos you have to swipe through to find what you need or your phone storage is always full because you’re reluctant to delete anything, even unread emails, you may be a digital hoarder.

Hoarding disorder — which is often associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder and is believed to affect about 2.5% of Americans — is defined as persistent problems parting with possessions even if they have little or no value.

Digital hoarding is characterized by the excessive accumulation of digital files like emails, photos, texts or memes. The smartphone user may feel emotionally attached to the computer data and struggle to organize or delete it, leading to stress and anxiety.

“It has to do with the fear of needing this information at some point in the future and yet not having access to it and not knowing where to find it,” Dr. Emanuel Maidenberg, a clinical professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine, told CNN last week.

So how do you know if you have a problem? Researchers have identified four types of digital hoarders.

First are “collectors,” who have a well-organized system of files and don’t get easily overwhelmed.

Next are “accidental hoarders,” who don’t mean to save unnecessary data but don’t know how to manage it.

There are also “hoarders by instruction,” who keep data on behalf of their company and don’t have personal ties to it, and “anxious hoarders,” who emotionally preserve information just in case they need it later.

Experts gave three tips to CNN for managing and purging digital clutter from your life.

Recent research found that the average smartphone user has around 80 apps installed on their phone but only uses about 30 a month.

Delete unused apps, unsubscribe from unnecessary newsletters and notifications and clear your inbox of unread or unimportant emails.

The average American spends roughly seven hours online every day.

Curtailing your email and social media usage and scheduling “digital detox” days can reduce stress, enhance focus and even improve sleep.

https://nypost.com/2024/11/18/lifestyle/too-many-unread-emails-might-be-a-sign-of-a-mental-disorder

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Episode 984 – Don’t Put Up That X-Mas Tree Yet!

It’s Christmas time. That means it’s time to tear down the institution. I’ll give you another example.

Israel scores another win against Iran.

And Ukraine strikes against Russia three days after Biden allows Ukraine to shoot missiles at them. Are we on the brink of World War III? Sweden and Finland think so. Let’s talk about it.

Here We Go

According to the New York Post:

When you choose to deck the halls says a lot about you, according to experts.

Christmas Day is more than a month away, but people, including celebrities, are already starting to get into the holiday spirit.

Decorating early is for a specific kind of person, whether you just reached for the tinsel and lights or put the full tree up.

Psychologist Carmen Harra told the Daily Mail that putting up your decorations early can reveal “concealed emotions and subconscious behavioral tendencies” — including narcissism.

“Narcissists derive a sense of high satisfaction from being the center of attention, from being praised and applauded,” Harra explained. “It makes sense, then, that these character traits can easily be fulfilled by turning one’s house into a winter wonderland for the entire neighborhood to admire.”

She said that on top of giving some a chance “to show off,” it also may give people the opportunity to portray a “picture-perfect family.”

“Fights and rifts are common in all clans, but some people feel the need to cover up the truth of what goes on inside their households with lights and tinsel in November,” Harra said.

She added that decorating early might be a mechanism for some people to “fill a void” to feel happiness when they otherwise wouldn’t.

Harra previously noted that those who hang decorations before November might have trouble “living in the moment” — but it’s not necessarily a bad thing.

“If you’re one of the few people who has had their lights in place since October, then you like to be the first to do things,” Harra previously told the Daily Mail. “You enjoy planning and executing well ahead of schedule. You also correctly anticipate the holiday rush and wish to avoid it.”

Amy Morin, a Florida-based psychotherapist, shared with the outlet that decorating early can also stir up positive emotions, such as nostalgia, so sentimental people might like to decorate sooner rather than later.

“For many people, Christmas was a magical time during childhood that is filled with happy memories,” Morin said. “So it makes sense people often want to decorate early because the sooner they get out those decorations, the sooner they can experience a little bit of that magic again.”

She explained that people may feel that the earlier they decorate, the longer the season lasts, giving them more time to live in the happy memories and seek “a much-needed escape from the stress of day-to-day life.”

“We feel better when we anticipate something good and putting up decorations early can remind people that the holidays are coming up soon,” Morin said.

The “anticipation of joy” theory might also contribute to decorating early, Professor Erlanger A. Turner, clinical psychologist at Pepperdine University, said.

“By decorating early, people can prolong the sense of excitement and happiness associated with the holiday season,” he told the Daily Mail. “As people begin to mentally prepare for enjoyable experiences, such as Christmas decorations and celebrations, anticipation of joy helps to boost their mood and well-being.”

https://nypost.com/2024/11/18/lifestyle/cant-wait-to-put-up-your-christmas-tree-you-might-be-a-narcissist/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social

Why Did It Take A Month?

According to the Daily Wire:

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reportedly destroyed a top-secret nuclear weapons research facility late last month where Iran was actively conducting research for its illicit and undeclared nuclear weapons program.

Israel hit the facility in Parchin during retaliatory strikes against the Islamic regime after it launched more than 180 ballistic missiles into Israel early last month.

Multiple U.S. and Israeli officials told Axios that the strike against the facility “significantly damaged Iran’s effort over the past year to resume nuclear weapons research,” the report said.

The site where the nuclear weapons research was happening was the Taleghan 2 facility in the Parchin military complex, the report said.

The strike destroyed advanced equipment that is needed to design sophisticated explosive materials that are required to detonate a nuclear device.

Satellite imagery shows that the facility, which was a previously declared nuclear weapons facility decades ago, was completely destroyed in the strike.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/israel-destroyed-top-secret-nuclear-weapons-research-facility-in-iran
https://www.axios.com/2024/11/15/iran-israel-destroyed-active-nuclear-weapons-research-facility

They Are Taking This Seriously

According to the New York Post:

Sweden and Finland have all begun warning their residents to prepare for the possibility of war as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine rages on.

Stockholm on Monday published its latest version of “In Case of Crisis or War,” a pamphlet instructing civilians on how to prepare for, and ride out, a national crisis that was last sent out in 2018.

The pamphlet, which has been issued five times since World War II, is now twice as long at 32 pages and focuses on war preparations as the Swedish government warns of the worsening situation in Ukraine.

“The security situation is serious and we all need to strengthen our resilience to face various crises and ultimately war,” said Mikael Frisell, director of the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency.

An estimated 5.2 million copies of the pamphlet are set to be delivered to Swedish households in the next two weeks, with the text available in multiple languages online.

The text calls on citizens to be ready with a stockpile of food and emergency supplies, including baby food, medicine and hygiene products.

The Swedish campaign comes as neighboring Finland has also published its own online crisis prep brochure, detailing how the Finnish government would react in case of war.

Helsinki warned that as of the last government survey in September, only 58% of Finns have adequate emergency supplies at home to ride out a crisis.

The warnings come after Norway published its own physical pamphlets earlier this year on how to manage by themselves for a week in the event of a national crisis, including war.

https://nypost.com/2024/11/18/world-news/sweden-finland-warns-residents-to-be-ready-for-war/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nypost
https://nypost.com/2024/11/17/us-news/donald-trump-jr-claims-biden-administration-is-trying-to-start-world-war-3-ahead-of-trumps-presidency/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_source=twitter

A Good Start

According to the Post Millennial:

Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski met with President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Friday to “restart communications.”

Here’s what they had to say during their show yesterday:

https://thepostmillennial.com/morning-joe-hosts-meet-with-trump-at-mar-a-lago-claim-its-time-to-restart-communications-with-leader-they-compared-to-hitler
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-reveals-what-was-discussed-in-meeting-with-scarborough-brzezinski?topStoryPosition=1

Taking Away the Fun

According to the New York Post:

Dance Dance … retribution?

The “NFL on CBS” X account edited out tight end Brock Bowers’ Trump-shuffle touchdown celebration Sunday, OutKick reports.

On the televised game broadcast, fans saw the score, then Bowers’ celebration, then Raiders owner Mark Davis rejoicing in his box. 

Bowers’ end zone moves were skipped over on NFL on CBS’s X post, though, with the video cutting directly from the touchdown to Davis in his suite at Hard Rock Stadium.

While it’s not clear if the editing choice was made deliberately or inadvertently, the decision is controversial in light of a snafu that occurred in the locker room following the game — a 34-19 loss to Miami that dropped the Raiders to 2-8.

When USA Today’s Safid Deen asked the 21-year-old about his dance moves, Bowers responded, “I’ve seen everyone do it … I watched the UFC fight last night and Jon Jones did it. I like watching UFC so I saw it, and thought it was cool.”

https://nypost.com/2024/11/18/sports/cbs-seemingly-removed-brock-bowers-donald-trump-dance-after-raiders-touchdown/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
https://thepostmillennial.com/trump-dance-takes-the-nfl-by-storm-as-players-celebrate-their-wins

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Episode 983 – They Ain’t Even Hiding It Anymore!

Let’s talk about morality and where we should get it. This is important when it comes to evaluating Donald Trump’s candidates.

Democrats aren’t even trying to hide they are trying to steal elections.

And is Joe Biden trying to get the United States involved in a world war before he leaves office? Let’s talk about it.

They Don’t Even Hide It

According to Fox News:

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah., took aim at Sen. Bob Casey over the Pennsylvania Democrat’s refusal to concede the election, arguing that the Senate could refuse to seat him if he continues to rely on “illegal votes.”

“If Bob Casey doesn’t concede, Pennsylvania keeps counting illegal votes, & Casey relies on those votes to claim victory, the Senate could refuse to seat him,” Lee said in a post on X Saturday while citing Article I, Sec. 5, Cl. 1, which states that each “House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns, and Qualifications of its own Members.”

The comment comes as Pennsylvania’s Senate race will be decided by a recount after Republican Sen.-elect Dave McCormick won the election by roughly 26,000 votes, or within the one percentage point margin that triggers an automatic recount under Pennsylvania law.

Casey has refused to concede the election despite the contest being called by multiple outlets, instead insisting that a winner be declared after all votes are counted.

But questions remain about the votes Casey is trying to count after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that ballots that lack required signatures and dates are not allowed to be included in official results, a ruling that is being ignored by Democratic officials in Philadelphia and surrounding Bucks and Montgomery counties.

“I think we all know that precedent by a court doesn’t matter anymore in this country,” Bucks County Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia, a Democrat, said last week. “People violate laws anytime they want. So, for me, if I violate this law, it’s because I want a court to pay attention. There’s nothing more important than counting votes.”

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley has condemned Democrats in Pennsylvania, accusing the party of attempting to “steal” the election from McCormick.

“Let’s be clear about what’s happening here: Democrats in Pennsylvania are brazenly trying to break the law by attempting to count illegal ballots. They are doing this because they want to steal a senate seat,” he said on X.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/lee-threatens-not-seat-casey-senate-he-continues-refusal-concede

Trying to F- Up Everything Before He’s Done

According to CNN:

President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use powerful long-range American weapons inside Russia, according to two US officials familiar with the decision, as North Korean troops deploy in support of Moscow’s effort.

The decision comes as Moscow has deployed nearly 50,000 troops to Kursk, the southern Russian region where Kyiv launched its surprise counteroffensive in the summer, to prepare to take back territory.

The weapons are intended to be used primarily in Kursk for now, a US official said. With its huge troop amassment there, Russia is trying to take Kursk off the table as a potential bargaining chip for the Ukrainians in any future peace talks, something that the US does not want to see. The idea is to help Ukraine hold on to Kursk for as long as possible, the official said.

Thousands of North Korean troops have deployed to Kursk as part of Russia’s offensive, sparking concern from Biden and his advisers that their entry could lead to a dangerous new phase in the war.

The decision to allow the use of the Army Tactical Missile Systems, or ATACMS, inside Russia had been under consideration for months. American officials had been divided on the wisdom of allowing the new capability. Some had concerns about escalating the war, while others worried about dwindling stockpiles of the weapons.

The US refused to even provide ATACMS to Ukraine for the first two years of the war, in part because of readiness concerns as the powerful missiles require time and complex components to produce. But Biden secretly approved the transfer of the long-range ATACMS missiles in February for use inside Ukrainian territory, and the US delivered the missiles in April.

Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky had been pressing Washington to allow use of the weapons inside Russia, too, arguing he needed the capability to gain momentum in his war effort.

What a Shock

According to Fox News:

The Pentagon failed its seventh consecutive audit on Friday as the agency was unable to fully account for its massive $824 billion budget, though officials were confident the Department of Defense “has turned a corner” in understanding its budgetary challenges going forward.

The audits resulted in a disclaimer of opinion, which means auditors were provided with insufficient information to form an accurate opinion of the accounts.

Of the Department of Defense’s (DoD) 28 reporting entities that had standalone audits, 9 received an unmodified audit opinion, 1 received a qualified opinion, 15 received disclaimers, and 3 opinions remain pending, the Pentagon said.

But with the goal of achieving a clean audit by 2028, Michael McCord, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer, said the agency “has turned a corner in its understanding of the depth and breadth of its challenges.” 

“Momentum is on our side, and throughout the Department there is strong commitment—and belief in our ability—to achieve an unmodified audit opinion,” he said in a statement.

The objective of earning an unmodified audit opinion is mandated by the National Defense Authorization Act.

McCord told reporters at a briefing on Friday that he would not say that the agency “failed” as it had “about half clean opinions.”

“So if someone had a report card that is half good and half not good, I don’t know that you call the student or the report card a failure,” he said.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pentagon-fails-7th-audit-row-unable-fully-account-824b-budget

Here We Go Again

According to Politico:

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Defense secretary, paid a woman who accused him of sexual assault to head off the threat of a baseless lawsuit, according to Hegseth’s lawyer.

Hegseth was accused of sexual assault in 2017 after a speaking appearance at a Republican women’s event in Monterey, California, according to a statement released by the city. No charges were filed.

His lawyer, Tim Parlatore, told The Associated Press on Sunday that the sexual encounter was consensual and that the woman who made the accusation days later was the “aggressor.” That assertion has not been confirmed in the statement released by the city.

Parlatore said a payment was made to the woman as part of a confidential settlement a few years after the police investigation because Hegseth believed the filing of a threatened lawsuit could have gotten him fired from Fox News, where he was then a popular host. Parlatore would not reveal the amount of the payment.

“He was falsely accused and my position is that he was the victim of blackmail,” Parlatore said, calling it a case of “successful extortion.”

The Washington Post earlier reported details of the payment. The newspaper also reported it obtained a copy of a memo sent to Trump’s transition team this past week by a woman who said she is a friend of the accuser that details the sexual assault allegations.

Trump’s transition team had no immediate comment Sunday on the memo.

Later, the article explains:

At the time of the 2017 accusations, Hegseth, now 44, was going through a divorce with his second wife, with whom he has three children. She filed for divorce after he had a child with a Fox News producer who is now his wife, according to court records and social media posts by Hegseth. His first marriage ended in 2009, also after infidelity by Hegseth, according to court records.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/17/trump-pentagon-pick-sex-assault-allegation-00190046

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Episode 982 – He’s Shocking the Swamp!

The economy remains a mess. Well, Don’t expect the Biden/Harris administration to do anything about it.

Remember that port strike in October? Well, the election is over and they’ve decided to strike again. What should the Trump administration do?

And Donald Trump continues making good decisions.

Well, So Much for That

According to the AP:

Inflation in the United States ticked up in October, driven by costlier rents, used cars and air fares, a sign that price increases might be leveling off after having slowed in September to their lowest pace since 2021.

Consumer prices rose 2.6% from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Wednesday, up from 2.4% in September. It was the first rise in annual inflation in seven months. From September to October, prices edged up 0.2%, the same as the previous month.

Excluding volatile food and energy costs, “core” prices rose 3.3% from a year earlier, just as in September. From September to October, core prices rose 0.3% for a third straight month. Over the long run, core inflation at that pace would exceed the Federal Reserve’s 2% target.

https://apnews.com/article/inflation-prices-interest-rates-economy-federal-reserve-8ee9d1e7979319fe9ae121c7c8d6d68b

This May Not Fix Inflation

According to Fox Business:

The union representing dockworkers at East and Gulf Coast ports walked away from the negotiating table with port employers this week over concerns about automation as the two sides face a mid-January deadline to finalize a deal and prevent the resumption of a strike, FOX Business has learned.

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX), which represents port employers, were on their second day of talks this week when the ILA union left negotiations, a source tells FOX Business.

The source said that the ILA union is refusing to agree to the addition of any new technology at East and Gulf Coast ports, even though USMX has said that no jobs would be eliminated as a result of automation. Port employers don’t expect the union to return to the negotiating table.

The ILA confirmed in a statement that it broke off negotiations with USMX and placed the blame on port employers for “pushing automation and semi-automation language in its Master Contract proposals that will eliminate ILA jobs.” It added that it “remains hopeful that USMX will alter its unwinnable strategy, and resume negotiations as soon as possible.”

Later in the article:

ILA dockworkers went on strike on Oct. 1 after negotiations between the two sides in September failed to reach an agreement following the expiration of the union’s six-year contract. After a three-day strike, the union and USMX reached a tentative agreement on wages and the ILA agreed to suspend its strike until Jan. 15 while they negotiate other outstanding issues, such as automation.

Under the tentative deal, the ILA’s 45,000 dockworkers would see a 62% pay raise over the life of the next six-year contract. The union and port employers will have to reach an agreement on port automation and other outstanding issues and ratify the tentative deal by Jan. 15 for it to take effect.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/dockworkers-union-walks-away-from-negotiations-east-gulf-coast-employers

New Trump Staff Members

Here are some more members of Donald Trump’s staff. This is amazing stuff.

  • John Ratcliff will run the Central Intelligence Agency.
  • Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk will head the new, civilian committee called the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
  • Pete Hegseth will head the Department of Defense.
    • He went to Yale and Princeton.
    • He served in the Army and National Guard for 20 years.
    • He retired as a major in the Army.
    • He served in Iraq and Afghanistan and received to Bronze Stars.

  • Tulsi Gabbard – Director of National Intelligence.
  • Mike Huckabee – Ambassador to Israel.
  • Attorney General – Matt Gaetz.

Well, She IS Going to be Fired

Still a Big World Out There

According to the Daily Wire:

The Houthi terrorist organization announced on Tuesday that it launched attacks against U.S. warships that were transiting the Bab el Mandeb strait.

Pentagon press secretary Air Force Major Gen Pat Ryder told reporters during a press conference that “the Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer, USS Stockdale and USS Spruance were attacked by at least eight one-way attack uncrewed Aerial systems, five anti-ship ballistic missiles and three anti-ship cruise missiles which were successfully engaged and defeated.”

There was no damage to the ships and no personnel were hurt, he said.

The attacks from the Houthis came after U.S. forces conducted several precision airstrikes against facilities used by the Iranian-backed terrorist group in Yemen over the weekend.

The Houthis claimed in a statement that they targeted the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier with cruise missiles and drones and claimed that the attack was successful, even though there was zero evidence supporting its claims.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/houthi-terrorists-launch-attacks-against-u-s-warships

Why Is This Not a Bigger Story?

According to People Magazine:

Dozens of monkeys are on the loose in South Carolina after escaping from a research facility.

On Wednesday, Nov. 6, the Yemassee Police Department confirmed in a Facebook post that as of 9:45 p.m. local time, 40 primates — who escaped from the Alpha Genesis facility located on Castle Hall Road — still hadn’t been found.

“Traps have been set up around the area, and the Yemassee Police Department is currently on-site utilizing thermal imaging cameras in an attempt to locate the animals,” police said.

“Residents are strongly advised to keep doors and windows secured to prevent these animals from entering homes,” the post added.

Police urged anyone to contact 911 immediately if they see any of the animals, telling the public to “refrain from approaching” the primates.

“We appreciate your patience and cooperation, further updates will be released as they become available,” the post concluded.

Per the Alpha Genesis website, the primate research company “provides nonhuman primate products and bio-research services worldwide.” 

The site states the company “is dedicated to promoting the health and well-being of monkeys and all other living creatures” and “is one of the largest and most comprehensive nonhuman primate facilities, designed specifically for monkeys, in the United States.”

The police post didn’t provide details about what research the escaped animals were involved in at the facility or the breed of the primates that had gotten loose.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-than-40-monkeys-escape-from-bio-research-lab-in-south-carolina
https://people.com/police-hunting-monkeys-mass-escape-south-carolina-research-facility-8741307?taid=672cd8c643d94700012ede71&utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&utm_content=new&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com

https://www.dailywire.com/news/peanut-the-squirrel-marked-for-death-days-before-he-was-seized-in-raid

Is Sanity Making a Comeback?

Is sanity coming back:

  • Breaking from the clean energy goals of Washington state’s Democratic leadership, residents in the Evergreen State have put their support behind natural gas, voting to block any bans on gas stoves.
  • California rejects law that would have made forced labor in prisons illegal.
  • California passes a law that would put people who steal under $950 in jail.

.https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/state/3225599/californians-reject-outlaw-forced-labor-inmates/
.https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-and-environment/3218663/washington-state-passes-measure-block-bans-natural-gas/

.https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/3225421/50k-russian-north-korean-troops-kursk-region-coming-days/
.https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/foreign-policy/3225411/trump-putin-discuss-resolution-of-ukraine-war-report/

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