Politics

[Havasu]

Well, thank God for that. I sure don't want lab grown spaghetti in 2 weeks.

 

[Floorist]

Watched about 35 minutes of the debate. Switched to the Weather Channel.

 

[Scout734]

 

[Floorist]

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris announced new executive actions on Thursday to address gun violence, an election-year move that builds the president’s legacy on the issue and provides Harris with a fresh opportunity to highlight her leadership as vice president. During a White House event Thursday, Biden is expected to sign an executive order designed to address the trauma inflicted on children by active shooter drills in schools as well as tackle the threat of machine gun conversion devices, which are small devices that can be made with a 3D printer and turn a handgun into a fully automatic weapon.

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Other actions will focus on the safe storage of firearms, implementation of red-flag laws, funding for community violence intervention programs, and improvements to the background-check system, among other moves.

 

[Floorist]

https://halturnerradioshow.com/inde...cans-vote-get-armed-have-3-4-months-food-pray

 

[Floorist]

"There are only a few laws in history that are universally applicable. One of these is that the ruling classes do not want the peasantry armed. They will do what they can to convince you that to be armed is dangerous. They will attempt to do this while they themselves are surrounded by armed body guards. Idiots will not notice this hypocrisy and sycophants will ignore it. Fools will surrender their arms in the name of "safety". They will insensibly surrender their liberty at the same time. This is how slaves are made.

 

[Floorist]

https://www.americanthinker.com/blo..._000_can_for_not_downloading_a_covid_app.html

 

[Floorist]

"Recently, The Lancet published a study on the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines and the waning of immunity with time. The study showed that immune function among vaccinated individuals 8 months after the administration of two doses of COVID-19 vaccine was lower than that among the unvaccinated individuals. According to European Medicines Agency recommendations, frequent COVID-19 booster shots could adversely affect the immune response and may not be feasible. The decrease in immunity can be caused by several factors such as N1-methylpseudouridine, the spike protein, lipid nanoparticles, antibody-dependent enhancement, and the original antigenic stimulus. These clinical alterations may explain the association reported between COVID-19 vaccination and shingles. As a safety measure, further booster vaccinations should be discontinued."

 

[Floorist]

 

[Floorist]

 

[Scout734]

Unbelievable!!!

https://notthebee.com/article/the-h...bb9PSxLsnqamEegA2Q_aem_1Re1MZdN1J6UNo_NOaRkVw

 

[Floorist]

Hertz is losing money faster than they are making it....the EV's were a bust
if you are in the market for a EV you might look here first

'"Rental car giant Hertz is dramatically expanding its electric vehicle selloff program, with used Tesla Model 3s now available for under $20,000 as the company grapples with mounting EV depreciation costs. Hertz’s heavy investment in Tesla EVs has been a disaster causing massive losses and the loss of its CEO."

"the company reporting an 89 percent increase in EV depreciation costs, amounting to $537 per vehicle per month. The rental car company has committed to selling 30,000 electric vehicles from its fleet by the end of 2024,"

"The financial impact has been substantial. Beyond the depreciation costs, Hertz has discovered that its Tesla fleet hasn’t delivered the anticipated cost savings. Repair expenses have exceeded expectations, and the company has experienced higher-than-anticipated collision rates with its Tesla vehicles, resulting in significant restoration costs and extended repair times."

"The financial nightmare has Hertz’s new leadership to initiate a widespread divestment of its EV fleet"

"The selloff program will continue through 2025, with the company attempting to minimize losses as used EV values continue to decline"

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2024/...-rental-giant/

 

[Havasu]

My former Lt. Flew out for one of my old Sgt's funeral last Thursday from Utah. The rental company gave him an upgraded Tesla at no extra cost. He went to the hotel, and was aware that he needed a Tesla charger, but the charger was a universal type. He drove it back to the rental agency and said he was giving it back, and wanted a real car.

 

[Floorist]

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/st...25/id/1189336/
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Some diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training methods may cause psychological harm, according to a new study from the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) and Rutgers University. The study's findings, released Monday, show significant increases in hostility and punitive attitudes among participants exposed to DEI pedagogy covering subjects including race, religion, and caste. The NCRI study focused on diversity training interventions that emphasize awareness of and opposition to "systemic oppression," a trend fueled by the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement and popularized by texts such as Ibram X. Kendi's, "How to Be an Antiracist." Across all groupings, instead of reducing bias, they engendered a hostile attribution bias, amplifying perceptions of prejudicial hostility where none was present, and punitive responses to the imaginary prejudice," researchers said in a release explaining the study's findings. [snip] "These results suggest that caste sensitivity training . . . may . . . promote rather than ameliorate intergroup hostilities."

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In short, it sounds to me like DEI training increases hostility between different groups instead of helping to end prejudice and bigotry.

 

[Floorist]

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/...eat-reset/silent-prayer-prohibited-in-the-uk/

 

[Havasu]

Check out how much Pfizer charges for a vial of Narcan!

 

[Barrie]

Ouch!?!

 

[Floorist]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...uilty-chokehold-death-jordan-neely-rcna180775

 

[Floorist]

Biden releases Chinese prisoner arrested with 47,000 child sex abuse images

President Joe Biden has commuted the sentence of a Chinese national convicted of possessing child pornography after 47,000 files of child pornography were found on the man's computer. The commutation was part of a prison swap between the United States and China. This comes as the Biden White House announced its "largest single-day grant of clemency" in America

 

[Floorist]

Originally Posted by AP 1922 The Arctic Ocean is warming up, icebergs are growing scarcer and in some places the seals are finding the water too hot, according to a report to the Commerce Department yesterday from [U.S.] Consul [George] Ifft, at Bergen, Norway. Reports from fishermen, seal hunters and explorers all point to a radical change in climate conditions and hitherto unheard-of temperatures in the Arctic zone. Exploration expeditions report that scarcely any ice has been met as far north as 81 degrees 29 minutes. Soundings to a depth of 3,100 meters showed the Gulf Stream still very warm. Great masses of ice have been replaced by moraines of earth and stones, the report continued, while at many points well known glaciers have entirely disappeared. Very few seals and no white fish are found in the eastern Arctic, while vast shoals of herring and smelts, which have never before ventured so far north, are being encountered in the old seal fishing grounds. Within a few years it is predicted that due to the ice melt the sea will rise and make most coastal cities uninhabitable. – The foregoing AP article was published in The Washington Post on Nov. 2, 1922.