GOVERNACIDE: How can a multiple DUI driver be free?

Friday, December 29, 2023

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12892251/Drunk-driver-Jose-Menjivar-killed-mom-son-Colorado.html

‘Drunk driver’ Jose Menjivar, who killed mom and her teenage son in a wreck, has three previous DUI convictions and was driving despite having his license pulled

  •     Melissa Powell and her teenage son Riordan died after being involved in a collision on December 12 in Broomfield, Colorado 
  •     Jose Menjivar has since been charged with DUI and vehicular homicide
  •     Previous court records have revealed that Menjivar has been convicted of DUI in the past and had his license revoked 

By Joe Hutchison For Dailymail.Com
Published: 00:14 EST, 22 December 2023 | Updated: 03:45 EST, 22 December 2023

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A mom and her teenage son were killed in a car wreck and police have arrested the man they say was behind the wheel while drunk – a suspect who has three previous DUI convictions. 

On Thursday, Colorado’s 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced formal charges against Jose Menjivar, 37.

Menjivar is accused of causing a crash in Broomfield on December 12 that claimed the lives of Melissa Powell, 46, and her son Riordan, 16. 

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Seems like the price would have a BOLO on every DUI convicted driver.

Instead of random checkpoints pursue the repeat offenders.  Give them a special license plate, like the dealer plates that easily are put on and off, that say “stop me for a DUI check”!

Argh!

This is not the first time I’ve ranted about this topic.

The person who loaned him the truck should be prosecuted as well as an “accessory before the fact”. That person had to know him well enough to know he didn’t have license.

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: The Unintended Consequences of madating EV

Thursday, December 28, 2023

https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2023/12/20/half-of-buick-dealers-take-buyouts-to-avoid-having-to-sell-gms-electric-cars/

Half of Buick Dealers Take Buyouts to Avoid Having to Sell GM’s Electric Cars
John Binder 20 Dec 2023

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Almost half of Buick dealers across the United States have opted to take buyouts from General Motors (GM) to avoid having to sell Electric Vehicles (EVs) at a time when consumer reports show Americans are increasingly turned off by the cars.

According to GM, almost 1,000 of its nearly 2,000 Buick dealerships across the U.S. chose to take buyouts from the parent company rather than investing potentially millions into retooling and prepping dealers to service and sell EVs.

The buyouts mean that GM will now have just about 1,000 Buick dealerships across the nation as the automaker moves forward with adhering to President Joe Biden’s green energy agenda.

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It seems OBVIOUS that the consumers are voting with their wallets.  

How long before the politicians and bureaucrats get the message?

Guess we will be like Cuba with the 1950’s Fords.

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INSPIRATIONAL: Governor’s chickens as a stress releiver?

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

https://lailluminator.com/briefs/governors-mansion-chickens-to-remain-in-residence-through-transition/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Governor’s Mansion chickens to remain in residence through transition
By: Piper Hutchinson – December 18, 2023 5:36 pm

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Edwards intended to take the chickens with him back to his home in Amite at the end of his term next month, but he has decided to leave them after Gov.-elect Jeff Landry asked to keep them during a tour of the mansion grounds, Edwards told the Illuminator.

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Sources close to the governor say Edwards is known to visit and feed the chickens during particularly stressful days on the job.

The official transition of poultry ownership will take place on Jan. 8, when Landry is sworn in as governor.

The chickens did not respond to multiple interview questions about their new owner.

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I find this story both inspirational and humorous.  Can’t imagine that being a Governor is that stressful, but the chickens must have a special way of entertaining peace and tranquility,

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Eliminate the Department of Education based on the education “results” in the USA

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

https://fee.org/articles/reagan-s-goal-to-end-the-department-of-education-is-finally-gaining-momentum/

Reagan’s Goal to End the Department of Education Is Finally Gaining Momentum

  • Ending the Department of Education may seem like a radical idea, but it’s not as crazy as it sounds.

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

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“Unelected bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. should not be in charge of our children’s intellectual and moral development,” said Massie when he initially introduced the bill. “States and local communities are best positioned to shape curricula that meet the needs of their students.”

Massie is echoing sentiments expressed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, who advocated dismantling the Department of Education even though it had just begun operating in 1980.

“By eliminating the Department of Education less than 2 years after it was created,” said Reagan, “we cannot only reduce the budget but ensure that local needs and preferences, rather than the wishes of Washington, determine the education of our children.”

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I can’t think of a better way to start off the year than by nuking the Department of Education.  Maybe Energy too.

If one of the objectives was to improve “education”, then it has failed miserably.  And, unlike the private sector which takes care of mistakes (i.e., malinvestment in things not demanded by the consumer)  — think of the Edsel, cassette tapes, and Blockbuster  — via the bankruptcy court, no Gooferment program ever goes out of business.

Time to change that now!

Argh!

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HEROIC: Imagine saving a lot of lives? It’s a Christmas miracle. Ok, not on Christmas but good for a Christmas post

Monday, December 25, 2023

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-60841291?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

The guitarist who saved hundreds of people on a sinking cruise liner
5th April 2022, 07:29 EDT
By Sarah McDermott

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On 4 August 1991, about 45 minutes after the last person on board had been airlifted to safety, the Oceanos slipped away below the water. Everyone who had been put into lifeboats was rescued by passing ships and remarkably no lives were lost.

Moss and Tracy, who now live in Liverpool, continued working as cruise ship entertainers for many years. Even now, three decades later, Tracy prefers not to talk about the sinking or dwell on how close they all came to losing their lives.

But Moss, who’s been asked about the Oceanos many, many times, finds it cathartic to talk about. He looks back on what happened with great relief.

“I’m not invincible,” Moss says, “but if I can get through that, I can get through anything.”

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I can’t imagine myself doing what this couple did. 

He’s a hero in my book.

Aren’t humans a funny (peculiar; not haha) species.  The captain goes into shock and the entertainer takes charge.

Hmmm, there’s a lesson in that somewhere.

Merry Holy Day.  (Regardless of which of the many common delusions you share in.)

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GUNS: Holidays often bring out the worst in domestic violvence

Sunday, December 24, 2023

https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2023/12/19/domestic-violence-gun-n78534

Domestic Violence Survivors Speak Out Against Gun Control
By Tom Knighton | 8:29 AM on December 19, 2023

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Shirley Watral, the state director of the Florida Women For Gun Rights Organization, is a domestic violence survivor and professional firearms instructor. In the hearing, she shared how her views on gun ownership changed after how the man she was in love with kidnapped her and tortured her for 15 hours (via Judiciary.House.gov):

    Attempts I made to escape were met with beatings. I was no match for his size and strength. I was forced to stay seated or kneeling on the floor of the master bedroom. As the hours went by, I found no way out. I thought my salvation came when he brought out a gun and set it on the bed. Hours prior to this, no one heard my screams or came to my rescue. I saw the gun as my way to freedom. I could either use it to defend myself or get a shot off that the neighbors would hear.

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Yeah, I know Christmas Eve is supposed to be about the Prince of Peace’s birthday.

But, to the victims of Domestic Violence, it often brings out the worst.

Christmas, New Years, ad Superbowl Sunday are supposedly the worst for it.  

I only know that when there’s a lot of drinking that’s when the family ugliness comes out.

Dona Nobis Pacem

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HEALTH: Is the risk of “died suddenly” the price for trusting COVID-19 “vaccines”?

Saturday, December 23, 2023

https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/pro-vaccine-journalist-who-called-punishment-refusing-jab-dies-suddenly

Pro-Vaccine Journalist Who Called for Punishment For Refusing Jab Dies Suddenly
by Tyler Durden
Saturday, Dec 16, 2023 – 06:30 PM
Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

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A Canadian journalist who took strong positions in support of COVID-19 vaccines—including calling for vaccine passports and terminating police officers who refused the jab—has died suddenly.

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Deep into the Big Pharma US Treasury raid, we learned that the word “vaccine” was redefined to include a bio-engineered weapons program.

Everyone, who disagreed, was labeled as “anti-vax”.  Despite that no one was refusing to take the polio (real) “vaccine”.  Nor were children not being given some of the OLD Traditional shots like DPT and measles.  And old {synonym for multiple instances of  flatulence} like me were taking Pneumonia and Shingle vaxes.  

No, the resistance was to these newfangled RNA “jabs” that were suspect.

Some of the suspicions were that politicians and bureaucrats, celebrities, and Big Executives were getting the distilled water or not getting jabbed at all.

(Remember Joe Biden’s shot on TV that was incorrectly administered?)

Don’t believe everything you hear and some of what you see.

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INSPIRATIONAL: Advice on protecting children

Friday, December 22, 2023

https://palexander.substack.com/p/this-is-how-each-parent-guardian?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=579356&post_id=139768914&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=onvra&utm_medium=email

Friendly reminder if you don't feel this way about every child you're in my way you're part of my problem and that's somewhere you do not want to be.

[JR: I agree with the meme, but not his ideas on “quick justice” for pedophiles]  

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ECONOMICS: Are EVs the modern day Edsel?

Thursday, December 21, 2023

https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2023/12/17/one-third-as-far/

One Third as Far
By Eric – December 17, 2023

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But the answer – after much study – probably has to do with people not wanting to buy used devices that don’t go very far and take very long to get going again. Particularly because the batteries that power these devices are used. And used batteries hold less charge – on their way to holding none. Rendering the device incapable of going at all. And the cost of replacing that battery with a new one to power the inert device is not “rather competitive.”

Scientific Americans says “The impact of the used EV market can’t be understated.” And that’s certainly true – as used and unwanted and so unsellable battery powered devices with wilting batteries accumulate and languish on used car lots all around the country – alongside the brand-new EVs that are accumulating and languishing on dealership lots all around the country.

Scientific American says nothing about the potential “impact” of this on the car industry. Or on the economy – that is to say, on all the people whose livelihoods depend in one way or another on the manufacture and sale of cars – after the car industry collapses as a result of being pushed, Soviet-style, to build as many battery-powered devices as can be shipped (but not sold) as the factories can churn out.

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Doesn’t make “economic” sense.  These “cars” are an ecological disaster when they are made, when they are used, and finally when they are junked.  I watch them on the road and they are “virtue signals” until they have to be plugged in.  Every once in a while, I see one with a dent and wonder when is it going to ignite.

Argh!

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TECHNOLOGY: Save 10% in airline fuel with a smoother ride?

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/turbulence-solutions-aviation-industry-free?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Turbulence Solutions to make ‘whole aviation industry turbulence-free’

  • Austrian startup Turbulence Solutions aims to eradicate turbulence for everything from light aircraft and air taxis to the largest commercial airliners.

Chris Young
Published: Dec 09, 2023 10:49 AM EST

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With this in mind, the Turbulence Cancelling system could result in “up to 10 percent of fuel savings,” Galffy continued. If applied across the aviation industry, this could also lead to a significant reduction in carbon emissions.

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If I was Big AirTravel, then I’d be REAL interested in the money savings.  Passenger comfort isn’t the bottom line.

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