POLITICAL: Release ALL the past “visitor logs” for EVERY past President?

Thursday, February 17, 2022

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10519203/Biden-rejects-Trumps-executive-privilege-claim-orders-release-WH-visitor-logs-1-6-panel.html

Biden rejects Trump’s executive privilege claim and orders the release of ALL White House visitor logs to the January 6 committee

  • Joe Biden rejected Trump’s executive privilege claim to stop the National Archives from releasing White House visitor logs to the January 6 panel
  • Is the former president’s second attempt to block the release of documents from the Archives to the panel
  • Unclear if Trump will take this case the federal court like he did the last
  • Court ordered the Archives last month to hand over to the panel a batch of documents and materials from Trump’s administration

By KATELYN CARALLE, U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM 

PUBLISHED: 07:50 EST, 16 February 2022 | UPDATED: 09:15 EST, 16 February 2022

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Joe Biden is rejecting another executive privilege claim by Donald Trump as he tries to invoke the right in order to withhold the White House visitor logs from the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot.

In a letter sent to the National Archives on Tuesday, Biden’s White House Counsel Dana Remus told the archivist of the U.S. David Ferriero the agency should provide the material to the panel within 15 days. 

Former President Trump is attempting to invoke executive privilege to keep the panel form obtaining the logs, just as he did with other White House documents that were turned over to the committee earlier this month.

The White House plans to inform Trump Wednesday morning of the rejection for his executive privilege claim. 

Trump could try to block or slow the release of the logs like he did with other White House documents and materials.

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NOW, I want EVERY past President’s visitor logs published.

I think the Bush’s, Clinton’s, and Obama’s would be very enlightening.

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Bob Saget’s family sues to block release of death records

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Saget suffered “blunt head trauma,” likely during an “unwitnessed fall” in his room at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando, according to the results of an autopsy released last week. The medical examiner said the actor suffered severe skull fractures, but his death was ruled accidental.

Bob Saget’s family sues to block release of death records

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Yes, but was a crime committed? Then all privacy concerns take a back seat to the investigation. How many “accidental deaths” weren’t?

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TECHNOLOGY: The cost of EVs are much higher than our current gas vehicles.

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

EMAIL FROM LUDDITE

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I have been talking a lot with friends about the push for EVs, and am hoping that you would consider doing a segment that investigates the practicality of electric vehicles.  Here are the questions I have that I believe have not been addressed:

1.  The cost of EVs are much higher than our current gas vehicles, that will exclude many from being able to afford one. 

2.  I have also heard that the cost of replacing the batteries in 4-5 years is in the thousands of dollars.  Add that to the high cost of a new vehicle, and it makes it even more prohibitive.

3.  Each home or business that needs to charge their vehicles will require a new electrical circuit installed.

4.  Charging an EV requires anywhere from 25 minutes to 1.5 hours, depending on whether the charging station has a fast super-charger or not.  What will the impact be on people waiting to get their EV charged?  First, assume that every current gas station will have to convert to have both gas and electric fill pumps, making them available for older gas vehicles and new EVs, more additional costs and additional space required.  With an EV the average time to “charge up” will be at least 4 times longer (5 minutes for gas versus 20 min for EVs).  Without the “fast” chargers, it could be 12 times longer (5 min vs 60 min) or even longer to charge up.  Think of the impacts, time itself on the traveler, at “least” twice as many charging stations as current gas pumps, waiting locations for travelers while they charge up?

5.  What about apartment/condo dwellers that park outside, or city street dwellers that have to park in the street?  Will chargers be installed in all apartment parking lot locations or street parking spaces? At whose cost?

6.  Where is all the additional electrical power to come from?  Can you imagine the peaks during nighttime charging?

7.  Hazard/space component to storing so many dead batteries after they are no longer useful?

I’m sure there are several more questions that I have not thought of, and many more issues that would need to be addressed.  But it does seem as if the government has “environmental blinders” on, and are not able to foresee the damage that moving to EVs will cause. If they are concerned about “climate change” they shouldn’t be, that’s what our climate does, change.  It’s been very cold and very hot off and on since it’s creation, it’s what the earth does, and we are just along for the ride!

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EV’s seem to be a dead end technology.

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VOCABULARY: “The Overton window”

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/overton-window-bitcoin

The Overton Window & Bitcoin
BY TYLER DURDEN
SATURDAY, FEB 12, 2022 – 09:00 PM
Authored by ‘DON’ via BitcoinMagazine.com,

As Bitcoin enters the mainstream conversation, it is becoming increasingly common for politicians to embrace or disparage the technology…

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“The Overton window is the range of policies politically acceptable to the mainstream population at a given time. It is also known as the window of discourse.

“The term is named after American policy analyst Joseph P. Overton, who stated that an idea’s political viability depends mainly on whether it falls within this range, rather than on politicians’ individual preferences. According to Overton, the window frames the range of policies that a politician can recommend without appearing too extreme to gain or keep public office given the climate of public opinion at that time.”

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Can’t stop BITCOIN because it fulfills a basic human need — the ability to save financial wealth from the rapacious of seizure by central Gooferments!

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RANT: Bill Maher is right “we are all NOT in it together”

Monday, February 14, 2022

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2022/02/11/maher-on-canada-protests-theres-an-accurawe are all in it togetherte-view-that-some-can-afford-to-stay-home-and-others-who-cant/

Maher on Canada Protests: There’s an Accurate View That Some Can Afford to Stay Home and Others Who Can’t
IAN HANCHETT — 11 Feb 2022

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Maher stated, “I thought, like during the pandemic, I talked about this many times, we would see these ads, we are all in it together. And I’d think, no, we’re not. There are some people who stay home and some people who bring them the food. If you’re just ordering Amazon and you don’t ever have to go out and your job, you can do remotely — but who’s bringing the Amazon things? The trucker.”

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Like my feelings about Piers Morgan, I am finding myself more and more agreeing with Bill Maher more and more.

I think that these politicians and bureaucrats who say “we are all in it together” are just peddling more “barbara streisand”!

I guess my views are becoming more into alignment with these guys calling the hypocrites out.

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VOCABULARY: pareidolia

Sunday, February 13, 2022

https://www.futilitycloset.com/2022/02/10/second-life/

pareidolia, our tendency to see significant patterns where none exist.

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WORD LE hacked

Saturday, February 12, 2022

Wordle 238 2/6

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Time to delete this. Way to take the fun out of life. It was a simple pleasure. Good bye cruel world.

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GOLDBUG: Time to diversify savings?

Saturday, February 12, 2022

EMAIL TO LUDDITE AND OTHERS

Bitcoin: The Inevitable Path Toward Global Adoption Of The Next World Reserve Currency https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/bitcoin-inevitable-path-toward-global-adoption-next-world-reserve-currency

So, if the USD has a shelf life partially due to historical precedence and partially due to fiscal irresponsibility (overprinting of the money supply), what comes next? What replaces the USD? Another fiat currency? It’s possible, but my guess is the days of trusting a centralized party to maintain a stable supply of a currency have come and gone. Why trust, when you can just verify? An argument could be made that gold is today’s reserve asset as it is held by the majority of central banks.

RESPONSE

Not sure what to say on this, it’s above my pay grade.

MY CONCLUSION

Me neither. But, with the Gooferment’s inflation destroying the U$D’s value, it would seem that “diversification” of savings is essential to preserving what little wealth one has. 

Pre-1913, people saved gold and silver coins.  Since there was a gentle price deflation in the USA during that interval, it was a great strategy for preserving wealth.  After 1913, the erosion began, I blogged in June of 2006 about Evy’s Dad and his Fifty Dollar bill  —

https://reinkefaceslife.com/2006/06/30/rant-a-visit-from-one-of-my-favorite-socialists/

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My now departed father in law used to have a folded up fifty dollar bill in his wallet. He had carried it their since he was a young man, so that he’d “never be broke”. He was blue collar working guy. Salt of the either. Raised his family, paid his bills, and did the best he could. He was poor! BUT, he never realized, (I didn’t tell him cause he wouldn’t have believed me! I was just a child in his eyes.) that HIS beloved DEMOCRATIC (not that the R’s are any different), silently stole his “fifty in sunken city”. Yup, when he put that Fifty in his wallet if could buy lots of stuff: A hundred gallons of gasoline. Feed his family for a week. Ffity cartons of his beloved Lucky Strikes. Pay an entire hospital bill for an accident. It had value 60 years ago. After 60 years of inflation, I didn’t have the heart to tell him that his beloved Fifty was really was worth about 13 cents. Sad isn’t it.

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As you know I like gold and silver bullion coins, but recently I’ve been thinking about diversifying to bitcoin.  Now I’m thinking about GOLDBACKS. I’ve dabble in BITCOIN and ETHERIUM.  I’ll probably dabble in GOLDBACKs too.  My bullion coin dealer is shifting out of coins and into middleman.  (Why use him when I can go directly AMPEX or others?). Sigh. So in March, I’ll be shifting.  Not sure exactly what mix but I’ll do something.

YMMV

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“Three hundred years from now where will you be and where shall I be?” — Thich Nhat Hanh

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WORD LE 237 3/6

Friday, February 11, 2022

Wordle 237 3/6

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A very hard THREE

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RANT: I hope NO ONE is watching; that’ll send a message

Friday, February 11, 2022

https://www.breitbart.com/news/several-factors-contribute-to-nbcs-low-olympic-ratings/

Several Factors Contribute to NBC’s Lower Olympic Ratings
by AP — 8 Feb 2022

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In the case of ratings, though, topping that has meant producing record lows.

Through the first four nights of competition, NBC is on track for the lowest-rated Winter Games in history. Friday night’s coverage on NBC, USA Network and Peacock averaged 12.8 million viewers, significantly down from the 27.8 million average in Pyeongchang four years ago.

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I, for one, ain’t watching and I guess others aren’t either.

China should NOT be rewarded for its bad behavior.

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