America has always prided itself as a country of laws based on our Constitution and enforced equally regardless of the individual. That fundamental principle separates us from a Banana Republic like Cuba or Venezuela.

President Joe Biden has found a way to obliterate that separation, and his effort to destroy this great country has brought us closer to being a Banana Republic. Joe’s continued crusade to weaponize the Department of Justice and the FBI against his political foes has made us one of the greatest Banana Republics. The law is no longer blind but twisted to suit the needs of Biden and his administration.

We got a glimpse of the power of a corrupt government and DOJ when Biden unleashed that power on parents who disagreed with his Department of Education and the Teacher’s Union. We saw the power when the FBI implanted agents into Catholic Churches to uncover radical Catholics who may threaten the country. We saw the power when the President’s son and the Biden family were protected by the DOJ while concocting bogus laws to indict former President Donald Trump three times since Trump announced his re-election campaign. Under the control of the soon to be impeached Attorney General Merrick Garland, the DOJ has indicted Donald Trump three times on Federal criminal law violations. The three indictments, and the one modified, have been used to embarrass Donald Trump, force the former President to use $40 million on legal fees, and split his focus between mounting legal woes and his re-election campaign. The one thing that should concern Democrats is each time a new indictment comes down, Trump’s approval rating amongst Republican voters goes up and has drawn him even against Biden in the general election polls. The indictments have also been planned to mask the legal troubles of Hunter Biden and the mounting evidence of Joe Biden’s connection to his son’s extortion of money from foreign individuals and countries. The comparison between Joe Biden’s America and Banana Republics is in America, we typically let the election box be the means of electing our leaders. Under Joe Biden, he is threatening his political competition with jail time or at least a mountain of fake indictments that will break the financial backs of most people, but not Donald Trump. Maybe Trump speaks with a bit of tongue in cheek when he says he is one indictment away from securing the Presidency. Even if in jest, Biden should heed Trump’s words. Most legal pundits indicate how flimsy the current string of charges are. Most of the charges are antiquated and appear to be designed to confuse rather than convict. They are vague, nearly impossible to prove as many involve a defendant’s state of mind rather than actions. Jurors will be forced to delve into the mind of Donald Trump, and that is an untenable task. Americans who are aware of the Trump and Hunter Biden proceedings can see how differently the law and accountability are applied to both. It is enough to turn an average citizen am. Joe found the beanbag with no problem. Let’s see how he fares with a banana peel

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Garnet Harper couldn’t get a doctor or hospital in Canada to perform a much-needed kidney transplant because he hadn’t received any vaccinations for COVID-19. He had viable donors, but Canadian Health Care policy prohibits transplants for the unvaccinated. He died at the age of thirty-five.

Related: Canadian “Coloring Book” Normalizes Assisted Suicide for Children

 

In February 2022, Garnet was diagnosed with stage five kidney disease. Two of Garnet’s brothers offered to donate their kidneys, but the hospital refused to consider them as Garnet would not disclose his vaccination status. 

Canada’s current public healthcare policy denies organ transplants to those who have not received at least two doses of the experimental COVID vaccine.   

As a result, on May 22, 2023, 35-year-old Garnet died of a bleeding stroke during his sleep, leaving behind his wife and five children. 

 

Someone in the Canadian Health Care system, knowing that Harper would soon shuffle off his mortal coil,  must have contacted a local organ donation agency.

 

In May, Trillium Gift of Life Network (TGLN), the Ontario organ donation agency, called Meghan Harper to harvest her husband Garnet’s organs as he lay dying because the hospital refused to provide organ transplants to unvaccinated Canadians.  

“They call you while you’re sitting next to your dying loved one and they ask you if they can have his organs,” Megan told independent journalist Monique Leal. 

 

TGLN was unaware of the patients medical status. They didn’t know he was denied a transplant, or so the story goes. Whoever had denied him one, or some bureaucratic Canadian Health Care flunky, didn’t bother to inform the donation agency, the result of which is this rather curious set of circumstances.

Connor Harper, unvaccinated, age 35, a married father of five, is ineligible to receive a transplant, but his unvaccinated organs would be a great gift to someone else once he dies. The news has resulted in a nationwide call to Canadians to refuse to donate their organs.

Pastor Henry Hildebrandt had some questions about discrimination of this nature. What’s next, he asks, denying Christians? It sounds absurd, but during COVID, Christians were denied their right to assemble while BLM and Antifa were praised for gathering to burn down black neighborhoods.

 

Are you an organ donor in Canada? I believe it’s time to put that on hold until our government stops fatally discriminating against its citizens. My heart goes out to the family of the late Garnet Harper and to Sheila Lewis who is still struggling to get care. pic.twitter.com/yzJ14JUby0

— Pastor Henry Hildebrandt (@aylmerpastor) July 25, 2023

 

A general call to change your organ donor status might work. Cut short and already typically inadequate supply. But this is The People’s Republic of Canada. They’ve got an organ donor program already. It’s called Medical Assitance in Dying (MAiD). With a tweak of the rules and a wink and a nod from the government, a growing bureaucratic army of caregivers will sweep out across the countryside to convince the disadvantaged and mentally deficient (definitions that broaden based on political priority or need) to give up their lives for the good of the corrupt banana republic Canada.

That’s me being cynical. I’d like to think that we’re past all the nonsense, but governments do not give up on schemes that marshall control. And while ours was created to protect rights, even it has managed, in a few short centuries, to flip that experiment on its head, mostly by using its institutions to convince people it knows better.

The COVID response was proof it does not, but not everyone or enough of anyone is convinced. And in the Great White Horth, they are killing people over, and in Canada, as Ontario MPP Randy Hiller notes, it is “Only the tip of the iceberg … Our governments are and have been engaged in social murder. Unfortunately, many people believe recognizing these facts and speaking out is more dangerous than becoming the inevitable next victim.”

It’s not something that makes them uncomfortable, so they’ve no problem with more of it.

 

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In 1964, Leonard Read wrote a genealogy from the perspective of a pencil, demonstrating the vast, complicated web of the structure of production that is handled by the division of labor on free markets. The pencil explained that no one knows how to make a pencil because of the myriad production processes involved:

My family tree begins with what in fact is a tree, a cedar of straight grain that grows in Northern California and Oregon. Now contemplate all the saws and trucks and rope and the countless other gear used in harvesting and carting the cedar logs to the railroad siding. Think of all the persons and the numberless skills that went into their fabrication: the mining of ore, the making of steel and its refinement into saws, axes, motors; the growing of hemp and bringing it through all the stages to heavy and strong rope; the logging camps with their beds and mess halls, the cookery and the raising of all the foods. Why, untold thousands of persons had a hand in every cup of coffee the loggers drink!

The pencil then detailed the remaining work required for pencil production, which included making flat cars, rails, and railroad engines; shipping the logs; developing communication systems; supplying heat, light, and power; building a factory; forging mining tools; mining graphite; and shipping the materials to one place. Continuing, it described the supplies needed to paint the pencils and the process of painting, labeling, and adding brass tips; mining zinc and copper to make the brass; and fabricating the eraser.

While the division of labor required to fabricate a pencil is impressive, consider how many more steps are required to manufacture complicated things such as smartphones or computers. Yet each step requires one particular resource—energy.

When people discuss fossil fuels, they typically weigh the pros and cons of the electricity in their houses and the fuel in their cars. They usually do not consider what was required to build those houses and cars—much less the pencils they use to write. Fossil fuel advocate Alex Epstein writes in his book Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas—Not Less about the machines needed to build houses:

Today’s unprecedented shelters are possible only because today’s shelter-building industry, like the food industry, employs a massive staff of fossil-fueled machine laborers that cost-effectively do incredible amounts of work for us.

These machine laborers include:

• excavation machines that enable one human to dig up and move massive amounts of earth to make room for the foundations of sturdy buildings;
• grading machines that enable one human being to easily flatten uneven, bumpy patches of land to make them suitable for large, level structures;
• lifting machines, such as cranes, that can lift enormous amounts of weight that, if they could ever be lifted before, took years of slave labor;
• the machines we call power tools, which enable human beings to combine their dexterity with large amounts of power for precision tasks such as hammering, fastening, and sawing;
• compacting machines that make the ground under buildings solid;
• cutting machines that clear trees to make way for human habitation;
• paving machines that build the amazing roads that interconnect our shelters;
• mining machines that extract all the raw materials involved in our amazing buildings, from iron and coal for steel, to aluminum, to copper, to sand; and
• high-heat machines used to transform mined materials into vital usable materials such as cement, steel, and plastics.

Without these completely unappreciated fossil-fueled machine laborers radically increasing humans’ productivity ability, high-quality shelter would be out of reach for the vast majority of people in what is today’s empowered world.

And that’s just the building of shelter.

A discussion of fossil fuels’ unique cost-effective benefits as they relate to house construction could easily stop there; however, if we also apply Read’s genealogy, it becomes clear that each one of the listed machines also relies on complex systems of machines and processes that require energy. In Read’s pencil analogy, he lists the hydroelectric power that runs the mill he discusses, but without the unique cost-effective energy source of fossil fuels, one could never reliably power every step of the process. This also applies to more complicated goods such as phones or computers. And as Epstein explained, the process of building the high-quality shelters that we take for granted today would be impossible without fossil fuels.

Speaking about the Austrian school of economics, Robert Murphy stated that “their capital theory and business-cycle theory are the best I have found.” The Austrian school’s capital theory is vital. While others ignore what is required for the structure of production, the Austrian school does not. Fossil fuels should be a priority in the world today—not because they are the most efficient at the level of the consumer good but because without fossil fuels the entire structure of production of the modern economy falls apart.

 

Connor Mortell | Mises Wire

 

Author: Connor Mortell

Connor Mortell received his BBA in finance from Texas Christian University and his MBA from Florida State University. Connor worked as a legislative aide in the Florida House of Representatives from 2019 to 2021 and then spent two years working as a teacher, initially teaching kindergarten and first grade, later teaching middle and high school. Connor was a 2023 summer fellow in residence at the Mises Institute and is currently a PhD student at Texas Tech University.

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I want to thank all those who came out and voted in the special primary election on August 1st. I realize how precious your time is, and I am deeply grateful that you chose to use your time to exercise your Constitutional right to vote.

I am honored and humbled that you chose me to be your candidate to represent you in the New Hampshire Statehouse. I want to thank Jessica Sternburg for running a hard and, most of all, a very professional race. She is a bright and rising star in the Republican party. I look forward to the great things she will do in the future. As Republicans, we gave you a choice of candidates to choose from, whereas, on the Democrat side, they chose their candidate for you.

I want to make one thing perfectly clear. I am running to be YOUR State Representative. My complete focus will be to represent the issues and principles that are near and dear to your heart in Concord. I am running to serve the people of Northwood and Nottingham first and foremost in the State House. I will make it my priority to be on the House floor to vote and to represent your voice for every bill being presented.

This is going to be a highly contested race, probably like none other in our States history. There will be a variety of individuals and organizations looking to engage with you. Be assured that no matter what you see – hear or receive by mail – I will be YOUR representative and will be only beholden to YOU! Our Issues – Values – and Principles will always be my main priority.

I am honored to have received your vote of confidence last Tuesday. I will make you proud of that vote and I look forward to winning the General Election on September 19th.

 

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The Bud Light Boycott is celebrating four months of separating #woke from #working class America, and while the initial impact looked impressive, what – if any – have been the long-term effects? It didn’t even make InBev, the parent company, blink, but in the US, AB’s numbers have suffered,

 

Anheuser-Busch’s U.S. revenue plunged by 10.5 percent year-over-year, “primarily due to the volume decline of Bud Light,” according to the second-quarter corporate earnings data. Overall, revenue in North America declined by $395 million during the three-month period compared with the same time a year ago.

Operating profit also took a hit in North America, with two-thirds of the decline in profits being caused by market share performance. Productivity loss, marketing investments, and support efforts for wholesalers also contributed to the decline.

 

Not great, and some are suggesting they’ll never get that Blight volume back, but it isn’t harming AB globally.

 

In the global market, Anheuser-Busch performed much better.

The company reported a year-over-year worldwide revenue increase of 7.2 percent to $15.1 billion, buoyed by Corona and Stella Artois sales. Its organic growth in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization was 5 percent, topping the consensus estimate of 0.4 percent.

Anheuser-Busch noted that sales-to-retailers (STRs) fell by 14 percent, underperforming in the industry mainly due to the volume decrease in Bud Light. However, this was offset by the significant growth of its “mainstream portfolio” in Colombia and South Africa. In addition, China lifted the company’s second-quarter performance, as regional volumes surged 11 percent.

 

It’s not a total wash. “Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary is going to be using the lesson of Mulvaney and Bud Light as part of his business course.

 

This is an extraordinary case that I’ll be teaching in business schools across America this fall. To lose 25% of the market share has never been achieved.

We’re still talking about this situation months later, and they continue to lose share! pic.twitter.com/P4pDSN1lta

— Kevin O’Leary aka Mr. Wonderful (@kevinolearytv) July 31, 2023

 

Something about knowing your customer base before reaching out into uncharted rainbow waters – or anything that might crack the foundation of your brand and topple it off a cliff.

Does anyone know if the value of llamas has declined since Dylan Mulvaney pranced off to Peru?

 

 

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“What should I ask Mike Pence when we go see him?” I asked yesterday. “Ask him why he’s such a pompous arse,” my husband answers instantly. “Fair enough,” I say. “But seriously, what do you think?” I make a few suggestions:

* If the vice president had no role in electoral college proceedings, why did Congress just pass a law taking away the vice president’s role in future electoral college proceedings?

* If you become the Republican presidential nominee, how can you win the general when they already know you won’t contest the cheating?

* You can’t win the GOP nomination without at least some of the Trump vote—how can you get them to vote for you?

* How will a “pro-life cabinet” be any more qualified than the Biden one, where everyone was picked by race or sexual preference? For example, how will being anti-abortion secure the transportation network? Or help avoid another Afghanistan debacle?

I stop and ask hopefully, “What do you think?”

Clearly not impressed, my husband looks at me for a second and says, deadpan, “Ask him if he’s heard of Iago.”

One of Shakespeare’s most famous villains. Iago was Othello’s number two before turning on him. I doubt if Mike Pence has Iago’s skillfully manipulative mind, plus his obsessive jealousy and the bizarre love-hate thing seem more like Chris Christie to me.

“Thanks, I’ll think some more,” I say.

Still undecided, I hear that Pence has started selling Too Honest mugs. Which brings us back to: “Why are you such a pompous arse?”

Or maybe the real question is, why would I waste my time going to see him?

 

 

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I’m sure it’s difficult to imagine former NJ Governor Chris Christie sneaking up on anyone, but it’s happening. According to a Manhattan Institute poll, he has crept to within 2 points of Ron DeSantis in New Hampshire.

 

Ron DeSantis is facing a serious threat from Chris Christie in the New Hampshire Primary, according to a new poll from the Manhattan Institute.

The survey conducted last month shows just two points separate the Florida Governor and the former New Jersey Governor, with both men in low double digits.

DeSantis stands at just 13%, two points up on Christie’s 11%. Close behind them are Vivek Ramaswamy (8%), Nikki Haley (7%), and Tim Scott (7%). This shows a functional diffusion of the opposition vote to Donald Trump, who still leads comfortably at 34%, but far short of the majority.

 

It is worth noting that the RINO regalia chasing The Donald have collectively eroded his once significant margin over the second-place candidate. Not long ago, President Trump had close to 40 points on number two DeSantis in the Granite State, but the little nibblers have shaved his First in the Nation Primary lead down to a paltry 21 points.

Just a few days ago – on July 27th, (maybe you like the AG National Research NH poll better: Trump 41, DeSantis 11, Scott 8, Christie 8, Ramaswamy 6, Burgum 5, Haley 3, Pence 2, Hutchinson 1, Hurd

Scott and Christie are sneaking up on Governor Ron but not as much as The Manhattan Institute poll.

Over in Iowa, it’s Trump 44, DeSantis 20, Scott 9, Ramaswamy 5, Haley 4, Pence 3, Christie 1, Burgum 1, and Hutchinson 0.

Nationally,  a recent NYT/Sienna has Trump 54, DeSantis 17, Ramaswamy 2, Pence 3, Haley 3, Scott 3, Christie 2, Hutchinson 0, Burgum 0, Hurd 1.

So what does it all mean? Nothing. Not a damn thing. While Primary voters tend to be more reliable “voters” and inclined to pick a guy or gal and cling to them (bitterly?), one problem remains, and I mentioned it here yesterday. If you want to beat Trump with Primary voters, you “must do a better job at two things. First, prove to them that (you are a DC) outsider, and second that (you) can stay outside no matter how bad it gets.”

That’s a high bar very few even want to reach, and Donald Trump is one of the few to get there and in such a way as to earn all this attention from the DC mafia. They always tell you who scares them.

And the DoJ isn’t ginning up indictments against DeSantis, Scott, Christie, or Haley, so we can probably say they are considered safe insiders who will only get trashed if they become any sort of real threat.

We’re also still seven months out from New Hampshire’s primary.

The other thing about New Hampshire worth mentioning, when we talk about polling is that it is not a closed primary. Independents and the undeclared can vote in the Republican primary.  They may not always be polled but any snapshot of likely voters will include them. If it’s just registered Republicans, that’s still not telling because the uncounted influence of indys has been left out.

As I said, long way yet to go, especially for Gov. Christie who, outside of New Hampshire, isn’t sneaking up on anyone.

 

 

And a Hat Tip to Heather Mullins for the featured image. We met at Jim Berlo’s barbecue in July and she shared it with me. Shout out to @TalkMullins on Twitter (or whatever it’s called now).

 

When you can’t keep up with Trump and 6th+ place in the primary is already wearing you out… pic.twitter.com/go5qCEe9Tb

— Heather Mullins (@TalkMullins) June 22, 2023

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There’s a new idea that’s being thrown around these days — the science of reading. I cringe at the phrase because it sounds like just another gimmick to fix things in schools, but the research actually seems to be pretty good.

There’s a great podcast series that explains what’s been going on over the last few decades and what research (“science”) has shown to work. It’s called Sold A Story. I highly recommend it.

The problem (as if there’s only one problem) is that most teachers are trained in college to use an approach to teaching reading called the cueing method. Not phonics. Emphatically not phonics.

The idea behind cueing theory is that it’s easier for children to learn to read if they start with whole stories and whole sentences and not try to read individual words. Teachers cover up words in a story and tell students to look at the picture and think of a word that makes sense, to look for clues about what the word is. The theory says that by practicing this approach, children can figure out how to read on their own. Research indicates that this isn’t how good readers learn to read but rather how poor readers try to compensate for not being able to read. It doesn’t work.

The science of reading says that while some kids can learn to read from cueing, the vast majority of students need direct instruction about the sounds letters make and how to sound out words. In other words, phonics. And when kids don’t learn to read in school, families with means hire tutors. (Some kids learn to read at home, of course.)

There’s a screening of a documentary called “The Right to Read” playing this Tuesday, August 8, at 11 am at Nashua High School South. They mention the science of reading in the trailer, and I am hopeful that it will be enlightening. There’s nothing more important than exposing schools’ failure to teach kids to read. Please tell all your friends about the screening. It’d be great to get a good turnout.

Keep in mind that they try new things every few years, and nothing seems to work. Will the science of reading bring new life to how schools teach reading? Maybe.

But there’s a deeper cultural problem, which is that most people have been raised to think it’s the responsibility of the schools, and not their own responsibility, to teach their kids to read. The idea that the government will solve your problems always reminds Ian of this humorous clip. The narrative has to change.

 

 

 

 

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RNC Research doesn’t get a lot right, in my opinion, but even a blind squirrel finds the occasional nut. This nut, it’s actually a bunch of nuts, makes for a great share when confronted with anyone who accuses you of being an election denier. It’s not just a keeper; it is meant to be shared.

Twenty-four minutes of liberals denying elections. Something you might want to play on the TV at Thanksgiving or share with one of your Democrat “friends” on Facebook.

Election deniers. Lots of them. And here’s a non-Twitter copy for the folks who deny Twitter their time, clicks, and attention (also embedded below the tweet).

Here are 24 STRAIGHT MINUTES of Democrats denying election resultspic.twitter.com/gDnNqfruWD

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 2, 2023

 

 

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After reading Skip’s post about xenopronouns, it occurs to me that a lot of people seem to be missing the point of pronouns.

The essential function of a pronoun is to make it possible to talk about someone that you don’t know anything about, e.g., Whoever wrote this didn’t know what he was talking about, or If a friend has been drinking, take his car keys away and send him home in a cab, or Who wants to donate ten percent of his salary to GraniteGrok?

(There are other uses for pronouns, but they are largely for convenience and style. You don’t want to always have to say things like Christopher left Christopher’s wallet in Christopher’s car, so Christopher needs to borrow twenty bucks to pay for Christopher’s drinks.)

It’s kind of like a variable in algebra, which lets you speak and reason about a quantity without knowing what the quantity is.

All of which is to say, if you have to know someone’s personal pronouns, they’re not really pronouns anymore. They’re labels, or titles, or nicknames — attached to the person instead of to the role the person plays in a sentence.

The simplest (and easiest) solution to all of this mishegoss would be, rather than making up new pronouns all the time, to just drop ‘she’ and always use ‘he.’   It was William of Occam who famously said that Entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity.  That certainly applies here.

Applying Occam’s Razor to pronouns has the advantage of being backward compatible with hundreds of years of written materials — literary, technical, educational, and so on.  All you’d have to do is admit that back when we were less enlightened, we thought we needed two sets of pronouns — ‘he’ and ‘she,’ ‘him’ and ‘her’ — where one set would suffice.

This is also consistent with the long-term trend in English towards making things simpler rather than more complex by streamlining things like verb conjugations, noun declensions, moods, cases, and so on.  When in doubt, throw it out.  If ‘she’ and ‘her’ are causing more problems than they’re solving, let them go the way of ‘thee’ and ‘thou’ and the subjunctive mood.

Anyway, if you think that this will all blow over — or if you just find it difficult to change old habits — then keep using masculine and feminine pronouns the way you were taught, and hope for the best.

But if you think that this is one of those situations where something has to change, and you’d like to exert some control over the direction of that change, one way to do it is to embrace the simpler, sleeker, more natural future that English has been moving towards for centuries.

Just use ‘he,’ ‘him,’ ‘himself,’ and ‘his’ for all singular persons — but whatever you do, don’t call them masculine!  Just call them simplified.  Or say that you’re using Occam’s pronouns.

 

 

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According to this CNN poll, there has been a seismic shift in American support for funding Zelensky, Inc. and the military-industrial complex … oops, sorry, I, of course, meant Vlodymyr George Washington Zelensky’s epic defense of his country against the evil, sinister, really, really, bad Vladimir Adolph Hitler Putin.

Hopefully, Americans are finally realizing that the Regime-media has been gaslighting us about Ukraine just like they gaslighted us about Russia collusion and so many other things.

The GOP candidates for President have a choice. They can talk about real solutions to the border that actually matters to Americans, our border with Mexico … as opposed to the pablum intended to appeal to voters without alienating the donor class… or they can continue to regurgitate the Putin-is-Hitler shtick that voters apparently have had enough of.

 

New CNN poll: Majority of Americans oppose additional US funding to support Ukraine in war with Russia. Think US has already done enough. Big shift from last year. https://t.co/m4IRrtDZSG pic.twitter.com/NPB3Tirchp

— Byron York (@ByronYork) August 4, 2023

 

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Nobody on earth knows how long they will live in this world. We know that life expectancy has been growing for generations but has dipped in the last decade. This dip can be attributed to increased suicides and drug/alcohol-related early deaths. Losing 100,000 people in the 18-43 age group yearly to Fentanyl poisoning does not help the average. When we start seeing our young dying long before their time, we need to know why. A recent situation has arisen that should cause many to step back and reevaluate what we put into our bodies. Young, healthy, athletic men are experiencing heart-related trauma or death at an alarming rate. These young victims are soccer players, basketball or football players. They are athletes in prime condition. These young men should not become statistics when their lives are just hitting strides. These unfortunate deaths and maladies may have been occurring for some time, but have certainly become more frequent and drawing more attention since the end of the Pandemic. I have not heard anyone draw a correlation to any particular cause or find a common denominator linking individual deaths or setbacks. I think the reason may still be the third rail of the Pandemic- the vaccines. The vaccines and the government initiative called Warp Speed were credited with saving lives and bringing a swift conclusion to the Pandemic. The CDC and White House, under Donald Trump and Joe Biden, felt so strongly about the vaccine that they enforced vaccine mandates as criteria for school, work, and travel. Warp Speed may have saved lives, but unfortunately, it also divided the country into the jabbed and the unjabbed. People were discharged from the active military for refusing to get the shot. Professional athletes were benched, foreign travelers were denied access to America, and people had no choice-take the shot or be ostracized by society. The one thing that Warp Speed did not allow was extensive testing of the vaccine and its long-term impact on the young and healthy. We may now be paying the price and feeling the impact of the lack of testing. That impact may be deadly and yet to be uncovered. If we can trust the CDC, some initial concerns were heart issues with young men and possible reproductive issues with young women. Neither of these risks were publicized as the CDC pushed for vaccines and boosters. Even today, long after the end of the Pandemic, the U.S. government denied access to the country for Novak Djokovic. The best tennis player in the world did not play at the Miami Open or U.S. Open after the world No. 1 was denied an exemption that would have allowed him to enter the U.S. despite not being vaccinated against COVID-19. At the same time the government is still enforcing COVID vaccinations, healthy young men are suffering severe or fatal heart attacks. There is no definitive link, but there is too much coincidence not to investigate the possibility. The government does not want to touch the situation, for if the connection were confirmed, the mandate for the shot would be challenged beyond what has already happened. This is happening when confidence in our government is at an all-time low, which makes it all the more essential that we insist on answers. We need the truth, and it is up to us to pressure the government for nothing less. You will not see answers forthcoming voluntarily.

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Economic exchange stands as the defining essence of any economy, epitomizing the intricate web of interconnected transactions that shape its very existence. In essence, an economy derives its essence from the culmination of individual exchanges.

However, the profound impact of the crucial distinction between voluntary choice and coercion often goes unnoticed by many outside the realm of economic study. In this article, we delve deeper into the dynamics of economic exchange, shining a light on the transformative power of voluntary exchanges and the far-reaching repercussions of coercion on societal well-being.

Economic exchange operates along a spectrum, with voluntary choice on one end and coercion on the other. Voluntary exchanges occur when individuals willingly engage in transactions driven by self-interest and the pursuit of personal satisfaction. Both parties involved in these exchanges stand to benefit as they value what they receive more than what they give up. Voluntary exchanges form the foundation of a prosperous market economy, fostering trust, cooperation, and mutually advantageous outcomes.

On the contrary, coercion represents a departure from voluntary choice. Coercive exchanges occur when individuals are compelled to engage in transactions against their will. Coercion can take various forms, such as government taxation, regulations, prohibitions, price controls, or criminal activities. Such coercion disrupts the natural dynamics of market interactions, hindering effective economic activity, stifling innovation, and compromising individual freedom.

Voluntary exchanges serve as the lifeblood of a thriving, unencumbered market economy, propelling it toward prosperity, fostering innovation, and driving societal progress. When individuals engage in voluntary trade, they have the freedom to specialize in areas where they possess a comparative advantage, leading to heightened productivity and enhanced profitability. The beauty of specialization lies in its ability to unlock untapped potential as each participant can focus on what they do best, optimizing their skills and resources.

Within the realm of free markets, competition reigns supreme and acts as a catalyst for innovation and the continuous evolution of products and services. When individuals and businesses engage in voluntary exchanges, they are motivated by self-interest and the pursuit of profit. This drive to outperform competitors and capture market shares stimulates creativity and spurs the development of novel ideas and solutions. The constant push for improvement and the desire to meet consumer demands result in a dynamic market landscape, where innovation thrives and products become increasingly sophisticated and tailored to meet specific needs.

The consequences of such voluntary exchanges extend far beyond individual gains, ultimately benefiting the entire community. As living standards rise, people gain access to a broader range of choices, empowering them to make decisions that align with their preferences and values. The increased availability of goods and services, coupled with a competitive market that encourages fair pricing, ensures that consumers can enjoy higher-quality products at affordable prices. This, in turn, enhances their overall well-being and satisfaction.

The positive impact of voluntary exchanges extends beyond immediate economic gains. It sets in motion a virtuous cycle, where increased economic activity generates wealth, savings, and investment. As individuals and businesses accumulate wealth through successful voluntary exchanges, they have the means to save and reinvest, fueling further economic growth. These investments create new opportunities for innovation, job creation, and entrepreneurship, fostering an environment that nurtures talent and drives progress.

At the core of voluntary exchanges lies the recognition of mutual benefits. Each participant in a voluntary exchange assesses the value of what they give up and what they receive, making a rational judgment that the transaction will ultimately improve their personal well-being. It is through this subjective evaluation that both parties experience an increase in their overall welfare, making voluntary exchanges a positive-sum game. This mutual enrichment reinforces the willingness to engage in further exchanges, establishing a web of interconnected relationships that propel the economy forward.

Successful voluntary exchanges are built on a foundation of trust in the reliability and integrity of trading partners. Trust serves as a lubricant that facilitates cooperation and collaboration.

In contrast, coerced exchanges erode the virtues of voluntary transactions and undermine societal well-being. When individuals are coerced into transactions, their autonomy is compromised and their ability to exercise personal judgment and make choices aligned with their values is hindered. Coercion disrupts the ethical foundations of economic interactions as it replaces consent and voluntary cooperation with the exertion of force or the threat thereof.

Coerced exchanges lead to suboptimal outcomes, stifling productivity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. When individuals are forced to pay taxes and comply with regulations, prohibitions, or price controls, their incentive to engage in productive economic activities diminishes. The burden of coercion weighs heavily on economic actors, stifling their ability to respond to market signals and adapt to changing circumstances. As a result, market effectiveness suffers, leading to resource misallocation and decreased overall prosperity.

Moreover, coercion undermines individual freedom and moral agency. It denies individuals the right to exercise their autonomy and make choices in accordance with their own values and convictions. In a free and open society, individuals should have the liberty to engage in transactions based on voluntary consent, respecting the rights of others while upholding their own rights to property, labor, and the fruits of their labor. Coercion disrupts this balance, creating an environment where one party imposes its will upon another through the exercise of force.

From a moral perspective, voluntary exchanges reflect the principles of consent, respect, and self-determination. Individuals willingly engage in these exchanges, recognizing the rights and autonomy of others while asserting their own. Voluntary exchanges are grounded in mutual agreement, respect for private property, and adherence to the nonaggression principle. They foster social harmony, cooperation, and trust, nurturing peaceful interactions and goodwill among individuals.

In contrast, coerced exchanges breed resentment, animosity, and conflict. When individuals are forced into transactions against their will, the relationship becomes one of dominance and subjugation. Coercion undermines trust, erodes social bonds, and hampers the development of cooperative and mutually beneficial arrangements. It creates an environment where individuals are pitted against each other, leading to societal division and a breakdown of social cohesion. Murray Rothbard said, “Every man must have freedom, must have the scope to form, test, and act upon his own choices, for any sort of development of his own personality to take place. He must, in short, be free in order that he may be fully human.”

Conclusion

A comprehensive understanding of economic exchange illuminates the transformative power of voluntary transactions and the consequences of coercion. Voluntary exchanges, driven by self-interest, freedom, and mutual benefit, unleash the forces of prosperity, innovation, and personal autonomy. They create a society where individuals can freely engage in mutually beneficial transactions, fostering societal well-being and upholding the moral fabric of economic interactions.

Conversely, coercion disrupts the delicate balance of power, compromises individual freedom, and distorts the ethical foundations of economic exchange. By recognizing the moral implications of voluntary and coerced exchanges, we gain profound insights into the virtues of voluntary transactions and the detrimental effects of coercion on market effectiveness and individual freedom.

We reflect on this quote from Murray Rothbard:

The major function of praxeology—of economics—is to bring to the world the knowledge of these indirect, these hidden, consequences of the different forms of human action. The hidden order, harmony, and efficiency of the voluntary free market, the hidden disorder, conflict, and gross inefficiency of coercion and intervention—these are the great truths that economic science, through deductive analysis from self-evident axioms, reveals to us. Praxeology cannot, by itself, pass ethical judgment or make policy decisions. Praxeology, through its Wertfrei laws, informs us that the workings of the voluntary principle and of the free market lead inexorably to freedom, prosperity, harmony, efficiency, and order; while coercion and government intervention lead inexorably to hegemony, conflict, exploitation of man by man, inefficiency, poverty, and chaos. At this point, praxeology retires from the scene; and it is up to the citizen—the ethicist—to choose his political course according to the values that he holds dear.

| Mises Wire

 

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Because of the constant pressures and high expectations of modern life, worry and stress frequently become our friends. But accepting this struggle demonstrates inner strength and illumination rather than frailty. We may take charge by establishing devoted habits and useful tools, which will lessen their influence and help us pave a calm path to empowerment.

Understanding the roots of anxiety

Every person’s anxiousness began in a different way. Some people may associate it with prior traumas, while others may experience stress at work. Strangely, external variables like consuming particular items or being exposed to allergies can also make some people feel uneasy. The first step in dealing with anxiety is to understand the causes—both internal and external. Additionally, the use of CBD pollen hash as a natural potential anxiety reliever is growing in acceptance. CBD interacts with the endocannabinoid system to potentially provide therapeutic advantages. This system may regulate mood and the stress response.

Mindfulness and meditation

The practice of mindfulness is being fully aware of our feelings, thoughts, and physical sensations while remaining in the present. This practice may seem like an oasis in a dry desert to someone who is anxious. Being conscious through meditation can be very beneficial. One might lessen the mind’s constant chatter and achieve a deeper level of serenity and clarity by devoting even a short amount of time each day to these techniques.

Physical activity: A natural elixir

The path to overall well-being lies in the realm of exercise, nurturing both body and mind. Be it a leisurely stroll, a serene yoga session, or a vigorous workout, the release of endorphins becomes our ally. As the “feel-good hormones” surge, they stand ready to combat stress and alleviate the grip of anxiety. Embrace this empowering route to harmony and vitality.

Deepening social connections

Isolation can make stress and anxiety symptoms worse. Since humans are fundamentally sociable creatures, developing long-lasting relationships helps calm nervous spirits. Simple actions, like talking about one’s emotions with a family member or trusted friend or joining a group activity, can bring about a great deal of relief.

Limit stimulants and processed foods

Diet is very important for controlling our moods. High coffee, sugar, or processed food intake might make anxiety symptoms worse. A balanced diet high in fresh produce, nutritious foods, and veggies will help control mood swings and give you continuous energy throughout the day.

Embrace a holistic approach

It’s crucial to adopt a holistic strategy if one wants to effectively empower themselves against anxiety. This entails taking into account one’s physical, emotional, and environmental aspects of existence. Include routines such as aromatherapy, journaling, or even something as basic as getting enough sleep. These techniques might not seem like much on their own, but taken together, they can provide a strong defence against anxiety storms.

Seeking professional help

When worry becomes unbearable, there is no shame in seeking professional assistance, even though the aforementioned strategies can provide significant relief. Individually tailored coping methods can be offered by therapists and counsellors. Sometimes, just talking to someone who has been trained to understand might help to lessen the emotional stress.

Conclusion

Empowerment in the fight against anxiety and stress comes not from avoiding conflict but rather from engaging it and developing mutual understanding. One can not only overcome these difficult feelings but also thrive in their presence by being aware of the triggers, embracing holistic practices, strengthening social bonds, and getting assistance when necessary. Be patient with yourself; keep in mind that the path to empowerment is a marathon, not a sprint.

 

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Does creepy Carolyn Mebert, Ward 3, School Board Chair, love porn? Since she’s been on the school board, over 110 sexually explicit books that were not here before, have been added to school libraries.

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Two of the 110 challenged books are Tricks, about the rape of underage girls “turning tricks” and child trafficking, and Boy Toy, about a married woman teacher who repeatedly raped her 12-yo student. Carolyn Mebert supports both remaining in school libraries.

This woman supports hypersexualization of children, or there would be stricter guidelines for book choices.

When she started on the school board, math test scores for Dover were 75% passing; in 2021, 35%!!

Under her watch last year, 65% graduated failing math (per NHDOE numbers). Reading and Science scores are not much better.

Since serving on the board, she has instituted universal bathroom and locker room use. Any sex can use any bathroom and locker room. Many girls hold their pee all day to avoid their privacy being invaded. See school code JBAB-R IV, 4, 5, 6.

Despite the population of Dover’s rapid increase, the number of children in public schools is declining along with teachers. This speaks volumes on how public schools are perceived by parents.

Even with fewer students, Mebert managed to increase the school budget and override the city tax cap eight times in her nine years on the school board.

During covid, she helped implement some of the strictest masking policies in the state. School lunchtime was limited to 15 minutes. The food was cold and unedible. The district used the schools for covid vaccines for children against the wishes of many citizens. Water fountains were shut off. Bathroom use was limited. Lockers were closed down, and children had to carry 20lb backpacks all day with coats and boots.

Dover was one of the last to stop the draconian measures.

As an associate professor of psychology, her student approval is 1.5 out of 5 (per “rate your professor“). Even the students who aced the class hated her. There are also several creepy studies she’s involved in about parents and children…her ability to teach and her methods are questionable.

She is above the law and does not take authority well; she is accused of drunk driving, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, and assaulting a liquor state commissioner!

What does all this say about this entitled person? Her ethics, compassion, and ability to lead with good results? She has gone on record that the “professionals” with degrees know better what’s good for children than parents! She is condescending to her constituents who question the policies of the schools. Is this someone even capable of managing the lives and well-being of children!?

They deserve better.

 

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The bottom line of the recent Trump indictment alleges that he knew or should have known that he lost the election fair and square, and that his actions in challenging the result were therefore corrupt and unlawful.

“By seeking to criminalise political lies, it comes up against protections laid out in the First Amendment.”

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The problem with the indictment is that the Supreme Court has repeatedly held under the First Amendment that there’s no such thing as a false opinion. Every American, and especially politicians, have the right to be wrong about their opinions. They also have the right to express their false opinions, at least as long as they honestly believe they are true.

Imagine what the world would look like if every politician who told a fib in order to get elected were to be prosecuted and imprisoned. Our legislative sessions would have to be held in the Allenwood prison rather than in the halls of Congress. Lying has long been endemic in politics. That’s why we honour George Washington and Abraham Lincoln as truth-tellers among the array of politicians who don’t meet that standard.

Indeed, this indictment itself fails to meet the standard of honesty that it requires of Donald Trump. In describing his speech of Jan. 6, this is what it says: “Finally, after exhorting that ‘we fight. We fight like hell. And if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore,’ the defendant directed the people in front of him to head to the Capitol, suggested he was going with them, and told them to give members of Congress ‘the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country.’”

Yet the indictment omits two key words from that speech — “peacefully” and “patriotically” — which suggest that the speech itself was protected advocacy under the First Amendment rather than unlawful incitement. A lie by omission is as serious as a lie by commission, especially in the context of a legal document such as an indictment.

Accordingly, for the U.S. government to win its case, it will have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Donald Trump actually believed at and around Jan. 6 that he had lost the election.

The indictment alleges that many of his associates told him he had lost, but I am aware of no smoking gun testimony that Trump actually admitted that he believed them. On the contrary, many people can testify that Trump told them the election had been stolen and that they believe he believed that.

As Thomas Jefferson wrote more than 200 years ago: “We have nothing to fear from the demoralising reasoning of some, if others are left free to demonstrate their error …” The constitutionally appropriate response to false political opinions is the open marketplace of ideas, not the closed prison cells of censorship.

If this trial is held in the District of Columbia — one of the most anti-Trump areas of the nation — a skewed jury may well disregard the First Amendment and convict. But the appellate courts, especially the Supreme Court, could prioritise the First Amendment and reverse any conviction that violates the Constitution.

The indictment endangers not only free speech but also the right to counsel. It describes several people who are believed to be Trump’s lawyers as unindicted co-conspirators.

This makes it difficult for Trump to claim that he relied on their legal advice in challenging the election. It also sends a dangerous message to creative lawyers whose advice may be second-guessed by a prosecutor after the fact.

As one of Trump’s lawyers in his first Senate impeachment trial, I am particularly concerned about the impact this indictment could have on the willingness of lawyers to represent him or other controversial politicians.

All in all, this indictment does not seem to serve the interests of non-partisan justice. It appears to be yet another manifestation of the weaponisation of the criminal justice system for partisan advantage.

When an attorney general authorises the prosecution of his president’s main political opponent in an upcoming election, the case must be so strong that it leaves no doubt as to its non-partisan credibility. It should meet what I call the “Nixon standard”.

The case against Richard Nixon was so strong that members of his own party and independents supported his impeachment and possible prosecution. That standard does not seem to have been met in this case.

 

| Daily Caller News Service

 

Alan M. Dershowitz is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Emeritus at Harvard Law School, and the author most recently of The Price of Principle: Why Integrity Is Worth The Consequences. He is the Jack Roth Charitable Foundation Fellow at Gatestone Institute, and is also the host of “The Dershow” podcast. This piece is republished from the Alan Dershowitz Newsletter.

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Did you hear about that time when the press reported Atlantic Ocean temperatures over one-hundred degrees? It was this week. The South Florida,hot tub analogy is accurate (sort of), but not the way the media sold it. The ocean bouy was in salt water, but inland, inside the barrier reef, in shallow water, at low tide.

Anthony Watts reports that MNBF1 is actually near the shore in something called Manatee Bay, which is part of Everglades National Park.

 

One of the most important things that the media missed is the fact that due to the shallow water and placement near land, this buoy is sensitive to tides and wide temperature fluctuations due to the shallow nature of the water. With very shallow water, it is very easy for the sun to heat the sand/mud beneath the buoy, which is dark (which will absorb more sunlight), which will then increase the temperature reading recorded in the water.

Indeed, the high temperature reading correlates closely to low tide. Temperature peaked at 2200 HR GMT – which was after low tide at 1:35PM – water had a chance to warm because sunlight was hitting the bottom.

 

 

Wait, it gets better.

 

The media completely missed the fact that this sort of temperature at that buoy has happened before and this was not the highest temperature ever seen there. The record for the Manatee Bay site is 102 degrees. It was set on Aug. 15, 2017. The data from that buoy only goes back to 2004. With such a short period of data, it cannot possibly be representative of any climate trend, which requires at least 30 years or more of data.

 

In other words, if we disregard the absence of sufficient data to determine a trend, the reported 101 degrees represents a cooling trend form 102 back in 2017.

Ha!

 

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Nikki Haley is tired of talking about how the Biden-regime is on the verge of imprisoning its major political rival. She apparently cannot connect the dots and see the big picture, which is that people who would imprison their political opponents are NOT going to allow a free and fair election in 2024. Nikki wants to talk about the security threat posed by China. So let’s indulge Nikki.

American businesses invest trillions in the Chinese economy. China uses the wealth generated by American investment to grow its military. Donor-class driven GOP politicians like Nikki then tell us we need to spend more on America’s military to keep pace with China. So everybody … Blackrock, Chase, the military-industrial complex, etc. wins!!! … EXCEPT the American working man and working woman who are stuck with paying the bill for keeping pace with China.

And donor-class driven politicians like Nikki have NO intention of ending this grift. Just the opposite … they want to grow it.

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Florida may have banned its public schools from teaching the AP Psychology course.

That is, it may or may not be true that the course contains material that is prohibited by a recent law from inclusion in public school curricula.  But this rather misses the point, I think.  Or rather, a couple of important points.

The first point is that for any AP course, there are textbooks and study guides and online forums and lots of other materials to help students prepare for the exam.

A kid who can read well enough to be planning to go to college should be able to read these materials on his own — which is the kind of thing he’ll be doing in college, if he ends up going there.

The courses are already available to anyone who wants them.  And the tests are available to anyone who wants to take them.

(You don’t have to take an AP course in a school to take an AP exam, just as you don’t have to take driver education in a school to take a driver’s test.)

The only thing the school provides is someone to read the materials to the students.  That is, the only way to ‘ban AP courses’ in anything is to ban the teaching of reading.

(Which, if you think about it, might be what’s actually going on in schools all over the country.  Given the data, and the history of literacy in this country before public schools, which is easier to believe?  That schools are failing to teach children to read, or that they are succeeding at preventing children from learning to read?  It’s just those parents arrogant enough to think they can teach their own children to read who are screwing things up. )

Also, having a teacher read your textbook for you is one of the worst possible ways to ‘prepare’ for college.

(It’s like having someone else take batting practice to help you ‘prepare’ for a career as a baseball player.)

The second point is that since public schools are paid for by taxes, they should not be teaching any material that divides communities — in effect, letting one part of a community use ‘democracy’ as a pretext for taking money from the rest of the community to be used in a way that the latter finds abhorrent.  There are so many things that kids should be learning, that aren’t objectionable to anyone, that to fight over the divisive courses seems… well, divisive,

https://granitegrok.com/blog/2021/10/agreeing-on-divisive-concepts

and distracting from the ostensible mission of schools,

https://granitegrok.com/blog/2022/12/using-outrage-to-protect-incompetence

In short, there are two kinds of AP students:  Those who can work through the course materials on their own; and those who should be working to correct whatever weaknesses keep them out of the first group.

 

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The headline you haven’t seen: “Tonga Eruption Blasted Unprecedented Amount of Water Into Stratosphere.” That’s from NASA. The text accompanying some impressive time-lapse imagery notes, “The sheer amount of water vapor could be enough to temporarily affect Earth’s global average temperature.”

Water vapor is the single biggest driver of …climate change. No, it is not CO2, its negligible 0.04% of the atmosphere or your minuscule 3% of that 0.04%.

 

Volcanic eruptions rarely inject much water into the stratosphere. In the 18 years that NASA has been taking measurements, only two other eruptions – the 2008 Kasatochi event in Alaska and the 2015 Calbuco eruption in Chile – sent appreciable amounts of water vapor to such high altitudes. But those were mere blips compared to the Tonga event, and the water vapor from both previous eruptions dissipated quickly. The excess water vapor injected by the Tonga volcano, on the other hand, could remain in the stratosphere for several years.

This extra water vapor could influence atmospheric chemistry, boosting certain chemical reactions that could temporarily worsen depletion of the ozone layer. It could also influence surface temperatures. Massive volcanic eruptions like Krakatoa and Mount Pinatubo typically cool Earth’s surface by ejecting gases, dust, and ash that reflect sunlight back into space. In contrast, the Tonga volcano didn’t inject large amounts of aerosols into the stratosphere, and the huge amounts of water vapor from the eruption may have a small, temporary warming effect, since water vapor traps heat. The effect would dissipate when the extra water vapor cycles out of the stratosphere and would not be enough to noticeably exacerbate climate change effects.

 

A year later, the press has its dander up about heat waves, record heat, and how you’re lazy Western lifestyle is to blame—wrong answer. Your meaningless emissions are, well, meaningless. Yes, humans can pollute the biosphere. We need only look to mining for rare earth metals in Africa or to China, the world’s largest polluter, and emitter, which is also the leading producer of wind turbines and solar panels.

The irony is lost on many, like the massive water vapor injection into the upper atmosphere.

Thomas Lifson, writing at The American Thinker, adds,

 

From the European Space Agency:

In a recent paper published in Nature, a team of scientists showed the unprecedented increase in the global stratospheric water mass by 13% (relative to climatological levels) and a five-fold increase of stratospheric aerosol load — the highest in the last three decades.

Using a combination of satellite data, including data from ESA’s Aeolus satellite, and ground-based observations, the team found that due to the extreme altitude, the volcanic plume circumnavigated the Earth in just one week and dispersed nearly pole-to-pole in three months. [emphasis added]

and …

 

So there you have it: we are in for extra atmospheric heat “for several years” until the extra water vapor injected by this largest-ever-recorded underwater volcano eruption dissipates.

Jeff Childers, who brought these scientific data to my notice, writes:

Here’s why corporate media is ignoring the most dramatic climate even[t] in modern history: because you can’t legislate underwater volcanoes. You can try, but they won’t listen. So what’s the fun in that? Corporate media only exists to further political ends. Since volcanoes aren’t subject to politics, why bother?

Even when NASA scientists explain the science of water vapor – especially of this magnitude – and how it will increase the global temperature, “the Tonga eruption sent around 146 teragrams (1 teragram equals a trillion grams) of water vapor into Earth’s stratosphere – equal to 10% of the water already present in that atmospheric layer“), it is not the science they are looking for.

None of their experts are even suggesting it because the approved narrative is that you are heating the water and that heat is heating you, neither of which is true.

But that’s their science, and the truth makes you the denier.

 

American Thinker | NASA

 

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