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NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani wants government-run grocery stores.

In a past life, I was an assistant manager at a grocery store. Let's talk about groceries and how government-run grocery would make groceries unattainable for most New Yorkers. The American grocery industry is one of the most competitive industries in the world. In almost every densely populated area, people have a multitude of options. Let's take NYC.

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This is Michael Mann, the climate scientist who published the "hockey stich" climate temp graph. He sued 2 writers for claiming that he manipulated data and won over $1 million.

His damages case was built on lies, exactly what he was accused of doing in his research. During trial, Mann introduced evidence that he had lost millions of dollars in grants due to the defamation that he suffered "post-publication" of the "defamatory" statements. That evidence was based almost entirely on Mann lying about the extent of his damages.

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Trump has 2 major weaknesses. 1. He is a salesman who makes stupid, hyperbolic statements. 2. He is a narcissist sensitive to slights.

How did his speech writers handle these issues? They turned the tables with the argument - "I know nothing I say will make you happy." Before Trump got into the meat of his speech, he pointed out that he could do anything - like cure cancer - and Democrats would still hate him. Now, Democrats could have proven him wrong by realizing that a trap had been set.

But Democrats never saw the bullet coming.

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Western Europeans have no idea how far their military capabilities have sunk. They don't have the equipment to spare. How far has Europe sunk? Let's see.

1. Some NATO members use the F4 Phantom. The F4 was a workhorse for the US...

during Vietnam. 2. The vaunted British navy has a total of 62 warships in varying states of repair. Russia has 290 in varying states of repair.

3. The UK has 213 battle tanks. In theory. In reality, the tanks are old and in constant states of disrepair.

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I cannot believe that I have to do what journalists refuse to do. Brittany Pettersen is a representative from District 7 in Colorado.

Her is what actually happened and how she used her baby as a prop in a political stunt.

https://twitter.com/CBSEveningNews/status/1894873023754404201

Brittany had a baby four weeks ago. She went on maternity leave, even though she is supposed to be representing her district.

Now, Congress doesn't have maternity leave but members can take time off. She was taking time off. Of a job that will last 2 years if not reelected.

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I don't have to imagine. I know what would happen. Bill Gates visited the WH on multiple occasions during Barack Obama's first term. On March 25, 2009 and December 14, 2010, it is unclear what happened.

But let's look at what happened after those visits.

https://twitter.com/emilykmay/status/1886791695670329641

After the March 25, 2009 meeting, Barack Obama, with Joe Biden looking on, announced a massive $100 billion "stimulus" package for R&D in technology, including electronic health records, broadband, and clean energy.

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This is not a picture of the Pacific Palisades fire burning today. It is a picture of the Pacific Palisades on fire in 2021.

Here is the thing. California is not all that hospitable to large numbers of humans. It doesn't rain much at all. In fact, most of it is desert. That requires huge amounts of water to be either pumped out of the ground, drained out of rivers, desalinated, or retained when snow melts.

More importantly, almost all of California's ecosystems are either fire-dependent or fire-adapted.
.wildlife.ca.gov/Science-Instit…

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Murder in Massachusetts

In 1920, there was a murder in Massachusetts. A man was found with multiple stab wounds in Danvers, a small town in NE MA. His death would lead to an investigation.

What happens next is shocking. The police investigation discovered that a man who lived in the next town had been near the victim at the same time as the murder. The police also discovered a knife at the home of the man that fit the exact weapon used in the killing.

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Failure of government and climate change

The Big Dig in Boston was one of the most expensive infrastructure projects in history. At a cost of over $8 billion dollars, the project overran estimates by 190%.

It was funded in 1987 to replace the Central Artery. The Central Artery was a blight on Boston. Anyone living west of the North End could be convinced that Boston didn't have a waterfront.

In 1987, Massachusetts earned a staggering investment to "sink" the Central Artery, along with other traffic improvements, and create a tunnel.

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Not all scientific inquiry is good and scientific research like mirror life have potential costs that outweigh any benefits.

If you thought GOF was frightening, let me tell you about mirror life and how a small group of scientists are marching toward potential oblivion. In the primordial soup that were Earth's early oceans, life formed. It is apparent that very early on in the evolution of life, RNA molecules composed of "righthanded nucleotides" swamped out their "lefthanded" brothers. Eventually, "righthanded DNA" would arise.

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"Between totally private and completely government-run, the US health care system is "more free-market than average," said Greg Shaw, a political science professor at Illinois Wesleyan University."

This statement is laughably false. Let me show you how the system works. It starts with a pharma manufacturer and a patient.

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Let me tell you about homelessness. It's a story about drug abuse and mental illness. It's also a story about how activists and the state conspire to sell cost savings as "compassion."

It's the story of a family member who lost decades on the streets.

https://twitter.com/KyleKulinski/status/1866655168726700347

Eileen, not her real name, grew up poor. My family is generally lower middle class to poor. I'm not. I was as a kid. But I am an outlier now.

Eileen was accepted to go to Hampshire College in western Massachusetts. She instead went to Keene State.

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Let's discuss why Dems are screwed and how a three-decade trend shows no sign of changing. The Dems don't know how to talk to anyone outside of a NY, DC, or LA bubble. Let's see why.

In 1992, Bill Clinton led a coalition of rural and urban working-class voters. In 1996, Bill Clinton expanded this coalition. But in his second term, Clinton went all in with deregulation of finance and favorable policies toward Wall Street. Also, NAFTA's effects were being fully felt by the Rust Belt.

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There is a lot to unpack in this very uninformed comment. So, let's dive into what James actually wants.

Let's get one thing out of the way first. Obamacare did not contain costs. What it did do is make healthcare worse for certain groups. How?

https://twitter.com/JamesSurowiecki/status/1864883558491267168

Hidden in the ACA was a provision that penalized hospitals for readmissions in certain groups - myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia. It did this as a cost-saving measure masquerading as improving healthcare.

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FDR is considered to be one of the greatest presidents. Here, I present FDR exactly as he was - a man with an authoritarian bent who trashed norms for power.

This is about how history is taught and how Americans are given a distorted view of progressive politicians. FDR was elected in 1932 due to the Great Depression. He demagogued on the ills of "big business" and "greedy bankers." With his sweeping mandate, he immediately sought to consolidate power into the executive branch through a set of policies that he called The New Deal.

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Why the freak outs over Trumps picks?

Pentagon - slush fund for defense industry

FDA - slush fund for Big Pharma and Big Food

Department of Ed - slush fund for teachers unions and universities Treasury - slush fund for banks and hedgd funds that rescues Wall Street when their gambling blows up in their faces

State Department - slush fund for defense contractors and elites who want new markets

Department of Energy - slush fund for clean energy

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Over 60% of the nation does not have a college degree. This was the Dem message to these people:

- they should pay off student loans of college educated elites
- their daughters should play against males because that's what college educated elites think is fair - their concerns about the economy are wrong because college educated elites say that their wallets actually have more money than they see
- the language of the people is racist and sexist and the people need to change how they speak

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Progressives are circling the wagons around Harris and asserting that she ran a good campaign and lost because of racism and/or misogyny mixed with rightwing misinformation.

Let's tear apart her campaign and why she lost. Right. Now. 1. She was a historically bad candidate. She should have never been anointed. The problem with Kamala Harris is that the more people are introduced to her, the worse her polling. This happened in Iowa in 2019. Democrats ignored her terrible traits.

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Land acknowledgements are patronizing and historically illiterate. These tribes did what Europeans did - they moved to new areas to exploit resources. They fought with, and murdered, one another. Sometimes they raped. Sometimes they enslaved others. In the case of the Three Fires tribes, they migrated from Atlantic Canada. One - the Potawatomi - arrived in the southern Lake Michigan area around the time that Europeans came to America. There is limited discussion about whether they displaced other tribes. They probably did.

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Seth Moulton is advancing a bill through Congress to push ahead with high-speed rail. As with all progressive wet dreams, it's stupid. But let's look at the map below that is circulating among progressive Twitter.

You'll enjoy this. Let's start with the obvious. Quebec, Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver are not part of the US. You would need Canada to pony up money unless progressives are planning on the US conquering southern Canada.

But let's take a look at the more serious limitations.

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Climate scientists (i.e., activists) have asserted that the surge in sea temps and global temps in the 2020s in parts of the world are due to a tipping point.

What appears to be happening shows how climate activism is making things worse.
.nature.com/articles/s4324… In 2020, international regulations dropped the amount of SO2 pumped into the atmosphere by shipping. SO2 helps to reduce sea surface temperature and temps generally by reducing the amount of sunlight reaching the lower atmosphere.