Your Sunday News Assembly, for 11-17-24!
Breaking news and video links, plus added contextual information to help peel those political onions!
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I hope mid-November sees you and yours prospering and sharing joy!
This week, we have 18 breaking stories and FOUR video links for you! As always, please feel free to share any story and the whole Assembly!
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First up!
Biden is racing to get in final blows against low-cost petro-energy and fertilizer-dependent farmers. Not discussed by many mainstream news outlets was his imposition of a new "methane" tax level. And it will go up unless Trump notices and stops it. Here's the info, which is part of a larger collection of news pertaining to their Climate Cultism as COP 29 winds down in Azerbaijan. LINK!
Biden imposes a new methane emissions tax as he prepares to leave the White House
President Joe Biden's Environmental Protection Agency finalized a new rule Tuesday taxing methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, but critics argue the move is "irrelevant" and will serve to boost Big Oil and stifle innovation.
www.msn.com
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Meanwhile, in the UK, PM Starmer is busy with his own insane arrogation of people's rights on numerous fronts, this one under the cowl of the Climate Cult. He's pushing the mandatory phase-out of petrochemical heat in new homes, to be replaced by "electric" (fed by unreliable wind and solar, transmitted along dangerous, collectivist, government-run power lines). Here's the story.
Starmer to ban gas boilers and force developers to install heat pumps
The 'Future Homes Standard' aims to cut carbon emissions across family homes - and will insist developers provide electric heat pumps or different non-gas options.
www.msn.com
And more, on the UK Climate Cult insanity that will bankrupt farmers. In this case, it's an import tax for "carbon" fixed to the imported goods, goods that are imported because the UK government makes the domestic creation of them too expensive: LINK!
Norfolk farmer fears new environment tax will raise food prices
Companies will be charged extra to import industrial goods such as cement, fertiliser and steel.
www.bbc.com
More on the UK war on fertilizer: LINK!
The War on Fertiliser Comes to Britain – The Daily Sceptic
The war on fertiliser has come to Britain, says Chris Morrison, with Labour imposing a 'carbon' import duty on the farming essential. Not content with making Brits colder and poorer, they are making us hungrier.
dailysceptic.org
And the farmers are fighting back... LINK to the breaking story of their protest!
UK Farmer Tractor Protest Descends on Labour Party Conference
Hundreds of enraged farmers took to their tractors and descended upon the Labour Party conference in Wales to protest inheretance tax hikes.
www.breitbart.com
And more: LINK!
Britain’s wind power falls to virtually zero as Miliband prepares to cut reliance on gas
Britain’s wind generation is set to plummet to virtually zero this week as Ed Miliband presses ahead with plans to increase the nation’s reliance on renewable energy. Much of the UK has seen zero hours of sunshine this month, and the first part of this week will see already-light winds hit fresh lows in many areas, according to Met Office forecaste...
www.msn.com
And more, as the UK kills a staple in the nation, COAL. LINK!
Britain Bans Coal Mines – The Daily Sceptic
Britain will ban new coal mines as part of Ed Miliband’s drive to hit Net Zero carbon emission, while China continues to power its economy – and make our wind turbines and solar panels – mainly with coal.
dailysceptic.org
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And in California, the state where mandates are forcing solar panels on new homes and the government's CARB (California Air Resources Board) has pushed state gas prices to the highest in the US and electricity prices to the second-highest, Newsom now is pushing a "fix" to "help" people survive. Yes, he wants to push people to buy — heat pumps.
The story: LINK!
And here is some background: Gas and electricity prices in CA.
Working families pay the price for Newsom’s politically motivated energy agenda
High gas prices are a feature of Newsom’s energy agenda, not a bug.
www.sbsun.com
And more background, as CARB increases the cost of living: LINK!
Newsom shrugs as CARB boosts gasoline prices
During the same week that Gov. Gavin Newsom announced an emergency legislative session to fight the next Trump administration, a regulatory agency packed with his appointees voted to impose new low-carbon fuel standards. The 12-2 vote by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) will by its own previous estimates dramatically raise gas prices in a state with the second-highest prices in the ...
www.msn.com
Oh, yeah, and this is how much Newsom "cares" LINK!
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But remember, the answer is ELECTRIC CAR ACTION!!! And remember, everyplace you want to charge, will be known, by the gub-ment. Here's an example in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin EV chargers must register with 3-cent tax starting on Jan. 1
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s new 3-cent per kilowatt hour state tax on electricity sales for electric vehicles starts Jan. 1. Any owner, operator, manager, or lessee of an EV charging station must now register with the Wisconsin Department of Revenue’s Online Business Tax Registration if the charging station is subject to the tax. "The excise ...
www.msn.com
It sure is strange to be aware of the fact that the Climate Cult is premised on climate lies in order to control industry, consumers, and resources and to --- get a lot of money fed to politicians and special interests...
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Meanwhile, as Jennifer Granholm attends COP 29 and keeps claiming that all the subsidies and regulations are pushing a "natural" market adoption of "green" tech, like EVS (despite what we at MRCTV and many others have noted: consumers are rejecting EVs), Trump just selected a pro-drill, pro-frack nom to take her place. Of course, as people debate the pick, no one seems to be asking the obvious question: how is the Department of Energy at all sanctioned by their Constitution and how is it consistent with the purported idea that the US is the "land" of free people? Here's the link!
Trump taps oil boss and fracking advocate Chris Wright as Secretary of Energy
nypost.com
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By the way, regardless of how one feels about Trump's choice of RFK Jr to head HHS, or about the lack of constitutionality or ethics behind the HHS itself, the National Pulse has a fun little piece on the double-standards of leftist pop media re Mr. Kennedy. When Obama was getting closer to RFK Jr., the pop media had numerous members who were very excited... LINK!
FLASHBACK: Media Hyped Obama’s Potential RFK Pick in 2008.
The corporate media supported Robert F. Kennedy Jr. before they opposed him. In 2008, then-President-elect Barack Obama considered the scion of the
thenationalpulse.com
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Despite Trump's obviously unethical and unconstitutional promises to keep shoveling weapons and tax cash to Israel, will the man whom the left unjustifiably said had "colluded" with that eeeeeevil Vladimir Putin actually be the catalyst for a peace plan? Will Zelenskyy accept a plan and not have western powers interfere with him doing so (as they did in 2022)? Let's see. Here's another link from National Pulse.
Zelensky Says Trump's Election Will Hasten the End of the Ukraine-Russia War.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says the election of Donald J. Trump in the United States will likely hasten the end of the war in his country. The
thenationalpulse.com
And here is something else to consider. Despite Zelenskyy going to the EU last week and agreeing that they could "Trump-proof" Ukrainian weapons-supplies if Zelenskyy used the "$300 BILLION" in stolen Russian assets that the EU has given to Ukraine to then see Ukraine buy weapons, not from US makers, but from European makers... Despite that, what is one to think of this sign, from Germany?
German Chancellor Calls Vladimir Putin, Asks for War to End
The German government has collapsed, but Chancellor Olaf Scholz has picked this moment to reach out to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
www.breitbart.com
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Brendan Carr often makes great points, but they are limited. He never looks at the unjustified existence of the FCC... But this is a good reminder of the fascist ties to NewsGuard. As Trump approaches, one wonders what he will do. He certainly won't end the FCC, but will he stop federal funding for things like NewsGuard? LINK!
FCC's Brendan Carr: Big Tech Must Dismantle 'Censorship Cartel' Including 'Orwellian' NewsGuard
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Brendan Carr on Friday called on big tech platforms to dismantle the "censorship cartel," charging that American democracy depends on it. Carr states that the tech Masters of the Universe, in conjunction with "the orwellian-named NewsGuard," fact checking groups, and ad agencies, have enforced "one-sided narratives."
www.breitbart.com
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Here's the Jerusalem Post's take on Trump's threat to "counter antisemitism" on college campuses. As is obvious, he conflates peace protests by students with the universities allowing or "creating" "terrorist sympathizers". This is the same thing Elise Stefanik did when she called the heads of MIT, Penn, and Harvard to "testify" about "antisemitism" and "pro-terror" protests on their campuses. First, she claims that calling for the US to stop sending weapons is antisemitic or supportive of Hamas. Well, the US and Israeli governments paid Hamas leaders millions for years, and it's on record that Netanyahu wanted to be sure the Hamas leadership stayed in power because they would not negotiate. The documents showing that have been submitted in the US Senate. So, how come she doesn't mention that? Odd... Also, why doesn't she step up with a least the hint that Trump offers, which is that the US subsidizes the universities? Which brings us to Trump. He seems to have no problem taking people's money to send it to universities, contrary to the US Constitution, but he will exclude certain universities if he doesn't like the "speech" on their campuses. How does that comport with the First Amendment, on both ends — for the taxpayer to be forced to pay for speech at universities in any department, and now, for Trump to dictate the kinds of speech that will receive fed money? The spirit of Unconstitutional Conditions comes into play here, and one can imagine a SCOTUS ruling against Trump's arbitrary standards on what university "speech" will see him prohibit the already unconstitutional handouts. This would be akin to the Cabrini Green case where the SCOTUS ruled that the feds could not demand that people moving into a Section 8 housing complex in Illinois would have to accept no-knock drug searches, contrary to the 4th Amendment. Here's the story on Trump, from the clearly pro-Israel and pro-Trump policy JP.
Trump to universities: Stamp out antisemitism or lose accreditation
Trump added that any colleges that permit antisemitic violence will be seen as violating the Civil Rights Law.
www.msn.com
This should be a matter for the universities, and by getting any government money (federal or state) involved, it creates the Tragedy of the Commons, even to the point where some taxpayers might argue that property destruction in the name of "protest" is acceptable to them — after all, if everyone is forced to pay, how can the government exclude their preference? LINK to Reason on the college campus speech issue:
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has is fueled a surge in campus censorship
The portion of college students who say it's OK to shout down campus speakers is rising, according to a new survey.
reason.com
TEN!
This is interesting... LINK!
Family of Malcolm X Sues FBI, CIA, NYPD Over Alleged Roles in Assassination
The family of civil rights activist Malcolm X has sued the CIA, FBI, NYPD, and other agencies over their alleged roles in his assassination.
www.breitbart.com
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Advertisers are returning to X . LINK
Nature Is Healing: Major Advertisers Return to Elon Musk's X/Twitter After Ad Freeze
Some of X/Twitter's former top advertisers, including Comcast, IBM, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Lionsgate Entertainment, have resumed ad spending on the platform in 2024, albeit at significantly reduced rates compared to previous years.
www.breitbart.com
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This must be fake news. Unless I see it on CNN, NBC, ABC, PBS, MSNBC, or CBS, it just can't be true... Right? 😉
CNN To Conduct Mass Firing As Rampant Lies Hammer Ratings
Propaganda outlet CNN is set to fire hundreds of staff, including major personalities, as years of rampant lies finally catch up.
thefederalist.com
THIRTEEN!
Reason has a series of stories under the banner "Abolish Everything" and they make good points on things like the lame and immoral Dept of Ed, and more. They do seem to lack what I would have expected from Reason a few years ago: the moral argument for liberty, and at least a recognition of the anti-constitutional nature of many of the things they want to cut. They stick mostly to the impracticalities of central planning. Here's an example, on the federal Min Wage.
Abolish the Federal Minimum Wage
There is a "virtual consensus" among economists that the minimum wage puts people out of work.
reason.com
FOURTEEN!
Alex Newman has been doing a great job exposing a lot of nefarious central planners. He's worked with Sam Blumenfeld to slam public indoctrination centers called "public schools", he has nailed the technocracy, and he has been covering COP 29 with both serious and lighthearted stories. Here he reports on a stunt that should backfire on the Climate Cult, since one of their highly promoted "green" energies is the mega-windmill, and ocean wind-farms have been cited by many researchers as threats to ocean life of all sorts, including whales. Michael Shellenberger recently joined a documentary crew to dig into that facet of the fascism. Here's the story on the silly stunt. One wonders about the chemical composition of the pretend whale and about how it was transported there... LINK!
Fake Beached Whale Near UN ‘Climate’ Summit Aimed at Inducing Fear
BAKU, Azerbaijan — On the shores of the Caspian Sea lies a giant fake sperm whale reeking with the stench of rotten fish during the United Nations’ COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. Created by Belgian artist and activist Captain Boomer Collective, the display was planted to drum up drama surrounding the UN event, complete ...
thenewamerican.com
Here's a chat with Michael S
And here's more:
This study identified a direct correlation between increased OSW vessel activity and whale mortality.
environmentalprogress.org
And here's another good submission from Alex on COP 29:
Climate Skeptic: UN Loyalists Aren't Conspirators, They're Zealots
The climate change loyalists are not conspirators but rather zealots, which is far worse, argues John Robson, the founder and executive director of Climate Discussion Nexus, to The New American’s Alex Newman at the United Nations’ COP29. Robson, who is attending the COP29 as a journalist, argues that the reason climate alarmists are pushing renewable ...
thenewamerican.com
FIFTEEN!
Earlier mention of Germany brings this to mind, mixing freedom of speech, the Climate Cult, and lovely, lovely German authoritarianism over political expression. They already showed how much the govt likes to mislabel speech and target people when they targeted Roger Waters last year, and now, we see this. LINK!
The crime has even been recorded as a “politically motivated right-wing crime.”
activistpost.com
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Student government leaders ‘continuing to hold space for their communities for those who have faced harm from various guests on campus.’…
www.thecollegefix.com
SEVENTEEN!
This piece from Thursday is one I want to recall for everyone here. Thanks to the good people at AntiWar for all their work! LINK!
EIGHTEEN!
This, from the Libertarian Institute, also was linked by the AntiWar team. Why is the US increasing the involvement in places like Poland? In 2022, Biden opened a permanent US base in Poland… Now, this.
And three MORE videos!
This, from Electronic Intifada, is excellent, re Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
And this is excellent, via Judge Andrew Napolitano and his intelligence-steeped guests/friends, Ray McGovern and Larry Johnson. They look at some of the Trump appointments, the status of things in the Middle East, and offer their insights, based on their years in US Intel. LINK!
And… a valuable reminder of what Israel has been doing to Palestinians for years. Link!
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