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Offshore Wind is a Catastrophic Scam  

by Edward Ring

It’s about time Californians of all ideological persuasions wake up and stop what is possibly the most economically wasteful and environmentally destructive project in American history: the utility-scale adoption of wind energy. And with that acknowledgment of bias clearly stated, readers are invited to review this week’s selections and make up their own minds! You will not find very much information critical of wind in a Google search. For example, the term “evidence wind power harms whales” will turn up an uninterrupted assortment of articles and reports attacking that assertion as “misinformation.” Evidence, for which there is plenty, is nowhere to be found. When it comes to wind, along with most other critical issues surrounding water, energy, and the environment, search engine bias is alive and well. Algorithms are neutral. People who code them are not.

The California Legislature intends to despoil our coastline and coastal waters with floating wind turbines, 20+ miles offshore, tethered to the sea floor 4,000 feet beneath the waves. Along with tethering cables, high voltage wires will descend from each of these noisy, 1,000-foot tall leviathans, but we’re to assume none of this will disrupt the migrations of our treasured Cetaceans and other marine and avian life, not the electric fields emanating from hundreds (thousands?) of 20+ mile long live power lines laid onto the ocean floor, nor from the construction, the maintenance, or the new ports, ships, and submersibles. Offshore wind energy is not worth the cost. End it. End it now.

Newsom and the Legislature Send the Dept. of Water Resources Shopping for Offshore Wind

Enthusiasm for Electric Vehicles Is Running on Empty

by Gary Isbell

If you were naïve enough to believe the dominant media and the extreme environmentalists, you might think that folks are ready to ditch their gas-guzzling cars to buy electric vehicles (EVs). Some inconvenient facts, however, demonstrate otherwise.

One fact is public fatigue over the constant drumbeat of climate alarmists. There seems to be no inconvenient weather event or natural disaster that they do not blame on climate change. The public is rightly skeptical of their doom-and-gloom prognostications and thus reluctant to jump on the EV bandwagon.

Thus, there is a declining market for EVs despite the pervasive propaganda parroting their purported benefits. People are beginning to see through the hype, and the empirical evidence is more convincing than radical utopian agendas.

The Consumer is the First Victim

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Unpacking The Call For Democracy’s ‘Revival’ In Telangana

Telangana, Dec.23.– Here are some possible interpretations:

1.    Counteracting perceived erosion of democratic values: Some individuals, particularly those in opposition to the current Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government, may perceive a weakening of democratic institutions and practices in the state. This could include concerns about:

•     Limited space for dissent: Allegations of suppression of criticism towards the government or ruling party.
•     Erosion of checks and balances: Concerns about the weakening of independent institutions like the judiciary or media.
•     Centralization of power: Concerns about the concentration of power within the ruling party or individual leaders.

The US Bill of Rights history and goals

The first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights. When the Framers wrote the Constitution, they did not focus on individual rights. They focused on creating the system and structure of government. Many Americans believed that the Constitution should guarantee the rights of the people, and they wanted a list of all the things a government could not do. They were afraid that a strong government would take away the rights people won in the Revolutionary War.

James Madison, one of the Framers of the Constitution, wrote a list of individual rights and limits on the government. Most of these rights appear in the first 10 amendments, called the Bill of Rights. Some of these rights include freedom of expression, the right to bear arms, freedom from search without a warrant, freedom not to be tried twice for the same crime, the right to not testify against yourself, the right to a trial by a jury of your peers, the right to an attorney, and protection against excessive fines and unusual punishments. The Bill of Rights was ratified on December 15, 1791. Today, the US recognizes December 15 as Bill of Rights Day.

El presupuesto participativo como una forma de democracia

El Instituto Electoral del Estado de México (IEEM), a través del Centro de Formación y Documentación Electoral (CFDE), llevó a cabo la presentación del libro “Capital social y participación política en el presupuesto participativo de la Ciudad de México (2018)”, de Carlos Eduardo Pérez Márquez, quien señaló que los presupuestos participativos son un mecanismo para el fortalecimiento de la democracia, ya que permiten que la ciudadanía participe activamente en la asignación de recursos públicos dentro de sus comunidades.