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Lockdown: The New Totalitarianism
Every political ideology has three elements: a vision of hell with an enemy that needs to be crushed, a vision of a more perfect world, and a plan for transitioning from one to the other. The means of transition usually involve the takeover and deployment of society’s most powerful tool: the state. For this reason, ideologies trend totalitarian. They depend fundamentally on overriding people’s preferences and choices and replacing them with scripted and planned belief systems and behaviors. An obvious case is communism. Cap…
Senate sets table laden with green pork
Caution! Arcane content ahead. The US Senate is sitting on what could quickly become the biggest green pork giveaway in history, but it is almost impossible to see, let alone discuss or criticize. Untold billions for renewables and their kin. This would be funny if it were not so ridiculous, so a bit of scornful humor is called for. It all began with an innocent little bill introduced in March by Energy Committee chair Murkowski. The bill would throw a bit of research money at geothermal power generation. You can still see S 2657 her…
The United States Has Repatriated 27 Americans from Syria and Iraq Including Ten Charged with Terrorism-Related Offenses for Their Support to ISIS
With the recent transfer of custody of four defendants, the United States has successfully repatriated all Americans held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against whom criminal charges have been lodged for offenses relating to their support for ISIS. The Department of Justice will review the facts and circumstances relating to any future detainees and, where warranted, bring additional charges against others. “With this week’s repatriations, the United States has brought back every American supporter of ISIS known to be held by t…
Promoting Economic Prosperity Along the U.S.-Mexico Border During COVID-19
Office of the Spokesperson A delegation from the U.S. Department of State met virtually with counterparts from Mexico’s Secretariat of Foreign Affairs for a Binational Bridges and Border Crossings Group (BBBXG) plenary meeting on September 30 to strengthen the development of binational cross-border infrastructure projects. The U.S. delegation highlighted important progress in the planning, construction, and operation of proposed international bridges, roads, border crossings, and ports of entry. Both delegations emphasized the n…
Poll: Trump holds slight lead over Biden in Texas
(The Center Square) – A new poll independently funded by the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and designed and analyzed by the Center for Public Opinion, shows that President Donald Trump holds a slight lead over Joe Biden in Texas. Of the likely registered voters surveyed, 49 percent said they were leaning toward reelecting Trump; 46 percent said Democrat Biden. Hispanic voters are nearly tied in their support of Biden and Trump and for the Republican and Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate. Overall, incumbent Republic…
Broad Coalition Urges Court Not to Block California’s Net Neutrality Law
After the federal government rolled back net neutrality protections for consumers in 2017, California stepped up and passed a bill that does what FCC wouldn’t: bar telecoms from blocking and throttling Internet content and imposing paid prioritization schemes. The law, SB 822, ensures that that all Californians have full access to all Internet content and services—at lower prices. Partnering with the ACLU of Northern California and numerous other public interest advocates, businesses and educators, EFF filed an amicus brief today urg…
Commission on Presidential Debates considers structure changes after Tuesday's free-for-all
(The Center Square) – After Tuesday night's fiery presidential debate that regularly saw President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden interrupting and speaking over each other, the Commission on Presidential Debates says it is considering changes to the structure of future debates. In a Wednesday statement, the commission said it wanted a "more orderly discussion." "The Commission on Presidential Debates sponsors televised debates for the benefit of the American electorate," the commission said. &…
Hawaii CEO Charged with COVID-Relief Fraud
A Hawaii man has been taken into custody on allegations he fraudulently obtained more than $12.8 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenji M. Price of the District of Hawaii. Martin Kao, 47, of Honolulu, Hawaii, was charged in a federal criminal complaint, unsealed today, f…
Op-Ed: 5G ... at the Post Office?
Across the country, Americans are starting to reap the benefits of lightning-fast 5G services. Rural, unserved users stand to benefit the most from the “latest and greatest” generation of mobile connectivity standards, since 5G services are significantly faster than 4G and the deployment only requires a pizza box-sized small cell deployment to operate. In order to help speed up deployment, the United States Postal Service (USPS) may be offering up its facilities as 5G deployment sites, allowing internet providers an alternative to t…
Execution Scheduled for Federal Death Row Inmate Convicted of Murdering a Child
Attorney General William P. Barr today directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons to schedule the execution of Orlando Cordia Hall, who was sentenced to death after kidnapping, raping, and murdering a 16-year-old girl in 1994. In September 1994, Hall and several accomplices ran a marijuana trafficking operation out of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. After a failed drug transaction involving $4,700, Hall and his accomplices went to the Arlington, Texas, home of a man they believed had reneged on the deal. The man’s 16-year-old sister, Lisa Rene, an…
Joint Statement on the Japan-United States Strategic Energy Partnership (JUSEP)
Office of the Spokesperson The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Japan on the occasion of the Japan-United States Strategic Energy Partnership (JUSEP). Begin Text: Japan and the United States reaffirmed their joint commitment to maintaining open and competitive energy markets and strengthening energy security in the Indo-Pacific region at a virtual Japan-United States Strategic Energy Partnership (JUSEP) meeting on September 24 (EST)/25 (JST), 2020. Both sides pr…
Wisconsin-Based Nonprofit To Pay $1.9 Million To Settle Allegations Of False Claims And Kickbacks On Federal Contracts For Blind Workers
Industries for the Blind and Visually Impaired Inc. (IBI) has agreed to pay the United States $1,938,684.09 to resolve allegations that IBI violated the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Act in connection with certain federal contracts set aside to employ blind workers, the Justice Department announced today. IBI is a nonprofit corporation headquartered in West Allis, Wisconsin that receives set-aside contracts from federal agencies under the federal government’s AbilityOne Program. In exchange, IBI agrees to give jobs to worker…
Is WaPo unaware of hurricane history?
So this showed up. Please read it. I want to make sure you look at the opposite side of the issue. https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/09/27/hurricanes-atlantic-coast-climate-change/ Ah yes yet another new study is used. The 2020 season is a harbinger of things to come. What, storms with some of the lowest average ACE index/storm on record? Near record low Pacific activity? Global activity through the date in top 10 in the last. 30 years? Bu how long do we have to hear this, especially since the late Dr Wiliam Gray, who …
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