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- Whistleblower. Thoughts on the impeachment festivities from last week.\u00a0 First, we have an identification on the so-called whistleblower, one Eric Ciaramella<\/a>, Yale graduate, registered democrat, holdover from the O\u2019Bama WH, previously worked for Joe Biden, and former CIA Director John Brennan, and most importantly a vocal critic of President Trump.\u00a0 Apparently, he also helped initiative the Russia collusion investigation of the Trump campaign during the 2016 election.\u00a0 He was fired from his NSC post in the WH in 2017 for leaking information to the media.\u00a0 He has been in the CIA since then.\u00a0 Here\u2019s how the whistleblower statute works.\u00a0 The only reason a name is kept quiet is in order to keep him from getting fired after the complaint is made.\u00a0 Problem is that you have to file your complaint according to the actual rules in the statute.\u00a0 This boy didn\u2019t.\u00a0 For example, you need direct experience with whatever it is that you report.\u00a0 He got his information second-hand from an Army LtCol detailed to the NSC named Vindeman.\u00a0 You must file your complaint through the appropriate IG.\u00a0 His first contact was with Adam Schiff\u2019s staff.\u00a0 As his complaint was entirely hearsay, he had to wait until the Intel IG rewrote the rules for a complaint before formally filing it.\u00a0 This is one of the reasons that DoJ ruled he was not a formal whistleblower.\u00a0 The fun part is that his name has been widely known for months in DC.\u00a0 It was even said in open hearing by another democrat in a House committee hearing.\u00a0 But the media and leftist social media are doing everything humanly possible to make sure the public does not know what that name is or anything about his background.\u00a0 Interesting position that, as all three networks sat on stories tying Jeffrey Epstein (who didn\u2019t kill himself) to a massive pedophilia ring that serviced well-connected democrats and global elites.\u00a0 NBC and ABC rooted out who they thought was their whistleblower and fired her immediately.\u00a0 So, what is going on here?\u00a0 Looks like there are a lot of people in the State Department and the Intel community (including a bunch of those wearing the uniform) that have their collective noses out of joint that Trump is conducting his own foreign policy without listening to what they say, which is one of the reasons he was elected.\u00a0 Schiff and the democrats are going to parade as many of them in front of the cameras for the next couple weeks as humanly possible, all opining about how awful they think he is.\u00a0 They will make all sorts of claims of what they think he has done, all of it without any actual firsthand knowledge of what actually transpired.\u00a0 Trump has flushed out the deep state, setting it up for annihilation.\u00a0 About damned time.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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- Fukushima. Increased electricity prices and greater use of fossil fuels led to more deaths following the Fukushima accident in 2011 than the accident itself.\u00a0 No deaths were recorded as a direct result of the accident, but the decision to suspend nuclear power generation did.\u00a0 Before the earthquake and tsunami, nuclear generated around 30% of all electricity in Japan.\u00a0 14 months after the accident all of this was shut down.\u00a0 9 of 26 reactors have been restarted.\u00a0 The remaining 17 are in the process of getting restart approval.\u00a0 Increased imports of fossil fuels into Japan increased electrical prices by 38% in some parts of Japan.\u00a0 These higher prices led to a decrease in electrical consumption, especially during times of the year when heating demand is highest.\u00a0 The reduced electrical use during the cold part of the year led directly to increased mortality, estimated at least 1,280 deaths 2011 – 2014<\/a>.\u00a0 This is in addition to the previous estimate of 1,232 deaths as a result of the evacuation.\u00a0 So, the anti-nuke crowd led by Harry Reid\u2019s and Ed Markey\u2019s anti-nuclear NRC Chairman Greg Jaczko managed to kill over 2,500 Japanese via an artificial, completely baseless anti-nuclear panic.\u00a0 Also overestimated was the actual exposure to radiation released by the accident.\u00a0 Completely ignored is the deadly impact of the panicked evacuation on individuals, families, and especially the elderly. \u00a0All of this was based on the favorite tool of the greens, the precautionary principle, which never seems to be applied to the victims of any orchestrated green panic.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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- Fires. As wildfires and associated electrical blackouts roar through California, all sides joined the Placing of the Blame game with threats, promises and all manner of Sturm und drang, sound and fury signifying nothing<\/a>.\u00a0 Cali Governor Gavin Newsome blamed PG&E and threatened to take it over so as to properly run it<\/a>, not unlike what his former city of SF is doing for homelessness (\/sarc).\u00a0 President Trump got involved telling him to get his act together on this or he would withhold federal fire funds.\u00a0 Newsome may be in some political trouble not unlike Grey Davis was before he got recalled after botching state energy with Enron.\u00a0 There are a couple things going on here.\u00a0 First is the basic fact that California is dry this time of year, regardless of how much rain or snow it has gotten. \u00a0In fact, periods of lots of rain tend to heighten the problem as they grow more undergrowth.\u00a0 The hills around LA were burning in 1960 when I lived in the Valley. \u00a0The Doors were singing about it in 1971.\u00a0 \u00a0That hasn\u2019t changed a lot since, though a lot more people are building homes in the parts of the mountains that burn than they did 50 years ago.\u00a0 What did change is the ability of loggers, homeowners, and other businesses to remove undergrowth.\u00a0 You can clear this stuff a couple ways.\u00a0 One would be mechanically, saving whatever you cut down for other purposes (mulch).\u00a0 Another would be controlled burns.\u00a0 Both are recommended every 6 years or so.\u00a0 In Cali today, that duty cycle has extended as far out as 500 years.\u00a0 And the brush continues to grow, to dry out when it is dry, and burn like crazy when the fires start.\u00a0 Why has Cali halted logging, controlled burns, and other traditional fire control effort?\u00a0 Climate change.\u00a0 They want to limit CO2 emissions.\u00a0 Like every single other good intention, this one has greased a very hot Road to Hell<\/a> (great Chris Rea song), as their climate utopia releases far more CO2 into the atmosphere<\/a> during a wildfire than it would should normal management techniques be used.\u00a0 Final little piece of this Passion Play is the possibility that some unknown number of Muzzie Bad Guys may be intentionally setting fires in Cali like they have done in Israel.\u00a0 What better target than a sanctuary state that does not clear brush?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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- Sun. Two of the main problems with the climate forecast models is they never consider solar output and they never consider the impact of clouds on local and global temperatures.\u00a0 Solar output is incredibly important and seems to be connected to periods of warmth and cold and cloud cover.\u00a0 Svensmark has done really good science suggesting the connection between solar output and cloud formation on the earth<\/a>.\u00a0 During times of active sun (visible sunspots), the solar magnetic field is stronger as is the solar wind.\u00a0 This tends to protect Earth from incoming cosmic rays.\u00a0 When these particles hit the upper atmosphere, they cause a cascade of lower energy particles which in turn act as condensation nuclei for cloud formation.\u00a0 When the sun is active (lots of sunspots), not as many of these get through (fewer clouds).\u00a0 When the sun is quiet, a lot more of them get through (more clouds).\u00a0 Over the last 1,000 years, there have been at least 4 periods of extreme quiet sun.\u00a0 These are called grand solar minimums<\/a>.\u00a0 The last four in order are the Wolf, Sporer, Maunder and Dalton minimums.\u00a0 The first three combined to create hundreds of years of extremely cold weather what we now call the Little Ice Age.\u00a0 While correlation does not prove causation, there is more actual science supporting this than in all the climate models and supercomputer time it has taken to create them.\u00a0 With all that in mind, the sun set a record in 2019 with 228 days without sunspots as of Nov. 1<\/a>.\u00a0 Forecasts for Solar Cycle 25 (the current cycle) are all over the place, some suggesting it may be the weakest in 200 years, and in turn perhaps the introduction into yet another grand solar minimum.\u00a0 And right on cue, Utah reports record cold temperatures last week, with Peter Sinks reporting -43.6F Oct. 30<\/a>, the lowest temperature ever recorded in October in the Lower 48.\u00a0 Nearby Salt Lake City reported 14F, the coldest for the date since 1874 when records began to be taken.\u00a0 While weather is not climate, neither is it to be ignored or summarily dismissed.\u00a0 Winter is coming.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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- Oberlin. Oberlin College lost a $44 million judgement to Gibson\u2019s Bakery last summer after they destroyed the small business with accusations of racism.\u00a0 They lost mostly because the school administration got themselves involved after the store apprehended three students (all black) shoplifting.\u00a0 The administration coordinated and supported student protests based on claims of racism that began right after Trump\u2019s election in 2016, crushing the business.\u00a0 For some reason, this did not go over all that well with the local jury pool.\u00a0 Who knew that false claims of racism against long-time, respected small businessmen would be rejected out of hand so quickly and completely?\u00a0 The award was reduced to $25 million per a state cap on punitive damages.\u00a0 The college, rejecting the jury verdict persists in their personal attacks on Gibson\u2019s and are appealing the verdict and award.\u00a0 They claimed the total net worth of the business was less than $36,000 during the trial.\u00a0 Both Oberlin and its legal team were and continue to be incredibly tone deaf during the trial, with aggressive and demeaning attacks on Gibson\u2019s during and after the trial.\u00a0 Most recently they hired a high-powered DC legal team to appeal the verdict.\u00a0 In response, Gibson\u2019s requested Oberlin put up a $36 million bond to ensure they could and would pay the verdict amount. \u00a0They also filed a counter to the appeal requesting a reinstatement of the entire $44 million judgment.\u00a0 Last week, Oberlin and a couple Cleveland stations made similar motions to unseal Fakebook records of the son of the owner<\/a>.\u00a0 The son was not a party in the lawsuit.\u00a0 He was working in the store when the shoplifting took place.\u00a0 Unsealing the FB account is a collateral attack on the jury verdict, attempt to smear and defame the Gibson\u2019s name and brand.\u00a0 Oberlin epitomizes academia these days, an example of a little liberal arts college who like Talleyrand described the Bourbons in 1814 when they were restored to power in France \u201cThey leaned nothing and forgot nothing\u201d during their time out of office. It seems Oberlin has learned little from the $44 million judgment against them.\u00a0 So much for liberal education these days.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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- Oberlin. Oberlin College lost a $44 million judgement to Gibson\u2019s Bakery last summer after they destroyed the small business with accusations of racism.\u00a0 They lost mostly because the school administration got themselves involved after the store apprehended three students (all black) shoplifting.\u00a0 The administration coordinated and supported student protests based on claims of racism that began right after Trump\u2019s election in 2016, crushing the business.\u00a0 For some reason, this did not go over all that well with the local jury pool.\u00a0 Who knew that false claims of racism against long-time, respected small businessmen would be rejected out of hand so quickly and completely?\u00a0 The award was reduced to $25 million per a state cap on punitive damages.\u00a0 The college, rejecting the jury verdict persists in their personal attacks on Gibson\u2019s and are appealing the verdict and award.\u00a0 They claimed the total net worth of the business was less than $36,000 during the trial.\u00a0 Both Oberlin and its legal team were and continue to be incredibly tone deaf during the trial, with aggressive and demeaning attacks on Gibson\u2019s during and after the trial.\u00a0 Most recently they hired a high-powered DC legal team to appeal the verdict.\u00a0 In response, Gibson\u2019s requested Oberlin put up a $36 million bond to ensure they could and would pay the verdict amount. \u00a0They also filed a counter to the appeal requesting a reinstatement of the entire $44 million judgment.\u00a0 Last week, Oberlin and a couple Cleveland stations made similar motions to unseal Fakebook records of the son of the owner<\/a>.\u00a0 The son was not a party in the lawsuit.\u00a0 He was working in the store when the shoplifting took place.\u00a0 Unsealing the FB account is a collateral attack on the jury verdict, attempt to smear and defame the Gibson\u2019s name and brand.\u00a0 Oberlin epitomizes academia these days, an example of a little liberal arts college who like Talleyrand described the Bourbons in 1814 when they were restored to power in France \u201cThey leaned nothing and forgot nothing\u201d during their time out of office. It seems Oberlin has learned little from the $44 million judgment against them.\u00a0 So much for liberal education these days.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
- Sun. Two of the main problems with the climate forecast models is they never consider solar output and they never consider the impact of clouds on local and global temperatures.\u00a0 Solar output is incredibly important and seems to be connected to periods of warmth and cold and cloud cover.\u00a0 Svensmark has done really good science suggesting the connection between solar output and cloud formation on the earth<\/a>.\u00a0 During times of active sun (visible sunspots), the solar magnetic field is stronger as is the solar wind.\u00a0 This tends to protect Earth from incoming cosmic rays.\u00a0 When these particles hit the upper atmosphere, they cause a cascade of lower energy particles which in turn act as condensation nuclei for cloud formation.\u00a0 When the sun is active (lots of sunspots), not as many of these get through (fewer clouds).\u00a0 When the sun is quiet, a lot more of them get through (more clouds).\u00a0 Over the last 1,000 years, there have been at least 4 periods of extreme quiet sun.\u00a0 These are called grand solar minimums<\/a>.\u00a0 The last four in order are the Wolf, Sporer, Maunder and Dalton minimums.\u00a0 The first three combined to create hundreds of years of extremely cold weather what we now call the Little Ice Age.\u00a0 While correlation does not prove causation, there is more actual science supporting this than in all the climate models and supercomputer time it has taken to create them.\u00a0 With all that in mind, the sun set a record in 2019 with 228 days without sunspots as of Nov. 1<\/a>.\u00a0 Forecasts for Solar Cycle 25 (the current cycle) are all over the place, some suggesting it may be the weakest in 200 years, and in turn perhaps the introduction into yet another grand solar minimum.\u00a0 And right on cue, Utah reports record cold temperatures last week, with Peter Sinks reporting -43.6F Oct. 30<\/a>, the lowest temperature ever recorded in October in the Lower 48.\u00a0 Nearby Salt Lake City reported 14F, the coldest for the date since 1874 when records began to be taken.\u00a0 While weather is not climate, neither is it to be ignored or summarily dismissed.\u00a0 Winter is coming.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
- Fires. As wildfires and associated electrical blackouts roar through California, all sides joined the Placing of the Blame game with threats, promises and all manner of Sturm und drang, sound and fury signifying nothing<\/a>.\u00a0 Cali Governor Gavin Newsome blamed PG&E and threatened to take it over so as to properly run it<\/a>, not unlike what his former city of SF is doing for homelessness (\/sarc).\u00a0 President Trump got involved telling him to get his act together on this or he would withhold federal fire funds.\u00a0 Newsome may be in some political trouble not unlike Grey Davis was before he got recalled after botching state energy with Enron.\u00a0 There are a couple things going on here.\u00a0 First is the basic fact that California is dry this time of year, regardless of how much rain or snow it has gotten. \u00a0In fact, periods of lots of rain tend to heighten the problem as they grow more undergrowth.\u00a0 The hills around LA were burning in 1960 when I lived in the Valley. \u00a0The Doors were singing about it in 1971.\u00a0 \u00a0That hasn\u2019t changed a lot since, though a lot more people are building homes in the parts of the mountains that burn than they did 50 years ago.\u00a0 What did change is the ability of loggers, homeowners, and other businesses to remove undergrowth.\u00a0 You can clear this stuff a couple ways.\u00a0 One would be mechanically, saving whatever you cut down for other purposes (mulch).\u00a0 Another would be controlled burns.\u00a0 Both are recommended every 6 years or so.\u00a0 In Cali today, that duty cycle has extended as far out as 500 years.\u00a0 And the brush continues to grow, to dry out when it is dry, and burn like crazy when the fires start.\u00a0 Why has Cali halted logging, controlled burns, and other traditional fire control effort?\u00a0 Climate change.\u00a0 They want to limit CO2 emissions.\u00a0 Like every single other good intention, this one has greased a very hot Road to Hell<\/a> (great Chris Rea song), as their climate utopia releases far more CO2 into the atmosphere<\/a> during a wildfire than it would should normal management techniques be used.\u00a0 Final little piece of this Passion Play is the possibility that some unknown number of Muzzie Bad Guys may be intentionally setting fires in Cali like they have done in Israel.\u00a0 What better target than a sanctuary state that does not clear brush?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
- Fukushima. Increased electricity prices and greater use of fossil fuels led to more deaths following the Fukushima accident in 2011 than the accident itself.\u00a0 No deaths were recorded as a direct result of the accident, but the decision to suspend nuclear power generation did.\u00a0 Before the earthquake and tsunami, nuclear generated around 30% of all electricity in Japan.\u00a0 14 months after the accident all of this was shut down.\u00a0 9 of 26 reactors have been restarted.\u00a0 The remaining 17 are in the process of getting restart approval.\u00a0 Increased imports of fossil fuels into Japan increased electrical prices by 38% in some parts of Japan.\u00a0 These higher prices led to a decrease in electrical consumption, especially during times of the year when heating demand is highest.\u00a0 The reduced electrical use during the cold part of the year led directly to increased mortality, estimated at least 1,280 deaths 2011 – 2014<\/a>.\u00a0 This is in addition to the previous estimate of 1,232 deaths as a result of the evacuation.\u00a0 So, the anti-nuke crowd led by Harry Reid\u2019s and Ed Markey\u2019s anti-nuclear NRC Chairman Greg Jaczko managed to kill over 2,500 Japanese via an artificial, completely baseless anti-nuclear panic.\u00a0 Also overestimated was the actual exposure to radiation released by the accident.\u00a0 Completely ignored is the deadly impact of the panicked evacuation on individuals, families, and especially the elderly. \u00a0All of this was based on the favorite tool of the greens, the precautionary principle, which never seems to be applied to the victims of any orchestrated green panic.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n