By Guest Contributor Jul 26, 2023 We have been yelling about urban heat islands for years. The legacy temperature stations were originally placed at the edge of fields and airfields, in parks, etc. Nowadays, these sites sit in built-up areas yet no concession to the warming they experience has been made in the historical data […]
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By Guest Contributor Jul 28, 2023 There remains but two months before the current federal fiscal year ends September 30th. Half of that remaining period will be spent by lawmakers in their home states and districts during the traditional August recess. Image: Kelly McCarthy When the Congress reconvenes after Labor Day, the Republican Party will […]
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By Guest Contributor Jul 28, 2023 Two landmark lawsuits brought against the Biden administration alleging that it leaned on and strong-armed social media companies to censor free speech were consolidated in the United States District Court for the Western District Court of Louisiana on July 26. Democratic presidential hopeful Robert Kennedy Jr. is the plaintiff in […]
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Ford Motor recently announced it is slashing prices on its F-150 Lightning, an electric vehicle the company rolled out in 2021. The Lightning now carries a suggested retail price of $49,995, about $10,000 lower than its previous recommended price tag ($59,974), a reduction the company says is possible because of lower “battery raw material costs […]
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In April, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said it was looking to hire special agents who carry guns and make arrests with jobs available in all 50 states. The law enforcement branch of the IRS, known as the Criminal Investigation (CI) division, was hiring for the role at locations in all 50 states. IRS special agents within the […]
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Every time I hear Robert F. Kennedy Jr speak – aside from feeling bad for the illness that has trashed his voice – I reflect on how far the current pro-war, racist, censorious, pro-Big Industry Democrat party has moved from the Democrat Party of his father’s era. Here, he nails something we are all aware […]
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The Customs and Border Patrol App, CBPOne, is spectacularly unfit for purpose. Back out in #EaglePass, this evening, @TxDPS encountered a group of illegal immigrants from Venezuela & Guatemala who crossed the Rio Grande. I asked them why they cross the Rio Grande & not go to a port of entry to seek asylum or […]
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I don’t like electric cars. I think they are marginally useful if you only drive to the grocery store or pick up the kids after soccer practice. But if you drive distance they are a huge pain. And now there’s an even bigger issue. They don’t like the heat. Consider it ironic, or at least […]
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By Guest Contributor Jul 20, 2023 Former President Barack Obama just came out in favor of porn in schools. Sure, the former president didn’t say that outright. He released a letter lamenting the supposed trend of “banned books” and standing with school librarians as if they were under siege. Obama’s letter rebukes the concerned parents who dare to question […]
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If you have a rational, fact-based argument for your position, you lay the facts out and most people come to the same conclusion. If, on the other hand, you’re pushing a half-baked theory… …you yell at the top of your lungs to make your point. So it is with climate change. They cook the books. […]