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Things You May Not Have Heard About Electric Cars

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The Chevy Bolt

Those early purchasers of the Chevy Bolt, who are now experiencing a major recall relating to battery fires, are reasonably upset over General Motors’ decision to reduce its price on the EV by $6,000 in its bid to make the 2023 model more appealing.

In response, GM has extended the $6,000 deal to those purchasers of 2020-2022 models as a rebate, but, but … wait for it … they have to sign a waiver to the right to sue if they experience a thermal runaway and their garage is burned down, or some other catastrophic event takes place.… read more

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Al-Zawahiri’s Presence in Afghanistan Not All That Surprising

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“We went to Afghanistan almost 20 years ago with clear goals: get those who attacked on Sept. 11, 2001, and make sure Al Qaeda could not use Afghanistan as a base from which to attack us again.  We did that.” – President Biden, Aug. 16, 2021

While our foreign policy genius appeared satisfied that our withdrawal from Afghanistan a year ago had cooled the terrorism threat, he said “we’ll not take our eye off the terrorist threat,” as he boasted of our over-the-horizon drone strike ability.… read more

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More Money for the IRS: The Democrat Solution to Help Middle-Class Americans

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EDITOR’S NOTE:  I don’t for a moment want to distract you from the $433 billion President Biden wants to spend on his fantasy of combating climate change, and the tax increases, but you need to know about the little-reported investment included for the Internal Revenue Service.

While reading about the $124 billion included in the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act” to increase the Internal Revenue Service’s ability to track tax cheats, I recalled writing an op-ed about the tax cheats in the federal government for a Texas weekly newspaper about 10 years ago.… read more

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Returning to My Stack of Stuff

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A glance at my stack of stuff at the corner of my computer desk tells me it’s time to share some interesting items I’ve been saving to share with you.

Election News

If the Election Were Today

I would have thought the gap would be wider, but Rasmussen Reports’ Generic Congressional Ballot at the end of the week shows that 46 percent of likely voters would vote for the Republican candidate, while 41 percent would vote for the Democrat.… read more

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Biden Reveals Failure of Border Policy; Authorizes Closing Wall Gaps

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“There will not be another foot of wall constructed by my administration.  I’m going to make sure that we have border protection ….” Presidential Candidate Biden, August 2020.

“I have determined that the declaration of a national emergency at our southern border was unwarranted.  It shall be the policy of my administration that no more taxpayer dollars be diverted to construct a border wall.”… read more

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Our Clueless, Out-of-Touch President Biden

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While watching President Biden read about his “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” from the teleprompter Thursday, referring to it as an historic agreement to fight inflation and lower costs, it occurred to me he simply has no clue what the average American is experiencing.

With obvious delight, he began by joking about the name given to the Act, saying that “Some of you will see a lot of similarities between the beginning; of the Build Back Better initiative.” … read more

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Democrats Ignoring Key Advice in Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals in January 6 Investigtion

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The partisan January 6 House select committee investigating the riot at our nation’s Capitol is following Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals as expected, but they are ignoring key advice that may well backfire on them.

Adhering to Rule #13, “pick the target, freeze it, personalize it,” it’s clear that former President Trump is that individual, who they want to refer to the DOJ on criminal changes for inciting an insurrection.… read more

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More Than Ever, Our Military Service Men and Women Need the Change We Can Bring About in the Midterms

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“… and may God protect our troops.”

And so, President Biden regularly concludes another speech.  Just words.

I’m not questioning his appreciation of the troops, but as a veteran who supports a strong military, I have never been more disheartened by what has been taking place in the Pentagon since Biden came into office. … read more

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Latest Jan. 6 Show Trial Hearing Another Dud … No Equality Under the Law for Bannon … and Black Commentator Voices Disappointment in Biden

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 The Jan. 6 Show Trial

From the beginning, I decided I would not lower my standards by watching hearings that did not allow dissent from the minority party.  I found the comments in blogger Matt Taibbi’s account of the last hearing compelling.

At 9:06 p.m. he noted, “All of this stuff is incredibly politically damaging, but legally? … read more

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Weather vs Climate … Our Woke Universities … and the Sorry State of the Fourth Estate

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President Biden was in Massachusetts Wednesday toying around with the idea of declaring a climate emergency.  A real emergency calls for immediate action. 

“If this is an emergency, call 911.”

But when the president says, “Let me be clear, climate change is an emergency,” he allows that “in the coming weeks, I’m going to use the power I have as president to turn these words into format, official government actions …”

While he talks about heatwaves and drought, no one reminds him that these are short-term atmospheric conditions of weather. … read more