Miscellaneous
Apparently, Jen Psaki thinks Americans are not smart enough to catch her flip-flopping on the facts about what she actually says! Last week, she clearly said, "We're flagging problematic posts for Facebook that spread disinformation. We're working with doctors and medical experts…who are popular with their audience with accurate information, … so, we're helping get trusted content out there.” So now she is saying they “have not asked Facebook to block any individual posts”. America’s entire electrical grid is in very poor shape. Those massive transmission tower systems are old and are not being rapidly rebuilt (think “infrastructure”). Our systems of electric generation can be both haphazardous and problematic (remember the 2021 Texas Freeze). As of March 18, 2021, the U.S. Energy Information Administration, reports our primary ways of generating electricity are 1.) natural gas - 40%, 2.) nuclear energy - 20%, 3.) coal - 19%, 4.) wind - 8.4%, 5.) hydropower (dams) - 7.3%, 6.) solar - 2.3%, 7.) biomass - 1.4%, and 8.) geothermal - 0.4%. Even so, the Socialist-Democrats, including the Biden Administration, wants to force the automobile industry to only produce products which would have zero emissions output by 2025!Our American Mamas, Teri Netterville and Denise Arthur, do not think it is funny to get sick with the Coronavirus. But they do think there are a lot of very odd things going on with those Texas House Democrats — all to avoid having to vote and lose on some Texas Election Reform Bills! Thus, they fled out of Texas, in mass, on private chartered planes, with at least one case of beer and no masks. What they did is NOT for “the cause of democracy”! It specifically was to block democratic rule in the Texas House of Representatives! In addition, a big question is if they were all vaccinated and none have any symptoms, why were they tested for COVI-19? WOW! So older generations were told to save money for their retirement and senior years, and apparently a lot of them did! The Wall Street Journal reports, “Baby boomers and older Americans have spent decades accumulating an enormous stockpile of money. At the end of this year’s first quarter, Americans age 70 and above had a net worth of nearly $35 trillion, according to Federal Reserve data.” Needless to say, the Biden Administration and the Socialist-Democrat Members of Congress want a big chunk of that money for themselves!People are making personal decisions about getting vaccinated based upon “risk/benefit” calculations. In other words, do my age, my health, and the size of my community make me more likely to get COVID-19 or less likely to do so. Older people living in bigger, more densely populated communities are probably going to get vaccinated. Younger people, especially if living in more rural communities are not. Using a pronoun for a person which is not that person’s “preferred gender” has been made a violation of law in a number of states, as well as by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights provisions. California had such a provision in its long-term care facility code (HSC § 1439.51). This meant caregivers in long-term care facilities could be fined $1,000 and a year in prison. With a 3-0 ruling, a California Court of Appeal has struck down this pronoun provision saying it violates the 1st Amendment Right of Free Speech because it was restricting speech based upon the content of that speech. This is a very specific ruling on California law, but it is encouraging.