Mark Steyn Accuses Michael Mann of Lying about Winning Nobel Prize in Heated Courtroom Exchange
Steyn cross examined the climate scientist during his defamation trial on Monday. Source link
Month: January 2024
French Farmers Lay ‘Seige’ To Paris To Protest Environmental Red Tape
French farmers gathered in droves outside Paris on Monday in a staged protest against their government’s environmental regulations. Nearly two months after French farmers dumped 300 cubic meters of manure in front of state buildings in Cahors, hundreds of tractors and mounds of hay are blocking the highways leading into Paris, according to ABC. …
Turning Point Finds 4.5M ‘Disengaged’ GOP Battleground Voters
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Turning Point Action, the political arm of conservative movement leader Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA, has identified more than 4.5 million so-called “disengaged” Republican voters in several battleground states around the country, enough to more than swing the 2024 presidential election’s results from 2020. The group is holding its first-ever …
America Is in the Midst of a Middle East Regional War
The Biden administration has a regional war on its hands in the Middle East and needs to change its strategy fast. Source link
Energy Department backs down on gas stove ban, targets electric models with new efficiency standards
The Department of Energy on Monday finalized long-awaited efficiency standards for stoves, backing off a previous proposal that would have rendered roughly half of natural gas models out of compliance. Source link
The Abject Failure of Biden’s Quiet Diplomacy Is Spreading Middle Eastern Chaos
The president’s promise of restraint is repeatedly belied by the reality of continued escalation. Ad Policy President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the St. John Baptist Church in Columbia, S.C., on January 28, 2024. (Kent Nishimura / AFP via Getty Images) Joe Biden and his political allies continue to be dogged by protesters calling …
The Science in Science FIction
GUESTS: WILLIAM GIBSON author of Neuromancer, Mona Lisa Overdrive and Virtual Light. DAVID BRIN astronomer, professor and author of Foundation’s Triumph, Infinity’s Shore, and The Postman. Source link
The fight between Texas and the Feds over immigration enforcement intensifies
As the effects of a Supreme Court decision on border security play out in Texas, the way some Republican lawmakers and conservative leaders talk about immigrants has become increasingly hostile. Source link
House GOP wages war with itself, the Senate, and reality
The government-funding can that Congress kicked down the road earlier this month is inexorably rolling toward the new deadlines in early March, and so far, none of the 12 appropriations bills that have to be completed have made it through both the House and the Senate. But that doesn’t seem to be a priority …
U.S. Charges Iranian Man and Two Canadians in Plot to Kill Refugees
An Iranian man accused of being the kingpin of a network that targets dissidents has been charged with hiring two Canadians, including a member of the Hells Angels, to kill two Iranian refugees living in Maryland, according to indictments unsealed on Monday. The man, Naji Sharifi Zindashti, 49, is accused of being a drug …