The law of alleged unintended consequences may be coming to bear in the latest effort by the People’s unpublic of California to ‘fix’ an ‘injustice’ in the marketplace. In this case, they hope to fix a problem of pig confinement on farms, but the measure might cause catastrophic harm to the same people this legislature allegedly serves.
A new California law for farms could cut off nearly all of the state’s pork supply, which would create a bacon shortage in the state and drive up prices substantially.
In November 2018, California voters overwhelmingly approved California Proposition 12, the Farm Animal Confinement Initiative….
China says its development of a world-class military is really about being the benevolent dictator of the world, though you have to read between the soft power lines to figure that out.
When extremely heavy rainstorms devastated central China in July, it was hard not to notice the troops of the PLA on dams, reservoirs and riverbanks — the most dangerous areas in the battle against floods.
Did Iran launch a drone strike on an oil tanker in the Arabian sea? Us and UK representatives claim that’s exactly what happened on July 29th, and they demand a recompense to the offending nation, Iran, from the UN.
The United States and the United Kingdom on Sunday accused Iran of Thursday’s drone strike on an oil tanker that resulted in two deaths.In separate statements, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said they believe Iran was behind the deadly attack in the Arabian Sea. Israel first accused Tehran of issuing the July 29 attack, but Iran has denied involvement.
“Upon review of the available , we are confident that Iran conducted this attack,…
Nancy Pelosi is getting a little taste of her medicine, and the progressives are as well. Nancy is getting some of that peaceful protesting she tells us isn’t happening and progressives get to be called extremists and dangerous radicals by politicians after spending the last four years doing the same to their alleged counterparts.
Activists protested at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) San Francisco home on Saturday demanding she reconvene Congress and pass an extension to the eviction moratorium.
“The House adjourned Friday for summer recess without passing legislation to extend a nationwide ban on evictions…
Ignoring the fact that men who become women will never have a menstrual cycle, the California legislature is prepared to force colleges to buy products for women that were once men to meet the needs they don’t have, having periods.
A bill in the California Legislature would require public universities, community colleges, and secondary schools in the state to provide free menstrual products on campus. The bill notes that the complimentary period products are not only for girls and women, but also intended to be used by…
For daring to believe homosexuality is a sin, one Finnish Politician is at risk of going to jail, and her Lutheran family are not happy about it.
Regardless of what you believe, if you favor criminalizing people for calling homosexuality is a sin, you favor tyranny, for the tyrant won’t stop using the power you gave them, to define ‘proper thinking.’
Lutheran bishops have decried the “egregious” actions of Finland in prosecuting a Christian politician over her views on sexuality and marriage.
Päivi Räsänen, a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and former Minister of the Interior, has been charged with hate speech against homosexuals.
The charge is in connection to her views on sexuality expressed on social media, a talk show, and in a 2004 booklet called “Male and Female He Created Them.”
If found guilty, she faces up to six years in prison.
The decision to prosecute has been condemned by the International Lutheran Council (ILC), who called it outrageous and unfair.
The US military is going through an exhaustive review of man and machine to assess how to integrate the tools of autonomous warfare with human soldiering.
With plans for future U.S. Army soldiers to work with a cadre of autonomous systems, scientists at the Army Research Laboratory are examining the intricacies of communication to support effective operations between groups of soldiers and robotic systems. They are finding ways to measure…
Lost in the angry retorts by those opposed to the Covid-19 vaccines is a simple truth: over 99% of recent Covid-19 deaths are unvaccinated individuals. To argue “the vaccine doesn’t work” is a misnomer. But this isn’t the heart of the problem. The heart of the problem is the potential long-term effects of this virus and its long-term success at mitigating the virus.
The real tragedy may be that people who are reasonable and well-educated might reject an otherwise perfectly safe vaccine and then get sick and die without protection. On the other hand, upon what do they have to base their trust: the drug companies, the government, their doctors who depend on the former two for reliable information?
The thing is we SHOULD be able to rely on drug companies and the government for reliable information but we really cannot at this time. The corruption of corporate heads and politicians and their willingness to lie and deceive for self-gain, regardless of the consequences to others, is beyond comprehension.
It’s the opposite of “the boy who cried wolf”, it’s a case where “the boy who cried ‘sheep’ where it was really a wolf!” It may truly be a sheep, but many don’t trust the boy!
Trying to suss out the credibility of claims about the vaccine is difficult because we cannot know if all data needed to make an informed decision is accurate or even available. We know the parties asking us to trust them aren’t trustworthy.
We also know that, for now at least, the vaccine has been shown to prevent serious illness and death. This is a good reason to take the vaccine. The slowness of the FDA in approving the vaccine, the unwillingness of all parties to assume responsibility or make guarantees regarding the vaccine’s effectiveness, and the unavoidable fact this was a rush effort all cause hesitancy.
The response to the hesitant has only made matters worse. Shunning, shaming, and bullying are not useful.
The spread of false information attacking the vaccine has only made matters worse, but these falsehoods are thriving because of factors the powers that be could mitigate. The FDA could stop dragging its feet and either approve vaccine or stop its use, whatever the facts dictate. Someone, anyone, could actually assume legal responsibility for any harm caused if we find, like the polio vaccine, the vaccine is tainted. The government could come clean on the polio vaccine and its true impact.
People will likely die without the vaccine but mostly because the way this roll-out has been conducted doesn’t engender a level of confidence necessary to earn universal compliance.
The dramatic fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard was, according to the Navy, allegedly started by a sailor. While the sailor’s idenity has not been revealed, and formal court martial has yet to be announced, it appears this was an act of sabotage. Moreover, their is evidenced of 3 different fires on theee different vessels in San Diego over a 15 month period prior to this major fire.
“The sailor was a member of Bonhomme Richard’s crew at the time and is accused of starting the fire,” Cmdr. Sean Robertson, a U.S. 3rd Fleet spokesperson in San Diego, said in a statement.
The charges “were brought forth against a Navy sailor in response to evidence found during the criminal investigation into the fire started on USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) on July 12, 2020.” The charges against the seaman apprentice are aggravated arson under Article 126 of the Unifrom Code of Military Justice and hazarding a vessel under Article 110.
“Evidence collected during the investigation is sufficient to direct a preliminary hearing in accordance with due process under the military justice system,” Robertson said.
“Vice Adm. Steve Koehler, who commands 3rd Fleet, is considering court-martial charges and has directed a preliminary hearing at which an impartial hearing officer will make determinations and recommendations required by the UCMJ prior to any further trial proceedings – including whether or not there is probable cause to believe an offense has been committed and to offer a recommendation as to the disposition of the case.”
The sailor, a Seaman Apprentice, had been held in custody at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., before being released in November. At this time they are not in custody.
Pictured above- Federal firefighters assess damage in the hangar bay aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) on July 15, 2020. US Navy Photo
What could some of the motives be? Some possibilities include a sailor disgruntled by the stress of being 2 years in dry dock and facing a deployment, a stressful scenario for many sailors. It could also be more ideological, ranging from right to leftwing radicalism, or even anger over the Navy’s constant and distracting “diversity training” which is clearly ideological brainwashing rather than useful instruction.
One possibility is that the Navy has a simmering problem with morale. We have already seen reports that morale is low, largely effected by the obsession of the command with convincing sailord to “bow to the rainbow” rather than focusing on combat readiness. The ability of sailors today to fight their ships is decidedly decreased over what it was 20 years ago.
This could either cause an angry reaction that, well not at all justified, is somewhat predictable. In that case, if indeed the sailor was disgruntled about the rainbow fascist indoctrination, the likely results could range from cover-up to conceal the problem to exploitation of the crime to double-down on the rainbow fascist indoctrination.
In the event the crime was motivated by leftwing or Islamist ideology, the true nature will be concealed with a focus on the sailor’s mental health.
The outstanding question is whether the Navy, in part through its obsession with ideological indoctrination, is brewing a massive morale problem that could lead to such acts of sabotage. This could either be a result of sailors’ trained to essentially hate their own country may be radicalized or because angry sailors rejecting ideological indoctrination lash out by committing crimes like this.
The opacity of the process by which this has been investigated and the fact the identity of the sailor is concealed and formal charges (as in a court martial) not brought, leads one to believe the actual circumstances and motive surrounding this incident are not useful to the Navy brass’s narrative.
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