George Rebane
Government bureaucrats allocate capital better than private investors – fundamental tenet of the Left
Newsom's recall is opposed by another progressive dimwit in the 14sep21 Union (here) arguing that all of CA’s problems were there before he was elected. The ‘gentleman’ does not understand that the recall is about his making all of the problems worse, and then adding on new ones. And he also quotes a fictitious $70B “surplus”, having no idea that any such monies are long spoken for with the state’s over $1T in unfunded liabilities.
Europe’s electricity prices are going through the roof (here). Why? Well, the goddam wind is not blowing very much these days, and their having shut down their nuclear and fossil fuel plants without much consideration that the so-called sustainable sun/wind/water energy sources are sometime things, now they find their mammaries twixt the rollers. Brings to mind the old Estonian saying about not crapping in the old well before the new one’s dug. Here in CA, we haven’t learned a thing about that problem.
NIH investigates removal Covid genetic data per Chinese researcher request (here). The agency removed C19 gene sequence data obtained from Wuhan patients in January/February 2020. This data would be an important input to determining the source and type (manmade vs nature) of the virus. The portents of its compliant and rapid deletion from our database opens up more serious questions about the NIH/Wuhan lab relationship. Chalk up another one for China. Dr Fauci call your office.
[15sep21 update] Newsom’s recall rejected by a landslide. CA voters once again demonstrate that they know not how to select their political leaders as the state continues its downward plunge along every imaginable way – illegal alien and welfare recipient surge, rampaging homelessness, dilapidated infrastructure, exodus of productive workers, businesses, and retirees, overall population loss, increasing already high taxes, regulatory tsunami, continued growth of eco-fanatics, historic water mismanagement, historic power generation/distribution mismanagement, continued mismanagement of forests, fiscal corruption and incompetency, continued growth of record unfunded liabilities, … . And perpetuating a never-ending, one party monopoly that only serves the takers and punishes the makers.
Gen Mark Milley’s phone calls to China promising to warn them of any pending US military action against them was one of several acts of treason our chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff pulled off during the Trump administration. He is part of the devastation in our flag officer ranks that Obama left behind in his politicization of the military. Bob Woodward and Robert Costa outline this travesty in their Peril (2021).
SecState Blinken, who is particularly unsuited for his job, now claims to bring the Taliban to heel with his toothless diplomacy. Echoing Stalin’s famous ‘How many divisions does the Pope have?’, after our precipitous and shameful retreat, the Taliban now ask, ‘How many divisions does Blinken have?’ Biden and Blinken have given new meaning to our shooting diplomatic blanks – Blinken Blanks?
C19 response mismanagement last year is laid bare in Uncontrolled Spread (2021) by former FDA commissioner Dr Scott Gottlieb. The good doctor documents the numerous and impactive screw-ups perpetrated by the CDC, FDA, and NIH which cry out for deep and penetrating investigations to better prepare us for the next pandemic. Gottlieb highlights Warp Speed as the only government initiative undertaken correctly and against massive political opposition.
Facebook confirmed a sleazebag outfit, as demonstrated again by its corrupt censorship policy which selectively favors the high and mighty.
C19 ‘cases’ and hospitalization stats are grossly misleading and meant to support more government command and control mandates. Both cases and hospitalizations have been overwhelmingly (positively tested) asymptomatic and mild when admitted. Continuing to serve as the DNC trumpet, the lamestream has, of course, omitted mentioning any of this.
[17sep21 update] California voters got what they deserve, 'good and hard' (a la HL Mencken). Syndicated columnist Michael Barone lays out the particulars for us here. And more and more of today’s college graduates reflect the socialist crap they were taught in universities by voting Democratic.
Democrats’ planned price controls on drugs will kill America’s innovative pharma industry and will be dangerous to your health. (more here and here) The party of evil is hard at work taking the country down as fast as it can to a uniform level of misery (aka equity) that has been presaged by so many other nations adopting elitist autocratic regimes that have successfully sold central planning and control to their terminally benighted citizens.
[18sep21 update] My essay 'America the Unnatural', originally posted here on 27 June 2021, finally appeared in today's print and online editions of The Union. Unfortunately the print version was edited enough to change/omit several critical points in the submitted version. However, they did kindly post the full submitted version in their online edition (here), for which I am grateful.
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