If I wanted America to fail

[ratty]

Jan 23, 2024 14:51:02 GMT walnut said:

Jan 23, 2024 12:31:01 GMT gridley said:

I keep hearing the mantra on the MSM that was have a "Conservative majority in the Supreme Court." Total BS. For yet more evidence:

notthebee.com/article/supreme-court-rules-5-4-that-biden-admin-can-tear-down-texas-border-barriers-roberts-and-barrett-rule-with-liberals

"A closely-divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed Border Patrol agents to cut through or move razor wire Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border as part of an effort by the state to prevent illegal border crossings."

Note: ILLEGAL border crossings. Because despite what the Dems want, it is still ILLEGAL to enter the US other than at an approved point. Texas is following our own state law which is fully aligned with Federal law. But the "Conservative majority" doesn't think that's OK.

And Trump himself picked this long list of traitors. Mike Pence, Amy Coney Barrett, Jeff Sessions recused himself from prosecuting Hillary in his first hour of service, Christopher Wray ransacked Trumps Florida home, the list is long.

We can hope he makes better selections if he gets another chance, having experienced the swamp up close.

[Sigurdur]

x.com/KanekoaTheGreat/status/1753202850023498016?s=20

[blustnmtn]

Feb 2, 2024 14:57:41 GMT Sigurdur said:

x.com/KanekoaTheGreat/status/1753202850023498016?s=20

But apparently about 1/2 the country and 100% of the MSM are ok with it Sig. There’s no undoing the damage that’s been done. No administration will ever have the balls to undo this mess.

[ratty]

From last year ....

The Billionaires Behind the Gas Bans

The hypocrisy of the billionaires who are funding anti-hydrocarbon campaigns, including bans on gas stoves. Natural gas bans are more about class than climate change.

The Climate Imperative Foundation is the newest and richest anti-hydrocarbon, anti-natural gas group you’ve never heard of.

How rich is Climate Imperative? According to the latest report from Guidestar, the group took in $221 million in its first full year of operation. (Guidestar calls the income “gross receipts.”) That means that Climate Imperative, which is less than three years old, is already taking in more cash than the Sierra Club, which bills itself as the “nation’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization.” According to Guidestar, the Sierra Club collected $180 million in its latest reporting year. Climate Imperative is also taking in more money than the Rocky Mountain Institute which collected about $130 million in its latest reporting year. I use those groups for comparison because they are pushing anti-gas initiatives across the country. More on them in a moment.

Etc ...

[ratty]

Blame Washington for drug shortages

....
In congressional hearings, some Washington lawmakers correctly identified the root cause of the problem — namely, margins in the generic drug industry have dropped so low that many companies are pulling out. As a result, half of generic drugs are now sourced from only one or two manufacturers. The slightest quality-control mishap, shipping delay, or demand surge can easily leave patients without the medicines they need.

Unfortunately, drug shortages are likely to get much worse in the years ahead due to the actions of some of the very same legislators expressing concern about the current shortfall.

Washington seems bound and determined to undermine the incentives that spur companies to develop and manufacture medicines — not just generic ones, but novel treatments, too. Consider just a few of the ongoing efforts to weaken the intellectual property protections that drug companies rely on to make investments in the medicines they bring to market.

President Biden just announced that he intends to upend a 40-year-old law, known as the Bayh-Dole Act, that promoted the collaboration of publicly funded university and medical school researchers and drug companies, and has led to some of the most innovative, life-saving drugs now on the market. If bureaucrats don’t like the price of these drugs, they will take control of their patents.

Etc ...

[gridley]

Feb 10, 2024 4:39:52 GMT ratty said:

Blame Washington for drug shortages

....
In congressional hearings, some Washington lawmakers correctly identified the root cause of the problem — namely, margins in the generic drug industry have dropped so low that many companies are pulling out. As a result, half of generic drugs are now sourced from only one or two manufacturers. The slightest quality-control mishap, shipping delay, or demand surge can easily leave patients without the medicines they need.

Unfortunately, drug shortages are likely to get much worse in the years ahead due to the actions of some of the very same legislators expressing concern about the current shortfall.

Washington seems bound and determined to undermine the incentives that spur companies to develop and manufacture medicines — not just generic ones, but novel treatments, too. Consider just a few of the ongoing efforts to weaken the intellectual property protections that drug companies rely on to make investments in the medicines they bring to market.

President Biden just announced that he intends to upend a 40-year-old law, known as the Bayh-Dole Act, that promoted the collaboration of publicly funded university and medical school researchers and drug companies, and has led to some of the most innovative, life-saving drugs now on the market. If bureaucrats don’t like the price of these drugs, they will take control of their patents.

Etc ...

Always remember, some of those Dem lawmakers WANT to kill off all the private companies. Then the government is "forced" to take over "for the public good". Then once they're solidly entrenched they can dictate prices and availability. If they don't WANT there to be a drug available, or readily available, it WON'T be. Doesn't matter if your (soon to be government run) insurance will pay for it, or even if you can afford it on your own on your (soon to be government provided) income.

"A government strong enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have."

[ratty]

Feb 10, 2024 14:48:02 GMT gridley said:

Feb 10, 2024 4:39:52 GMT ratty said:

Blame Washington for drug shortages

Always remember, some of those Dem lawmakers WANT to kill off all the private companies. Then the government is "forced" to take over "for the public good". Then once they're solidly entrenched they can dictate prices and availability. If they don't WANT there to be a drug available, or readily available, it WON'T be. Doesn't matter if your (soon to be government run) insurance will pay for it, or even if you can afford it on your own on your (soon to be government provided) income.

"A government strong enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have."

Something reminded me of this ....

[glennkoks]

If I wanted America to fail I would ignore warnings that our grid is highly vulnerable to an attack. Especially from the air via drones…

[gridley]

Feb 10, 2024 22:46:31 GMT ratty said:

Feb 10, 2024 14:48:02 GMT gridley said:

Always remember, some of those Dem lawmakers WANT to kill off all the private companies. Then the government is "forced" to take over "for the public good". Then once they're solidly entrenched they can dictate prices and availability. If they don't WANT there to be a drug available, or readily available, it WON'T be. Doesn't matter if your (soon to be government run) insurance will pay for it, or even if you can afford it on your own on your (soon to be government provided) income.

"A government strong enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have."

Something reminded me of this ....

I actually feel like good parents do EXACTLY this in a way - my dad wasn't throwing Heinlein at me because he wanted me to live in their basement.

[Sigurdur]

Feb 11, 2024 13:05:34 GMT glennkoks said:

If I wanted America to fail I would ignore warnings that our grid is highly vulnerable to an attack. Especially from the air via drones…

Expansion of government isn't the answer.

[glennkoks]

Feb 11, 2024 15:35:14 GMT Sigurdur said:

Feb 11, 2024 13:05:34 GMT glennkoks said:

If I wanted America to fail I would ignore warnings that our grid is highly vulnerable to an attack. Especially from the air via drones…

Expansion of government isn't the answer.

Absolutely not! We already have The Department Of Homeland Security, Coast Guard and a dozen other agencies in place. We need them communicating with each other and doing their job.

Protecting the American people.

[gridley]

Feb 11, 2024 15:35:14 GMT Sigurdur said:

Feb 11, 2024 13:05:34 GMT glennkoks said:

If I wanted America to fail I would ignore warnings that our grid is highly vulnerable to an attack. Especially from the air via drones…

Expansion of government isn't the answer.

Indeed, quite the opposite - decentralization is the answer. If we had 30 or 40 grids, one for each state of any size with only the small ones combining, we'd have tremendous resistance to attack. Best of all, each grid would decide how much redundancy it was willing to pay for itself.

[blustnmtn]

realclearwire.com/articles/2024/03/20/emissions_are_not_a_material_risk_to_investors_or_companies_secs_climate_disclosure_rule_is_1019704.html

“The Securities and Exchange Commission is at it again. Straying from its core mission of “protecting investors, maintaining fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitating capital formation,” the SEC is now taking the mantle of climate activist. Chairman Gary Gensler’s signature policy, the Climate Disclosure Rule, was just approved in a partisan 3-2 vote. Companies will now have to disclose direct and indirect emissions that they produce to investors. This rule, in the guise of informing investors of material risks in companies, will overwhelm investors with information that is unrelated to actual risks to a company’s performance.”

[ratty]

Mar 23, 2024 22:56:15 GMT blustnmtn said:

realclearwire.com/articles/2024/03/20/emissions_are_not_a_material_risk_to_investors_or_companies_secs_climate_disclosure_rule_is_1019704.html

“The Securities and Exchange Commission is at it again. Straying from its core mission of “protecting investors, maintaining fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitating capital formation,” the SEC is now taking the mantle of climate activist. Chairman Gary Gensler’s signature policy, the Climate Disclosure Rule, was just approved in a partisan 3-2 vote. Companies will now have to disclose direct and indirect emissions that they produce to investors. This rule, in the guise of informing investors of material risks in companies, will overwhelm investors with information that is unrelated to actual risks to a company’s performance.”

Overreach!

[Sigurdur]

Mar 23, 2024 22:56:15 GMT blustnmtn said:

realclearwire.com/articles/2024/03/20/emissions_are_not_a_material_risk_to_investors_or_companies_secs_climate_disclosure_rule_is_1019704.html

“The Securities and Exchange Commission is at it again. Straying from its core mission of “protecting investors, maintaining fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitating capital formation,” the SEC is now taking the mantle of climate activist. Chairman Gary Gensler’s signature policy, the Climate Disclosure Rule, was just approved in a partisan 3-2 vote. Companies will now have to disclose direct and indirect emissions that they produce to investors. This rule, in the guise of informing investors of material risks in companies, will overwhelm investors with information that is unrelated to actual risks to a company’s performance.”

It just keeps getting stupider