Germany turns off the hot water: Hanover becomes first big city to ban hot water in public buildings in response to Russian gas crisis

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by Boo_Randy You will use ze cold water…you will LIKE ze cold water…. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11058375/Germany-turns-hot-water-Hanover-ban-hot-water-response-Russian-gas-crisis.html The Germany city of Hanover has become the first big city in Europe to ban hot water and central heating in public buildings in response to Vladimir Putin‘s weaponizing of gas supplies. The drastic step comes as Germans have been told to expect sky … Read more

Democrats planning legislation to ban stock trading in Congress.

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https://www.businessinsider.com/congress-stock-trading-house-dems-close-proposing-ban-report-2022-7 The ban would make these lawmakers, spouses, and staffers choose between putting their assets in a blind trust — giving up control to an independent third party — or selling them altogether. The move came in the wake of Insider’s “Conflicted Congress” project, which showed widespread violation of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge … Read more

10-year minus 2-year has gone negative again. This has been a reliable predictor of bad economic times in a 6 to 18 month horizon.

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In addition to the two negative quarters we’ve already had, this is warning of additional pain down the road. GDP fell 0.9% in the second quarter, the second straight decline and a strong recession signal Gross domestic product fell 0.9% at an annualized pace for the period, according to the advance estimate. That follows a … Read more

Mayor of DC calls for National Guard to assist with illegal immigrants.

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BREAKING: DC @MayorBowser requests @DCNationalGuard activated indefinitely to help migrant busses arriving in DC. Calling it a “humanitarian crisis” that has reached a “tipping point” with 4,000 migrants so far. Requesting DC Armory be used as processing center. @nbcwashington — Mark Segraves (@SegravesNBC4) July 28, 2022 “Not in my backyard” – Mayor Bowser DC Mayor … Read more

Chicago Mayor Lightfoot refusing to pay speeding, red light tickets as they pile up: report

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Multiple police-driven vehicles used to transport Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot have reportedly racked up multiple traffic tickets that have gone unpaid despite the mayor’s advocacy for stricter speed cameras in the city. The mayor’s office responded to the report in a statement Tuesday. Two of the SUVs used to shuttle Lightfoot throughout Chicago have accumulated three speed … Read more

Gas Levy Could Triple Household Heating Bills In Germany

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By Charles Kennedy Germany plans to introduce a levy for all its gas consumers beginning in October as the government looks to avoid a wave of collapsing gas-importing and gas-trading companies amid record-high natural gas prices, a new bill seen by Reuters showed on Thursday. Russia is further reducing flows via Nord Stream this week, to just 20% … Read more

BEWARE! The FBI is now raiding the safe deposit boxes of perfectly innocent Americans and seizing contents.

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First, the FBI raided a private business to seize safe deposit boxes and assets belonging to hundreds of people who were not suspected of having committed any crimes. Now, prosecutors are trying to keep the public in the dark about why the brazen forfeiture effort was undertaken in the first place—and are offering little justification … Read more

Now ‘Squad’ claims guns marketed using ‘white supremacy’ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez cites tattoo in ad to support contention

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Members of “The Squad,” a group of left-wing members of the House of Representatives, accused firearms manufacturers of using white supremacy in the marketing of firearms Wednesday. Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts made the claims during a hearing of the House Oversight and Reform Committee targeting the marketing … Read more

HOW CANCEL CULTURE BOOSTS THE POWERFUL — AT EVERYONE ELSE’S EXPENSE.

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When Washington Post reporter David Weigel retweeted a joke in early June, he probably didn’t expect to be suspended without pay for a month, or for it to lead to a newsroom blowup culminating in another reporter’s firing and a very public black eye for the Post. Comedian Dave Chappelle probably didn’t expect to have his show at First … Read more

Wikipedia Experts hard at work to redefine a word ‘Recession’

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by laflammaster https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Recession&offset=&limit=100&action=history Caption: I wonder why so many edits https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Recession&offset=&limit=100&action=history Caption: Something happened on 25th… Past: 2 quarters of negative growth (GDP) Now: Subjective metrics – not just GDP, nothing clearly defined.

“Those Who Play With Fire Eventually Get Burned”: Xi Tells Biden On Taiwan

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‘China’s President Xi Jinping warned Joe Biden ‘those who play with fire will get burned’ during a two-hour call Thursday morning amid rising tensions over Taiwan, according to Chinese state media. The fifth call between the world leaders since President Biden took office comes amid simmering tensions and a potential impending visit to Taiwan from … Read more