4/5/2024
SE Cupp: Hillary Clinton ‘just can’t seem to learn’ this lesson (msn.com)
No, because she is a miserable old woman who wasn’t able to make the world in her fashion.
Stop telling people they’re terrible.
kommonsentsjane
4/7/2024
4.8 magnitude earthquake rattles New Jersey, NYC
NEW YORK – A 4.8 magnitude earthquake recorded in New Jersey that shook residents in surrounding states and New York City on Friday morning was one of the strongest in state history.
The temblor was reported about 5 miles north of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, at about 10:23 a.m. Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The epicenter was about 45 miles from New York City, where residents reported shaking furniture and floors
“Earthquakes in this region are uncommon but not unexpected. It’s likely people near the epicenter are going to feel aftershocks for this earthquake in the magnitude 2-3 range, and there’s a small chance there can be an earthquake as large or larger, following an earthquake like this,” Paul Earle, a seismologist at the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program told reporters. “In terms of our operations, this is a routine earthquake … Immediately we knew this would be of high interest and important to people who don’t feel earthquakes a lot.”
People reported feeling the shaking as far north as Maine and as far south as Norfolk, Virginia, following the quake, according to USGS. Scientists said those in the affected area should listen to local emergency officials and be prepared to seek cover if aftershocks occur.
“If you feel shaking, drop, cover and hold,” Earle said.
No major disruptions or damage have been reported in New Jersey or New York.
“We have activated our State Emergency Operations Center. Please do not call 911 unless you have an actual emergency,” said New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy.
President Joe Biden spoke with Murphy about the earthquake and the White House is monitoring the situation.
“He thinks everything’s under control,” Biden told reporters before leaving the White House for a trip to Baltimore. “He’s not too concerned about it, the governor of New Jersey, so things are all right.”
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said the quake was felt throughout New York, and officials are assessing impacts and any potential damage.
In Yonkers, New York, Mayor Mike Spano said City Hall shook but no injuries were reported.
“A few moments ago our entire house shook for about 25 seconds or so here in Mendham, New Jersey,” former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said.
USGS is still investigating the exact fault line at the center of Friday’s quake and said it occurred in a region with dozens of fault lines that were more active millions of years ago.
kommonsentsjane
4/6/2024
The theory of the Clauser caucus is that the planet Earth adjusts accordingly as it warms up. For example, they believe that clouds have a net cooling effect on the planet. So, no matter how warm it gets, the planet self-regulates.
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The common narrative about the climate of the earth is that activities of the industrial age and subsequent eras have devastated the planet.
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However, there are some lone voices in the desert who happen to think otherwise. One of these is the Nobel Prize-winning physicist, John F. Clauser.
In what turned out to be an effort to get the word out, Clauser spoke at a Baltimore conference not long ago. He stood as a mouthpiece for a group of like minds called the “climate deniers.”
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This category of people don’t deny the fact that the earth’s climate is changing. However, they don’t support the narrative that the planet is headed for an impending climate crisis.
But for Clauser’s presence at the news conference, involving a handful of people, the gathering would easily have been shrugged off as a mere racket.
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On the contrary, the contributions and support of a recent Nobel Prize Winner gave the gathering some weight. Despite their unpopular opinions about climate change, the world is starting to pay attention.
Clauser has not always been a climate denier, or if he has had that opinion for long, he never made it public before the Baltimore conference.
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So, Clauser’s statement that “there is no climate crisis” left the science world in total shock. The Nobel Prize Winner was not the only speaker at the conference.
The organization behind Clauser’s Baltimore keynote speech is called the Deposit of Faith Coalition. It is an organization with Catholic roots, and its members believe there is a conspiracy theory behind the global climate change campaign.
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According to this group, the earth’s climate crisis is a false narrative being noised by institutions like the World Economic Forum, the Vatican, and the United Nations.
John Clauser is an 80-year-old physicist who won a Nobel Prize in 2022, for his studies on light particles. According to Clauser, that research from the 1970s made many see him as crazy, because the theories were unpopular at the time.
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In comparison, Clauser claims his climate denial is just another unpopular opinion, which he has the right to hold.
A fair dose of skepticism is at the root of all scientific advancement. So, a couple of fine minds like Clauser also believe a climate apocalypse is out of the question.
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For example, the likes of Princeton’s Emeritus professor William Harper, MIT’s Richard Lindzen, and Steven Kooin—all physicists—believe global warming suits the earth just fine.
However, several climate experts around the globe have not been sympathetic with the theories of the likes of Clauser about climate change.
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The theory of the Clauser caucus is that the planet Earth adjusts accordingly as it warms up. For example, they believe that clouds have a net cooling effect on the planet. So, no matter how warm it gets, the planet self-regulates.
Climate experts like Michael Mann from the University of Pennsylvania have torn the theories of climate deniers to shreds.
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According to him, contrary to the believe that the clouds have a cooling effect, they in reality encourage warming. Mann claims that several studies have proven it that clouds help planet earth retain green house emission, causing net warming.
While the physicists and climate scientists are going for the jugular, one physicist chose to be liberal and objective. Austrian Anton Zeilinger shared the 2022 Nobel Prize with Clauser and commends the septuganerian’s scientific tact.
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Yes, Zeilinger may not accept Clauser’s theories about the earth’s climate, but he acknowledges the man’s intellect.
An interesting trend has been noticed among the climate deniers, Clauser inclusive: they are mostly physicists, and not climate scientists. So, climate experts believe these naysayers can only theorize, but cannot provide tangible evidence that planet earth is not heading towards a climate crisis.
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For example, Clauser has no peer-reviewed publication, and there are claims that some climate deniers receive research funding from fossil fuel companies.
However, Clauser insists that he does not receive any honorarium from anyone whatsoever for his unpopular views on climate change.
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In fact, since making his views public, Clauser has lost some of his affiliations. He was billed to deliver a seminar on climate models at the International Monetary Fund. However, the appointment was suddenly canceled without any reasonable explanation.
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Yes, the truth does matter.
kommonsentsjane
4/6/2024
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PublishedAugust 10, 2023
Photo illustration of President Donald Trump in court via Imagine Art
One thing is clear: In November 2022, Special Counsel Jack Smith was tasked by President Biden’s U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate former President Donald Trump.
What happened next is nothing short of the political weaponization of the U.S. Justice Department.
Trump now faces three criminal indictments, which critics believe constitute election interference with Trump reigning as the 2024 Republican Party frontrunner.
In Smith’s indictment, many Americans believe there is a factual error. Smith argues that Trump knowingly pushed false election claims about the 2020 election without evidence. Smith cites the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which has stated there was no evidence of compromised voting systems in the 2020 election.
Smith’s indictment is self-defeating and contradicts the Justice Department’s own findings. At least two Iranian hackers successfully hacking into a state election computer during the 2020 election and stole voter data and conducted cyber intimidation campaign against Republican members of Congress.
Despite this fact, Smith indicted Trump with false information. The indictment states, “The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (‘CISA’) – whose existence the Defendant signed into law to protect the nation’s cybersecurity infrastructure from attack – joined an official multi-agency statement that there was no evidence any voting system had been compromised and that declared the 2020 election ‘the most secure in American history.”
“Days later, after the CISA Director – whom the Defendant had appointed –announced publicly that election security experts were in agreement that claims of computer-based election fraud were unsubstantiated, the Defendant fired him,” the indictment added.
Making matters worse, Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz says Smith omitted a key portion of then-President Donald Trump’s speech in Washington, D.C. on January 6th. At Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally, Smith emphasized how Trump told supporters to “fight like hell,” but failed to mention Trump ordered everyone to “peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”
Trump said, “I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”
According to Smith’s own definitions and standards in the indictment, Dershowitz says he could be charged with fraud for still charging Trump and omitting his orders to be peaceful.
“Under the indictment itself, Jack Smith could be himself indicted,” Dershowitz said bluntly. “He told a direct lie in this indictment. He purported to describe the speech that President Trump made on January 6th.”
“And he left out the key words, when President Trump said, ‘I want you to demonstrate peacefully and patriotically. You know, a lie by omission, under the law, can be as serious as a lie by commission,” he added.
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