Posts for: Oldsailor65
Apr 26, 2024 11:41:15 #
George's Midnight Ritual
90-year-old George went for his annual physical. All of his tests came back with normal results. Dr. Darns said, "George, everything looks great physically. How are you doing mentally and emotionally? Are you at peace with yourself, and do you have a good relationship with your God?"
George replied, "God and me are tight. He knows I have poor eyesight, so he's fixed it so that when I get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom (poof!) the light goes on when I pee, and then (poof!) the light goes off when I'm done."
"Wow," commented Dr. Darnes, "that's incredible!"
A little later in the day Dr. Darnes called George's wife. "Thelma," he said, "George is just fine. Physically he's great. But I had to call because I'm in awe of his relationship with God. Is it true that he gets up during the night and (poof!) the light goes on in the bathroom, and then (poof!) the light goes off?"
Thelma exclaimed, "That old fool! He's been peeing in the refrigerator again!"
https://www.ba-bamail.com/jokes/senior-jokes/?jokeid=696
90-year-old George went for his annual physical. All of his tests came back with normal results. Dr. Darns said, "George, everything looks great physically. How are you doing mentally and emotionally? Are you at peace with yourself, and do you have a good relationship with your God?"
George replied, "God and me are tight. He knows I have poor eyesight, so he's fixed it so that when I get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom (poof!) the light goes on when I pee, and then (poof!) the light goes off when I'm done."
"Wow," commented Dr. Darnes, "that's incredible!"
A little later in the day Dr. Darnes called George's wife. "Thelma," he said, "George is just fine. Physically he's great. But I had to call because I'm in awe of his relationship with God. Is it true that he gets up during the night and (poof!) the light goes on in the bathroom, and then (poof!) the light goes off?"
Thelma exclaimed, "That old fool! He's been peeing in the refrigerator again!"
https://www.ba-bamail.com/jokes/senior-jokes/?jokeid=696
Apr 26, 2024 11:37:48 #
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8 Changes Biden Made To Title IX
Just to inform all you liberals, this is satair from “The Bee”
https://babylonbee.com/news/8-changes-biden-made-to-title-ix?utm_source=The%20Babylon%20Bee%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email
President Joe Biden made significant changes to Title IX last week, expanding the definition of the word "woman" to an emoji of someone shrugging followed by a p***e f**g. There were other changes, however, that flew under the radar.
The Babylon Bee has compiled the following comprehensive list of Title IX changes imposed by the Biden administration:
1...Every women's bathroom must now have glitter dispensers for d**g q***ns: It's always important to freshen up with new glitter after a trip to the restroom.
2...Breastfeeding in public is outlawed as it may make t***s women feel inadequate: Making the men pretending to be women feel more comfortable is always the top priority.
3...Free testicular cancer screenings for all women's athletic programs: It's a little-known fact that men make up 100% of the testicular cancer cases in women's sports.
4...Maximum beard length standards for women's sports: Player safety takes a hit when athletes are tripping over their long, dwarf-like beards.
5...Women's sports will get 22% more funding now that men can play: Being willing to embrace change can sometimes pay off!
6...All teams must have at least one designated gross pervert: Expect long lines at the tryouts to fill the DGP positions.
7...Ladies' rooms must now have an equal number of toilets and urinals: No discrimination against dudes in the ladies' room will be tolerated.
8...All women's teams will be required to have at least one r**l w***n: It's antiquated, yes, but tradition must be upheld.
Don't worry, many of these changes will be completely unnoticeable…as long as you don't notice half of the incoming freshmen on the teams being 6'5" with deep voices and full beards.
Just to inform all you liberals, this is satair from “The Bee”
https://babylonbee.com/news/8-changes-biden-made-to-title-ix?utm_source=The%20Babylon%20Bee%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email
President Joe Biden made significant changes to Title IX last week, expanding the definition of the word "woman" to an emoji of someone shrugging followed by a p***e f**g. There were other changes, however, that flew under the radar.
The Babylon Bee has compiled the following comprehensive list of Title IX changes imposed by the Biden administration:
1...Every women's bathroom must now have glitter dispensers for d**g q***ns: It's always important to freshen up with new glitter after a trip to the restroom.
2...Breastfeeding in public is outlawed as it may make t***s women feel inadequate: Making the men pretending to be women feel more comfortable is always the top priority.
3...Free testicular cancer screenings for all women's athletic programs: It's a little-known fact that men make up 100% of the testicular cancer cases in women's sports.
4...Maximum beard length standards for women's sports: Player safety takes a hit when athletes are tripping over their long, dwarf-like beards.
5...Women's sports will get 22% more funding now that men can play: Being willing to embrace change can sometimes pay off!
6...All teams must have at least one designated gross pervert: Expect long lines at the tryouts to fill the DGP positions.
7...Ladies' rooms must now have an equal number of toilets and urinals: No discrimination against dudes in the ladies' room will be tolerated.
8...All women's teams will be required to have at least one r**l w***n: It's antiquated, yes, but tradition must be upheld.
Don't worry, many of these changes will be completely unnoticeable…as long as you don't notice half of the incoming freshmen on the teams being 6'5" with deep voices and full beards.
Apr 26, 2024 11:27:08 #
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SOCIETYNEWS I Went to New York University’s Anti-Israel Protests. Here’s What I Saw.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/23/i-went-new-york-universitys-anti-israel-protests-heres-what-i-saw/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Top5
NEW YORK CITY—“There is only one solution: Intifada revolution!”
That was one of many chants and slogans yelled into a bullhorn at a pro-Palestinian rally in Washington Square Park in New York City on Tuesday. It’s one of many pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protests that have taken place on or near college campuses since the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and the subsequent war in Gaza.
The protests formed after a pro-Palestinian encampment at New York University that included faculty and students was cleared out by the New York Police Department on Monday night.
The protesters yelled at anyone standing in the crowd with a camera and told people they identified as media to “get to the back.” They also yelled chants making clear that “Z*****ts” were not welcome.
Other chants included “U.S. imperialist, No. 1 terrorist.”
The protesters frequently shouted “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” Typically, the river that refers to is the Jordan River and the sea is the Mediterranean, though the protesters did not name them specifically.
Another common refrain was that “resistance is justified,” and several signs, which appeared to be all printed together and distributed to the crowd, read “Resist colonial power by any means necessary.”
Several other signs read “Z*****t donors and trustees, hands off our universities.”
Many printed and handmade signs demanded that NYU “divest” from Israel. That’s a movement on college campuses and elsewhere that demands institutions and companies divest their financial support from anything attached to Israel.
One sign said that all walls, “from Gaza to Mexico,” need to be taken down.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/23/i-went-new-york-universitys-anti-israel-protests-heres-what-i-saw/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Top5
NEW YORK CITY—“There is only one solution: Intifada revolution!”
That was one of many chants and slogans yelled into a bullhorn at a pro-Palestinian rally in Washington Square Park in New York City on Tuesday. It’s one of many pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protests that have taken place on or near college campuses since the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and the subsequent war in Gaza.
The protests formed after a pro-Palestinian encampment at New York University that included faculty and students was cleared out by the New York Police Department on Monday night.
The protesters yelled at anyone standing in the crowd with a camera and told people they identified as media to “get to the back.” They also yelled chants making clear that “Z*****ts” were not welcome.
Other chants included “U.S. imperialist, No. 1 terrorist.”
The protesters frequently shouted “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” Typically, the river that refers to is the Jordan River and the sea is the Mediterranean, though the protesters did not name them specifically.
Another common refrain was that “resistance is justified,” and several signs, which appeared to be all printed together and distributed to the crowd, read “Resist colonial power by any means necessary.”
Several other signs read “Z*****t donors and trustees, hands off our universities.”
Many printed and handmade signs demanded that NYU “divest” from Israel. That’s a movement on college campuses and elsewhere that demands institutions and companies divest their financial support from anything attached to Israel.
One sign said that all walls, “from Gaza to Mexico,” need to be taken down.
Apr 26, 2024 11:21:00 #
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Largest Christian University in America Gets Fined $37 Million. Coincidence or Targeted Attack?
Grand Canyon University, America's largest Christian university, faces a federal fine of $37 million in what the school's defenders call a targeted attack. (Photo illustration: SDI Productions/Getty Images)
A dust storm of political madness is brewing in Phoenix as Grand Canyon University faces the continued threats of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona.
Christians have watched as the Biden administration attacks biblical views left and right, with a particularly vehement disregard for the sanctity of life and marriage. As such, it can’t be too surprising that Cardona, a part of this l*****t administration, has vowed to shut down America’s largest Christian university.
In late October, Grand Canyon University was hit with “a $37.7 million fine brought by the federal government over allegations that it lied to students about the cost of its programs,” The Associated Press reported—an accusation that GCU President Brian Mueller described as “ridiculous.”
Around the same time, Liberty University, America’s second-largest Christian university, also was fined $37 million “over alleged underreporting of crimes.”
Grand Canyon University appealed its fine in November even though a hearing is not expected until January 2025. But the question Mueller has is one of integrity. Is this genuine consideration for the well-being of students, or is this a targeted attack against religious institutions?
“It’s interesting, isn’t it, that the two largest Christian universities in the country, this one and Liberty University, are both being fined almost the identical amount at almost the identical time?” GCU’s president speculated in a speech. “Now is there a cause and effect there? I don’t know. But it’s a fact.”
The House Appropriations Committee held a hearing early this month about the Biden administration’s decision to “crack down on GCU and other universities like it.”
During the proceedings, Cardona and Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., made their disapproval of Grand Canyon University and similar universities obvious. “[W]e are cracking down not only to shut them down, but to send a message to not prey on students,” Cardona said.
Supporters of GCU agree that the fine seems unprecedented and motivated by ideological bias. American Principles Project Policy Director Jon Schweppe said: “The federal government’s education agenda is punishing schools that do not conform to their progressive ideology. It’s time we take a stand against this egregious abuse of power.”
Another conservative think tank, the Goldwater Institute, sued the Education Department for “refusing to turn over” public documents “that explain why” the agency fined GCU. The goal of the lawsuit is to unmask the reason behind the fine.
“With its motto of ‘private, Christian, affordable’ and its track record of graduating students into high-demand and high-paying jobs, GCU is a success story by any metric. And it stands apart from universities across the country that are facing declining enrollment, that are indoctrinating students with radical politics, and that are under attack for failing to defend the First Amendment,” the Goldwater Institute wrote. “So then why are the feds targeting GCU, a popular university that seems to be doing everything right? That’s exactly what we’re going to find out.”
Although immense uncertainty still surrounds this case, Grand Canyon University’s president took the time to share with The Washington Stand how his staff, faculty, and students are faring and how believers everywhere can help.
Mueller emphasized that GCU has faced various issues over the years. But despite the government’s action, he said he wanted people to know that “interestingly enough … it has had zero impact on anything that we’re doing.”
He continued: “The enrollments are just continuing to grow … [and] the morale is very high in terms of our faculty and staff. The campus is extremely vibrant. I mean, the students absolutely love this place. They’re extremely loyal to [the school] and so we just keep marching through it.”
And although the fine that Grand Canyon University was dealt by the Education Department is “a problem,” Mueller said, he is thankful that GCU remains optimistic.
Christian “mission, not politics, is our motivation and it is our hope,” he told The Washington Stand. As a university, Mueller explained, GCU exists to “pour into” the community around it.
“[O]ur reach into the neighborhood and caring for disadvantaged populations has been a way to live out our faith” in a way “that has risen above … political divide,” Mueller said. Ultimately, with support from “both sides of the aisle” in Arizona, he noted, “all the issues we have are with a very small number of people in Washington D.C.”
“We encourage people to be involved politically and v**e,” Mueller said, adding: “But our faith will stand above the politics always, and our politics will never become our religion.”
Because, for “many people in our country today, their politics have become their religion, and that’s when things … go really bad in our society,” he said.
Mueller pointed out that Grand Canyon University is “trying to be an example of a Christian community that can rise above those things and focus on helping people” through service, as Scripture calls believers to do.
Mueller concluded with a request for prayer as the university works through these troubling times, and for “the hearts of certain people in Washington, D.C. to be softened.” He added that “it’s hard to make progress and resolve differences when people just … don’t want to talk to each other.”
Grand Canyon University, America's largest Christian university, faces a federal fine of $37 million in what the school's defenders call a targeted attack. (Photo illustration: SDI Productions/Getty Images)
A dust storm of political madness is brewing in Phoenix as Grand Canyon University faces the continued threats of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona.
Christians have watched as the Biden administration attacks biblical views left and right, with a particularly vehement disregard for the sanctity of life and marriage. As such, it can’t be too surprising that Cardona, a part of this l*****t administration, has vowed to shut down America’s largest Christian university.
In late October, Grand Canyon University was hit with “a $37.7 million fine brought by the federal government over allegations that it lied to students about the cost of its programs,” The Associated Press reported—an accusation that GCU President Brian Mueller described as “ridiculous.”
Around the same time, Liberty University, America’s second-largest Christian university, also was fined $37 million “over alleged underreporting of crimes.”
Grand Canyon University appealed its fine in November even though a hearing is not expected until January 2025. But the question Mueller has is one of integrity. Is this genuine consideration for the well-being of students, or is this a targeted attack against religious institutions?
“It’s interesting, isn’t it, that the two largest Christian universities in the country, this one and Liberty University, are both being fined almost the identical amount at almost the identical time?” GCU’s president speculated in a speech. “Now is there a cause and effect there? I don’t know. But it’s a fact.”
The House Appropriations Committee held a hearing early this month about the Biden administration’s decision to “crack down on GCU and other universities like it.”
During the proceedings, Cardona and Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., made their disapproval of Grand Canyon University and similar universities obvious. “[W]e are cracking down not only to shut them down, but to send a message to not prey on students,” Cardona said.
Supporters of GCU agree that the fine seems unprecedented and motivated by ideological bias. American Principles Project Policy Director Jon Schweppe said: “The federal government’s education agenda is punishing schools that do not conform to their progressive ideology. It’s time we take a stand against this egregious abuse of power.”
Another conservative think tank, the Goldwater Institute, sued the Education Department for “refusing to turn over” public documents “that explain why” the agency fined GCU. The goal of the lawsuit is to unmask the reason behind the fine.
“With its motto of ‘private, Christian, affordable’ and its track record of graduating students into high-demand and high-paying jobs, GCU is a success story by any metric. And it stands apart from universities across the country that are facing declining enrollment, that are indoctrinating students with radical politics, and that are under attack for failing to defend the First Amendment,” the Goldwater Institute wrote. “So then why are the feds targeting GCU, a popular university that seems to be doing everything right? That’s exactly what we’re going to find out.”
Although immense uncertainty still surrounds this case, Grand Canyon University’s president took the time to share with The Washington Stand how his staff, faculty, and students are faring and how believers everywhere can help.
Mueller emphasized that GCU has faced various issues over the years. But despite the government’s action, he said he wanted people to know that “interestingly enough … it has had zero impact on anything that we’re doing.”
He continued: “The enrollments are just continuing to grow … [and] the morale is very high in terms of our faculty and staff. The campus is extremely vibrant. I mean, the students absolutely love this place. They’re extremely loyal to [the school] and so we just keep marching through it.”
And although the fine that Grand Canyon University was dealt by the Education Department is “a problem,” Mueller said, he is thankful that GCU remains optimistic.
Christian “mission, not politics, is our motivation and it is our hope,” he told The Washington Stand. As a university, Mueller explained, GCU exists to “pour into” the community around it.
“[O]ur reach into the neighborhood and caring for disadvantaged populations has been a way to live out our faith” in a way “that has risen above … political divide,” Mueller said. Ultimately, with support from “both sides of the aisle” in Arizona, he noted, “all the issues we have are with a very small number of people in Washington D.C.”
“We encourage people to be involved politically and v**e,” Mueller said, adding: “But our faith will stand above the politics always, and our politics will never become our religion.”
Because, for “many people in our country today, their politics have become their religion, and that’s when things … go really bad in our society,” he said.
Mueller pointed out that Grand Canyon University is “trying to be an example of a Christian community that can rise above those things and focus on helping people” through service, as Scripture calls believers to do.
Mueller concluded with a request for prayer as the university works through these troubling times, and for “the hearts of certain people in Washington, D.C. to be softened.” He added that “it’s hard to make progress and resolve differences when people just … don’t want to talk to each other.”
Apr 26, 2024 11:11:05 #
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Rapist who impregnated 14-year-old girl to lose his testicles as part of his sentence
https://www.theblaze.com/news/rapist-who-impregnated-14-year-old-girl-to-lose-his-testicles-as-part-of-his-sentence?utm_source=theblaze-dailyAM&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter%20AM%20Premium%20Test%202024-04-26&utm_term=ACTIVE%20LIST%20-%20TheBlaze%20Daily%20AM&tpcc=email-premiumtest
ALouisiana man who admitted to raping a girl when she was a young teenager has opted to undergo surgical castration as part of his sentence.
The case began in July 2022, when a young woman went to the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office to make a disturbing report about Glenn Sullivan Sr. of Springfield, Louisiana, about 40 miles east of Baton Rouge. According to the young woman, Sullivan "had raped her multiple times when she was just 14-years-old," said a Facebook post from the office of District Attorney Scott M. Perrilloux.
The girl had become pregnant as a result of the attacks. A DNA test of her child later confirmed that Sullivan is the father.
An investigation into the case also revealed that Sullivan, who is now 54 years old, first g***med the girl into the assaults. He then threatened her and her family with violence to keep them quiet about them, the DA's office said.
Last week, Sullivan pled guilty to four counts of second-degree rape.
Louisiana law takes the rape of a minor very seriously and imposes harsh penalties on those convicted of it. In some cases, convicted rapists in Louisiana can even be ordered to undergo chemical or surgical castration as part of their sentence.
Judge William D**es must have believed that Sullivan's case warranted castration, as he issued the order for it. However, the method of castration was left up to Sullivan. As part of his plea agreement, Sullivan chose surgery.
"I want to say I've had three people ordered to be chemically castrated, but, to my knowledge, this is the first physical castration to be ordered," said assistant District Attorney Brad Cascio.
Exactly when Sullivan will undergo the procedure is unclear. The state Department of Corrections usually oversees the chemical and surgical castration of prisoners. A DOC spokesperson declined to comment except to say that surgical castrations are "very rare."
Cascio claimed that the surgery to remove Sullivan's testicles could occur as late as the "week prior to his release." As he has also been sentenced to 50 years behind bars, Sullivan's scrotum could remain intact for another half-century.
Whether the surgery happens now or later, Cascio, Perrilloux, and others in the district attorney's office are grateful that a dangerous predator like Sullivan will never be able to harm another child. Perrilloux also expressed admiration for the courageous young woman who demanded justice for the sexual abuse against her.
"So many of these types of cases go unreported because of fear," he said. "The strength it must have taken for this young woman to tell the t***h in the face of threats and adversity is truly incredible."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiDc0h5z8UU
https://www.theblaze.com/news/rapist-who-impregnated-14-year-old-girl-to-lose-his-testicles-as-part-of-his-sentence?utm_source=theblaze-dailyAM&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter%20AM%20Premium%20Test%202024-04-26&utm_term=ACTIVE%20LIST%20-%20TheBlaze%20Daily%20AM&tpcc=email-premiumtest
ALouisiana man who admitted to raping a girl when she was a young teenager has opted to undergo surgical castration as part of his sentence.
The case began in July 2022, when a young woman went to the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office to make a disturbing report about Glenn Sullivan Sr. of Springfield, Louisiana, about 40 miles east of Baton Rouge. According to the young woman, Sullivan "had raped her multiple times when she was just 14-years-old," said a Facebook post from the office of District Attorney Scott M. Perrilloux.
The girl had become pregnant as a result of the attacks. A DNA test of her child later confirmed that Sullivan is the father.
An investigation into the case also revealed that Sullivan, who is now 54 years old, first g***med the girl into the assaults. He then threatened her and her family with violence to keep them quiet about them, the DA's office said.
Last week, Sullivan pled guilty to four counts of second-degree rape.
Louisiana law takes the rape of a minor very seriously and imposes harsh penalties on those convicted of it. In some cases, convicted rapists in Louisiana can even be ordered to undergo chemical or surgical castration as part of their sentence.
Judge William D**es must have believed that Sullivan's case warranted castration, as he issued the order for it. However, the method of castration was left up to Sullivan. As part of his plea agreement, Sullivan chose surgery.
"I want to say I've had three people ordered to be chemically castrated, but, to my knowledge, this is the first physical castration to be ordered," said assistant District Attorney Brad Cascio.
Exactly when Sullivan will undergo the procedure is unclear. The state Department of Corrections usually oversees the chemical and surgical castration of prisoners. A DOC spokesperson declined to comment except to say that surgical castrations are "very rare."
Cascio claimed that the surgery to remove Sullivan's testicles could occur as late as the "week prior to his release." As he has also been sentenced to 50 years behind bars, Sullivan's scrotum could remain intact for another half-century.
Whether the surgery happens now or later, Cascio, Perrilloux, and others in the district attorney's office are grateful that a dangerous predator like Sullivan will never be able to harm another child. Perrilloux also expressed admiration for the courageous young woman who demanded justice for the sexual abuse against her.
"So many of these types of cases go unreported because of fear," he said. "The strength it must have taken for this young woman to tell the t***h in the face of threats and adversity is truly incredible."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiDc0h5z8UU
Apr 26, 2024 11:06:37 #
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13-year-old punk accused of stealing woman's purse, punching her, throwing her to ground; but he's soon kissing concrete, too
https://www.theblaze.com/news/13-year-old-punk-accused-of-stealing-womans-purse-punching-her-throwing-her-to-ground-but-hes-soon-kissing-concrete-too?utm_source=theblaze-dailyAM&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter%20AM%20Premium%20Test%202024-04-26&utm_term=ACTIVE%20LIST%20-%20TheBlaze%20Daily%20AM&tpcc=email-premiumtest
Seattle police released new video Wednesday depicting what they say shows a 13-year-old male stealing a woman's purse, throwing her to the ground, and punching her in the face, KOMO-TV reported.
The clip also shows officers arresting the suspect, the station said, adding that it all took place April 6.
What are the details?
Officers were called to a pharmacy in the 2600 block of Southwest Barton Street over reports of a strong-arm robbery, police told KOMO.
A woman told police she and an employee confronted a group of teens inside the store for not paying for items, the station said, adding that the woman told police one of the teens approached her and took her purse before running toward the exit.
Officials told KOMO the woman chased after the teen and caught up to him at the store's entrance.
But the teen grabbed her shirt and threw her to the ground, police told the station.
When she got back up to chase him, the teen punched her in the face, KOMO added.
Surveillance video shows the teen squaring up to the woman like a boxer, seemingly daring her to fight him — and that's when he's seen walloping her with a left hook:
Police said the teen suspect and group ran eastbound on Southwest Barton Street, KOMO said.
The victim called police, and officers found the suspect and two other teens near 18th Avenue Southwest and Southwest Barton Street, police told the station.
But it didn't appear to be an easy collar; video shows the kid lunging forward before cops surround him and introduce him to the surface of the street.
KOMO reported that the 13-year-old male was arrested and booked into the Judge Patricia H. Clark Children and Family Justice Center for investigation of robbery. Police added to the station that the two others were identified and released, the station said.
The full clip is below:
https://rumble.com/v4rpvr2-13-year-old-punk-accused-of-stealing-womans-purse-punching-he.html
https://www.theblaze.com/news/13-year-old-punk-accused-of-stealing-womans-purse-punching-her-throwing-her-to-ground-but-hes-soon-kissing-concrete-too?utm_source=theblaze-dailyAM&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter%20AM%20Premium%20Test%202024-04-26&utm_term=ACTIVE%20LIST%20-%20TheBlaze%20Daily%20AM&tpcc=email-premiumtest
Seattle police released new video Wednesday depicting what they say shows a 13-year-old male stealing a woman's purse, throwing her to the ground, and punching her in the face, KOMO-TV reported.
The clip also shows officers arresting the suspect, the station said, adding that it all took place April 6.
What are the details?
Officers were called to a pharmacy in the 2600 block of Southwest Barton Street over reports of a strong-arm robbery, police told KOMO.
A woman told police she and an employee confronted a group of teens inside the store for not paying for items, the station said, adding that the woman told police one of the teens approached her and took her purse before running toward the exit.
Officials told KOMO the woman chased after the teen and caught up to him at the store's entrance.
But the teen grabbed her shirt and threw her to the ground, police told the station.
When she got back up to chase him, the teen punched her in the face, KOMO added.
Surveillance video shows the teen squaring up to the woman like a boxer, seemingly daring her to fight him — and that's when he's seen walloping her with a left hook:
Police said the teen suspect and group ran eastbound on Southwest Barton Street, KOMO said.
The victim called police, and officers found the suspect and two other teens near 18th Avenue Southwest and Southwest Barton Street, police told the station.
But it didn't appear to be an easy collar; video shows the kid lunging forward before cops surround him and introduce him to the surface of the street.
KOMO reported that the 13-year-old male was arrested and booked into the Judge Patricia H. Clark Children and Family Justice Center for investigation of robbery. Police added to the station that the two others were identified and released, the station said.
The full clip is below:
https://rumble.com/v4rpvr2-13-year-old-punk-accused-of-stealing-womans-purse-punching-he.html
Apr 25, 2024 17:28:27 #
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Just Representing My Country’: MLB Umps Force Cubs Pitcher to Ditch Glove with American F**g Patch
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2024/04/25/just-representing-my-country-mlb-umps-force-cubs-pitcher-to-ditch-glove-with-american-f**g-patch/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=daily&utm_campaign=20240425
Major League Baseball umpires made Chicago Cubs pitcher Luke Little ditch his glove Wednesday because it had a small American f**g patch on one of its fingers.
The decision came during Chicago’s 4-3 victory over the Houston Astros when Little prepared to take the mound in the seventh inning.
But as the umps looked him over before heading onto the field, they told him he would not be allowed to use the glove with the small f**g patch.
The issue was the American f**g was on his glove,” said Cubs manager Craig Counsell, according to Fox News. “Pitchers’ gloves, they’re pretty strict about not having white on the pitchers’ gloves. Apparently, the f**g had what could be a distraction to the hitter.”
The Cubs reported that Little was forced to use a brand-new glove that had not been broken in.
“I had to beat it a little bit, try and get it flexed out,” Little told reporters after the game. “Of all the things to do is breaking in a glove during a game.”
After the game, Little jumped to his X account to tell fans he is “proud to be an American.”
Little added that he has been using the black glove with the small f**g patch since his days in Single-A baseball.
“The cubbies told me that they had got an email from MLB that I’m not allowed to wear it,” Little added. “But I just didn’t assume that they were just going to just cut me. It’s not like it has an advantage in the game. It’s not like it blinds the hitters. Just representing my country.
“Just a whole debacle. Got to get ready without it and throw through it,” he insisted.
Wednesday’s appearance on the mound was his ninth game for the Cubs this year. He has allowed two runs and five hits during the 8.1 innings he has pitched for the North Siders. Last year, he only played seven games for the Cubs.
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2024/04/25/just-representing-my-country-mlb-umps-force-cubs-pitcher-to-ditch-glove-with-american-f**g-patch/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=daily&utm_campaign=20240425
Major League Baseball umpires made Chicago Cubs pitcher Luke Little ditch his glove Wednesday because it had a small American f**g patch on one of its fingers.
The decision came during Chicago’s 4-3 victory over the Houston Astros when Little prepared to take the mound in the seventh inning.
But as the umps looked him over before heading onto the field, they told him he would not be allowed to use the glove with the small f**g patch.
The issue was the American f**g was on his glove,” said Cubs manager Craig Counsell, according to Fox News. “Pitchers’ gloves, they’re pretty strict about not having white on the pitchers’ gloves. Apparently, the f**g had what could be a distraction to the hitter.”
The Cubs reported that Little was forced to use a brand-new glove that had not been broken in.
“I had to beat it a little bit, try and get it flexed out,” Little told reporters after the game. “Of all the things to do is breaking in a glove during a game.”
After the game, Little jumped to his X account to tell fans he is “proud to be an American.”
Little added that he has been using the black glove with the small f**g patch since his days in Single-A baseball.
“The cubbies told me that they had got an email from MLB that I’m not allowed to wear it,” Little added. “But I just didn’t assume that they were just going to just cut me. It’s not like it has an advantage in the game. It’s not like it blinds the hitters. Just representing my country.
“Just a whole debacle. Got to get ready without it and throw through it,” he insisted.
Wednesday’s appearance on the mound was his ninth game for the Cubs this year. He has allowed two runs and five hits during the 8.1 innings he has pitched for the North Siders. Last year, he only played seven games for the Cubs.
Apr 25, 2024 15:30:01 #
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Electric car shuts down, traps the driver inside, then catches fire.
https://twitter.com/iluminatibot/status/1783283797296902605?t=DbBeFxGLQBXHm_PH4lzfXg&s=03
Electric car shuts down, traps the driver inside, then catches fire.
Luckily, he managed to escape by smashing a window before it caught fire
https://rumble.com/v4rkfbl-electric-car-shuts-down-traps-the-driver-inside-then-catches-fire..html
https://twitter.com/iluminatibot/status/1783283797296902605?t=DbBeFxGLQBXHm_PH4lzfXg&s=03
Electric car shuts down, traps the driver inside, then catches fire.
Luckily, he managed to escape by smashing a window before it caught fire
https://rumble.com/v4rkfbl-electric-car-shuts-down-traps-the-driver-inside-then-catches-fire..html
Apr 25, 2024 14:52:49 #
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saltwind 78 wrote:
Old, You forgot to write about the most important ... (show quote)
The best thing humans could do for this planet would be to produce fewer humans. We do not need more people anyplace on this planet and especially in this country. Biden's Millions are going to destroy this country.
Apr 25, 2024 12:16:23 #
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kemmer wrote:
She was the most effective Speaker the House had in decades. Compare the clown fest Republican Speakers of late.
Admit it: You and the rest of yer crew who are all members of the OPP-Squad daily take "Stupid Lessons" which you all excel in.
Apr 25, 2024 12:10:46 #
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10 Famous P**********l Quotes If All Presidents Spoke Like Joe Biden
Just to inform all you liberals, this is satair from “The Bee”
https://babylonbee.com/news/10-famous-quotes-if-other-presidents-talked-like-joe-biden?utm_source=The%20Babylon%20Bee%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email
Have you ever noticed that Joe Biden has a funny way of speaking? From his endearing way of retelling events that never happened to his uncanny ability to make up new words on the spot, it's a fascinating testament to his abilities as a communicator. If only other presidents throughout history could do the same thing!
The Babylon Bee is here to provide the following glimpse at what it would have been like if other presidents spoke like Joe Biden:
"Four score and seven… eight hundred… sixty-five million… billion million… years… anyway…": Honest Abe spitting numbers Joe Biden style is how it should be done.
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this...uh, you know... the thing!": A truly powerful moment in history from Ronald Reagan.
"We choose to go to the moon not because it is easy but because my uncle was eaten by cannibals. True story, folks.": The space race was never the same after this gem from JFK.
"Look, fat, get off my plane!": Who could forget this classic line from President Harrison Ford?
"Yesterday, December 47th, a day that will live in infamanarathgary, America was attacked by the air and naval forces of the Empire of Mexico.": Franklin D. Roosevelt with one of the nation's most somber messages.
"Ask not what your country can do for you… ask… ask what… ask not what you can do for… ask things.": John F. Kennedy with an inspiring word from a golden era of history.
"That depends on what the definition of 'start quote' is 'end quote' is.": Bill Clinton got himself out of hot water with this shrewd observation.
"Read my lips. No... new... hotel junk fees!": George H.W. Bush telling us all how to be prudent.
"Speak softly and carry...ah...well, anyway.": The encapsulation of Teddy Roosevelt's foreign policy that has guided us for decades.
"The only thing we have to fear is... pause.": No wonder FDR got himself elected an unprecedented four times.
So many inspiring speeches that could have been made even better if they were given in the unmistakable fashion of Joe Biden. It's too bad every president can't capture the same magic.
Just to inform all you liberals, this is satair from “The Bee”
https://babylonbee.com/news/10-famous-quotes-if-other-presidents-talked-like-joe-biden?utm_source=The%20Babylon%20Bee%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email
Have you ever noticed that Joe Biden has a funny way of speaking? From his endearing way of retelling events that never happened to his uncanny ability to make up new words on the spot, it's a fascinating testament to his abilities as a communicator. If only other presidents throughout history could do the same thing!
The Babylon Bee is here to provide the following glimpse at what it would have been like if other presidents spoke like Joe Biden:
"Four score and seven… eight hundred… sixty-five million… billion million… years… anyway…": Honest Abe spitting numbers Joe Biden style is how it should be done.
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this...uh, you know... the thing!": A truly powerful moment in history from Ronald Reagan.
"We choose to go to the moon not because it is easy but because my uncle was eaten by cannibals. True story, folks.": The space race was never the same after this gem from JFK.
"Look, fat, get off my plane!": Who could forget this classic line from President Harrison Ford?
"Yesterday, December 47th, a day that will live in infamanarathgary, America was attacked by the air and naval forces of the Empire of Mexico.": Franklin D. Roosevelt with one of the nation's most somber messages.
"Ask not what your country can do for you… ask… ask what… ask not what you can do for… ask things.": John F. Kennedy with an inspiring word from a golden era of history.
"That depends on what the definition of 'start quote' is 'end quote' is.": Bill Clinton got himself out of hot water with this shrewd observation.
"Read my lips. No... new... hotel junk fees!": George H.W. Bush telling us all how to be prudent.
"Speak softly and carry...ah...well, anyway.": The encapsulation of Teddy Roosevelt's foreign policy that has guided us for decades.
"The only thing we have to fear is... pause.": No wonder FDR got himself elected an unprecedented four times.
So many inspiring speeches that could have been made even better if they were given in the unmistakable fashion of Joe Biden. It's too bad every president can't capture the same magic.
Apr 25, 2024 12:04:33 #
C***ters in Paradise
Once there were three men, Charlie, Mason and Buck, who were involved in a tragic car accident in which all three died.
As they stood at the gates of Heaven, St. Peter came up to them and said, "You will all be given a method of t***sportation for your eternal use around Heaven. You will be judged on your past deeds, and will have your t***sport chosen accordingly."
St. Peter looked at Charlie and said, "You, Charlie, were a bad man. You c***ted on your wife four times! For this, you will drive around Heaven in an old beat-up Dodge."
Next, St. Peter looked at Mason and said, "You were not so evil, but you still c***ted on your wife two times. For this, you will forever travel around heaven in a Toyota station wagon."
St. Peter finally looked at Buck, and said, "You, Buck, have set a fine example. You did not have s*x until after marriage, and you never c***ted on your wife! For this, you will forever travel through heaven in a Ferrari."
A short time later, Mason and Buck pulled up in their cars next to Buck's Ferrari, and there he is, sitting on the hood, head in hands, crying. "What's wrong, Buck?" they asked. "You got a Ferrari! You're set forever! Why so down?" Buck looked up, ever so slowly opened his mouth and cried, "I just saw my wife go by on a skateboard."
https://www.ba-bamail.com/jokes/c***ting-jokes/?jokeid=1237
Once there were three men, Charlie, Mason and Buck, who were involved in a tragic car accident in which all three died.
As they stood at the gates of Heaven, St. Peter came up to them and said, "You will all be given a method of t***sportation for your eternal use around Heaven. You will be judged on your past deeds, and will have your t***sport chosen accordingly."
St. Peter looked at Charlie and said, "You, Charlie, were a bad man. You c***ted on your wife four times! For this, you will drive around Heaven in an old beat-up Dodge."
Next, St. Peter looked at Mason and said, "You were not so evil, but you still c***ted on your wife two times. For this, you will forever travel around heaven in a Toyota station wagon."
St. Peter finally looked at Buck, and said, "You, Buck, have set a fine example. You did not have s*x until after marriage, and you never c***ted on your wife! For this, you will forever travel through heaven in a Ferrari."
A short time later, Mason and Buck pulled up in their cars next to Buck's Ferrari, and there he is, sitting on the hood, head in hands, crying. "What's wrong, Buck?" they asked. "You got a Ferrari! You're set forever! Why so down?" Buck looked up, ever so slowly opened his mouth and cried, "I just saw my wife go by on a skateboard."
https://www.ba-bamail.com/jokes/c***ting-jokes/?jokeid=1237
Apr 25, 2024 11:57:11 #
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Musk concurs that civil war looming in West
https://tass.com/world/1779763
The US businessman commented on remarks by Gad Saad, a Canadian professor of Lebanese origin, who insisted that "the path that the West is taking will result in civil war"
NEW YORK, April 24. /TASS/. US entrepreneur and one of the world’s wealthiest people Elon Musk has asserted that a civil war will break out in the West over the situation around migrants.
"War will come whether we want it or not," he wrote on the X social network commenting on remarks by Gad Saad, a Canadian professor of Lebanese origin, who insisted that "the path that the West is taking will result in civil war."
Saad said that Western countries are committing "civilizational suicide." "Many Western men who are currently asleep at the wheel will wake up, and realize that they don't like being pushed around in their homelands; they don't like their women attacked; they don't like their freedoms curtailed; they don't like their faiths disrespected," he noted.
Earlier, Musk said that migration issues in the US are threatening the very existence of the American state. He also branded the US migration policy as insane because over the past three years it allowed more than 7 Million i*****l m*****ts enter the country.
https://tass.com/world/1779763
The US businessman commented on remarks by Gad Saad, a Canadian professor of Lebanese origin, who insisted that "the path that the West is taking will result in civil war"
NEW YORK, April 24. /TASS/. US entrepreneur and one of the world’s wealthiest people Elon Musk has asserted that a civil war will break out in the West over the situation around migrants.
"War will come whether we want it or not," he wrote on the X social network commenting on remarks by Gad Saad, a Canadian professor of Lebanese origin, who insisted that "the path that the West is taking will result in civil war."
Saad said that Western countries are committing "civilizational suicide." "Many Western men who are currently asleep at the wheel will wake up, and realize that they don't like being pushed around in their homelands; they don't like their women attacked; they don't like their freedoms curtailed; they don't like their faiths disrespected," he noted.
Earlier, Musk said that migration issues in the US are threatening the very existence of the American state. He also branded the US migration policy as insane because over the past three years it allowed more than 7 Million i*****l m*****ts enter the country.
Apr 25, 2024 11:54:28 #
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10 reasons not to buy an electric car---LAUREN FIX-PAUL BRIAN-APRIL 25, 2024
https://www.theblaze.com/align/10-reasons-not-to-buy-an-electric-car?utm_source=theblaze-breaking&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20240425Trending-10reasonselectriccars&utm_term=ACTIVE%20LIST%20-%20TheBlaze%20Breaking%20News&tpcc=email-breaking
Align: Vroom editors Paul and Lauren k**l the buzz around EVs.
Align: Vroom editors Paul Brian and Lauren Fix may be seasoned car industry experts, but that doesn't mean they're completely immune to the electric vehicle hype.
"As far as looks ... spectacular," says Lauren. "Technology, amazing. And all of this entices you because the car manufacturers are doing something completely different than they did before."
But those compliments come with some pretty big misgivings. Should you hop on board the EV bandwagon? Paul and Lauren recently sat down with me to share their 10 reasons not to go electric.
-- Matt Himes
1. We've been down this road before
Paul: Electric cars are not new. When the 1901 Chicago Auto Show was staged, more than half of the fourteen vehicles that were shown at that show were electric vehicles. It's not a new idea at all. The problem is, is that there's this nasty little thing called practicality.
It's all smoke and mirrors. This is all about control. Don't let anyone kid you that this electric car thing isn't about limiting your range.
There are a lot of people who are saying, "I've seen all of this, I apparently should be doing it." And then they get hit with the harsh realities of what happens with an electric vehicle.
2. They're more expensive than you think
Lauren: If you're thinking about buying an electric car ... you have to look at the full costs. The first thing you're gonna do is [ask], "What's the payment? Oh, ok, I think I can afford that, especially with all these incentives."
[But these incentives] are now only for 12 cars, that's it. Because they kept changing their regulations and they're gonna make them even stricter. Right now we have 12 cars that qualify, and not all the Teslas even qualify, only the high-performance versions do.
And many of the states are out of the matching credits. ... [They] have either stopped or have no more money left in their funds to have matching credits to support this incentive.
The insurance is twice as much or close to twice as much [as] a regular gasoline-powered car.
The tires wear out quicker because these are heavier, they're low-rolling resistant and run-flat tires. They're not $100 a tire, they're $400 a tire, and they wear out about every 10,000 miles. Of course, no one talks about that ... but it's important that you look at all the true cost of owning a vehicle.
3. They depreciate faster than a Model S Plaid in D**g Strip mode
Lauren: Look at that really cool Porsche Taycan — I think it's spectacular. Unfortunately, [it's a] $200,000 car [that's] available used for $100,000. So, if you buy one of these vehicles, you're losing about half as soon as you drive off the lot.
If you are considering an electric vehicle, a lease would be your smartest move. Walk away at the end of your two- or three-year period.
Paul: Do not buy an electric vehicle. Period.
Lauren: The battery replacement will make you cry. Some of them are as much as $60,000 for a new battery. Lease it, give it back to the dealer. That's your smartest move.
4. The charging infrastructure just isn't there yet
Paul: I just took a trip up to Road America [race track] last weekend. I live in the Chicago suburbs, and I happen to have a Kia EV9. That's what I was driving last week.
Lauren: Cool car, by the way. Very, very cool. Expensive, but very cool.
Paul: I had to charge up on Friday night to make sure that I was topped off, and then I drove to Milwaukee, and I did some interviews at the Milwaukee Mile. Then I said, "Hey, you know what, I can't find a level-3 charging station in Elkhart Lake."
[A level-3 charger] you can read a comic book while you're charging; the other ones you better have a copy of a Leo Tolstoy novel with you.
So, I had to drive from Milwaukee to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, to find a level-3 charger. Well, that's 35 miles, 40 miles away from where I was going — Road America. So, then I had another two hours while I was charging that vehicle.
Lauren: Who's got two hours? Isn't time money? It is to me.
Paul: When I finally got home, I had 19 miles of range [left]. It was terrifying because I'm watching that gauge closer than I'm watching the road.
Lauren: [Ask yourself], is there charging available around you? Now, we were just in California driving one of the newest Honda electric cars, and they said, "Oh, there's four superchargers in this northern California town."
So, we went there, and three of them weren't working. One of them was, but there was a Tesla there. If it takes 20 minutes to charge, you should kind of hang around. Nope: 20 minutes later [it was clear] someone had plugged it in and taken off.
The fact is that you're relying on public charging, but you have to still pay for that. And there's a cost to it. And electricity in California especially is the most expensive in the country. And I live in New York, and Paul lives in Illinois, also extremely expensive. So the three of us live in states where it's just crazy expensive for electricity, and it's not going down. Look at your electric bill every month. Now, add in a charging station.
5. Charging may pose hidden health risks
Lauren: They always say, "Oh, just sit in your car. It's fine. We have fully reclining seats and big screens and you can play video games," and it all sounds great on the surface.
We've all heard, don't put your phone in your ear, right? Don't put your phone in your ear. Even these AirPods, if you put in two, it's causing all kinds of issues. Don't put your phone in your pocket, especially for guys. We've all heard and read about this in a million different places.
But it's okay to sit in a car with alternating current.
So, I actually have one of these gauges that I bring with me. The manufacturers h**e when I bring it, so I have to keep it hidden.
Paul: Did you get a tin foil hat?
Lauren: [laughs] If you're sitting in the car while it's charging, you're not just exposing yourself but anyone in the car. So, it's like being in a microwave. It's alternating current, which is the problem.
Actually, you were with me, Paul. We were at one of the vehicle [test] drives at the super fast charger [that] takes 20 minutes. So, I asked the guy, and he said off the record, "Get out of the car and go as far away as you can."
And I said, "Really?"
He said, "We're not going to tell anyone this because I'll lose my job. But get in the car, and park the car, plug it in, and go. Just go get something to eat and walk away."
But they're telling us all in the mainstream, "Oh, you can sit in the car with your kid and your dog and you can play games and make it fun."
No one has addressed the medical side of this. And I fear that at some point, like much of the stuff the government sometimes pushes, [we'll find out it has health risks]. And I'm not wearing a tinfoil hat, you can talk to anyone.
6. The capacity just isn't there yet
Paul: And it's not only the infrastructure, but it's the capacity. I know about a company that — because they had bought into the hype so heavily — wanted to change their trucks to EVs. And it was, I think, a fleet of about 20 or 25 trucks that they had.
And they went to the village board and the village board said, "Wait a minute. We're talking about you guys building this whole charging farm, and the amount of juice that you're requesting far exceeds the capacity of the entire village." And it wasn't a small village.
We don't have the capacity. We don't have coal plants. We don't have enough new plants to do it.
Lauren: They want to shut those [coal plants] down.
Paul: And it's just antithetical to what they're pitching. It's like nobody thought about this. They just said, "This is a new idea, this is good, we're saving Mother Earth. We've got John Kerry, we've got Al Gore, we've got St. Greta ..."
7. They're bad for the environment ... and the roads
Paul: When Lauren said the tires are more expensive, there's a secondary problem with the tires as well. And that's particulate pollution.
Lauren: It's bad. It's worse. It k**ls the air. There's less CO2, but you're breathing in particles of tire.
Paul: [Because an EV] could be 1,500, 2,000 pounds heavier [than a gas powered car]. And so now you've got a whole lot more weight that's playing on those tires.
Lauren: I have a lot of friends who are first responders and they say the biggest thing is when [an EV] catches fire for wh**ever reason, the problem is that it's a chemical reaction. It's polluting the environment worse than you can imagine.
Not just digging up the raw materials to make the batteries, but if [a battery] catches fire, there's no way to recycle it. It's a nice idea, but the fact is, it'd be like me handing you a birthday cake and saying, "Could you take the eggs out?"
I just read an article that older cars from the '60s and '70s are better for the environment than the new cars because of the impact from what we call in our business "cradle to grave." In other words, from all its raw materials all the way to the finished product and then the end-of-life cycle.
Paul: And secondarily, for a long time states have been very generous with licensing fees for electric vehicles. [Now] they're waking up, and they're saying, "Well, wait a minute, how come that our pothole problems, our repaving problems, all of those things, are costing us more than they ever did before?"
Lauren: Especially on local roads, not necessarily highways. Highways are designed for 18-wheelers.
Paul: The taxpayer is paying that.
Lauren: The state of Texas is charging $400 when you register your car and $200 for every year after that. Every state is starting to charge by the mile.
If you're thinking, "Well, I don't have to pay gas taxes" ... well, if you're not paying gas taxes, then who's going to repair the roads and bridges? That comes out of the general fund. And that's what a lot of states have done, including here in New York.
They gotta come up with the money from some other places to pay for the electricity, to pay for the tax credits on a federal and a state level, and that's you who's paying for that. So, whether you think you're getting it for free, you're actually paying for it. Nothing is free.
8. They're about government control
Lauren: It's all smoke and mirrors. This is all about control. Don't let anyone kid you that this electric car thing isn't about limiting your range.
Paul: [They're working on technology that] if you're not making your payments, the auto drive system will drive it back to the dealership, so that it will in fact repossess your vehicle for you.
Lauren: Without a person.
Paul: Yeah.
Lauren: So, you come out, and you're like, "Where's my truck?" It's at the dealer because you didn't make your payments.
They've been able to lock you out of your car for a long time, especially on used car lots. But if you look at the infrastructure bill from 2021, the one that apparently Attorney General Ken Paxton has found to be illegal because they passed it without people actually being in Congress, there is a k**l switch [proposal]. It will monitor everything in your car.
They put this under the guise of [stopping] drunk driving. They want to put in a fingertip device [on the start button]. So, you took a medication, you've had a stressful day. I don't know, maybe you were using rubbing alcohol to remove nail polish. You touch that [and the car will decide] whether you should start [it] or not.
There's a company called Gentex. You want to look it up. It tracks from the rearview mirror. Your eyes and [the eyes of] every person in the car. Second row, third row, your dog, your kid, everyone, your facial movements, what's going on.
If it feels you're stressed, you're not paying attention, that's going to be added into the AI in the computer in front of you.
If you don't know if you have it, take your phone, just stand in front and take a picture [of your rear view mirror]. You'll see two red dots or blue or green. It's tracking your eyes. You've seen that. "Please pay attention to the road. Do you need a coffee?"
9. Nobody wants them
Paul: If you need some sort of an impartial barometer as to what's been going on, take a look at what's been happening at the car rental companies, where the car rental companies have just been having a horrible, horrible time renting the EVs that they already had.
Lauren: Nobody wants them.
Paul: Yeah, nobody wants them. They've sold off half of their inventory. And, and gee, what did they find out when they went to sell their existing fleet? Well, they're not really worth what they were worth. You know, what they thought they were.
Lauren: They're taking a huge hit. Remember, there was a shortage of cars because of the chip shortage. So.
Elon Musk, smart guy that he is, he's the marketing king. He went to the car rental company and said, "Hey listen, I've got cars, I can't sell them. Let's work a deal, I'll cut you a deal, you can offer electric cars, everybody's happy, the government's happy, you look like you're helping in the agenda, everybody's happy."
Well, people don't want them. I've talked to quite a few people, including myself, where I've gone to Hertz and they said, "Hey, we don't have that car that you wanted, that SUV, but we do have a Tesla." They're so excited to tell you, and I'm like, "No, that's not gonna work."
So, are people accepting it? He goes, "No, we can't, we can't not rent them." You have to return them fully charged. That takes time. When you're at a destination, whether it's a vacation or a business meeting, you have a very tight schedule. You go, you do what you need to do. You want to drop the car and take off at the airport. I get the field purchase option. If you look at the charging, you can't bring it in on fumes. And they've also found there's a high maintenance on tires, because like I said, tires wear out quicker, but also there's a lot of damage to these cars and the cost to repair the damage like any rental car.
Due to space limitations the rest of can be read by opening the attached PDF file.
https://www.theblaze.com/align/10-reasons-not-to-buy-an-electric-car?utm_source=theblaze-breaking&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20240425Trending-10reasonselectriccars&utm_term=ACTIVE%20LIST%20-%20TheBlaze%20Breaking%20News&tpcc=email-breaking
Align: Vroom editors Paul and Lauren k**l the buzz around EVs.
Align: Vroom editors Paul Brian and Lauren Fix may be seasoned car industry experts, but that doesn't mean they're completely immune to the electric vehicle hype.
"As far as looks ... spectacular," says Lauren. "Technology, amazing. And all of this entices you because the car manufacturers are doing something completely different than they did before."
But those compliments come with some pretty big misgivings. Should you hop on board the EV bandwagon? Paul and Lauren recently sat down with me to share their 10 reasons not to go electric.
-- Matt Himes
1. We've been down this road before
Paul: Electric cars are not new. When the 1901 Chicago Auto Show was staged, more than half of the fourteen vehicles that were shown at that show were electric vehicles. It's not a new idea at all. The problem is, is that there's this nasty little thing called practicality.
It's all smoke and mirrors. This is all about control. Don't let anyone kid you that this electric car thing isn't about limiting your range.
There are a lot of people who are saying, "I've seen all of this, I apparently should be doing it." And then they get hit with the harsh realities of what happens with an electric vehicle.
2. They're more expensive than you think
Lauren: If you're thinking about buying an electric car ... you have to look at the full costs. The first thing you're gonna do is [ask], "What's the payment? Oh, ok, I think I can afford that, especially with all these incentives."
[But these incentives] are now only for 12 cars, that's it. Because they kept changing their regulations and they're gonna make them even stricter. Right now we have 12 cars that qualify, and not all the Teslas even qualify, only the high-performance versions do.
And many of the states are out of the matching credits. ... [They] have either stopped or have no more money left in their funds to have matching credits to support this incentive.
The insurance is twice as much or close to twice as much [as] a regular gasoline-powered car.
The tires wear out quicker because these are heavier, they're low-rolling resistant and run-flat tires. They're not $100 a tire, they're $400 a tire, and they wear out about every 10,000 miles. Of course, no one talks about that ... but it's important that you look at all the true cost of owning a vehicle.
3. They depreciate faster than a Model S Plaid in D**g Strip mode
Lauren: Look at that really cool Porsche Taycan — I think it's spectacular. Unfortunately, [it's a] $200,000 car [that's] available used for $100,000. So, if you buy one of these vehicles, you're losing about half as soon as you drive off the lot.
If you are considering an electric vehicle, a lease would be your smartest move. Walk away at the end of your two- or three-year period.
Paul: Do not buy an electric vehicle. Period.
Lauren: The battery replacement will make you cry. Some of them are as much as $60,000 for a new battery. Lease it, give it back to the dealer. That's your smartest move.
4. The charging infrastructure just isn't there yet
Paul: I just took a trip up to Road America [race track] last weekend. I live in the Chicago suburbs, and I happen to have a Kia EV9. That's what I was driving last week.
Lauren: Cool car, by the way. Very, very cool. Expensive, but very cool.
Paul: I had to charge up on Friday night to make sure that I was topped off, and then I drove to Milwaukee, and I did some interviews at the Milwaukee Mile. Then I said, "Hey, you know what, I can't find a level-3 charging station in Elkhart Lake."
[A level-3 charger] you can read a comic book while you're charging; the other ones you better have a copy of a Leo Tolstoy novel with you.
So, I had to drive from Milwaukee to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, to find a level-3 charger. Well, that's 35 miles, 40 miles away from where I was going — Road America. So, then I had another two hours while I was charging that vehicle.
Lauren: Who's got two hours? Isn't time money? It is to me.
Paul: When I finally got home, I had 19 miles of range [left]. It was terrifying because I'm watching that gauge closer than I'm watching the road.
Lauren: [Ask yourself], is there charging available around you? Now, we were just in California driving one of the newest Honda electric cars, and they said, "Oh, there's four superchargers in this northern California town."
So, we went there, and three of them weren't working. One of them was, but there was a Tesla there. If it takes 20 minutes to charge, you should kind of hang around. Nope: 20 minutes later [it was clear] someone had plugged it in and taken off.
The fact is that you're relying on public charging, but you have to still pay for that. And there's a cost to it. And electricity in California especially is the most expensive in the country. And I live in New York, and Paul lives in Illinois, also extremely expensive. So the three of us live in states where it's just crazy expensive for electricity, and it's not going down. Look at your electric bill every month. Now, add in a charging station.
5. Charging may pose hidden health risks
Lauren: They always say, "Oh, just sit in your car. It's fine. We have fully reclining seats and big screens and you can play video games," and it all sounds great on the surface.
We've all heard, don't put your phone in your ear, right? Don't put your phone in your ear. Even these AirPods, if you put in two, it's causing all kinds of issues. Don't put your phone in your pocket, especially for guys. We've all heard and read about this in a million different places.
But it's okay to sit in a car with alternating current.
So, I actually have one of these gauges that I bring with me. The manufacturers h**e when I bring it, so I have to keep it hidden.
Paul: Did you get a tin foil hat?
Lauren: [laughs] If you're sitting in the car while it's charging, you're not just exposing yourself but anyone in the car. So, it's like being in a microwave. It's alternating current, which is the problem.
Actually, you were with me, Paul. We were at one of the vehicle [test] drives at the super fast charger [that] takes 20 minutes. So, I asked the guy, and he said off the record, "Get out of the car and go as far away as you can."
And I said, "Really?"
He said, "We're not going to tell anyone this because I'll lose my job. But get in the car, and park the car, plug it in, and go. Just go get something to eat and walk away."
But they're telling us all in the mainstream, "Oh, you can sit in the car with your kid and your dog and you can play games and make it fun."
No one has addressed the medical side of this. And I fear that at some point, like much of the stuff the government sometimes pushes, [we'll find out it has health risks]. And I'm not wearing a tinfoil hat, you can talk to anyone.
6. The capacity just isn't there yet
Paul: And it's not only the infrastructure, but it's the capacity. I know about a company that — because they had bought into the hype so heavily — wanted to change their trucks to EVs. And it was, I think, a fleet of about 20 or 25 trucks that they had.
And they went to the village board and the village board said, "Wait a minute. We're talking about you guys building this whole charging farm, and the amount of juice that you're requesting far exceeds the capacity of the entire village." And it wasn't a small village.
We don't have the capacity. We don't have coal plants. We don't have enough new plants to do it.
Lauren: They want to shut those [coal plants] down.
Paul: And it's just antithetical to what they're pitching. It's like nobody thought about this. They just said, "This is a new idea, this is good, we're saving Mother Earth. We've got John Kerry, we've got Al Gore, we've got St. Greta ..."
7. They're bad for the environment ... and the roads
Paul: When Lauren said the tires are more expensive, there's a secondary problem with the tires as well. And that's particulate pollution.
Lauren: It's bad. It's worse. It k**ls the air. There's less CO2, but you're breathing in particles of tire.
Paul: [Because an EV] could be 1,500, 2,000 pounds heavier [than a gas powered car]. And so now you've got a whole lot more weight that's playing on those tires.
Lauren: I have a lot of friends who are first responders and they say the biggest thing is when [an EV] catches fire for wh**ever reason, the problem is that it's a chemical reaction. It's polluting the environment worse than you can imagine.
Not just digging up the raw materials to make the batteries, but if [a battery] catches fire, there's no way to recycle it. It's a nice idea, but the fact is, it'd be like me handing you a birthday cake and saying, "Could you take the eggs out?"
I just read an article that older cars from the '60s and '70s are better for the environment than the new cars because of the impact from what we call in our business "cradle to grave." In other words, from all its raw materials all the way to the finished product and then the end-of-life cycle.
Paul: And secondarily, for a long time states have been very generous with licensing fees for electric vehicles. [Now] they're waking up, and they're saying, "Well, wait a minute, how come that our pothole problems, our repaving problems, all of those things, are costing us more than they ever did before?"
Lauren: Especially on local roads, not necessarily highways. Highways are designed for 18-wheelers.
Paul: The taxpayer is paying that.
Lauren: The state of Texas is charging $400 when you register your car and $200 for every year after that. Every state is starting to charge by the mile.
If you're thinking, "Well, I don't have to pay gas taxes" ... well, if you're not paying gas taxes, then who's going to repair the roads and bridges? That comes out of the general fund. And that's what a lot of states have done, including here in New York.
They gotta come up with the money from some other places to pay for the electricity, to pay for the tax credits on a federal and a state level, and that's you who's paying for that. So, whether you think you're getting it for free, you're actually paying for it. Nothing is free.
8. They're about government control
Lauren: It's all smoke and mirrors. This is all about control. Don't let anyone kid you that this electric car thing isn't about limiting your range.
Paul: [They're working on technology that] if you're not making your payments, the auto drive system will drive it back to the dealership, so that it will in fact repossess your vehicle for you.
Lauren: Without a person.
Paul: Yeah.
Lauren: So, you come out, and you're like, "Where's my truck?" It's at the dealer because you didn't make your payments.
They've been able to lock you out of your car for a long time, especially on used car lots. But if you look at the infrastructure bill from 2021, the one that apparently Attorney General Ken Paxton has found to be illegal because they passed it without people actually being in Congress, there is a k**l switch [proposal]. It will monitor everything in your car.
They put this under the guise of [stopping] drunk driving. They want to put in a fingertip device [on the start button]. So, you took a medication, you've had a stressful day. I don't know, maybe you were using rubbing alcohol to remove nail polish. You touch that [and the car will decide] whether you should start [it] or not.
There's a company called Gentex. You want to look it up. It tracks from the rearview mirror. Your eyes and [the eyes of] every person in the car. Second row, third row, your dog, your kid, everyone, your facial movements, what's going on.
If it feels you're stressed, you're not paying attention, that's going to be added into the AI in the computer in front of you.
If you don't know if you have it, take your phone, just stand in front and take a picture [of your rear view mirror]. You'll see two red dots or blue or green. It's tracking your eyes. You've seen that. "Please pay attention to the road. Do you need a coffee?"
9. Nobody wants them
Paul: If you need some sort of an impartial barometer as to what's been going on, take a look at what's been happening at the car rental companies, where the car rental companies have just been having a horrible, horrible time renting the EVs that they already had.
Lauren: Nobody wants them.
Paul: Yeah, nobody wants them. They've sold off half of their inventory. And, and gee, what did they find out when they went to sell their existing fleet? Well, they're not really worth what they were worth. You know, what they thought they were.
Lauren: They're taking a huge hit. Remember, there was a shortage of cars because of the chip shortage. So.
Elon Musk, smart guy that he is, he's the marketing king. He went to the car rental company and said, "Hey listen, I've got cars, I can't sell them. Let's work a deal, I'll cut you a deal, you can offer electric cars, everybody's happy, the government's happy, you look like you're helping in the agenda, everybody's happy."
Well, people don't want them. I've talked to quite a few people, including myself, where I've gone to Hertz and they said, "Hey, we don't have that car that you wanted, that SUV, but we do have a Tesla." They're so excited to tell you, and I'm like, "No, that's not gonna work."
So, are people accepting it? He goes, "No, we can't, we can't not rent them." You have to return them fully charged. That takes time. When you're at a destination, whether it's a vacation or a business meeting, you have a very tight schedule. You go, you do what you need to do. You want to drop the car and take off at the airport. I get the field purchase option. If you look at the charging, you can't bring it in on fumes. And they've also found there's a high maintenance on tires, because like I said, tires wear out quicker, but also there's a lot of damage to these cars and the cost to repair the damage like any rental car.
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Kevyn wrote:
How pathetic, the clown that wrote this doesn’t even have a clue of the basic definition of socialism.
The author sounds very well informed to me.. Stupid C*******t like youz can't stand the t***h.
