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The worst mayor in America right now ...
ahol888
 August 14 2024 at 12:36 am
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Village of Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard is currently the worst mayor in America and could go down as the worst mayor in American history. Here are some of her low lights since she declared herself the "super mayor" after she was elected in 2021. She set up a 24/7 police security detail because she claimed that she was unsafe in a town of only 6,000 people. This detail cost the taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars per year to have the officers work overtime solely to drive her around town to work and to the store. She set up a non-profit organization that she started by taking $150,000 out of the village funds. She refused to approve business licenses and permits to any owner in the village that refused to pay her a bribe on the side. She established a local ordinance to reduce the annual salary of the mayor from $200,000 to $20,000 only after her tenure as mayor is completed. She set up this ordinance to ensure that nobody would have any interest to run against her when the monetary incentive was taken away from the opposition. She had political billboards put up all over the southern suburbs of Chicago. In Illinois, it is illegal to use billboards for political use when someone is an elected official. These billboards were paid for by taxpayers' money. In her three years as mayor, she has not paid any bill that is owed by the Village of Dolton. She paid for trips for her and her entourage to Las Vegas and to Mobile. During the trip to Las Vegas, one of the males in the group sexually assaulted one of the females in the group in a hotel room. She is currently being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI). Results of an independent investigation has shown that when she became mayor, the village had a surplus of $5.6 million. Currently, the village is now in debt by $3.65 million. She used the village's credit card to buy $40,000 worth of furniture from Amazon.com and Wayfair.com for her own personal use and bought $10,000 worth of clothing and other personal items from Target and Walgreens. If you can think of any mayor worse than her, then please leave a comment.
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The Upcoming About Face
Numapepi
 September 04 2024 at 04:13 pm
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The Upcoming About Face Posted on September 4, 2024 by john Dear Friends, It seems to me, should Trump win, we’ll watch the fastest about face mankind has ever witnessed. Democrats will flip from demanding prison for election deniers, to, arguing that denying elections is a constitutional obligation. Exposing their hypocrisy to anyone with eyes willing to see. So absolute is the lack of self awareness of the left, they won’t even be able to understand their own hypocrisy, when it’s pointed out to them. I predict riots in every major city in America if Trump somehow wins. Despite the tsunami of election fraud that’s stacked up against him… and us. The progressives will call out their Brown Shirts, Antifa and BLM, to sow chaos, and ideally, make the nation ungovernable. Meanwhile, the same deep state that jails election deniers, will do an about face on election denying. With millions of illegal aliens set to vote, this will be the dirtiest election since the last one. They seem to get more corrupt and more corrupt election cycle by election cycle. Mail in voting is the pinnacle of corruption. With it’s sister peak of digital voting. Both are designed for election fraud. Then you have courts actually overruling the legislature and making it illegal to require voter ID, or even ask for citizenship, when registering to vote! Despite the US Constitution giving election powers explicitly to the legislature. In Post Constitutional Amerika, the courts have no need of the Constitution’s antiquated ideas. Between the courts and the administrative state, the legislature has become redundant… but dangerous. So must be controlled. By the FBI, CIA, along with mail in and digital election fraud. The deep loathing the American people now have for the elitist, globalist anti human faction, radiates from society like heat from a fire. Despite the blinding gaslighting of polls, lies and censorship, the progressive faction is more hated now than in the 1940s. When they exposed themselves as demons before. Even traditional democrat voters are fed up with the corruption, hypocrisy and anti humanism. In Europe, of all places, populist conservative parties are becoming ascendant. All adding up to make this year a landslide for the conservative faction in the US. Which the elite plan on stopping with election fraud. If that fails though… the progressive faction will turn to open violence again. As they did the first time Trump was elected… when they burned down DC. This time the progressives will burn down America in their wrath. Cities with strong democrat rule will be the hardest hit. As in the summer of love 2020, when democrats destroyed their cities, in “Fiery but mostly peaceful” riots, and passed Covid across the land, in their rage over Trump’s escaping the Russian collusion frame… pretending it was over a drug addict’s death by fentanyl, while in police custody. In 2017 the progressive faction burned down DC. Damage that I hear still hasn’t been repaired. If the election fraud fails and Trump wins the electoral college, the elite will go insane. Not that they’re actually sane now. But that madness will turn into wrath. Because they’ve broken every law there is, to steal from us, stay in power and limit their foes. The criminal elite are not only angry about losing power and privilege. but with their crimes they’re afraid of consequences. They are, after all, the worst criminals in human history. Tamerlane killed millions of Hindus mercilessly… but he didn’t create a virus that killed tens of millions. Hitler started the second world war… but he didn’t use biological or chemical weapons. John Wayne Gacey murdered little kids… but he didn’t sterilize them and manipulate them into suicide. These globalist elites in power today have no morals, ethics or standards. They’re literally demons. That’s why they’ll cross any bridge, then turn and burn it… to stay in power. The globalist elitist faction, is full of pride, fear and wrath. Such people are more dangerous than a pack of rabid dogs… and they can turn on a dime. Sincerely, John Pepin
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Washington Initiatives Will Remain on Ballots ...
Nancy Churchill
 August 14 2024 at 08:01 pm
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Last Friday, Aug. 9, the State Supreme Court heard a case that argued the secretary of state had not properly validated signatures on the seven citizen’s initiatives submitted this year. The plaintiffs were seeking an injunction to keep four of the initiatives off this fall’s ballot. You may recall that three initiatives were passed during the legislative session last spring, and four other initiatives are scheduled to appear on our ballots for the fall general election. With the stroke of a pen, the Supreme Court justices COULD have prevented the initiatives from appearing on our November ballots. Fortunately for the voters, the justices ruled against the plaintiffs, Defend Washington and Washington Conservation Action Education Fund. Any Means Necessary The powerful progressive groups fighting against the initiatives want to maintain power over the voters no matter what. Let’s Go Washington founder Brian Heywood released a statement that said “Their latest move is a blatant attempt to silence the 1.2 million [unique] voters who said they want choice on the ballot this November. Hanauer and friends are afraid if the voters have a chance to vote this November, it would disrupt the special interest profiteering pipeline they have created… Vote Yes, Pay Less, and let’s fix what’s broken.” Ironically, the same powerful people who support mass illegal immigration, all mail-in voting and no voter ID, are now ALSO arguing that the signature verification process used by the Secretary of State for the initiatives was NOT STRICT ENOUGH! It’s not about principals or good governance. Power-hungry progressives will use any means necessary to maintain power and control. When they think no voter ID will will elections, that’s what they fight for. When they think MORE voter verification will stop initiatives, that’s what they fight for. If progressives thought strict voter ID would win elections and allow them to maintain their control of state government, Washington would have the most strict voter ID laws in the country. Ferguson and Hobbs conspire to disenfranchise the people Oddly, the initiative sponsors, including Let’s Go Washington founder Bryan Heywood and the organization’s attorneys, were unaware of the case before the state Supreme Court which was about to decide the fate of the initiatives until a reporter called them for comment. The original case was filed against the secretary of state, Steve Hobbs. The attorney general, Bob Ferguson is the attorney who defends the secretary of state. Washington Gun Law President William Kirk pointed out in his podcast that Ferguson and Hobbs should have contacted Let’s Go Washington or its attorneys to let them know about the lawsuit in order to get their assistance in defending the initiative process. “I can assure you that if any other attorney general had been in that spot, and absolutely and positively wanted to make sure the will of the Washington voter was properly defended, they would have got Let’s Go Washington involved in it,” Kirk added. It’s as if Ferguson and Hobbs were conspiring with the plaintiffs to disenfranchise the millions of voters who participated in the initiative process. It’s a disgrace. If Bob Ferguson won’t properly defend the rights of the voters, is he the right person to become Washington’s next governor? Should Steve Hobbs remain as the Secretary of State? I think not. Vote Yes, Pay Less Fortunately, the four initiatives will appear on our general election ballot. Just remember the phrase “Vote Yes, Pay Less,” and don’t let deceptive advertising trick you into voting against them. I-2066 will stop the natural gas ban and protect energy choice. “This measure would require utilities and local governments to provide natural gas to eligible customers; prevent state approval of rate plans requiring or incentivizing gas service termination, restricting access to gas service, or making it cost-prohibitive; and prohibit the state energy code, localities, and air pollution control agencies from penalizing gas use.” I-2109 will repeal the capital gains tax and protect small business owners and innovators. Small business owners who take risks, work hard, and create jobs for our communities should not be punished for their success and growth. Taxation is theft. Vote yes and pay less. I-2124 will allow workers to opt out of another bad tax supporting the state-run long-term care insurance scheme. Workers should be able to choose to participate in the government program, rather than be forced to participate in a program that they may not even be able to use. Remember to vote yes, and pay less. Finally, I-2117 will stop the hidden gasoline tax which was imposed by the Climate Commitment Act. “This measure would prohibit state agencies from imposing any type of carbon tax credit trading, including ‘cap and trade’ or ‘cap and tax’ programs, regardless of whether the resulting increased costs are imposed on fuel recipients or fuel suppliers. It would repeal sections of the 2021 Washington Climate Commitment Act as amended, including repealing the creation and modification of a ‘cap and invest’ program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by specific entities.” If you want more money in your wallet after a fill-up, and lower prices on goods in your grocery store, vote yes to pay less. The special interest groups are terrified of YOUR vote, and will be working hard until the election to confuse you and discourage you from voting YES on the initiatives. For all initiatives, vote yes to pay less. Nancy Churchill is a writer and educator in rural eastern Washington State, and the state committeewoman for the Ferry County Republican Party. She may be reached at DangerousRhetoric@pm.me. The opinions expressed in Dangerous Rhetoric are her own. Dangerous Rhetoric is available on thinkspot, Rumble and Substack. Support Dangerous Rhetoric Sources: 1) BREAKING: Secret effort to invalidate initiatives FAILS, [un]Divided with Brandi Kruse, 8-9-2024, https://bit.ly/4danTyh 2) BREAKING: Did Bob and Steve just try to Disenfranchise the Washington State Voter?, Washington Gun Law, 8-9-2024, https://bit.ly/4fA7k0p 3) State Supreme Court rejects latest attempt to throw out initiatives, Lynnwood Times, 8-10-2024, https://bit.ly/3WKwMYa 4) Lets Go Washington, https://bit.ly/3S70dBy
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The Moral High Ground
Numapepi
 August 28 2024 at 03:13 pm
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The Moral High Ground Posted on August 28, 2024 by john Dear Friends, It seems to me, leftists consider themselves on the moral high ground, as they defend the gutter. On every question the progressive faction takes the Malthusian anti human side. While claiming to defend humanity. A normal person can’t imagine acting and speaking in such opposition. It would psychically rip a regular person in half. The elitist progressive elite however have evolved beyond the mere need for cognitive resonance. They consider themselves to be Nietzsche’s Ubermen. Morality is what they say it is, enforced by their willingness to use violence to silence. Because in the fevered fantasies of the favored, whatever they want is moral, no matter how heinous it is. Since they’re the elite and anything the elite want, is by Thrasymachus’ definition… moral. If the goal is a utopia that’s so great, it makes the dead in heaven want to come back, no atrocity is out of bounds. In that case, defending the immoral, to create the super moral, must be moral? Wouldn’t it? No way such an argument could be considered circular could it? Nevertheless, that’s effectively the justification a myriad of tyrants have used to rationalize their atrocities. “We’re getting our hands dirty today but the future will thank us.” Is as circular as a tire. Who considers the Nazis heroes? Or the Young Turks? Other than psychopaths who want to repeat their atrocities. Because no theoretical future utopia justifies atrocities today. The means taint the ends. Moreover, only evil ends require evil means, no matter how pretty it may sound. The ends never elevate evil means to the moral high ground. The self justification of the progressive movement is amazing in its lack of self awareness. The self blind self justifying is like the blind running a steeplechase full bore. There’s no way it doesn’t end in an emergency room visit. I suppose that’s what becomes of a person who lives in an echo chamber atop an ivory tower. Without input from society they become ever less rational. Thus forcing go alongers to go along. Openly avowing the things they once claimed they despised. To go along with the elite’s self justification. Meanwhile, the rest of us look at them and the elite leading them to absurdity, with absolute astonishment. Like when they take private jets to Davos to discuss how to limit our use of fossil fuels. Believing that gives them the moral high ground. Talk about a lack of self awareness. In every question, the progressive globalist faction takes the anti human one. They staunchly advocate for the sterilization of children on a whim, abortion to birth (and after to be honest), making people dependent on the state, claiming there’s over population, etc… There’s not one stance of the left today that would result in more people, less war and more wealth. Every position they take drains the wealth, population and humanity from the world… in an effort to make it better. Their foundational ethos is, the less people the better. They as much as said so on the Georgia Guide stones before someone blew them up. Right under the watchful gaze of 24/7 cameras. Like Epstein’s “suicide.” Let’s face it, taking the position there needs to be less people… isn’t the moral high ground. If you or I had pushed for more taxes our entire careers in government, then were caught cheating on our taxes, the hypocrisy would make us flee the lime light, like Golum. Were we to find ourselves in the position of defending pedophilia, you and I would reassess our position. If we demanded people get a shot, and prove it before traveling, then discovered that shot had killed millions with little if any protection… you or I would not only be shamed to oblivion, but prosecuted to life in prison. Then there’s the censorship, in the name of stopping mis and disinformation. Censorship that killed people because it stifled the truth. In each case the elite defended the immoral, as their lackeys in the mockingbird media knighted them, as taking the moral high ground. Showing who we can’t trust. Sincerely, John Pepin
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Winning Elections Starts with You ...
Nancy Churchill
 August 22 2024 at 11:38 pm
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On Tuesday, Aug 20, the race for the second-place candidate for Washington’s Commissioner of Public Lands will (hopefully) be decided. As of Sunday evening, Democrat Dave Upthegrove led Republican Sue Kuehl Peterson by about 950 votes. That’s extremely close. The race will probably be decided by the process of “curing” ballots. What does that mean, and how do we prevent the need for it? In our modern mail-in, high-tech election system, we have to make sure we’re not making simple mistakes that invalidate our own ballots. Let’s call that good ballot hygiene. It’s not just who you vote for; the process of voting has become extra important. What mental and physical shifts do we need to make to insure our vote gets properly counted? I hope you will share these simple steps with your friends and families so we can have fewer problem ballots in the general election. OCTOBER is Election Month Forget “election day”. It’s Election MONTH. Washingtonians have 18 days of voting followed by two weeks of counting. The totals that are published on the evening of “election day” are just an early estimate, not a final. Sometimes the results are decided within a few days of counting, but sometimes it takes the full two weeks to decide the closest races. That means that the month of October is really “election month!” Start paying attention to election issues and candidates NOW through the beginning of October, because your ballot will arrive right around October 18th this year. Vote As Soon As You Can In the past, I’ve urged everyone to vote on election day. I was wrong. DON’T WAIT TO VOTE! Vote as soon as possible after you get your ballot. For many people, that will be the weekend after ballots arrive in the mail in mid-October. Why vote right away? You don’t want to lose your ballot in a growing stack of bills and incoming mail. Think about how hard it is to keep track of the ballot, two ballot envelopes and the voters guide for two weeks. It’s so easy to misplace them. Once they’re buried, they are frequently forgotten! Your vote is precious. Vote as soon as you can. Also, by voting early, you allow plenty of time for your ballot to arrive at your auditor’s office. Every step of mail-in voting takes time; make sure your ballot gets there early, so that it gets processed, signature checked, accepted and properly sorted. Mark the ballot properly Improperly marked ballots cause problems for the elections staff and slow down the counting. Don’t make any extra marks. Don’t draw a picture. Don’t write a note to the elections staff. Don’t write in a joke candidate! Don’t spill coffee on your ballot. All of these may cause your ballot to need extra processing, and might cause your vote to be improperly counted. Why take a chance on a mistake? Slow down and mark the ballot with care. Your goal is a clean ballot with no stray marks. If you are worried that your ballot is in bad shape, you can always go to the auditor’s office and get a replacement ballot… but that’s another reason to vote early, so that you have time to do that if you need to. Sign your ballot The most common way people lose their vote is to forget to sign the ballot envelope. When your ballot arrives without a signature, a form letter will be sent to request you to come into the office and sign it. This may also happen if your signature has changed. It takes time to generate the letter, and for the post office to deliver it. You may not pick up your mail every day. You might be out of town. By the time notice that your ballot has a problem reaches you, you may not have time to go in and fix the problem! Track your ballot, cure your ballot Fixing a problem with your ballot is called “curing the ballot”. But unless you track your ballot and make sure it’s arrived at the auditor’s office, you may not know that there’s a problem with it. You can track your ballot by signing into VoteWA. The system will tell you if your ballot has been received and if your signature has been accepted. Make a reminder in your phone for the last Tuesday of October, the 29th, so you remember to check to make sure your ballot has arrived and the signature has been accepted. Use a drop box, not the U.S. Mail You may not be aware that the post office now sends all mail out of the county, even local mail, to a centralized sorting center. That means a ballot mailed in Ferry County will travel to Spokane, get sorted, and then come back to the county for delivery. That’s a lot of travel, and lots of handling. Why take a chance that your precious vote might not make it back in time? Use a local ballot drop box, or take your ballot to the auditor’s office. This month, our elections staff reported receiving a ballot from the February presidential election bundled with the ballots for the August election. Mistakes happen. Use the drop boxes to guarantee your vote is on time. Vote Early, Vote Often—Bring Ten Every vote is precious. Many working people and religious people often don’t vote! If you want to have a big impact on this year’s election, start now. Take action! Don’t let some talking head convince you your vote doesn’t matter. YOUR VOTE is vital if we want to stop this country’s slide into communism. Go through your phone list and call ten friends or family members and ask them to be your voting partner. Make a mutual commitment to help each other vote early and return your ballots early. Offer to pick up and deliver ballots to the dropbox for friends to save them a trip to town. If you call 10 people and they call 10 people, and their friends call people, we can magnify our networks and have a major impact on this year’s elections. Vote early, vote often, bring ten ballots. Remember, winning elections starts with YOU! Nancy Churchill is a writer and educator in rural eastern Washington State, and the state committeewoman for the Ferry County Republican Party. She may be reached at DangerousRhetoric@pm.me. The opinions expressed in Dangerous Rhetoric are her own. Dangerous Rhetoric is available on thinkspot, Rumble and Substack. Support Dangerous Rhetoric Sources: Primary Results, WA Commissioner of Public Lands, https://bit.ly/3AFuUbR Login to VoteWa, https://bit.ly/3YQVMzY WA SOS Ballot Status Codes, https://bit.ly/49ol9LA
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New poll shows public misgivings about...
angelobottone
 August 28 2024 at 09:40 pm
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A new poll highlights significant public concerns about the potential legalisation of euthanasia and assisted suicide in the UK. It also highlights contradictory attitudes. There is broad support for allowing the procedures but nervousness about how it may work out. While a majority may support “assisted dying” in principle, many feel that the complexities and risks involved make it unsafe for implementation in Britain. A substantial 60pc worry that pro-euthanasia legalisation would alter the doctor-patient relationship, and 56pc fear it could normalise suicide. Concerns also include the possibility of pressuring vulnerable people, especially under the strain of NHS budgets, to choose death. 43pc fear it could incentivise health professionals to encourage some patients to take their lives. The poll found that most people supported legalising euthanasia or assisted suicide but believed it would backfire in practice. (Curiously, the poll found that the 18-24 age cohort is the only in which the majority of respondents does not support a change in the legislation.) Moreover, 70pc of respondents believe that countries like Canada and the Netherlands have “gone too far” with similar laws. In both of these countries some of the worst fears of euthanasia critics have been confirmed (see here and here) and these fears are confirmed by a new report about Canada titled “From exceptional to routine”. This study shows that “Medical Assistance in Dying” (MAiD) was introduced in 2015 as a rare option and it is now the fifth cause of death in Canada. While the number of denied requests continue to decrease every year, approved cases went from 1,028 in 2016, the first year of operation, to 13,241 in 2022. This represents a thirteenfold increase. No other country has seen such a dramatic rate of growth. Unlike other jurisdictions, the criminal prohibition in Canada on euthanasia and assisted suicide was overturned not through new legislation but through the courts. It was originally intended for exceptional cases and then, in a few years, most of the initial safeguards have been removed by judges or by legislators. For instance, there was a minimum ten-day assessment period for MAiD but a government bill removed it in 2021. The median time between written request and death in 2022 was only eleven days, and it is possible for requests to be assessed and provided in a single day. Moreover, the previous requirement that the patient give final consent before administration of death is now no longer mandatory. Euthanasia and assisted suicide became initially available to persons whose death was “reasonably foreseeable” and later it was extended to anyone considering that their physical suffering, from a disability for example, is intolerable to them. One of the few restrictions still in place is again under attack. Currently, people suffering solely from mental disorders are not eligible for MAiD but a very recent case aims at removing this safeguard as it is considered discriminatory. If it is offered to those who are in physical pain, why not to those who are in mental pain, argue the pro-euthanasia campaigners. The growing acceptance and expansion of euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada, including the potential for its use solely in cases of mental illness, raises alarms about the inevitable slippery slope such legalisation would create. Something worth considering before any attempt to change the law, here or in the UK.
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Unlike Ireland, Britain can see the problem...
angelobottone
 August 24 2024 at 05:33 pm
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Ireland has recently passed one of the most permissive surrogacy law in Europe. To appreciate how extreme this law is, it can be compared with what is in the report issued last year by the Law Commission of England and Wales, in collaboration with the Scottish Law Commission. This report reviews the current legislation and case law in the UK, which is already liberal by international standards, and proposes recommendations, including a draft bill for potential implementation. Unlike us, it recommends against international surrogacy. Currently, in the UK, surrogacy is permitted, but the commissioning parents can apply for a parental order only after the child is born. The report recommends a new pathway so that the commissioning parents do not need to make an application to the court but, instead, their pre-conception agreement with the surrogate mother is registered by a newly proposed regulatory body, and they become legal parents as soon as the child is born. The report repeatedly specifies that the pre-conception agreement is not a contract and is not enforceable by the parties against each other as a matter of contract law. The gestational mother can withdraw her consent before birth and up to six weeks after the baby is born. In Ireland, the regulatory authority approves the surrogacy agreement before birth, and the application for a parental order is made after birth. This is the case for domestic and international arrangements. The UK law reform, however, recommended against including international surrogacy arrangements in their proposed pathway, using the same arguments presented in Ireland—unfortunately without success—by the few members of the Oireachtas who opposed the new legislation. “We have concluded that international surrogacy arrangements should be excluded from the new pathway, as we are concerned by the risks of exploitation since international surrogacy is beyond the jurisdiction of surrogacy regulation in the UK. … Such international surrogacy arrangements are almost invariably commercial in nature,” the report says. The report highlights ethical, legal, and practical challenges. It acknowledges that international surrogacy often occurs in countries with weaker regulations, increasing the risk of exploitation of surrogate mothers. These women may face inadequate legal protections, poor healthcare, and financial arrangements that are not transparent or fair. The disparities in legal standards between countries can also create significant legal uncertainties for intended parents, particularly when bringing the child back to the UK. “The risks of exploitation will depend on the effectiveness of regulation provided by national laws in different countries, and the impact that the payment available to women to be a surrogate can have on the lives of the surrogate and her family. Concerns may be greatest where regulation is inadequate, the sums of money payable to women who act as surrogates are life-changing, and where women do not have equal access to employment, education or other opportunities. While we do not consider that all international arrangements will necessarily be exploitative, we consider that the risk of exploitation is considerably higher than in domestic agreements and that those risks cannot be controlled by domestic laws”, says the report. The UK Law reform document also notes the potential risks to the welfare of the child, including issues related to legal parentage, citizenship, and the child’s right to know their origins. The lack of international agreements on surrogacy standards exacerbates these risks, leading to inconsistent practices and outcomes. Similar concerns were raised at the hearings of the Special Oireachtas Committee, even by some state officials, but they have been completely ignored by the Government. It is not an exaggeration to say that Ireland new surrogacy legislation is extreme, with no concern for the exploitation, commodification, and psychological harm caused, here and abroad.
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Government by Decree
LadyVal
 September 08 2024 at 08:01 pm
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Biden’s Executive Order Overrules the Constitution Executive Order: noun – An order issued by the President based upon authority specifically granted to the executive branch as by the U.S. Constitution or a congressional act. As an example: the National Security Agency was created by an executive order. The U.S. Constitution does not directly define or give the president authority to issue presidential actions, which include executive orders, presidential memoranda and proclamations. Instead, this implied and accepted power derives from Article II of the Constitution, which states that as head of the executive branch and commander in chief of the armed forces, the president “shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” Unfortunately, this poorly defined “legal act” by the Executive is now a means by which Congressional rejection of the President’s desired end is simply avoided without any constitutional right for the Executive Branch to do so! In other words, the Congress can plead with its constituents when there is an undesirable EO that it could do nothing to prevent “because.” This is the same type of governance that has happened so often in the past when our “elected representatives” used the Supreme Court to pass “decisions” that put into place “laws” rejected by the American people. It has in fact become an “end run” around government supposedly “of, for and by the People.” The results of such an action are just as bad as one supposes they will be! On January 27th, 2021, “President” Joe Biden signed Executive Order 14008 mandating the Department of the Interior (DOI), in consultation with the Department of Commerce (DOC) and other agencies produce a report to the National Climate Task Force (yes, we have such a thing probably also created by an EO!) recommending steps for conserving at least 30% of U.S. lands and waters by the year 2030. This is the first step in designing a process to solicit public and stakeholder “input” on a strategy for achieving a particular agenda labeled “30x30.” The Administration’s policy, as written in 14008, calls for the U.S. to conserve at least 30 percent of U.S. lands and waters by 2030 (hence the 30x30 terminology). This goal supports, but is not identical to 30x30 goals that have been proposed under the Convention on Biological Diversity and that have been promoted by many countries and environmental nongovernmental organizations (ENGOs). Needless to say, this entire campaign is beloved by the “Green” or environmental movement no matter what the political and legal effects might be! Save the snail darter by all means!! The Executive Order did not specifically define the level of conservation that would be applied to measure progress toward the 30 x 30 target — Federal agencies will conduct further stakeholder engagement on formulating the concept or definition of “conserve.” One thing that we do know, however, is that all the land involved will belong to the Government no matter who now actually holds title to it. This is made manifest by a little-noticed provision buried deep in 14008, “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, Create Jobs, and Restore Scientific Integrity Across the Federal Government,” that has emerged as one of the gravest threats facing ordinary Americans, at a time when such threats are legion. (Isn’t it interesting that the worst of the federal schemes sound so good in public pronouncements regarding their intentions, actions and results!) Anyway, the EO’s Section 219 sets the goal of “protecting” at least 30% of the nation’s land and water by 2030. The benevolent term “protection” means putting this land and water (mostly land) off limits to any productive use in perpetuity – that is, forever! To accomplish this goal, the federal government will have to buy up – through eminent domain or other pressures on landowners making them “willing sellers” of their property – millions of acres of private land. So, to save the planet from what we have been assured by our elite rulers is a “climate crisis,” the government must gobble up more land and have it “managed” by the bureaucrats in Washington who can’t manage their natural bodily functions never mind a (supposed) planetary crisis! The federal government already owns about 27% (640 million acres) of the nation’s land, the bulk of which is administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) with most of the rest remaining in the clutches of the National Forest Service, National Park Service, and an assortment of wildlife refuges along with military bases that are quickly bowing to the WOKE agenda by changing their names from Confederate heroes to anything else. Of course, our morally feeble Congress replenished the Land and Water Conservation Fund in 2020, giving the feds an annual supply of cash to use in socializing even more private land. And in February of 2021, the Biden White House struck down a Trump-era EO giving local governments a say in federal land acquisitions within their jurisdictions. Alarmed by what promises to be the biggest land grab in American history, governors from 15 states questioned whether the Biden administration has the legal authority to pursue its 30 X 30 plan. In an open letter to Biden, many Governors wrote the following: “[We] are not aware of any statutory or constitutional authority for the President, the U.S. Department of Interior, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, or any other federal agency to set aside 30 percent of all land and water in the United States. Nowhere in the laws of our nation is the authority delegated to the President or executive branch agencies to unilaterally change the policies governing land use in America.” The governors involved represented states stretching from Alaska and Idaho to Tennessee and Alabama. Their open letter follows a March 16 letter to Biden by 64 members of the Congressional Western Caucus, underscoring the special situation of western states, where 90% of federally-owned land is located. “Western states will be disproportionately impacted by policies set in place to achieve the 30 by 30 goal, which we fear will impact revenues derived from jobs that depend on multiple-use public lands,” the letter states. “Our lands and our waters must remain open to activities that support our rural economies and help us achieve our agriculture, timber, recreation, energy, and mineral needs.” The threat posed by the 30 X 30 plan to predominantly rural employment is key to understanding the goal of the agenda. Ultimately, 30 X 30 is about what writer Ron Arnold calls “rural cleansing.” Put enough regulatory pressure on natural-resource industries so that many are forced out of business, and you will also destroy the livelihoods of the people who make their living in those industries. Eventually, enough will leave for urban areas in search of work. This is how rural cleansing works, and the people behind 30 X 30 know it. The whole agenda is to depopulate rural areas driving people into 15 minutes “cities” (i.e. hi-tech concentration camps!) that will be established in order to make us easier to control – and eventually eliminate when the time comes. Of course, if direct land acquisitions become problematic, these tyrants have many other strategies prepared. For instance, by adding a few more carefully selected species to the Endangered Species List, land-use restrictions can be imposed on a species’ habitat that can cripple rural economies forcing farmers to sell off the land they own to protect “biodiversity.” Then, too, in the past, those whose land the Feds desired have been “removed” from the scene leaving that land “available” for the taking. The Biden administration is also preparing to bring back Obama’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule that will impose federal zoning on millions of acres of private land. Former governor of Nebraska, Pete Rickets believed the 30 X 30 plan would leave economic devastation in its wake. According to Rickets when he spoke in 2021, “Right now, 97% of Nebraska is privately owned, and if you wanted to set aside 30% of this in conservation, you would drive up land prices [and] make it more difficult for young people to get into production agriculture,” the Republican governor told a Daily Signal podcast, “You would certainly drive-up food prices [and] . . . property taxes.” So, just what does Executive Order 14008 mandate? First, the EO puts “the climate crisis (!) at the center of United States foreign policy and national security! In Section 102, the EO states: This order builds on and reaffirms actions my Administration has already taken to place the climate crisis at the forefront of this Nation's foreign policy and national security planning, including submitting the United States instrument of acceptance to rejoin the Paris Agreement. In implementing—and building upon—the Paris Agreement's three overarching objectives (a safe global temperature, increased climate resilience, and financial flows aligned with a pathway toward low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development), the United States will exercise its leadership to promote a significant increase in global climate ambition to meet the climate challenge. The matter goes on at great length to show how completely our government and the rest of the governments of the world will work together to make false claims of impending disasters into a means by which every man, woman and child will come under the direct control of what will become a world government in the name of the New World Order. Neither is this all a matter of ecology. Very much involved is our nation (and the world’s) financial status. For instance, the EO mandates: Group and the International Monetary Fund, to promote financing programs, economic stimulus packages, and debt relief initiatives that are aligned with and support the goals of the Paris Agreement; and (iii) develop, in collaboration with the Secretary of State, the Administrator of USAID, and the Chief Executive Officer of the DFC, a plan for promoting the protection of the Amazon rainforest and other critical ecosystems that serve as global carbon sinks, including through market-based mechanisms. Meanwhile, (h) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Energy shall work together and with the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the Chief Executive Officer of the DFC, and the heads of other agencies and partners, as appropriate, to identify steps through which the United States can promote ending international financing of carbon-intensive fossil fuel-based energy while simultaneously advancing sustainable development and a green recovery, in consultation with the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. And so on and on – and on. Meanwhile, Section. 103 is involved with: Prioritizing Climate in Foreign Policy and National Security in order to ensure that climate change considerations are central to United States foreign policy and national security. Again, this step involves numerous other steps to the point at which one wonders what will happen if a true crisis arrives during this insanity! Who will be available to deal with it? And still it goes on as we see in PART II—TAKING A GOVERNMENT-WIDE APPROACH TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS. Under this heading we see the interesting confluence of climate and health issues. Under the heading Section 201: Policy, the ghost of pandemics past are recovered and reused: Even as our Nation emerges from profound public health and economic crises borne of a pandemic, we face a climate crisis that threatens our people and communities, public health and economy, and, starkly, our ability to live on planet Earth. Despite the peril that is already evident, there is promise in the solutions—opportunities to create well-paying union jobs to build a modern and sustainable infrastructure, deliver an equitable, clean energy future, and put the United States on a path to achieve net-zero emissions, economy-wide, by no later than 2050. We must listen to science—and act. (One has to wonder who the climate’s Dr. Fauci will be!) We must strengthen our clean air and water protections. We must hold polluters accountable for their actions. We must deliver environmental justice in communities all across America. The Federal Government must drive assessment, disclosure, and mitigation of climate pollution and climate-related risks in every sector of our economy, marshaling the creativity, courage, and capital necessary to make our Nation resilient in the face of this threat. Together, we must combat the climate crisis with bold, progressive action that combines the full capacity of the Federal Government with efforts from every corner of our Nation, every level of government, and every sector of our economy. And again it goes on and on (and on and on) for many pages to the point at which even the least knowledgeable among us wonders when our government will have time to do anything else or how the rest of us will survive as we suffer and starve in preparation for a planet-killing bad thing whether of weather or health! The simple fact is that our government had no right to even consider doing this much less doing it on the basis of an Executive Order! If we let 14008 stand, then there will be nothing left to save from “climate change” or the next manufactured pandemic. Time to wake up, folks, while we still can. Indeed, IF we still can.

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