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Even een week geen doemberichten uit de wereld. Eindelijk wat goed nieuws. De ECB is nog steeds met de uitrol van de digitale euro bezig. Maar wordt dit het volgende groots falende IT project van onze overheid? Boris is opperbest gestemd over de lage kans van slagen van de uitrol van de digitale euro. De concurrentie is te groot en de precedenten laten zien dat het volk het niet slikt. Dat zo mooi zijn want dat betekend dat iedereen in Europa gaat ontsnappen aan de financiële kooi waar ze ons in willen stoppen. Tijd voor wat optimisme dus. Praat mee over de uitzending via ons officiële Telegram kanaal
Dat was het dan. Het einde van het meest EXTREEM ULTRA RECHTSE KABINET DAT NEDERLAND OOIT GEHAD HEEFT. Wilders heeft er geen zin meer in. Hij krijg zijn halve A4'tje met punten niet getekend door zijn mede lapzwansen in het kabinet. Dus de stekker moest eruit. Wat maakt het ook uit. Er gebeurde toch vrij weinig, nu misschien een beetje minder.
Het einde van de weg. We zijn er! Allemaal uitstappen en je bezittingen inleveren bij de ECB! You'll own nothing and be happy! De douches zijn aan de linkerkant. Voor je kijken en doorlopen! SCHNELL!!!!!Word bazige baas
De uitdrukking “dat is een kanarie in de kolenmijn” staat symbool voor een vroege waarschuwing bij groot gevaar. Vroeger namen mijnwerkers daadwerkelijk een kanarie mee de mijn in. Niet voor gezelschap, maar als levensreddend alarmsysteem. De kleine vogeltjes zijn extreem gevoelig voor giftige gassen zoals koolmonoxide – een onzichtbare, reukloze sluipmoordenaar. Zodra de kanarie bezweek, wisten de mijnwerkers genoeg: tijd om weg te wezen. Dankzij dit waarschuwende offer konden zij op tijd vluchten en het lek opsporen.Nu is Japan die kanarie in de kolenmijn. Als praktisch de uitvinder van monetaire verruiming – het ongebreideld bijdrukken van geld en andere vormen van kunstmatige economische stimulering – laat het land zien waar dit beleid uiteindelijk toe leidt. De yen is sterk gedevalueerd, de schuldenberg is onhoudbaar geworden en alle conventionele oplossingen lijken uitgeput.De situatie is schrijnend: het geboortecijfer nadert het nulpunt en het land balanceert op de rand van de afgrond. Japan is de eerste die met deze realiteit wordt geconfronteerd, maar zeker niet de laatste. Ook China, de Verenigde Staten en Europa kampen met dezelfde structurele problemen.Misschien rest er nog één laatste Hail Mary: een ontsnapping uit deze existentiële crisis via kunstmatige intelligentie en robotisering.Word bazige baas
8 maart 2015. De Kuip gonst, maar met weinig hoop. PSV staat bovenaan, ongenaakbaar, met Depay, Wijnaldum, Luuk de Jong. Feyenoord? Kwakkelend. Geen grote verwachtingen. Maar wat niemand weet: dit wordt de wedstrijd van Anass Achahbar.De kleine spits, geboren in Den Haag, jarenlang gezien als groot talent, krijgt onverwacht het vertrouwen van Fred Rutten in de spits. Geen Kazim. Achahbar — 21 jaar, veelbelovend, maar nog altijd wachtend op zijn moment.En dan: minuut 59. Een lange bal, net in de zestien. In één vloeiende beweging neemt hij hem op de slof. BOEM. Dwars door alles heen. Zo zuiver. Zo onverwacht. 1-0. De Kuip ontploft.Nog geen vijf minuten later doet hij het wéér. Bal stuit op, hij neemt ‘m aan op de borst en haalt uit. Geen twijfel, geen aarzeling. Tweede goal. 2-0. Tegen de toekomstige kampioen. In een wedstrijd waar niemand op hem had gerekend, draagt Achahbar Feyenoord op zijn schouders.PSV komt terug tot 2-1, maar Feyenoord houdt stand. Een gigantische overwinning. Een breekijzer voor de eindspurt. En in het oog van de storm: een spits die jarenlang de belofte was, en hem op deze ene avond helemaal inloste.Voor Achahbar bleef het moment uniek. Geen vaste waarde, geen lange carrière in de top. Maar in De Kuip leeft die avond voort.Een jeugdige jongen. Tegen de koploper. In het hol van de leeuw.En op 8 maart 2015? Was het stadion van hem.Anass Achahbar. Een naam, een middag.In de podcast verwijzen Neal en Kenneth naar:De samenvatting van de wedstrijd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzDHmU5g3lQ&ab_channel=ESPNNLZie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Er is een nieuwe brandhaard ontstaan in de wereld. Na de terroristische aanval van Pakistaanse moslim terroristen heeft India meerdere bombardementen uitgevoerd op Pakistaans grondgebied. Pakistan bezint zich nu op wraak. Staan deze twee kernmachten nu op het punt van oorlog? De spanningen zijn sinds 1999 niet zo hoog opgelopen. Minder spannend is dat we volgens sommigen al een tijd in de "age of average" leven. Een term die duid dat alles tegenwoordig weinig hoogstaand is en hetzelfde wordt. Hoe komen we aan deze middelmatigheid en belangrijker: hoe ontkomen we er weer aan?Thanks voor het kijken naar de podcast! We kunnen content maken dankzij jullie steun.
Is Trump bezig om de wereldeconomie op te blazen met zijn tarieven? Of is het slechts een schijnbeweging en een power play om zijn agenda erdoorheen te drukken? Boris en Robert duiken in Project 2025 van The Heritage foundation, een denktank die zich bezig houdt met conservatief beleid.Word bazige baas
De paus is dood! Lang leve de paus! Is het eind der tijden dichterbij met het overlijden van de laatste paus? Nostradamus beschreef de komst van de laatste, wellicht zwarte, paus al 500 jaar geleden. Dit zou betekenen dat we de apocalyps naderen. Mening complot is al aan bod gekomen in vier jaar V for Valentine show, maar weinig is er gesproken over de zwarte paus en de Jezuïeten. Hoog tijd dus.Nu Word bazige baas
We zeggen het vaker maar we staan aan de vooravond van een nieuwe grote sprong voorwaarts. De ontwikkelingen op technologisch gebied gaan zorgen voor een ongekende toename in onze welvaart en welzijn door dat de kosten van levensonderhoud enorm naar beneden gaan. Deze welvaartssprong hebben we niet meer gezien sinds de industrialisatie. Deze ontwikkeling staat haaks op de inflatie van de afgelopen decennia die ons leven juist veel duurder maken. Deze twee ontwikkelingen bepalen de prijs van morgen en de vraag is wordt deze dan heel hoog of heel laag?Word bazige baas
Turbulente tijden op de financiële markten de afgelopen dagen. Inmiddels lijkt Trump toch de 90 dagen pauze in te lassen voor de invoer van verschillende importtarieven, maar desalniettemin brak de hysterie uit met de aankondiging van de tarieven tijdens Liberation Day. In dit 6D schaakspel is niets wat het lijkt. Wat is de beweegreden van Trump in dit hele verhaal. Veel goed doen die tarieven niemand en zeker niet. We duiken in het geopolitieke strijdtoneel en pluizen de complexe verhoudingen en verschillende belangen van de krachten achter Trump uit.Word bazige baas
We duiken deze week in de moeders (of vaders) van alle complotten. Javier Milei doet meer dan alleen regels en grote delen van de Argentijnse overheid afschaffen. Hij houdt er blijkbaar ook van om licht te schijnen op hele oude complotten. Na de Tweede Wereldoorlog zijn veel nazi's gevlucht naar Zuid-Amerika, zo schijnt ook Hitler. Milei staat op het punt om hier documenten over vrij te geven. Dit complot houdt verband met een ander moeder van alle complotten, de onopgeloste moord op JFK. Aan de hand van de documentaire JFK to 9/11: Everything Is a Rich Man's Trick en vertellen je haarfijn hoe de rijken der aarde oorlog en invloed gebruiken om die wereld niet meteen heel veel beter te maken. Check hem weer!Wil je naar de inspiratieavond van Richard Hoofs? Hier vind je alle info: https://www.rozenkruis.nl/inspiratieavondenWord bazige baas
Boris zit vandaag met Daan de Wit om te praten over gezondheid, over supplementen, over "ievermektiene" en over de oorlog die de regering aan het voeren is tegen de rijken. Die groep verlaat massaal Nederland om de overmatrige belastingdruk en regeldruk te ontlopen. Alles wat Daan de Wit doet, volg je via zijn website https://andermens.nl Volg hem op X via https://twitter.com/DaanDeWit en Instagram via @andermens_Word bazige baas
Boris was een paar weken geleden te gast bij Ongehoord Nederland om te benadrukken hoe belangrijk het Plakkaat van Verlaatinghe was. Dit document, opgesteld na de 80 jarige oorlog tegen de Spanjaarden, waarbij de Staten Generaal verklaarden dat Nederland vanaf dat moment een vrij en soeverein land is. Daarme legde Nederland de basis voor vrijheid want vrijheid kun je namelijk nooit cadeau krijgen, je moet het over jezelf uitroepen en het vervolgens verdedigen. Engelse pelgrims namen het Nederlandse document en de Nederlandse vrije geest mee naar Amerika waar het aan de basis stond van de Amerikaanse Declaration of Independence. Mooie tijden waren dat.Word bazige baas
In oktober van dit haar is het zover. De ECB gaat de langverwachte CBDC lanceren. Dan krijgen we naast de euro nog een digitale euro. De ECB is deze digitale euro hoogstpersoonlijk aan het programmeren dus dat wordt wat. Word bazige baas
Een epische en nog nooit eerder vertoonde meltdown in het Witte Huis afgelopen week. Zelensky zou een deal moeten tekenen en probeerde voor het oog van de wereld de deal te heronderhandelen met Trump. Het zorgde voor een ongekende situatie waarbij twee staatshoofden voor de televisie hun onenigheid uitvochten. De VS weigert veiligheidsgaranties aan Oekraïne te geven. Het is onderdeel van een grotere beweging waarbij de EU/Europa nu in het gat probeert te springen wat de VS achterlaat. Europa staat er alleen voor en kan dit niet lang volhouden.Word bazige baas
Na de verkiezingen in Duitsland en met DOGE in de VS kan de bezem eindelijk door het bureaucratische gedrocht genaamd: de overheid. Ambtenaren zijn wereldwijd in paniek nu hun werk openlijk ter discussie wordt gesteld. Het zorgt er ook voor dat er een schijnwerper wordt gezet op hoe de overheid (niet) werkt en hoe makkelijk belasting geld kan rollen en zonder controle in een diep zwart gat verdwijnt. We gaan dus weer even ouderwets full HAM op de overheid. In de Xtra kijken we naar Trump's plannen voor de wereld en Gaza. Word bazige baas
Willem Middelkoop is terug bij V for Valentine! We gaan verder waar4 het gesprek eindigde anderhalf jaar geleden. Zitten we inmiddels in die grote crisis? Hoe staat het met de monetaire reset? Wat is het effect van Trump en nog veel meer.Word bazige baas
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Niemand minder dan Jorn Luka, ondernemer en podcastmaker schuift aan bij V for Valentine om te praten over de media, Trump, het vertrouwen in de instituties en het proces van wakker worden. Word bazige baas
In deze aflevering van 'V for Valentine' hebben we een speciale gast, Aaron van Wirdum, de auteur van 'The Genesis Book'. Hij neemt ons mee op een reis door de geschiedenis van het ontstaan van bitcoin, van de mensen en projecten die deze revolutionaire valuta inspireerden. Een must-see voor iedereen die geïnteresseerd is in technologie, vrijheid en de toekomst van geld. De Nederlandse versie van Het Genesisboek vind je hier: https://bitcoinbrabant.com/product/het-genesisboek/ Word bazige baas
Watch The X22 Report On Video No videos found Click On Picture To See Larger PictureBecause of Germany's policies the economy is now struggling and the people can see it very clearly. Inflation remains high and the Fed is in a holding pattern. Right on schedule. The fake news along with the Fed are building the market crash narrative. Trump is ready to place 100% tariffs on countries [CB] that move from the US currency. The [DS] is losing more and more power each day. The swamp is learning that resisting this time around will not work. Trump has studied the enemy and he is attacking it at it's core. The purge is happening. Trump is continually blocking the [DS] to weaken them, his latest move they cannot enter buildings. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:13499335648425062,size:[0, 0],id:"ld-7164-1323"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src="//cdn2.customads.co/_js/ajs.js";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,"script","ld-ajs"); Economy https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1885261695024603156 Revolving Door': Biden's Ocean Energy Chief Went To Work For Major Offshore Wind Company After Admin Boosted Industry Amanda Lefton, the former director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), went to work for a major offshore wind company after the agency boosted the industry and worked to limit offshore fossil fuel development on her watch. Lefton spearheaded the Biden administration's effort to build out 30 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity along America's coasts by 2030 in her capacity as the leader of BOEM, playing a key role in the administration's all-of-government offshore wind push from February 2021 to February 2023, according to her LinkedIn profile. She then went to work on green energy-related issues for Foley Hoag LLC — a major D.C. law firm — for approximately six months and then joined RWE, a major player in the offshore wind space, as the head of development for the east coast in July 2023. Source: dailycaller.com https://twitter.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1885319814262018079 Trump is getting the lower interest rates he demanded from everyone but the Fed U.S. President Donald Trump is getting his wish that interest rates drop across the world, just not at home where a strong economy and uncertainty over his own policies have set the stage for the Federal Reserve to diverge from its central bank peers. Source: reuters.com Trump may be his own worst enemy in his fight against the Fed Trump has said he wants lower interest rates, but he may be standing in his own way. His policies, though, are an obstacle the Fed could have to navigate as it adjusts monetary policy. Fed Chair Jerome Powell sent a clear message this week that central bankers were in no rush to lower rates, with Fed officials opting to pause rate cuts in the first policy meeting of the year. That seemed to defy pressure from Trump, who said in his address to the World Economic Forum last week that he would demand interest rates be lowered "immediately." He added that his policies — including plans to levy steep tariffs on imports from China, Canada, and Mexico — could help renew the US economy. But those plans could end up being the very obstacle the Fed has to navigate this year as it decides what to do with interest rates, and they're likely the reason the Fed will hit pause until the picture becomes clearer, Wall Street forecasters say. Economists have warned that Trump's plan to levy steep tariffs on US imports could stoke inflation, a notion that Trump has pushed back on. The president has said he would lower prices, and he implemented tariffs in his first term without a significant inflation increase. His tariff plan this time around, though, is far more wide-reaching,
Een paradigmaverschuiving, is een ontwikkeling die leidt tot een dramatisch ander beeld van de werkelijkheid. Vaak ontstaat bij zo'n ontwikkeling een grote tegenstelling tussen de voor- en tegenstanders van het nieuwe paradigma. Word bazige baas
Bracht Elon de Hilter groet? Of hebben we gewoon te maken met een over-enthousiaste autist en een corrupte mainstream media campagne om Trump en zijn team zoveel mogelijk te framen als "ultra rechts" of "extreem rechts" ? hmmm, moeilijk moeilijk. We bespreken het in ieder geval uitgebreid in V for Valentine. Word bazige baas
BOEM! Robert en Boris terug in de studio en het wordt meteen een goede. We blikken terug op een bewogen 2024 en blikken vooruit op wat we in 2025 kunnen verwachten. Er lijkt een monumentale switch plaats te vinden. bitcoin adoptie gaat steeds sneller, de diversiteitsregels worden en masse de deur uit gedaan en BlackRock stop met de klimaathysterie. Boris en Robert zijn helemaal high van de hopeium. We hebben wel nog wat te verslikken met betrekking tot een economisch ravijn waar we op afrijden. Maar dat overleven we na alle gekte van de afgelopen jaren ook wel weer. Word bazige baas
Hans Glock is terug bij V for Valentine! Samen met Boris praten ze over vrijheid, de media en alles wat daar tussen in zit. Check het gezelligste gesprek van 2025! klikkerdeklik! Word bazige baas
Voordat Robert lijsttrekker was van de Libertarische Partij, gaf Toine Manders invulling aan die rol. Toine werd door de politiek gedemoniseerd omdat hij zeer uitgesproken is over belasting. Omdat belasting niet vrijwillig is (waar heb je die overeenkomst getekend?) lijkt het op afpersing door een criminele organisatie. Daar gaan we dieper op in vandaag met Toine Manders. Er is overigens geen Xtra aflevering bij deze episode. Volgende week is Robert er weer! Word bazige baas
Connecticut and Massachusetts have backed out of their portions of the Vineyard Wind 2 offshore project, Avaada Group is investing $12B in renewables for Rajasthan by 2030, and Enersense is selling its onshore wind and solar project development business to Fortum. Fill out our Uptime listener survey and enter to win an Uptime mug! Register for Wind Energy O&M Australia! https://www.windaustralia.com Sign up now for Uptime Tech News, our weekly email update on all things wind technology. This episode is sponsored by Weather Guard Lightning Tech. Learn more about Weather Guard's StrikeTape Wind Turbine LPS retrofit. Follow the show on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Linkedin and visit Weather Guard on the web. And subscribe to Rosemary Barnes' YouTube channel here. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us! Pardalote Consulting - https://www.pardaloteconsulting.comWeather Guard Lightning Tech - www.weatherguardwind.comIntelstor - https://www.intelstor.com Welcome to Uptime News Flash. Industry news, lightning fast. Your hosts, Allen Hall, Joel Saxum, and Phil Totaro discuss the latest deals, mergers, and alliances that will shape the future of wind power. News Flash is brought to you by IntelStor. For market intelligence that generates revenue, visit www.intelstor.com. Allen Hall: There's been a significant setback for offshore wind development from Vineyard Offshore as they announced the withdrawal of its 800 megawatt portion of the Vineyard Wind 2 project from Massachusetts contract negotiations and that decision came after Connecticut opted not to purchase its planned 400 megawatt share of the project. This development impacts Massachusetts ambitious offshore wind goals, where despite earlier procurement of 3200 megawatts of capacity, only Vineyard Wind 1 remains active in the state's pipeline. And Phil, this is due to the combination of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island working together to draw from some of these offshore projects. But now, Connecticut is full stop, not going to be involved in offshore wind, they said, for at least a couple of years. Phil Totaro: Yeah, not that Connecticut has always been Wind Energy's biggest well, biggest fan, pardon the pun. Connecticut has, is basically saying that they're pulling out of this procurement because offshore wind is just too expensive, and that's entirely true. . Given what the industry has to price the PPA at to be able to pay for the project, given the the cost of money and the cost of equipment these days. So I can see why they did it, but it does kind of screw Rhode Island and Massachusetts a little bit because, they were counting on that offtake. So the question then becomes, does Massachusetts unilaterally go and sign an agreement 2 at some point? Is that even something that's going to be able to move forward, before January 20th, where presumably we're not going to get, four years worth of BOEM approvals on offshore wind farms? So there's a lot of uncertainty and unfortunately chaos caused by, Connecticut's decision here and, and certainly unfortunate for, for vineyard offshore wind. Joel Saxum: I think one thing to think about here is that like you said, Phil, that there's a looming deadline that might close the door on some of these wind things or not, not slam the door, but close it a little bit more this offshore wind program that we have going on the East Coast for no matter what state you're in. And, and the way I'm looking at some of this is, yes, the PPAs are expensive. I see that. Tech, the technology is expensive. I see that the financing is, has been a bit difficult. It should be hopefully getting easier to see that. However, If your goal is to have renewable energies and you're in the northeast part of the United States, you don't have a whole lot of options. Your options basically are offshore wind and something else that someone dreams up for something because that's it.
Is Ancilla de Nederlandse Whitney Webb? of is die overeenkomst slechts toeval? Ancilla vertelt over de staat van de wereld en de technologische Tyrannie die ons onder Trump staat te wachten. Want hoe blij we ook zijn dat het kabinet Biden is opgehoepeld, wat krijgen we ervoor terug? In de Xtra gaan we door over onze ervaringen met paddo's en de grenzen van de realiteit. Word bazige baas
Is het toeval dat we na El Salvador en Argentinië nu ook in de VS aan de vooravond van een libertarische overname lijken te staan? Of hebben we hier te maken met een groter fenomeen? Een libertarische revolutie? We bespreken ook het Nederlandse BBP gecorrigeerd naar koopkracht per land. Dan lijkt de kwaliteit van leven in Nederland niet veel hoger te liggen dan in bijvoorbeeld Nigeria. Is Nederland een derde wereldland? Boris en Robert zochten het uit. Word bazige baas
Paul Buitink komt langs om te praten over de monetaire oorlog die is uitgebarsten en de nucleaire optie waar de neo-cons zo hard op zitten te wachten. Is de dollar in verval? Ruikt BRICS bloed? Heeft de euro nog een kans? En welke alternatieven liggen er op de loer? In de Xtra vandaag hebben we het over Bitcoin en Goud als serieus alternatief voor een nieuw monetair systeem. Word bazige baas
Join us on the Tap Tap Cast, where apparently a new season means a variety of NEW face and winners! This week we chat with Boem20, who won the Lille regional, the very first official tournament he's every played in! The crew talk about Boem's notoriety in the grassroots scene, his thoughts on how the meta is evolving and the differences between the Dutch and Flemish language. Follow the crew! Amanda // www.twitter.com/Lundberger Martijn // www.twitter.com/InadequancePOGO Boem20 // www.twitter.com/boem20
The new lease site could yield enough electricity to power up to 1.4 million homes, according to BOEM.
BOEM has cancelled its Gulf of Mexico offshore wind lease auction due to lack of interest. We explore why companies are hesitant to put turbines in the gulf, examining challenges and opportunities for wind projects in Texas and Louisiana from both financial and technical perspectives. Phil and Rosemary discuss downwind turbine designs for hurricane-prone areas and the complex economics of wind energy projects in the region. Our Wind Farm of the Week is the farm built for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, showcasing the potential of wind energy on a global stage. Register for the AMI Wind Turbine Blades Event! Sign up now for Uptime Tech News, our weekly email update on all things wind technology. This episode is sponsored by Weather Guard Lightning Tech. Learn more about Weather Guard's StrikeTape Wind Turbine LPS retrofit. Follow the show on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Linkedin and visit Weather Guard on the web. And subscribe to Rosemary Barnes' YouTube channel here. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us! Pardalote Consulting - https://www.pardaloteconsulting.comWeather Guard Lightning Tech - www.weatherguardwind.comIntelstor - https://www.intelstor.com Allen Hall: Have you seen the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile up close, Joel? Have you been around that thing? Joel Saxum: I have, I've actually sat in it and I think I know where this story is going. Allen Hall: I been up close to it and I don't remember where it must have been an automobile museum and to the peanut mobile Which is another engineering marvel not seen that I saw them both driving down a highway one day I thought man either I'm really tired Strange vehicles on the road today But the wiener mobile flipped over outside of Chicago, did you see that It looked like a, did it look like somebody fell asleep and hit one of those concrete barriers that you can always find in Chicago? Joel Saxum: My thought was, I was actually joking with a friend about it, is cause I'm from Wisconsin, so there's this rivalry between Chicago and the people in Wisconsin. And it was brats versus the all, the all beef hot dogs in Chicago that they make the Chicago dogs. And they're saying that they wanted to keep the Wienermobile in Chicago so much that they, someone actually sabotaged it. I don't know, that's probably not what happened, of course, but that was the joke. Allen Hall: Is there a Bratmobile? Joel Saxum: There's not. I will tell you this, if you'd like to see some great American entertainment, tune into a Milwaukee Brewers game and watch the Sausage Race. And you will see hot dogs and brats, polishes. Italian sausage. That's the fourth one. Are these the four food groups up in Wisconsin? Yes, yes. Yes they are. Number five is cheese curds and number six is beer. That rounds it out nicely. So the Wienermobile needs a little TLC based on the photos I've seen and they're gonna have to put that thing back together. That's a hallmark of America, right? There's things to be proud of. That's one of them, man on the moon, Wienermobile. I'm Allen Hall, and I'll be joined by the rest of the Uptime host after these news headlines. In our first story, German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex is reporting a significant turnaround in its financial performance. For the first half of 2024, the company saw a dramatically reduced net loss of 12.6 million euros, a substantial improvement from the 298 million Euro loss reported in the same period last year. This positive trend is further underscored by a 24.7% increase in sales reaching 3.43 billion euros. In light of these encouraging results, Nordics has revived its 2024 guidance upward now projecting an EBITDA margin between three and 4%. Amid these industry dynamics, the United Kingdom is making bold moves to accelerate its wind energy sector. The British government has unveiled ambitious plans to support an additional 20 to 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030...
Kimberly Wood, 2023-24 law student fellow with the D.C. Bar Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Community, interviews Elizabeth Klein, Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). Klein discusses BOEM's role in overseeing offshore wind energy development in the US, outlining their process from identifying potential lease areas to conducting environmental assessments and engaging with stakeholders. She emphasizes BOEM's efforts to meet renewable energy goals while balancing environmental concerns and fostering economic growth and local economic benefits associated with offshore wind projects. The discussion also touches on regulatory updates and challenges facing the industry. Please note, the positions and opinions expressed by the speakers are strictly their own, and do not necessarily represent the views of their employers, nor those of the D.C. Bar, its Board of Governors or co-sponsoring Communities and organizations. Thank you to our sponsors! LawPay was developed specifically to help law firms streamline billing and collections—while providing a simple, secure solution for legal clients to pay their bills. As an industry leader in legal payments, LawPay is a cost-effective solution for more than 50,000 law firms around the country. MyCase is a powerful legal case management software designed to cover the entire client lifecycle, including lead and document management, billing and invoicing, and comprehensive reporting. Automate and streamline everything from client intake and calendaring to workflows and payments in an intuitive, all-in-one solution trusted by more than 17,000 law firms.
26 July, 2024 – EASTHAM, MA – Over 200 Cape Codders attended the public information session at the Sheraton in Eastham, July 17, called by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. The presentation about the leasing process and the environmental assessment was cut short to give more time to the public's comments and questions. BOEM is proposing lease sales of 1 million acres, some of it 20 miles outside lower and outer Cape Cod, for construction and operation of a wind power station with the capacity of supplying energy to 5 million homes.
Top stories across project and infrastructure finance last week: - Aethon to buy Tellurian's upstream assets in $260m deal - Azerbaijan plans to borrow $5bn for infrastructure projects - Bidders seek bank commitments for South African border post projects - BOEM offers Maine floating wind research lease - Brookfield in talks to acquire Neoen - Cebu handed control of $1.6bn expressway project - Energy Capital Partners to buy Atlantica in $2.5bn deal - FID taken for Atapu-2 and Sepia-2 oil developments - FirstLight Fiber secures financing package - Glenfarne seeks more time to build Texas LNG terminal
Dal 16 maggio al 27 Ottobre alla Fabbrica del Vapore a Milano si tiene la prima mostra interamente dedicata a Obey, uno dei più importanti street artist contemporanei. Vi raccontiamo la sua storia Questa puntata è stata realizzata in collaborazione con Boem, main sponsor della mostra Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Boem! We zijn ein-de-lijk terug met onze 26e worp: “Morgen en morgen en morgen” van Gabrielle Zevin. Deze roman over Sam en Sadie, gamers, creatieve talenten en frenemies scheerde hoge toppen bij Gen Z op Booktok en ging al 5 miljoen keer over de toonbank. Maar wat vinden wij, de niet-gamende millennials, ervan? Luister nu, wherever you get your podcaaaaasts.
S4E15 - Monica neemt het niet zo nauw met een paaltje hier of muurtje daar, en ook zíj́ heeft ooit haar rijbewijs gehaald. Reden genoeg voor onze luisteraar om de moed erin te houden. Maar eerst tijd voor een Bachelor-review van Kaj én juicy aftertalk van Mo's birthday dinner.
An environmental group sues BOEM over the location of two offshore wind projects. Lawyers for the alleged Long Island serial killer want files related to the ex-cop involved in the original investigation. Two Bridgeport ballot tampering complaints are now under state investigation. And Connecticut's first female supreme court justice has died at the age of 94.
Latest on Oregon Offshore Wind Projects The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, BOEM, released the latest info this week on the proposed floating offshore wind energy projects slated for southern Oregon coastal waters. Even after a lengthy public comment period last fall, stakeholders like tribes and commercial fishermen still say they aren't being heard. A 30-day public comment period opens this week. Info online: Google "BOEM Oregon Activities."
This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Friday, January 26th, 2024. Dropwave Do you have a podcast, or thinking about starting one? Does your church have a podcast feed for sermons? Then Dropwave.io is for you. Cancel culture is like walking on a thin glass bridge over the Grand Canyon. Every step you take could get you killed, I mean canceled. Since the beginning CrossPolitic has been working on being antifragile, so no matter what happens, our content can still be delivered to your tv and to your podcast. The Waterboy and his friend Jeremi, have been working on building a podcast hosting solution for rowdy platforms like CrossPolitic, so that you can be confident your podcast will never fall through that glass bridge. Dropwave offers seamless onboarding for shows that have been around for years to easy to use solutions for starting your own podcast. Dropwave will track all your show’s downloads by city, state, and country, and it offers network and enterprise packages for solutions like the Fight Laugh Feast Network. Free to speak, Free to podcast, free to start your journey now at www.Dropwave.io. https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4428905-gop-governors-abbott-border-security-immigration/ GOP governors back Abbott in border standoff Republican governors are backing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) in his standoff against the federal government over border authority. On Tuesday, the Texas National Guard appeared to ignore a Supreme Court decision and continued building razor wire barriers on the U.S.-Mexico border, preventing the federal Border Patrol from doing their jobs. In a statement Wednesday, Abbott justified the actions by claiming his authority to combat an “invasion” of the state “supersedes” federal law. GOP Govs. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, Kristi Noem of South Dakota, Ron DeSantis of Florida, Glenn Youngkin of Virginia and Brian Kemp of Georgia have all said they support Abbott’s actions. “If the Constitution really made states powerless to defend themselves against an invasion, it wouldn’t have been ratified in the first place and Texas would have never joined the union when it did,” DeSantis said on X, formerly Twitter. “TX is upholding the law while Biden is flouting it.” Youngkin added that the Biden administration “has turned every state into a border state,” and that Abbott is doing what the border officials “refuse to do to secure our border.” Stitt, Noem and Kemp also said their states “stand with” Texas. The federal government has claimed in court filings that the Texas National Guard has physically prevented the Border Patrol from doing its job on certain parts of the Rio Grande, as well as blocked off portions of the border previously used to process migrants. The claim that Texas officials can supersede federal authority has sparked calls from Democrats for President Biden to nationalize the Texas National Guard and force them to follow the court’s decision and federal law. Democratic Texas Reps. Joaquin Castro and Greg Casar have advocated for nationalizing the state guard. Abbott’s statement Wednesday specifically claims the federal government has “broken the compact” with the states, justifying ignoring federal law and the Supreme Court. The so-called “compact theory” is a rejected idea of state supremacy used to justify the secession of Confederate states during the Civil War. The Supreme Court repeatedly shot down the legal theory in the early years of the U.S., when it was first proposed to nullify federal legislation during former President John Adams’s time in office. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-ags-battle-blue-state-push-to-shutter-largest-ammo-manufacturer-to-punish-second-amendment-rights GOP AGs take aim at Dem plea for Biden to shut down critical ammo manufacturer Every republican attorney general in the country blasted their Democrat counterparts for attempting to shutter an ammunition factory in Missouri, a letter sent to the White House Wednesday revealed. In a letter obtained exclusively by Fox News Digital, all 28 GOP attorneys general asked President Biden and White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention director Stefanie Feldman to disregard their Democrat colleagues' request to end commercial sales from Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, one of the country’s largest ammo manufacturers. Democrats had previously asked the administration to investigate the contracting and manufacturing practices of the plant after a New York Times report alleged that "military-grade rounds" were sold commercially and were connected to mass shootings. But the Republicans say the Democrats’ letter contained a "litany of errors." "Perhaps those States should focus more on prosecuting crime to stop mass shootings—rather than trying to stop lawful Americans’ use of guns and ammunition. Their tactic is an overt attempt to punish Americans’ exercise of their Second Amendment rights, Among the list of "errors" the GOP AGs point out that their Democrat colleages allege that ammunition manufactured for "military use" does not belong in communities. "First, the ammunition manufactured at Lake City and sold into the commercial market is not the primary rifle cartridge used by the United States military. The primary cartridge is proprietary to the Army and may not be sold commercially," the AGs note. "Second, while the United States military purchases and uses a particular type of ammunition, that is not determinative as to whether it is "military ammunition" that should be banned for public use," they write. "If the United States military using ammunition precluded that ammunition’s use by civilians, then other widely and commonly available ammunition, including 9mm and 12-gauge shotshells, would also be prohibited for public use," they argued, adding that Supreme Court precedent "does not support such an openly artificial distinction." According to the state’s top prosecutors, Lake City only sells ammunition to commercial customers that is legal to manufacture, and it complies with all the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) requirements. The AGs argued that the Democrats’ efforts would undermine national security. "Gun control advocates are firing blanks when they contend that taxpayers are subsidizing mass shooters. They get causality backward. The law-abiding target shooters and gun owners who buy Lake City ammunition are subsidizing national defense and military readiness," they argue. They note that the Defense Department "sought to avoid a situation when the military needs surge due to a real-world conflict, ammunition is not readily available," adding that ammunition availability requires facilities, production equipment, a skilled workforce, and supply chains to remain in constant operation. "Machines and production cannot be turned on like the flip of a switch. It takes time to hire and train the highly skilled workers needed to operate production lines to manufacture the highest quality ammunition for U.S. warfighters. Commercial production has allowed Lake City, and its suppliers, to maintain steady labor, maximize equipment run time, ensure a stable supply base, and provide a level of readiness to the U.S. military that would not otherwise be available," they added. The attorneys general also said that Lake City cannot halt commercial use without a "detrimental loss" to their communities and economy. If it stopped, the AGs allege it would result in an estimated loss of 500–700 jobs or 30%–45% of the skilled workforce now employed at Lake City and "countless more" throughout the supply chain. Montana Attorney General Austen Knudsen in a statement to Fox News Digital called the investigation by the New York Times "highly questionable" and, their latest effort to shut down the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant is based on a highly questionable ‘investigation' by the New York Times." Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird charged that "if the Biden Administration and anti-gun activists were serious about saving lives, they would start by enforcing the laws on the books to combat violent criminals." Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey echoed those sentiments, adding that "Lake City Ammunition did nothing wrong." "We should be focused on the free flow of illegal weapons coming across our border – not taking aim at law-abiding patriots," Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita said, adding that the border crisis "is exactly why law-abiding citizens need the liberty to defend themselves." https://thefederalist.com/2024/01/24/canadian-court-rules-trudeaus-unreasonable-crackdown-on-trucker-convoy-violated-federal-law/ Canadian Court Rules Trudeau’s ‘Unreasonable’ Crackdown On Trucker Convoy Violated Federal Law A Canadian court ruled Tuesday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s use of a controversial federal law in early 2022 to target truckers protesting their industry’s Covid vaccine mandate was “unreasonable” and illegal. The use of the Emergencies Act “does not bear the hallmarks of reasonableness — justification, transparency and intelligibility,” Federal Court Justice Richard Mosley wrote. “I conclude that there was no national emergency justifying the invocation of the Emergencies Act and the decision to do so was therefore unreasonable and ultra vires.” As the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) explained, “ultra vires” is a term courts use “to refer to actions beyond the scope of the law.” In early 2022, Trudeau’s government implemented a series of Covid shot mandates for various sectors of Canadian society, including a requirement for truckers crossing the U.S.-Canada border. The tyrannical mandate ultimately prompted Canadian truckers to launch the “Freedom Convoy,” a massive protest comprised of vehicles that ended outside Parliament Hill in the nation’s capital. While peaceful, the protests evoked the ire of Trudeau, who used the Emergencies Act to mobilize the Canadian military and state intel agencies to forcibly remove the demonstrators gridlocking Ottawa. In addition to backing GoFundMe’s attempts to deplatform fundraising efforts for the convoy, Trudeau’s administration also expanded “its terrorist financing rules to target crowdfunding sites like the convoy’s new platform GiveSendGo,” The Federalist’s Jordan Boyd wrote, with Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland baselessly claiming the platforms were “being used to support illegal blockades and illegal activity which is damaging the Canadian economy.” As if his abuse of the Emergencies Act weren’t despicable enough, Trudeau — who went into hiding upon the convoy’s arrival in Ottawa — also grossly smeared the protesters with the typical diatribe of leftist slanders, including accusations of “antisemitism, Islamophobia, anti-Black racism, homophobia, and transphobia.” Despite his best attempt to play the role of a dictator, Trudeau’s use of the Emergencies Act went beyond the scope of what is permitted by Canadian law. While the Emergencies Act can be employed to manage a national emergency that “cannot be effectively dealt with under any other law of Canada,” Mosley determined that Trudeau’s actions far exceeded that threshold. “The potential for serious violence, or being unable to say that there was no potential for serious violence was, of course, a valid reason for concern,” Mosley wrote. “But in my view, it did not satisfy the test required to invoke the Act, particularly as there was no evidence of a similar ‘hardened cell’ elsewhere in the country, only speculation, and the situation at Cou[r]ts had been resolved without violence.” Mosley further ruled that the government’s financial crackdown violated demonstrators’ Charter rights “by permitting unreasonable search and seizure of the financial information of designated persons and the freezing of their bank and credit card accounts.” Unsurprisingly, the Canadian government plans to appeal the ruling, with Freeland laughably claiming on Tuesday that the administration’s unlawful actions were “necessary” and “legal” because Canadian “national security was under real threat.” https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/taxpayers-could-get-stuck-cost-removing-offshore-wind-farm-after-biden-admin Taxpayers may get stuck with cost of removing an offshore wind farm after Biden admin waives fees The Biden administration reportedly waived fees for an offshore wind project that are in place to ensure that the infrastructure is removed and the site reclaimed at the end of the project’s life. President Joe Biden, as part of his climate agenda, is pushing an aggressive buildout of offshore wind projects along the East Coast. With the offshore wind industry struggling financially, the waiving of these fees raises concerns about what would happen if these companies go bankrupt and leave behind wind farms they can’t afford to remove. Protect The Public Trust (PPT), a government watchdog group, obtained documents showing that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) informed Vineyard Wind had approved the company’s request to waive fees for financial assurances that goes toward decommissioning costs. The bureau’s reasoning for granting the deferral, according to PPT, was that the financial assurance was “unnecessarily burdensome for lessees because, at that point, they have not begun receiving project income.” Since the project is using “proven wind turbine technology” and its contracts guaranteed electricity sale prices, BOEM reasoned, the project had a predictable income over the life of the project. The Department of Interior requires these bonds from oil and gas producers, as taxpayers have been stuck decommissioning the projects of companies that go bankrupt or were operating prior to bonding requirements. California, for example, is trying to decommission 23 federal offshore platforms at a cost of $1.7 billion, and the liability for those costs remain unresolved. There are also thousands of onshore orphaned wells across the country that the federal government is trying to plug. In some cases, these wells were drilled a century or more ago before bonding requirements, and there’s no solvent owner of record to hold accountable for the costs. In Wyoming, an industry sprang up a decade ago hoping to tap coal beds for natural gas, but after natural gas prices collapsed, the entire industry collapsed with it. The state was left with a lot of wells to plug and no companies to hold accountable. While the Biden administration is granting waivers for these protections to offshore wind projects, it’s proposing steep increases in bonding requirements for oil and gas operations. While that proposal is met with support from environmentalists, industry groups have criticized the measure. Kathleen Sgamma, president of the Western Energy Alliance, told Reuters in July that rather than trying to ensure funding for reclamation efforts, the administration was raising the costs so high as a means to reduce the number of operations. Elmer Peter Danenberger III, a petroleum engineer with decades of experience in the oil and gas industry, explained on his “Bud’s Offshore Energy” blog that BOEM’s decision to waive Vineyard Wind’s obligations significantly increases the public’s risk exposure. Danenberger wrote that BOEM, in granting the waiver, cited a general departure authority, which was intended for special situations and not for waivers that could be applied broadly.
This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Friday, January 26th, 2024. Dropwave Do you have a podcast, or thinking about starting one? Does your church have a podcast feed for sermons? Then Dropwave.io is for you. Cancel culture is like walking on a thin glass bridge over the Grand Canyon. Every step you take could get you killed, I mean canceled. Since the beginning CrossPolitic has been working on being antifragile, so no matter what happens, our content can still be delivered to your tv and to your podcast. The Waterboy and his friend Jeremi, have been working on building a podcast hosting solution for rowdy platforms like CrossPolitic, so that you can be confident your podcast will never fall through that glass bridge. Dropwave offers seamless onboarding for shows that have been around for years to easy to use solutions for starting your own podcast. Dropwave will track all your show’s downloads by city, state, and country, and it offers network and enterprise packages for solutions like the Fight Laugh Feast Network. Free to speak, Free to podcast, free to start your journey now at www.Dropwave.io. https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4428905-gop-governors-abbott-border-security-immigration/ GOP governors back Abbott in border standoff Republican governors are backing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) in his standoff against the federal government over border authority. On Tuesday, the Texas National Guard appeared to ignore a Supreme Court decision and continued building razor wire barriers on the U.S.-Mexico border, preventing the federal Border Patrol from doing their jobs. In a statement Wednesday, Abbott justified the actions by claiming his authority to combat an “invasion” of the state “supersedes” federal law. GOP Govs. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, Kristi Noem of South Dakota, Ron DeSantis of Florida, Glenn Youngkin of Virginia and Brian Kemp of Georgia have all said they support Abbott’s actions. “If the Constitution really made states powerless to defend themselves against an invasion, it wouldn’t have been ratified in the first place and Texas would have never joined the union when it did,” DeSantis said on X, formerly Twitter. “TX is upholding the law while Biden is flouting it.” Youngkin added that the Biden administration “has turned every state into a border state,” and that Abbott is doing what the border officials “refuse to do to secure our border.” Stitt, Noem and Kemp also said their states “stand with” Texas. The federal government has claimed in court filings that the Texas National Guard has physically prevented the Border Patrol from doing its job on certain parts of the Rio Grande, as well as blocked off portions of the border previously used to process migrants. The claim that Texas officials can supersede federal authority has sparked calls from Democrats for President Biden to nationalize the Texas National Guard and force them to follow the court’s decision and federal law. Democratic Texas Reps. Joaquin Castro and Greg Casar have advocated for nationalizing the state guard. Abbott’s statement Wednesday specifically claims the federal government has “broken the compact” with the states, justifying ignoring federal law and the Supreme Court. The so-called “compact theory” is a rejected idea of state supremacy used to justify the secession of Confederate states during the Civil War. The Supreme Court repeatedly shot down the legal theory in the early years of the U.S., when it was first proposed to nullify federal legislation during former President John Adams’s time in office. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-ags-battle-blue-state-push-to-shutter-largest-ammo-manufacturer-to-punish-second-amendment-rights GOP AGs take aim at Dem plea for Biden to shut down critical ammo manufacturer Every republican attorney general in the country blasted their Democrat counterparts for attempting to shutter an ammunition factory in Missouri, a letter sent to the White House Wednesday revealed. In a letter obtained exclusively by Fox News Digital, all 28 GOP attorneys general asked President Biden and White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention director Stefanie Feldman to disregard their Democrat colleagues' request to end commercial sales from Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, one of the country’s largest ammo manufacturers. Democrats had previously asked the administration to investigate the contracting and manufacturing practices of the plant after a New York Times report alleged that "military-grade rounds" were sold commercially and were connected to mass shootings. But the Republicans say the Democrats’ letter contained a "litany of errors." "Perhaps those States should focus more on prosecuting crime to stop mass shootings—rather than trying to stop lawful Americans’ use of guns and ammunition. Their tactic is an overt attempt to punish Americans’ exercise of their Second Amendment rights, Among the list of "errors" the GOP AGs point out that their Democrat colleages allege that ammunition manufactured for "military use" does not belong in communities. "First, the ammunition manufactured at Lake City and sold into the commercial market is not the primary rifle cartridge used by the United States military. The primary cartridge is proprietary to the Army and may not be sold commercially," the AGs note. "Second, while the United States military purchases and uses a particular type of ammunition, that is not determinative as to whether it is "military ammunition" that should be banned for public use," they write. "If the United States military using ammunition precluded that ammunition’s use by civilians, then other widely and commonly available ammunition, including 9mm and 12-gauge shotshells, would also be prohibited for public use," they argued, adding that Supreme Court precedent "does not support such an openly artificial distinction." According to the state’s top prosecutors, Lake City only sells ammunition to commercial customers that is legal to manufacture, and it complies with all the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) requirements. The AGs argued that the Democrats’ efforts would undermine national security. "Gun control advocates are firing blanks when they contend that taxpayers are subsidizing mass shooters. They get causality backward. The law-abiding target shooters and gun owners who buy Lake City ammunition are subsidizing national defense and military readiness," they argue. They note that the Defense Department "sought to avoid a situation when the military needs surge due to a real-world conflict, ammunition is not readily available," adding that ammunition availability requires facilities, production equipment, a skilled workforce, and supply chains to remain in constant operation. "Machines and production cannot be turned on like the flip of a switch. It takes time to hire and train the highly skilled workers needed to operate production lines to manufacture the highest quality ammunition for U.S. warfighters. Commercial production has allowed Lake City, and its suppliers, to maintain steady labor, maximize equipment run time, ensure a stable supply base, and provide a level of readiness to the U.S. military that would not otherwise be available," they added. The attorneys general also said that Lake City cannot halt commercial use without a "detrimental loss" to their communities and economy. If it stopped, the AGs allege it would result in an estimated loss of 500–700 jobs or 30%–45% of the skilled workforce now employed at Lake City and "countless more" throughout the supply chain. Montana Attorney General Austen Knudsen in a statement to Fox News Digital called the investigation by the New York Times "highly questionable" and, their latest effort to shut down the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant is based on a highly questionable ‘investigation' by the New York Times." Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird charged that "if the Biden Administration and anti-gun activists were serious about saving lives, they would start by enforcing the laws on the books to combat violent criminals." Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey echoed those sentiments, adding that "Lake City Ammunition did nothing wrong." "We should be focused on the free flow of illegal weapons coming across our border – not taking aim at law-abiding patriots," Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita said, adding that the border crisis "is exactly why law-abiding citizens need the liberty to defend themselves." https://thefederalist.com/2024/01/24/canadian-court-rules-trudeaus-unreasonable-crackdown-on-trucker-convoy-violated-federal-law/ Canadian Court Rules Trudeau’s ‘Unreasonable’ Crackdown On Trucker Convoy Violated Federal Law A Canadian court ruled Tuesday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s use of a controversial federal law in early 2022 to target truckers protesting their industry’s Covid vaccine mandate was “unreasonable” and illegal. The use of the Emergencies Act “does not bear the hallmarks of reasonableness — justification, transparency and intelligibility,” Federal Court Justice Richard Mosley wrote. “I conclude that there was no national emergency justifying the invocation of the Emergencies Act and the decision to do so was therefore unreasonable and ultra vires.” As the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) explained, “ultra vires” is a term courts use “to refer to actions beyond the scope of the law.” In early 2022, Trudeau’s government implemented a series of Covid shot mandates for various sectors of Canadian society, including a requirement for truckers crossing the U.S.-Canada border. The tyrannical mandate ultimately prompted Canadian truckers to launch the “Freedom Convoy,” a massive protest comprised of vehicles that ended outside Parliament Hill in the nation’s capital. While peaceful, the protests evoked the ire of Trudeau, who used the Emergencies Act to mobilize the Canadian military and state intel agencies to forcibly remove the demonstrators gridlocking Ottawa. In addition to backing GoFundMe’s attempts to deplatform fundraising efforts for the convoy, Trudeau’s administration also expanded “its terrorist financing rules to target crowdfunding sites like the convoy’s new platform GiveSendGo,” The Federalist’s Jordan Boyd wrote, with Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland baselessly claiming the platforms were “being used to support illegal blockades and illegal activity which is damaging the Canadian economy.” As if his abuse of the Emergencies Act weren’t despicable enough, Trudeau — who went into hiding upon the convoy’s arrival in Ottawa — also grossly smeared the protesters with the typical diatribe of leftist slanders, including accusations of “antisemitism, Islamophobia, anti-Black racism, homophobia, and transphobia.” Despite his best attempt to play the role of a dictator, Trudeau’s use of the Emergencies Act went beyond the scope of what is permitted by Canadian law. While the Emergencies Act can be employed to manage a national emergency that “cannot be effectively dealt with under any other law of Canada,” Mosley determined that Trudeau’s actions far exceeded that threshold. “The potential for serious violence, or being unable to say that there was no potential for serious violence was, of course, a valid reason for concern,” Mosley wrote. “But in my view, it did not satisfy the test required to invoke the Act, particularly as there was no evidence of a similar ‘hardened cell’ elsewhere in the country, only speculation, and the situation at Cou[r]ts had been resolved without violence.” Mosley further ruled that the government’s financial crackdown violated demonstrators’ Charter rights “by permitting unreasonable search and seizure of the financial information of designated persons and the freezing of their bank and credit card accounts.” Unsurprisingly, the Canadian government plans to appeal the ruling, with Freeland laughably claiming on Tuesday that the administration’s unlawful actions were “necessary” and “legal” because Canadian “national security was under real threat.” https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/taxpayers-could-get-stuck-cost-removing-offshore-wind-farm-after-biden-admin Taxpayers may get stuck with cost of removing an offshore wind farm after Biden admin waives fees The Biden administration reportedly waived fees for an offshore wind project that are in place to ensure that the infrastructure is removed and the site reclaimed at the end of the project’s life. President Joe Biden, as part of his climate agenda, is pushing an aggressive buildout of offshore wind projects along the East Coast. With the offshore wind industry struggling financially, the waiving of these fees raises concerns about what would happen if these companies go bankrupt and leave behind wind farms they can’t afford to remove. Protect The Public Trust (PPT), a government watchdog group, obtained documents showing that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) informed Vineyard Wind had approved the company’s request to waive fees for financial assurances that goes toward decommissioning costs. The bureau’s reasoning for granting the deferral, according to PPT, was that the financial assurance was “unnecessarily burdensome for lessees because, at that point, they have not begun receiving project income.” Since the project is using “proven wind turbine technology” and its contracts guaranteed electricity sale prices, BOEM reasoned, the project had a predictable income over the life of the project. The Department of Interior requires these bonds from oil and gas producers, as taxpayers have been stuck decommissioning the projects of companies that go bankrupt or were operating prior to bonding requirements. California, for example, is trying to decommission 23 federal offshore platforms at a cost of $1.7 billion, and the liability for those costs remain unresolved. There are also thousands of onshore orphaned wells across the country that the federal government is trying to plug. In some cases, these wells were drilled a century or more ago before bonding requirements, and there’s no solvent owner of record to hold accountable for the costs. In Wyoming, an industry sprang up a decade ago hoping to tap coal beds for natural gas, but after natural gas prices collapsed, the entire industry collapsed with it. The state was left with a lot of wells to plug and no companies to hold accountable. While the Biden administration is granting waivers for these protections to offshore wind projects, it’s proposing steep increases in bonding requirements for oil and gas operations. While that proposal is met with support from environmentalists, industry groups have criticized the measure. Kathleen Sgamma, president of the Western Energy Alliance, told Reuters in July that rather than trying to ensure funding for reclamation efforts, the administration was raising the costs so high as a means to reduce the number of operations. Elmer Peter Danenberger III, a petroleum engineer with decades of experience in the oil and gas industry, explained on his “Bud’s Offshore Energy” blog that BOEM’s decision to waive Vineyard Wind’s obligations significantly increases the public’s risk exposure. Danenberger wrote that BOEM, in granting the waiver, cited a general departure authority, which was intended for special situations and not for waivers that could be applied broadly.
This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Friday, January 26th, 2024. Dropwave Do you have a podcast, or thinking about starting one? Does your church have a podcast feed for sermons? Then Dropwave.io is for you. Cancel culture is like walking on a thin glass bridge over the Grand Canyon. Every step you take could get you killed, I mean canceled. Since the beginning CrossPolitic has been working on being antifragile, so no matter what happens, our content can still be delivered to your tv and to your podcast. The Waterboy and his friend Jeremi, have been working on building a podcast hosting solution for rowdy platforms like CrossPolitic, so that you can be confident your podcast will never fall through that glass bridge. Dropwave offers seamless onboarding for shows that have been around for years to easy to use solutions for starting your own podcast. Dropwave will track all your show’s downloads by city, state, and country, and it offers network and enterprise packages for solutions like the Fight Laugh Feast Network. Free to speak, Free to podcast, free to start your journey now at www.Dropwave.io. https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4428905-gop-governors-abbott-border-security-immigration/ GOP governors back Abbott in border standoff Republican governors are backing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) in his standoff against the federal government over border authority. On Tuesday, the Texas National Guard appeared to ignore a Supreme Court decision and continued building razor wire barriers on the U.S.-Mexico border, preventing the federal Border Patrol from doing their jobs. In a statement Wednesday, Abbott justified the actions by claiming his authority to combat an “invasion” of the state “supersedes” federal law. GOP Govs. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, Kristi Noem of South Dakota, Ron DeSantis of Florida, Glenn Youngkin of Virginia and Brian Kemp of Georgia have all said they support Abbott’s actions. “If the Constitution really made states powerless to defend themselves against an invasion, it wouldn’t have been ratified in the first place and Texas would have never joined the union when it did,” DeSantis said on X, formerly Twitter. “TX is upholding the law while Biden is flouting it.” Youngkin added that the Biden administration “has turned every state into a border state,” and that Abbott is doing what the border officials “refuse to do to secure our border.” Stitt, Noem and Kemp also said their states “stand with” Texas. The federal government has claimed in court filings that the Texas National Guard has physically prevented the Border Patrol from doing its job on certain parts of the Rio Grande, as well as blocked off portions of the border previously used to process migrants. The claim that Texas officials can supersede federal authority has sparked calls from Democrats for President Biden to nationalize the Texas National Guard and force them to follow the court’s decision and federal law. Democratic Texas Reps. Joaquin Castro and Greg Casar have advocated for nationalizing the state guard. Abbott’s statement Wednesday specifically claims the federal government has “broken the compact” with the states, justifying ignoring federal law and the Supreme Court. The so-called “compact theory” is a rejected idea of state supremacy used to justify the secession of Confederate states during the Civil War. The Supreme Court repeatedly shot down the legal theory in the early years of the U.S., when it was first proposed to nullify federal legislation during former President John Adams’s time in office. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-ags-battle-blue-state-push-to-shutter-largest-ammo-manufacturer-to-punish-second-amendment-rights GOP AGs take aim at Dem plea for Biden to shut down critical ammo manufacturer Every republican attorney general in the country blasted their Democrat counterparts for attempting to shutter an ammunition factory in Missouri, a letter sent to the White House Wednesday revealed. In a letter obtained exclusively by Fox News Digital, all 28 GOP attorneys general asked President Biden and White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention director Stefanie Feldman to disregard their Democrat colleagues' request to end commercial sales from Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, one of the country’s largest ammo manufacturers. Democrats had previously asked the administration to investigate the contracting and manufacturing practices of the plant after a New York Times report alleged that "military-grade rounds" were sold commercially and were connected to mass shootings. But the Republicans say the Democrats’ letter contained a "litany of errors." "Perhaps those States should focus more on prosecuting crime to stop mass shootings—rather than trying to stop lawful Americans’ use of guns and ammunition. Their tactic is an overt attempt to punish Americans’ exercise of their Second Amendment rights, Among the list of "errors" the GOP AGs point out that their Democrat colleages allege that ammunition manufactured for "military use" does not belong in communities. "First, the ammunition manufactured at Lake City and sold into the commercial market is not the primary rifle cartridge used by the United States military. The primary cartridge is proprietary to the Army and may not be sold commercially," the AGs note. "Second, while the United States military purchases and uses a particular type of ammunition, that is not determinative as to whether it is "military ammunition" that should be banned for public use," they write. "If the United States military using ammunition precluded that ammunition’s use by civilians, then other widely and commonly available ammunition, including 9mm and 12-gauge shotshells, would also be prohibited for public use," they argued, adding that Supreme Court precedent "does not support such an openly artificial distinction." According to the state’s top prosecutors, Lake City only sells ammunition to commercial customers that is legal to manufacture, and it complies with all the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) requirements. The AGs argued that the Democrats’ efforts would undermine national security. "Gun control advocates are firing blanks when they contend that taxpayers are subsidizing mass shooters. They get causality backward. The law-abiding target shooters and gun owners who buy Lake City ammunition are subsidizing national defense and military readiness," they argue. They note that the Defense Department "sought to avoid a situation when the military needs surge due to a real-world conflict, ammunition is not readily available," adding that ammunition availability requires facilities, production equipment, a skilled workforce, and supply chains to remain in constant operation. "Machines and production cannot be turned on like the flip of a switch. It takes time to hire and train the highly skilled workers needed to operate production lines to manufacture the highest quality ammunition for U.S. warfighters. Commercial production has allowed Lake City, and its suppliers, to maintain steady labor, maximize equipment run time, ensure a stable supply base, and provide a level of readiness to the U.S. military that would not otherwise be available," they added. The attorneys general also said that Lake City cannot halt commercial use without a "detrimental loss" to their communities and economy. If it stopped, the AGs allege it would result in an estimated loss of 500–700 jobs or 30%–45% of the skilled workforce now employed at Lake City and "countless more" throughout the supply chain. Montana Attorney General Austen Knudsen in a statement to Fox News Digital called the investigation by the New York Times "highly questionable" and, their latest effort to shut down the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant is based on a highly questionable ‘investigation' by the New York Times." Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird charged that "if the Biden Administration and anti-gun activists were serious about saving lives, they would start by enforcing the laws on the books to combat violent criminals." Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey echoed those sentiments, adding that "Lake City Ammunition did nothing wrong." "We should be focused on the free flow of illegal weapons coming across our border – not taking aim at law-abiding patriots," Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita said, adding that the border crisis "is exactly why law-abiding citizens need the liberty to defend themselves." https://thefederalist.com/2024/01/24/canadian-court-rules-trudeaus-unreasonable-crackdown-on-trucker-convoy-violated-federal-law/ Canadian Court Rules Trudeau’s ‘Unreasonable’ Crackdown On Trucker Convoy Violated Federal Law A Canadian court ruled Tuesday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s use of a controversial federal law in early 2022 to target truckers protesting their industry’s Covid vaccine mandate was “unreasonable” and illegal. The use of the Emergencies Act “does not bear the hallmarks of reasonableness — justification, transparency and intelligibility,” Federal Court Justice Richard Mosley wrote. “I conclude that there was no national emergency justifying the invocation of the Emergencies Act and the decision to do so was therefore unreasonable and ultra vires.” As the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) explained, “ultra vires” is a term courts use “to refer to actions beyond the scope of the law.” In early 2022, Trudeau’s government implemented a series of Covid shot mandates for various sectors of Canadian society, including a requirement for truckers crossing the U.S.-Canada border. The tyrannical mandate ultimately prompted Canadian truckers to launch the “Freedom Convoy,” a massive protest comprised of vehicles that ended outside Parliament Hill in the nation’s capital. While peaceful, the protests evoked the ire of Trudeau, who used the Emergencies Act to mobilize the Canadian military and state intel agencies to forcibly remove the demonstrators gridlocking Ottawa. In addition to backing GoFundMe’s attempts to deplatform fundraising efforts for the convoy, Trudeau’s administration also expanded “its terrorist financing rules to target crowdfunding sites like the convoy’s new platform GiveSendGo,” The Federalist’s Jordan Boyd wrote, with Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland baselessly claiming the platforms were “being used to support illegal blockades and illegal activity which is damaging the Canadian economy.” As if his abuse of the Emergencies Act weren’t despicable enough, Trudeau — who went into hiding upon the convoy’s arrival in Ottawa — also grossly smeared the protesters with the typical diatribe of leftist slanders, including accusations of “antisemitism, Islamophobia, anti-Black racism, homophobia, and transphobia.” Despite his best attempt to play the role of a dictator, Trudeau’s use of the Emergencies Act went beyond the scope of what is permitted by Canadian law. While the Emergencies Act can be employed to manage a national emergency that “cannot be effectively dealt with under any other law of Canada,” Mosley determined that Trudeau’s actions far exceeded that threshold. “The potential for serious violence, or being unable to say that there was no potential for serious violence was, of course, a valid reason for concern,” Mosley wrote. “But in my view, it did not satisfy the test required to invoke the Act, particularly as there was no evidence of a similar ‘hardened cell’ elsewhere in the country, only speculation, and the situation at Cou[r]ts had been resolved without violence.” Mosley further ruled that the government’s financial crackdown violated demonstrators’ Charter rights “by permitting unreasonable search and seizure of the financial information of designated persons and the freezing of their bank and credit card accounts.” Unsurprisingly, the Canadian government plans to appeal the ruling, with Freeland laughably claiming on Tuesday that the administration’s unlawful actions were “necessary” and “legal” because Canadian “national security was under real threat.” https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/taxpayers-could-get-stuck-cost-removing-offshore-wind-farm-after-biden-admin Taxpayers may get stuck with cost of removing an offshore wind farm after Biden admin waives fees The Biden administration reportedly waived fees for an offshore wind project that are in place to ensure that the infrastructure is removed and the site reclaimed at the end of the project’s life. President Joe Biden, as part of his climate agenda, is pushing an aggressive buildout of offshore wind projects along the East Coast. With the offshore wind industry struggling financially, the waiving of these fees raises concerns about what would happen if these companies go bankrupt and leave behind wind farms they can’t afford to remove. Protect The Public Trust (PPT), a government watchdog group, obtained documents showing that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) informed Vineyard Wind had approved the company’s request to waive fees for financial assurances that goes toward decommissioning costs. The bureau’s reasoning for granting the deferral, according to PPT, was that the financial assurance was “unnecessarily burdensome for lessees because, at that point, they have not begun receiving project income.” Since the project is using “proven wind turbine technology” and its contracts guaranteed electricity sale prices, BOEM reasoned, the project had a predictable income over the life of the project. The Department of Interior requires these bonds from oil and gas producers, as taxpayers have been stuck decommissioning the projects of companies that go bankrupt or were operating prior to bonding requirements. California, for example, is trying to decommission 23 federal offshore platforms at a cost of $1.7 billion, and the liability for those costs remain unresolved. There are also thousands of onshore orphaned wells across the country that the federal government is trying to plug. In some cases, these wells were drilled a century or more ago before bonding requirements, and there’s no solvent owner of record to hold accountable for the costs. In Wyoming, an industry sprang up a decade ago hoping to tap coal beds for natural gas, but after natural gas prices collapsed, the entire industry collapsed with it. The state was left with a lot of wells to plug and no companies to hold accountable. While the Biden administration is granting waivers for these protections to offshore wind projects, it’s proposing steep increases in bonding requirements for oil and gas operations. While that proposal is met with support from environmentalists, industry groups have criticized the measure. Kathleen Sgamma, president of the Western Energy Alliance, told Reuters in July that rather than trying to ensure funding for reclamation efforts, the administration was raising the costs so high as a means to reduce the number of operations. Elmer Peter Danenberger III, a petroleum engineer with decades of experience in the oil and gas industry, explained on his “Bud’s Offshore Energy” blog that BOEM’s decision to waive Vineyard Wind’s obligations significantly increases the public’s risk exposure. Danenberger wrote that BOEM, in granting the waiver, cited a general departure authority, which was intended for special situations and not for waivers that could be applied broadly.
This week, the team discusses the collapse of a crane hoisting wire rope while offloading a turbine in Houston, revealing issues with corrosion and grease buildup on cables. Thankfully, no one was hurt. Then we move to the impacts of severe thunderstorms and lightning strikes on wind turbine damage and rising insurance costs. We got some offshore wind lease updates from BOEM, and discuss an agreement between Siemens and Vestas to standardize equipment for turbine transportation and installation. Our Wind Farm of the Week is Wyoming's massive Chokecherry Sierra Madre wind project being developed by The Anschutz Corporation. Sign up now for Uptime Tech News, our weekly email update on all things wind technology. This episode is sponsored by Weather Guard Lightning Tech. Learn more about Weather Guard's StrikeTape Wind Turbine LPS retrofit. Follow the show on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn and visit Weather Guard on the web. And subscribe to Rosemary Barnes' YouTube channel here. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us! Pardalote Consulting - https://www.pardaloteconsulting.comWeather Guard Lightning Tech - www.weatherguardwind.comIntelstor - https://www.intelstor.com Allen Hall: I have you guys seen this rocket man on YouTube lately, this Robert Maddox, have you seen this guy where he builds these pulse jet engines and he sticks them on a go cart and this pulse jet is glowing red. It's gotta be like 500 degrees and it's right between his legs. Joel Saxum: So he's he's retired, right? This is a retired, it's someone's retired grandfather who is making jet engines out of everything. Or putting them on everything. Bicycles, wagons, scooters whatever he's bored with, right? Allen Hall: Yeah, he's got a water jet cutter, and he's cutting these steel forms to make these pulse jet engines. And, Phil, you know what a pulse jet engine is. That's what the Germans used early on in World War II, right? It's a really crude jet engine, so it doesn't have a lot of Impulse power is basically burning raw fuel and shoving out on an exhaust, but everything gets super hot in those in those pulse jets. And he's got four or five of these stacked up on a steel frame go kart. And I'm not sure how fast he goes. Phil, you gotta check this out. He's got a selfie stick, he's sticking out in front of him, and he's like driving with one hand. Philip Totaro: Driving one handed with four rockets on his back. That sounds like super safe. The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast does not condone this activity in any, where's our disclaimer? Allen Hall: No, this is fascinating because it's such an engineering thing. You think, all those guys designing wind turbines and blades are Just like this guy was probably designing wind turbines back in his twenties. Joel Saxum: This is my, this is what I want to be. Allen Hall: That's exactly what's happening inside their garage right now. If I could just get a water jet, my wife wasn't looking, I would be building this pulse jet engine and put it on a go-kart a thousand percent. Back in July of 22 hoisting wire rope broke on a crane while offloading a Nordex Delta 4,000 nacelle in the Port of Houston. Now, I remember when that happened, and there was a little bit of discussion when that happened, but it went to the NTSB here in the United States to write up the report on the accident investigation, and those things take a year, sometimes longer. They just released the report, so we have a little more insight and some photos as to what had happened, and the crane itself was on the ship, so it was a ship based crane, they had three cranes. And they had completed two lifts using that same crane, lifting nacelles and other things out of the cargo hold. And just after lunch they were lifting another nacelle, and one of the lifting ropes, which is a steel rope, broke. And it dropped the nacelle about six feet back into that bay narrowly missing a couple of guys who we...
Watch The X22 Report On Video No videos found The [WEF]/Biden admin are pushing the green new deal, Biden makes the next move, skimpiest offshore drilling. Speculative mania on deck. The [CB] just signaled what comes next, rate cuts and printing, the stage has been set, financial crisis. This will be used against them. The [DS] has tried almost everything to remove Trump. The indictments aren't working, arresting and putting Trump in jail will not work. The [DS] is now signaling that they will not be able to win against Trump. [BO] is getting ready to make a move. Scavino sends message, points to [HRC] and the [MB]. All roads lead to [BO]. The [DS] is now projecting that Trump will shutdown the internet, translation, the Biden admin will shut it down after the country is cyber attacked, the Biden admin will use the communication act to do so. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:13499335648425062,size:[0, 0],id:"ld-7164-1323"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src="//cdn2.customads.co/_js/ajs.js";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,"script","ld-ajs"); Economy https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1736325368800547093?s=20 Biden Admin Locks In Skimpiest Offshore Oil And Gas Leasing Schedule In US History As Prices Remain High At The Pump The Biden administration finalized the most restrictive offshore oil and gas five-year leasing schedule in U.S. history on Friday as the national average retail gas price remains high for American consumers. The Department of the Interior (DOI), which oversees the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), announced that it is finalizing the leasing schedule, which meets the bare minimum acreage required by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in order for the administration to issue offshore wind leases, according to the DOI. The 2024-2029 schedule only features three lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico, with no sales scheduled for any other area off the country's shores; DOI finalized the plan as the national average per-gallon price at the pump hovers at around $3.10. BOEM's finalized plan is a far cry from the schedule that former President Donald Trump and his administration were crafting, which would have allowed for 47 lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond, including in the Pacific Ocean and off the Alaskan coast. The three leases— scheduled to take place in 2025, 2027 and 2029— amount to just over 60 million acres in total, which is the threshold that the administration is required to meet in order to continue issuing offshore wind leases to advance its sweeping climate agenda. “The release of the U.S. offshore leasing program, mandated by law and long overdue, is an utter failure for the country,” National Ocean Industries Association President Erik Milito said of the proposed schedule in September. “The White House simply ignores our energy realities in once again limiting U.S. energy production opportunities.” Source: dailycaller.com This is the push into the green new deal, Trump made the country energy independent and Biden reversed it. If there is a national emergency, Biden has drained the strategic petro reserve, we have to beg other countries for oil, what happens if there is a war. https://twitter.com/profstonge/status/1736013530602631302?s=20 https://twitter.com/ElectionWiz/status/1736105660675240267?s=20 TAKE A LISTEN Rate Cuts Are Coming – And So Is the Money Printer With the squashing of further rate hikes and now talk of three rate cuts during 2024, Powell's turning to the Dark Side is all but complete. Stocks, Bitcoin, bonds, oil, and of course gold, all rallied. But few people are pricing in how the Fed will be forced into QE (Money Printer go Brrr), either through balance sheet growth or “stealth mode.” There will be consequences.
In this rerun, join hosts Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham for a deep dive with Dr. Rodney Cluck, the Division Chief of Environmental Sciences at BOEM — the agency that shapes the energy landscape on the American Shoreline. With a shift in tides towards offshore wind energy, Dr. Cluck sheds light on BOEM's evolving mission, detailing the crucial role scientific research plays in guiding responsible offshore development. Discover the intersection of environmental stewardship and the burgeoning ocean economy as BOEM charts a course through the offshore wind surge. Tune in to uncover the scientific currents propelling the future of our nation's energy, right here on ASPN.
Fluent Fiction - Dutch: Daan's High Heel Adventure: Embracing Challenges in Amsterdam Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/daans-high-heel-adventure-embracing-challenges-in-amsterdam Story Transcript:Nl: Op een mooie dag in Amsterdam was er een man genaamd Daan.En: On a beautiful day in Amsterdam, there was a man named Daan.Nl: Daan was een grappige man.En: Daan was a funny man.Nl: Hij hield van lachen, maar hij hield ook van uitdagingen.En: He loved to laugh, but he also loved challenges.Nl: Op die dag had Daan een plan.En: On that day, Daan had a plan.Nl: Hij ging fietsen op hoge hakken!En: He was going to ride a bike in high heels!Nl: Daan woonde in een klein huis in de Jordaan.En: Daan lived in a small house in the Jordaan.Nl: Vanuit zijn raam kon hij de grachten zien.En: From his window, he could see the canals.Nl: De eenden en zwanen zwommen rustig rond.En: The ducks and swans swam peacefully around.Nl: Het was een vredige plek.En: It was a peaceful place.Nl: Maar Daan was niet rustig.En: But Daan was not peaceful.Nl: Hij zocht zijn hoge hakken.En: He searched for his high heels.Nl: Hij vond zijn mooie, rode hakken in de kast.En: He found his beautiful, red heels in the closet.Nl: Ze waren glanzend en hoog.En: They were shiny and tall.Nl: Hij bekeek ze en daarna keek hij naar zijn fiets.En: He looked at them and then looked at his bike.Nl: Het was een oud model, maar hij hield van zijn fiets.En: It was an old model, but he loved his bike.Nl: Daan trok de hakken aan.En: Daan put on the heels.Nl: Eerst wankelde hij een beetje.En: At first, he wobbled a bit.Nl: Het was niet makkelijk.En: It wasn't easy.Nl: Maar hij gaf niet op.En: But he didn't give up.Nl: Hij pakte zijn fiets en stapte op.En: He grabbed his bike and got on.Nl: Het was moeilijk om zijn evenwicht te bewaren.En: It was difficult to keep his balance.Nl: Zijn voeten gleden steeds weer van de pedalen.En: His feet kept slipping off the pedals.Nl: Maar Daan was een koppige man.En: But Daan was a stubborn man.Nl: Langzaam begon hij te fietsen.En: Slowly, he started to ride.Nl: Hij wankelde en zwaaide heen en weer.En: He wavered and swayed back and forth.Nl: De mensen om hem heen lachten.En: The people around him laughed.Nl: Maar Daan lachte ook en bleef proberen.En: But Daan laughed too and kept trying.Nl: Hij fiets door de smalle straten, over de oude bruggen, langs de grachten, totdat... Boem!En: He rode through the narrow streets, over the old bridges, along the canals, until... Boom!Nl: Daan viel om.En: Daan fell down.Nl: Hij lag op de grond naast zijn fiets.En: He lay on the ground next to his bike.Nl: De hoge hakken waren te moeilijk.En: The high heels were too difficult.Nl: Maar Daan gaf niet op.En: But Daan didn't give up.Nl: Hij stond op, stapte weer op zijn fiets, en fietste verder.En: He stood up, got back on his bike, and kept riding.Nl: Het was een lange dag.En: It was a long day.Nl: Hij viel veel keer om.En: He fell many times.Nl: Maar elke keer, stond hij weer op.En: But each time, he stood back up.Nl: Aan het eind van de dag, was Daan moe.En: At the end of the day, Daan was tired.Nl: Maar hij was ook blij.En: But he was also happy.Nl: Hij had het geprobeerd.En: He had tried.Nl: Hij had gefietst op hoge hakken in Amsterdam!En: He had ridden a bike in high heels in Amsterdam!Nl: Daan keek naar de zonsondergang vanaf een bankje.En: Daan looked at the sunset from a bench.Nl: Hij keek naar de mooie kleuren.En: He looked at the beautiful colors.Nl: Hij lachte.En: He laughed.Nl: Ja, het was een goede dag.En: Yes, it was a good day.Nl: Daan hield van uitdagingen.En: Daan loved challenges.Nl: Hij hield van Amsterdam.En: He loved Amsterdam.Nl: En hij hield van zijn rode, glanzende hoge hakken.En: And he loved his red, shiny high heels.Nl: Dat was de dag dat Daan ging fietsen op hoge hakken.En: That was the day Daan rode a bike in high heels.Nl: En hoewel het hem niet gelukt is, was hij trots op zijn poging.En: And even though he didn't succeed, he was proud of his attempt.Nl: Want in het leven, net als bij het fietsen op hoge hakken, is het soms belangrijker om het te proberen, dan om het perfect te doen.En: Because in life, just like riding a bike in high heels, sometimes it's more important to try than to do it perfectly.Nl: En dat is een les die Daan nooit zal vergeten.En: And that's a lesson Daan will never forget. Vocabulary Words:Amsterdam: AmsterdamDaan: Daanday: dagman: manfunny: grappiglaugh: lachenchallenges: uitdagingenplan: planride: fietsenbike: fietshigh heels: hoge hakkensmall house: klein huisJordaan: Jordaanwindow: raamcanals: grachtenducks: eendenswans: zwanenpeacefully: rustigplace: pleksearched: zochtbeautiful: mooiered: rodeheels: hakkencloset: kastshiny: glanzendtall: hoogwobbled: wankeldedifficult: moeilijkgrabbed: paktebalance: evenwichtslipping off: gleden steeds weer vanpedals: pedalenstubborn: koppigestarted to ride: begon te fietsenwavered: wankelde
This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023. Bohnet Music Academy Isn’t it about time to take action on how you're going to give your children and grandchildren a good music education? Moses, David, and all the Saints of the church have worshiped God with musical might, so let’s be confidently found doing the same. Bohnet Music Academy instructs children and adults in how to be musically literate. That’s everything you need to know and do as the musician God made you to be. Lessons are available locally in Moscow, ID and online. What’s great is that in addition to getting vocal training, you can also study the piano, guitar, violin, cello, drums, or the trumpet. Visit Bohnetma.com/crosspolitic for more information on how to equip your family to serve God’s musical commands. B-O-H-N-E-T MA.com/crosspolitic https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2023/08/22/biden-reallocates-student-loan-debtagain-n2627350#google_vignette Biden Redistributes Student Loan Debt...Again President Joe Biden has again worked with administration officials to redistribute student loan debt belonging to wealthy degree holders to Americans taxpayers, most of whom never went to college. https://twitter.com/i/status/1693962658775474442 - Play Video According to Fox Business, the new plan will cost taxpayers $276 billion. The move comes after the administration announced an additional round of bailouts earlier this month and in defiance of a recent Supreme Court ruling on the issue. Speaking of Biden… https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-takes-action-restricting-oil-gas-development-settlement-eco-groups Biden admin takes action restricting oil, gas development after settlement with eco groups The Biden administration issued new restrictions on oil and gas companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico, in an effort to protect a whale species after it settled last month with a coalition of environmental groups. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which manages energy development in federal waters, published a Notice to Lessees and Operators (NTL) on Monday evening highlighting expanded protections for the Rice’s whale, a species listed under the Endangered Species Act. BOEM was slated to issue the NTL last week, but delayed it until Monday. "This decision by the Biden Administration does an end-around legal requirements and the public process, imposing unwarranted restrictions on U.S. energy production at a time of continued inflation with prices rising at the pump for consumers," said National Ocean Industries Association President Erik Milito. He added that the agreement the administration reached with environmental groups ignores the "best science," contravenes congressional intent under the Inflation Reduction Act and threatens America's energy independence. Under the NTL issued Monday, BOEM created a vast new protection zone stretching across the Gulf of Mexico with a variety of new conditions for industry operators. Among its recommendations, BOEM said specially-trained visual observers should be aboard all vessels traversing the area, all ships regardless of size should travel no quicker than 10 knots, and vessels should only travel through the area in the daytime. Those recommendations will be introduced as stipulations to Lease Sale 261, an upcoming offshore oil and gas lease auction. And BOEM removed an estimated 11 million acres of potential oil-rich lease blocks from that lease sale under its actions Monday. In a federal stipulated stay agreement filed late last month, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) agreed to a number of conditions requested by four eco groups led by the Sierra Club which, in response, agreed to temporarily pause litigation in the related case. The case dates back nearly three years when, in October 2020, the environmental coalition sued the NMFS for failing to properly assess the oil industry impacts on endangered and threatened marine wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico. They pursued the lawsuit after the NMFS coordinated a multiagency consultation studying the effects all federally regulated oil and gas activities would have on species listed under the Endangered Species Act in the Gulf of Mexico over the next 50 years. The groups argued in the original complaint that the NMFS' biological opinion resulting from its consultation was not based on the best science. According to API, the NTL solely targets oil and gas traffic while refraining from restricting vessel traffic related to other industries. https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/08/21/covid-mask-mandates-return-to-hollywood-lionsgate-requires-employees-to-mask-up-submit-to-daily-testing/ COVID Mandates Return to Hollywood: Lionsgate Requires Employees to Mask Up, Submit to Daily Testing COVID mask mandates are returning to Hollywood, with Lionsgate being the first major studio to reinstate masking and daily testing for its Los Angeles office workers. Lionsgate is requiring employees who physically work at its headquarters in Santa Monica to wear masks at all times when in the building, effective immediately, except when alone in an enclosed office or large open workspace. In addition, employees are required to submit to daily COVID testing and to report the results to the company, according to an internal memo obtained by Deadline. Employees must wear “a medical grade face covering (surgical mask, KN95 or N95) when indoors except when alone in an office with the door closed, actively eating, actively drinking at their desk or workstation, or if they are the only individual present in a large open workspace,” the memo reportedly states. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has reported a recent uptick in transmissions but “overall metrics remain at a low level of concern.” A growing number of colleges and medical institutions throughout the country are also reinstating mask mandates, with the mainstream news media running articles pushing for the return of face coverings. Former Obama official and MSNBC medical contributor Dr. Kavita Patel said earlier this month on MSNBC’s “José Díaz-Balart Reports” that a rise in COVID cases meant it was time to bring back masks. The return of mask mandates comes as the Biden administration is ramping up another round of COVID hysteria ahead of 2024, pressuring all Americans to get the latest booster this fall. This had led to growing suspicion that Democrats will not only impose mask mandates but bring back mass lockdowns ahead of the next presidential election, in a repeat of 2020. As Breitbart News reported, the new push for Americans to line up for booster shots follows the revelation in January that health officials want to make coronavirus booster vaccinations an annual event. Now it’s time for my favorite topic, sports! https://www.boundingintosports.com/2023/08/the-blind-side-author-michael-lewis-calls-out-michael-oher-amid-lawsuit-against-tuohy-family-that-hes-suspicious-of-them-is-breathtaking/ ‘The Blind Side’ Author Michael Lewis Calls Out Michael Oher Amid Lawsuit Against Tuohy Family: “That He’s Suspicious Of Them Is Breathtaking” The celebrated story of Michael Oher, former NFL athlete and the subject of the best-selling book “The Blind Side” by Michael Lewis, has taken an insane turn over the past week. Oher has filed a lawsuit against the Tuohy family, claiming they never officially adopted him and accusing them of financial misdeeds related to movie profits. Now, author Lewis has defended the Tuohys and pointed fingers at Hollywood’s accounting system as the real culprit. In 2006, Lewis’s book spotlighted Oher’s heartwarming journey from a troubled youth to an accomplished football player, largely credited to the benevolence and support of Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy. The narrative was later adapted into an award-winning movie in 2009, starring Sandra Bullock. However, the harmony of the feel-good story depicted on the big screen seems drastically different from the current situation we’re seeing unfold now. Oher’s lawsuit alleges that the Tuohys tricked him into signing over the legal authority to use his name in business deals after his 18th birthday, thereby cheating him out of future proceeds. He asserts they profited off the Oscar-winning movie while sidelining him financially. Responding to these allegations, the Tuohy family labeled Oher’s claims a “shameful shakedown” and voiced intentions to end the conservatorship, a legal concept where an individual is appointed to manage another’s financial and/or personal affairs. Adding fuel to the fire, the Tuohy family’s attorney, Martin Singer, claims that before initiating the lawsuit, Oher tried to extort the family for $15 million. Singer alleged Oher threatened the Tuohys with negative press unless the hefty amount was handed over. But Michael Lewis, in interviews with both The Washington Post and at a previously recorded Google event, blames Tinsel Town for the mess. Lewis slammed Hollywood studios (the film was produced and distributed by Warner Bros.) for their accounting practices which, according to him, often shortchange those whose real-life stories inspire box office hits. I “Everybody should be mad at the Hollywood studio system,” Lewis said. “Michael Oher should join the writers strike. It’s outrageous how Hollywood accounting works, but the money is not in the Tuohys’ pockets.” Lewis further divulged that both he and the Tuohy family made about $350,000 each from the movie after considering taxes and agent fees. Challenging Oher’s narrative, Lewis asserted that the Tuohys intended to share movie royalties among family members, including Oher. However, Oher reportedly began declining these royalty checks. In a move showcasing the Tuohy’s good faith, Lewis revealed they deposited Oher’s share in a trust fund designed for Oher’s son.
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B-O-H-N-E-T MA.com/crosspolitic https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2023/08/22/biden-reallocates-student-loan-debtagain-n2627350#google_vignette Biden Redistributes Student Loan Debt...Again President Joe Biden has again worked with administration officials to redistribute student loan debt belonging to wealthy degree holders to Americans taxpayers, most of whom never went to college. https://twitter.com/i/status/1693962658775474442 - Play Video According to Fox Business, the new plan will cost taxpayers $276 billion. The move comes after the administration announced an additional round of bailouts earlier this month and in defiance of a recent Supreme Court ruling on the issue. Speaking of Biden… https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-takes-action-restricting-oil-gas-development-settlement-eco-groups Biden admin takes action restricting oil, gas development after settlement with eco groups The Biden administration issued new restrictions on oil and gas companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico, in an effort to protect a whale species after it settled last month with a coalition of environmental groups. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which manages energy development in federal waters, published a Notice to Lessees and Operators (NTL) on Monday evening highlighting expanded protections for the Rice’s whale, a species listed under the Endangered Species Act. BOEM was slated to issue the NTL last week, but delayed it until Monday. "This decision by the Biden Administration does an end-around legal requirements and the public process, imposing unwarranted restrictions on U.S. energy production at a time of continued inflation with prices rising at the pump for consumers," said National Ocean Industries Association President Erik Milito. He added that the agreement the administration reached with environmental groups ignores the "best science," contravenes congressional intent under the Inflation Reduction Act and threatens America's energy independence. Under the NTL issued Monday, BOEM created a vast new protection zone stretching across the Gulf of Mexico with a variety of new conditions for industry operators. Among its recommendations, BOEM said specially-trained visual observers should be aboard all vessels traversing the area, all ships regardless of size should travel no quicker than 10 knots, and vessels should only travel through the area in the daytime. Those recommendations will be introduced as stipulations to Lease Sale 261, an upcoming offshore oil and gas lease auction. And BOEM removed an estimated 11 million acres of potential oil-rich lease blocks from that lease sale under its actions Monday. In a federal stipulated stay agreement filed late last month, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) agreed to a number of conditions requested by four eco groups led by the Sierra Club which, in response, agreed to temporarily pause litigation in the related case. The case dates back nearly three years when, in October 2020, the environmental coalition sued the NMFS for failing to properly assess the oil industry impacts on endangered and threatened marine wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico. They pursued the lawsuit after the NMFS coordinated a multiagency consultation studying the effects all federally regulated oil and gas activities would have on species listed under the Endangered Species Act in the Gulf of Mexico over the next 50 years. The groups argued in the original complaint that the NMFS' biological opinion resulting from its consultation was not based on the best science. According to API, the NTL solely targets oil and gas traffic while refraining from restricting vessel traffic related to other industries. https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/08/21/covid-mask-mandates-return-to-hollywood-lionsgate-requires-employees-to-mask-up-submit-to-daily-testing/ COVID Mandates Return to Hollywood: Lionsgate Requires Employees to Mask Up, Submit to Daily Testing COVID mask mandates are returning to Hollywood, with Lionsgate being the first major studio to reinstate masking and daily testing for its Los Angeles office workers. Lionsgate is requiring employees who physically work at its headquarters in Santa Monica to wear masks at all times when in the building, effective immediately, except when alone in an enclosed office or large open workspace. In addition, employees are required to submit to daily COVID testing and to report the results to the company, according to an internal memo obtained by Deadline. Employees must wear “a medical grade face covering (surgical mask, KN95 or N95) when indoors except when alone in an office with the door closed, actively eating, actively drinking at their desk or workstation, or if they are the only individual present in a large open workspace,” the memo reportedly states. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has reported a recent uptick in transmissions but “overall metrics remain at a low level of concern.” A growing number of colleges and medical institutions throughout the country are also reinstating mask mandates, with the mainstream news media running articles pushing for the return of face coverings. Former Obama official and MSNBC medical contributor Dr. Kavita Patel said earlier this month on MSNBC’s “José Díaz-Balart Reports” that a rise in COVID cases meant it was time to bring back masks. The return of mask mandates comes as the Biden administration is ramping up another round of COVID hysteria ahead of 2024, pressuring all Americans to get the latest booster this fall. This had led to growing suspicion that Democrats will not only impose mask mandates but bring back mass lockdowns ahead of the next presidential election, in a repeat of 2020. As Breitbart News reported, the new push for Americans to line up for booster shots follows the revelation in January that health officials want to make coronavirus booster vaccinations an annual event. Now it’s time for my favorite topic, sports! https://www.boundingintosports.com/2023/08/the-blind-side-author-michael-lewis-calls-out-michael-oher-amid-lawsuit-against-tuohy-family-that-hes-suspicious-of-them-is-breathtaking/ ‘The Blind Side’ Author Michael Lewis Calls Out Michael Oher Amid Lawsuit Against Tuohy Family: “That He’s Suspicious Of Them Is Breathtaking” The celebrated story of Michael Oher, former NFL athlete and the subject of the best-selling book “The Blind Side” by Michael Lewis, has taken an insane turn over the past week. Oher has filed a lawsuit against the Tuohy family, claiming they never officially adopted him and accusing them of financial misdeeds related to movie profits. Now, author Lewis has defended the Tuohys and pointed fingers at Hollywood’s accounting system as the real culprit. In 2006, Lewis’s book spotlighted Oher’s heartwarming journey from a troubled youth to an accomplished football player, largely credited to the benevolence and support of Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy. The narrative was later adapted into an award-winning movie in 2009, starring Sandra Bullock. However, the harmony of the feel-good story depicted on the big screen seems drastically different from the current situation we’re seeing unfold now. Oher’s lawsuit alleges that the Tuohys tricked him into signing over the legal authority to use his name in business deals after his 18th birthday, thereby cheating him out of future proceeds. He asserts they profited off the Oscar-winning movie while sidelining him financially. Responding to these allegations, the Tuohy family labeled Oher’s claims a “shameful shakedown” and voiced intentions to end the conservatorship, a legal concept where an individual is appointed to manage another’s financial and/or personal affairs. Adding fuel to the fire, the Tuohy family’s attorney, Martin Singer, claims that before initiating the lawsuit, Oher tried to extort the family for $15 million. Singer alleged Oher threatened the Tuohys with negative press unless the hefty amount was handed over. But Michael Lewis, in interviews with both The Washington Post and at a previously recorded Google event, blames Tinsel Town for the mess. Lewis slammed Hollywood studios (the film was produced and distributed by Warner Bros.) for their accounting practices which, according to him, often shortchange those whose real-life stories inspire box office hits. I “Everybody should be mad at the Hollywood studio system,” Lewis said. “Michael Oher should join the writers strike. It’s outrageous how Hollywood accounting works, but the money is not in the Tuohys’ pockets.” Lewis further divulged that both he and the Tuohy family made about $350,000 each from the movie after considering taxes and agent fees. Challenging Oher’s narrative, Lewis asserted that the Tuohys intended to share movie royalties among family members, including Oher. However, Oher reportedly began declining these royalty checks. In a move showcasing the Tuohy’s good faith, Lewis revealed they deposited Oher’s share in a trust fund designed for Oher’s son.
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