Profits at the German auto giant Mercedes plunged on Friday as sales of its slick new range of electric vehicles (EVs) went into freefall. Porsche abandoned its sales targets for battery-powered cars amid waning demand from customers. Ford is losing nearly $50,000 (£39,000) on every EV it sells, while Tesla’s profits dropped 45pc
X thread with links: When I went to law school, I knew a law degree would be helpful no matter what I chose to do in life. Never did I imagine that I would use my skills & training to “prove” my husband’s innocence to federal prosecutors
X thread with links: The Biden admin spent almost a billion dollars to push falsehoods about covid vaccines, boosters, and masks on the American people
Hackers may have stolen the Social Security numbers of every American
A doctor died at a Disney Springs restaurant from an allergic reaction after being assured the meal was allergen-free The widower then sued Disney is now trying to dismiss the suit — arguing he agreed to arbitrate all disputes when signing up for a Disney+ free trial years earlier
Taxpayers have told school administrators they don’t want to pay for electric buses, making it seemingly impossible for districts to meet the legally required transition
(X thread video) We have built safe mobility offices in Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Costa Rica to reach people where they are so they don’t have to take the perilous journey
Big new annual report on kids shows “decades of lost progress” due learning loss during – and even after – Covid.
X thread: Cuomo recently claimed his mask orders were only voluntary recommendations. Now he’s saying nursing homes were just “confused” by the “must admit” order for Covid+ patients, and they didn’t have to accept sick patients?
Nicotine has been found to have potential benefits in preventing Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease. Studies on animals suggest that nicotine can protect against neuronal degeneration, improve motor abilities, and enhance cognitive performance
Missouri woman who served 43 years in prison is free after her murder conviction was overturned. AG called the prison warden and told him not to release prisoner after judge ordered release. Convicted solely on confession during interrogation while she was heavily sedated.
We all know about the 1986 law that gives immunity from liability to pharmaceutical companies for vaccine injuries & deaths. (The only industry that has this kind of blanket immunity by the way.) But did you know that wrapped up in this law, signed by Reagan, was that the HHS is REQUIRED to show Congress every two years that safety studies are being done, and they’re monitoring vaccine safety?
In now unsealed court documents reviewed by Forbes, Google was ordered to hand over the names, addresses, telephone numbers, and user activity of Youtube accounts and IP addresses that watched select YouTube videos
On average, around 30 large cargo ships either sink or go missing each year, often taking their crews with them. About 3 of the container ships, too, among others
Pfizer found out in July 2022 that Paxlovid doesn’t work. They delayed publishing their study until this week, after Biden Admin stopped subsidizing Pfizer for Paxlovid, after $12.6 billion taxpayer dollars spent
Twitter thread: massive FDA study on the safety of COVID vaccines in children
Approximately 13,000 islands around the world have increased land mass over two decades, disproving claims of climate alarmists about rising sea levels
Hey, remember when Patriot Front got arrested in Idaho? the FBI helped them get off by refusing to turn over evidence to either the municipal prosecutors or defense attorneys in a timely manner.
Yes, I saw the news last night. I happened to be browsing Twitter at about the same time it happened and got to watch people reacting in damn near real time.
No, I’m not going to be sharing links at this point in time. I hold to a 72hr rule in situations like this. Unless it’s accompanied by reasonably clear video I assume it’s rumor/speculation and I ignore it. Official press releases with data specifics are given a bit more leeway, but still taken with a grain of salt. Somewhere between 36-72hrs we’ll start to see actual useful data. Yes, we’ll have to sort between the speculation still, but at least at that point you can actually begin to see something realistic.
Based on the videos I saw last night-what we know for fact at this point in time: Someone took a shot at former President Trump during a live TV event. Trump was injured. At least one person in the crowd was killed. The supposed shooter was killed (I do not consider him a victim).
Be Careful of posts linking to/showing screenshots of the social media of the supposed shooter, I spotted at least 3 different accounts of three different people being shared around last night.
It is most likely that I won’t be sharing much about this at all to be honest. There are plenty of people going to be watching this one, and many of them are far better at analysis than I am.
Stop scaring yourself silly watching the rumors spread, all you’re doing is making yourself more susceptible to additional fear mongering.
Go read some memes and smile. Go hang out with your family, or friends, or duct-tape family of your choice. Or read a good book. Turn off the news for at least a day. Anything remotely true that’s released in the news today will be analyzed to death for weeks, you aren’t missing anything.
(ok, one link. Twitter thread of the major media sources first set headlines in reaction. In case you didn’t already hate major media. Honestly, some of those would make great memes….)
FDNY boss hunts down staffers who booed NY AG Letitia James, cheered for Trump at promotion ceremony
Climate Change Committee’s chief executive admitted privately to scientific malpractice in a modeling study underlying the ability of wind power to meet net zero goals. The CCC study used only 1 year of data
Remember several years ago, the FBI raided a safe deposit box setup and took all the contents? Twitter thread update on the lawsuits.
Ranchers Face Prison Time, Millions in Fines for Tampering with Rain Gauges
Twitter thread: Stories of hell from folks in the service industries (read not only the comments, but also the re-tweets)
Twitter thread: Back in March one of the big Haitian gangs released a propaganda video including some high end vehicles. The USA might have bought them for the gang.
Supreme Court of Washington: Examinees of color are too stupid to pass this test.
This team of “Squatter Hunters” uses squatting laws to reacquire homes for their owners because the authorities are useless
A NYC company fraudulently overvalued its building to obtain a mortgage and has defaulted. NY AG Letitia James is taking the side of the company preventing the lender from foreclosing on the building
Students at one of New York City’s top screened public high schools recently protested how they were being taught pre-calculus/trigonometry. Not only did they win their case, but they taught some adults a lesson.
This man changed his name to “Literally Anybody Else” and he’s running for president of the United States
Summary: Exercise combats depression, and more exercise combats it more. The effects can be (at least) as large as pills. (but yes, lets shut down the gyms lest we all get sick)
Walking more than five flights of stairs a day can cut risk of heart disease by 20%, study says
Kentucky transgender daycare worker “Maria Childers” will NOT be going to prison despite pleading guilty to sexually abusing a baby while changing its diaper.
A major new study out of Finland found that providing cross-sex hormones and gender-transition surgeries to adolescents and young adults didn’t appear to have any significant effect on suicide deaths
New accounting software got installed, was full of glitches, and hundreds of people were fired and charged with fraud and embezzlement when it was the software’s fault
Covid Vaccines Linked To Small Increase In Heart And Brain Disorders, Study Finds
The CDC “released” a 148 page study on myocarditis after COVID-19 “vaccination” and every single page is completely redacted. This must be a new record.
A gray whale extinct from the Atlantic for more than 200 years was spotted off the New England coast last week in an “incredibly rare event,” the New England Aquarium says.
Brand name of an inhaler many kids need for their asthma is abt to be discontinued, and multiple insurers (including some public insurances in my state) are refusing to cover the generic
Crime Pays: San Diego County woman arrested in $8M shoplifting ring targeting Ulta Beauty stores
A teen hacked Nvidia, got arrested, was released on bail under police supervision. Police confiscated his laptop and put him in a motel room. He then used the Amazon fire stick connected to his motel room TV to hack Rockstar and steal GTA 6 clips
A coalition of over 3,000 US auto dealers are now demanding Biden “tap the breaks” on his Executive Orders on EVs. They not only ARE NOT SELLING, they can’t even get people to test drive them
“Congress at the urging of the Biden administration agreed in 2021 to spend $7.5 billion to build tens of thousands of electric vehicle chargers across the country, aiming to appease anxious drivers while tackling climate change. Two years later, the program has yet to install a single charger.”
“Nissan, for example, says they can collect information about your sexual activity,” Caltrider said. “Kia says they can collect information about your sex life. I think there were four companies that say they can collect genetic information.”
For parents who have kids dx with ADHD – this was interesting. 75% of kids are started on meds without any parent coaching on behavior training. New research suggests that all kids should be started with parent behavior training (PBT) first.
Employers don’t value college degrees as much as originally thought, recent survey data shows, and the disdain is behind a restored appreciation for blue-collar job-seekers that bring skill and experience over education.
Senator Expresses ‘Serious Concerns‘ About Secretive White House Program That Tracks Americans’ Phone Records
A court decision that deemed New York State isolation and quarantine procedures unconstitutional has been reversed. They can now take you away for mandatory quarantine and isolation for any virus at their sole discretion. No court date, no option to fight it. No age limit and no time limit for your quarantine. And they can use any experimental treatment on you.
Wait, meat is bad! Every American who sets foot in the UN from henceforth should do so carrying a bucket of KFC in their arms and just go to town while in meetings.
Child mask mandates for COVID-19: a systematic review -“current body of scientific data does not support masking children for protection against COVID”.
Kevin McKernan loses entire database of research after NZ health service obtains an injunction to prevent sharing of leaked Covid vax health data
MIS-C was found to occur *pre-COVID* and *is not specific to SARS-CoV2.* Can be caused by regular seasonal human coronaviruses
New concerning study of covid vax safety in kids All data from randomized trials 17,538 in vax group 8011 in placebo Vax group had 3.8x risk of severe adverse events (5-17yrs) 3x risk of lower respiratory infection(6m-5yrs)
every couple years, the media finds some “new” disease sensation and tries to run a scare story with it:
NYC Republican city council member was charged with carrying a gun in a “prohibited place.” The next day she goes to turn herself and the gun in but removes the recoil spring before doing so.
There is no voting fraud: An Iowa county supervisor’s wife has been convicted on 52 counts of voter fraud for ballot-stuffing to help her husband win the nomination for Congress.
Proposed Irish hate speech regulations could have a chilling effect on freedom. Up to 12 months in prison for refusing to give password to your devices if suspected of committing hate speech. 12 months for refusing to allow the State read messages between you and your spouse. It’s authoritarian.
Unless you are wealthy, Americans can say goodbye to having a private doctor to consult due to shortages
In California, and here in Detroit, convenience stores have armed security meet the trucks before they can unload. An armed security guard protecting a large cigarette delivery at a 7-11 in Oakland was surrounded by armed black suspects who stole his firearm and the contents of the truck.
“Two hundred and seven years after it was started in this Herkimer Count village and two years after their new private equity owners said they weren’t leaving, Remington Arms is packing up its New York state gun factory and moving it to Georgia.”
Jussie Smollett headed back to jail after conviction upheld by appeals court in hate crime hoax
America’s first congestion pricing program is taking shape in New York City, where drivers could pay $15 to enter some of the busiest streets in Manhattan as soon as next spring
The Obama administration wanted more black air traffic controllers. So they designed a new test where you got extra points if you got bad grades in high school science or you’ve been unemployed for a long time
The results imply that the effect of man-made CO2 emissions does not appear to be sufficiently strong to cause systematic changes in the pattern of the temperature fluctuations. In other words, our analysis indicates that with the current level of knowledge, it seems impossible to determine how much of the temperature increase is due to emissions of CO2.
A new study found child care centers are an unlikely source for spreading COVID-19, leading researchers to suggest the current testing and isolation recommendations can be revised to align with those for other serious respiratory viruses
Why Did the New York City Medical Examiner Process 11,000 Deaths in Three Days
The House Energy & Commerce Committee sent a letter to the CDC Director yesterday, looking for answers about how the CDC has counted pediatric Covid deaths
2018: Among children there was an increase in the hazard of ARI caused by non-influenza respiratory pathogens post-influenza vaccination compared to unvaccinated children during the same period
ACIP voted last week to add the JYNNEOS Mpox vaccine to the child/adolescent schedule and to the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program for “persons aged 18 years and older at risk for mpox”
FBI’s Washington Field Office explicitly made the decision to let a child pornographer go free to focus on January 6 defendants, they admitted in court docs.
Investigation is underway at a New Jersey high school after reports surfaced of students using artificial intelligence to manipulate real photos to create pornographic images of classmates
Trump has 34 felony charges pending while Biden walks just like Hillary for doing mostly the same thing
The correlation between adopted brothers and sisters (genetically unrelated people raised together) shows that the IQ correlation between them falls to zero in adulthood — suggesting shared childhood environment has no impact on intelligence in adulthood.