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Dave Walsh: We’re Going To Become A Third World Country In Regards To Energy 6:10 min

Dave Walsh: We’re Going To Become A Third World Country In Regards To Energy
Bannons War Room Published July 28, 2022

(Notes: Is there something wrong with GDP numbers?
Walsh: Inflation data a few months back was 8.6% in 1972 basket measurements that is 18-19%. In 2008 with a significant recession, gasoline utilization dropped about 4%. This year year on year down 8%. The economic downturn is with us. It's real measured through energy utilization. Is it more than is being broadcast? - way possible.

Bannon: The update they are going to have in 30 days will be 1 1/2% down. That 18-19% is real, not the way they try and spin it to you. The natural gas is not just for heating and home air conditioning. It's in every product, but particularly in food. The coming increase in food, that is why they don't want the measured inflation basket to include energy and food. That's why Walmart isn't selling other stuff - because of energy and food costs. Walk me through the natural gas costs and the food costs.

Walsh: It is in there three ways. (1) Urea, nitrogen and ammonia are three of the 4 key modern age fertilizers used globally are all natural gas created fertilizers. A lot of planters (Alfie Oakes reported earlier( that they have substantially reduced the fields they fertilized last spring because of the 4x cost uplift of those fertilizers. (2) The transportation of vegetables. meat, produce is a huge driver of the cost. That is diesel mainly, but (3) the cold chain, the cooling, 40% of our electricity is now natural gas power generated plants. So the cost of natural gas is now massively inside the price of our electricity pricing, which goes to chilling those foods to keep them buyable and consumable. So now 60%of the cost of food stuffs is the energy component. It used to be a much smaller portion.

So shortages due to (a) the lack of planting due to the high cost during the planting season due to fertilizers; plus the (b) transport and (c) refrigeration -driving the price up, as energy is a huge, huge component of the cost of foods.

Bannon: Have you seen any action taken by this Administration, any action they could take - other than games with the Strategic Petroleum Reserves, to get them off their crazy Green New Deal "transitioning to a sustainable economy?"

Walsh: No, the bill being proposed now that suddenly Manchin has gotten on board with is embedded in it all about the environment, all about environmental extremism. Nothing in it about energy strategy. Not much. Let me give you an example of what is happening globally. We've got about 54 nuclear power plants being built globally. Only 5 between western Europe and north America. That's the result of years and years and years of this kind of Administration policy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission making these plants non-competitive to build in regulating the build costs - things of that nature.

Just to give you an idea of where we stand - this bill is all about more subsidies for solar and wind - some nuclear. That piece is not bad. Let's see where that goes. Mainly, it is an environmental bill. It is not an energy bill and it's about higher taxes. We need more baseload energy capacity in this country. We don't need more wind and solar right now. We're shuttering too much of our reserve margin. That is the excess generation capacity needed to prevent brownouts and blackouts. We're programmatically reducing a lot by even the imposition of new credits and inducements for more and more solar and wind. Reserve margins will be down by 2030 by about half of what they were in 2015. Huge drop.

Bannon: What Dave Walsh is saying is the we will become a third world country as far as energy.)
 
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These Are Americans' Biggest Inflation Concerns

FRIDAY, JUL 29, 2022 - 03:55 AM
With inflation at the highest level since 1981 and wages not keeping pace, many Americans are struggling to make ends meet.

And while a fresh poll from Morning Consult and Yahoo Finance shows that two thirds of U.S. adults are confident that they’ll be able to pay their bills in full each month, as Statista's Felix Richter notes, there is growing concern about the affordability of everyday purchases, especially those considered essential.

Infographic: Americans' Biggest Inflation Concerns | Statista

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Unsurprisingly, the surging gas price has Americans particularly worried, with 63 percent of respondents saying they are very or somewhat concerned about being able to afford gas/fuel in the future.

Similar levels of concern can be observed for groceries and school supplies, i.e. categories where cutting back is not really an option.
 
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German Cities Turn Off Hot Water And Cut Lighting At Government Buildings

FRIDAY, JUL 29, 2022 - 02:45 AM
German authorities are scrambling ahead for what could be a hellacious winter of natural gas shortages and skyrocketing prices by announcing new energy-saving measures in cities across the country, reported The Guardian.

Hanover in northwest Germany turned off hot water in showers and bathrooms at public buildings and leisure areas this week. Municipal buildings in the city will be heated to only 20C (68F) between Oct. 1 - Mar. 31. The use of portable air conditioners and heating fans will be prohibited.
"The situation is unpredictable," Hanover Mayor Belit Onay said. "Every kilowatt hour counts, and protecting critical infrastructure has to be a priority."
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In Berlin, the German capital, hundreds of monuments and municipal buildings went dark to reduce electricity consumption.

And in Munich, in Germany's south, outdoor spotlights illuminating municipal buildings were turned off as well as hot water to the buildings to save electricity.

The move to reduce energy consumption comes as EU countries earlier this week agreed on a 15% demand cut through next winter as the probabilities of reaching the 80% NatGas storage filling target dwindle as Russian state-owned energy producer Gazprom PJSC's Nord Stream 1 capacity to Europe was slashed to just 20%.

For months, Germany has asked residents to take fewer showers to conserve power.
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And the cuts to hot water and lighting might not be enough.

According to Bloomberg energy expert Javier Blas, with "Nord Stream 1 flowing at just 20% of capacity from July 27, Germany will NOT have enough natural gas to make it throughout the whole winter **unless big demand reductions are implemented**. Berlin will need to activate stage 3 of its gas emergency program."

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Germany appears to be preparing for the possible worst-case energy crunch scenario come winter. It is time for Europe's largest economy to fire up coal-fired power plants and extend operations of nuclear power plants if they survive this coming winter.

Germans should familiarize themselves with an ax because it'll be wood many households will use this winter to heat their homes.
 
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Union Boss Threatens UK General Strike In Response To Crackdown On Industrial Action

FRIDAY, JUL 29, 2022 - 12:30 AM
Authored by Alexander Zhang via The Epoch Times,

A union boss has called for a general strike if Britain’s next prime minister brings in legislation to crack down on industrial action that affect the country’s vital national infrastructure.


Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has pledged to ensure “militant action” from trade unions can no longer paralyse the economy if she wins the Conservative leadership contest and becomes prime minister.

Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union, said the changes proposed by Truss will “make it virtually impossible to have effective trade unionism” and would “effectively outlaw collective action.”

“Coordinated and synchronised industrial action” would be needed if the legislation is brought in, he told the newspaper on July 27.

A general strike, which can only be called by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), is when a “substantial proportion” of workers in multiple sectors refuse to work until their demands, usually around pay and working conditions, are met.

‘Militant Unions’
Rail passengers suffered fresh travel chaos on July 27 after some members of the RMT and the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) walked out on strike, crippling services across the country.

Truss said that it was “completely wrong” that passengers are “being held ransom by militant unions.”

She said if she becomes the prime minister, she would introduce legislation within 30 days to require a minimum level of service on vital national infrastructure.


Conservative party leadership contender Liz Truss at Here East studios in Stratford, east London, on July 15, 2022. (Victoria Jones/PA Media)

Tailored minimum thresholds, including staffing levels, would be determined with each industry.

The minimum threshold for voting in favour of strike action will be raised from 40 percent to 50 percent, and the minimum notice period for strike action would be raised from two weeks to four weeks, Truss said.

A cooling-off period would be implemented so that unions can no longer strike as many times as they like in the six-month period after a ballot, and members would no longer receive tax-free payments from trade unions on the days they are on strike.

Truss said “tough and decisive” actions are needed to “limit trade unions’ ability to paralyse our economy” and “cripple the vital services that hard-working people rely on.”
Labour In-Fighting

Meanwhile, the rail strike also triggered in-fighting within the ranks of the main opposition Labour Party.

The party’s shadow transport minister Sam Tarry was sacked on July 27 after he defied Labour leader Sir Keir’s ban on frontbenchers joining the picket lines.

A Labour spokesperson said: “The Labour Party will always stand up for working people fighting for better pay, terms and conditions at work. This isn’t about appearing on a picket line.”

“As a government-in-waiting, any breach of collective responsibility is taken extremely seriously and for these reasons Sam Tarry has been removed from the frontbench,” said the spokesperson.

The sacking was met with fury by trade unions and the left wing of the Labour Party.

Former Labour shadow minister John McDonnell described it as a “severe mistake.”

Gary Smith, general secretary of the GMB union, said it was a “huge own goal” for Labour to “turn a Tory transport crisis into a Labour story.”
 
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498 - Why the Supreme Court Ruling on the EPA Isn’t The End of Fighting Climate Change

Jul 29, 2022


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The recent Supreme Court ruling limiting the EPA’s ability to mandate carbon emissions reductions is a setback but not game over for fighting climate change. Former environmental official Tom Burke talks with Stephanie Desmon about the ruling and about this “perfect storm” moment of extreme weather, a war that’s jacked up oil prices, and a lack of political will to face climate change. They also discuss some things to be hopeful about and what can be done right now to adapt and innovate for a better future.
 
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Jul 29, 2022 at 8:31am​
Europe is Crashing Fast into Freezing Winter Followed by Famine​
29 July 2022
Somewhere, Holland
Mind Dump, Sans Edit

Germany is setting up ‘heating islands’ to that people can crowd around like penguins this winter and not freeze. Paris turning off street lights. Cold showers mandatory — coming. (Wim Hoff must be watching with interest).

Very important — the LNG flowing through Nord Stream is not only essential for heating and other energy needs, but for the Haber-Bosch Process in creating nitrogen fertilizers.

The European ‘Fuel Tank’ will go dry at this rate during peak winter. The math is the math. There is only so much conservation that can be done. I watched a clown on Deutsche Welle today talking about saving in Germany by using better shower heads, etc.

Anyone who ever has lived in Germany knows they been doing that hard core since AT LEAST the 80s. Germans don’t even give you ice at the table without charging extra. Been like that for generations.

The German government does not hide they will use this created-crisis to push more energy agenda, and food agendas. The Kult says it with their mouths. This is not mind-reading or intuition at work. They say it.

I watched a Deutsche Welle broadcast this morning in which they talked about it loud and clear. Not ambiguous. They leave zero room for interpretation. During the freezing time, they will push more climate attacks.

Watch companies like Yara and BASF. BASF talking about pushing energy back to the grid. So you can stay slightly warmer this winter so you can starve next year — because that LNG would be used to create fertilizer.

Meanwhile, the death jabs appear to be smashing German fertility. While the ‘migrants’ invade.

Here in Netherlands, ideas are openly floated about putting ‘migrants’ in spare bedrooms — IN YOUR HOME. Migrants you don’t know. Speaking languages you never heard of. In some cases, literally, not toilet trained.

A freezing winter is perfect opportunity to force this upon subjects.

I’ve got to run. Sorry this not edited. Mind dump sans edit.

Look at this regarding BASF — trading short-term warmth for 2023 food:​

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BASF Considers Selling Gas to Grid if Russia Halts Deliveries

BASF SE may sell unused natural gas back to Germany’s grid in case Russian deliveries grind to a sudden halt, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that would aid Europe’s last-ditch efforts to conserve the fuel.
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BASF Considers Selling Gas to Grid if Russia Halts Deliveries
  • Chemicals firm is saving the fuel by cutting ammonia output
  • European energy prices are surging on gas supply concerns
The BASF SE plant on the River Rhine in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

The BASF SE plant on the River Rhine in Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg

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William Wilkes and
Wilfried Eckl-Dorna
July 27, 2022 at 7:09 AM PDT

BASF SE may sell unused natural gas back to Germany’s grid in case Russian deliveries grind to a sudden halt, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that would aid Europe’s last-ditch efforts to conserve the fuel.

BASF’s decision to further cut its gas-intensive ammonia production will enable the company to offer surplus fuel in an auction under Germany’s emergency gas supply plan, the people said, declining to be named because the deliberations are private.

Gas accounts for around 80% of the cost of making ammonia -- a key commodity that goes into fertilizer and engineering plastics -- and surging prices for the fuel have rendered the business unprofitable.

“We are reducing production at facilities that require large amounts of natural gas, such as ammonia plants,” BASF Chief Executive Officer Martin Brudermueller said Wednesday when presenting second-quarter earnings.

European energy prices extended a scorching rally on Wednesday as Russia tightened its grip on the region’s supply. Natural gas increased as much as 14%, and prices are more than 10 times higher than the usual level for this time of the year, as supplies through the key Nord Stream pipeline slumped. Germany is the largest consumer of Russian gas, which BASF and its peers use to run their factories.

BASF earlier Wednesday raised its sales and profit forecast as it managed to pass on rising prices for energy and raw materials. It also warned of a gradual cooling of the global economy and a more pronounced slowdown in Europe because of the war in Ukraine. Making ammonia accounts for around a quarter of the gas needs of BASF’s main site in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

Saving Gas
European Union countries this week reached a political agreement to cut their gas use by 15% through next winter as the prospect of a full cut-off from Russian deliveries grows increasingly likely.

Under an auction system to begin over summer months, major German consumers and suppliers can offer their unused gas, with winning bidders getting paid for the fuel they provide, the Economy Ministry said last month. The measure was detailed as Germany elevated the risk level in its national gas emergency plan to the second-highest “alarm” phase.

Companies will post their offers at Trading Hub Europe, Germany’s gas-market manager. When supply bottlenecks occur, the hub will take up the cheapest offer.

A final decision by BASF on whether to sell any excess gas would depend on the price offered in the auction system, the people said, adding that the company may choose not to sell and instead use the gas for other processes in case of severe rationing.
 
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China FUMES Over Pelosi's Taiwan Trip


China Uncensored
Nancy Pelosi suggests she might travel to Taiwan and China rages. Bill Gates is a smart guy, but he is really stupid when it comes to China. He's paying tens of thousands of dollars to fund Chinese science in the name of "pandemic preparedness," all while China is laughing at how it spread Covid to the world and got away with it almost scot-free. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to visit Taiwan, which is predictably "angering China." The CCP is targeting the Fed by trying to build up a network of spies inside it, according to a Congressional report. Watch this episode of China Uncensored for that and more of this week's China news headlines.
 
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Dutch Farmers Are Protesting A Government Policy Canada and Ireland are Now Proposing, Is The U.S. Next?
While President Biden hasn’t declared climate an emergency, some feel it’s a waiting game. Just ask Illinois farmer Sherman Newlin.
While President Biden hasn’t declared climate an emergency, some feel it’s a waiting game. Just ask Illinois farmer Sherman Newlin.(Farm Journal)

By JENNA HOFFMAN July 29, 2022

Ag carbon emissions are high on some country’s government dockets this year, as the Netherlands released a 13-year, 25-billion-euro plan to cut nitrogen oxide and ammonia emissions by 50% by 2030.

Canada’s Take
Canada—a country whose ag industry $134.9 billion of its 2021 GDP—followed in the Netherland’s footsteps last Friday, with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiling a plan to cut nitrogen emissions 30% from 2020 levels by 2030.

Trudeau’s report also outlines recommendations for farmers to use, among other practices:
1. 4R strategies
2. Variable rate technology
3. Cover crops

Kristjan Hebert of Saskatchewan, Canada farmer, says farmers in his area use most of these practices already. He says they’re more concerned about how these proposals will change before they’re written into law.

“The problem is that some of these pretty poor ideas come on a boat from the EU and get dropped off in Ottawa,” he says. “What’s going on in the Netherlands, and what took place in Sri Lanka, is getting overlaid on top of our policy.”

In response to Trudeau’s announcement, Fertilizer Canada released analysis showing significant production loses if the legislation passes, as farmers say they will need to shrink grain output to meet the 2030 goal.

According to the analysis, Canada could lose over 160 million metric tons of canola, corn and spring wheat between 2023 and 2030 if the Trudeau’s plan is put into action.

Ireland Builds on Ag’s Parameters
Canada and the Netherlands are not alone in drafting new climate policies directed towards ag.

Ireland’s government is proposing new laws which will give government the power to hinder any farmer from buying, holding or spreading fertilizer, according to the Irish Examiner. It says anyone looking to get their hands on fertilizer will have to be registered as a “professional fertiliser end user.”

This news comes on the heels of Ireland finalizing its 5th amendment to the Nitrates Action Programme, a move that tightened the reigns on water quality issues. Ireland’s Minister O’Brien says the policy amendments are important in achieving the country’s climate goals.

“Protecting and improving water quality, along with biodiversity, is a national priority in Ireland, and these amendments provide additional clarity to Ireland’s Nitrates Action Programme in order to achieve this objective.”

Is the U.S. Next?
In early July, The Hill was filled with talks that President Biden might declare a climate emergency following Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) nixing an economic package that contains new spending on climate or tax increases, according to Jim Wiesemeyer, ProFarmer policy analyst.

Instead of a climate emergency, Biden moved to pen a series of executive orders to address climate through:

1. Program funding to help strengthen flood control, bolster utilities and organize heating and cooling assistance for low-income communities.
2. A switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy through domestic offshore wind built by Vineyard Wind.
3. Workplace heat inspections, including parameters for when employers can force employees to work—or not—amid extreme cold or heat.

While President Biden hasn’t declared climate an emergency, some feel it’s a waiting game. Just ask Illinois farmer Sherman Newlin.

“I feel like every day is one day closer to having the President declare a climate emergency,” he says. “Once that happens, I don’t know what it will mean for ag, or what it’s going to open up the door to.”

Newlin says he checked out on climate emergency conversations months ago because its “it doesn’t feel right and it’s so far out there.”

AgriTalk Host Chip Flory echoed Newlin, saying it feels like “forced sustainability”—a path he feels farmers have been walking for quite some time.

More on climate in ag:
Dutch Government Imposes Ag Cutbacks, Farmers Revolt
President Biden Fast Tracks the Switch from Fossil Fuels to Renewable Energy
 
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First Ukrainian Grain Shipment Since Paper Agreement Still Hasn't Shipped
Ukraine is ready to start shipping grain from two Black Sea ports but no date has been set for the first shipment, Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said.
Ukraine is ready to start shipping grain from two Black Sea ports but no date has been set for the first shipment, Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said.(Reuters )

By JIM WIESEMEYER July 29, 2022
Some reports said Ukrainian grain shipments under the recent paper deal would ship as soon as this Wednesday. That timeline was not met for several reasons, including insurance issues and crews for the ships as Russian missile attacks continue.

U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Thursday that grain shipments from Ukraine could resume as soon as today but that details of the exact coordinates of shipping routes were still being finalized. Some commercial roadblocks have also emerged following the Ukraine/Russia deal, including insurance for the vessels and finding sailors to crew them.

Ukraine is ready to start shipping grain from two Black Sea ports but no date has been set for the first shipment, Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country is awaiting a signal from the United Nations and Turkey to start exports. Zelenskyy today visited the Black Sea port of Chornomorsk.

“The first vessel, the first ship is being loaded since the beginning of the war. This is a Turkish vessel,” Zelenskyy said. “We sent all the signals to our partners – the UN and Turkey, and our military guarantees the security situation. The infrastructure minister is in direct contact with the Turkish side and the UN. We are waiting for a signal from them that we can start.”

Russian forces on Thursday launched massive missile strikes on Ukraine’s Kyiv and Chernihiv regions, areas that haven’t been targeted in weeks, while Ukrainian officials announced an operation to liberate an occupied region in the country’s south.
 
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2Q GDP Sinks: What Does it Signal Ahead for Agriculture?

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By MICHELLE ROOK July 29, 2022

The Commerce Department put out its second quarter GDP data this week, showing the U.S. economy shrank from April through June. It contracted at 0.9%, but annualized it was down 0.2%.

That's the second straight quarter of negative growth.

Economic pressure is now coming from two sides, rampant inflation and rising interest rates.
On Wednesday the Fed increased rates again..another three quarters of a point.

Market analysts say the Q2 data is a sign the U.S. is entering a recession, along with China and Europe.

Mike Zuzulo, Global Commodity Analytics says, "You've got the three largest economies in the world now in recession or heading toward recession. And the big question we don't know yet is how severe is it going to be. He says the key is tied to Russia's control of energy supplies and the impact that has on global prices, which is a key driver of inflation and slows economic growth. Zuzulo is concerned this will continue mean higher inputs for farmers for 2023.
 
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Surface Pressure: U.S. Losing Farmland at Alarming Rate
From 2001 to 2016, the U.S. lost or compromised 2,000 acres of farmland and ranchland every day. If that trend continues, and another 18.4 million acres is converted between 2016 and 2040.

From 2001 to 2016, the U.S. lost or compromised 2,000 acres of farmland and ranchland every day. If that trend continues, and another 18.4 million acres is converted between 2016 and 2040.(Lori Hays, Farm Journal)

By SARA SCHAFER July 29, 2022

From 2001 to 2016, the U.S. lost or compromised 2,000 acres of farmland and ranchland every day. That adds up to 11 million acres of farmland that has been paved over, fragmented or developed, according to research by American Farmland Trust.

If that trend continues, and another 18.4 million acres is converted between 2016 and 2040 — an area nearly the size of South Carolina — of that total:
  • 6.2 million acres will be converted to urban and highly developed land uses such as commercial buildings, industrial sites and moderate-to-high-density residential development.
  • 12.2 million acres will be converted to low-density residential areas, which range from large-lot subdivisions to rural areas with a proliferation of scattered houses.
Video on website .56 min (Identifies converting farmland to "solar farms" as a growing problem.)

“Nearly half of the conversion will occur on the nation’s most productive, versatile and resilient farmland,” says John Piotti, president of American Farmland Trust.

In its latest report, “Farms Under Threat 2040,” American Farmland Trust says this trend could accelerate further, due to high housing prices in metro areas and new opportunities for remote work. If the pace increases, 24.4 million acres of farmland and ranchland could be converted by 2040. That’s almost 1 million acres of agricultural land every year.

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Another factor contributing to the loss of farmland is estate settlements of farmland owners. Around 40% of the nation’s farmland is owned by people over 65, so up to 370 million acres of farmland could change hands in the next 20 years. That increases the possibility the land will be sold for development, according to the research.

To reverse this trend, American Farmland Trust says several economic and policy changes should happen, such as:
  1. Embrace smart-growth principles to improve land-use planning.
  2. Permanently protect agricultural land to secure a supply of land in perpetuity.
  3. Advance smart solar to boost both renewable energy and farm viability.
  4. Support farmland access to create opportunities for a new generation of farmers, particularly historically marginalized producers.
Read the full report: Farms Under Threat 2040: Choosing an Abundant Future

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Drought Intensifies Along with Impact on the Cattle Market: Setting up Like 2013-16?

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By MICHELLE ROOK July 29, 2022

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The latest Drought Monitor roughly 70% of the U.S. is in some level of drought and that area encompasses much of cattle country. However, producers and market analysts say this drought is much different than in the recent past. So, while the impact on the cattle market is already being felt, it could intensify in the next few months.

The cumulative effect of the drought over the last few years is finally coming to a head especially for cattle producers and it’s intensified the last few weeks with the extreme heat and dryness. Producers are running out of forage supplies and hay stocks are down 7-percent nationally and facing record high prices. And that’s much different than the drought a decade ago.

Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist Darrell Peel, says, “There’s just no place anywhere in the country that’s got any excess hay supplies. And so I think that’s gonna limit what we can do in terms of sourcing hay. Its gonna limit what we can do in terms of relocating some cows compared to the last drought."

As a result, Peel says female liquidation recently picked up pushing down cull cow prices. Year to date beef cow slaughter is up 14%, while inventory is down 2.4% and well off its high. "And from that 2018 peak we are down about 6.3% on beef cows at this point in time."

And unfortunately Peel says there’s no relief in sight in the latest 90-day outlook. "We’ll probably lose another million beef cows this year or potentially over a little bit more than that," he says.

He says heifer slaughter is also up 4% and inventory is down about 3.5% as more are being placed in feedlots verses kept for breeding. Which is key as it indicates the lack of herd rebuilding.

Peel adds that feeder supplies are down 2.7% from 2021. So, he thinks the market hole is coming sometime in the fourth quarter. And all these factors could potentially set up another cattle market similar to the 2013-2016 period.
 
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US Nat Gas Prices Hit 14 Year High As Stocks Fail To Rebuild Fast Enough

FRIDAY, JUL 29, 2022 - 10:25 AM
By John Kemp, Senior Market Analyst

U.S. gas prices have climbed to their highest seasonal level for 14 years as hot weather and demand from electric generators has coupled with strong exports to Europe to keep inventories below the pre-pandemic average.

In real terms, front-month futures for deliveries at Henry Hub in Louisiana are trading at more than $8 per million British thermal units compared with over $4 at the same point last year and the highest since 2008.



Cumulative cooling demand since the start of the year in the Lower 48 states has been the highest since 2018, according to data from the U.S. Climate Prediction Center.

With many former coal-fired electric generators disconnected from the grid or dismantled, high cooling demand has translated into high levels of gas consumption.




In the western United States, prolonged drought and reduced hydro-electric generation has further elevated gas use.

At the same time, the United States has became the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter, with volumes increasing by 12% in the first half of 2022 compared with the same period in 2021.

Most of the extra LNG has been shipped to Britain and European Union replacing lower pipeline gas deliveries from Russia ("United States became world's largest exporter in first half of 2022," EIA, July 25).

LNG exports have slowed since early June after a fire halted shipments from Freeport's LNG export terminal on the Gulf of Mexico ("Fire causes shutdown of Freeport LNG terminal", EIA, June 23).

In the absence of the Freeport fire, inventories would likely be even lower and prices would have risen even higher.

Even with the recent slowdown in exports, however, working stocks in underground storage amounted to just 2,416 billion cubic feet (bcf) on July 22 compared with a pre-pandemic five-year seasonal average of 2,802 bcf.



Inventories had risen by only 1,034 bcf since the start of April compared with a pre-pandemic average increase of 1,104 bcf ("Weekly natural gas storage report", EIA, July 28).



The number of rigs drilling for gas has increased to 155 up from just 104 a year ago, according to data from field services company Baker Hughes, but there has been little further increase over the last six weeks.



As a result, gas inventories are on course to start winter well below average, with Europe and Asia still scrambling for LNG, which will likely keep prices elevated.

(COMMENT: I see this trend of the US becoming this major natural gas LNG exporter. I understand that the rising cost of US food is largely due to the increases in natural gas and its impact on the production of fertilizer and the cold chain of food refrigeration. I see this enormous sucking sound from Europe due to Russia throttling down natural gas deliveries. Since it is an international market, are we ending up sharing Europe's pain through our family budget for the consequences of their Green policies and foolish dependence on Russia? )
 
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The Flaw In Biden's Electric Vehicle Charger Plan

FRIDAY, JUL 29, 2022 - 09:45 AM
By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com
  • Biden administration earmarked $5 billion for states with EV charging infrastructure plans.
  • Retailers are worried that government money for EV chargers may mute private investment.
  • The Biden administration’s EV infrastructure plan aims to install half a million EV chargers in the coming years.
The Biden administration has earmarked $5 billion ready to be disbursed to states with EV charging infrastructure plans in place. States are on board with the shift to EVs and are indeed making plans for charging infrastructure. But the people at the end of the line, those who will host the chargers, are having misgivings. Utility Dive reported this week that convenience store owners have sounded the alarm about the EV infrastructure bill, saying the legislation behind it is discouraging private investment, which is going to be essential for the successful shift to EVs.


The report cited Doug Kantor, general counsel of the National Association of Convenience Stores, as saying that the sector was concerned about turning in a profit from EV chargers in the current political framework regarding these.
“There is no way to build out the infrastructure that’s needed to charge vehicles without private investment. To just do it with public money, that’s not going to happen,” Doug Kantor said.
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Retailers’ main worries have to do with demand charges and the option for regulated utilities to own EV chargers. According to the NACS, the charges need to be reduced or eliminated, and fair competition between regulated utilities and private businesses in EV charging needs to be ensured.

This is the latest chapter in the EV infrastructure story unfolding in the United States under the ambitious Biden administration’s plans to electrify transport. Per these plans, the country should have half a million chargers installed in the coming years, for which the administration allocated $5 billion.

Not everything is going smoothly, as evidenced by the information contained in the Utility Dive report. Many EV chargers would be installed at public sites, but also many would need to be installed at locations such as fuel stations and convenience stores.

One problem with that is that in some parts of the U.S., the distance between fuel stations is quite considerable, which problematizes making an economic case for EV chargers.

The Wall Street Journal wrote about this earlier this year, noting states such as Utah, Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico, and Colorado, saying that the lengthy stretches of empty road in these states make the installation of EV chargers more expensive, and in some cases outright impossible.

“There are plenty of places in Montana and other states here out West where it’s well more than 50 miles between gas stations,” the WSJ quotes Rob Stapley, an official with the Montana Department of Transportation, as saying in its report.

“Even if there’s an exit, or a place for people to pull off, the other big question is: Is there anything on the electrical grid at a location or even anywhere close to make that viable?”

Now, the National Association of Convenience Stores is raising the issue of demand charges—the additional fees that utilities charge commercial consumers for maintaining a constant supply of electricity. These additional fees make life costlier for convenience store owners and creates doubts about the profitability of holding EV chargers.

“Retailers have no confidence that EV charging is a money-making business, even with this federal help,” one convenience store owner told Utility Dive in comments on the administration’s EV infrastructure plans. “I’m terrified of getting hit with the demand charge.”

Private investment in EV chargers is not entirely lacking. GM and Pilot Co. recently sealed a partnership deal that will see them build 2,000 fast-charging stalls at 500 Pilot Co. and Flying J locations, to be completed by 2025.

Yet it appears that more is needed to roll out enough EV chargers to tackle drivers’ range anxiety, which has been one of the main reasons for people to refrain from switching from internal combustion engine cars to electric vehicles. If these can’t be made profitable, however, such investment would be slow to come.

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'Which Uses More Electricity...A Refrigerator When It's Running Or Electric Car When It's Charging?'

Jul 19, 2022


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At today's House Transportation Committee hearing, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) questioned Sec. Pete Buttigieg.

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About | U.S. Representative Thomas Massie

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U.S. Representative Massie attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering. During school, he invented a technology that enabled people to interact with computers using their sense of touch and leveraged that technology to found SensAble Technologies, Inc., which raised over $32 million of venture capital, created 70 jobs, and obtained 29 patents. The hardware and software he developed is now used to design automobiles, jewelry, shoes, dental prosthetics, and even reconstructive implants for wounded soldiers.

(COMMENT: Although I did serve as a N. CA regional representative to the Southern Oregon Clean Energy Alliance of counties, my knowledge is not technical. However, it is my understanding that there is a difference between the "grid" where energy is "wheeled" from one area to another along transmission lines and the local "delivery system." I have heard it said that the local delivery system that supports residences would not support for than one or two houses plugging in foe the time it would take to charge a vehicle. This would mean massive neighborhood upgrades in delivery systems all over the US as well.)
 
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New York Judge Throws Out State’s Quarantine Camp Law Declaring It Unenforceable

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New York Judge Throws Out State’s Quarantine Camp Law Declaring It Unenforceable

By Jackson Elliott
July 28, 2022 Updated: July 28, 2022

A New York judge overturned a law that allowed the state government to place even healthy citizens in quarantine camps for an indefinite time without review.

Until July 8, the New York Department of Health had immense power to enforce quarantine measures on citizens. It received this power from the state’s Rule 2.13.

Legislators never voted to allow the New York Commissioner of Health to put any individual into quarantine for any length of time.

Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Department of Health ordered the rule’s protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Then, the state renewed Rule 2.13 every 90 days. The commissioner wanted to make the rule permanent, respondents told the court.

Home,Quarantine.,Caucasian,Woman,Sitting,At,Window,In,A,Medical Health authorities say mask mandates and social distancing have helped contain COVID-19, but a court has ruled indefinite quarantining of people is unenforceable. (Tatyana Blinova/Shutterstock)

The court overturned Rule 2.13, stating that the executive branch had wrongly used legislative authority.

“Involuntary detention is a severe deprivation of individual liberty, far more egregious than other health safety measures, such as requiring mask wearing at certain venues,” the court’s opinion read.

“Involuntary quarantine may have far-reaching consequences such as loss of income [or employment] and isolation from family.”

The court barred state enforcement of Rule 2.13 because the executive branch lacked the authority to introduce it. But the court decision also condemned the rule for its failure to consider individual freedom or due process.

“The commissioner has unfettered discretion to issue a quarantine or isolation for anyone, even if there is no evidence that person is infected or a carrier of the disease. Further, the commissioner sets the terms, duration, and location of the detention, not an independent magistrate,” the court document read.

Previous New York laws about quarantine protected individual rights, it added.

But Rule 2.13 put all power into the hands of the commissioner of health, the document stated.
In the 1953 New York quarantine law, isolation can only happen after a complex process.

First, a doctor must report someone who is currently sick with a contagious disease to government health officers.

Then, the health officers must investigate and report their findings to a magistrate, who can then hold a quarantine hearing.

But Rule 2.13 allowed the commissioner to order quarantining for anyone, anywhere, at any time.

People isolated under the rule only got a judicial review and the right to a lawyer after they were put in quarantine, the court wrote.

This order offered only “lip service” to constitutional due process.

“These protections are after-the-fact and would force the detainee to exercise these rights at a time when he or she is already detained, possibly isolated from home and family, and in a situation where it might be difficult to obtain legal counsel in a timely manner,” the court decision read.

The case was the result of a pro bono lawsuit by attorney Bobbie Anne Cox.

“You can’t make laws or rules that don’t have protections built in to protect the citizens,” Cox said.

However, laws like the New York one still exist in other states.

In Florida, the state health officer can order quarantines for any individual that “poses a danger to the public health.”
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Whistleblowers: FBI Manipulating 'Domestic Terrorism' Data To Fit Biden Narrative

FRIDAY, JUL 29, 2022 - 08:45 AM

Multiple FBI whistleblowers have stepped forward to House Republicans to claim that the agency's leadership has been pressuring agents to 'artificially pad domestic terrorism data' by inappropriately classifying cases to meet quotas.



"From recent protected disclosures, we have learned that FBI officials are pressuring agents to reclassify cases as ‘domestic violent extremism’ even if the cases do not meet the criteria for such a classification," wrote Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) in a Wednesday letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray.

"Given the narrative pushed by the Biden administration that domestic violent extremism is the ‘greatest threat’ facing our country, the revelation that the FBI may be artificially padding domestic terrorism data is scandalous," Jordan continues.

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"The Biden administration’s narrative may be misleading," Jordan writes. "One whistleblower explained that because agents are not finding enough DVE [domestic violent extremism] cases, they are encouraged and incentivized to reclassify cases as DVE cases even though there is minimal, circumstantial evidence to support the reclassification."

"This information … reinforces our concerns regarding the FBI’s politicization under your leadership," Jordan continued, noting that there had been an alleged "purge" of conservative FBI employees, and that the agency seems "more focused on classifying investigations to meet a woke left-wing agenda" than addressing congressional concerns.


Notably, the FBI created a 'domestic terrorism' unit in January after prioritizing the threat of "white extremism" as the most pressing domestic security concern.

This followed a June 2020 report that the White House's National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism had defined the "the two most lethal elements of today’s domestic terrorism threat" as : (1) racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists who advocate for the superiority of the white race and (2) anti-government or anti-authority violent extremists, such as militia violent extremists."

"The Justice Department is establishing a specialized unit focused on domestic terrorism, the department's top national security official told lawmakers Tuesday as he described an elevated threat from violent extremists in the United States," The Associated Press reported in January.

The unit was described as necessary to handle the "more than double" the number of suspected violent extremism cases which have popped up since spring of 2020, according to Congressional testimony this week of Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen.

"We have seen a growing threat from those who are motivated by racial animus, as well as those who ascribe to extremist anti-government and anti-authority ideologies," Olsen stated.

The specialized domestic terrorism unit, he described, is further necessary to "to augment our existing approach" - despite the DOJ already having a counterterrorism section within National Security Division, and such cases also long being handled by FBI units.

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And remember how Biden's Secretary of Education reportedly requested a 'domestic terrorism' letter from a school boards group, after parents angry about COVID-19 mandates and Critical Race Theory (among other things) showed up to school board meetings to voice their displeasure?

Then, in May, Senate Republicans blocked a bill to create domestic terrorism offices within federal law enforcement agencies in response to the Buffalo, NY mass shooting that left 10 people dead.

“The bill is so important because the mass shooting in Buffalo was an act of domestic terrorism. We need to call it what it is, domestic terrorism. It was terrorism that fed off the poison of conspiracy theories like white replacement theory,” Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said just before the vote.

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As Sen. Rand Paul said in a floor speech at the time; "Today we will have a bill before us ostensibly titled and ostensibly about the subject of domestic terrorism. But this bill would be more accurately called the Democrat plan to brand and insult our police and soldiers as White supremacists and neo-Nazis – how insulting."
 
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Here We Go Again: Record Container Ship Traffic Jam As Backlog Continues To Build

FRIDAY, JUL 29, 2022 - 08:33 AM
By Greg Miller of FreightWaves

If you only look at Los Angeles and Long Beach — the largest container import gateway in America — you’d think shipping congestion has drastically reduced. The number of ships waiting there has fallen to 26 from a high of 109 in January. But in fact, North American port congestion has just re-entered record territory. The offshore traffic jam is once again as bad as it’s ever been.



In January and February, when North American congestion previously peaked, there were just under 150 container vessels waiting off the coastlines. Two-thirds were in the Los Angeles/Long Beach queue. As of Thursday morning, there were 153, the majority off East and Gulf Coast ports. Whereas the earlier West Coast pileup was centralized, highly publicized and relatively easy to track, today’s ship queue is more widely disbursed and attracting less attention.

Ship queues bounce back
Port congestion had finally looked like it was easing in May and early June. Ship queues had fallen back to double digits. There were 92 vessels waiting offshore as of June 10, led by 25 off Savannah, Georgia, 20 off Los Angeles/Long Beach, 18 off New York/New Jersey and 14 off Houston.

Then things turned for the worse. The tally rose to 125 on July 8, 136 on July 13 and 140 on July 19.

With the count now rising to 153, the North American container ship queue has increased in size by 66% over the past seven weeks.

As of Thursday morning, ship-position data from MarineTraffic and the latest queue lists for California ports showed 43 container ships waiting off Savannah; 26 off Los Angeles/Long Beach; 24 off Houston; 18 off New York/New Jersey; 17 off Vancouver, British Columbia; 15 off Oakland, California; and 10 ships off other ports.

Of those, 59 ships – 38% of the total – were waiting off the West Coast, where queues have climbed off Vancouver and Oakland. There were 94 ships (62% of the total) off the East and Gulf Coast ports, with counts up in both Savannah and Houston.


Different terminals, different waiting time

U.K.-based data provider VesselsValue found large differences in the waiting times at the top 10 East Coast terminals, including major differences between terminals in the same port complex.
It cited four East Coast terminals with long wait times: the New York and Elizabeth APM terminals in the Port of New York/New Jersey and the Garden City and Savannah terminals in the Port of Savannah.

In contrast, VesselsValue data found relatively short wait times at the Maher and Port Newark terminals in New York/New Jersey; the Norfolk International and Virginia International Gateway terminals in Norfolk, Virginia; the Packer Avenue terminal in Philadelphia; and the Wando Welch terminal in Charleston, South Carolina.

Shift caused by port labor fears?
It may be no coincidence that East and Gulf Coast congestion ramped up starting in June. That was the month new annual contracts kicked in. It was also the last month before the West Coast labor contract with the ILWU longshoreman union expired.

Akhil Nair, vice president of carrier management at Seko Logistics, said during a briefing on July 20, “With all the early threats of the potential ILWU strike and labor constraints on the West Coast, there was an automatic shift during contract season for customers to actually require traditional West Coast shippers to request allocation on the East Coast as well. This was their contractual hedge that they put in place.

“This has resulted now in people probably having overcompensated. The congestion on the East Coast is a result of some of this shifting in the supply chain design and hedging for potential incidents or reliable or unpredictable activity on the West Coast.”
 
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Zelensky Hails Loading Of 1st Grain Export Ship As UN Deal Holds So Far

FRIDAY, JUL 29, 2022 - 07:35 AM

Ukraine has announced that the first ship loaded with Ukrainian grain is set to depart a southern port under Turkish auspices since the war's start.

"The first vessel, the first ship is being loaded since the beginning of the war. This is a Turkish vessel," Zelensky said while visiting the Chornomorsk port, where a ship named Polarnet is set to depart - being the first to do so under the UN-brokered Russia-Ukraine deal to open up the country's ports.

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Kiev has long charged Russian forces with militarily blocking its ports while also stealing Ukrainian grain, also as Washington has accused Moscow of choking off global food supply.

Zelensky cited that several ships are loaded and ready for transport under Turkish and UN protection per the prior Istanbul agreement. Ukraine had at the time of signing the July 22 deal stressed that the agreement is not directly with Russia but with the United Nations - saying it won't deal directly with Moscow.

Media estimates have commonly indicated that some 20 million tons of grain, largely from last year's harvest, have been "held hostage" and are piling up at blockaded ports.

The New York Times writes in a fresh report on the crisis, "But despite fanfare in Brussels and Washington, the accord is being greeted cautiously in the fields of Ukraine. Farmers who have lived for months under the risk of Russian missile attacks and economic uncertainty are skeptical that a deal will hold."

And more from the report:
"The opening of the Black Sea ports is not by itself the magic answer," said Georg von Nolcken, chief executive of Continental Farmers Group, a large agro-business with vast tracts around western Ukraine. "It’s definitely a step forward, but we can’t assume that the deal will bring Ukraine back to where it was” before the war," he said.
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The blockage has ignited wild price swings for crops and the cost of transporting them. Storage is running out for the latest harvests, leaving many scrambling for makeshift solutions.
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Zelensky, however, was optimistic in visiting Chornomorsk port Friday. "Our side is fully prepared. We sent all the signals to our partners — the UN and Turkey, and our military guarantees the security situation," he said

"The minister of infrastructure is in direct contact with the Turkish side and the UN. We are waiting for a signal from them that we can start," he added. "It is important for us that Ukraine remains the guarantor of global food security."

Opening of the Joint Coordination Center (JCC), staffed with Ukrainian, Russian, and Turkish military officers, in Istanbul. Source: Reuters
Days ago as part of the most significant implementation of last week's UN deal thus far, a joint coordination center was set up in Istanbul to "oversee departures from the ports of Odessa, Chernomorsk and Yuzhny, in which ships must circumvent mines, and will conduct inspections of incoming ships for weapons, Turkish media described, noting too that all vessels must traverse Turkish waters.
 
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Hungry? The Benefits Of Famine According To Central Planners

FRIDAY, JUL 29, 2022 - 03:30 AM
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HUNGRY?
Good, according to the central planners.

The folks over at the UN stopped destroying the world for a brief few minutes to publish a piece (snapshot below) justifying their behavior and explaining the “benefits” of the famine they’ve engineered.

I am not making this up...



The article remained on the UN website for a day or so before being deleted after it went viral on social media, with people horrified at the truly unbelievable evil.

The good thing about this is that as they continue with their predictive programming and NLP (seriously, look into both and it promises to blow your mind), more and more people wake from their trance.

Once woken, they realize the incredible danger they are all in. And that is a good thing because you can’t fight an enemy until you understand one exists.

And on the ground in the everyday world, the repercussions are now spilling over into the lives of Joe Sixpack.

Joe doesn’t really care to hear about the United Nations “sustainability agenda” or about their “absolute zero” report. Which details (very clearly) and precisely what is taking place right now.

None of this is an accident. Contrary to what many think was or is incompetence is neither.

The “great reset” requires a populace beholden to the government and nobody else. As the central planners pursue their agenda of getting there, this is bound to be fraught with an awakening and a lot of angst.

And so, while Joe Sixpack doesn’t understand most any of this, he doesn’t actually need to.
What Joe does care about is when he can’t afford groceries and when his electricity bill now suddenly wipes out his entire annual disposable income.

And that is enough to provide both pushback and an increasing ability to awaken to the horrors of what comes for him if this communist agenda masquerading as a plan to “save us from climate change” is NOT stopped in its tracks.

And with this realization will come politicians — many who themselves are parasites but doing what comes naturally to them: sensing a shift in the winds and rushing to get in front of it, champion it, and gain support.

Here, take a look. According to France24, Giuseppe Conte, the head of Five Star, said:
I have a strong fear that September will be a time when many families will face the terrible choice of paying their electricity bills or buying food. We are absolutely willing to dialogue, to make our constructive contribution to the government, to Draghi, (but) we are not willing to write a blank cheque.
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He’s not wrong, of course, but this is a thug who went gleefully along with all the covid bullshit, which itself is a massive contributor to the problems our proverbial “Joe” now faces.
Take a gander at this.



And as we’ve been saying until we’re blue in the face: energy underpins EVERYTHING. Which is why Eurozone CPI looks like it just mainlined viagra.



And this is saying something because as you know the way they measure CPI is, of course, complete hogwash and roughly half the real rate. You can check out John Williams’ Shadowstats, where inflation in the US is calculated based on the methodology used back in the 80’s (pre-fraud). It just hit 17.3%. That’s a tad more than the 9.1% print they just tried to bullshit you with.



The other thing “Joe” cares about is when the government — under the guise of “saving the planet” — begins the process of stealing up to 50% of the farms in the Netherlands.

Speaking of the land of the tall people…

Beef herd should be culled to help meet emissions targets
Under a ridiculous narrative of “reducing nitrogen emissions,” the Dutch government is proceeding with a blatant land grab of 30% of the Farmland. It is worth pointing out that air is 78% nitrogen.

These fukwits have literally decided that air is dangerous.
Anyway, the farmers are having none of it and have blockaded roads, airports, and distribution centers. The fishermen have joined in and blocked the ports.

Domestically, the Dutch farmers have massive support. Gratefully, people seem to intuitively understand that without them there will be no food. The propaganda is no longer having the desired effect on the populace. What a shame!

Most bought into the Covid fraud, but they’re clearly NOT buying into this “climate change” agenda.

The pushback cannot come from the current clutch of political parties. This is true whether they are on the right or the left. It doesn’t matter. Both are compromised and neither stood up for citizens in the Covid fraud, nor are they even now when it should be obvious to all but the incredibly dim that the entire fiasco of Covid was a complete and utter sham, designed only to implement a new feudal system where the technocrats own everything.

Every day a few more people wake to reality, and once you wake, you can’t unsee what you’ve seen. The existing political parties’ credibility is severely damaged. I’ve thought for some years now that if there is to be a shift, it will likely come from third parties. This is true across the Western world, and not uniquely a Dutch thing.

The Farmer–Citizen Movement in the Netherlands is now gaining momentum and size faster than any other.



Over in France, the Marxist agenda gathers momentum, too.
France plans full nationalisation of power utility EDF
France will fully nationalise EDF (EDF.PA), Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said on Wednesday, in a move that would give the government more control over a restructuring of the debt-laden group while contending with a European energy crisis.
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It is at this point that we should review a little history.



The last head of a European government to be killed and eaten by a mob was Dutch Johan de Witt in 1672, who was mutilated, hung, and had his liver roasted and digested by Orangists in the Hague.

Davos man deserves at least as much.
In the meantime, Europeans are going to be cold and hungry. Winter is just a few short months away now.

The stampede will begin in earnest for food and all those banned products like fertilizer.
 
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Biden Admin to Complete More of Trump’s Border Wall Project, Closing 4 Gaps

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Illegal immigrants near a gap in the U.S.-Mexico border barrier, awaiting processing by the U.S. Border Patrol in Yuma, Arizona, on May 20, 2022. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Biden Admin to Complete More of Trump’s Border Wall Project, Closing 4 Gaps

The Biden administration spent millions last year to halt the wall construction
By Mimi Nguyen Ly

July 29, 2022 Updated: July 29, 2022

The Biden administration is set to close four wide gaps in the U.S.-Mexico border wall in an open area of southern Arizona near Yuma, to “address operational impacts” and “immediate life and safety risks.”

The four gaps are within an incomplete border barrier project—the former Yuma 6 project area near the Morelos Dam, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The area has become one of the busiest corridors for illegal crossings.

The border barrier project, which was operational under the Trump administration, was left incomplete after President Joe Biden in 2021 sent back $2.2 billion in border wall funds to the Department of Defense to be used for overseas defense construction projects. The funds had previously been diverted by President Donald Trump to build the border wall, which at one time was going up at the pace of one mile a day. Completing the border wall was among Trump’s top campaign promises.

“Due to the proximity to the Morelos Dam and the swift moving Colorado River, this area presents safety and life hazard risks for migrants attempting to cross into the United States where there is a risk of drownings and injuries from falls,” the DHS stated on July 28. “This area also poses a life and safety risk to first responders and agents responding to incidents in this area.”

yuma arizona border wall morelos dam A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol agent patrols after sunset along a gap in the border wall at the Morelos Dam between the U.S. and Mexico in Yuma, Arizona, on May 31, 2022. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)

Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas authorized the project’s completion, which will be paid for out of the DHS’s fiscal year 2021 budget.

“Prior to construction, DHS will engage in standard environmental planning and conduct stakeholder outreach and consultation. DHS will move as expeditiously as possible, while still maintaining environmental stewardship,” the statement continued. “This project supports CBP’s and DHS’s priority to deploy modern, effective border measures and also improving safety and security along the Southwest Border.”

illegal immigrants border wall yuma arizona Illegal immigrants wait in line to be processed by the U.S. Border Patrol after crossing through a gap in the U.S.-Mexico border barrier in Yuma, Ariz., on May 21, 2022. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

The U.S. Border Patrol’s Yuma Sector has quickly emerged as the third busiest of nine sectors along the border, with much of the traffic funneling through the Morelos Dam. Illegal immigrants arrive in the small town of Algodones and walk unencumbered across a concrete ledge on the dam to the United States, where they wait for U.S. Border Patrol agents to take them into custody.

In the Yuma sector alone, U.S. border agents stopped illegal immigrants 160,482 times from January through June, a figure nearly four times that of the same period in 2021, according to CBP data. The only other sectors with more traffic were Del Rio and Rio Grande Valley in South Texas.

The area has been especially attractive to Colombians, Venezuelans, and other nationalities who have flown to Mexicali, Mexico, and taken a short bus or taxi ride to Algodones to walk across the border before being released into the United States.

yuma arizona gap A Border Patrol agent drives a van between a gap along the border wall between the United States and Mexico in Yuma, Arizona, on June 1, 2022. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden halted further wall construction after he took office, but in the lead up to the 2022 primary elections, has since made closing the gaps just south of Yuma a priority.

A report by Senate Republicans in July 2021 said that Biden’s efforts to halt border wall construction was costing American taxpayers $3 million per day, and the administration is estimated to have spent at least $1.8 billion by July 2021.
 
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Illegal immigrants near a gap in the U.S.-Mexico border barrier, awaiting processing by the U.S. Border Patrol in Yuma, Arizona, on May 20, 2022. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Biden Admin to Complete More of Trump’s Border Wall Project, Closing 4 Gaps

The Biden administration spent millions last year to halt the wall construction
By Mimi Nguyen Ly

July 29, 2022 Updated: July 29, 2022

The Biden administration is set to close four wide gaps in the U.S.-Mexico border wall in an open area of southern Arizona near Yuma, to “address operational impacts” and “immediate life and safety risks.”

The four gaps are within an incomplete border barrier project—the former Yuma 6 project area near the Morelos Dam, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The area has become one of the busiest corridors for illegal crossings.

The border barrier project, which was operational under the Trump administration, was left incomplete after President Joe Biden in 2021 sent back $2.2 billion in border wall funds to the Department of Defense to be used for overseas defense construction projects. The funds had previously been diverted by President Donald Trump to build the border wall, which at one time was going up at the pace of one mile a day. Completing the border wall was among Trump’s top campaign promises.

“Due to the proximity to the Morelos Dam and the swift moving Colorado River, this area presents safety and life hazard risks for migrants attempting to cross into the United States where there is a risk of drownings and injuries from falls,” the DHS stated on July 28. “This area also poses a life and safety risk to first responders and agents responding to incidents in this area.”

yuma arizona border wall morelos dam A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol agent patrols after sunset along a gap in the border wall at the Morelos Dam between the U.S. and Mexico in Yuma, Arizona, on May 31, 2022. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)

Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas authorized the project’s completion, which will be paid for out of the DHS’s fiscal year 2021 budget.

“Prior to construction, DHS will engage in standard environmental planning and conduct stakeholder outreach and consultation. DHS will move as expeditiously as possible, while still maintaining environmental stewardship,” the statement continued. “This project supports CBP’s and DHS’s priority to deploy modern, effective border measures and also improving safety and security along the Southwest Border.”

illegal immigrants border wall yuma arizona Illegal immigrants wait in line to be processed by the U.S. Border Patrol after crossing through a gap in the U.S.-Mexico border barrier in Yuma, Ariz., on May 21, 2022. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

The U.S. Border Patrol’s Yuma Sector has quickly emerged as the third busiest of nine sectors along the border, with much of the traffic funneling through the Morelos Dam. Illegal immigrants arrive in the small town of Algodones and walk unencumbered across a concrete ledge on the dam to the United States, where they wait for U.S. Border Patrol agents to take them into custody.

In the Yuma sector alone, U.S. border agents stopped illegal immigrants 160,482 times from January through June, a figure nearly four times that of the same period in 2021, according to CBP data. The only other sectors with more traffic were Del Rio and Rio Grande Valley in South Texas.

The area has been especially attractive to Colombians, Venezuelans, and other nationalities who have flown to Mexicali, Mexico, and taken a short bus or taxi ride to Algodones to walk across the border before being released into the United States.

yuma arizona gap A Border Patrol agent drives a van between a gap along the border wall between the United States and Mexico in Yuma, Arizona, on June 1, 2022. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden halted further wall construction after he took office, but in the lead up to the 2022 primary elections, has since made closing the gaps just south of Yuma a priority.

A report by Senate Republicans in July 2021 said that Biden’s efforts to halt border wall construction was costing American taxpayers $3 million per day, and the administration is estimated to have spent at least $1.8 billion by July 2021.
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Steve Cortes: Our Economy Is Crashing Into A Ditch

Steve Cortes: Our Economy Is Crashing Into A Ditch
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Steve Cortes: Our Economy Is Crashing Into A Ditch
Bannons War Room Published July 29, 2022

(No summary given)

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Personal Consumption Expenditure Index (Inflation read hit another 40 year high. Under Trump stable. Now is a systemic inflation - crude is volatile, but includes rents - avg 14% increase)

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Steve Cortes: This Is An Intense Recession 1:08 min

Steve Cortes: This Is An Intense Recession
Bannons War Room Published July 29, 2022
 
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Bryan Kennedy: Biden Administration Is Engaged In An Effort To Deceive The American People 7:12 min

Bryan Kennedy: Biden Administration Is Engaged In An Effort To Deceive The American People
Bannons War Room Published July 28, 2022

(A kind of gaslighting of the American people. No summary given. Did not watch.)

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Bryan Kennedy Discusses Congress’s Highly Convoluted Bill Recently Introduced 6:11 min

Bryan Kennedy Discusses Congress’s Highly Convoluted Bill Recently Introduced (Chips)
Bannons War Room Published July 28, 2022

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WEF Calls to Reduce Private Vehicles By Eliminating 'Ownership'

"Yes, the forum is claiming that this is a way to reduce global reliance on critical metals like cobalt and lithium, as they make a push toward green energy." Source: https://twitter.com/backtolife_20
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WEF Calls to Reduce Private Vehicles By Eliminating 'Ownership'
Red Voice Media Published July 29, 2022

"Yes, the forum is claiming that this is a way to reduce global reliance on critical metals like cobalt and lithium, as they make a push toward green energy."

Source: twitter.com/backtolife_2023/status/1553012051362054145?s=20&t=z-xhrcc_pmXcjL99pCaCAQ
 
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Tucker: From ‘Build Back Better,’ We’re Now in ‘Hey, at Least You’re Not Starving to Death’ 3:48 min

Tucker: From ‘Build Back Better,’ We’re Now in ‘Hey, at Least You’re Not Starving to Death’
Red Voice Media Published July 29, 2022
CARLSON: “… good chance your local food bank is overwhelmed in Boise, Idaho for example, the meridian Food Bank reports they've gone from serving 2800 people every month to 4200… Sounds like a rich country to you? Place that's thriving? That can afford to turn its energy grid over to China? No, it's the same story across the country”
 
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'Cry Me a Freakin’ River, Welcome to the Party, Pal' - Chip Roy Torched DC Mayor 1:25 min

'Cry Me a Freakin’ River, Welcome to the Party, Pal' - Chip Roy Torched DC Mayor
Red Voice Media Published July 29, 2022
ROY: “… the mayor of Washington, DC, which is where I'm sitting right now, complaining about 4000 people on 200 buses that Governor Abbott has sent to Washington DC since April, running to the Pentagon saying ‘oh my gosh, we need the National Guard!’ Oh, well, you know what, Crimea, frickin river…”
 
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Farmers protesters having a BBQ on the motorway
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Farmers protesters having a BBQ on the motorway
SettingBrushfires Published July 29, 2022

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The farmers won’t let the globalist steal farms they’ve owned for generations 1:30 min

HE FARMERS WON’T LET THE GLOBALIST STEAL FARMS THEY’VE OWNED FOR GENERATIONS
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Day and night Dutch farmers are making their anger known, one simple message, no farmers no food! .20 min

Day and night Dutch farmers are making their anger known, one simple message, no farmers no food!
SettingBrushfires Published July 29, 2022
 
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