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15+ states contemplate COS legislation as advocates flood state capitols
January 18, 2024
State capitals across America are buzzing with enthusiasm for Convention of States as grassroots supporters flock to their legislatures in an impressive show of force. Already, 15 states have introduced COS legislation this year, and more are expected to follow suit. Additionally, COS “Surge” events, which kicked off last week in Tennessee, are slated to take place in all 50 states.
“In the coming weeks and months, we're going full throttle,” explained Convention of States President Mark Meckler. “The grassroots have dedicated months of effort to lead up to this moment, and now that it’s here, you can expect them to push ahead full-speed.”
According to Article V of the U.S. Constitution and the COS application, 34 states are needed to call a convention to stop federal overreach, impose term limits, and set fiscal restraints on Washington. While just under 20 states have already signed on, the grassroots remain hopeful that several more will join the expanding roster this year.
Currently, 15 states boast active COS legislation, including Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, and Washington. Following the traditional legislative procedure, the COS application must navigate through committees and both chambers in these states before receiving official enactment.
https://conventionofstates.com/news/15-states-contemplate-cos-legislation-as-advocates-flood-state-capitols-1
French Revolution
The Revolution was the result of multiple long-term and short-term factors that culminated in a social, economic, financial and political crisis in the late 1780s.[3][4][5] Combined with resistance to reform by the ruling elite, and indecisive policy by Louis XVI and his ministers, the state was unable to manage the crisis.[6][7]
Between 1715 and 1789, the French population grew from an estimated 21 to 28 million.[8] The proportion of the population living in towns increased to 20%, and Paris alone had over 600,000 inhabitants.[8] Peasants comprised about 80% of the population, but the middle classes tripled over the century, reaching almost 10% of the population by 1789.[9] Although the 18th century was a period of increasing prosperity, the benefits were distributed unevenly across regions and social groups. Those whose income derived from agriculture, rents, interest and trade in goods from France's slave colonies benefited most, while the living standards of wage labourers and farmers on rented land fell.[10][11] Increasing inequality led to more social conflict.[12] Economic recession from 1785 and bad harvests in 1787 and 1788 led to high unemployment and food prices which coincided with a financial and political crisis for the monarchy.[3][13][14][15]
While the state also experienced a debt crisis, the level of debt itself was not high compared with Britain's.[16] A major problem was that tax rates varied widely from one region to another, were often different from the official amounts, and collected inconsistently. Its complexity meant uncertainty over the amount any authorised tax actually contributed, and caused resentment among all taxpayers.[17] Attempts to simplify the system were blocked by the regional Parlements which approved financial policy. The resulting impasse led to the calling of the Estates-General, which became radicalised by the struggle for control of public finances.[19]
Louis XVI was willing to consider reforms, but often backed down when faced with opposition from conservative elements within the nobility. Enlightenment critiques of social institutions were widely discussed among the educated French elite, while the American Revolution and the European revolts of the 1780s inspired public debate on issues such as patriotism, liberty, equality and the participation of the people in making laws. These debates helped shape the response of the educated public to the crisis facing the state.[20] A series of public scandals such as the Diamond Necklace Affair also fuelled popular anger at the court, nobility and church officials.[21]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution
Carbon Dioxide — The Gas of Life
January 27, 2024
Story at-a-glance
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is commonly mischaracterized as a harmful waste product of respiration and is falsely blamed for disrupting the planetary climate
CO2 is an essential gas necessary for life. Moreover, its impact on Earth’s temperatures is negligible, and will remain negligible even if the current concentration in the atmosphere were to double. A 100% increase of CO2, from 400 ppm to 800 ppm, would decrease radiation into space by just 1.1%, resulting in a 0.7 degree C increase of the average earth temperature
A 0.7 degree C difference means there’s no climate emergency, and no matter what we do to reduce CO2 emissions, it’s not going to impact global temperatures. To fabricate an emergency where there is none, it is assumed that massive positive feedbacks are involved. However, most natural feedbacks are negative, not positive, so isn’t it likely the 0.7 degree C increase is an overestimation to begin with
There’s no single temperature of the Earth. It varies by location and altitude. For every kilometer of altitude, you have an average cooling of 6.6 degrees C
Higher CO2 levels will green the planet, making it more hospitable to plant life. The more CO2 there is, the better plants and trees grow. CO2 also reduces the water needs of plants, reducing the risks associated with droughts
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2024/01/27/carbon-dioxide.aspx?ui=23bc1bd9fcb4b3356028a747bd75a4fe7be0ae6a710a0f48676267071f8cecf5&sd=20220710&cid_source=dnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art1ReadMore&cid=20240127&foDate=false&mid=DM1523189&rid=2030095427
What We've Learned From Hundreds of Vaccine Shedding Reports
January 27, 2024
Story at-a-glance
After the COVID-19 vaccines hit the market, stories began emerging of unvaccinated individuals becoming ill after being in proximity to recently vaccinated individuals. This confused many, as the mRNA technology in theory should not be able to “shed”
At this point, we believe this is a real phenomenon as we have seen numerous patient cases which can only be explained by mRNA shedding
Some of the most frequent questions about shedding include: “how much do I need to consider mRNA shedding when dating?” “is vaccinated blood safe?” “how do I protect myself from shedding?” and “what are the potential mechanisms that could explain how shedding is possible?”
In this article, we will present everything we currently know about shedding (e.g., the evidence for it, who tends to shed, who is affected by shedding, what symptoms are typically observed after shedding). Much of this has been made possible by the hundreds of individuals who have shared their shedding experiences — if you can, please share your story too
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2024/01/27/vaccine-shedding-reports.aspx?ui=23bc1bd9fcb4b3356028a747bd75a4fe7be0ae6a710a0f48676267071f8cecf5&sd=20220710&cid_source=dnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art2ReadMore&cid=20240127&foDate=false&mid=DM1523189&rid=2030095427
yup, don't forget they also want world depopulation
Nitrogen 2000 — The Dutch Farmer Struggle
January 26, 2024
Story at-a-glance
Dutch cattle farmers own 70% of Holland, but the government is pushing for a forced buy out of 50% of their land, claiming it’s necessary to reduce pollution
Experts say the move to get rid of farmers isn’t about the environment but, rather, taking control of valuable land
The government’s computer models, which are used to support its plan to reduce nitrogen by buying up farmland, are based on a flawed assumption that nitrogen migrates from one field to the next
The push to remove farmers from their land is being driven by NGOs, which are primarily funded by the government, making them government extensions
A $25 billion government fund, created using taxpayers’ money, has been established to buy farmers’ land; once a farmer sells their land, they’ll be legally prohibited from establishing a farm anywhere else in Europe
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2024/01/26/nitrogen-2000-the-dutch-farmers-struggle.aspx?ui=23bc1bd9fcb4b3356028a747bd75a4fe7be0ae6a710a0f48676267071f8cecf5&sd=20220710&cid_source=dnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art1ReadMore&cid=20240126&foDate=false&mid=DM1522887&rid=2029297754
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Nikola’s stock rebounds from recent losses as electric-truck producer gets an outperform rating
Last Updated: Jan. 24, 2024 at 3:26 p.m. ET
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Nikola Corp. drew fresh analyst coverage on Wednesday as Baird Equity Research initiated the electric-truck maker with an outperform rating, as the stock moved up.
Nikola’s stock NKLA, +6.57% was gaining 6% after Baird analyst Ben Kallo set a price target of $2 a share for the company in a research note titled “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.”
Electric-vehicle stocks have been moving down lately amid reduced demand, with Ford Motor Co. F, -2.99%, for one, reporting a wider-than-expected adjusted loss of $1.3 billion for its EV unit.
Earlier this month, Hertz Global Holdings Inc. HTZ, -2.75% said it would sell roughly 20,000 EVs from its rental-car fleet in another sign of trouble in the sector.
Nikola’s stock has fallen 21% so far in 2024, including its rebound on Wednesday. The stock has been trading around and under $1 a share since October. In the last 52 weeks, it has traded as low as 52 cents a share and as high as $3.71 a share.
Nikola’s leadership team, which took over in August when former General Motors Co. GM, -1.50% executive Steve Girsky became chief executive, marks a positive development for the company, Kallo said.
“We see significant potential in the market for zero-emissions trucking and believe [Nikola] has finally found the right management team to capitalize on the opportunity,” Kallo said.
Nikola’s assets include proprietary design and software as “key differentiators” compared with traditional trucks, he said.
“[Nikola’s] trucks are equipped with proprietary software, which we believe is an underappreciated piece of their value proposition,” he said.
Kallo said he also sees “potential catalysts” for Nikola’s truck and energy units through manufacturing improvements, customer and partnership announcements and the build-out of hydrogen infrastructure for its hydrogen-powered trucks. The company also makes battery-powered trucks.
Kallo is keeping an eye on Nikola’s cash burn and liquidity, however.
The company has about $617 million to tap, and it will spend about $540 million in 2024.
“[We] believe the company will come back to market in the intermediate term to strengthen its liquidity position and bridge the gap to break-even,” he said.
Looking ahead, Nikola will likely name a financial chief in the near future as part of Girsky’s team.
Nikola is also expected to announce customers and production refreshes as “key developments to monitor,” Kallo said.
Including Wednesday’s moves, Nikola’s stock is down by 73.7% in the past year, while the Nasdaq COMP is up by 37.8% during the same time period.
Also read: Nikola’s stock up on deal for hydrogen-fuel infrastructure
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/nikolas-stock-rises-as-electric-truck-producer-gets-an-outperform-rating-2a50b6ad
1986: The Untold Story
January 20, 2024
Story at-a-glance
Barbara Loe Fisher, cofounder and president of the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC), was part of a small group of parents of vaccine injured children who fought for the creation of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (NCVIA)
Unfortunately, the law has not lived up to its initial purpose, and has instead allowed the drug industry to become the most influential industry on earth
The original bill, S. 2117, introduced in 1984 contained multiple safety provisions aimed at ensuring informed consent and making vaccines safer for all, and did not provide liability protection for vaccine makers or doctors
Shortly after its passing in 1986, Congress, the Department of Human Services and the Justice Department gutted the bill of crucial safety and compensation provisions, and ultimately granted vaccine makers complete protection from all liability, including liability for design defects
Why was the NCVIA gutted? Because every incidence of liability and financial award is an admission that vaccines can cause harm
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2024/01/20/1986-the-untold-story.aspx?ui=23bc1bd9fcb4b3356028a747bd75a4fe7be0ae6a710a0f48676267071f8cecf5&sd=20220710&cid_source=dnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art1ReadMore&cid=20240120_HL2&foDate=false&mid=DM1519915&rid=2024005055
How Big Pharma Sold Depression to the World
January 19, 2024
Story at-a-glance
After the SSRIs were developed, their manufacturers realized the population needed to be convinced they were suffering from depression so as many people as possible would buy their drugs
The tricks the drug industry used to perform this were remarkable and have many parallels to how the predatory pharmaceutical industry pushes many other drugs on us
While a minority of patients (about a third) benefit from antidepressant therapy, the majority do not (termed “treatment resistant depression”), but unfortunately, until recently there have been minimal options available for these patients
Much of this results from depression being viewed as a single illness, rather than a myriad of conditions with somewhat overlapping symptoms which each need to be treated differently (rather than simply all being given the same drug)
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2024/01/19/depression-big-pharma.aspx?ui=23bc1bd9fcb4b3356028a747bd75a4fe7be0ae6a710a0f48676267071f8cecf5&sd=20220710&cid_source=dnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art2HL&cid=20240119_HL2&foDate=false&mid=DM1519447&rid=2023215814
Color of Hydrogen: purple/pink
Pink hydrogen is a type of hydrogen generated through water electrolysis powered by nuclear energy, which is considered green (environmentally friendly) due to its lack of CO2 emissions during production.
People like to describe hydrogen in all different colors, but for us, hydrogen from the production of nuclear is as green hydrogen as you’re going to get. We view hydrogen from nuclear as green hydrogen.
James Scongack, Executive Vice President, Operational Services & Chief Development Officer, Bruce Power.
https://www.azocleantech.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=1718#:~:text=Pink%20hydrogen%20is%20a%20type%20of%20hydrogen%20generated,its%20lack%20of%20CO%202%20emissions%20during%20production.
https://aeclinic.org/aec-blog/2021/6/24/the-colors-of-hydrogen
https://www.iamrenew.com/green-energy/explained-pink-hydrogen-the-future-of-clean-energy/
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Forget Green Hydrogen, Pink Hydrogen is Heating Up
Zero-carbon hydrogen can be made from nuclear power plants, too. Could it save America's aging fleet?
Aug 31, 2022 5:26 PM EDT
After years of hype and broken promises, investors are hoping this time might really be different for hydrogen stocks.
A sudden sense of climate urgency in boardrooms and government alike has spiked interest in emerging technologies that could help reach aggressive decarbonization goals. That includes hydrogen, especially hydrogen produced with renewable energy to create truly carbon-free fuel. This so-called green hydrogen could decarbonize industrial processes, and perhaps make marginal contributions to transportation and heating as well.
It's all sounds so promising, but it's important for investors to remain realistic. Production costs, economies of scale, storage, and transportation all present significant hurdles to green hydrogen and the hydrogen economy at large.
But if hydrogen ever lives up to its potential as a wonder fuel, then it may be thanks to nuclear power plants. Although this supply is also carbon-free, environmentalists are a sensitive bunch. Therefore, this is referred to as pink hydrogen. It could be just what aging nuclear fleets need to remain economically relevant.
Pink Hydrogen, Explained
Hydrogen can be manufactured in numerous ways. The most referenced process is electrolysis, which uses electricity to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen. Electrolysis is the process used to manufacture green hydrogen, where electrolyzers are supplied by companies such as Plug Power (PLUG) - Get Free Report and electricity is supplied by a wind or solar farm.
Pink hydrogen can also be manufactured via electrolysis, but with the electricity supplied by nuclear power plants. However, the manufacturing process would be tweaked slightly due to low efficiency and poor economics.
The chemical reactions needed to manufacture hydrogen require significant amounts of energy. Whereas methods to produce green hydrogen must rely primarily on energy in the form of electricity ("cold electrolysis"), nuclear power plants can leverage waste energy from the heat they produce. That opens a whole new economic reality for pink hydrogen.
Nuclear power plants could manufacture zero-carbon hydrogen using four different processes, according to the World Nuclear Association:
Cold electrolysis, which uses only electricity
Low-temperature steam electrolysis (LTSE), which uses both electricity and heat
High-temperature steam electrolysis (HTSE), which uses both electricity and heat
High-temperature thermochemical production, which uses only heat
Processes that use heat benefit from higher efficiencies and potentially lower production costs, although they can be limited by materials science. That's because the membranes used in HTSE can be quickly degraded by the high temperatures. Similarly, existing nuclear reactors aren't optimized for high-temperature thermochemical production, which would be the Holy Grail of low-cost hydrogen production. Next-generation nuclear technology now in development could provide viable manufacturing pathways in the 2030s.
Industry isn't waiting idly in the meantime. The potential to manufacture hydrogen with excess heat and electricity could significantly alter the economics of atomic energy.
Nuclear power plants could use off-peak electricity to manufacture hydrogen more efficiently and in greater volumes than renewable energy, then sell the supply to existing industrial customers for an additional revenue stream. A single 1,000-megawatt reactor could produce nearly 500 metric tons of hydrogen per day. For perspective, Plug Power has announced a goal of achieving the same level of production by 2025, but needs 13 green hydrogen production sites combined to reach that volume.
This isn't to suggest industrial suppliers such as Plug Power or Bloom Energy (BE) - Get Free Report cannot benefit from pink hydrogen. Rather, this provides an additional potential source of funding, partners, and future business. Indeed, Bloom Energy is working with Westinghouse and others to develop HTSE processes for pink hydrogen production.
Growing Interest in Pink Hydrogen
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) supports the Hydrogen Shot program, which aims to develop the technologies required to produce clean hydrogen for $1 per kilogram. Green hydrogen gets all the glory, but pink hydrogen from nuclear plants is also eligible for funding.
The DOE has provided millions of dollars for pilot programs exploring HTSE processes, including in Arizona and Minnesota. Xcel Energy (XEL) - Get Free Report has been one beneficiary. The electric and gas utility recently began a pilot project at its Prairie Island nuclear power plant. Although work remains in the earliest stages of development, the utility is interested extending the life of its atomic fleet, selling hydrogen to industrial customers, and possibly mixing hydrogen into its own natural gas network.
Additionally, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act passed earlier this year set aside $8 billion to create four regional clean hydrogen hubs across the United States. Sites have yet to be finalized, but investors can expect nuclear power to play a central role in the so-called H2Hubs.
Don't Sleep on Nuclear Power's Role in the Hydrogen Economy
Green hydrogen tends to receive all the coverage and excitement, but pink hydrogen boasts several notable advantages. Nuclear power plants can produce hydrogen at lower costs, higher volumes, and closer to end-users (industrial customers) than newer projects based on renewable energy.
It could be a win-win scenario. If the nation's atomic fleet gains commercial traction with first-generation processes such as HTSE, then it could provide incentives to develop next-generation nuclear reactors capable of operating at higher temperatures. That would deliver safer nuclear energy, increase the nation's supply of carbon-free electricity, and reduce or even eliminate nuclear wastes -- all while having the added benefit to manufacture the lowest-cost hydrogen on the market through thermochemical processes.
There's no guarantee the hydrogen economy will emerge on the timeline or scale expected by investors or politicians, but if and when it does, expect nuclear power to be a critical piece.
https://www.thestreet.com/investing/forget-green-hydrogen-pink-hydrogen-is-heating-up
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF12163
The first Energy Earthshot, launched June 7, 2021—Hydrogen Shot—seeks to reduce the cost of clean hydrogen by 80% to $1 per 1 kilogram in 1 decade ("1 1 1").
The Hydrogen Shot establishes a framework and foundation for clean hydrogen deployment in the American Jobs Plan, which includes support for demonstration projects. Industries are beginning to implement clean hydrogen to reduce emissions, yet many hurdles remain to deploying it at scale. Currently, hydrogen from renewable energy costs about $5 per kilogram. Achieving the Hydrogen Shot’s 80% cost reduction goal can unlock new markets for hydrogen, including steel manufacturing, clean ammonia, energy storage, and heavy-duty trucks. This would create more clean energy jobs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and position America to compete in the clean energy market on a global scale. These efforts would ensure that environmental protection and benefits for local communities are a priority.
https://www.energy.gov/eere/fuelcells/hydrogen-shot
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Hydrogen Production and Uses
(Updated September 2020)
Hydrogen directly from nuclear heat
The US Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (NERI) launched in 1999 was refocused in 2004 to include the Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative (NHI), allied to the Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP) programme established in 2005. NGNP envisaged construction and operation of a prototype high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTR) and associated electricity or hydrogen production facilities by 2021, but funding was cut back under the Obama administration and prelicensing activities were suspended in 2013.
Under an International NERI agreement, Sandia National Laboratories in the USA and the French CEA with General Atomics in the USA were also developing the IS process with a view to using high-temperature reactors for it. They had built and operated a laboratory-scale loop for thermochemical water-splitting.
South Korea has also demonstrated thermochemical water-splitting at laboratory scale, supported by General Atomics. In December 2008, the ROK Atomic Energy Commission officially approved nuclear hydrogen development as a national programme, with the development of key and basic technologies through 2017 and the goal of demonstrating nuclear hydrogen production using the S-I process and a very high-temperature reactor (VHTR) by 2026.
The economics of hydrogen production depend on the efficiency of the method used. The IS cycle coupled to a modular high temperature reactor is expected to produce hydrogen at about $2.00/kg. The oxygen byproduct also has value. General Atomics earlier projected $1.53/kg based on a 2400 MWt HTR operating at 850°C with 42% overall efficiency, and $1.42/kg at 950°C and 52% efficiency (both 10.5% discount rate). Such a plant could produce 800 tonnes of hydrogen per day.
For thermochemical processes an overall efficiency of greater than 50% is projected.[/color]
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Modern reactors are safer
Today’s reactor designs also have far more safety features than older installations. These range from duplicate emergency cooling systems to prevent overheating even if some systems fail, through to so-called “core catchers” that would contain the reactor core in a worst-case meltdown event.
Some designs will cool passively in the event of a loss of power to the cooling circuit (as happened at Fukushima). The heat from the core will gradually dissipate from the walls of the pressure vessel and through the cooling circuit by convection. The reactors that are being constructed today benefit from 60 years of experience gained in the design and operation of nuclear power plants around the world.
But future reactor technologies –- so-called “Gen IV” designs – offer even better inherent safety. One of their key features are fully passive cooling systems so the reactor is never dependent on external power for safety. The reactor is carefully designed so that overheating actually reduces, rather than increases, the power output of the core. The core and cooling systems are not pressurised, and using liquids other than water for cooling prevents the risk of creating hydrogen: both of which drastically reduce the risk of explosions as occurred at Fukushima.
Power plant of the future. Idaho National Laboratory/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY
Gen IV reactors will also allow more efficient use of nuclear fuel. The fuel in current reactor designs is used only once and then disposed of, which produces radioactive waste that will take hundreds of millennia to decay to a safe level. But this waste contains valuable resources of fissile material that can be reprocessed into new fuel. Burning this fuel in specialised “fast” reactors provides would be much more efficient and generate waste that decays safely within just a hundred years or so. It would also move us towards a closed fuel-cycle that would greatly extend the lifetime of the Earth’s uranium reserves.
https://theconversation.com/nuclear-power-is-set-to-get-a-lot-safer-and-cheaper-heres-why-62207
https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/safety-of-nuclear-power-reactors.aspx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power
Nuclear Power is the Most Reliable Energy Source and It's Not Even Close
March 24, 2021
Nuclear energy is America’s work horse.
It’s been rolling up its sleeves for six decades now to provide constant, reliable, carbon-free power to millions of Americans.
Just how reliable has nuclear energy been?
It has roughly supplied a fifth of America’s power each year since 1990.
To better understand what makes nuclear so reliable, take a look at the graph below.
As you can see, nuclear energy has by far the highest capacity factor of any other energy source. This basically means nuclear power plants are producing maximum power more than 93% of the time during the year.
That’s about 1.5 to 2 times more as natural gas and coal units, and 2.5 to 3.5 times more reliable than wind and solar plants.
https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/nuclear-power-most-reliable-energy-source-and-its-not-even-close
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These people dictate every aspect of your life, wether you know it or not!
JUST LET THIS SINK IN...
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Steve Girsky
Steve is Managing Partner of VectoIQ where he applies more than 30 years of experience working with senior corporate and board executives, labor leaders, OEM leaders, suppliers and dealers, and national and local policy makers.
Mr. Girsky served in a number of capacities at General Motors from November 2009 until July 2014 including GM Vice Chairman, having responsibility for global corporate strategy, new business development, global product planning and program management, global connected consumer/OnStar, and GM Ventures LLC, Global Research & Development and Global Purchasing and Supply Chain. Mr. Girsky served as Chairman of the Adam Opel AG Supervisory Board and was President of GM Europe for a period of time. He also served on the General Motors Board of Directors following its emergence from bankruptcy in June 2009 until June 2016.
?Steve has also served as president of Centerbridge Industrial Partners, an affiliate of Centerbridge Partners, LP, and a multibillion dollar investment fund. Prior to Centerbridge, he was a special advisor to the CEO and CFO of General Motors Corporation from August 2005 to June 2006.
?Prior to is involvement with General Motors, he was managing director at Morgan Stanley and senior analyst of the Morgan Stanley Global Automotive and Auto Parts Research Team. While at Morgan Stanley, he was ranked the No. 1 automotive and auto parts analyst by Institutional Investor's "All-American Research Team" annual investor poll for 14 consecutive years. His automotive and auto parts team ranked No. 1 in the Greenwich Associates poll for 14 consecutive years as well.
?Before joining Morgan Stanley, he was managing director of PaineWebber's Automotive Group and worked as an analyst on the overseas financial staff of GM.
?Steve is a currently a director at US Steel Corp and Brookfield Business Partners and a handful of private emerging technology companies. He also served as the lead director of Dana Holdings Corp. from 2008-2009.
?Mr. Girsky holds a B.S. in Mathematics/Systems Science from the University of California at Los Angeles and a M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.
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Brookfield Business Partners LP
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Valens Semiconductor Ltd
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United States Steel Corp
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Nikola Corp
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Nikola Motor Co
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GM Announces Stephen Girsky to Retire from Board of Directors
Fri, April 22, 2016
DETROIT, April 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- General Motors Co. Chairman and CEO Mary Barra announced today that Stephen Girsky has elected to retire from GM's Board of Directors and will not stand for reelection at the company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders in June 2016. Girsky joined the board in July 2009.
"On behalf of the board, we wish Steve well and want to thank him for his many significant contributions to GM over the past seven years," said Barra. "Steve brought to the company expertise and skills in a variety of important areas at a critical time in GM's history. He has helped guide GM as we continue on our path to deliver long-term growth and sustained shareholder value that will benefit our owners for years to come."
In addition to serving on GM's board, Girsky was GM Vice Chairman from March 2010 through January 2014. During that time he was responsible for several functional areas, including:
Global corporate strategy,
New business development,
Global product planning and program management,
Global connected customer/OnStar, and
GM Ventures LLC and global research & development.
Girsky also served as Chairman of the Adam Opel AG Supervisory Board and as interim President of GM Europe during this time frame, a critical period in which the company established its current 'Drive Opel 2022' strategy. Girsky also held responsibility for GM's Global Purchasing and Supply Chain function from 2011 to 2013, and served as Senior Advisor to General Motors from January 2014 to July 2014.
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War of 1812, (June 18, 1812–February 17, 1815), conflict fought between the United States and Great Britain over British violations of U.S. maritime rights. It ended with the exchange of ratifications of the Treaty of Ghent.
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The tensions that caused the War of 1812 arose from the French revolutionary (1792–99) and Napoleonic Wars (1799–1815). During this nearly constant conflict between France and Britain, American interests were injured by each of the two countries’ endeavours to block the United States from trading with the other.
American shipping initially prospered from trade with the French and Spanish empires, although the British countered the U.S. claim that “free ships make free goods” with the belated enforcement of the so-called Rule of 1756 (trade not permitted in peacetime would not be allowed in wartime). The Royal Navy did enforce the act from 1793 to 1794, especially in the Caribbean Sea, before the signing of the Jay Treaty (November 19, 1794). Under the primary terms of the treaty, American maritime commerce was given trading privileges in England and the British East Indies, Britain agreed to evacuate forts still held in the Northwest Territory by June 1, 1796, and the Mississippi River was declared freely open to both countries. Although the treaty was ratified by both countries, it was highly unpopular in the United States and was one of the rallying points used by the pro-French Republicans, led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, in wresting power from the pro-British Federalists, led by George Washington and John Adams.
https://www.britannica.com/event/War-of-1812
The United States suffered many costly defeats at the hands of British, Canadian and Native American troops over the course of the War of 1812, including the capture and burning of the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., in August 1814. Nonetheless, American troops were able to repulse British invasions in New York, Baltimore and New Orleans, boosting national confidence and fostering a new spirit of patriotism. The ratification of the Treaty of Ghent on February 17, 1815, ended the war but left many of the most contentious questions unresolved. Nonetheless, many in the United States celebrated the War of 1812 as a “second war of independence,” beginning an era of partisan agreement and national pride.
https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/war-of-1812
Shot Dead The Movie
January 13, 2024
Story at-a-glance
“Shot Dead The Movie,” tells the heartbreaking stories of children who died after receiving COVID-19 shots
Trista was a healthy 18-year-old getting ready for college when she got a COVID-19 shot; her health began to decline shortly after, and she died three months later
In another case, 16-year-old Ernesto Junior died five days after receiving Pfizer’s COVID-19 shot; he had gone to play basketball with a friend and collapsed while running across a parking lot
Baby Naomi died 11 hours after birth; her mother, Tory, received a COVID-19 shot during her first trimester of pregnancy in order to keep her job at a nursing home
Myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart, is a documented risk to children following COVID-19 shots; increases in miscarriages and stillbirths are also reported
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2024/01/13/shot-dead-the-movie.aspx?ui=23bc1bd9fcb4b3356028a747bd75a4fe7be0ae6a710a0f48676267071f8cecf5&sd=20220710&cid_source=dnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art1ReadMore&cid=20240113&foDate=false&mid=DM1516169&rid=2017990134
Just How Far Will the FDA Go to Protect a Bad Drug?
January 13, 2024
Story at-a-glance
The SSRI antidepressants are some of the most harmful (but most profitable) medications on the market, and this was shown throughout their clinical trials
In turn, once they hit the market, the FDA was overwhelmed with a deluge of adverse reactions being reported and the public demanding the drugs be investigated
Remarkably, rather than address these issues, the FDA for decades did everything it could to cover up what was happening and protect the SSRIs
The pharmaceutical executive who got Prozac (the first SSRI) to market testified that this required a variety of criminal tactics (e.g., overt bribery). Likewise, the Bush family was in bed with Prozac’s manufacturer and stocked their administrations with executives from the company, which further helps to explain the FDA’s unscrupulous conduct
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2024/01/13/ssri-antidepressants-fda.aspx?ui=23bc1bd9fcb4b3356028a747bd75a4fe7be0ae6a710a0f48676267071f8cecf5&sd=20220710&cid_source=dnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art2ReadMore&cid=20240113&foDate=false&mid=DM1516169&rid=2017990134
The Government’s Plan to Criminalize Your Thoughts
January 12, 2024
Story at-a-glance
Documents received by investigative journalists Michael Shellenberger, Alex Gutentag and Matt Taibbi from an anonymous but “highly credible” whistleblower reveals new details on how the U.S. censorship-industrial complex — a network of more than 100 government agencies, private firms, academia and nonprofits — seeks to police and criminalize “wrong-think”
The documents describe how the modern digital censorship programs were created, and the various roles of the military, U.S. intelligence agencies, civil society organizations and commercial media
They also describe the methods and techniques used, such as the creation and use of sock puppet accounts to spy on and steer online discussions and propagate desired narratives, and the discrediting of dissenters “as a necessary prerequisite of demanding censorship against them”
The documents show that the weaponization of the financial sector originated with the Cyber Threat Intelligence League (CTIL), which expressly sought to get banks to “cut off financial services to individuals who organize rallies or events”
The CTIL files also show there was a clear intent to circumvent the First Amendment by outsourcing censorship to the private and nongovernmental sector. According to the whistleblower, “The ethos was that if we get away with it, it’s legal”
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2024/01/12/ctil-files-documents.aspx?ui=23bc1bd9fcb4b3356028a747bd75a4fe7be0ae6a710a0f48676267071f8cecf5&sd=20220710&cid_source=dnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art1ReadMore&cid=20240112&foDate=false&mid=DM1515843&rid=2016867278
https://rumble.com/v42zxnl-the-governments-plan-to-criminalize-your-thoughts-w-whitney-webb.html
Mark Zuckerberg’s Latest Startup: A Cattle Herd Raised on Beer and Macadamia
Fri, January 12, 2024
Smoked meats aficionado and MMA brawler Mark Zuckerberg announced yet another foray into beef. This time, he's raising wagyu and angus cattle on his $100 million Hawaiian compound on the island of Kauai. According to his Instagram post, he'll be feeding them macadamia nuts and beer, ostensibly to make the beef taste better. Zuckerberg seems confident that the diet will affect the taste of the beef, but he admits there's no proof that it'll do much of anything. “It’ll take a couple more years to fully explore how this diet affects taste, but at a minimum, macadamia nuts are very high nutrition density with lots of proteins and fats,” he wrote in reply to a comment on his post. Perhaps this is hater behavior, but I personally cannot imagine using an enormous amount of resources to raise cows that will most likely taste like most other cows, but that's just one non-billionaires opinion. I'm giving this a very nutty—see what I did there. 3.2/5 distressing. —SS
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/mark-zuckerberg-latest-startup-cattle-130000277.html
U.S. and Britain launch strikes against Houthi rebel targets in Yemen
The Iran-backed militants, who say their actions are aimed at supporting Hamas, vowed retaliation and said the attacks had killed at least 5 fighters at multiple rebel-held sites.
January 12, 20248:31 AM MSTUpdated 37 min ago
Summary
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS:
Huge demonstrations in Yemen after U.S.-British strikes
Tanker industry group says U.S.-led force warned ships away from strait
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-britain-carry-out-strikes-against-houthis-yemen-officials-2024-01-11/
Nearly Half of All U.S. COVID Cases Are This New Variant
January 09, 2024
Story at-a-glance
The latest SARS-CoV-2 variant, JN.1, was first detected in the U.S. in September 2023. By mid-December, it accounted for about half of all COVID cases in the country
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the rapid spread of JN.1 suggests it may be more transmissible and/or has greater immune-evading abilities
A vaccinology concept called “immune refocusing” explains how more dangerous viruses can be created by leaky vaccines that do not prevent infection
By continuing with boosters, we accelerate immune escape. Over time, variants will get better and better at evading our immune responses, and those who keep taking boosters will be the most vulnerable to infection of all
Because of the mutations seen in JN.1, vaccinologist Geert Vanden Bossche, Ph.D., predicts we will “very soon” see variants that are more virulent but less infectious. If this happens, healthy unjabbed individuals are unlikely to be affected because their first line of defense — their innate immune system — still works as it should. The jabbed, on the other hand, whose innate immune systems have not been trained, and whose adaptive immune systems have become increasingly useless, will be at very high risk of severe complications and death
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The Great Taking: How the Banksters Plan to Steal Everything From Everyone
December 30, 2023
Story at-a-glance
The Great Taking is described by former hedge fund manager David Webb as a system put in place by central bankers to take everything, from everyone
This planned confiscation of global securities assets deserves the title of “greatest crime ever contemplated”
Although the plan is decades in the making, Webb details signs that indicate it may be coming to fruition soon — if nothing is done to stop it
The Great Taking is a carefully orchestrated construct, but one that has legal underpinnings and support from the CIA and upper echelons of government, dating back to the 1960s
The best ways to protect yourself include eliminating debt, investing in real things like land and having an ability to produce your own food
Signs a ‘Great Taking’ Financial Collapse Is Coming
Webb has been studying global financial systems for more than two decades. By researching historical precedents, like bank closures that occurred during the Great Depression, he’s noticed signs that may foreshadow a coming financial collapse:3
“This scheme is being executed by long-planned, intelligent design, the audacity and scope of which is difficult for the mind to encompass. Included are all financial assets and bank deposits, all stocks and bonds; and hence, all underlying property of all public corporations, including all inventories, plant and equipment; land, mineral deposits, inventions and intellectual property.
Privately owned personal and real property financed with any amount of debt will likewise be taken, as will the assets of privately owned businesses which have been financed with debt. If even partially successful, this will be the greatest conquest and subjugation in world history.”
Webb compares it to the global financial distress that occurred in the 1930s due to debt levels. At the time, 9,000 U.S. banks failed, taking $7 billion in depositors’ assets with them.4 “When a bank failed the depositors were simply left without a penny. The life savings of millions of Americans were wiped out by the bank failures,” the U.S. Social Security Administration states.5
Their debts, however, were not canceled but, rather, were consolidated into the Federal Reserve system and enforced. “So, people that were in debt were in trouble,” Webb says. “Even wealthy people lost everything. The difference this time around is they're not going after just property that is encumbered by debt.” He explains:6
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2023/12/30/the-great-taking.aspx?ui=23bc1bd9fcb4b3356028a747bd75a4fe7be0ae6a710a0f48676267071f8cecf5&sd=20220710&cid_source=dnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art1ReadMore&cid=20231230&foDate=false&mid=DM1509740&rid=2006026766
Decades of Evidence That SSRI Antidepressants Can Cause Mass Shootings
December 30, 2023
Story at-a-glance
SSRI antidepressants have a variety of horrendous side effects. These include sometimes causing the individual to become agitated, feeling they can’t be in their skin, turning psychotic, and occasionally becoming violently psychotic
During these psychoses, individuals can have out of body experiences where they commit lethal violence either to themselves or others
As lawsuits later showed, this violent behavior (and the frequent suicides that followed it) were observed throughout the SSRI clinical trials, but were covered up by the SSRI manufacturers and then the drug regulators (e.g., the FDA)
Once the SSRIs entered the market, there has been a wave of SSRI suicides and unspeakable acts of violence
Sadly, the idea that SSRIs could cause any of this has always been viewed as a “conspiracy theory” or “mistaking correlation with causation” because very few are aware of the extensive evidence linking SSRIs to violent and psychotic behavior — despite it now being on the warning label of those drugs
Correlation or Causation?
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2023/12/30/ssri-antidepressants-mass-shootings.aspx?ui=23bc1bd9fcb4b3356028a747bd75a4fe7be0ae6a710a0f48676267071f8cecf5&sd=20220710&cid_source=dnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art2ReadMore&cid=20231230&foDate=false&mid=DM1509740&rid=2006026766
Gulf of Mexico Now Largest Dead Zone in the World, and Factory Farming Is to Blame
December 28, 2023
Story at-a-glance
By 2017 nitrogen fertilizers and sewage sludge runoff from factory farms were responsible for creating a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico spanning more than 8,700 square miles — at that time the largest recorded dead zone in the world
Seven million Americans have levels of nitrates in their drinking water that are high enough to be associated with cancer, according to some studies
Nitrogen builds up far below the soil surface where it can continue to leach into groundwater for 35 years. This means environmental concerns remain for decades even if nitrogen fertilizer use stops
The environmental group, Mighty, has launched a national #CleanItUpTyson campaign, calling for the meat company to clean up pollution from its supply chain
No-till alone cannot reduce water pollution. Other regenerative methods must also be used. Adding native prairie strips to 10% of crop areas reduces phosphorus and nitrogen runoff by 77% and 70% respectively, and lowers nitrate concentrations in groundwater by 72%
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2023/12/28/factory-farms-blamed-for-dead-zone-gulf-mexico.aspx?ui=23bc1bd9fcb4b3356028a747bd75a4fe7be0ae6a710a0f48676267071f8cecf5&sd=20220710&cid_source=dnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art3ReadMore&cid=20231228&foDate=false&mid=DM1508975&rid=2003823380
The Israel-Hamas war in maps: latest update
Latest situation
Israel has begun ground combat operations in central Gaza, with the army ordering an evacuation of refugee camps in the 6km-wide area.
Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed in the bombardment of the Bureij and Maghazi camps in recent days, according to Palestinian health officials.
“Israel Defense Forces are fighting in the southern Gaza Strip in the area of Khan Younis, and we have expanded the combat to the area known as the Central Camps,” IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari said in a briefing late on Tuesday.
https://www.ft.com/content/42bbe534-8a0d-4ba8-9cc6-f84936d87196
US to deliver $250M to Ukraine amid congressional stalemate
12/27/23
The Biden administration announced Wednesday it was delivering $250 million in military assistance to Ukraine, the final package it can move under its existing resources drawn down for the country.
The delivery comes as Congress is stuck on approving new funds for Ukraine. Aid to the war-torn ally has been held up in a larger package that was also to include border security funding.
Congress left town this month seemingly far apart on a border deal that might unlock the Ukraine aid, which is meant to cover Kyiv’s needs in 2024.
The new package announced Wednesday includes air defenses and ammunition delivered from American military stockpiles. The $250 million cost represents the cost of replenishing the U.S. stocks.
“The United States is announcing the year’s final package of weapons and equipment for Ukraine,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement.
“It is imperative that Congress act swiftly, as soon as possible, to advance our national security interests by helping Ukraine defend itself and secure its future.”
President Biden asked for more than $60 billion in new military and other assistance for Ukraine.
https://thehill.com/policy/international/4379436-us-to-deliver-250m-to-ukraine-amid-congressional-stalemate/
US to deliver $250M to Ukraine amid congressional stalemate
12/27/23
The Biden administration announced Wednesday it was delivering $250 million in military assistance to Ukraine, the final package it can move under its existing resources drawn down for the country.
The delivery comes as Congress is stuck on approving new funds for Ukraine. Aid to the war-torn ally has been held up in a larger package that was also to include border security funding.
Congress left town this month seemingly far apart on a border deal that might unlock the Ukraine aid, which is meant to cover Kyiv’s needs in 2024.
The new package announced Wednesday includes air defenses and ammunition delivered from American military stockpiles. The $250 million cost represents the cost of replenishing the U.S. stocks.
“The United States is announcing the year’s final package of weapons and equipment for Ukraine,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement.
“It is imperative that Congress act swiftly, as soon as possible, to advance our national security interests by helping Ukraine defend itself and secure its future.”
President Biden asked for more than $60 billion in new military and other assistance for Ukraine.
https://thehill.com/policy/international/4379436-us-to-deliver-250m-to-ukraine-amid-congressional-stalemate/
Merry Christmas to all on board.......
Space: The New Frontier for the Control Grid
December 23, 2023
Story at-a-glance
Investigative journalist Corey Lynn speaks with James White, Host of NorthWest Liberty News, about her bombshell report — Space: The New Frontier for the Central Control Grid
After extensive research, Lynn says she’s “100% convinced” that globalists are building out the central operation for the control grid in space
Organizations such as the World Economic Forum and many of the central banks are pushing the rollout of the globalist control grid
Space-based data centers, powered by space-based solar systems will use satellites and blockchain to create a tamper-resistant, automated and permanent ledger for space governance
Satellites have a starring role in the globalist control grid, and they’re being rapidly launched into space; in 2022, more satellites were launched — 2,474 to be exact — than any other prior year
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2023/12/23/space-control-grid.aspx?ui=23bc1bd9fcb4b3356028a747bd75a4fe7be0ae6a710a0f48676267071f8cecf5&sd=20220710&cid_source=dnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art1ReadMore&cid=20231223&foDate=false&mid=DM1507329&rid=1999665855
Apparent Coverup by the FBI and CDC of a Threat to National Security
December 19, 2023
Story at-a-glance
In December of 2022, a local Code Enforcement Officer discovered the presence of an illegal biolab in Reedley, California. After entering the facility, the officer observed several Chinese nationals working in a warehouse filled with thousands of vials of pathogens and biological substances
While many of the vials were unlabeled, some were labeled in Mandarin, and others were labeled by codes. Only a few of the vials were labeled in English
Investigators later concluded the facility contained a minimum of 20 potentially infectious agents including Covid, HIV, Tuberculosis, the “deadliest known form of Malaria,” and Ebola – “one of the deadliest viruses known to humanity”
The illegal laboratory housed about 1,000 transgenic mice, genetically modified to catch and carry Covid as well as to simulate the human immune system. Aside from the pathogens stored in the facility, the mice, which were kept in filthy, overcrowded, and inhumane conditions, presented a potential biohazard
FBI Shut Down Investigation and CDC Refused to Cooperate
Local officials who made repeated efforts for federal assistance over their grave concerns about the public health risks of this laboratory faced resistance from the FBI and CDC.
Once the officer who originally discovered the illegal lab reported the incident to the FBI, approximately two months later, the FBI notified her that their investigation was shut down after the bureau determined "there were no weapons of mass destruction on the property." Chairman of the House Select Committee on the CCP, Mike Gallagher, remarked, "The FBI said, well, we can't investigate because there's no ties to WMD, which is absurd."
Local officials made repeated attempts over a period of several months to involve the CDC in this serious threat to public health. The CDC refused to speak with them on several occasions and on other occasions the CDC hung up on them in mid-conversation.
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2023/12/19/fbi-cdc-coverup-threat-to-national-security.aspx?ui=23bc1bd9fcb4b3356028a747bd75a4fe7be0ae6a710a0f48676267071f8cecf5&sd=20220710&cid_source=dnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art2HL&cid=20231219&foDate=false&mid=DM1505856&rid=1996150625
Study Proves COVID Shots Can Cause Off-Target Immune Responses
December 18, 2023
1 Corinthians 15:3-4
3 For I handed down to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died
for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He was
raised on that third day according to Scriptures (Ps 16:10 ; Isa 53:8-10)
Modern reactors are safer
Today’s reactor designs also have far more safety features than older installations. These range from duplicate emergency cooling systems to prevent overheating even if some systems fail, through to so-called “core catchers” that would contain the reactor core in a worst-case meltdown event.
Some designs will cool passively in the event of a loss of power to the cooling circuit (as happened at Fukushima). The heat from the core will gradually dissipate from the walls of the pressure vessel and through the cooling circuit by convection. The reactors that are being constructed today benefit from 60 years of experience gained in the design and operation of nuclear power plants around the world.
But future reactor technologies –- so-called “Gen IV” designs – offer even better inherent safety. One of their key features are fully passive cooling systems so the reactor is never dependent on external power for safety. The reactor is carefully designed so that overheating actually reduces, rather than increases, the power output of the core. The core and cooling systems are not pressurised, and using liquids other than water for cooling prevents the risk of creating hydrogen: both of which drastically reduce the risk of explosions as occurred at Fukushima.
Power plant of the future. Idaho National Laboratory/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY
Gen IV reactors will also allow more efficient use of nuclear fuel. The fuel in current reactor designs is used only once and then disposed of, which produces radioactive waste that will take hundreds of millennia to decay to a safe level. But this waste contains valuable resources of fissile material that can be reprocessed into new fuel. Burning this fuel in specialised “fast” reactors provides would be much more efficient and generate waste that decays safely within just a hundred years or so. It would also move us towards a closed fuel-cycle that would greatly extend the lifetime of the Earth’s uranium reserves.
https://theconversation.com/nuclear-power-is-set-to-get-a-lot-safer-and-cheaper-heres-why-62207
https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/safety-of-nuclear-power-reactors.aspx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power
Nuclear Power is the Most Reliable Energy Source and It's Not Even Close
March 24, 2021
Nuclear energy is America’s work horse.
It’s been rolling up its sleeves for six decades now to provide constant, reliable, carbon-free power to millions of Americans.
Just how reliable has nuclear energy been?
It has roughly supplied a fifth of America’s power each year since 1990.
To better understand what makes nuclear so reliable, take a look at the graph below.
As you can see, nuclear energy has by far the highest capacity factor of any other energy source. This basically means nuclear power plants are producing maximum power more than 93% of the time during the year.
That’s about 1.5 to 2 times more as natural gas and coal units, and 2.5 to 3.5 times more reliable than wind and solar plants.
https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/nuclear-power-most-reliable-energy-source-and-its-not-even-close
We're in the Middle of a Global Coup — Here's How We Stop It
December 17, 2023
Story at-a-glance
The World Health Organization's upcoming pandemic treaty and the International Health Regulation (IHR) amendments are part of a global “soft coup” to strip nations of their sovereignty and people of their bodily autonomy and freedom
The WHO wants to put into law a requirement that nations must censor their citizens, so that only public health messages aligned with the WHO’s recommendations can be shared
The IHR amendments specify that the WHO will dictate which drugs countries must use, and which they cannot, in the event of a pandemic — and possibly outside of pandemics as well
The IHRs have been in existence since 1969, but in the current draft of the IHR amendments — the WHO’s recommendations — become edicts that must be followed rather than recommendations that nations can ignore at will
The treaty demands the fast-tracking of vaccines, along with liability waivers for vaccine manufacturers. The EU, U.S. and CEPI have already proposed a plan to develop vaccines in 100 days
The treaty will apply to all nations that sign on, all the time, even when there are no pandemics
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2023/12/17/who-pandemic-treaty-ihr-amendments.aspx?ui=23bc1bd9fcb4b3356028a747bd75a4fe7be0ae6a710a0f48676267071f8cecf5&sd=20220710&cid_source=dnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art2ReadMore&cid=20231217&foDate=false&mid=DM1504977&rid=1994374209
Hydrogen Production and Uses
(Updated September 2020)
Hydrogen directly from nuclear heat
The US Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (NERI) launched in 1999 was refocused in 2004 to include the Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative (NHI), allied to the Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP) programme established in 2005. NGNP envisaged construction and operation of a prototype high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTR) and associated electricity or hydrogen production facilities by 2021, but funding was cut back under the Obama administration and prelicensing activities were suspended in 2013.
Under an International NERI agreement, Sandia National Laboratories in the USA and the French CEA with General Atomics in the USA were also developing the IS process with a view to using high-temperature reactors for it. They had built and operated a laboratory-scale loop for thermochemical water-splitting.
South Korea has also demonstrated thermochemical water-splitting at laboratory scale, supported by General Atomics. In December 2008, the ROK Atomic Energy Commission officially approved nuclear hydrogen development as a national programme, with the development of key and basic technologies through 2017 and the goal of demonstrating nuclear hydrogen production using the S-I process and a very high-temperature reactor (VHTR) by 2026.
The economics of hydrogen production depend on the efficiency of the method used. The IS cycle coupled to a modular high temperature reactor is expected to produce hydrogen at about $2.00/kg. The oxygen byproduct also has value. General Atomics earlier projected $1.53/kg based on a 2400 MWt HTR operating at 850°C with 42% overall efficiency, and $1.42/kg at 950°C and 52% efficiency (both 10.5% discount rate). Such a plant could produce 800 tonnes of hydrogen per day.
For thermochemical processes an overall efficiency of greater than 50% is projected.
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=162111693
One-in-Five Mail-In Voters Admit They Cheated in 2020 Election
December 12, 2023
More than 20% of voters who used mail-in ballots in 2020 admit they participated in at least one form of election fraud.
A new national telephone and online survey by Rasmussen Reports and The Heartland Institute finds that 21% of Likely U.S. voters who voted by absentee or mail-in ballot in the 2020 election say they filled out a ballot, in part or in full, on behalf of a friend or family member, such as a spouse or child, while 78% say they didn’t. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Thirty percent (30%) of those surveyed said they voted by absentee or mail-in ballot in the 2020 election. Nineteen percent (19%) of those who cast mail-in votes say a friend or family member filled out their ballot, in part or in full, on their behalf. Furthermore, 17% of mail-in voters say that in the 2020 election, they cast a ballot in a state where they were no longer a permanent resident. All of these practices are illegal, Heartland Institute officials noted.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/partner_surveys/one_in_five_mail_in_voters_admit_they_cheated_in_2020_election#:~:text=A%20new%20national%20telephone%20and%20online%20survey%20by,spouse%20or%20child%2C%20while%2078%25%20say%20they%20didn%E2%80%99t.