by | Feb 23, 2024 | Aggregate
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This story originally was published by Real Clear Wire
By Adam Andrzejewski
Real Clear Wire
Topline: The United States Agency for International Development plans to give up to $1.5 million in grants to U.S. universities to study the relationship between “gender and climate change” in Pakistan.
Key facts: USAID is asking universities to submit three-page research proposals that will set guidelines for a new Water, Climate and Gender Activity fund for Pakistan.
The fund will potentially be used to make climate and water management policies more “gender-sensitive” and to address the “gendered impacts of natural disasters,” among other objectives.
The project is part of the U.S.-Pakistan Green Alliance, a new partnership formed early last year. The agreement recently helped complete a $150 million dam refurbishment and a $4.5 million project to improve fertilizer efficiency.
Background: USAID has already tackled similar issues by contributing more than $5 million to the Climate Gender Equity Fund, a partnership with private companies such as Amazon that pushes for “gender equity in climate finance” in Africa. The fund’s goal is to raise $60 million combined from the public and private sectors.
USAID also boasts a massive payroll. The agency had 4,364 employees in 2022 and nearly all of them made at least $100,000, according to public records that OpenTheBooks.com analyzed. Over 1,500 employees made more than $150,000.
OpenTheBooks also previously reported that USAID is among the top foreign aid spenders in the federal government. Almost half of the $47 billion the U.S. spent in foreign aid in 2018 came from USAID. The agency sent out another $41.5 billion in aid in 2022, according to its website.
Supporting quote: “The impacts of climate change are not gender neutral,” USAID Administrator Samantha Power said of the issue in general.
“Together, we can break apart these silos between gender and climate, recognize the crucial role women have to play in mitigating and adapting to climate change, empower them to lead, and by doing so, ensure our fight against this crisis is more effective. Climate change is sexist; our response shouldn’t be.”
Summary: Individually, gender inequality in developing countries and climate change could be among the world’s most pressing issues. But perhaps there’s a better use of grant money than studying the relationship between the two, especially given the funds that have already been spent on it.
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by | Feb 23, 2024 | Aggregate
Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul cleaned up on a stock deal, making a whopping $1.25 million in just three months, according to new reports.
The former House Speaker and her husband have long been accused of engaging in insider trading to build their massive personal fortune.
It’s amazing that this is allowed to continue, unquestioned, while Democrats and their media allies are actively working to bankrupt Donald Trump.
FOX News reports:
Pelosi’s husband made over $1.25 million on Nvidia stock bet in just three months
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who has received widespread scrutiny over her husband’s stock purchases, is making bank on another well-timed bet on a familiar corporation.
The California Democrat’s husband, Paul, who owns a San Francisco investment and consulting firm, scooped up between $1 million and $5 million worth of call options in computer chip company Nvidia on Nov. 22. Pelosi, however, held off on reporting the transaction until right before Christmas.
Nvidia is not new to the Pelosis. In 2022, Paul grabbed more than $1 million in Nvidia call options — which give investors the right to buy shares of a company at a specific price — just weeks before a congressional vote on providing massive subsidies to the chip manufacturing industry. He sold them after she received criticism over their timing.
At the time, Pelosi said that her husband had never made stock purchases based on information she had given him when pressed by Fox News Digital. Her office also distanced her from Paul’s financial decisions.
The Pelosis sure have amazing luck.
Any way I can get instant alerts on what Paul buys? He has an unerring record. It’s just amazing how he consistently picks winners! https://t.co/UxwJwagYtr
— AroundTown (@Bikerboots) February 24, 2024
LMFAO a “stock bet”. Doesn’t a “bet” usually entail risks? I guess not if you’re insider trading as a member of congress: https://t.co/wHmqbgn5dW
— David Knight (@DaveKnight1776) February 23, 2024
Pelosi is the greatest stock picker is history! https://t.co/lFz1OodzA7
— . (@FinBarNiles) February 23, 2024
Do you think the liberal media would be silent about this if the story was about a Republican?
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by | Feb 23, 2024 | Aggregate
The liberal journal The Atlantic is reporting that unless they receive “guidance” from the U.S. Supreme Court, House Democrats might not certify the 2024 election if Trump wins.
Isn’t this the entire basis for the Democrat/Media freakout over January 6th? Isn’t this why so many Trump supporters are currently suffering in prison? Aren’t these the same Democrats who have been shrieking about the importance of ‘our democracy’ for years now?
It really looks as though their whole political philosophy boils down to nothing mattering unless they win.
Democrats: The worst thing in the history of the world — punishable perhaps by death — is not voting to certify an election.
Also Democrats: We are conspiring right now to not certify the next election if our opponent wins. pic.twitter.com/D9iUru2DI6
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) February 23, 2024
From The Atlantic:
How Democrats Could Disqualify Trump If the Supreme Court Doesn’t
Without clear guidance from the Court, House Democrats suggest that they might not certify a Trump win on January 6.
Murray and other legal scholars say that, absent clear guidance from the Supreme Court, a Trump win could lead to a constitutional crisis in Congress. Democrats would have to choose between confirming a winner many of them believe is ineligible and defying the will of voters who elected him. Their choice could be decisive: As their victory in a House special election in New York last week demonstrated, Democrats have a serious chance of winning a majority in Congress in November, even if Trump recaptures the presidency on the same day. If that happens, they could have the votes to prevent him from taking office.
In interviews, senior House Democrats would not commit to certifying a Trump win, saying they would do so only if the Supreme Court affirms his eligibility. But during oral arguments, liberal and conservative justices alike seemed inclined to dodge the question of his eligibility altogether and throw the decision to Congress.
@theatlantic in 3 headlines: pic.twitter.com/dWhWF2Zzq4
— Anna Tema (@Anatema0) February 23, 2024
Democrats: Heads we win, tails you lose.
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by | Feb 23, 2024 | Aggregate
Judith Curry is a climate scientist who used to be a darling of the media and academia because she was pushing a narrative that they like, suggesting that climate change is catastrophic.
Then she responded to critics by re-examining her work and admitting that her findings were flawed. Suddenly, no one wanted to talk to her anyomore.
In a recent interview with the Libertarian journalist John Stossel, she explained how the media and higher education reward climate alarmism, saying that they only want to hear one side of the story.
Transcript via Real Clear Politics:
JOHN STOSSEL: Climate change is a crisis we’re told. Anyone who’s skeptical or raises any questions about the alarm is dismissed.
The consensus is so strong, there shouldn’t even be a debate.
Climate alarmists claim there’s an overwhelming scientific consensus but researcher Judith Curry says climate scientists have an incentive to exaggerate risk.
JOHN STOSSEL: Why, what’s in it for them?
JUDITH CURRY: Fame and fortune.
She knows about that because she once spread alarm about climate change. The media loved her when she published this study saying there was an increase in hurricane intensity.
JUDITH CURRY: We found that the percent of category four and five hurricanes had doubled, so this was picked up by the media. Alarmists said, “Oh, here’s the way to do it.” Tie extreme weather events to global warming.
JOHN STOSSEL: So this hysteria is your fault?
JUDITH CURRY: Well, sort of, not really, they would have picked up on it anyway.
But Curry’s more intense hurricanes gave them fuel.
JUDITH CURRY: I was adopted by the environmental advocacy groups and the alarmists, and I was treated like a rock star.
JOHN STOSSEL: What does that mean, treated like a rock star?
JUDITH CURRY: Oh my God, I was flown all over the place to meet with politicians and to give these talks and lots of media attention…
JUDITH CURRY: About 10 years ago, the editor of the journal Science, she wrote this political rant about we need to stop emissions now, that was published in Science. So what kind of message does that give, promote the alarming papers and don’t even send the other ones out for review.
Watch the whole thing below:
Scientist @curryja published research that fueled climate change alarmism.
“I was…treated like a rock star.”
Then she realized some of her research was wrong.
When she admitted it, the corrupt climate change industry attacked her.
Here she exposes how alarmism is REWARDED: pic.twitter.com/YoBBdflPPz
— John Stossel (@JohnStossel) February 22, 2024
Climate change has become a billion dollar industry. Way too many people are now making big money writing about it and promoting it for anyone to challenge the narrative.
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by | Feb 23, 2024 | General Warz
Nigel Farage speaking at CPAC 2024
“I believe that Donald Trump is the bravest man that I have ever met in my life.” 🦁
@GenWarz 🦅🇺🇸
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