Foreign Office: Russia, China Support Nuclear Iran
“Iran secured the patronage of an ideal power for the primary time in 4 many years” warn Reuel Marc Gerecht and Ray Takeyh of The Wall Street Journal.
Russia, China and Iran “all want to undermine American power” and “recognize that they need to help one another militarily and economically to achieve common goals.”
So now, thanks to Tehran’s “expanding alliances with Russia and China”, “there’s probably no significant technical obstacle left to be removed on the road to nuclear weapons.”
Meanwhile, “the growing conventional wisdom in Washington recommends a shift of focus” from the Middle East towards Asia.
The Saudi crown prince, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, “made an affordable calculation in his recent Chinese-brokered cope with Tehran.”
“Without the US, the Middle East sorts itself out.”
Green Beat: Will Electric Cars Down All?
“No one Really Knows” notes Mark P. Mills of the City Journal“to what extent the uptake of electrical vehicles can reduce and even increase emissions”.
The states seek to “ban the sale of conventional cars”, but “producing a typical single half-ton EV battery requires about 250 tons of materials to be extracted and processed”, leading to an enormous “upward” carbon footprint that “dominates” the carbon footprint of vehicles electric .
Studies by Volvo and Volkswagen “shown that an electrical vehicle powered by the European grid emits more CO2 than a traditional automobile for at the least 50,000 miles without petrol” – and these emissions are rising as higher demand encourages “dirtier” production.
“Ultimately, the frenzy towards electric vehicles could even increase global vehicle-related emissions.”
Weed Watch: Tax Dreams up in Smoke
The story of legal weed can also be about “greed on the a part of the federal government that encourages much more greed on the a part of those that want to break the law for profit.” growls Merrill Matthews at The Hill.
High tax rates and a tedious licensing process in some states encourage “suppliers to ignore the method and begin selling the product” tax-free and license-free.
With tax rates approaching 30 to 40 percent, a cannabis consultant told The Wall Street Journal: “It’s going to be really hard to compete with the remnants of the illicit market.” ”
For instance, “only five stores legally sell marijuana in Recent York City, while 1,400 bodegas, cigarette shops, and other unlicensed outlets do.” ”
High taxes “encourage a black market that will lack safety regulations, quality control and sanitation.”
Conservative: Soros Wants to Use the Pittsburgh District Attorney
“Justice and Security PAC, a national organization backed by liberal billionaire businessman George Soros,” invested as much as $734,000 to elect liberal public defender Matt Dugan as Allegheny County District Attorney over incumbent Steve Zappal within the Democratic primary in Pennsylvania next Tuesday.” reports Salena Zito of the Washington Examiner.
Take that out of the equation, and Dugan only raised $76,764.17 in his entire campaign, while Zappala raised $226,800.
To this point, Pennsylvania’s “Justice and Security PAC has yet to file a campaign finance report detailing who else is funding the group besides Soros.”
Libertarian: Do not forget about COVID bearleadership
“Public Officials Including Former Chief Medical Adviser Anthony Fauci and President Biden Willingly Rewrite History” on COVID Restrictions, notes Robby Soave of Reasonbut “let’s not allow them to off the hook.”
Fauci now pretends that “the lockdowns – and college closures particularly – weren’t his fault”, yet state and native officials “asked Fauci and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for guidance, and the message they received was which you could” be too careful.
Meanwhile, teachers’ union head Randi Weingarten was “vigorously opposed to President Donald Trump’s plan to reopen schools” and was “militantly in favor of mandating the wearing of masks for kids.”
And Biden “ordered a nationwide vaccine mandate for 80 million private sector employees” a 12 months after he said they need to NO be mandatory.
“Let’s not forget who was chargeable for the terrible policies that failed to stop COVID, curtailed our freedoms and made the federal government rather more powerful.”
– Developed by the editorial staff of the post