Interns at Kamala Harris’ Office Ordered Not to Look Her in the Eye – That Privilege Was Only Reserved for Senior Staffers
Gateway Pundit | 7-30-24 | Jim Hoft

A letter penned in November 2019 by the father of a Kamala Harris intern is making the rounds again.

This California Democrat reported how Kamala Harris throws “f-bombs” around all day and berates her staff.

Peter Schweitzer retweeted this report.

Interns in Kamala Harris’ office instructed to not “look her in the eye as that privilege was only allowed to senior staff members,” according to the father of one, who is a political liberal and was a supporter. https://t.co/qQkcxWoid7

— Peter Schweizer (@peterschweizer) July 29, 2024

Mocking Christ in Paris
Gloria Romanorum | July 31, 2024 | Florentius

… there is a social media trope out there that maintains that the tawdry performance was not meant to ridicule the Last Supper at all. That it was, instead, merely an attempt to mimic a well-known French painting showing the pagan gods at a Bacchanalian. Those who can not appreciate this homage to French art—so the trope goes—as performed by a bunch of overweight men prancing around in their granny’s flapper garb, are ignorant, uneducated, intolerant, overly-sensitive, and otherwise bad people who can be safely ignored.

Mysterious Gigantic Features Discovered Beneath Antarctica’s Dotson Ice Shelf by Underwater Robotic Survey
The Debrief | August 01, 2024 | Micah Hanks

Sorry, ladies. It’s just me dreaming about Mika.

This 23-Floor Manhattan Office Building Just Sold at a 97.5% Discount
New York Times | 31st July 2024 | Matthew Haag

In 2006, the hulking office building at 135 West 50th Street in Midtown Manhattan sold for $332 million. Tenants occupied nearly every floor; offices were in demand; real estate was booming.

On Wednesday, it changed hands again . . . for $8.5 million.

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…The buyer faces an immediate financial challenge: The auction was for the building itself, not the land. That is owned by a publicly traded real estate firm, which collects a monthly lease. But the rent from the building’s current tenants is not enough to cover those monthly payments, which are set to increase every five years and do not expire until 2123.

135 West 50th has more than 920,000 square feet but is just 35 percent occupied with office tenants, down from about 40 percent a year ago.

Ummm . . . I’m no financial genius, but . . . Democrats?

Punching An Attacking Grizzly In The Face Might Work, But Not Recommended
Cowboy State Daily | July 29, 2024 | Mark Heinz

A man in British Columbia stopped a grizzly attack by punching the bear in the face…

It’s possible to fight off a grizzly with a stout punch to the snout, but only as an absolute last-ditch tactic.

“By that point, a lot of things will have gone wrong,” retired Forest Service and National Park ranger Richard Jones told Cowboy State Daily.

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Hunt Ends in Ambush: Hunter Uses 10mm Pistol to Stop Bear Attack
AmmoLand | July 31, 2024 | Dean Weingarten

The following occurred in a few seconds:

The bear charged the guide from the front, appearing 20 feet away. The guide managed to get off one shot, which hit the bear in the chest/shoulder area, slowing the bear. The guide fired another shot as he backed away, tripping on the brush. The second shot missed as the guide fell backward, trapped in place by the tangled vegetation. The guide yelled for help. Tyce crawled forward to get a shot at the bear without shooting the guide. Alongside the guide, Tyce used the 10mm to fire three rapid shots at the bear, which was whirling around 12 feet away. The bear dropped, rolled downhill, and lay still.

Much better plan than punching on the nose.

Saw that in a spam comment to yesterday’s final post, and it pepped me up a mite. Thought I’d spread the positive vibes.

Deserting a sinking ship?

California not on track to meet 2030 emissions goals: Report
The Hill | 03/15/2024 | Sharon Udasin

California would need to triple the rate of emissions cuts that the state has undertaken since 2010 in order to meet its climate goals for 2030, a new report has found.

The Golden State’s aim of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent below 1990’s levels by 2030 may be unachievable, according to this year’s California Green Innovation Index, released Thursday by the San Francisco-based nonprofit Next 10.

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Scotland is ditching its flagship 2030 climate goal—why legally binding targets really matter
Phys.org| April 19, 2024 | Sam Fankhauser

The Scottish government has rescinded its 2030 target of a 75% emissions cut to greenhouse gas emissions, relative to 1990. The target was statutory, meaning it had been set in law in the Emissions Reduction Targets Act of 2019.

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Air New Zealand Scraps Promises to Cut Carbon Emissions by 2030
Breitbart | 07/30/2024 | Simon Kent

Too hard and too costly. That sums up the reason Air New Zealand has abandoned a goal to cut its carbon emissions by 2030, blaming a range of difficulties Tuesday for the decision.

Joe Biden at the presidential debate, 6/27/2024:

Because if, in fact, he does what he says and walks away – by the way, all that money we give Ukraine and weapons we make here in the United States. We give them the weapons, not the money at this point. And our NATO allies have produced as much funding for Ukraine as we have. That’s why it’s – that’s why we’re strong.

A month later:

Ukraine to receive $3.9B from United States in coming weeks

Ukraineform | 7/29/24 | Daryna Vialko

In the coming weeks, Ukraine expects to receive the first $3.9 billion in direct budget support from the United States, totaling $7.85 billion.

The relevant statement was made by Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on Telegram, following his meeting with U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery Penny Pritzker, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“We discussed the issues related to the work of the Multi-Agency Donor Coordination Platform. The financing of budget expenditures, recovery projects, and support for the energy sector are remaining our priorities. Ukraine is grateful for $7.85 billion in direct budget support, which is expected to come from the United States this year. We expect to receive the first $3.9 billion in the coming weeks,” Shmyhal wrote.