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Radical Congresswoman Hosts Event to “Mourn” Israel’s Re-establishment

Far left, radical Michigan congresswoman Rashida Tlaib is facing a much-deserved backlash after it was revealed she will host a congressional event to mark the Palestinian “Nakba” (Catastrophe) — a term used by Palestinians to refer to the creation of the Jewish state.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), a third-term member of Congress long been accused of anti-American and anti-Israel rhetoric. She is a radical member of the religion-of-peace. She will host the event Wednesday to commemorate the “Nakba,” or “Catastrophe,” of Israel’s establishment.

The invitation for the function, which lists Tlaib as a “special guest,” accuses “Zionist militias and the new Israeli military” of having “violently expelled approximately three-quarters of all Palestinians from their homes and homeland in what became the state of Israel.”

Never mind the truth, which is: Israel was officially, and miraculously, re-established (after a period of nearly 2,000 years!) in accordance with Bible prophecy (see Ezekiel chapter 36), confirmed by a UN resolution, and not violence — though Palestinian Arabs and surrounding Arab states tried to crush the state in its infancy.

Biden’s Liberty-Sucking Vehicle Rules

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Bowing to the demands of the green gods, the Biden Administration has proposed new regulations regarding the vehicles “We the People” choose to drive.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to require that 60 percent of new car sales be battery-powered by 2030, growing to 67 percent by 2032.

Currently fewer than 6 percent are electric (the largest percentage being found in the Silicon Valley).

The green rhetoric claims these vehicles produce fewer carbon emissions than those with internal combustion engines powered by fossil fuels. Carbon emissions contribute to global warming, they say, and global warming poses a threat to the planet and mankind.

The crazy thing is, the lion’s share of electricity for battery-powered vehicles is coming from natural gas and coal instead of renewables like solar and wind. The big problem with solar and wind is simple: solar only works when the sun is overhead and not obscured by clouds, and wind turbines need just the right amount of wind to generate energy.

That’s why every solar and wind plant has a fossil fuel backup.

As the federal government moves to further erode our liberty by reducing our choices in property ownership (cars and trucks) the added demand for electricity resulting from the rapid adoption of more electric vehicles will strain the grid and—just like we experience here in California due to the insane green energy policies—rolling blackouts will occur, and bold message boards over the freeways will state: “Flex Alert! Do not charge your plug-in vehicle between 4 and 9pm.”

I’m not kidding.

And then, there are the batteries.

Seventy percent of the world’s electric battery components are produced in the slave state known as China. 83 percent of China’s energy comes from fossil fuels.  The longer the range of the battery, the more carbon is used in the production process. Senecal has calculated that carbon emissions to produce a battery for a Nissan Leaf were equivalent to driving a gasoline-powered BMW 320D for 24,000 miles. For a larger Tesla Model S battery, carbon emissions used in production are equivalent to driving the BMW 320D for 60,000 miles.

The Tesla S is the electric vehicle of choice in the Silicon Valley—they cost about $145,000 (from my experience,  most of them are driven by dim-witted drivers who don’t seem to feel a need to wash their super luxury vehicles).

It is also curious how those who think they are doing their share in saving the planet by driving an electric car are not concerned about the horrid environmental impact associated with mining the essential mineral required for the batteries. And, of course, the mining creates its own greenhouse gases.

Oh, and then there is this ugly fact: those batteries are not recycled. Quite a few companies are trying to get into that game, but so far no one is able to do it efficiently (don’t tell anyone, but I have a friend who works at the Tesla battery assembly plant in Nevada—there hundreds of rail cars chock full of used Tesla automobiles that previous owners traded in; no one wants to replace the batteries after they are spent).

The bottom line is, until electricity can be generated by emissions-free energy, battery-powered vehicles will generally increase, rather than reduce, emissions. The EPA’s new rules to put more electric vehicles on the roads will take away choices for consumers without reducing emissions.

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Deadly Mississippi Tornado: Not Climate Change

No, the deadly Mississippi tornado that tragically claimed the lives of 25 people was not caused, or enhanced, by global warming or climate change.

I’ll put on my American Meteorological Society cap for a moment…

The powerful tornado was somewhat typical of winter twisters, which are not uncommon in the deep south. It hit western Mississippi Friday night after it formed over the Mississippi river, and then travelled about 60 miles into Rolling Fork. The base of the twister had a width of three-quarters of a mile, and lasted about an hour and 10 minutes.

Preliminary findings have registered the tornado a 4 on the scale known as the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale, meaning it had gusts, lasting at least 3-seconds, from 166 to 200 mph.

The tornado developed from a huge thunderstorm, often called a supercell, which can spawn some fiendish twisters. Such tornadoes are not as frequent as their summer cousins, but they can be particularly destructive. The tornado ascended and then hit ground again about 76 miles away, near Black Hawk, Mississippi, where it was downgraded to an EF-3.

Mississippi has actually had some bigger and deadlier storms than this, including a couple of EF-5’s.  Back in 1971, two EF-4 tornadoes hit on February 21, 1971. One claimed the lives of 58, and injured 795 people. The second storm took 46 lives, and injured 496.

Oh, and by the way, back in 1971 some were saying the earth had entered a period of global cooling.

“Lord, we pray for the people of Mississippi. May you comfort their losses, strengthen their faith, and remind them that You give life, and life eternal.”

Nashville Shooting: an important fact left out of the story

News of Monday’s terrible tragedy at Covenant School, in Nashville, Tennessee, had barely begun to spread before certain politicians began using it as a political propaganda.

It’s always a shame when elected officials “never let a crisis go to waste.” Members of congress immediately began using the murders of three children and three adults as a rallying cry against the Second Amendment right to bear arms. It was actually a time to weep, mourn, and comfort the hurting.

However, these leaders missed an increasingly alarming similarity mass shooters in this country have shared in recent years.

As commentator Benny Johnson pointed out in a Twitter post, four of the killers held, well, I’ll just say  “non-traditional” orientations.

Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder Elon Musk saw the Tweet and brought attention to it by replying with no words, only an exclamation point.

We must pray, not just for the families of those who perished in this attack, but also for our younger generations; so many are lost souls living in dysfunctional environments, and overwhelmed with a bombardment of social propaganda.

America–and this world–needs a spiritual reboot. “A Jesus Revolution” as Kelsey Grammar says in his latest film.

“Pagan” Receives Doctorate in Theology

The Swedish climate activist, Greta Thunberg, has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the Theology Faculty of the University of Helsinki.

The reason why she received the award is because “she has given us all a task that extends beyond our everyday choices through her actions”, according to a state from the the faculty, referring to Thunberg’s actions against climate change.

What is most interesting is the fact that young Greta refers to herself as a “pagan.”

Why are so many drawn to climate change?

Because they do not believe in the believe God of Creation, thus they need to fill that void.

Climate has become the new religion, it is a worship of Mother Earth. Likely this is why the World Economic Forum has it’s GAEA campaign–Gaea (or Gaia) is Greek for Mother Earth, and in Greek mythology Mother Earth was a ruthless god indeed.

And in the green church you even have ‘prophets’, like David Attenborough and Paul Ehrlich, and ‘child saints’, like Greta Thunberg.

Without God, the future depends entirely on man.  It is understandable then that there is great fear about the climate.”

While Christians need not worry about the future of the earth, that doesn’t give us license to trash the planet either. God is the ruler of the world. He created the earth, did not abandon it, and He continues to care for it.  Jesus says in Matthew 6: “Be not anxious for your life, what you shall eat and what you shall drink, nor for your body, wherewith ye shall be clothed…Behold the birds of the air, they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them; do you not greatly exceed them?”

We need discernment and truth when it comes to the plans to mitigate climate change–both real and imagined.