Newport, RI has no natural gas, and the inside of homes here are hovering in the low to mid 40s. This has been National Grid’s second largest gas outage since Hurricane Sandy. And what’s odd is that it was supposedly created by a spike in demand and a faulty valve. If you’re in the heating business, wouldn’t you be ready for spikes in demand in the winter and make sure valves are in working order? Plus, there was no disruption to our electricity, and according to BU Professor Nathan Philips, regional policy dictates gas must go to heating needs before it gets to power generators. “I’m not … [Read more...]
Your Survival Guy: Out of Gas in Newport
You may have read that Newport, RI lost natural gas service Monday, impacting 7,000 customers and approximately 10,000 people. It’s reported that a single faulty valve froze at National Grid’s distribution center dozens of miles north in Weymouth, Massachusetts, causing the system’s pressure to drop significantly. Newport is located at the end of this gas line system, making it most vulnerable to a loss in pressure. Imagine your head being Weymouth and your foot being Newport and you get the idea. Monday morning was bitter cold at zero degrees, with a windchill that had a real feel … [Read more...]
Tucker Explains: When a Native American Activist Confronted a Student
Over the weekend a lot of news was made over a video that appeared to show Catholic high school students in Washington D.C. for the March for Life in a confrontation with a native American activist (later identified as Nathan Phillips). There were calls for retribution against the students, and even insinuations that they should be harmed physically by D.C. elites. In the segment below, Tucker Carlson explains what really happened, and how the complex situation was much different than the short clip that made the rounds on the viral internet. … [Read more...]
Drones: The New Terror Threat
After fascinating the world with amazing photographic and logistical feats, the dangers of cheap and easy to use drones are being realized. Recently airports in London were brought to a standstill by unidentified drones flying in their airspace. Gatwick's airport was shut for days by illegal drone activity, and Heathrow suffered as well. But a new threat has emerged. Visitors to major sports venues could be the next targets of drone-based terror attacks. The Daily Telegraph reports: Major sports venues in Britain are as ill-equipped for a drone attack as Gatwick Airport was over … [Read more...]
Tucker Explains: Earning $1 a Year
If America has learned one thing from Tucker Carlson of late, it is that too many citizens are not being heard. They love their country. But have no voice. At the core of Tucker’s message is that in order to change the country, politicians need to understand the individuality/self-interest that makes America great. The simple fix is Americans need less government in their lives. They need politicians who go to Washington not to “fix” things, but to get government out of their lives. Running on a platform of taking no salary or promising to leave after a term or two would be a good … [Read more...]
70% Tax Rates Won’t Achieve Proponents’ Goals
Congress's youngest and possibly most famous new member, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has made many lofty proclamations during her time in the lime light, but perhaps the one getting the most attention is her call to raise tax rates to 70% to pay for her agenda. Rational thinkers can see the issue in taking 70% of another person's dollar for no other reason than wanting to use it for something else. For the benefit of Congresswoman Cortez and those who believe like she does, the Tax Foundation has done the math to show that even if you confiscate 70% of the income of the wealthiest Americans, … [Read more...]
Quebec’s Firearm Registration Backfire
Did Quebec really think gun owners would line up single file to have their rights taken away? Gun registration is the first step to gun confiscation, and Quebec's firearms owners understand that. The NRA magazine, America's 1st Freedom explains how Quebec's gun owners are resisting registration. They write: Either fewer Quebeckers own guns than the government thought, or more are standing by their right to keep their personal belongings under the radar. Or the idea of registering firearms may just be a failure. Regardless, Quebec’s Firearms Registration Act has resulted in an unimpressive … [Read more...]
Can Trump Stop the Endless Wars in Spite of His Advisers?
Donald Trump was elected on a platform of stopping the endless wars America is embroiled in, but surrounded himself with advisers and secretaries who want the opposite. Writing in The American Conservative, Pat Buchanan examines whether or not Trump will be able to overcome his advisers to make the decisions Americans elected him to make. He writes: In short, forces are moving in this country and in Israel to bring about a U.S. confrontation with Iran—before our troops leave Syria. But the real questions here are not about Bolton or Pompeo. They are about Trump. Was he aware of Bolton’s … [Read more...]
Fun at the Gun Show
Former Marine officer Jeff Groom takes readers on a trip through an Ohio gun show at The American Conservative. Groom explains the multi-generational appeal of gun shows, and how his grandfather introduced him to the events. He writes: After returning to Ohio after nine years away in the Marines, I found myself with a weekend of free time. So I decided to check out an event I had frequented as a young man: a gun show. Sometimes called gun and knife shows, I was introduced to them by my grandfather in the early 2000s in a small Ohio town called Circleville. It was at that show that I … [Read more...]
With Governments that Won’t Protect Them, Europeans Arm Themselves
Through ineptitude or outright enabling legislation, many Western European governments have allowed terrorists, whether home grown or as part of the "refugee" wave, to proliferate within their borders. The lackluster efforts by these governments to root out terrorists and deal with them accordingly, has caused many Europeans to lose faith in the ability of their governments to protect them. Understandably, their lack of faith in their government has made many Europeans afraid, and that fear has encouraged them to take their safety into their own hands. Valentina Pop reports in the Wall … [Read more...]
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