So every couple of days I’m going to pick a topic that needs some attention due to the false and misleading statements going around. It’s happening in record proportions these days, and challenging it is the job of each of us concerned with the nasty, ugly vitriol and hatred.
Listen to this, and take notes, it’s hard to believe, though given she’s with Glenn Beck’s outfit, I can guess who’s writing her cue cards:
A common nonsense meme and theme I’ve been hearing is that “Obama won’t declare war on ISIS.”
From a “Geroge Kenyon” rant seen yesterday to Tomi Lahren, above, who says:
“You won’t unleash our military, you won’t let them win.”
The President can’t declare war. Only Congress can declare war, and remember who controls congress? But this has come up several times in the last two days, so it bears repeating — only Congress can declare war:
From that Tomi Lahren video, again, conflatulence:
Neighbors in San Bernadino didn’t speak up. Why? Because YOU, Mr. President, taught us that reporting suspicious behavior results in a $15 million lawsuit for a whistleblower and an invitation to the White House for the suspect.
Yes, it’s a reference to “Clock Boy” who was falsely arrested, where the police knew before arresting him that it was NOT a bomb. This is not a lawsuit against a “whistleblower” but against the city and school for wrongful arrest and being illegally detained, violations of civil rights — it’s a notice prior to suit (the 60 day period has yet to expire).
The neighbors of San Bernadino shooter Syed Farook who did not report suspicious activity claimed “fear of being called racist” or “fear of racial profiling,” which is in their own mind. Their fears have zero to do with actions against a “whistleblower” in the “Clock Boy” case. This flapping about “Clock Boy” in this context is disingenuous and distraction.
Where’s the line on vitriol? I’ve been seeing a lot of ugly stuff on the internet, even two Faux “analysts” were suspended for their nastiness, though with Faux, it seems “profanity” is the issue:
The racists who shot the #blacklivesmatter protesters were sure a lot worse than this guy below in their youtube and online comments, eeeeeuw. They were charged with 2nd Degree Riot.
So anyway, here’s the guy from Pine Island, arrested after showing off his IQ, charges of threats of violence with intent to terrorize, and threats of violence with display of a replica firearm (yes, a replica is listed under terroristic threat statute), and minor drug charges:
Like molasses, FERC is moving on Delaware and Maryland’s cost allocation complaint, raising the oh-so-pertinent issue that they’re being charged for transmission yet aren’t receiving the benefit. I wonder if Minnesota, pass-through state of the Midwest, is paying any attention, particularly with this MISO 17 project MVP Portfolio and the bill for the massive transmission build-out of these projects and CapX coming due? And remember, Illinois Commerce Commission v. FERC August 6, 2009, is still in negotiations.
Here’s how FERC framed Delaware and Maryland’s issue, note the similarity with Minnesota as the pass through state for outstate generation headed eastward:
On November 24, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued an order which accepted a PJM Tariff filing on Artificial Island, then suspended the changes for five months.
The FERC accepted the October 9 PJM filing, which responded to a complaint from the Delaware and Maryland public service commissions regarding the cost allocation for transmission.
FERC has determined that overall the current method of allocating the costs of transmission projects is just and reasonable. In certain instances, however, the allocations led to complaints that individual results were unjust and unreasonable.
The commission is setting up a technical conference for early 2016 to explore whether an alternative cost allocation system can be established for projects which do not fit well with the FERC’s current solutions-based methodology.
PJM will be pleased to support the FERC’s process to explore alternative cost allocation methods for projects that may not fit into the current process.
The PJM Board of Managers approved the Artificial Island project on July 29.
