Who knows what’s going on at Heathrow airport? They haven’t found any evidence of foul play yet, but 2,000 flights a day? The fire at Heathrow is going to disrupt people’s travel plans. We better not find out it was terrorism. Trump will not be pleased.

It’s been an historic week. The Department of Education has been gutted, in an orderly way. Now that’s something to celebrate! They’re not going to be pushing anything down our kids’ throats, like global warming or unheard of genders. While we’ve been waiting and wondering, plans have been hatched. None of this happened without war-gaming the whole thing. Then we’re watching a virtual flooding of the system with executive orders, by far more than any former President.

Greenpeace has been virtually put out of business. We’ll wait for the next shoe to drop, but the amount they have to cough up will probably do them in. Who will save the whales? Six million? That ought to cool their jets.

Suddenly, the mainstream is all self-righteous. They claim Trump has got too much of his personal wishes involved, and what’s democratic about that? I saw a picture today, the Drudge Report has got a photo of Elon in front of a Chinese flag. Maybe we’re just seeing what they want us to see. The idea that we’ve got one of, no THE richest man in the world figuring out how they’ve been fleecing us – that’s scaring them to death!

Mr. Musk has become so hated that there are attacks on Tesla dealerships and cars. I never wanted to drive an electric car. That said, wasn’t Elon their hero? Isn’t he at the cutting edge as far as battery cars go? Never mind. He’s buddied up with Trump, so now the left’s hatred knows no bounds. When did you ever hate anybody enough to torch a dealership? But, that’s what insurance is for. I hope Elon’s has it. Imagine the insurance companies saying this has got to stop!

It looks like there is progress in ending the Ukraine war. We’ll all sleep a little better knowing that at least they’ve stopped shooting. But they haven’t stopped yet.

And the war in Gaza and our ships being attacked by the Houthis. Bunch of illiterates. Trump isn’t going to stand for it. They can wave their fists in the air and scream to high heaven, but then they better duck for cover.

You check out for fifteen minutes and there’s an announcement of another department closing.That suits me just fine.

Some judge decided that the terrorists flying back to South America ought to have their day in court, if they haven’t already. How dare Trump fly them somewhere before he’s had his say? It didn’t stop the flights. Does he think he has jurisdiction over the ocean? Too late. Now he’s barking orders like somebody cares.

It seems the judiciary wants to strike down what Trump is doing. It looks like they’ll be facing their own impeachment hearings. Who does he think he is?

There will be battles with the judges, Obama appointed enough of them. But it looks like that’s all they’ve got.

The border is already secure and ICE is rounding up bad guys that aren’t from here all over the place. The illegals are uncomfortable. They don’t want to go home and try to do it the right way. Most of the teeming mobs wouldn’t have passed muster for legal immigration anyway. My guess is they’re looking over their shoulders. But who will do the dirty jobs? The ones that came in the ‘80s, that’s who.

Trump seems to have lost any qualms he had about unabashedly supporting Israel. I don’t know how many threats they get before the President makes good on his promise. He hopes it doesn’t come to that, but these people are crazy!

With any luck, Trump will cancel our taxes. Maybe not. These yahoos have spent us into a pretty deep hole. But I think God decided to bless us once more, to give us another chance with His Blessings undeniable.

I know the left is screaming bloody murder, and it’s music to my ears.

Mark

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Wild video taken by a hotel guest shows the Tesla electric pickup truck suddenly burst into flames as it is parked just outside the hotel, emitting giant plumes of smoke across the Strip.

Officials said at least seven bystanders were injured in the explosion and the driver, who pulled the truck into the valet area of the hotel, was killed, ABC News reported.

The blast occurred just hours after a US military vet flying an ISIS flag rammed a pickup truck into a crowd of revelers ringing in the New Year on the famed Bourbon Street in New Orleans. The FBI is investigating the attack as an act of terrorism.

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Source: https://nypost.com/2025/01/01/us-news/tesla-cybertruck-explosion-at-trump-hotel-in-las-vegas-being-investigated-as-potential-act-of-terror-report/

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A GROUP of angry black-clad anarchists clashed with police as it stormed the Tesla gigafactory in Brandenburg.

Dramatic footage shows far-left demonstrators defying cops and breaking through police lines before reaching the fence of the Tesla plant.

In another clip, eco-thugs are seen storming over the railway tracks and clashing with police as they make their way to the site.

The radicals are seen running towards the EV plant with some being dragged on the ground by German cops.

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Source: https://www.the-sun.com/news/11331758/moment-army-anarchists-tesla-giga-factory-germany/

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“About every five years, we need to reorganize and streamline the company for the next phase of growth,” CEO Elon Musk commented in a post on X. Two senior leaders, battery development chief Drew Baglino and vice president for public policy Rohan Patel, also announced their departures, drawing posts of thanks from Musk although some investors were concerned.

Musk last announced a round of job cuts in 2022, after telling executives he had a “super bad feeling” about the economy. Still, Tesla headcount has risen from around 100,000 in late 2021 to over 140,000 in late 2023, according to filings with U.S. regulators.

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Source: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-lay-off-more-than-10-its-staff-electrek-reports-2024-04-15/

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No doubt everybody has seen it. The things you have to do to save the planet! It did make a good visual though, people pushing their battery cars in the snow. Elon Musk is something akin to a genius, but surely he knows that battery technology is no good in sub freezing temperatures. Who doesn’t know this? We have tremendous respect for his achievements in sending rockets to space and the opportunities for communication that governments can’t easily stop. But he might have stopped thinking about winter and Teslas too soon.

No doubt these battery cars are wonderful under ideal conditions. But sometimes you need transportation, which is why a battery car is a status symbol. It has to be a second or third car, unless you’re a true fanatic. Nevertheless, the endless harangue over “clean energy” continues to plague us. The windmills are frozen, useless. The solar panels? It’s winter. Somehow I don’t remember warnings about energy outages when I was a kid. Now they’re warning that people should unplug their appliances, because the grid is under strain.

But they’re having their elite meetings in Switzerland. As if anything they decide will matter if you know who is re-elected. The shadow of Donald Trump hangs over the meetings at Davos. Amazonian witch doctor or whatever, no amount of whooshing on people’s foreheads is going to solve the world’s energy problems. Facepaint or no facepaint. Does the world really have an energy problem, or are these slick talkers just blowing smoke and getting richer by the panic they create?

There’s a full court press on TV news. They hate the prospect of another Trump presidency, or more accurately, fear it. They’re scared to death. If he does a fraction of what he’s promising in his campaign speeches, they should be. Seems to me he tried to play nice the first time around. It could be that they’ve misjudged him. That’s what they’re afraid of.

Oh no! What if the deep-state is dismantled. Call it what you want, but events over recent years proves it exists. They fear Trump, and they fear us. Maybe that’s why the border is wide open and they’re giving away the farm. Cell phones, accommodations, we can’t give them enough. Is it true that a replacement is going on? Are we destined to be a minority in our own county? One that God ordained and blessed abundantly.

The carnage continues on i24. You can’t watch much. Your heart can’t take it. What are we supposed to do? You watch little children tell their stories. You see civilians walking around the scene of the festival the terrorists crashed and tell you what happened where.

If the comments I’m reading are any gauge, people have had about enough. It’s clear that the pretender is not forging policy. In fact, long-standing American policies to do with Israel and the hostile surrounding nations have put this administration at odds with its base. You see all these demonstrations? Shutting down freeways and bridges. What are these people doing here?

Are we going to squander our blessings? If you read the Old Testament, it looks like the United States is what was promised to Abraham. We’ve got a Constitution that has been copied elsewhere, but is unique in the world. Nobody has the kinds of freedoms and protections that the American citizen has under the Law. Maybe some of these people blocking traffic ought to get a clue, or go home.

Mark

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Hertz, which has made a big push into electric vehicles in recent years, has decided it’s time to cut back. The company will sell off a third of its electric fleet, totaling roughly 20,000 vehicles, and use the money they bring to purchase more gasoline powered vehicles.

Electric vehicles have been hurting Hertz’s financials, executives have said, because, despite costing less to maintain, they have higher damage-repair costs and, also, higher depreciation.

“[C]ollision and damage repairs on an EV can often run about twice that associated with a comparable combustion engine vehicle,” Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr said in a recent analyst call.

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Source: https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/11/business/hertz-tesla-selling/index.html

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The report, which cited a source familiar with an early design of Tesla software, said the EV maker rigged the range-estimating software on the cars’ dashboards. Instead of displaying the true driving range, the software provided a “rosy” projection of how far cars could drive before needing to be recharged, the report said.

The distance EVs can travel before needing to be recharged is one of the main disadvantages the cars face in comparison with gas vehicles.

The order to inflate the driving range displayed on the cars was given by Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk around 10 years ago, according to Reuters. The news agency said it couldn’t determine if the algorithms were still in use.

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Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/secret-tesla-team-canceled-appointments-ev-range-complaints-2023-7

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Tesla engineers are facing a deadline to unveil Optimus to the world, and the company is planning to put more of its resources into robotics, according to Reuters.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk first introduced the concept of Optimus, a human-like robot, in August 2021 at the company’s yearly AI Day. At the time, he said the idea was for the robot to be “friendly” and help people avoid physical labor.

On Tuesday, Musk Tweeted that Tesla had a deadline of September 30 to introduce Optimus to the world.

The company is also increasing its plans for robots through job listings and more planning time,Reuters reported.

There are currently over 60 job listings in the “Autopilot & Robotics” category on Tesla’s website, with titles like “Mobile Robotics / Tesla Bot – Autonomy Internship.” The posting saysthe company is “on a path to build humanoid bi-pedal robots at scale to automate repetitive and boring tasks for manufacturing/logistics.”

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Source: https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/elon-musk-says-the-tesla-optimus-will-arrive-on-september-30/435764

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Revelations about the Shanghai lock down are just unbelievable.  People face arrest if they venture out for any reason.  Their screams from windows and balconies sound like nothing you’ve ever heard.  Twenty five million people are not allowed out of their dwellings.  The streets are empty.  The COVID must be really bad!  It never got quite that bad in California, but another wave is in the wings.  The Mid Term variant.  Some cities are already demanding masks be worn at all indoor facilities, or you can’t come in.  It’s just great for business.

The Chinese don’t seem to care if their citizens are miserable, or starving.  Judging from the nightmarish soundtrack, they’re not happy.  Nobody within earshot is happy.  At least we can hit the mute button, change the channel or turn the noise off.

The brutality being visited upon people’s pets, should they test positive, is abhorrent to Western sensibilities. But they’ve opted for zero COVID, regardless.  We’re not going to say what they’re doing to people’s pets after they test positive here.  The media, the administration and the obnoxious Dr. won’t say a cross word, or even anything that could be construed as criticism of the regime.  There’s an obvious relationship to protect, now matter what they do.  It’s starting to look like they have Carte Blanche.  Where’s Jimmy Carter and his human rights crusade?  The left has changed. A lot.

Fauci is all over the place, again, warning and explaining as if we’re interested.  He doesn’t show up anywhere that might ask him about the communications we’ve been shown.  But he reserves the right to revisit the darkest mandates of the pandemic. Oh yeah, they just might be necessary. You almost hope he tries some draconian nonsense.  Then the occupant would have to read it off a teleprompter, embarrassing everybody but himself.

Some places still have many people roaming around in public, and driving solo, with their masks securely in place.  Either they’ve been frightened by the experts, or they’re modern Pharisees.  We could never be THAT righteous.  But alas, the experts may emerge to declare another health emergency.  It worked last time.

You might have seen the skit the Saudi’s put on television.  If not you probably will.  It’s too depressing to be funny.  It makes you wonder how it’s received by the other world leaders.  It’s just too close to the truth.  He’s at a podium trying to say something coherent, and the actor playing Kamala is a dude in make-up and pantsuit.  Saudi Arabia is an ally.  Nothing like this happens without approval from the ruling class.  It’s sad that they found it funny, but now the whole world is watching.  They probably already were.

Governor Abbott made good on his promise to bus illegals to Washington D. C.  None are going against their will, and presumably they’re treating it like tourism, glad to be among the gleaming monuments rather than running in the mud along the Rio Grand.  As the redhead said, illegals are free to travel throughout the country.  That alone shows how much this bunch cares for the citizens.  But at least some of the “migrants” are out of Texas.  Send them to Baltimore or Philadelphia.  If they thought it was dangerous where they came from…  The enhanced inspections of big rigs at the border turned out to be a bust, and is in the process of being reversed.  Turns out it was going to hurt American citizens and Texans, so the governor dropped it.

The pope is talking, well, something we never heard of and don’t want to know about.  Hopefully, he doesn’t know what he’s talking about.  If he does, he must keep some pretty sick company.  You’re forgiven if you fail to be interested.

A pollster that worked for Bill and Hillary has said with current ratings that it’s utterly impossible a second term is in the offing.  We’re still wondering about the impossibility of the first term!  Now that was impossible!

As for Elon Musk buying Twitter wholesale, we’ll have to wait.  There are shoes yet to drop, and the Washington agencies have started some investigations to turn him into a criminal.  Over Tesla!  These electric cars aren’t about the save the planet, and I’m not going to Mars.  In fact with the continuation of the stupid mandates, I’m not flying either.  It was already stupid, But they’ve made it unbearable.

There are fireworks on the Temple Mount, literally.  Turns out Ramadan and the Passover fell at the same time this year.  It must be the third or fourth generation of rock throwers against rubber bullets.  Still, they haven’t learned a thing.

The war in Ukraine?  We’re starting to lose interest, or willingness to expose our senses to the madness of it all.  But don’t worry, the fake administration is on top of it.  Let’s hope it doesn’t escalate.  The Bible doesn’t say it can’t.

Mark

PS: We observed the Passover last evening, and had a great turnout for the cook-out and game day today. The kids are exhausted.  We’re meeting for dinner tonight when more will arrive.  The First Day of Unleavened Bread starts at sundown tonight, and it is an annual Holy Day.

Source: http://www.intercontinentalcog.org/fridayupdates.php

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