The World Is Being Run By Crazy People

And a bunch of them live in Germany;

EOn continues to struggle under German energy policy, with gas generation made “barely profitable” by pro-renewable market arrangements and nuclear generation slashed and taxed by government decree.
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One problem is that renewable generation is given priority access to the grid when it is available. This sometimes prevents gas-fired generation from operating during peak hours and has altered the economics of gas to such an extent that it is now “barely profitable to operate,” said CEO Johannes Teyssen. “In most European markets, the gross margin for gas-fired units is approaching zero or is indeed already negative.”
“Paradoxically, this benefits carbon-intensive lignite-fired assets which are more harmful to the earth’s climate, whereas flexible, climate-friendlier assets are barely profitable,” said Teyssen.
Moreover, the company does not benefit from good enough renewable performance to balance this negative effect of the energy transition. Despite the issue outlined above, oil, gas and coal produced 61% of EOn’s power generation and brought in €1.2 billion (69%) of pre-tax earnings from generation. Renewables produced 11% of power, but reported an operating loss of €67 million that actually reduced pre-tax earnings by 3%.

h/t Eric A.

More Pavilions At Cinco De Mayo

Continued….

And it is obvious to me that rampant bribery and corruption/bad cops/a shitty legal system/international drug dealing, drunk driving, littering, recreational animal abuse, violent crime, the sexualization of 15 year old girls, an aversion to higher education and the bizarre compulsion to ruin perfectly fine automobiles are NOT “conservative values.”

We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Mirrors

Via Tim Blair;

A consortium led by French nuclear group Areva has ditched a A$1.2 billion concentrated solar thermal project after the federal government pulled critical funding.
The Solar Dawn consortium, which includes developer Wind Prospect, has been plagued with problems since winning $464 million in federal funding through the Solar Flagship program to develop a 250-MW solar thermal plant in Queensland’s outback.

Jabari No Mori

Good riddance.

Jabari is the most senior Hamas official to be killed since an Israeli invasion of Gaza four years ago. He has long topped Israel’s most-wanted list.
Jabari, a relative of one of the founders of Hamas, Dr. Abdel Aziz Rantisi, was responsible for the attack on Kerem Shalom, when IDF soldier Gilad Shalit was kidnapped and two other soldiers killed. Jabari was in charge of negotiations during Shalit’s five years in captivity.

Related: Awaiting Rabble’s declaration of a day of mourning.
Update! Video here.

Petraeus – Bhengazi

Breaking now on Fox News: Petraeus will testify voluntarily before both House and Senate Intelligence Committees.
Related, from Charles Krauthammer:

And that brings us to the ultimate issue, and that is his testimony on September 13. That’s the thing that connects the two scandals, and that’s the only thing that makes the sex scandal relevant. Otherwise it would be an exercise in sensationalism and voyeurism and nothing else. The reason it’s important is here’s a man who knows the administration holds his fate in its hands, and he gives testimony completely at variance with what the Secretary of Defense had said the day before, at variance with what he’d heard from his station chief in Tripoli, and with everything that we had heard. Was he influenced by the fact that he knew his fate was held by people within the administration at that time?

But don’t go getting excited, because remember – when the President does it, that means that it’s not illegal.

If You Don’t Let Us Rudely Interrupt Your Remembrance Day Ceremony Then You’re a Racist!

There were strange happenings in downtown Toronto on Sunday:

Joe Warmington explains in greater detail what exactly happened.
The trouble appears to be centered around a Far-Left “peace activist” named Suraia Sahar. Here is her Twitter account. She belongs to an organization called Afghans For Peace. While many Canadians undoubtedly agree with her that Canadian soldiers should come home as soon as possible, one wonders if her tactics of disturbing the ceremonies of WW2 veterans does anything other than draw attention to herself? Of course, if you dare disagree with her amped up sense of self-righteousness, then she immediately screams that her Free Speech rights are being interfered with. If an outsider were to walk into the middle of an Occupy camp or a Women’s Studies classroom or an NDP convention and continue shouting & screaming, would those there still support that person’s Free Speech rights?
Update: Additional video   h/t Mike in Calgary

Let Them Eat Soy Meat Alternatives

About that unemployed, disillusioned youth vote…

Magida, a 30-year-old art school graduate, had been installing museum exhibits for a living until the recession caused arts funding — and her usual gigs — to dry up. She applied for food stamps last summer, and since then she’s used her $150 in monthly benefits for things like fresh produce, raw honey and fresh-squeezed juices from markets near her house in the neighborhood of Hampden, and soy meat alternatives and gourmet ice cream from a Whole Foods a few miles away.
“I’m eating better than I ever have before,” she told me. “Even with food stamps, it’s not like I’m living large, but it helps.”

h/t Osumashi Kinyobe

FBI: That Person Sent Me A Nasty Personal Email Division

Daily Beast;

Broadwell’s notes to Jill Kelley were full of ‘cat-fight stuff,’ a source tells Michael Daly—but there were no overt threats, and Petraeus was barely mentioned. So why did the FBI jump in?

From the comments – “In retrospect, Ambassador Chris Stevens would have gotten more attention sending snotty e-mails to random citizens”
Or sleeping with a general.

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