Theft, In Plain Sight
More than 200,000 People On North Carolina Voter Rolls ‘Missing’ ID Numbers
North Carolina voter data lists more than 224,000 people with registration dates after January 2004 whose records are “missing” both the last four digits of their Social Security number (SSN) and a driver’s license identification number, according to public records obtained by The Federalist.
The 2002 Help America Vote Act (HAVA) required states to verify certain “information of newly registered voters for Federal elections,” according to the Social Security Administration. “Each State must establish a computerized State-wide voter registration list and verify new voter information with the State’s Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA).” These requirements went into effect on Jan. 1, 2004.
States must verify the would-be voter’s driver’s license number against the MVA database, but if an individual lacks a driver’s license then states must use the last four digits of his SSN, name, and date of birth. Notably, verifying a registrant’s SSN or driver’s license does not necessarily confirm his citizenship, since foreign nationals can obtain either.
The system is meant to ensure prospective voters are eligible. Yet in North Carolina, hundreds of thousands of registrations made it into the system without this verifying information, according to allegations from election integrity activists.
“We now have hundreds of thousands of ineligible, duplicate, deceased and non-citizen registrants bloating our voter lists — the breeding ground for election fraud,” North Carolina Election Integrity Team President Jim Womack said in a statement to The Federalist.
“Thirteen federal judges said they would no longer hire law clerks from Columbia”
Sorry guys, we didn’t make the new rules. But those are the new rules.
Related: ‘We respect your passion and opinions.’
It’s Probably Nothing
Blacklocks- Audited Crimes Against Jews
“Five thousand, seven hundred and ninety one: That is the number of anti-Semitic incidents B’nai Brith logged,” Richard Robertson, research director, told reporters. Findings of the yearly audit were “off the chart,” he said.
“Statistics make it abundantly clear when there is unrest in Israel, Jewish Canadians suffer unduly,” said Robertson. “However these foreign conflicts are not solely responsible for the horrific upsurge in anti-Semitism in 2023. The levels of anti-Semitism were already on the rise.”
Going nuclear: Moe says Estevan’s likely location for SMRs
Moe says Estevan likely location for small modular reactors.
In the story I talk a bit about how the province and SaskPower are a bit cagey about definitively saying, “Yes, for sure, damned rights, we’re building reactors.”
But you can be sure, “Yes, for sure, damned rights, we’re building reactors.”
Did I call it, or did I call it?
We Don’t Need No Flaming Sparky Cars
Three signs EVs are not catching on.
This is one of them.
You probably missed the Friday news dump. Biden’s final EV rules make it easier for China to get billions in Biden’s EV tax credits – with Biden acknowledging that the U.S. supply chain can’t meet the timeline for his green transition.
‘Home runs are not allowed’
I want a new country.
Tuesday On Turtle Island
Dementia Joe’s America: Pelosi gets a medal. A spectacle of misguided valor. What the students demand.
Blackie’s Canada: Hamas supporters in the Ontario Legislature. The military finally gets some money.
Today In Islam: Diversity is our strength in Australia. Diversity is our strength in Germany. A moderate imam in California. Muslim attacks cop with chainsaw.
Your morning meme. Another meme. A cartoon.
May 7, 2024: Reader Tips
Tonight, we present 8 Minutes of Dad Jokes with Nate Bargatze.
Any good dad jokes to share? Any news tips? We want ’em all!
Honey, I Finished The Internet
Exploring Deep Into the Grand Canyon’s Hidden Mysteries
Revolutionary Justice
Making veiled threats ought to at least get you investigated by the police. Or maybe your bank account could be frozen…oh, wait… that’s a punishment reserved for conservative protestors. The vanguard of the proletariat is apparently exempt from such scrutiny.
Kevin Bryan, a University of Toronto business professor who visited the encampment and spoke with activists on Thursday, said he found that the “majority of people I talked to are neither students nor affiliated with our university.”
Bryan’s tweets highlighting the non-student element of the anti-Israel encampment prompted Vic Wojciechowska, a communications officer with the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), to threaten the professor with “consequences.”
“There need to be street-based consequences for clumsy buffoons like Kevin.
The Potholes Will Have To Wait
There’s more important things to deal with first.
Calgary Herald- ‘Just get rid of it’: Single-use items bylaw repeal public hearing to be held Tuesday
The new rules — still technically in effect — require grocery stores, restaurants and other food vendors to impose a minimum $0.15 surcharge on customers for a paper bag or $1 for a new reusable cloth bag at the point of sale. Those rates would have climbed to $0.25 and $2 respectively in 2025.
The bylaw also put the onus on customers to request single-use items and foodware accessories, such as napkins and plastic utensils.
Can Confirm
There are now 30 different parking apps in the UK but poor internet coverage can make using them hard and campaigners say older people are badly affected as they are more likely to have mobiles that cannot run apps.
Gradually, Then Suddenly
A Loblaws Boycott Goes Horribly Unnoticed
Trudeau’s scapegoat play: Markets have closed, and Loblaw shares are currently valued at $155.45. Since the onset of the “boycott” on May 1, Galen Weston’s wealth has increased by $663 million.
Safe and Effective®
Telegraph- Pharmaceutical giants knowingly sold HIV-infected treatment to NHS
Internal documents from American pharmaceutical companies show they knew a “wonder drug” made from human plasma could transmit HIV to patients, but they sold it regardless.
Some 1,250 people in the UK contracted HIV in the 70s and 80s from Factor VIII, a treatment for the bleeding disorder haemophilia. Up to 5,000 more also contracted hepatitis C.
The Cheque Is In The Mail
Blacklocks- Losses Rise, Prices To Follow
The post office reported a $748 million pre-tax loss last year, its steepest loss since the pandemic struck in 2020. Management blamed an ongoing 17-year decline in letter volumes and surprise loss of market share in parcel deliveries to non-union rivals like Amazon.
“These low-cost private operators have gained significant ground particularly in the last two years by focusing on serving international retail giants,” wrote management. “Our estimated market share in parcel delivery has quickly eroded by more than half.”
Embrace Hollywood!
“Democrats need to embrace Hollywood because this is where they need to come to learn how to tell a story.“. – Michael Moore
…for years, a friend of mine who is a partner at a firm which represents writers, directors and actors had a large bell installed on his office wall. Whenever an executive would close a big deal, they would run to the bell and ring it enthusiastically to the cheers and applause of colleagues up and down the halls.
Recently my friend was contacted by the dreaded H.R. department. Several assistants had complained about the bell. They didn’t like the public celebrations over clients making mutli-million dollar deals because it made them feel badly about their own financial situations. It was, as the saying goes, “triggering” for them.
The bell had to go.
Unsettling Science
What if you put your hand in a particle accelerator?
The Part I Like Best
About “safer supply” is how it reduces consumption and gets addicts into treatment.
A significant amount of safer supply opioids are obviously being diverted to the black market, but some influential voices are vehemently downplaying this problem.
They often claim that there are simply too few safer supply clients for diversion to be a real issue. But this argument is misleading because it glosses over the fact that these clients receive truly staggering amounts of narcotics relative to everyone else. […]
Just five years ago, the street price of an eight-mg hydromorphone tablet was around $20 in major Canadian cities – now they often go for as little as $1. But advocates repeatedly emphasize that, even if such diversion is occurring, it must be a minor issue because there are only a few thousand safer supply clients in Canada.
They believe that it is simply impossible for such a small population to have a meaningful impact on the overall black market for diverted pharmaceuticals, and that the sudden collapse of hydromorphone prices must have been caused by other factors.
Nothing is ever their fault.