We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Fans

Alternative Subsidy We Are All Treaty People 21 Comments

Judge Orders Wind Farm Dismantled In Win For Tribal Sovereignty

By ordering the scuttling of 84 turbines spread over 8,400 acres of land, along with the removal of underground lines, overhead transmission lines, and meteorological towers, U.S. Court of International Trade Judge Jennifer Choe-Groves essentially ruled that the renewable energy project, known as Osage Wind, should never have been constructed in the first place because the developers – Osage Wind LLC, Enel Kansas LLC, and Enel Green Power North America – did not have the required lease from the Osage Minerals Council.

“The developers failed to acquire a mining lease during or after construction, as well as after issuance of the 10th Court of Appeals’ decision hold that a mining lease was required,” Choe-Groves ruled, according to Tulsa World (Dec. 22).

“On the record before the Court, it is clear that Defendants are actively avoiding the leasing requirement,” Choe-Groves said. “Permitting such behavior would create the prospect for further interference with the Osage Mineral Council’s authority by Defendants or others wishing to develop the minerals lease. […]

The reference to minerals is key to understanding the case. Wind turbines not only soar into the air from the surface of the land. Their construction also requires the subsurface smashing of rocks and other excavation necessary to ground the turbines. The Osage Nation and its Minerals Council have claimed for years that this subsurface excavation activity constitutes mining and is covered by the tribe’s mineral rights. And for that the developers needed a lease from the Osage Mining Council which they never sought. The developers began leasing the surface rights in 2013 but never bothered to acquire the subsurface mineral rights. In the end, that was their undoing.

Interesting angle.

DEI in the Friendly Skies

It's Probably Nothing 20 Comments

View From The Wing- Boeing Whistleblower: Production Line Has “Enormous Volume Of Defects” Bolts On MAX 9 Weren’t Installed

The takeaway appears to be that outsourced plane components have so many problems when they show up at the production line that Boeing’s quality control staff can’t keep up with them all.

Update- United Airlines CEO: Boeing’s 737 Max-9 grounding is ‘the straw that broke the camel’s back’ for us

Signature Monorails

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When I first heard about Wab Kinew’s latest plan, the Simpsons’ Springfield Monorail episode came to mind. True to his socialist roots, he firmly believes that the only reason why Manitoba has not become a “have” province is because the provincial government never instituted the “correct” central planning scheme which would magically end Manitoba’s dependence on transfer loot from Ottawa.

Manitoba can cut its dependence on federal equalization payments over the next decade by going big on zero-emission advanced manufacturing, Premier Wab Kinew says.

The ambitious goal could be reached within 10 years, and would be achieved through building up a zero-emissions advanced manufacturing sector, the NDP premier argued.

The government must pursue a “few signature investments” that will make Manitoba a hub for mineral extraction, component assembly and exporting locally manufactured goods, he added.

Rearranging the Deck Chairs on the Titanic

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Dear Incompetent Leader Trudeau (DILT) has given up even pretending to care about unaffordable rent, unaffordable groceries, unaffordable taxes, and a whole lot more.  Instead he has decided to focus on this:

As Auto Thefts Spike in Canada, Justin Trudeau Calls National Summit to Coordinate Response

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is holding a summit next month to coordinate a national response to a massive spike in auto thefts across Canada in recent years.

Toronto, Canada’s largest city, has borne the brunt of the crime wave, according to statistics from the Canadian Finance and Leasing Association. The Toronto region saw 9,600 vehicles stolen in 2022, a 300% increase in annual thefts compared to 2015. Carjackings doubled in 2022 compared to 2021, police statistics show.

Overall, the year-over-year rate of vehicle theft spiked in 2022 by 50% in the province of Quebec, 48.3% in Ontario and 34.5% in Atlantic Canada, a government news release said.

h/t James MacMaster

“Scary” Tucker Carlson is Coming to Alberta

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Tomorrow, on January 24, 2024, Tucker Carlson will be coming to Calgary & Edmonton, Alberta:

Former Fox News anchor and provocative U.S. political commentator Tucker Carlson will visit Calgary on Jan. 24 for a live speech followed by an interview.
Carlson, whose popularity skyrocketed as he brought far-right talking points into mainstream news on his show Tucker Carlson Tonight, will also be in conversation with Premier Danielle Smith toward the end of the event.

The premier’s office confirmed Tuesday that Smith will attend the event in Calgary.

“The premier participates in a variety of public and private events and does interviews with dozens of reporters, broadcasters and podcasters from across the political spectrum,” press secretary Sam Blackett said in an emailed statement.

A prominent Canadian Vlogger, “Clyde Do Something“, will be hosting a companion event in Calgary:

“I will be going to the Tucker Carlson Event in Calgary on Wednesday Jan. 24th and afterwards Marty Up North, Several Others and Myself will be doing a meetup at the James Joyce Irish Pub on 114, 8th Ave SW (aka Stevens Avenue). We’re expecting to be there around 3:30-4pm. Pop by and see us if you’d like to have a wobbly pop or 2 with the boys.”

Rachel Notley, being the incompetent, anti-Free Speech, totalitarian woke thug that she is, is not pleased.

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There are a not insignificant number of right-of-centre folks who don’t like Donald Trump. Yesterday, SDA regular ‘Kenji’ posted something interesting about why he does support Trump:

Let me explain the MAGA movement coming from someone who is 100% dedicated to PDJT. Back in 2016, when I jumped on the Trump train, I publicly stated: I could care less about “the Trump brand” … I think his buildings are ugly … and he is a shameless self-promoter cum huckster. But he is OUR VESSEL. Our vessel of a candidate who is the anti-McCain … and the anti-Romney … anti-GOPe version of DeSantis, and now the anti-Haley. We MAGA nation are DONE with weak, centrist, globalist, neocon wimps foisted on us by the RNC. Done with it … forever. Nobody beside Trump can deliver America from the EVIL that envelops her.

Later this year … the American people will VOTE with their paychecks and their gasoline tanks. They will VOTE their credit card debt … and they will VOTE for what ACTUALLY works.

Look at our nation!? What a mess! And it cannot be blamed 100% on the Communist Democrap Party. Count the number of Global Warming shills and true believers in the Republican Congress. They’re just as dedicated to destroying our energy infrastructure as the Communist Dem’s.

Paleolithic Dispute Settlement Mechanisms

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We’re all used to hearing how indigenous tribes got along so well with each other until the Europeans showed up, right? Apparently, the inhabitants of a village near present-day Crow Creek, South Dakota in 1325 didn’t get that memo.

The attack was brutal, thorough and devastating. No one would live on the site again. Eventually some of the villagers return to bury the nearly 500 victims in a mass grave – the worst atrocity in the history of what will one day be the state of South Dakota.

“And when we excavated down on that we found this pile of bones.”

It was a pile of bones about three feet thick in an area of about 20 feet by 20 feet.

Of all the skulls found, 90 percent had cuts on the forehead, the telltale sign of scalping. A quarter of the skeletons showed knife wounds on the first vertebrae of the neck, which is consistent with a slit throat or decapitation. Of the complete skulls, 40 percent showed depression fractures left from blunt force trauma.

The Great Replacement

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When they tell you what they think of you, believe them.

By this point, most of us have grown used to the long TSA lines and the rigid protocols that must be followed if we are to be allowed to board a plane. Even after you’ve been forced to throw away your shampoo and other bottles with “too many ounces” of liquid in them, removing your shoes and your belt, and the rest of the ritual requirements, you’ll still need to show an acceptable form of ID (preferably two). But signs being posted at many airports reveal that not everyone has to follow those rules. Newly arrived illegal migrants are not only exempt from many of the rules above and are allowed to fly for free, but they don’t even have to show an ID if they don’t have one. And this has some citizens seeing red.

That permanent Democrat majority? You’re witnessing it in real time.

DEI The Friendly Skies

I, Napoleon The Tolerant Left 28 Comments

Dear Scott Kirby CEO @UnitedAirlines and Drag Queen practitioner,

I regret to inform you that I will no longer allow my family to fly on your airline as you have clearly placed “diversity” of pilot hiring above safety of passengers and crew. As evidenced by the near aviation catastrophe of UA Boeing 777 flight 1722 from Maui to San Francisco Dec 18th 2023, where your diverse but incompetent flight crew didn’t know which flaps were causing its near disastrous dissent, coming within 750 feet of killing every one aboard your United Airline.

I cannot tell you how many @UnitedAirlines employees have personally thanked me for my valid criticism of your careless and life threatening leadership. I look forward to your swift dismissal by UA’s board of directors before your inane actions cause the deaths of hundreds of men, women and children. After your inevitable firing you can get back to your true passion, your Drag Queen performances.

Sincerely yours,
Rob Schneider Former 1K United Airline frequent flyer.

Margin Of Fraud

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It turns out that Minnesota has some of the planet’s longest-lived humans. They tell me that the oldest person alive is aged a mere 116 years. But just in the Fifth Congressional District alone, I found 36 currently-registered voters born in the year 1900, which would put them at more than 123 years-old. Twenty-one of these thirty-six seasoned citizens reside in Minneapolis.

Another voter, from St. Louis Park, has a listed birth year of 1898.

What the teachers strike is really about

Baiting The Left Books Gradually Then Suddenly Insufferable Twits youmightbeinsaskatchewan 40 Comments
This 2010 book foretold the problems teachers are striking over today.

This Saskatchewan teachers strike is about something no one wants to say openly.

Passing kids who should have failed, mainstreaming everyone, overcrowding and not enough ESL are all part of “classroom complexity.” But we’ve had ample warning this was going to happen, from a guy I’ve known for 30 years. He wrote a book about this in 2010.

Believe it or not, I used to write opinion columns for 28 years on everything under the sun before launching Pipeline Online. And this teachers strike in Saskatchewan got under my skin enough that I had to write about it.

 

Echo’s of Coutts

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Grab a beverage.

Autonomous Truckers- The Inner Strength of a Political Prisoner

It has been nearly two years since Jerry Morin, Chris Carbert, Chris Lysak, and Tony Olienick were arrested in relation to their participation at the Coutts, Alberta Freedom Convoy protest site. They have been denied bail, and their trial is not set to begin until May 2024, a full 27 months after their arrests.

They’re not being kept in the Ritz. As Mark Steyn likes to say the process is the punishment.

So here is my update since December 5 when I was transferred from Medicine Hat remand to Calgary Remand, upon arrival they humiliate us by strip searching us and then body scan us with some machine you stand on as it traverses back and forth pumping you with radiation waves even though they say its “perfectly” normal (add eye rolling emoji) from there I was sent to unit 7 which is an intake unit for guys right off the street, its a very dirty unit and thankfully the inmate had cleaned the dried puke off my bunk with his socks right before I arrived to be his cell mate. He had then threw the socks into the toilet and tried flushing them and they plugged the toilet. So we had no working toilet until the next day when thankfully staff came and fixed the problem.

Those without time to read the whole thing might want to scroll down to the bottom for the day to day accounts of what these men are going through.

h/t Kate

Lithium in Saskatchewan – getting closer to commercialization

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Enough of this writing about wind and solar collapsing! Time to get back to some energy stories!

Lithium in SK, Part 24: Hub City Lithium releases preliminary economic assessment for Viewfield project. If it works out, after-tax payout projected in 2.4 years.

Prairie Lithium had some announcements this month and I hope to catch up with them shortly. They released a similar sort of thing. Grounded Lithium had a similar release last summer. That means three players are getting closer to commercialization. As I keep saying, this could be the cusp of a multi-billion dollar industry for Saskatchewan. I sure hope so.

Whatever you think of electric vehicles, someone’s going to make money making those batteries. So we might as well put some of that money in our pockets in Saskatchewan.

And on that front, Ford cut a shift from its F-150 Lightning plant. I sent Ford a long list of questions about how Lightnings perform in -35 C. Let’s see if they respond. What do you think?

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