(FREE) PAINE IN THE MORNING: What you need to know this Monday – January 30, 2023

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Now Receiving Tanks, Ukraine Advances Discussions to Jets, Submarines, Long-Range Missiles – Western countries agreed to supply tanks for use against the Russian invasion this week, prompting the Ukrainian government to push the envelope further, with discussions about more major military equipment advancing. – READ MORE

Now there’s a famous buyer for the billions in U.S. weapons Biden left in Afghanistan – When Joe Biden orchestrated America’s rout in Afghanistan, where he left behind hundreds of Americans and billions of dollars worth of U.S. weaponry, the Taliban took ownership.

Now a report at PJMedia documents there’s a buyer, someone who wants to acquire those guns, Humvees, even helicopters. – READ MORE

Soaring Global Arms Demand Drives Profits in Military-Industrial Sector – U.S. defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. on Thursday forecast full-year sales rising past Wall Street estimates as it leads a host of manufacturers benefiting from rising global demand for military weaponry.

Reuters reports the U.S. and its allies have been buying more arms and ammunitions and supporting Ukraine with billions of dollar in military aid after Russia invaded the country last year. – READ MORE

‘Climatarians’ Choose Diet to Fight Climate Change – A new diet for “climatarians” or “climavores” seeks to battle climate change by the types of food people eat that allegedly reduce carbon footprints.

These “climatarians” will typically avoid foods that come with plastic packaging, have been imported, or simply has a a higher “carbon footprint.” Such foods include: red meat, chocolate, avocados, sugar, and — gasp — coffee. – READ MORE

San Diego Prepares to Tax Residents by Miles Driven – San Diego County’s Regional Transportation Agency’s (SANDAG) latest transportation plan is designed to make driving so expensive that you succumb to public transportation. In addition to the current gas tax and registration fees, SANDAG’s plan adds three new half-cent sales tax increases, over 800 miles of San Diego County freeway lanes converted to toll lanes, and a mileage tax for every mile driven to pay for their $165 billion public mass transit plan.

SANDAG’s new plan refuses to build the road improvements promised in their last plan but will continue to tax us until 2048 to pay for them. – READ MORE

Despite Wholesale Gas Prices Falling, Energy Supplier Warns Consumer Prices to Double – The price of electricity and gas is likely to remain high in Europe for the foreseeable future, with one German supplier warning that prices are likely to double in the coming months rather than go down.

Ingbert Liebing, the head of the Association of Municipal Enterprises in Germany, has warned the public that gas and electricity prices are more likely to go up than down in the coming months, with his organisation expecting prices to soon double once again. – READ MORE

It’s Not Just Gas Stoves Democrats Are Coming For – Here Are Other Home Appliances on the Chopping Block – Earlier this month, Biden’s Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that it opposed gas stoves and was looking at ways to eliminate them, prompting an outcry over the coming ban. But climate scolds aren’t just looking to ban your gas stove, America. They have a long list of other appliances they want canceled, too.

On Jan. 9, the CPSC pointed out that about 35 percent of U.S. households use gas stoves, and then warned of the dangers of their use. – READ MORE

Crushed Bug “Additive” Is Now Included In Pizza, Pasta, & Cereals Across The EU –As of yesterday, a food additive made out of powdered crickets began appearing in foods from pizza, to pasta to cereals across the European Union.

Defatted house crickets are on the menu for Europeans across the continent, without the vast majority of them knowing it is now in their food. – READ MORE

And Then They Came For “The”: Associated Press Warns Use Of The Article Can Be “Dehumanizing” – The Associated Press has announced that the article “the” should be avoided in many circumstances because it is “dehumanizing.”

It warns writers to avoid saying things like “the French” as offensive. It does not seem that we can even just add an x like Latinx. – READ MORE

White House Roils Housing Industry Over New Tenant Protections – The housing industry is up in arms over new tenant protections that the Biden administration administration is preparing to roll out as soon as this month, Politico reports.

The protections, which come as rents around the country are falling, could include promoting grace periods for late rents, as well as giving renters who are facing eviction the right to legal counsel, according to advocates. – READ MORE

Government Watchdog Finds $60 Billion in Pandemic Unemployment Fraud, Suggests Maybe Doing Something About It – In the year after the COVID-19 pandemic reached the U.S., Congress passed $6 trillion in spending to address it. Of that amount, it apportioned hundreds of billions of dollars to expand unemployment benefits. As a result of the emergency situation, the benefits were particularly generous, offering some laid-off workers as much as triple the amount normally paid by unemployment insurance (U.I.).

A report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) made public this week found “substantial levels of fraud” in the program. More notably, it indicated that the government lacks a real strategy for dealing with the problem. – READ MORE

A Federal Judge Blocks California’s Ban on Medical Advice That Promotes COVID-19 ‘Misinformation’ – On Wednesday night, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against a new California law that makes physicians subject to professional discipline for sharing COVID-19 “misinformation” with their patients. U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb concluded that California’s definition of misinformation is unconstitutionally vague, failing to give doctors fair notice of which conduct the statute covers, which is a basic requirement of due process. That vagueness is especially problematic in this context, Shubb said, because it is apt to have a chilling effect on speech protected by the First Amendment.

A.B. 2098, which took effect on January 1, redefines the “unprofessional conduct” policed by state regulators to include medical advice that promotes “misinformation” about COVID-19, such as “false or misleading information regarding the nature and risks of the virus,” “its prevention and treatment,” and “the development, safety, and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines.” The law defines “misinformation” as “false information that is contradicted by contemporary scientific consensus contrary to the standard of care.” – READ MORE