(FREE) PAINE IN THE MORNING: What you need to know this Wednesday – July 6, 2022

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Oil Billionaire Blasts Biden’s Gas-Price Blame-Game, Says Only One Thing Will Fix Inflation – New York billionaire and refiner John Catsimatidis, who owns hundreds of gas stations, blasted President Joe Biden’s pinning the blame on high prices at the pump on gas station owners, arguing there’s only one solution for inflation – boosting production of crude.

Catsimatidis made the remarks in an interview on Fox News on June 24, after being asked to comment on Biden’s call to gas station owners to “bring down the price you are charging at the pump to reflect the cost you are paying for the product.” – READ MORE

Imported Energy Crisis Sees Wood Burning Stoves, Dry Firewood Sell Out in Germany – While the German government prevaricates around its self-imposed energy crisis, citizens are taking matters into their own hands to keep themselves warm this coming winter with sales of cheap, reliable wood burners soaring in Europe.

After years of being warned from abroad — not least by U.S. President Donald Trump — against relying on a belligerent Russia for a great proportion of their domestic energy, the hammer has dropped for Germany with Russia turning off the taps of natural gas supply. – READ MORE

Hamburg Official Tells Residents Prepare For Hot Water Rationing Amid Energy Crisis – The second-largest city in Germany is mulling over the potential rationing of hot water as the energy crisis worsens.

“In an acute gas shortage, warm water could only be made available at certain times of the day in an emergency,” Hamburg’s environment senator Jens Kerstan told German newspaper Welt am Sonntag on Saturday. – READ MORE

Churches Across US Build Tiny Home Villages Amid Worsening Affordability Crisis – Churches across the US are working with homeless charities to construct tiny home communities amid one of the worst housing affordability crises ever.

AP News says churches are using spare land to build tiny home communities to accommodate the homeless. – READ MORE

Why Student Loan Relief Fixes Nothing—and Could Make Everything Worse – How much student loan debt would Americans hold in three years if President Joe Biden instituted his forgiveness plan today? The exact same amount they hold today.

The reason is simple: Forgiveness does nothing to address the structural causes of the $1.6 trillion in student debt held by the public, according to economists and education experts who spoke with the Washington Free Beacon. Canceling debt won’t stop future students from borrowing tomorrow, nor can Biden wave a wand and make college cheaper. – READ MORE

The Army Thinks Printers Cost Over $1 Million – The Army failed to properly account for tens of millions of dollars’ worth of equipment, according to the Department of Defense’s (DOD) internal watchdog.

A report released last week by the DOD Office of the Inspector General detailed the results of a recent audit of military bases in Kuwait. Specifically, the audit intended “to determine whether the Army effectively accounted for Government-furnished property (GFP).” – READ MORE

Ukraine announces $750 billion ‘recovery plan’ as Russia hones in on Donetsk –Ukraine on Monday announced a $750 billion plan to rebuild the war-torn nation and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the international community to join “the greatest contribution to the maintenance of global peace.”

Zelenskyy argued that Ukraine’s recovery was vital for not only Ukrainians but for the preservation of democracies worldwide. – READ MORE

The People Crafting US Policy Aren’t In America – In a piece of news that shocked the mainstream media, but which shocked no one familiar with the academic industry writ large, retired US Army general John Allen was forced to resign as president of the Brookings Institution after it was revealed the FBI was investigating him for lobbying on behalf of the Qatari monarchy.

Of course, the real news, scarcely noted by The Washington Post, New York Times, or any other purported paper of record, is that Allen was only really in trouble because he hadn’t fulfilled the pro forma legal requirements for those lobbying the U.S. government on behalf of a foreign agent or government. – READ MORE’

Canada’s Health Minister: “You Will Never Be Fully-Vaxxed” – Despite increasingly compelling data and peer reviewed studies coming out detailing the harms and side-effects of vaccinations, Canada’s Liberal-Socialist coalition government is doubling down on vaccinations, and appear ready move the goalposts on what constitutes vaccine compliance. – READ MORE

Norway Is Tracking What Everyone Buys, And Biden Wants To Follow Suit In The United States – A report published at the end of May by NRK, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, notes that the official statistics bureau of Norway will soon track most grocery store purchases made in the Scandinavian country, a development that should serve as a warning to Americans about the growing trend in Western nations to expand surveillance and tracking of everyday citizens.

In an article titled “Statistics Norway demands to know exactly what Norwegians buy in the grocery store,” reporter Martin Gundersen wrote that Statistics Norway has “ordered the grocery chains NorgesGruppen, Coop, Bunnpris and Rema 1000 to share all their receipt data with the statistical agency.” Gundersen further reports that Nets, a payment service provider that processes about 80 percent of all in-store payments, “has also been required to share detailed information on all transactions.” – READ MORE

The Founders Loved Jury Trials. Almost No One Gets One Anymore. – What is the Sixth Amendment?

You wouldn’t be blamed for having to consult Google to answer that question. The Founders are rolling in their graves anyway.

It’s the right to a trial by jury, and it’s one that society has all but disposed of—despite the Framers’ insistence that it be included in the Bill of Rights as one of the primary bulwarks against government tyranny. – READ MORE