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Washington DC, Congressman Van Drew announced that he is introducing legislation that will prohibit federal agencies from banning any gas-powered appliances or devices commonly found in residential properties.
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Trenton NJ, Senator Jim Holzapfel, Assemblymen Greg McGuckin, and Assemblyman John Catalano (all R-10) said Governor Phil Murphy is attempting to squash any dissenting viewpoints on the New Jersey State Board of Education with new nominations announced yesterday.
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Ridgewood NJ, in August the newsblog “Tap into Ridgewood (https://www.tapinto.net/towns/ridgewood/sections/government/articles/ridgewood-s-master-plan-draft-still-not-released ) attempted to create the impression that despite the the planning board start of reexamined of the master plan in 2016, and the Village of Ridgewood officially adopted its visioning process in October of 2018 ( www.visionridgewood.org ) ,multiple Ridgewood Planning Board meetings devoted to the master plan , regular Visioning emails to anyone who signs up , the Ridgewood blog posting at least 495 articles on the “Village Master Plan” , and copious discussions on affordable housing and the Valley Hospital site ,the idea that Ridgewood residents are completely unaware of the Village of Ridgewood master plan visioning process is beyond absurd .
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Ridgewood NJ, not sure why so many Wall Street economic geniuses predicted that the GDP report would show a positive number, given that inflation is running at 9%. “Stuck on Stupid” seems to be a growing pandemic.
Continue reading The “Inflation is Transitory” Crowd is Claiming We are Not in a Recession
even a broken clock is right twice a day
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Washington DC, at lest Mussini made the trains run on time and speaking of energy policy , on the website Climatedepot.com, Marc Morano has produced this chart showing energy predictions from the U.S. Department of Energy and the actual events. Over the decade from 2010-19 U.S. oil output reached double its predicted level. (Obama predicted we would soon drill for the last barrel of oil in North America.) No one in government saw the shale oil and gas revolution coming.
Continue reading Department of Energy :Always Wrong All the time
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Wall NJ, Sal Risalvato, Executive Director of the New Jersey Gasoline-Convenience-
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Ridgewood NJ, welcome to the third world , the Biden administration is promising a full investigation into the baby formula shortage, but they should start by looking in the mirror. The crisis came after Abbott Laboratories – which has 43 percent of the market – recalled formula made at its Michigan plant after complaints of bacterial infections.
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Washington DC, the Producer Price Index for final demand increased 0.5 percent in April, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This rise followed advances of 1.6 percent in March and 1.1 percent in February.
Continue reading Wholesale Inflation Surged to 11% in April as Producer Prices keep Accelerating
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Washington DC, The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.3 percent in April on a seasonally adjusted basis after rising 1.2 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 8.3 percent before seasonal adjustment. Increases in the indexes for shelter, food, airline fares, and new vehicles were the largest contributors to the seasonally adjusted all items increase.
Continue reading Inflation Continues to Race Ahead at 8.3% in largest 12-month increase since 1981
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Continue reading Virtue Signaling Newark City Council puts jobs and Small Businesses at Risk
if it cant be questioned its not science
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Ridgewood NJ, Last August, Senator Rand Paul was kicked off of YouTube’s popular platform for a week for questioning the medical value of cheap cloth masks. He is one of many commentators with serious credentials who have been suspended from media platforms for going against the COVID orthodoxy.
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Trenton NJ, after a whole summer of social unrest over police and community relations the NJ Senate Law and Public Safety Committee voted on legislation to loosen training requirements for new police officers. S4208 would allow municipal and county police departments to establish a nine-month probationary period for new officers, during which they could assume police duties without completing basic training. In response to this legislation advancing, New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP), a far left social justice group released the following statement.
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Washington DC, the Interior Department recommends taking steps to increase fees for drilling on public lands, arguing that taxpayers are currently being shortchanged. The department says that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) should carry out several policies that increase these rates. Drilling on public lands represents 7 percent of domestically produced oil and 8 percent of domestically produced natural gas.
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Ridgewood NJ, millions of jobs that will be created by all the government spending , what the press and politicos are avoiding is the jobs massive tax increases will cost the economy?
