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MACDONALD: “Why the Cold Winter is No Evidence against Warming”

January 16, 2026January 16, 2026 Steve MacDonald

My blushing Bride (of 32-years) and I were on our way to Market Basket (local grocery chain for the non-New England readers), and the recent week of warmer temps came up. Growing up in uppah-state New York, between Lake Ontario and the Finger Lakes, every January, there was a week of warmer weather. Every year. … Read more

MACDONALD: Tax Tyranny

September 30, 2025 Steve MacDonald

California, New York, and to some degree, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania all have state exit taxes. When you’ve had it up to here, they make sure to get another piece of you before you try to take your economic toys and find a new home. These apply to high-value sales and high earners, and … Read more

MACDONALD: As Germany Strangles Its Industry, Can The US Eat Their Lunch?

September 24, 2025 Steve MacDonald

If you wanted two more opposite sides of the industrial/engineering coin, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better match than Germany and the United States. We’re knocking down barriers, dumping red tape, and creating a long list of incentives for industry to do business from America’s shores. Employ us, we’ll make you proud. Germany, in … Read more

America’s Hidden Transformation:

July 9, 2025March 5, 2025 Matthew Rhodes

How a German Bureaucratic Model Replaced the Constitutional Republic For decades, Americans have debated whether their government has grown too large, too intrusive, or simply out of control. But what if this transformation was not an accident—but by design? What if the modern administrative state was built on an imported ideology—one that reshaped the very … Read more

Following a Once-Lively Economic Canary Into the Climate Cult’s Poisonous Coal Mine

January 13, 2025 John Klar

Germany’s once-envied efficient economy is in freefall, and the climate change cult and European Green Deal are directly to blame. State policies subsidizing EVs and other products, shutting down coal and nuclear plants, and mandating forced conversion to untested, unimplemented “renewables” resources for energy have decimated industrial efficiency. Industries and blue-collar jobs are fleeing Germany … Read more

How the Third Reich Remade German Christmas in the Nazi Image

December 25, 2024 Ryan McMaken

Revolutionary totalitarian regimes have long attempted to make Christmas disappear, or to at least make Christmas into something more to the state’s liking. The earliest example of this can found with the French revolutionaries. Shortly after the First French Republic was established in 1792, the state imposed a new calendar which established a year of … Read more

Lithium Powered Emergency Vehicle Burns Down Fire Station

October 19, 2024 Steve MacDonald

First, and more importantly, no one was injured after a fire in a fire station destroyed over 20 million Euros worth of equipment, including a dozen vehicles. The cause is known—lithium batteries connected to a charger. AN EV emergency vehicle on charge achieved thermal runaway and took out an entire fire station. Did I mention … Read more

German Court Bans Political Party From Possessing Firearms

August 12, 2024 Steve MacDonald

Stop me if you’ve heard this one. A political party opposed to mass immigration and inflationary economic policy in Germany has been cited as ineligible to possess firearms for illegal and unconstitutional activities. I know which way to go with this one. Are inflation and mass immigration constitutional? They must be. At the same time, … Read more

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“Ban Weekend Driving To Meet ‘Climate Goals'” Was Not The Dumbest Thing Said by The German Government, Last Week

April 18, 2024 Steve MacDonald

Germany, like Vermont, has some problems. They are both scrambling to meet arbitrary and unnecessary emissions targets. Stop laughing; they think this is serious. And like Vermont, Germany has unworkable laws with rules to get there from here, because the world might end if they can’t agree on how to massage or cheat them.

The Next “Pathogen with Pandemic Potential” Winner Is?

December 27, 2023December 27, 2023 Steve MacDonald

Pandemics, as it turns out, are incredible opportunities for profit. Trillions globally was dumped into the funding streams of states, local governments, and public health apparatuses – from pharma to hospitals. They are Sacred Cash Cows of the New World Order.

Diversity: Muslim Teens Beat Up Santa – Call him Fat and Tear His Red Suit

December 17, 2023 Steve MacDonald

Nothing says let’s all get along like a gang of Muslime yutes (Yooouths) beating up a guy dressed as Santa on his way to be Santa for some local kids.

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What the ‘Greenies’ Refuse to Grasp is a Gas! Gas! Gas!

July 17, 2023 Skip

For years we’ve been told that Renewables are THE answer to all the Greenie prayers (who or what they’re praying to or for remains a mystery). All we have to do is spend TRILLIONS of dollars to buy all this stuff from the Chinese, and then we’ll be all set…oh wait.

Government Decisions Have Consequence But It is Never Government People That Pay The Price

April 27, 2023 Skip

Even as they are in an energy pickle of their own making when the sun don’t shine, and the wind don’t blow “and not being able to import enough energy to stay afloat.” Tyranny by Green ideology and a complete buy-in on immiserating their ~~subjects~~ citizens.

Fake, Like the Crisis She Peddles – Watch Greta Thunberg’s Staged “Arrest” in Germany

January 19, 2023 Steve MacDonald

Donald Trump was right about the risks of Germany relying on Russia for energy, and now they need to burn a lot of coal. Muppet Greta and the other climate muppets staged a protest at a town that will be leveled because … Donald Trump was right.

German Research Team: Diesel Vehicles More Friendly to the Environment Than Electric

December 22, 2022December 22, 2022 Steve MacDonald

Angela and Company put Germany on Energy transitioning hormones, but there’s a problem. Not much wind and not enough sun. And there’s no easy way to turn back. The nation’s last three Nuclear plants are decommissioning, which leaves Deutschland in dire straits.

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Why Would Germany Dismantle a Wind Farm to Expand a Coal Mine?

October 28, 2022October 28, 2022 Steve MacDonald

Germany is losing the war on cheap energy. The headlines are everywhere. “Wind farm in Germany is being dismantled to expand coal mine.” The center-right has embraced it as a poster child for failure, and why not. What’s more iconic than pulling down useless wind machines to mine more coal?

Germany to Mandate Masking for Anyone Who Has Not Been Re-Vaxxed Every Three Months

August 18, 2022 Steve MacDonald

Germany has gone “full Germany” on the subject of mask mandates. The new Infection Protection Act requires indoor masking for the unvaccinated beginning this fall. Those who have been jabbed three or more times but not in the past three months will also need to wear masks indoors.

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Australia’s Energy Price Problems Get Worse – Will New England Get the Hint?

August 4, 2022 Steve MacDonald

While two of New Hampshire’s utilities are about to double the cost of electricity, Australia, a leader in blind devotion to the lies of green energy, saw their rates triple. According to one expert, “Australians haven’t seen a fraction of what’s coming.”

Irony Alert: Economy “Created” to Sell EVs is Making Them More Expensive to Drive than Combustion Engine Vehicles

July 15, 2022July 14, 2022 Steve MacDonald

Democrats are economic illiterates. It’s the only explanation why so many believe an economy they planned wouldn’t be a total disaster. Take energy. They made oil prices rise to make Electric Vehicles competitive before they had the grid bandwidth to charge them.

Green Party Vice Chancellor – Germany is Going to have to Burn More Coal

June 21, 2022June 20, 2022 Steve MacDonald

When Donald Trump declared before the UN Assembly that Germany would be at the mercy of Russia because of its green policies, the elites scoffed. Germany laughed. Four years later, Economy Minister Robert Habeck announced that Germany must burn coal because they can’t get enough gas from Russia.