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It's for an uninsulated hunting cabin with a hot water heater, indoor plumbing, etc. I was thinking one for the kitchen and one for the hot water heater. But I'm getting the impression they all shut off after a few hours. I need them to stay on all the time during extreme cold. To backup the propane heaters. thanx

It’s been hilarious watching the left have a meltdown about Elon Musk taking over Twitter and bringing in a lot of changes. One of the things that he seems intent on doing is making the company a more viable and efficient workplace. I wrote last month about how it was more like a spa at the headquarters than a work environment, where people could work remotely if they chose to but if they came in they had meditation rooms, yoga areas, free food, and red wine on tap. ... That’s likely one of the reasons that the company wasn’t making...

Lamenting the reality the Senate will remain in Democrats' control for the next two years, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is calling for an overhaul of the establishment Republican Party in Washington, D.C. "The old party is dead," Hawley tweeted Saturday night. "Time to bury it. Build something new." Hawley was reacting to the news Republican Adam Laxalt's votes have been overtaken by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., clinching the Senate majority for Democrats. "Washington Republicanism lost big Tuesday night," Hawley tweeted earlier this week. "When your 'agenda' is to cave to Big Pharma on insulin, cave to Schumer on gun...

In this post and its links, you can see footage of a man being punched by a police officer on the steps of Victoria's State Parliament until the man subdued the police officer with a headlock. Then another police officer comes in and assaults angry protestors with pepper spray. I believe that the violence was initiated by police. I think the primary problem here is corrupt leadership in both government and the police force and inexperience and lack of emotional control at times by a few protestors and a few police. But losing control in protesting is a right which...

Writing in The Atlantic on October 31, Brown University economist Emily Oster penned a pre-emptive plea for amnesty for Covid-policy hardliners. Why? Because they were all well-intentioned and their pronouncements rested on benign ignorance. Judging by the numerous responses in print and social media and online commentary, the viral article lit the fuse on widespread, simmering but still raw anger. To many it suggests the lockdown zealots are incapable of introspection, of accepting culpability. Instead, they just want to move on to the next excuse to unleash blanket authoritarian control all over again. Jessica Hockett has coined the word “Osterism”...

As FTX Digital Markets (FDM) chief Sam Bankman-Fried rang out a mea culpa chorus peppered with expletives to his followers, clients and investors through Twitter yesterday, the Securities Commission of The Bahamas (SCB) froze his company’s assets and appointed a provisional liquidator for the embattled FTX now making international headlines. The SCB released a statement late yesterday explaining that it became aware of public statements suggesting that the Bahamas-headquartered FTX mishandled client assets and “mismanaged and/or transferred (assets) to Alameda Research”, which is FTX’s supposed “sister” company in the United States. It said any of those actions would have been...

FTX is a cryptocurrency exchange built by traders, for traders. FTX offers innovative products including industry-first derivatives, options, volatility products and leveraged tokens. It strives to develop a platform robust enough for professional trading firms and intuitive enough for first-time users.

Earlier this month, former President Trump said that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) should be impeached if he backs a plan for the debt ceiling to be eliminated over fears that House Republicans could cause the U.S. to default on the nation’s credit. When asked by conservative radio host John Fredericks about chatter surrounding the possibility of Congress effectively eliminating the debt limit, the former president lambasted the idea. On Sunday, following the Democrat’s win and maintaining Senate control, Trump went on the attack. “It’s Mitch McConnell’s fault. Spending money to defeat great Republican candidates instead of backing Blake...

All Is Well!You might remember that phrase as being yelled by Chip Diller of "Animal House" as utter chaos erupted around him. Well, the media critic Bill Goodykoontz of the Arizona Republic also sounds like Diller with his assurances that all is well with the very very slow vote count in Arizona while declaring the long delay is perfectly normal on Saturday in "No, national media, vote counting in Arizona isn't 'messy,' no matter what Kari Lake says." While assuring that a long delay in the vote count is quite normal, Goodykoontz also expresses frustration over why anyone would be...

Lara Trump issued a dark warning to Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis saying it would be “nicer” for him to stay out of the 2024 race for the GOP presidential nomination. The daughter-in-law of former President Donald Trump appeared on Sky News Australia to boost his prospective candidacy that’s expected to be announced on Tuesday. The announcement appears to be set to go ahead despite Mr Trump being urged by allies to delay his campaign start until after the Georgia Senate runoff on 6 December. “I think he's a smart enough guy to know that it would be great to...

Republicans on Sunday picked up one of several seats that they’ll need to secure in order to gain a majority in the House of Representatives, which is still not guaranteed five days after the midterm elections were held. Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer bested Democrat Jamie McLeod-Skinner to take the House seat in Oregon’s 5th District. The win gave Republicans 212 seats in the House, still short of a minimum majority of 218 with 19 races that have not been called yet. But Republicans are not home free, and still must win most of the races where they’re leading in order to...

Obama will focus on the challenges of polarization, climate change, capitalism and disinformation. Mediaite reported:

President Donald Trump was the only president who “understood truths” and had the “best interests” of the American people and American dream in mind, according to Academy Award-winning actor Jon Voight, who claimed only Trump could “stop this swamp, this deceit and injustice,” as he called on viewers to “pray” for the former president to “return to the presidency.”The two-minute clip posted on Sunday and titled “Wake up America,” begins with the Hollywood legend declaring it his “great honor” to say “God bless America.” Wake up America pic.twitter.com/k0RiXEyrwN— Jon Voight (@jonvoight) November 13, 2022He calls for a “healing” for the...

The regulations that the Biden administration issued during the first two years of Biden’s presidency have cost the economy an estimated $309 billion, 50% more expensive than the first two years of the Obama administration, and about eight times as much as the rules Trump released in all four years of his presidency.The American Action Forum (AAF) examined the impact of Biden’s 450 new federal regulations, finding that they have also generated compliance costs of about 197 million hours in new paperwork throughout the country.While Biden’s rules have generated massive regulatory burdens on businesses and taxpayers, the Trump administration imposed...

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) recently penned an op/ed for the Daily Caller where he makes an eloquent case for why Donald Trump must be the Republican presidential nominee in 2024.“I can rattle you off statistics about how much better America was two years ago. Gas prices were roughly half of what they are now. There was about a third less fentanyl crossing the border. We were also not on the brink of nuclear war with Russia,” Gaetz said.“You know how much better life was under President Donald Trump than Biden, you don’t need me to tell you that. It’s time...

According to a recent poll, reports of President Donald Trump’s demise as GOP figurehead may be highly exaggerated. The new poll from Premise Data shows that Trump leads with 65 percent of support from the field, with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis with only 15 percent of support. No other probable contender gets over 7 percent. The poll results can be seen here: 2024 National Republican Primary: Trump 65% (+50) DeSantis 15% Pence 7% Cheney 3% Cruz 3% Haley 1% T. Scott 1% Big League Politics has reported on RINOs coming out of the woodwork to declare Trump as dead and...

Mary Miller claimed victory Tuesday in Illinois’ 15th Congressional District. The Associated Press called the race for Miller. With 94% of precincts reporting, she led with 71.4% of the vote. Once-touted Englewood Whole Foods closes as shoppers mourn the health-focused grocer Trump-endorsed freshman Republican Miller battled Democrat Paul Lange of Mendon, a little-known candidate with a meager war chest. The newly redrawn 15th Congressional District covers 35 counties in central and Southern Illinois. In a rare incumbent versus incumbent race, Miller of Oakland defeated five-term Rep. Rodney Davis of Taylorville in the June primary. Born in Oak Park and raised...

Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) clashed with billionaire Elon Musk in an online exchange Sunday, telling the world’s richest man to “fix your companies or Congress will” after Musk mocked the senator’s complaints about Twitter. On Friday, Markey sent a letter to Musk asking for more information about how accounts on Twitter are being verified and accusing the social media company’s new owner of allowing the spread of disinformation and “putting profits over people.”

Today we react to a Dr Phil clip discussing cancelled words and phrases.

Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of the collapsing cryptocurrency company FTX, along with two others associated with the company, director of engineering Nishad Singh and co-founder Gary Wang, are "under supervision" in the Bahamas after the trio reportedly were planning on fleeing to Dubai. According to Cointelegraph, "Right now three of them, Sam, Gary, and Nishad are under supervision in the Bahamas, which means it will be hard for them to leave."