Comments by Steven P. Rader | Eastern NC Now

Curtailing consumption of meat is a goal of totalitarian ideologue Klaus Schwab's "Great Reset". Schwab runs the globalist World Economic Forum in Davos. It is telling that Boris Johnson, Joe Biden, and Justin Trudeau all use Schwab's "Build Back Better" slogan. Maybe, if they were honest, they would use another of Schwab's Great Reset slogans - "you will own nothing and you will be happy". Other than the being happy part, that is where their train is headed. The tantrum over CO2 is a big part of Schwab's strategy It simply must be stopped.

Commented: Monday, November 1st, 2021 @ 7:23 am By: Steven P. Rader

It looks like the Medicaid expansion train may have run out of steam. The 3rd district GOP also sent out an email asking activists to call GOP legislators from eastern North Carolina to oppose this, after Rep. Kidwell spoke with the district chairman. Now, multiple eastern NC Republican state senators are telling callers they oppose expanding Medicaid and that this proposal will go nowhere. Hopefully a stake has been driven through the heart of this monster. The monster that the legislative leadership did unleash as Cooper collaborators, the Green New Deal, will hit us hard enough.

Commented: Tuesday, October 12th, 2021 @ 1:24 pm By: Steven P. Rader

After the Berger / Cooper / Moore HB951 Green New Deal, we can see that train coming down the tracks in North Carolina. The Labour Party in the state of South Australia took 16 years to move to 50% "renewable energy" there, and in doing so took the state from the cheapest residential electric rates in the world to the most expensive residential electric rates in the world. When Labour campaigned to move to 70%, the voters kicked them out of office. Berger / Cooper /Moore demands to go to 70% in eight years. That is sure to be an even more expensive and bumpy ride for electric customers.

Commented: Friday, October 8th, 2021 @ 3:11 pm By: Steven P. Rader

The virus lockdown restrictions are at the state level in Australia, and generally the Labour run states are much worse. But this particular restriction shows how it is better to use a flip phone than a smart phone. There is less government can do to track you. I knew a guy who was retired deputy commander of his country's secret police and he personally carried a flip phone because he knew professionally what they could do with a smart phone.

Commented: Friday, October 8th, 2021 @ 11:41 am By: Steven P. Rader

Biden wants to out-radical the EU on energy, and NC's Berger is even worse. When this green energy boondoggle is already failing miserably in Europe, why would any sane person want to go down that path in the US? Here is a good article on the subject:
issuesinsights.com

Commented: Tuesday, October 5th, 2021 @ 8:40 pm By: Steven P. Rader

I have obtained a copy of the Senate HB951 and read it. In some ways it is actually worse than the House bill. It is the Green New Deal of the far left and it is a total surrender of energy policy to leftwing Democrat Roy Cooper. It is absolutely mindboggling that anyone who calls himself or herself a Republican would have anything to do with it.

The immediate past president of the Czech Republic, Dr. Vaclav Klaus, has aptly termed climate alarmism as "a budding totalitarian ideology that is the greatest threat to freedom, democracy, and prosperity in the world today". That threat is right here in North Carolina right now and it is represented by HB951.

The Senate version of HB951 sets out the climate alarmist goal of 70% reduction in "carbon emissions" by 2030, just like the Thunberg-inspired EU legislation which is already wrecking havoc with electricity prices and soon availability in Europe with a lesser 50% reduction. Unlike the House version, it leaves the details up to the Cooper-appointed Utilities Commission, giving it broad new rulemaking authority. This is handing even more power to a very leftwing and power obsessed governor. While the House version at least retained some legislative control, the Senate version hands this off in its entirety to the governor.

The goal is still the premature elimination of our cheap and dependable coal fired electric plants and replacement by expensive and unreliable wind and solar. As shown by results in other countries, this leads to big rate increases and to blackouts and brownouts. This is the Green New Deal agenda.

This bill is a declaration of war by weak Republicans against President Trump's America First agenda. President Trump got us out of the absurd Paris Climate Accords mess and all of its destructive provisions. HB951 is surrendering to the same leftwing demands that Trump steadfastly opposed. It also thumbs its nose at the Platform of the North Carolina Republican Party which opposes the Green New Deal and supports using all economic sources of energy.

HB951 undermines our great Lt. Governor Mark Robinson, who by existing statute heads the state policy council on energy, and has his head much straighter on what North Carolina needs in this respect than our idiot legislators and our power drunk ideologue of a governor. Yet Robinson and his wise counsel have been totally ignored in this process. It has all been the backroom boys of special interest lobbyists and rotten political deals looking out for what is in it for them, not the consumers. Worst of all, the rate increases will be hitting right when he runs for governor.

This bill is a declaration of war by weak Republicans against electric consumers, whose rates will go way up due to it, and the dependability of their service way down. It is a declaration of war by weak Republicans against the Republican base which wants no part of the Green New Deal. The Republican base needs to gear up and fight back against these Vichy Republican sellouts. We need to decide that any Vichy Republican who votes for HB951 is completely unacceptable as our legislator going forward and we need to identify primary challengers and help them defeat any Vichy Republicans who vote for this far left sellout bill. But the votes have not yet been cast. Lets hope that most of them come to their senses and vote to stop this Green New Deal travesty.

Who does HB951 side with? Roy Cooper, Al Gore, Joe Biden, Alexandria Occasio-Cortez, George Soros, Klaus Schwab and his totalitarian "Great Reset", Greta Thunberg, and lots of similar lefties. What genuine Republican wants to put himself or herself in their company?

We also need to forgive some of our conservative House members who got suckered the first time around. The key vote that we need to look to is the one on this Senate version. If not stopped by common sense Republicans in the Senate, it will be up to the House.

Lets not have weak Republicans give Joe Biden and Roy Cooper a big ideological win.

Commented: Sunday, October 3rd, 2021 @ 8:21 am By: Steven P. Rader

Another encouraging sign in Virginia is that slightly more Republicans are early voting than Democrats. Traditionally, Republicans vote on election day and Democrats in early voting. In 2020, Democrats won early voting by 30 points over Republicans, for example. freebeacon.com

Commented: Tuesday, September 28th, 2021 @ 8:14 pm By: Steven P. Rader

The respected Cook Political Report just rated the Virginia Governor's race a dead heat.

Commented: Friday, September 24th, 2021 @ 6:39 pm By: Steven P. Rader

Looking at the polls and the dynamics of the German election, it appears that the CDU will end up the kingmaker, as to whether a rightward coalition is formed or one to the left, even with a reduced delegation in the Bundestag. As it did after the last election, their Bavarian sister party, the CSU, which is considerably more conservative is likely to operate on its own in coalition making and will side the the parties of the right. A FDP, AfD, CSU combination is likely to fall short of a majority, but the CDU would put them over the line. Similarly a SDP, Green, Left coalition would be short of a majority but the CDU would put them over the line. Being the odd sister in a SDP led coalition that includes the ex-communists is not likely to appeal to the CDU rank and file and could destroy the party. Merkel's strong opposition to working with the populist / nationalist anti-immigration AfD may well not be a factor with Merkel out of leadership. Her dogmatism on that issue made it impossible to form coalitions of the right while she was chancellor. After the election in one east German state, the local CDU joined a coalition with the FDP and AfD that was led by the FDP, but that coaltion lasted only a few days as Merkel put heavy pressure on the local party to withdraw its support. Merkel had no problem working with the Greens, who are farther to the left than the AfD is to the right. The departure of Merkel will be a breath of fresh air for German politics.

Commented: Saturday, September 11th, 2021 @ 3:16 am By: Steven P. Rader

It has now gotten worse on the "independent" redistricting commission in Michigan. Another self identified "independent" redistricting commissioner, the second out of five, has been revealed as really a far left Democrat who has a record of political contributions to the left wing of the Democrat Party and as a speaker to left wing Democrat organizations. The Democrats have thrown in ringers, just as they did on the sole "independent" tie-breaker on the Arizona redistricting commission ten years ago. That should have been expected. The organization that ran the initiative and referendum campaign to set up this redistricting commission was heavily funded by national Democrats.
freebeacon.com

Commented: Wednesday, September 8th, 2021 @ 1:23 pm By: Steven P. Rader

Based on current polling, the Canadian election is likely to produce a dynamic that shifts power from the central government to the provincial governments. If the numbers in this poll continue through election day, it will produce a parliament with the Conservatives as the largest party, but without a majority. If the trend line continues, then Conservatives may have a small majority. They are going to need allies, and the place to get them are the separatist parties, both of which have fortunately mellowed and now prefer staying in Canada but with a lot of national power devolved down to the provinces. The current generation of Quebec nationalist leaders no longer push independence but instead more provincial autonomy within Canada, and they have moved to the right on quite a few issues, talking like conservatives on taxes, spending, and immigration, as well as some social issues. Moreover, their main rivals within Quebec just happen to be the Liberals. At the same time the Wexit (western exit) party has mellowed in becoming the Maverick Party, with their first choice being the same as the Quebecois, greater provincial autonomy within Canada. The Maverick Party draws from the same voter base as the Conservatives which makes things a bit more tricky. However, the Conservative Prime Minister of Alberta, the Maverick Party's strongest turf, has been an extremely outspoken proponent of much greater provincial autonomy since the very early days of the Wexit movement, so there is a good policy fit between the parties. A Conservative government could make important friends and allies by championing transfer of power from the federal to the provincial level.

Commented: Tuesday, August 31st, 2021 @ 6:06 pm By: Steven P. Rader

Here is another of Morrison's anti-lockdown protest songs, "Born to be Free"
www.youtube.com

Commented: Monday, August 30th, 2021 @ 6:57 am By: Steven P. Rader

Van Morrison, formerly of The Doors, has released 3 anti-lockdown songs individually, and one in collaboration with Eric Clapton. His best one is "No more lockdowns", which can be found here: www.youtube.com

Commented: Saturday, August 28th, 2021 @ 6:53 pm By: Steven P. Rader

What Mitch McConnell did in the Alabama special election for US Senate in 2017 is more evidence of why he needs to be put out to pasture as GOP leader. There were three major GOP primary candidates, Luther Strange, who had been Attorney General, who was appointed Senator by the scandal tainted Gov. Robert Bentley; conservative Congressman Mo Brooks, a member of the House Freedom Caucus; and Christian conservative former State Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore. Strange was the establishment candidate and Mitch McConnell's choice. Strange's appointment was tainted by scandal because as AG, he had backed off on an investigation of Bentley's scandals, and Bentley rewarded him with the Senate appointment. In the polling, Brooks started in third place, but as he got better known in other congressional districts his numbers kept rising while those of Moore, and especially Strange kept going down. It was clear that the trendlines showed that the runoff would be between Moore and Brooks, with the Strange voters heavily favoring Brooks over Moore in a runoff, which should have made Brooks the nominee. McConnell had other plans. He deployed millions of dollars of national GOP money in an ad campaign viciously attacking Mo Brooks, stalling Brooks in third place. In the runoff, angry Brooks voters swarmed to support Moore who won the runoff. Thanks to poor handling of a media driven smear campaign and McConnell's refusal to support Moore, Democrat Doug Jones narrowly won the seat. Mo Brooks, on the other hand would have been a slam dunk to win the seat for the GOP. McConnell's meddling was what was responsible for Moore being the nominee, and he got in a snit and helped the Democrats win the seat over Moore when his guy lost the primary. What did McConnell expect Brooks voters to do after McConnell's meddling with attack ads against Brooks? They were highly motivated to oppose McConnell's guy in the runoff, and that is exactly what they did.

Commented: Tuesday, August 10th, 2021 @ 6:23 pm By: Steven P. Rader

I have an article published today at First in Freedom Daily debunking McCrory's claim of electability. It is at firstinfreedomdaily.com

Commented: Friday, July 30th, 2021 @ 1:18 pm By: Steven P. Rader

I have read H 951, and it is indeed bad. I understand that some conservative House members believe it can be fixed in the Senate, but I wonder if that will happen. Prematurely closing functional coal fired power plants for political "virtue signaling" to the left makes no sense and will only cost ratepayers and probably taxpayers money they should not have to be paying. Gas fired plants are a reasonable replacement when those coal plants reach the end of their useful life, but not before. The "energy storage" nonsense is a pipe dream that has never worked anywhere, and North Carolina is supposed to depend on THAT to replace working coal fired plants? Even globalist oligarch Bill Gates has openly admitted that energy storage simply does not work. There is nothing in the bill to guard against the hazardous substances involved with both solar and wind energy production or to require bonds for site cleanup afterward. This is a special interest bill concocted by special interest lobbyists that is very much against the interests of the citizens of the state. This bill even leaves intact the outrageous exemption from county property taxes for the wealthy big corporations that own wind and solar facilities. Why should the average Joe county taxpayer subsidize these wealthy corporations?

Commented: Saturday, July 24th, 2021 @ 7:51 am By: Steven P. Rader

Alaskan GOP contributors are flocking to conservative challenger Kelly Tshibaka over incumbent Lisa Murkowski, too. In the just filed quarterly campaign reports, Tshibaka raised $266,000 from Alaskans compared to $63,000 for Murkowski. Among small donors, it was $244,000 for Tshibaka and $29,000 for Murkowski. Of course, the special interests in Washington, DC are the ones backing Murkowski, not the folks back home in Alaska.

Commented: Saturday, July 17th, 2021 @ 10:47 am By: Steven P. Rader