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US challenges Mexico energy policies, files request for dispute settlement

US companies continue to receive ‘unfair treatment,’ says trade representative

 

by Mexico News Daily

 

The United States has challenged energy sector policies in Mexico that favor the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) and the state oil company Pemex at the expense of U.S. firms in violation of the North American free trade agreement.

The U.S. Trade Representative on Wednesday requested dispute settlement consultations with Mexico under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

“We have repeatedly expressed serious concerns about a series of changes in Mexico’s energy policies and their consistency with Mexico’s commitments under the USMCA,” said Ambassador Katherine Tai.  “These policy changes impact U.S. economic interests in multiple sectors and disincentivize investment by clean-energy suppliers and by companies that seek to purchase clean, reliable energy.

“We have tried to work constructively with the Mexican government to address these concerns, but, unfortunately, U.S. companies continue to face unfair treatment in Mexico.  We will seek to work with the Mexican government through these consultations to resolve these concerns to advance North American competitiveness.”

Determined to “rescue” the CFE and Pemex from what President López Obrador describes as years of neglect and mismanagement by past governments, the federal government has changed or sought to change a range of energy sector laws.

One controversial law – the Electricity Industry Law (LIE) – gives power generated by the CFE priority on the national grid over that produced by private and renewable energy companies. The law was passed by Congress in March 2021 and upheld by the Supreme Court in April.

In a letter sent to Mexican Economy Minister Tatiana Clouthier earlier this year, the trade official said that Mexico’s energy policies placed over US $10 billion in U.S. investment in Mexico at great risk.

The USTR also accused Mexico of “delays, denials, and revocations” of permits that affect U.S. companies’ capacity to operate in Mexico’s energy sector. United States officials, including Ambassador Ken Salazar, have already spoken out about the problems U.S. companies are having to secure the permits they need to operate without encumbrance in Mexico.

The USTR noted that USMCA rules stipulate that the request for dispute settlement consultations must be acted on within 30 days unless the two parties decide otherwise. If the United States’ concerns are not resolved within 75 days of its request, the U.S. may seek the establishment of a dispute panel.

The U.S. request comes the week after President López Obrador met with U.S. President Joe Biden in the White House. A joint statement highlighted the two countries’ “broad and deep cooperation” and recognition of “the importance of investing in and promoting renewable sources of energy.”

López Obrador has dismissed suggestions that the United States is concerned about Mexico’s energy policies, insisting that U.S. and Canadian energy interests are “very satisfied, very pleased. There is no problem.”

At Wednesday morning’s press conference, the president played down the U.S. move and declared that nothing would come of the challenge, which he mocked by playing a popular song called Oh, How Scary.

The Mexican government could argue that its energy sector policies are not deterring investment, given that U.S. companies have committed to invest $40 billion here over the next two years. López Obrador cited that figure at the U.S.-Mexico CEO Dialogue in Washington last Wednesday and said last month that 17 U.S. energy companies had committed to invest in solar and wind projects in Mexico.

The president – a fierce critic of the 2014 energy reform that opened up the sector to private and foreign companies – says that his energy sector policies will keep costs down and make Mexico more self-sufficient.

Critics argue that electricity prices will actually go up while investor confidence is undermined and Mexico’s clean energy commitments are violated.

Although the United States government is unhappy with the way the energy sector has changed since López Obrador took office, the situation, from its perspective, could be even worse.

The U.S. was a vocal critic of a constitutional bill that would have overhauled the electricity market to favor the state-owned CFE and thus limited the participation of private and foreign energy companies, but it failed to attract the two-thirds support it needed to pass the lower house of Congress.

 

In other energy news in Mexico:

 

60 tankers carrying gasoline held up by lack of storage

The ships waiting are holding an amount equal to 60 percent of Mexico’s monthly demand

 

Over 60 ships carrying an estimated 18 million barrels of fuel are currently waiting at sea off the Mexican coast as they are unable to unload due to a lack of storage space, according to a Bloomberg report.

Citing people familiar with the situation, the news agency reported Monday that the majority of the ships are transporting gasoline and diesel imported by Pemex, the state oil company. The vast majority of fuel Mexico imports comes from the United States.

It isn’t clear where off the coast of Mexico these waiting ships are located, or if they’re all located in the same area. However, the ship tracking site Marine Traffic’s live map currently shows the highest agglomeration of tanker ships off the coast of Mexico in the Gulf of Mexico, near the ports of Tuxpan and Coatzacoalcos — both in Veracruz — and also at the port of Tampico, Tamaulipas. All three ports are major receivers of gasoline imports.

The Bloomberg sources said that Pemex is covering the bulk of some US $2.4 million per day in delay fees charged by the ships. The tankers impose penalties of approximately $40,000 each for every day they are held up.

One source told Bloomberg that the current backlog is three times higher than normal. The news agency said “the congestion at sea is the result of several compounding factors in addition to a lack of available storage.”

Pemex has recently increased its fuel purchases in order to meet higher demand as the pandemic eases (even though Mexico is facing a worsening fifth wave) and to stock up before the worst of the hurricane season, Bloomberg said. The state oil company’s trading unit, PMI, and other fuel importers are making use of government subsidies to cheapen imports, it noted. The news agency also observed that increased imports are required because Mexico’s six refineries are operating at less than 50 percent capacity amid maintenance.

Pemex imported more fuel in June than any other month this year, with a total of approximately 888,000 barrels brought into the country. Gasoline purchases increased 17 percent compared to May while diesel imports were up 34 percent.

Felipe Pérez, a downstream director at financial information company S&P Global in Los Angeles, said it made sense for Pemex to “err on the side of caution to secure supplies because if a hurricane strikes the Gulf of Mexico, they could be in real trouble.” Mexico News Daily

9th Annual Latino Conservation Week kicks off today

by Suzanne Potter

 

This week is a great chance to enjoy the great outdoors – with more than fifty free events, up and down the state of California, as part of Latino Conservation Week.

People can go paddle boarding, hiking, take nature walks, attend film screenings and more.

Juan Rosas is a conservation program associate with the Hispanic Access Foundation – which organizes the event with the help of dozens of community, non-profit, faith-based, and government organizations and agencies.

He said the program dispels the misconception that Latinos don’t care about the outdoors.

“A lot of the Latino community do live in nature-deprived areas,” said Rosas. “So, to be able to take them hiking and fishing, camping – have virtual events, webinars, educational resources that they can firsthand experience – is the goal of Latino Conservation Week.”

An event on Saturday, July 23 will promote the proposed Western Riverside County National Wildlife Refuge.

Rep. Ken Calvert – R-Corona – and Rep. Mark Takano – D-Riverside – recently reintroduced a bill in Congress to officially create the new urban refuge. They say the idea is to improve access to nature for millions of people living in Southern California.

Find out more about all the events online at ‘LatinoConservationWeek.com.’

This year’s event slogan is “Disfrutando y Conservando Nuestra Tierra,”which mean

“Enjoying and Conserving Our Land.” According to Rosas, this annual event has really caught on, growing significantly over the years.

“It started in 2014 with nine events,” said Rosas. “And this year, in year nine, it looks like we’re just nearing 200 events that are going on, all around the United States. So, we’re so excited.”

Many of the events touch on environmental justice themes, since so many Latinos in California labor in manufacturing and agriculture – industries that often pollute the air and water in nearby communities.

Educators Speak Out on Ballot Measure to Fund Art, Music in CA Schools

A new ballot measure to support arts education will go before California voters in November. Proposition 28 would require that 1 percent of school funding go toward arts and music education. The measure does not provide new money, but rather directs districts to prioritize existing funds.

“Just as math teaches them two plus two and how to get along in life and how to balance their checkbook, the arts teach them how to have empathy, how to be better people, how to have confidence and interact,” said Richard De Haven, president of Children’s Playtime Productions in Palm Desert, which has offered in-school and after-school children’s theater programs for 27 years. “Confidence is a huge one.”

Opponents favor a focus on reading, writing and math and have said the measure would limit school districts’ flexibility, especially in tough economic times. Prop 28 would apply to all K-through-12 public schools, including charter schools. It would concentrate more funding in low-income schools. It would not raise taxes but would direct about $800 million to $1 billion a year in existing funds toward the arts.

De Haven said he’s seen arts education improve test scores, reduce bullying and encourage further academic pursuits.

“We’ve noticed that the kids who are exposed to the arts do much better in school, and tend to go to college more often than those who are not exposed to the arts,” he said.

Under Prop 28, schools with more than 500 students would have to spend 80 percent of their arts budget on staff and 20 percent on supplies and training. The group Californians for Arts and Music Education in Public Schools, which is campaigning for the measure, estimates that 90 percent of elementary schools, 96 percent of middle schools and 72 percent of high schools in the Golden State fail to provide a high-quality course of arts education.

 

Opening statements in Appeal to Protect DACA       

7.6.22 – The fate of more than 600,000 so-called “dreamers” hangs in the balance as opening statements in a case that could make or break the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

The Justice Department is appealing a decision last summer that declared DACA illegal. Now the three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit in New Orleans will decide whether to uphold or reject that summary judgment or order a full trial.

Attorney Nina Perales. vice president for litigation at the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund, said the state of Texas, which sued to block DACA, should not have standing to sue because it cannot prove the state has been harmed.

“Texas has not been able to point to any employers that Texas says hired a DACA recipient instead of a U.S. citizen,” she said. “Texas was never able to identify a dollar of state money that went to a DACA recipient.”

The state of Texas has argued that DACA takes jobs away from legal U.S. residents, and that it costs the state money in the form of social services.

Gaby Pacheco, an advocate with TheDream.US, said the average age of arrival for DACA participants is seven, and most have lived in the United States for more than 20 years.

“Ninety-nine percent of them have graduated from high school,” she said. “More than 90 percent of them are recipients that are working including more than 340,000 workers deemed essential, including nurses, educators and those who kept food on our tables during the pandemic.”

Current DACA participants now are allowed to stay and renew their work permits, but no new applications are being processed. Congress has been unable to forge a consensus on immigration reform or a path to citizenship for dreamers. Perales noted that the Biden administration is expected to release a new regulation related to DACA, possibly in August.

Some seniors and disabled people will miss out on new California state payments

by Grace Gedye

 

July 11, 2022 – Some 23 million Californians’ bank accounts will get a boost of $200 to $1,050, thanks to a new round of payments approved by state lawmakers.

But the payments, aimed at mitigating higher prices for gas and other goods, will leave out lots of low-income Californians. Among those passed over are some seniors, many living on disability benefits, and some of the lowest-income adults.

That’s because the direct deposits and debit cards — expected to begin arriving in late October and conclude in January 2023 — will be sent out based on tax returns.

About 3 million Californians are in families that earn little enough that they aren’t required to file taxes, according to research by Public Policy Institute of California for its 2019 California Poverty Measure. The poverty rate among people who live in families that don’t need to file taxes is 60%, the institute estimates. Neither the state Department of Finance nor the Franchise Tax Board, which is responsible for collecting state personal income tax in California, knew exactly how many Californians will be left out of the rebate.

Tying the payments to taxes feels like a Catch–22 to Kerry Weber, a retiree in San Diego. He and his wife live on Social Security retirement benefits, a “tiny” pension and some veterans disability benefits. That adds up to “lots less” for the two of them, he says, than a joint income of roughly $51,000 above which they’d have to pay taxes — so they don’t file.

But Weber has felt inflation squeeze his fixed income. Higher gas prices have made road trips to San Francisco and Tahoe to visit his children pricier, and the lumber he bought to build a table for his granddaughter is now much more expensive.

“They’re saying: ‘Look pal, you don’t make enough money that you and your wife have to file an income tax,’” said Weber. “‘That’s great, I agree with you 100%,’ ‘Oh, by the way, you don’t get any stimulus,’” said Weber. “‘What?’”

Why is this happening?

The Legislature wanted to create a program to send payments to people who don’t file taxes and aren’t enrolled in safety net programs that received a boost in the budget. But after negotiations with the Newsom administration, that proposal didn’t make it into the final budget.

H.D. Palmer, spokesperson for the Department of Finance, said that he couldn’t offer specifics on why the proposal didn’t make it into the final budget, but that proposals from both sides didn’t make it into the compromise.

Representatives for Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon said nobody could figure out how to administer such payments.

“Ultimately, the configuration of the rebate was subject to three-party negotiations as part of the final budget, and there were concerns that there wasn’t an efficient and secure way of accomplishing a grant program to non-tax filers,” said a statement from the office of Atkins, a San Diego Democrat.

The Legislature “really wanted to get help to these people, but … we were not able to do it logistically,” said a spokesperson for Rendon, a South Gate Democrat.

Who’s in and who’s out?

The payments will go out to Californians who filed 2020 tax returns by October 2021, according to the Franchise Tax Board, which has a tool for calculating how much you are eligible to receive based on how much you earn and other factors.

But in California, people earning less than $19,310 who don’t have a child or someone else depending on them — one of many different gross income thresholds — aren’t required to file income taxes. The state also doesn’t count Social Security retirement or disability benefits as taxable income, meaning people who receive those benefits aren’t required to pay taxes, so long as they have minimal other income.

Lawmakers tried to aid some low-earners who may not file taxes by increasing payments for people receiving CalWorks benefits, a program for needy families. They also increased benefits for people who receive Supplemental Security Income — a state-supplemented version of social security benefits for senior or disabled people who would otherwise not qualify for, or have extremely small social security payments.

The boosts for people in those two programs are good, said Trinh Phan, a senior staff attorney focused on economic security at Justice in Aging, which advocates for low-income older adults. But, she said, the budget package still leaves out some people who are very low-income.

For example, someone getting by just on Social Security Disability Insurance could miss out on this rebate and the boosts to CalWorks and Supplemental Security Income: They might earn little enough that they don’t have to file taxes, but if they don’t have kids they likely won’t qualify for CalWorks. And, if their disability benefits pay more than $1060.21 per month, they wouldn’t qualify for Supplemental Security Income either, said Phan.

About a quarter of Americans over 65 live in households where 90% of the family income is Social Security, according to the Social Security Administration. The average retired worker benefit in California is about $1,500 per month, or $18,000 per year.  The average SSDI benefit is about $1,300 per month, or $15,600 per year.

Some low-income Californians won’t receive the rebate, Department of Finance spokesperson H.D. Palmer said. But he pointed out that many people who aren’t required to file taxes still choose to do so, sometimes to receive other benefits distributed through the system. In 2020, an additional 500,000 low-income tax returns were filed in California, Palmer said in a statement, “presumably to qualify for a Golden State Stimulus payment or perhaps even a federal relief payment.” Palmer also pointed to other forms of financial assistance in the budget, such as $1.4 billion in aid for people with unpaid utility bills.

Still, some aren’t impressed.

“This sucks,” said Brooke Hamlin, an 81 year-old who lives off of Social Security retirement benefits in San Rafael. She said she gets by on less than $20,000 per year, padded out with food stamps and Meals on Wheels. “It’s arranged so that the poorest, neediest people don’t get it,” Hamlin said.

Hard to reach

People who don’t pay taxes and aren’t in a benefits program run by California are hard for the state to reach quickly with aid. Social security benefits are administered by the federal government, and the state doesn’t have data on recipients, said Jesse Rothstein, a professor of public policy and economics at University of California, Berkeley, and faculty director of the California Policy Lab.

“It’s obviously not great that we’re missing people, and many of them are some of the most vulnerable people in the economy,” said Rothstein. But, he said, “It’s not as if there’s a mechanism available that reaches everybody.” Given a set of imperfect options, using the tax system was the best choice, Rothstein said.

It’s also the choice lawmakers made when distributing two rounds of Golden State Stimulus payments in 2021. After that move, they faced criticism from disability advocates, and seniors who were left out.

“To see that they have done it again this year is just further proof that nobody’s paying attention to people who need the most help,” said Charis Hill, a disability advocate who lives in Sacramento.

California’s government doesn’t know much about the people who don’t file taxes. The Franchise Tax Board doesn’t track the number of residents who aren’t required to file taxes, or what share of those people live in poverty, according to statements in response to CalMatters’ questions. A spokesperson for the board said that no state agencies appear to track that information.

The difficulty of reaching people with this payment exposes a weakness in the state’s system “that needs to be addressed on a longer-term basis,” said Chris Hoene, executive director of the California Budget and Policy Center, which advocates for targeting aid to lower-income people. Part of the solution would be better data sharing between the federal government and the states, he said.

But, given the options policymakers were considering — including giving money to car owners, as Gov. Newsom proposed, and cutting the gas tax — he thinks the payments based on income are a good outcome.

Weber, the San Diego retiree who missed out on both Golden State Stimulus payments and also won’t receive the rebate this year, is frustrated.

“I feel like I’m shoveling doo-doo against the tide here,” he said.

Grace covers California’s economy for CalMatters. Previously, she was an editor at the Washington Monthly. She is a graduate of Pomona College.

NOTICE OF ELECTION CITY OF MILLBRAE 2022

NOTICE OF ELECTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a General Municipal Election will be held in the City of Millbrae on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, for the following municipal officers:
Two (2) City Council members to represent Council Districts Two and Four, each serving a four (4) year term.
The polls will be open between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
/s/ Elaine Tran
City Secretary
City of Millbrae, California
DATE: July 5, 2022
7/15/22
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NOTICE OF ELECTION CITY OF PACIFICA 2022

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2022
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a General Municipal Election will be held in the City of Pacifica on Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at which election the following Positions and Measures will be held:
THE POSITIONS ON THE CITY COUNCIL TO BE VOTED ON
For one (1) District 2 City Council member for a full four-year term expiring in November 2026; Y
For one (1) District 3 City Council member for a full four-year term expiring in November 2026; Y
For one (1) District 5 City Council member for a full four-year term expiring in November 2026.
MEASURES TO BE VOTED ON
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following measures will be voted on at the General Municipal Election in the City of Pacifica on Tuesday, November 8, 2022:
Advisory vote on the ban on safe and healthy fireworks:
Shall the City of Pacifica amend its municipal code to prohibit the ignition, use, discharge, or sale of all State-approved “Safe and Sane” fireworks in the City of Pacifica?
YES
NO
Enactment of the City of Pacifica Sales (Transactions and Use) Tax:
Shall the measure establishing a 1/2¢ sales tax be adopted for general government use to maintain vital City of Pacifica services such as police, fire, 9-1-1 emergency medical response? ; keep pollution/litter off beaches; attract/retain jobs/businesses; street paving; maintenance of storm drains to prevent flooding; prevent coastal erosion and generate approximately $2.6 million annually for 9 years, with regular financial audits, independent citizen oversight, and a requirement that funds be used locally?
YES
NO
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the nomination filing period begins on Monday, July 18, 2022 at 8:30 a.m.;
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that on Friday, August 12, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. is set as the final date for filing nomination papers;
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that candidates must make an appointment to obtain and file nomination papers with the Office of the City Clerk of the City of Pacifica by contacting the City Clerk by phone at 650-738-7307 or by email at scoffey @pacifica.gov; Y
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the polls will be open between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. from November 8, 2022.
Please contact the City Clerk’s Office with any questions about this notice by phone at 650-738-7307 or by email at scoffey@pacifica.gov.
/s/ Sarah Coffey, City Clerk, City of Pacifica
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Federico Villa dies, famous for the song “Caminos de Michoacán”

The pandemic confined him to his home for the last few years, finding on YouTube the best way to keep in touch with his audience. He died at the age of 84

 

Shared from/by México Desconocido

 

Federico Villa, the man who made the song Caminos de Michoacán famous, died on July 13, 2022 at the age of 84, for reasons unknown until now.

Until now, the governments of Michoacán and Zamora, the latter the municipality of origin of the singer, have expressed condolences on their networks for the death of the artist, however, they are expected to do so in the next few hours.

This is because thanks to Federico Villa, Mexicans and foreigners learned of the existence of Michoacán regions such as La Piedad, La Huacana, Nueva Italia, Sahuayo, Ciudad Hidalgo, Zitácuaro, Huetamo, Apatzingán, Morelia, Uruapan, Pedernales, Pátzcuaro, Villa Escalante, Ario de Rosales and of course, Zamora, mentioned in Caminos de Michoacán.

The song in question is about a man who goes in search of a woman who left somewhere in the Michoacán lands, so he goes into all the regions of the state in search of that love that left him so excited. We could assure you that there is no mariachi from Garibaldi, Xochimilco or all of Michoacán who do not know this song.

Federico made it famous, but Bulmaro wrote it

Behind Caminos de Michoacán was the mind and pen of Bulmaro Bermúdez Gómez, originally from Ario de Rosales, Michoacán, who had no objection that Federico Villa was the one who made his melody famous.

Singer Villa found a taste for music from an early age, winning a singing contest at a local radio station at an early age, after which he ventured to move to Mexico City, beginning his career with RCA VICTOR Records, where he recorded Puñales. of fire, his first single.

But he was not satisfied with music, because the opportunity arose for him to make films, participating in approximately 45 films, starting in 1976 with La hija de nadie, then El Noa Noa, 1980; The blood of our race, 1982 and The son of the wind of 1986, to mention some films in which he shared the camera with Juan Gabriel and Joan Sebastian, to name a few.

With the Covid-19 pandemic, many of Don Federico Villa’s presentations were suspended, so he found the means to continue in contact with his followers on the YouTube platform.

Feminists who oppose transgenderism must recognize the role of their ideology in developing it

by Ashley Sadler

 

Wed Jul 13, 2022 – Although feminists now rightly fight against men who identify as women stealing their opportunities, rights, and spaces, it was feminists themselves who laid the groundwork for the ideology they now combat.

In a strange twist of fate, feminists have recently become conservatives’ “allies” (to borrow a term from the LGBT agenda) in the cultural war against transgender ideology.

Prominent feminist figures like Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, who this week found herself in the puzzling spot of agreeing with staunch conservative anti-feminist commentator Matt Walsh on the transgender agenda, have nonetheless drawn the ire of the Left by asserting women’s rights against the predations of a new sexual ideology that steals women’s privacy in public restrooms, medals and scholarships on sports teams, and even safety in homeless shelters and women’s prisons.

Such women have been dubbed “TERFs,” or Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists, by the absurd idealogues to insist that mothers are “birthing people” and some women were born boys.

But although feminists now rightly fight against men who identify as women stealing their opportunities, rights, and spaces, it was feminists themselves who laid the groundwork for the ideology they now combat, as Walsh and others have aptly pointed out.

In striving ostensibly to “empower” women, feminism has over time actually stripped away the power that uniquely belongs to womankind: the power to turn houses into homes, children into well-adjusted adults, and bare settlements into thriving civilizations.

Instead, feminists have convinced women that traditional feminine powers, spheres of influence, and pursuits were beneath us. That the most interesting, important, and empowering thing we could do would be to think, act, and talk like men.

We were told that we should enter male-dominated careers, shun family life, and swap feminine modesty and virtue for the same kind of self-centered pleasure seeking embodied by the worst of men.

And while they pushed “girl power” and insisted that “women are the future,” the not-so-subtle message of feminism has been that womanhood is not valuable or empowered unless it is as similar to manhood as possible.

But curiously enough, just as physics shows us the smallest distance between two points is no distance at all — a page folded back on itself  –– it turns out the most “empowered” woman is not actually a woman after all, if the ideology is allowed to progress to its logical conclusion.

With the emergence of transgender ideology, men have proved that anything women-who-act-like-men can do, they can do better.

By (ironically) idolizing male pursuits and strengths, feminists have ended up turning women into the second-class citizens they insist we once were. And by claiming that sexual promiscuity and infanticide liberates women from the bondage of family, feminists have actually shackled women to the very worst of men, the toxic patriarchy they claim to hate.

Feminists brought us some of the most virulent and culture-destroying changes our society has endured. They gave us abortion on demand and no-fault divorce. And by cementing in our culture the idea that men and women are the same, they paved the way for homosexual “marriage,” and yes, ultimately transgenderism.

While conservatives should welcome any reinforcements we can get in the battle to save our culture against the bizarre radicalism of transgender ideology, it’s important to note that feminists will not win against transgenderism until they realize that their own ideology has spawned the very destructive force that now threatens to eliminate not just women’s individual freedom, but womanhood itself.

We can’t lose sight of the radical and serious differences between feminists and conservatives.

In the past weeks, feminists have bemoaned the historic overturning of Roe v. Wade, the abominable Supreme Court decision in 1973 that “liberated” women into slavery to hook-up culture, promiscuity, and abuse. In decrying the abolition of a nonsensical “right to abortion,” they rage that our culture has turned back the clock, and that we are returning society to what it was like 50 years ago.

And in this, they’re absolutely right.

As C.S. Lewis once wrote, “If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; and in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man.”

If we are to accept feminists within our ranks to combat transgenderism, we must get them to acknowledge that to be truly progressive, they must turn back on their own ideology and walk to the right road, or else their fight will be in vain.

Because as conservatives like Walsh note, the road the so-called TERFs started on many decades ago is the very one that has brought us to the immoral absurdity of transgenderism we are all now forced to combat.

Ashley Sadler is a California-based journalist for LifeSiteNews. She has a deep love of American history and the Traditional Latin Mass. In her free time she enjoys mountain-biking, taking road trips, and reading classic literature. You can follow on her on Twitter @asadler216

Lessons from the past: 26 Great Depression recipes every prepper should know

by Zoey Sky

 

07/07/2022 / – If you’re a prepper, it’s best to learn different recipes so you can prepare a variety of dishes using the food in your stockpile after SHTF.

Below are forgotten recipes from the Great Depression that you can try, especially if you’re frugal and want to make the most of your supplies when disaster strikes. (h/t to TheSurvivalistBlog.net)

During the Great Depression, people struggled to provide food for their families because food and other resources were scarce. But people still had to eat, so they found ways to make the ingredients they had last for the longest time possible.

Many of these recipes can be tweaked using common ingredients like potatoes and beans. Some of them may sound very frugal, strange or unappetizing, but they were all popular during that era.

Bacon grease-fried cornbread

Bacon grease-fried cornbread is a popular dish that is still served today. This dish was popular among sharecroppers and rural families.

Bacon grease-fried cornbread is simple to make and filling. Different versions of the dish can be found all over the American South.

Burgoo

Burgoo is a stew made with whatever meat and vegetables are available. The dish was often served at church socials or community gatherings.

Chipped beef on toast

Chipped beef on toast was common in the military and among truck drivers.

The dish is made with dried beef that is rehydrated and then sauteed, usually with onions. It is served over toast or biscuits.

Dandelion wine

Dandelions are nutritious and people used them to make wine during the Great Depression.

When trying this recipe, make sure you only use dandelions that haven’t been sprayed with pesticides.

Ingredients for 4 quart jars:

  • 1 gallon boiling water
  • 1 quart yellow dandelion blossoms, well rinsed
  • 8 cups white sugar
  • 1 (.18 ounce) package wine yeast
  • 1 orange, sliced
  • 1 lemon slice

Preparation:

  1. Place the dandelion blossoms in the boiling water. Let the dandelions stand for four minutes. Remove and discard the blossoms, then let the water cool to 90 F (32 C).
  2. Stir in the yeast, sugar, orange slices and lemon slice into the water and pour the liquid into a plastic fermenter. Attach a fermentation lock.
  3. Let the wine ferment in a cool area until the bubbles stop for about 10 to 14 days.
  4. Once done, siphon the wine off of the lees (deposits of dead yeast or residual yeast) and strain with a cheesecloth before bottling in quart-sized, sterilized canning jars with lids and rings. Age the wine for at least one week for the best flavor.

Depression-era potato soup

While this soup was created during the Great Depression, it became popular again during World War II.

The soup is made with potatoes and whatever vegetables are available. You can also add meat if you have some.

Fish chowder

Fish chowder was popular among coastal and riverine communities. This hearty and filling soup was usually made with whatever fish was caught that day and leftover vegetables.

Fried cabbage pasta

Make fried cabbage pasta if you want to use up leftover cabbage. Prepare it with or without meat.

Fried squirrel

Fried squirrel is perfect for small game-eating. This is a common dish in the rural south, where squirrels are plenty.

Hominy grits

Hominy grits are a staple of southern cooking. These are made from dried and hulled corn kernels.

Boil hominy grits and eat them as is or grind them into flour.

Hoosier cream pie

Hoosier cream pie is a Hoosier tradition that dates back to the 1800s. It’s made with a layer of sugar cream, a layer of custard and topped with meringue.

Back in the Great Depression, Hoosier cream pie usually had a crushed cracker crust. (Related: 5 Delicious and filling pioneer recipes to learn before SHTF.)

Junket

Junket was a popular dessert during the Great Depression. It is made with milk and rennet, and it has a pudding-like consistency.

Meat and potato patties

Meat was often considered a luxury during the Great Depression, and many folks tried to make meat last by using additives in various dishes.

For example, meat and potato patties are made with bread, flour or ground or mashed veggies.

Molasses cookies

Molasses was a common sweetener during the Great Depression because it was much cheaper compared to sugar, which was more scarce at the time.

Navy bean soup

This soup is a staple among Navy sailors. It was also popular in the Great Depression because it’s cheap and filling.

You can make the soup with navy beans, ham and potatoes.

Pigs in a blanket

Hot dogs were a staple meat item for many poor Americans during the Great Depression.

Pigs in a blanket are made with hot dogs wrapped in biscuit dough and then fried or baked.

Rabbit stew

Rabbits were a common source of protein during the Great Depression since it was more accessible and cheaper compared to cows, pigs or lamb.

Learn how to hunt rabbits or raise them on your homestead. Compared to larger animals like cows or pigs, rabbits don’t require as much feed.

Red flannel hash

This dish is made with beets, onions and potatoes. It gets its name due to its resemblance to a red flannel shirt pattern when served in a skillet.

This is a great option for vegetarian preppers.

Sauerkraut

Sauerkraut was a popular dish during the Great Depression because it was a cheap way to get vitamins from cabbage.

It is still a popular dish today. Sauerkraut is a great recipe for preppers because it’s a useful method of preserving a pantry staple like cabbage.

Shepherd’s pie

Shepherd’s pie is made with lamb or mutton, potatoes and other vegetables. It can also include cheese.

In the U.S., the dish is often made with beef instead of lamb. While the dish originated somewhere in Europe, it became popular in the U.S. during the Great Depression.

Slumgullion

Slumgullion is a stew or goulash made with whatever meat and vegetables are available. The name comes from the fact that it is usually made with insubstantial leftovers or “slums.”

Succotash

Succotash is made with corn and beans, and sometimes it includes bacon and tomatoes. The dish is popular in the U.S. and Canada.

The Native Americans have eaten succotash for centuries.

Wacky cake

Wacky cake is made without butter, eggs or milk.

It was popular during the Great Depression when these ingredients were scarce and expensive. This chocolate cake is often served with frosting.

Watermelon rind pickles

People often grew watermelons in home gardens during the Great Depression because they didn’t require much care or attention.

To minimize food waste and maximize calorie output, people pickled watermelon rinds and served them as a side dish. Food.news.

Jalisco cartel to rivals: don’t interfere with Catholic priests

Several priests have been targets of recent violence

 

by the El Reportero‘s wire services

 

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) has instructed its rivals to leave priests, doctors, nurses and teachers alone.

“I’m communicating with all the cartels to invite you to make the war [just] between us and not interfere with those we shouldn’t interfere with,” a masked and armed man said in a video posted to social media.

Surrounded by a group of armed and masked cartel henchmen, the man told rival cartels they shouldn’t interfere with “any religion or their ministers or followers, especially the Catholics.”

“[We mustn’t] bother the priests, as has been seen recently,” the man said.

Two Jesuit priests were murdered in Chihuahua last month, while an archbishop and a bishop were recently questioned at cartel checkpoints in northern Jalisco. In addition, a priest said he was attacked while getting into his car in the Michoacán municipality of Queréndaro earlier this month. The CJNG spokesman said that “priests deserve special respect.”

“They’re people who are solely dedicated to spreading the word of God and helping those who need help,” he said.

The man said that vehicles in which priests are traveling should be respected and that they shouldn’t be bothered or physically attacked if they are stopped.

“I invite you to not bother doctors, nurses and teachers who go to the villages and towns,” he added. “Let them do their work because [just as] my cartel doesn’t interfere with any religion, we don’t bother doctors or teachers. Yours sincerely Mencho Oseguera.”

“El Mencho” is Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the leader of the CJNG and a wanted man in Mexico and the United States. There is some speculation that it was Oseguera who read the message, but that hasn’t been confirmed.

The appearance of the video comes a few weeks after footage of the CJNG announcing their arrival in a small town near Lake Chapala surfaced on social media. “We’ve arrived in Volantín and we’re not leaving,” some of the men shout.

With reports from Reforma 

WORLD NEWS – Canada’s tyrant Trudeau set to implement a policy that led Dutch farmers to revolt

This article may contain statements that reflect the opinion of the author

 

by JD Heyes

 

Thursday, July 14, 2022 – It’s becoming clearer by the month that the Canadian people have moved so far to the left that they no longer prefer to live in a democracy but rather love it when their leaders act in tyrannical ways.

That would explain why Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remains above 40 percent despite the fact that he continues to implement tyrannical policies that suppress, rather than protect, his citizens.

After he implemented draconian measures earlier this year to suppress a popular trucker revolt against COVID-19 vaccine mandates, he is now putting in place the same policy that led Dutch farmers to rebel against their own government in recent months.

“Over the past few weeks, farmers across the Netherlands have vehemently turned up in droves to protest the government’s plan to reduce nitrous oxide emissions, arguing it would have disastrous consequences for their business, and eventually, consumers,” The Post Millennial reported over the weekend.

“The source of their anger is a policy that is not unlike one which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seeking to implement in Canada,” the report added.

In 2020, Trudeau’s Liberal Party announced an objective to reduce emissions from the use of fertilizer, which is a major producer of nitrous oxide, by as much as 50 percent over the next eight years. At the time, the group Fertilizer Canada blasted the “short-sighted approach” and argued that by reducing nitrogen fertilizer use, it “will have considerable impact on Canadian farmers’ incomes and reduce overall Canadian exports and GDP.”

A report by Meyers Norris Penny (MNP) suggests that regulated fertilizer reduction could cost Canadian farmers $48 billion by 2030 and reduce crop sizes. By this time, “yield gaps for three major crops are estimated at 23.6 bushels per acre per year for canola, 67.9 bushels per acre per year for corn, and 36.1 bushels per acre per year for spring wheat,” the report noted. Meanwhile, as the Toronto Sun reported, fertilizer is usually the most expensive cost for farmers; as such, they tend to only use just as much as they need and no more. But under the Trudeau Liberals’ plan, farmers will be forced to use much more costly “green” fertilizer, which of course leads to higher prices for consumers but also could lead to the planting of fewer acres and thus threaten the country’s food supply as well as the food security of other nations that depend on Canadian agricultural exports.

“The revolt exhibited by Dutch farmers serves as a warning sign to those across the pond in Canada for what might come if Trudeau gets his way,” The Post Millennial reported. “Farmers have attempted to get their message across by shutting down major city centers, as well as airports and product distribution centers across the country.”

The report went on to note that in mostly peaceful Netherlands, police there have fired shots in the direction of farmers and their tractors as they moved towards them.

The world is spiraling out of control and far-left Marxist leaders are the cause of it.

Sources include:ThePostMillennial.comTorontoSun.com

 

In other related news:

 

Farmers across EU rise up against tyrannical “green” mandates that threaten food supply

 

by Ramon Tomey

 

Tuesday, July 12, 2022 – Footage of farmers across Europe taking to the streets against policies that threaten the world’s food supply went viral on social media. The radical policies imposed by the European Union sought to slash carbon emissions by more than half come 2030.

Dutch farmers have protested for weeks against Amsterdam’s plan to forcibly close farms. The Dutch government’s climate change measures sought to reduce emissions in some provinces by 95 percent. However, this means that the way of life of about 30 percent of farmers could meet its end.

Under Amsterdam’s climate plan, farmers will give up their farms voluntarily. They will receive compensation for doing so on the condition that they will never return to farming. In case they break the agreement, the state will take over their farm. Furthermore, Amsterdam will also ban fertilizers that use nitrogen.

One protest involved farmers who rode their tractors through the northern province of Friesland, forcing vehicles out of their way. Things came to a head after armed police shot at one tractor. The protest ended with no injuries recorded and three individuals arrested for attempted murder. (Related: Dutch protesters march on the streets of Amsterdam to protest COVID lockdowns.)

Meanwhile, Italian farmers joined their counterparts in other countries in protesting against climate policies and skyrocketing food prices.

One video showed a farmer exhorting others to mobilize and trek all the way to Rome. The farmers were planning to head over to the Italian capital in protest of unmitigated inflation, supply chain failures and strict “green” initiatives crippling the country’s agricultural sector.

“You should all come along with us because under these conditions, we cannot put food on the table anymore. We can’t take it anymore. You should side with us to Rome. We must go to Rome because we can’t take this anymore,” said the farmer urging others to join them.

The Italian farmers rode around in their tractors, with banners that aimed to raise awareness about the issues. “We are not slaves, we are farmers,” they chanted.

Protesting farmers block major highways

While farmers in the Netherlands and Italy took to riding their tractors, some of their counterparts in other EU nations took things a step further by blocking major highways.

Spanish farmers in the southern region of Andalusia blocked the A-4 Highway in the province of Jaen. The blockade was organized to protest against exorbitant increases in energy and food prices. One video of the protests in Jaen showed dozens of farmers wearing yellow vests, alongside their tractors, blocking the highway’s entrance.

German and Dutch farmers joined hands on July 6 to block a roundabout near the Heerenberg border crossing. Their compatriots also blocked the A-7 highway, with their tractors flying the flags of their respective nations.

“Farmers who learned from the Canadian Freedom Tuckers are currently blockading the Netherlands-Germany border with tractors to protest the World Economic Forum’s climate change policies of their government,” wrote Conservative Choice Campaign‘s Sheila G, alongside footage of the blockade.

Austrian member of parliament (MP) Peter Schmiedlechner denounced the “outrageous” climate proposals espoused by both Amsterdam and Brussels.

“Because of the so-called ‘Green Deal,’ the government in the Netherlands has done something outrageous, and it is to be feared that the same thing will happen in Austria,” said the lawmaker and member of the Freedom Party of Austria.

Schmiedlechner continued: “At the same time, the EU is signing a trade agreement with New Zealand, creating new dependencies. In what world does that make sense?”

Watch this video below about the farmers’ protests in different European nations.

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