Runs about 14 minutes. Starts out a little slow, but the really good stuff starts at about the 7:30 mark.

Where we started vs where we are now pic.twitter.com/U3WA1LxTiK

— Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸 (@alexbruesewitz) October 15, 2021

The California Version of The Green New Deal and an October 16, 2020, EPA Settlement With Transportation is What’s Creating The Container Shipping Backlog – Working CA Ports 24/7 Will Not Help, Here’s Why

Sundance:

“…The epicenter of the problem is not what is being outlined by financial media, corporate media and politicians who have a specific interest in distracting from the issues at hand.  This has nothing to do with COVID-19.

The issues being discussed today relate to events that happened a long time ago.  As a matter of fact, it was so predictable that Amazon, Walmart, UPS, FedEx, Samsung, The Home Depot and Target all had taken actions years ago -long before COVID- because they knew this day would come.  It was not accidental that those companies showed up at the White House to discuss the issue, because there’s now a full court press to hide it.

There is one very specific regional issue driving the problem.

The trucking issue with California LA ports, ie the Port of Los Angeles (POLA) and the Port of Long Beach (POLB), is that all semi tractors have to be current with new California emissions standards.  As a consequence, that mean trucks cannot be older than 3 years if they are to pick up or deliver containers at those ports.  This issue wipes out approximately half of the fleet trucks used to move containers in/out of the port.  Operating the port 24/7 will not cure the issue, because all it does is pile up more containers that sit idle as they await a limited number of trucks to pick them up.  THIS is the central issue.

On October 16, 2020, the EPA reached a settlement agreement [DATA HERE] with California Air Resource Board (CARB) to shut down semi tractor rigs that were non-compliant with new California emission standards:

2020 SAN FRANCISCO – “Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced settlements with three interstate trucking companies imposing $417,000 in penalties for violating the California Air Resources Board’s federally enforceable Truck and Bus Regulation, Drayage Truck Regulation and Transport Refrigeration Unit Regulation.

“As trucks are one of the largest sources of air pollution in California, EPA will continue to ensure these heavy-duty vehicles have the needed pollution-control equipment and operate in compliance with the rules,” said EPA Pacific Southwest Regional Administrator John Busterud. “These companies have agreed to bring their trucks into compliance and operate more cleanly in all communities they serve.”

Transportation is a primary contributor to the high levels of air pollutants in Southern California and the Central Valley. Diesel emissions from trucks are one of the state’s largest sources of fine particle pollution, or soot, which is linked to health issues including asthma, impaired lung development in children, and cardiovascular effects in adults. Many of these trucks are older models and emit high amounts of particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxides (NO_x).

[…] California Truck and Bus Regulation and Drayage Truck Regulation have been essential parts of the state’s federally enforceable plan to attain cleaner air. California requires trucking companies to upgrade vehicles they own to meet specific NO_x and PM performance standards and to verify compliance of vehicles they hire or dispatch. Heavy-duty diesel trucks in California must meet 2010 engine emissions standards or use diesel particulate filters to reduce the diesel particulates emissions into the atmosphere by 85% or more.  (read more)

In effect, what this 2020 determination and settlement created was an inability of half the nation’s truckers from picking up anything from the Port of LA or Port of Long Beach.  Virtually all private owner operator trucks and half of the fleet trucks that are used for moving containers across the nation were shut out…”

Full story at the link. Don’t believe lying politicians or lying liberal media.

Democrat’s green liberal bullshit is the problem.

Democrats flip-flop on contempt, seeking it for Bannon after opposing it for Holder a decade ago

Philadelphia has become the first city in the country to pass a driver equality bill. Police officers will soon be prohibited from pulling over drivers for low-level offenses like broken tail lights.https://t.co/hVVLfwoT8g

— CBS Philadelphia (@CBSPhiladelphia) October 14, 2021

Youngkin has razor thin lead in #VAGov race:

48.4% @GlennYoungkin,
47.5% @TerryMcAuliffe,
1.3% Third Party/Write-In
2.8% Undecided,

According to @trafalgar_group #poll Conducted 10/11-10-13.
See Report: https://t.co/27f8lnj8XJ pic.twitter.com/lTjx7rd6gw

— Robert C. Cahaly (@RobertCahaly) October 15, 2021

Walmart CRT Training Tells Workers Accept That ‘White Is Not Right’

Biden’s Supply Chain Chief On Paternity Leave With Hubby

https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1448830190751297538

U.S. Navy total covid deaths: 14
U.S. Navy suicides this year: 32
U.S. Navy suicides last year: 79
Source: Pentagon

— Lucas Tomlinson (@LucasFoxNews) October 14, 2021

Big Tech Fights Election Interference By Interfering In Electionhttps://t.co/08yzjfum3p

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) October 15, 2021

AR, DE, MO, MT, NH, NC, TN, TX bring the list to 13 state school boards associations rejecting the NSBA letter to DoJ. Still counting… https://t.co/QgGKdzqChk

— The Virginia Project (@ProjectVirginia) October 12, 2021

BREAKING: Boeing employee in Seattle sends @HumanEvents internal documents, says they are organizing #FreedomFlu Sickouts pic.twitter.com/KOdhTTZ18T

— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) October 15, 2021

An interesting clip…

I've been in USA for 6 weeks and spent time in Texas, Florida, Maine, New York, DC, Maryland, and Hawaii.

I can confirm that the level of Covid hysteria is infinitely higher in blue states/cities. They're living in an alternate 'reality'. pic.twitter.com/e6cyQ2UZtp

— ZUBY: (@ZubyMusic) September 18, 2021

If you’re over 40 and still a liberal it’s because you have a mental deficiency.

I’m inclined to say over 30.

Texas School Administrator Tells Teachers To Offer Opposing ‘Perspectives’ on Holocaust.

Education in America.

Backed-Up Cargo Ships Positioned To Spell Out ‘Let’s Go Brandon’https://t.co/DGPUJ16QaQ

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) October 14, 2021

Unhinged and foaming at the mouth with pure rage. What a great representation of the far left. A picture speaks a thousand words. https://t.co/rpYijZfhK0 pic.twitter.com/1oIQeOFMOR

— Luke Ⓥ (@LA022016) October 14, 2021

Econ/YouGov: Biden approval still heading south

“…The supposed bounce Joe Biden expects in polling still looks like that of the dead-cat variety. The trendlines all look bad for Biden in the latest Economist/YouGov tracking poll, putting his job approval at only 42%, a net -9. That’s hardly the only bad news for Biden in this poll, too.

Biden had actually bounced back a bit from his previous low two weeks ago (43/51) by coming back to a net -5 last week (44/49). This week’s 42/51 is his worst yet in the Econ/YouGov series, which had provided Biden with net-positive ratings on job approval until mid-August — as the disgraceful debacle and abandonment of Americans in Afghanistan took place. Ever since, the gap on job approval has kept moving more negative.

The demos are showing the same erosion — even those most favorable to Biden. Job approval among Democrats is 82/12, but that’s been declining ever since a 90/7 result at the beginning of July. Biden now stands at 30/59 among independents, a sharp decline since a 39/49 result at the end of July. Perhaps most tellingly, Biden’s approval among women has dropped to 48/44, nearly a virtual tie, down from 52/41 at the end of August.

The most worrisome demos for Democrats in the upcoming midterms, however, are the ethnic demos. Biden still is popular among black Americans, but not nearly as popular as he once was and as Democrats need him to be. His current job approval rating among blacks is 61/27, down from 74/13 at the end of August. Among Hispanic Americans, Biden only gets 47/43, down from a peak of 67/27 in May and 53/34 at the end of August.

These numbers signify a sharp erosion among Biden’s base, not merely a hardening among the opposition party. That’s very bad news for Democrats first in Virginia, where black and Hispanic voters are crucial to keeping the governor’s office in their hands, and then in next year’s midterms if those numbers don’t significantly improve. It’s almost certainly too late for that to help in Virginia upcoming election in two-plus weeks, and Terry McAuliffe’s terrible performance as a candidate doesn’t give those voters much to stoke their enthusiasm for this election cycle…”

Speaking of enthusiasm, take a look at the direction trend in this series:

Instagram Silences Biologist for Posting Evidence That Trans “Women” are Stronger Than Women

Censor the non-believers!