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On Thu, 02 Nov 2023 13:19:01 +0000, Mitchell Holman says...

David Hartung <junk@nogood.com> wrote in news:EI-cndyqCOQQ4974nZ2dnZfqnPadnZ2d@giganews.com:

https://dailycaller.com/2023/10/31/automobile-executives-companies-pump -brakes-electric-vehicle-goals/ [...]
Numerous major manufacturers are backing away from some key EV goals
as labor unrest, softer consumer demand and a generally unfavorable
economy have placed some of the most ambitious near-term spending and manufacturing targets out of reach. In the past week, General Motors
(GM), Ford, Mercedes-Benz and Honda have all signaled, with words and actions, that the EV transition may not be financially sustainable at
its current pace and trajectory, and Tesla, the rare manufacturer that currently turns a profit on each EV it sells, has not made it through recent weeks unscathed, either.
[...]

Why do you keep pumping out these screeds
pushed out by Big Oil?

Why do you liberal fuckers keep lying?

No cite from Big Oil, means it's a lie.

Show us where the dailycaller was forced by Big Oil to post the article.

Did "Big Oil" force the CFO of Mercedes-Benz to say, "I can hardly imagine the current status quo is fully sustainable for everybody." - Harald Wilhelm, CFO of Mercedes-Benz

Fucking kook.

Another Record: EV Sales in the U.S. Surpass 300,000 in Q3,
October 12, 2023

"Records" from NEW technologies, dumb ass, happen EVERY TIME there's a census or a count, because, dumb ass, there's no where to go BUT up, when the technology is this "new".

When oil was discovered, they drilled a RECORD number of barrels EVERY FUCKING DAY.

Why are liberals so fucking clueless?

ICE-powered cars are still out-selling EVs by a long shot. Also, records shouldn't count, if the technology is being FORCED onto the public by those invested IN that technology.

WHY was John Kerry HEAVILY invested in alternate energy BEFORE it started to boom? Because he KNEW it would eventually be forced upon the public some day, so he got a head start.

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New Climate Envoy John Kerry Sold Off Energy Holdings To Avoid Conflict of Interest

He only sold it off, so people wouldn't think that he was invested in green energy to make money. He did the same thing with Big Oil and Gas. He was heavily invested in those too, but was told what was going to happen, so he dropped that too.

Financial disclosures released by former Secretary of State John Kerry indicate that until March of this year he held hundreds of thousands of dollars of investments in energy-related companies that may end up being affected by policies he'll help shape as President Joe Biden's new climate envoy.

An ABC News analysis of his assets show that in recent years, Kerry held stakes in at least three dozen companies related to the energy industry, including firms dealing in electric, oil and gas, and nuclear energy, with shares worth between $204,000 and $960,000. Kerry had also recently held high-ranking positions within firms and entities that could end up being regulated by his climate action policies, filings show.

A certificate of divestiture issued by the Office of Government Ethics on March 8 shows Kerry's plan to divest from companies that could pose a conflict of interest for his new role as U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, a common measure that newly appointed public officials take to ensure their government duties don't overlap with their personal interests. New filings obtained by ABC News show that on March 11, he divested between $4 million and $15 million in assets from more than 400 companies, including those energy- sector interests.

"The State Department's Ethics Office reviewed Special Presidential Envoy Kerry's assets and investments upon his appointment to identify holdings that could pose a significant risk of a conflict of interest," a State Department spokesperson wrote in a statement to ABC News. "Special Presidential Envoy Kerry agreed to divest the assets identified by the Ethics Office and has done so."
MORE: Obama-era officials return to White House worth millions

Ethics and good-government advocates have warned that even past ties and financial interests may create the appearance of impropriety in an industry that's so highly regulated by federal guidelines. But experts say divesting from those interests helps mitigate or resolve concerns about conflicts of interests that may arise.

"Conflicts arise when someone acts in a way that affects their financial interest; divesting removes the financial interest part of the equation," said Delaney Marsco, senior legal counsel of ethics at the Washington-based good government group Campaign Legal Center.
PHOTO: John Kerry, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, delivers remarks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, April 22, 2021
John Kerry, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, delivers remarks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, April 22, 2021.
Tom Brenner/Reuters

Marsco said it's not unusual for concerns to arise when a public servant has complex financial holdings, and that Kerry "should be recusing anytime even the appearance of a conflict arises" and "should be constantly consulting with ethics officials when he thinks there could be an issue."

"He should also be mindful of all the ethics rules that may apply to any former client he may have from his previous work," Marsco said. Kerry's disclosure report shows that he served as the chairman of the advisory board for Climate Finance Partners and as the president of the Vietnam Sustainable Energy Corporation.

Among the energy-related companies in which Kerry and his family had held investments prior to March were multinational hydrocarbon exploration company ConocoPhillips, international petroleum refinery company Valero Energy and major gas and electric utility provider Southern Company.

Kerry's stake in each of these companies was relatively small, with values ranging from $1,001 to $50,000 and totaling between $204,000 and $960,000 at the time he sold those assets in March.
MORE: Several of Biden's top White House aides aren't required to disclose personal finances

The latest disclosures show that Kerry has significantly reduced his financial interests in the energy sector over the years. Past disclosure filings from his time in Congress and in the Obama administration show that Kerry had owned millions of dollars' worth of holdings in the oil and gas industry and in other energy-sector companies.

Beyond his stake in the energy industry which accounts for only a small fraction of his total net worth disclosures show that Kerry has a diverse portfolio of income and holdings that make him one of the wealthiest members of Biden's administration.

The bulk of Kerry's income from the past year came from Bank of America, where he earned a $5 million salary for his role as chair of its Global Advisory Council.
PHOTO: A Bank of America bank branch stands in San Francisco, Calif., April 13, 2021.
A Bank of America bank branch stands in San Francisco, Calif., April 13, 2021. Bloomberg via Getty Images

The disclosures indicate Kerry also took in speaking fees of more than $300,000 from an array of corporations, foundations, and educational institutions across the globe, from Deutsche Bank in Germany to Hong Kong-based investment capital firm CSLA Limited. He also made $125,000 in consulting fees from the Rise Fund, a $2 billion "social impact" investment project founded by musician-turned- activist Bono and philanthropist Jeffrey Skoll.

Kerry also reported earning at least $15 million to $65 million from his other investments in the past year, much of it dividends and capital gains from divesting his financial assets, including big shares in major corporations like Alphabet Inc., Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Comcast and Goldman Sachs.
MORE: As Biden enters White House, some allies, former staffers thrive as lobbyists

The filing also shows Kerry took out a $1 million loan last year with investment bank BNY Mellon.

The vast majority of Kerry's holdings, however, lie in a trust belonging to the family of his spouse, Teresa Heinz an heir to the Heinz food processing empire. The disclosure form notes that neither Kerry nor Heinz exercise any control over the management of the family trust.

In his filing first signed in late January and last revised on March 8, Kerry reported owning at least $41 million in assets with his family, but his current net worth is unclear due to the substantial reallocation of his assets over the past few months and because government disclosure reports only require officials to report their holdings within general numerical ranges.


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White Liberals More Likely To Have A Mental Health Condition

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/apr/22/white-liberals-more-likely- have-mental-health-cond/

Apr 22, 2021 - Sixty-two percent of Whites who classify themselves as "very liberal" or "liberal" have been told by a doctor they have a mental health condition, as compared to 26% of conservatives and...

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White Liberals More Likely to Have Mental Health Problems... - Newsmax

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/white-liberals-mental-health- study/2021/04/20/id/1018293/

The Pew Study, Which The Washington Free Beacon notes was published last year but only gained attention in a recent article, showed that white liberals of all ages were more likely to be diagnosed with a mental health condition than moderates or conservatives, with the disparity particularly pronounced among those aged 18-29, according to evie...

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Study: Young White Liberals More Likely to Have Mental Health Problems

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/22/study-young-white-liberals- more-likely-to-have-mental-health-problems/

Apr 22, 2021 - When sex and age were factors, 56.3 percent of white women between the ages of 18 and 29 and who labeled themselves as "liberal," said they had been given a mental health diagnosis, compared to 27.3 percent of conservatives in the same categories and 28.4 percent of moderates:

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62% of "liberal" or very "liberal" whites have a mental health condition

https://www.independentsentinel.com/62-of-liberal-or-very-liberal-whites-have- a-mental-health-condition/

According to a Pew Research Center survey, 62% percent of Whites who classify themselves as "very liberal" or "liberal" has been told by a doctor they have a mental health condition. Only 26% of conservatives and 20% of moderates have been told they have such a condition, the study found.

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Pew Study: White Liberals Disproportionately Suffer From Mental Illness...

https://wibc.com/108211/pew-study-white-liberals-disproportionately-suffer- from-mental-illness/

White women, ages 18-29, who identified as liberal were given a mental health diagnosis from medical professionals at a rate of 56.3%, as compared to 28.4% in moderates and 27.3% in conservatives. Zach Goldberg, a Ph.D. candidate in political science, consolidated the study's info in a set of visuals and posted them to a thread on Twitter.

SCIENCE: White Libs More Likely To Have Mental Health Problems

https://freebeacon.com/politics/white-libs-mental-health/

Within this demographic, 34 percent of liberals reported having mental health problems, compared with 22 percent of moderates and 16 percent of conservatives. Zach Goldberg, the doctoral...

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White Liberals Twice as Likely to be Diagnosed with Psychological Problems

https://www.hennessysview.com/p/psychologic-disorders-white-liberals

Nearly 1 in 2 (45.9%) of white liberals have been diagnosed with mental health disorders. White liberals of all ages are more than twice as likely as conservatives of any age to suffer from mental health disorders. White liberals are almost twice as likely as non-white liberals to be diagnosed with mental health problems.

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6 Reasons Why Liberalism IS A Mental Disorder (LOL) - The Political Insider

https://thepoliticalinsider.com/6-reasons-why-liberalism-can-be-considered-a- mental-disorder/

In 2005, Michael Savage famously wrote a book titled, Liberalism is a Mental Disorder, the subject of which is self-explanatory. Additionally, Dr. Lyle Rossiter, a board-certified clinical psychologist, wrote a book in which he diagnosed the ideology of the left as a tangible mental illness.

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Personality Traits, Mental Illness, and Ideology

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/unique-everybody- else/202103/personality-traits-mental-illness-and-ideology

specifically, surveys on the " big five " traits of extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience have found that people identifying as politically...

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Study claims over 50% of liberal women under 30 have mental health...

https://theliberal.ie/study-claims-over-50-of-liberal-women-under-30-have- mental-health-issues-men-and-women-with-liberal-views-more-likely-to-be- mentally-unwell/

Study claims over 50% of liberal women under 30 have mental health issues, men and women with liberal views more likely to be mentally unwell April 24, 2021 - 12:01 Gerard Clarke Irish News

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