Scary Excess Death Rates in Young Americans; Preparing for Grid Failure; RFK Jr. Changing His Stripes?

American excess deaths (non-covid) are above +30% in the 35-44 age group according to the American Actuarial Society, and the WSJ finally confirms the connection between Covid lockdowns and cancer. Jacki revisits her prescient prediction that this would happen in her April 2020 op-Ed in RealClearPolitics, “What a Prolonged Shutdown Could Cost in Human Life.” See also Jacki’s interview with two Texas sheriffs on the 485% spike in fentanyl deaths at jackidaily.com. - - - - - Hawaiian Electric documented wildfire risk and requested state funds, but instead spent its money on a state-mandated transition to renewable energy. Jacki argues that Texas grid woes are the same cause but for a different reason; Texas pays its power companies to invest in unreliable renewables rather than beef up reliable fossil fuel plants, leading to the famous 2021 Texas freeze. - - - - - Jacki recommends preparing for increasing grid failure with the energy “transition,” and recommends reading “Pivot Points: Creating a Culture of Preparedness and Resiliency in America.” - - - - - Electric vehicles are a direct threat to American electric grids / reliable electricity (Blackmon) Why move from oil (gas and diesel) powered vehicles when the grid is already unstable? - - - - - Why we should be skeptical of RFK Jr. who authored the article, “Jailing Climate Deniers” in 2014 and spearheaded NY’s disastrous 2014 frac’ing ban, leaving the state dependent on Russian natural gas, funding their war effort. Does a tiger change its stripes so late in life? He’s 69! - - - - - Open the Books does a deep dive report showing the EPA is lawyering up and arming up – literally – for ramped up action.