Videos - In The Tank, ep 308: Biden Reeling – Afghanistan, Inflation, and Infrastructure
In The Tank, ep 308: Biden Reeling – Afghanistan, Inflation, and Infrastructure
1:12:56
August 19, 2021
The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode #308 of the In The Tank Podcast. The ITT crew talks about how the UN IPCC climate report quickly left the public discourse, how Biden is taking serious political hits from the unfolding Afghanistan debacle, and how inflation continues to rise in the United States of America.
OPENING CHIT CHAT
Axios – Biden’s climate communications challenge
https://www.axios.com/biden-climate-policy-communications-challenge-ipcc-47ae818b-72bf-4a22-bc51-eb47ee9c2803.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_content=energy-environment-unclimatereport
Heartland Institute (press release) – Heartland Institute Reacts to ‘Alarmist’ UN IPCC Climate Report
https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/press-release-heartland-institute-reacts-to-alarmist-un-ipcc-climate-report
Heartland Institute (video) – New IPCC Climate Change Report Released – Should We Trust It?
https://youtu.be/tog6vDpxbr8
(Oct 15-17) 14th International Conference on Climate Change
https://climateconference.heartland.org/
AFGHANISTAN
Washington Post – Biden Blames other for swift collapse in Afghanistan defends his decision to withdraw troops
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-afghanistan-speech/2021/08/16/1bdff5e6-feaf-11eb-ba7e-2cf966e88e93_story.html
The Atlantic – Biden’s Betrayal of Afghans Will Live in Infamy
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/08/bidens-betrayal-of-afghans-will-live-in-infamy/619764/
(video) Don Lemon: Biden Can’t Say the ‘Buck Stops with,’ if he won’t blame himself for Afghan Disaster
https://news.grabien.com/story-lemon-biden-cant-say-buck-stops-me-if-he-wont-blame-himself
CNN – Democrats grapple with Afghanistan fallout afer Biden administration ignored their previous warmings
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/16/politics/democratic-reaction-biden-afghanistan/index.html
Reuters – Biden approval drops to lowest of 7-month presidency after Taliban takeover
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-approval-drops-lowest-level-this-year-after-taliban-takeover-2021-08-17/
NYP – Female Kamala Harris Allies Hold ‘Crisis Dinner’ on Veep’s Negative, ‘Sexist’ Press
https://nypost.com/2021/08/05/female-kamala-harris-allies-hold-crisis-dinner-on-veeps-negative-sexist-press/
(video) – Biden denies Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is likely
https://twitter.com/tHnrrL4w9PmlHAd/status/1427171316919009281
National Review – Biden Took Ownership of the Disastrous Afghanistan Withdrawal Months Ago
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/08/biden-took-ownership-of-the-disastrous-afghanistan-withdrawal-months-ago/
WSJ – Biden Wanted to Leave Afghanistan. He Knew the Risks.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-wanted-to-leave-afghanistan-he-knew-the-risks-11629214842
INFLATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Washington Examiner – July inflation report is bad news for consumers - again
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/july-inflation-report-is-bad-news-for-consumers-again
Townhall – As Inflation Concerns Rise, Democrats march Forward with Record Spending Bills
https://townhall.com/columnists/christalgo/2021/08/11/as-inflation-concerns-rise-democrats-march-forward-with-record-spending-bills-n2593913/
Washington Times – Democrats unveil largest spending bill in U.S. history
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/9/democrats-unveil-largest-spending-bill-us-history/
The Hill – Biden misunderstands basic economics
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/564567-biden-misunderstands-basic-economics?rnd=1627063566
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1:29:31
September 9, 2021
The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode #311 of the In The Tank Podcast. This week, the ITT crew starts off with some Joe Biden talk before moving on to a proposal for a “Civilian Climate Corps” to supposedly help combat climate change. Later, they discuss a recently released report by The Intercept that confirms much of the speculation surrounding COVID-19’s origin from a Chinese lab, despite what Dr. Fauci wants you to believe.
BIDEN AND CLIMATE CHANGE
(Video) Biden Speech in NYC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecw9ZLj8XAs
Politico – Biden Anxiety Levels
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2021/09/07/biden-anxiety-levels-494228
CIVILIAN CLIMATE CORPS
Epoch Times – The Climate Army is Coming
https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-climate-army-is-coming_3978434.html
COVID AND GAIN-OF-FUNCTION
The Intercept – New Details Emerge About Coronavirus Research at Chinese Lab
https://theintercept.com/2021/09/06/new-details-emerge-about-coronavirus-research-at-chinese-lab/
Yahoo News – Internal Documents Further Contradict Fauci
https://news.yahoo.com/internal-documents-further-contradict-fauci-142902303.html
CNBC – WHO says Covid will mutate like the flu and is likely here to stay
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/07/who-says-covid-is-here-to-stay-as-hopes-for-eradicating-the-virus-diminish.html
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27:24
September 3, 2021
Eileen Griffin covers the biggest stories this week in the news.
Referenced stories:
Moore: If We Soak the Rich, Will Everyone Get Wet?
https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/08/moore-if-we-soak-the-rich-will-everyone-get-wet/
Shapiro: America's Slow Suicide
https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/08/shapiro-americas-slow-suicide/
8:19
September 3, 2021
The mainstream media is claiming that the Taliban won in Afghanistan because Afghani farmers dealt with increasingly harsh weather conditions.
The problem? Food production is consistently setting records in Afghanistan.
1:31:03
September 3, 2021
Christina Herrin, government relations manager interviews Jonathan Emord, author, constitutional lawyer, and health freedom advocate. The discussion focuses on the newly approved Pfizer vaccine, mandatory vaccinations, and vaccine passports. Johnathan offers a unique perspective regarding the legality for COVID mandates and restrictions.
Book Link: tinyurl.com/JonathanEmordBook
2:08:26
September 2, 2021
Join us for a conversation with Justin Danhof, the conservative movement’s foremost shareholder activist. Were you surprised when Exxon shareholders voted to appoint three left-wing climate change activists to its board of directors earlier this year? Danhof and his team weren’t. He will unpack how activist investors have teamed up with woke capital on Wall Street to rig the corporate proxy ballot and explain what that means for the future of American energy production.
We will also explore how the Biden Administration and regulatory state are working in concert with these left-wing investment houses to throttle the oil and natural gas industries. Woke capital, activist investors, and the Biden regulatory agenda form a three-headed hydra seeking to cancel traditional energy. Full stop. Danhof will talk about the tools needed to slay that three-headed beast.
1:32:29
September 2, 2021
The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal and Chris Talgo are joined by Isaac Orr and Robert Bryce for episode #310 of the In The Tank Podcast. The ITT crew talk about why electric vehicles are lame and why the public policy pushing for mass adoption is wrongheaded and disastrous.
CotAE – Robert Bryce: It’s time to unplug the hype over electric vehicles
https://www.americanexperiment.org/robert-bryce-its-time-to-unplug-the-hype-over-electric-vehicles/
CEI – Would More Electric Vehicles be Good for the Environment?
https://cei.org/news_releases/new-cei-paper-asks-would-more-electric-vehicles-be-good-for-the-environment/
Forbes – Toyota To Launch Hydrogen-powered Prius And Corolla In 2023
https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterlyon/2021/08/29/toyota-to-launch-hydrogen-powered-prius-and-corolla-in-2023/?sh=4e2398252fa1
Yahoo Money – 1 in 5 electric vehicle owners in California switched back to gas because charging their cars is a hassle, research shows
https://money.yahoo.com/1-5-electric-vehicle-owners-164149467.html
Green Car Reports – California heat waves prompt alerts about EV charging habits, energy conservation
https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1132685_california-heat-waves-prompt-alerts-about-ev-charging-habits-energy-conservation
CEI – California’s Rolling Blackouts Cast Further Doubt on Electric Vehicles’ Future
https://cei.org/blog/californias-rolling-blackouts-cast-further-doubt-on-electric-vehicles-future/
Green Car Reports – How will California get to all-electric by 2035?
https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1131024_how-will-california-get-to-all-electric-by-2035-it-starts-by-breaking-down-barriers
Los Angeles Times – Editorial: For the sake of the planet, don’t remove California’s governor
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-08-30/newsom-recall-climate-change
WSJ – GM’s Chevy Bolt Recall Casts Shadow Over EV Push
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gms-chevy-bolt-recall-casts-shadow-over-ev-push-11630246736?redirect=amp#click=https://t.co/i8ubXx8iEL
Forbes – GM’s $1.8 Billion Chevy Bolt Recall Shows Why Automakers’ EV Rollouts Could Be ‘On Fire’
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertbryce/2021/08/22/gms-18-billion-chevy-bolt-recall-shows-why-automakers-ev-rollouts-could-be-on-fire/?sh=5b2a9d1a5f14
Minnesota Reformer – Reliability problems stall transition to electric buses
https://minnesotareformer.com/2021/08/31/reliability-problems-stall-transit-agencies-transition-to-electric-buses/
Bloomberg Law – States Adopt California Car Rules Amid National Standards Debate
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/states-adopt-california-car-rules-amid-national-standards-debate
19:31
August 27, 2021
Eileen Griffin covers the biggest stories this week in the news.
Referenced stories:
Report Confirms 2020 Election Cheating, RNC Deploys 'Year-Round' Election Integrity Unit
https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/08/report-confirms-2020-election-cheating-rnc-deploys-year-round-election-integrity-unit/
Wisconsin Deactivates 205,000 Voters from Registration Rolls
https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/08/wisconsin-deactivates-205000-voters-from-registration-rolls/
Buchanan: Aftermath of an Afghanistan Debacle
https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/08/aftermath-of-an-afghanistan-debacle/
Shapiro: Biden Chooses Decline
https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/08/shapiro-biden-chooses-decline/
1:35:10
August 26, 2021
SHOW NOTES:
OPENING CHIT CHAT
Your thoughts on the ongoing dumpster fire that is the U.S. withdrawal of Afghanistan. (I know Jim has many)
AFGHANISTAN & CLIMATE CHANGE
Forbes – U.S. Climate Agenda In The Aftermath of The Afghanistan Withdrawal
https://www.forbes.com/sites/prakashdolsak/2021/08/20/us-climate-agenda-in-the-aftermath-of-the-afghanistan-withdrawal/?sh=68e92cfa6692&mc_cid=4013cbbc49&mc_eid=c037889463
CBS News – How climate change helped strengthen the Taliban
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-taliban-strengthen/
Breitbart – Taliban Vows to Help Fight Climate Change
https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2021/08/24/taliban-vows-help-fight-climate-change/
AlJazeera – As US exits Afghanistan, China eyes $1 trillion in minerals
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/24/as-us-exits-afghanistan-china-eyes-1-trillion-in-minerals
$3.5 TRILLION INFRASTRUCTURE BILL
ATR – List: Tax Hikes to Expect in the Dems’ $3.5 Trillion Plan
https://www.atr.org/house-democrats-fast-track-35-trillion-tax-and-spending-spree?amp
NYT – House Passes $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan for Vast Expansion of Safety Net
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/24/us/politics/house-budget-social-safety-net.html
22:08
August 20, 2021
Eileen Griffin covers the biggest stories this week in the news.
Referenced stories:
Taxpayers Are Getting Ripped Off and Congress Does Nothing
https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/08/taxpayers-are-getting-ripped-off-and-congress-does-nothing/
Economic Freedom Best Path to Women’s Equality, Empowerment
https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/08/economic-freedom-best-path-to-womens-equality-empowerment/
'This Is Manifestly Not Saigon' and Our Society of Lies
https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/08/this-is-manifestly-not-saigon-and-our-society-of-lies/
1:49:57
August 20, 2021
Climate alarmists went into a full-court press this week presenting unethical climate lies designed to scare the populace into accepting the mythical climate crisis and its necessary ramp-up of government power. Coffee bean collapse, no more sushi, dead construction workers, and much more! Heartland Institute senior fellow H. Sterling Burnett and Heartland President James Taylor take apart this week's alarmist propaganda push.
51:21
August 20, 2021
Heartland Institute Policy Analyst Tim Benson and President James Taylor discuss the latest report from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Find out what the report says, what it doesn't say, and the effects, if any, this report will have on policymaking.
1:12:56
August 19, 2021
The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode #308 of the In The Tank Podcast. The ITT crew talks about how the UN IPCC climate report quickly left the public discourse, how Biden is taking serious political hits from the unfolding Afghanistan debacle, and how inflation continues to rise in the United States of America.
OPENING CHIT CHAT
Axios – Biden’s climate communications challenge
https://www.axios.com/biden-climate-policy-communications-challenge-ipcc-47ae818b-72bf-4a22-bc51-eb47ee9c2803.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_content=energy-environment-unclimatereport
Heartland Institute (press release) – Heartland Institute Reacts to ‘Alarmist’ UN IPCC Climate Report
https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/press-release-heartland-institute-reacts-to-alarmist-un-ipcc-climate-report
Heartland Institute (video) – New IPCC Climate Change Report Released – Should We Trust It?
https://youtu.be/tog6vDpxbr8
(Oct 15-17) 14th International Conference on Climate Change
https://climateconference.heartland.org/
AFGHANISTAN
Washington Post – Biden Blames other for swift collapse in Afghanistan defends his decision to withdraw troops
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-afghanistan-speech/2021/08/16/1bdff5e6-feaf-11eb-ba7e-2cf966e88e93_story.html
The Atlantic – Biden’s Betrayal of Afghans Will Live in Infamy
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/08/bidens-betrayal-of-afghans-will-live-in-infamy/619764/
(video) Don Lemon: Biden Can’t Say the ‘Buck Stops with,’ if he won’t blame himself for Afghan Disaster
https://news.grabien.com/story-lemon-biden-cant-say-buck-stops-me-if-he-wont-blame-himself
CNN – Democrats grapple with Afghanistan fallout afer Biden administration ignored their previous warmings
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/16/politics/democratic-reaction-biden-afghanistan/index.html
Reuters – Biden approval drops to lowest of 7-month presidency after Taliban takeover
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-approval-drops-lowest-level-this-year-after-taliban-takeover-2021-08-17/
NYP – Female Kamala Harris Allies Hold ‘Crisis Dinner’ on Veep’s Negative, ‘Sexist’ Press
https://nypost.com/2021/08/05/female-kamala-harris-allies-hold-crisis-dinner-on-veeps-negative-sexist-press/
(video) – Biden denies Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is likely
https://twitter.com/tHnrrL4w9PmlHAd/status/1427171316919009281
National Review – Biden Took Ownership of the Disastrous Afghanistan Withdrawal Months Ago
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/08/biden-took-ownership-of-the-disastrous-afghanistan-withdrawal-months-ago/
WSJ – Biden Wanted to Leave Afghanistan. He Knew the Risks.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-wanted-to-leave-afghanistan-he-knew-the-risks-11629214842
INFLATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Washington Examiner – July inflation report is bad news for consumers - again
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/july-inflation-report-is-bad-news-for-consumers-again
Townhall – As Inflation Concerns Rise, Democrats march Forward with Record Spending Bills
https://townhall.com/columnists/christalgo/2021/08/11/as-inflation-concerns-rise-democrats-march-forward-with-record-spending-bills-n2593913/
Washington Times – Democrats unveil largest spending bill in U.S. history
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/9/democrats-unveil-largest-spending-bill-us-history/
The Hill – Biden misunderstands basic economics
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/564567-biden-misunderstands-basic-economics?rnd=1627063566
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