It’s Crazy It’s Wonderful

The world is nuts. Did you see that Germany won’t sign the declaration to eliminate internal combustion vehicles? Yet, none of our internal combustion organizations or publications in the United States, like the AMA, Rider Magazine, SEMA, MRF, Dice Magazine, NCOM, Easyriders, NHRA, Auto Club, MIC or the NMA will even question the elimination. If they don’t motorcycles will be toast in a decade. I don’t think our Veterans fought for this. They fought for open debate. They fought for men and women to be able to stand up and question the government. Ride Fast and Free Forever and never give up. I’ll leave it at that. Let’s hit the news: –Bandit

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The world is nuts. Did you see that Germany won’t sign the declaration to eliminate internal combustion vehicles? Yet, none of our internal combustion organizations or publications in the United States, like the AMA, Rider Magazine, SEMA, MRF, Dice Magazine, NCOM, Easyriders, NHRA, FEMA, Auto Club, MIC or the NMA will even question Climate Doomsday scenarios. If they don’t motorcycles will be toast in a decade.

Maybe they are being bullied by the radicals, but I don’t think our veterans fought for climate lies. They fought for open debate and the truth. They fought for men and women to be able to stand up and question the government.

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THIS JUST IN FROM THE PRISM GANG–Veterans Day Sale

In an effort to honor our country’s veterans and their families, we’re extending a 15% discount* to everyone, today only.

BRAND New Bikernet Reader Comment!–SHOWTIME BIKERNET WEEKLY NEWS for November 4th, 2021

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Being a tit man all my life I gotta disagree with Honest Abe. I’ll take a broad with little to no ass and big tits over a broad with a big ass and no tits any day of the week!!!

–Steve Bauman
Mission Viejo, CA

LIFESTYLE CYCLES DEAL OF THE WEEK–2017 Harley-Davidson® FLHRXS – Road King® Special for $19,995.00

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VANISHING BREED MAKES THE CUT–
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My idiot younger brother’s idiot kids don’t even know how to change a tire.
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Drew Gatewood:
“It’s up to us to see that young people gain knowhow and equally important desire to understand the workings of mechanical things. My Father had an old pocket watch that he would let me take apart and put back together with his set of “jewelers” screwdrivers. It never ran, but taught me about mechanics. Though my life has been involved with Harley-Davidson motorcycle engines I still have that old watch. Proverbs 22:6 “

(I looked up Proverbs 22:6 and as per King James Version it says: “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” – Wayfarer)

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NEWS FROM THE SPIRITUAL EMPIRE IN SEDONA–
The empire is expanding, printing 3X as many magazines this issue, working with Big Rig to turn www.spiritofsedonamag.com into a revenue-generating platform.

Starting a Podcast where I interview the practitioners, charging for that, Publishing books for locals, This one is actually selling and I have a percentage of sales.

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Arizona has wonderful riding I do a 180-mile loop once a week, which takes me through red rocks, pine forests at 7000 feet. I pass villages, lakes, grand vistas, mountain twisties. the ride has it all. and almost ZERO traffic.

I am sure you have the same story to tell. We are both very lucky to have gotten out of the madness that is Los Angeles.

–Koz Mraz
818-625-6540
Koz@kozmoto.com
www.KOZMOTO.com

CLIMATE DEPOT FLASHBACK–Men Warm Globe, Women Feel the Heat, Group Claims – The solution?! ‘Climate gender justice’

The spokesman for a feminist-based environmental group at UN climate summit, accused men of being the biggest contributors to human-caused “global warming” and lamented that women are bearing the brunt of the negative climate consequences created by men.

“Women and men are differently affected by climate change and they contribute differently to climate change,” said Ulrike Rohr, director of the German-based group called “Genanet-Focal point gender, Environment, Sustainability.” Rohr, who is demanding “climate gender justice,” left no doubt as to which gender she believes was the chief culprit in emitting greenhouse gasses.

“To give you an example from Germany, it is mostly men who are going by car. Women are going by public transport mostly,” Rohr told Cybercast News Service. Rohr was standing in front of her booth, which featured a banner calling for “creative gender strategies” from “rural households to global scientific bodies.”

“In most parts of the world, women are contributing less [to greenhouse gasses],” Rohr continued. But it is the women of the world who will feel the most heat from catastrophic global warming, she said. “At least in the developing countries, it is women who are more affected because they are more vulnerable, so they don’t have access to money to go outside the country or go somewhere else to earn money and they have to care for their families,” she said.

–Climate Depot

NMA TIP OF THE WEEK–Driving through a Weather Disaster

Weather disasters can take on many forms: a sudden downpour that is much worse than predicted, an ice storm that hits suddenly, a dust storm that shows up unexpectedly, or localized ground fog so thick, you can only see a few feet in front of you.

Everyone likes to say, “Be prepared.” You can be by knowing what to do before anything happens. For an unexpected weather event, you need to, more than anything, remain calm, think about where you are and where you need to go, and if you don’t need to drive, then don’t.

If you have to drive out of the situation, remember to travel at a safe speed for the road and weather conditions. Don’t be in a hurry no matter if you’re late. Safety should always be your priority.

Here are two prime examples of recent sudden weather events. In late September, a downpour in Abilene, Texas, was so severe that many drivers were caught off guard when driving their regular route. They found themselves in high water and had to be rescued. An atmospheric river event hit northern California in late October. Fresno and Sonoma County drivers found themselves in a deluge with the possibility of mudslides.

If you find yourself in an acute downpour situation, here are some things to keep in mind.

Avoid driving through water if it is fast-moving across or down the road. Even six inches of water may cause you to lose control, and two feet of water could carry you with the flow.

Underpasses are particularly vulnerable to rising waters.

Do not drive through flood water if fallen electrical lines are nearby or have dipped in the water. (You shouldn’t go on flooded roads anyway, except in extreme emergencies, since you might not know where the road is, or if the road could have been damaged in some way.)

Be alert for debris and trash, tree limbs and even trees, loose farm animals, and stranded vehicles.

Stoplights and stop signs may be missing or not working. Treat intersections as four-way stops and be courteous with other drivers.

Recognize that law enforcement will be busy and may not be able to direct traffic.

Bad weather coupled with dangerous driving conditions should be expected. If a forecast says bad weather is on the way, heed the warning. Postpone your travel plans. If you must drive, here are some general tips that might help:

Plan Ahead

Leave earlier than planned. Bring a paper map in case cell or GPS service is spotty or affected by the storm. Make sure your equipment is in good working order. Wipers need to work well. Keep all head and tail lights clean and visible for other drivers. Clear the windshield, mirrors, and all windows of ice and snow as much as possible. Keep wiper fluid in your vehicle in case you need to add more during the trip.

Check the Weather before you Leave

Know the current forecast to anticipate what might happen when you’re on the road.

Drive like you Want Others to Drive

Drive a speed based on road conditions and the weather.

Leave room between you and the vehicle in front of you. Some say double the cushion when the weather is frightful to have time to react to what is happening in front of you. You can control what you are doing, but not the actions of other drivers.

If someone is tailgating, let them pass you and then leave plenty of space between them and your vehicle.

If you become stressed during the drive, take deep breaths and calm yourself.

Pull Over for Safety

Driving during weather events can be stressful. If you need a break, find a safe place and pull over for a few minutes. Make sure you are not pulling into a deep puddle or snowbank, and are out of the way of other traffic. Rest your eyes and listen to the radio for additional road information and weather reports if you are tired.

If you have additional links or advice for sudden weather events while driving, drop us an email at nma@motorists.org.

–NMA

QUICK, New Bikernet Reader Comment!–VANISHING BREED

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The vanishing breed, where parts availability makes the difference between an old bike or car being a survivor or scrap. Lack of Indian parts in the 1960s cost me the opportunity to carry on with the war surplus US Navy Indian my dad rode after getting home from the war. It had been handed down from dad to an uncle who kept it running into the ‘60s, but he could never find brake parts for it and that forced him to park the bike for good.

When I started making noises about wanting a bike dad said we’d look into getting the Indian for me. Sadly, after not being able to find brake parts my uncle gave up and sold the Indian to a collector who would use it for parts if nothing else. One more of the old breed had vanished.

I keep thinking what could have been if I’d gotten that bike as a 15-year-old and someday I’ll build a battleship gray bobber as a tribute of sorts to dad and my uncles who rode that bike after serving in the war.

–Vern Moore
Kingsley, PA

The MRF Salutes Our Veterans–Happy Veterans Day to the millions of veterans across our nation.

The motorcycling community is stronger because of the hundreds of thousands of riders who have served our country. Thank you for your service in defense of our liberties!

“Veterans know better than anyone else the price of freedom, for they’ve suffered the scars of war. We can offer them no better tribute than to protect what they have won for us.”

President Ronald Reagan
–MRF

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Country, Rock, and Americana Singer/Songwriter and INXS Co-Founder Andrew Farriss Joins Prestigious APRA Billion Streams List

“Break My Heart” Available to Download and Stream on All Digital Platforms

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Prolific country, rock, and Americana musician and INXS co-founder Andrew Farriss continues to make a major impact on the music industry, this time as a songwriter. Pop star Dua Lipa’s single “Break My Heart”, which is based on the 1987 INXS number one hit “Need You Tonight”, reached over 1 billion total streams across all platforms. This milestone has given Farriss a spot on the new APRA billion streams list, an innovative honor that recognizes Australian songwriters whose works have reached at least 1 billion combined streams across all digital platforms.

“As a songwriter, I feel very fortunate to be presented an award recognizing my writing contribution towards a billion streams of ‘Break My Heart’ by Dua Lipa,” shares Farriss. “Thank you to everyone who has enabled and supported this.”

Farriss might primarily be credited for the inescapably catchy melody from “Need You Tonight”, but his lyrical influence is plain to see as well. Both hits center around the inescapable grip of love, a feeling that we can all relate to. Whether it’s 1987 or 2021, that burning passion never goes away.

This monumental achievement is just another example of Farriss’ talent for writing classic songs which stand the test of time. Songwriting is a gift that Farriss continues to use today, releasing his debut self-titled solo album earlier this year. His latest single, “Drifting”, is certainly even more impactful now. The song describes Farriss’ journey finding his place in a world that is constantly changing around him. By earning his spot on the APRA billion streams list, Andrew Farriss has proven that one thing will always remain the same: his songs will be with us every step of the way.

For more information and everything Andrew Farriss, please visit andrewfarriss.com.

COMOTO FAMILY OF BRANDS RAISES OVER $300,000 IN FIRST YEAR SUPPORTING PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION’S RIDE FOR KIDS

Enthusiastic Support from The Powersports Industry and Riding Community Sets its Sights on Even More for the 2022 Charity Ride

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (Nov. 9, 2021)—The Comoto Family of Brands is thrilled to announce it raised over $300,000 for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation (PBTF), smashing its $100,000 target. The month’s long effort culminated with the inaugural National Ride for Kids Day held on September 12.

For more than 30 years, the PBTF’s Ride for Kids has inspired powersports communities across the country to raise funds to help children with brain tumors, which is the leading cause of cancer death in children. This past September, Comoto joined forces with the Foundation, alongside American Honda and 18 other powersports brands* from across the riding community, to host one of the biggest motorcycle charity events in the country, which raised a total of $1.3 Million.

$309,500 was contributed directly from the Comoto community of riders. In addition to the nationwide charity ride, Comoto actively involved each of its brands within the family to help raise funds for PBTF. Of note, Comoto made a direct donation to PBTF of 2.5¢ for every mile logged in the Ride for Kids Challenge in the REVER app between August 12 and September 12. Further, 10% of sales made online and at Cycle Gear, J&P Cycles, and RevZilla stores across the country on National Ride for Kids Day (Sunday, September 12) were donated to PBTF.

“We had an outstanding turnout for the Ride for Kids event this year. With many of us having been stuck at home and socially isolated for so long, it was clear the community was eager to get out and ride for a good cause,” shared Ken Murphy, President and CEO of Comoto. “Thanks to the unity of Comoto’s Family of Brands, we were able to contribute nearly a quarter of the total funds raised this year for PBTF. I am incredibly proud of our organization and am honored to be working with PBTF to support this cause.”

For more information on Ride for Kids, please visit www.CureTheKids.org/events/ride-for-kids/. For more information on The Comoto Family of Brands, please visit www.RideComoto.com.

*$61k total additional sponsorship from: Tucker, Western Powersports, Shoei, Alpinestars USA, Fox Racing, Sena, Dunlop Tires, Pirelli Tires, Arai Helmets, O’Neal Racing, Biltwell, Vortex, Cardo, REV’IT!, Michelin Tires, ScorpionEXO, HJC Helmets, REV’IT!, Lindenmeyr Munroe, Satanoff Insurance, Culture Amp, Deloitte, NFP Corporate Benefits, AHS, OW Logistics, Grant Thornton

–Meghan Breen
Account Coordinator

Santa Fe Springs CA – November 11, 2021 – Vance & Hines, America’s premier manufacturer of motorcycle performance products, today introduced their V02 Military Power Series, a line of air intake products honoring five branches of the US military.

In recognition of active US military members and veterans, each product sold will generate a $50 donation to Children of Fallen Patriots, a non-profit which supports education for families who lost a loved one in service to the country. The program is done in partnership with J&P Cycles, the exclusive seller of Vance & Hines V02 Military Power Series products. Vance & Hines and J&P expect the donation to be nearly $100,000.

VO2 Military Power Series products are high-performance air intake systems which feature the logo of one of five branches of the US military (Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard) on the CNC-machined billet aluminum cover. The design is based on the popular Vance & Hines VO2 line of air intakes. The program is inspired by the pride that military members feel about their service to America, including Vance & Hines co-founder Byron Hines, who served in the US Army. The products fit most late-model Harley-Davidson motorcycles and are “officially licensed” and approved by the branches of the military.

Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation’s mission is to provide college scholarships and educational counseling to military children who have lost a parent in the line of duty. Founded in 2002, the 501(c)3 non-profit has served hundreds of military families.

Byron Hines served 22 months in Vietnam in aircraft armament repair while serving in the US Army. “I spent the time thinking about the motorcycle I was going to buy when I made it home,” said Hines. “It’s important for veterans like myself to help other veterans and to show them the appreciation they’ve earned. We show that through our veteran workforce, by supporting military families and by helping them show their pride with this special line of products. I’m proud to put one on my own motorcycle.”

“There’s no stronger statement of American pride than a military veteran on a Harley,” said Vance & Hines President Mike Kennedy. “That’s why we’re so happy to create the Military Power Series and to work with great partners like Children of Fallen Patriots and J&P Cycles. We’re adding exhilaration and pride to every motorcycle ride for these veterans.”

“We have a great relationship with the Children of Fallen Patriots organization,” said Zach Parham, J&P Cycles’ Chief Merchant. “This partnership with Vance & Hines is another opportunity to help this tremendous organization and to support those who serve us in the military”

The Vance & Hines Military Power Series products will debut at the Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona CA this weekend.

BIKERNET BOOK OF THE WEEK CLUB BRINGS YOU–Vincent Motorcycles, The Untold Story since 1946.

by Philippe Guyony

This is the story of the first superbike. Despite only nine years of production, Vincents continue to be ridden regularly in rallies, hard in racing, and certainly well beyond the normal lifespan of a motorcycle. This ebook tells the Vincent story from 1946 until the present day, including the stories of those significant individuals who helped to make Vincents such legendary machines.

With the original hardback edition out of print, this is the perfect way to read Philippe’s fascinating history of the “The World’s Fastest Standard Motorcycle.”

Base price: £29.99 UK / $39.99 US / €29.99
(Price varies by vendor)

Format: Fixed layout • 875 pictures SKU: eV5814
ISBN: 978-1-787118-14-0 UPC: 6-36847-01814-6

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Happy 246th Birthday United States Marine Corps
Happy Birthday and Semper Fi Marines! Today, United States Marines everywhere celebrate a proud legacy of 246 years of battlefield prowess.

“The work of our Marine Veterans is a living testament to the faith Marines keep with each other, with our Corps and our country.” – Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David H. Berger. Watch the annual birthday message delivered by General Berger and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Sgt. Maj. Troy Black.

–VA News

NEW FROM THE BUCKLE GUY–Try Something New This Year with a Downloadable PDF Pattern

We all know the best gifts are the ones you make yourself!

What do you want to make that you have not tried before? Get the ideas and guidance to help you with a downloadable PDF pattern template.

Each template comes with pattern cutouts for all the pieces you need, step-by-step instructions, and a list of materials. We also have suggestions for tools and supplies from our stock.

Choose from designs for tote bags, wallets, keychains, glasses cases, pencil cases, journal covers, passport cases, and more.

Thank you!
–The Buckleguy Team

NEWS FROM THE MASTER OF LIGHT–Back by popular demand – – our “12 Days of Uhlness” promotion will begin tomorrow morning.

Last year’s promotion began in December and was such a success that we couldn’t fulfill many of the orders until after Christmas. This year we’re starting earlier so we can get your pieces to you sooner.

Over the next 12 days, I’ll be offering a grouping of pieces that we use in our traveling galleries or which have been on display here at the gallery in Colorado. These will be presented at fantastic prices! I’ll also be mixing in some original paintings and other special pieces. Each day will be it’s own “flash sale”, meaning you’ll only have 24 hours to obtain the pieces once the email is sent out.

Now for the really crazy part… anyone who spends a minimum of $500 during the 12 days will be entered in a drawing to win a David Uhl original oil painting. This time David has really stepped it up – he’s offering the “Lone Ranger” original oil, measuring 40×30. Note: the lucky winner will be responsible for paying the shipping cost.

“Lone Ranger”

If interested, please keep an eye on your emails starting tomorrow. If you would like to temporarily opt out of these emails, then be added back in after this promotion, simply let me know!

Please email or call me at 303-913-4840 with any questions.

Thanks for your time – – this should be fun!

–Greg Rhodes
International Sales Director
Uhl Studios website

303-913-4840

Harley-Davidson Museum salutes those who serve and have served this Veterans Day —
In addition to free H-D Museum admission for all active military, veterans and their families, a new display commemorates a monumental achievement by Cavalry Scout Benjamin Breckheimer.

MILWAUKEE, USA (Nov. 4, 2021) – Harley-Davidson’s history with the U.S military dates back more than a century. Harley-Davidson has always been on the front line – right next to the troops. In fact, the first American to enter Germany after World War I did so on a Harley-Davidson® motorcycle.

And in what has become an annual tradition of expressing gratitude for those who serve and those who have served, all active military, veterans and their families will enjoy complimentary admission to the H-D Museum on Thursday, Nov. 11. It’s the perfect time to check out a new installation that celebrates the achievements of Benjamin Breckheimer, the first Purple Heart recipient to reach all of the Seven Summits, the highest peaks on each of the seven continents.

Don’t miss the in-depth gallery talks at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to learn more about Harley-Davidson’s storied military history.

Another tradition that is near and dear to our hearts is the gift of giving. That’s why this year, Harley-Davidson is teaming up with the United Way Worldwide to bring a little cheer to those in need during the most wonderful time of the year.

Finally, MOTOR® Bar & Restaurant has been hard at work cooking up new monthly specials that celebrate the flavors of the season. Before those specials disappear, make plans to lunch with a colleague or toast to new memories with a friend.

PROGRAMMING / EVENTS
Annual Pass

Looking for interesting things to do and ways to fully enjoy our programs and exhibits? The Harley-Davidson Museum’s new Annual Pass offers individual, family and VIP levels to fit your lifestyle. Just some of the perks of the new Annual Pass include: admission discounts, free admission for children under age 18, merchandise discounts at The Shop, dining discounts at MOTOR® Bar & Restaurant and more.

Plus, if you purchase an Annual Pass in 2021, those passholder perks can be enjoyed all of 2021 and 2022. Visit H-D Museum website to see complete ticket details for exclusions and other terms and conditions.

Engineering Merit Badge (Saturdays at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.)

All scouts are welcome to come earn their Engineering Merit Badge at the Harley-Davidson Museum! This experience will be partially facilitated as scouts explore the history of Harley-Davidson as well as the engineering of motorcycles as they complete the nine merit badge requirements. Advance registration is required. Program registration closes one week prior to the scheduled program date.

Ticket includes: Downloadable activity booklet used for the program, partially facilitated program, blue card signed by the facilitator (one blue card per scout registration) and an exclusive H-D Museum™ patch.

Scout Virtual Engineering Merit Badge (Saturdays at 8:30 a.m. and Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.)
This new 90-minute online program is open to scouts from all over the country. Our program facilitator will guide the troops and explore the role an engineer plays while creating a Harley-Davidson® Motorcycle. Nine requirements for the Engineering Merit Badge will be discussed during this virtual, interactive program. Advance registration is required. Program Fee: $20 per Scout, which includes an activity booklet used during the program and a special H-D® patch upon completion of the program.

MUST-SEE EXHIBITS AND INSTALLATIONS

Inspiration and Recovery: Wounded Veteran Climbs the Seven Summits (on display now)

In September 2009, Specialist Benjamin Breckheimer, a Cavalry Scout with the U.S. Army 2nd Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, was severely wounded during a tour in Afghanistan. His rehabilitation was difficult as he endured numerous surgeries. During this same time, the Harley-Davidson Museum regularly sent care packages – including H-D Museum flags dotted with well wishes – to active-duty military personnel. Breckheimer took to mountaineering during his recovery and over the summer carried the H-D Museum flag to the summit of Denali, the highest point in North America. With that peak reached, Breckheimer became the first and only Purple Heart recipient to reach all the Seven Summits, the highest peaks on each of the seven continents. He continues to climb, and he shares his inspiring story to encourage resiliency and support the mental health of veterans and current service members.

Revolution® Max Engine (on display now)
The brand-new Revolution® Max 1250cc engine powers a new generation of Harley-Davidson® motorcycles. See the liquid-cooled, 60-degree V-Twin that delivers for the Pan America™ adventure touring model and the performance cruiser Sportster® S motorcycle. On view in the Museum lobby.

Clubs & Competition (on display now)
In the early part of the 20th century, motorcycle culture was a homegrown phenomenon. It grew out of the passion of riders for their evolving sport. The camaraderie that developed around riding and attending competitive events led to the formation of motorcycle clubs that hosted destination rides, family picnics with motorcycle games and other riding competitions.

The newly reinstalled display case in the Clubs & Competition gallery highlights clothing from club members from primarily the 1930s and 1940s. The clothing selections on view include full dress uniforms, shirts, sweaters, jackets and caps, customized by the owners with their club name and logo, and pins or patches indicating membership in the American Motorcyclist Association. The H-D Archives™ collection includes Motorclothes® apparel sold in H-D® product catalogs but also non-H-D produced clothing items that have been proudly customized by riders.

Experience Gallery: Model Year 2021 Harley-Davidson motorcycles (on display now)

Always a favorite photo opportunity for riders and non-riders alike, the H-D Museum’s Experience Gallery has been refreshed with five 2021 Harley-Davidson motorcycles –including the all-new Pan America™ and the Sportster S!

Harley Fox (on display now)

Gail Anderson’s 1986 Softail® Custom motorcycle, “Harley Fox,” built by her partner Bob Burrows, took top prize at the first Ladies of Harley® (LOH) ride-in show during Daytona Beach Bike Week in 1987. With her custom bike and themed riding gear, Anderson presented a striking image that fit the growing visibility and exciting new options for women riders in the 1980s.

Alfonso Sotomayor’s 1957 Model FL (on display now)

The Harley-Davidson Museum is proud to announce its collection has recently grown with the addition of a 1957 Model FL that was ridden by famed Mexican stunt rider and racer Alfonso Sotomayor Canales.

Harley-Davidson’s history in Mexico dates back to at least 1913. In the 1920s, the brand was more frequently spotted throughout Mexico City as the motorcycles proved popular with the local traffic police who would also perform stunts with their Harley-Davidson® bikes. After racing from the 1930s into the 1960s, Sotomayor launched his own stunt riding career by performing the famed “Salto de la Muerte” or Jump of Death. Learn more about Sotomayor’s feats of derring-do and Harley-Davidson’s early entry into Mexico with this new display located in the Custom Culture area.

“Off-Road Harley-Davidson” (on display now)

In the decades before America paved its highways, early riders had to be prepared for all sorts of terrain: sand, clay or dirt – and wandering those makeshift byways were Harley-Davidson® motorcycles. Today, it’s called off-road or adventure touring; back then it was just called riding. Since 1903, Harley-Davidson motorcycles proved their toughness by riding over wooded hills, through stone-choked creek beds and up mountain sides. “Off-Road Harley-Davidson” tells the history of motorcycles designed for rough roads, the people who rode them and the adventures they shared.

“Building a Milwaukee Icon: Harley-Davidson’s Juneau Avenue Factory” (on display now)

A recently recovered cache of architectural drawings includes plans for the original Juneau Avenue facility. The pencil drawings, along with archival photographs, demonstrate the whirlwind pace of the company’s early growth. While building an international business—going from producing just over 1,000 motorcycles in 1909 to manufacturing 27,000 motorcycles in 1920—the company’s Milwaukee factory experienced near-constant expansion. Construction through this relatively brief period created the buildings that today, a century later, are still the proud home of Harley-Davidson.

“Building a Milwaukee Icon” provides a snapshot of Harley-Davidson’s formative years and illustrates a chapter of Milwaukee history when the city was known as the “Machine Shop to the World.”

THE SHOP

It’s that time of year to start thinking about who’s on your naughty and nice lists, and The Shop is here to help. With new items arriving this season, and specials designed to bring a smile to your wallet, be sure to stop in and see what you might want to give (or get). On Black Friday (Nov. 26), guests can scoop T-shirts for just a Jackson (while supplies last), nab 20% off select H-D® Originals T-shirts or $12 select hats and lids (again, while supplies last). And everyone can request complimentary gift wrapping to give those elves a break.

MOTOR® BAR & RESTAURANT

MOTOR® Bar and Restaurant is now open seven days a week – including dinner service on Fridays and Saturdays! Whether you’re hankering for an authentic all-you-can-eat Wisconsin Friday fish fry or just want to reconnect with your “virtual” colleagues, MOTOR bar and restaurant provides the perfect backdrop to toast great food and good times. Plus, November’s specials will give you an excuse to leave the cooking to MOTOR restaurant. Maple-Roasted Pork Loins, Brisket Popper Sandwiches, Spiced Apple-Oatmeal Trifle and Spiced Granny Smith apples celebrate the flavors of the season.

1903 EVENTS

It’s not too late to book your holiday party! After months of missing out on events and gatherings, it’s time to reconnect with friends, family and colleagues. Intimate or grand, the team at MOTOR Bar & Restaurant and 1903 Events are ready to take care of all the details so all you have to worry about is where you left your dancing shoes.

SAVE THE DATES

Mama Tried Motorcycle Show Official Pre-Party at MOTOR Bar & Restaurant, Thursday, Dec. 2, 5–9 p.m.

Ugly Sweater Party at MOTOR Bar & Restaurant (during BBQ & Blues), Saturdays, Dec. 11 & 18, 5–8 p.m.

Breakfast with Santa at MOTOR Bar & Restaurant, Sundays Dec. 12 & 19, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.

Make your plans to visit the Harley-Davidson Museum at H-DMuseum.com.

5-BALL TATTOO OF THE WEEK—Frank Ball Jr. is turning into a master. He’s also watching over the 5-Ball Leather Line.

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MAN ON THE MOON REPORT–I am actually not making this up for once. the partial lunar eclipse in two weeks or so is being called by “the legitimate press” – which there’s no such thing – anyway it’s officially being called “the full beaver moon.” now to me a full beaver moon is when a naked Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders shows you not only her ass but the ballsack twat taco just underneath it.

Anyway, if full beaver moon becomes a politically correct unhateful piece of jargon I would call that a step in the right direction toward libs starting to talk like Trump. And that’s NEVER a bad thing.

–J.J. Solari
Lunar Scientist
Bikernet University

BIKERNET BOOK OF THE WEEK CLUB–Two books I would recommend by Paulo Coelho are:
1. The Pilgrimage (1987)
2. The Alchemist (1988)

They were originally written in Portuguese and translated into English. Even though they are not great literary manuscripts, they accomplish the important task of storytelling – more importantly, stories with insight, which are engaging and satisfying to read.

QUOTES FOR THURSDAY NEWS

“I learned the most important lesson of my life: that the extraordinary is not the birthright of a chosen and privileged few, but of all people, even the humblest. That is my one certainty: we are all the manifestation of the divinity of God.”
– Paulo Coelho

“One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.”
 – Paulo Coelho

“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”
 – Paulo Coelho

“Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.”
 – Paulo Coelho

“Now that she had nothing to lose, she was free.”
 – Paulo Coelho

“None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith.”
 – Paulo Coelho

“People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.”
 – Paulo Coelho

–Wayfarer
Chief Philosopher
Bikernet Thought Temple
Pillar Peak
South Dakota

ANOTHER AMAZING GALLERY HITS THE CANTINA–I just loaded a new gallery, THE PEREWITZ PAINT SHOW. Here are a few images.

JACK MCINTYRE
Photo Editor
BANDIT’S CANTINA

World Premier! New 2022 FastDates Motorcycle PinUp Calendars & Yearbook

The 2022 Iron & Lace Calendar this year features cool new V-Twin Customs and Metric Cafe Racers from Yaniv Evan / Powerplant Choppers, Jamie Oliff Fabrications, Richard Pollock / Mule Motorcycles, Russell Mitchell / Exile Cycles, Daniel Stern’s custom sidecar, Ron Baldonado, and Todd Daniel / BX Custom Design Bagger.

Plus, there’s one more special treat, legendary actor Steve McQueen’s 1942 Indian Scout from the collection of Daniel Schoenewald. Together with two historic Iron & Lace Calendar shoots with never-before-seen shots: A Big Twin custom from legendary East Coast Hamster Club builder Dave Perewitz, photographed in downtown Los Angeles with Playboy Playmate Cynthia Brimhall. And Roland Sand’s /RSD “No Regrets” street racer with Playboy Playmate Tamara Witmer. Beautiful new FastDates.com Calendar Kittens this year include are Maxim’s Karina Vélez featured i n black lingerie on the cover of both Calendars, plus Playboy centerfold Monica Sims and Penthouse centerfold Riley Anne.

The 2022 Garage Girls Calendar offers another look at the beautiful Calendar Kittens, some with some cool new Cafe Racer and Collector Bikes at the request of fans who miss the discontinued Fast Dates Superbike Calendar. One of the bikes is legendary actor Steve McQueen’s 1942 Indian Scout. These mechanics may not know how to tickle a float bowl or change a spark plug, but does it really matter?

These beautiful wall calendars are your exclusive 16-month pit pass to top custom and race bikes and prettiest centerfold models in revealing swimwear and lingerie. FastDates.com Calendars are highest quality full color 15 x 15″ wire spiral bound with hang clip, printed on heavy art stock art board. These 2022 16-month Calendars being with September 2021. $24.95 each.

CDC RECOGNIZES Zombie Preparedness–Zombie Campaign

Wonder why zombies, zombie apocalypse, and zombie preparedness continue to live or walk dead on a CDC web site? As it turns out what first began as a tongue-in-cheek campaign to engage new audiences with preparedness messages has proven to be a very effective platform. We continue to reach and engage a wide variety of audiences on all hazards preparedness via “zombie preparedness”.

–from CDC web site

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THE SUCCESS CODE FOR 2022–
At some point soon – in advance of 2022 federal elections, . . . we need to

ID affected industry leaders / their lobbyists / –

ID the elected Congressional ‘leaders’ of this ‘climate change needed’ they are pushing

Match up our riding grass-roots local leaders and local affected businesses

ID local viable candidates ‘against’ these crazy movements

Get these affected companies and lobbyists together with us and funnel their campaign dollars into local Motorcycle PAC’s / Treasuries . . .

and get on “RIDE” to DEFEAT current elected Congressional people supporting these crazy changes –

Local viable candidates will open the Climate Doom debate and we educate our Community how they ARE / WILL be affected IF they aren’t defeated.

Same goes with ‘preserving ‘Free Speech’ – DEFEAT some of these crazies and shock waves will be noticed . . .

Ready for another ‘hurrah’ or two ? ? ?

–PC in MA

ANOTHER, New Bikernet Reader Comment!

FEULING TWIN CAM PLATE TESTING TOOL

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What article? I’m just looking for Rogue’s Tech Inspector.

— Jimmy Overly
fuelishhabit@gmail.com
Parkersburg, WV

Me either
The article is what it is about explaining how a good tool by a good company is used.

Anything about making a homemade one or who my inspector is, (That could be my shop dog sometimes seen in my articles inspecting my work ) But it is out of scope of what the article is about .

If I was to answer his question it would be HUH?
Enjoy your day.

–Rogue
Senior Editor
Bikernet.com™

The Beer Guzzler’s Code of Ethics, per some notable persons– Wisdom of a glass of beer

“Sometimes, when I reflect on all the beer I drink, I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I did not drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. I think it is better to drink this beer and let dreams come true, than be selfish and worry about my liver.”
–Babe Ruth

“When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.”
–Paul Horning

“24 hours in a day and 24 beers in a case.
Coincidence? I think not!”
–H. L. Mencken

“When we drink, we get drunk When we get drunk, we fall asleep.
When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven.
So, let’s all get drunk and go to heaven.”
–George Bernard Shaw

“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”
–Benjamin Franklin

“Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer.
Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention,
But the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.”
–Dave Barry

“Beer: Helping ugly people have sex since 3000 B.C.”
–W. C. Fields

“Remember ‘I’ before ‘E,’ except in Budweiser.” and BEILMAN
–Professor Irwin Corey

“To some it is a six-pack. To me, it is a Support Group. Salvation in a can.”
–Leo Durocher

One night at Cheers, a TV Sitcom, Cliff Clavin said to his buddy, Norm Peterson: “Well, ya see, Normy, it’s like this … A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first.

This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells.

Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That’s why you always feel smarter after a few beers!”

–Sam Burns

Don McLean Hit “American Pie” –Featured in New AppleTV+ Movie Finch Starring Tom Hanks

Los Angeles, Calif. – Don McLean’s beloved hit “American Pie,” makes its way into the new AppleTV+ sci-fi movie Finch starring Tony and Golden Globe Award winner Tom Hanks. Hanks plays “Finch Weinberg,” a robotics engineer who builds an AI sidekick to take care of his companion canine after he’s gone.

Finch’s relatable and vulnerable side is revealed as he sings “American Pie” to himself when he is lonely and while making his way through a dust storm that might lead to his death. The song holds a tight grip on viewers as an emotionally commanding theme song heard at both the beginning and end of the film.

“Hollywood has been very good to me this year! I recently received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and now the great music supervisors, based in Hollywood, have chosen my song American Pie to be in this movie,” says award-winning singer-songwriter Don McLean. “American Pie is one of those timeless classics that has so many meanings. I just love how multiple generations of music lovers are learning about the song.”

The placement of “American Pie” in Finch has accumulated plenty of attention, proving just how important a film’s soundtrack has on the theatrical appeal of a performance. Mentioned in Rollingstone.com, Chicago.SunTimes.com, News.Yahoo.com, Hollywoodreporter.com, Patriotledger.com, Indiewire.com, Rogersmovienation.com, CNET.com, Mashable, WSJ, and more, the bookend scenes which McLean’s “American Pie” is featured in, capture the attention of the audience for dramatic yet sentimental moments.

Have We Become a Nation of Bullies?–
Online and offline, angry, aggressive, bullying behavior has become normalized, and it’s tearing our nation apart. Elaine Parke says it’s time we got back to behaving with kindness, respect, and dignity—and her unity movement must start with you and me.

“Adult bullies are everywhere,” notes Parke, author of The Habits of Unity: 12 Months to a Stronger America…one citizen at a time (Outskirts Press, 2021, ISBN: 978-1-9772-4276-1, $21.95, www.12habits4allofus.org). “They’re harassing healthcare workers and screaming at school board meetings. On social media, they’re arguing, name-calling, shaming, and slamming those who think differently.”

Yikes. Shouldn’t we know better by now?

That’s why Parke is leading the charge against incivility, division, and unproductive conflict in America. She says it starts with holding ourselves accountable for our own bad behavior—yes, even you and me.

“No one likes to think of themselves as a bully,” she acknowledges. “But most of us have raised our voices in anger, gossiped about others, or made snarky remarks on Facebook. We all have a civic responsibility to treat others with dignity and respect, even when we don’t agree.”

Parke worries that social media has played a role in normalizing hurtful and even abusive behaviors. It’s a shame because it was meant to be a source of connection and information (and used the right way, it still is that). Unfortunately, behind a screen, we’ll say things we’d hesitate to say in person. Plus, we’re steeped in a global echo chamber that tells us we’re right, while the other side is ignorant, ill-intentioned, immoral, or worse.

“We’ve all heard the saying that we are what we eat, but I say we are the messages we consistently consume,” Parke says. “It’s time we moved to a mental diet that nourishes, encourages, and brings us together.”

Parke’s The Habits of Unity is her attempt to help people take charge of what she calls their “mental nutrition.” Much in the same way that we (hopefully) approach the food we eat, we need to develop the discipline to make more nutritious mental choices every day. Her book’s 365 “one-magic-minute-a-day” motivationals make it easy to hardwire these choices into habits.

With her simple, doable framework for uplifting ourselves, boosting our mental health, and practicing unity, Parke hopes to get everyone focused on the same branded behavior each month—just like we all focus on holidays together. The idea is that the sheer force of all that concentrated positive energy sparks a unifying kindness revolution that rises from the ground up and sweeps the nation.

Yet, until that happens, we can leverage the power of The Habits of Unity on a personal level by forming one good habit per month:

January: Help Others
February: You Count
March: Resolve Conflicts
April: Take Care of Our Environment
May: Be Grateful
June: Reach Higher
July: Become Involved
August: Know Who You Are
September: Do Your Best
October: Be Patient and Listen
November: Show a Positive Attitude
December: Celebrate Community, Family, and Friends

Those who’ve tried it say the plan is easy to put into practice. It feels good, so you’ll want to keep doing it. And you’ll probably find when your behavior shifts from nastiness to positivity, your interactions become less contentious and your relationships improve.

“When we each commit, all together, to eliminating our own bullying behaviors, human nature will begin to evolve into ‘humane’ nature,” says Parke. “Our country needs all of us to move beyond persecution and name-calling, and focus on listening, understanding, and cooperating with one another as much as possible.

“And as for social media,” she adds, “let’s make it a space that fosters healing instead of harassment.”

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DIRECT FROM THE BIKERNET ARCHIVES—Check out Sturgis in 2003.

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REVEALING New Bikernet Reader Comment!–TROPICAL TATTOO CHOPPER TIME 2021

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One day, I’m going to leave work and make the 1.5-mile ride up there and enter my Panhead in the show. I built it with Edward Eisler ( Vintage Harley Works ) 30+ years ago. I should say that I was there and helped build it.

Edward Eisler actually won one of the Panhead or chopper divisions about 3 years ago. Not sure when it was.

Great show, Great pics and great people….Thank you!

–Scuba Dave
Daytona Beach, FL

FORBIDDEN OBSERVATION OF THE DAY–The difference between the arbitrary edict known as the Constitution and the arbitrary edict known as the Koran is it is taking longer for the Constitution to evolve to full tyranny than the Koran took. Because the Koran didn’t need endless interpreting by an appointed panel of 9 imbeciles for hundreds of years to determine its “actual” content. It was in full horrific sadistic form right out the gate in plain simple language and has stayed that way.

The Constitution, unlike the Koran, pretends to be, via mystical airy ‘we humans are gods” exhausting Kabbalistic cultic exultant enlightened blather, a gateway to “the common good” – a condition not exactly itemized as to what that actually is.

Time as shown, at least to those actually paying attention, that “the common good” is evolving into the same level of misery and death and absolute tyranny that the Koran provides.

The difference is the Koran is a lot more honest about it. I’ll give the fuckers that.

–J.J. Solari
Professor of Politics
Bikernet University

LATEST FROM THE LOWBROW CREW–This tank is absolutely…

Rad! Yeah, it’s also ?? ?? ??!

Lowbrow reproduced several styles of Banana Gas Tanks a few years back in a variety of tunnel depths and widths.

This brand new Frisco Banana Gas Tank has a 1-1/2″ deep tunnel, ensuring it clears the engine on custom Harleys.

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PS – Get the scoop on the history of Frisco styling and check out some rare, classic photos in our article: What Is A Frisco Style Chopper?

STAFF ARTICLE COMMENT–Just finished reading the Vanishing Breed. Bill sounds like an amalgamation of the bunch I ran with. Mechanics, Truck Driver, Heavy Equipment Operators, Rough Necks, Aircraft Mechanics, and Aircraft and Commercial Electronics. We’re all a bunch of gearheads; many of which have decades of experience and talent.

I really enjoyed the article and can see a future for more along this line. They are indeed a vanishing breed.

–Sam Burns

THIS JUST IN FROM THE COVID DEPARTMENT-– BIKERNET MEDICAL ALERT–This just in: the surge of surges is now surging via the surgeance of surgiosity.

This is not a mediocre surgeness of a surge into surgistance. No. This is a surge of greater insurgency than all previous surges. A doctor no one ever heard of before this announcement from Surge Central in Fuck You Sucker, Wisconsin has announced in surgical surgecerity that this surgeness is the surge of surges. So, drink the koolaid vaccine that is not a vaccine and stay safe.

Thank you.

J.J. Solari
Medical Investigator
Bikernet Medical Center

BEST OF TIMES—Here’s the bitch about all the bullshit going around. We are living in the best of times. Think about it. If folks had to run to work to feed their families, would they be spending their time bitching about the weather or worried about how the cops are acting? Now they can protest all day, drive home in their SUV order a pizza and watch it on TV.

Here’s a Sheriff Media shot of my fossil fuel guzzling desk. Which brings up my book Sam “Chopper” Orwell. It’s all about what’s going on.

Paul Aiken rode past the old digs in Wilmington where the container wars are taking place and got a shot of our mural, which is now a homeless encampment.

Here’s an old shot with Mil Blair. He still has a few original David Mann paintings for sale. They are spendy, but if you’re interested let me know at Bandit@Bikernet.com.

We are working on our Xmas card and took this shot to get us going. It’s sorta on the border of Deadwood and Lead, SD.

Progress is being made on the shop build today, but it’s slow, the water table is high and the winds are blowing.

So, let’s party. Ride Fast and Free Forever and never give up.

–Bandit

How to think about our energy future
Is humanity’s continuing—and expanding—use of fossil fuels a moral choice or an immoral choice?

At the Center for Industrial Progress, we reject the common standard of minimizing human impact.

Our standard of value is: maximizing human flourishing.

To discover what will maximize human flourishing we must think full context—we must carefully look at the benefits, risks, and side effects of all our alternatives. We reject the common method of thinking out-of-context.

Thus, when we consider fossil fuels, we do not write them off as bad because they cause some man-made CO2 and some man-made warming.

We look carefully at the full context of their potential impacts on human flourishing now and in the future.

Fossil fuels & human flourishing: the benefits
The unmet need for cheap, plentiful, reliable energy:

— There are 7 billion people in the world who need cheap, plentiful, reliable energy to flourish. Some 3 billion have virtually no energy by our standards, which means we need vastly more energy.

— It is extremely difficult to produce cheap, plentiful, reliable energy. In the entire history of humanity, only three industries have achieved this on any scale: the hydrocarbon (fossil fuel) industry, the nuclear industry, and the hydroelectric power industry.

The unique ability of the fossil fuel industry to meet our energy needs:

— The fossil fuel industry produces over 80% of the world’s power because it is the only industry that has figured out how to produce cheap, plentiful, reliable energy for electricity, transportation, and heating on a scale of billions.

— Since the energy industry is the industry that powers every other industry, the fossil fuel industry increases productivity and prosperity in every area of life, from agriculture (diesel-powered farm equipment) to hospitals (24/7 electricity).

— The only industries that can meaningfully supplement fossil fuel energy are the nuclear and hydroelectric industries, which are widely opposed by environmentalists. Even without this opposition fossil fuels would still be irreplaceable for decades to come. Hydro is limited by lack of suitable locations. Nuclear has the long-term potential to expand greatly, but is many decades away from
scaling to the level of billions.

— For these reasons, any restriction on fossil fuel use would do devastating damage. This must be factored into all policy debates over restricting fossil fuels to reduce CO2 or other byproducts.

About the author: Alex Epstein, founder of the Center for Industrial Progress, is a
humanist philosopher who seeks to identify the full context of industrial and environmental controversies.

His New York Times bestseller The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels has been widely praised as the most persuasive argument ever made against climate catastrophism and led The McLaughlin Group to name Epstein the most original thinker of 2014.

Fossil fuels & human flourishing: environmental concerns. The number one environmental concern: climate impacts

— To assess the climate-related impacts of fossil fuel use, we have to carefully assess the consequences to human flourishing of :

1) the warming impact of CO2,

2) the fertilizing effect of CO2,

— The warming impact of CO2 is mild and quite possibly positive–in no way does it justify restricting fossil fuel use whatsoever.

— It is a proven but little-known fact that the greenhouse effect of CO2 is a diminishing,
logarithmic effect; each molecule of CO2 warms less than the last.

— The belief that increases in CO2 will cause runaway warming are based on speculative
climate dynamics represented in models that have utterly failed to predict climate.

— Global average temperatures and CO2 levels are near all-time lows from a geological
perspective; today’s CO2 levels are an estimated 1/20th their all-time high (a highly fertile period).

— Warming is almost universally desired among civilizations, with cold-related deaths
dramatically greater than heat-related deaths. In general, life thrives under warmer conditions.

— The widely ignored fertilizing effect of CO2 is significant and positive, yet ignored; a proper energy and environmental discussion must take it into account.

— Increasing CO2 levels is a proven driver of plant growth, which is why greenhouses contain 3 times as much CO2 as our atmosphere.

— Satellite data show dramatic increases in plant growth in uninhabited locations as CO2 levels have increased over the past several decades.

— Increased CO2 has also contributed significantly to crop yields and helped millions avoid malnutrition or starvation.

— The widely-ignored protecting effect of fossil fuels is spectacularly positive; it has helped us take the inherently dangerous climate and make it far safer than it has ever been.

— While the climate debate treats the global climate system as naturally stable and safe, it is in fact naturally volatile and vicious. Climate safety requires climate protection through
development and technology–both of which are fueled by affordable energy.

— The international disaster database, which tracks climate-related deaths–including deaths from flood, droughts, extreme heat, extreme cold, storms, and wildfires–shows a 98% decrease in the rate of climate-related deaths since significant CO2 emissions began 80 years ago.

— Fossil fuel use doesn’t take a safe climate and make it dangerous, it takes a dangerous
climate and makes it safe.

For a full analysis of the environmental impacts of fossil fuels, including air, water, and resource impacts, see the book The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels.

Help change the conversation

If we truly look at fossil fuel energy by the standard of human flourishing, we discover that it is not an immoral product we need to restrict but a moral product we need to liberate–just as we need to liberate other persecuted sources of energy such as nuclear power and hydroelectric power.

Our society’s lack of a clear,
pro-human, full-context framework for thinking about energy is leading to disastrous, anti-fossil-fuel, antinuclear, anti-hydro policy decisions that are already harming millions and will harm billions.
A fast, easy way to make an impact is to share this document with your friends, family, coworkers, favorite commentators, and elected officials.

Go to IndustrialProgress.com/fossilfuels to get a PDF to share with others.

In a few years if a collector wants to keep the old stuff running he may have problems
Photos and text by Bill May

The cars and motorcycles of today run awesome and last a long time, but they do nothing for me.

People who can work on those old engines are few and far between. We are a vanishing breed.

In a few years if a collector wants to keep the old stuff running, he will have to get out the old manuals and train some young guy with an aptitude for it.

Me, I’m just going to keep flying down the road on my old bikes and my ‘34 Ford.

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November 5, 2021

Highway Bill Passes… a Year Late

After a 13-month delay and enactment of three separate extensions, Congress finally passed a surface transportation reauthorization bill. This bill, sometimes called the highway bill or the infrastructure bill, has been a hotly debated topic in D.C. for several years. Once signed by the President, the bill will reauthorize many highway programs, provide funding for road and bridge construction and replace the previous highway bill passed in 2015, known as the FAST Act.

Just a week ago, Congress gave itself a third extension running into December. Yet election victories by Republican candidates, especially a win by the GOP in the Virginia governor’s race, seems to have spooked Democrats, and motivated passage of a bill that has been awaiting a vote since the summer.

For the last two years, the House of Representatives and Senate have battled over transportation priorities and funding levels. In both 2020 and 2021, the House of Representatives passed versions of their highway bill, only to be rebuffed by the Senate. Under pressure from President Biden, the Senate finally acted, passing in August a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. This action by the Senate, effectively forced the House to accept the Senate version of the bill or continue to pass short term extensions of current law.

However, pressure from the left wing of the Democratic party delayed a vote on the Senate’s infrastructure bill until an unconnected piece of legislation, referred to as the “human infrastructure bill,” was agreed to. That bill, called “Build Back Better,” had an original price tag of $3.5 trillion and effectively held the infrastructure bill hostage. After months of debate, and Tuesday’s election results, House Democrats agreed to vote on a smaller Build Back Better bill later in the month, opening the door to a final vote on the infrastructure bill.

At 11:27pm Friday night, the House agreed to the Senate’s bill and passed a $1.2 trillion 5-year highway bill, known as the INVEST ACT. The final vote in the House was 228 to 206, with 13 Republicans voting in favor and 6 Democrats voting against.

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Honor our Disabled American Veterans

This weekend thousands of members and supporters of the DAV (Disabled American Veterans) community will come together to honor America’s ill and injured veterans at the DAV 5K presented by Humana. Although online registration ended for our in-person event, you can still register TOMORROW at The Banks at 7:00 AM.

If you cannot make the in-person event, you still have time to register for the virtual event! Register for the virtual race today and walk, roll, run or ride to support America’s ill and injured veterans November 6-11.

Whether you’re on the West Coast, the East Coast or near us in Cincinnati, you can still support America’s veterans and participate with us.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER TODAY

DAV keep the lifesaving programs and services to our nation’s injured veterans free of charge and participate in the DAV 5K, in-person or virtually. Thank you for helping keep the promise to America’s veterans.

Sincerely,
The DAV 5K Team

P.S. Not able to join the DAV 5K, but want to help veterans? Make a special gift to DAV instead. Your donation will help America’s veterans get the benefits they’ve earned.

DAV is a tax-exempt organization, and all contributions are tax-deductible according to IRS regulation.

It’s all Wild and Free

It’s another magnificent day here in Deadwood, South Dakota. The deer are cleaning the fields, the sky is amazing blue and clear and if you step into the sun, you would think it was summer again.

We started to take hikes. It’s all good.

In the meantime, Ride Fast and Free Forever.

— Bandit

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The Brothers and Girls Ride Out for a High-Stakes Poker Game

By Gearhead with help from Bandit

The story starts with Bandit telling me about a big card game in the Badlands of South Dakota. We were drinking one night down the street from the Cantina getting about half lit. He drank Jack on the rocks, and I was drinking Beam. The only thing left was to break open a bottle of Old Grand Dad and we would have a song.

He mentioned making a run to Deadwood for this big poker tournament. It was by invite only and he had one. I asked him about the tournament, while the music on the jukebox in the background was, “I drink alone,” by Lonesome George. He told me you need references and a wad of cash that could choke an elephant –a big fuckin’ bank roll.

Two things my Uncle Geno told me was: family first and never cross a 1%er. I would back Bandit.

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Hey,

We are going to break ground on our shop project today. We have a couple of issues hanging over our heads that I won’t go into here, but our options are many.

It’s another magnificent day here in Deadwood, South Dakota. The deer are cleaning the fields, the sky is amazing blue and clear and if you step into the sun, you would think it was summer again.

A brother offered me a killer deal on a Paughco Rigid frame. I’m itching for another project. Another brother offered me a big candy deal on a David Mann Original. I’m pondering my options. Hell, Geno offered me a deal on a ’48 Ford. So many of these issues involve the shop completion. Being forced to be patient is tough.

We are working with Nino on a couple of Hall of Fame rings. We had to confirm when we were inducted into the Sturgis Hall of Fame, way back in 2005. Hell, Michael Lichter was inducted the same year.

Here’s a mid-‘80s shot of Gary Bang and Micah McCloskey. Micah was inducted last year. Let’s hit the news:

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POLARIS TAKES A “STEP” IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION–Polaris ponied up a $1 million grant to develop an on-the-job training program specifically for powersports techs. The “Service Technician Education Program” (STEP) connects college curriculum with real word wrench-spinners working the dealership level in a partnership between Central Lakes College (CLC) in Brainerd, MN, and local dealer Power Lodge.

“In addition to providing hands-on learning experiences for students, this project helps decrease the technician labor shortage in the industry by connecting trained students with our dealers to complete a specific list of services while working alongside dealer technicians,” explains Power Lodge director of operations Laura Fleisher. Students will be paid for their work as student technicians when working for the dealership as part of a new career pathway in the industry. “As a result, more experienced technicians are freed up to work on more complicated services. Simultaneously, we will be building the next generation of skilled professional technicians.” Win-Win!

“This program is about building a connection between powersports businesses and students who have chosen powersports as their career,” adds Bridget McLennan, Polaris VP, dealer services. “STEP brings new life to powersports and marine programs offered at colleges like CLC while strengthening this industry as a relevant and meaningful career path that fosters diversity, equity and inclusion,” she notes.

“Not only is the curriculum focused on emerging vehicle technologies, but it’s also infused with rich hands-on learning experiences for the students. CLC has a compelling and exciting program, and the partnership of powersports dealers like Power Lodge helps apply those learnings in an actual work environment, ultimately building a highly-skilled network of future employees in a high-demand field.”

CLC, Polaris and Power Lodge will begin building the foundational capabilities of this comprehensive pilot program immediately, with full implementation at CLC to begin with the 2022-2023 academic school year. Based on critical milestones and success proven under CLC and Power Lodge’s leadership, additional Polaris educational partnerships will have access to the modified curriculum and will be encouraged to replicate the model.

Polaris anticipates the pilot program with CLC and Power Lodge to train 80 student technicians and an additional 89 staff over the course of the grant, many of whom will be hired upon graduation.

It Comes Down to This: AHDRA at Gainesville–AHDRA Nitro World Finals

when: November 5-7, 2021

where: Gainesville Raceway, Florida, USA

The AHDRA World Nitro Nationals are set to rotate the earth of north Florida, as the all-American motorcycle drag racing series takes over Gainesville Raceway on November 5-7.

National champions will be decided and rewarded at this final 2021 stop on AHDRA’s nitro and gas V-Twin road show.

Milford, Ohio, based Top Fuel Harley racer Ryan Peery has a big 108 point lead in TKR & Associates Top Fuel over Cecil County winner Tracy Kile, and yet both of these nitro studs will be pushing the limits of steel and aluminum to finish off the season with their best performances ever.

Defending champ Rich Vreeland will be doing the same, while graciously handing over his nitro crown in what is essentially a peaceful yet violently explosive succession of power.

Frank “Brother” Capone, Dr. Jimmy “Mac” McMillin and more will be pounding the Gainesville pavement, along with Rebel Glover riding Jake Stordeur’s Knucklehead Racing bike.

Bike owner/tuner Red Rhea is stoked about his rider Michael Balch’s year in Hawaya Racing Nitro Funnybike—the first year on nitro for Balch. “Michael won his first race and is on his way to a championship,” said Rhea, who also touted Balch’s prowess at acquiring and servicing sponsors—an essential skill for today’s racers. “If anyone is sitting on the fence waiting to jump into nitro racing, Michael’s year should be an inspiration to them to get out here!”

Rhea will have the bike’s Orangeburg destruction repaired and on track in Gainesville, along with Sam White, Armon Furr, Rocky Jackson and more.

Preston “President” Bartlett is the runaway leader for the Hawaya Racing Pro Fuel championship. His four wins set-up a 158 point lead over second place multi-class racer White.

Still, expect to see Sam racing at Gainesville, along with Jim Martin and many more in the popular carbureted nitro class.

Kevin Campbell leads GMS Racing Pro Open points, but gasoline power-adder studs Mike Motto, Andy Simon, and Columbus winner Paul Vicory are all expected to huff and blow their way to some serious scoreboard assaults.

Shane Pendergrast has a commanding Zippers Performance Pro Modified lead over John Price, while Gary Douglass’ Pingel Modified points lead is only 22 points over Jeff Workman, who has just 10 on Nate Carnahan. Carnahan brings a 59-point lead over Brad Reiss Jr. into the last 10.30 index race of the year.

Ken Strauss leads 63-year-old John Shotts for the Top Eliminator 9.30 index championship, but John is calling the Shotts as Vreeland’s Harley-Davidson 9.90 leader. He’s only 22 points ahead of Robert Willis, who has a scant 5 points on Reiss. This class is going down to the final round!

Reiss holds the Universal Fleet & Tire 10.90 points lead, 40 ahead of Loren Potter, with Crosby Blair within striking distance.

Potter leads Monkey Motorsports Eliminator and is tied for third in 11.50 index. That class’ championship battle is a classic father/son duel between Jordan and Jason Leeper.

The Bagger classes will all be totin’ the luggage, including Law Tigers Pro Bagger and T-Man Performance Bagger Eliminator. Victor Gotay, David Miller, Rylan Mason, Crystal Lynch and more will all be sending it.

Wanna get your own start in racing? Start with AHDRA’s Trophy class and see if you’ve got what it takes!

Friday is reserved for test and tune, followed by live music from the Local Traffic Band. Qualifying starts on Saturday from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm, with eliminations on Sunday from noon to 6:00 pm. Spectator prices are $25 daily, $45 for two days, or $55 for all three days. Save by preordering at raceahdra.com. Camping and vending spots are available.

AHDRA will cap this championship weekend with a full-blown banquet at the Gateway Grand Hotel and Conference Center, 4200 NW 97th Blvd in Gainesville.

Bill Rowe, his family, and the AHDRA community look forward to welcoming racers and fans back to beautiful and fast Gainesville Raceway.

The AHDRA website is at http://raceahdra.com/

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BRAND New Bikernet Reader Comment!--Lou Kimzey: America’s 20th Century Founding Father

https://www.bikernet.com/pages/Lou_Kimzey_Americas_20th_Century_Founding_Father_.aspx

So great to hear the truth spoken once again. J.J. Solari is a national treasure without a nation. Justice is Just Us.

My whole life I was told “you can’t do that! Truth is, I could.

Lou Kimzey could. Bandit could too along with a rag tag group of misfits who fit, so perfectly, my lifestyle.

Thanks J.J.

We’ll meet again someday in Texas, at a Mesquite fired BBQ by total chance. You made my day.

–Big Dave Hansen
weaseldave@msn.com
Bethel Springs, TN

Good to hear from you Dave. We hope to make a road trip to Texas in the Spring. Ya never know.–Bandit

We have been receiving new leather in as soon as we can. See what we currently have available and get your leather now.

We have added dozens of boxes of discounted scrap leather available for purchase, including some of our favorite leathers from Hermann Oak, Horween, and Wickett & Craig.

All boxes contain high-quality leather remnants of various sizes cut down from larger pieces.

–The Buckle Guy

December Deadline for Tariff Exclusion Applications— The Office of the United States Trade Representative announced it will consider excluding tariffs on select products currently captured under the China tariffs.

Manufacturers and dealers could get relief from tariffs on items such as small-displacement motorcycle engines, electric motorcycles, helmets, apparel, accessories, insulated electric conductors, parts for internal combustion engines, and starter motors – if they submit a persuasive exclusion request to the USTR explaining the need for tariff relief.

USTR Ambassador Katherine Tai made the announcement in a recent speech stating that tariff exclusion requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

The USTR will entertain exclusion requests only on the 549 harmonized tariff schedule codes previously granted exclusions. Powersports companies are urged to review the list closely for HTS codes that may apply to their imports.
Most of the exclusions expired December 31 and the remainder ended earlier this year. The USTR is inviting specific comments on reinstating particular product exclusions as well as public comments on the appropriate length of the reinstated exclusions. The deadline is December 1.

–MIC

Join Black Girls Ride in New Orleans for an epic weekend of sisterhood, empowerment and parties!–We’re excited to announce our 4th Annual Black Girls Ride to Essence Fest!

If you’ve never been to Essence Fest, this is the perfect opportunity! We’ll arrive in New Orleans for all of the festivities. We’ll host rider events to pick up new riders in cities along the way! Riders are invited to join our ride leaders from all over the country, as we all meet in New Orleans for an epic weekend of sisterhood, empowerment and parties!

All riders are invited to join us from all over the world on this ride!
Host Hotel Info will Follow Paid Registration.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Here’s a few frequently asked questions about Black Girls Ride to Essence Fest:

– Who’s invited? All Female Motorcycle Riders of all levels are invited to join us for this unique riding vacation! This experience is great for new to intermediate riders. We’ll help you get prepared for the cross country journey!

– Can I bring my husband/significant other? You sure can! While our itinerary caters to women who ride, men are welcome to follow along. Simply purchase their registration and they are all set to join us!

– What if my guest only wants to do some of what’s on the itinerary? Do they still have to pay full price? Absolutely! Our pricing is based on providing female motorcycle riders with the full experience. To ensure this, we’ll only offer one package this year.

– What if I want to trailer my bike? We strongly encourage you to ride, and enjoy the full experience of a cross country motorcycle ride. We don’t have parking accommodations for trailers.

– I don’t think I can get enough time off to ride. Can I fly in and rent a bike? Sure, but those accommodations are yours to make. Our goal is to provide an excellent experience once you arrive on ground.

– What if my girls want to drive instead? Can we park at the BGR lot? We hope you can understand that our lot is reserved for BGR Motorcycle Riders, and your registration includes bike parking only. Registration DOES NOT include car parking, but car parking will be available for $30 per day with your registration band.

PLEASE NOTE: ITINERARY IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE BASED ON THE ESSENCE FESTIVAL CALENDAR. THIS PACKAGE DOES NOT INCLUDE TRAVEL, HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS OR ESSENCE FESTIVAL CONCERT TICKETS.
– What is the refund policy? There are No Refunds at anytime.

– I have other questions. How can I reach you? I’m always available at (310) 733-0508 or drop an email to blackgirlsridemag@gmail.com.

BGR Ride Leaders:

Louisiana Contact: Juicy J (504) 251-1397

Louisiana Contact: Tru (504) 906-0465

Ohio Contact: Squeaky (614) 989-3956

North Carolina Contact: Foxy (919)423-3268

Virginia Contact: Pepsi (804) 938-5299

Texas Contact: Lady Feisty (832) 886-3455

Georgia Contact: FeeNom (404) 441-4527

New York/New Jersey: Sandra (917) 319-1466

Alabama Contact: Blacq (256) 541-6019

Vendor / Sponsorship Contact: Porsche Taylor 310) 733-0508

Black Girls Ride Magazine is not affiliated with Essence Festival or Essence Magazine. Riders are responsible for their own travel, accomodations and insurance. These packages WILL NOT include Essence Festival concert tickets.

NEW FROM THE CLIMATE HEADQUARTERS–Considering all the dire forecasts on climate change, maybe some facts could lower the temperature.

Steven Koonin, a physicist at the Department of Energy in the Obama administration authored a book titled:

“Unsettled, What Climate Science Tells Us, What it Doesn’t, and Why it Matters”

Somehow the book did not get much coverage even though the media continually reports on climate change.

· “The warmest temperatures in the U.S. have not risen in the past fifty years,” Koonin writes, according to the U.S. government’s Climate Science Special Report.

· “Humans have had no detectable impact on hurricanes over the past century,” according to the 2014 National Climate Assessment.

· “Since the middle of the twentieth century, the number of significant tornadoes hasn’t changed much at all, but the strongest storms have become less frequent,” according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data (NOAA).

· “The rate of global sea-level rise 70 years ago was as large as what we observe today,” according to the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

· Instead of droughts, “the past fifty years have been slightly wetter than average” in the United States, according to NOAA figures.

· Rather than famine, “in the fifty years from 1961 to 2011, global yields of wheat, rice, and maize … each more than doubled,” according to the IPCC.

· “The net economic impact of human-induced climate change will be minimal through at least the end of this century.”

It would be helpful if the media covered all sides of the climate issue.

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J.J. INVESTIGATES SPLITTING LANES–I was just talking to someone about traffic. and he said a motorcycle doesn’t know what traffic is. When you ride a motorcycle you are riding a big middle finger. I said I’m stealing that.

–J.J. Solari

ON ANY SUNDAY Movie Re-release Premier!

Martin Moto will be partnering with The Boyertown State Theater on Saturday Nov. 6th from 3:30pm-6:00pm for an anniversary showing of On Any Sunday! It’s been 50 years since this movie has been released and we’d love to celebrate this iconic film with you! Snacks and drinks will be provided by Martin Moto the day of the event. We will also be hanging out with Grind Restaurant and Iezzi’s On 3rd after the show! They will be offering special coupons for our after-movie premier if you’d like to stop by.

Tickets will be FREE! First come first serve basis.
Reserve your tickets now!
or Call us at: 610-369-3120

Martin Moto
1037 UNGER LANE
BOYERTOWN
PA 19512 (610) 369-3120

RENEWABLE NEWS–
Making a solar electric panel produces more CO2 than the panel will ever save.

And it’s also a sword of truth that solar electric panels are made in China. Made in factories using huge amounts of high heat in production. And these are powered by coal-fired electric generating plants.

Solar electric panels are basically created by fossil fuels. And as mentioned, their preparation produces more CO2 than they will ever save.

–Issues and Insights

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BIKERNET MEDICAL ALERT–Gee, the highly educated journalist religion cultists are wondering if maybe there is no way to actually get rid of C-19 since animals can be carriers. Which is what you learn in the first grade if you pay attention in the first grade.

So we’re slowing the spread among humans…..meanwhile the deer population is holding onto a reservoir of the flu if it turns out it disappears among humans. Which it will never do by the way. It’s a rhinovirus. They cause colds and flu. They are indestructible. Just like bureaucrat and apparently society’s noggins.

–J.J. Solari
Medical Research Specialists
Bikernet Medical Center

AMA NEWS–AMA Members Save on SX Tickets
The 2022 Monster Energy AMA Supercross season kicks off on January 8 in Anaheim, Calif. View the event schedule, 2021 photos and results at amasupercross.com. Tickets for all 17 rounds are on sale now, and AMA members can save $5 on up to 8 tickets. Use the AMA discount code when you buy tickets. (Restrictions, exclusions and additional fees may apply.) Get the member discount code.

AMA-chartered clubs – Join an AMA Club
AMA Clubs have long been a way for motorcyclists to connect and enjoy camaraderie. The AMA offers different types of club charters, including service, social and historic clubs. Many of our service clubs hold events to raise money for charitable causes. With more than 1,200 AMA-chartered clubs around the country, you can connect with like-minded riders in your area.

Find an AMA Club
Learn about becoming an AMA-Chartered Club
Order a Club Member Patches and Pins

VINTAGE RIDES ARE BACK–THE WORLD IS OPENING BACK UP at long last!

At the time of writing, 4 groups are on the road in Morocco, Peru, Sardinia and Nepal. In total, around 100 riders have hit the roads with us this October! Our destinations are slowly but surely announcing that they are reopening their borders and we are thrilled to be sending you our new motorcycle tour calendar, including South Africa, Mongolia, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

We can’t wait to see you again!

–Vintage Rides
53 Rue Président Krüger, 69008 Lyon
teamvr@vintagerides.com
+442070316050

LIFESTYLE CYCLES DEAL OF THE WEEK–2019 Harley-Davidson® FLTRXSE – CVO™ Road Glide FOR $39,995.00

see it here: https://www.lifestylecycles.com/default.asp?page=xPreOwnedInventoryDetail&id=11284095

2019 Mako Shark Fade Harley-Davidson SCREAMIN EAGLE CVO ROAD GLIDE SPECIAL FLTRXSE

ONLY 20758.00 Miles !!!!!

This bike is a Mako Shark Road Glide they only made only 995 and 116 for California

Some of the features/Add-on’s on this bike

* 117c.i. Screaming Eagle motor Professionally Dyno Tuned by MCM.
* 6-Speed trans.
* Bassani 2 into 1 exhaust
* Dynojet Power Commander 5 Tuner
* Backrest and Luggage rack
* Boom Audio with speaker lids

Just 20758.00

Plus license, and a $85.00 documentation fee and your local sales tax. NO HIDDEN FEE’S like dealers, We have no reconditioning or prep fee’s.

This bike has passed Lifestyle Cycles rigorous 92 point safety and mechanical/structural inspection.

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MIL BLAIR STILL BUILDS GROUND UP RIDERS—Mil Blair is one of the originals in our industry. Him and Joe Teresi started D&D Distributors and ultimately Jammer Cycle. They were responsible for our chopper industry to grow without government interference. They proved to the DOT that choppers were as safe as stock bikes. Amazing.

Mil continues to build bikes and develop products like his Pegasus fuel injection system.

The new owner is Dr. LeRoy Perry, D.C. and Mil’s co-builder is John Teresi.

–Bandit

MIJ INDUSTRY #PROfile–The latest with Jeff Holt.

He’s been doing it nearly 20 years… and if you know Jeff, you know he’s done it by being himself the whole way. The motorcycle industry is cool enough that you can be as cool as Jeff and make it big.

His big personality has been great for the V-Twin market too. The dude bleeds for it and for that, he’s definitely A-OK in our book. Keep on keeping on, Holt.

–Dealernews

We are working with Jeff on my grandson’s pipe install. Hang On! –Bandit

THE CLIMATE QUIZ—Direct from the co2Coalition.

https://co2coalition.org/quiz/more-hurricanes-are-making-landfall-in-the-united-states/

NEWS FROM MCQUISTON’S CUSTOM MOTORCYCLES—Charly Parks bought a chopper recently and took it to Ryan’s shop for a do-over. Here are some teaser shots.

That’s Charly’s engine on the bench behind the frame.

–Bandit

QUOTES For Thursday News–Life ends when you stop dreaming. Hope ends when you stop believing. Love ends when you stop caring. So, dream, believe and care – it makes life beautiful.

“The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.” – John Burroughs

Humility is an ability to give up your pride and still uphold your dignity.

If you don’t have everything you want, realize that you still have an opportunity to be happier tomorrow than you are today. Change your outlook.

Sometimes a hard day’s work is easier than a lot of things you face in life.

“If you have enough breath to complain about anything, you have more than enough reason to give thanks about something.” – Mattie J.T. Stepanek (1990-2004), Poet & Peace Advocate

–Wayfarer
Monk in training
Bikernet Monastery
Pillar Peak, South Dakota

Across the country, local candidates are pitching themselves as advocates on safety and supporters of the police

Mayoral candidates across the country are closing out their campaigns pledging to restore law and order, a major setback for racial justice protesters who only a year ago thought they had permanently reshaped the debate on policing in American cities.

As voters head to the polls Tuesday, local elections are dominated by discussions about safety and law enforcement amid a surge in violent crime. The tone of the debate, even in many liberal urban communities, highlights how major policing reforms have stalled.

From Buffalo to Seattle, Democratic politicians who once championed significant reductions or reallocations of police department budgets are backtracking. In other cities, including Cleveland, liberal candidates are being hammered over their stances on public safety.

Even in cities without a competitive mayor’s race, the question of how to get tough on crime and bolster public safety has emerged as a defining issue. In Miami Beach, for example, Mayor Dan Gelber (D) is campaigning for a controversial referendum that would ban the sale of alcohol at bars and nightclubs after 2 a.m., which the mayor says is needed to regain control of the city after a tumultuous year of unruly behavior and gun violence. Gelber is also exploring how Miami Beach can hire more police officers.

“My residents are saying ‘we need to crackdown’, or ‘we need to have zero tolerance,’ ” said Gelber, adding that his party has been hampered by public perceptions that it is soft on crime.

The shift in the political strategies among big-city politicians, many of whom are Democrats, comes as a new poll shows public support for traditional policing strategies has increased since last year, when the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis galvanized the Black Lives Matter movement and powered its “defund the police” slogan.

A Pew Research Center poll published Tuesday shows that 47 percent of Americans want to increase funding for police, compared to 15 percent who want to decrease funding. In June 2020, when the racial justice protests were at their peak, 31 percent of Americans wanted to increase funding, while 25 percent supported a decrease. Three-fourths of Black Americans, who form a decisive voting bloc in many mayoral contests, either support increasing or keeping spending on police the same, Pew found.

The shift in public opinion comes after large U.S. cities experienced a 30 percent jump in killings in 2020, the biggest one-year increase since the federal government began compiling national figures in the 1960s.

In many cities, the number of homicides continued to rise this year, though at a slower rate than in 2020. At the same time, many large police departments have seen a decline in the number of active officers, fueling residents’ sense of unease.

From a Washington Post article
–NMA

WATCH OUT FOR CITY COUNCILS–Paul Hollywood’s hopes for his dream motorcycle garage dashed by council

Paul Hollywood had hoped to build a four-bay steel barn motorcycle garage at his luxury farmhouse in Kent after he was the target of thieves earlier in the year

Paul Hollywood has had his dreams dashed when it comes to his latest project idea.

The Great British Bake-Off judge, 55, had high hopes for a motorcycle garage but the council in the area have claimed it would be an eye sore.

The star wanted to erect a four-bay steel barn after he was the target of thieves earlier in the year. Plans showed that Paul wanted to build the 39ft by 26ft structure in a field next to his £1million farmhouse.

However, he was told the intended design at the listed 18th-century property would be “visually harmful” and ruin views.

When asked about the proposals, the local council told The Sun that the plans would be a negative towards the “rural character and appearance of the landscape”.

Paul Hollywood had hoped to build a garage to store his motorbikes ( Image:
Twitter)

They said: “The plans submitted show a substantial utilitarian building with a large footprint outside of the residential curtilage.

“The building would be prominent and by virtue of its size and exposed location, intrusive in views across the wider landscape.”

Last month the judge moaned how the hit series had let to him piling on the weight again.

Speaking to the Sunday People’s Love Sunday magazine, he revealed that he had gained 12lb thanks to this year’s delicious cakes while his fellow judge Prue Leith only put on 1lb.

–By Jamie Roberts Showbiz Reporter
EinPresswire

NEW FROM NASH MOTORCYCLE COMPANY— Opie Way Footwear MFG Co., from North Carolina, designs and manufactures their line of “True American Luxury” footwear by hand with non-automated machines, made-to-order. All material is sourced from only U.S. manufacturers, often within 200 miles of their facility.
They use only the best vegetable tanned leathers and quality U.S. made textiles they can find. The collaboration between our brands seemed only fitting with like mindedness to build our products in the good ol U.S.A.!

Pre-sale starts on these one-of-a-kind, made-to-order, limited run sneakers today! Any orders placed by Nov 19th. will ship and be in customers’ hands before Christmas!

Delivery on for before Christmas CANNOT be guaranteed for any order placed after Nov 19th!

The Sneaker:

Made-to-order, 100% Cotton OD #7 12oz. Vintage Selvage Canvas, originally produced for Vietnam-era duffle bags. Lined with Mt. Vernon lightweight 100% cotton canvas. Leather toe cap and sidewall reinforcement made from 6 oz. Horween Dublin black leather.

“Nash” logo printed backstay cover and arch stretch preventer are made of 100% Cotton OD #7 military webbing from the 60’s. The Gum cup sole is attached with sidewall stitch, allowing for your Nash sneaker to be resoled after extended use. Internal toe cup, heel counter, covered Poron cushioned insole, and entire shoe stitched with A&E #69 Bonded Nylon stitching, ensures comfort and extreme seam durability.

These fine sneakers are topped off with high quality US made Pisgah Range LTD laces that come with a lifetime warranty! These laces are not mass produced on a machine or outsourced to a factory. Every pair is measured, cut, and made to order by hand. This allows us to ensure that our quality CANNOT be matched.

KODLIN STRETCHED GAS TANKS— For M8 Softail Models

FEATURES AND BENEFITS:

Kodlin stretched designer gas tank to fit all HD M8 Softail models from 2018-up.

Comes in raw steel, unpainted. It includes a pop-up gas cap and works with the OEM fuel pump.

We recommend the use of a tank sealer prior to installation.

The tank has a capacity of approx. 3.5 gallon (13 liter) and comes with installation instructions and hardware.

Please note: When used on Softail models with a dash, modifications are necessary to relocate / replace the dash. Stock seats do not work with Kodlin fenders. Stock seats do not work with our stretched gas tanks.

Special Session on Pandemic Mandates Set for Mid-November

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday directed lawmakers to return to Tallahassee on Nov. 15 for a special session to push back against White House attempts to require workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

The mid-November session, which will overlap with a week of previously scheduled legislative committee meetings, will focus on efforts to prevent schools, businesses and governmental entities from imposing vaccination mandates and other pandemic restrictions.

“In Florida, we believe that the decision whether or not to get a COVID shot is a choice based on individual circumstances, so we are litigating against the Biden Administration and will be passing legislation in this special session to protect Florida jobs and protect parents’ rights when it comes to masking and quarantines,” DeSantis said in a press release announcing the dates of the special session, which is expected to wrap up by Nov. 19.

Mask mandates in schools and government-imposed vaccination requirements have become political flashpoints in Florida, with DeSantis and other Republican leaders sharply critcizing President Joe Biden’s approach to the pandemic.

–By Jim Turner

–Darrin “Scribe” Brooks
State Vice President
State Legislative Trustee,
ABATE of Florida, Inc.
abatefloridainc.com

DIME BAG LEATHER SEAT OF THE WEEK—Hand tooled Leather set for Panhead

Completed hand tooled leather set by Adam Croft for a Harley-Davidson Panhead that Dan Starkey is building for John, his brother.

–Adam Croft
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CLIMATE ALERT–On the eve of the UN COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, CLINTEL, an organization of over 925 scientists and scholars has called out the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for false claims of a climate crisis in the policymakers summary (SPM).

Friends of Science says this critique and the Allan Inquiry reports show the Tar Sands Campaign environmental groups are misleading the public on climate change and the Alberta oil sands.

CALGARY, AB, Oct. 28, 2021 /CNW/ – In a letter dated Oct. 26, 2021, Dr. Guus Berkhout, president of CLINTEL, calls out Dr. Hoesung Lee, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for misleading policymakers with skewed information in the Summary for Policymakers, versus the scientific realities expressed in the full IPCC AR6 Working Group I report.

Berkhout writes:

We have now carried out an interim review of the AR6 WG1 Summary for Policymakers (SPM) and believe that it misrepresents the latest objective climate science in six key areas:

It is not “unequivocal” that human influence alone has warmed the planet; the observed modest warming of ~1°C since 1850-1900 has occurred through some as yet unresolved combination of anthropogenic and natural influences.

The new “hockey-stick” graph (Fig SPM.1), when analyzed in detail, is a concoction of disparate indicators from various time periods over the last 2,000 years, which together fail to recognize the intervening well-established temperature variability, for example of the Roman and Medieval Warming periods and of the Little Ice Age.
The incidence of so-called “extreme weather” events is erroneously misrepresented in the SPM compared to the more accurate depictions in the draft main report, which latter identify no statistically-significant trends in many categories over time.

Developments in the cryosphere are also misrepresented in the SPM, particularly noting that there is virtually no trend in Arctic sea ice in the last 15 years.

Likewise, developments in the ocean are erroneously misrepresented in the SPM; in particular, the likely modest GMSL rise to 2100 does not point to any “climate crisis”.

The CMIP6 climate models are even more sensitive than the already overly sensitive CMIP5 models of AR5, and ignore peer-reviewed scientific evidence of low climate sensitivity. The models lead to invalid conclusions on ECS and “carbon budgets”; the likely global temperature increase to 2100 does not indicate a “climate crisis”.
…We regrettably conclude that the SPM is erroneously pointing to a “climate crisis” that does not exist. The SPM is inappropriately being used to justify drastic social, economic and human changes through severe mitigation, while prudent adaptation to whatever modest climate change occurs in the decades ahead would be much more appropriate. Given the magnitude of proposed policy implications, the SPM has to be of the highest scientific standards and demonstrate impeccable scientific integrity within the IPCC.

The CLINTEL letter goes on to detail that there is no climate crisis.

Friends of Science Society says this backs up the recent findings of the Alberta Inquiry into the Tar Sands Campaign, as reported in the National Post on Oct. 21, 2021. Some $1.3 billion dollars was poured into the pockets of numerous environmental groups (many tax-subsidized Canadian charities) who were funded by foreign philanthropies to push various ‘green’ policies like carbon taxes, wind and solar, and to phase out the ‘tar sands’ entirely, allegedly to stop climate change. These groups directly and indirectly blocked hundreds of billions of dollars in resource development, says Friends of Science, and they were also misleading the public on climate change, as outlined in this assessment by CLINTEL and by other climate policies experts like Roger Pielke, Jr. These exaggerated climate crisis claims stem from both the reliance on climate models that are far too sensitive to greenhouse gases and the misuse of an implausible climate scenario known as “RCP8.5”. Peer-reviewed research by Pielke, Jr. and Justin Ritchie shows that RCP8.5 is a near-impossible extremely high emissions scenario.

Dr. Berkhout’s very popular presentation “Climate Science: Let the Data Speak” for Friends of Science Society’s 18th Annual Event has caught the imagination of thousands of people.

COP26 participants are proposing to force their countries to reach NetZero by 2050, targets which cannot be met without new technologies, as shown in this report by Robert Lyman. Likewise, NetZero is not what the experts predict; the US EIA forecasts a boom in oil, gas, and coal demand worldwide.

Friends of Science has issued two reports that address the Tar Sands Campaign – “Fear and Loathing” and “Protest vs Green Trade War”.

About

Friends of Science Society is an independent group of earth, atmospheric and solar scientists, engineers, and citizens that is celebrating its 19th year of offering climate science insights. After a thorough review of a broad spectrum of literature on climate change, Friends of Science Society has concluded that the sun is the main driver of climate change, not carbon dioxide (CO2).

SOURCE Friends of Science Society

–from Climate Depot

BIKERNET BOOK OF THE WEEK CLUB–Let’s Have a “No-Negativity November”

Berkeley Springs, WV (November 2021)—America runs on negativity. From news headlines to social media posts to your family’s daily complaint-fest, we’re constantly pointing out what’s wrong instead of what’s right. This negativity bias made sense when our ancestors had to be on guard for deadly threats the next cave over—but all it does now is perpetuate an epidemic of division and conflict that poisons every level of government and citizen life.

Elaine Parke says we’ve surely evolved past the constant kvetching—which is why she wants Americans to spend November becoming more positive.

“On a personal level, cultivating a positive attitude is great for your mental and physical health and for your relationships,” says Parke, author of The Habits of Unity: 12 Months to a Stronger America…one citizen at a time (Outskirts Press, 2021, ISBN: 978-1-9772-4276-1, $21.95, www.12habits4allofus.org). “But I’ve always been more interested in the ripple effect it can have in the world around us.”

As her book title suggests, Parke is deeply invested in bringing together our fractured nation. She says in the tense aftermath of the past few years, we’re all hungry for kind words, laughter, and moments of connection. When we get intentional about sharing them, others are more likely to respond in kind.

November, with its cultural emphasis on thankfulness, is a natural time to practice positivity—but Parke urges you not to stop there. The Habits of Unity is structured around her scalable outcome-proven, color-coded, 12-month model for instilling “good citizenship” habits in readers (and improving their mental health in the process). Note November’s theme:

January: Help Others
February: You Count
March: Resolve Conflicts
April: Take Care of Our Environment
May: Be Grateful
June: Reach Higher
July: Become Involved
August: Know Who You Are
September: Do Your Best
October: Be Patient and Listen
November: Show a Positive Attitude (Color of the Month: Sunny Yellow)
December: Celebrate Community, Family, and Friends

“The idea is to get everyone focused on the same branded behavior each month,” says Parke. “The plan is easy to put into practice. It feels good, so people want to keep doing it.”

As you focus on cultivating a positive attitude in November, keep in mind the following tips excerpted from the book’s 365 days of “one-magic-minute-a-day” motivationals:

Focus on blessings, which are the antithesis of worries. As we approach Thanksgiving, celebrate things, events, and people you are grateful for. Bask in these moments of beauty. Talk and even write about them. There’s a reason everyone suggests keeping a gratitude journal—it’s an amazingly powerful tool.

If necessary, fake it ’til you make it. A “true” positive attitude develops more quickly when we put on an optimistic act. For example, smiling when you may not necessarily feel like it stimulates the nervous system to produce a hormone that gives us a pleasant feeling and even has an anesthetic effect. Plus, it puts others at ease.

If you can’t say something nice, say nothing. Positivity is about what you “don’t” as well as what you “do.” (A good practice to keep in mind at Thanksgiving dinner, especially if hot-button issues come up in conversation!)

Work on accepting others’ weaknesses and annoying habits. Remembering that we are all human can bring peace and foster a positive attitude (another Thanksgiving “must”!).

Use the “spoonful of sugar” approach when encouraging others to change. Anger and criticism rarely spark inspired positive change. (Plus, they worsen your own mood.)

Remember that we do “get through” most setbacks. Adversity usually isn’t “the end,” and it often leads to opportunity (like getting a better job after being laid off). Reminding ourselves that good things can grow out of “bad” circumstances can help us stay more positive during personal challenges.

“None of these positivity practices are earth-shattering revelations,” notes Elaine. “We know this stuff already. We just need to do it. And yes, it takes work to counteract the negativity bias that comes with being human, but it makes life better for everyone.”

CHOPPER OF THE WEEK—from Sole Art Design. Check the build on facebook.

–submitted by Mike Stevenson

QUICK, OPEN THE BANDIT’S CANTINA BAD JOKE LIBRARY— Every box of raisins is a tragic tale of grapes that could have been wine.

They say we can have gatherings with up to eight people without issues. I don’t even know eight people without issues.

Theme parks can snap a crystal-clear picture of you on a roller coaster going 70 mph, but bank cameras can’t get a clear shot of a robber standing still.

Someone posted that they had just made synonym buns. I replied “you mean just like the ones that grammar used to make?” I am now blocked.

Dear paranoid people who check behind their shower curtains for murderers .. if you do find one, what’s your plan?

The more I get to know people, the more I realize why Noah let only animals on the boat.

Facial recognition software can pick a person out of a crowd but the vending machine at work can’t recognize a dollar bill with a bent corner.

When all this pandemic stuff is over, I still plan to wear a mask. It hides the perpetual look of annoyance I have for most people.

Covid-19 Fact: 87% of gym members don’t even know their gym is closed.

I never make the same mistake twice. I do it like, five or six times, you know, to make sure.

My train of thought derailed. There were no survivors.

If you see someone buying candy, popcorn and a soda at the movies, they are a drug dealer. There’s no other explanation for that type of income.

After a year of this pandemic, I’m either going out for ice cream or to commit a felony. I’ll decide in the car.

I know it’s time to clean out my purse when my car assumes it’s an extra passenger who isn’t wearing a seat belt.

Dr. Oz says rubbing coffee grounds on your naked body will get rid of cellulite. Apparently, you can’t do this in Starbucks. And now the cops are here…

Do not vaccinate health care workers first. If it fails, we’re all in trouble. Vaccinate the politicians first. If we lose a few of them, it won’t matter.

In the 1980s I fell off my bike and skinned my knee. I’m telling you this now because we didn’t have social media then.

Some people seem to have aged like fine wine. I aged like milk … I got sour and chunky.

Dear Sneeze: If you’re going to happen, happen. Don’t just put a stupid look on my face and then leave.

Vegetarians live up to nine years longer than meat-eaters. Nine horrible, worthless, bacon-less years.

I still have a full deck… I just shuffle slower.

We all know Albert Einstein was a genius. But his brother Frank was a monster.

–EL WAGGS

BIKERNET GUN NUT REPORT–
This Wednesday, November 3rd, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the NRA backed case New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. This is the first Second Amendment-related case that the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear in over a decade, and it is centered around whether or not a “special need” is required for law-abiding citizens to be able to exercise their right to “bear arms.”

You will be able to hear oral arguments live on Wednesday by going to this link: https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx.

Your NRA has worked for years with our New York State Association to advance this case throughout the judicial process and we are excited to present our case on behalf of all Second Amendment Supporters.

Yours in Freedom,

–Ken Lan
NRA-ILA Grassroots
http://www.nrailafrontlines.com/

The Oak Ridge Boys Perform “Love, Light, and Healing” and “Old Ways” –Tickets Available Now for The Oak Ridge Boys Christmas In Tennessee at Gaylord Opryland Resort

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – GRAMMY Award-winning and Country Music Hall of Fame members The Oak Ridge Boys, appeared on TBN’s Huckabee over the weekend to perform two songs from their latest album, Front Porch Singin’. The group performed their single “Love, Light, and Healing,” which emphasizes hope, joy in the simplicities of life, and the importance of being there for one another. They also performed “Old Ways” for the Huckabee digital platform.

To watch The Oak Ridge Boys perform “Love, Light, and Healing” on Huckabee, visit HERE.

To watch The Oak Ridge Boys perform “Old Ways” on Huckabee, visit HERE.

To watch The Oak Ridge Boys interview on Huckabee, visit HERE.

Listen to Front Porch Singin’ HERE.

“Over all of these years Governor Huckabee has honored us with his friendship,” shares Joe Bonsall. “We never miss an opportunity to do his show … and utilize his bass playing … !!!”

The Oak Ridge Boys recently announced their return to Gaylord Opryland Resort to celebrate the holiday season at home for a 31-show residency as part of the resort’s 38th annual ‘A Country Christmas’ event.

The Oaks’ ‘Christmas in Tennessee’ Dinner Show, November 24 – December 25, 2021, will feature a delicious holiday meal prepared by the resort’s culinary team prior to The Oak Ridge Boys and their band performing Christmas classics, new favorites, and many of the timeless hits that have shaped their legendary career. Click here for tickets and holiday room accommodations. The group made the official announcement during their 10th-anniversary appearance as Grand Ole Opry members.

Tune in for free on TBN or live stream on TBN.tv. TBN is also available on iOS, Android, AppleTV, Amazon fireTV, Roku or download the TBN app on Google Play or the iOS App Store. For more information, visit tbn.org

For more information on The Oak Ridge Boys, visit their website or follow them on social media.

HARLEY STOCK NEWS–Shares of Harley-Davidson, US whiskey makers soar as EU tariffs finally end

Shares of Harley-Davidson and the maker of Jack Daniel’s whiskey roared on Monday after a punishing, three-year-old European tariff on steel and aluminum that dates back to the Trump administration was finally ended.

The Milwaukee-based motorcycle maker — along with US whiskey makers including Jack Daniel’s maker Brown-Forman Corp. — oddly got pulled into a trade dispute between Donald Trump and the European Union over steel and aluminum in a longstanding conflict over subsidies to the aircraft industry.

The tariffs, most recently at 25 percent, were slated to increase to 50 percent on Dec. 1 when the US and EU agreed to end the dispute at the G-20 summit in Rome over the weekend.

Harley-Davidson shares on Monday climbed 9.1 percent, closing out the trading day at $39.80. Brown-Forman rose 4.5 percent, to $70.94.

The tariffs were a constant drag on Harley-Davidson’s financial reports. Likewise, they decimated small whiskey producers in the US while denting the biggest brands, including Jack Daniels, Maker’s Mark and Jim Beam, all but drying up their export business to Europe.

“Today’s news is a big win for Harley-Davidson and our customers, employees and dealers in Europe,” said Harley-Davidson Chief Executive Jochen Zeitz.

“With the removal of these EU tariffs, we are energized and ready to ramp up our American Whiskey promotions in the EU to re-introduce America’s native spirits to EU consumers and resume a great American export success story,” Distilled Spirits Council Chief Executive Chris Swonger said in a statement.

American whiskey is the US spirits industry’s largest export and over the past several years sales to Europe plunged 37 percent to $440 million, according to the trade group.

In a filing on Monday, Harley-Davidson said it expected the annual impact for 2021 tariffs to be $61 million, down from the $64 million it expected if the rate would have doubled in December.

By Lisa Fickenscher

–New York Post

ELON MUSK SPLITS–As Covid descended on California in March and April last year economies began to shut down and the debate raged over what businesses were deemed “essential.” There was a rather public dialogue between Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla, and Alameda County authorities regarding the forced shutdown of the Tesla plant in Fremont.

This dialogue was punctuated by a pithy tweet from Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez who describes herself as a Progressive (Socialist) Latina Democrat, “F*ck Elon Musk!”

At that time, we had no idea how much that tweet… and that attitude… would cost us. Elon Musk rather calmly threatened to leave the state.

The Governor was arrogantly dismissive, saying “Elon Musk isn’t leaving California anytime soon!”

Six months later, Elon Musk has left California.

He has sold (or is in process of selling) all his personal real estate in the state. He is now a resident of the state of Texas. He has moved his philanthropic foundation to Texas. One of his companies, Space X, is based in Texas and Tesla is building a new plant outside of Austin, TX.

Consider the unfathomable irony of in-your-face progressive/Socialist democrats forcing Elon Musk to give up on California? Musk came to this state as an immigrant and proceeded to do more to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through Solar City and Tesla than all the “progressive,” “ultra-leftist,” politicians in the state combined.

Anyone can make a proclamation or talk about climate change. Musk didn’t talk about it. He simply brought products to market that benefited the consumer, the environment, and his shareholders. He should have been the “poster boy” for the green agenda, but instead they turned on him and tore him apart because he refused to buckle to absolutely arbitrary regulations based on flimsy, most often ridiculous, medical data.

There is no way to know for sure what Mr. Musk will pay in California state tax this year, but it would surprise no one if he paid the most of any individual resident. Next year, he will be a much happier resident of another state and pay a small fraction of the taxes squeezed out of him and his employees while in our state.

The damage goes much deeper than the tax revenue of one person. Musk didn’t just leave the state. He “turned” on the state, as well he should have. It is now his mission to get other innovators to leave as well, as well he should According to the Governor of Texas, he is on the phone with Musk at least once a week, strategizing about how to get other CA companies to relocate to Texas.

In the last few weeks, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Oracle have both announced they are moving their HQs to Texas, with 13 other potential moves in the pipeline. This will suck a lot of the financial and social life out of CA. That is not to say this was all caused by one arrogant and explosive, sneering, leftist, tweet.

Plenty of other factors are in play:

Companies are realizing they don’t need a highly centralized HQ, their employees can be productive from wherever they choose to live.

The outrageous high cost of living in the bay area…
Governments inability to deal with highly visible issues like homelessness; 2,000,000 in CA and growing by the hour.

Executives, their elderly parents, and their small children have grown tired to stepping over syringes and feces in the streets of San Francisco.

But the fact remains, CA state income tax is the highest, CA’s ranking for “business friendliness” is lowest, and we have elected hardcore USA-hating leftist representatives who happily — often to the cheers of their leftist supporter — lob crass, schoolyard, vulgar f-bombs at the people who are paying the freight. Half, 53.6%, of the tax in this state is paid by less than the top 1% (the top 0.91%), and many in that category are realizing they can easily make their living from anywhere.

Try to add up the lost tax revenues of having the second wealthiest man in the world and the executive teams of great companies, international giants like HP and Oracle, depart the state. We’re talking tens of billions of dollars in lost revenue every six months. Not to mention the philanthropy, which is gone too.

Any Progressive/Socialist, or Communist/Marxist, agenda only has value if someone can pay for it. The next time the state raises your taxes to make up for the millions — millions of — taxpayers who have been run out of CA, try not to use the 6th Grader language employed by Ms. Gonzalez.

By Kelly Brothers (CFP, MBA, 30-Year-TV-News-Anchor

OH, WHAT THE HELL—We started to take hikes. I want to investigate the entire region. We just finished a book about the Gem Theater in Deadwood and Al Swearingen the notorious owner. He bullied his way around until someone smacked him on the back of his head in a train yard and assassinated his twin brother in Iowa, just to make sure.

Then the weather changed, but it’s been amazing.

I invited the kids for Thanksgiving, but I think they got cold feet.