The Post-Partisan Emporium

  Germany Begins Felling 120,000 Trees From ‘Fairy Tale’ Forest to Make Way for Wind Turbines BY   CHRIS MORRISON The windmills are spinning golden subsidies in the central German ‘fairy tale’ forest of Reinhardswald, but the payment is the partial destruction of the 1,000 year-old ancient wood itself. Work has started on the clearing of up to 120,000 trees in the forest, the setting for many of the Brothers Grimm mythical stories, to provide access for an initial 18 giant wind turbines around the Sababurg ‘Sleeping Beauty’ castle. Who is opposing this massive destruction of the ancient forest teeming with wildlife with trees over 200 years old? Certainly not the Green party, now in power at national and local level. In fact the project is being led by local Hesse Green Minister Priska Hinz who is  reported to have said : “Wind energy makes a decisive contribution to the energy transition and the preservation of nature. It is the only way to preserve forests and important ecosystems.”

  America's Super-Elite Disconnect SIMPLICIUS THE THINKER Last month came a fascinating  new report  from the institute of Scott Rasmussen, founder of the famed Rasmussen Reports polling center. Its aim was to, for the first time, quantitatively define the true ‘elite’ of society, which control most of our social narratives, politics, and general ‘orthodoxy’. https://www.rmgresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Elite-One-Percent.pdf The first-ever survey research defining the characteristics and beliefs of an Elite 1% who are the root cause of political dysfunction in America today. It has been picked up by a variety of publications, from NYPost: https://nypost.com/2024/01/19/opinion/shocking-survey-reveals-the-reason-elites-are-out-of-touch-and-it-isnt-why-you-think/ To Boston Globe, and others: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/01/24/opinion/real-one-percent-elites-rasmussen-poll/ The full report centered on a members-only webinar presentation by Rasmussen, but the provided PDF