Wednesday, December 11, 2024

The 2025 Wyoming Legislative Session, Part 1. And we've already started. . .

 


April 4, 2024

Eh?  2025?  Didn't the 2024 session just wrap up?

Yes, yes it did, and:

Lawmakers begin work on new bills after voting against special session

It seems like we're getting closer and closer to a full-time legislature, which is a bit scary.

June 18, 2024

From: Subsidiarity Economics 2024. The times more or less locally, Part 3. The Decarbonizing the West and Electronic eartags Edition.

Related to this, and acknowledging that electric vehicles are coming, a draft bill for the 2025 legislature proposes to tax electric vehicle charging.  While that sounds punitive, the thought it that it will make up for lost gasoline taxes used for roads.  The introductory part of that bill:

September 24, 2024

The final makeup of the 2025 legislature isn't known yet, but as some other things posted today demonstrate, its fairly likely, although not certain, that the Wyoming Freedom Caucus, a populist (not conservatives) entity that's really a political party in its own right, will control the House.

If this comes to pass, it'll make for a massively contentious legislative session. The populist have already been extremely disruptive in the legislature, and now they'll be expected to advance their agenda, which in some instances are actually completely unworkable.  Should their views on taxation advance, for instance, it'll bankrupt local governments and reduce Wyoming to an overall sort of Appalachia in terms of government services.

Additionally, the hypocrisy of Wyoming positions on the Federal government will rapidly come to the forefront.  Can we really give the US government the middle finger, while accepting highway and disaster money?

Are we going to fight wildlands fires on our own?

Indeed, the Wyoming Freedom Caucus may be the biggest  gift to the Wyoming Democratic Party imaginable.

In the meantime, it's the outgoing legislature, not the incoming one, that's working on bills for the 2025 session.  These are the ones being considered right now.

Appropriations

Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Technology and Digital Innovation Technology

Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions

Minerals, Business & Economic Development

October 4, 2024.


November 17, 2024

Small coal fired power plants? 

Seriously?

November 19, 2025

Making driver's licenses busier:


November 26, 2024

Looming disaster:

Wyoming Freedom Caucus poised for nation’s first statehouse takeover

Headline in the Tribune.

Cont:

Freedom Caucus in control of the House.  Uff.

December 5, 2024

A bill to incentivize utilities to take steps in regard to wildfires in exchange for liability limitations has failed in committee.

December 9, 2024
December 11, 2024

The Freedom Caucus has taken over committee assignments.


Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Two wheeled transportation. National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Russian motorcycle with sidecar.

German motorcycles with sidecars and MG42s



Bad photo of another German motorcycle.

Last edition:

What a complete ass Trump is.

 



What an embarrassment he is.

Sunday, December 10, 1944. Hall of Fame.

The late Kenesaw Mountain Landis was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Noble Prizes for 1943 and1944 were awarded, in New York, to Isidor Isaac Rabi (United States), Chemistry to Otto Hahn (Germany), Physiology or Medicine to Joseph Erlanger and Herbert Spencer Gasser (United States), Literature to Johannes V. Jensen (Denmark) and the Peace Prize to the International Committee of the Red Cross, Otto Stern of the United States for Physics, George de Hevesy (Germany) for Chemistry and Carl Peter Henrik Dam (Denmark) and Edward Adelbert Doisy (United States) for Physiology or Medicine.

They had not been awarded since 1939.

"Maj. Gen. Joseph Collins, left, Commanding General, VII Corps, points out a German withdrawal movement, at a forward observation post near Duren, Germany. 10 December, 1944. Photographer: Pvt. H. M. Roberts, 165th Signal Photo Co."  The general and another officer are wearing trench coats, which were an officer's winter item in OD.  The other officer is wearing an Army mackinaw.

The William S. Ladd was sunk by kamikazes off of Leyte.

On Leyte, the 77th Division took Ormoc.

The French and Soviet governments signed a twenty year treaty of cooperation in Moscow.

Last edition:

Saturday, December 9, 1944

Today in World War II History—December 10, 1939 & 1944

Today in World War II History—December 10, 1939 & 1944: 80 Years Ago—Dec. 10, 1944: First class of 24 flight nurses and 24 pharmacist’s mates starts at the Navy’s School of Air Evacuation Casualties.

Wednesday, December 10, 1924. Buffalo Meat.

"Real buffalo meat for banquet. Stephen T. Mather, Director of the National Parks entertained the newspapermen who made the tour through Yellowstone National Park with the late President Harding at a banquet in the new Willard Hotel, Dec. 10th. The above picture was made in the new Willard kitchen just before the banquet. Those in the group, left to right, are: H.M. Albright, superintendent of Yellowstone Park, Harry Frantz, Yellowstone Guide, Anthony Gracofci, Chef; Senator Stanfield [i.e. Mather] of Oregon, Former Cowboy and Director Mather [i.e. Senator Stanfield]"

The Nobel Prizes for 1924 were announced.  Recipients were honorees were Manne Siegbahn of Sweden for Physics, Willem Einthoven of the Netherlands (Medicine), and Władysław Reymont of Poland (Literature). 

The Society for Human Rights (SHR) was organized in Illinois.  It's charter provided that its mission as one "to promote and protect the interests of people who by reasons of mental and physical abnormalities are abused and hindered in the legal pursuit of happiness which is guaranteed them by the Declaration of Independence and to combat the public prejudices against them by dissemination of factors according to modern science among intellectuals of mature age."  It advocated for rights for homosexuals.  It's founders were arrested in 1925 and the organization came to an end.

Gold was discovered near the village of Boliden in Sweden.

Last Edition:

Tuesday, December 9, 1924. Wupatki National Monument.