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[Regnum] A powerful magnetic storm will hit Earth on March 19. The corresponding forecast was published on March 17 by the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
According to experts, a massive M2.8 solar flare is heading toward Earth. The plasma cloud is moving at 670 km/s and, according to preliminary estimates, will reach the planet in approximately 60 hours.
“ Taking into account the time of the flash’s formation (approximately 15:00 Moscow time), the arrival of the substance to the planet is expected on March 19, between 04:00 and 06:00 in the morning,” the laboratory’s statement said.
Scientists added that the storm's peak is expected to be G2–G3 on a five-point scale, which is considered a fairly severe disturbance. The likelihood of the storm being more severe is minimal, at just 1–3%. The geomagnetic fluctuations themselves will last for approximately 10 hours.
A G1 magnetic storm is almost imperceptible to technology, while a G3 storm is classified as a severe storm, capable of disrupting satellite navigation, radio communications, and power grids. Reaching the extreme G5 level can lead to large-scale power grid failures and critical spacecraft failures. Severe storms can also impact human health, especially for those with chronic illnesses.
[PJMedia] Chief Justice John Roberts, the person in charge of the Supreme Court of the United States, recently stepped forward with a familiar appeal, urging Americans to dial back personal attacks on judges and to show respect for the judiciary. The message landed with a tone of concern, almost paternal, as if the country had suddenly lost its bearings and needed a reminder about decorum.
Roberts framed the issue as one of civic responsibility, arguing that the rule of law depends on public confidence in the courts, which sounds right on its face. Courts don't have armies; they rely on legitimacy, and when that legitimacy weakens, the system strains.
But we didn't just fall off the bus deciding to turn on the judiciary. That frustration has been building for years, and it didn't come from nowhere. Came mostly from Roberts mealy mouthed defense of things which SHOULD have been plain and clear in the law and constitution
He didn’t say boo when President Obama insulted the Supreme Court as they sat mum during one of his States of the Union, so it seems a bit hypocritical to raise the issue now.
For nearly a decade, a steady stream of rulings from lower federal courts has blocked, delayed, or reshaped executive actions tied to President Donald Trump.
Judges like James Boasberg, chief judge of the U.S. District Court, and Tanya Chutkan, U.S. district judge, both for the District of Columbia, have played central roles in high-profile cases involving Trump-era policies. Their decisions have drawn sharp reactions, not because people suddenly dislike judges, but because the rulings often carry clear political consequences.
Roberts has spent much of his tenure trying to protect the idea that judges operate above politics, saying more than once that there are no "Obama judges" or "Trump judges," only independent jurists applying the law.
Looking at the rulings they put out, this is clearly untrue, though not universally so. There are some independent jurists — they’re just not the ones in whose courts the political, anti-Trump cases are filed.
That's a noble-sounding principle, but Americans aren't blind; when rulings repeatedly align with the predictable political outcomes, people begin to question the claim.
The perception of neutrality weakens, not because the public suddenly turned cynical, but because patterns became too hard to ignore. When the rulings only go one way...
The frustration cuts both ways; progressive activists have attacked conservative justices like Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas over ethics and past rulings. The left has taken its gloves off, and Roberts knows it.
Still, Roberts' warning feels incomplete; asking Americans to lower their voices without addressing why the temperature rose in the first place misses the heart of the issue. The judiciary didn't drift into political relevance accidentally.
Federal courts now play a central role in shaping policy outcomes, often stepping in before laws or executive actions even take full effect. That wasn't an overnight shift, and it didn't happen without participation from the judges themselves. Fuck you, Roberts, and may you burn in the 9th circle for your betrayal of your oath and this country. When the coming Civil War is studied in the future, your weak and vapid defense of the Republic will be the beginning of it and the wind that blew the sparks into a full inferno.
Based on what we have seen and read of Robert's rulings, bias political positions, vs the written law, the US Constitution and Bill Of Rights. Robert's needs to retire and move on.
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Restraint is needed, yet we keep seeing the stupid liberal overreach.
Posted by: Super Hose ||
03/18/2026 5:51 Comments ||
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Ask MA judge Brian Murphy, whose political decisions are repeatedly overturned. He wants to be an Executive and Super Legislature in a black robe. He should be removed and disbarred.
Posted by: Frank G ||
03/18/2026 6:39 Comments ||
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Roberts may be conflating criticism of unconstitutional rulings as personal attacks as he watches open borders flood America with parasitic fraudsters as he worries about District judges feelings. Roberts should wear the female robe in the next session.
Our constitution says we will have no titles of royalty, but somehow certain titles have become lifelong, even hereditary. Maybe we need term limits.
Oh, no, that's "totally unreasonable".
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03/18/2026 17:40 Comments ||
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I like the idea of term limits, although it'll take a Constitutional Convention to get them, but that's going to give the staffers to Congress even more power than they have now.
[California Globe] U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright Friday directed Sable Offshore Corp. to restore operations of the Santa Ynez Unit and Santa Ynez Pipeline System
President Donald J. Trump has the authority to restart an oil pipeline project off the Santa Barbara coast by invoking the Defense Production Act, the Department of Justice said last week in a legal opinion, to override California laws blocking the restart of offshore oil production and the Santa Ynez Pipeline System.
The opinion explains that presidential directives issued under congressional authority carry the force of federal law and may override conflicting state regulations, the Pipeline & Gas Journal explains. "An order issued as an exercise of congressionally delegated authority or the President’s constitutional powers has the force of federal law under the Supremacy Clause and may preempt contrary state law," the memo says.
In response to President Trump’s invoking the defense production action, U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright directed Sable Offshore Corp. Friday to restore operations of the Santa Ynez Unit and Santa Ynez Pipeline System to address supply disruption risks caused by California policies that have left the region and U.S. military forces dependent on foreign oil.
"The Trump Administration remains committed to putting all Americans and their energy security first," Secretary Wright said. "Unfortunately, some state leaders have not adhered to those same principles, with potentially disastrous consequences not just for their residents, but also our national security. Today’s order will strengthen America’s oil supply and restore a pipeline system vital to our national security and defense, ensuring that West Coast military installations have the reliable energy critical to military readiness."
As the Globe has reported, California Governor Gavin Newsom is destroying the state’s oil and gas industry, and it appears to be deliberate. Newsom is presiding over perhaps the largest collapse of the oil industry, refinery operations and gasoline production in U.S. history.
Just this month, Marathon Petroleum, Chevron and PBF Energy sent a blistering warning to Governor Newsom and top state officials in a letter declaring that proposed amendments to the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) Cap-and-Invest program would destroy what is left of California oil refineries.
Most California residents know that California’s self-inflicted gasoline crisis is not only increasing prices at the pump, but increasing dependency on foreign oil suppliers and shippers to supply fuels to the Golden State. California’s self-inflicted gas crisis is also a direct threat to U.S. military force readiness on the West Coast, the Globe reported in October.
California imports over 70% of its crude oil from foreign sources, because it produces less than 23% of its own in-state petroleum needs, and that’s before the refinery closures. The oil and gas industry in California account for nearly 8% of the state’s GDP. Without oil and gas, the other 92% of the state’s GDP would be impossible to attain, petroleum expert Mike Ariza, USC Professor Michael Mische and Assemblyman Stan Ellis have been warning.
Arizona gets nearly half of its gas from California. The vast majority of Nevada’s gas — 88% — comes from California.
California, Nevada and Arizona have 40 military bases and installations — California is home to 32 of those 40 military bases. In October, Assemblyman Ellis told the Globe that California military bases could end up running out of jet and aviation fuels should a military conflict unfold, because of Governor Newsom’s political policies resulting in shockingly detrimental and lethal regulations of the oil and gas industry.
Secretary Wright said Sable’s facility can produce approximately 50,000 barrels of oil per day, a 15 percent increase to California’s in-state oil production, that can replace nearly 1.5 million barrels of foreign crude each month.
"Unlike other regions of the country, California remains largely disconnected from interstate crude pipelines that move American oil to refineries across the United States," Secretary Wright continued. "The action also prioritizes pipeline transportation capacity to ensure crude produced offshore California moves through the Las Flores Pipeline System to Pentland Station and into interstate pipelines, allowing American energy to reach domestic refineries more efficiently, while reducing California’s reliance on foreign oil vulnerable to geopolitical disruption."
That federal intervention we’ve been asking for is here.
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Any day Newsom throws a temper tantrum is a good day for the country. No way can we let Newsom become President. Hair products should never be a budget line item.
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I think the key to this story is all the military bases in California, Arizona and Nevada that need gas,diesel and jet fuel to keep the country safe. Otherwise, Trump might be willing to let Californians suffer from Newsom's folly so that everyone in the country can see what happens when Democrats are in control.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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