If All You See…

By William Teach November 14, 2024 – 1:00 pm

…is a palm tree that will soon grow in the Arctic, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Lid, with a post on what’s going on with inflation.

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Eva Longoria Moves Out Of The U.S. Or Something

By William Teach November 14, 2024 – 10:30 am

We finally have a Kamala supporting celeb who “left” the U.S.

From the link

Actress Eva Longoria admitted that she and her family have fled the “dystopian” United States — leaving the homelessness and high taxes of California for a brighter life in Mexico and Spain.

“I had my whole adult life here,” Longoria told Marie Claire. “But even before [the pandemic], it was changing. The vibe was different. And then COVID happened, and it pushed it over the edge. Whether it’s the homelessness or the taxes, not that I want to s–t on California — it just feels like this chapter in my life is done now.”

While Los Angeles is seemingly no longer her speed, the 49-year-old “Desperate Housewives” star also cited the most recent presidential election as a reason she was confident in her decision to leave.

“The shocking part is not that he won,” she said of former President Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. “It’s that a convicted criminal who spews so much hate could hold the highest office.”

“If he keeps his promises, it’s going to be a scary place,” she said, recalling how depressed she felt following Trump’s 2016 win.

Longoria, who spent the summer volunteering to rally voters for Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz, expressed her disillusionment with the US election process.

Well, it’s cute an all, but, she doesn’t spend that much time in Los Angeles to start with. She already owns a house in Mexico and one in Spain. That’s where she was living most of the time already. So, she really isn’t doing much more than yapping.

“I get to escape and go somewhere,” she said. “Most Americans aren’t so lucky. They’re going to be stuck in this dystopian country, and my anxiety and sadness is for them.”

Oh, please, bleating from an elitist celeb. Does she know that Spain has what are called “non-criminal hate speech” laws, where people can get in trouble for mean tweets? Anyway, pretty much no other celebs have “left”.

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Cardinal Who Took Fossil Fueled Flight To COP29 Calls You Selfish

By William Teach November 14, 2024 – 7:00 am

I supposed he could have taken the train, but, it would have required an insane amount of stops traveling up through Italy and through the old Soviet Union satellite states, down through Turkey, then up into Azerbaijan. How many days would that take? We all know he flew, and probably a Vatican owned private jet

Selfishness is blocking progress on climate change, cardinal says

climate cowEfforts to slow climate change and mitigate its impact, particularly on the poor, are being thwarted by selfishness, the Vatican secretary of state told world leaders at the COP29 climate conference.

Representing Pope Francis at the conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, Cardinal Pietro Parolin told the leaders that their Nov. 11-22 gathering was taking place at a time of “growing disillusionment with multilateral institutions and dangerous tendencies to build walls.”

But, he said, “selfishness — individual, national and of power groups — feeds a climate of mistrust and division that does not respond to the needs of an interdependent world in which we should act and live as members of one family inhabiting the same interconnected global village.”

Ignoring or denying the problem will not make the problem go away, the cardinal said. “Indifference is an accomplice to injustice.”

I’m sure he got a rousing round of applause from all the individuals, nations, and power groups who took long fossil fueled trips to the petrofuel nation of Azerbaijan in an attempt to take the money and liberty of people around the world.

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Democrats Lose It Over Trump Picks For Agency Heads

By William Teach November 14, 2024 – 6:45 am

And, of course, some Squishy Republicans. The one that has driven them the most crazy is Matt Gaetz

Trump’s Gaetz pick as AG triggers audible gasp among some congressional Republicans

Reaction among Republicans on Capitol Hill to President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Matt Gaetz to be his attorney general on Wednesday ranged from shock to support.

Several House Republicans meeting behind closed doors said there was an audible gasp in the room when they heard Trump had picked Gaetz.

Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins was among those who said they were shocked, appearing to refer to Trump’s demand that his nominees be done with recess appointments — without Senate confirmation.

“This shows why the advice and consent process is so important, and I’m sure that there will be a lot of questions raised at his hearing,” Collins told reporters. “Obviously, the president has the right to nominate whomever he wishes, but I’m certain that there will be a lot of questions.”

Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who voted to find Trump guilty at his second impeachment trial during his first term, said “I don’t think this is a serious nomination for the attorney general.”

“We need to have a serious attorney general and I’m looking forward to the opportunity to consider somebody that is serious,” she said. “This one was not on my bingo card.”

Anyone surprised by those two? Obviously, Democrats lost their every loving you know what over this.

There has obviously been a freakout over all. Marco Rubio as Secretary Of State seems safe, as does John Ratcliffe for CIA Director, but, Army veteran Pete Hegseth as Secretary Of Defense? Kristi Noem as Director Of Homeland Security? Lee Zeldin as head of the EPA? Most of these people, so far, are not meant to be administrators: they are meant to be bomb throwers. People who will shake things up, bring the hammer down on waste, fraud, malfeasance, on people who are working on their own agenda rather than doing the best for the citizens of the United States. People who do not want to be public servants, but, Lords. I can’t wait for Trump’s pick of FBI director. This is what Trump was elected for.

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Everything Working?

By William Teach November 13, 2024 – 5:59 pm

I upgraded to WordPress 6.7 this morning, and it left some old files that caused a big problem, to the point I had to reach out to Dreamhost technical support, because I never would have found it. They’re really fantastic. Should be fixed.

Is everyone seeing the normal theme now, or something that looks weird, which is the WP Twenty Twenty-Four theme which I have done nothing to, and is more of a business type theme?

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 13, 2024 – 1:00 pm

…is a wonderful low carbon form of transportation, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Other McCain, with a post on a historic, flawlessly run campaign.

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It Looks Like Trump’s “Department Of Government Efficiency” Is Going To Happen

By William Teach November 13, 2024 – 10:30 am

It won’t be an official department, unless the GOP run House and Senate decide to make it so, and, they really, really, really, really, really should trot out legislation to create it, because it would be delicious to see Senate Democrats filibustering it, for refusing to vote on voting for it (the whole 60 votes cloture thing). Maybe they could simply replace the Department of Education, which doesn’t seem to do much but make education worse

Trump Appoints Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy To Lead New Department Of Government Efficiency

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will together establish a new Department of Government Efficiency in his second administration.

Musk and Ramaswamy have been appointed to “slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures and restructure Federal Agencies,” Trump’s statement reads. The former president added that the government department led by Musk and Ramaswamy will partner with the White House Office of Management and Budget in an effort “to drive large scale structural reform.”

“I look forward to Elon and Vivek making changes to the Federal Bureaucracy with an eye on efficiency and, at the same time, making life better for all Americans. Importantly, we will drive out the massive waste and fraud which exists throughout our annual $6.5 Trillion Dollars of Government Spending,” Trump’s statement reads.

“This will send shockwaves through the system, and anyone involved in Government waste, which is a lot of people!” Musk said in a statement included in Trump’s press release.

But, now, they have to figure out a way to make this work and to enforce their recommendations. To have the ability to have federal employees/contractors working for them to find the waste and fraud. To do something about the fraud. The devil is in the details. Especially since they will find so much waste and fraud within the federal system that there is no joke to be found.

(UK Independent) Trump’s announcement has characterized the department as an advisory board that will “provide guidance outside of government.”

Musk and Ramaswamy’s work will conclude “no later than July 4, 2026,” the announcement added – 18 months after Trump takes office.

Now we wait and see. Will this end up being more like Rand Paul’s “Festivus” report on waste, same as a few other Republicans have done? Or something with teeth to do something about the continued waste and fraud?

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Oops: Thieves Stealing EV Charging Cables Over In The UK

By William Teach November 13, 2024 – 7:15 am

It’s not like the UK doesn’t already have a problem with EV chargers not working. Some say the rate is 6%. In some areas it can be up to 30% non-functional. 46% of EV drivers in the UK say they have had issues

EV chargers hit by spate of cable thefts

Metal thieves have targeted dozens of council-owned electric vehicle chargers across Sheffield.

The city council said at one stage just two of its 27 chargers were in use after being damaged by thieves stealing cabling.

Joe Otten, chair of the street scene committee, said it was believed the cables were being taken for their scrap value, describing the incidents as “immensely frustrating”.

He said the authority was working alongside South Yorkshire Police and using CCTV in a bid to crackdown on the thefts.

They suspect they are being sold for scrap value, and it’s starting to get expensive to keep replacing them

“We all want to move transport to a lower carbon footprint, there are grants to help us get these charging stations rolled out and we have been spending that money and been putting the chargers in, but then it doesn’t work because of these thefts.”

Electric vehicle chargers are funded through the Government’s Getting Building Fund.

I wonder how many of these big wigs are driving EVs themselves. If the chargers are just going to be put in places that no one can monitor them this will continue to happen. When’s the last time you heard about gas pumps being stolen?

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Fired FEMA Employee Throws Them Under The Bus

By William Teach November 13, 2024 – 7:00 am

Remember the wonderful lady who was caught telling FEMA employees and helpers to skip homes that had Trump merchandise in Florida after the hurricane? Well

Let’s delve into this a bit more (Victory Girls Blog made it easy to find text)

surprise surprise surprise(NY Post) Marn’i Washington, who was fired last week over the saga, broke her silence in an interview with YouTube podcaster Roland Martin Monday, arguing she had just been following a widespread FEMA policy of avoiding “politically hostile” homes.

“FEMA preaches avoidance first, and then de-escalation. This is not isolated. This is a colossal event of avoidance,” said Washington, 39.

“Not just in the state of Florida. You will find avoidance in the Carolinas.”

Washington accused FEMA of lying after the federal agency said she had no authority to give the directive to disaster relief workers who were canvassing homes in Lake Placid, Fla., in the wake of last month’s Hurricane Milton.

The FEMA official said her supervisor had approved the message — and that there were incident reports that would prove some residents had shown “political hostility” to workers in the area.

“Senior leadership will lie to you and tell you that they do not know, but if you ask the [Disaster Survivor Assistance] crew leads and specialists what they’re experiencing in the field, they will tell you,” she said.

The House oversight committee will be working over FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell next Tuesday. They should invite Washington to testify ASAP, and, if she won’t, subpoena her.

Here’s the local Raleigh media

  • WRAL: With misinformation swirling in Hurricane Helene’s wake, officials urge residents to ‘stop this conspiracy theory junk’
  • ABC11: After the deluge, the lies: Misinformation and hoaxes about Helene cloud the recovery
  • CBS17: Trump makes more debunked claims about FEMA as he surveys storm damage in North Carolina
  • News And Observer: Helene fact check: Here are the rumors and the reality in Western North Carolina

All have many, many articles about “misinformation”, while failing to actually send reporters to investigate. They just took the government’s word. And how many have articles on Washington’s allegations? Zero. Nor anything from NC Governor Rory Cooper. Obviously, Washington was involved with what happened in Florida, not western North Carolina. But, she’s made allegations it happened in NC. Our senators Thom Tillis and Ted Budd have both mentioned that this needs to be investigated.

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SCOTUS Has No Interest In Reviving Climate Scam Suit From The Kiddies And Their Adult Enablers

By William Teach November 12, 2024 – 3:00 pm

Too bad the Justices didn’t tell the kiddies “if you’ve stopped using fossil fuels and made your own lives carbon neutral we’ll listen”

US Supreme Court turns away bid to revive youth climate change lawsuit

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to revive a novel lawsuit by 21 young people claiming the U.S. government’s energy policies violate their rights to be protected from climate change.

The justices denied, opens new tab a so-called petition for a writ of mandamus, opens new tab the youth activists filed in September that argued that the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had overstepped its authority by taking the “extraordinary” step of ordering a federal judge in Oregon to dismiss the case.

The 9th Circuit did so at the urging of the U.S. Department of Justice after the Oregon judge allowed the young people’s lawyers to amend their 2015 complaint to address problems the appeals court raised in an earlier 2020 ruling in the case.

Tuesday’s action by the justices is likely not the last time the Supreme Court will encounter the case, as the youth activists have until Dec. 9 to file a certiorari petition that they say will raise broader arguments over why the case should be revived and why they have standing to sue.

It’s a matter for lawmakers, not the courts

“The standing of children to be heard in their right to life case is a pressing issue of national importance,” Julia Olson, a lawyer for the young people at the non-profit Our Children’s Trust, said in a statement.

If the kids are so concerned they should practice what they preach and convince people to do the same, not attempt to force their cult beliefs on everyone else.

In Tuesday’s case, the youth plaintiffs had alleged the U.S. government has permitted, authorized and subsidized fossil fuel extraction and consumption despite knowing those actions cause catastrophic global warming.

By contributing to climate change, the plaintiffs said U.S. energy policies violate their rights to due process and equal protection under the U.S. Constitution.

But in a 2020 ruling, the 9th Circuit held it was beyond the power of the courts to order and supervise remedies designed to address climate change and that such complex policy decisions were better left to Congress and the executive branch.

They cannot convince others to act, hence, they want to use the courts. And, by they, I mean the adults that are really behind this, using the kids as props. It’s shameful.

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