Sanctuary City Boston Mayor Says The Immigration System Is Broken Or Something

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

As mayor of a sanctuary city and someone who had supported unfettered illegal immigration isn’t a “broken system” exactly what she wanted?

Wu on migrant crisis: ‘We’re experiencing the symptoms of a federal immigration system that’s been broken’

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu visited NBC 10 Boston’s @Issue and explained the migrant situation that the city of Boston and the state of Massachusetts is going through as they’re trying to find shelter for the influx of people coming into the state.

“We’re experiencing the symptoms of a federal immigration system that’s been broken” said Wu. “At the federal level, there have been over a decade of conversations about how to fix, but as those conversations are ongoing about how to insure there are legal pathways to citizenship and then to have enforcement and security at the border around legal pathways, and then to have resources directed down to municipalities, it’s a lot before anything might be ever felt at the local level.”

“We are seeing families arrive with little kids, sometimes with no shoes just trying to get by and we are working with the governor and trying to support the state addressing this crisis.”

Wu added that 25% of the beds in the city’s shelter system is also being used for recently arrived migrants.

Offering a pathway to citizenship entices even more illegals to come to the U.S. The system isn’t broken, Los Federales just refuse to secure the border, meaning Obama and Biden. Bush43 wasn’t the greatest, either. There are certainly laws that need to be tweaked, such as the asylum, ending work permits, immediate deportation, oh, and, how about prosecuting Americans who entice people to come illegally? That’s a federal code violation. In the meantime, SCB and Mayor Wu got what they asked for.

When’s she going to host illegals herself?

(NBC Boston) A Suffolk University poll of 1,000 Massachusetts voters who said they were at least somewhat likely to vote this November found that “immigration and border security” was the second-most important issue on voters’ minds (25.2% said it was the top issue), slightly trailing “the future of American democracy” (27.1%). Similarly, “illegal immigration” ranked by respondents as the second-biggest threat to U.S. interests (27.7%), behind only “China’s expanding power across the globe” (28.2%).

And 46.8% of people polled by Suffolk said that the U.S. border and the number of immigrants entering the country (legally or illegally is not specified) is “an emergency situation, and among the most serious issues facing the U.S.” Another 31.5% of respondents said it is “a major problem, but not an emergency.”

A separate poll of 788 likely Massachusetts primary voters released Thursday by the Fiscal Alliance Foundation revealed strong feelings around the migrant situation, with a majority of respondents saying they do not think Massachusetts can accommodate additional migrants (65.2%) and that tax dollars should not be used to provide shelter to migrants (53.3%).

I’d like to see these types of polls ask “what should we do about this?” and include answers like “lock down the border” and “make those applying for asylum do it in other nations”, see how that goes.

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Good News: PRC’s Plastic Bag Ban Failed, So, They’ll Try Again

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

As an environmentally conscience person (which is different from ‘climate change’) I do think humanity needs to be careful with plastic. I have a whole bunch of reusable bags for when I go to Lidl and Aldi. The plastic bags I get from WalMart, Food Lion, and sometimes others I reuse for a wide variety of things. Typically, I am getting a lot more when I go to them, and not that much at Lidl. There’s always Unintended Consequences when government gets involved, and even what’s left of the LA Times newsroom has noticed

California’s war on plastic bag use seems to have backfired. Lawmakers are trying again

unintended consequencesIt was a decade ago when California became the first state in the nation to ban single-use plastic bags, ushering in a wave of anti-plastic legislation from coast to coast.

But in the years after California seemingly kicked its plastic grocery sack habit, material recovery facilities and environmental activists noticed a peculiar trend: Plastic bag waste by weight was increasing to unprecedented levels.

According to a report by the consumer advocacy group CALPIRG, 157,385 tons of plastic bag waste was discarded in California the year the law was passed. By 2022, however, the tonnage of discarded plastic bags had skyrocketed to 231,072 — a 47% jump. Even accounting for an increase in population, the number rose from 4.08 tons per 1,000 people in 2014 to 5.89 tons per 1,000 people in 2022.

The problem, it turns out, was a section of the law that allowed grocery stores and large retailers to provide thicker, heavier-weight plastic bags to customers for the price of a dime.

Oops?

He said the bags were made of 20% recyclable material and the manufacturers said they could be recycled at the end of their “useful life. … So we said, all right, fine. We’re gonna put that specific criteria into the law.”

“That experiment failed,” Murray said.

They were most likely made to be reusable. Lidl used to have that type, and I still have a bunch. But, they only last so long, so, they offer better ones, which I also have.

“Basically what happened is that plastic bag companies invented these thicker plastic bags that technically meet that definition of reusable but are clearly not being reused and don’t look like reusable bags and which just circumvent the law’s intent,” said Jenn Engstrom, CALPIRG’S state director.

Wait, the environmentally conscience citizens of the People’s Repulik of California aren’t reusing? Huh.

Now, California legislators are hoping to correct that error by passing a law that closes that loophole and bans those thick plastic bags offered at the checkout line.

I wonder how that will work out? Perhaps stores will start offering more paper bags again? Anyhow, it’s a pretty long piece, worth the read, but, as one of the people in the comments writes

I go to a grocery store in California. I buy meat wrapped in plastic, condiments in plastic containers, cottage cheese in a plastic bucket, toothpaste in a plastic tube, chips in a plastic bag, water or sodas in plastic bottles. Then, I pay for all this plastic with my plastic debit card while the clerk packs my items into the cloth bag I brought with me to save the planet from plastic.

Oops? And, yeah, there is way too much plastic being used. But, what’s the answer? What can be used?

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Unsurprisingly, Biden Will Not Take A Cognitive Test With Annual Physical

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

Now, let’s play the “if Trump was president and having seriously cognitive issues, how would the Credentialed Media treat this?”

Biden’s upcoming physical exam will not include a cognitive test, White House says

President Biden will not take a cognitive test as part of his upcoming physical exam, the White House confirmed Monday.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated that Biden’s physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, does not believe a cognitive test is necessary. She said O’Connor believes Biden proves his cognitive ability “every day [in] how he operates and how he thinks.”

Reporters pressed Jean-Pierre on the issue due to last week’s report from Special Counsel Robert Hur that found Biden has significant memory issues.

“I’m just gonna say what Dr. O’Connor said to me about a year ago when [Biden’s physical] was released,” Jean-Pierre responded. “The president proves every day [in] how he operates and how he thinks, by dealing with world leaders, by making difficult decisions on behalf of the American people – whether it’s domestic or it’s national security.”

“That is how Dr. O’Connor sees it, and that is how I’m going to leave it,” she added.

Is that why he has mostly been hidden during his three years, along with the 2020 campaign? Is that why he has very few things on his schedule, and tends to take the weekend off most weeks? Why even the NY Times noted that he is being hidden?

Some Democrats are already turning on Biden

(NY Post) Ex-New York Rep. and current candidate Tom Suozzi raised doubts Monday about whether elderly fellow Democrat President Biden will last long enough to continue running in November.

“The bottom line is, he’s old. He’s  81 years old. … Let’s see what happens between now and the Democratic convention,” Suozzi, who is running against Long Island Republican Mazi Pilip in Tuesday’s special election to replace expelled ex-Rep. George Santos, told Fox 5’s “Good Day New York.”

He gave a ringing endorsement, saying that if Biden is the Dem nominee he guesses he’ll vote for him.

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What’s The Cost Of Brandon’s Climate Cult Agenda?

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

I’ve been reliably told that we will all save money for Doing Something about Hotcoldwetdry. At some point. They won’t say when. The Wall Street Journal takes a peek

The Cost of Biden’s Climate Tax Credits Is Soaring

President Biden’s 2022 climate law is driving faster-than-expected growth in electric-vehicle purchases and clean-energy projects, doubling the projected cost to taxpayers while potentially accelerating emissions reductions.

Of course, companies pushing EVs are losing billions, and, because demand has dropped off by at least 50%, they are laying workers off and retooling, rethinking, and reducing production.

electric vehicleThe Congressional Budget Office this week bumped up its projection of the law’s climate tax credits through fiscal year 2033 by $428 billion, putting an official stamp on what public and private analysts had been saying for the past year. The law, known as the Inflation Reduction Act, is expected to spur up to $3 trillion in total public and private investment over the next decade.

The CBO’s increase is driven by a flood of clean-energy factory announcements , proposed environmental regulations that would push more buyers to electric vehicles and rules allowing leased electric cars to qualify for generous tax breaks with fewer restrictions. The list of corporate investment pledges got bigger on Tuesday, when Toyota said it is spending $1.3 billion to expand EV production at a factory in Kentucky.

When enacted, the IRA was expected to include $271 billion in tax breaks over a decade, though that can’t be compared directly to the $428 billion increase. The CBO said this week that the IRA’s budgetary effects are still highly uncertain.

Realistically, this is benefitting the people who are mostly purchasing EVs, who typically make between $150K to $300K a year. Rich folks mostly do not purchase them, except as a “fun” car, like those super expensive Porsche EVs. The rich stick with large, expensive, fossil fueled vehicles. What’s the true cost?

(Townhall) The CBO explained that technical revisions resulted in substantially higher projections, most of which ($224 billion) arose from clean vehicle tax credits and revenues from excise taxes on gasoline. Of that total, $151 billion came from reductions in projected revenues, and $73 billion came from increases in projected outlays.  Apart from the cost of Biden’s climate initiatives, the CBO report didn’t lend a positive outlook for the nation’s economy.

The CBO projected that the nation’s deficit would steadily mount, reaching $2.6 trillion in 2034 from $1.6 trillion this fiscal year. In relation to GDP, the deficit is projected to reach 6.1% in 2034. The CBO said that these deficit levels were similar to those experienced during some of the greatest national crises. 

What it means is that this will cost taxpayers, most of whom neither want an EV or can afford one, or just are too much of an issue for their lives, over $800 billion. And this is just the EV portion of Biden’s climate law, which was supposed to be about inflation reduction, if you remember.

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If All You See…

By William Teach February 12, 2024 – 1:00 pm

…is an area flooded by too much carbon pollution driven Bad Weather, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Evil Blogger Lady, with a post on the Execution Of Lady Jane Grey and linky love.

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SCNY Imposing Curfew On More Migrant Centers

By William Teach February 12, 2024 – 10:30 am

This is strange, because those who support unfettered illegal immigration say that they are all good little boys and girls just looking for a better life, that they bring no crime or issues. Usually because the illegals are somewhere Over There, not in their own neighborhoods

NYC imposing 11 p.m. curfew at more migrant shelters after Times Square shooting

New York is expanding a curfew to additional migrant shelters after violent incidents attributed to migrant shelter residents gained national attention in recent weeks.

Mayor Eric Adams’ administration will impose an 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew at 20 migrant shelters starting Monday, after initially placing the restrictions at four other locations.

The curfew impacts about 3,600 migrants, with the largest of the emergency centers housing roughly 1,000 migrants in Long Island City, Queens. City officials initially placed a curfew on four shelters last month in response to neighborhood complaints.

The additional curfews come after a spate of migrant-related violence and crime has prompted increasingly dire rhetoric from city and police officials.

Overall, this order covers 24 shelters out of 200: what’s happening with the other roughly 63,000 illegals? Also, what happened with the original order that covered 4 shelters? Did it make a difference? Did crime drop or end? Or, did the illegals ignore the order?

(NY Post) “I feel that the issue of violence is not going to stop,” said Colombia Maribel Lopez, a Venezuelan who’s been living in the Big Apple with her kids for six months.

“What we need are more personnel to address the problem. But I don’t think the curfew will stop anything,” she told The Post.

There you have it, an illegal telling you it won’t work. That says, she doesn’t get to dictate how they operate, she shouldn’t even be here.

Meanwhile

(CNN) They crossed the border near Jacumba Hot Springs, in a desolate, barren area about 75 miles east of San Diego.

About 200 migrants, from many different countries, had reached their final destination — illegally — but they were not looking to run or evade the authorities. They waited for them.

This is what Biden’s policies have wrought. They cross illegally then wait to get caught, knowing that they will be given food, clothes, shelter, and healthcare. They’ll declare asylum and be in the system for 8-10 years. Democrats will give them work permits. When their asylum claim is denied they will simply not leave.

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Climate Cultists Jump Into Long Island Sound For Global Boiling

By William Teach February 12, 2024 – 7:00 am

We just had Warmists jumping into the Chesapeake Bay, doing the polar bear plunge. Now we have

SoundWaters’ Super Splash raises climate change awareness in Stamford

Almost 150 people hit the beach in Stamford on Sunday for the inaugural SoundWaters Super Splash.

The waters off Cove Island Park registered just above freezing, but that didn’t stop people from running in for a quick dip.

“My friend reminded me it was only temporary and now I feel like a million bucks,” said Aly Leventhal, a polar plunger.

SoundWaters aims to protect Long Island Sound from the impacts of climate change through research, school trips and beach cleanups.

“Climate change is real, it should be a lot colder today,” said Beth Spitalny, of Westchester.

Should it be? Climatic changes are real, but, it doesn’t mean they are mostly/solely caused by man. Oh, and the seas are rising less than expected during a Holocene warm period.

It’s great that they raised $5,000, but, seriously, why can’t they just do a polar bear plunge for fun like they used to? Why do they have to make this about the climate cult?

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NY Times: Say, Biden Is Kept Pretty Cocooned, Eh?

By William Teach February 12, 2024 – 6:45 am

Should we be surprised that the NY Times is exposing just how much Biden is protected from those pesky reporters and citizens? Of course, it was a piece published on Saturday

Inside Biden’s Protective White House

Where's Joe BidenAides have President Joe Biden take the shorter stairs to board Air Force One. When it comes to news conferences, they yell loudly — and quickly — to end the questions, sometimes stealing a classic awards show tactic and playing loud music to signal the conclusion of the event. And forget about regular interviews with major news publications, including a traditional presidential sit-down on Super Bowl Sunday.

Over the years, some of Biden’s key aides have gone from letting “Joe be Joe” to wrapping a presidential cocoon around him that is intended to shield him from verbal slips and physical stumbles.

All presidents are shielded by the strictures of the office, yet for Biden, who at 81 is the oldest person in history to hold the job, the decision is not only situational but strategic, according to several people who are familiar with the dynamic. The cloistered nature of his White House reflects a concern among some of his top aides that Biden, who has always been prone to gaffes, risks making a mistake.

Most of the rest of this piece is not complementary nor an attempt to defend Biden, though, if it was a Republican president who was being cocooned this much they’d be ripping that person to shreds, demanding that they answer questions, that they do press conferences, and, if not capable, retire.

Thing is, it’s really not about Biden’s age even though they’re trying to run polls to that effect, which is a precursor to discussing ageism

Overwhelming majority of Americans think Biden is too old for another term: POLL

An overwhelming majority of Americans think President Joe Biden is too old to serve another term, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll.

According to the poll, conducted using Ipsos’ Knowledge Panel, 86% of Americans think Biden, 81, is too old to serve another term as president. That figure includes 59% of Americans who think both he and former President Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner, are too old and 27% who think only Biden is too old.

I know many who are older than Biden, and, while they might have some of the infirmities you get with age, they are mentally sound. They don’t say wacky stuff, do weird stuff, and just look lost all the time. They do not have to disappear from the public the vast majority of weekends. What will the Credentialed Media do if Biden essentially disappears from public events during the campaign? The danger is allowing him to appear in public and get the Bidencrazy on a constant basis.

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If All You See…

By William Teach February 11, 2024 – 1:00 pm

…are mountains losing their glaciers due to global boiling, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Common Cents Blog, with a post on Dems losing ground with blacks and Hispanics.

It’s nature week.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach February 11, 2024 – 9:22 am

Patriotic Pinup

Happy Sunday! Another wonderful day in the Once And Future Nation Of America. Supposed to get some needed rain, the squirrels are barking, and the Super Bowl is today. This pinup us by Gil Elvgren, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The fine 15

  1. Flag And Cross discusses Larry Hogan running for the Senate
  2. Geller Report covers news outlets losing millions
  3. IOTW Report notes Fanni Willis having lied to the court
  4. Irons In The Fire highlights what happens when criminals get caught
  5. Legal Insurrection covers Team Biden turning against Israel to win the Islamists in Michigan
  6. Outside The Beltway plays “pick the Biden alternative”
  7. Sultan Knish notes how many of Biden’s new jobs are government ones
  8. The First Street Journal discusses teachers behaving badly
  9. The Gateway Pundit shows Hollywood freaking over low box office receipts
  10. The Other McCain features Biden’s punchline presidency
  11. The Right Scoop covers a 15 year old illegal arrested and crying
  12. This ain’t Hell… has stupid people of the week
  13. Victory Girls Blog notes Trump saying Bud Light is now OK
  14. Jo Nova discusses the results of the Michael Mann-Mark Steyn trial
  15. And last, but, not least, Not A Lot Of People Know That highlights the green jobs bonanza

As always, the full set of pinups can be seen in the Patriotic Pinup category, or over at my Gallery page (nope, that’s gone, the newest Apache killed access, and the program hasn’t been upgraded since 2014, so, most are hosted internally). While we are on pinups, since it is that time of year, have you gotten your Pinups for Vets calendar yet? And don’t forget to check out what I declare to be our War on Women Rule 5 and linky luv posts and things that interest me. I’ve also mostly alphabetized them, makes it easier scrolling the feedreader

Don’t forget to check out all the other great material all the linked blogs have!

Anyone else have a link or hotty-fest going on? Let me know so I can add you to the list. And do you have a favorite blog you can recommend be added to the feedreader?

Two great sites for getting news links are Liberty Daily and Whatafinger.

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