Good News: Inflation Is All Your Fault Per Spoiled Elitist

By William Teach December 3, 2023 – 7:00 am

No, really

High prices? Like food, energy, water, clothes? From the link

You would think, with prices as high as they are, that Americans would have tempered their enthusiasm for shopping of late; that they would have pulled back spending on luxury items; that they would have sought out budget and basic options, bought smaller packages, fewer things.

This is not what has happened. Consumer spending rose 0.2 percent, after accounting for higher prices, in October, the most recent month for which the government has data. Online shopping jumped 7.8 percent over the Thanksgiving long weekend, more than analysts had anticipated. The sales of new cars, dishwashers, cruise vacations, jewelry—all things people tend to give up when they are watching their budget—remain strong. Consultants keep anticipating a recession precipitated by the “death of the consumer.” Thus far, the consumer is staying alive.

People hate inflation, just not enough to spend less: This is one of the central tensions of today’s economy, in which things are going great yet everyone is miserable. And in some ways, Americans have nobody to blame but themselves.

People went without for years if they were able to. In some cases they had to, because goods were scarce. People are starting to see sales on products now, because availability is up. There actually are some good deals. But, the core products such as food and energy are way up.

Sticker shock is real. And in surveys, people say that they are trading down because of cost pressures. But in fact they are spending more than they ever have, even after accounting for higher prices. They’re spending not just on the necessities, but on fun stuff—amusement parks, UberEats.

How dare you peasants want to have a good life! Which is not a surprising hottake, since the author, Annie Lowery, was raised with a silver spoon and graduated from Harvard, worked a bunch of cushy media jobs, and is worth millions. As is her husband Ezra Klein.

There is actually some debate on that phrase. Some say it meant “if the good bread (French citizens really, really, really like their good bread) isn’t available, make cake with the lower quality wheat”, because there was a massive wheat issue, partly due to the cooler temperatures from the Little Ice Age. Or maybe it was said as an Elitist phrase. The French nobles were trying to get the peasants to eat potatoes, which were considered to be food that not even the lowest of the low would eat, but, they were available so people didn’t starve. Regardless, this type of attitude from Elites at The Atlantic really doesn’t help. But, they should keep it up, because the GOP will do what they can to lose in 2024.

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Opera Audience Shouts Down Nutjob Climate Cult Members

By William Teach December 2, 2023 – 3:00 pm

One would think that a goodly chunk of the audience would be fellow travelers in a city like NYC, people who would cheer interruptions by climate “activists”, but, as usual, they aren’t happy when their beliefs cause problems in their own lives

Climate activists interrupt opera performance, angering audience: ‘Shut up!’

Climate activists angered opera fans at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, by standing up and screaming during an opening night performance of Tannhäuser, Thursday.

Radical climate group Extinction Rebellion, NYC, took credit for the protest on social media, and shared videos of the disruptions.

Halfway through the second act of the performance, several protesters stood up and demanded an end to fossil fuels. One man scolded the audience to “wake up” to the “climate emergency,” before unfolding a black banner that said, “No opera on a dead planet.”

“Wake up! The stream is polluted! The stream is tainted! The stream is poison! This is a climate emergency! This is a climate emergency. There will be no opera on a dead planet!” he shouted.

Wackjobs. Wearing lots of clothes made with petroleum, using phones made with petroleum. Living in a city that would not survive without fossil fueled deliveries of food and goods. What’s with the stream stuff?

The first disruption was timed by the group to coincide with a character’s line in the opera, Extinction Rebellion said.

“The disruption was timed to coincide with the main character’s declaration that ‘love is a spring to be drunk from,’ and highlighted the fact that, contrary to those words spoken on stage, springs are not pure now, because we are in a climate crisis, and our water is contaminated,” the group said in a statement.

How is the water contaminated from CO2? Wackjobs

As the protesters were ushered out by security, audience members booed and jeered at the activists. The performance was stopped again, when another activist with Extinction Rebellion stood up and shouted a similar message.

Angry audience members demanded the woman leave, shouting “Shut up!” “Get out of here!” “Go outside!” “This isn’t the place!” One person can be seen yanking the protester’s scarf.

I guess mostly Democrat voting New Yorkers who poll highly on Doing Something do not like to be inconvenienced.

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If All You See…

By William Teach December 2, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…is lots of world killing concrete, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Dissecting Leftism, with a post on what a study said on masking for COVID.

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Stupid Party Expels George Santos

By William Teach December 2, 2023 – 10:30 am

There’s no doubt Santos is a scumbag and liar, and will most likely be found guilty in court.

He has yet to be convicted of a crime in a court as of yet

(Breitbart) Rep. George Santos (R-NY) is no longer a member of Congress. The House voted 311-114 Friday morning to expel him in the first House expulsion since 2002.

The historic vote sets a new precedent in the House. Santos departs even as he has not been convicted of a crime and has pleaded not guilty.

Santos survived two earlier attempts to expel him, but could not hold on after a brutal report from the House Ethics Committee on its investigations into his actions.

The ethics committee report included evidence Santos knowingly filed false reports with the Federal Election Commission, used campaign funds for personal purposes including subscriptions to OnlyFans and botox treatments, and willfully violated ethics laws as it relates to his Financial Disclosure (FD) Statements filed with the House.

OK. So, when does the House start expelling other members?

Thursday [Santos] introduced a privileged resolution to expel Rep. Jamaal Bowman, who pleaded guilty weeks ago to a misdemeanor for pulling a fire alarm in the Capitol complex.

“If the House wants to start different precedent and expel me, that is going to be the undoing of a lot of members of this body because this will haunt them in the future when mere allegations are sufficient to have members removed from office when duly elected by their people in their respective states and districts,” Santos said Thursday.

When is the vote on Bowman? You know that 100% of Democrats will vote to keep him. When do they hold a vote on AOC for breaking House ethics rules for her Met Gala attendance. When is Swallwell expelled for consorting with a Chinese spy? How about serial liar Adam Schiff, who’s been censored for his lying about the fake Russia collusion? And so many who are acting as insider traders? They won’t expel anti-Semites Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, or many of their Squad members. They won’t impeach Myorkas or Biden. How about

And now it appears as if NY gov Kathy Hochul is going to pick someone, instead of holding a special election. She will not be picking a Republican, you know she’ll pick a far left Progressive Democrat. Good job, Republicans!

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King Charles Takes Long Fossil Fueled Flight To Proclaim World Is Doomed

By William Teach December 2, 2023 – 7:00 am

I’m sure Chuck flew commercial, right?

King Charles says world heading for ‘dangerous uncharted territory’ at global leaders summit

King Charles III told world leaders Friday that the warning signs of the climate crisis are being ignored and that the world is heading for “dangerous uncharted territory,” with devastating consequences for lives and livelihoods.

Delivering an opening address to delegates at the World Climate Action Summit, part of the COP28 summit in Dubai, the King said he prayed “with all my heart that COP28 will be a critical turning point towards genuine transformational action.”

“Some important progress has been made but it worries me greatly that we remain so dreadfully far off track,” he said, adding, “we are taking the natural world outside balanced norms and limits and into dangerous uncharted territory.”

Well, if every Warmist gave up their own use of fossil fuels the world would be on track per cult dogma, right?

Referring to this year’s climate change-fueled extreme weather, including Canada’s unprecedented wildfire season, deadly flooding in Pakistan and Bangladesh and catastrophic drought in East Africa, the King told delegates that the “hope of the world” rested on decisions taken at the summit.

Oh, please. You and the others do not speak for the world, especially when you’re all climahypocrites

(UK Independent) Rishi Sunak is facing fresh outrage from climate campaigners after it emerged that the prime minister, the King, and foreign secretary David Cameron are taking separate jets to the Cop28 conference in Dubai.

Downing Street confirmed all three of the leading British representatives at the crucial summit – aimed at cutting global emissions – will each get their own private plane.

No 10 defended the decision to have Mr Sunak and Lord Cameron travel separately – as it was confirmed junior ministers and officials would fly out on commercial flights rather than travel with the PM’s entourage.

So, not only did they not fly together, they sent everyone else on separate flights.

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Israel Vows To Keep Thumping Hamas After Hamas Breaks Ceasfire

By William Teach December 2, 2023 – 6:45 am

Israel has had enough of caring what the Israel and Jew haters think

Israel vows to inflict ‘the mother of all thumpings’ on Hamas as ceasefire ends

Israel vowed that Hamas would “take the mother of all thumpings”, after a week-long ceasefire ended on Friday, engulfing the Gaza Strip in a new bout of fighting.

Hours into the renewed bombardment, Israel said it had struck more than 200 targets throughout the enclave, while Hamas health officials said more than 175 Palestinians had been killed.

Israel blamed the end of the truce on the Palestinian terror group, saying it had fired a rocket before the agreed pause in fighting was lifted and refused to release all women taken hostage on Oct 7.

Eylon Levy, a government spokesperson, said: “Having chosen to hold on to our women, Hamas will now take the mother of all thumpings.”

While Israeli bombing of Gaza resumed within seconds of truce expiry, sirens blared across Israel as Hamas fired rockets from the coastal enclave into a string of towns.

Hamas could end this easily by just surrendering and releasing all the hostages. They could end the war deaths of civilians if they would surrender and release all the hostages. Hamas feels emboldened by so many Useful Idiots taking Hamas’ side. I’m confident all those same Useful Idiots will be out in the streets Saturday.

Out there wearing Intifada keffiyahs and professionally created signs calling for the nation of Israel to be replaced.

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Biden Regime Waived Development Fees For Wind Power

By William Teach December 1, 2023 – 3:00 pm

Now, why would they do this? I’ve been reliably informed that all sorts of companies are rushing to get involved with building tons of wind turbines, because they’re going to make a lot of money, er, save the planet

Internal docs show Biden admin waived taxpayer safeguards to boost offshore wind project

The Biden administration quietly granted a request from an energy firm developing an offshore wind project off the coast of Massachusetts to waive development fees designed to safeguard taxpayers, according to internal documents reviewed by Fox News Digital.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) informed Vineyard Wind that it had waived a financial assurance for decommissioning costs fee in a June 15, 2021, letter obtained by watchdog group Protect the Public’s Trust (PPT). Federal statute mandates that developers pay that fee prior to construction on their lease, a potentially hefty fee designed to guarantee federal property is returned to its original state after a lessee departs its lease.

“At the same time the Department of the Interior was looking at forcing greater and more expensive bonding requirements on holders of long-standing oil and gas leases, they were relaxing these requirements on the nation’s first utility-scale offshore wind energy producer, one that just coincidentally happened to be a client of their incoming #2,” PPT Director Michael Chamberlain told Fox News Digital.

“If you want to talk about bad optics, I don’t see how they could be any worse than right here,” he said. “For an administration touting itself as the most ethical in history, this represents yet another incident in which Secretary Haaland’s Interior appears to have a tough time living up to that standard.”

Chamberlain noted that former Deputy Interior Secretary Tommy Beadreau, the second-highest ranked official at the Department of the Interior (DOI) which houses BOEM, had, according to his 2021 financial disclosure form, previously represented Vineyard Wind on legal matters while serving as a partner at the firm Latham & Watkins.

Hmm, so, government officials looking to reap the rewards of their positions, eh? Isn’t that against the law?

“Vineyard Wind 1 represents a historic milestone for advancing our nation’s clean energy production. This project and others across the country will create robust and sustainable?economies that?lift up?communities and support good-paying jobs, while also ensuring future generations have a livable planet,” Haaland said during the ceremony on Nov. 18, 2021.

And put lots of money in his pocket.

Oops?

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If All You See…

By William Teach December 1, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…is a bright blue sky from carbon pollution causing drought, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Cold Fury, with a post on a different sanctuary city.

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Chicago Mayor Has Hissy Fit Over Protesters, Shuts Down Public Gallery

By William Teach December 1, 2023 – 10:30 am

He’s not happy about those darned peasants coming around and protesting against the Chicago sanctuary city policies

Chicago Mayor Cancels Public Gallery in City Council Chambers After Public Protests of His Sanctuary City Policies

The self-professed “progressive” Mayor of Chicago Brandon Johnson is taking heat for the “antidemocratic” move of shutting down the public gallery in the city council chambers after weeks of citizens filling the gallery and vociferously protesting his sanctuary city policies.

The mayor has canceled the open-door policy for the second-floor gallery where citizens once could take a seat to watch the proceedings of the council as it debates issues, sets policies, and works to pass statutes.

In the past, the gallery was open to the public on a first-come, first-serve basis. But now, the mayor has changed the rules with a new policy where gallery seats are doled out only to those who have asked an alderman for permission to attend a session.

The change in the gallery seating policy comes after months of sometimes disruptive behavior from citizens who came to watch over the city council’s business, and in almost every case recently, the spark for that disruption was the mayor’s migrant spending plans.

Citizens will be allowed to sit in the third-floor gallery, but this small viewing platform is high above the chambers and is also behind glass where any catcalls or comments will go unheard by the council members and the mayor down below.

Well, yeah, how dare those citizens complain about all the illegal aliens messing up Chicago! And many of those complaining about all the illegals consistently vote Democrat, so, they got what they wanted. When are camps for illegals going to be put in the upper class areas of Chicago?

Brighton Park migrant tent camp construction begins, despite protests, concerns from residents

Construction to build a winterized base camp for migrants is underway in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood, despite concerns and protests from concerned residents and Ald. Julia Ramirez, whose ward includes the site.

“Yesterday, GardaWorld staged materials and began placing bases for structures on the site,” a statement from Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office said Wednesday. “Today, framing will be erected for 1-2 structures and materials will continue to be laid out for additional structures.”

Photos and video taken Wednesday morning at the site show the scale of the project, with massive cranes working to put up the framing.

The Brighton Park area is mostly a low income area, with over 58% in that category. 83% identify as Latino, so, of course Johnson sends the illegals there, rather than toney areas like Hyde Park, Forest Glen, Lincoln Park, etc.

Texas Gov. Abbott vows more migrants to NYC and other cities until Biden ‘secures the border’

Texas has bused nearly 70,000 migrants to so-called sanctuary cities and will continue to do so until President Biden “secures the border,” Gov. Greg Abbott warned Wednesday.

More than one-third of migrants bused out of Texas – 25,000 – were routed to New York City under a state border security and burden-sharing effort launched by the Republican governor in 2021, dubbed Operation Lone Star.

“Texas will bus migrants to sanctuary cities until Biden secures the border,” Abbott wrote in an Instagram story post on Wednesday, sharing the latest breakdown of which cities have received the most migrants from the Texas busing program.

“Over 12,500 to DC. Over 25,000 to New York City. Over 20,000 to Chicago. Over 3,200 to Philadelphia. Over 7,400 to Denver. Over 1,100 to Los Angeles,” the governor noted, adding, “Our mission provides vital relief to border towns.”

Keep sending them, Greg, keep sending them!

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Warmists Really Want Government To Go Heavy With Carbon Credits

By William Teach December 1, 2023 – 7:15 am

Carbon credits have been around for a long time. They make a whole bunch of people, like Al Gore, rich, and allow the rich folks to keep living their big carbon footprint lives by essentially paying a fine. Many big companies pay them to greenwash their operations, and, really, they’re a scam. How many trees really get planted?

Opinion: Leaders at COP28 already have this strong weapon to fight climate change. They should use it.

Politics has been called the art of the possible. Yet regarding climate change, this adage is flipped on its head — it’s the art of the impossible.

As the world prepares for COP 28, the 28th United Nations Climate Summit, we desperately need to shift our efforts to immediate, bold action that’s possible now. And far from diminishing our ambition, focusing on available actions can get the world back on track to make the impossible possible.(snip)

Among the many possible actions, we need “all of the above” to reduce emissions. Yet, few strategies offer as much opportunity for global, scalable, short-term benefit as carbon markets.

For governments, markets bring flexibility that can reduce the cost of meeting their commitments under the Paris Agreement by $250 billion per year in 2030, growing to a total of $21 trillion of mitigation cost savings between 2020 and 2050. These savings can be reinvested into climate action, raising ambitions to close the 24-billion-ton gap, which is why 83% of countries include the use of carbon markets in their climate commitments.

In the private sector, companies that buy carbon credits decarbonize twice as fast as those which do not. The reason is simple: If you put a price on carbon, which happens when you buy credits, you have an incentive to reduce emissions. Carbon markets give companies the opportunity to take responsibility for their emissions today, and for their past emissions, even as they work to decarbonize. In the climate crisis, the world should no longer accept unabated emissions. Markets offer a path forward.

In the Real World, those companies simply pass on those costs to the consumers. That’s it. Nothing more.

As a veteran of many UN Climate Summits, I value the global process that resulted in the Paris Agreement. I also understand the frustration inherent in such processes, with each summit following a predictable cycle of unrealistic optimism leading to missed targets and brokered compromises.

So, wait, Mary Grady is taking long fossil fueled trips to climate summits? Huh. One of the companies she’s involved in is Architecture for REDD+ Transactions. They plant trees, for one thing. I wonder how much they make off people buying carbon credits? Because that’s a big part of their business.

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