Israel Supposedly Hits Near Hospital, Media Fails As Usual

By William Teach November 11, 2023 – 7:00 am

We all know that the majority of the Credentialed Media hates Israel to the point of backing Hamas

Heavy fighting around Gaza’s largest hospital forces many to flee

Strikes hit the Gaza Strip’s largest hospital Friday, badly wounding displaced civilians on its grounds and in some cases forcing them to move yet again and seek refuge amid the devastating war.

The scenes of bloodshed and desperation at Al-Shifa Hospital came as Israeli forces closed in on the center of Gaza City, near at least four hospitals, according to Palestinian health officials.

In one video appearing to show an outpatient clinic of Al-Shifa on Friday, a young girl covered in blood shrieks with her hands held up to the sky.

Another actor

“My father and brother,” she wails. Nearby, a boy lies on the ground, motionless with his eyes open as a pool of blood forms around his head.

Dr. Marwan Abu Saada, a surgeon and the head of International Cooperation at the Hamas-run Ministry of Health, told NBC News that the hospital had been bombed at least four times, and that he had heard shooting outside throughout the day.

Now, why would the Israelis attack a hospital area?

https://twitter.com/HeartsForIsrael/status/1723092264719634894

And from earlier

Everyone knows they use hospitals, schools, mosques, and other buildings to store weapons. As well as keep human shields. The media damned sure knows it. They also know that Hamas uses actors and stages people being hurt. Yet, they never say anything

A senior Israeli security official told NBC News that at least one strike at Al-Shifa Hospital was from a projectile launched by a militant group inside Gaza that had misfired. The official said that the Israel Defense Forces was conducting an “extensive review of its operational systems and intelligence” regarding the strike.

The official did not identify which group launched the projectile or specify whether Israel knew who was responsible. The official also did not say whether the IDF had launched any strikes of its own on Al-Shifa or other hospitals Friday.

But, NBC News and others are happy to blame Israel

Meanwhile, Mitt Romney gave the proper response to the terrorist sympathizers

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Media Freakout: Trump Says He Could Weaponize DOJ, FBI

By William Teach November 10, 2023 – 3:00 pm

It’s never sure if Trump is being serious about doing something or simply saying to expose what Democrats are doing

Trump suggests he, other GOP president could use Justice Dept. to indict opponents

Former President Donald Trump mused in an interview Thursday that he or another Republican president could use the Department of Justice to go after and indict political opponents, as he claims his political opponents have done against him.

Trump, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, told Univision News that the so-called “weaponization” of federal law enforcement “could certainly happen in reverse.”

NMás journalist and CBS News contributor Enrique Acevedo asked Trump: “You say they’ve weaponized the Justice Department, they weaponized the FBI. Would you do the same if you’re reelected?”

“Well, he’s unleashed something that everybody, we’ve all known about this for a hundred years,” Trump said, apparently in reference to President Biden and his administration. “We’ve watched other countries do it and, in some cases, effective and in other cases, the country’s overthrown or it’s been totally ineffective. But we’ve watched this for a long time, and it’s not unique, but it’s unique for the United States. Yeah. If they do this and they’ve already done it, but if they want to follow through on this, yeah, it could certainly happen in reverse. It could certainly happen in reverse. What they’ve done is they’ve released the genie out of the box.”

Yes, they have opened that box. And they think it is completely out of bounds to do the same thing back to them

The former president claimed prosecutors have “done indictments in order to win an election,” and then suggested that if he is president, he could indict someone who is beating him “very badly.”

“They call it weaponization, and the people aren’t going to stand for it,” Trump said. “But yeah. they have done something that allows the next party. I mean, if somebody — if I happen to be president and I see somebody who’s doing well and beating me very badly, I say, ‘Go down and indict them.’ Mostly what that would be, you know, they would be out of business. They’d be out, they’d be out of the election.”

The problem is, what do We The People do to stop it? Democrats and their voters are perfectly fine with weaponizing the entire federal government against their enemies, and don’t think they don’t think Republicans and anyone who doesn’t conform to their beliefs isn’t an enemy in the same way ISIS thinks those who stand opposed are pure enemies. What happens if the GOP does the same? You can bet all the media which has stood by and enabled this will suddenly have an issue.

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 10, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…are wonderful trees sucking evil carbon pollution out of the air, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Don Surber, with a post on why they hate Snow White.

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Birding Needs A Racial Reckoning Or Something

By William Teach November 10, 2023 – 10:30 am

Initially, I figured The News was going to say that there are not enough racial minorities in birding, as typically pushed by uber-white liberals who think everyone not their pasty color is a minority and needs help. And calling it raaaaacist because those minorities aren’t interested in birding. Bud, no, they went a different route

Does birding need a racial reckoning?

Last week, the American Ornithological Society said it would change the name of any bird whose name referenced a historical figure: Cooper’s Hawk, for example, or Townsend’s warbler. Birds will no longer be named after people but, instead, after each one’s physical traits or native habitats.

The change is intended to reflect the fact that some of those birds are named for people who owned slaves, supported the Confederacy or partook in anti-Indigenous campaigns. Bird names “deemed offensive and exclusionary” will also be changed.

Audubon’s shearwater, named after John James Audubon, the famed 19th century naturalist who owned slaves, will soon have a new name. So will Scott’s oriole, named after Winfield Scott, responsible for the violent displacement and dispossession of Native American people in the 19th century.

“Exclusionary naming conventions developed in the 1800s, clouded by racism and misogyny, don’t work for us today, and the time has come for us to transform this process and redirect the focus to the birds, where it belongs,” said American Ornithological Society executive director Judith Scarl.

First they came for the statues, then street names, then buildings, then military bases. It’s all just one racial grievance after another. Seriously, how many people even know the names of most birds? When they see a Scott’s oriole, do they know the name, or just say “oriole”? Will they be forcing the Audubon Society, one of the biggest naturalism groups, which often takes the side of stopping drilling and ‘climate change’ adherence, to change it’s name? Actually, they tried earlier in the year, and one group in Maryland did change.

Why is there a debate?

The announcement about bird names comes at a time of a broader racial reckoning across industries and at many prominent institutions, with fierce debates taking place about which historical figures should be cast aside views on slavery and other topics that are widely considered offensive today. Statues have been taken down and buildings renamed, meeting resistance along the way.

Pretty much because some people can only think in terms of raaaaacism, and, their world revolves around racial grievance.

“Racism is so pervasive in every aspect of American society that we can feel its effects even when taking a stroll and observing a Townsend warbler, a tiny bird named for John Kirk Townsend, known for his collection of skulls stolen from indigenous gravesites in the 1800s. He and many others like him believed in the racial inferiority of native peoples. Removing Townsend’s name is a beginning step in making the world of birding more welcoming to birders of color.” — Christina Greer, the Grio

Some people are just so hooked they cannot see anything except in terms of race. Even bird names. It’s not healthy mentally. Are there any birds named for the tribal elders in Africa who captured their countrymen and sold them to the slave traders?

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EV Sales So Bad In Deep Republican State Of Colorado That Government Offers Extra Incentives

By William Teach November 10, 2023 – 7:15 am

Darned Republicans always having to be difficult when listening to Biden and other Warmists just wanting to do What’s Best For The Planet

State offers residents major incentive to give up their gas cars: ‘It’s one we hope to have in existence for years’

Electric vehicleColorado is offering residents an extra $6,000 rebate for driving new electric vehicles through the Vehicle Exchange Colorado Program.

The Centennial State began accepting applications on Aug. 31 for EV rebates up to $6,000 for new vehicles and up to $4,000 for used ones, according to Electrek. To qualify for the program, drivers must turn in gas-guzzling cars that are either at least 12 years old or have failed emissions tests.

The best part is that these Colorado-exclusive rebates don’t cancel out or overlap with federal programs, which means that they can be stacked on top of a $7,500 credit from the Inflation Reduction Act for a total of $13,500 in savings on your EV.

The state aims to reach just under 1 million electric cars (940,000) by 2030. It has around 90,000 to date, which means it still has a ways to go in the next seven years.

Wait, 12 years old or failed emissions? How many would that be? And, let’s be honest, most who have those vehicles that old or with bad emissions really can’t afford a new or used EV. Nor would they have the credit. Sure, some have them because they want to, but, they are rarely going to be anything they want to trade in/sell for an EV.

Certain income-related qualifications limit who can access the program. Your household’s income must be under 80 percent of your area’s median income. This is because the program specifically targets lower-income drivers, as opposed to people who can already afford to drive EVs. Boulder, Colorado, residents in four-person households must make under $106,240 to qualify for the rebate. The complete list of county-specific parameters can be found here.

The average income of those who purchase EVs is $150k to $300K. The average price of an EV is almost $54K, around $5K more than a gas powered vehicle. The base price of a Chevy Bolt is $32,495. A tiny vehicle which slow charges.

The cost of the EV in question must also be under $50,000 after all the rebates and discounts, according to Electrek.

Who can afford that? Plus, don’t forget that auto insurance is around 25% more than a gas vehicle.

Program manager Ed Piersa told The Denver Post that the program will be “beneficial to all Coloradans.”

Why is this any of government’s business? If people want to buy, let them buy. If not, piss off and mind your own business.

BTW, where’s all the energy going to come from?

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Washington Post Surrenders To Pro-Hamas Forces, Removes Ramirez Cartoon

By William Teach November 10, 2023 – 7:00 am

Apparently, the cartoon which showed exactly how Hamas operates was raaaaacist, per the always race-baiting The Root

Washington Post Apologizes for Racist Hamas Cartoon That Shouldn’t Have Been Published in the First Place

On Wednesday, The Washington Post finally removed a racist editorial cartoon that showed a Hamas leader using civilians as human shields. It shouldn’t have been published in the first place considering how distasteful and downright inhumane it is to Palestinians.

Michael Ramirez created the cartoon, entitled “Human Shields,” depicting Palestinians with heavily exaggerated features: A man with a sizable nose and growling mouth labeled “Hamas” is bound by rope to four scared children and a woman wearing a hijab.

Shipley’s statement also featured letters criticizing the decision to run the cartoon.

Yeah, a bunch of whiny assed people taking the side of Hamas because they were Offended. You won’t find it at the WP anymore, you can find it still at the Las Vegas Review Journal

None of the people objecting to the cartoon seem to object to Hamas using children as human shields. Ramirez has a bunch of good cartoons, such as

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Brandon Admin Looking For More Ways To Get Americans Out Of Their Cars

By William Teach November 9, 2023 – 3:00 pm

And this might not just be about fossil fueled vehicles, but, EVs. They really do not like that you have the freedom to travel

Top Climate Aide Suggests Biden Admin ‘Absolutely’ Needs To Find More Ways To Reduce Americans’ Reliance On Cars

President Joe Biden’s top climate adviser suggested that he wants the administration to more expediently pursue ways to decrease reliance on driving in a conversation about Biden’s electric vehicle (EV) policies on Wednesday.

White House Climate Adviser Ali Zaidi suggested that finding ways to get Americans to live closer to where they work, and therefore rely on vehicle travel less altogether, is something that the Biden administration “absolutely” needs to address with greater haste. He made the comments in response to a question about whether the government needs to speed up its green energy projects and permitting at a Wednesday event, hosted by The Washington Post at its headquarters, focusing on choices consumers and businesses can make to reduce emissions.

“Are you worried about meeting the emissions targets and the amount of investment, or, let’s say dependence, on (electric vehicle sales) growth in the plan to reduce emissions?” Washington Post columnist Bina Venkataraman asked Zaidi.

“On the question of whether we need to go faster, I think the answer is absolutely yes,” Zaidi said in response. “Whether it’s on electric vehicles, whether it’s on electrification, cleaning up rail and marine, whether it’s the future of sustainable aviation— biofuels, hydrogen, electric— every single mode, every single segment of transportation. And by the way, that includes increasing choices for transit, micro-transit and being able to live closer to where you need to work and go.”

For all those yammering about Trump being a Fascist, this is Fascist. The US government has zero business in dictating where we live or travel. It’s not a power delegated to the federal government, and damned sure the Executive has zero authority to push this on people. It would be fun if Trump went out there and said the same thing, and see how the Credentialed Media and elected Democrats respond.

Anyhow, here’s Joe today

It’s so long I had to make two snips. That’s a serious amount of fossil fueled airplane trips, and then the giant motorcades. But, you should be forced out of your private vehicle.

BTW, I told you that the climate cult elites would be trying to force people out of all private vehicles even before EVs become the predominate ones.

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 9, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…is an area dealing with Extreme Rain from carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is No Tricks Zone, with a post on 1/3rd of Germany’s auto suppliers looking to move out over “green” policies.

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GOP Debate: Nikki Haley Says GOP Needs To Find Consensus On Abortion

By William Teach November 9, 2023 – 10:30 am

In reality, there is no finding consensus with Democrats on abortion. They are fanatics on abortion, as much as ISIS is fanatical on their version of Islam. It’s their 1st commandment, Thou shall fully believe in abortion and allow no restrictions. If the GOP said “we’ll give you an assault weapons ban and in exchange we get a 20 week abortion ban (remember, most EU nations have shorter abortion bans. France is at 14 weeks)” they’ll say “hell no.” It won’t even be something like “OK, we’ll do the assault weapon thing now and work on the 20 week ban later.” Just “NO”.

Haley: Republicans need to be ‘honest’ about abortion

In the wake of a brutal round of elections for anti-abortion advocates, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley emphasized at Wednesday night’s presidential debate that Republicans need to be “honest” about the country’s appetite for abortion restrictions.

In response to a question from NBC moderator Kristen Welker about how Republicans should address abortion, Haley said that it’s up to the states to decide how they handle abortion rights. But she noted that Republicans pushing for a federal abortion ban are not being forthright about the feasibility of passing such legislation, as it would need 60 Senate votes.

“As much as I’m pro-life, I don’t judge anyone for being pro-choice, and I don’t want them to judge me for being pro-life,” she said. “Let’s find consensus. … We don’t need to divide America over this issue anymore.”

Haley’s response — striking in its modesty compared to other harder-line stances from GOP rivals like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott — came on the heels of Ohio’s overwhelming passage of a referendum Tuesday codifying abortion rights in the state constitution. Now, with anti-abortion forces reeling after a string of defeats at the state level, Haley is attempting to plot a more compromising path forward for her party.

The Ohio referendum wasn’t the only win for abortion rights on Tuesday. Virginia Democrats won full control of the state legislature based on campaigns that centered on abortion rights, blocking Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s hopes of passing legislation that would restrict access to abortion.

Well, when it comes to any sort of federal legislation, I’m as against a ban as I am against Democrats push to legalize it federally. It doesn’t belong there. That’s what the Supreme Court decision was saying. It is a 10th Amendment issue. It is for the States and The People, and the People cannot give their power to the federal government voluntarily.

You know (or not) my stance on abortion: I tend to only get involved policy-wise. Having moral debates on the subject go downhill way, way worse than trying to have a conversation about Trump. It’s not a subject I’m really invested in, it’s not a subject that is high on my priorities. For many of you, it may be. Some are very opposed to capital punishment, both on the right and left.

From a political point of view, arguing for bans and such on abortion are losers in American politics. We saw that in 2022 and Tuesday night. Sure, the losses weren’t all about abortion, but, as the GOP talks about even minor restrictions Democrats will flock to the polls, it drives away some Independents, and even some Republicans are not happy. And since Republicans on the big stage do not know how to actually talk about even minor restrictions, it will cause election losses. Pushing bans just doesn’t fly. They could have pushed for a 16, 18, or 20 week ban except to save the life of the mother, treating abortion facilities as medical facilities, using contraception as contraception rather than abortion as contraception, and slow rolled it. Instead they went hard, and lost. Bans in one state will drive abortion supporter turnout in others.

Some may say “it’s worth it to lose if we can get rid of abortion.” No, sorry, it won’t work like that. Democrats will first sue, and often find judges that will rule that way. Further, they will take state general assemblies and governor’s mansion, and, even with a tiny majority they will pass laws supporting abortion. Then, if the GOP wins and try to get rid of those laws friendly judges will reject those laws.

Much like federal agencies, it’s not going away. Even limits after so many weeks won’t happen. It would have to be a long term promise, and Republicans are terrible at explaining their policies this century. If we want to win in 2024 we need to be focused on the economy and reducing government dictates, with a side on how so many Democrats hate Israel and Jews and on crafting wise legislation on security the border. That’s it. (of course, Republicans are great at not discussing what they really should) People can disagree with me all they want (I had that contentious discussion with a few Republican voting coworkers, and it went worse than yammering with Trump haters), but, it’s a losing issue at the ballot box.

“Let’s bring people together and decide what we can agree on,” Haley said. “But don’t make the American people think that you’re going to push something on them when we don’t even have the votes in the Senate.”

Republicans have struggled with their messaging on abortion, especially since Roe v. Wade was overturned. Before the debate on Wednesday, RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel, who has been getting heat for the GOP losses on Tuesday, called again for Republicans to engage on the issue.

“We cannot ignore abortion,” McDaniel said on the “Ruthless” podcast. “We cannot cross-advertise and run only crime ads and then the Democrats run abortion ads and then we sit and pretend like that’s not being discussed.”

There is no consensus, just drop it. And we should ignore it at least till the elections are over, then work on discussing why there should be limits and other things.

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Bummer: Use Of Fossil Fuels Increases As Date Of Climate Doom Approaches

By William Teach November 9, 2023 – 7:00 am

It’s almost like people want to use abundant, reliable forms of energy, rather than ones which are not ready for primetime and are unreliable

Nations That Vowed to Halt Warming Are Expanding Fossil Fuels, Report Finds

In 2030, if current projections hold, the United States will drill for more oil and gas than at any point in its history. Russia and Saudi Arabia plan to do the same.

They’re among the world’s fossil fuel giants that, together, are on course this decade to produce twice the amount of fossil fuels than a critical global warming threshold allows, according to a United Nations-backed report issued on Wednesday.

The report, which looked at 20 major fossil fuel producing countries, underscores the wide gap between world leaders’ lofty promises to take stronger action on climate change and their nations’ actual production plans.

A problem here is that the NY Times is conflating politicians and such with dictators, believing that leaders are there to force the peasants to do as they say, rather than those politicians being responsive to the voters. Public servants.

This month, leaders are set to gather at a global climate summit in Dubai to discuss how to reduce their planet-warming emissions. But in the face of strong opposition from major fossil fuel producers, climate conferences have so far shied away from discussing a phaseout of fossil fuels.

I don’t have to go through that whole thing about tens of thousands taking fossil fueled trips again, do I?

“We cannot address climate catastrophe without tackling its root cause: fossil fuel dependence,” António Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, said.

“Fossil fuel emissions are already causing climate chaos which is devastating lives and livelihoods,” he said. Yet, “governments are literally doubling down on fossil fuel production.”

Except, in a lot of cases, it is not governments producing, but, private companies.

And over the past decade, governments and businesses have made progress in weaning themselves from fossil fuels by ramping up wind and solar power, for example, and investing in electric vehicle infrastructure.

And most people do not want to be forced to buy an EV.

Yet the report issued on Wednesday, led by researchers at the Stockholm Environment Institute, found that nations of the world plan to keep increasing coal production until 2030, and oil and gas production decades beyond that.

Tell you what: let’s see all these “leaders” only use wind and solar at their own homes. See them only use wind and solar for their government buildings. See them only drive EVs when they travel.

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