…is a world where the Arctic melted and land is scarce, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is The First Street Journal, with a post on Brandon’s push for EVs falling short.
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…is a world where the Arctic melted and land is scarce, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is The First Street Journal, with a post on Brandon’s push for EVs falling short.
Read: If All You See… »
Weirdly, the more nations dump money, arms, and support into Ukraine, which is not a NATO member, the higher the chance of dragging Russia into a wider conflagration
Europe must get ready for looming war, Donald Tusk warns
The Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, says Europe is entering a “prewar” era, cautioning that the continent is not ready and urging European countries to step up defence investment.
In an interview with a group of European newspapers reported by the BBC, Tusk said: “I don’t want to scare anyone, but war is no longer a concept from the past. It’s real and it started over two years ago.”
Tusk’s comments came days after a Russian missile briefly breached Polish airspace during a major attack on Ukraine, prompting Warsaw to put its forces on heightened readiness. Ukrainian officials have said large-scale Russian missile and drone attacks had targeted energy infrastructure.
Tusk has been using his platform to try to add a sense of urgency to Europe’s debates about defence and aid to Ukraine, amid fears about the future of American assistance and concerns about defence industrial capacity.
“True solidarity with Ukraine? Less words, more ammunition,” he wrote on social media earlier this month.
Well, have at it. No one is stopping you. Being right next to Russia Poland should probably have kept it’s military pretty strong. The question here is, can Russia roll right over Poland and into the rest of Eastern Europe than into Western Europe? They aren’t able to take down Ukraine, at least not with the arms and money the West has given pay Ukraine lawmakers their salaries. And graft money.
He called for urgent assistance for Kyiv, saying the next two years of the war would decide everything and that “we are living in the most critical moment since the end of the second world war”.
What was most worrying was that “literally any scenario is possible,” Tusk said. “I know it sounds devastating, especially to people of the younger generation, but we have to mentally get used to the arrival of a new era. The prewar era,” he said.
So, we just keep giving money to support a stalemate? In a war with really no true implications? One in which Putin felt no concern in starting after Biden’s disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal and other weaknesses? Hey, remember when Obama said no to missile defense in Poland? Who was Veep then?
It just seems that world Elites are trying to start WWIII.
Read: WWIII Watch: Poland President Says European Nations Must Prepare For War »
This totally won’t increase the cost of goods, including food, right? Pretty much everything that moves by truck. TVs, computers, smartphones, clothes, shoes, vehicles (car carriers), guitars, beds and sheets, couches, chairs, tables, appliances, etc and so on
Biden cracks down on diesel trucks in bid to fight climate change, reduce emissions
The Biden administration finalized long-awaited regulations targeting emissions generated from heavy-duty vehicles, including trucks and buses, the latest salvo in President Biden’s sweeping climate agenda.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced the new regulations Friday morning, and officials said they represent the strongest-ever greenhouse gas emissions standards of their kind. The rules will kick in beginning in 2026 for model year 2027 vehicles and progressively become more stringent through model year 2032, forcing a larger number of trucks and buses to be zero-emissions in that time frame.
“EPA’s standards complement President Biden’s unprecedented investment in our workers and communities to reduce harmful emissions, while strengthening our manufacturing capacity for the transportation technologies of the future,” said White House Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi. “By tackling pollution from heavy-duty vehicles, we can unlock extraordinary public health, climate, and economic gains.” (snip)
The new regulations apply to short-haul and long-haul tractor-trailer trucks, in addition to vocational trucks like delivery vehicles, garbage trucks, school and public transit buses, concrete trucks and fire trucks. EPA previously projected that the standards could lead to 50% of vocational trucks, 35% of short-haul tractor-trailers and 25% of long-haul tractor-trailers produced in 2032 being electric.
What could possibly go wrong with this? The Biden regime just keeps finding more and more ways to increase our cost of living.
Read: Good News: Biden Cracks Down On Diesel Trucks To Save Us From Climate Doom »
Hey, these are your folks, Democrats. This is a mainstream belief of Democrats, and you don’t see many on the Democrat side taking offense and saying “these people do not represent us”
Chicago DNC convention is going to be awesome, might even top the last one they had in Chicago. https://t.co/OTm6yHtP2l
— FilmLadd (@FilmLadd) March 29, 2024
Yeah, it will, especially since Chicago is only a 6 hour drive from Little Somalia, ie, Minneapolis and all their radical Islamists
(The Hill) Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted President Biden’s multimillion-dollar, star-studded fundraiser Thursday while he was holding a discussion with former Presidents Obama and Clinton.
Comedian Stephen Colbert was moderating the discussion at Radio City Music Hall in New York City when protesters began yelling from the crowd.
“I want to point out that we are 10 minutes in, and I have asked one question. I want to do a quick lightning round here: Do any of you have plans to sell golden sneakers or $60 bibles? Show of hands?” Colbert asked, mocking former President Trump’s recent merchandise sales.
“No golden sneakers,” Biden replied.
Colbert then asked Obama and Clinton what they miss about being president, and when Clinton started speaking, the first protesters began whistling and yelling obscenities from the crowd. Reporters in the room said protesters were yelling about Russia and Ukraine, and then protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza joined in.
This was apparently organized by the Abandon Biden folks, and most Credentialed Media folks mention that they unhinged terrorist supporters were yammering about Biden having “blood on his hands”, but, most have ignored this
(Times Of Israel) Video clips show pro-Palestinian demonstrators accosting people on the street in New York City after they attended a big-name reelection fundraiser for US President Joe Biden.
In one video, several protesters can be seen screaming at a woman as they walk alongside her, with one man whose face is covered with a keffiyeh calling her a “fucking murderous cunt.”
“Fucking murderous kike,” he then shouts at her. He also told her to “fucking die” and “keep it moving bitch.”
Another clip shows demonstrators screaming at a couple walking by them, with one trying to snatch a poster from the man.
Yes, there is video at the link. We’ve seen some Democrats disowning these people, like Senator Fetterman, but, most have little to say, and always seem to be taking the Hamas side.
Read: Jew Hating Hamas Loving Democrats Protest Biden’s Lavish Fundraiser »
It still annoys me that no news outlet notes that Biden uses vast amounts of fossil fuels in a constant manner to travel, especially his very low MPG limo, despite him putting restrictions on We The People
Biden highway climate rule struck down by Texas judge: ‘Unauthorized’
A U.S. judge ruled against the Biden administration in a decision about a highway climate rule on Wednesday.
The rule was issued by the Department of Transportation (DOT)’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in December 2023. It requires states to measure and report the greenhouse gas emissions from any vehicles using the U.S. highway system.
The rule also asked states to establish declining carbon dioxide targets, and to report back about progress on those goals. Texas sued the DOT in response.
U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix, a Trump appointee, ruled in favor of Texas and wrote on Wednesday that “the rule was unauthorized.”
While issuing the rule three months ago, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said that it “will provide states with a clear and consistent framework to track carbon pollution and the flexibility to set their own climate targets.”
In a December statement, the office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argued that the DOT “does not have the statutory authority to institute such a rule, and the mandate violates the Administrative Procedure Act.”
“Further, the rule is arbitrary and capricious and violates the Spending Clause by impermissibly restricting the use of federal funds by requiring TxDOT to implement the greenhouse gas measure.”
And for all those suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome who typically vote Republican, and those Independents who are Never Trump, just remember, despite the ruling the Biden regime will attempt this again, especially if he wins in 2024. They won’t give up. You may despise Trump personally, but, he won’t try and muck with your life.
Mind-blowing polling shows that "elites" would happily make working people's lives much worse in service of their anti-science climate cult beliefs.
We need to fight this tooth and nail. pic.twitter.com/czNn9RX2AS
— Tom Nelson (@TomANelson) March 28, 2024
Read: Bummer: Biden Highway Climate Scam Rule Shot Down By Federal Judge »
…is an evil fossil fueled vehicle, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is The Feral Irishman, with a post on when your cat spends too much time around blue collar tradesman.
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One would think that the sanctuary city of Philadelphia would be uber-excited about illegal aliens
Migrant students in Philadelphia aren’t getting the support they need, advocacy group says
Zulma Guzman came to Philadelphia from El Salvador in 2019 and is a part of South Philadelphia’s Hispanic community. But she’s had a difficult time getting comfortable as the parent of three students in the city’s public schools.
She said through an interpreter that there’s been a lack of translation services in official school meetings that makes her feel unwelcome. When she and other Spanish-speaking parents have asked for interpreter services, Guzman said, they’ve often been told to “bring our students or children or another community member to interpret for us.”
In addition, she said she struggled to find people at her childrens’ schools to help make her aware of the resources available to her as a member of a newcomer family.
Guzman’s experience isn’t uncommon. In fact, it reflects complaints about significant shortcomings with how the district supports newly arrived migrants, refugees, and those seeking asylum, according to survey results collected by Juntos, an immigrant rights advocacy group, and shared with Chalkbeat.
Shows up illegally, brings three kids, and they make no attempt to learn English, but, it’s on SCP to provide the help and resources for someone who cares not a whit to assimilate? Anyone attempting to apply to go through the legal naturalization process must show competence in reading and writing English, otherwise they will not be accepted.
In the 152 responses from teachers, administrators, and counselors at 56 schools, just 17% said there were sufficient Bilingual Counseling Assistants or bilingual staff members to meet students’ needs in every language they speak. Only 19% said they had received newcomer-specific training that covered more than just interactions with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. And only 33% said they believe their schools are equipped to communicate with newcomers and their families.
“Newcomers.” The use of that idiotic word which replaced the also idiotic “undocumented immigrant” is gaining quite a bit of traction. Anyway, this means that schools, which are already having issues, must spend more time patronizing illegal alien kids rather than teaching kids who are citizens.
Philadelphia does have two “newcomer” academies at Franklin Learning Center and Frankford High School that are supposed to help these students. Students in grades 9-12 who have arrived to the U.S. within the past year can enroll in these academies. They are supposed to receive “an accelerated course of study” and unique support “so that they are able and expected” to get up to speed with their peers.
Ashley Tellez is a senior at Franklin Learning Center and a junior organizer at Juntos. Her family is from Mexico, but she was born and raised in South Philadelphia and has had a front seat to her school’s newcomer academy. She said in practice, students in these programs are not getting the support they need.
Why would someone born in SCP need to go to a newcomer school? Should she not have already learned English and assimilated? This is a big problem with illegals: they expect the U.S. to accommodate them, and teach their children the same.
Read: People Who Shouldn’t Even Be In U.S. Upset Philly Is Not Ready For Them »
Well, gee wiz, sparky, way to come up with new information. The NY Times seems about 30 years behind
‘Garbage Lasagna’: Dumps Are a Big Driver of Warming, Study Says
They’re vast expanses that can be as big as towns: open landfills where household waste ends up, whether it’s vegetable scraps or old appliances.
These landfills also belch methane, a powerful, planet-warming gas, on average at almost three times the rate reported to federal regulators, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.
The study measured methane emissions at about 20 percent of about 1,200 large, operating landfills in the United States. It adds to a growing body of evidence that landfills are a significant driver of climate change, said Riley Duren, founder of the public-private partnership Carbon Mapper, who took part in the study.
“We’ve largely been in the dark, as a society, about actual emissions from landfills,” said Mr. Duren, a former NASA engineer and scientist. “This study pinpoints the gaps.”
Huh what? The first few UN IPCC reports noted that landfills were a driver due to their release of methane, which doesn’t last as long in the atmosphere but are considerably more potent that CO2, and do not suffer from the doubling effect of CO2. How many times have I mentioned landfills over the years? I knew this before I switched from being a believer in manmade global warming to being a Skeptic, and it’s part of why I say that man does play a part in elevating the temperature of the Earth from a global perspective, along with a few other things, but, not more than 25%.
For the new study, scientists gathered data from airplane flyovers using a technology called imaging spectrometers designed to measure concentrations of methane in the air. Between 2018 and 2022, they flew planes over 250 sites across 18 states, about 20 percent of the nation’s open landfills.
And this is something Man can do something about, and landfills have been working over the last 30 years to reduce methane emissions as well as capturing them.
“The waste sector clearly is going to be a critical part of society’s ambition to slash methane emissions,” said Mr. Duren of Carbon Mapper. “We’re not going to meet the global methane pledge targets just by slashing oil and gas emissions.”
And their solutions will be government tyranny.
Read: Warmists Surprised That Landfills Are Bad For Global Heating »
They really should have included his ability to take the weekend off
Oof. pic.twitter.com/ubglVHK27J
— JWF (@JammieWF) March 27, 2024
Yeah, well, things are a little worse than that
(Fox News) Are you better off than you were four years ago? That question was asked by Ronald Reagan during a decisive 1980 debate with then-President Jimmy Carter.
Only about 1 in 5 voters today answers yes, according to the latest Fox News national survey.
Just 22% say they are better off than four years ago, while more than twice that many — 52% — say they are worse off. One quarter say their situation is the same.
Republicans (72%) and independents (59%) say they are worse off than four years ago, while Democrats say they are better off (37%) or the same (35%).
It’s that Independents thing that will make the big difference, but, all those Never Trump Republicans wackadoodles need to consider that, sure, they may despise Trump, but, things were better under Trump right up till COVID came along, and he really is on their side politically on most things. If only Trump would say something along these lines, rather than bashing the ones who are against him
When asked to name the administration’s accomplishments (without the aid of a list), 38% can’t think of anything or offer a negative response. Thinking back to the Trump administration, 27% are either unable to name anything positive or mention a negative.
Voters say the Biden administration’s top accomplishments are the economy/jobs (19%), not being Trump (6%), student loan forgiveness (6%), and infrastructure (6%). The top success for Trump is also the economy (35%), followed by immigration (10%), foreign policy (9%), and “everything” (5%).
“More voters fondly remember Trump’s economic successes than can recall any of Biden’s. That underscores the challenge Biden faces. He must connect the dots between his major policy initiatives and the economic benefits to not just the overall economy, but all household finances,” says Anderson.
But, will Trump take advantage of this and stop his normal schtick, or run the same old playbook?
First, why can’t these companies spend their own money if they’re so hot to trot to Do Something? Second, get a load of who one of the recipients is (via Green Jihad)
Industries produce 25 percent of America’s planet-warming emissions but so far have proved very hard to clean up. The Biden administration is trying. https://t.co/qGi224JMKD
— NYT Science (@NYTScience) March 25, 2024
From the screed
The Biden administration plans to spend up to $6 billion on new technologies to cut carbon dioxide emissions from heavy industries like steel, cement, chemicals and aluminum, which are all enormous contributors to global warming but which have so far been incredibly difficult to clean up.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said Monday that her agency would partially fund 33 different projects in 20 states to test methods for curbing emissions from a wide variety of factories and industrial plants, calling it “the single largest industrial decarbonization investment in American history.” (snip)
Kraft Heinz, a food manufacturer, would get up to $170.9 million to install electric boilers and heat pumps at 10 facilities across the country, where they would be used to generate the large amounts of heat needed for things like drying macaroni without directly burning fossil fuels.
Hmm, this couldn’t have anything to do with John Kerry, could it? The guy who was Brandon’s climate czar? Or that Kerry is now working for Biden’s re-election? Seems rather shady, does it not?Kraft Heinz had gross revenue of $26.64 billion in 2023, so, why is it necessary to give them $171 million in taxpayer money?
Read: Biden Regime To Spend Lots Of Taxpayer Money On “Green Macaroni” »