LGBTQwhatever Advocates Are Worried About Being Targeted By EARN IT Act

By William Teach June 17, 2023 – 6:45 am

Why are they concerned about a bill that targets those engaging in child sexual abuse?

The EARN IT Act poses risks to LGBTQ communities online, advocates say. Here’s how

A bill meant to target child sexual abuse material online could pose far-reaching risks for members of the LGBTQ+ community, LGBTQ+ advocates and legal experts told USA TODAY.

The EARN IT Act, first introduced in 2020, would make it easier to prosecute social media companies for child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, on their platforms, the goal being to motivate platforms to target that material more forcefully. It was reintroduced in April by Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who said at the time that tech companies need to “take responsibility” for the material or “be held accountable.”

But the bill, while well-intentioned, could have dangerous ramifications for freedom of expression, leaving LGBTQ online communities as collateral damage.

How? Is it now considered “freedom of expression” to engage in child sexual abuse? To post child pornography?

“This bill is intended to fight child sexual abuse online, and I don’t think that’s a goal that anyone wants to hamper,” said Jenna Leventoff, senior policy counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union. “But this bill wouldn’t actually do that. What it does do is lead to more internet censorship.”

Censorship of child sexual abuse is a bad thing?

Faced with heightened risk of prosecution for CSAM, platforms will likely move to take more aggressive measures to block content that could fall within one state’s parameters for CSAM, said Emma Llansó, director of the Free Expression Project at Center for Democracy and Technology.

Legally protected LGBTQ+ content could be swept into those filtering efforts, targeted due to “long-running societal biases and misconceptions” that being queer is “inherently more sexual” than being straight, she said.

“It comes down to deciding that filtering out words like lesbian and gay are important to do because that helps block sexual content,” Llansó said. “It may help block some searches for some kinds of pornography, but it’s also going to block a lot of people just talking about themselves, their communities and living their everyday lives.”

Nice attempt, but, come on, the activists and wackos are just admitting that these kinds of laws will cause an issue with their grooming of children. Realistically, most who are part of the rainbow are just normal, nice, good people, who make zero deal out of their sexual preferences, just like most straight people don’t make a deal. They’re who they are, and they move on with their lives. But, there are plenty of the crazies and groomers, and they do not like laws that interfere with their grooming. Seriously, if you’re worried about being targeted because this cracks down on child porn, perhaps you shouldn’t be posting child porn.

Meanwhile

Texas bans transgender women, girls from collegiate athletics

In other words, it bans biological men from participating in biological women’s sports. And North Carolina is about to take their final vote on something similar. And, someone, this pisses off the same people who were all about empowering women and saying “believe all women” just a few years ago, who’d rather throw women under the bus to kowtow to the gender confused.

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UN To Expose Those Who Take Fossil Fueled Private Jets To Climate Meeting In Dubai

By William Teach June 16, 2023 – 3:00 pm

Nope, wait, nope, they want to go after lobbyists

Climate change: UN to unmask fossil fuel lobbyists at climate talks

climate cowOil, gas and coal representatives will have to disclose their industry ties at future climate meetings, the UN says.

For years, fossil fuel employees have been able to attend without having to be clear about their relationship with their companies.

Last year, over 600 industry participants were able to enter the COP27 meeting in Egypt.

Campaigners say the UN ruling is the first step to limiting the influence of polluters.

The new rules will be in place for the COP28 summit in November in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, one of the world’s top oil producers. UAE oil company chief Sultan Al Jaber will preside over the summit, an appointment that has irked environmentalists.

Every year, political leaders from around the world attend the Conference of the Parties or COP meeting, where key decisions are made on how the world tackles climate change.

Forty percent of the UAE’s economy is based on the export of oil and natural gas. Great place to hold a UN climate meeting.

How many of those political leaders will be arriving on fossil fueled private flights? How about all the other big wigs?

As well as politicians and diplomats, the events are attended by environmental campaigners who see ending the global reliance on fossil fuels as the key goal for the COP process.

How many of them, and celebrities, will arrive via fossil fueled private flights? Or, heck, even just fossil fueled public flights?

UN chief slams ‘pitiful’ world response to climate change

Climate policies currently adopted will lead to average temperatures 2.8 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times by the end of the century, nearly twice the UN goal of a 1.5 degree rise, Guterres said.

“That spells catastrophe. Yet the collective response remains pitiful,” Guterres told a press conference.

“We are hurtling towards disaster, eyes wide open — with far too many willing to bet it all on wishful thinking, unproven technologies and silver bullet solutions. It’s time to wake up and step up,” said the UN chief.

He said the fossil fuel industry must undertake not just a transition but full-blown transformation as it moves toward clean energy “and away from a product incompatible with human survival.”

It’d be funny if the fossil fuels industry refused to sell fuels to UN employees, especially top dogs like Guterres, and for jets flying to climate conferences.

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If All You See…

By William Teach June 16, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…is horrible carbon pollution infused beer causing sea rise, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Bunkerville, with a post on the seized Trump classified docs fitting into one box.

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Oh My: 64% Would Be Good With Recession If It Lowers Mortgage Rates

By William Teach June 16, 2023 – 10:30 am

Based on current economic conditions, I’m not sure if it would make a difference

Exclusive: 64% of Americans would welcome a recession if it meant lower mortgage rates

Buying a home has become so unaffordable that most prospective homebuyers wouldn’t mind a recession if it meant lower mortgage rates, according to a new survey.

Sixty four percent of Americans say they are “ready for a recession” if they are better able to afford buying a home, according to a study conducted by Harris Poll on behalf of Credit Karma, designed exclusively for USA TODAY.

As homebuyers grapple with near 7% mortgage rates and home prices continue to hold firm due to a lack of inventory, the picture is looking grim for those looking to buy a home.

Not surprisingly, 82% of those surveyed believe the country is facing an unprecedented housing affordability crisis. Perhaps that’s why more than 3 in 5 Americans who have never purchased a home (61%) don’t think they’ll ever be able to afford to do so.

“There is no denying how difficult it’s become to purchase a home in America today, especially for first-time buyers,” said Aniva Hinduja, general manager of home and mortgage at Credit Karma. “When a majority of potential home buyers are wishing for a recession so they can afford a mortgage, you know the situation is dire.”

In the 1970s and 80s, the average rate was in the mid-7’s. The 90’s saw 10%, ending around 8%. 2000’s were 8%, ending in the mid 5’s. 2010 started at 5.14%, ended at 3.72%. In Joe Biden’s years, it’s now in the 7’s. Rates were pretty low from the 30’s to early 60’s, when they started cracking the 4’s. Of course, the points made them higher back then.

The problem now, though, is that inventory is super low, thanks to the Wuhan Flu shutting down most things associated with building homes, including building homes. And taken altogether, it spiked home prices. I know mine is now worth over 2.5 times what I bought it for in 2009.

Would a recession really help? Would it really bring down interest rates? The US was technically in recession during the Biden regime years. A minor one, but, still a recession. And the fed kept raising interest rates. Typically, rates are lowered in recession, but, that would also mean fewer homes being built because people are out of work. But, depending on the severity of the recession, some homes would become available due to people not being able to pay their mortgage. It just goes to show that people are so narcissistic these days that they want this to happen.

Fortunately, Joe’s out there trying to force people into EVs and public transit, taking away their lawful firearms, and pushing trans surgeries for children. He’s on the case!

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Climate Wackos Drop Trou At Mass Statehouse

By William Teach June 16, 2023 – 7:00 am

Is this actually convincing people to Do Something about Hotcoldwetdry? Will any reporter ever ask the climate nuts if they’ve stopped using fossil fuels and made their lives carbon neutral?

No ifs, ands, or butts: Protesters drop pants to protest climate change at Massachusetts Statehouse

Climate change protesters dropped their pants at the Massachusetts Statehouse during a debate on a proposed tax relief package Thursday to bring attention to what they say is the need for swifter action against the use of fossil fuels.

About 1 p.m., protesters stood, turned their backs to the Senate chamber and lowered their pants to reveal letters that spelled out STOP PASSING GAS! on their bare backsides.

The protesters were all wearing pink thongs.

The eight protesters were chanting and disrupting the Senate session, according to state police investigators. Just before 2 p.m., the protesters were told that the public gallery was closed.

After being warned that they were subject to arrest, the protesters refused to leave and were placed under arrest and escorted out of the chamber, investigators said. They were charged with trespassing on state property, disorderly conduct and indecent exposure.

Sounds rather like insurrection.

The group Extinction Rebellion has staged other protests at the Statehouse. They say they plan to continue their efforts until lawmakers approve legislation banning new fossil fuel infrastructure.

Ask the protesters how they traveled to the statehouse. Ask them if they own fossil fueled vehicles.

More protesting wackos below the fold, ruining a Monet

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Crenshaw Obliterates Trans Supporting Professor Over Lack Of Studies

By William Teach June 16, 2023 – 6:45 am

Well, Dan Crenshaw has mostly been pretty useless the past few years, seemingly captured by the system, going rather GOPe, but, he’s on the money on this one. You can bet If the roles were reversed, and the professor took him down, it would be all over the news

Crenshaw grills Dem witness over failure to name one study citing benefits of surgeries for trans kids

Texas Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw tore into a Democrat witness Wednesday over her inability to cite a medical study that states the benefits of transgender surgeries for minors.

Crenshaw’s comments came during a House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing when he questioned Yale School of Medicine assistant professor Meredithe McNamara about his proposal to withdraw funding from certain hospitals that provide surgeries, puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones to transgender minors.

“You’ve said that we cherry-picked data. How do you mean that?” Crenshaw asked McNamara.

“So, it is very unscientific and flawed to pick a single study or a single statistic and discuss it in isolation,” she responded. “Medical experts are able to talk about all of the evidence as a whole.”

Crenshaw went on to cite multiple studies that show, essentially, that no one really, truly knows what the effects of puberty blockers, other trans drugs, etc, in the short and long terms.

“Which journal says something different? We should have that debate. Tell me a journal that has done systematic reviews that cites different evidence, that cites strong evidence of benefits for these therapies,” he said.

McNamara responded, “The standards of care were developed based on extensive—”

“You’re not telling me any study, don’t say ‘standards of care,'” Crenshaw interjected. “Tell me one.”

“So, um, the standards of care,” McNamara said.

“The standards of care,” Crenshaw questioned. “That’s not a journal, that’s not a study. That’s not an organization. That’s not an institution. You’re just saying words. Name one study.”

She couldn’t. Surprise. It’s wild how Democrats bring witnesses up who do not really seem to know anything. The hearing was about the Children’s Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act. The act needs to be reauthorized every 5 years, and Crenshaw is looking to block any hospital that gives trans crazy “gender affirming care” to kids from receiving money to help train pediatricians.

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But Of Course the Climate Cult Linked Philly Road Collapse To Climate Crisis (scam)

By William Teach June 15, 2023 – 3:00 pm

You just knew this had to happen, right?

The Climate Story Behind the Philadelphia I-95 Bridge Collapse

Eighty-five hundred gallons of gasoline is a cargo that needs to be handled carefully. If you doubt that, consider what happened on June 11, at 6:15 a.m., when the driver of a tanker truck filled with gasoline lost control of his vehicle after taking an exit ramp below Interstate 95 in Philadelphia and struck a wall. The truck tipped and exploded, setting off a fire that melted the support structure of the road above, causing it to collapse.

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro issued a proclamation of disaster emergency the next day and acknowledged at a press briefing that that section of I-95, which carries an average of 160,000 vehicles per day, would be closed for “some number of months.” The ripple effects along I-95, a 1,927-mile roadway that runs from Florida to Maine, are yet to be determined.

Aaaaaand? Skipping past 4 paragraphs that do not involve anything about ‘climate change’, just how much fuel is moved by truck and train

Environmentalists refer to trucks and trains carrying oil as “rolling bombs” and if that overstates the case, it’s only by a little. “This tanker crash is just the latest example of the risks of relying on fossil fuels,” says Jordan Brinn, a policy advocate at the Natural Resources Defense Council. “From exploration to tailpipe exhaust, our dependence on oil is dangerous for our health and for the environment. Transitioning to electric vehicles is not without risk, but compared to the enormous costs of our current reliance on fossil fuels, it is a key part of building a cleaner, smarter transportation system for the future.”

But that transition will be a good while in coming. There are more than 282 million motor vehicles registered in the U.S. and just over two million of them are EVs. With the average price of an EV close to $59,000, many motorists are simply priced out of the electric market. For the present then, we are likely to continue to live with the danger of accidents like the one that struck Philadelphia. The internal combustion engine is, by its very design, built around a series of tiny explosions that take place inside its cylinders. When those tiny internal explosions become massive external ones, we all pay a high price.

Weak sauce. But, in the mind of a climate cultist, this is rock solid proof of Doom

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If All You See…

By William Teach June 15, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…is a wonderful railroad track, great for moving Other People instead of fossil fueled vehicles, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Blazing Cat Fur, with a post on Bud Light losing their top spot.

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Sanctuary City Of Los Angeles Blows Gasket Over Texas Sending Illegals

By William Teach June 15, 2023 – 10:30 am

Shot

Los Angeles City Council approves ‘sanctuary city’ ordinance

The Los Angeles City Council on Friday, June 9th, unanimously approved a motion to make Los Angeles a “sanctuary city” for immigrants.

The motion directs the city attorneys to prepare an ordinance that would enshrine the sanctuary policies into the city’s municipal code to ensure that no “city resources, property, or personnel are used for federal immigration enforcement,” according to a news release.

LA had been a sanctuary city in name only previously. This bakes it into law.

“Our immigrant communities make up the nervous system of Los Angeles. They need more than symbolic gestures and internal policies that can change from administration to administration,” Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez said in a statement.

Huh. Chaser

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott buses 42 migrants to Los Angeles

Forty-two migrants arrived in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon after a nearly 24-hour bus ride from Texas, where Gov. Greg Abbott called their removal “much-needed relief” for his state.

“Texas’ small border towns remain overwhelmed and overrun by the thousands of people illegally crossing into Texas from Mexico because of President Biden’s refusal to secure the border,” he said in a statement. (snip)

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was away on a planned trip to Washington, D.C., when the bus arrived, but city and Los Angeles County officials had initiated multiagency preparations Tuesday night when word spread that Los Angeles was next on Abbott’s list of sanctuary cities.

In an emailed statement, Bass said “it is abhorrent that an American elected official is using human beings as pawns in his cheap political games.”

She doesn’t want them? So strange. How about Democrats who are inviting people from all over the world to come to the U.S. illegally? Is that not playing games?

Speaking to reporters outside the church, immigration advocates and city officials did not provide a full manifest of those who arrived by charter bus but said several of the passengers came from Venezuela, Guatemala and Honduras, with two of African descent and one of Asian descent.

It’s certainly not cheap to travel around the world, right? Where’s the money coming from? Expect Texas to ship even more to Los Angeles, per Abbott, now that they’re a sanctuary city. As Ron DeSantis stated when he visited the Southern border in Arizona “When they have to deal with some of the fruits of that they all of a sudden become very, very upset about that.”

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What Is Climate Colonialism, And Why Are These People So Bat Guano Insane?

By William Teach June 15, 2023 – 7:00 am

But, yeah, keep saying this is all about science, and has nothing to do with far left authoritarian politics

What Is Climate Colonialism? What to Know About Why Climate Change and Colonialism Are Linked.

They might not be two terms you expect to see together in any context but climate change and colonialism are inextricably linked.

We’re going to take a look at why that is, and why considering the impact of historic and ongoing colonialist practices is so essential in the movement to tackle climate change.

Let’s start with a quick refresher of what colonialism means, before we dig into what it has to do with climate change.

Colonialism is defined as “control by one power over a dependent area or people”. It generally involves one country taking control of another, often amid violence and in

So what’s climate colonialism? 

There’s two main ways to look at climate change in the context of colonialism and, as The Conversation put it: “Connecting climate change to such acts of colonization involves recognizing that historic injustices are not consigned to history: their legacies are alive in the present.”

The first is about the historic causes of climate change. The Global North is responsible for the climate crisis we’re currently living through — in fact, Global North countries are responsible for over 92% of carbon emissions.

Sigh.

It’s this injustice that has sparked a wave of calls for climate reparations — essentially, calling on wealthy countries in the Global North (that have caused climate change) to financially support those countries that have done the least to cause climate change in responding to its impacts.

Always back to redistributing money. Why aren’t the Warmists giving their own money up voluntarily?

The second way climate colonialism is manifesting is through the exploitation of the resources of the Global South by countries in the Global North, to further their climate agendas.

Like this?

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