Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach July 2, 2023 – 9:13 am

Happy Sunday! Another wonderful day in the Once and Future Nation Of America. The Sun is shining, the birds are singing, and Independence Day is almost upon us. This pinup is by John Thompson, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Dissecting Leftism discusses the cost of COVID lockdowns
  2. Geller Report covers Muslims threatening a new Holocaust against Jews in France
  3. IOTW Report notes Washington now having highest gas prices
  4. Legal Insurrection highlights the Dems racist reactions to killing affirmative actions
  5. Moonbattery covers Warmists denouncing ice in cocktails
  6. Pacific Pundit highlights a WNBA player calling America trash
  7. The Feral Irishman wonders where all the machine guns came from in gun banning France
  8. The First Street Journal covers a Special Snowflake meltdown
  9. The Gateway Pundit highlights tax revenue diving in Democrat strongholds
  10. The O.K. Corral features Biden just wandering of the MSNBC set
  11. The Right Scoop notes a professor fired for teaching biological science
  12. This ain’t Hell... covers stupid people of the week
  13. Victory Girls Blog shows affirmative action dissenters illustrate hypocrisy in action
  14. Green Jihad covers St. Greta meeting Zelensky
  15. And last, but, not least, Not A Lot Of People Know That discusses pylons forced on the public to hit net zero

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). 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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Los Angeles Leaders Upset They Weren’t Informed Of Second Busload Of Illegals

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

How dare Greg Abbott not inform LA leaders….can’t you guess what’s wrong with that?

Another bus with migrants has been sent from Texas to Los Angeles

A bus carrying 41 migrants from Brownsville, Texas, arrived in Southern California on Saturday – the second such shipment from the region in two weeks.

The Texas-funded bus arrived at Union Station at 12:40 p.m. Intake of the migrants began shortly after they arrived with a legal orientation, according to Angelica Salas, executive director for the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles.

Members of the group, which included 11 children, came from Belize, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua and Venezuela, Salas said at a news conference.

City officials became aware of the upcoming arrival on Friday and mobilized by working with a coalition of nonprofit groups and faith-based organizations to accommodate the group, Mayor Karen Bass’s spokesperson Zach Seidl said in a statement.

The mayor’s office said it was “not formally notified” before learning that migrants were heading to the city, according to the statement.

Are all the mayors of border cities informed when illegals cross into their towns? Have many mayors been informed when Biden’s DHS flies illegals into their towns in the dead of night? Were citizens of those towns informed prior? Where they given the option of having a whole bunch of people dropped off in their towns?

Bass called the move “a political stunt” in an interview last month with CNN’s Jake Tapper.

“I think it’s despicable to use individuals like this,” Bass said. “I think that doing this, if he was sincere, he would have contacted Los Angeles, he would have told us people were coming, he would have told us who the individuals were, but they didn’t do that.”

Yeah yeah yeah, why so upset when you’re getting all the people you asked for being a sanctuary city?

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BBC Is Very Concerned That Texas Will Become Too Hot For Humans

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

No, no, this is not scaremongering at all

Will Texas become too hot for humans?

Texas is in the grip of a relentless heatwave – but how much hotter could summers get in years to come?

It’s 9.15 pm in San Antonio on 17 June. At this time, young children would usually be asleep and their parents enjoying a balmy summer’s evening. But not this year, when temperatures have reached triple figures in parts of Texas, and extreme humidity has made it feel hotter still, even after sunset. (snip)

Texas has warmed between one-half and one degree Fahrenheit in the past century. “In the coming decades … summers are likely to become increasingly hot and dry, creating problems for agriculture and possibly human health,” warns the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It predicts that 70 years from now, the state will have three or four times as many days per year above 100F (38C) as it has today.

The National Integrated Heat Health Information System’s Climate Explorer tool also offers a worrying glimpse into Texas’s future. It predicts that Austin and Travis County’s average daily maximum temperature in June could rise to 99.7F (37.6C) between 2060 and 2090 if no steps are taken to mitigate the potentially crippling effects of climate change. Austin’s Office of Sustainability’s estimate is even higher with a summer average high temperature of 103.8F (39.9C) at the end of the century for the city.

First, what happens if this does not happen? Who pays the price with their careers for this fearmongering? Second, that 1F to 1.5F is entirely normal for a Holocene warm period. This is all about stoking fear to entice people to give up their freedom and money to government.

State Department didn’t track carbon footprint of climate summit flights

The State Department didn’t keep tabs on the carbon pollution associated with flying hundreds of federal officials to the last two global climate summits, the Government Accountability Office said in a report made public Thursday.

Failing to do so ran afoul of a 2021 executive order by President Joe Biden that directed agencies to track the greenhouse gas emissions their operations produce, including official air travel, GAO said.

The report was requested by Senate Environment and Public Works Committee ranking member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), who have all criticized the administration’s climate policies.

“Americans are tired of bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. who don’t practice what they preach when it comes to protecting the environment,” Capito said in an email to POLITICO’s E&E News.

Surprise?

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If All You See…

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

…are horrible fatty chips making people fat which is bad for ‘climate change’, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Da Techguy’s Blog, with a post on a silver lining Democrats won’t like from the SCOTUS election decision.

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Brandon Regime Trots Out Plan B For Student Loan Relief

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

It’s not forgiveness: it’s relief, since it only did away with $10K for most and $20K for Pell Grants, leaving people who took out loans they wouldn’t be able to easily repay based on their degrees with lots of debt

(Fox News) In the opinion, Roberts cited then-Speaker Pelosi’s words saying the president did not have the power to cancel federal student loan debt.

“As then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi explained: ‘People think that the President of the United States has the power for debt forgiveness. He does not,’” Roberts quoted Pelosi’s July 28, 2021, press conference. “‘He can postpone. He can delay. But he does not have that power. That has to be an act of Congress.’”

So, sure, why not try plan b, which they had ready to go, knowing that plan a wouldn’t survive because it was un-Constitutional. Do they think plan b will survive? They would have used it first

Biden reveals Plan B for student debt forgiveness

The Supreme Court on Friday dealt a fatal blow to President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel student debt for tens of millions of Americans.

But Biden student debt relief isn’t dead yet.

Just hours after the court’s conservative majority rejected his loan forgiveness program as a drastic overreach of executive authority, Biden moved swiftly to resuscitate his efforts to cancel debt by invoking a different legal authority. (snip)

But Biden’s second attempt will face a range of major challenges, both practical and legal, as he embarks on what’s going to be a lengthy regulatory process that’s likely to stretch well into next year ahead of the presidential election.

For starters, the White House is barreling toward a deadline this fall as it prepares to resume collecting monthly payments from tens of millions of borrowers who have had their debt frozen since March 2020.

So, what is it?

Biden administration officials acknowledged Friday that their Plan B option — the Higher Education Act path — would involve far more bureaucratic hoops and regulatory minutia than the administration’s first plan, which was quickly implemented once Biden announced it last August.

“This new path is legally sound,” Biden said. “It’s going to take longer, but, in my view, it’s the best path that remains to providing for as many borrowers as possible with debt relief.

It’s a convoluted measure that will be difficult to implement and even start. Which will not survive judicial review, most likely. I slightly feel for these folks in that the government has bailed out many banks and businesses, but, then, I do not think they should have been bailed out. You take the risk, and other people really shouldn’t have to pay for your risky behavior. If you invest a boatload of money in a business venture and it goes bust, no one is helping those individuals. Nor should they. If you put your money in a shaky bank operating on principles like DEI rather than sound, established, safe principles, well, you can get your FDI insured $150K, and that’s it. You made the poor decision to keep your money in that bank. If you take out $100K in student loans for a degree in Medieval Art History or Feminist Studies, or heck, get a law degree but aren’t that good, that’s on you. Pay your bills

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona announced Friday that student loan repayment would continue as planned this fall. But he said the administration was taking new steps to ease the resumption of payments, which will include the tens of millions of Americans who were promised relief under the now-defunct program.

The Education Department said it would create an “on-ramp” 12-month transition period in which borrowers won’t get dinged on their credit reports for missing payments, though interest will continue to accrue. Department officials had earlier this month told loan servicers to develop an initial 90-day period of what they internally call a “safety net” period and to be prepared for subsequent extensions.

Those people should have been saving since the Wuhan Flu pandemic started, since 1) the relief of a portion of their loans might not happen and 2) they would still be left with debt that had to be paid regardless. If one owed $40K and had $10K lopped off, they still had to pay on the $30K, right? These folks should have been saving for the resumption of payments. I wonder how many did, and how many pissed it away while taking lots of fossil fueled travel to take selfies and TikTok vids, along with having all their food delivered? And, really, they shouldn’t have taken out loans they couldn’t pay.

I’m personally OK with not killing them on their credit reports (though, it’s already there and doesn’t usually help, with loan companies seeing what they already owe as debt). I’m also fine with doing something like reducing interest, since Democratic Party run colleges are essentially over-charging because it’s so easy for the kiddies to get loans.

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UN Praises China On ‘Climate Change’ Investment

By William Teach July 1, 2023 – 7:00 am

No mention on all those human rights abuses in China, or that they use what is essentially slave labor, and child labor, to build all that green energy stuff

UN deputy chief praises China’s investment in tackling climate change, forging ‘new development pathway’

“The challenges are many and they are serious”, Amina Mohammed said, highlighting the plight of the planet.

“Almost all our indicators on the climate and ecological crises are pointing in the wrong direction.”

She praised China’s role in being an innovator and believer in the power of multilateralism to overcome challenges through collection action, pointing out that over half of the world’s new renewables are projected to be in China, both this year and next.

“This gives you a flavour of just how critical China is to tackling climate change and protecting nature”.

As one of the world’s largest economies and a major emitter of greenhouse gases as well as a major investor in renewables, she said China had an opportunity “to set the example of a new development pathway that decouples growth from emissions. One that ensures a renewable energy and climate-resilient future we strive for that is equitable, just and balanced.”

Good thing she didn’t take a long, fossil fueled flight to China to say this….oh, wait, she did. Anyhow, China is really just dumping all those solar panels and wind turbines in markets around the world, especially 3rd world nations to win their favor. And making lots of investments in those nations to woo them away from the US, Canada, Australia, and the EU. And Russia. It’s an economic scam for power and control and influence. China could care less about the climate cult.

Back in Beijing yesterday, the Deputy Secretary-General held meetings with Government officials, which included the Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, the Executive Vice Foreign Minister, the Minister of Environment, and China’s Special Envoy for Climate Change.

She outlined the benefits of financing and aligning China’s development objectives with the SDGs. Ms. Mohammed also expressed the urgent need for all leaders to embrace a just transition amid the climate crisis.

She further expressed the importance of an ambitious and action-oriented dialogue among leaders at the UN General Assembly in September at this crucial midpoint of the 2030 Agenda and the Paris climate accord.

This is all simply falling into China’s trap.

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Michigan Looking To Make It A Felony To Misgender Someone

By William Teach July 1, 2023 – 6:45 am

See, the Rainbow Alphabet cult doesn’t want to force their beliefs on everyone, so I’ve been reliably told

Michigan residents could be charged with a felony, face up to five years in prison and get a $10,000 fine for using the wrong pronouns under ‘unconstitutional’ new bill

Michigan’s House of Representatives has passed a hate speech bill, known as HB 4474, which criminalizes causing someone to feel threatened by words, including the misusing of their pronouns, with the possibility of a hefty fine or even jail time.

The bill introduces hate crime penalties for causing someone to ‘feel terrorized, frightened, or threatened,’ with ‘sexual orientation’ and ‘gender identity or expression’ included as protected classes.

Offenders could face up to five years in prison for such a felony offense or a $10,000 fine.

It is part of a continues effort by Democrats in the state to advance a pro-LGBTQ+ agenda in their first months in power.

The proposed legislation aims to replace the existing Ethnic Intimidation Act and extends protection against intimidation.

No, they do not want to force it on people

Critics argue that the bill poses a threat to First Amendment rights and lacks clarity in defining ‘harassment’, leaving it open to subjective interpretation.

The bill reads as follows: ‘Intimidate’ means a willful course of conduct involving repeated or continuing harassment of another individual that would cause a reasonable individual to feel terrorized, frightened, or threatened, and that actually causes the victim to feel terrorized, frightened, or threatened.’

If passed, penalties would be based on how the supposed victim and court ‘feel’ about a particular matter.

I’m not sure how this possibly survives judicial review, but, how left leaning is the Minnesota Supreme Court? How long will it take to wind its way to the Supreme Court? How many citizens will leave Michigan, taking their businesses and money with them?

Meanwhile, Republican Representative Angela Rigas shared her concerns about the bill targeting conservatives who speak against radical gender ideology.

‘The state of Michigan is now explicitly allowing the gender delusion issue to be used as a ‘protected class.’ This opens up numerous issues when it comes to the courts and the continued weaponization of the system against conservatives,’ Rigas said.

‘We saw similar concerns when they wanted to pass blocks on ‘conversion’ therapy. It seems Dems want to be in the business of telling people how to think. We are determined to keep choice and opinion a free choice despite those efforts.’

Really, it’s not just pronouns, any criticism of the gender confused could get you in criminal trouble. But, don’t call the Democrats Fascists or something.

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Psychology Needed To Combat ‘Climate Change’ And Capitalism Or Something

By William Teach June 30, 2023 – 3:00 pm

I’ve been reliably told by Warmists that this is all about science, and has absolutely nothing to do with politics

Critical Psychology Needed to Combat Capitalism and Climate Change

In our current era of intensifying climate change, the fields of psychology and climate justice may seem an unlikely pairing. However, a new article in the Review of General Psychology argues that the two are deeply intertwined. Its authors contend that critical psychology — a branch of psychology that challenges mainstream, individual-focused approaches — could be instrumental in our fight against climate change.

In their paper, “Climate Justice, Capitalism, and the Political Role of the Psychological Professions,” Abiodun Omotayo Oladejo, Nick Malherbe, and Ashley van Niekerk, from the University of South Africa, offer an incisive critique of mainstream psychological approaches to climate change, arguing they risk perpetuating the very factors driving the crisis.

“There is overwhelming empirical evidence that climate change is a product of the capitalist mode of production,” they write, citing multiple sources. 

They assert that mainstream responses to the climate crisis, including those from the psychological professions, have largely failed to acknowledge these capitalist origins. They argue this blind spot contributes to an oversimplified and depoliticized understanding of climate change, focusing primarily on individual behavior and ‘responsible consumerism.’ This approach, they argue, inadvertently props up the very system causing the crisis. (snip)

The authors begin the paper by exposing the intimate links between capitalism and climate change, underlining capitalism’s role in exacerbating our global climate crisis. While empirical evidence affirms that climate change results from human activity, labeling this period as ‘the Anthropocene’ risks downplaying the real culprit: the capitalist mode of production. The authors stress that not all humans share equal blame; industries driven by capitalist interests disproportionately contribute to carbon emissions.

You get the point: Warmists tend to be far left wackos, more similar to Socialists/Communists (in practice. Theory is quite different) who hate capitalism (for Other People), and want the Government in full charge of economies. The exact main point of the Socialist theory in the Democracy Model (political science 101) is that the government is heavily involved in all matters economic, including owning the means of production. Of course, that theory also states low governmental involvement in citizen’s lives, which is why it’s on the left. These Warmists are really way to the Right, into the Authoritarian models.

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If All You See…

By William Teach June 30, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…is wine which will soon be destroyed by ‘climate change’, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Common Cents Blog, with a post on Kamala Harris being the Bud Light of Veeps.

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Cost Of Illegal Aliens In NYC? $1.4 Billion

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

People always wonder what the exact monetary number is to deal with all the illegals/migrants crossing the border. NYC puts it in the budget

NYC Mayor Adams touts $107B budget deal: $1.4B to pay for migrant crisis

New York City officials touted a $107 billion budget agreement even as it faced a $1.4 billion hole for sheltering tens of thousands of migrants. (snip)

Hizzoner said the city had saved $4.7 billion over the past two fiscal years “without cutting services, laying off employees or raising taxes” due to higher-than-expected revenues but warned the city could be in financial trouble in future years.

“I’m sure there are many things we could’ve poured out money into if we had that $1.4 billion and the money we are going to lose in the outyears,” Adams complained, blaming the migrant crisis for adding to the city’s future financial woes.

“This comes out of New Yorker’s [pockets] and we are not getting the help we deserve and this is really wrong for asylum seekers,” Adams said.

“They only ask one thing: ‘let us work.’ They say, ‘we want to work. We want to pay into your tax base. We don’t want your free food. We don’t want your free clothing. We don’t want you washing our clothing. We want to work,’” he continued.

Of course, the $1.4 billion is simply to support the known ones shipped into NYC, and don’t forget about the hundreds of folks shipped from NYC to other NY counties, to other states, and even other countries. Remember, NYC asked for this by declaring themselves a sanctuary city. They say they love illegals, so, citizens should be happy to pay for them, and to have all that money diverted to pay for the illegals rather than city services. And those illegals/migrants were promised free food, clothing, housing, medical, educations, money, and citizenship if they came to the U.S. by all the Democrats.

And what does it cost for this?

Over 2,000 NY Guard members have been on migrant support mission in New York

Over 2,000 New York State Military Forces members have taken part in Operation Asylum Seeker, the New York National Guard participation in the state’s response to the migrant upsurge into New York City since the mission launched in October, 2022.

As of June 18, according to New York City Deputy Mayor Anne Williams-Isom, the head of the city’s health and human services, New York City has taken in over 78,700 migrants since the spring of 2022. Many of these migrants have been bussed to the city by border state governors.

About 2,200 undocumented migrants had arrived in the city in the prior week, and 48,700 people were being housed in 174 sites, she said during a weekly briefing.

On October 4, 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that she was activating members of the New York National Guard to assist New York City officials dealing with the unexpected flow of migrants seeking asylum who were arriving in the city.

That’s not cheap.

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