WWIII Watch: Ukraine Uses US Weapons To Strike In Russian Territory

By William Teach June 6, 2024 – 7:00 am

In fairness, as I’ve said, this is war. If one nation is striking in the territory of another, well, that country should strike back in the other nation’s territory. Of course, since Ukraine is using US weapons to strike a nation that has nuclear weapons with a nutjob in charge who has threatened to use them, it’s rather dangerous

Ukraine strikes into Russia with US weapons for first time, official says

Ukraine has struck inside of Russia with U.S. weapons for the first time since permission was granted by the Biden administration last week, according to a Ukrainian official.

Ukrainian parliament member Yehor Cherniev confirmed that U.S.-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) have hit Russian logistics and artillery locations inside of Russia near Ukraine’s northeast region of Kharkiv, where Moscow is conducting an offensive.

“We have already achieved some success and forced the Russians to stop shelling the city,” said Cherniev, the deputy chairman of the Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence in Ukraine’s parliament, in a text message. “Also, thanks to the HIMARS strikes, we managed to reduce the offensive potential of Russian troops in this area.”

Unconfirmed videos shared on Russian Telegram sites appeared to show the aftermath of a HIMARS strike that caused an explosion in the Belgorod region of Russia, which borders Kharkiv.

The New York Times first reported that U.S. weapons were used in Russia.

Now just imagine that it was Trump in office: the NY Times and all the other Credentialed Media would be screeching about how this is going to lead to WWIII. The editorials and op-eds would be yammering about warmonger and doom, saying we should all stock up on anti-radiation pills, and just general unhinged. Now? No big deal. Even as they yammered about how bad Putin.

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Earth Is On A “Pathway To Hell” From Hotcoldwetdry Or Something

By William Teach June 5, 2024 – 3:00 pm

This comes from the group that holds multiple climate conferences every year, including the big one in the Fall for which tens of thousands take long fossil fueled trips, along with hundreds if not thousands who fly private jets

UN chief says world is on ‘highway to climate hell’ as planet endures 12 straight months of unprecedented heat

The planet just marked a “shocking” new milestone, enduring 12 consecutive months of unprecedented heat, according to new data from Copernicus, the European Union’s climate monitoring service.

Every single month from June 2023 to May 2024 was the world’s hottest such month on record, Copernicus data showed. (snip)

(UN General Secretary) Guterres urged world leaders to swiftly take control of the spiraling climate crisis or face dangerous tipping points. “We are playing Russian roulette with our planet,” he said Wednesday. “We need an exit ramp off the highway to climate hell.”

Would this be the same Guterres who took a long fossil fueled trip to Nepal and another to the Antarctic for a climate scam photo-op? Anyhow, the record doesn’t go back that far. Can they compare to direct observations during the previous Holocene warm periods? That’s how science works, to see if it is shocking and unprecedented. Oh, and it is not accelerating.

‘Hanging by a Thread’: U.N. Chief Warns of Missing a Key Climate Target

With the planet in the grips of its highest temperatures in more than 100,000 years, scientists with the United Nations weather agency have crunched the numbers and come to a stark conclusion: More record-hot years are all but inevitable.

In the next five years, there’s a nearly 90 percent chance Earth will set yet another record for its warmest year, surpassing the scorching highs experienced in 2023, the World Meteorological Organization said in a report Wednesday.

What if it doesn’t? Who resigns/gets fired and has their career put in tatters? Nothing is hanging by a thread, the world has been warmer during the Holocene, and we were fine.

UN Secretary-General Urges Ban on Fossil Fuel Ads as Planet Warms

It’d be fun if petroleum companies refused to sell to the UN and their employees. It is cute how they want to get all sorts climafascist, eh, though, really, none of the companies need to advertise: people will still show up at the gas stations. Since I mostly stream I rarely ever see or hear an ad on TV or from iHeart Radio or Spotify. I do not think I hear them on FM when I listen to the Two Guys Named Chris show, or, the times I’m watching News14 for the weather. I still go. I bet you do, too.

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If All You See…

By William Teach June 5, 2024 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible road built for evil fossil fueled vehicles, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Right Scoop, with a post on an internal memo to ICE.

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ACLU Plans To Sue Over Biden Border Order

By William Teach June 5, 2024 – 10:30 am

Interesting. The ACLU looks to protect illegal immigrants over U.S. citizens

ACLU to challenge Biden’s border action: ‘Same approach’ as Trump asylum ban

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said Tuesday it planned to sue the Biden administration over a newly unveiled policy that will restrict asylum claims at the southern border.

“The Biden administration just announced an executive order that will severely restrict people’s legal right to seek asylum, putting tens of thousands of lives at risk,” the organization posted on the social platform X.

“This action takes the same approach as the Trump administration’s asylum ban. We will be challenging this order in court,” it added.

The White House on Tuesday took long-expected executive action that will turn away migrants seeking asylum who cross the southern border illegally at times when there is a high volume of daily encounters.

I’m sure they’ll be leading the pack with many other pro-illegal alien groups joining in. Will they be able to find a friendly judge to put the kibosh on the order? What’s the over/under that a judge puts a hold on it before Friday, one who says that the order has no force of law until such time as it can be litigated in court?

Of course, this is all theater: Biden is pretending he’s Doing Something after utterly destroying immigration limits at the border, after opening the floodgates. Even if it goes into effect before the election, the minute the election is over he’ll end it. If the ACLU sues and wins, Brandon can say he tried.

Meanwhile

Biden border crackdown could snip economy

President Joe Biden’s latest attempt to address one of his biggest political liabilities — immigration — could fuel another of his weak spots among voters by sapping strength from the U.S. economy.

The country’s post-Covid-19 rebound stands out from those of other countries, a phenomenon economists say is partly due to immigration, both through legal and unauthorized channels. But the executive action Biden issued Tuesday could stem the number of asylum seekers and other migrants who make their way into the U.S. and provide a vital, often cheap, labor source for employers. (snip)

Nationwide, nearly half of the job growth outside of the farming sector since October can be attributed to various immigrant groups, according to a recent analysis by the financial firm Standard Chartered.

Huh, so, Americans aren’t actually getting their lion’s share of the jobs? Exactly what do illegal aliens offer? Government is spending massive amounts on them, giving them food, shelter, clothes, and more while they give back….nothing.

But it wasn’t all good news. CBO estimated that immigration would contribute to inflation, another pressing problem for Biden in this election year. Wages would also rise more slowly over the next 10 years due to the influx of low-skilled workers, according to the agency.

So, immigrants take half the jobs (remember, these are mostly ones who came in on legal pathways for visas, not those coming to the border and demanding asylum, and the legals are not effected by Brandon’s EO) and help increase inflation while deflating wages. Huzzah!

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Climate Wacko Defaces Monet Painting In Paris

By William Teach June 5, 2024 – 7:00 am

Do these wacko doomsday cultists think they’re actually getting people on their side?

Monet Painting at the Musée d’Orsay Vandalized by Climate Activist

A climate activist affixed an adhesive poster to a Monet painting at the Musée d’Orsay Saturday. The woman, who said she intended to raise awareness for climate change, was arrested.

The stunt was carried out by a member of Riposte Alimentaire (Food Response), a group of environmental activists and defenders of sustainable food production in response to the climate crisis. The group has been targeting museums across Europe for years, including most recently a protest at the Louvre last month. (snip)

The French Impressionist’s work depicts people with umbrellas roaming through a blooming poppy field. Unlike works like Leonardo’s Mona Lisa, which has been the subject of much backlash, it was not protected by glass.

Well, I hope they’re going to prosecute the hell out of this wacko

Everything she’s wearing is made with petroleum.

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55 Democrats Join With GOP To Pass Sanctions On ICC

By William Teach June 5, 2024 – 6:45 am

This means that 155 voted in favor of the court which supports Hamas and hates Israel and Jews

House passes GOP bill to sanction ICC as it seeks arrest warrant for Netanyahu

The U.S. House on Tuesday passed a Republican-led bill that would impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court after its top prosecutor recommended war crimes charges against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The legislation passed in a 247 to 155 vote. Forty-two Democrats crossed party lines to help Republicans pass the bill despite opposition from the White House.

The Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act, led by Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy, would require mandatory sanctions and visa restrictions on any foreign person working or providing funds for the ICC in prosecutions against the U.S., Israel or any other U.S. ally that is not party to the ICC.

The vote came weeks after the international court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, filed applications for warrants of arrest for Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

Will the Senate take up the bill and give it a vote? There are surely 51 votes to pass it, right?

The White House said Monday it was “deeply concerned” about the ICC actions but that, ultimately, the Biden administration “strongly opposes” the legislation.

“There are more effective ways to defend Israel, preserve U.S. positions on the ICC, and promote international justice and accountability, and the Administration stands ready to work with Congress on those options,” a statement from the White House read, though it did not include a veto threat.

Will Biden veto it?

Meanwhile, a good laugh

College graduates are concerned pro-Palestinian activism could deter future employers

When graduating University of Chicago senior Rayna Acha heard about the lawsuit filed by a Lebanese American attorney alleging a job offer from a national law firm was rescinded because of her pro-Palestinian views on Gaza, the revocation confirmed one of her worst fears.

“The reality is we might not get jobs because of (our activism),” said Acha, an undergraduate anthropology major at the U. of C. and an organizer with Students for Justice in Palestine.

Acha has more than one reason to worry. She is one of four U. of C. students whose degrees were withheld because of their involvement with the university’s pro-Palestinian encampment calling on the institution to sever its financial ties to Israel.

Well, yeah, if you’re taking the side of Islamic terrorists and spouting Jew hatred you find a goodly chunk of companies do not want you working for them. Heck, even if the people at companies agree with you, they won’t want to piss off their customer base for your dhimmitude. Have fun with that job search!

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UK Guardian Squees On The Day After Tomorrow’s 20th Anniversary

By William Teach June 4, 2024 – 3:00 pm

Does anyone actually watch this movie anymore? It’s pretty much scientifically illiterate, and violates the laws of thermodynamics. But, it was perfect propaganda from the doomsday climate cult

The Day After Tomorrow at 20: a strangely prescient ecological warning

In the winter of 2013, a breakdown in the polar vortex allowed freezing cold air to escape southwards towards the North American continent. As ice storms, tornadoes and blizzards swept across the US, Donald Trump tweeted. “I’m in Los Angeles and it’s freezing,” he wrote. “Global warming is a total, and very expensive, hoax!”

OK, good grief, Trump Derangement Syndrome to start off

It was all a little too reminiscent of Roland Emmerich’s disaster flick The Day After Tomorrow – which opens with US leaders dismissing scientific concerns about the loss of a huge chunk of the Antarctic ice shelf. The researchers are soon vindicated: within days, the melting ice sets off a chain of freak weather events, culminating in a global superstorm that plunges the entire northern hemisphere into a new ice age.

The film, 2004’s summer box office hit, was lampooned by critics and scientists alike. Members of an internet chatroom allegedly paid the paleoclimatologist William Hyde $100 to see it: “This movie is to climate science what Frankenstein is to heart surgery”, he concluded.

Nevertheless, a series of studies showed that the film did sway public opinion about the climate crisis. Twenty years after its release, it remains a unique specimen: a climate disaster blockbuster that adheres to all the tenets of the genre, while also explicitly attributing its carnage to the greenhouse effect.

Well, in reality, the shutting down of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation can lead to cooling temperatures. Some think the introduction of too much fresh water into the system brought on the Little Ace Age. But, then, what about all the fresh water from the glacial melting as the last ice age ended? It really is all theoretic. But, if this all happened, it would be on the order of years for a little ace age, and at least decades for a new glacial age.

Like every disaster film, the Day After Tomorrow is riddled with inaccuracies, cliches, and strange displays of machismo (in one scene, Gyllenhaal battles wolves on a frozen ghost ship). But if anything, the film’s absurdity feels closer to our reality in 2024 than it did in 2004. After all, we live in the age of climate surrealism – it is generally understood that things are going to get weirder as they get worse. Today is the day after tomorrow, we mutter to ourselves, as we read about ancient anthrax-infested reindeer carcasses defrosting in the Arctic Circle.

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If All You See…

By William Teach June 4, 2024 – 1:00 pm

…is a palm tree that will soon grow in Norway, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is This ain’t Hell…, with a post on SEALs celebrating Pride.

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Biden’s EO On Border Could See It Close When Crossings Hit 2,500

By William Teach June 4, 2024 – 10:30 am

The number previously thrown around was 4,500 for his executive order. Now it’s 2,500. Why 2,500? Why not zero? If he can do 2,500 he can do zero

Biden to issue order that could close US-Mexico border to asylum seekers

Joe Biden on Tuesday was set to announce an executive order that would reportedly shut down the US-Mexico border to asylum seekers attempting to cross outside of lawful ports of entry, when a daily threshold of crossings is exceeded.

The move comes amid rising public concern over the number of migrants crossing into the US, with polls showing a majority of Americans dissatisfied with the president’s handling of the border. The White House has been under immense pressure from Republicans and some Democrats to reduce the number of migrants arriving at the southern border.

Many progressive and Hispanic lawmakers expressed alarm at the sweep of the order, the most aggressive border move taken by the administration so far.

First, it’s the only aggressive move made, unless you consider him leaving the border wide open as aggressive. Second, will the pro-illegal alien groups/individuals sue to stop this? If Trump was the one putting this out would they sue?

Under the executive order, which Biden plans to sign alongside several border-town mayors, the administration would shut down asylum requests to the US-Mexico border once the number of daily encounters reaches 2,500 between legal ports of entry, according to the Associated Press. The border would reopen once the number of crossings eases to 1,500. That could mean the order takes effect immediately. Legal challenges are expected.

That’s not particularly clear, is it? Nor are most articles

(CNN) President Joe Biden is expected to announce an executive order as early as Tuesday that would effectively shut down the US-Mexico border to asylum-seekers crossing illegally when a daily threshold of crossings is exceeded – a sweeping and controversial proposal that is likely to receive fierce pushback from progressives and immigration advocates.

So, if I’m getting this correctly, one the number hits 2,500, anyone declaring asylum would be turned away/put back over the border until the numbers go down. However, if they are not crossing and declaring asylum, what happens? Will they be immediately turned away/put back over the border? Or put in detention here in the U.S., allowed to remain for a bit, then released?

Also, the devil is in the details, so, will this EO have an expiration date, like, say, right after the election?

Also, why is this controversial?

The executive order uses an authority known as “212(f)” – a regulation used under the Trump administration and widely denounced at the time by Democrats.

So, will they sue to stop this, even as we go into election season? And, let’s say Biden puts this in place and actually enforces it, and it survives lawsuits: why can’t Trump, if he were to win in November, put out his own EO making the shutdown number, say, 100 a day?

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Climate Cult News Already Linking Corral Fire To Their Dogma

By William Teach June 4, 2024 – 7:15 am

The cause of the Corral fire is still under investigation, but, of course cBS News has to trot out the Typical Cult Propaganda

Corral Fire in California has firefighters worried as climate change threatens to make fire season worse

The Corral Fire exploded in Northern California over the weekend, scorching more than 14,000 acres, jumping major roadways and prompting evacuations as it bore down on nearby homes.

Local resident Daniel Perez stayed behind to help first responders.

“The firefighters actually dipped the hose into my pool,” he told CBS News. Perez said it appeared they had stopped the fire at one point before flames suddenly came in from another direction. (snip)

While wildfires aren’t new in California, what worries firefighters is that the Corral Fire, which was roughly 75% contained as of Monday evening, happened so early in the so-called fire season.

“For the most part, we don’t refer to it as fire season anymore. It’s almost like there are no rules anymore,” said CalFire information officer Cecile Juliette.

Yes, the rules that say that California has high wind times and can get very dry, then you add a tremendous amount of infrastructure in the area, all while banning things like clearing the underbrush, the dead trees and brush, and creating firebreaks. You know, proper forest management, which the native Americans did for a long, long time. Fires happen

(USA Today) Fueled by high winds, the blaze has spread across hundreds of acres of tall grass, burning around 22 square miles. The cause of the fire remains under investigation, CalFire said.

The wildfire started on property maintained by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory about 40 miles southeast of downtown Oakland. Officials said the proximity between the fire and the federal lab, which conducts experiments on nuclear reactions, lasers, and atomic structure, did not immediately pose a threat.

Sounds like someone was screwing around with something, started a fire, and it got out of hand. It has nothing to do with witchcraft, er, carbon pollution.

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