Sanctuary City Today: NY Gov Has Had Enough, Chicago Has Housing Issues

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

It was just a couple years ago that Hochul was super excited about illegal aliens

And now?

Gov. Hochul says border ‘is too open’ and demands ‘limit’ on crossings as NY struggles with migrant crisis

The migrant crisis in New York is so bad that even Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul is ramping up her attacks on US border policies, demanding “a limit on who can come across’’ and more agents to nab illegals.

Hochul targeted Congress in comments Sunday but still risked the wrath of the Biden administration as it grapples with the crisis wreaking mayhem in the Big Apple and across the country.

“It is too open right now,’’ Hochul flatly told CBS’s “Face the Nation’’ of the country’s southern border with Mexico — where a record-setting 260,000-plus migrants crossed over just last month.

It’s too open now that Sanctuary State New York is being over-run with illegals/migrants, especially in Democratic Party run cities.

Chicago grapples with housing crisis as record number of migrants arrive in the city

A record number of 36 buses, filled with asylum seekers, has arrived in Chicago since Saturday, with more than 15,000 new arrivals in the past year.

City leaders say the number one priority is getting migrants out of police stations where they’re sleeping.

Right now, the largest housing effort is a $29 million plan to establish tent base camps ahead of the winter. Governor JB Pritzker, however, says he has concerns that unused buildings aren’t being utilized first.

“With a lack of existing buildings, to put people in, i know the city has looked at this as one of its options, but I don’t think this is the only option,” Pritzker said.

Existing buildings, eh? Now they know what it’s like in border cities.

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PRC Excited To Keep Low Income Folks From Owning Cars

By William Teach October 1, 2023 – 4:14 pm

Most of the time climate cult articles mention how ‘climate change’ affects minorities, usually meaning blacks, more than anyone else. Funny how that’s not mentioned in this piece

California Will Pay People To Not Own A Car

Everyone lately has been talking about California’s ban on internal combustion engines for cars, the notorious EV mandate. While it’s shocking to hear about that and the many other states following suit, hardly anyone is talking about another shocking development in the Golden State’s war against emissions. As The Washington Post recently reported, officials in California will start paying citizens to not own a car since the belief is this will eliminate pollution.

Under a bill which passed earlier in the month, low-income residents who don’t own a car will receive $1,000 as a refundable tax credit. To qualify, a single tax filer has to earn $40,000 or less. Joint filers can make up to $60,000.

Surely the California legislature thinks this will be a boon for public transportation in the state. The reality is ever since the population explosion in California, buses, trains, etc. have struggled to keep up. You can blame it on whatever set of factors you’d like, but paying people to not own a car won’t fix this.

No, it won’t fix anything, but, it is interesting how the People’s Republik Of California wants to keep those lower income folks from having the same mobility and benefits of the rich folks, eh? I wonder if they realize that a tax credit doesn’t necessarily equate to actual money?

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 1, 2023 – 12:59 pm

…are pine trees being killed by beetles due to ‘climate change’, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The RedSquirrel Report (new on the feedreader), with a post on the song “Biden: I Am Ironman.”

It’s ladies in nature week.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach October 1, 2023 – 10:15 am

Happy Sunday! Another fine day in the Once And Future Nation Of America. The Sun is shining, the squirrels are barking, and you can now put up your Halloween decorations. This pinup is by Lorenzo Sperlonga, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Not A Lot Of People Know That covers an insurance company refusing to insure EVs over repair costs
  2. American Greatness notes a moonbat telling girls to shower with curtains when trans are around
  3. Blazing Cat Fur highlights how many San Francisco restaurants have been vandalized
  4. Chicks On The Right covers Dove using a race hoaxer and fatty to be a spokesperson
  5. Common Cents Blog is excited that the courts held up states banning trans child mutilation bans
  6. Da Techguy’s Blog discusses Kennedy running as an Independent
  7. Geller Report covers Princeton teaching sons to be drag queens
  8. IOTW Report highlights Arizona’s top Dems leaving when Biden visited
  9. Legal Insurrection wonders if Jamaal Bowman will get the J6 treatment
  10. Moonbattery notes that Washington state is a great place for sex offenders
  11. Outside The Beltway wonders about filling Feinstein’s seat
  12. Powerline discusses Trump the authoritarian
  13. The Daley Gator covers the Left loving to loathe the USA
  14. The First Street Journal has a WWIII watch with the British considering sending “advisors” to Ukraine
  15. And last, but, not least, The Gateway Pundit shows Biden having a hissy fit over people refusing to take the new Wuhan Flu vaccine

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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Squishy Republicans Give In, Pass Short Term Funding Bill

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

Democrats mostly got everything they wanted, except for Ukraine funding. Which lots of squishy Republicans also wanted

Threat of government shutdown ends as Congress passes a temporary funding plan and sends it to Biden

The threat of a federal government shutdown ended late Saturday, hours before a midnight deadline, as Congress approved a temporary funding bill to keep agencies open and sent the measure to President Joe Biden to sign.

The rushed package drops aid to Ukraine, a White House priority opposed by a growing number of GOP lawmakers, but increases federal disaster assistance by $16 billion, meeting Biden’s full request. The bill funds government until Nov. 17.

Republicans: elect us and we’ll roll back insane spending, cut out the crazy stuff. Also Republicans: we don’t want Democrats and the Credentialed media to talk bad about us.

“We’re going to do our job,” McCarthy, R-Calif., said before the House vote. “We’re going to be adults in the room. And we’re going to keep government open.” (snip)

The package funds government at current 2023 levels until mid-November, setting up another potential crisis if they fail to more fully fund government by then. The package was approved by the House 335-91, with most Republicans and almost all Democrats supporting. Senate passage came by an 88-9 vote.

Basically, they gave in and are spending way too much, doing exactly what their constituents did not want them to do

But the loss of Ukraine aid was devastating for lawmakers of both parties vowing to support President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after his recent Washington visit. The Senate bill included $6 billion for Ukraine, and both chambers came to a standstill Saturday as lawmakers assessed their options.

“The American people deserve better,” said House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, warning in a lengthy floor speech that “extreme” Republicans were risking a shutdown.

That’s a strange place to put that second paragraph. Does Jeffries mean Americans deserve to be spending oodles of money on Ukraine? Cocaine Mitch McConnell was upset, too, and wants more funding for Ukraine, despite opposition from the American people. Even a CNN poll has 55% saying no more funding.

Anyhow, the Senate passed it, and now it goes to Let’s Go Brandon. Will he sign it with no Ukraine funding?

Oh, and then there’s this guy, who tried to stop House business

It was Jamaal. He tried to make an excuse, but, it’s a misdemeanor in the city of DC, with a large fine and/or up to 6 months in jail. Also, didn’t people get long prison sentences for interfering with House business for J6? The police are investigating, and the GOP has articles to boot him from the House.

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Biden To Allow Fewest New Offshore Leases Ever

By William Teach September 30, 2023 – 2:53 pm

The guy who has no problem using massive amounts of fossil fuels to take most weekends off, because they are paid for by you the taxpayer, has no problem working to skyrocket your fuel costs. Which, of course, means the cost of everything goes up

Interior plans fewest-ever offshore drilling leases

The administration plans to give the oil and gas industry up to three chances to bid on offshore drilling rights over the next five years, the fewest offshore leases in the program’s history.

The Interior Department still needs to finalize the plan in order to move ahead with offshore drilling.

The proposed plan limits offshore oil and gas leases issued between 2024 and 2029 to the Gulf of Mexico.

The proposal announced Friday can be finalized after 60 days.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland described the department’s proposal as one that furthers the offshore wind industry.

“The Proposed Program, which represents the smallest number of oil and gas lease sales in history, sets a course for the Department to support the growing offshore wind industry and protect against the potential for environmental damage and adverse impacts to coastal communities,” she said in a statement.

She’s literally bragging about working to make the cost of food, energy, clothes, etc. much, much higher.

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If All You See…

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

…is an evil fossil fueled vehicle, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Culturcidal, with a post on the death of professionalism.

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Bidenflation: Girl Scout Cookies More Expensive, Homes Unaffordable For Average America

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

Everything is pretty much more expensive these days, so, why not Girl Scout cookies?

Girl Scout cookies are coming back, and prices are going up

Girl Scout cookies are getting more expensive. In some places, at least.

At least one New York State chapter, the Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson, told troop parents and other members of the community in an email this week that all cookies will be sold for $6 per box this coming cookie season — which takes place from about January to April annually nationwide – up from $5 last year.

“In order to combat rising production and material costs, GSHH will be increasing the price of all cookie packages to $6.00,” the chapter’s interim CEO wrote, adding “we expect our neighboring councils to announce similar increases in the coming weeks and months.”

Some cookies, like S’mores and Toffee-Tastic, were already priced at $6. But now the higher price will apply to other cookies that the troops sell, including the more classic varieties.

Will consumers balk at the raised prices as they’ve already balked at many discretionary items? I guess we’ll see.

Report: Home Prices ‘Unaffordable’ for Average Americans

Average Americans cannot afford to buy a home in a growing number of communities across the United States, according to a report released Thursday by real estate data provider ATTOM.

The report, CBS News noted, details how researchers analyzed 575 United States counties last year and found that 99 percent of those areas have home prices that are out of reach for “the average income earner” making $71,214 a year.

Housing experts blamed a few trends for driving up housing costs.

“Mortgage rates have topped 7%, adding hundreds of dollars per month to a potential house payment,” CBS News reported. “At the same time, homeowners who locked in at lower mortgage rates during the pandemic have opted not to sell out of fear of having to buy another property at today’s elevated rates, depleting the supply of homes for sale.”

How are people supposed to afford homes when they are considerably more expensive in the Age Of Biden? There’s one right down the road which is a bit smaller than my townhome, 1050 square feet vs my 1200, that’s listed for $255K. I bought mine in 2009 for $95K. Even by 2020 the prices hadn’t risen that much, nor in Raleigh. All those people calling and texting if I want to sell have stopped, because most of us won’t sell. Where are we going to go? Make a killing on the sale, but, now lose it for the new home, plus higher rates.

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Climate Cult Upset NYC Has So Many Cops But Unprepared For Climate Doom

By William Teach September 30, 2023 – 7:15 am

So, this happened, in case you missed it

Plenty of videos of this, so, of course

NYC Is Totally Unprepared for Climate Disaster (but Has a Lot of Cops)

New Yorkers trying to get on the subway today faced water streaming out of station walls and ceilings, water up to their hips, and flooded, electrified tracks. The Metropolitan Transit Authority urged riders not to take the train as parents figure out how to get their children home from schools facing similarly dire conditions. New York City Mayor Eric Adams was nowhere to be seen Friday morning, as the possibly one-in-100-year storm struck. Adams’ office defended his radio silence by saying it had put out a press release just after 11 p.m. last night; Adams eventually gave a virtual press briefing around noon, 40 minutes after it was scheduled to begin. (Adams spent the night before the floods at a fundraiser where attendees were encouraged to give more than $2,000.)

As climate change turns flooding into a more regular, deadly problem for the five boroughs, Adams has seemed more concerned during the first months of his administration about inundating the subway with cops, whose main purpose seems to be the implicit threat of physical violence. There are 2,500 NYPD officers deployed in the transit system and an additional 1,000 dispatched there daily. That’s in addition to around 1,100 MTA cops and NYPD officers helping to spend down city resources with excessive overtime. In Times Square, they’ll now be joined by a 400 pound robot cop named K5, leased out from private surveillance company Knighscope for $9 an hour. For reference, as Hell Gate pointed out, just 1,200 officers patrolled the system in 1991, when there were nearly three times as many murders underground and about nine times as many felonies.

You get the point. The far, far, far Left New Republic continues to bash the NYPD and Mayor Adams, but, never considered what the city could do if they weren’t spending billions on the feeding and care of illegal aliens, being that they are a sanctuary city. If they weren’t losing tons of tax base as people and businesses leave due to soft on crime policies. And so much more crazy spending. Perhaps they would have the money for the infrastructure. Oh, and, back when CO2 was under the “safe” limit of 350ppm and fossil fueled vehicles were limited

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Stupid Party Throws Blame At Republicans Trying To Hold The Line On Spending

By William Teach September 30, 2023 – 7:00 am

Can you imagine this happening with Democrats? No matter how extreme the bill is, no matter how crazy it gets with funding, most Democrats will rally behind the bill. You certainly won’t hear them castigating other members for refusing to go along with the Dem agenda, and they’ll essentially just bribe those folks. When you have Republicans trying to limit the insane spending, well, they’re the problem

GOP blames looming shutdown on 21 Republican holdouts

House Republicans are letting loose with criticism of their GOP colleagues who voted against the conference’s short-term funding bill with just a day and a half until a government shutdown.

“There are 21 Republicans who just voted to defund the United States military and keep the border open,” said Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.). “They need to be called out by name. I mean, this is not a Republican shutdown. This is a shutdown — if we don’t get this done soon — that is caused by 21 individual members of the Republican conference.”

The failed bill would have extended funding until Oct. 31 with spending cuts and included a swath of border policy changes, and was intended to give the House GOP leverage ahead of negotiations with the Democratic-controlled Senate and White House.

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), a moderate, placed the blame for the looming shutdown directly on Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), one of the most prominent opponents to the stopgap who has also been threatening to vote to remove McCarthy.

“Unfortunately, a handful of people, and in particular a party of one — Matt Gaetz — have chosen to put his own agenda, his own personal agenda, above all else,” Lawler said.

With friends like these, who needs enemies? Gaetz had this to say

That’s what this fight in Congress is all about. It’s about making sure the promises we’ve made to voters are fulfilled. The Speaker made promises to me and other lawmakers in January, and I want to hold him to account. To be specific, that agreement includes a vote on term limits, a vote on a balanced budget amendment, single subject spending bills, and the full release of the January 6 tapes. (snip)

We have to stop the fiscal insanity in Washington and get our spending under control. I’m not voting for a continuing resolution that funds Jack Smith’s election interference, dangerous chaos on the southern border, and money for the endless war in Ukraine.

Just think about what it means for Congress to govern by Continuing Resolution. Every time we vote for a continuing resolution, we make no changes in policy or spending. It’s a vote to continue the status quo. If that’s all Congress is going to do, just replace us with AI bots, because we aren’t doing anything. The hearings are fun, but it’s the budgets where real policy changes are made.

The CR would just fund government at crazy levels. It would remove E-Verify. It would fund things that are not conservative. The GOP bill being floated for long term really doesn’t help, either. They can do single subject bills

Oh, and

But, see, the people who are trying for fiscal sanity, protecting the border, and helping the American people are the problem, rather than the GOPe.

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