CNN Notices How Bidenflation Is Crushing Family Finances

By William Teach August 12, 2023 – 6:45 am

It’s CNN Business, so, maybe they’re more free to tell the truth?

US inflation means families are spending $709 more per month than two years ago

US inflation has had a snowballing effect on family budgets.

The typical American household spent $709 more in July than they did two years ago to buy the same goods and services, according to Moody’s Analytics.

That figure underscores the cumulative impact high inflation has had on consumer finances — even as price growth has cooled considerably in recent months.

“Price growth”. If I’m raising your cost of a product 20 cents every month for 2 years, and only raising it 5 cents a month now, it’s still going up after going up a lot

“High inflation of the past 2+ years has done lots of economic damage,” Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, wrote in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

Most of that increase in spending is driven by housing costs, which have surged, Zandi told CNN in an email on Friday. He added that families are also spending more at the grocery store; on buying, maintaining and insuring vehicles and on recreational services like cable.

Even though prices have soared, real earnings, which adjust for inflation, are stuck at late 2019 levels.

“Real earnings remain below what they would have been if not for the pandemic and the Russian war, which is weighing on the collective psyche,” Zandi told CNN in an email on Friday.

WTF does the Ukraine-Russia conflict have to do with this? Does anyone think it is causing people to not make as much? Possibly one of the dumbest things I’ve read today. Maybe this month.

Looking at just the last year, Zandi calculates that the typical household spent $202 more this July than they did a year ago to buy the same goods and services.

That’s significant, but it’s still below the peak of $536 for this year-over-year metric — a record hit back June 2022, when gas prices spiked above $5 a gallon for the first time.

But, how much more were they paying in July 2022 vs 2021 vs 2020 vs 2019? $500 or so?

And not one mention of Joe Biden. Imagine this was happening under Trump: he would named in almost every single paragraph.

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Doom Today: This Is The Temperature Humans Cannot Survive

By William Teach August 11, 2023 – 3:00 pm

Obviously, a 1.5F increase in the global temperature since 1850 has made things super dangerous

The temperature the human body cannot survive

Scientists have identified the maximum mix of heat and humidity a human body can survive.

Even a healthy young person will die after enduring six hours of 35-degree Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) warmth when coupled with 100 percent humidity, but new research shows that threshold could be significantly lower.

At this point sweat — the body’s main tool for bringing down its core temperature — no longer evaporates off the skin, eventually leading to heatstroke, organ failure and death.

This critical limit, which occurs at 35 degrees of what is known “wet bulb temperature”, has only been breached around a dozen times, mostly in South Asia and the Persian Gulf, Colin Raymond of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory told AFP.

None of those instances lasted more than two hours, meaning there have never been any “mass mortality events” linked to this limit of human survival, said Raymond, who led a major study on the subject.

So, it doesn’t happen often or long, at least during the Modern Warm Period. We have no way of knowing about it during the previous Holocene warm periods. But, good news, things are actually much, much worse

But extreme heat does not need to be anywhere near that level to kill people, and everyone has a different threshold depending on their age, health and other social and economic factors, experts say.

Surely they’ll tell us what that temperature is, right?

The theorised human survival limit of 35C wet bulb temperature represents 35C of dry heat as well as 100 percent humidity — or 46C at 50 percent humidity.

To test this limit, researchers at Pennsylvania State University in the United States measured the core temperatures of young, healthy people inside a heat chamber.

They found that participants reached their “critical environmental limit” — when their body could not stop their core temperature from continuing to rise — at 30.6C wet bulb temperature, well below the previously theorised 35C.

The team estimated that it would take between five to seven hours before such conditions would reach “really, really dangerous core temperatures,” Daniel Vecellio, who worked on the research, told AFP.

OK, then get your ass inside. It’s the 21st Century, we have measures to deal with this. Also, we’re doomed at 87F. Also, notice the use of estimated and theorized. They didn’t actually run through the testing. Further, the whole line about “everyone has a different threshold.” It’s all about the scaremongering. And the sweet, sweet, government cash for the study.

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If All You See…

By William Teach August 11, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…is a rising sea because Other People drive fossil fueled vehicles, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Dissecting Leftism, with a post not feeling well. Hang in there, JR!

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NY Times Says To Hold Off On Your 9th Wuhan Flu Booster Shot

By William Teach August 11, 2023 – 10:30 am

There are still people invested in continuing COVID-19 as a big thing. Most people have abandoned the COVID cult at this point. Not many wear masks (and half of those are wearing them improperly and/or wearing a mask that makes zero difference) anymore, though I do enjoy the tweets about

Isn’t the whole point about getting vaxxed and boosted to not get Wuhan flu? Because there are lots and lots of tweets like this. And along comes the NY Times (also available at Yahoo News)

Don’t Get Your Next COVID Booster Quite Yet

An uptick in COVID-19 cases and the fast-approaching new school year have many people wondering when they should get their next booster. The short answer, according to experts: not quite yet — you will be a lot better off if you wait another month or two.

In June, an advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration recommended that the next COVID vaccine formulation target the omicron XBB.1.5 variant.

Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax are now working to update, test and mass-produce their vaccines, which will then need to be officially authorized by the FDA. Experts estimate that shots will be available to the public by late September or early October.

Did anyone else read “mass-produce” as “mass-profit”?

There are two main reasons to hold out for the updated vaccine. First, it will be a better match for the variants that are currently circulating.

The second reason to wait a month or two for the new vaccine is that it will increase the odds that your defenses against the virus will be strongest when cases are expected to peak, historically between December and February. Antibodies wane over time, and protection is highest during the first three months after an infection or vaccination.

In other words, the power of the “vaccine” doesn’t last long. But, we’ll still be seeing social media post about people being “grateful to be vaxxed and boosted” as they catch COVID

COVID-19 is ‘heating up all around’ this summer. Should we be wearing masks again?

The uptick in coronavirus transmission this summer has not brought major alarm from health experts.

But it is raising questions about whether the risks are high enough to go back to safety measures that many have abandoned.

Most people have stopped wearing masks and aren’t likely to follow suggestions to return to that practice all the time again.

Would those be the safety measures that really made no difference, as COVID cases and deaths surged in 2021 despite all the vaccines, forced masking, forced staying home, and all the other crazy. Even in the People’s Republik Of California (it’s an LA Times article) the Comrades have mostly abandoned masks. Heck, even those mass stealing from drug stores do not bother. People have moved on.

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Warmist Judith Curry Admits ‘Climate Change’ Is A Manufactured Crisis

By William Teach August 11, 2023 – 7:15 am

Realistically, it matters not whether the current warm period is mostly/solely caused by Mankind or mostly/solely caused by nature. It’s the responses from the climate cult are the issue

Scientist admits the ‘overwhelming consensus’ on the climate change crisis is ‘manufactured’

We are told climate change is a crisis, and that there is an “overwhelming scientific consensus.”

“It’s a manufactured consensus,” climate scientist Judith Curry tells me.

She says scientists have an incentive to exaggerate risk to pursue “fame and fortune.”

She knows about that because she once spread alarm about climate change.

The media loved her when she published a study that seemed to show a dramatic increase in hurricane intensity.

And when there were criticisms of her work, she did research and realized that the science was a bit off, and that all the other Warmists, including the politicians and media didn’t care, they just wanted the fear.

Then the Climategate scandal taught her that other climate researchers weren’t so open-minded.

Alarmist scientists’ aggressive attempts to hide data suggesting climate change is not a crisis were revealed in leaked emails.

“Ugly things,” says Curry.

“Avoiding Freedom of Information Act requests. Trying to get journal editors fired.”

It made Curry realize that there is a “climate-change industry” set up to reward alarmism.

It’s a good article based on the discussion with Curry, and, perhaps you’ve noticed that she gets barely any airplay for years now? Because she is attempting to do science, not be a cult activist, so, no one in the cult will listen. Scientists are corrupted

Then she answers her own question: “Promote the alarming papers! Don’t even send the other ones out for review. If you wanted to advance in your career, like be at a prestigious university and get a big salary, have big laboratory space, get lots of grant funding, be director of an institute, there was clearly one path to go.”

Look, even if the warming is mostly caused by Mankind, why is everything linked to it, and why is it always Doom? I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, it’s a way for people to give up their money and freedom.

If Curry thought she was blackballed (greenballed?) before, wait till they get a load of this interview.

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Brandon Regime Finds Another To Let In More “Migrants”

By William Teach August 11, 2023 – 7:00 am

Let’s ship a bunch to places like Beverly Hills, Martha’s Vineyard, and Rehoboth Beach, to go with places like Chicago, Portland, LA, SCNY, Boston, etc

Joe Biden’s Deputies Create Border Loophole for Millions of ‘Stateless’ Migrants

President Joe Biden’s pro-migration border chief is opening a new loophole for millions of foreigners who say they are “stateless.”

“All over the world, people who are stateless live with fear and uncertainty … With this historic step, stateless individuals will be given the opportunity to apply for [U.S.] immigration protections and benefits,” said Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

Mayorkas’s statement said that there are “approximately 218,000 people residing in the United States who are potentially at risk of statelessness”

But the Department of State reported, “At the end of 2021, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees … counted 4.3 million stateless persons worldwide but estimated that the actual number may be over 10 million due to underreporting.”

Much like the changes to the asylum laws, this will entice people from all over the world to stream to the United States and declare that they are “stateless”, and, Democrats being Democrats (and some squishy pro-unfettered migration Republicans) they’ll accept this with barely an argument, and demand that these folks be given money, housing, healthcare, jobs, etc, oh, and citizenship so they vote Democrat. Democrats do not care about these people, they only care that they vote Democrat.

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Here’s Biden’s Request For Ukraine Aid

By William Teach August 10, 2023 – 5:03 pm

Shows you where his priorities are, and it’s not the U.S.

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Climate Cult Immediately Blames Hawaii Wildfires On ‘Climate Change’

By William Teach August 10, 2023 – 3:00 pm

There’s been no indication as to what caused the massive fire in Hawaii’s area of Maui as of yet, but, that won’t stop the climate cult from involving themselves. They won’t even wait for the death toll (which stands at 36 right now), nor do they care about the suffering of the people there. The NY Times starts it off

How Climate Change Turned Lush Hawaii Into a Tinderbox

The fires in Hawaii would be shocking anywhere — killing at least 36 people, in one of the deadliest wildfires in the United States in modern history. But the devastation is especially striking because of where it happened: In a state defined by its lush vegetation, a far cry from the dry landscape normally associated with fire threats.

The explanation is as straightforward as it is sobering: as the planet heats up, no place is protected from disasters.

The story of this week’s blaze arguably began decades ago, when Hawaii started experiencing a long-term decline in average annual rainfall. Since 1990, rainfall at selected monitoring sites has been 31 percent lower in the wet season, and 6 percent lower in the dry season, according to work published in 2015 by researchers at the University of Hawaii and the University of Colorado.

So, your fault. If only Hawaii had stopped allowing the use of fossil fuels to bring tourists and goods to the islands. And here’s the AP

What’s driving Maui’s devastating fires, and how climate change is fueling those conditions

A dangerous mix of conditions appear to have combined to make the wildfires blazing a path of destruction in Hawaii particularly damaging, including high winds, low humidity and dry vegetation.

Experts also say climate change is increasing the likelihood of more extreme weather events like what’s playing out on the island of Maui, where dozens of people have been killed and a historic tourist town was devastated.

“It’s leading to these unpredictable or unforeseen combinations that we’re seeing right now and that are fueling this extreme fire weather,” said Kelsey Copes-Gerbitz, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of British Columbia’s faculty of forestry. “What these … catastrophic wildfire disasters are revealing is that nowhere is immune to the issue.”

This is being repeated all across the Credentialed Media, and few are showing the least bit of care for the people affected. It’s pure cult activism. As Watts Up With That? points out, the Hawaiian islands are extremely fire prone

There is sufficient precipitation on the lee side of the islands for substantial grasslands to develop, with grasslands increasing during the past several decades as agriculture has declined on Hawaii (e.g., the sugar cane industry is essentially gone).

And, yes, there are unusual dryer and windier conditions at the moment, but, weather is not always consistent. Further

The situation this year on Maui was made even more dangerous on Hawaii because the past half-year was WETTER and COOLER than normal, which enhanced grass growth.   I repeat wetter and cooler. (bold theirs)

The climate is always going to change. The Earth is in a warm period. Not everything needs to involve witchcraft, er, human induced global warming.

Funny how the “scientists” are usually wrong.

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If All You See…

By William Teach August 10, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…are horrible carbon pollution Bad Weather clouds, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Da Techguy’s Blog, with a post on the continued corruption of the J6 committee.

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Brandon To Ask Congress For Billions More For Ukraine

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

I wonder how much is coming back into Biden’s pockets?

President Joe Biden is expected to unveil his request for additional Ukraine aid on Thursday.

The Biden administration is expected to unveil its request for billions of dollars in additional funding for weapons and other aid to Ukraine on Thursday, according to two people with direct knowledge of the timing of the request.

That emergency funding ask is also expected to include aid to Taiwan and money to replenish rapidly dwindling disaster relief cash — although the final authority on specific money that’s requested lies with the White House Office of Management and Budget.

Neither of the people provided further details on the amount of the request or its specific targets. Both people were granted anonymity to speak about sensitive discussions.

How much will it be? Some are saying the supplemental could be around $25 billion, which would be used for many purposes, including shoveling more money to Ukraine. What’s the money being used for? No one truly knows. And Biden is being pressured to send more US weapons to Ukraine, this time Army Tactical Missile Systems, with long range capability.

(CNN) The White House on Wednesday downplayed CNN polling showing most Americans oppose Congress providing additional funding to support Ukraine in its war with Russia ahead of a reported administration request for more aid.

“We have we have seen throughout this war solid support from the American people, solid support from the Congress in a bipartisan and bicameral way for continuing to support Ukraine and we’re going to stay focused on that,” National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby told CNN on a call with reporters Wednesday. (snip)

“If some Americans don’t feel that or since that … I think it’s important to remember that if we just sit back and we let Putin win, we let him take Ukraine, where does it stop next?” Kirby said.

So, if you’re against send lots of money and weapons to Ukraine for a war that’s going nowhere and there’s zero accountability for that money, you’re obviously rooting for Putin.

Last week, a CNN poll showed that overall, 55% say Congress should not authorize additional funding to support Ukraine vs. 45% who say Congress should authorize such funding. And 51% say that the US has already done enough to help Ukraine while 48% say it should do more. A poll conducted in the early days of the Russian invasion in late February 2022 found 62% who felt the US should have been doing more.

The U.S. could do quite a bit to help our own people with that money.

Slow counteroffensive darkens mood in Ukraine

This nation is worn out.

For nearly 18 months, Ukraine has stood against its Russian invaders — rallying support for its troops by embracing last year’s battlefield victories in the Kyiv, Kharkiv and Kherson regions.

Throughout, Ukrainian officials and their western partners hyped up a coming counteroffensive — one that, buoyed by a flood of new weapons and training, they hoped would turn the tide of the war.

But two months after Ukraine went on the attack, with little visible progress on the front and a relentless, bloody summer across the country, the narrative of unity and endless perseverance has begun to fray.

It’s great that Zelenesky can run around the world, hobnobbing with the rich and powerful in his designer t-shirts, but, this war resembles the trench warfare of WWI, with the lines barely moving and not much happening. But, there are enough members of Congress, both R and D, to make the request for more money happen. They really do not give a damn about what the US citizens think.

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