If All You See…

By William Teach October 23, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…is an area drying up from too much carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is 357 Magnum, with a post on the BBC coming close to calling Hamas terrorists.

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Illegal Aliens Just Want To Work, Right?

By William Teach October 23, 2023 – 10:30 am

They’re just coming here so they can ear their way to a better life, right?

Work permits for illegal migrants stands exposed as a red herring, not a solution

In a clear sign that “let them work” was always a red herring, not a real answer to the city’s illegal-migrant crisis, news broke at a City Council hearing last week that barely over  2,100 migrants in the city have applied for work authorization — with none yet winning an actual federal OK.

So much for Gov. Kathy Hochul’s boasts after she (and others) got President Joe Biden to expand Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelan migrants.

City officials say they’ve submitted 444 work applications; federal workers in Lower Manhattan, another 1,700.

More than 160,000 migrants have landed in the city during the crisis, with roughly 65,000 in the city’s care.

Some are clearly working off the books, while no one really knows how many actually qualify for work permits — the law requires most to file other paperwork first, and then wait months to apply for legal-work rights.

Sure, sure, it can be a mound of paperwork to attempt to apply, but, only 1,700 out of 160K? They’re more than happy to sit on the government dole. They’re getting tons of assistance for housing, food, clothing, schooling, and more, so, why go work? They can just chill and wait for their asylum application to be denied, then scoot off and disappear off into the U.S.

Illinois’ Migrant Health Care Subsidies Projected to Be $300 Million Over Budget

Illinois will pause a program intended to provide taxpayer subsidized health care to the influx of non-citizen arrivals. The program is already up to $831.6 million in projected taxpayer costs.

Well, hey, the majority of citizens of Illinois voted for this, so, they should be willing to pay an extra tax.

Migrant occupancy, Airbnb restrictions boosting recovery of hotel industry in New York City

New York City’s pandemic-battered hotel industry is slowly starting to recover, buoyed by municipal contracts to house thousands of foreign migrants arriving from abroad as well as a near-total ban citywide on services such as Airbnb.

Add to the mix rules enacted two years ago at the urging of the hotel-worker union that put up bureaucratic hurdles to opening any new hotel, and nightly rates are up, vacancy down, across the city. (snip)

But there are caveats for the industry to the favorable news: 13% of hotel rooms citywide are being occupied by the migrants. (snip)

The city has said it’s spending an average of about $383 per migrant per night — which covers room, board and other costs.

While this is good for the hotels, it’s a fake occupancy, since the government is overpaying for occupancy. It’s not because lots and lots of people are visiting for vacations and such. And the more illegals in hotels the more people will be reticent about booking at those hotels.

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Climahypocrites Harry And Meghan Sure Do Take Lots Of Private Fossil Fueled Flights

By William Teach October 23, 2023 – 7:15 am

But, see, they’re spreading awareness, so, they’re excused from being forced to do what you peasants will be forced to do

The Duke and Duchess of hypocrisy – Harry and Meghan burned nearly 10 TONS of CO2 by flying to Caribbean on private jet

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have burned nearly 10 tonnes of carbon after flying to the Caribbean on a private jet.

The couple flew over 4,000 miles from New Jersey to Canouan after attending a summit in New York on October 10.

Harry and Meghan also made a four-hour hop between the exclusive retreat and Atlanta in Georgia.

The visit comes after the pair attended a conference organised by Project Healthy Minds.

Zak Williams, the son on iconic actor Robin Williams, told attendees climate change was adversely impacting mental health, particularly among young people.

The Duke and Duchess have been keen to stress their support for tackling climate change in the past.

Remember, they also took the private flight to NYC from California. Then they would have flown from Atlanta back to California. Both of them have yammered quite a bit about climate doom, yet, constantly take long fossil fueled private flights. And live in a big mansion. Drive in low MPG SUVs. You, though, need to live in a tiny home, stay close to home, and ride a bike or the bus.

Speaking of buses

He means that all you peasants will need to take the bus, because EVs will be took expensive and limited (there are only so many metals to make batteries). Say, how did Mayor Pete get to Palm Beach? Did he take Amtrak from D.C.?

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Biden Losing Support From Muslims In America Who Hate Israel And Jews

By William Teach October 23, 2023 – 7:00 am

Even some of Biden’s double talk about Israel showing restraint and giving lots of money and aid to Gaza (meaning Hamas) wasn’t enough for them

‘I will never vote Biden’: Some Muslim Americans in a key swing state feel betrayed by the president

As President Joe Biden declared unwavering support for Israel in the days after Hamas’ terror attack in Israel, Ahmad Ramadan, a former Biden adviser now leading coalition efforts for the Michigan Democratic Party, called the state party chair to raise the alarm about what he was hearing.

Michigan has one of the largest Muslim and Arab American populations in the country, and they say their support for Biden was instrumental to putting him over the top in the critical swing state in 2020. But now, Ramadan and other Democratic leaders in the state were hearing nothing but frustration with Biden — and threats to not vote for him again.

In a series of more than a dozen roundtable discussions with Muslim community leaders in the two weeks since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, Ramadan said the main takeaway is that “people are very disappointed.” They say they “will not forget what President Biden did and why he lied to them,” he added.

“President Biden won with historic numbers in 2020. And I was proud to represent that, but the last two weeks have really shifted things,” Ramadan said. “I’ve also been getting calls from people saying, ‘I have blood on my hands because I got people out to support him during that campaign.’”

They’re welcome to go back to their shithole Islamist nations if they do not like it here. Sorry, not all of us will capitulate to the extremist Islam view

Now, though, Muslim leaders are warning that Democrats risk losing their support, too, if Biden and the party do not do more to combat Islamophobia and address the pain many are feeling about the war in Gaza.

“Joe Biden has single-handedly alienated almost every Arab-American and Muslim American voter in Michigan,” said state Rep. Alabas Farhat, a Democrat whose district includes Dearborn, which is home to one of the largest Muslim and Arab American communities in the country.

In other words, they’re all on the side of the terrorists who like to kill young ravers, rape women, torture them, and behead babies. Especially Jews. Who want to wipe Israel from the world. These are extremists: why do we keep bringing people into the US with these beliefs? Same in other Western nations? They mostly do not assimilate, they want to keep their extremist views, and demand we accommodate them.

“That’s the plan right now,” Farhat said. “I think there’s going to be a lot of people that remember when you won Michigan years ago by a razor-thin margin, when you won Georgia with a razor-thin margin, when you won Arizona by a razor-thin margin — do not be surprised if there are consequences for your actions.”

In a sane world we would deport every single one of them who support Israel who are not already citizens.

The pro-terrorist organization supporters protested in Raleigh again Sunday

They marched through the streets of Downtown Raleigh, chanting “Free Palestine” and “End the Occupation,” referring to what they call–Israel’s “takeover” of what they believe is their land.

WRAL did zero Journalism to ask them what “end the occupation” means. If someone is occupying something, to not occupy means they are removed from it, right? Neither CBS17 nor ABC11 have mentioned the Jew hating protest. The Raleigh N&O did

People of all ages, including many who came to the rally with their entire families, cheered as speakers led chants of “free, free Palestine” and “long live the Intifada,” and called for an end to the bombings of Gaza, which have led to the deaths of more than 4,300 Palestinians, according to The Associated Press.

Perhaps they could have provided a bit of context on the Intifada thing, eh?

Other signs called for the U.S. to stop giving aid to Israel and repeated the common rallying cry, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” which many Israelis consider to be a call for the elimination of the Jewish state.

It does mean that. And Palestinians think that, because they’re the ones who came up with it.

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 22, 2023 – 3:32 pm

…are pine trees dying from beetles spreading from ‘climate change’, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is No Tricks Zone, with a post on Greenland’s tipping point cancelled.

It’s mountains week!

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach October 22, 2023 – 10:22 am

George Petty Patriotic Pinup

Happy Sunday! A gorgeous day in the Once and Future Nation Of America. The Sun is shining, the birds are screaming, and the Devils look good. This pinup is by George Petty, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Jihad Watch covers UK Muslims calling for jihad against Jews
  2. Victory Girls Blog notes Ilhan Omar’s day of rage
  3. This ain’t Hell... has stupid people of the week
  4. The Right Scoop covers terrorists crossing the border in record numbers
  5. The Other McCain discusses a death in Detroit
  6. The O.K. Corral has some true detective stories
  7. The Lid discusses the Bidenconomy being so bad it’s a security threat
  8. The Gateway Pundit shows protesters in India carrying the Italian flag
  9. The First Street Journal covers people fired for being pure stupid
  10. Powerline shows a pro-genocide rally in Brooklyn
  11. Pacific Pundit notes Senate Democrats blocking resolution condemning college Jew hatred
  12. Moonbattery covers Maxim making a man part of the hot 100 women
  13. Legal Insurrection discusses how higher education became Hamas apologists
  14. Geller Report notes what Hamas commanders told their soldiers to do to Jews
  15. And last, but, not least, Da Techguy’s Blog covers not wanting to hearing whining when you get what you asked for

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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Biden Tries To Bribe GOP With Border Stuff To Get Aid For Ukraine (and a little for Israel)

By William Teach October 22, 2023 – 7:00 am

Will Republicans capitulate, as usual, for a promise of border security that really isn’t?

Biden is dangling border security money to try to get billions more for Israel and Ukraine

President Joe Biden is trying to sweeten his pitch for more money for Ukraine by mixing in billions of dollars for securing the U.S.-Mexico border in the hope that it will bring more Republicans on board. (snip)

It’s not at all clear that including roughly $14 billion in border money included as part of the the $106 billion spending package the White House sent to Congress on Friday will placate those who are resisting.

“The border has never been a money issue,” said Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas. “It has always been a policy issue. So we need to get in a room, go to the White House and sort that out.”

Well, that won’t happen Dan Who’s Gone Squishy the past few years

There are rising numbers of migrants at the border; arrests for illegal crossings along the U.S.-Mexico line were up 21% to 218,763 last month, and Biden has repeatedly said Congress should act to fix outdated immigration laws. But in the meantime, his administration has developed policies that aim to deter migrants from making a dangerous and often deadly journey while also opening up new legal immigration pathways.

So, supposed deterrence while saying “sure, come on in, you’ll get amnesty”?

The funding request is an attempt not only to manage people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, but also to deal with the growing numbers of migrants who are already here, waiting for their cases to play out.

The White House proposal includes $1.6 billion to hire 1,600 new asylum officers and processing personnel, which could double the number of people working on asylum cases. It also suggests $1.4 billion to add 375 immigration judges and their teams in addition to money for 1,300 new border patrol agents. There is $4.4 billion for Homeland Security efforts, including increased funding for holding facilities as the administration works to quickly deport those who do not qualify for asylum.

None of this addresses stopping as much illegal immigration as possible. It’s all about helping out the ones who are here, especially since deportations are down as the Biden regime doesn’t seem keen on booting out that many. Where’s the money for a border wall, for border agents, and so on?

There’s also $1.3 billion requested for regional migration centers outside the U.S., a new effort brokered by the Biden administration to encourage would-be migrants to stay where they are and apply for asylum before crossing the deadly Darien gap between South and Central America.

F that. That’s not our responsibility. And would just invite more to make the trek.

Sen. Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat who leads a Senate panel that oversees funding for the Department of Homeland Security, was wary of mixing any effort to overhaul border policy into a debate over spending.

“How are we going to settle our differences over immigration in the next two weeks?” Murphy asked. “This is a supplemental funding bill. The minute you start loading it up with policies, that sounds like a plan to fail.”

It’s easy. Cut the aid to Ukraine by three-quarters. Increase the aid to Israel by at least double. Allow states to deploy their National Guard to the border. Anyone caught coming across is put right back across. End asylum. No more for at least 20 years. All who are here get processed quickly, and all that do not comply, which is around 90%, are immediately deported. Those allowed to stay must go through citizenship classes and pass. Border barriers in the areas illegals tend to cross. More Customs and Border agents. Now. Not a promise for this later. No amnesty, no pathway to citizenship.

We all know there are enough Republicans to make Biden’s proposal happen, though, right? To capitulate?

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Climate Crisis (scam) Is Keeping Therapists Up At Night

By William Teach October 21, 2023 – 3:00 pm

Perhaps they should seek out a qualified mental health professional who hasn’t been captured by a doomsday cult?

Climate Change Is Keeping Therapists Up at Night

Andrew Bryant can still remember when he thought of climate change as primarily a problem of the future. When he heard or read about troubling impacts, he found himself setting them in 2080, a year that, not so coincidentally, would be a century after his own birth. The changing climate, and all the challenges it would bring, were “scary and sad,” he said recently, “but so far in the future that I’d be safe.”

That was back when things were different, in the long-ago world of 2014 or so. The Pacific Northwest, where Bryant is a clinical social worker and psychotherapist treating patients in private practice in Seattle, is a largely affluent place that was once considered a potential refuge from climate disruption. Climate change sometimes came up in therapy sessions in the context of other issues — say, a couple having arguments because they couldn’t decide if it was still ethical to have kids — but it was rare, and usually fairly theoretical. “We’re lucky to be buffered by wealth and location,” Bryant said. “We are lucky to have the opportunity to look away.” (snip)

Now lots of Bryant’s clients wanted to talk about climate change. They wanted to talk about how strange and disorienting and scary this new reality felt, about what the future might be like and how they might face it, about how to deal with all the strong feelings — helplessness, rage, depression, guilt — being stirred up inside them.

Yeah, it’s most an uber-white Leftist thing. Most “minorities” (leftists think blacks in Africa, Asians in Asia, and Latinos in South America are “minorities”) just want that sweet, sweet climate cash

Bryant immersed himself in the subject, joining and founding associations of climate-concerned therapists. The Pacific Northwest, after all, was hardly alone in seeing scary new impacts, and lots of places were experiencing far worse. He searched for emerging research on the intersection of climate change and psychology, which was scattered across a variety of fields and journals, and eventually started a website, Climate & Mind, to serve as a sort of clearing house for other therapists searching for resources. Instead, the site became an unexpected window into the experience of would-be patients: Bryant found himself receiving messages from people around the world who stumbled across it while looking for help.

Perhaps he and the others should be telling their patients to just chill, everything is fine, Doom is not coming.

It had been a challenging few years, Bryant told me when I first called to talk about his work. There were some ways in which climate fears were a natural fit in the therapy room, and he believed the field had coalesced around some answers that felt clear and useful. But treating those fears also stirred up lots of complicated questions that no one was quite sure how to answer. The traditional focus of his field, Bryant said, could be oversimplified as “fixing the individual”: treating patients as separate entities working on their personal growth. Climate change, by contrast, was a species-wide problem, a profound and constant reminder of how deeply intertwined we all are in complex systems — atmospheric, biospheric, economic — that are much bigger than us. It sometimes felt like a direct challenge to old therapeutic paradigms — and perhaps a chance to replace them with something better.

So, crazy people being exposed to malpractice.

Rebecca Weston, a licensed clinical social worker practicing in New York and a co-president of the CPA-NA, told me that when she treats anxiety disorders, her goal is often to help the patient understand how much of their fear is internally produced — out of proportion to the reality they’re facing. But climate anxiety is a different challenge, because people worried about climate change and environmental breakdown are often having the opposite experience: Their worries are rational and evidence-based, but they feel isolated and frustrated because they’re living in a society that tends to dismiss them.

It’s all crazy. At least the wackos in Scientology leave everyone else alone. Heck, they, and ever crazier cults, seem better adjusted than the Cult of Climastrology.

It is a very, very long piece, full of Crazy.

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 21, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…are leaves falling from dying trees due to carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Greenie Watch, with a post on almost half of EV owners considering a switch back to gas.

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Chicago Alderman Take Exactly Wrong Message After Visiting Texas Border

By William Teach October 21, 2023 – 10:30 am

Apparently, right now, illegals are being told that Chicago is an awesome destination, hence why so many are being shipped to the sanctuary city. I’m sure illegals crossing in other areas are being told to go to Sanctuary City New York, others Boston, Denver, other progressive towns. San Diego has receive a whole ton of them, though, that seems more of Biden’s doing.

Chicago delegation tours Texas migrant camps; calls for feds to declare Chicago ‘disaster zone’

A group of Chicago City Council members this week traveled to Texas to visit El Paso, San Antonio, McAllen and Brownsville as part of an effort from Mayor Brandon Johnson to gain a better understanding of the migrant crisis as the border.

“With the weather growing colder and hundreds of migrants arriving each day, it is more important than ever that every stakeholder at the state, federal and local level work diligently to address this challenge, while continuing to meet the needs of Chicago and Illinois residents,” Johnson’s office said in a statement.

“The purpose of this trip is to review operations at federal processing centers, and municipal and NGO-led transit sites, and begin discussions with local stakeholders about ways to alleviate the financial and operations challenges in both Chicago and at the border,” the statement added.

“This is a federal crisis lacking federal funds,” (Alderman) Hall told NBC Chicago from Texas. “That’s why we need the President of the United States to level the playing field and allow our city to be seen as a disaster zone.”

“If Chicago is a destination, we need the federal government to see this as a housing crisis, an infrastructure crisis, a border crisis,” Hall said.

A disaster like all the border towns from Texas to California? The proper message would be that the border needs to be shut down as much as possible, anyone illegally present needs to be deported immediately, and asylum seekers need to apply outside the U.S. Oh, and that Democrats should stop inviting people to come to the U.S. in massive numbers.

Of course, Chicago is a disaster for other reasons.

Meanwhile

Democrat mayor of El Paso sends 178 busloads of migrants north to NYC, Chicago and Denver – despite the woke outrage mob claiming the ‘inhumane’ policy is Republican

Democratic leaders in El Paso, Texas have sent 178 busloads of migrants to New York, Chicago and Denver in less than a month, but only the state’s Republican governor is under fire for transporting migrants to sanctuary cities.

More than 7,700 migrants have been transported from West Texas since the city started its busing program on Sept. 22, the city told the DailyMail.com.

Chicago has received the most buses, with 73 charters going to Illinois. Another 55 have gone to New York City and 50 have traveled to Denver.

You aren’t really hearing anything about that, eh? I wonder why?

‘What we have shared with the mayor of El Paso is that there is no more room in Chicago,’ Alderman Will Hall told the ABC station in Chicago.

How much room is in El Paso, thanks to Democratic Party policies? Or Brownsville, McAllen, Laredo, Eagle Pass, and so many more? All those little towns and unincorporated areas, where illegals cross through citizen’s land and farms?

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