National People’s Congress Black Caucus Extols Companies Complying With DEI

By William Teach September 10, 2024 – 7:00 am

This kind of governmental interference in private companies goes way beyond socialism

Congressional Black Caucus releases corporate accountability report on DEI

A majority of Fortune 500 companies have maintained their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) despite growing political and legislative attacks on such practices, according to a new report from the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) released Monday.

The report, “What Good Looks Like: A Corporate Accountability Report on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion,” is the first-of-its-kind report to grade such companies on DEI commitments and racial equity investments since the 2020 murder of George Floyd.

Following Floyd’s killing, a host of U.S. companies pledged to invest in efforts to reduce racial inequities across the nation and to strengthen their DEI efforts.

Would these be some of the same companies which were robbed, looted, set on fire during the mostly peaceful but fiery protests?

The report follows months of the CBC leaders meeting with CEOs and other C-suite executives in Fortune 500 companies. It also includes a ranking report card of each sector.

The financials sector had the highest response rate to the CBC’s report and came in fourth on the report card with 34 out of 93 companies receiving a top score for their efforts.

Communications services had the highest ranking, with 9 out of 19 companies receiving a top score for their efforts.

First, by what constitutional provision are these sitting members of the National People’s Congress, er, U.S. Congress, interfering with the operations of private businesses? Second, it sure seems like these CBC members are saying that blacks are unable to succeed unless they are handed everything on a silver platter. Personally, I have a more positive opinion of blacks and their ability to succeed like everyone else.

This is government intimidation at it’s worst.

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College Students Go Gilligan’s Island To Keep The Lights On

By William Teach September 9, 2024 – 3:19 pm

Remember when the Professor built a generator?

Well

College students keep lights on by using gym equipment: ‘Super exciting … that there is an impact’

Students at Brown University have found a novel way to generate clean energy.

According to Kristin Toussaint of Fast Company, the college has installed eight SportsArt machines in the Nelson Fitness Center on campus. The new hardware takes kinetic energy from treadmills, rowing machines, and stair machines and converts it into electricity.

The initiative was powered by senior Elina Pipa, who took a class on climate solutions.

“The place where I felt like I could make a difference and really be passionate about implementing this project was Brown,” Pipa said. “I really hoped to make my pitch come true, if possible.” (snip)

As more and more institutions look to make a green energy push, you can expect to see more of these unique solutions in the hunt for sustainable, renewable energy sources. From passive and net-zero buildings and retrofittings, to the surging implementation of solar resources, organizations worldwide are committing more resources to going green.

I mean, it’s not a bad idea, converting that exercise into electricity, but, wouldn’t it just be easier to build nuclear power plants? And having the college kids give up their own use of fossil fueled vehicles? How soon till colleges start making these kinds of power generation mandatory for the kiddies?

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If All You See…

By William Teach September 9, 2024 – 1:00 pm

…is snow that will soon disappear from the world because Other People use air conditioning, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Independent Sentinel, with a post about a report saying the US Coast Guard has been ordered to allow Haitian cannibals into the U.S.

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House Report Shows Biden-Harris So Intent On Getting Out Of Afghanistan They Ignored All Advice

By William Teach September 9, 2024 – 10:30 am

The Biden-Harris supporters like to say “hey, Biden was just following Trump’s plan”, but, that plan was old, Biden was the actual president, and he refused to listen, because, plans can, you know, be updated and changed

Biden was hellbent on leaving Afghanistan – ignoring military advice, NATO objections and Afghan pleas: House report

President Biden was so hellbent on getting out of Afghanistan that he rebuked any advice to the contrary, ignored the pleas of the Afghan government and disregarded objections from US allies.

That was the one of the main takeaways from the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s more than two-year investigation into America’s chaotic, deadly Afghanistan withdrawal, according to a blistering report released Sunday. (snip)

His administration consistently lied to and misled the American public to try to convince them to support his consequences-be-damned view that the US should swiftly end it’s 20-year war in Afghanistan, the review said.

Former President Donald Trump’s administration had previously created and entered into the Doha Agreement with the Afghan government and the Taliban to end the US war in Afghanistan.

But Biden forged ahead with little deference to the terms of the agreement — no matter the cost — though he would later blame the same document for forcing his hand, the report found.

That plan noted that withdrawal was based on the Taliban meeting certain terms: unsurprisingly, Biden totally ignored those terms in his rush to get out of Afghanistan.

On Feb. 4, 2021, then-State Department spokesman Ned Price announced that the US would begin the review to assess the Taliban’s adherence to the Doha Agreement to evaluate whether the US should imminently withdraw from Afghanistan.

But “in his testimony before the committee, contrary to his public statement, Mr. Price asserted the Taliban’s adherence to the Doha Agreement was in fact ‘immaterial’ to the Biden-Harris administration’s decision to withdraw from Afghanistan,” the document found.

And what was Kamala doing? She did say, after all, that she was the last person in the room during withdrawal and had a large hand in crafting the withdrawal.

Biden made the decision to pull out entirely despite nearly every military official advising against it, the document said.

“Despite President Biden’s public assertions to the contrary, our investigation has revealed the secretary of defense, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the commander of US Central Command, the secretary of state, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the commander of NATO’s Resolute Support Mission and United States Forces-Afghanistan all advised against withdrawing all US troops from the country — both during and after the interagency review,” the report said.

We all witnessed this live on TV as the Taliban overran the nation, took over military bases, claimed billions in military material, and killed American citizens. It’s a long article, worth the read. And, let’s not forget, the fecklessness of the Biden-Harris admin led Russia to think they could easily invade Ukraine.

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Warmists Wants Americans To Turn Off Their AC Or Something

By William Teach September 9, 2024 – 7:00 am

Why can’t these nags just mind their own business?

Scientist calls for Americans to cut off air conditioning in summer, claiming it causes global warming

A scientist is calling for Americans to cut off air conditioning after refusing to use it for 25 years during the throes of the summer in order to combat climate change.

Stan Cox is an Ecosphere Fellow at the Land Institute who also believes the U.S. military is an “enemy” to mitigating climate change. He wrote a guest essay in the New York Times on Saturday, “I Swore Off Air-Conditioning, and You Can, Too,” claiming that “air-conditioning is making our summers even hotter” due to climate change.

“The greenhouse gases created by the roughly 90 percent of American households that own A.C. units mean that running them even in balmy temperatures is making the climate crisis worse,” Cox wrote.

Yeah yeah yeah. You do you. Leave the rest of us alone. Of course, you know that these cultists want to get the government to force people to turn the AC off, or, at least keep it at a much higher temperature.

For those who might say it’s a drastic step that’s too far, Cox believes that they’ll get used to living without AC.

“Our species evolved, biologically and culturally, under wildly varying climatic conditions, and we haven’t lost that ability to adapt. Research suggests that when we spend more time in warm or hot summer weather, we can start feeling comfortable at temperatures that once felt insufferable. That’s the key to reducing dependence on air-conditioning: The less you use it, the easier it is to live without it,” he said.

Piss off. No one asked for your opinion or advice.

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Owner Looking To Sell Apartment Complex Taken Over By Venezuelan Gang

By William Teach September 9, 2024 – 6:45 am

I’d be surprised if anyone would want to purchase it

Landlord forced to sell Colorado apartment complex after it was taken over by Venezuelan migrant gang Tren de Aragua

A Colorado landlord has agreed to sell a troubled apartment complex that was taken over by the violent Venezuelan migrant gang Tren de Aragua.

Landlord Zev Baumgarten has been fighting with the Denver suburb of Aurora over the Aspen Grove after the city accused him of allowed it to become a trash-ridden, gang-infested hellhole, according to records obtained by the Denver Gazette.

Baumgarten is also the owner of another apartment complex where a viral video showed a crew of gun-toting thugs breaking into a unit, according to the Gazette.

Baumgarten’s company has now agreed to sell, lease, or find some “similar disposition” for the complex — which was shuttered in August, displacing some 300 residents, the Gazette reported.

Of course, he didn’t exactly keep the property properly, nor another owned by his holding company. Regardless, why is the U.S. government allowing known Venezuelan gang members to remain in the United States? It used to be that Los Federales would actively try and catch them and deport them. Now they do….nothing. Heck, how many were actually allowed to cross the border versus sneaking across?

Peruvian illegal immigrant arrested in Virginia after allegedly abducting teenager: police

A Peruvian illegal immigrant has been arrested after allegedly abducting a high school student in Manassas, Virginia, as she was walking to school, according to police.

The Manassas Police Department said 23-year-old Jesus Enrique Ramirez Cabrera was arrested on Friday and charged with abduction, robbery, impersonation of law enforcement and petit larceny.

Police received a call from a resident who said they located a girl in distress near the intersection of Quarry Road and Zebedee Street. (snip)

Federal sources told Fox News that Cabrera is a Peruvian illegal immigrant who was captured at the Arizona border in December and released into the U.S.

This falls directly on the shoulders of Biden-Harris for allowing the situation to get so bad that the authorities cannot do their job in properly vetting those coming in.

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Forget The EV, Picked Up An Accord Hybrid

By William Teach September 8, 2024 – 3:47 pm

I finally made the decision, and just couldn’t do an EV. If I look at the biggest pros in my mind

  • Ridiculously low lease price of $298 a month with nothing down for 36 months/30,000 miles
  • Bose stereo system, and it is freaking loud
  • The vehicle is pretty loaded
  • Can get $750 worth of free charging
  • Plenty of room, not too long

to the biggest cons

  • It is really wide, 5 inches wider than anything I’ve driven on a consistent basis (not a big negative, though. I could get used to it)
  • There are zero fast chargers near me. Closest could take 15 minutes. I’d have to really plan.
  • Power company said it would cost around $2k to install a level 2 charger out front, since I do not have a garage, based on what they’ve done many times. You only really save money if you charge at home. Charging is my biggest issue, it is just too inconvenient.
  • Range comes into play only a few times a year, like going to Wrightsville Beach or driving to see the parents in NJ. It’s a pain.

Honda put some serious loyalty money on Accords, and I still had some positive equity in my Civic (as things get back to normal, I would have had zero equity in March, since my lease on the Civic ends on April 4th, where a year ago I would probably have had $4k positive in the same situation). There was a white Sport L in the clearance zone, so, really, not much more than a Sport Accord, and I get leather, memory seats, and seat heaters (not that I care, I rarely use them).

And, yes, it is a hybrid. Loving it so far. I’ve obviously driven them, but, never owned one. It is unbelievably quiet, and sneakily fast. Have wireless Android Auto, remote start, and way more. Only thing missing, weirdly, is defrost mirrors. Never noticed that before. I get a lot of ice and fog living with the river behind me. Oh, well, have to keep a bottle of ice away in the trunk again.

It is white, haven’t been a fan of white in a long time (my first car I bought on my own was a white Ford Probe, so, soured me), but, it looks great with the black rims and trim (generic photo from a dealership, too lazy to get up and take a photo)

I would have been ok with red, silver, and Urban Grey. Bright blue and black, no way. The range is good enough I might be able to go between Raleigh and NJ without stopping to fill up.

Maybe by the time this lease is up EVs will be in a position that there is no charging and range anxiety.

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If All You See…

By William Teach September 8, 2024 – 1:44 pm

…is snow that is disappearing because Other People drive fossil fueled vehicles, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Green Jihad, with a post on Stellanis laying people off despite getting millions in Biden-Harris EV grants.

It’s snow week.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach September 8, 2024 – 9:02 am

Happy Sunday! It’s another fine day in the Once And Future Nation Of America. The Sun is shining, the hummingbirds are humming, and the Giants return for their 6-11 season. This pinup is by Baron Von Lind, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Cold Fury: The Axis of Prestige
  2. Dissecting Leftism: The New York Times’ Weird Attack on JD Vance Once again
  3. Gates Of Vienna: Those Busy, Busy Knives
  4. Geeez: THIS is happening IN AMERICA??
  5. Jihad Watch: CUNY: Pro-Hamas demonstrators protest Hillel events, carry banners saying ‘Bring the war home’
  6. Legal Insurrection: Hamas Using Hostages to Wage Psychological Warfare on Israel, Terror Group’s Leaked Document Shows
  7. Maggie’s Farm: A history of the Italian peninsula, via the food
  8. Moonbattery: Colt Gray and LGBT Violence
  9. Pacific Pundit: Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang member arrested in Prairie du Chien (Wisconsin) after sexual assault – Thanks Kamala!
  10. Sultan Knish: Gov. Walz’s Legacy is That Majority of Students Can No Longer Read
  11. The Gateway Pundit: World Economic Forum Finally Tells the Truth About Covid: It Was a ‘Test’ of Our Obedience to Rapidly Forming New World Order
  12. The Last Refuge: Biden Admits “Inflation Reduction Act” was actually the “Green New Deal” Con
  13. This ain’t Hell…: Stupid people of the week
  14. Victory Girls Blog: The Kamala Harris Silent Puppet Campaign
  15. And last, but, not least, The Lid has Women’s College Bravely Confirms No Transgender Students Allowed Rule

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, so, most are hosted internally). 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-Harris Admin “Switches” To Pressuring Israel For Deal Instead Of Hamas

By William Teach September 8, 2024 – 7:00 am

Of course, how much pressure has the Biden-Harris admin put on the US State Department designated terrorist organization Hamas since they attacked and slaughtered, raped, kidnapped, and tortured Jewish civilians? Did they even threaten them to return the hostages immediately, especially the American citizens? And pressured Hamas’ supporters in other nations?

US switched to pressuring Israel for hostage deal concessions, officials say

Israeli officials responded Saturday evening to CIA Director Bill Burns’ comments, in which he said that a new framework for an agreement between Israel and Hamas would be presented in the coming days.

“The Americans are very eager to conclude the negotiations and finalize a deal because of the American hostages,” said the Israeli officials.

“If they were able to reach a direct deal with Hamas to free the American citizens held hostage, they would likely have done so,” the officials noted. “Now, they are choosing to pressure Israel instead of pressuring Hamas. The Americans should have long ago demanded that Qatar expel all Hamas members residing in the country—but that hasn’t happened.”

According to the officials, “Until the murder of the six hostages, the administration projected optimism, even praising Israel and emphasizing that Hamas was the side that needed to compromise. The execution of the six hostages significantly changed the tone.”

“It seems that Washington feels helpless toward Hamas and is choosing to pressure Israel, which has already shown a willingness to make concessions for the deal,” they added.

Helpless? The most powerful nation on Earth is helpless? Well, yeah, because the Biden-Harris admin started out by showing weakness before the October 7th attack, and continue to be feckless after. The never threatened Hamas, never gave them an ultimatum, never told them to stand down and surrender. They’ve simply been telling Israel to have restraint. To not go in to certain Gaza areas.

According to a report by Reuters, Burns stated that 90% of the details in the deal to release the hostages have already been agreed upon, adding that the US would continue to work as hard as possible along with the other mediators on a ceasefire in Gaza.

90%, eh? Israel wants the hostages back. Period. Hamas doesn’t want to give them up, and wants to retain their ability to launch terrorist attacks on Jewish civilians.

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