…is a horrible fossil fueled vehicle causing the air to be hazy, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is Pacific Pundit, with a post on “Tulsi Gabbard to declassify and release the Biden Admin’s classified domestic surveillance and censorship strategy.”
It’s a great week to wash the car.
Read: If All You See… »
Happy Sunday! Another fine day in Returned America. The Sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the Dodgers have started the season 9-1. This pinup is by Art Frahm, with a wee bit of help.
What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15
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.
Read: Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup »
They really, really do not want Trump to win. The thing is, if Trump wins, America wins. Too many countries have high tariffs on American goods, yet, America has low or no tariffs on imports. One would think the American news media might root for America
Why Trump May Get Away With His Tariff Trauma
As President Donald Trump announced historically high tariffs across the world this week, I expected a number of affected governments to rapidly and collectively fight back.
Instead, with the exception of China and a few scattered reprisals from allies, we’re seeing mainly cautious reactions. Foreign officials are talking about “calibrated” responses and keeping a “cool head.” Some are clearly hoping diplomacy will persuade Trump to back off some or many of his tariffs.
Or, they could remove the majority of their tariffs and have free trade with the US, allowing our goods into their nations with the same low, or no, tariffs we put on their goods coming into America
In conversations with diplomats, economists and former U.S. officials, I asked why. Weren’t they concerned this muddled, cautious global reaction would be too weak to persuade Trump to change course, or even embolden him to get tougher?
But these experts argued that there are compelling reasons many governments are not acting fast or in unison — not the least of which is that the world’s countries are not good at collective action, and many believe they have a better shot at accomplishing more, for themselves at least, if they avoid escalating the fight with Trump.
Besides, it’s not at all clear if any moves by other countries will deter Trump’s tariff mania.
One would think that Politico writer Nahal Toosi, who escaped from Iran with her family when she was 6, might root for America. But, she went to very liberal UNC Chapel Hill and has spent a lot of time working for very liberal outlets, and has seemed to criticize American policy, at least when Bush 43 and Trump were president. And, criticized Israel, of course. Is it really too much to ask for American news outlets to support America? Maybe American news outlets should be trying to convince foreign nations to change their course and axe their tariffs on American goods.
The European Union is a long-established exception on the trade front, obviously, and it is preparing at least two sets of retaliatory tariffs, though it’s spacing them out, reportedly in hopes of negotiations. But other groupings have yet to emerge to take on Trump’s tariffs.
They could negotiate for equitable tariffs. They could significantly reduce theirs.
Even if that day comes sooner than expected, one thing is for certain: One of the biggest costs of Trump’s trade war is the trust of other countries in America as a stable, reliable pillar of global trade.
In other words, Americans are just supposed to sit there and take the tariffs other countries place on the goods they make and ship from the US.
But, screw those penguins
????? BREAKING: Trump’s tariffs just declared war on PENGUINS. Yes, penguins. The internet retaliated with Star Wars scrolls, AI-generated polar bears in suits, and a viral plea: “If we don’t laugh, we’ll cry over $3,800 grocery bills.” Join the Antarctic Resistance. #MemeEconomy pic.twitter.com/pap8zWrDvw
— Zakir Kibria (@zakir_kibria) April 4, 2025
Read: Politico Seems Upset That America May Win With Tariffs »
If true, this would make submariners very happy
Climate change may make it harder to spot submarines
The pentagon “does not do climate-change crap”, said Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s defence secretary, on March 9th. “We do training and warfighting.” Fair enough. But a new nato study illustrates how closely the two are linked.
A submarine must remain undetected, eluding hydrophones towed by ships, dropped from planes and strung along the seabed. Just how quiet it needs to be depends on the surrounding water’s acidity, salinity and temperature.
Higher carbon-dioxide levels in the atmosphere change all these things. The gas’s mere presence acidifies seawater. Its warming effects alters its temperature, and by melting ice changes the salinity, too. Sources of ambient noise such as winds, waves and whales are all affected. And the changes all differ from place to place.
The oceans are slightly alkaline right now, on average about a PH of 8.1. To even start being acidic it has to be below 7.0. They have a long way to go, but, then, this is all about doomsaying for the future.
To work out the consequences for submariners, a team led by Andrea Gilli of the nato Defence College in Rome and Mauro Gilli of eth Zurich used computer modelling to examine how sound travelled through deep water in the past (from 1970 to 1999) and how climate models suggest it will do so in the future (from 2070 to 2099).
Computer models. Pffft
In the Sea of Japan, however, local conditions will make life easier for the hunters. North Korean submarines operating in those waters at a depth of 100m could previously get to within 10km away without detection. In the future, estimate the authors, they could be seen from 45km off.
The hypothetical scenario the study considers is based on a worst-case outcome in which nothing has been done to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions; a trajectory most scientists now consider unrealistic. All the same, the trends identified in the paper are noteworthy. In recent years there has been much talk of new detection methods making the oceans more transparent. In fact, argue the authors, the seas might become more opaque.
See? Future doom. Based on computer models. In other words, bullshit.
Read: Your Fault: Global Boiling Makes It Harder To Spot Submarines »
…is a field perfect for a giant solar farm, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is Don Surber, with a post on the NY Times reporting on the resistance.
Read: If All You See… »
It’s always something with the barking moonbats. It’s a wonderful Spring day, and they’re out being moonbats because Orange Man Bad
What is this nonsense about? https://t.co/zMCg2KtaPB
— TheMorningSpew2 (@TheMorningSpew2) April 4, 2025
Good question. What is it about?
(AP) Opponents of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk plan to rally across the U.S. on Saturday to protest the administration’s actions on government downsizing, the economy, human rights and other issues.
More than 1,200 “Hands Off!” demonstrations have been planned by more than 150 groups, including civil rights organizations, labor unions, LBGTQ+ advocates, veterans and fair-elections activists. The protests are planned for the National Mall in Washington, D.C., state capitols and other locations in all 50 states.
OK, so, what is it really about?
Um, OK? So, there’s no focus. Just a smattering of “this bothers me!” And, weirdly, it includes free speech. If Trump was a dictator they wouldn’t be allowed to protest. The graphic is from the announcement for Raleigh, with their unfocused bitchfest occuring from 11-1:30 downtown on Jones St. Sorry, I have better things to do.
I do love this graphic, posted in the announcement tweet at the top
If you need to do these things, it’s because you plan on being shady. Turning your phone signal off? Disable location? Bring an American Flag to blame Republicans? Face mask (weirdos). Warned to stay peaceful and composed (good luck on a moonbat staying composed)? Mental preparation to attend a protest? LOL.
Read: Moonbats To Have A “Hands Off” Protest Today Or Something »
Why does it always seem to be that cult is looking to take money from Other People? Along with taking their freedom and life choices
Hopes fade for climate cash from carbon price on shipping
Government negotiators at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) are likely to agree next week to put a price on at least some shipping emissions, with most of the money going to subsidise clean fuels and help ports and workers adjust to their use, sources close to the talks told Climate Home.
The negotiations in London run until April 11 – and nothing has yet been finally agreed. But governments are discussing the details of a proposal put forward by the talks’ Norwegian chair Sveinung Oftedal in an attempt to reach a compromise on the first such system for a global sector.
The proposal says that revenues raised for the new IMO Net Zero Fund should be spent within the shipping sector and its fuel supply chain.
It specifies that the money should be allocated to green fuels and the infrastructure and workers needed to transition to them, to protecting the maritime industry from climate change, and to addressing negative impacts from a carbon price on shipping emissions, such as food inflation caused by rising shipping costs.
Well, most of those “green fuels” do not exist in any sort of amount that would allow shipping to continue. Not these these cultists care.
Climate campaigners – and some countries, particularly small island and African nations – had hoped that at least some of the revenue would be spent on climate action in developing countries outside the shipping sector, on things like solar panels, drought-resistant seeds and rebuilding roads destroyed by floods.
Last week, Kenyan climate envoy Ali Mohamed wrote in a piece for Climate Home that the money raised should “transcend the maritime sector” and support “broader climate projects” including in landlocked states.
But some other developing countries do not want this money – much of which will be paid by shipowners in their nations – to replace the climate finance that rich governments are supposed to provide under the UN climate convention.
In other words, it’s a scam to redistribute money that wasn’t earned. Same old same old.
Shipowners will have to pay if they don’t reduce emissions by a certain percentage by set years.
The chair’s proposal is to use the targets agreed for global shipping in 2023 – a 20% reduction in emissions by 2030 and 70% by 2040.
If a ship does not meet these targets, it will have to buy a permit known as a “remedial unit” from the IMO’s Net Zero Fund. This is likely to be several hundreds of dollars per tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emitted above the agreed level.
And guess who is going to pay for this? Anyone?
Read: Bummer: Climate Cash For Shipping Push Not Going Well »
This has made Democrats, including WRAL, very unhappy
Republican Jefferson Griffin wins NC appeals court challenge in case contesting 65K ballots
Thousands of North Carolina voters could soon have their 2024 ballots thrown out, the state Court of Appeals ruled Friday in a case that could flip to Republicans another seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court months after the November election.
If the ruling stands, the State Board of Elections would be required to ask more than 60,000 voters to provide proof of their identity. Anyone who doesn’t respond will have their ballot thrown out — an outcome that could tilt the narrow race for the high-court seat in favor of the Republican candidate, Jefferson Griffin, who challenged the ballots.
The 2-1 ruling, which came down along party lines, also identified several hundred voters who it said should have their ballots thrown out no matter what, based on a new interpretation of the state constitution.
Griffin, who is a judge on the Court of Appeals, challenged Democratic incumbent Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs for her seat on the high court in the 2024 election. Recounts showed that Riggs received 734 more votes than Griffin. But the winner of the race hasn’t been made official, while Griffin challenges the voters’ registration and the validity of their ballots.
The biggest group of the more than 60,000 voters Griffin is challenging are those who he says lack identifying information in a state database that’s supposed to collect the driver’s license number or Social Security number of voters when they register.
In other words, thees are people who, at least for the moment, cannot prove they are who they are.
(CBS17) “North Carolina Democrats WILL fight this decision. But make no mistake, the statewide court of appeals bench has cowered to political pressure and corruption from their own party. The NCGOP and RNC are trying to steal an election and test the waters for future election denial,” said Anderson Clayton, Chair of the NC Democratic Party, on Twitter.
“This decision ultimately will be appealed to the North Carolina Supreme Court now. Where Republicans maintain a 5-2 majority. (And since Justice Riggs recused herself, it’s a 5-1 majority.) NC voters will see just how corrupt the State Supreme Court when they rule on this case,” her tweet said.
And, maybe enough of the people will respond and Riggs will still win. But, Democrats are very unhappy when anyone challenges their shadiness. Obviously, the Raleigh News and Observer editorial board is already out with their whining
In a stunning decision that changes the rules of an election after that election has occurred, the court ruled that the vast majority of the votes in question must be recounted and verified, and voters will be given 15 days to “cure” their ballots by providing documentation to verify their identities.
The ruling creates a dangerous precedent for overturning an election result that the loser simply doesn’t like.
I don’t remember the N&O saying the same when Al Gore was trying to overturn the 2000 election, or the Democrats were trying to overturn the 2004 election in favor of John Kerry. Nor did they complain about all the shenanigans during the 2020 election.
Read: NC Court Requires Over 60K Votes To Be Proven Real In Supreme Court Election »
Regardless of your opinion on global warming, whether it is mostly/solely caused by Mankind, mostly/solely natural, or some mix, the actions of the Warmists, who became a full fledged cult, have made a real mess of things
The new Secretary of Energy Chris Wright returned to his home state Thursday to tour the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, as the Trump administration continues to mull budget, staff and policy changes at the agency.
The department oversees a vast portfolio of national laboratories, maintains the country’s nuclear weapons stockpile and funds an innovation office to support new technology. The renewables laboratory in Golden has thousands of employees and has made key innovations in solar, wind and other clean-energy technologies meant to reduce planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.
Wright praised the lab’s work during remarks to staff. But during remarks with reporters, Wright, the former head of the Denver-based fracking company now called Liberty Energy, said that calling climate change a crisis was a form of political theater that led to destructive policy choices.
“The biggest barrier in energy development the last few decades is people, for political reasons, calling climate change a crisis,” Wright said. He said climate alarmism led to policies that curtailed American infrastructure and may not actually reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
“So factories that would’ve been here in Colorado are instead in Texas or in Asia. You can say this is all for climate change,” Wright said. “But most of that is just nonsense. Honestly, it’s just nonsense.”
He’s right. The doomsaying began 35 years or so ago, and continued to increase exponentially, until they called it a crisis. They Demanded that the only energy could be “green”, but, immediately started trying to nix hydropower, because it requires dams. And the extreme enviros do not like dams, because they might block a little fish. And then they sue to stop solar and wind because they may mess up a turtle, and sue to stop transmission lines. And most do not want nuclear, except a few like Michael “Robust Debate” Mann. So, they stymie energy production. They could have worked to slowly eliminate coal (I’m not a big fan), while moving towards more natural gas and nuclear, while slowly working to make hydro, solar, and wind a reality, especially putting R&D into them to make them produce way more energy for the money. And more for homes, so that people were not reliant on the grid. But, no, they went batguano insane.
Colorado is not exactly the best state for wind and solar. First, you have to clearcut massive acres. Then you have to do with high winds, at which turbines cannot operate, and snow for solar. Companies are not fans of unreliable and expensive power.
Read: Energy Secretary Says Climate Cult Has Hurt Energy Development »
…is a dying field from carbon pollution that leads to serial killers, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is Bunkerville, with a post wondering if the economy is a zero sum game.
Read: If All You See… »
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