Brandon Admin Doing A Poor Job Of Informing Congress On Balloons

By William Teach February 15, 2023 – 10:30 am

His administration is doing a pretty piss poor job with informing the public, as well

Administration scrambles to quell Congress’s frustration over balloon, UFOs

Senior administration officials scrambled Tuesday to quell frustrations expressed by lawmakers about a lack of timely information concerning several flying objects and a Chinese spy balloon shot down over the past two weeks.

In a classified briefing on Tuesday, the officials offered an update on the three aerial objects shot down Friday afternoon and last weekend. Separately, officials said they believed the objects were not threats to national security and were benign balloons.

It’s unclear just how much the briefing calmed lawmakers, as senators say they didn’t get answers to several questions, including who launched the objects that were shot down in recent days, whether they were military or commercial vehicles and what they were doing in the sky.

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said after the briefing that Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) will lead an investigation into why the balloons weren’t detected earlier.

“We still have questions about why they didn’t discover these balloons sooner, these objects sooner,” Schumer told reporters after the weekly Democratic caucus meeting. “Sen. Tester is going to lead our caucus in investigating this. It’s a good question. We need to answer it.”

“Senior administration officials.” Because there is almost nothing from Biden.

The U.S. military has yet to recover the vehicles shot down over Alaska, Canada and Lake Huron, leaving much unknown about them.

It might be nice to know why the U.S. military had to act to shoot the one over Canada. Don’t they have an air force? Meh, maybe that’s a discussion for the Canadian parliament to ask PM Trudeau.

Sen. Ron Wyden (Ore.), a senior Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said the administration can still be more transparent and forthcoming about its handling of balloons and other aerial objects entering U.S. airspace.

“I think it can be done without compromising, in intelligence lingo, ‘sources and methods,’” he said.

Biden is uninterested in being transparent. And Senators are pretty unhappy that they really aren’t getting much information.

(CBC) Former Pentagon official Elbridge Colby said intelligence sensors have been adjusted to detect objects they wouldn’t have been able to see before, which could be why we have seen the recent discoveries.

That means it’s still possible we could see more news of unknown objects in our skies or being shot down.

One would have thought the U.S. military and intelligence agencies would have used their enormous budgets to look for anything, but, I guess they have been distracted by their march towards Woke.

(NY Post) After four “balloon” shootdowns in nine days, plus official denials after one general said this might be a space-alien thing, only one thing is crystal clear: The Biden administration needs to get out a lot more facts and explanations, or conspiracy theories will run rampant.

The White House said Monday that President Joe Biden has no intention of explaining his decisions. Ridiculous.

Are more balloons suddenly coming, or has US policy changed to a “down them all” approach — and if so, why? You have to fear the White House is simply desperate to show toughness after it got caught trying to let the initial Chinese espionage craft proceed safely.

Don’t expect to get answers from Biden anytime soon.

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Your Fault: Climate Emergency May Be Spreading Malaria In Africa

By William Teach February 15, 2023 – 7:15 am

Apparently, malaria was super-isolated before fossil fueled vehicles. Just a few cases. No big deal. But, now, Doom!

How Climate Change Is Spreading Malaria in Africa

Warming temperatures are chasing animals and plants to new habitats, sometimes with devastating consequences to ecosystems. But there is little evidence regarding how far and how fast the invaders might be moving.

A new study offers a glimpse of the future by looking to the past. Mosquitoes that transmit malaria in sub-Saharan Africa have moved to higher elevations by about 6.5 meters (roughly 21 feet) per year and away from the Equator by 4.7 kilometers (about three miles) per year over the past century, according to the study.

You mean the early part of the 20th Century, when we are told that CO2 was below the safe level of 350ppm? And there hadn’t been that much warming? Say, can we compare what’s happening now with what happened during previous Holocene warm periods? And realize that mosquitos are found in most US states, found in Alaska, found in Canada, and have been for about as long as Mankind has been in North America?

That pace is consistent with climate change and may explain why malaria’s range has expanded over the past few decades, the authors said. The results have serious implications for countries that are unprepared to cope with the disease.

Well, now, if only 1st World nations hadn’t made it so 3rd world ones stopped using DDT.

“If this were random, and if it were unrelated to climate, it wouldn’t look as cleanly climate-linked,” said Colin Carlson, a biologist at Georgetown University’s Center for Global Health Science and Security and the paper’s lead author. The study was published on Tuesday in the journal Biology Letters.

Sounds more like climate activism than science, eh? All the other Credentialed Media Warmists got the message

And many more. Africa can solve this by paying taxes and installing more dictators.

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Too Good To Check: “Sources” Say Trump Wants Firing Squads, Hangings, And Group Executions

By William Teach February 15, 2023 – 7:00 am

This is obviously just the start of the attacks on Trump, and certainly won’t be the craziest

Trump’s plan for a 2nd term reportedly includes firing squads, hangings, and group executions

As Donald Trump’s second re-election bid begins to pick up steam in the new year, details about the former president’s plans for his return to the White House have begun to emerge — including a new report from Rolling Stone, which alleges Trump has begun polling his advisers on whether he should bring back firing squads, hangings, and even the guillotine should he win in 2024.

Ah. It’s from Rolling Stone, which, at one point, was counter-culture, was against big government. Certainty, they have rock solid sources, right?

According to two sources, the former president has even begun exploring the possibility of group executions, with a third person claiming Trump has expressed interest in a government ad campaign to highlight the administration’s lethality and, per Rolling Stone‘s source, “help put the fear of God into violent criminals.” A Trump campaign spokesperson denied the former president had plans for an execution ad campaign in a statement to Rolling Stone.

So, three un-named sources. Consequently, RS refused to name the Trump spokesperson, who seemed to be going on the record, but, naming that person makes the rest look bad.

This latest report has earned harsh rebukes from some, including journalist Oliver Willis, who called it the “kind of fascist s–t Republican primary voters love.” Citing a 2016 campaign event in which Trump enthusiastically lauded the disproven myth that U.S. General John Pershing summarily executed dozens of Muslim prisoners in the Philippines with ammunition “dipped […] in pig’s blood,” Semafor Washington Bureau Chief Benjy Sarlin wryly noted that now Trump was “moderating his stance ahead of 2024, before he just favored summary executions while defiling the bodies.”

If you’re calling Oliver Willis a journalist, you have no credibility. Semafor leans left.

Could the report be correct? You never know with Trump, and never know if he’s just yammering off the top or really serious. Anyhow, the Rolling Stone piece yammers a lot about prisoners on federal death row. These are horrible people who did horrible things. If a piece is going to run 3 anonymous sources, offer zero proof, it’s exactly what Trump constantly called fake news. And most Americans aren’t going to cry over executing the scum of the earth.

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We Totally Need Bipartisan Climate Doom Solutions Or Something

By William Teach February 14, 2023 – 3:00 pm

Listen, I’m not necessarily against certain measures if done correctly. I’m not against solar, wind, geothermal, hydrothermal, as long as they are effective, reliable, and inexpensive, without destroying the landscape and waterways. I’m not against EVs, they do not need to be forced on citizens in a Free country. I’m dead set against measures that skyrocket the cost of living and give government more power over citizens. I’m not against doing more for clean air, land, and waters, but, that is an environmental issue, not a climate crisis scam issue. Unfortunately, there are some Republicans who are buying into the scam. This is written by

Ryan Costello, a Republican from Pennsylvania, served in the House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019 and was a member of the Climate Solutions Caucus.

Francis Rooney, a Republican from Florida, served in the House of Representatives from 2017 to 2021 and was the co-chair of the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus.

And they are no longer in Congress, because they suck

Opinion | How to Make Climate Change a Bipartisan Priority

As a divided Congress gets underway, the environmental movement must confront a fundamental, and perhaps uncomfortable, reality: The U.S. will not be able to successfully address climate change without bipartisanship.

This is not to discount last year’s passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which Democrats squeezed through Congress without any GOP votes. However, there is still much work to do on climate and likely a decade’s wait, or longer, until Democrats again secure unified control of government. In the last half century, neither party has recaptured full control of Washington, after losing it, in fewer than 10 years. In the post-World War II period, the average time it has taken is 14 years. At this pace, it will be 2033, 2035, or 2037 before Democrats again hold the House, Senate and White House.

They seem rather upset that no Republican voted for the IRA scam, and seem bummed that Democrats won’t control Congress anytime soon, where they can jam through climate BS like the IRA.

We simply cannot wait that long to pass additional climate legislation. The stakes are too high and the time is too short, especially in light of increasingly frequent and visible climate impacts. So relying exclusively on Democrats for continued climate progress would be a strategic blunder. Bipartisanship is the only assured path to decarbonizing at scale and speed.

See? And they are upset that Republicans won’t bend the knee, when Democrats never do.

Despite this reality, the climate movement has done far too little to lay the groundwork for bipartisan action. For years, philanthropists have poured money into progressive climate groups, while largely overlooking opportunities to engage right-of-center communities on this topic. The data bear this out. According to an analysis by Northeastern University, less than 2 percent of climate philanthropy has gone to engaging conservatives on climate change. On a very practical level, this imbalance misses an opportunity to build a broader tent and delays the elevation of climate as a bipartisan priority.

Because Conservatives haven’t drunk the climate koolaid, but, some squishy RINOs have. And there’s lots of whining by the two, especially in terms of why Republicans won’t just capitulate and Do Something, but, it’s short on recommending any actual solutions. They can both f*ck off with their climate cult crap.

From the nexus of climate and trade to pollution pricing to natural climate solutions, there are many promising areas for bipartisan progress. But unless the environmental community embraces this mandate, and dedicates resources and attention accordingly, we will fail to meet the responsibilities of our moment in history.

This is the environmental movement’s vulnerability, but also its opportunity. Building bipartisan routes forward on climate won’t be easy. But it is the work that can, and must, be done.

Funny how the climate emergency is being linked to pretty much everything, right? It’s almost like this has nothing to do with climate or science.

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If All You See…

By William Teach February 14, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…is a coconut, which shall soon grown on trees in the Arctic, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Jo Nova, with a post on Australia’s biggest renewable energy project grinding to a halt.

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America’s Leaders Are Gasping For Answers On Balloons

By William Teach February 14, 2023 – 12:10 pm

Um, if they’re gasping for answers, then people are failing to do their jobs. They’re balloons. They were shot down. You’d think all those over-paid government workers would have a clue

A trio of new intrusions leaves America’s leaders grasping for explanations

A deepening national security mystery is threatening a political storm after US fighter jets scrambled three days in a row to shoot down a trio of unidentified aerial objects high over the North American continent.

The flurry of attacks on the unknown crafts came a week after the highly public tracking and ultimate downing of a Chinese balloon suspected of carrying out surveillance. Now, the thin details trickling out of the Pentagon and Capitol Hill about are making an already highly unusual international episode even more bizarre and confusing.

No one – not the White House, the Pentagon or the government of Canada, whose airspace has also been infringed – seems able to say exactly what is going on with these latest downed crafts. This raises questions for top military brass and US spy agencies as well as for the potential safety of civilian aviation. And it creates an information vacuum that Republicans are again using to question President Joe Biden’s leadership.

They’re either lying about knowing what’s going on, or they’re clueless. Both are concerning. And Biden hasn’t really said anything. And both Republicans and Democrats are demanding answers. Where are they coming from? Why are they popping up suddenly over installations? What do they do? What’s their payloads? Is the military catching them early, or missing them? Are they human made or extraterrestrial? Why did the US have to waste a very expensive missile to shoot down one over Canada? Is Canada’s air force too woke/weak to do it themselves?

Meanwhile, China is accusing the U.S. of flying balloons of their airspace (shocker!)

(Yahoo News) China on Monday said more than 10 U.S. high-altitude balloons have flown in its airspace during the past year without its permission, following Washington’s accusation that Beijing operates a fleet of surveillance balloons around the world.

Sure thing, Sparky, sure thing. Maybe we were just returning all the Made In China stuff?

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Idiots Discarding Their Legal Marijuana Making Dogs Sick

By William Teach February 14, 2023 – 10:30 am

Again, I’m not against legal weed. I do not do it anymore, haven’t taken a toke in at least 15 years (it doesn’t interest me anyore), but, if you want to do it, feel free. It’s not as bad for you as alcohol. But, come on, be responsible with it. Back in my day we’d be very careful, as we did not want to waste it. A bud falls in the carpet? Believe me, we’d search till it was found. Now, though

Nausea, Wobbling, Confusion: Dogs Are Getting Sick From Discarded Weed

On a recent weekend, Lola Star’s dog Dazzle, a mini goldendoodle just shy of 2 years old, ate a joint she found on the ground in the borough of Staten Island. It wasn’t the first or even the 10th time the dog had done this, Star said with a prolonged sigh.

She had not seen it happen, but there was a telltale sign. “I was taking her out of the car, and I saw her little head bobble,” Star, who lives in the Prospect Park South neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough, said. “That’s when you know your dog is stoned.”

Her dog is not the only unwitting weed consumer. Now that marijuana is widely available in New York City — after the city legalized adult recreational use of the drug in 2021 and the first legal dispensary opened in December — veterinarians are saying they’ve recently noticed a steady increase in the number of cases of dogs accidentally eating cannabis products. And pet owners say their dogs are running into more dropped cannabis on streets and sidewalks during walks.

Seriously, you people are dropping joints on the ground instead of finishing them? Get with the program, Spicoli!

Veterinarians who used to see a case once a month now say they see several a week. Though most dogs recover, the symptoms can be scary: loss of balance and difficulty walking, nausea, sleepiness and even hallucinations. And some owners do not see right away when their dogs eat a small remnant of a joint while out on a walk.

Though dog owners are used to having to steer nosy pets away from trash, food and other dangers on the sidewalk, the weed is a new risk that’s suddenly everywhere, Star said. And so dogs like Dazzle get sick again and again.

Not cool, Cheech.

The trend is not exclusive to New York City. In the past six years, there’s been a more than 400% increase in calls about marijuana poisoning to the Pet Poison Helpline, a 24-hour animal poison control center — with most reported in New York and California. Last year, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’ Animal Poison Control hotline fielded nearly 7,000 calls for marijuana toxicity, an 11% increase from the previous year.

Most dogs will recover….

But for particularly large doses of THC, the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis — such as when a small dog consumes food or candy infused with it — there can be risks of heart arrhythmia or seizures, she said.

Why are you discarding joints and stuff infused with THC? Just wait till people start leaving all their other drugs on the ground, like fentanyl, in Democratic Party run areas that are legalizing drugs and ignoring drug use.

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Two Degrees Of Warming Is Even Worse Than You Think Or Something

By William Teach February 14, 2023 – 7:00 am

It’s always some sort of doom with these folks

Myth-buster: Why two degrees of global warming is worse than it sounds

A couple of degrees Celsius might not sound like a lot. But in terms of global warming, it’s a big deal.

In fact, every tenth of a degree that the Earth warms in the future will make a difference in the impacts that people experience worldwide and in your neck of the woods.

Picture yourself:

  • In Phoenix, Arizona, where you have to endure roughly nine additional days of over 110 degrees Fahrenheit per year than people here used to.
  • In Montecito, California, where if you’re not shopping for new air filters due to expected wildfire smoke, you’re practicing your evacuation plan in preparation for the mudslides that are becoming more common on fire-scarred hillsides.
  • In a Gulf Coast community, where hurricanes are getting more frequent and more severe — like Hurricane Ian, which was 10% wetter than it would have been if not for climate change.

Those are just some of the impacts we’re already seeing as a result of the one degree Celsius the world has already warmed since the late 19th century.

If it’s so dangerous, why do so few Warmists practice what they preach? Why are their lives not carbon neutral?

By transitioning off fossil fuels and to clean energy, sucking carbon out of the air, and drastically slashing emissions, the world has a chance to limit global warming — averting the worst impacts and helping to preserve a safe and livable world.

Perhaps Yale should stop using fossil fuels to operate. Turn off their heating and AC. Limit the use of WiFi, electricity, stop serving meat, and so much more. But, this is only for Other People.

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House Committee To Start Investigating Wuhan Flu Origins

By William Teach February 14, 2023 – 6:45 am

This is going to make Democrats and people like Fauci very, very upset. I wonder how the Credentialed Media will portray Democrats when they attempt to stonewall the committee as it tries to delve into this subject?

House Oversight subcommittee to investigate COVID-19 origins and Wuhan lab funding

Republicans on a House Oversight subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic are launching an investigation into the origins of COVID-19 and whether U.S. funds were sent to a lab in Wuhan, China.

The select committee on the COVID-19 pandemic is requesting information on the origins of the virus from current and former Biden administration officials including Dr. Anthony Fauci, formerly the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and the president of EcoHealth Alliance, a non-profit pandemic prevention research organization.

“The American people deserve real answers after years of suffering through the coronavirus pandemic and related government policies,” Select Subcommittee Chair Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, said in a statement. “This investigation must begin with where and how this virus came about so that we can attempt to predict, prepare or prevent it from happening again.”

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chair James Comer, R-Ky., and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, demanded documents and information on COVID origins from the Biden administration last year. Republicans in the last Congress also sent letters to the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

“Understanding the origins of COVID-19 is essential to providing accountability and protecting Americans in the future,” Comer said in a statement.

Will the Biden administration cooperate? Will the CDC, National Institute Of Health, CIA, and other alphabet agencies? Americans do deserve answers. It shouldn’t be controversial to search for answers. You know that Democrats will make it controversial, though.

If you look at the comments at the story, you can see that Democrats are, in fact, upset that the GOP would dare to investigate this, even after they wasted years investigating Trump. Probably because Democrats love using COVID to institute more government authoritarianism.

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White House Climate Cult Czar Met With Private Ecoloons Group On Banning Gas Stoves

By William Teach February 13, 2023 – 3:39 pm

Remember

No One Is Coming for Your Gas Stove Anytime Soon

And it’s totally non-existent

The Dumbest Reactions to the Non-Existent Gas Stove Ban

And they’re totally not taking them away

We’re not taking away your gas stove, regulator tells CNN

It’s all a conspiracy theory from you Kooks

White House climate czar met privately with eco group pushing gas stove bans

White House climate czar Ali Zaidi, who also serves as an assistant to President Biden, privately met with three officials with the Colorado-based Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), an environmental group pushing gas stove bans.

Zaidi met Jules Kortenhorst, RMI’s CEO at the time; John Coequyt, RMI’s government affairs director; and Sarah Ladislaw, RMI’s former managing director and U.S. program leader, on March 17, 2022, in the West Wing of the White House, according to visitor logs reviewed by Fox News Digital. The three officials have extensive records advocating for net-zero and climate policies weaning the U.S. off fossil fuels. (big snip)

“Across the United States, millions of homes and apartments rely on gas appliances for heating and cooking,” RMI states on its website. “Burning gas in buildings is not only a threat to climate action but also to human health, as these appliances are sources of indoor air pollution.”

RMI recently made headlines after it funded a study that highlighted public health dangers posed by gas stove usage. The study was cited in a Bloomberg article in early January that included comments from a Consumer Product Safety Commission member who told the outlet a gas stove ban was “on the table.”

Nah, just a conspiracy theory

(Laurel Leader Call) Well, it’s true. Weeks after being called kooks and conspiracy theorists to believe that the federal government was exploring banning gas stoves, it’s been proved true. The reasons cited for these bans were for safety. Somehow, after generations of using gas stoves, it is now a health hazard for young children. Paint us skeptical. Plus, if you have children and are concerned, by all means go get an electric stove. But if you are not concerned or do not have kids, who is being damaged?

Oh, we see, the environment. So this wasn’t actually about health, but another step toward bowing completely to some of the most evil, unhinged, self-important bunch of  climate zealots to ever wander the Earth. It is the people who flock to exclusive resort towns, all flying private jets to gather and make each other feel important under a ridiculous guise of saving the planet. Make no mistake, they are ridiculous in their efforts. But they will not be satisfied until the entire planet is living in the Third World, except for the self-anointed “elites,” who will be just fine. How nauseating these people are.

Climate lunatics are winning the war on oil. They are winning the war on coal. By even proposing a ban of natural gas stoves, the war against that energy source has begun. At one time, not too long ago, natural gas was a coveted alternative to oil. What happened? Climate lunatics, that’s what has happened.

I don’t have one. Mine’s electric, despite there being gas lines for the furnace and fireplace (strangely, not for the water heater, either), but, I’d love to have one. But, I’ll survive, been cooking on electric since I went away to college. Regardless, the government needs to stay out of regulating every damned bit of people’s lives.

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