CNN Thinks It’s Funny That Americans Might Have To Eat Smaller Portions At Thanksgiving

By William Teach November 7, 2022 – 10:30 am

Of course, if you head over to CNN, you won’t find much, if anything, on their front page about inflation and the economy. Nor at the NY Times, Washington Post, LA Times, CBS News, NBC News, ABC News, or most left run outlets. The two issues are the most important to voters, but, hey, if the media talks about them, they’d be hurting the Democrats, right?

CNN host jokes Americans will have to eat smaller portions this Thanksgiving due to inflation

CNN’s Fredricka Whitfield quipped on Sunday that Americans will have to reduce their portion sizes on Thanksgiving because of high inflation.

“It seems like we’re all gonna be eating smaller portions if anything,” Whitfield said in response to reports of higher prices for Thanksgiving meals.

Prior to her joke, CNN Business consumer reporter Nathaniel Meyersohn detailed the extent to which inflation will impact consumers this holiday season.

“All signs are pointing to a more expensive Thanksgiving meal this year,” Meyersohn said. “One estimate this week predicted that Thanksgiving meal prices will rise 13.5% from a year ago. Some of our favorite sides will be more expensive, potatoes, fruit and vegetables will be up 10%. Baking ingredients up double digits. And then when it comes to desert, pies are gonna be up 20%.”

Funny stuff, eh? The media, like the rest of the Democrats, are tone deaf. The Washington Post is attempting to tell us that abortion is the most important issue for Latinos. The Brookings Institute wonders if focusing on abortion will reverse Democratic losses among Latinos.

Inflation rates predicted to play a big role in midterm elections

With the 2022 midterm elections coming up on Tuesday, Nov. 8, the economy and healthcare are two of the driving factors affecting voters’ decisions at the polls this year. In a recent national poll conducted by the University of Massachusetts political science department, approximately 59 percent of Americans reported they are highly worried about inflation.

“The midterm elections are going to be much more affected by the fundamentals,” said Jesse Rhodes, a political science professor at UMass. Some voters are likely to make voting decisions based on the, “state of [the] economy, state of inflation … [and] really high issues like abortion and the Dobbs ruling.”

The U.S. annual inflation rate is currently eight percent. “Food prices, health care costs, those are rising at a faster rate than eight percent so that is what people look at,” said Deepankar Basu, economics professor at UMass.

With gas prices being at a higher cost compared to previous years, voters in the U.S. are starting to notice a significant problem with inflation.

Starting to notice? Middle and working class voters noticed long ago, and we can see which party is unserious about it, and using it to push their hardcore leftist agenda.

Women’s top financial concern is inflation, Fidelity study finds

Rising prices are taking a toll on everyone right now, but a new study shows women are feeling the pain more than men – and it is the primary money woe keeping ladies up at night.

Research from Fidelity Investments found that inflation is currently the top financial concern for U.S. women, with upwards of 70% citing it as their main worry. Respondents listed the costs of essentials as the second-biggest stressor (65%), and another 58% expressed worries about not having enough saved for emergencies.

Women 18-25 are more concerned about the cost of education (say, who controls that? It’s not Republicans), managing debt and credit (stop taking out loans you can’t afford for degrees with low earnings potential. Stop ordering delivery. Stop spending all that money on stuff and travel to take selfies), and not knowing how to invest (take a class. Read books). For 26 and up, it’s the economy. Democrats do not care.

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Climate Lunatics Glue Themselves To Goya Painting In Spain

By William Teach November 7, 2022 – 7:15 am

The batguano insanity is spreading

Climate Activists Glue Their Hands to Francisco de Goya’s Paintings at Prado Museum in Spain

Two artworks by the famous Spanish painter Francisco de Goya were the latest target in a series of demonstrations by activists around the world to raise awareness of climate change.

On Saturday, two activists from the campaign group Futuro Vegetal glued their hands to Goya’s paintings at Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain in a clip shared by Europa Press news agency on Twitter.

The man and woman involved in the protest can be seen attaching themselves to Goya’s “La Maja Vestida” (The Clothed Maja) and “La Maja Desnuda” (The Naked Maja) with a sign that read “+1.5 C” painted on the wall between the artworks.

“Last week, the UN recognized the impossibility of keeping us below the limit of 1.5 Celsius (set in the 2016 Paris climate agreement). We need change now,” the activist group wrote in Spanish on their Twitter account alongside a clip from the protest, according to a translation provided by Reuters.

OK, then give up your modern trappings. Where did those clothes come from? And the smartphones? Stop trying to force everyone to follow your Beliefs when you won’t act on them in your own lives.

I’d love to see these wankers, these murciélagos luna, glue themselves to the things like the cars of the Elites, doors in news outlets, stuff like that. Let’s see how quick they decry climate cultists gluing themselves to things when it’s inconveniencing the Elites, rather than just the commoners.

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White House Advisor: Message Is Getting Lost Because Of Chinese Coronavirus

By William Teach November 7, 2022 – 7:00 am

Well, now, this is a pretty big hot take, considering how bad the Biden administrations response was Wuhan Flu, along with Democrat politicians during both the Trump and Biden administrations. No need to explain, you know what they did

Biden adviser blames COVID-19 for Democrats’ difficulty in drawing enthusiasm for their messages

crying democratFormer Atlanta mayor and current White House adviser Keisha Lance Bottoms gave reasons for why Democrats have had a hard time presenting ideas to the public and her first one was the COVID-19 pandemic.

In an interview on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” host Margaret Brennan cited President Biden’s recent comment that when it comes to his administration’s accomplishments, “people haven’t realized how good they are yet.” Brennan also mentioned the claim from Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., that Democrats have failed to adequately convey their message on the economy and similar claims from Hillary Clinton and Democratic National Committee adviser Cedric Richmond.

“If the policies are so good, why is communicating them such a problem?” Brennan asked.

“Well it’s been a very difficult couple of years,” Bottoms replied. “We’ve been in the midst of a pandemic, there’s been a lot of misinformation flooding the airwaves.”

You mean like being told that if we get the vaccine we won’t get COVID? That we should keep the economy closed and all stay home? That we should all be masked, especially young children?

Bottoms said that misinformation has not just been making things difficult on television but on the internet as well. She then pointed to this very interview as an example of Democrats making an effort.

“So it is more difficult to get the message out, but I’m sitting here today getting the message out,” she said.

Of course, she didn’t actually get the message out in the full, short interview. She yammered about abortion and student loan forgiveness, let’s look at the full interplay

MARGARET BRENNAN: In our polling, we see consistently that it is the economy and inflation that are top of mind for voters. The president said just a few days ago that he has passed so many good things, but people haven’t realized how good they are yet. Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin said, the truth is Democrats have done a poor job of communicating our approach on the economy. DNC advisor Cedric Richmond, you know him well, he told CBS, the president’s message of what he’s been able to accomplish has not gotten out there. Hillary Clinton just said, the work done by Democrats is impressive, but we got to get that message across more effectively. If the policies are so good, why is communicating them such a problem?

BOTTOMS: Well, it’s been a very difficult couple of years. We have been in the midst of a pandemic. There’s been a lot of misinformation flooding the airwaves. We see it in- in ways not just on television, but we’re seeing it through YouTube, we’re seeing it on other social media platforms. So, it is more difficult to get the message out, but I’m sitting here today getting the message out. This administration, Democrats in Congress have delivered for the American people, and to turn back the clock and not allow us to keep pushing through will be devastating for people across America. If we want prescription drug costs to remain low, then we need Democrats in Congress. If we want voting rights finally passed in Congress, we need Democrats in Congress. If we don’t want a national ban on abortion and for doctors and health care providers to be sent to prison for offering an abortion to a woman whose life may be in danger, then we need Democrats in Congress. And that’s the message that we will continue to push out, not just through Election Day, but beyond, because we know that elections happen quite frequently, and we can’t have people so discouraged that they think their votes don’t matter.

So, nothing on the economy or inflation. She did go on to yammer about J6. From a good piece by Jon Gabriel

Despite the midterm challenge of retaining majorities, Democrats’ task was no different from any other year. Find out the issues voters are talking about, then provide solutions.

They don’t even have to be real solutions; this is politics, after all. But you need to prove you actually listened to their concerns. Pretend to look interested, if possible. (snip)

Throughout 2022, Democrats pursued a different path. They gathered in D.C. backrooms, decided what voters should care about, and ran on that.

It’s worth reading the whole thing.

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 6, 2022 – 1:00 pm

…is horrible early heat snow, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The O.K. Corral, with a post on another false flag from the FBI.

It’s a good week for some snow.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach November 6, 2022 – 9:02 am

Peter Driben Patriotic Pinup

Happy Sunday! Another fine day in the Once and Future Nation of America. The Sun is shining, birds are singing, and the NJ Devils are kicking ass, something our fans have been waiting for for a long time. This pinup is by Peter Driven, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Datechguy’s Blog notes the Navy choosing death over life
  2. Gates Of Vienna covers how our military crumbles
  3. Geller Report discusses conspiracy theory or conspiracy fact
  4. IOTW Report shows Dems dropping millions into what should be a safe seat
  5. Legal Insurrection highlights the Biden admin admitting there’s still a baby formula shortage
  6. Moonbattery notes Obama bringing the cringe
  7. Pacific Pundit covers Biden throwing a hissy fit over protesters
  8. Powerline discusses NBC deep sixing a Paul Pelosi story
  9. The American Conservative says no to amnesty for pandemic tyranny
  10. The First Street Journal discusses the plague of public sector unions
  11. The Last Refuge notes the Southeast starting to run out of diesel
  12. The OK Corral has a feel good story
  13. Climate Etc covers the climate crisis not being what it used to be
  14. Jo Nova discusses a new scary climate omen
  15. And last, but, not least, Real Climate Science notes the UN giving Kilimanjaro a 30 year reprieve

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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Here Come The Elites Private Jets To COP27

By William Teach November 6, 2022 – 7:00 am

But, see, they’re Saving The World

COP27: Thousands of global diplomats to descend upon ritzy resort town in Egypt to solve global warming

st greta carThe United Nations’ latest annual climate change conference, COP27, is set to kick off Monday at the luxurious resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, where thousands of leaders will engage in wide-ranging policy discussions.

The conference comes one year after COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, where leaders from around the world, including nations with the highest emissions, signed a non-binding climate agreement resembling previous pacts. Shortly following the agreement, though, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres downplayed the agreement and paved the way for COP27.

“It’s an important step, but it’s not enough,” he said at the time. “It’s time to go into emergency mode.”

Ahead of this year’s summit, which is scheduled to begin Monday and conclude on Nov. 18, high-ranking officials in the U.S. and other Western nations have reiterated the importance of solving global warming, which they characterized as the biggest threat facing humanity.

“Among all of the centrifugal forces of these last 20 years, all vying to pull the world apart in many ways, the climate crisis still looms largest as the issue that will change life unalterably. Now, that may sound grandiose, but it is no exaggeration,” Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, who will lead the American delegation at the event, said in October.

Yet, very few Warmists actually practice what they preach. There will be 10,000+ who take fossil fueled trips to Egypt. There will be at least a hundred private jets with world leaders, celebs, and global rich, and the complaint media will do all they can to not show this climahypocricy.

Climate activists block private jets at Amsterdam airport

Hundreds of climate protesters blocked private jets from leaving Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on Saturday in a demonstration on the eve of the COP27 U.N. climate meeting in Egypt.

Greenpeace and Extinction Rebellion protesters sat around private jets to prevent them leaving and others rode bicycles around the planes.

Dewi Zloch of Greenpeace Netherlands said the activists want “fewer flights, more trains and a ban on unnecessary short-haul flights and private jets.”

Good on them. Did they take fossil fueled vehicles to the protest? Perhaps they should take a train to Egypt and protest the private jets coming in.

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Hotcoldwetdry Take: U.S. To Make China Pay On ‘Climate Change’

By William Teach November 5, 2022 – 3:11 pm

Perhaps we should make China pay for releasing the Wuhan Flu, but, that won’t happen. Neither will this

New U.S. message on climate change: Make China pay

The U.S. is suddenly open to making rich nations pay reparations to countries suffering the ravages of climate change — but only if China ponies up, too.

The about-face comes after years of Washington serving as the bulwark of wealthy countries’ resistance to making such payments, and would set up China as the new climate bogeyman. It would also challenge Beijing’s assertion that China should still be seen as a developing nation.

Paying developing nations that suffer from climate-driven disasters and rising temperatures is one of the most contentious issues in global climate negotiations, which resume this weekend at a major conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

China should contribute its own funds to the cause, U.S. Special Envoy John Kerry told reporters late last month, “especially if they think they’re going to continue to go on to the next 30 years with increasing their emissions.”

The issue, referred to as “loss and damage” in the parlance of the global talks, calls for the U.S. and Europe’s industrialized nations to send funding to less-developed countries that have suffered from floods, heatwaves, droughts, rising seas and other disasters worsened by the changing climate. Those nations have contributed little to the crisis — in contrast to the United States, which during the past two centuries has pumped more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than any other country.

The U.S. is now the world’s second-largest current climate polluter. China ranks as No. 1, with carbon emissions more than double those of the U.S.

Like this will actually happen? Like China won’t demand a lot of concessions from the U.S. and the E.U? But, see, there’s one rather big problem if China does agree

China may not be principally opposed to sending money to climate vulnerable nations. But it would be on China’s terms, meaning it would be conducted under the rubric of “South-South” cooperation. That would avoid Beijing having to blur the line between developed and developing countries that it uses to differentiate its responsibilities from those of the U.S. and Europe.

“The South-South cooperation from China is enormous,” said Kaveh Guilanpour, vice president for international strategies with the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, who has advised U.K. and EU climate negotiators and held a role on the U.N. Secretary-General’s climate team.

See, most of the climate cash to “developing nations” is meant to be strings-free, because 1st world nations “owe” them. Does anyone think that China wouldn’t put strings on the money, attempting to bring those countries into China’s arms?

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If All You See…

By William Teach November 5, 2022 – 1:00 pm

…are palm trees that will Soon! grow in the Arctic, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Chicks On The Right, with a post on MSNBC firing an employee who went too far.

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Brandon Hits The Campaign Trail On Jobs, Mostly Forgets Economic Issues

By William Teach November 5, 2022 – 10:30 am

Well, hey, what else is he going to talk about?

Biden stumps on job growth, as voters dread inflation

President Joe Biden has notched an envious record on jobs, with 10.3 million gained during his tenure. But voters in Tuesday’s midterm elections are far more focused on inflation hovering near 40-year highs.

That’s left the president trying to convince the public that the job gains mean better days are ahead, even as fears of a recession build.

Presidents have long trusted that voters would reward them for strong economic growth, but inflation has thrown a monkey wrench into the already difficult probability of Democrats’ retaining control of the House and Senate.

Economic anxieties have compounded as the Federal Reserve has repeatedly hiked its benchmark interest rates to lower inflation and possibly raise unemployment. Mortgage costs have shot upwards, while the S&P 500 stock index has dropped more than 20% so far this year as the world braces for a possible downturn.

Biden is asking voters to look beyond the current financial pain, saying that what matters are the job gains that he believes his policies are fostering. The government reported Friday that employers added 261,000 jobs in October as the unemployment rate bumped up to 3.7%.

What few stories mention is that most of the jobs gains are simply a rebound from the 25 million lost during the Chinese coronavirus, a goodly chunk lost because Democrats shut things down, closing businesses, picking winners and losers, deeming some non-essential, locking people down. I can say, my industry has not recovered. Employment is down by about 30-40%. There’s no point in having that many in sales. I won’t blame Joe for it, though.

“If you have a job, it’s small comfort to know that the job market is strong if at the same time you feel like every paycheck is worth less and less anyway,” said pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson. “Inflation is such political poison because voters are reminded every day whenever they spend money that it is a problem we are experiencing.”

Few in the national media are asking Joe, his people, and Democrats running for an elected position what Democrats have done and what they will do to ease inflation, food costs, clothes costs, and so forth.

Pizza for Thanksgiving? It might be a dinner option due to inflation

The higher cost of living right now is making many Americans question whether they’ll be able to afford the traditional Thanksgiving dinner this year.

The demographic that is feeling the most financially pinched, according to a new survey, is Gen Z — “who are opting for meals of soup, salad and pizza” this year, as an “Outnumbered” panel noted on Thursday.

One in five Americans doubt that they’ll have enough money to cover the costs of the usual Thanksgiving meal this year, according to the study by Personal Capital.

The survey found that young people with limited incomes may be celebrating a “friendsgiving” this Thanksgiving — featuring pizza, not turkey, as a top choice.

Butter is up 37%. The average cost of turkey is up from $1.19 a pound to $1.99. Travel costs are way up. Eggs are way up. And, no, you cannot blame this all on Biden: there are other factors in play to go with Biden and the Democrats ignoring the economy.

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Dementia Joe: U.S. To Be Making Only EVs in 3035

By William Teach November 5, 2022 – 7:15 am

It would simply be a slip of the tongue and no big deal if it wasn’t a constant with this guy. People do it all the time. My favorite was when Bush 43 boo-boo’d

During his presidency, George W. Bush and Queen Elizabeth also experienced some entertaining public exchanges. In May 2007, the queen appeared alongside Bush as he delivered a public speech during her visit to the White House.

Bush mentioned some of the queen’s earlier visits saying, “You helped our nation celebrate its bicentennial in seventeen-sev… in 1976.” After his mistake, he looked to the queen to see her reaction. She looked back at him with “the look that only a mother could give a child,” Bush joked to the live audience (via YouTube).

Bush made gaffes all the time. However, Biden looks just sad, lost, and not all there when he constantly does it

Joe Biden Boasts Only All-Electric Cars Will Be Manufactured in America by ‘3035’

President Joe Biden mistakenly boasted on Friday that American auto companies would be ready to make all of their vehicles electric by the year “3035.”

The president spoke about auto companies during a speech in San Diego about subsidizing American semiconductor chip manufacturing.

During his speech, Biden recalled a meeting he had at the White House with American auto company CEOs, including General Motors CEO Mary Barra, whom he has met several times since taking office.

He mistakenly stumbled over the name, sounding as though he said “Amy Barrett” before correcting himself and saying “Chairman Barra.”

The president recalled that Barra called him up after the meeting and told him that General Motors would go “all-electric.”

He said that Barra “called me up and said they’re going to go all-electric by 3035. Every other company signed up to do the same thing.”

Biden was trying to refer to the pledge by General Motors to go all-electric by the year 2035, but was off by 1,000 years.

And, yet, Biden is still traveling around in a big fossil fueled limo. Go figure.

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