Excitable Democrats Look To Bar Trump Under 14th Amendment

By William Teach December 16, 2022 – 10:30 am

Republicans should counter by filing legislation to bar Biden under the 25th Amendment, because he seems to be in the depth of dementia

House Democrats introduce legislation to bar Trump from office under 14th Amendment

A group of 40 House Democrats, led by Rep. David Cicilline (R.I.), introduced legislation on Thursday to bar former President Trump from holding future federal office under the 14th Amendment.

Section 3 of the amendment states that no one who previously took an oath to support the Constitution and engaged in “insurrection or rebellion” shall “hold any office, civil or military, under the United States.”

Cicilline said in a release announcing the legislation that Trump “very clearly” engaged in an insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, with the intention of overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election.

“You don’t get to lead a government you tried to destroy,” he said.

The release states that the bill includes testimony and evidence demonstrating how Trump engaged in the insurrection.

This really has no chance of making it through the Senate and to Biden’s desk, and, if it actually did, it would be a very bad look for a sitting president to sign legislation blocking a potential presidential opponent for being president. Further, does Congress actually have the Constitutional authority to pass something like this, especially when said person has not been convicted of any crime? Remember, they tried to impeach him over this, and it failed.

It has the possibility of backfiring, with citizens looking at the over-reach of Congressional Democrats in trying to ban Trump, making the U.S. look like a banana country. It also has the chance, unfortunately, of making more come back to Trump and vote him in during the primaries, after which he really will lose the 2024 general election. Perhaps that’s their goal? Are they thinking that far ahead? Or is it simply Trump Derangement Syndrome from House Democrats?

Not sure why they bother, when he keeps doing things like

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Say, What Will Your Climate Apocalypse Christmas Dinner Look Like In 10 Years?

By William Teach December 16, 2022 – 7:15 am

Christmas dinner in 2032 might look different because Government keeps trying to force the peasants to change their behavior, as well as screwing up the food supply chain. Of course, that’s not what these climate doomers mean

This Photo Shows How Your Christmas Dinner Might Look In 10 Years

With Christmas almost upon us, many of us are looking forward to tucking into our traditional turkeys, roast potatoes and stuffing.

However, climate change could dramatically alter the look of our beloved Christmas dinner by the end of the decade – with many of our much-loved foods under threat. That’s according to Seeds of Change, a new report by communications consultancy Diffusion, which has partnered with chef Kimberly Duke to create a “climate-change proof” Christmas Dinner for a picture of what we might be eating at Christmas in a few years’ time.

Unusual new ingredients like dahlia tubers and amaranth seed stuffing could be the new staples of our festive dining tables, according to Diffusion’s report.

More frequent droughts, heatwaves and unseasonably warm autumns and springs threaten the quantity and quality of many winter vegetables and grain crops traditionally grown in the UK.

This could lead to shortages and potentially having to pay more for our festive favourites in the future. The production of meat is also not immune from these trends, turkey and pork prices have increased by nearly 30% this year.

Um, they really didn’t rise because of ‘climate change’, but, thanks to the fallout from COVID, government incompetence, and avian flu. Does not matter to Warmists, it’s all about the scaremongering.

The centrepiece of Duke’s alternative menu is a pie that replaces the traditional turkey roast, with pulled jackfruit and miso. The recipe recreates both a rich meaty flavour with the natural texture of the jackfruit and enoki mushrooms mimicking that of meat beautifully.

Jackfruit is now readily available tinned in supermarkets, and this year is 20% cheaper per kilogram than fresh turkey. Found across India and South East Asia, jackfruit trees grow sustainably without the need for additional irrigation, fertilisers or pesticides.

With a significantly lower carbon-footprint to producing meat, it is considered a leading climate-smart crop.

He adds: “Supermarkets, food producers and governments also have a critical role to play in highlighting the benefits that reducing our demand for animal protein can play in protecting not only our food security, but our public health and the climate as well.”

Piss off. Mind your own business.

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Biden Admin Looks To Restrict Speed Of Large Boats In Ocean

By William Teach December 16, 2022 – 7:00 am

Besides being a massive regulatory over-reach, this would cause lots of economic problems

Biden administration boating proposal would be ‘greatest regulatory overreach’ of its kind, critics warn

“This would be the greatest regulatory overreach in American maritime law” — that’s how Frank Hugelmeyer describes a proposal by the Biden administration to limit the speed of all motorboats over 35 feet from Florida to Massachusetts. “Not only are they creating a serious safety issue, they are creating a massive negative economic impact.”

Hugelmeyer is president of the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA), and he is just one of a growing number of voices expressing outrage over the proposal put forward by the U.S. Commerce Department under the auspices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

“It’s stupid,” said Jeff Angers, the president of the Center for Sportfishing Policy. “It’s not what government is supposed to do.”

The far-reaching regulation would restrict speed to 10 knots or 11.5 miles per hour for all boats over 35 feet — for up to seven months out of the year and up to 100 miles out at sea for most of the East Coast.

The purpose: to prevent the boats from hitting an endangered right whale.

Well, that sounds like a worthy goal, right?

The (NOAA) statement admitted, however, there have only been five deadly whale strikes by boats between 35 to 65 feet in length over the last 15 years. (Boats over 65 feet are already subject to a speed restriction.)

A one in a million chance of this happening. So, what, exactly, is the point? Did they even consider the implications? Of course, this does have to make it through the rule making process, but, with all the nuts in the federal bureaucracy, it stands a good chance.

Edmonston said most boats can’t get on a “plane” if they are going under 10 knots. A plane is the speed at which the bow of the boat lowers in order to cut through oncoming waves.

“The boats are designed to ride on top of the waves,” he said. “This is going to make them wallow in the waves — up and down, side to side, pitching,” he explained. “It’s going to be hard to maintain control. You can take waves over the side.”

And people will be thrown around, cargo could be damaged, boats can take on too much water and sink

“The port will be closed any day it’s rough [or] windy. [And] not just this port. All the ports on the East Coast,” he said.

Which will slow down commerce, affecting profits and costs.

“This overreach is going to basically all but halt fishing off the East Coast of the United States,” said Glenn Hughes, the president of the American Sportfishing Association. “It will just keep people from fishing.”

He points out there are 9 million anglers who fish the Eastern coastline.

“Instead of getting to a [fishing] destination in an hour, you’re talking about something that’s going to take three to four hours both ways,” he said.

Who wants to do that? We used to go out 16 miles or so out to fish for blues. Who wants to sit on a boat for hours doing nothing? Then hours back to port? And then there will be fewer boats purchased over 35 feet, meaning fewer built. It’s just a mess. There are better ways, like tagging the whales, which would allow the boaters to know where they are an avoid them. The Brandon admin doesn’t care.

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Your Fault: Climate Doom To Fuel Humanitarian Crisis’ In 2023

By William Teach December 15, 2022 – 4:59 pm

Damn you. You just had to take all those fossil fueled flights as a peasant (it’s OK if you are an Elite), causing Bad Things in 2023

Climate change will fuel humanitarian crises in 2023 -study

Climate change will accelerate humanitarian crises around the world in 2023, adding to the issues created by armed conflict and economic downturns, according to a study by the NGO International Rescue Committee (IRC).

The agency, based in New York and led by former UK politician David Miliband, flagged that the number of people in humanitarian need has skyrocketed in the last decade, approaching 339.2 million versus the 81 million seen in 2014.

Climate change is among the key factors accelerating humanitarian emergencies, the IRC noted, despite the fact that the 20 countries on its emergency watchlist – like Haiti and Afghanistan – contribute just 2% to global CO2 emissions.

“2022 has shown that the role of climate change in accelerating the global humanitarian crisis is undeniable,” the report noted.

And this group has absolutely no incentive to fearmonger, right? It really is just setting the stage to Blame every bad thing that happens on anthropogenic climate change, meaning the Elites need to force you to pay more in taxes/fees and give up your liberty, freedom, and life choices to Government. It’s an easy prediction given every weather event these days is chalked up to “climate change.” How can you be wrong when every event that occurs is used to prop up your presupposition? Wetter year than normal? Climate change. Drier year than normal? Climate change. Warmer year than normal? Climate change. Colder year than normal? Climate change. More hurricanes? Climate change. Less hurricanes? Climate change.

How about all those crises during the 1930’s, when CO2 was well below the “safe” level of 350ppm, and there were a whole lot less fossil fueled vehicles, and flying was really in its infancy? How about the Black Plague? What caused that?

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If All You See…

By William Teach December 15, 2022 – 1:00 pm

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

The blog of the day is The Lid, with a post on Ron DeSantis asking a grand jury to probe wrongdoing over the covid vaccines.

Doubleshot below the fold, check out The First Street Journal, with a post on how often Mayor Pete flies a jet (mostly private).

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House GOP Releases Report Saying COVID Might Have Come From Chinese Bioweapons Program

By William Teach December 15, 2022 – 10:30 am

This shouldn’t surprise anyone in the least. The only thing here is, do they have the facts to support the allegation

COVID origins ‘may have been tied’ to China’s bioweapons program: GOP report

Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee are alleging in a newly released report that there are “indications” that COVID-19 could be tied to China’s biological weapons research program and “spilled over” to the general human population during an incident at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

The information was released in a minority staff report by members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Wednesday night.

“Contrary to the implication of the [Intelligence Community’s] declassified report, based on our investigation involving a variety of public and non-public information, we conclude that there are indications that SARS-CoV-2 may have been tied to China’s biological weapons research program and spilled over to the human population during a lab-related incident at the Wuhan Institute of Virology,” a summary of the report states. “The IC failed to adequately address this information in its classified Updated Assessment. When we attempted to raise the issues with the IC, it failed to respond.”

But

While alleging that COVID’s origins were likely tied to China’s biological weapons research program, the report states, “We have not seen any credible indication that the virus was intentionally, rather than accidentally, released.”

“Nor do we claim the information we have found is a smoking gun that definitively resolves the question of the origins of COVID-19 beyond all doubt. However, the information is important to furthering the public’s understanding, and we will seek to declassify the classified version of our report in the next Congress to further the conversation,” the report states.

There’s really not a lot to the report. It cannot make any sort of definitive allegation about being part of a bioweapons research program, just supposition. What it is really meant to do is show unclassified information, leading up to the GOP taking control of the House Intelligence Committee, holding hearings, and releasing classified information. From page 7 (IC is Intelligence Community)

The IC did not just withhold relevant information from the declassified version released to the public; it also omitted information from the classified version of the Updated Assessment provided to the House Intelligence Committee, in particular, information relating to whether SARS-CoV-2 may have been tied to China’s bioweapons program run by the Chinese Army. Although our unclassified summary cannot reveal details, we can state that the classified Updated Assessment claimed the IC lacked information regarding one key classified issue. However, the Committee otherwise found that very information in other intelligence reporting, and this information is particularly relevant to determining SARS-CoV-2’s potential links to China’s bioweapons program.

There’s a lot of supposition, following the money, and following what China has been doing, which leads to the finding that it may possibly have been part of a bioweapons research program. How long will it take to do the investigation and attempt to get the relevant information from the biased intelligence community?

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Researchers Searching For Christmas Trees That Can Withstand Climate Apocalypse

By William Teach December 15, 2022 – 7:14 am

It’s not like these trees survived multiple Holocene warm periods or anything. But, hey, if you have government funding, sure, why not

The search for Christmas trees that can withstand climate change

Drier summers and warmer autumns spell trouble for that iconic winter evergreen, the Christmas tree.

Working to safeguard this important Pacific Northwest crop, Washington State University scientist Gary Chastagner has traveled the globe on a hunt for hardy varieties. Dubbed “Dr. Christmas Tree” for his 44?year career studying the decorative conifers, Chastagner is now testing promising species that can stand up to an uncertain climate while looking and lasting their best in the home.

“I want to give growers and consumers more choices for high-quality trees,” he said.

Through the Collaborative Fir Germplasm Evaluation Project, a 12?year partnership with scientists in Connecticut, Oregon, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Michigan, Chastagner and colleagues traveled to Turkey in 2020 to find mother trees of Turkish and Trojan firs, which are adaptable to the Pacific Northwest’s climate and resistant to disease.

Hmm, so they all took a long fossil fueled flight to Turkey? And Chastagner has traveled all over the globe? Huh. Anyhow, it’s all about using anything they can find to use to scaremonger. In this case, Christmas. According to this report by researchers at NC State, they’ve found a gene to make them more “resistant” to Hotcoldwetdry. If only they could put the same effort an money into solving real issues.

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Bummer: PRC Governor Newsom Worried About State Being Overrun With Illegals If Title 42 Ends

By William Teach December 15, 2022 – 7:00 am

Well, hey, reap what you sow, Gavin. You and the rest of your Comrades in the People’s Republik Of California have been loving on people streaming from around the world and showing up at the border, either entering illegally or Demanding asylum. I though they were all so compassionate to the illegals? Oh, right, when they go elsewhere

Newsom says California about to ‘break’ amid flood of illegal migrants when Title 42 expires

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California warned Monday that President Biden’s plan to reverse former President Donald Trump’s border policies could “break” his state.

The Biden administration is planning to lift the Trump-era Title 42 policy, which allows police and border officers to expedite the expulsion of illegal immigrants.

Newsom, speaking to ABC News on Monday, said, “The fact is, what we’ve got right now is not working and is about to break in a post-42 world unless we take some responsibility and ownership.”

“I’m saying that as a father,” the governor added. “I’m saying that as someone that feels responsible for being part of the solution and I’m trying to do my best here.”

Newsom claimed the U.S. government is sending “more and more” migrants to California because the state is “taking care of folks.”

“The more we do, the burden is placed disproportionate on us,” he said.

You do have to love when illegal immigration supporting Democrats suddenly realize their policies and beliefs are biting them in the ass and causing lots of problems in their cities and states, eh? Seriously, keep giving them driver’s license, health care, a basic monthly income, the ability to vote in local elections and other perks that we tax paying citizens have to pay for that well deter them from coming. Newsom blasted Trump many times for trying to build the wall, to limit illegal immigration. Illegal immigration has become a problem when it messes up Democrat run areas.

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If All You See…

By William Teach December 14, 2022 – 1:00 pm

…is an area flooded by rising seas from Other People refusing to give up their fossil fueled vehicles, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Right Scoop, with a post on a biological female getting a concussion at an NHL sponsored trans hockey tournament.

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Early Supporter Of Trump Says It’s Time To Move On

By William Teach December 14, 2022 – 10:30 am

Again, I do not want to sound like I’m in the #NeverTrump or Trump Derangement Syndrome group. I like The Donald, and what he did legislatively and for getting some elected Republicans to get tough on the media and Democrats, among others. I’ve always been a little tired of his mouth and Twitter. He needed to be more like Kayleigh McEnany, who battled the media while making sure she brought the receipts. Here’s Alfredo Rodriguez III

As a Republican who supported Donald Trump, I now say it’s time to move beyond him

I supported Donald Trump in 2016 before it was popular. I supported him again in 2020 for the accomplishments he achieved in his first term as president, despite his brazen, off-message rants, and conflicting declarations and statements.

Trump’s achievements and the direction he was leading our country outweighed his shortfalls. But since the 2020 election, it has been time to move on from Trump.

But the “Trump-under-any-circumstances,” supporters, conspiracy theorists, and disillusioned Trump acolytes refuse to do so. Although those who continue to think this way grow smaller in number, they still account for approximately 25% of most Republican primary voters — the type of plurality victories that led to Trump earning the Republican nomination in 2016.

He won’t be able to pull the same tricks/campaign in 2024.

Trump served a purpose. He served it well, and beyond many expectations. Now he is entirely self-absorbed (more than before) and obsessed with the past, with no original thought or vision for the future of our country.

Trump grew the Republican Party. He brought more Hispanics, African Americans, Asians and other minority groups into the GOP. We are now losing those increases largely because of his preoccupation and inability to talk about anything other than massive and widespread fraud,” “stolen elections,” “deception,” “fake news,” and himself.

Trump cut taxes. He strengthened U.S. energy independence. He held China and our enemies abroad accountable. He cracked down on illegal crossings along our southern border. He unrelentingly supported our military and law enforcement.

The economy was excellent pre-COVID, with historic low unemployment for blacks, more women CEOs, hiring was happening, businesses created, things were going well

Trump served a purpose, accomplished a great deal, but his time has passed. He has become a huge distraction in the political arena, his ability to contribute to America’s future faded, and now his overt disregard for the U.S. Constitution is embarrassing.

Now more than ever it is time to move on, because if we do not Republicans will continue to lose and under-perform in elections as we have for two consecutive election cycles.

Unfortunately, a lot of Republicans backslid, and forgot the lesson of standing strong, fighting back. That politics is a dirty business with a veneer of civility, and you have to fight back. That the Credentialed Media is not your friend. That Democrats will backstab you.

Should Trump be the 2024 nominee, we will lose the White House again, we will not secure a majority in the U.S. Senate despite a favorable map, we will lose our slim majority in the House, and likely lose governorships and state legislative seats across the country. (snip)

It is time for a generational change in the White House. It is time for a Republican nominee who truly wants to serve the American people rather than obsessively litigate, talk and relive the past without any regard for tomorrow. It is time for Republicans to put forward a candidate for president who has new ideas, real conservative solutions, and the talent to grow the GOP and appeal to independent voters.

It’s all about the electibility. Trump no longer has it. We won’t be saying “OMG, he actually won” like in 2016. And, he will most likely blast all the other Republicans in the primaries, hurting them if they win the primaries. Idiots nominated Mitt Romney for 2012, an election that was ripe for winning. He was the wrong guy. We could have killed Obamacare before it started. Trump cannot win 2024. Perhaps some Trump Train members will finally realize this.

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