…is a horrible fossil fueled vehicle causing drought, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is Independent Sentinel, with a post on a report saying COVID began in May 2019 and was weaponized.
It’s ladies of Fall week!
Read: If All You See… »
Happy Sunday! Another fine day in the Once And Future Nation Of America. The Sun is shining, the crows are singing me the song of their people, and I have the Giants at 930? That’s weird. This pinup is by Harry Ekman, 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). 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 »
I guess they’re figuring out that things like climate crisis (scam), abortion on demand, Trump Trump Trump, and gaslighting people really doesn’t matter much to most voters (non-paywalled Yahoo version here)
High prices, economic volatility resurface as threat to Democrats
With a month to go before critical midterm elections, inflation continues to be a top issue for voters and a potential liability for the White House, denting the confidence many Democrats felt just days ago that abortion rights and other issues would power them to a strong electoral showing.
With Republicans re-energized in their efforts to link President Biden to rising prices, falling markets and growing recession fears, Biden has begun using presidential events to aggressively confront his Republican detractors over their own economic policies, in addition to touting the positive parts of his record and highlighting new manufacturing jobs around the country. (snip)
But even as the labor market continues to power along, other parts of the economy have been an intractable concern for much of Biden’s presidency, with chronically high inflation, supply chain problems, rising interest rates and a slowing housing market. As Biden spoke Friday, the stock market dropped precipitously on fears that the tight labor market would do little to bring down inflation.
The volatility has revived Democratic fears that November’s elections could be an expression of economic angst, even after a Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade and a summer of headlines dominated by investigations of former president Donald Trump.
As those issues have faded somewhat from the headlines, Republicans have sought to highlight the economic head winds, arguing that Biden’s policies are to blame for the rising prices and slowing growth. “Don’t be fooled by Biden’s words today,” tweeted Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) “The reality of Biden’s economy is that inflation is crushing Americans, real wages are plummeting, and gas prices are going up again.”
The article attempts to somewhat protect Biden and Democrats, but, at the end of the day, it is the economy. It is inflation. It is average citizens dealing with higher prices of everything, on paying so much more for food and energy, and seeing the government not only not helping, but, doing things that make it worse. They see the White House say “Oh, go ahead and pay tens of thousands for an EV and solar panel to save a bit.” These inside the bubble folks just really do not know what’s going on with Americans. They’re divorced from reality.
Read: Washington Post: Say, Democrats Suddenly Notice That Voters Care About The Economy »
I’m still waiting for the LA Times to declare they will no longer use fossil fuels to gather and distribute (their dead tree edition) the news
Newsletter: I’m an alarmist on climate change, and you should be too
Good morning. I’m Paul Thornton, and it is Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. Allow me to be the first half-Norwegian to wish you a happy Leif Erikson Day tomorrow. Let’s look back at the week in Opinion.
Interestingly, Paul fails to mention how he’s given up his own use of fossil fuels and made his life carbon neutral. Even though he’s an alarmist
This week we published an op-ed piece that I wish could run every day — though maybe with a few updates to more fully explore its theme. That piece was Eugene Linden’s ” Hurricane Ian and the coming climate crash,” which focused on the economic disaster looming over South Florida in the wake of Hurricane Ian, as the insurance industry realizes it cannot cover all the claimed losses in an area hit repeatedly by intense storms and pulls out entirely from the market. So the crash, for Linden’s purposes, is economic.
But the term “climate crash” evokes so much more, and appropriately so. The unsustainability of offering home insurance policies in flood and fire zones gets at a particular pocketbook issue — a very important one, sure — but “climate crash” could also apply to long-term climactic instability upon us. For example, consider a new study by climate researchers at the World Weather Attribution Group, which showed that the once-every-400-years drought underway in the Northern Hemisphere can now be expected to occur every 20 years. This is the drought that dried up rivers in Europe and China (which, by the way, is experiencing another heat emergency) and continues to desiccate California and the rest of the western U.S. Once every 20 years isn’t a drought; it’s an aridification that renders our entire water delivery system obsolete and will soon force our retreat from exurban communities and mountain villages that will burn every 10 years instead of once every few generations.
I’d call that a “climate crash.”
There’s no proof, just supposition, that any of that is caused by Mankind outputting greenhouse gases. But, since it’s a cult, they just Believe.
The fires too. Even the spread of diseases similar to COVID-19 and MPX. All are symptoms of a looming ecological and climactic collapse that can only be mitigated by ending our reliance on fossil fuels.
And there you go again, blaming COVID and monkeypox on ‘climate change’. Sigh
It might even turn you into a climate voter, because this country needs a lot more of them. Global warming and democracy’s decline merit top consideration by voters, but the crises are far from the top tier of concerns heading into the 2022 midterms, which are dominated by so-called pocketbook matters like inflation and gas prices. “I get it,” writes Nicholas Goldberg. “People have bills to pay and lives to live. But don’t be fooled. The big threats — especially to American democracy and to the fate of the planet — may seem abstract, but they matter more than ever.” L.A. Times
Doubtful. Poll after poll after poll show that ‘climate change’ is at the bottom of the list when put up against real issues, like the crap economy. Once again, it may be popular in theory, but, not in practice.
…is terrible carbon pollution infused beer, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is Jo Nova, with a post on EV fires post-Ian.
Doubleshot below the fold, check out Real Climate Science, with a post on hurricane misinformation at the NY Times.
Read: If All You See… »
Of course, this means that the mass stabbing has mostly disappeared from the news or not mentioned
Las Vegas stabbing suspect is in US illegally, has criminal record in California: source
The suspect accused of killing two people and injuring six others during a stabbing rampage on the Las Vegas Strip is in the U.S. illegally, sources told Fox News.
Yoni Barrios, 32, is a Guatemalan national in the U.S. illegally with a criminal record in California, a source with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.
Barrios allegedly stabbed eight people — a mix of tourists and residents — just after 11:40 a.m. local time on the sidewalk near the Wynn Las Vegas hotel, police said. Two people — Las Vegas residents Brent Allan Hallett, 47, and Maris Mareen DiGiovanni, 30 — died, officials said.
Here illegally, and has committed crimes in California, yet, was not deported? If you were a foreign national who applied for citizenship, was accepted, came over, were living your life, and committed a crime, your attempt at citizenship would be ended and you would be told to leave the U.S. If you’re here illegally, well, no problem at all! Especially if you’re in a deep Democratic Party run state.
So, of course, the Associated Press article fails to mention that Barrios is here illegally. The Washington Post article, found using his name now that we know it, is simply the AP article. The New York Times has zero articles on him. ABC News fails to mention he’s here illegally. Nor does the CBS News article. ABC News uses the AP article. LA Times fails to mention his illegal alien status. Even a bunch of Las Vegas news outlets fail to mention his immigration status.
Meanwhile
‘State of emergency’: Adams says NYC migrant influx to cost city $1B
Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency Friday over the ongoing flood of migrants into the Big Apple — warning that they’re pushing the city’s shelter population to an all-time high and will cost taxpayers $1 billion for housing and social services.
“This is unsustainable,” Adams said.
“New York City is doing all we can but we are reaching the outer limit of our ability to help.”
But in a live speech and a Q&A session with reporters at City Hall, Adams continued putting the blame on everyone but himself and Gotham’s well-deserved reputation as a generous “sanctuary city” for illegal immigrants.
Instead, he took shots at Republican governors for relocating migrants from the southern border region to Democratic enclaves in the northern US.
Man, it’s a real shame when you get what you wish for, eh?
And here’s local Raleigh outlet WRAL gaslighting
Documented Dreamers: Apex student dreams of serving in US Army, but faces deportation
Imagine spending your childhood and most of your life growing up in North Carolina – only to suddenly find out that at age 21 you could be deported to a country you don’t even remember. This is the reality for over 200,000 Documented Dreamers, including some students at North Carolina State University.
Dreamers are children who are legally brought in the United States on their parents Visas, but eventually age out at age 21. Now, local immigrant students are scrambling to find a way to stay in the United States by calling on lawmakers to expand protections.
Some of these local students grew up in Raleigh and have spent their entire lives in North Carolina. For them, this country is all they know. They are now navigating an unclear path to full citizenship so they can stay in the place they call home.
Yeah, not really. Some few may have come with their parents on visas, and then the parents blew off the visas and stayed in violation of U.S. immigration law. Most were brought illegally over the border by their parents or someone else. If they want to blame someone for being deported when they become an adult, blame their parents. Nor are they all from Mexico and Central America. Some are from India, as mentioned. The whole idea is to create sympathy. I’ll tell you what: we’ll give some of you permanent resident status, with no right to vote and you cannot use government services like food stamps, welfare, or similar, and your parents have to go immediately and not return.
Read: Las Vegas Stabber Illegally Present In United States, Has Criminal Record »
What do you get for starting $47,000?
One YouTuber learned the hard way that towing a heavy load is more complicated with an electric truck than a gasoline-powered one.
In a recent video on his Hoovie’s Garage channel, Tyler Hoover put the towing capability of his Ford F-150 Lightning to the test — and he called the experience a “complete and total disaster.” The saga illustrates one of the challenges to owning a battery-powered truck: towing range.
Hoover charged up his Lightning to 200 miles (almost all of its 230-mile range) and set out for a trip to his mechanic 32 miles away to pick up a 1930 Ford Model A and tow it home. As soon as Hoover set out pulling an empty trailer, the Lightning’s range started “dropping like a stone.”
In the end, the 64-mile journey sucked up 150 miles of range from the Lightning’s battery.
“The truck towing 3,500 pounds can’t even go 100 miles,” he said. “That is ridiculously stupid. This truck can’t do normal truck things.”
Yes, it is very stupid
To be sure, Hoover’s test wasn’t exactly scientific. In a follow-up video, he conceded that his trailer and boxy 1930 Ford weren’t especially aerodynamic.
Still, the clip highlights an important point: Extra weight and drag can deal a significant blow to an electric vehicle’s range, which can make towing with them tricky. Gas trucks lose efficiency when towing too, but with them it’s easy to pull over and fuel up. Running low on energy in an EV means stopping for 45 minutes at a fast-charging station.
Car buyers aren’t looking for scientific: they want their vehicles to do what they’re supposed to do in real life, not in perfect scenarios of testing.
Also very stupid?
Proposition 30 has voters deciding on a tax for zero-emission vehicles. What you need to know
On its face, Proposition 30 is simple enough: Raise taxes on the richest Californians. Pull in $30 billion to $90 billion over the next 20 years. Use 80% of the money to subsidize electric vehicles and charging stations, and 20% for wildfire suppression and prevention.
The fight for votes has prompted plenty of sloganeering and a gusher of spending.
Supporters say Proposition 30 is essential to address climate change. Opponents say it’s not.
Opponents say higher taxes will chase wealthy, job-producing people from the state. Supporters say the rich can afford it, and there’s no proof high-income earners are fleeing the state.
You know it won’t work, because these schemes never work. Whatever happened to all the money from cap and trade? “Erratic and unpredictable.” How about from marijuana? It created a huge black market, and the inflowing tax is about half of expected. Businesses have, in fact, left. But, you do you, California. Every experiment needs an experimental group.
Fortunately, the NY Times is there to try and protect the defund the police nuts (for which many have their own private security)
Some Democrats Embrace the Police as the GOP’s Crime Attacks Bite
In one of the more unusual television advertisements of this year’s midterm election campaigns, Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., accuses Democrats of wanting to defund police departments.
“Violent crime is surging in Louisiana,” he says in the ad. “Woke leaders blame the police.” (note: it’s a completely uncompetitive race, he’ll win easily) (snip)
Given Kennedy’s comfortable lead over Chambers in the polls, the “crackhead” line appears meant to drive headlines about Democrats in general, rather than slam his specific opponent. And the ad is just a cruder version of attacks Republicans have leveled against Democrats across the country, regardless of their actual positions. Often — but not always — the candidates being targeted are Black, as Chambers is. But either way, the racial subtext of the criticism is impossible to ignore.
Oh, good, the raaaaace card has been played
Robbing ads of context
In Florida, for instance, Sen. Marco Rubio has portrayed his Democratic opponent, Rep. Val Demings, a 65-year-old former police chief of Orlando, as a dangerous “radical” who is soft on crime.
Like Chambers, Demings is Black — but, unlike him, she hails from the moderate wing of the Democratic Party. She was one of 207 House Democrats who recently voted for the Invest to Protect Act, a bipartisan bill to increase funding for local police departments.
One Rubio ad, titled “Blame America,” takes remarks by Demings out of context to claim that she “praised defunding the police.”
It’s not out of context, she praised defunding the police in Minneapolis, and was for defunding before she was against. And the piece tries to add more racial components, as ads are going against black candidates, who, get this, are anti-cop. And then there’s John Fetterman, who is white and is as extremist as the lunatic DAs in places like LA and San Francisco. Of course, the article fails to dig in and publish the information, which isn’t hard to find, and just publishes Fetterman saying it’s a lie.
The “defund the police” movement started with Democrats and remains their platform. It’s one of the fundamental reasons that crime is rampant in many parts of the country. They’ve gone soft on crime. No cash bail, catch and release and catch and release, sometimes dozens of times. And these cop hatred and soft on criminals policies have caused quite a few police to leave those forces, and cannot be replaced. At the end of the day, Republicans aren’t painting anything: these are facts.
Read: Democrats Seem Upset That GOP Is Hitting Them With Being Soft On Crime »
What’s the carbon footprint of a helicopter flight to the airport, a jumbo jet to Egypt, along with the backup jumbo jet and fighter jet protection? Then a roughly 18 car motorcade in big limos and SUVs?
Biden will attend COP27 — the U.N’s climate change summit — in Egypt
President Biden will travel to Egypt to attend this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP27, according to two people familiar with his plans who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a trip that is not yet public.
Biden’s planned attendance at the climate conference will give a boost to the gathering, which had been at risk of delivering little concrete action amid disputes over ambition and funding.
The developing world has been asking for sharply more assistance from the rich nations that are responsible for the bulk of global warming over history. But those industrialized nations have been reluctant to make any promises.
Now Biden, who also attended last year’s conference in Scotland, will have a chance to showcase the progress his administration has made in the past year – and to cajole other countries to make similar efforts. Climate advocates say the Inflation Reduction Act will help deliver a boost to green industries that can outlast the Biden administration, helping to bypass some of the climate whiplash that comes from sharply different visions toward global warming from Democrats and Republicans.
It won’t do jack or shit for inflation. At least in terms of reducing it. If Biden really cared, he’d zoom call in
The trip to Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, will be the first leg of a multination trip for Biden that is expected to include stops in Cambodia and Indonesia for major global summits, including the G20.
That’s a hell of a carbon footprint, eh? Of course, Biden’s working hard to start a nuclear war
https://twitter.com/thejcoop/status/1578381736450342913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1578381736450342913%7Ctwgr%5E648563a580d7410130ecd58a768dda638a245bca%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fdougp-3137%2F2022%2F10%2F07%2Fbiden-says-world-is-closest-to-nuclear-armageddon-since-cuban-missile-crisis-heads-to-delaware-for-the-weekend%2F
Of course, Joe’s people have walked it back. The norm. Just like Joe going missing almost every weekend.
Read: Good News: Brandon To Take Massive Fossil Fueled Trip To Next Climate Scam Conference »
…is a sky full of carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is neo-neocon, with a post on Biden looking to make friends with Venezuela.
Read: If All You See… »
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