Forget The EV, Picked Up An Accord Hybrid

By William Teach September 8, 2024 – 3:47 pm

I finally made the decision, and just couldn’t do an EV. If I look at the biggest pros in my mind

  • Ridiculously low lease price of $298 a month with nothing down for 36 months/30,000 miles
  • Bose stereo system, and it is freaking loud
  • The vehicle is pretty loaded
  • Can get $750 worth of free charging
  • Plenty of room, not too long

to the biggest cons

  • It is really wide, 5 inches wider than anything I’ve driven on a consistent basis (not a big negative, though. I could get used to it)
  • There are zero fast chargers near me. Closest could take 15 minutes. I’d have to really plan.
  • Power company said it would cost around $2k to install a level 2 charger out front, since I do not have a garage, based on what they’ve done many times. You only really save money if you charge at home. Charging is my biggest issue, it is just too inconvenient.
  • Range comes into play only a few times a year, like going to Wrightsville Beach or driving to see the parents in NJ. It’s a pain.

Honda put some serious loyalty money on Accords, and I still had some positive equity in my Civic (as things get back to normal, I would have had zero equity in March, since my lease on the Civic ends on April 4th, where a year ago I would probably have had $4k positive in the same situation). There was a white Sport L in the clearance zone, so, really, not much more than a Sport Accord, and I get leather, memory seats, and seat heaters (not that I care, I rarely use them).

And, yes, it is a hybrid. Loving it so far. I’ve obviously driven them, but, never owned one. It is unbelievably quiet, and sneakily fast. Have wireless Android Auto, remote start, and way more. Only thing missing, weirdly, is defrost mirrors. Never noticed that before. I get a lot of ice and fog living with the river behind me. Oh, well, have to keep a bottle of ice away in the trunk again.

It is white, haven’t been a fan of white in a long time (my first car I bought on my own was a white Ford Probe, so, soured me), but, it looks great with the black rims and trim (generic photo from a dealership, too lazy to get up and take a photo)

I would have been ok with red, silver, and Urban Grey. Bright blue and black, no way. The range is good enough I might be able to go between Raleigh and NJ without stopping to fill up.

Maybe by the time this lease is up EVs will be in a position that there is no charging and range anxiety.

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If All You See…

By William Teach September 8, 2024 – 1:44 pm

…is snow that is disappearing because Other People drive fossil fueled vehicles, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Green Jihad, with a post on Stellanis laying people off despite getting millions in Biden-Harris EV grants.

It’s snow week.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach September 8, 2024 – 9:02 am

Happy Sunday! It’s another fine day in the Once And Future Nation Of America. The Sun is shining, the hummingbirds are humming, and the Giants return for their 6-11 season. This pinup is by Baron Von Lind, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Cold Fury: The Axis of Prestige
  2. Dissecting Leftism: The New York Times’ Weird Attack on JD Vance Once again
  3. Gates Of Vienna: Those Busy, Busy Knives
  4. Geeez: THIS is happening IN AMERICA??
  5. Jihad Watch: CUNY: Pro-Hamas demonstrators protest Hillel events, carry banners saying ‘Bring the war home’
  6. Legal Insurrection: Hamas Using Hostages to Wage Psychological Warfare on Israel, Terror Group’s Leaked Document Shows
  7. Maggie’s Farm: A history of the Italian peninsula, via the food
  8. Moonbattery: Colt Gray and LGBT Violence
  9. Pacific Pundit: Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang member arrested in Prairie du Chien (Wisconsin) after sexual assault – Thanks Kamala!
  10. Sultan Knish: Gov. Walz’s Legacy is That Majority of Students Can No Longer Read
  11. The Gateway Pundit: World Economic Forum Finally Tells the Truth About Covid: It Was a ‘Test’ of Our Obedience to Rapidly Forming New World Order
  12. The Last Refuge: Biden Admits “Inflation Reduction Act” was actually the “Green New Deal” Con
  13. This ain’t Hell…: Stupid people of the week
  14. Victory Girls Blog: The Kamala Harris Silent Puppet Campaign
  15. And last, but, not least, The Lid has Women’s College Bravely Confirms No Transgender Students Allowed Rule

As always, the full set of pinups can be seen in the Patriotic Pinup category, or over at my Gallery page (nope, that’s gone, the newest Apache killed access, and the program hasn’t been upgraded since 2014, so, most are hosted internally). While we are on pinups, since it is that time of year, have you gotten your Pinups for Vets calendar yet? And don’t forget to check out what I declare to be our War on Women Rule 5 and linky luv posts and things that interest me. I’ve also mostly alphabetized them, makes it easier scrolling the feedreader

Don’t forget to check out all the other great material all the linked blogs have!

Anyone else have a link or hotty-fest going on? Let me know so I can add you to the list. And do you have a favorite blog you can recommend be added to the feedreader?

Two great sites for getting news links are Liberty Daily and Whatafinger.

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Biden-Harris Admin “Switches” To Pressuring Israel For Deal Instead Of Hamas

By William Teach September 8, 2024 – 7:00 am

Of course, how much pressure has the Biden-Harris admin put on the US State Department designated terrorist organization Hamas since they attacked and slaughtered, raped, kidnapped, and tortured Jewish civilians? Did they even threaten them to return the hostages immediately, especially the American citizens? And pressured Hamas’ supporters in other nations?

US switched to pressuring Israel for hostage deal concessions, officials say

Israeli officials responded Saturday evening to CIA Director Bill Burns’ comments, in which he said that a new framework for an agreement between Israel and Hamas would be presented in the coming days.

“The Americans are very eager to conclude the negotiations and finalize a deal because of the American hostages,” said the Israeli officials.

“If they were able to reach a direct deal with Hamas to free the American citizens held hostage, they would likely have done so,” the officials noted. “Now, they are choosing to pressure Israel instead of pressuring Hamas. The Americans should have long ago demanded that Qatar expel all Hamas members residing in the country—but that hasn’t happened.”

According to the officials, “Until the murder of the six hostages, the administration projected optimism, even praising Israel and emphasizing that Hamas was the side that needed to compromise. The execution of the six hostages significantly changed the tone.”

“It seems that Washington feels helpless toward Hamas and is choosing to pressure Israel, which has already shown a willingness to make concessions for the deal,” they added.

Helpless? The most powerful nation on Earth is helpless? Well, yeah, because the Biden-Harris admin started out by showing weakness before the October 7th attack, and continue to be feckless after. The never threatened Hamas, never gave them an ultimatum, never told them to stand down and surrender. They’ve simply been telling Israel to have restraint. To not go in to certain Gaza areas.

According to a report by Reuters, Burns stated that 90% of the details in the deal to release the hostages have already been agreed upon, adding that the US would continue to work as hard as possible along with the other mediators on a ceasefire in Gaza.

90%, eh? Israel wants the hostages back. Period. Hamas doesn’t want to give them up, and wants to retain their ability to launch terrorist attacks on Jewish civilians.

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Good News: D.C. Government Institutes Snitch Line On Plastic Straws, Utensils, Bags

By William Teach September 7, 2024 – 4:00 pm

Remember, though, ‘climate change’ is all about Science, not instituting Fascism on citizens and controlling their lives (via Climate Depot)

They seriously want people to snitch if it’s a plastic straw, fork, stirrer, paper bag, foam cup, bowl, container (including coolers), and packing material.

Being a liberal mecca, there will be lots of snitching going on.

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If All You See…

By William Teach September 7, 2024 – 1:00 pm

…are beach houses that will soon be destroyed by carbon pollution fueled hurricanes, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is IOTW Report, with a post on even Mark Cuban realizing Kamala’s capital gains tax is horrible.

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Pakistani Man Arrested Over Plot To Kill Jews On October 7th

By William Teach September 7, 2024 – 10:30 am

How dare the Associated Press write this article, and Politico publish it! It’s Islamophobia (fortunately, this is only worth a page A14 article at the NY Times. Imagine if it was a Republican trying to kill Muslims)

Man charged with plotting to kill Jews in New York on Oct. 7

A Pakistani man was arrested in Canada this week and accused of plotting a mass shooting at a Jewish center in Brooklyn on the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas that sparked the latest conflict in the Middle East, federal authorities announced Friday.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Muhammad Shahzeb Khan had attempted to travel from Canada, where he lives, to New York City with the “stated goal of slaughtering, in the name of ISIS, as many Jewish people as possible.”

The 20 year-old, who is also known as Shahzeb Jadoon, was apprehended Sept. 4 and charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to the terror group, which stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham.

“Jewish communities — like all communities in this country — should not have to fear that they will be targeted by a hate-fueled terrorist attack,” Garland said in a statement.

No, they shouldn’t. Meanwhile, college campuses are full of Jew haters and Islamic terrorist supporters. They’re protesting on subways.

How does a young Canadian citizen get “radicalized”? They don’t ask: Why do we treat radicalized organizations such as CAIR and SJP as bonified civil organizations, when “globalize the intifada” is their daily mantra?

“This planned antisemitic attack against Jewish people in the U.S. is deplorable and there is no place for such ideological and hate-motivated crime in Canada,” Michael Duheme, commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, said in the statement.

Oh, really? There have been plenty of anti-Israel/Jew protests since October 7th, 2023, in Canada. Islamists are protected as much as the gender confused. Jews? Not so much.

Yup, she’s a government official in Canada. If people continuously call violence against Jews, they will get violence against Jews.

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Australia To Hold Off On Releasing 2035 Climate (scam) Goals For Some Reason

By William Teach September 7, 2024 – 7:15 am

It’s because of uncertainty over the U.S. elections or something

Australia may delay release of 2035 climate target as world awaits outcome of US election

The Australian government may delay the announcement of a 2035 climate target until after the February deadline and beyond the next election, in part due to uncertainty about the ramifications of the US presidential election.

Some big emitting countries are lagging in developing their 2035 emissions reduction targets, which under the Paris climate agreement are due before the UN climate summit in Belém, Brazil, in November next year.

Major investors said they were comfortable with countries delaying target announcements if it meant they did the work to make a commitment that was “aligned with science” and reaching “for the highest possible level of ambition”.

Globally, governments are watching the US election before finalising their 2035 commitments. Observers believe Kamala Harris will quickly announce a target if successful but Donald Trump, who has called the climate crisis a “hoax”, has said he would again pull the US out of the Paris deal.

The article really offers no good reason other than “Trump.” If Trump wins, countries are still welcome to institute their wackadoodle doomsday cult policies. Maybe these countries are just coming up with excuses to not destroy their economies?

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Seinfeld Campaign: Even Kamala Aides Aren’t Quite Sure What Her Policies Are

By William Teach September 7, 2024 – 7:00 am

In a sane world the Credentialed Media would demand that Kamala ask questions about her policies, make her actually answer. But, that’s so 30 years ago.

Report: Kamala Harris’s Aides Are Unsure of Her Policy Positions

Not even campaign aides are sure of what Vice President Kamala Harris’s policy positions are, Axios reported Friday, fueling concerns that Harris is an empty political shell with intentions to do or say whatever is needed to get elected.

With only 60 days left until the presidential election, time is running out for Americans to learn about Harris’s ambiguous plans. She has only sat for one pre-recorded interview since joining the race seven weeks ago on July 21, 2024.

In those seven weeks, Harris allegedly changed her view, outright flip-flopped, or has an unknown position in nine areas:

Like this

And then

“Harris and her campaign haven’t provided many details explaining her policy shifts,” Axios admitted Friday. “[E]ven some of her own staffers aren’t sure where she stands on a range of issues.”

Axios reportedly asked the Harris campaign six days in a row about her unknown policy positions before getting a “no comment” from aides.

Super! It’s like watching Seinfeld: a show about nothing.

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Who’s Up For An Eco-Chaplain To Deal With Climate (scam) Grief?

By William Teach September 6, 2024 – 3:38 pm

This sure seems like something a cult would come up with

A new kind of chaplain is helping people deal with ‘climate grief’

When Diane Ware’s home state of Oregon proposed a natural gas pipeline that threatened local waterways, she sprang into action – leading workshops on lobbying state lawmakers, mentoring student activists and organizing lectures at her church.

But when plans for the pipeline were canceled, Ware, 78, found little pleasure in the victory. The retired elementary school teacher couldn’t shake the feeling that it may be too late to save a planet in deep peril – a prospect tinged with grief, anger and depression. Ware realized she had a case of “climate grief” – and needed help.

Ware is one of a growing number of people using the services of an eco-chaplain, a new kind of spiritual advisor rising among clergy trained in handling grief and other difficult emotions.

Each month, at the Talent Public Library, Ware attends Sustaining Climate Activists, a gathering of mostly retired adults led by an eco-chaplain. She went to her first meeting shortly after a wildfire swept through Lahaina, Hawaii, in 2023. She was upset by a report that claimed news organizations had failed to link the wildfire to climate change.

The eco-chaplain is a 21st century invention, and while no one knows exactly how many there are, chaplaincy experts agree that the number is likely less than 100. There is no universally recognized eco-chaplaincy training, as there is for other kinds of chaplaincy, but a number of organizations offer training from Buddhist, Christian, Jewish and secular perspectives.

Today, there are chaplains working at the intersection of climate, grief and spirituality in the United States, Great Britain, Australia and Canada. Most develop their own ways of addressing the issue, from one-on-one therapy sessions to online climate grief circles and in-person support groups.

Hey, nothing like taking advantage of people who’ve already been driven batshit guano by a doomsday cult, right? And then being given all sorts of advice which keeps the crazy going, eh?

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