Climate Crisis (scam) Today: Colorful Birds, Rising CO2

By William Teach August 8, 2022 – 3:00 pm

This is all your fault, you know

Birds Losing Feather Colors: Another Effect of Climate Change, Study Reveals

A 15-year study on the common bird known as the blue tit found that as a result of climate change, birds were far less vibrant as their feathers lost their usual bright color.

Because our feathered friends rely on their plumage to attract mates, it is dulling flashy colorful feathers and endangering their ability to survive.

The occurrence raises concerns as it may result in fewer new chicks.

According to Dr. David Lopez-Idiaquez of the University of the Basque Country in Spain, characteristics like coloring serve as signals to let other people know how good a specimen is. For instance, when it comes to breeding, they are decisive. Lopez-Idiaquez is the lead author of the study. (snip)

The conclusions are based on observations of the iconic blue tit, which is distinguished by a bright blue crest and a yellow breast.

Two populations of the bird species in southern France were monitored for 15 years; one was in Corsica and the other was near Montpellier.

According to their study’s findings, both groups’ average levels of color decreased from 2005 to 2019.

So, let me get this straight: they studied two small populations of one type of bird in two small areas, and we’re supposed to devine that the colors of bird feathers is bad everywhere, and that birds are in trouble? Really? Now compare this to a previous Holocene warm period: did the same happen? Or, could it be other conditions, like air, water, and land pollution? Pesticides? Something else? In climate cult world, everything is doom and everything is caused by it.

Earth’s CO2 Level Rose Every Year Since Climate Change Became a National Issue

On June 3 of this year, NOAA scientists announced a weather station at Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory had recorded carbon dioxide levels at 421 parts per million (ppm) in May.

The last time the earth experienced similar levels of this greenhouse gas was during the Pliocene Epoch millions of years ago, a period when global temperatures increased and sea levels may have reached as high as 20 meters (65 feet) above present-day levels.

Both CO2 and sea level subsequently fell precipitously, and over the past 6,000 years, levels remained around 280 parts per million. No longer. The global average grew from 350.9 ppm to 418.39 ppm between 1988 and 2022, an alarming 19% increase. Today the amount of CO2 in the earth’s atmosphere is more than 50% higher than it was prior to the Industrial Revolution.

Which is weird, because there was a pause, roughly between 1998 and 2012, in which the rising temps were considered “statistically insignificant.” And there’s currently a smaller pause. So, perhaps CO2 is not the big deal the climate cultists think.

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If All You See…

By William Teach August 8, 2022 – 1:00 pm

…is are horrible carbon pollution clouds, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is 357 Magnum, with a post on the Woke Green Lantern show being cancelled.

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NY Times, Mayor Adams Upset Those Seeking Asylum In Texas Dropped Off In NYC

By William Teach August 8, 2022 – 10:30 am

See, they weren’t seeking asylum, something that only 10% or less qualify for, in Texas, but, the United States, and unfettered illegal immigration is something that the NY Times and Mayor Adams support and push for. The next few buses should drop illegals off near the NY Times building on West 41st Street and Gracie Mansion, the government home of the NYC mayor (paywalled Times article here)

Seeking Asylum in Texas, Sent to New York to Make a Political Point

The first 3,500 miles of Jose Rodríguez’s journey from Venezuela to here took nearly two months.

The last 2,000 took less than two days, aboard a bus chartered by the state of Texas.

Rodríguez was among about 50 migrants who arrived at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Times Square early Friday amid a raging political battle over immigration.

Since April, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, has been shipping newly arrived asylum-seekers to immigrant-friendly Democratic cities on the East Coast to try to pressure the Biden administration into cracking down at the border. Abbott’s press office said the bus that arrived in Manhattan on Friday, which left Eagle Pass on Wednesday afternoon, held “the first group of migrants bused to New York City from Texas.”

The Times is upset that this was done to make a political point. And that NYC suddenly has to deal with a small portion of what Texas border towns have to deal with.

Like Washington, New York is “the ideal destination for these migrants, who can receive the abundance of city services and housing that Mayor Eric Adams has boasted about within the sanctuary city,” Abbott said in a statement Friday. “I hope he follows through on his promise of welcoming all migrants with open arms so that our overrun and overwhelmed border towns can find relief.”

Just because they’re a sanctuary city doesn’t mean they want to put their money where their mouth’s are.

Adams is having a bit of a hissy fit

(Fox News) Adams gave a news conference Sunday morning at the Port Authority where he greeted an incoming bus of around 40 migrants — only 14 of whom disembarked in the Big Apple.

“This is horrific when you think about what the governor is doing,” Adams said, noting that many of the arriving families did not realize they were coming to New York City.

He should see what’s going on in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, especially the border towns, how have to deal with all the things that come with unfettered illegal immigration.

“We’re finding that some of the families are on the bus that wanted to go to other locations, and they were not allowed to do so,” the mayor said. “They were forced on the bus with the understanding that they were going to other locations that they wanted to go to, and when they tried to explain they were not allowed to do so.”

They came illegally. They should be put back on the other side of the border, but, because of Democrat rules, it takes forever to go through the asylum hearings, and, even if found not eligible, most do not get deported. And, what of the Biden admin flying them all over the country and dropping them off? Did they want to go to those places? Really, it doesn’t matter where they want to go, they’re here illegally, and will go where they’re sent.

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Climate Cult Wants To Reduce Your Sugar Consumption Through Taxation

By William Teach August 8, 2022 – 7:00 am

I think back to when I switched from believer (small b) in anthropogenic global warming to Skeptic, and I started saying this was all about higher taxation and fees, government control of the economy and energy sector, along with a loss of freedom, liberty, and life choices. Many skeptics said I was wrong that this had nothing to do with science. And once again

Reducing Sugar Consumption Through Taxation Could Help Fight Climate Change, New Study Finds

Reducing sugar consumption could help fight climate change and promote sustainability, according to a new study. The study from the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) revealed the potential for climate and sustainability by reducing sugar consumption. The study found that reducing sugar consumption by redirecting land used for sugar to alternative sources could be extremely beneficial for the environment.

The study, published in the journal Nature Sustainability, highlights how the adaptation of a sugar tax could help the environment and public health as sugar is one of the worst foods to consume.

Surprise! Oh, and they want control of land, too

The authors looked at three scenarios of how to redirect existing sugar cropland to alternate uses.

  1. The EU reforesting its existing sugar cropland.
  2. The EU switching its sugar beet crops to ethanol production.
  3. The EU exporting its excess sugar production while Brazil switches its sugarcane crops to ethanol production.

How nice

Sugar taxation will be the most effective tool for reducing sugar consumption. This will be not only great for the environment but also for public health. Reports have found that processed food and sugar lead to malnutrition and obesity. Check out these recipes to help Curb Your Cravings for Sugar With These Naturally Sweet Foods!

Well, yes, too much sugar is bad for your health. Of course, the same people who believe in climate doom will accuse the people push this tax as fatphobic. Also, these people can mind their own f’ing business. They don’t want sugar? Then don’t have it in their own lives. Leave everyone else the F alone

Cory Booker, senator from New Jersey, is challenging Americans to take a sugar-free challenge with him for the next three months.

I dare him, and all the ones signing up for his challenge, to give up their use of fossil fuels.

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Who Are The Winners And Losers In Democrats “Inflation Reduction” Bill

By William Teach August 8, 2022 – 6:45 am

You know one thing that’s not a winner? Inflation reduction. No one is mentioning inflation reduction now

Winners and Losers in Democrats’ Signature Tax and Energy Bill

President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are the biggest winners now that a huge piece of Democrats’ economic agenda is hurtling toward enactment.

That remains to be seen come the elections in November. Will Republicans take advantage of the terrible bill? Who are the winners (there are more at the link)

  • The Wealthy
  • Electric Carmakers (that most Americans cannot afford)
  • Renewable Energy (that will increase the price of energy for middle and lower class Americans in a time of skyrocketing energy prices)
  • Oil Companies (in theory, but, not practice, as the Biden admin will not allow more drilling, nor will the activist groups)
  • The IRS

That last one should be fun

Supercharged IRS Will Audit Lower- and Middle-Income Earners

“Congress wants more tax revenue because it can’t control its appetite for spending. That’s why it wants a tax agency in beast mode,” writes the Editorial Board of the Wall Street Journal in a new op-ed.

The new Manchin-Biden Build Back Better bill allots $80 billion in new funding for the IRS – more than six times the agency’s current annual budget.

Included in the $80 billion is funding to send 87,000 new IRS agents after you and your family-owned business on the belief that everyone is a tax cheat. The IRS has already been targeting lower and middle income earners, yet Democrats want to hire new IRS agents to audit individuals and small businesses. They’ve also promised to revive their invasive bank surveillance scheme.

If anyone thinks all these extra IRS agents will target The Rich, well, sure, some, but, they have lots of accountants and lawyers to be used to fight the IRS. The mom and pop running the nail salon, burger joint, and other small businesses don’t. Nor individuals. The IRS can simply come for your bank account and make you prove you didn’t make a mistake. And there is almost no way to stop this unless the GOP has the House, Senate, and White House come 2025. Will they balk in making sure 87,000 IRS employees are promoted to private citizen?

Who are the losers

  • Republicans (will see how that plays out in the mid-terms)
  • Pharmaceutical Companies (until they figure out ways around this. I’m not against lower prices, but, there are always unintended consequences when Congress plays these games)
  • Tech Companies (this is about a minimum tax and stock buybacks. I doubt many of us care about them paying more, but, again, unintended consequences, plus, you know there must be a loophole, since they mostly donate to Democrats)
  • The SALT Caucus (bummer, Democrats in Dem states cannot write off more due to high state taxes)
  • Bernie Sanders (yeah, he wanted more spending).

Not mentioned was the middle class, liberty, freedom of choice, and affordable products. Things like air conditioning units and furnaces had already been slated to go up thousands of dollars next year. You can bet refrigerators, washers and dryers, and so many other products will, too. Windows, insulation, wood, you name it.

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Democrats Finally Pass Climate Bill Or Something

By William Teach August 7, 2022 – 4:23 pm

Media outlets aren’t even pretending this is about inflation reduction

History’s Greatest Obstacle to Climate Progress Has Finally Fallen
Democrats in the Senate passed a bill that would, for the first time ever, use Congress’s power to push the U.S. to decarbonize.

….

But now, on a broiling August day 34 years after Hansen spoke, that record began to change. After an all-night session that stretched from Saturday evening into Sunday afternoon, Democrats voted along party lines to pass the first comprehensive climate law in American history. The bill will touch every sector of the economy, subsidizing massive new investments in renewable and geothermal energy, as well as nuclear power and carbon capture and removal, and encouraging new clean-energy manufacturing industries to develop in the United States.

It is the first economy-wide emissions-reduction bill adopted by the Senate. At more than $369 billion, its investment in climate change is the largest in the country’s history. (snip)

Only a last-minute, hail-mary negotiating effort from Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer salvaged the package. Manchin only endorsed this bill, rechristened the Inflation Reduction Act, in exchange for Schumer’s promise that Congress will, later this year, revisit rules governing where energy facilities are located. The bill passed today reflects Manchin’s particular concerns for the future of the fossil-fuel industry, and in particular West Virginia’s gas companies.

Here’s some pieces before passage

Nor the AP

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If All You See…

By William Teach August 7, 2022 – 1:00 pm

…are wonderful low carbon bikes, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Flag And Cross, with a post on an arrest made in the case of an ambushed pro-life teen.

It’s strained tops week.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach August 7, 2022 – 9:12 am

Patriotic Pinup Pearl Frush

Happy Sunday! Another gorgeous day in the Once and Future Nation Of America. The Sun is shining, the hummingbirds are buzzing, and I’m still loving my new AC system. This pinup is by Pearl Frush, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. This ain’t Hell… discusses PINO Joe and the Secret Service disagreeing on fences
  2. The O.K. Corral covers bad reporting from the Toronto Sun
  3. The Last Refuge notes McDonald’s dumping plant meat alternative, because no one was buying it
  4. The Hayride has thoughts on not caring about Brittney Griner
  5. The Gateway Pundit notes a woman banned from a pool for complaining about a cross dresser peeping at little girls
  6. Powerline covers the Biden admin’s war on agriculture
  7. Pacific Pundit discusses the bodega worker shot in NYC deciding to go to the Dominican Republic
  8. neo-neocon highlights the lights going out in Europe, as Trump warned
  9. Moonbattery notes why Batgirl won’t be released
  10. Legal Insurrection discusses Ted Cruz blasting the FBI for designating patriotic symbols as evil
  11. Jihad Watch notes Islamic countries being either angry or very sad
  12. Gen Z Conservative covers a moonbat ESPN host trying to cancel Mt. Rushmore
  13. Geller Report discusses a scientist testifying that Fauci lied about gain of function
  14. Dissecting Leftism notes the hidden side effects of COVID vaccines
  15. And last, but, not least, Da Techguy’s Blog covers the Navy having manpower issues

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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Comrade Bernie Says Inflation Reduction Act Will Have Minimal Effect On Inflation

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

He still voted to begin debate on Build Back Better version 4, and, you know he will vote for this non-inflation reduction bill

Bernie Sanders says Inflation Reduction Act will have ‘minimal impact’ on inflation

Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders adopted a tone more similar to that of Congressional Republicans than Democrats on Saturday when he said that the hotly debated Inflation Reduction Act will do little to reduce inflation.

“Madam President, I want to take a moment to say a few words about the so-called inflation reduction that we are debating this evening,” Sanders said on the Senate floor on Saturday night. “And I say so-called, by the way, because according to the CBO, and other economic organizations that study this bill, it will, in fact, have a minimal impact on inflation.”

Sanders went on to criticize the bill by saying that it does not address childhood poverty, income inequality, or the “dysfunctional” healthcare system in the United States.

Sanders explained that the bill “turns its back on the working parents of this country and our children.”

What Comrade Bernie really wants to do is spend more money, which would certainly have an effect, right? Just not the one he’s looking for, because the bill already is dangerous

Over 230 economists warn Manchin’s spending bill will perpetuate inflation

A letter sent to House and Senate leadership from 230 economists argues that the Inflation Reduction Act is expected to contribute to skyrocketing inflation and will burden the U.S. economy, contrary to President Biden and Democrats’ claims.

The economists wrote in the letter first obtained by Fox News Digital that the U.S. economy is at a “dangerous crossroads” and the “inaptly named ‘Inflation Reduction Act of 2022’ would do nothing of the sort and instead would perpetuate the same fiscal policy errors that have helped precipitate the current troubling economic climate.”

The economic experts point to the $433 billion in proposed government spending, which they argue “would create immediate inflationary pressures by boosting demand, while the supply-side tax hikes would constrain supply by discouraging investment and draining the private sector of much-needed resources.”

Here’s the thing: Democrats do not care. They see themselves losing the House, and possibly the Senate, so, they want to ram through their agenda, knowing that the GOP will not be able to roll it back unless the GOP wins the White House in 2024, and keeps the Senate and House, and then they’re counting on the GOP forgetting to do away with the legislation. It’s a good bet. And they do not care if it hurts the middle class. Like this

It doesn’t matter if the tax increase are small, they’re increases, and with 87K more IRS agents, they’ll make damned sure they get every cent out of your wallet.

Hundreds? Over what time period? Why would some pay thousands to replace their appliances when they are working well, and won’t get that back in credits? And those appliances will go up in price if there are actual rebates. Do you have $10k to put solar panels on your home? What about those who do not own homes and cannot afford them now? Weatherization costs have skyrocketed. Seriously, rebates and incentives on products that most in the middle and lower classes cannot afford. This is a giveaway to his rich voters.

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Bummer: Great Barrier Reef Showing High Coral Cover

By William Teach August 6, 2022 – 3:00 pm

According to the Cult of Climastrology, ‘climate change’ continues to get more and more apocalyptic, which dooms corals (even though coral loves warm water, and lots of islands and atolls were created when the seas were higher), so, how does this happen?

Parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef show highest coral cover in 36 years

Two-thirds of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef showed the largest amount of coral cover in 36 years, but the reef remains vulnerable to increasingly frequent mass bleaching, an official long-term monitoring programme reported on Thursday.

The recovery in the central and northern stretches of the UNESCO world heritage-listed reef contrasted with the southern region, where there was a loss of coral cover due to crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks, the Australian Institute of Marine Sciences (AIMS) said in its annual report.

“What we’re seeing is that the Great Barrier Reef is still a resilient system. It still maintains that ability to recover from disturbances,” AIMS monitoring programme leader Mike Emslie told Reuters.

“But the worrying thing is that the frequency of these disturbance events are increasing, particularly the mass coral bleaching events,” he said.

The thing is, could the events and loss of coral be from other things? We see the problems with the starfish (also blamed on climate crisis): could ocean pollution be a cause? It’s the most likely, while a areas like Australia practicing better clean water policies helps, but, an occasional influx of polluted water from places like China and India could cause problems. Do we have any way to compare this to what happened during the Medieval Warm Period and Roman Warm Period?

On the northern region, average hard coral cover grew to 36% in 2022 from a low of 13% in 2017, while on the central region hard coral cover increased to 33% from a low of 12% in 2019 – the highest levels recorded for both regions since the institute began monitoring the reef in 1985.

Could any of this be do to the lower levels of other atmospheric gases than CO2 due to COVID lockdowns? Be worth looking at. Regardless, it’s just another case of the climate cult’s talking points of Doom taking a hit.

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