WWIII Watch: Iran Backed Hezbollah Attempts To Assassinate Israeli PM Netanyahu

By William Teach October 20, 2024 – 7:00 am

This is what happens when Western nations and the United Nations decide to chastise Israel, rather than Hamas, Hezbollah, and their backers in Iran, and leads even further down the road to larger scale war in the Middle East

Netanyahu promises retaliation following assassination attempt by Hezbollah

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a warning to Hezbollah following its alleged assassination attempt against him and his wife, calling it a “grave mistake.”

“The attempt by Iran’s proxy Hezbollah to assassinate me and my wife today was a grave mistake,” Netanyahu wrote in a X post Saturday. “This will not deter me or the State of Israel from continuing our just war against our enemies in order to secure our future.”

Issuing a stark warning to Iran and the “Axis of Resistance,” which includes Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis, the prime minister said Israel is determined to achieve its war objectives following the Oct. 7 attack and “change the security reality in our region for generations.”

“I say to Iran and its proxies in its axis of evil: Anyone who tries to harm Israel’s citizens will pay a heavy price; We will continue to eliminate the terrorists and those who dispatch them; We will bring our hostages home from Gaza; And we will return our citizens who live on our Northern border safely to their homes,” he wrote.

“Israel is determined to achieve all our war objectives and change the security reality in our region for generations to come,” Netanyahu said.

Hezbollah has nothing to lose in trying to kill Netanyahu, as the US State Department designated terrorist group is getting decimated, including their leadership. The question here is, does Iran really want a full on war? They’re already looking at retaliation from Israel for the rocket attack, and, if keep getting frisky that retaliation might a lot more than people like Biden want. It could easily involved Iran’s nuclear weapons program or something significant, rather than, say, military bases.

It’s a good thing that Biden-Harris didn’t essentially give Iran billions of dollars which Iran has plowed into terrorism activities and enabled the growth of their nuclear weapons program while whining at Israel and not Iran

Speaking of WWIII

Russia warns the United States of the risks of World War Three

Russia said the West was playing with fire by considering allowing Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with Western missiles and cautioned the United States on Tuesday that World War Three would not be confined to Europe.

Sergei Lavrov, who has served as Putin’s foreign minister for more than 20 years, said that the West was seeking to escalate the Ukraine war and was “asking for trouble” by considering Ukrainian requests to loosen curbs on using foreign-supplied weapons.

And, Lavrov yapped a lot about nuclear weapons. Is it just talk? Does Russia really want to be annihilated in nuclear fire? But, is Ukraine worth taking the chance?

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Scientists Say We Should Stop Using Seasons For Conferences And Such

By William Teach October 19, 2024 – 3:00 pm

This wackadoodle piece doesn’t mention ‘climate change’, but, you can understand how the climate cult is propped up by wacko scientists who’ve forgotten how Science works

Nature is supposed to be a magazine about Science. Does this look like science, or, some sort of wacky DEI, virtue signaling, non-science stuff?

Hello from the Southern Hemisphere, where the days are getting longer and temperatures are rising. Yet, despite the clear signs of spring here, we find ourselves inundated with invitations to events that speak of fall or autumn, or newsletters announcing workshops that will run this coming winter. It leaves us wondering: are we invited at all into this season different from our own?

This curious oversight, in which seasons, instead of months, are used for scheduling, is especially puzzling in the scientific community — a group known for its precision and careful communication. Why do we, of all people, persist in relying on region-specific seasonal markers? What is even more baffling is that this takes place in our fields of weather and climate science, with little regard for how different things might be outside the Northern Hemisphere.

What’s the big deal? How are these people actually able to cope with the Adult World? What you have here is two people, Melissa Hart and Nigan Nazarin (no credentials supplied if they are actually scientists), who are Offended and Demand that everyone comply, instead of just moving on with their lives and dealing with a miniscule annoyance.

So what exactly is a season? The answer depends on who you ask. Is it an astronomical season based on equinoxes and solstices (following the solar calendar), or a meteorological one that starts on the first of day of a month in the Julian calendar? Even the widely used Western constructs differ in their start dates and definitions. For example, in Australia, where we are based, it’s common to use the meteorological calendar and start our seasons on the first day of the month, whereas in North America, astronomical seasons are used — winter in the United States begins on the winter solstice (21 or 22 December).

We all know what they are. De-twist your panties

To address these issues, here are some recommendations.

Avoid naming seasons for events or communication . This might not be an issue when inviting researchers from a single country, but it’s crucial if you’re trying to attract an international audience.

Provide specific dates and months . Even saying “summer (Northern Hemisphere)” implies the Euro–American-centric approach. The simple use of a month instead removes any confusion.

Respect work–life balance consistently around the globe . It’s well-known that August is often avoided for events owing to European holidays. Let’s extend the same courtesy by steering clear of scheduling major events in January, when many in the Southern Hemisphere are on holiday, and many in the world are celebrating the lunar new year.

Adjust global analyses to account for hemispheric differences . If you’re researching summer heat or winter cold, make sure to use the appropriate months for each hemisphere. Failing to do so leads to flawed analyses and skewed results.

Good grief. And this is how science was infected with idiocy.

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 19, 2024 – 1:00 pm

…is an angry Bad Weather sky from too make carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is 357 Magnum, with a post on self defense in the People’s Republik Of California.

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CNN: Trump’s Plan To Deport Illegal Aliens Will Be Expensive Or Something

By William Teach October 19, 2024 – 10:30 am

If Trump wins he should send migrants/illegals to all the town of Democrats, like screed writer Catherine E. Shoichet

Trump’s mass deportation plans would be costly. Here’s why

BTW, I hate these types of headlines from the Credentialed Media. These “explainer” ones like Vox started using. There’s no need for “here’s why”, as the whole point of writing an article is “here’s why”.

Americans before illegalsFormer President Donald Trump vows he’ll kick millions of undocumented immigrants out of the US if he’s reelected.

In the months since cheering supporters waved “mass deportation now” signs at the Republican National Convention, Trump and his surrogates have offered various visions for how they’d achieve this goal. But they’ve left no doubt that it’s a top priority.

“If you’re in the country illegally, you better be looking over your shoulder,” former Immigration and Customs Enforcement chief Tom Homan said in July as he warned that no one would be off the table.

Trump adviser Stephen Miller has touted plans for “the largest domestic deportation operation in US history” and says the military would be involved.

And vice presidential candidate JD Vance says that deporting criminals would be the administration’s initial focus.

I’ve never understood why Democrats are so intent on keeping people who are here illegally, when the Constitution says Congress should stop foreign invasion. Unless this is really about creating Democrat voters, which they say is “missinformation”. Why else would they want murderers and rapists?

Experts say any path a future Trump administration picks would be complicated and costly, due to both the billions of dollars needed to fund mass deportation and the significant ripple effects that would hit the economy.

It costs the US $151 billion per year now. Rounding them up and booting them out would be essentially a one time cost, which would significantly de-incentivize people to come illegally in the future.

$10,900: The average cost of apprehending, detaining, processing and removing one undocumented immigrant from the United States in 2016, according to figures released by ICE at the time.

It’d be worth it.

1,016 days: The average time it takes for a case to make its way through immigration court, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University.

Does Catherine not think Trump and his people couldn’t figure out a quicker way to do this?

Migrant who ‘threatened to cut off woman’s fingers’ in brutal robbery is Tren de Aragua gangbanger

The alleged ringleader of a brutal robbery in an upscale Dallas neighborhood that shocked Texans is a confirmed Tren de Aragua gang member who was welcomed into the country just last year, sources told The Post.

Venezuelan illegal migrant Wilmer Colmenares Gonzalez, 27, allegedly held police at bay for hours after the robbery squad followed the victim into her garage, pistol-whipped her and forced her into her home in Northwest Dallas, where they made off with the valuables inside the woman’s Gucci handbag on Sept. 21, according to cops.

Why do Democrats want to keep these people? Gang members have zero chance of getting asylum. They are supposed to be deported immediately. The NY Times confirmed that Tren de Aragua is in NYC. They should be rounded up and deported ASAP. Why are they allowed to remain?

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Surprise: Environmental Justice Raked In $500 Million From Taxpayers

By William Teach October 19, 2024 – 7:00 am

All thanks to Biden-Harris and their graft machine (via Watts Up With That?)

‘Clear Conflict of Interest’: Biden-Harris Environmental Justice Advisors Raked In Nearly $500 Million From Taxpayers

The Biden-Harris administration’s environmental justice advisors are slated to receive or influence the disbursal of nearly half a billion dollars in grant funding from agencies they advise.

These advisors sit on the 36-member White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council (WHEJAC), an obscure but influential White House body created by executive fiat in January 2021 to provide policy recommendations to federal agency heads as part of President Joe Biden’s “whole-of-government” approach to environmental justice. The vast majority of the grant awards to environmental justice activist groups with representation on the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council (WHEJAC) fall under the $41.5 billion awarded to the EPA under the Inflation Reduction Act, according to records examined by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Six environmental justice organizations represented on the WHEJAC have been awarded or are slated to receive more than $230 million in EPA grant funding, according to the DCNF review. The EPA has also selected four organizations represented on the WHEJAC to serve as award partners to $200 million in grant awards under the EPA’s $600 million Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking (EJTCG) program. (snip)

“It is a very clear conflict of interest, and no one is going to be providing objective advice, or they’re going to be skewing that advice so it makes them more competitive to receive millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer benefits,” Gunasekara told the DCNF.

I wonder how much of that money ended up in Biden’s pocket? How much ended up in Biden’s war chest, and now Kamala’s? How much is being dumped into pro-Harris/anti-Trump adds? Money that came from taxpayers.

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52% Say They Are Worse Off Under Biden-Harris Than Trump

By William Teach October 19, 2024 – 6:45 am

The question is, how many of them will vote their wallets, rather than their Trump Derangement Syndrome?

Poll finds majority of Americans say they’re worse off than four years ago, similar to 1992 election

With Election Day inching closer, a recent survey suggested that a majority of Americans believe they are worse off than they were four years ago.

The Gallup poll, released Friday, found that 52 percent of Americans said they and their family are worse off today than they were four years ago. The Gallup poll was conducted Sept. 16-28 among 1,023 Americans and has a margin of error of 4 percentage points.

Another 39 percent said they were better off, while 9 percent said they felt the same now as they did back then.

Gallup noted that these results are most similar to their 1992 survey – when then-Gov. Bill Clinton defeated incumbent Republican President George H.W. Bush.

Who are these 39% who say they are better off? Are they the government employees who can just demand raises? Rich folks loving the BidenHarrisflation?

About 72% of Democrats say they were better off in 2024 than 2020, according to the survey. The numbers were much lower for independents, 35%, and Republicans, just 7%.

Under what measurement do those Dems feel better? Simply because Trump isn’t president? Because there are plenty who have complained about how expensive things are, how they cannot afford a house or apartment? The big one is the Independents: can they overcome loathing Trump (not that Kamala is particularly likable) and vote for policies that are better for their lives?

And then there is this

Gallup’s monthly Economic Confidence Index (ECI), which ranges from -100 to +100, was currently at -26, with 39 percent saying they were better off financially four years ago.

The organization has been tracking ECI’s since 1992. Since the start, the highest ECI score was +56 in January 2000, and the lowest was -72 in October 2008.

Gallup noted that former President Trump’s 2020 loss to now-President Biden was a “sign that noneconomic factors were paramount to voters that year.”

Which way will it show up at the ballot box? Say what you will, Biden was somewhat likeable, especially since he was kept in the basement as much as possible. Kamala is a whole different ballgame. I don’t know about you, though, I’ve talked to people in real life, and they’re all TDS, despite whining about things like the economy. They blame Trump for Afghanistan, Ukraine, and Israel, going through pretzels in their TDS logic.

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You’re Fault: We’re All Going To Be Eating Pawpaws Instead Of Apples In Hotter World

By William Teach October 18, 2024 – 3:00 pm

We could lose one of the basis’ of American life! No more apple pie! All because you refuse to buy an EV take the bus and give your money and freedom to government (non-paywalled here)

This American fruit could outcompete apples and peaches on a hotter planet

When Kyle Townsend and Mitchell Gunther decided to start an orchard in this town just east of Niagara Falls two years ago, they quickly dismissed the idea of growing conventional fruit. Warmer winters, followed by snap freezes, were devastating apple and peach crops. They nixed grape vines and berries, which invasive pests were targeting.

“Just hear me out,” Townsend told his business partner, “we’re putting in a pawpaw orchard.”

Pawpaws are North America’s largest native fruit — and are exceedingly rare, found mainly in the wild across 26 states or in small orchards in Appalachia, where the trees have historically thrived. Praised for their flavor, which is sometimes described as a cross between a mango and banana, the custard-like fruit is an ideal spoonable dessert. You won’t find them in the supermarket — but some plant breeders are trying to change that.

Western New York is considered the very fringe of the pawpaw tree’s northern range. But as climate change brings warmer temperatures and more erratic weather to the region, a small but growing number of farmers are drawn to pawpaws’ low maintenance and adaptability.

In the wild, they grow from northern Florida to southern Ontario, tolerating a broad range of conditions and often spreading to form thickets. They are the only temperate genus of the otherwise tropical custard apple family — a traveler that made its way north long ago and, farmers hope, might be a way reduce their risk as climate change increasingly threatens their crops.

OK, because two guys decided to grow pawpaws and make some cash we’re Doomed from ‘climate change’

But if growers are eager to bring pawpaws north, farmers further south are beginning to wonder if climate change will hurt their crops. A severe drought in Ohio this year has farmers complaining of earlier-than-expected harvests and small, sour fruit. Some have also attributed the poor crop to heat stress, raising questions about whether the fruit can survive the effects of climate change in Appalachia, its cultural heartland.

Pawpaws have their share of skeptics. For as hardy as the pawpaw tree is, the fruit bruises easily and can go from ripe to mush on the counter in several days. Refrigerating them extends their life by a few weeks, but not enough to counter their reputation as a fragile oddity.

Seriously, this whole Washington Post article is really about two guys deciding to grow pawpaws, and they had to turn it into a climate cult article.

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 18, 2024 – 1:00 pm

…is a fast rising sea that will erase some states and nations, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Not A Lot Of People Know That, with a post on the solution to no wind power.

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Biden Says Sinwar Being Dead Is Perfect Time For A Ceasefire

By William Teach October 18, 2024 – 10:30 am

Yeah, no, it is a perfect time for Hamas to surrender

Biden says Sinwar’s death is an ‘opportunity’ for a hostage deal and an end to war in Gaza

Biden Brain SuckerPresident Joe Biden said Thursday that the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar by Israeli troops is a “good day for the world,” calling it an opportunity to free hostages held by the militant group and end the yearlong war in Gaza.

“Now’s the time to move on. … Move toward a cease-fire in Gaza, make sure that we move in a direction that we’re able to make things better for the whole world,” Biden told reporters as he arrived in Berlin for a short visit. “It’s time for this war to end and bring these hostages home. That’s what we’re ready to do.”

U.S. officials expressed such measured optimism that the killing of a militant (WT – good grief, the AP just called the leader of a terrorist group a militant) characterized by national security adviser Jake Sullivan as a “massive obstacle to peace” might breathe new life into cease-fire talks that have failed to produce a breakthrough for months despite periodic signs of progress.

“Over the past few weeks, there have been no negotiations for an end to the war because Sinwar has refused to negotiate,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters. “We now see an opportunity with him having been removed from the battlefield, being removed from the leadership of Hamas, and we want to seize that opportunity.”

It would be great if the hostages were returned and the war ended. All that needs to happen is for Hamas to surrender and release the hostages.

Biden spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to congratulate him on the mission that killed Sinwar. They also discussed “how to use this moment to bring the hostages home and to bring the war to a close with Israel’s security assured and Hamas never again able to control Gaza,” according to a White House summary of the call.

What is Biden’s plan to keep terrorist organization Hamas from controlling Gaza? Or any other Islamic terrorist group? I’m not finding that in any article on the call. How about for ensuring Israel’s security? It would be helpful if Biden-Harris weren’t giving aid and money to Hamas. The best way to provide security is for Donald Trump to be re-elected. Even then, there are enough Palestinians who not only have been indoctrinated to hate Israel and Jews (and America, don’t forget that), but, to be pure Islamic extremists, hence why most Arab nations will not take them in.

(Jerusalem Post) The Iranian mission to the United Nations has warned that Israel’s killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar will serve to “strengthen” the “spirit of resistance” of the Palestinian population against Israel.

The mission highlighted that Sinwar “will become a role model for the youth and children who will follow his path towards the liberation of Palestine.”

These would be the pals of Biden-Harris, whom they made sure were flush with cash which could be, and has been, used to promote terrorism.

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Bummer: 34% Of German EV Owners Switching Back To Fossil Fueled Vehicles

By William Teach October 18, 2024 – 7:00 am

Again, I have nothing against them. If you want one, get one. In many cases, though, what seems like a great deal doesn’t work out that way in practice (via Green Jihad)

Electric car frustration? One in three people switches back to combustion engines

electric vehicleIf the traffic light government has its way, the transport transition should actually only take place in one direction: by 2035 at the latest, no more vehicles with conventional diesel or petrol engines should be allowed to be sold, and by then the proportion of electric cars should steadily increase.

But this plan is not working at the moment. After the subsidies were abolished, not only are fewer and fewer vehicle owners switching from combustion engines to electric cars, but a countermovement has now even started: more and more electric car drivers are switching back to a combustion engine when buying their next vehicle.

This is shown by data from Huk Coburg, which claims to be the largest German car insurer. According to the data, around 34 percent of all electric car owners switched back to a diesel or petrol vehicle in the first nine months of this year.

And the trend is clearly rising: last year, the rate of those switching back was only 28 percent, in 2022 it was 17.5 percent, and in 2021 it was 14.2 percent. Apparently, electric cars cannot convince many owners to stick with this form of propulsion in the long term.

At the same time, the number of people switching from a combustion engine to an electric car continues to fall. This was the case for just 3.6 percent of those insured this year. In the last quarter of the previous year, this figure was 40 percent higher.

Why? Well, that’s not included. I’d suggest one issue is that it isn’t actually cheaper to own an EV for many people if they cannot charge at home, which is where the savings come in. Cost of tires is going to be more, as they wear out quicker due to the weight of EVs. Insurance costs are around 25% higher. Many probably do not like the range and realized after purchase that an EV is inconvenient.

As for purchasing, well, without massive subsidies EVs are much more expensive. Consider: you can buy one on lease for $389 for 36 months/30000 miles with zero down. But, without all those subsidies and such, that $50,000 EV would be way, way, way, way more, especially since EV residuals tend to be around 50%. That’s not good.

As Green Jihad notes

None of this is surprising considering the lack of planning and preparation that took place when European and even U.S. leaders began their effort to encourage their citizens to buy electric vehicles. This on top of the overall costs associated with owning one. Their overall impact on reducing carbon emissions are minimal at best if one ignores how much manufacturing and owning electric cars and trucks are worse for the natural environment than gas-powered ones.

Yup.

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