Bummer: Sanctuary State Massachusetts Says Illegals Cost $1.8 Billion

By William Teach August 2, 2024 – 6:45 am

I’m not quite sure why the powers that be are complaining: they wanted this when they declared themselves a sanctuary state

Migrant crisis projected to cost Massachusetts taxpayers $1.8 billion over next two years

A new report analyzed the impact the migrant crisis will have on Massachusetts residents with the state projecting to spend $1.8 billion over the next two years, making it a potential “fiscal time bomb.”

The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) released a report on July 24, which predicted The Bay State will struggle to manage the growing number of migrants coming to the state.

“The cost to Massachusetts taxpayers of temporary housing and shelters is enormous, but it pales in comparison to the costs that will accumulate in the future if those in the temporary shelters today remain in the Commonwealth for the long term,” CIS director of policy studies Jessica Vaughan wrote.

In addition to housing, some other costs taxpayers will have to cover include schooling, social services, medical care, and public safety.

These migrants are eligible for certain welfare programs in Massachusetts like food stamps provided by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), Medicaid, and other public services. Migrants can access these programs even while the federal government prohibits access to such programs.

The state has already spent $1 billion. They should be happy, right? Right?

Illegal immigrants arrested on military base for trespassing walk free after posting five-figure bail

Two Jordanian nationals in the country illegally and who were arrested for trespassing on a Marine Corps base in Virginia have been released from federal custody after posting bond, federal officials confirmed to Fox News Digital.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official confirmed to Fox News Digital that Hasan Yousef Hamdan and Mohammad Khair Dabous were allowed to bond out by an immigration judge in June.

The bonds were $15,000 and $10,000 for Hamdan and Dabous, respectively. Conditions of their release include showing up for immigration proceedings and staying away from Quantico or other military installations.

They’re supposed to appear in court in September, but, you can bet they will be gone.

The ICE official said there was no reason to believe either man had any ties to a terrorist organization, saying “no derogatory information was determined.”

“They are allowed their due process.” a federal source told Fox News “There is no information tying either one of them to any nefarious organization.”

Really? We’re supposed to believe this?

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Agriculture Secretary Says Climate Crisis (scam) Is About Creating A New Economy

By William Teach August 1, 2024 – 3:00 pm

Once again I’ll note that both Warmists and Skeptics said I was nuts back in the early 2000s when I said this wasn’t about science, but, politics. And day after day, year after year, with all modesty, I’m still right

From that top tweet

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on natural disasters presenting opportunities to impose new policies: “[F]rankly, it isn’t just about dealing with the climate issue. It’s about creating a whole new American economy that creates new job opportunities and…new and innovative ways to do things”

What kind of economy would that be, Tom? Some of the Warmists are willing to admit that it is about Modern Socialism, with a domineering, controlling federal government, which will dictate every aspect of the economy, along with how you are forced to live your life. Sadly, no journalists press people like Vilsack what they mean.

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If All You See…

By William Teach August 1, 2024 – 1:59 pm

…are horrible Bad Weather clouds, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is 357 Magnum, with a post on the Secret Service deleting emails they find inconvenient.

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Ukraine Finally Gets Its F-16s

By William Teach August 1, 2024 – 10:30 am

The war between Ukraine and Russia has just been going on and on and on, and Biden promised Ukraine F-16s back in May of 2023

Report: Ukraine receives first batch of U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets

Ukraine has received its first batch of long-awaited American-made F-16 fighter jets that will help the country fight back against Russia’s superior air power, according to news reports.

A top advisor to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Mykhailo Podolyak, said he would neither confirm nor deny Ukraine had received the F-16s. Other Ukrainian officials were similarly tight-lipped.

However, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said on X, quote, “F-16s in Ukraine. Another impossible thing turned out to be totally possible.”

Four European members of NATO – the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium and Norway – have publicly pledged to send the war planes to Ukraine, starting this summer.

Which NATO member sent them?? No one knows. No one knows if they will actually make a difference in war in which drones take down helicopters.

Many military analysts say they believe the F-16s will help Ukraine, but they are not expected to result in a major change in the trajectory of the war. They also say they think Ukraine will use the warplanes primarily to counter Russian air attacks.

They note that Russia has strong air defenses and the F-16s will be vulnerable when carrying out offensive operations.

Russia has over 1,000 jets. How many will Ukraine get, and, will they make any difference? And, a big concern is that Ukraine uses them to strike deep into Russia.

US Aid is Flowing to Ukraine Again. Can It Turn the Tide of the War?

The best way to describe Ukrainian morale right now is that it is flickering.

It’s flickering on the front lines, with exhausted troops bearing the brunt of more than two years of war with minimal breaks. And it’s flickering on the homefront, because the living situation in the country is deteriorating. Power outages triggered by Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure cause lights to blink on and off daily, a visual reminder of the stalemated war.

The two are interconnected: After all, the homefront contains the pool of men who are needed for another mobilization. The only way for Ukraine to change the situation on the battlefield is to relieve the bone-tired soldiers on the front lines who have been fighting for years and mobilize tens of thousands — even hundreds of thousands — of new, able-bodied recruits to continue the country’s defense.

Fortunately for Ukraine, the arrival of more aid and ammunition, paid in large part by the $61 billion military aid package passed by Congress earlier this year, is already making a difference on both fronts.

Will it make a difference? Probably not. It really hasn’t made much of difference the numerous times America and other NATO nations gave Ukraine money and arms. Heck, how much of that money will simply end up as graft to politicians and Ukrainian oligarchs? The best solution would be for Russia to leave Ukraine, but, will that actually happen? What are the chances? Meanwhile, this war just keeps dragging on and wasting American taxpayer money for really no gain. How long will Ukrainians stand for continuing the war? Men are bolting the country to avoid being drafted. People in the western part are partying and living their lives. It’s a war of attrition, one where Russia isn’t trying to destroy everything, as they want the nation intact as much as possible.

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Biden Treasury Secretary Wants $78 Trillion To Do Something About Hotcoldwetdry

By William Teach August 1, 2024 – 7:15 am

I have my own solution, and it won’t cost taxpayers a dime to government

Biden Admin Suggests Spending $78 Trillion to Achieve Net-Zero Global Carbon Emissions

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said during a speech in Belem, Brazil, on Saturday that the price tag for a global transition to a low-carbon economy amounts to $78 trillion in financing through 2050.

Yellen said that in order to achieve the goal of net-zero global carbon emissions, there would need to be $3 trillion globally in annual financing for the cause, which she said is a top priority for the Biden administration, according to the speech. In order to contribute to this, Yellen vowed to finance green initiatives in developing countries through multilateral development banks and develop “clean energy technologies.”

“The transition will require no less than $3 trillion in new capital from many sources each year between now and 2050,” Yellen said during the speech. “This can be leveraged to support pathways to sustainable and inclusive growth, including for countries that have historically received less investment.”

“Neglecting to address climate change and the loss of nature and biodiversity is not just bad environmental policy,” Yellen said during the speech. “It is bad economic policy.”

Oh, please. Human society has moved faster and further than any time in Human history. Warm periods tend to push societies to grow and move forward, while cool periods tend to retard societies. There’s a reason one of them is called the Dark Ages.

During her speech, Yellen advocated for these climate initiatives to be implemented “beyond our borders.”

“Our ambitions at home are matched by our ambitions abroad,” Yellen said during the speech. “We know that we can only achieve our climate and economic goals—from reducing global emissions to adapting and building resilience, from strengthening markets to bolstering supply chains—if we also lead efforts far beyond our borders.”

How about “no”? How about we spend our money on our citizens, rather than redistributing it other nations for what is a scam?

Did you notice where the speech was given? Brazil. Hence, Yellen took a long, fossil fueled trip, and probably didn’t fly commercial. Plus, her whole retinue came with. Then the large, fossil fueled SUVs to travel around in Brazil. What if she and all the other True Believers stopped using fossil fuels? Per their dogma, the level of carbon pollution would go way, way down. Problem solved, right? So, why don’t the?

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Iran Threatens Israel After Hamas Leader Wacked In Tehran

By William Teach August 1, 2024 – 7:00 am

Good thing the Biden regime refused to give Iran access to billions of dollars and the sale of their oil, right?

Iran’s Khamenei orders attack on Israel as revenge for Haniyeh elimination – report

Iran is expected to directly attack Israel in response to the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Wednesday morning, according to a New York Times report citing three sources.

The directive was issued at an emergency meeting of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, the report added.

Iran’s Supreme leader Sayyed Ali Khamenei had earlier in the day spoken of retribution in a post on X.

“Following this bitter, tragic event which has taken place within the borders of the Islamic Republic, it is our duty to take revenge,” he wrote.

Iran had already directly attacked Israel in April.  Ninety-nine percent of its 300 drones and missiles were shot out of the sky by a coalition of five armies belonging to the US, Israel, Jordan, and the United Kingdom.

Will Biden allow the U.S. military to assist Israel this time? How about the UK, considering all the Jew haters marching in the streets? What does Iran have left after April to waste on a mostly fruitless attack? And then what will Israel do in response?

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin had earlier in the day said, “If Israel is attacked, we certainly will help defend Israel.”

US National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby said, “We have and will maintain a level of readiness to preserve our national security interest in the region.

That’s good to hear. For all the negatives you can say about Biden in trying to play to his Jew hating base over the past few months, he has mostly been a friend of Israel, and now that getting re-elected is off the table, he can blow the wackos off.

American and European officials scramble to prevent regional war in the Middle East – report

American and European Union diplomats are engaging in urgent discussions to prevent escalation and a full-blown war in the Middle East, The Financial Times reported on Thursday.

This web of discussions across the Middle East comes following the assassination of senior Hezbollah official Fuad Shukr in Beirut and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, which sparked concerns of a regional war.

The report noted that Enrique Mora, a senior EU diplomat, was holding talks with officials in Tehran on Wednesday.

The response should be simple: Iran should be told to stand down and not cause problems. Don’t attack Israel, don’t allow their proxies to attack Israel. Don’t screw with Americans, Europeans, their companies, nor their militaries. Nations like Iran understand threats, not squishiness. Not placating Diplomat Speak.

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Climate Cult Links Dirty Seine Water To Hotcoldwetdry

By William Teach July 31, 2024 – 3:36 pm

It’s been a while since I’ve seen a climate cult article by Excitable Seth Borenstein, but, I’m utterly not surprised that he found a way to connect the scam dots

Olympics bet against climate change with Seine swimming. For days, it looked like they would lose

With plans for athletes to swim the Seine River through the heart of Paris, Olympic organizers essentially bet against climate change’s extreme weather. For several days it appeared they would lose — by ditching the swimming portion of triathlon races.

It wasn’t until early Wednesday, after the men’s race had been postponed a day and test events called off, that organizers announced the most recent tests showed the water met standards to allow swimming.

Some scientists and engineers said organizers were taking a huge gamble at a time when heavy rains have increased with human-caused climate change, especially in Europe. The rains run off from the urban environment and contribute to higher bacteria levels in the city’s famed river.

“They just gambled, flipped the coin and hope for a dry season and it turned out to be the rainiest in the last 30 years,” said Metin Duran, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Villanova University who has researched stormwater management.

Literally, Paris and those upstream have treated the Seine as a dumping ground for centuries. Swimming has been banned for a long time. People have been peeing in it for a long time. The sewers in Paris were never set up for heavy rains, which they have always gotten. Back in 1910 when CO2 was below the safe level of 350ppm the Seine rose 26 feet above normal and the city was flooded. They ever call it the Great Flood Of Paris. Floods are recorded all the way to 358. What kinds of fossil fueled vehicles did they drive back then?

Organizers “had worked through most of the scenarios related to computer hacking and physical threats without fully assessing the implications of extreme events associated with climate,” said University of Arizona climate scientist Kathy Jacobs, who directs the Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions. “It’s definitely time to take climate threats seriously.”

Sharks would have been more fun. The move Under Paris is not a great movie, really a B horror, but, it is fun. Lots of chomping going on. Reminds me of those old ones from the 70s and 80s, just better filming.

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If All You See…

By William Teach July 31, 2024 – 1:00 pm

…is a large mega-mansion using way too much energy and putting out carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Green Jihad, with a post on climate cultists who defaced a Van Gogh being found guilty.

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Harris Tries To “Punch Back” At Trump Over Border Czar Crack

By William Teach July 31, 2024 – 10:30 am

Nice try, Politico covering for Cackles, but, we were all here to witness what happened at the US border during the Biden-Harris regime

Harris punches back over ‘border czar’ attacks

Kamala Harris is punching back at Donald Trump’s “border czar” attacks.

Harris, speaking at a campaign rally here on Tuesday, drew on her background as California state attorney general to contrast herself against the former president as he makes immigration a centerpiece of his campaign. She highlighted the pressure the former president put on his GOP Senate allies earlier this year to kill any border legislation that wasn’t “perfect,” after a bipartisan group of senators had crafted a compromise bill.

“He tanked the bipartisan deal because he thought it would help him win an election, which goes to show Donald Trump does not care about border security. He only cares about himself,” Harris said, promising to bring the bipartisan border bill back and sign it into law if elected president.

One problem with politics today is that it’s all about the quick soundbite, and most Credentialed Media outlets will not explain the details of bills like that horrible border bill, which did almost nothing to actually secure the border. It was smoke and mirrors, and ended up codifying high levels of illegals, continues allowing asylum fraud, continues allowing mass catch and release, and so much more. But, Politico doesn’t want to explain all this, since they’re in the tank for Cackles.

The vice president’s comments follow the Tuesday release of a new ad from Trump’s campaign running across several key battleground states focused on Harris’s record on immigration. Republicans have zeroed in on Harris’s charge of addressing the root causes of migration in Central America to broadly cast her as solely responsible for the nation’s border security over the last three years.

“This is America’s border czar — and she’s failed us,” one of the new ads says.

She’s not the root cause, that would be Biden and his handlers, but, she was a party to everything that happened. Anyone killed by an illegal who entered while she was VP and was released without being vetted is blood on her hands.

I hope, though, that team Trump spends more time hitting her on the economy. That is the number one driver for voters.

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Air New Zealand Dumps Their 2030 Climate (scam) Goals

By William Teach July 31, 2024 – 7:00 am

They give a lot of squishy corporate speak, but, come on, the reality of trying to kowtow to the climate cult is fast becoming an unobtainable goal in Reality Land, one which will see costs rise and profits plummet, unless their is a serious breakthrough in jet fuel

Air New Zealand becomes first major airline to scrap its 2030 climate goal

Air New Zealand on Tuesday dropped its 2030 climate goal, citing delivery delays of fuel-efficient aircraft and the affordability of alternative jet fuels.

The announcement means that New Zealand’s national flag carrier has become the first major airline to water down its near-term climate aspirations, a move that reflects the scale of the industry’s challenge to meet its decarbonization goals.

Air New Zealand CEO Greg Foran said in a statement that it has become apparent in recent weeks “that potential delays to our fleet renewal plan pose an additional risk to the target’s achievability.”

“It is possible the airline may need to retain its existing fleet for longer than planned due to global manufacturing and supply chain issues that could potentially slow the introduction of newer, more fuel-efficient aircraft into the fleet,” Foran said.

“As such and given so many levers needed to meet the target are outside our control, the decision has been made to retract the 2030 target.”

Yeah yeah yeah. He realized that trying to get to a 28.9% reduction of 2019 carbon dioxide levels is idiotic in practice. They cannot afford to replace a whole bunch of planes. They’re not cheap.

Air New Zealand also confirmed its intention to immediately withdraw from the Science Based Targets Initiative. The SBTi network is a United Nations-backed climate action group that seeks to help companies reduce their emissions in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement.

Air New Zealand Chair Therese Walsh said the carrier remains committed to reaching its 2050 net-zero carbon emissions target.

“Our work to transition away from fossil fuels continues, as does our advocacy for the global and domestic regulatory and policy settings that will help facilitate Air New Zealand, and the wider aviation system in New Zealand, to do its part to mitigate climate change risks,” Walsh said.

They can yammer these meaningless platitudes to appease the climate cult, but, really, they aren’t serious about doing a damned thing. One thing they could do would be to ask people purchasing tickets online if they are Very Concerned about anthropogenic climate change, then, a few pages later, hit them with a big green fee. And if they are a “green” voting politician, refuse them transportation.

Anway, how soon till other airlines go down the same route?

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