“Advocates” Say California Is Focused On The Wrong Solution For Citizens Using Too Much Water

By William Teach May 16, 2022 – 7:15 am

The climate crisis (scam) caused drought has the authoritarians out in force

California is in a water crisis, yet usage is way up. Officials are focused on the wrong problem, advocates say

California is facing a crisis. Not only are its reservoirs already at critically low levels due to unrelenting drought, residents and businesses across the state are also using more water now than they have in seven years, despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s efforts to encourage just the opposite.

Newsom has pleaded with residents and businesses to reduce their water consumption by 15%. But in March, urban water usage was up by 19% compared to March 2020, the year the current drought began. It was the highest March water consumption since 2015, the State Water Resources Control Board reported earlier this week.

Part of the problem is that the urgency of the crisis isn’t breaking through to Californians. The messaging around water conservation varies across different authorities and jurisdictions, so people don’t have a clear idea of what applies to whom. And they certainly don’t have a tangible grasp on how much a 15% reduction is with respect to their own usage. (snip)

But advocates say government officials are also focusing on the wrong approach. They say voluntary residential water cuts are not the solution, and that restrictions should be mandated for businesses and industries that use the vast majority of the state’s water.

“Corporate water abuse has to be addressed or no other measures will matter,” said Jessica Gable, a spokesperson for Food & Water Watch.

Oh, you mean all those companies that provide jobs, goods, and services? It’s so utterly typical of these wackos to hate on companies, who pay all those taxes for operating, and will simply pack up and leave, as so many have done. “Corporate water abuse”? You cannot have a reasonable conversation with these people, because they’re always turning the extreme up to 11. How about restricting the use of water to all the celebs and rich folks with the massive lawns?

Agency unanimously rejects California desalination project

A California coastal panel on Thursday rejected a long-standing proposal to build a $1.4 billion seawater desalination plant to turn Pacific Ocean water into drinking water as the state grapples with persistent drought that is expected to worsen in coming years with climate change.

The state’s Coastal Commission voted unanimously to deny a permit for Poseidon Water to build a plant to produce 50 million gallons of water a day in Huntington Beach, southeast of Los Angeles.

Great job, folks. But, hey, no complaining, Californian’s. You voted for this.

“The ocean is under attack” from climate change already, Commissioner Dayna Bochco said. “I cannot say in good conscience that this amount of damage is OK.”

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Pelosi Wants To Use Buffalo Shooting To Reign In Free Speech

By William Teach May 16, 2022 – 7:00 am

Of course the Democrats are calling for new gun control

Pelosi says Senate remains hurdle in passing gun bill after Buffalo shooting

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Sunday said the Senate remains a hurdle in passing gun legislation after a gunman opened fire in New York one day earlier, killing 10 people and injuring three others.

Asked by co-anchor Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union” if she, President Biden and other Democrats should make gun measures a bigger priority, Pelosi said “it is a huge priority for us, and it has been a huge priority for Joe Biden.” (snip)

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) told CNN on Sunday that the gun used in the incident, an AR-15, was purchased legally at a gun store in the state. She noted, however, that the high-capacity magazine had to have been purchased in a different state.

So, what will these bills do? He purchased legally. Do they not think a person looking to commit murder wouldn’t acquire stuff illegally? The reason that they will not pass is because it’s all about going after law abiding citizens, not criminals.

Yet, he was allowed to purchase a firearm? No one was watching him?

Pelosi calls for ‘balance’ between free speech and safety after Buffalo shooting

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that social media companies have to address and track down extremism on their platforms, after a gunman who reportedly espoused white supremacist ideology opened fire at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket on Saturday, killing at least 10.

“Obviously you have to balance the free speech issues,” Pelosi said. “Freedom is so important to us but that freedom also carries public safety with it and we have to balance that.”

“Did you ever think you would be Speaker of the House, when our greatest national security threat, according to so many analysts, is domestic terror?” Stephanopoulos asked.

“The statistics have been showing us there’s more of a threat of domestic terrorism and violence than international, global terrorism affecting our homeland,” Pelosi replied.

So, in the name of “security” free speech must be “balanced”, as in, diminished, and the Dems and their pet media will blamestorm their political opponents as domestic terrorists, simply for not toeing the Democratic line.

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If All You See…

By William Teach May 15, 2022 – 1:13 pm

…is an Evil carbon pollution infused beer, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Blazing Cat Fur, with a post on how drones are affecting the war in Ukraine.

It’s drinking week!

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach May 15, 2022 – 9:27 am

Patriotic Pinup Ren Wicks

Happy Sunday! Another fantastic day in the Once and Future Nation of America. The Sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the local Carolina Hurricanes are moving on to the next round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. This pinup is by Ren Wicks, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. No Tricks Zone notes that Russia is exporting more oil than before the war
  2. Independent Sentinel covers 3 boys charged for using the wrong pronouns
  3. Weasel Zippers highlights Pelosi giving staff free Peloton memberships
  4. This ain’t Hell… features stupid people of the week
  5. The Other McCain discusses Amber Heard and the man haters club
  6. The Gateway Pundit notes a trans activist touted by the NY Times arrested for sexual assault and rape
  7. The First Street Journal discusses “accountability journalism”
  8. The American Conservative cover the NBA’s culture war
  9. Powerline delves into a poll on how much the public distrusts the Credentialed Media
  10. Pacific Pundit covers the baby killers “summer of rage”
  11. Outside The Beltway has thoughts on Star Trek going Woke
  12. Maggie’s Farm discusses money for the war in Ukraine and where it goes
  13. Legal Insurrection covers Palestinians rioting, so the White House criticizes Israel
  14. Jihad Watch notes Fauci and others receiving secret royalties from Big Pharma
  15. And last, but not least, Gen Z Conservative covers Melania Trump ripping Joe and Jill over baby formula

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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Performance Art: Dems To Vote On Bill Cracking Down On “Exploitative” Cost Hikes

By William Teach May 15, 2022 – 7:00 am

Oh, I’m sure there are some who are overcharging. I know it’s happening at car dealerships, above what you could call a seller’s market. But, this is not the car manufacturers doing it, but, dealers. Are gas stations overcharging? If some are, that’s not on the gas companies, but, the individual station owners. Heck, the price of gas is mostly set by the trading of gas on the commodities market, along with production costs, shipping, refining, drilling, exploration, etc. But, Democrats do not really want to do anything, they want some Outrage Theater that plays well with their unhinged base, and perhaps pick off a few flippers

A bill that would set gas price limits and prevent ‘exploitative’ cost hikes is headed for a House vote

Congress will vote next week on a bill that would prohibit “excessive” gas prices.

The legislation would enable President Joe Biden to issue an emergency energy declaration making it illegal to increase gas and home energy prices in an “exploitative” manner. The bill, titled the Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Act, would give the Federal Trade Commission the authority to crack down on oil companies with over $500 million in annual consumer fuel sales.

In a press conference announcing the legislation on Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said “price gouging needs to stop.”

“While families are struggling to pay higher prices at the pump, oil and gas companies are recording record profits,” Pelosi said. “This is a major exploitation of the consumer, because this is a product the consumer must have,” she added.

This will go exactly nowhere. The Dems might pass it in the House, but, it will die in the Senate, and that’s what they want. It’s also dangerous investing more power to go after Wrongthink companies in the Executive Branch, with virtually no oversight nor limits. Nor would it change the price of gas and energy one bit. Dems expect it to die, so they can demagogue it in the runup to the midterms.

The legislation is just the latest attempt by Democrats to address surging fuel prices. Democratic leaders have also considered creating initiatives to incentivize US oil companies to ramp up production.

How will this help? They don’t mention that. What’s exploitative? Let’s take a look at parts of the actual bill

(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any person to sell a consumer fuel, at wholesale or retail, in an area and during a period of an energy emergency covered by a proclamation issued under para5 graph (2) at a price that—
(A) is unconscionably excessive; and
(B) indicates the seller is exploiting the circumstances related to an energy emergency to increase prices unreasonably

And how is that defined?

(i) Whether the amount charged by such person grossly exceeds the average price at which the consumer fuel was offered for sale by such person during—
(I) the 30-day period before the date on which the proclamation was issued;

What’s grossly? What if one station near an interstate is 10 cents higher than in town? Is that grossly? During normal times the station out in Knightdale near I540 is higher than the station near my community. I pass both almost every day going to and/or from the gym. Can we consider the difference between NC and California, where the price seems unconscionably excessive? Where’s the line? The only line seems to be whatever Biden considers it to be. Nothing hard.

The bill was first put forward by Reps. Katie Porter (D-California) and Kim Schrier (D-Washington) last week. They railed against the oil companies that they say have profited from record gas prices.

“What’s infuriating is that this is happening at the same time that gas and oil companies are making record profits and taking advantage of international crises to make a profit,” Schrier said. “This must stop.”

Rather Ironic that this comes from Reps of states with massively high gas prices, in large part to taxation and other government activity.

If gas stations are gouging, the local and state authorities will be all over it. We do not need Los Federales involved. Mind your own business.

 

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Bummer: The Ukraine War Is So Inconvenient For Biden’s Climate (scam) Agenda

By William Teach May 14, 2022 – 3:00 pm

Perhaps Joe shouldn’t have helped push Putin into invading Ukraine

The U.S. pledged billions to fight climate change. Then came the Ukraine war

No, the U.S. didn’t. Biden did. Yet, he has a massive carbon footprint

The United States owes billions of dollars in climate funding to developing countries. But the war in Ukraine is delaying payments and slowing down U.S. progress to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and that has leaders in low-lying and less wealthy nations feeling frustrated and forgotten.

“Effectively, the U.S. owes the rest a climate debt that needs to be paid,” says Mohamed Adow, the leader of PowerShift Africa, a coalition that advocates for climate policies across the continent. “Our continent is effectively on the front line, and we are paying for the harms [of] these climate pollutants.”

In 2021, the U.S. promised to dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions this decade, and send long-overdue money to help developing countries transition to cleaner energy and protect residents from rising seas, heat waves, food instability and other dangerous climate effects.

Yes, it’s just so inconvenient for you cult grifters. You know what, you moochers?

“It’s very disheartening and worrisome,” says Alejandra Lopez, a climate policy expert with Transforma, an environmental think tank based in Colombia. “I don’t mean to be disrespectful. [The war] is a major crisis,” she says. But “even if this [war] is a very scary scenario, climate change continues to be scarier.”

Piss off, person inconvenienced by a tiny increase in global temperatures, who’s missing out on the grifter money.

There are many ways that the war in Ukraine is delaying U.S. climate action, according to climate economists. The Russian invasion is contributing to global economic inflation, which feeds opposition to major infrastructure legislation stuck in Congress. That legislation would help the U.S. meet its emissions goals by investing in electric vehicles, solar and wind electricity and energy-efficient buildings.

Higher gasoline prices also led the Biden administration to encourage U.S. fossil fuel companies to produce more oil and gas.

And then there’s the problem of mental bandwidth. “The biggest risk for U.S. climate action is just a lack of focus and attention,” says Trevor Houser, a climate analyst at the think tank Rhodium Group in the U.S. “Policymakers in any country have limited attention, and the war in Ukraine is a giant crisis that requires a lot of focus and attention.”

We’re so sorry this is happening to you. It’s so much worse than all the death and destruction and displacement in Ukraine.

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If All You See…

By William Teach May 14, 2022 – 1:00 pm

…is an area turning to desert from carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Green Jihad, with a post on 17 GOP states suing EPA over California waiver.

Doubleshot below the fold, check out Jo Nova, with a post on India going gangbusters on coal, throwing out “green” rules.

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It Took Six Months For Biden To Get To His “Ultra-MAGA” Line

By William Teach May 14, 2022 – 1:00 pm

Seriously, this is what Biden and his Democrat Comrades are concerned with, while Americans suffer under high inflation, high gas prices, and a shortage of goods. Remember when Brandon said he wasn’t going to be divisive, that he’d be the president for all?

Report: Liberals Spent Six Months Coming Up with ‘Ultra MAGA’ Attack Line

Liberal, Democratic Party-aligned strategists, pollsters, and think tank experts spent six months coming up with the “ultra MAGA” label that President Joe Biden has begun to deploy against Republicans ahead of a difficult midterm election.

The Washington Post reported Friday:

Biden’s attempt to appropriate the “MAGA” brand as a political attack was hardly accidental. It arose from a six-month research project to find the best way to target Republicans, helmed by Biden adviser Anita Dunn and by the Center for American Progress Action Fund, a liberal group.

The polling and focus group research by Hart Research and the Global Strategy Group found that “MAGA” was already viewed negatively by voters — more negatively than other phrases like “Trump Republicans.”

In battleground areas, more than twice as many voters said they would be less likely to vote for someone called a “MAGA Republican” than would be more likely. The research also found that the description tapped into the broad agreement among voters that the Republican Party had become more extreme and power-hungry in recent years.

But, see, it’s Brandon’s phrase, not anyone else’s

(Fox News) “Who came up with this phrase, ‘ultra-MAGA?’” ABC News correspondent Mary Bruce asked. “Why the need to kick it up a notch, ‘MAGA’ is not enough? I mean, why now use this phrase?”

“I will tell you it’s the president’s phrase,” Psaki responded. “And I think what has struck him is how extreme some of the policies and proposals are that a certain of the Republican Party that is taking up too much of the Republican Party are for and are advocating for.”

It’s apparently extreme to push for policies that actually help the economy, which lower gas prices, which push freedom

(Yahoo News) President Biden’s approval rating remains underwater and more than 80% of registered voters say the U.S. is on the wrong track, according to a Thursday poll from Monmouth University.

The Thursday poll found that Biden’s approval rating is sitting at 38%, with 57% disapproval. Those numbers are down from March when Biden had a 39% approval and 54% disapproval. Monmouth also found that just 18% of Americans say the country is on the right track.

Doing great, Brandon.

(Fox Business) U.S. consumer confidence tumbled more than expected to a fresh 11-year low in early May, reflecting heightened concerns among Americans about the hottest inflation in a generation.

The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index fell to 59.1 in May – down sharply from the April reading of 65.2 and well below economists’ forecast for a reading of 64. That’s a more than 28% drop from just one year ago, when the gauge was at 82.9.

It marks the lowest reading for the gauge since 2013.

Who was vice president then? Perhaps Biden should worry less about catch-phrases and more about doing the job. Which is difficult when he spends almost every weekend away.

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Husband Of Climate Cult Member Who Set Himself On Fire Speaks Out

By William Teach May 14, 2022 – 7:15 am

In the not so distant past, he would have said he was disturbed, and had worried about what the doomsday subject matter was doing to him. Because setting yourself on fire is not rational. Not compos mentis. It’s pure batshit crazy. Instead, we get

Husband of environmentalist who set fire to himself urges others to seize climate action: ‘Choose to live’

On an overcast Friday last month in the nation’s capital, Wynn Alan Bruce stood before the US Supreme Court and set himself on fire. Mr Bruce’s death, on the annual observance of Earth Day, aimed to bring attention to the climate crisis, some of his family and friends later said.

For Terry Kaelber, the stranger’s death struck him “in the gut”.

Four years ago, Mr Kaelber’s husband David Buckel, a renowned lawyer turned environmentalist and expert composter, set fire to himself in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park.

“My gut reaction was I don’t think the Supreme Court would care,” Mr Kaelber told The Independent, during a phone interview last week. “Our institutions have become so disconnected from our humanness. And here is a cry out from this man to try to shake us out of our stupor that’s causing us to not look up, and see what’s in front of us.”

He continued: “But, for anyone who’s considering this, I really believe you would have more of an impact if you and one hundred of your friends chained yourselves to the gates of the Supreme Court than burning yourself up alive. You can continue to do that day after day, try to stop what’s going on and cause people to, in fact, look up.”

Well, that’s weird. The Independent reached out to someone who did not know the nutter climate cultists who recently did this because the guy had a husband who was also a nutter four years ago.

And, really, Warmists would have more of an impact if they practiced what they preached, rather than trying to force their cult beliefs on Everyone Else.

Mr Kaelber urged people not to give into feelings of despair around the climate crisis.

“Believe in your own power, don’t surrender to feeling like you have no impact,” he said. “Impact comes from banding together with your community, your family, going out onto the streets [and] asking people to really think about what’s going on.

Except, that’s what the climate cult pushes: pure doomsday. Stop asking people to think about the coming climate apocalypse, and make your own life carbon neutral.

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Hot Take: Pro-Life Republicans Want Illegal Alien Children At Border To Die

By William Teach May 14, 2022 – 7:00 am

This is one of the reasons it’s really just about impossible to have conversations with the hardcore leftists: they take a small conversation and dial it up to 11, as we see from this Rolling Stone piece

‘Pro-Life’ Conservatives Are Mad the Government Isn’t Letting Migrant Infants Starve to Death

There’s a baby formula shortage in the United States. Republican lawmakers and conservative media members are taking frustration out on immigrants.

Fox News hosts have spent the past 24 hours raising hell over immigrant babies at the U.S.-Mexico border receiving formula, arguing that it should instead be distributed to Americans first. “[For] American families there’s a shortage, but if you’re a migrant, don’t worry because Uncle Sam has a stash of that,” Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy said Friday morning.

Doocy is not wrong. There’s more than plenty of baby formula available for those who come in illegally/show up and demand asylum, people who have seen the Democrat talking points and taken long treks with babies, putting them at risk.The RS piece makes no attempt to show that Doocy is wrong.

The subject became fodder for right-wing xenophobia earlier this week, with Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) on Wednesday tweeting a picture of what she said was “shelves and pallets packed with baby formula” at the Ursula Processing Center in McAllen, Texas. She contrasted that with a picture of a bare store shelf, writing, “This is what America last looks like.”

“Xenophobic.” But, she’s not wrong. Nor are the other Republicans mentioned in the screed.

The care of infants in U.S. detention centers, unsurprisingly, is the responsibility of U.S. officials, and immigrants can’t just leave to try to find formula themselves. Yet Abbott’s fellow “pro-life” Republicans — including Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, North Carolina Rep. Dan Bishop and Texas Rep. Troy Nehls — are essentially suggesting that the government let the infants of immigrants starve to death.

So, see, Republicans are just pointing out what’s going on, so, it means they want illegal alien babies to starve. Freaking leftist nutjobs.

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