Surprise: Apparently, Presidents Can Do Very Little About Inflation

By William Teach April 18, 2022 – 10:30 am

Oh, wait, not, sorry, since Biden is president, this is about government being limited in what they can do

What can the government do to stop or slow inflation?

Where's Joe BidenInflation in the U.S. rose 8.5% in March, compared with the prior 12 months, marking the highest increase since 1981, according to the Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index.

Between February and March, inflation rose 1.2%, making for the biggest month-to-month jump since 2005.

And the media was blaming George W. Bush directly for it

According to several economists and other financial experts, high consumer demand in the economy — met with low supply — is the main factor driving inflation. The war in Ukraine is also driving up prices, specifically on oil and food, they said.

And the government is limited on intervening, according to experts who spoke with ABC News.

Experts also told ABC News that inflation is likely to be an issue in the coming months, one even saying they expect it to last for years.

See? It’s not Biden’s fault, er, the government’s fault. It has nothing at all to do with spending way too much money, policies restricting the energy sector, lockdowns, and even just things that Biden and his Comrades say they’re going to do. Government cannot do much at all! What happened when inflation was bad during the early Reagan years, thanks to Carter policies and other things? Reagan enacted policies that helped free the economy and charged it up.

Certainly, normal consumer demand and poor supply is a big factor. But, this is all a way for ABC News to absolve Biden of any responsibility. That’s it. Because plenty of economists and financial experts will tell you his policies are, at best, not helping. Spiking energy prices from natural causation and Biden policies hurts inflation.

Consumers traditionally spend the bulk of their money on services, but during the pandemic, demand shifted toward goods, Stacy Tisdale, financial journalist and founder of Mind Money Media told ABC News.

“You saw that breakdown, you saw manufacturers not be able to keep up with that demand, you saw the challenges that manufacturers were having, because of COVID, then you saw the supply chain disruptions. And that’s kind of what’s underpinning all of this,” Tisdale said.

Yes, true. Like I tell people, you had all the mining for metals and precious metals shut down around the world early in the Chinese coronavirus pandemic. You had all the production on all the parts that go into new vehicles shut down, including all the microchips. You had production of vehicles shut down. In some cases, such as if they were assembled in Canada, they were shut down multiple times. You can only mine so much. You can only then make so many products, such as sunroofs and brake pads. How do you catch up? Reportedly, lots of 2023 redesigns will not have fog lights where they would usually have them because of this.

Now do this with everything else. What was the big demand during early COVID? Other than paper towels, cleaning supplies, and toilet paper, it was really computers and tablets. It wasn’t cars or so many other products. Demand for gasoline was down. When things sorta started getting going in the summer and fall of 2020, demand wasn’t higher than normal. Is demand above normal now? No. Can Biden really do much about that? Only so much. He’s screwed enough up during his just over a year in office. But, even talking about opening things up and producing more energy would help. Positivity goes a long way.

There’s little to nothing Biden can do about the auto industry, which is a big driver of inflation right now. He can’t make it catch up. But, let’s be honest: when the economy starts catching up, when inflation does come down, you know the same media will be lauding Biden for all he’s done, right? Giving him all the credit.

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Democrat Run Governments, Who Won’t Give Up Using Fossil Fuels, Sue Oil Companies

By William Teach April 18, 2022 – 7:15 am

I still say the best response would be for the companies to simply stop selling their product to the cities, counties, and states that are suing them. If they want to go extreme, just don’t sell any of their products in those states, which would include gas, diesel, and motor oils

Suing over climate change: Taking fossil fuel companies to court

If climate change were a disaster film, it would likely be accused of being too over-the-top: wildfires reducing entire towns to ashes, hurricanes swamping cities, droughts draining lakes and withering fields, and raging oceans redrawing the very maps of our coasts. And now, many cities and states are asking, who’s going to pay for all of this?

“This is real; we’re on the front line of climate change right here in Charleston,” said John Tecklenburg, the mayor of Charleston, South Carolina. The city’s been battered by an endless parade of floods due to sea level rise. Some desperate homeowners have resorted to raising their homes by several feet.

“In the next 50 years we’ll see another two to three feet of sea level rise,” Tecklenburg said. “The water is our greatest asset; it has also become our biggest challenge.”

According to the actual sea level measurements from NOAA, Charleston is at “3.39 millimeters/year with a 95% confidence
interval of +/- 0.19 mm/yr based on monthly mean sea level data from 1901 to 2021 which is equivalent to a change of 1.11 feet in 100 years.” That’s a pretty good long term monitoring station, which shows no acceleration, and is pretty much in line with what should be happening during a Holocene warm period. So, not getting 2-3 feet in the next 50 years, Mr. Scaremongerer. Actual data is inconvenient for the climate cult, which is why they never show it.

Underneath one of those rocks are the fossil fuel companies. Study after study has shown the companies’ carbon emissions from oil, coal and gas are major contributors to climate change.

Charleston is one of more than two dozen cities, counties and states that are suing these companies (including ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, BP and ConocoPhillips).

Tecklenburg said, “I feel if you’ve contributed to the problem, that you should contribute to the solution.”

So, then, why aren’t all these governments giving up their own use? They could simply refuse to allow the sale of these products in their areas. Their governments could stop using them, right? But, that would be inconvenient, especially for the politicians and elites who want to go on nice trips. Oh, and how much of Charleston’s economy depends on tourism, which requires people to drive and flying? That would be around 24%, to the tune of over $8 billion annually. How about all the fossil fuels to bring in all the seafood and other foods and drink? Those boats aren’t wind powered.

“So, in some ways, it is a bit of a money grab?” asked Tracy.

“Well, to the extent that they participated in what created this need; it’s a money grab because there’s some responsibility for what happened.”

Of course it is. A shakedown. If you’re company was getting sued, would you do business with the plaintiff?

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SC Mall Shooter Out On Cheap Bond, Can Even Go To Work!

By William Teach April 18, 2022 – 7:00 am

Next time you hear Democrats caterwauling about gun control, remember that they’re just fine with this

South Carolina mall shooting suspect’s bond set at $25,000, can go to work with ankle monitor

A South Carolina judge set a $25,000 bond for a suspect in a mall shooting on Saturday that left 14 people injured, according to the Columbia Police Department.

Jewayne Price, 22, will be on house arrest but allowed to travel to and from work while wearing an ankle monitor if he posts bond.

He was charged with unlawful carrying of a pistol and could face additional charges after the prosecutor reviews evidence.

Price is one of three people who were detained by law enforcement following the shooting. The other two adults males were released after police determined they weren’t involved.

“We don’t believe this was random,” Columbia Police Chief W.H. “Skip” Holbrook said at a news conference. “We believe they knew each other and something led to the gunfire.”

Price was previously arrested in June 2018 and charged with accessory before the fact following the shooting death of 17-year-old Amon Rice in Hopkins, South Carolina. The outcome of that is unclear.

“We need to do something about all these shootings! We need comprehensive gun control!”

“We need to treat criminals with kid gloves!”

What’s the over/under that Price commits another crime while out on bail? Will his workplace want him on property? Democrats wonder why Republicans call them soft on crime, and think they have ulterior motives when it comes to reducing “gun crimes.”

Of course, the story is going to disappear since the shooter(s) was not a white male, just like

Have you even really heard about this? It barely made the news. Had the shooter been a white guy, it would be splashed all over the news. You aren’t hearing much about the Brooklyn subway shooter. It just doesn’t fit the Narrative, it doesn’t help the gun grabbing cause, and, really, Democrats only care about blacks as a voting block.

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If All You See…

By William Teach April 17, 2022 – 1:10 pm

…is a horrible manicured lawn that uses too much water for the 1%ers, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Watts Up With That?, with a post on the unhinged Extinction Rebellion blocking the wrong truck.

It’s golfing week!

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach April 17, 2022 – 9:15 am

Patriotic Pinup Harry Ekman

Happy Sunday! Another great day in the Once and Future Nation Of America. The Sun is shining, the birds are singing, and Easter is here. This pinup is by Harry Ekman, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Independent Sentinel notes the members of Twitter’s board hold very little stock
  2. The Right Scoop covers the NY Times advising to kill off God
  3. The Last Refuge highlights DuckDuckGo moving to Wokeness
  4. The Gateway Pundit covers how many many books Florida rejected over CRT
  5. Powerline discusses the geriatric political class needing to go
  6. Pacific Pundit notes Democrats now running a former stripper for Congress
  7. Outside The Beltway features a weird NY Times piece about Ukraine ruining Brandon’s plans
  8. Moonbattery discusses season 2 of Picard, which moves into Woke (which is concerning. Season 1 is great, just started 2)
  9. Legal Insurrection notes the catch in Biden restarting oil lease sales
  10. Jihad Watch covers the federal assets embedded at the January 6th protests
  11. Gen Z Conservative notes the Woke Pope making Easter about raaaaacism
  12. Geller Report discusses Biden losing the narrative on tobacco and prostitution
  13. American Power notes how many are staying out of workforce post-pandemic
  14. 90Ninety Miles From Tyranny covers a 2nd Fednapping plot
  15. And last, but not least, Geeez… with a great post on Easter

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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USA Today Has A Sad That Conservatives Are Removing Pornagraphic Books From Schools

By William Teach April 17, 2022 – 7:15 am

They say this like it’s a bad thing to keep minors from seeing pornography in government schools. Sure, the kiddies will see it elsewhere. It’s pretty easy on the Internet, of course. Back in my day we had to try and find a dirty magazine, or sneak a peek at HBO or something. Schools should not be teaching them this stuff, especially when it indoctrinates them and attempts to force them into adult sexuality (also at Yahoo, if the paywall hits you)

Conservatives are removing ‘pornographic’ books from schools. Many feature LGBTQ+ characters.

Last November, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent a letter to the state’s school board association asking it to remove from districts any materials deemed “pornographic” or “obscene.”

Both descriptors have come up frequently amid an extraordinary uptick in efforts to remove certain books from libraries and classrooms – not only in the Lone Star State but across the United States.

According to a new analysis by PEN America, Abbott’s endeavor – and the logic behind it – is emblematic of “a concerning trend” nationally. Critics are restricting children’s access to a host of books on the grounds that they contain too much sexual content. Those same books disproportionately feature LGBTQ+ characters or storylines.

This commonality is evocative of age-old tendencies to conflate sexual or gender nonconformity with sexual obscenity, said Jonathan Friedman of PEN America, a literary and free-speech organization.

No, porn is porn, and it has no place in schools, where children should be learning for their future, not the crazy these schools are foisting on them. What’s wrong with just letting kids be kids?

Roughly one in three of those titles – nearly 400 total – explicitly deal with LGBTQ+ issues. In fact, nearly all of the books at the top of the list, some of them banned in more than a dozen districts, fall into this category.

PEN America defines such bans as any action taken to remove, restrict or diminish access to a book based on its content. The action can be in response to complaints from a parent or community member or to direct or threatened action by government officials including lawmakers.

“It’s not just a backlash – it’s worse than that,” Friedman said. “It’s an attempted erasure of an emerging form of storytelling.”

Why is it necessary to teach adult sexual issues and pornographic material to minors, especially the ones who haven’t even hit puberty? Why? Why? In my heart I don’t get it. In my head, I understand that these leftist are unhinged, insane people who are attempting to indoctrinate children in perversions to make them reliable voters who won’t question anything their political masters push, even if it is detrimental to them.

Moms for Liberty, which has chapters nationwide and describes itself as a parents-rights organization, has been organizing to get certain titles off school shelves.

“The books that the moms are asking to take out of libraries almost always have obscene content; we’re talking pornographic, explicit material,” said Tiffany Justice, a mother of four and the organization’s co-founder. (snip)

“It’s not about homosexuality or heterosexuality,” she said. “It’s about … how much time and energy and thought should be going toward sex” before children enter puberty. (In Justice’s view, some books that are often flagged for their references to sexual violence – Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye,” and Khaled Hosseini’s “The Kite Runner,” for example – have a place in high school classrooms because of their “literary merit.”)

“These children are being sexualized at younger and younger ages,” she said. “If we don’t want 10- year-olds having sex, we should probably stop talking to them about it.” Exposing them to the kinds of images contained in “Gender Queer’ or the descriptions of sexual activity found in “All Boys Aren’t Blue,” Justice argued, is “robbing them of their innocence.”

What’s wrong with reading, writing, math, history, computers, arts, sports, etc? Liberals are bat shit crazy.

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Bummer: New Jersey In Danger Of Missing Their Climate (scam) Goals

By William Teach April 16, 2022 – 3:00 pm

First off, have you ever been to NJ? This is a state that could not function without fossil fuels, even more than most. The massive commuting to north Jersey, NYC, Philly. All the tourism down to the Shore, Atlantic City, Cape May. All the ships that come into the Port of Newark. Heck, all the people driving through NJ north and south. Second, whose goals? Do all the citizens of NJ agree, or, is this just being driven by activists and politicians?

N.J. in danger of missing Murphy’s climate change goals, environmentalists say

New Jersey is in danger of missing Gov. Phil Murphy’s goals to combat climate change if the governor’s administration doesn’t stop fossil fuel projects it has approved and act more quickly to install regulations, according to a new report from a coalition of environmentalists.

Murphy, a Democrat, has set a goal of cutting emissions 50% by 2030 and 100% by 2050 in New Jersey, a coastal state that has been battered by major storms in recent years. He also signed an environmental justice law in 2020 to protect vulnerable communities from pollution.

But the report from EmpowerNJ — which has taken Murphy’s administration to court to push for more action on climate change — estimates the Garden State’s emissions have increased by 19% from six fossil fuel projects the state has approved the last four years.

Hmm, has Murphy reduced his own use of fossil fuels? Right, right, he takes long private jet trips to Italy.

The group also warns emissions could increase another 38% if seven pending projects are approved and completed before Murphy’s second term is up in January 2026.

The state’s progress in implementing Murphy’s goal for 100% clean energy by the middle of the century has also been “painfully slow,” with “many missed deadlines and regulatory proposals that put that vision in jeopardy,” the coalition said.

The seven pending projects include a new natural gas pipeline and a natural gas export terminal in South Jersey, a new power plant in Newark, and expansions of the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway.

This makes Warmists very upset, and they do not care if they inconvenience everyone else, nor skyrocket their cost of energy.

State Sen. Anthony Bucco, R-Morris said “I don’t think anyone is against New Jersey utilizing renewable energy sources.”

“The problem is that the Governor wants to mandate an aggressive energy plan that gives little consideration to the crushing costs upon seniors, low income families and the middle class, leaving fewer dollars for retirement, a needed car repair, or college savings for their kids,” Bucco said.

Pretty much.

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If All You See…

By William Teach April 16, 2022 – 1:00 pm

…is a doomy rising sea, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Other McCain, with a post on BLM always being a scam.

Doubleshot below the fold, check out This ain’t Hell…, with a post on people suing the military over grooming standards they do not want to comply with.

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Surprise: Americans Are Rather Skeptical Regarding Gun Control Laws

By William Teach April 16, 2022 – 10:30 am

Have you noticed that the typical weeks long news cycle post-mass shooting did not appear in the wake of the Brooklyn subway shooting? We usually get lots and lots of pieces – op-eds, opinions, analysis, and “straight news” – in the wake of an incident from all across the country. Yet, because the shooter did not fit the Narrative, even the NY Times barely has coverage. You do have unhinged leftist Dem Rep Jamaal Bowman quietly pushing. After an initial bought of gun grabbing language, even NYC Mayor Eric Adams is responding differently

(The Root) In response to criticisms following the arrest of Brooklyn subway shooter Frank James, Mayor Eric Adams further defended his new policies on policing and gun control on NY1. “I thought Black lives matter?,” he asked, alleging many of New York’s shooters and shooting victims are Black.

Adams spoke out against the criticisms of his newest NYPD policies to fight gun violence including an increased police presence on subways and a revised plainclothes unit to patrol the streets. Adams thanked the first responders who assisted in finding James and assured new safety measures will be taken to protect the subways such as gun detection.

Of course, most of those officers, even the black ones, will want little to do with getting involved with potential black perps, because they do not want to be frivolously accused of raaaaacism or anything else. And, yes, FBI data does show that over 50% of shooters and those shot are black. Meanwhile

Poll: Voters Skeptical of Effectiveness of gun Control Laws

Americans are skeptical about gun control measures, according to a new poll.

Rasmussen reports released new polling showing that the majority of Americans do not think criminals will obey federal gun control laws. The poll comes on the heels of a mass shooting in Brooklyn and President Joe Biden’s speech on gun control earlier this week.

“In the wake of Tuesday’s mass shooting on a Brooklyn subway train, most voters don’t think more control laws will prevent such incidents,” Rasmussen said.

“The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 51% of Likely U.S. Voters don’t think stricter gun control laws would help prevent shootings like the one Tuesday that left 29 people injured in Brooklyn,” Rasmussen said. “Thirty-eight percent (38%) think stricter gun control laws would help prevent mass shootings, while another 11% are not sure.”

The question on the Brooklyn shooter’s gun is whether he purchased it legally or not in 2011. Among his lengthy rap sheet

(ABC6) He has nine prior arrests in New York City dating from 1992 to 1998 for offenses including possession of burglary tools, a criminal sex act and theft of service, NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig said in Wednesday news conference.

However, James had no previous felony convictions so was able to purchase a gun, according to Essig.

So, nothing legally to stop him. Was a background check performed? Unless Democrats simply want to ban firearms, you can’t stop this. James was in violation of numerous NYC and New York state firearms laws, including carrying it concealed and having magazines over 10. Wildly, he didn’t comply with those laws.

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Maryland Passes Major Climahysteric Bill

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

I can’t wait till residents of Maryland start complaining about the skyrocketing cost of living, and then abandon the state

Maryland lawmakers pass sweeping climate legislation, wave of environmental bills

St. GretaAfter two years of frustration, Maryland environmental advocates have much to celebrate after the conclusion earlier this week of what one called a “landmark” General Assembly session in Annapolis.

Over the course of 90 days, lawmakers enacted sweeping climate change legislation that committed Maryland to the most ambitious greenhouse gas reductions of any state in the nation. They also passed a flurry of other “green” bills, including measures to reduce environmental inequities, beef up water pollution enforcement and boost efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay’s diminished oyster population.

I like how they unintentionally put that: in essence, climate change is not the environment. They are two separate issues.

The most significant environmental bill to pass this year was the Climate Solutions Now Act, an omnibus measure that advocates say has restored Maryland to the top rank of states addressing global climate change and its impacts. The law calls for a 60% reduction in climate-warming carbon emissions by 2031, a near-term target unmatched by any other state, and net-zero emissions by 2045.

“We have just put a stake in the ground that says we are going to lead on climate [and] greenhouse gas reduction goals in the country,” said Kim Coble, executive director of the Maryland League of Conservation Voters.

The measure’s 100-plus pages spell out a variety of initiatives to work toward those goals, notably a requirement that large existing buildings reduce carbon emissions by improving their energy efficiency. By 2030, all state facilities would have to get at least 75% of their electricity from low– or zero-carbon sources. The state also must electrify its fleet of cars by 2031 and light-duty trucks by 2036.

If this is just so darned important, why don’t they do this now? Why wait till 2031 for the 60%? Make it happen now. Tear the band aid off immediately.

Under another provision, lawmakers established a “climate corps” for youths and young adults to work on climate mitigation projects. They also established a $5 million fund for climate projects and directed 40% of it be spent in low– to moderate-income neighborhoods — an attempt to tackle inequities in how climate change is both felt and addressed.

So, a cushy government job for kids being indoctrinated and Spreading The Word. And paying off people to essentially vote Democrat.

Yet, there’s nothing in there restricting the lawmakers and the high ranking people in the Governor’s office to electric vehicles, as well as no more fossil fueled flights.

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