Court Blocks Pa. Gov Wolf’s Carbon Emission (scam) Rule

By William Teach April 7, 2022 – 8:08 am

This is why Warmists usually try and avoid going to court: because they tend to lose

Pa. Court Blocks Gov. Tom Wolf’s Carbon Emissions Plan

A Pennsylvania court on Tuesday blocked the centerpiece of Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to fight climate change, the latest challenge to the Democrat’s effort to make Pennsylvania the first major fossil fuel state to adopt a carbon pricing policy.

Commonwealth Court, in a one-line unsigned order, said it will not allow the official publication of the regulation “pending further order of the court.”

The regulation would require fossil fuel-fired power plants to pay a price for every ton of carbon dioxide they emit starting July 1 in a state that has long been one of the nation’s biggest polluters and power producers.

The regulation was to be published on Saturday. But the court sided with leaders of the Republican-controlled Legislature, who just a day earlier had failed in their final legislative attempt to block the regulation.

Wolf’s administration said Tuesday night only that it was reviewing the order and is “committed to ensuring that this regulatory process continues to move forward.”

Republican lawmakers in the nation’s No. 2 natural gas state and its No. 3 coal-mining state contend that the regulation is an illegal use of regulatory authority. They say legislative approval is required to force power plants to buy hundreds of millions of dollars in credits annually that the state could then spend on clean energy or energy efficiency programs.

It is up for the legislative branch of each state to make these determinations, not for the governor to single handedly decide the way he/she will force everyone to act, to slap on taxes. Governor’s are not kings, they enforce the laws as passed by the general assemblies. Not make it up because they feel like.

The GOP GA missed an opportunity to attempt to pass legislation which restricts the travel and use of fossil fuels by the governor and his staff. Make him practice what he preaches.

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Texas Governor Promises To Bus Illegals To D.C.

By William Teach April 7, 2022 – 7:44 am

The two questions here are “will he do it?” And “will he also drop them off in Delaware near Joe’s fancy pants house?”

Texas Governor Orders Buses to Transport Released Migrants to D.C.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced orders Wednesday for state officials to charter buses to transport migrants to Washington, D.C. in response to the Biden Administration’s plans to end the Title 42 coronavirus protection protocol and begin large-scale mass releases.

Governor Abbott ordered the Texas Division of Emergency Management to prepare to use buses to transport migrants released by the Biden administration to Washington, D.C.

“To help local officials whose communities are being overwhelmed by hordes of illegal immigration who are being dropped off by the Biden administration, Texas is providing charter buses to send these illegal immigrants who have been dropped off by the Biden administration to Washington, D.C.,” Governor Abbott said during a press conference on Wednesday afternoon in Weslaco, Texas. The governor said the first drop off location will be the U.S. Capitol steps in the nation’s capital.

“We are taking them to the United States Capitol where the Biden administration will be able to more immediately address the needs of the people that they are allowing to come across our border,” the governor added. The governor signed the letter to TDEM Chief Nim Kid ordering the action.

Will it happen? If it does, will Los Federales attempt to interfere with interstate travel? Abbott should consider sending the buses right to the White House, followed by Delaware. Perhaps San Francisco, right where Pelosi’s house is, then to New York, near Chuck Schumer’s home. See how they like having all the illegals released in their own high-toned fancy-pants neighborhoods. Give the illegals some cheap tents so they stick around.

Texas Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX) told Fox News on Wednesday that the administration is anticipating approximately a half-million migrants to cross the border in the weeks following the end of Title 42.

“They’re talking about 500,000 in the next five weeks,” McCaul told Fox News. “That would be 100,000 people per week coming into the country. We don’t know who they are.”

We don’t. We don’t know what diseases they are bringing from Central and South America, along with other parts of the world. Along with a high rate of COVID.

Ending Title 42 Is Biden’s Most Unpopular Move Yet

A majority of registered voters (56%) oppose the decision to remove the border controls implemented by the Trump administration, the largest backlash against a Biden administration policy among dozens tracked by Morning Consult since January 2021.

While 60% of Democratic voters support the move, just 31% of independents and 8% of Republicans feel similarly.

After D.C., make sure the drop-off places are uber-Democrat voting cities.

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Your Fault: Climate Crisis (scam) Could Maybe Possibly Lead To More Food Poisoning

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

If only you’d send your fossil fueled vehicle to the dump and buy and EV. Tut, tut

Climate change can lead to more food poisoning

We may not be able to stop food being contaminated, but computer models

could help us predict where the next big risk might be. Contaminated food kills more than 420,000 people every year. Now, scientists are turning to predictive computer modelling to help us be better prepared for it.

Food contamination can happen at almost every level from farm to fork. Contamination can spread from bacteria entering animal feeds, by being in contact with dust or animal faeces, through infections transferred during slaughter and food processing, or from inappropriate storage.

Climate change has created extreme and rapid changes in air and water temperatures, impacted the frequency and intensity of rain, and amplified humidity, altering the production of food with grave consequences.

While it’s difficult to predict the direct links due to the range of factors involved, changes in the environment have allowed more possibilities of transmission between animals and humans. Extreme weather events like floods and droughts can contaminate soil, water and animal feeds with chemicals from sewage and run-offs from industrial and agricultural land containing toxins and pesticides.

So, they do not actually know, they’re just guessing using computer models which give them the answers they want, which lead to scaremongering, just as they want.

Contamination can also be caused by close interaction between domestic and wild animals in wet markets or when farms overlap with forests, causing spill-over events. Bushmeat is also a well-established source for food-borne zoonotic diseases such as Ebola.

See? Climate doom caused COVID!

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If All You See…

By William Teach April 6, 2022 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible, evil, no good fossil fueled vehicle, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Last Refuge, with a post on the “EU Commission Triggers Financial Sanctions Against Hungary for Electing Wrong Candidate”

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FDA To Meet With “Experts” On Vaccine Booster Strategy

By William Teach April 6, 2022 – 10:30 am

I’m perfectly fine with getting the vaccine. I did it early, before we actually knew it was more like taking the flu shot, meaning the chances of getting COVID were actually much, much lower than portrayed. But, you most likely wouldn’t suffer the severe consequences of COVID. So, I took the booster. I even considered another booster, which would be this month. But, hey, remember when some said we’d be taking constant boosters and they were called conspiracy theorists?

FDA, health experts to meet, discuss COVID-19 booster strategy

The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and a panel of health experts will meet Wednesday to discuss the future of COVID-19 boosters in the U.S. and emerging variants of the virus.

The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee will host the all-day meeting with the health experts to discuss questions and concerns regarding vaccinations and the virus.

They will address concerns about the practicality of getting additional doses of the vaccines every few months and look into how frequently they should change the composition of the vaccine based on variants and their dominance, according to briefing documents released by the FDA.

The committee aims to develop a framework for a long-term booster strategy.

On Tuesday, White House chief medial adviser Anthony Fauci said the National Institutes of Health has already launched a trial to study different kinds of COVID-19 boosters.

They’re going to milk this for all it’s worth, aren’t they? It’s never ending. Well, except for the part where they blame China

Protection against infection offered by fourth Covid-19 vaccine dose wanes quickly, Israeli study finds

A fourth dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine seems to offer short-lived protection against infection overall, but protection against severe illness did not wane for at least several weeks, according to a new study.

The study, published Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, looked at the health records of more than 1.25 million vaccinated people in Israel who were 60 or older from January through March 2022, a time when the Omicron coronavirus variant was the dominant strain.

The rate of severe Covid-19 infection in the fourth week after a fourth dose of vaccine was lower than in people who got only three doses by a factor of 3.5.

However, protection against severe illness did not seem to wane in the six weeks after the fourth shot, though the study period wasn’t long enough to determine exactly how long this protection lasts.

So, they aren’t sure about severe illness, but, they barely make a difference on catching COVID. They’ll continue to pimp booster after booster, even though COVID is pretty much waning.

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UN IPCC Has Five Ideas To Save The Planet From Trace Amounts Of CO2

By William Teach April 6, 2022 – 8:19 am

The Cult high poobahs always have ideas, most of which never involve them changing their own behavior, just stuff that affects you

Climate change: IPCC scientists report five ways to save the planet

The dangers of climate change have been well reported for years. But what’s had less attention is how the world could effectively tackle the issue.

Huh? These yahoos have been printing ways the government can make you act for years

Yesterday, UN scientists laid out a plan that they believe could help people avoid the worst impacts of rising temperatures.

The report, by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), essentially calls for a revolution in how we produce energy and power our world.

To avoid very dangerous warming, carbon emissions need to peak within three years, and fall rapidly after that.

Make the UN IPCC Conference On The Parties meeting virtual, to start, reducing the huge number of people who take long, fossil fueled flights, including in private jets. Anyhow, coal is on their hit list, as are all fossil fuels

“I think that’s a very strong message, no new coal power plants. Otherwise, you’re really risking 1.5C,” said Prof Jan Christoph Minx, from the University of Leeds, and an IPCC co-ordinating lead author.

“I think the big message coming from here is we need to end the age of fossil fuel. And we don’t only need to end it, but we need to end it very quickly.”

Notice that jumps from coal all fossil fuels quickly. Strange that no reporter ever asks “say, have you given up your own use of fossil fuels?” Then we get some pie in the sky ideas, things that do not exist, perhaps some unicorns. Oh, and your life

3 – Curbing demand is a secret weapon

One of the big differences with this report from previous releases is that social science features heavily.

This is mainly focussed on the ideas of reducing people’s demand for energy in the areas of shelter, mobility and nutrition.

This covers a multitude of areas – including low carbon diets, food waste, how we build our cities, and how we shift people to more carbon friendly transport options.

In other words, government forcing you to act. And turning you into a pariah, a heretic, if you won’t. Much like we’ve seen with COVID. The BBC article even has the gall to say this is a “fairly painless way to really make an impact.” If it’s so painless, why do so few Warmists do it voluntarily in their own lives?

There’s also the notion of throwing massive amounts of cash at the problem, which means higher taxes and fees for you. And lots and lots of redistribution. Followed by The Rich

That may well be the case, but some IPCC authors believe the rich have other roles to play in helping the world towards net-zero.

“Wealthy individuals contribute disproportionately to higher emissions but they have a high potential for emissions reductions, whilst maintaining high levels of well-being and a decent living standard,” said Prof Patrick Devine-Wright, an IPCC lead author from the University of Exeter.

“I think there are individuals with high socioeconomic status who are capable of reducing their emissions by becoming role models of low carbon lifestyles, by choosing to invest in low carbon businesses and opportunities, and by lobbying for stringent climate policies.”

So, how does that happen? They’ll just do it out of the goodness of their hearts? Most haven’t up to now. Many talk a good game about the dangers of ‘climate change’ doom, advocate for carbon taxes and such, but, they aren’t giving up their big carbon footprints, much like members of the IPCC refuse to practice what they preach. It’s all about government force.

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Several Conservative States Look To Mirror Florida’s Parental Rights Bill

By William Teach April 6, 2022 – 7:00 am

Of course, leftist “news” outlets are still pimping them as “don’t say gay,” because being honest and doing actual journalism has long left the building

Red states consider Florida-style ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bills

Conservative state lawmakers across the country are considering new legislation that would bar teachers from introducing concepts of sexual orientation or gender identity to young students, imitating a new Florida law that opponents have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

Lawmakers in Ohio and Louisiana have filed legislation that mimics the Florida law, signed last month by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). In Texas, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R), who controls the state Senate, said he would make his state’s version of the bill a top priority in the next legislative session.

The specifics of the measures vary between states, but they largely contain provisions that mirror the Florida law. The bills would bar schools from using curriculum that includes topics about sexual orientation and gender identity.

The Louisiana version would bar educators and school employees from discussing their own sexual orientation or gender identity with any student through 12th grade.

“There’s no need for any child to ever know the private life of their educator,” state Rep. Dodie Horton (R), the bill’s chief sponsor, told KSLA-TV. “It’s not prejudice to one group or another. It just doesn’t discuss it at all.”

That might be going a bit too far, but, why do teachers even need to discuss any of this stuff? It doesn’t help juveniles in the least. It has nothing to do with the subject matter the people are hired to teach. Why are schools hiring people who feel the need to discuss private, adult sexual issues in the first place? Especially since so many of them seem more invested in their “activism” than performing the job. And we all know that these unhinged lunatics will use these discussion to push the kids. Indoctrinate them

Opponents of the measures say they intentionally target students who are already at risk.

“All of these curriculum censorship bills seek to erase and stigmatize young people who already experience marginalization,” said Aaron Ridings, chief of staff and deputy executive director for public policy and research at GLSEN, a group founded by teachers that supports LGBTQ youth. “All elected officials should be getting back to work on reopening schools and making sure that young people can learn and thrive and reach their own potential. These bills are a step backward.”

They do not target the students: they target the supposed adults who have captive audiences to groom.

https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1511145810414735362

And the teachers and other school employees want to hide what they’re saying and doing from the parents/guardians. Kids are welcome to discuss this stuff on their own, it should not be brought up and advocate by the adults. They should not be allowed to push impressionable young kids into huge lifestyle changes. That’s not their job.

Seriously, we knew almost nothing about our teachers personal lives. It really wasn’t discussed. Because it wasn’t germane to learning math, history, science, art, and so forth.

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U.N.: It’s Now Or Never On Climate Crisis (scam) Or Something

By William Teach April 5, 2022 – 3:00 pm

The new scaremongering report the U.N. has been teasing has been released, and same old same old cult

‘It’s now or never’ on climate change action, official warns

The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report warns that 2010-2019 average annual global greenhouse gas emissions were at their highest levels in human history and urgent action is needed.

The report released Monday said emissions need to be reduced in all sectors and countries should seek to wean themselves off fossil fuels — including industry and the transportation sector.

“It’s now or never, if we want to limit global warming to 1.5°C (2.7°F),” said Jim Skea, IPCC Working Group III co-chairperson. “Without immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors, it will be impossible.”

Let’s start with the U.N. and all the big wigs taking long fossil fueled trips, often in private jets, as well as Warmists everywhere. Lead the way! Show us how easy it is for you to change your life. Otherwise, you’re Doomsaying is foolish and hypocritical.

Factbox: Key takeaways from the IPCC report on climate change mitigation

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The world has not yet managed to reduce its emissions output, hitting about 59 gigatonnes in 2019 when changes in land use are taken into account. That’s a 12% jump from global 2010 emissions of 52.5 gigatonnes, or an average increase of 1.3% each year during the last decade.

Well, that’s weird. 30+ years of spreading awareness and doomy prognostications, yet, even most Warmists won’t reduce their own emissions output.

ON TRACK FOR A HOTHOUSE PLANET

Only immediate, ambitious climate action will keep global temperatures from rising 1.5 degrees Celsius beyond the pre-industrial average, the report says. Beyond that threshold, the world would be courting extreme climate change with severe impacts on people, wildlife and ecosystems, scientists say.

Again, let’s see you cut back in your own lives.

The report also weighs in on how market and regulatory tools can help stimulate innovation and technological competition, two strategies for boosting incentives to cut emissions. For example, removing fossil fuel subsidies and introducing carbon pricing would direct more investment toward renewable solutions.

In the agriculture sector, growing crops within forests and managing livestock more sustainably would help improve land productivity and resilience to climate impacts such as heat or drought.

No, no, this is totally about science, not Authoritarian politics.

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If All You See…

By William Teach April 5, 2022 – 1:00 pm

…are Evil fossil fueled vehicles, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Daley Gator, with a post on CNN calling parental rights advocates the new segregationists.

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Raleigh To Charge Un-Vaxxed Employees $50 A Month Health Surcharge

By William Teach April 5, 2022 – 10:30 am

Wait, I thought we were done with this silly stuff. These types of mandates. What’s the point of COVID is mostly over? The city has no mask mandates or any others. They’ve already threatened employees to block their promotions (which would result in lawsuits), and been threatened with lawsuits for “discriminatory COVID policies.”

City of Raleigh implementing $50 surcharge for unvaccinated employees on its healthcare plan

The City of Raleigh announced Monday that a surcharge will be applied on its healthcare plan for unvaccinated employees starting in January of 2023.

The City said it would be implementing this $50 monthly surcharge or employees, retirees, GoRaleigh employees and covered spouses who are unvaccinated.

The City said this serves as a COVID-19 prevention strategy.

“In accordance with the City of Raleigh’s duty to provide and maintain a workplace that is free of known hazards, we are adding this requirement to safeguard the health of our employees and their families, our customers and visitors, and the community at large from infectious diseases that may be reduced by vaccinations,” said The City of Raleigh in a press release.

January 2023. Sure, there’s some fear mongering about an Omicron subvariant that’s hitting Europe hitting the U.S., but, it seems we’re pretty much done with this. At worst it’s endemic. Those employees either had Chinese flu already and have antibodies or managed to make it through 2+ years without getting it. How, exactly, is forcing employees to get the shot by January 2023 going to help? Expect lawsuits.

New COVID-19 variant XE identified: What to know and why experts say not to be alarmed

A new COVID-19 variant has been identified in the United Kingdom, but experts say there is no cause for alarm yet.

The variant, known as XE, is a combination of the original BA.1 omicron variant and its subvariant BA.2. This type of combination is known as a “recombinant” variant.

“Right now, there’s really no public health concern,” said Dr. John Brownstein, an epidemiologist and chief innovation officer at Boston Children’s Hospital and an ABC News contributor. “Recombinant variants happen over and over. In fact, the reason that this is the XE variant recombinant is that we’ve had XA, XB, XC, XD already, and none of those have turned out to be any real concern.”

Weird. Someone at ABC News was allowed to broadcast non-apocalyptic COVID news. Meanwhile, in NYC

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