Your Fault: Hurricanes Like Beryl To Be The New Normal Or Something

By William Teach July 5, 2024 – 7:50 pm

It’s like clockwork. When we had the big seasons leading up to 2004 and 2005 monster seasons it was all the media could talk about. When hurricane activity dropped heavily for a decade the media was rather silent. Though, they had all sorts of excuses, like that wind shear was diminishing hurricanes. That they would be fewer but bigger. Then they blamed the lack on ‘climate change. Remember, the US went 12 years without a landfalling major hurricane, the longest period since the Civil War era. There’s always something with this crowd, and no matter what, it’s all your fault

Why climate change makes a hurricane like Beryl more dangerous

Hurricane Beryl is tearing across the Caribbean this week, unleashing life-threatening flooding and dangerous wind as it heads toward Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.

Beryl has already racked up multiple alarming superlatives. It is the most powerful hurricane ever recorded this early in the Atlantic hurricane season, and also the earliest storm to strengthen so rapidly as it formed. Beryl grew from a relatively weak tropical depression into a full-blown major hurricane in less than two days, sending residents in its path scrambling to evacuate or find suitable shelter.

Climate change is playing a crucial and obvious role in Beryl’s development, scientists say.

“You’re hearing things like ‘unprecedented’ and ‘shocking’ a lot about Beryl,” says Andra Garner, a hurricane expert at Rowan University in New Jersey. But Garner says it isn’t surprising to scientists to see such a big storm so early this year.

Except, do we know that this is different from during previous Holocene periods? We don’t have data. Also

We don’t even know that much about hurricanes prior to 1970, unless they really hit the US. It was even tough to know in Caribbean nations. Further

(Not A Lot Of People Know That) According to the official reports, Beryl has sustained winds of 165mph (145kts), and a minimum central pressure of 934mb.

But according to the official satellite Dvorak measurements, the wind speeds were well below the warning intensity, around 135kts. On the Saffir Simpson scale, Cat 5s are 137kts and over, so it seems that Beryl was probably a top end Cat 4:

Was it even that? Jamaica is already mostly back up and operating. Kingston, which should have been smacked hard, and there are areas still without power, doesn’t look like much happened. Barely any trees down. I’m seeing the same with webcams in Cancun. The Cayman Islands look fine. Certainly, a storm came through. Watching the airport webcam at Sint Maarten you could definitely tell they were getting storm surge, as the ocean was up over the beach, I’d say a rise of at least 2 feet. And that’s a  bit east of the Virgin Islands.

No one should be surprised if the power was over-estimated: we’ve seen this with many storms. It’s all about scaring people into giving up their money, liberty, and freedom.

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If All You See…

By William Teach July 5, 2024 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible grill cooking horrible meat using horrible fossil fuels*, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Right Scoop, with a post on White House staff being confused as to why drug addict Hunter Biden is at meetings.

*also, that grill is in serious need of a cleaning.

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Rep. Joseph Morelle (D) To Introduce Amendment To End Presidential Immunity

By William Teach July 5, 2024 – 10:30 am

Say, I wonder if this amendment will also end the immunity for members of Congress? Because they essentially do have the same thing

A legal doctrine that protects legislators from being sued for all actions taken in the sphere of legitimate legislative activity. The purpose of legislative immunity is to ensure that the legislative function may be performed independently without fear of outside interference.

Legislative immunity is granted to Congress by the Speech or Debate Clause in Article I of the Constitution and has been extended to state and local legislators through the federal common law. Additionally, 43 states have speech or debate clauses in their own constitutions. Legislative immunity also extends to officials outside the legislative branch participating in the legislative process. For example, a mayor presenting a budget to the city council. However, acts that are unrelated to a legislator’s duties (e.g. defamatory statements made during a press conference) and acts that occur without lawful authority (e.g. unconstitutional procedures for enacting legislation or a subcommittee investigator illegally seizing documents without a subpoena) are not immune.

That’s pretty much what the Supreme Court. Did you know members of Congress could be let go if they get in an accident while performing official duties such as rushing to a vote or heading to a meeting?

House Democrat is proposing a constitutional amendment to reverse Supreme Court’s immunity decision

A leading House Democrat is preparing a constitutional amendment in response to the Supreme Court’s landmark immunity ruling, seeking to reverse the decision “and ensure that no president is above the law.”

Rep. Joseph Morelle of New York, the top Democrat on the House Administration Committee, sent a letter to colleagues informing them of his intent to file the resolution, which would kickstart what’s traditionally a cumbersome amendment process.

“This amendment will do what SCOTUS failed to do — prioritize our democracy,” Morelle said in a statement to AP.

In referring to Donald Trump, Morelle said the former president “must be held accountable for his decisions. I urge my colleagues to support my amendment and stand with me on the front line to protect our democracy.”

Will the House even vote on this? Even if it makes it out of Congress, can they get 3/4ths of the states? Morella does understand that there is a Constitutional measure to deal with bad behavior by Presidents, right? Hey, if we remove immunity we can prosecute Biden for his terrible Afghanistan withdrawal, for drone striking a family, and for the deaths of American service members, right? How about trying him for his border policy, leaving it wide open and allowing unvetted illegal aliens who have hurt and killed Americans, right? Joe could be charged as an accessory to murder for the killing of Jocelyn Nungaray. How about for all his graft while in office?

“This amendment will guarantee that no public officer of the United States — including the president — is able to evade the accountability that any other American would face for violating our laws,” Morelle wrote in a letter to colleagues this week.

Hmm, so, members of Congress will immediately be in legal trouble for what amounts to insider trading for the rest of the citizens? They can be sued for defamation? Anyhow, does he understand this won’t affect Trump at all, because it will takes years if it passes, and cannot be retroactive, per the Constitution.

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Ford Big Wig Says Americans Need To Fall In Love With Tiny Cars Again

By William Teach July 5, 2024 – 7:00 am

Which is a weird thing for him to say, considering Ford really doesn’t have small cars. The smallest in their whole lineup is the Maverick, Mustang EV, and Escape. They literally do not have a small car. They consider the Mustang a “sedan”, but, it starts at $40k. You can get a loaded Civic for $30K

Ford chief says Americans need to fall ‘back in love’ with smaller cars

It is time for the US to “get back in love” with smaller cars, according to the chief executive of Ford.

In a wide-ranging interview at the Aspen Ideas festival, Jim Farley said the auto industry needs to focus on smaller EVs and commercial vehicles. He acknowledged that American consumers are in “love with these monster vehicles” but said they need to “get back in love” with small cars.

“We have to start to get back in love with smaller vehicles. It’s super important for our society and for EV adoption,” Farley said. “We are just in love with these monster vehicles, and I love them, too, but it’s a major issue with weight.”

In case Jim missed it, EVs are much heavier than gas powered vehicles of the same size, wearing through tires faster and wearing out roads from their weight. Did the interviewer ask Jim what he’s driving?

Ford expects to introduce a $30,000 all-electric vehicle that will be profitable in roughly two and a half years, breaking a price barrier that has made the adoption of EVs an unobtainable luxury to all but the auto industry’s wealthiest customers.

Are their consumers calling for this?

Farley said Ford would focus on the new vehicle – not larger all-electric trucks and SUVs. Larger vehicles, using internal combustion engines, have traditionally driven US carmakers’ profits, especially at Ford.

“You have to make a radical change as an [automaker] to get to a profitable EV. The first thing we have to do is really put all of our capital toward smaller, more affordable EVs,” Farley said during an interview with CNBC’s Julia Boorstin.

Do consumers want these? Is Ford heading for another bankruptcy, because they are not listening to the purchasers?

But he said the stakes are high for Ford and the other automakers over the next five years, as they seek to compete with Chinese EV makers. Farley said it was crucial for Ford, which lost $132,000 on every EV sold in the first three months of the year, to make profitable EVs in the next five years.

That’s a rather stupid business model. What studies do they have that say consumers want these?

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Dementia Joe Told Israel They’re On Their Own If They Responded To Iranian Attack

By William Teach July 5, 2024 – 6:45 am

I’m sure other U.S. allies are looking at this and wondering if they can depend on Biden if they’re attacked. Well, unless it’s Ukraine, then Biden seems to have a vested interest

Biden told Netanyahu the night of Iran attacks: ‘You retaliate, and you’re on your own’

Joe Biden Ice Cream AfghanistanUS President Joe Biden threatened Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to scale back his response toward Iran’s massive missile and drone attacks in April, according to a New York Times report Tuesday.

“Let me be crystal clear,” President Biden told Prime Minister Netanyahu that night from the Situation Room, where he received updates in real-time on the US-coordinated international response that successfully shot down 99% of the estimated 300 weapons launched from Iranian territory toward Israel.

“If you launch a big attack on Iran, you’re on your own.”

Iran’s attack was a response to the assassination of several Iranian generals, including the top commander in Syria, by an airstrike in Damascus a few weeks prior, an action attributed mainly to Israel. According to the IDF, only “a small number” of Iran’s ballistic missiles reached Israel. After the attack was over and most of the missiles had been successfully neutralized, Biden reportedly told Netanyahu by phone: “You got a win. Take the win,” without, according to the report, “reading from a script or extensive notes.”

Netanyahu initially refused to heed Biden’s advice, arguing that a response was necessary to deter future attacks from Iran, but Biden only doubled down. “You do this,” Biden said, “and I’m out.” Eventually, the aides in the Situation Room said Netanyahu agreed to scale back Israel’s response.

The world’s largest state sponsor of terrorist and the leader of the destroy Israel crowd attacked Israel, and Biden wanted Israel to back down? Biden had barely anything to say to Iran on the situation. I’m guessing that simply saying “don’t” has no threat behind it. Perhaps Biden should be threatening Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran, rather than Israel.

(Axios) President Biden in a call on Thursday told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “it is time to close” a hostage and ceasefire deal in Gaza.

Why it matters: Biden has pushed for a deal for months. White House officials said they want to take advantage of Hamas’ positive response to the latest proposal in order to close the remaining gaps and reach an agreement.

Of course he wants Israel to stand down, because his unhinged, Jew hating and Hamas loving base is necessary for him to succeed in the election. These are the people Biden is playing to.

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If All You See…

By William Teach July 4, 2024 – 1:00 pm

…is a lake created due to heavy Bad Weather rain, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is If You are Left you ain’t Right, with a post on patriotic gals.

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Lawfare: Biden’s DOJ To Go After Trump Even After Election

By William Teach July 4, 2024 – 10:30 am

Nothing says this is all about using the weight of the federal government to go after political opponents as finding whatever means to prosecute for any reason? The Washington Post finds no blame in this. Can you imagine if Trump had done this? What would the article look like? What about when people like Putin do the same thing as Biden, though, Putin often has them killed

Washington Post: Justice Department to pursue Trump prosecutions past the election, even if he wins

Justice Department officials will continue to pursue the federal criminal cases against Donald Trump past Election Day, even if he wins, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.

The plan is due to a view that DOJ rules against charging or prosecuting a sitting president would not kick in until Inauguration Day in January, people familiar with the discussions told The Post.

The Washington Post’s reporting comes a day after the Supreme Court ruled that Trump may claim immunity from criminal prosecution for some of the actions he took at the end of his presidency.

The court’s decision is likely to further delay a trial on the federal election subversion charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith, leaving Trump poised to avoid pre-election trials in the most significant criminal prosecutions he faces after being found guilty in his hush money trial in May. (His sentencing in that trial has been postponed until September in the wake of the court’s ruling.)

Officials who were not part of the special counsel’s deliberations told CNN they believed the long-standing DOJ policy against criminally charging a sitting president does not extend to a president-elect.

Since the Washington Post really doesn’t seem to have a problem with abusing the legal justice system to go after Trump, will they stay quiet if the DOJ under Trump goes after Biden and the people around him? If Republican state prosecutors go hard after Biden and the people around him?

Of course, Garland will only have to January 20th to continue, since Trump will boot him out hard the minute he takes the oath of office. People like Jack Smith can be fired or, better, re-assigned to a low level office. If Trump is smart, he’d be mentioning out on the campaign trail that he plans to re-introduce the notion of a neutral DOJ/FBI that has no politics, is not driven by the people in office, that serves all. That all agendas other than The Law will be driven from the Executive Branch. That it’s meant to serve the People, not run their lives and go after them for Wrongthink. He has a big and easy opportunity. But, knowing Trump, he won’t.

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Happy Independence Day 2024 (Sticky For The Day)

By William Teach July 4, 2024 – 8:48 am

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Mayor Pete Visited NC To Break Ground On $4.8 Million “Multi-Use Trail”

By William Teach July 4, 2024 – 7:15 am

It’s doubtful Pete took the train down from D.C., and you can bet Governor Cooper drove a large, low MPG suv to the event

U.S. Transportation Secretary joins Gov. Cooper to break ground on new Winston-Salem trail

Pete Buttigieg, secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation, was among those on hand Tuesday to break ground on a new multi-use trail in Winston-Salem.

The shovels were out to turn the first dirt on the Salem Parkway path, a 1.3-mile bike-and-pedestrian urban trail linking Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist to Truist Field and surrounding neighborhoods.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper was among the dignitaries on hand. He says the Triad is in the middle of an economic boom and investments in transit projects are critical to sustain the growth.

“We know that in order to make sure we handle all the businesses that want to come here, all the people that want to come here, that we make sure that we make it easier, safer and cleaner to get from one place to the next.”

The trail is partially funded by President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Earlier in the day, Buttigieg visited construction sites on Winston-Salem’s Northern Beltway Project.

While the Beltway project is a road for fossil fueled vehicles, this urban trail is exactly that: for pedestrians and people on bikes. To the tune of $4.8 million for a whopping 1.3 miles between a few buildings, a hospital, Truist Stadium and downtown. The Elites really do want you to walk/bike everywhere, not travel in fossil fueled vehicles. To be clear, I’m not against walking areas, especially in urbanized areas, this just seems rather excessive in cost. And they do have ulterior motives while they take lots of fossil fueled trips.

There are no answers to those questions. Amtrak already goes from Raleigh to Richmond. This choo choo is supposed to go a lot faster in speed, but, it will still be quicker to drive.  As I’ve said, it would be a whole lot better if there was a train going down to the beach area near Wilmington and out to Asheville. I’d take it. Driving back after a day at the beach, even taking a quick beach shower to get the salt, sand, and sweat off, stinks. I’d be happy to take the train back.

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Dementia Joe’s Totally Not Leaving The Race

By William Teach July 4, 2024 – 7:00 am

Even as more and more Credentialed Media outlets, Democrats, and their big money supporters call for Brandon to leave the race (which is apparently election interference now), he says he’s in it to lose it

Joe Biden, Kamala Harris Vow to Fight On in Presidential Race Despite Debate Disaster

Biden Brain SuckerPresident Joe Biden is vowing to fight on in the presidential race following his disastrous debate performance, which sent Democrats into a spiral of panic, questioning his ability to forge on.

According to reports from the Associated Press, both Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris attempted to calm nerves across their party by appearing on a call with campaign staff Wednesday, where they made it clear that they are in this fight for the long haul.

The outlet, citing three sources, described the phone call as a “pep talk” of sorts, where they were “stressing the stakes of the election and returning to Biden’s previous post-debates comments that when he gets knocked down he gets back up and still plans to win the election.”

One individual on the call claimed Biden made his intentions abundantly clear, stating, “Let me say this as clearly as I possibly can as simply and straightforward as I can: I am running…no one’s pushing me out. I’m not leaving. I’m in this race to the end and we’re going to win.”

Here’s the thing: do we really want Biden to drop out? Everything is based around beating him, his policies, and his brain fog.

That’s now, and that’s national. What happens in each state, and getting Trump to 270, is what matters. Trump and Republicans need to start focusing their attention on policy. On how bad Biden’s policies have been, on how much more people are paying for food and everything else, on how unstable the world has become. It’s wise politics. If Biden wants to go after Trump personally, Trump should stick to policy. Be the bigger guy. Sure, it won’t happen, but, consider what happens if the Dems do replace Joe

(NY Times) President Biden has told a key ally that he knows he may not be able to salvage his candidacy if he cannot convince the public in the coming days that he is up for the job after a disastrous debate performance last week.

The president, who the ally emphasized is still deeply in the fight for re-election, understands that his next few appearances heading into the holiday weekend — including an interview scheduled for Friday with George Stephanopoulos of ABC News and campaign stops in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — must go well.

“He knows if he has two more events like that, we’re in a different place” by the end of the weekend, said the ally, referring to Mr. Biden’s halting and unfocused performance in the debate. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive situation.

Brandon’s advisors, who are the ones really running the Presidency, have said it’s false. But, if Dems dump him, then what? Could Kamala really do better than Joe? What if they bring in whomever? It’s time to discuss how bad the Democrats have been for America and the world.

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