Brandon, Democrats, Look To Push BBB Climate Provisions In Stand Alone Bill

By William Teach January 21, 2022 – 8:40 am

Realistically, this is the way it should be done: big measures should be voted on separately. And the climate emergency (scam) portion of BBB is so big that it itself should be broken up. And none of it will help the economy or the real problems facing America right now, hence, it’s not surprising in the least that Biden and his Congressional Comrades want to focus on this

‘Build Back Better’ Hit a Wall, but Climate Action Could Move Forward

A small but growing number of Democrats in Congress want to move ahead with the climate portion of President Joe Biden’s stalled spending bill, saying the urgency of a warming planet demands action and they believe they can muster enough votes to muscle it past Republican opposition.

Faced with the possibility that Democrats could lose control of Congress in November’s midterm elections, the party is now looking to salvage what it can from the $2.2 trillion Build Back Better Act. The sweeping climate-change and social-policy bill passed the House but came to a halt last month when Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. and swing vote in the Senate, said he opposed it.

But Manchin has suggested that he might back various climate provisions in the legislation, leading some Democrats to say the party should regroup around a climate bill.

“The bottom line is that we are running out of time and the only thing that can pass is a package that has the votes,” said Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., a leading proponent of climate action in Congress.

Tell you what, Ed: when all you climate cultists in Congress practice what you preach, I’ll consider listening. When you stop taking lots of fossil fueled flights, I’ll listen. When you all purchase and drive EVs, I’ll listen. When Biden replaces his big limo and large number of chase cars with EVs, I’ll listen.

The New York Times asked each of the 50 Senate Republicans if they would support just the climate provisions in the Build Back Better Act if they were presented in a stand-alone bill. None said they would.

“You’d be hard-pressed to find GOP members who would be on board with approving these Democrat priorities,” Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., said in a statement.

He described the climate provisions as “a far-left agenda” that is “opposed by every Republican in the Senate.”

The bill really isn’t about climate, or the environment, it’s about control from the Central Government. But, hey, Dems, waste more time on this idiocy.

With climate change legislation stalled in Congress, states look to pick up the slack

With action to address climate change stalled in Congress, states across the country are ramping up efforts to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

In his State of the State speech on Jan. 11, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee asked state legislators to appropriate $626 million in 2022 for combating climate change, including $100 million in rebates for buying electric vehicles and $100 million in grants for institutions installing solar panels. Although passage is hardly guaranteed, the Washington state Legislature is controlled by Inslee’s fellow Democrats, who have so far reacted positively to his proposal.

First, that’s the way it really should be. This is not really a power of the federal government. It really wasn’t the intent of the Commerce Clause. Second, Jay’s previous attempts were shot down in referendums, with lots of Democrat voters saying “no”, because Doing Something about ‘climate change’ is popular in theory, not in practice. Not when the Warmists know the policies will negatively affect their own lives and money. But, if states want to do this, let them. There should be a provision that any person who votes for this cannot leave the state for a period of time. They need to feel the pain of their votes.

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Wuhan Flu Data Shows Encouraging Scenario

By William Teach January 21, 2022 – 8:27 am

No worries, government officials and politicians who love the power to control will figure out other ways to continue that control

Is COVID retreating in the U.S.? Data paints encouraging scenario

New coronavirus cases are falling in parts of the United States hardest hit by the fast-spreading Omicron variant, according to a Reuters analysis of public health data, offering an early indication the virus might once again be on retreat.

COVID-19 infections have decreased in 15 states plus Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, an analysis of the past week through Wednesday compared with the prior week showed.

In the Northeast, which saw some of the highest case loads during the latest surge, infections are down 36% week-over-week.

The drop was more modest at the national level, with the seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases falling 1% as of Wednesday, according to the Reuters tally.

COVID-19 data often lag a few days behind the actual state of affairs.

“Certainly it bodes well for us in terms of the trajectory of Omicron,” said Wafaa El-Sadr, a professor of epidemiology and medicine at Columbia University in New York City.

Deaths and hospitalizations are going down (not that we can necessarily trust the numbers on them). Much like where Omicron (which should have been named Xi, but, the WHO didn’t want to upset China) originated, South Africa, the Omicron is burning out. That’s good news, right?

‘Your great-great-great-grandchildren will still be getting immunized against coronavirus’ : This Mayo Clinic doctor says it’s too late to eradicate COVID-19

Will we ever live in a world without COVID-19?

As the pandemic enters Year 3, many people are wondering if and when COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, will become endemic. Endemic refers to the observed level of a disease — or the baseline predictable level with seasonal fluctuations like the flu — whereas a pandemic is typically a global public health emergency with an unpredictable level of illness and/or death.

That is a long way off, and COVID-19 will always be with us, Dr. Gregory Poland, who studies the immunogenetics of vaccine response at the Mayo Clinic, told MarketWatch and Barron’s in a live video interview on Wednesday.

Some diseases, like measles, do not change. They do not have variants. The Chinese coronavirus is expected to continue throwing off variants, and can even infect animals like deer. It’s like the flu. That shot you get each winter is supposed to be proof against some variants. You might get a different one.

Australian professors urge residents to wear eye protection to help against Covid spread

Australian professors have urged residents and health workers to wear eye protection to help stop the spread of Covid, suggesting face masks may not be enough.

Research conducted by UNSW ophthalmologist Professor Minas Coroneo and infectious disease expert Professor Peter Collignon suggested that focusing on the mouth and nose may have left people more vulnerable to catching the virus.

They explained droplets from the virus can enter the respiratory system through the eyes.

Hence why you should avoid touching your eyes. Which is rather tough for those who wear contacts and glasses. And is something we’ve known since the beginning. The question here, is this the next push by Those In Charge? I guess we’ll have to see.

Austria set to make COVID shots compulsory after bill clears parliament

Austria’s lower house of parliament passed a bill on Thursday making COVID-19 vaccinations compulsory for adults as of Feb. 1, bringing Austria closer to introducing the first such sweeping coronavirus vaccine mandate in the European Union. (snip)

The bill imposes fines of up to 600 euros ($680) on holdouts once checks begin on March 15. Those who challenge that initial fine unsuccessfully face a maximum fine of 3,600 euros.

It still has to pass the upper house and be signed by their president, but, it is expected to easily pass. And there are lots and lots and lots of fines. Even though we know that Omicron can 100% evade the existing Bat Soup Virus vaccines.

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Want A Sunroom In Your New Home In The U.K.? Nope. Climate Crisis (scam)

By William Teach January 20, 2022 – 2:58 pm

From the link

Climate change looks set to claim an unexpected new victim – Britain’s conservatories.

They may be a sought-after addition to many middle-class homes but the sun traps can overheat in our increasingly warm summers.

As a result, regulations are being brought in that could make conservatories far rarer in new-build houses.

From June, any conservatory intended as part of a new development will need to show it will not create ‘unwanted solar gain’.

The change is part of a raft of measures aimed at future-proofing homes against summers where temperatures are predicted to reach 40C (104F).

“Predicted.” Right now, the average daily high in July for the U.K. is 70F

The new rules, which also aim to improve domestic ventilation and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30 per cent, will limit window sizes according to which direction they face and whether the home is likely to overheat.

These freaking people.

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If All You See…

By William Teach January 20, 2022 – 1:00 pm

…is a frozen poll you don’t want to stick your tongue to, caused by carbon pollution shifting the cold from the Arctic, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Last Refuge, with a post wondering why this massive push for vaccination.

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NCAA Essentially Punts On Gender Confused Men Competing In Sports Against Biological Women

By William Teach January 20, 2022 – 10:30 am

The NCAA throws out a whole bunch of Woke buzzwords, and, really, hasn’t changed their policy of allowing men to compete against women, taking away wins, accolade, opportunity, and scholarships

NCAA changes transgender athlete participation policy amid calls for reevaluation

The NCAA changed its policy regarding transgender athletes, it announced Wednesday.

The new approach to allowing transgender athletes will follow a sport-by-sport model similarly adopted by the U.S. and international Olympic committees, Sports Illustrated reported.

“We are steadfast in our support of transgender student-athletes and the fostering of fairness across college sports,” John DeGioia, Georgetown University’s president and the NCAA board’s chairman, said in a statement Wednesday, announcing the change.

The new policy is effective immediately.

The Board of Governors voted to pass the new policy as it “preserves opportunity for transgender student-athletes while balancing fairness, inclusion and safety for all who compete,” according to the report.

“It is important that NCAA member schools, conferences and college athletes compete in an inclusive, fair, safe and respectful environment and can move forward with a clear understanding of the new policy,” DeGioia added.

You know what’s fair? Not have men compete against women in women’s sports. How is it safe to have biological males in the showers, locker rooms, and changing rooms of biological women? Inclusion? These gender confused men are taking away opportunities from actual women.

Each particular sport’s national governing body will be responsible for determining transgender athlete participation. If a sport does not have a national governing body, the international federation policy will be enacted, Sports Illustrated reported. (snip)

The NCAA’s rules came into the national spotlight due to the emergence of Penn’s Lia Thomas. She started breaking Ivy League records with national records in the crosshairs. She was on the men’s team for her first three years but started on the Quakers’ women’s team this season after transitioning.

You know that almost none, and probably none, will change their policy. It might, might, have made more sense to do it on a case by case basis. It might make more sense if some guy who’s like 5’4″ and is gender confused is allowed to compete on the women’s team, not a big, tall guy who can blow the women away. But, really, if you want women’s sports, you don’t have men competing against them. If the men want to be women, let them go through full transition prior. Wack the dangling bits off. Grow breasts or get implants. A bit of makeup, new hairstyle, and women’s clothes isn’t even close.

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German Leader Wants To Try Something New To Tackle Climate Crisis (scam)

By William Teach January 20, 2022 – 7:00 am

Something about leading by example

German leader champions new tack on climate at Davos event

New German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called Wednesday for a “paradigm shift” in the way the world approaches climate policy, saying his country would leverage its presidency of the Group of Seven industrial nations this year to push for standards to fight global warming. (snip)

In an address, Scholz focused on ambitions by Germany and the wider European Union to fight climate change.

“Europe has decided to become the first carbon-neutral continent by 2050; Germany wants to reach that goal in 2045 already … a monumental task, but a task that we can and will master,” he said.

Scholz added that Germany will use its G-7 presidency to “turn that group into the nucleus of an international climate club.”

Do the citizens who’ll be forced to pay for this and live the life have any say about involuntarily joining a cult?

“What we want to achieve is a paradigm shift in international climate policy. We will no longer wait for the slowest and least ambitious,” he said. “Instead, we will lead by example, and we will turn climate action from a cost factor into competitive advantage by agreeing on joint minimum standards.”

Scholz said the “climate club,” which he first announced months ago when he was finance minister, would be open to all countries.

How will they do this?

The targets Scholz suggested for the climate club — the 1.5-degree cap and climate neutrality by 2050 — are already part of or implied by the Paris accord. More significant, Scholz said the club could seek to achieve those goals “by pricing carbon and preventing carbon leakage.”

So, same old same old, which highly and negatively effects the middle and lower classes, not the Elites yammering at Davos. But, then, they aren’t worried, because they already made their money.

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Brandon Admin Wants To Break Up Build Back Better (sic) Into Smaller Bills

By William Teach January 20, 2022 – 6:45 am

This is the way legislation should be done: small bills that are focused on one thing, not behemoths that encompass a massive amount of issues, melding them together, making it very hard to understand what’s really going on

Biden’s $2 trillion spending bill will get done but ‘it’ll look different’: Cabinet official

Biden Brain SuckerThe White House plans to restart negotiations on its $2 trillion spending bill, just days after pivoting to a long shot push for voting rights reform and two weeks after key moderate Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) abandoned talks on the spending measure, Reuters reported on Tuesday.

In a new interview, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo expressed certainty that the bill, known as Build Back Better, would succeed but acknowledged that the final version would “look different” from the expansive measure proposed by the White House and passed by the Democrat-controlled House.

“It has to get done. It will get done,” Raimondo told Yahoo Finance Editor-in-Chief Andy Serwer on Thursday. “It’ll look different, whatever the president signs. This is a prediction I’m willing to make.” (snip)

The revised measure planned by the White House will exceed $1 trillion but could shrink or remove provisions like home health care, universal pre-K, and paid family leave, Reuters reported.

And Brandon had this to say

During his first press briefing of the year on Wednesday, President Biden acknowledged for the first time that the Build Back Better package will likely have to be divided up or downsized due to moderate Senator Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema’s ongoing opposition to its current scope.

“It’s clear to me that we’re gonna have to probably break it up,” he said. “It’s clear that we would be able to get support for the 500 plus billion dollars for energy and environment issues, number one. Number two, I know the two people who’ve opposed on the Democratic side support a number of things that are in there. For example, Joe Manchin strongly supports early education.” (snip)

While Biden said Wednesday that he believes Congress will be able to pass the energy and environment “chunks,” Manchin, whose vote is pivotal in an evenly-split Senate, cited them as part of the reason why he walked away from the debate. While Manchin considers fighting climate change a major priority, he noted that the rapid escalation toward adopting clean energy in Build Back Better would come at a steep cost for the economy.

However, even breaking it up, will Democrats be able to stop the filibuster? Because neither Manchin nor Sinema are willing to dump it, and many other Dems are against it/leery of dumping. He might get a few things through that could be bipartisan, but, still mostly a Quixotic misadventure, when he should be focusing on the economic issues that matter to America. His approval rating has crashed even further

A new poll has found that more than a third of Americans (37 percent) give President Biden’s first year in the White House a failing grade as his administration continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain issues and the ongoing border crisis a year after taking office.

Only 11 percent of registered voters gave the president an “A” grade, according to the survey conducted by Politico and Morning Consult. Twenty percent gave him a “B,” 18 percent graded him with a “C” and 12 percent gave him a “D.”

Turning to specific issues, Biden got the highest percentage of “A” grades (18 percent) for his handling of COVID-19, though a plurality of respondents (31 percent) still gave him an “F” on that issue. The highest percentage of “F” grades was for Biden’s handling of the national debt (41 percent), followed closely by the issues of immigration and “restoring unity” (40 percent each).

And poll after poll after poll show that he’s ignoring the economy and the things that matter to citizens.

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The Cult Is Not Alright: CBS News Links Tonga Volcano With ‘Climate Change’

By William Teach January 19, 2022 – 2:40 pm

I mentioned how some climate cultists were linking the massive Tonga volcano eruption with their idiotic climate cult the other day. Now we get (via Twitchy)

So, Nate tried to respond, then we see the transcript

  • Burleson: You know, we often times-
  • Burleson -talk about climate change-
  • Burleson: -quite a bit-
  • Burleson: These stories are a harsh reality of what we’re going through and we have to do our part because these are more frequent.

So, yeah, he tried to pivot to climate change, and we all know they mean man-caused. Technically, a volcano like this will really be changing the weather, unless we want to consider a few months, or a year or two, as climate, which is the averages of the long term weather patterns/temperatures.

And, seriously, what’s this “we’re going through” crap? The people of Tonga and the surrounding areas are going through real hardship, as opposed to someone living in a cushy home, driving to work, and having little problem in getting food, with no break in energy.

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If All You See…

By William Teach January 19, 2022 – 1:00 pm

…is an Evil fossil fueled vehicle causing extreme weather heat snow, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Irons In The Fire, with a post on punishing small children for not wearing masks in Austria.

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Climate Cult Scientists Say Snowstorm Worsened By Climate Crisis (scam)

By William Teach January 19, 2022 – 10:30 am

Is anyone really, truly surprised by this? This is what a cult does, link everything to their dogma. Also, this is all your fault

Southern snowstorm likely worsened by climate change, scientists say

stop global warmingThe snowstorm that battered the South this weekend, leaving thousands without power, was likely exacerbated by climate change, according to leading climate scientists.

It’s a counterintuitive suggestion, because greenhouse gases are trapping heat and causing higher average temperatures. Sometimes winter weather is milder as a result. But in North America, especially the East Coast and the South, colder winds are blowing in with greater frequency because of how Arctic warming is distorting two phenomena: the jet stream, a band of air flowing west to east, and the polar vortex, a wintertime area of cold air near the North Pole.

“When we get a snowstorm hitting the Southeast like this, it’s always because there’s a big southward dip in the jet stream, basically over the Mississippi Valley, that’s the underlying cause of the snowstorm in that region, and kind of all along the East Coast,” Jennifer Francis, senior scientist at Woodwell Climate Research Center in Massachusetts, told Yahoo News. “When it dips southward like that, the Arctic air, the very cold air, can also penetrate very far south.”

This may be happening more often because the Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the Earth. The temperature differential between the Arctic and other regions powers the jet stream. With a decreasing difference in temperature, a weakened jet stream is more easily diverted.

First of all, even if this is true, and not just Typical Cult Talking Points, there’s no proof it is anything else but mostly natural. Second, Raleigh recorded 17 inches of snow in February 1899. That’s way too soon for “carbon pollution” to have changed anything. We had 20+ inches in 2000, during the Great Pause. 14.5 inches in 1948, which was around the start of a slight dip in global temperatures. Do cult talking points mean that it doesn’t snow in the South when the world is in a cool period?

Climate change also can lead to stronger snowstorms because of increased precipitation and ocean warming. Warmer weather leads to more evaporation of water and heavier rainfall, and warmer ocean temperatures lead to more intense storms. Just as that can mean more heavy rains and hurricanes in the summer, it can lead to strong winter storms, including snowstorms.

And this is how they managed to Blame heat trapping gasses from Mankind, their little cult theory, for winter storms. Because it’s a cult.

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