…is horrible ice cream from world killing cows, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is Watts Up With That?, with a post on Germany cancelling Ukraine, possibly over dependence on Russian gas.
It’s tight dresses week!
Read: If All You See… »
Happy Sunday! Another wonderful day in the Once And Future Nation Of America. The Sun is shining, the ducks are quacking, and I’m really looking forward to some terrible NY Giants football. This pinup is an oldy by Gil Elvgren, with a wee bit of help.
What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15
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, so, most are hosted internally). 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.
Read: Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup »
Chicago looks like it’s going to be fun
Downtown Chicago businesses boarding up ahead of anti-Israel protests at DNC: ‘We want to have maximum protection’ https://t.co/pKSuPuqISv pic.twitter.com/QcTky6U6lp
— New York Post (@nypost) August 17, 2024
Anyway, also at the NY Post
Roughly 100,000 far-left, Israel-hating protesters will be descending on Chicago this week, sowing chaos as Democratic leaders rally around their new presidential ticket.
At least seven large rallies and marches are set to take place in the Windy City while the McCormick Place Convention Center hosts Democratic National Convention, organizers said.
And other rallies are also expected even though their organizers have not scored necessary city permits.
The causes run the gamut of radical leftist causes, including backing Hamas terrorists and ending US aid to Israel.
Well, you know what?
Dems deserve the anti-Israel rioters they’ve created
The Hamas-loving chickens are coming home to roost for the Democratic Party.
A gang of anti-Israel thugs crashed Big Apple leaders’ impromptu Wednesday rally for Kamala Harris in Harlem, screaming because Harris won’t denounce Jerusalem’s war of self-defense against the terrorists behind the Oct. 7 atrocities. (snip)
These leftist goons could not be telling Democrats any louder: We expect you to kneel to our demands.
And kneel is all Democrats have been doing.
Instead of telling these radicals to kick rocks, they’ve coddled, placated and encouraged them.
The far left Democrats have been coddling and supporting and placating these anti-Israel nuts for 30 years, culminating in it slowly morphing into straight up Jew hatred in the early 2000s, where Intifada keffiyehs were common on college campuses in Berkeley and San Francisco. This spread out across the country as those nuts graduated and spread their Jew hatred across the nation. As the US (and other 1st World nations) let in waves of Islamists post 9/11 for some insane reason, the base of the Democrats also started to identify with the actual Islamic terrorists who not only hate Jews, but, hate Western culture, nations, people, Americans.
Democrats don’t seem to realize that the Islamists are in direct competition for control of the soul and government of America (and every other Western nation. England is losing hard).
Read: DNC Looking Forward To A Butt Ton Of Pro-Hamas Demonstrators »
There are climate cult over-reaches, and then there is this
A month more 100 degree days’: Climate change will roast Las Vegas
By the middle of the century, it’s going to be a lot hotter in Las Vegas, according to climate change models that were discussed this week at the 2024 Water Summit.
“We’re going to see a month more 100 degree days by mid-century,” Colby Pellegrino, deputy general manager at the Southern Nevada Water Authority, said during a panel discussion at the Springs Preserve on Wednesday. She was talking about how climate change impacts Las Vegas and the Colorado River, where 90% of the valley’s water comes from.
Climate change models indicate temperatures will increase by 7 to 9 degrees, Pellegrino said.
There’s been a 1.6F increase since 1850. Somehow the climate unicorn will increase temps 7 to 9 degrees in 25 years. Can they prove this? Or, is this just what they programmed the computer program to say?
…is an area flooded because Other People won’t give up their fossil fueled travel, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is Shot In The Dark, with a post on Walz’s 20 years of lies.
Read: If All You See… »
Ever since Kamala was announced as Joe’s running mate they have termed it the Biden-Harris administration. She’s spent pretty much four years being a part of Bidenomics, so, now she wants to say she’s not part of it? Well, she actually makes it worse with Kamalanomics
Harris breaks from ‘Bidenomics’ in North Carolina
Don’t call it “Bidenomics.”
Vice President Kamala Harris used a speech on her economic platform Friday to try to distinguish herself as a candidate from President Joe Biden, casting her agenda as more ambitious and forward-looking. From her rhetoric to the phrases plastered around the room, Harris was sending that message loud and clear.
“Now is the time to chart a new way forward,” Harris said to a crowd in the closely divided state, as people chanted the words back. “To build an America where everyone’s work is rewarded and talents are valued, where we work with labor and business to strengthen the American economy, and where everyone has the opportunity not to just get by, but to get ahead.”
Behind the podium at Wake Tech Community College’s Hendrick Center for Automotive Excellence, the words “OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY — LOWERING YOUR COSTS” served as a backdrop. And around the room, the words “A NEW WAY FORWARD,” filled large banners and signs waved by supporters. The crowd of roughly 200 people chanted “we’re not going back” as Harris attacked former President Donald Trump’s economic plans.
This is a long, long puff piece from Politico, which is light on her awful plans, like the “price gouging” plan and the one to give new home buyers $25,000 of other people’s money, both of which have been obliterated as Bad Ideas even by pundits and economists on the Left.
NEW: Kamala Harris shares how much prices have increased under her leadership with President Biden.
Not sure how this is a winning message.
The comments were made to a very small crowd in Raleigh, North Carolina.
"A loaf of bread costs 50% more today than it did before the… pic.twitter.com/LILBaFp7QC
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 16, 2024
“”A loaf of bread costs 50% more today than it did before the pandemic. Ground beef is up almost 50%.”” Not exactly a winning statement about what happened during the Biden-Harris administration, eh? And, there were roughly about 200 people in a large auditorium, and the roads in that area were shut down as rush hour was starting on a Friday afternoon.
(Breitbart) Vice President Kamala Harris promised Friday that she would build 3 million new homes in four years if she were elected, but she and President Joe Biden barely managed to build eight EV charging stations in two-and-a-half years.
Let’s be honest, most of what she’s offering are simply patronizing ideas that will never be implemented. They’re just meant to be fake bribes to get votes. To get her base out to vote. Then to blame Republicans for not passing her ideas if she manages to win the presidency.
She can try to divorce herself from her own record all she wants: citizens have plenty of methods to find out the truth.
Read: Kamala Tries To Divorce Herself From Bidenomics Or Something »
This is really not surprising, as manufacturers, and government, are throwing huge piles of cash at them, giving insane discounts that mean huge losses. Hence, EVs are worth way less, because why would someone pay at the normal depreciation rate for a used one instead of getting new?
EVs Are Losing Up to 50 Percent of Their Value in One Year
Electric vehicle depreciation is something of a hot topic right now, and for good reason. On one hand, there are some fantastic deals to be had on the secondhand market, but on the other of course, there’s the thorny issue of some EVs losing half of their value in a single year.
Cars losing you a chunk of cash the instant they’re driven off the dealer lot is nothing new, especially at the pricier end of the market. And if you intend to keep your shiny new EV for a long time, then its worth after just a year or two matters far less. But what if you’ve experimented with your first EV then decided its range or your local charging infrastructure isn’t up to scratch, and want to sell within the first year? If that’s you, you’d better be prepared for a significant loss.
In a bid not to tar all EVs with the same brush, we’ve aimed to be balanced in our approach to discovering trade-in valuations. There’s plenty of color to be reported here, too—like the US dealer who actively warned our reporter against selling him their EV, or the story of a Mercedes EQE that lost more than $600 each day—but for now let us deliver the cold, hard numbers.
It’s a long article that provides lots of data. Unfortunately, it tends to focus on the luxury and high end EVs in the EU and the US, not so much the lower end EVs.
While undoubtedly a concern for anyone who plans to sell their nearly-new EV, the data is great news for secondhand buyers. From a £5,000 ($6,400) Renault Zoe and £12,000 ($15,000) Citroen e-C4 to a $25,000 Polestar 2 or a $30,000 Jaguar I-Pace, there are amazing deals to be had. And, what’s more, EV batteries are lasting longer than expected, according to Recurrent, whose community of 20,000 EV drivers states just 2.5 percent of battery packs have been replaced outside of manufacturer recalls.
Of course, how many trust buying a used EV? Perhaps a Tesla, but, most others? It was only 15 years ago when people didn’t trust buying a used hybrid, including the best selling Prius, used with 30K to 36K miles on them.
Read: Surprise: EVs Losing Up To 50% Of Their Value In The First Year »
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Here’s a question: Biden still has some months in office: will he listen to the Court? If Kamala wins will she listen to the Court?
The Supreme Court voted 5-4 Friday to reject a Biden administration emergency request to enforce portions of a new rule that includes protections from discrimination for transgender students under Title IX.
The request would have permitted biological men in women’s bathrooms, locker rooms and dorms in 10 states where there are state-level and local-level rules in place to prevent it.
The sweeping rule was issued in April and clarified that Title IX’s ban on “sex” discrimination in schools covers discrimination based on gender identity, sexual orientation and “pregnancy or related conditions.”
The rule took effect Aug. 1, and, for the first time, the law stated that discrimination based on sex includes conduct related to a person’s gender identity.
This is what the Leftard’s have been pushing for, for Lord knows what reason: the mentally ill who think they are women competing against women and taking their earned wins, their scholarships. Invading their safe spaces. Is it all for votes? This whole “dignity” thing is a bunch of mule fritters, otherwise they would be protecting real women.
Read: Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden-Harris Rule Which Would Have Seen Men In Women’s Sports »
The moment you add “justice” into the mix you know this is a political issue, not a pure science one
Top UN court to hold climate justice hearings in December
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) said it would start the hearings on December 2, as it weighs a so-called advisory opinion on global climate change.
In March 2023, the UN asked the ICJ to clarify “legal consequences” for states that “have caused significant harm to the climate system and other parts of the environment”.
It specifically asks the court to weigh obligations to “small island developing States”, which are “particularly vulnerable” to climate change, as well as obligations to future generations.
Vanuatu, a small archipelago whose future is threatened by rising sea levels, had been pushing for this resolution for years.
Although ICJ opinions are not binding, they carry significant legal and moral weight, and are often taken into account by national courts.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Perhaps they’ll rule on all the Elitists using vast amounts of fossil fuels to travel around while yammering about restricting the lives of the peasants? Perhaps the ICJ will take note of the 30,000+ who will have just traveled to and from Azerbaijan for the Conference on the Parties, Mon, Nov 11, 2024 – Fri, Nov 22, 2024. Pretty much everyone will have to take fossil fueled flights to the nation, which is highly dependent economically on fossil fuels exports, “which accounted for roughly 47.8% of the country’s GDP and over 92.5 % of export revenue in 2022.”
As far as Vanuatu goes, can we mention the 30 airports? And that 20% of their economy is agricultural exports, which would move on fossil fueled ships and planes?
Read: Good News: UN High Court To Hold Climate (scam) Justice Hearings In December »
…is coffee which will soon be too expensive for most people to afford due to carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is Real Climate Science, with a post on data being misleading.
Read: If All You See… »
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